Chapter 77 Clouds of War

When Xiao Tianjian led the fifth battalion of the left to return to Zhu Xianzhen, the soldiers of the Xingtian army who attacked and opened the lockdown at this time were already waiting to start.

When Lao Hui and other people arrived in Zhuxian Town, after looking at the barracks of the Xing Tianjun and the soldiers of each battalion, they took a breath of cold air one by one. Although they also saw the prestige of the guard camp under Xiao Tianjian's command in the Guide Mansion, they still felt in their hearts that this may be the Xing Tianjun deliberately transferred by Xiao Tianjian. The most elite people among them are just to show off their prestige. It is impossible for other soldiers and horses of Xing Tianjun to be so military.

However, after seeing the Xing Tianjun army gathered in Zhuxian Town, they didn't know what the frog at the bottom of the well was. The camps of Xing Tianjun were organized, and the generals in the camp were like a forest of military flags, and their armor was distinct. Although there was indeed a certain gap with these guards beside Xiao Tian's fitness, it was The gap is not very big. It is also the appearance of the army, and the army is strong and strong.

After a rough point, they found that the number of soldiers and horses gathered here by the Xing Tianjun was only more than 20,000, and the number of soldiers was not much. However, these two thousand people were real elite soldiers, which were by no means comparable to those so-called generals under their original command. They casually pulled out a battalion and estimated that they were the left fifth battalion. The elites tied together were not necessarily the opponents of the Xing Tianjun's battalion, so these five became more frightened, and in addition to admiration in their hearts.

Think about it carefully, these five people feel a little discouraged. Speaking of which, they are all rebelling. How did Xiao Tianjian get along? Why can the generals under their command be so strong and well equipped? On the contrary, in the past ten years, they have pulled up a group of teams in the southern and northern battles. They were scattered by the officers and soldiers and came back again. As a result, they were defeated again. After more than ten years, they did not even get a nest that could live in peace. Instead, they were forced to appear by the government. From now on, I want to protect Xiao Tianjian's wings and follow the orders of others.

People are more popular than people! The old man thought about it secretly with his soldiers.

Knowing that Xiao Tianjian ordered the return of the Left Fifth Battalion, Liu Bao, Luo Li, Liu Yaoben, Situ Liang, Li Xin and other officers above the battalion commanders in the camp all lined up from afar to meet each other. Xiao Tianjian introduced them to Lao Hui and others one by one. Looking at these Xiao Tianjian's generals, they were even more embarrassing. Look at them. Their spirit, look at their generals, it's really incomparable!

After a long period of greeting, Luo Li, Liu Bao and others did their best to be a landlord, invited them back to the Xingtian barracks, and arranged people to help the left fifth battalion to arrange the camp.

After entering the Xingtian barracks, they were an eye-opener. The Xingtian barracks were clean and tidy, and all the horses were arranged in an orderly manner. The stables and grain were arranged were even more neat and safe. There was no noise in the camp at all. Countless Xingtian soldiers did not come because of the arrival of the Left Fifth Battalion. After a pause, he was still shouting in the camp for daily practice.

As a member of the army, when they always go back, they can see at a glance that the soldiers of the Xingtian army are practicing the siege tactics, and there are special craftsmen rushing to make all kinds of attack tools in the camp, just waiting to Kaifeng to launch an attack.

What surprised them more was that there were special toilets everywhere in the Xingtian barracks, and there was no scene of sewage and garbage everywhere in the camp.

When they followed Xiao Tianjian to a camp, Lao Hui and others' chin completely fell to the ground. As soon as they entered the barracks, they saw an eye-catching hint that there was a ban on fire in the camp, and those things that were lined up in the open space of the camp almost flowed to the ground one by one. Go up.

In the open space of the camp, there are rows of neat and uniform and novel types of cannons. The dark gun body is set up on a strong but easy-to-move gun car. These people are not ordinary old people. They have fought with the officers and soldiers for so many years, and they have seen all kinds of cannons, but It is these cannons of the Xing Tianjun, but it is the first time they have seen that the officer's Franco machine cannons, general cannons and other artillery are operated with wooden blocks to cushion the tail and adjust the direction of the muzzle. However, these cannons of the Xing Tianjun are equipped with a crank sway, and the pitch of the barrel is all operated by screws. In this way, it is not only easy to operate, but also aims quickly, and the accuracy is much higher than that of the cannon used by the officers and soldiers.

