Chapter 331 The Depressed Zheng Guosong

As the battle started on Funiu Mountain, Gao Yingxiang in Xi County also breathed a sigh of relief and finally ordered a fierce attack on Gushi City. At the same time, Li Zichengye, who had been in Shangshui City for many days, quickly sent troops southward and attacked Longkou Town.

In order to attack Longkou Town, Li Zicheng was preparing for a long time. In contrast, Longkou Town was negligent in preventing the situation. In just half a day, Longkou Town announced a change of ownership. Li Zicheng led a large army across Longkou Town and continued to advance south. On September 21, he entered Guchengcang and joined Wang Yan's troops.

Li Zicheng's army was different from Wang Yan's troops. During this period, Li Zicheng mobilized cavalry and prepared for the troops. The soldiers of his troops were fighting fiercely. It was even more successful when they passed by Longkou, which made Li Zicheng even more energetic. Just one day later, Li Zicheng personally led his troops to the city of Gushi and began to launch a tentative attack on Gushi City. The generals of the Southern Zhili side obviously had heard of Li Zicheng's name. In the past two months, Li Zicheng has crossed Henan Prefecture and fought fiercely in Kaifeng Prefecture. The soldiers and horses of Nanzhili have long regarded Li Zicheng as a powerful enemy. When Li Zicheng arrived in person, Xu Changlu's performance was very unbearable.

General Xu was sitting in a chair, but his legs were swaying. Yue Zicong had a headache. Isn’t it just Li Zicheng? Before he could fight, the general who led the army was so scared that he couldn’t stand it anymore. Xu Changlu didn’t think there was anything wrong with him, and asked with a bitter face: “Su Wen Li Zicheng is cruel, and his troops are very capable of fighting. Now he personally led the army to fight. Is that good?”

There were more than a dozen Qianmai generals sitting on both sides, and they were all confused at this time. What did this mean? The bandits came over, shouldn't they discuss how to defend the city? Why did General Xu react? Yue Zicong was no longer surprised. He was afraid that Xu Changlu would say anything else, which would cause a sharp decline in the morale of the army, so he had to stand up and bow, "Don't worry, General, we will swear to defend the city to the death and never let Li Zicheng go beyond the line. Although Li Zicheng's subordinates are cruel, Gushi City is not so easy to break. We have prepared for this for a long time, and it is unlikely that Li Zicheng will not be able to get it."

Yue Zicong's words were very particular. The first half of the sentence was to tell everyone that the thief could only fight when he came. The second half was to appease Xu Changlu's heart. If Xu Changlu lost confidence and had the idea of ​​running away, how could he fight this battle? Sure enough, after listening to Yue Zicong's words, Xu Changlu finally felt much more at ease. He habitually patted the table, pretended to behave, and said seriously: "From now on, all the troops and horses will be dispatched by General Yue. The safety of Gushi City and Nanzhili depends on General Yue."

Yue Zicong quickly bowed, but it was awkward to hear Xu Changlu's words. You are the general, why do you see me guarding the city? If something goes wrong, will I also take responsibility for me Yue Zicong? Originally, it should be OK to get here, but someone stood up again, and this person was Qi Weiyu, the president of Gushi City.

Seeing Qi Weiyu get up, Yue Zicong frowned instinctively. Qi Weiyu ignored Yue Zicong and bowed: "Master General, my subordinates think that it is wrong to divide the brothers from Gushi into several parts to station in the urban area. It is better to concentrate on one side. Moreover, General Yue has a heavy responsibility, such as urban protection and small matters of cleaning up hidden dangers, or the Mo General. The brothers under the Mo General are extremely familiar with Gushi City, and this matter is perfect."

Yue Zicong was furious. It was his suggestion that the troops in Gushi City were dispersed. At that time, he felt that the Gushi City Gushi City was really useless, so it would be better to disperse them and be responsible for some logistics affairs. If we let these people gather together and take charge of one aspect of the matter, it would be really unreliable. Therefore, Qi Weiyu made this proposal, and Yue Zicong instinctively wanted to object, but Xu Changlu was faster. Before Yue Zicong could speak, he nodded and said, "Mr. Qi Qian's words are reasonable. Let's do this. Gushi City's troops are temporarily responsible for stability in the city. If there is any chaos in the city, it is easy to deal with it in time."

Yue Zicong stared in a hurry, but unfortunately Xu Changlu didn't understand it at all. Perhaps, he pretended not to see it after he understood it. In fact, Xu Changlu also knew what Yue Zicong meant, but he listened to Yue Zicong in everything, and always felt that he couldn't stand his face. Besides, it was just to let the troops in Gushi City guard the city. It was not a big deal, so why bother to agree?

