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Chapter 1003 Breaking into Cao's Bandit Army and Peeping at Kaifeng Mansion
The Xiying army lined up and waited. The Eighth King Zhang Xianzhong gave an order, and all the soldiers mounted their horses.He himself was about to get on the horse, but was held back by Luo Rucai.

Luo Rucai whispered reluctantly: "Jingxuan, although I am called a general here in Zicheng, I am actually living under the fence of others, and it is not a long-term strategy.

If you go here, although you have to play the banner of your own for the time being, once you enter the Dabie Mountains, you will be able to become a school of your own, and you will no longer look at other people's faces to do things, and you will definitely do something in the future.

You can only use the two of King I and Gundilong for a while, if they no longer bow their heads and obey, you can just kick them away.

In the fourth battalion of Ge and Zuo, Gerim has always been the leader of the alliance. He has always had a good friendship with me. You can hold him tightly. As long as you can hold him, you can hold the four battalions. Make you alone.

Old man, please get on your horse, I won't be far away! "

Zhang Xianzhong pulled the saddle back on his horse, smiled happily and cursed: "Damn it, the old god has some ideas, the arrow wound on my thigh doesn't hurt at all."

He was about to order the whole army to set off, when suddenly there was a very rapid sound of horseshoes stamping the ground from the direction of Yushan, which shocked everyone present.

Zhang Kewang held on to the hilt of the sword even more tightly, and shouted loudly: "Damn, there has really been a change, and Li Zicheng still won't let us go!"

Luo Rucai's expression was very calm, and he said calmly on his horse: "Everyone, don't panic. With me here, there can only be literary changes, and there will never be military changes!"

Pan Duao questioned from the side: "Dare to ask Shuai Cao, what is Wen Bian and what is Wu Bian?"

Cao Cao Luo Rucai said confidently and relaxedly: "But I am the only one here, even if King Chuang repents for a while, he will never send an army to chase Jingxuan.

Listen carefully, judging from the sound of hooves, there are not many people chasing after him, presumably King Chuang didn't want Jingxuan to leave, so he sent someone to keep him there.

But this is also a sudden change, so it is a text change! "

Zhang Xianzhong agreed with Luo Rucai's speculation very much, he also shouted: "Ke Wang, you lead our Xiying troops to set off first, and wait ten miles away.

Dingguo, you lead a hundred elite riders to stay with me, and stay for a while. "

While speaking, a small group of cavalry had already galloped up, indeed there were only more than 20 horses. Under the light of lanterns and torches, Zhang Xianzhong also saw clearly that the person who came was Wu Ruyi, Li Zicheng's personal general.

He shouted loudly: "Xiao Wu, why are you here in such a hurry, but what other orders does Zicheng have?"

Wu Ruyi pretended to be surprised, and questioned: "Zhang Shuai, King Chuang has ordered an afternoon banquet in Xingyuan tomorrow to be a farewell party for the soldiers of the West Camp. Why did your honor leave without saying goodbye?"

This is not Yushan Village, Zhang Xianzhong naturally disregarded Wu Ruyi, a junior, he laughed loudly and said: "King Chuang is going to lead his troops to Runing to destroy Fu Zonglong and Yang Wenyue.

However, I heard that Ding Qirui and Zuo Liangyu, two bastards, were going to rescue them from Xinyang and Luoshan. The military situation is on fire, and I dare not delay a little bit, so I set off quickly, so that they could not rush to help Runing. It can also do a little work for King Chuang.

I have already asked Cao Shuai to go see King Chuang to say goodbye tomorrow morning on my behalf, but now you are here just in time, please pass on my wish to serve King Chuang back to King Chuang to know. "

Wu Ruyi had already rushed in front of Zhang Xianzhong, he reined in his horse, clasped his fists with a smile and said, "King Chuang is accurate! He thought that Zhang Shuai is a quick-tempered master, he would not just sit back and watch Zuo Liangyu come north, he would not wait for dawn He wants to leave here, so I was sent here to see Zhang Shuai off on his behalf, and I brought 2000 taels of silver as a gift to help Zhang Shuai's urgent needs."

Zhang Xianzhong was quite surprised when he heard the words, and he said happily: "Good guy. Xiao Wu, you came to see him off, and you brought 2000 taels of silver! Dingguo, quickly accept the silver that King Chuang gave us. .

Xiao Wu, although our old Zhang is still not short of silver to use, since it is a gift from King Chuang, we will be disrespectful.Please report back to King Chuang for me, and say that I, Zhang Jingxuan, immediately bowed to his brother to thank him. "

After finishing speaking, Zhang Xianzhong really made two bows to the north, and Wu Ruyi had no choice but to ride on his horse and return the gift to him instead of King Chuang.

Soon, Zhang Dingguo received the 2000 taels of silver presented by Chuang Wang Li Zicheng. After the two sides completed the handover of the silver, the young general Wu Ruyi cupped his hands on the horse and said, "Please drive Zhang Shuai, and the last general will send Zhang Shuai a journey on behalf of the Generalissimo."

