The end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 101 Tiger Prison

Liu Dazhuang and the soldiers of the Hufen Regiment rushed to Fenshui City without stopping, passing through Kaifeng Mansion, Zhengzhou and Xingyang all the way. However, because of Li Zicheng's peasant army, these cities have long been prosperous, and the big people inside have basically been robbed by the peasant army. Some cities don't even have soldiers stationed there, which is a depression.

Passing by Xingyang is Hu Prison Pass, Fenshui City.

On the afternoon of August 24, Liu Dazhuang led 2,000 tiger soldiers and soldiers standing under the Hu prison.

Hu prison pass is also called water pass. In the Tang Dynasty, Li Hu, the grandfather of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, changed to Wu prison pass because he avoided suspicion. To the east of Luoyang, it is located in Fenshui Town, 16 kilometers northwest of Xingyang City, Henan Province. As the eastern gateway and important pass of Luoyang, it is named after King Mu of the Western Zhou Dynasty. It is connected to Songyue in the south, and the Yellow River in the north. The mountains are crisscrossed, and it is naturally dangerous. There is a tendency of "one man is in charge, ten thousand people can't open", which is a must-have place for soldiers of all dynasties.

Many military activities have occurred here in history. In the fifth year of Duke Yin of Lu (718 BC), Zheng defeated Yan's division here; in the second year of Duke Xiang of Lu (571 BC), the princes of the mourning of the Jin Dynasty plotted against Qi and began to build the city here with Meng Xianzi's plan of "inviting the city tiger to force Zheng"; when Chu and Han fought for hegemony (203 BC), Liu Bang and Xiang Yu competed for the city here, especially at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Lv Bu fought against Liu, Guan and Zhang here, which made Hulao guan more famous. In the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin fought against Dou Jiande, and in the Song Dynasty, Yue Fei broke through the golden soldiers in Zhuludu. It was still a fierce battle until the end of the Ming Dynasty, and he heard the sound of killing.

However, at this time, the Hu Prison Pass seemed to be extremely depressed. The majestic and tall towers were several feet high and stood majestically between the Songshan Yellow River.

"It's worthy of being a famous Xiongguan. It's really a man, and you can't open it."

Liu Dazhuang looked up at the Hulaoguan Tower and couldn't help sighing.

There are not many defenders on the Hu Prison Pass, less than 1,000, or even less than 500. It is not because the Tiger Prison Pass is not important, but because the Qing army has not had time to send troops to garrison at all. Moreover, after the Qing army captured the Hu Prison Pass, it took the whole chassis of Henan. As the Hu Prison Pass inside Henan, it naturally lost its defense. Therefore, Manqing did not attach too much importance to the Hulao Pass.

"Who is under the city! Go away quickly!"

On the Hu prison, a young general of the Han Qing army shouted to Liu Dazhuang and his party with some fear. Both sides of him were full of archers. As long as the young general gave an order, these bows and arrows would fly to the tiger ball like locusts.

"Lord Liu of Yangyong School, what should we do now?" Niu, as the deputy general of the Hu Ben Group, asked.

Niu Yu has been a little happy all day since he was transferred from the lion camp to the Hu Ben group. At that time, Liu Dazhuang also comforted him several times, but Niu Yu could not listen to it. In his opinion, the lion camp injected countless efforts into him. The lion camp should be his, but now it has been dropped into the Hu Ben group and the lion camp. There is no bit of annori about it.

In those days, Niu Yu always drank as a companion, and what he drank every day was Lingting drunk. However, one day, Chen Liu suddenly went to Niu Yu. When Chen Liu left Niu Yu's mansion, the next day, Niu Yu began to get rid of his previous laziness and alcoholism, and began to work seriously with his deputy general of Hu Ben.

No one knows what Chen Liu said to him that day, which completely changed the state of Niu Yu.

What no one knows is that the reason why Chen Liu went to Niu Yu is actually Liu Xia's sign behind his back. Although Liu Xia is dissatisfied with Niu Yu's ignorance, Niu Yu is still a tiger general after all. If he abandons it casually, it is really a pity for Liu Xia, who lacks manpower, so Liu Xia ordered Chen Liu to go to Niu. Let's talk about it.

Chen Liu, who got the order, went to Niu Yu's house and talked to Niu Yu secretly for a few hours, completely letting Niu Yu get rid of that state of dissatisfaction.

Liu Dazhuang coldly looked at the four or five hundred archers on the Hu prison and said, "You only need to take wisdom, not attack. According to the news from the previous encounter with Mingjun, the guard on the tiger prison will be the younger brother of a concubine of Liu Zhong, the Qing general in Luoyang City. This man's name is Hua Rong. He is a dummy, timid and afraid of things. There was basically no war in Henan before, so Liu Zhong dared to put his brother-in-law on the tiger prison. He didn't expect that our general had hit Henan. Before Liu Zhong had time to transfer Liu Zhong back, we came.

Niu Yu frowned and said, "A playboy, although he doesn't know the military and doesn't know how to fight, if they don't open the gate and guard the tiger prison, it's not easy for us to go in!"