Xu Changlu did not respond, and Yue Zicong could do nothing, after all, Xu Changlu was the general. After all, the bandits outside the city began to attack the city, so Yue Zicong had no time to take care of Qi Weiyu.

The troops under Li Zicheng were completely different from the other soldiers in Gao Yingxiang's hands. The leaders of each unit led the way and attacked the city with great momentum. Rows of archers lined up under the city, and under the cover of shields, they shot towards the city head. Under the cover of archers, ladders were ladders on the city wall, and the siege soldiers quickly climbed up along the ladder. Behind the battlements, some soldiers wanted to poke their heads out to block them, but were shot by many by bows and arrows.

For a moment, the soldiers guarding the city were actually suppressed by the sharp attack of the bandits. Yue Zicong did not expect Li Zicheng's offensive to be so rapid, especially the archers, whose suppression was amazing. He held the knife and shouted loudly: "Must gun... Musket gun, fight to the archer, don't worry about the people on the ladder for now. You... and you... make a fire and pour boiling water..."

Light the firewood, and the crackling fire, the water in the big pot began to boil, and at the same time it emitted a strange smell. Although the range of the musket was limited, the city was still stronger than the archers when it went down. After the archers were suppressed, many soldiers began to take the pots and pans and pour the boiling water in the pot. The boiling boiling water with the ingredients fell down, and they were immediately wailed.

A peasant soldier climbed halfway through, poured boiling water on his body, making a shrill scream. Now in late autumn, the weather is getting colder. Although his clothes are thicker, his face and hands are not protected. When the boiling water is scalded, his skin and flesh are all red. His hands instinctively spread the ladder and fell directly from the ladder. He fell to the ground, and he was still rolling around on the ground, with hoarse wailing sounds trembling in his heart.

After a while, he trembled his hands and actually scratched his face. His skin was scratched, revealing his tender red flesh. "Ah... itchy... itchy... itchy... save me...ah...ah...ah..."

Peasant soldiers fell off the ladder, wailing and screaming. Some people chose to commit suicide because of the itch. Although some people stained with water stains in the city were not as miserable as those scalded, they also felt a little itchy. As more and more people were caught, the first round of offensive of the peasant army also ended.

Li Zicheng looked very bad. He went from Kaifeng Prefecture to Shangshui, and then to Longkou Town. He didn't expect that he would lose his life in Gushicheng.

Several generals under Li Zicheng also sat together, all of them looked extremely ugly. Especially Zheng Guosong, who was in charge of the main attack, felt his face was dull. He had been swearing before, and he thought he could capture Gushi City in a few rounds, but he didn't expect that the fight would really start. Before he touched the top of the city, the officers and soldiers were beaten up.

Lu Weiliang browed calmly and his hands were entangled, "General Li, it seems that we have met an opponent this time. The boiling water poured by the officers and soldiers before was added with some seasoning, which is very difficult to prevent."

Li Zicheng nodded with difficulty and said a little depressedly: "That's true, this is a troublesome thing. I used to seek horseback rewards and said that Xu Changlu, who led the army, was a second-generation ancestor who had accomplished nothing. Judging from the situation today, it seemed like a mistake. Although the city recruits were in a panic, they responded in time, which made us suffer a big loss."

Wang Yan sat at the end and saw Li Zicheng and others frowning, he felt secretly proud. Before, these people looked down on him, Wang, didn’t they think Gushicheng is easy to fight, so you can fight well.

Wang Yan knew a little about Gushicheng, but he didn't plan to tell Li Zicheng. When he was bored, he looked at the young man next to him. The man was named Li Yan, who was only twenty years old and didn't know what kind of ability this man had, so Li Zicheng valued it.

Just at this moment, Li Zicheng also looked over. Li Zicheng was obviously not from Wang Yan. He frowned and asked with a gentle expression: "What do Brother Li think?"

Seeing that he couldn't escape, Li Yan stood up and said, "Looking at today's situation, Gushi City is not easy to fight. If it were me, I wouldn't attack Gushi City. Even if I attack Gushi City, the loss would be great. But if I fight outside the city, there would be no need to worry about the heavy losses."

After saying this, Li Yan stopped. Li Yan was originally an arrogant person. Although he was forced to vote for Li Zicheng, if he wanted him to really seek refuge, it depends on whether Li Zicheng had the ability. Li Yan did not get angry when Li Yan's actions. Some of Li Yan's thoughts coincided with him.