Zhang Xianzhong also returned the gift immediately, and said: "It's not too much trouble to send it away, let's just leave it at this point. Please go back to Yushan and go to the gate, and report to King Chuang on my behalf, saying that our old Zhang has passed the banner of King Chuang this time. gone."

Wu Ruyi saw that the silver had been delivered clearly and the purpose of the trip had been achieved, so he stopped forcing it and just clasped his fists on the horse and said, "I wish Zhang Shuai a victory and success!"

Zhang Xianzhong bid farewell to Cao Cao, Ji Gui and others, and then led Zhang Dingguo and a hundred cavalry to ride up and chase the brigade led by Zhang Kewang.

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It is precisely because of the previous complaint that Chuangying has some complaints about Luo Rucai's private release of Zhang Xianzhong.

Therefore, Ji Guicai often secretly persuaded Luo Rucai after the incident, asking him to be as servile as possible in front of Li Zicheng, so that King Chuang believed that Luo Rucai had no intention of fighting against him, and also gave up the idea of ​​fighting alone.

Luo Rucai obeyed Ji Gui's suggestion, and he did it very naturally. Today, he lowered his status to be similar to that of Li Zicheng's general, and came to Dongdong with Ji Gui, Gu Ying and others first. The gate welcomes King Chuang to enter the city.

Li Zicheng rode his horse to the outside of the east gate, seeing Luo Rucai, Ji Gui, and several important generals in the Cao Ying immediately greeted him at the gate of the city, he was very pleased, this feeling made him very comfortable.

In the east gate of Nanyang City, there were still fires flickering, and some houses were burning vigorously.

The gate tower of the east gate has been bombarded by the cannons of the invading army, and the bricks, stones and broken tiles are scattered all over the place. After entering the city, it is even more obvious that there are dead bodies of civilians everywhere on the street. Some of them were seriously injured and still struggling on the ground. The sound of wailing continued.

The blood flowing on the ground also coagulated quickly, gradually turning into a piece of blood ice, and some corpses leaned against the wall to die, and the bloodstains left by their struggles were still clearly visible.

Li Yan also entered the city from the east gate with Li Zicheng, the Chuang Wang. arrive.

Of course he knew very well that since ancient times, massacres have been used to punish those who resist and refuse to surrender, and to demonstrate and warn other cities.

But in the past, he had only heard of it, or only read about it in books, but now he witnessed it with his own eyes.

He felt sad for a while in his heart, but he turned his head and looked at the people around him, as if they had long been accustomed to this, everyone's faces were full of joy of victory, completely turning a blind eye to the tragic scene in front of them.

Although Ji Gui was also a reader, he was used to this kind of scene and didn't care at all. He immediately said to Li Zicheng: "Today the Grand Marshal enters the city through the east gate, which is what the ancients called "Ziqi East." Come', it is really a blessing for all the people of Nanyang!"

Li Zicheng was very happy at first when he heard this, and he nodded repeatedly at Ji Gui, but then he realized that there seemed to be a hint of ridicule in the words, and he secretly hated in his heart, but he couldn't bear it. , just a light smile on his face.

A group of them stepped on the bloody ice and walked all the way towards the gate of the Tang Palace.

After walking not far, we arrived at the place where the Ming general's soldiers were fiercely fighting the Chuang army. Li Zicheng even went to see the dead body of the fierce tiger himself.

He also asked about the specific details of killing Mengruhu, praised Mengruhu in his heart as a loyal and brave person, and then ordered his soldiers to find a coffin to enshrine him, and temporarily sent him to the Guandi Temple near Miyagi to avoid being killed. Wild dogs nearby ate the carcass.

The four gates of King Tang's palace city have been guarded by Gu Ying, and no idlers are allowed to enter. After the property in the palace is transported out, the palace of Tang Dynasty will be set on fire.

Li Zicheng got off his horse in front of Duanli Gate, and walked into the palace to have a look around.

The palace was also full of newly dead corpses. Most of the male corpses were stabbed to death by knives and guns. They lay in disorder on the cold ground.

There are also many female corpses, most of them are in remote places in various houses or back gardens, most of them hanged themselves to death due to fear when the city was broken, and some of them drowned in the cold pool water.

King Tang hid in a stone cave behind a rockery in the back garden. Now he has been found by the soldiers of the Chuang army, and they are tied to the red lacquered pillars of the Qin'an Hall.

Li Zicheng looked at Tang Wang Zhu Yukai who was kneeling on the ground with five flowers tied up with a very contemptuous look, and casually said to Gu Ying who was following behind: "There is no need to re-trial, just push it out and chop it up."

Gu Ying got the order, and immediately ordered someone to drag Zhu Yukai, the king of Tang Dynasty, to the gate of Qilin Pavilion and behead him.

It just so happened that there was a stray dog ​​there, which died of a stray arrow during the street fighting just now. The body of Tang Wang Zhu Yukai was lying under the stone steps of Qilin Pavilion together with the dog's corpse.

A generation of kings of the Ming Dynasty ended up like this, I really don't know if it is the sorrow of him alone, or the sorrow of this entire era!

