Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 116 Kill with me
It was indeed Emperor Chongzhen who came from outside the city.

He stopped about a hundred steps away from the city, and then shouted loudly to the city: "I am the current emperor, Li thief is cruel, if you follow Li thief to cause trouble, you will definitely be spurned by the world, and you will be infamy for eternity. . I remember that you had no choice but to rebel, and those who surrender may be pardoned, or join the army to serve the court, or go home to reunite with their families!"

Hearing this, Liu Fangliang immediately yelled and yelled: "Fart, the dog emperor is the best at spreading rumors. Our Dashun country has equal land and no food. I don't know how many times better than you, the dog emperor!"

Most of the other people on the city thought what he said was reasonable, and they all started to curse.

Emperor Chongzhen did not argue with them. He immediately waved his hand back, and a horseman came out and shouted to the top of the city: "Brothers, I am Zhang Liu'er, a personal guard of General Zhang of Taiyuan. All the food in Taiyuan has been taken by Your Highness." ... After being transported away by Li Thief, famine has already occurred. General Zhang sent people to ask for help several times, but Li Thief did not return. He was going to starve the brothers and people of Taiyuan to death..."

This person was naturally the captured messenger. He came forward to shout to the soldiers of the Dashun Army in the city. This was why Emperor Chongzhen brought the person closer so that more people could hear him on the city. reason.

Upon hearing Zhang Liuer's shouting, the people on the top of the city became a little surprised and suspicious.

After all, what the messenger said was true, and in many aspects it was in line with the perceptions of the defenders on the city.If it is true, then how can you believe that evenly arranging land and exempting food from the land you control is not good?

In this era, most people have experienced famine.The fear of hunger is engraved in my bones.

Gao Guiying naturally knew the inside story. After all, she was in charge of food and supplies.When I heard it at this time, of course I couldn't recognize it.

So, she shouted loudly: "This is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, he will slander His Highness. Don't believe it!"

After saying this, she ordered the arrows to be released.

Li Zijing, who was hiding behind, immediately shouted after hearing this: "Yes, yes, yes, shoot the arrow quickly, where are the muskets? There are also artillery pieces, there will be a heavy reward for killing the emperor!"

At a distance of a hundred paces, only the sharpest archers in the army can hit it; if it is a fine musket, it can also hit it.

However, the northern army had many fire blunderbuss, three-eyed blunderbuss, and few bird blunderbuss. Moreover, Li Zicheng's army at this time did not have its own logistics base. Most of the firearms and artillery in the army came from captured weapons.

Therefore, it was basically impossible for them to attack or shoot the emperor at a distance of a hundred steps.

On the contrary, Emperor Chongzhen, when he heard that he wanted to shoot arrows from the top of the city, he immediately opened his bow and arrows, and shot out arrows in a "whoosh".

Many of the defenders on the city had seen the Ming Emperor's magic arrows. When they saw that the emperor was about to shoot an arrow, they immediately subconsciously hid. Even on Gao Guiying's side, her men immediately raised their shields to protect her.

As a result, Emperor Chongzhen did not shoot at the top of the city at all, but only heard a "pop" sound coming from outside the city.

The defenders on the top of the city were curious and quickly looked around. It turned out that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty shot and broke the rope of the city bridge at a distance of a hundred steps, and the pulled city bridge fell down, making a loud noise.

Seeing this scene, the defenders on the top of the city were stunned.

What is a hundred steps to pierce the Yang, this is a hundred steps to pierce the Yang!

The last time we didn't see the Ming Emperor's marksmanship, but this time we saw it, more people knew that the Ming Emperor was indeed a marksman.

Even Liu Fangliang, who had been unconvinced and wanted to rush out for revenge, was stunned.

When the imperial officers and soldiers outside the city saw this scene, they all cheered deafeningly: "Long live my emperor!"

Suddenly, the momentum on top of the city and below the city were really completely different.

Li Zijing was furious and shouted: "What are you doing standing still? Shoot quickly, fire quickly!"

However, at this time, Emperor Chongzhen had finished his show and had already retreated after demoralizing the defenders at the top of the city.

The officers and soldiers of the imperial court were all eating big meals, waiting to fight after a full meal.The unrivaled bravery of his own emperor seemed to have been passed on to them, giving them even more courage.

On the top of the city, Gao Guiying and others immediately inspected the city defenses, and then discovered many problems.

"What's going on? Where are the Rolling Stones? Why are there so few?"

"Why is this wolf-tooth swatter broken?"

"..."

In fact, this side of the capital is where Li Zicheng's army is. It was swept by Liu Fangliang's partial division before. In addition, there are also heavy troops stationed in the city. Who will have nothing to do to defend the city? It doesn't matter if they don't attack others. Okay.

So, when things came to a head, it was discovered that the city defense was in a complete mess.

Gao Guiying got angry, and Liu Fangliang, Li Zijing and others rushed to supervise the preparations for war.Suddenly, Zhending City was also busy.

At the top of the city, both sides were making preparations for the war, and a war was about to break out.

But no one expected that at this time, God would intervene and it started to rain, and the rain slowly became heavier and heavier, and soon turned into a heavy rain.

Well, it seems that if the heavy rain interrupts the fight, the battle will not start.

In the history of the late Ming Dynasty, there were many times when the two sides stopped fighting because of heavy rain.

One of the important factors is that firearms have become relatively popular. Under heavy rain, firearms cannot be used, and even bows and arrows cannot be used.

For the defenders in the city, it would be best if they could avoid fighting.But for Emperor Chongzhen, it was not possible.

He didn't have time. He only had a chance to attack Zhending. If there was a stalemate here, even if Li Zicheng could rest assured that his food hoard would be guarded by all the general soldiers, he would definitely divide his troops to rescue him, and the main force might even arrive to fight him decisively.

According to the original plan, if Zhending cannot be defeated, it will never stay and needs to be transferred immediately.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen did not order to withdraw his troops. Instead, he issued military orders and lined up to attack the city.

If it were an ordinary army, many people would probably have objections to such an unreasonable military order.Food as a soldier is not such a waste.

However, the morale of this army was extremely high, and it was the emperor who issued the military orders.Therefore, no one complained and everyone lined up in the rain.

Emperor Chongzhen did nothing special. He was also drenched by the heavy rain and rode to the front of the formation to review his troops.

The roads have become muddy, and large siege equipment cannot be used even if it is assembled.The infantry soldiers all carried simple ladders, or hung flying claws on their bodies, or carried trench bridges to stand by in the rain.

Rain fell on the heads of the soldiers. Even if they were protected by helmets, the rain still obscured their vision from time to time. They had to reach out to wipe it away, but other than that, there was no movement.

On Ma Ke's side, there was a little more movement, but as the emperor rode his horse to the front of the formation, everyone turned into clay sculptures and became motionless.

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at them and suddenly shouted loudly: "The bandits are poisoning the world and the people are living in dire straits. Taiyuan is an example. We can only defeat Li's army by capturing Zhending and cutting off the food and fodder for Li's army."

"We save Baoding, and Li's army will definitely come. To capture Zhending and defeat Li's army, we only have this chance to attack."

"Everyone in Zhending City is defeated. In this battle, we must go all out to capture Zhending, defeat Li's army, and protect our country!"

Having said this, Emperor Chongzhen glanced at the soldiers in front of him. After a pause, his expression became firm and he shouted loudly again: "In this battle, regardless of the rank of the soldiers, I will fight with you on the city to kill the enemy! If you advance or retreat, kill!" "

After finishing speaking, he turned his horse's head and looked at Zhending City in the heavy rain. He drew his sword and pointed it forward, roaring: "Kill!"

When the generals in front of each army saw this, they immediately held their swords in their hands and shouted loudly: "Kill with me!"

The infantry soldiers immediately swarmed out, followed their commander, passed the emperor, and rushed towards Zhending City with shouts.

At this moment, although the emperor said that he would attack the city and kill the enemy, no one took it seriously!

That's the emperor, how could he go into battle in person?Standing in front of the two armies, few emperors can do it.Not to mention, the emperor was still soaked in the rain just like them.

The defenders on the top of the city were shocked when they saw that the imperial officers and soldiers outside the city launched an attack like madmen despite such heavy rain. They all became nervous.