The layman watches the bustle and the layman watches the doorway. After so many years of fighting, it can be said that they are all experts, but they can roughly understand the mystery after a simple glance, and they can't help clapping their hands one by one.

At this time, a large number of soldiers in the battalion are training around these cannons in an orderly manner. The command is full of the whole battalion. Judging from their movements alone, it can be seen that these gunners of the Xingtian Army have been trained for a long time, no matter what they do. They all seem to be skilled and standard, and there is no chaos at all.

Roughly, in the whole artillery battalion here, there are at least dozens of large-caliber cannons. One cannon was wiped by the cannons of the Xingtian Army, emitting a frightening cold light. Looking at the whole leopard alone, from the maintenance of these cannons, we can see how strict the military discipline of the Xingtian Army is, and the army is elite. To what extent.

Lao Hui and others were completely suppressed. On the one hand, they were discouraged, but on the other hand, they rushed to the side of these cannons like cats smelling fishy. They couldn't put them down and couldn't put them down, and they couldn't wait to swallowing them.

"After walking in such a circle, do you think this Kaifeng City can still be beaten down?" Xiao Tianjian asked these people with a little pride.

"Can! Definitely can! Xing Tianjun is the strongest army in the world. How can it be that he can't beat Kaifeng Mansion? Besides, there are so many sharp Hongyi cannons in the army, how can't Kaifeng City be bombarded? He Yilong, who didn't wait to talk back, answered first.

After listening to this, the other people even nodded and said yes. Now they look at Xiao Tianjian with much more awe than when they first saw Xiao Tianjian.

This time in the Guide Mansion, Xiao Tianjian proposed to streamline the soldiers and horses of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution. At the same time, he also asked them to leave their families in the Guide Mansion. Several people finally ordered to streamline their respective soldiers and generals, and cut off nearly half of the old and weak subordinates.

And these old and weak people are not expected to fight in the war. When they learned that the Xing Tianjun accepted them and placed them to work in agriculture for them, they raised their hands to welcome them one by one and happily followed the people of the Xing Tianjun. Although they followed the Gezuo Fifth Battalion as soldiers, in fact I haven't received much practice, and there are no decent weapons. Many people carry a long wooden stick. At worst, they sharpen the front end of the wooden stick and act as a long gun. There is no need to think about it. Except for the cronies of the Gezuo Fifth Battalion who may be equipped, ordinary troops can't have it, so these people only It's a mob of rabble, followed by the strong momentum and eating. Now the Xingtian Army gives them land and gives them the resettlement grain for them to cultivate and self-cultivate in the territory under the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army. Why don't they do it? Therefore, in a blink of an eye, there were only more than 20,000 people left in the more than 40,000 troops brought by the Left Fifth Battalion.

And if more than 20,000 people are in accordance with the requirements of the Xing Tianjun's selection of troops, at least half of them will have to be laid off. However, Xiao Tianjian was not in a hurry for a moment and temporarily left these troops of the 5th Battalion of Gezuo and came to Zhuxian Town with the army.

This time, Xiao Tianjian used the strength of the Xingtian Army, in addition to seven full-staffed battle camps, two artillery battalions, one barracks and an engineering battalion, five reserve battalions were also transferred from all over the country, with a force of about 20,000. In addition to the soldiers and horses of the five battalions of Gezuo, the strength has also reached 40,000. In this way After the camp was set down, the camp was also more than ten miles away, and the momentum was not strong.

Although Xiao Tianjian of the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo nominally asked him to set up five battle camps, they were also understanding people. With the strength of a super war camp under the command of each of them, even compared with the reserve battalion of the Xing Tianjun, it may not be their opponent, so their posture is lower. Some.

After the soldiers and horses gathered, Xiao Tianjian summoned the generals to discuss the opening of the city in the account of the Chinese army, and also conveyed the information collected during this period to the generals.

This time, Xing Tianjun swaggered through the market and did not make any strategic concealment. He came to attack and open the lockdown. Therefore, Kaifeng Mansion had already received the news, and also made a posture to carry it to the end in the city. At the same time, it also sent a grain team out of the city to grab grain everywhere, and do a good job of long-term defense. Prepare.