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Chuang Wang Li Zicheng gave Gu Ying a few other instructions, and especially told him to check the Tang Palace's treasury as soon as possible, which is the most important thing, and then walked out of the Tang Palace.

His personal soldiers had already led the horses from outside the palace city to the Donghua Gate and waited. After getting on the horses, King Chuang rode back to the palace, and looked at the towering stone rockery in the back garden.

Although the Tang Palace is not as majestic and magnificent as the Fuwang Palace in Luoyang, it is worthy of being the residence of a generation of princes.

On his horse, Li Zichengce said to Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others: "Zhu Ming's family has made kings everywhere, and built countless palaces. I don't know how much people's fat and anointment have been exhausted!"

Niu Jinxing also said: "If you count the kings of the Tang Dynasty in detail, most of them are licentious, and the people have long hated them. Let's talk about this rockery, and the people call it Wangfu Mountain.

Legend has it that the Tang kings of the last two generations, when they had nothing to do, often went to this rockery when they had nothing to do, and when they saw someone in the city marrying a daughter-in-law, they would send people to stop the sedan chair and snatch the bride into the palace. Let go of the palace.

Therefore, all the counties around Nanyang worship in the church during the day, but only in Nanyang City and the surrounding suburbs, they worship in the church after dusk, because they are afraid of being seen by the king of Tang on the rockery. "

Li Zicheng asked with doubts in his eyes: "Is that really the case?"

Niu Jinxing first smiled, and then said: "It is true that Tang kings were licentious and innocent, but as for this legend, it just shows that he was very angry with the people.

In fact, the ancient people came to visit the church in person at night, but later, for convenience, some places changed it to daytime, and Nanyang City still has the ancient style. "

Luo Rucai suddenly remembered something, he turned to Gu Ying who was beside him and asked, "Zijie, have you forgotten what I told you?"

Gu Ying smiled back at him and said: "How dare I forget what the general ordered me to do. When I entered the palace of the Tang Dynasty, many court ladies had already escaped from the palace. Some of them died on the street, some of them are hidden among the people.

I also found some maids in the palace, and I picked a dozen or so of them who were pretty, and handed them all over to Sun Shengzu, and asked him to send some soldiers to escort them out of the city. Then it will be sent to the general's battalion. "

Luo Rucai nodded with a smile, but said regretfully: "Unfortunately, I didn't see Princess Tang, she should be more handsome."

Gu Ying smiled and said: "Wangfei should be very old, although there are some young ones, but they have escaped from the palace, I don't know if they are dead or alive."

Luo Rucai looked very regretful and sad, and said again and again: "It's a pity...it's a pity...it's a pity..."

Seeing this, Li Zicheng just shook his head slightly, showing a wry smile, but didn't say a word.

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next.King Chuang and Luo Rucai went to the magistrate's yamen and treasury to have a look again. Li Zicheng gave Gu Ying a few more words, and then rode out of the city from the north gate, and went back to the old camp in the south of Dushan.

A few days later, Tian Jianxiu finished handling all the affairs in Nanyang City. Not only did he transport out all the goods and grains from the Tang Palace, but he even searched the treasury in the city and the rich households’ grains and wealth. Even the city walls have been bulldozed.

Nanyang City resisted very tenaciously because of the presence of the general army as fierce as a tiger and the deputy general Liu Guangzuo, which led to the massacre of the city by the Cao coalition army.

In fact, most of the bandits and officers were like this. Every time they attacked the city, they would declare that if they obediently surrendered the city, they would be fine, but if they resisted, what awaited them would be the massacre of the city.

There are two advantages to doing so, one is to make the war-weary hearts of the soldiers under the command vented by massacres and looting; the other is to deter other cities and make them have an example to follow.

Now that the incident in Nanyang is over, for the next step of the military strategy, waves of war smoke began to spread to the surrounding areas again.

Chuang Wang Li Zicheng first threatened to enter the hometown of the Shaanxi bandit army from Wuguan, and on the other hand, he divided his troops into four, successively breaking through Dengzhou, Neixiang, Zhenping, Tanghe, Biyang and other counties, collecting grain, grass, Mules and horses collected a lot of gunpowder.

Seeing that the day of Laba had passed, the ninth day of December was an auspicious day. The Chuangcao coalition army set out to leave Nanyang.

People everywhere along the road were inspired by the words "Chuang Wang came and didn't pay for food", and they came to lead the way for the bandit army, and some even offered to donate their own grain to the bandit army.

And in some places, before the Chuang Cao army arrived, the local people, led by someone with a heart, tied up the county magistrate first, and then opened the city gate to welcome the surrender.

Therefore, everyone in the Chuangcao army said that going to Kaifeng would definitely destroy the city. Among the hundreds of thousands of bandits, everyone was waiting for the order to break through Kaifeng in one fell swoop so that they could enter the city and plunder.

When King Chuang attacked Kaifeng for the first time, his left eye was shot blind by Chen De, the son of Henan General Chen Yongfu.

(End of this chapter)