Chapter 157: The Strategy of Breaking the City
After Luo Rucai and Liu Zongmin met, he counted the soldiers. There were 130,000 soldiers and combat capabilities. However, Luo Rucai knew that there were many soldiers in Kaifeng City now, and there were estimated to be 30,000 to 40,000. In addition, Kaifeng City Defense was strong and he was not good at siegeing. In this case, it was too difficult to break Kaifeng City, so he had to wait until Li Zicheng's army arrived before siegeing the city together.
Luo Rucai didn't believe that Fu Zonglong would really surrender, so he didn't believe that Li Zicheng could conquer Tongguan. He believed that Li Zicheng would definitely find a way to join them after he found out that he was fooled. However, despite this, Luo Rucai was not feeling well. Li Zicheng was able to take over Shaanxi alone and actually found a way to help him out. Although Fu Zonglong was provoking discord, it also showed that Li Zicheng was not the same as him.
"Hmph, when I have time in the future, I will hit him. If it weren't for me, even Ding Qirui wouldn't be able to stop him with his little force, let alone Fu Zonglong."
Luo Rucai had a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes, but he felt that cooperation is still the main theme now. Even if Li Zicheng was ambitious, he should know that only cooperation could achieve his ambitions.
While Luo Rucai was waiting for Li Zicheng, Ma Mingfeng, who had arrived in Kaifeng City, did not stop for a moment and immediately began to prepare for the war.
During this period, Huang Shu, the prefect of Kaifeng, proposed that the rebel army had been defeated and could not attack Kaifeng again, but was scolded by Ma Mingfeng for a long time. Finally, Ma Mingfeng said sternly: "Now everything must revolve around the overall situation of the enemy. If anyone dares to slack off, he will definitely punish him heavily and will not tolerate him!"
Huang Shu blushed and sat down angrily, but didn't dare to say anything. Now Ma Mingfeng is the governor, and he is not something he can afford to provoke, so he could only endure his anger and sit down silently.
During this period, when Fu Zonglong was following him until Tongguan, when Fu Zonglong was killed, several soldiers who had struggled to escape from the news came to Kaifeng City and told Ma Mingfeng and others about Fu Zonglong's heroic death to the country.
After hearing this, the officials present were all shocked, especially Ma Mingfeng. He knew why Fu Zonglong tricked Li Zicheng to Tongguan, mainly to create more time for him to escape smoothly. He also knew why Fu Zonglong killed Su Yunlong, the defender of Xiangcheng. When his army came to Xiangcheng, Su Yunlong was afraid that the enemy was powerful and refused to open the door, which caused him to fall into a dangerous situation.
In fact, it was more than Fu Zonglong? Even Ma Mingfeng hated Su Yunlong. If it weren't for him, this time the official army divided the thief army into two parts. If reinforcements from various places were added, it would likely fight a beautiful defensive battle and even launch a counterattack. At the same time, Fu Zonglong would not die, which was really a very favorable situation for the situation in the Ming Dynasty.
Unfortunately, everything was destroyed because of Su Yunlong.
In addition to Su Yunlong, Ma Mingfeng also hated He Renlong. He led his army to escape several times. If it weren't for him, Fu Zonglong would not have fallen to death. Even Yang Sichang was indirectly killed because of He Renlong's escape. This hated long-legged general could not be kept.
So after receiving the news, Ma Mingfeng immediately reported Fu Zonglong's heroic deeds and He Renlong's bad deeds to Chongzhen, requesting additional commendation for Fu Zonglong and severely punished He Renlong!
Just as Ma Mingfeng was preparing for the upcoming war, Li Zicheng's army finally met with Luo Rucai and Liu Zongmin's army.
Luo Rucai smiled when he saw Li Zicheng, "Old Qi, why are you here? Aren't you going to attack Tongguan and then occupy the entire Shaanxi? Then you will be king in Xi'an, then you will be the king of the high school and the world will respond, and the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed in such a way."
When Li Zicheng heard this, his face turned red and he said with a wry smile: "Brother Luo, why should he mock me like this? Alas, it's all my fault that I accidentally got into the traitor of Fu Zonglong. Alas, let's not say anything. Since we are together today, we must find a way to take Kaifeng. As long as we capture Kaifeng, the whole of Henan will be ours. This is equivalent to breaking through the heart of the Ming Dynasty, and it will only survive in the future."
Luo Rucai looked at Li Zicheng deeply, then nodded and said, "Old Qi is right. For the sake of this, we should conquer Kaifeng as soon as possible. Fu Zonglong just died, Shaanxi soldiers were few and few generals, and there were no leaders in the group. This means that Kaifeng is just an isolated city in a short period of time, so as long as we move fast enough, we can take Kaifeng before reinforcements arrive."
At this time, Li Yan, who was behind Liu Zongmin, suddenly said: "It's just that Kaifeng's city defense is strong, and there are at least 30,000 to 40,000 troops in the city. Although our troops are more than four times that of the other party, the accounts are not calculated like this, because the people in the city can also act as civil servants at critical moments, and even climb up to the top of the city to throw rolling stones. In this way, our advantage is not very big. It is probably not that easy to attack the city in a short period of time."
When Li Zicheng heard this, he frowned and looked at his adviser Niu Jinxing, and then asked: "Military Niu, don't you know if you have a good plan to defeat the enemy?"
Niu Jinxing thought hard for a moment, shook his head, looked ashamed, but looked at Luo Rucai and said hopefully: "General Luo has always been resourceful, don't you know if he has a clever plan?"
Luo Rucai meditated for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up and said, "There is, but this plan is a bit harmful to the world. Have you ever heard of what the Mongols did when they attacked Song? When they insisted on attacking, the Mongols always drove the Han people to act as front-line driving force to resist bows and arrows for them. When they came under the city wall, the people were almost dead, and their siege equipment had also arrived. In this case, the Song army rarely defended them."
When Li Zicheng heard this, he immediately clapped his hands and praised: "It's amazing. It drives the people to attack the city. If the defenders on the city dare to shoot arrows, they will have a reputation of being unkind. If they are indifferent, we can easily attack under the city wall. What choice will the official army make when I see it?"
Chapter completed!