On the building in the northwest corner of Kaifeng City, Patrolman Gao Mingheng was paying attention to the majestic car formation outside the city. He even saw hundreds of corpses of bandit soldiers outside the car array. Some of the bandit soldiers who were not yet dead were crawling back with difficulty, leaving behind a trail of A dark red blood mark.
He said to Wang Xie, the magistrate of Xiangfu County, in a deep voice: "Quickly, gather all the city defenders who can use bows and arrows here. We also need to move more bricks, stones and trees. The distance between this place and the car array outside the city is only a hundred and fifty." As you move up and down, you must cooperate with the officers and troops outside the city, and do not teach the thieves to go to the north of the city for reinforcements."
Gao Mingheng turned his head and said to Cao Kun, the official of the Zhou Palace: "Cao Chengfeng can repay His Highness. Looking at the flag, we can see that there are indeed Zhang Cheng's soldiers and horses in Xuanzang outside the city. I have no worries in Kaifeng!"
Cao Kun's face was also full of joy. He had been worried for the past few days. In addition, he was a close relative of King Zhou and was very loyal to King Zhou. In addition to all the efforts King Zhou made to defend Kaifeng City, he was very loyal to him. Look in your heart.
At this time, he finally saw reinforcements arriving, and a strong army that could directly fight against the bandits outside the city. How unhappy he felt. His first thought now was to report this good news to the king of Zhou quickly. .
But he would not be a mediocre person who was sent by the King of Zhou to assist in the defense of the city. Before leaving, he did not forget to ask Li Yingchun, the chief minister of the left, and said: "Li Changshi, quickly capture the person who is good at shooting among the guards of the palace." When we are transferred here, we will interact with General Zhang’s troops and horses outside the city. Don’t allow the traitors to pass under the city to the north.”
Since the location of Prince Zhou's Mansion was relatively close to Fengbei Gate, Cao Kun led several guards from the Prince's Palace to the North Gate after speaking. After descending from the city, he rode straight to Prince Zhou's Mansion to report the good news.
Just after Cao Kun left, Ximen Headquarters Li Guangxu ran over in a hurry and said from a distance: "Sir, Master Gao..."
Gao Mingheng was in a happy mood when he saw the reinforcements arriving in time, and he didn't feel guilty about it. He just asked with a slightly sullen face: "President Li, why are you so panicked?"
Li Guangyi also ran a little faster. He stopped to take a breath and then reported: "Back to Master Gao, after you arrived here just now, the students were still on guard at the west gate. Suddenly, I heard someone shouting outside the city wall. .
The student took a closer look and saw that among the warriors I had lowered down the city to drive away the bandits, more than a dozen of them survived. I quickly ordered people to fetch several large frames, tied them with ropes, lowered them down to the city, and picked up the warriors one by one. Come. "
If this happened before reinforcements appeared, Gao Mingheng would definitely care about it and even publicize and praise it to encourage others to follow suit.
But now that reinforcements have arrived, there is no need for these soldiers to march down the city to fight. He is no longer interested in this, and just said lightly: "Who have come back alive? Record the names and let them rest first!"
Li Guangyi's heart was full of fire, but he felt that Master Gao didn't seem to care much about this matter. However, most of the people who killed the thieves in the city were the brave men under his command.
He was originally a local gentry in Kaifeng. He had made a promise at the beginning, but now he couldn't fulfill it. If he behaved like that, how would he live in this city in the future.
At that moment, he reminded softly: "Yes, the student knows. It's just..."
He paused for a moment, and after observing Gao Mingheng's face, he continued: "Master Gao, the warriors in Lian City bravely killed several thieves, but it is difficult to count, and some of the clan members in the city even cut off Di City. The head of the bandit leader is back."
"oh……"
Gao Mingheng didn't pay attention to other words. Only the four words "disciple of the clan" aroused his interest. After thinking about it for a while, he asked Li Guangyi: "What is this man's name?"
"Zhu Zhicang."
Gao Mingheng thought for a while and found that he had no impression of this person. He thought he was an unknown clan member in the city. He immediately said: "Everyone who attacks the city will be rewarded with ten taels of silver. Those who died in the battle will be given thirty taels of silver as a pension to their families. When they come back, The people were rewarded with another sixty taels of silver;
That Zhu Zhicang can bring back the head of the thief will be considered the first meritorious service. In addition to the reward of seventy taels of silver, he will be rewarded with an additional fifty taels of silver for the head, and an additional reward of fifty taels of silver for the first meritorious service. "
He turned back to Li Yingchun, the left chief of the Zhou Palace, and said: "Since Zhu Zhicang is a descendant of the clan, Li Changshi should report to His Highness and reward him to encourage future generations!"
