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Chapter 508 The depth of scheming is immeasurable

Outside the four walls of Kaifeng, there was a wail of mourning all over the place. The hungry people were being driven to fill the trenches on all sides. The corpses of the hungry people were already scattered in front of the trenches.

The other three sides were divided into thousands of hungry people. Only the west side left more than 2 hungry people. Liu Chengzu also completed three times of trench filling under the leadership of Uncle Wu.

He had been holding on to the bloody cloth bag tightly in his hand. Just as he was about to fill the soil after filling the trench for the first time, a starving man who had also lost the cloth bag was stabbed in front of him by the bandit leader. After cutting off his head, he learned the ability to hold on to the cloth bag and lift the soil.

He had a cloth bag under his arm, and in his hand were two steamed buns that he had just risked his life to fill in the trench. Although they were already cold and hard, he cherished them very much, and carefully put the two steamed buns into the Warm with the flesh inside the thin clothes, they slowly walked towards the camp of the hungry people in the distance.

Uncle Wu quickly caught up with him and stuffed him with a steamed bun, saying: "Looking at the deep trench, I don't know if we will have another round. My son, I dare not stop eating the steamed bun. I have no strength. If the trench cannot be filled, the young lady and the two children will have nothing to rely on.

One is enough for the old man, take this to the young master, you can eat one for yourself, and share your two buns with the three of them! "

Liu Chengzu's eyes were full of tears, thinking that although his family was in decline at the beginning, he was not as good as before, but he wouldn't go all out for two cold and hard buns.

What's wrong with this world?
He asked a question in his heart, but couldn't answer it.

Liu Chengzu also knew that what Uncle Wu said was the truth, he couldn't fall down, and if he fell, he would ask his wife and children how to live, so he took a steamed bun that Uncle Wu handed over with tears in his eyes, without saying a word, just exerting his strength nodded.

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"My lord Gao, the thief is insane enough to trick the hungry people into filling the moat with demonic words. The moat is about to be filled up. What should I do?" said Cao Kun, the servant of King Zhou's mansion, a little anxiously.

Gao Mingheng then said: "The trespassers are just pretending to be benevolent and righteous. Look at the hungry people who filled the trenches outside the city. They were not bewitched. They were clearly driven away with swords and guns. Cao Chengfeng didn't see those hungry people who walked slower. They were all slaughtered by the bandits. Is it?"

Zuo Changshi Li Yingchun also said: "How about I take the guards of the palace out of the city to fight for a while, so that they can't fill the trench with peace of mind. How about it!"

Gao Mingheng shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "No need. I think the intruders came to Kaifeng this time, only tens of thousands of bandits, clearly not as many as tens of thousands of troops when they besieged Luoyang, and did not bring large-scale siege troops. appliance.

As for the ladders listed in front of the thieves' formation, the door panels and the like were mostly made temporarily. It can be seen that they did not have the determination to open the city. My Kaifeng city wall is high, thick and strong, so I asked him to fill it in. The moats cannot break through Kaifeng City.

As long as the soldiers and civilians are united and united in the same hatred, we only need to stick to the city for a few days, at most half a month, and we can make them retreat in the face of difficulties. "

As he spoke, he turned his head and looked to the north again, and said: "What's more, there is Zhang Cheng's frontier army from Xuanzhen who came to help at the Taojiadian outside the city. There is a strong army outside and a strong city inside, why be afraid of tens of thousands of bandits outside the city!"

"Your Excellency's words are very true!" Li Yingchun nodded and said.

Cao Kun also looked to the north, and said: "The performance of Zhang Cheng Chongzhen in Xuanzhen for 11 years was very amazing, but after he rescued the son of King Fu from the city of Yanshi, his whereabouts were erratic and he didn't hear his voice. Suddenly appearing in Tao's shop again today?"

He questioned: "Could it be that the intruder's intention to raid Kaifeng is all part of his plan?"

Gao Mingheng also had this doubt in his heart, he turned his head to look at the hungry people filling the trench outside the west gate, and said, "If this is the case, the depth of sincerity is immeasurable!"

Zuo Changshi Li Yingchun said: "No matter how he plans, if he can come to Kaifeng in time, drive away the bandits, and save His Highness from worrying, it will be a great achievement in protecting the city and saving the people, and His Highness will certainly ask the court for credit."

But Gao Mingheng asked himself in his heart: "Will Zhang Cheng really come to rescue Kaifeng, or will he wait until the veterans of the Thieves are tired before picking peaches?"

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In the camp of Zhang Cheng’s army at Taojiadian in the north of Kaifeng, it was already time for dinner. Today, the soldiers still have meat, and Taojiadian bought it locally, but most of it was purchased from Yuanwu and Yangwu counties on the north bank and transported across the river. here.

In Zhang Cheng's Chinese army tent, there were two large desks side by side at the top. Zhang Cheng and Chen Jiugao sat in the back respectively. There were steamed meat, barbecue, some side dishes and a pot of warm wine on the desk.

On the left are Wei Zhice, Zhang Guodong, Zhang Guangda, Lin Fangping, Wang Tieren, Chen Dakuan, Jin Yong, etc. under Zhang Cheng's command, and the three thousand chiefs of the car camp are Du Chungang, the left chief of the carriage, and Du Chungang, the right chief of the carriage. The head of the Ministry of Thousands is headed to Jinbao, and the middle head of the chariot is headed for Gold.

Sitting on the lower right are two guerrilla generals and four generals from Chen Jiugao's Beijing battalion, and Su Zhuang, who guards the road, also set up a table next to Zhang Cheng and sat behind.

Zhang Cheng originally wanted to ask Chen Jiugao to sit in the middle of the first place, but although Chen Jiugao is a dude and has a good face, he also knows the rules and depths very well. Under his strong push, Zhang Cheng sat in the middle, while he and Su Zhuang sat on both sides.

But because there were no three major cases, Su Zhuang's case was slightly smaller, which seemed extremely discordant. Although Su Zhuang didn't say much, he already secretly held grudges in his heart.

Outside the military tent, Zhang Chengfang and Zhang Jintai led the boy scout guards on guard, and inside the military tent, Lin Fangping got up and introduced the intelligence of the scouts.

"There are more than 3 people in the Chuang army, including about [-] horse thieves, and the rest are foot thieves. He rushed to Kaifeng for a long distance, and he did not carry much military resources. Although he could not spy on his old camp, he could see it from a distance. Find out one or two.

Although the thieves besieged the city on all sides, their main attack direction should be on the side of the west gate. Today, the thieves only drove the hungry people to fill the ditch outside the city, but did not attack the city. According to the detection of the sentry cavalry, only the eastern ditch has not been filled at all, and the other three sides are basically All filled in.

It is estimated that the thieves will officially start attacking Kaifengfu City tomorrow. "

At this moment, Su Zhuang interjected: "Zhang Shuai, Chen Shuai, if you don't enter the army in time to rescue Kaifeng, if you disturb the Feng Fan, I'm afraid His Royal Highness King Zhou will blame him!"

Zhang Cheng said with a smile: "Lord Su, please be safe and don't be impatient. Our army has already assembled here, and we will definitely keep Kaifeng safe and His Royal Highness King Zhou safe."

Then he turned his head and asked Lin Fangping again: "Lin Fangping, who is the leader of the bandit army on all sides outside Kaifeng City, and how many troops do they have, can anyone find out?"

(End of this chapter)