Li Zicheng ferociously besieged Taiyuan for many days with nearly 200,000 troops and more than 100,000 refugees. He launched a general attack crazily last night. After a fierce battle all night, he was severely injured by the officers and soldiers. Yuan County has just withdrawn its troops.
In this battle, Li Zicheng devoted all his troops to besiege Taiyuan. However, Chang Yu recruited his troops and used deceitful tactics. He was killed and fled. His vitality was severely damaged. However, he killed one thousand enemies and suffered eight hundred losses. Although most of the officers and soldiers relied on the city wall, they were defeated. They were fighting a defensive battle, but under the fierce attack of the bandits and the final blow out of the city, they suffered a lot of casualties.
After a night of fierce fighting, the soldiers were exhausted. After chasing for more than ten miles, they immediately withdrew to rest.
Chang Yu and Zhou Yuji retreated from the ruins of the rebel camp to Taiyuan City. What they saw along the way was shocking. It is no exaggeration to say that everywhere they saw were corpses!
The closer we get to Taiyuan City, the more corpses there are, and all kinds of tragic scenes are unbearable to look at.
The cruelty of war is far beyond ordinary people's imagination. With Chang Yu's mentality, he even felt like vomiting at this time. In this regard, he was really inferior to Zhou Yuji and others who had already become numb.
Officers and soldiers gradually withdrew from all directions towards the city. A night of fierce fighting and highly tense nerves made them extremely tired at this time, but mixed with a sense of inexplicable excitement, and of course grief for their comrades who died in the battle.
At this time, except for the two gates in the south city that were wide open, the rest of Taiyuan City was closed and no one was allowed to enter or exit. Even the two open gates prohibited ordinary people from entering or exiting.
The prefect, Sun Kangzhou, and the chief envoy, Zhao Jianji, stood outside the South Gate, looking at the smoke and corpses all over the place. Their eyes were full of sadness. A large number of logistics teams formed by refugees were cleaning the battlefield and collecting corpses.
A large number of injured officers and soldiers were sent to the military camp to await treatment. Cai Maode ignored his injuries and called on the doctors in the city to donate medicine and assist in treatment.
The streets and alleys in the city were crowded with civilians. After a night of fierce fighting, the soldiers were bleeding and fighting on the city. The common people were terrified and could not sleep all night. It was already daybreak. When they heard that the rebels had retreated, they spontaneously came to the streets to reward the soldiers. Those who returned from outside the city A large number of officers and soldiers entered the city and received an unprecedented warm welcome.
"Who is desperately protecting Taiyuan and protecting our people from being ravaged by thieves? It's them, these good men of the Ming Dynasty..." Someone on the street shouted to the returning officers and soldiers with tired faces and bloodstains all over their bodies, and led the people around them to come towards the officers and soldiers. At first, these people were just people from Dongchang or Sanli Academy, that is, navy troops. But once the atmosphere was stirred up, the people spontaneously thanked these soldiers from their hearts for becoming tap water.
The officers and soldiers who survived the disaster were moved by the enthusiasm of the people and their own bravery. Their pride as soldiers became stronger in their hearts. Some of them could not help but burst into tears and howled loudly. Immediately, some people rushed forward to hug them and comfort them gently.
Yes, these soldiers also have a family behind them, with parents, wives and children, even they themselves are just children!
After a night of fierce fighting, the soldiers were exhausted. Even Zhou Yuji couldn't hide his fatigue even though he was excited. The other soldiers fighting on the front line were even more miserable. The only exception was Chang Yu.
Because of his extraordinary talents, his physical strength recovered very quickly, but even so, he was still sleepy and yawning constantly.
"General Zhou is mighty, General Zhou has worked hard, and the people of Taiyuan City thank you..."
When Chang Yu, Zhou Yuji and a group of subordinates entered the city, the people along the way suddenly burst into loud cheers, and some even knelt down and kowtowed.
That's right, Zhou Yuji is the god in their hearts, the god of war, and the god of protection. Faced with the siege of hundreds of thousands of thieves, Zhou Yuji used his own power to turn the tide, defeat the thieves and protect the safety of hundreds of thousands of people in Taiyuan.
Facing such enthusiastic cheers from the people, Zhou Yuji was a little excited, his eyes were a little wet, and he held his fists in greetings.
"I feel that the people of Taiyuan should be most grateful to you." Tie Zhu muttered beside Chang Yu, with a look of dissatisfaction and grievance. The patron saint of Taiyuan City should be his factory supervisor!
The words were neither loud nor quiet, but everyone heard them and agreed with them. Even Zhou Yuji and his subordinates knew that Chang Yu was the big boss behind the scenes.
However, Chang Yu kept a low profile and few ordinary people knew of his existence. Even if they knew that he was in Taiyuan, such as the wealthy gentry in the city, who would have thought that this chief eunuch had battled wits and courage with intruders and went into battle to kill the enemy repeatedly. , and he was the one who finally defeated Li Zicheng!
Only the soldiers in the army and the senior officials in the government know how powerful this little eunuch is!
Zhou Yuji was well aware of Chang Yu's temper, but he still couldn't help but joke in a low voice: "It's a crime for underestimating one's position to steal the limelight from the factory supervisor."
Chang Yu rolled his eyes: "When it's over, go away and hide yourself and your name. Our level is far beyond ten streets."
Everyone was startled, then laughed and said one after another: "The realm of the Factory Governor is incomparable to ordinary people like us, you are the master!"