Today is boiling water and seasoning. It can be seen that the officers and generals guarding Gushi City are a difficult guy. If they continue to attack, they may not get any benefits. Li Zicheng did not have much obsession with striking the city, and he always had the intention of taking advantage. Since Gushi City is not easy to take advantage, I would like to think of it. He looked at Lu Weiliang, and the two murmured in a low voice, then smiled.

"Brother Zheng, tomorrow you will lead your troops to withdraw and bring your troops south to Dasu Mountain. No matter what method you use, as long as you can defeat the officers and soldiers there within three days and take down Dasu Mountain, it will be a great achievement!"

Dasu Mountain is a distance from Gushi City, very close to the mall, and further south are Mount Jingang Tai and Mount Zhujiao. Zheng Guosong thought about it carefully. Now there are thousands of officers and soldiers in Dasu Mountain. It should not be a problem to defeat the troops in his hands. "Don't worry, General, if you can't defeat Dasu Mountain within three days, the last general will come and see you."

"Haha, Li doesn't want your head. You just need to deal with the officers and soldiers of Dasushan. As for the soldiers in the mall, you don't have to worry about them!"

After the order was issued, Li Yan nodded secretly, and his eyes flashed with a hint of satisfaction. However, Wang Yan next to him looked inexplicable. Of course, Wang Yan knew the location of Dasushan, but he didn't understand why Li Zicheng fought Dasushan. Even if you occupy Dasushan, as long as the officers and soldiers from the mall and Gushi City did not come out, it would be useless.

It has to be said that Li Zicheng was a good minister. After ordering the troops to be assigned to various units, the army retreated five miles in just one day. At the same time, Zheng Guosong gathered more than 10,000 people under his command and began to bypass Gushi City and head south along the official road. On the second day of October of the third year of Chongzhen, Zheng Guosong's troops arrived at Dasu Mountain and had a fierce confrontation with the troops in Nanzhili who guarded Dasu Mountain.

Dasu Mountain stretches for dozens of miles, and the vegetation on the mountain is dense, even in late autumn, it is still lush and lush. The towering pine trees and layers of grass and trees block the view. After really entering Dasu Mountain, Zheng Guosong realized how difficult it is to capture Dasu Mountain. These officers and soldiers ambushed many traps in the forest, divided into more than a dozen straits to continue to harassment, which made Zheng Guosong unhappy.

Zheng Guosong was a farmer and never climbed the mountain since he was a child. How could he know that fighting on the mountain and fighting at the foot of the mountain are completely different. Just like now, looking at the big trees in front of him, Zheng Guosong looked indignant. He obviously had an advantage in military strength, but after entering the mountain, this military strength advantage was of no use at all. Instead, he was restrained everywhere and kept falling into traps.

During the Battle of Dasu Mountain, Zheng Guosong's eyelids swollen after two days. At night, the officers and soldiers jumped out to scare people at any time. If you don't care, they really killed people. So after a while, they had to work hard and never even slept in a stable sleep.

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There is also a mysterious army on Zhujiao Mountain, less than fifty miles away from Dasu Mountain. This army of more than a thousand people was already hidden on Zhujiao Mountain a few days ago, but they were hiding very well and had never been discovered.

The sand sculpture leaned against a birch tree and had a weed in his mouth. In his opinion, Gao Yingxiang was really too slow. How long has it been since he even reached the mall, which made the people under his command always be savages in the mountains.

"Report, Commander Sha, the supervisor sent someone to send news!"

Hearing this, Sha Diao stood up and grabbed the letter. After reading it, he laughed and said, "Hehe, notify brothers, don't sleep, we have work to do."

While excited, Sha Diao scolded Zheng Guosong several times in his heart. Zheng Guosong, a waste, was so slap in his arms, was so scrambled by thousands of men and soldiers. Since Zhujiao Mountain is still a distance from Dasu Mountain, Sha Diao could only let the people under his command go overnight. Fortunately, the people under his command were all people who were used to walking on the mountain roads, so it would be no problem to walk dozens of miles a day.

At this time, the two men on Dasu Mountain had different moods. The soldiers of Nanzhili were so happy. They just learned to draw some traps from hunters and trapped the bandits. Zheng Guosong, because of his military order, could not lose his face even if he wanted to retreat.

Taking advantage of the night, some of the people on both sides collided, and Zheng Guosong had nowhere to vent, so he immediately started fighting with the officers and soldiers.

After half an hour of fighting, Zheng Guosong felt something was wrong, because there were more and more officers and soldiers opposite him, while there were fewer and fewer people around him.
Chapter completed!