Liu Dazhuang nodded and said, "Yes, if he can't get out of the city, we will have to pay a high price to attack the city. Although they only have 500 people, it is not so easy to take the tiger prison. This man's name is not in vain. In those years, the eighteen princes fought against Dong Zhuo, and they failed to enter under this prison.

"Huarong child, no bold bandits, come down quickly to fight with me!" Then Liu Dazhuang took two steps forward, and then shouted loudly.

The Huarong on the tower suddenly became very angry when he heard it. How can anyone say such a thing to himself like this? You should know that he is the younger brother of Liu Zhong's favorite concubine. He can be said to be a person who can walk horizontally in Henan Province. Now he is even let an unknown person who came out of nowhere point at his nose and scold him, and he can't help but be furious.

However, he is still a little rational. He knows what kind of material he is. He can still hold a knife and a gun, but it's mysterious to fight with others.

Hesitating again and again, Hua Rong still did not dare to lead the army, but in order to vent his anger, Hua Rong immediately ordered the bow and arrow to release the arrow.

"Whew! Wheops! Wheops!" The locust-like sharp arrows flew over, but they landed one meter in front of Liu Dazhuang.

"Hahahaha, no bold bandits, what a weak person. This Hulaoxiong guan was really insulted by such mediocrity. Hahaha" Liu Dasheng laughed twice and rode back.

At this time, the generals in the Tiger Group laughed loudly at Huarong's cowardice and timidity, and stamped their feet directly on the tower.

However, even so, Hua Rong still dares not lead troops out to fight with Liu Dazhuang. No matter how the soldiers of the Tiger Regiment and Liu Dazhuang abuse him, Huarong just won't open the gate. What can you do?

"Your Excellency Liu Yangyong, how about this?" Niu Yu frowned and said.

Liu Dazhuang shook his head with a smile and said, "Brother Niu, don't care. Before he came, the military division had already given the school a plan. Just this plan will definitely be captured."

"Oh?" Niu Yu was surprised and said, "I don't know what to do?"

Liu Dazhuang stepped forward and lay on Niu Yu's ear and said, "This plan is..."

After hearing this, Niu Yu's face showed joy and nodded quickly, "If this is really the case, the tiger prison will definitely be captured."

Liu Dazhuang nodded and said, "Well, Brother Niu, go and prepare for it. We can drink at the Tiger Prison at sunrise tomorrow."

On the Tiger Prison, Hua Rong angrily stared at the soldiers of the Tiger Corps. At this time, those soldiers were still constantly insulting him.

A literati beside Hua Rong whispered, "General Hua, General Hua can't be fooled by them. They abuse the general so much just to attract the general out of the customs."

Huarong snorted angrily, "How can I not know their tricks? No matter what they say, the general will not go out for half a step. Hua Rong looked arrogant, as if he had seen through the enemy's strategy that he couldn't go on, not because he was afraid that he couldn't go down.

Shut down, the soldiers of the Hu Ben Regiment began to retreat.

But the abuse did not stop.

"Hua Rong is timid. Don't be afraid of him. It's so tiring to come here today. How about having a big drink?" A Fenwu lieutenant said carelessly to a Fenwei lieutenant beside him.

Lieutenant Fenwei is a deputy battalion commander. Although the official position is not small, he does not have much decision-making power, so he frowned and said, "This... I have to ask the head of the regiment."

After all, drinking during the war is a big taboo!

After a while, the Fenwei lieutenant shouted at the Fenwu lieutenant, "The regiment leader has agreed to allow drinking. Have a good time tonight."

"Wo-o-o-o"

After listening to the words of the deputy battalion commander, the six or seven hundred soldiers of the battalion suddenly became very happy.

Turning off, Huarong was attracted by the shouts and said to a soldier beside him, "Do you know how they are doing?"

The soldier said respectfully, "Give to the general, the little one vaguely heard it. They seemed to say, as if to say..."

Hua Rong looked at the little soldier and said, "What are you talking about? Say it quickly."

The soldier was so scared that he trembling and said, "If you go back to the general's words, the little soldier dares not say it."

Hua Rong suddenly knew that those people must have said something bad about themselves, so he said, "It's okay. Tell me, I'll forgive you."

The soldier said helplessly, "To the general, just now they said that you are a dareless bandit. Even if they throw weapons, general, general, you dare not go out of the city. So he went to their heads to ask for drinking and having fun. Finally, after a beg for orders, the head of the enemy allowed them to drink and have fun, so they were happy.

Na Huarong listened and suddenly became angry.

"It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous. Is this general such a timid person?"

"How dare you drink and have fun? Humph, you think that I dare not go out. I really go out to show you once, but hum, not now.

Hua Rong looked at Hu Ben Tuan, who was getting farther and farther away from Hu Prison, and sneered.

The literati beside Huarong was shocked when he heard Huarong's words, so he hurriedly said, "General, no, no, no, don't go out. That must be the enemy's strategy."

Hua Rong waved his hand and said, "I'm not that stupid. Just now, I suddenly thought of a plan. Hahaha, if this plan is successful, I will definitely kill all the foreign enemy troops and capture Liu Xia's general. At that time, I will report it to the court, can I be awarded the title of the title of king!"

The literati secretly despised Hua Rong in his heart and thought to himself: Can you come up with a plan?