The flattery worked, Chang Yu smiled and said nothing, and continued to follow Zhou Yuji unhurriedly, enjoying the cheers of the people.
Little did he know that at a corner of the street, several women's eyes had not moved away from him since he appeared.
Zhu Zhi'e clasped her hands on her chest and looked at Chang Yu on the horse from a distance. She felt that it was extremely difficult to breathe. The little eunuch who usually had a playful and carefree face was now fully armored and had a heroic spirit. Although he was covered in blood, it was difficult to conceal his appearance. He exudes a powerful aura. At this time, no one would think that he is a eunuch. He is a hero, a god of war, and an invincible general who charges into battle!
Not only is she like this, but even the eyes of several women beside her are shining like that. Among them is Zhu Shenxuan's fiancée Yang Jingxiu. Chang Yu's aura is too strong. At this time, I'm afraid they don't even remember that there is a person like Zhu Shenxuan. .
Where has Zhu Shenxuan gone?
He was punished by kneeling in the Jin Palace!
This guy had previously led two hundred servants to accompany Shi Sheng out of the city from the east gate to kill the enemy, and then followed him all the way to the Danan City until the rebel army fled.
He did not lead his servants to chase down the bandit army. Firstly, he was too exhausted. Secondly, when the bandit army fled, he was really excited and wanted to tell his mother the news as soon as possible.
So his mother asked him to kneel in front of his father's spiritual tablet.
It was not until Chang Yu and Zhou Yuji arrived that Zhu Shenxuan was relieved. His eyes were bloodshot but he couldn't hide his excitement and asked Chang Yu what was the result of the battle? What are you doing here at the palace?
Come and sleep!
Chang Yu told him very straightforwardly that the city was in a mess, the towers were seriously damaged, and a large number of refugees were cleaning up the towers, making it very noisy.
Moreover, the war has just ended, and there are all kinds of miscellaneous things to deal with, and all the yamen are in a hurry. If you want peace and quiet, there is no more suitable place than Prince Jin's Mansion, and the treatment here is good.
Zhou Yuji didn't just come to sleep. The war had just ended and there were too many things to deal with. Zhu Shenxuan was the king of Taiyuan, so he had to be informed of all these things, and some even needed to be jointly signed.
It happened that Zhu Shenxuan was too excited to sleep, so the two of them whispered together, while Chang Yu had already gone to the side courtyard and fell asleep.
He slept soundly, but many officials in the city were busy dealing with various matters. The battlefield outside the city needed to be cleaned, the corpses needed to be buried and disposed of, and the city walls also needed to be cleaned... They also had to appease the people, make fires and cook meals, and do various things for the military. kind of logistics.
The generals of the army were also busy rescuing the wounded, collecting casualty reports, interrogating prisoners, inquiring about the movements of the rebels, patrolling the surrounding area, etc.
It was already past three o'clock in the afternoon when Chang Yu woke up. The servants brought food. When he learned that Cai Maode was also at the house while wolfing down the food, he sped up the progress.
Zhu Shenxuan hadn't slept yet, his eyes were bloodshot and he was even more tired, but he was still excited. After all, he was often woken up in the middle of the night by Li Zicheng and even cried secretly. At this time, when the rebel army retreated, he had personally How could he not be excited by participating in killing enemies?
Obviously he was not the only one who was excited. Not only Zhou Yuji, but also Cai Maode, Wang Jimo and others. Although these big bosses in Taiyuan City were exhausted, they seemed to be particularly energetic. At this time, they all gathered in the Jin Palace.
Although Cai Maode was thin and weak, his backbone was not generally strong. When he was defending on the city, he was hit by a stone and injured his shoulder. At this time, he came back injured, which made Chang Yu's respect for him even higher.
Wang Jimo is the governor of Xuanda and the nominal talker. This time he and Cai Maode came to the palace to discuss matters.
"The thieves are unable to escape, and the people along the way are even worse. They are unable to escape." Cai Maode looked solemn and sighed in a low voice! Everyone shook their heads and looked bitter.
Since Li Zicheng crossed the Yellow River, no one in the prefectures or counties he met resisted, and they all opened their city gates and surrendered. In order to show off and leave a good reputation, he did not plunder wantonly. At most, he only attacked some squires, and that was enough. The squire knew how to look, but he didn't think much of it.
But this time they were severely wounded in Taiyuan. They abandoned their helmets and armor and fled in panic. They had no time to take away the food, grass and baggage. It can be said that they were barefoot in the blink of an eye.
The soldiers are exhausted and the horses are exhausted, and the food and fodder are exhausted. I wonder if he still cares about the fig leaf at this time? Once this fig leaf is torn open and looting is carried out along the way, the people in the states and counties they pass through will suffer!
"Commander Zhou, if we send chasing troops, can we alleviate the crisis in the south?" Wang Jimo frowned.
Zhou Yuji shook his head: "I'm afraid that it will be in vain, but will only arouse the hostility of the thieves. Dogs jumping over the wall in a hurry will cause even more harm. Moreover, the soldiers are exhausted at this time, and the pursuit is just empty talk. There is not enough food and grass in the city at the moment. What should we use to pursue?"
There were sighs in the room, but Zhu Shenxuan's expression remained unchanged. Although his eyes were covered with red threads, his excitement remained undiminished. In his heart, it didn't matter how his bandit army caused harm to other places, as long as they were not in Taiyuan!
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