Unfortunately, their food team was very unlucky. As soon as they left the city, they were ambushed by a man and horse put outside the city by Xing Tianjun. Except for leaving more than a hundred bodies, they didn't get anything, so they fled back to Kaifeng City.

After hearing the news, Gao Mingheng, the governor of Henan, immediately sent people to cross the river and Pegasus to ask for help from the capital. He knew very well that with their current strength in Kaifeng Mansion, it was difficult to resist the attack of the Xingtian Army.

At present, the main generals of Kaifeng Mansion are mainly Chen Yongfu and other military generals, while Chen Yongfu has the largest number of troops, with more than 4,000 officers and soldiers, and the rest are about thousands of officers and soldiers. In addition to the newly assembled gentry armed forces, Kaifeng Mansion has about 15,000 troops, plus the young men who are strong in the city. There are about 30,000 people.

But these people's horses are just on paper. In addition to the 4,000 officers under Chen Yongfu's command who also have a certain combat effectiveness, the rest of the soldiers and horses are basically a rabble. They dare not fight out of the city, so they can only rely on the court to send reinforcements to help as soon as possible.

And Chongzhen of Jingshi learned the news at the end of February. Even if the ministers were summoned to discuss countermeasures, although the Taar had begun to retreat outside the customs, they had just arrived at Tianjin Wei. Neither Chongzhen nor the ministers in the court dared to mention Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanding. The soldiers went south to untie the siege of Kaifeng Mansion.

They came to discuss. In the end, they could only send Yang Wenyue, the governor of Baoding, to lead 10,000 officers to go south, bypass Weihui Mansion and go south to Daming Mansion, and cross the river to support Kaifeng Mansion. In addition, they transferred 5,000 officers from Yanzhou, Shandong Province to Kaifeng Mansion to help the battle. In addition, they ordered Zuo Liangyu to step up the attack in the direction of Kaifeng Mansion, even if they can't fight. In Kaifeng Prefecture, at least a large number of thieves should be contained. In addition, Ding Qirui, the new governor of Shaanxi, sent He Renlong to find a way out of Tongguan to attack Shaanxi and contain the troops of the Xingtian Army. In addition, Lu Jiude led the officers and troops of Nanzhili to enter Taihe and attack the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army in Henan. In short, in their view, Kaifeng The significance of the house is so great that it can't be easily lost again. Once it is opened and lost again, then Henan will be completely returned to Xing Tianjun in the future. I'm afraid that such a thing will become a chain reaction in the future.

But what the court didn't expect was that while Xing Tianjun gathered troops to attack and open the seal, suddenly there came a series of ominous news one after another. First, Zuo Liangyu was defeated in Nanyang and gave up Nanyang, which had just been recovered, and then Xing Tianjun rushed straight to Xiangyang, an important town in Jiangbei. At the same time, it was also rumored in Shanxi. The news came that the Xing Tianjun in Jinnan also began to move this time and began to gather troops towards Pingyang Prefecture. There seemed to be signs of attacking Pingyang Mansion. More and more soldiers and horses began to gather towards Yicheng, Fushan and other counties. At the same time, there were also signs that Xing Tianjun seemed to be in Lu'an Prefecture, and there was a possibility of attacking in the direction of Taiyuan. The strength of the Xingtian army in Lu'an Prefecture is also gradually increasing.

What made the court more panicked was that there was still a Xingtian army gathering in Shanzhou, and there seemed to be signs of coming out of Henan to attack Tongguan into Shaanxi.

After Chongzhen and Yang Sichang learned about it, even if they were shocked, they couldn't figure out how many troops the Xing Tian Army had, but they were blooming everywhere. It seemed that there was a tendency to sweep the Ming Dynasty. How much food and fodder they had could support so many soldiers and horses! Have all the thieves in Henan become soldiers?

In this way, Chongzhen and Yang Sichang don't know where to send troops to save first. Looking at these directions, it seems to be the place that the court has to save. As soon as the Pingyang Mansion is lost, the whole Jinnan, including Xiezhou and other more than a dozen states and counties, will be taken by the Xingtian Army, and the north is directly threatened to Taiyuan Prefecture.

Once Tongguan is broken, Shaanxi, which has just stabilized a little, will be in chaos again. Once Xiangyang is lost, the Yangtze River will no longer be shielded, and Huguang will be in danger.

So for a while, the government and the opposition were shocked and panicked, arguing about how to deal with it.

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