In strict compliance with the imperial edict, the Ministry of Information of the Shang Dynasty was stationed at Hulao Pass, behind Dazhou Mountain, and led more than 50,000 elite troops to march eastward from Zhengzhou and take Kaifeng directly.

General Luotuo of the Qingning Nanjing invaders, Shangshu Langqiu of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Governor Li Yinzu gathered 35,000 soldiers in Kaifeng. While guarding the city, they ordered Wu Jingdao to leave Luoyang and Zhang Yingxiang to leave Suizhou to attack the Ming army in a pinch.

.Unexpectedly, the messenger who went to Luoyang returned halfway, saying that the Ming army had conquered Zhengzhou and Xingyang, and the post road to Luoyang was cut off.

Luo Tuo felt his eyes darken and summoned Li Yinzu to rebuke him: "You advise me to abandon the key passes and concentrate our forces to guard Kaifeng. Now the Ming army has taken advantage of the situation and even lost Xingyang. What can I do?"

Li Yinzu did not care, "General, don't worry, Kaifeng is a fortified city in the world. Li Zicheng was unable to capture it even after attacking it three times. As long as Kaifeng is defended, the Ming army will not dare to cross the Yellow River from Henan to the north, and Shanxi and the capital will be saved."

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But Luo Tuo was a man who knew military affairs and asked: "The Yellow River is about to thaw. What if the Ming army floods Kaifeng?"

When Li Zicheng opened Kaifeng three times, the Ming army first opened the Yellow River and flooded Li Zicheng's army. Later, Li Zicheng cut the water and flooded the Ming army. Unfortunately, Kaifeng originally had a population of more than one million, but Li Zicheng caused a flood and drowned millions of people. To this day,

They haven’t recovered, but there are only more than 300,000 residents!

"Hahaha", Li Yinzu suddenly laughed loudly, "The general only knows one thing but not the other. The fake Emperor Guangwu of the Ming Dynasty is the most hypocritical. I predict that the Ming army will never dare to dig the Yellow River to flood the city."

After listening to Li Yinzu's words, Luo Tuo was dubious. He was a veteran general, but he did not dare to place his hope on the Ming army. He did not dare to attack. He led an army of 28,000 to defend the city. His son Qiu led 7,000 cavalry to station outside the city. One of them could

Harassing the Ming army, the two can prevent the Ming army from digging the river.

The Ming army came, singing "The River is Red" and overwhelming them.

Zhongmu, Weishi, Tongxu, Chenliu and other cities around Kaifeng were pulled out one by one. Li Yinzu was asked to gather troops to guard Kaifeng, but there were only a few hundred guards in each of these places, so it didn't take much effort.

Then, when the troops came to Kaifeng, the real fierce battle came.

The first confrontation was in the new town in the southwest of Kaifeng. The Qing army generals especially built three layers of barriers outside the new town, with more than a hundred trebuchets erected behind the barriers.

When the Ming army attacked the city, the Qing army fired thousands of stones and shotguns, causing heavy casualties. General Huang Dazhen was smashed into a pulp by huge rocks.

Yan Zungao was furious and ordered the infantry and artillery to cooperate. After the artillery bombardment, the infantry immediately followed up, broke through three layers of fortresses, and broke into the new city. Seeing great fear, he led the remaining troops to break through and was beheaded by Liu Wenxiu and Chen.

Then, the two sides fought fiercely at Xinghua Camp.

Kong Xigui, the commander-in-chief of the Qing Dynasty, was very insidious. Outside the Xinghua Camp, he placed wooden and iron caltrops all over the horse pits, exploded cannons, covered them with thatch and loess, and ordered guerrilla Zhao Shitai and Han Jin, the commander of the capital, each to lead 500 elite soldiers to lie in wait.

In the woods in front of Xinghua Camp.

Yang Fuchen, Marquis of Xingye in the Ming Dynasty, led 5,000 elite soldiers and stormed the Xinghua Camp. Horses were constantly trapped in horse pits and their legs were broken, and countless soldiers stepped on thistles.

Yang Fuchen frowned and ordered his general Wang Bosheng to lead 500 infantrymen to clear obstacles for the army.

Wang Bosheng carried a small shovel and a bamboo basket on his back. When he found a horse pit, he filled it up with the shovel. When he found tribulus, he picked it up into the basket. It started smoothly and quickly approached Xinghuaying.

"Boom", "Boom", "Boom"

Soldiers constantly stepped on the steel wheel ignition device and were injured by bombs. This ancient mine was "made of pig iron. Empty, use medicine, and pestle it. Put it into a small bamboo tube, pass the fire wire inside, and pass the long wire through the fire groove."

"Although it is not easy to kill people, it can cause people to lose arms and legs, which greatly damages morale.

"Tell the brothers to walk slowly. If you find the thin line on the explosive cannon, cut it with a knife," Wang Boxheng ordered.

Under the threat of bombs, the Ming army walked as slowly as a snail, looking for thin wires to cut the bombs as they walked. The wires were very thin and difficult to see clearly. If you don't pay attention, you will be injured.

Finally reaching the foot of Xinghua Camp, Yang Fuchen gritted his teeth and said, "This guard, Taiyin, is going to skin him when we capture Xinghua Camp. Attack the city!"

The Ming army was trapped in a horse trap and spent two hours exploding artillery. They were tired and hungry and attacked the city with anger.

Kong Xigui saw that the Ming army was still capable of fighting, so he calmed down and defended for another hour.

"It's almost done. The Ming army is tired. They are eating dry food and drinking water." Kong Xigui put down his telescope and ordered: "Send a signal for the ambush troops to attack."

The big flag on the city waved, "Kill, kill, kill!" Zhao Shitai and Han Jin fought out of the woods, and Kong Xigui also came out of the city to fight back.

The Ming army was killed and in chaos, and guerrilla Wang Bosheng died in the army.

Yang Fuchen was trapped in a tight siege and was in danger. