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The Storm in the Late Ming Dynasty Volume 11 Chapter 651: The plank road was built in the Ming Dynasty and the warehouse was built in the dark (3)

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    Li Qingshan looked at Kaifeng City with a smile on his lips.

    Kaifeng was originally an important town, but when Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng, he dug embankments and released water. This section of the Yellow River had long formed an above-ground suspended river, and the water poured down, so that the original Kaifeng was completely submerged in the mud (there is doubt here, some  It is believed that the embankments were dug by the officers and soldiers themselves).  Although the water receded after that, only less than 30,000 of the 300,000 people in Kaifeng City remained. Although a lot of improvements had been made, Niu Jinxing had deployed heavy troops in Kaifeng in order to operate the eastern defense line in the past two years. However, this ancient city looks like  Still dilapidated and withered.

    "Tuanzheng, it's almost time. Can we attack the city?" Beside Li Qingshan, his subordinates urged impatiently.

    Each army has its own style, and this style is very similar to the commander's personal personality.  Although the regiment led by Li Qingshan has not been actually commanded by him for a long time, the regiment already has his style.

    That¡¯s just a matter of temperament and brotherly loyalty, no matter how big or small.

    "What a bastard, I'm not even in a hurry. Are you in such a hurry that you rush home to hug the girl?" Li Qingshan opened his mouth to scold, but after he finished scolding, he shrank his neck and looked around habitually, but he didn't find any military personnel.  The Central Military Police breathed a sigh of relief, scratched his head, and laughed heartily.

    "Okay, let's get the artillery battalion ready and make the noise bigger." He said again.

    "Just blow this city up. I think this dilapidated city wall can't withstand a few cannons"

    "You little bastard, it's up to me to decide, am I the regiment commander or are you the regiment commander?" Li Qingshan raised his hand and wanted to swipe it away, but the soldier pointed at the epaulette.  He immediately stopped his hand and said, "Don't worry, hurry up and convey my order. There's a typo in it. Military law will be engaged!"

    His messenger ran away with a smile. After a while, the artillery camp began to bombard.

    The person guarding Kaifeng City is Liu Xiyao.  As early as when the Chinese army organized a floating bridge to cross the river.  He received a report and knew about this, and sent troops to intercept. As a result, the soldiers he sent were frightened by the Chinese army who fired two shots from a distance - after defeating and eliminating the Jianlu.  The prestige of the Huaxia Army has reached its extreme, and the Chuang Army has no courage to fight with it in the field.

    In this situation, Liu Xiyao could only restrain his subordinates.  While continuing to send people to Luoyang to ask for help, he defended the city.  It was not that he had never thought of surrendering, but he was also a habitual bandit for many years. He was one of the leaders of the bandits who were rampant in Yinghuo Mountain. He had a big feud with Yu Guozhen. He followed Zhang Xianzhong and burned down Yu Guozhen's Xiliu Villa twice.  So I dare not surrender.

    Hearing the loud sound of cannons, Liu Xiyao felt uneasy, but when he heard that these cannons were only fired outside the trench, none of them hit the city wall.  The anxiety in his heart turned into confusion.

    "Yu Gou's soldiers are good at artillery. If they miss like this, there must be something fishy." A general beside him said in a low voice.

    Liu Xiyao waited a while, there is no doubt that, but since the opponent did not attack the city directly.  Liu Xiyao had no objection to his willingness to waste cannonballs and gunpowder.  He raised his telescope and directly observed the layout of the Chinese army. He found that the number of the Chinese army was not large, far less than the tens of thousands reported by his subordinates at the beginning.

    Look at the appearance.  That's two to three thousand people.

    This made Liu Xiyao's heart skip a beat. The Chinese army of two to three thousand people, no matter how brave they were, would be unable to conquer the city of Kaifeng.

    As for where the rest of the Chinese army went, he could deduce without thinking carefully that they must be heading west, rushing towards Luoyang in a hurry.  Liu Xiyao had no time to worry about Niu Jinxing in Luoyang City at this time. He had more than 50,000 and less than 60,000 people in his hands. They were originally scattered around Kaifeng. The main force was in Guide Mansion to guard against the Chinese army coming from Shandong, but he never  I think the Chinese army will attack from Hebei!

    "Damn it, the river is frozen. It didn't block the Chinese army, but it blocked its own messenger!" Liu Xiyao cursed secretly in his heart. If not, he would have received the news as soon as the Chinese army approached the Yellow River, and he would have had time to recruit soldiers.  But now, he did not have enough troops. No wonder the Chinese army dared to leave only a few thousand people to attack the city, and the main force went directly west.

    "careful!"

    While he was thinking about how to respond, his subordinates suddenly shouted, pulled him over, and ran straight towards the city.

    Then the whistling shells landed on the city wall. The destructive power of the shells against the city walls was not as great as that of the solid shells, but the destructive power of the shrapnel on people was much wider than that of the solid shells.  The solid bullet could hit all the way at most, but it exploded in a large area. Even if Liu Xiyao dodged in time, the fragments still fell not too far away from him, kicking up layers of dust.

    Those missed artillery fires just now were originally intended to attract him to the top of the city for inspection!

    Liu Xiyao felt secretly in his heart. The Chinese general was indeed cunning. The leader of thousands of people could pull off such a trick and almost got him killed.  He couldn't help but worry in his heart. With such artillery fire and such generals,It's hard to defend the city when it's closed.

    "General, are you worried about the difficulty of defending the city?" A close aide next to him asked in a low voice when he saw his frown.

    "It's not easy. If the Chinese army attacks with all its strength, it will be difficult to defend for a day, and we don't have many troops in the city."

    "The general has forgotten someone." The confidant said: "At the beginning, it was difficult for me to attack Kaifeng with an army of 400,000, not to mention the thousands of Chinese troops outside? No matter how powerful their artillery is and how brave their soldiers are, as long as we deal with it properly, the defenders can defeat it.  It¡¯s always better than the attacker!¡±

    "Forgot someone?" Liu Xiyao was stunned at first, then suddenly patted his forehead: "Exactly, I forgotbut, is he willing to serve us?"

    "Why don't you want to? When his son shot King Chuang in the eye, King Chuang still tolerated him and rewarded him endlessly. Later, Prime Minister Niu and you, the general, also gave him rewards. Now that the matter is urgent, if he doesn't do it, what will happen to him?  Where is his family?"

    The words of his confidants gave Liu Xiyao some confidence.  The man they were talking about, whose surname was Chen Yongfu, was originally the guard general of Kaifeng City in the Ming Dynasty. He made great achievements in Li Zicheng's repeated sieges of Kaifeng. His son Chen De even shot Li Zicheng in the eye.  Later, before Li Zicheng entered the capital, he was originally under Sun Chuanting. However, because Gao Qi usurped Sun Chuanting's military power and caused the entire army to collapse, they all surrendered. He was one of the few who did not surrender.

    Li Zicheng's courage was extraordinary. At that time, Chen Yongfu finally surrendered due to the oath of breaking an arrow, and Li Zicheng even arranged for him to be sent to Kaifeng City until he was defeated and died. Niu Jinxing took control of Kaifeng. Chen Yongfu claimed to be ill and returned home to recuperate, but his father and son still stayed.  In Kaifeng City.

    This person is one of the few city defense masters in the world. If we can get his help, we can indeed offset the Chinese army's weapons advantage to a certain extent.

    "Send someone to invite That's all, I'll go there myself!" Liu Xiyao originally wanted someone to invite Chen Yongfu, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt it was inappropriate. Now he is asking for help from others, how could he be so negligent!

    He was originally a bandit and did not attach much importance to his identity, so he rode a horse and led dozens of soldiers to the Chen Mansion.  The Chen Mansion is located in the southwest of Kaifeng City. The sound of cannons is rumbling in the north of the city, but the south of the city is very quiet. In front of the Chen Mansion, the sound of silk and bamboo can even be heard faintly.

    This made Liu Xiyao feel angry. He had already made up his mind. If Chen Yongfu refused to help him defend the city, he would kill his whole family one by one.

    After announcing his name, the sound of rapid footsteps was immediately heard in Chen's mansion. Not long after, the middle door opened wide, and a strong man appeared in front of Liu Xiyao: "My father heard that General Liu has arrived and is waiting for guests in the atrium. Please come in, please come in."  "

    This strong man was Chen De, the son of Chen Yongfu. Liu Xiyao did not show politeness to him and walked in proudly. The guards around him naturally followed him.

    "However, the Chen Mansion is small. Dozens of people crowded in, and they were immediately so crowded that there was no room to stand in the courtyard.  Chen De coughed and said with some embarrassment: "The house is small and there is no place to accommodate guests. Please just stay in the courtyard. It's indifferent. It's indifferent."

    Liu Xiyao saw Chen Yongfu greeting him in front of the normal door. Facing this veteran, he was no longer arrogant, but instead cupped his fists and saluted: "Mr. Chen, how are you doing this?"

    "Rare guest, why does General Liu still have time to come and live in a small house at this time?" Chen Yongfu bowed and said: "The post of general soldier was a fake post in the previous dynasty. Now it is a new dynasty. How can I dare to take it? Please come in, please come in!"

    He spoke politely and politely, which made Liu Xiyao feel a little happy.  Following Chen Yongfu into the house, he saw an opera troupe sitting inside, apparently singing an opera.  Chen Yongfu waved his hand, and the troupe exited the door. Chen Yongfu invited Liu Xiyao to take a seat at the top, while he accompanied the Prime Minister.

    "To be honest, Mr. Chen must also know that Yu Guozhen's Chinese army raided Kaifeng and is now attacking the city" Liu Xiyao had something on his mind and did not mince words. He explained the situation directly and added at the end: "When King Chuang was here, it was quite  Prime Minister Niu and my general have not neglected to meet Mr. Chen as a favor. Now is Mr. Chen¡¯s time to serve the country, so please do not refuse Mr. Chen.¡±

    Chen Yongfu stroked his beard and pondered for a while, and Liu Xiyao became impatient, and the hand holding the sword tightened.  After waiting for a long time, Chen Yongfu said: "To be honest, when King Chuang attacked Kaifeng, General Mo was defending the city. There was only one military attache in the city, General Mo, so the deployment and command of the troops was all given to General Mo"

    "If Brother Chen comes out to help me, I will be at your disposal!" Liu Xiyao immediately understood what he meant.

    Chen Yongfu smiled, but did not speak. He just looked at Liu Xiyao. Liu Xiyao understood what he meant, and casually took the general seal tied behind his elbow and held it in front of Chen Yongfu.

    He is not afraid of Chen Yongfu's tricks, because Chen Yongfu himself is in this room, and there are also several of his cronies in the room, and Chen Yongfu only has one son beside him.

    "In this case, the final general will notResigned.  General Cai just said that Yu Guozhen's men were bombarding the north of the city, and their numbers were small?  "

    "Exactly."

    "Oops, the north of the city must be attacking from the east and west, and its main force must be transferred to the south of the city. We don't have enough troops in the city. If we concentrate on the north of the city, the south of the city will be slackChen De!"

    "My son is here!"

    "Please also ask General Liu to give me a general command and let him lead people to reinforce the south of the city to avoid the plan of China and Yu State to rise up and attack the east and the west!"

    Liu Xiyao was still a little skeptical at first, but when Chen Yongfu said this and pushed the seal back, he was suddenly relieved and said with a smile: "Thanks to Mr. Chen, otherwise I would have fallen into Yu Guozhen's trick again Come on,  Go with Commander Chen!"

    As he spoke, he took out a general order, but did not give it to Chen De, but to his cronies.  (To be continued)

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