Gao Guiying and others who were sitting in the arrow tower were also shocked when they saw it. They felt that this imperial army was really unreasonable.As a result, military orders were immediately issued to prepare for battle.I saw the imperial officers and soldiers carrying the trench bridge. The first batch rushed to the moat and lowered the trench bridge. The soldiers who followed carried simple ladders to cross the bridge. There were also many soldiers who stepped directly onto the moat and were shot by the emperor. The fallen moat bridge was the first to launch an attack.

When it rains heavily, one advantage for the siege team is that the defenders' long-range weapons cannot be used, and the possibility of being harmed during the charge is reduced.

However, the road was slippery on rainy days, and many soldiers slipped into the moat when they stepped on the moat bridge.

But no matter what, more and more imperial soldiers rushed to the city with shouts, erected simple ladders to hook the top of the city, and then began to climb and attack the city.The soldiers carrying the flying claws swung their flying claws upward one after another. As long as they could catch it, they also started to climb up.

At this time, the defenders on the top of the city began to throw rolling wood and rocks down, smash them down along the ladder, or use knives to cut off the ropes on the flying claws. In an instant, casualties among the imperial officers and soldiers appeared. .

"Kill..."

Even if it rains heavily, it can't cover up the cry of death.

The comrade who was climbing in front was injured and fell down, and the comrades behind him continued to climb, no one was afraid, and they kept moving forward.

The defenders on the top of the city finished smashing the rolled wood and stones, and then waited for the ladder with their long spears, waiting for the imperial officers and soldiers to show their heads and then stab them.The rain also increased the difficulty of climbing. For a while, even if the imperial officers and soldiers were full of morale and fearless of death, there was still no place they could attack the city. Instead, casualties continued to appear.

Gao Guiying and others who were commanding in the arrow tower could not see clearly in the distance, but they could only see the battle situation in front of them. They could probably tell that it was basically impossible for the imperial officers and soldiers to attack the city, so they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Even on Li Zijing's side, after he saw the battle clearly, he became furious: "I'm going to capture that dog emperor alive, hang him up and shoot him into a hornet's nest! Damn it, when will my arm heal?"

"kill……"

The defenders at the top of the city relied on their large number of people. There were more than ten people fighting against a ladder. Even if a few imperial officers and soldiers used their flying claws to use the cover of the rain to avoid cutting off the ropes, they would be killed by the defenders at the top of the city when they first emerged. Discovered and failed.

Time passed by minute by second, and casualties continued. Even if the soldiers of the imperial court were fighting desperately, if the fight continued like this, the possibility of winning the true victory would be very small.

Emperor Chongzhen was standing by the moat. He saw that the fighting situation everywhere was not good, and the internal officials in the city didn't know what was going on. After frowning, he immediately shouted: "Come with me!"

After finishing speaking, he rushed to the trench bridge and headed down to the city.

Fang Zhenghua was shocked when he saw it, and quickly followed the emperor's subordinate Biaoying.

The place chosen by Emperor Chongzhen was some distance away from where the soldiers mounted ladders to attack the city.I saw him arriving at the bottom of the city, thrusting his bright silver gun into the ground, putting on a posture and saying, "Come here, I'll let you go to the city!"

Emperor Chongzhen had already thought about it just now, he just had great strength.The city wall of Zhending Mansion is a little shorter than that of Baoding Mansion, so this idea came up.

Fang Zhenghua saw the emperor's posture and immediately understood what the emperor meant.

During the fight, he was not timid and immediately shouted to the people around him: "Follow us!"

After finishing speaking, he held a long spear, ran forward a few steps, stepped on the emperor's outstretched hand, and used his strength to control it.

Then Emperor Chongzhen shouted loudly, and with a strong force of his hands, he threw Fang Zhenghua high into the air.

The defenders on the top of the city were dealing with the imperial officers and soldiers on the other side of the ladder. Suddenly, they discovered that there was an imperial officer nearby. He flew up from the city as if he could fly, flew over the battlements, and landed on the city top. , they were all dumbfounded for the first time.

Is this a fairy or monster?It can actually fly!

It was too late, but it was too soon. As soon as Fang Zheng stepped on the top of the city, he suddenly swung his gun and swept away thousands of troops, sweeping away a large area of ​​the surrounding defenders.Then the gun head trembled, like a poisonous snake spitting a message, and it hit the necks of the fallen defenders, killing several people in one fell swoop.