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Zhang Guodong, the commander of Zhang Cheng's infantry battalion to suppress Henan and the guerrilla general of Xuanzang, led the army in the center and advanced from north to south. Under his command were 150 Chinese escort cavalry, as well as 500 sergeants from Zhang Cheng's central military headquarters, as well as Beijing Battalion guerrilla Chen Chongchang's more than a thousand infantrymen.
As for the chariots in his infantry camp, the ten chariots and three large baggage vehicles from the headquarters have been assigned to Wei Zhice for temporary command to strengthen the defense of the chariot array.
According to the original plan, the rebel soldiers in the north of Kaifeng City were not camped together in one place, but camped separately on the east and west sides of the north gate of the city. This was because Crock Pot had selfish motives.
Crock Pot was afraid that Li Zicheng would take the opportunity to devour his troops, so he was wary at all times. Li Zicheng also relied on Li Zicheng because the recruits he had recruited in western Henan had not yet been trained, so he let him go.
After Zhang Cheng found out about this situation, he decided to give priority to the thousands of thieves in the north of the city, and the main attackers were the two thousand headquarters of Zhang Cheng's subordinate battalion.
The task of Zhang Guodong's troops was to provide support from the center, and Zhang Guangda's heavy cavalry and light cavalry were on the east side to assist Chen Dakuan's troops in attacking the bandit Kou Wa Can.
On Jin Yong's side, there were only Lin Fangping's Tiger Guards and two hundred Mongolian cavalry to support him. Their relative strength was weaker. Therefore, Zhang Guodong was more concerned about the situation on Jin Yong's side.
He led the army forward from the center. When he first saw that Jin Yong's troops were making good progress, he kept the military formation without providing support. After all, according to the established combat strategy, after the battle in the north of the city, the army would have to move to the east of the city. It was also very difficult to maintain the physical strength of the sergeants. important.
However, although the bandit soldiers were defeated by the cavalry such as Lin Fangping and Su Laohu, they were not completely defeated as expected. There were still hundreds of sword and shield soldiers, spearmen and archers gathered around the bandit general Liu Tichun, desperately resisting. Fight and retreat.
They surrounded the city in a circle, with a circle of shields on the outside, and shields and spears on the inside. There were no shields within the third layer, they were all spearmen, and the ones inside were all archers.
Liu Tichun was in the middle and directed them to move gradually eastward. He shouted from time to time: "Don't mess up. The officers and soldiers are cunning. Whoever runs first will die first. Don't mess up."
Everyone is like this. Among these hundreds of thieves, only two or three hundred are veteran thieves. Most of the rest are newly recruited thieves. However, driven by the herd mentality, they still gather tightly around Liu Tichun's side was desperately resisting.
On the periphery, there were more than two thousand bandits and hungry people, scurrying around like headless flies. Three, five, or more than ten cavalrymen from the official army were scattered, and they had been surrounded into dozens or hundreds. A small group of people, many of whom were injured and frightened, had fallen to the ground, unable to struggle.
Zhang Guodong saw from a distance that Jin Yong was commanding the infantry battalion and preparing to attack Liu Tichun's band of bandits. He also shouted loudly: "Bian Cheng, lead the Chinese cavalry to intercept that band of bandits. Don't let them go again." Go east."
Bian Cheng was Zhang Guodong's lieutenant general and was responsible for commanding the 150 cavalrymen of the infantry camp. After receiving the order, he did not dare to neglect. He shouted twice and led the knights to gallop forward.
Then, Zhang Guodong waved the command flag in his hand and shouted: "He Kuan, lead the Chinese army to help Jin Yong and capture those bandits."
He Kuan was Zhang Cheng's commanding officer when he first came to Beijing to serve as King Qin. He is currently the commander-in-chief of his military camp. Currently, there are only 500 Chinese infantry under his command.
After receiving the order loudly, he turned around and shouted the order, then strode forward and led the army in an orderly array. They also had swords and shields in front and firecrackers behind.
Zhang Cheng's five hundred officers and soldiers in the Chinese army have 200 shield soldiers and 300 gun soldiers. However, the shield soldiers in the Chinese army do not all use swords and shields. They will have steel knives and short axes according to their own habits. , Tieguduo and other short-range soldiers.
He Kuan shouted loudly: "Keep the array in order, the shield soldiers pay attention to protection, and the gun soldiers are ready to shoot!"