At this time, another person flew to the top of the city as if he could fly.He was Jin Zhensun, the commander of Biaoying who was directly under the imperial command. He was also very brave. As soon as his feet touched the ground, he and Fang Zhenghua immediately rushed towards the defenders to expand their territory.

At the same time, Emperor Chongzhen's personal guards were thrown onto the city one by one.These personal guards were the most courageous among the personal guards. They took the city by surprise and even used this incredible method to attack the city, catching the defenders off guard. The city was quickly captured by the imperial army. one slice.

Without the suppression of the garrison at the top of the city, the imperial officers and soldiers on the Yunti side quickly stepped on the city one by one and joined Fang Zhenghua and others in attacking the bandit army.

"Kill!"

Seeing this situation, the morale that had been affected due to the lack of progress in the hard battle suddenly rose sharply. Everyone roared and accelerated the attack on the city.

Under the heavy rain, the line of sight was blocked. When the defenders elsewhere discovered that a section of the city wall had been lost, it was too late to rescue them.

"Kill..."

More and more imperial officers and soldiers stepped onto the top of the city, and then began to charge along the city wall.

Emperor Chongzhen held a bright silver gun in his hand and climbed to the top of the city via a simple ladder.At a glance, I saw that the soldiers had occupied a large section of the city wall.Inside the city, close to the city gate, there was also fighting going on. It should be that those who had sneaked into the city before were fighting.

When Fang Zhenghua was fighting, he saw the emperor ascending to the top of the city, so he immediately withdrew and let other soldiers continue to fight. He then returned to Emperor Chongzhen, always remembering his duty of protection.

At this time, the rain began to subside, and I could see farther.

Fang Zhenghua wiped the rain from his face and said to Emperor Chongzhen with a smile: "The destruction of the city this time is all thanks to the power of Lord Long Live!"

When he said this, he really meant it.

If the emperor hadn't figured out a way to throw him and other brave men onto the city with great force, this might not have been possible.

Emperor Chongzhen was very pleased after hearing this, but on the surface, he seemed to be indifferent and continued to observe the battlefield.

Behind him, there was a steady stream of soldiers climbing up the city and rushing to the front.

The Dashun Army naturally never expected that they would be killed on the city by the imperial officers and soldiers.Liu Fangliang defended this section of the city wall, which happened to be the section of the city wall chosen by Emperor Chongzhen.He had just heard that there was rebellion in the city. Before he could react, he saw that the officers and soldiers on the city were advancing steadily and occupying more and more of the city.

If it were Li Zijing and others, they would probably have collapsed and felt powerless.

However, Liu Fangliang had fought with Li Zicheng for so many years and was awarded the title of Marquis.You know, even Liu Zongmin, Li Zicheng's top general, is now just a marquis.This shows that he is capable.

Therefore, when he saw that the situation was not good, he immediately ordered his personal guards to call for help, and then led other personal guards to rush to the front line. Shouting loudly, he organized his personal guards to hold spears two to three feet long and form a tight formation. Array.

"Those who retreat will be cut!"

"Quick, everyone crowd up, form a tight formation, and stab them with spears!"

"..."

Liu Fangliang roared loudly and arranged a counterattack.

Not to mention, his arrangement is really reasonable.

When the imperial army attacked the city, the weapons they brought were ordinary swords, guns, swords and shields.At this time, the spear formations arranged by Liu Fangliang were all spears that were much larger than ordinary spears. They were used to stab people at long distances or to resist horses.

This kind of spears are so densely packed that if they are thrust forward together, even the most brave enemies will not be able to use their strengths and will not be able to get close at all.

Suddenly, the imperial officers and soldiers on the top of the city were forced by the spear formation. They found it difficult to resist and pushed back involuntarily. The one-sided battle was immediately stabilized.

When Fang Zhenghua saw it, he immediately knew something was wrong and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Long live my lord, I will go and break the formation!"

After he finished speaking, he shouted to the people behind him: "Javelin, where is the harpooneer?"

Bows, arrows, and firecrackers are useless, but at this time, javelins are useful.

However, in today's battlefield, javelins have almost withdrawn from the battlefield, and generally only a few are equipped.Suddenly a lot of javelins are needed, which is simply impossible.

Just when Fang Zhenghua was anxious, he suddenly heard Emperor Chongzhen yelling: "Get out of the way!"

(End of this chapter)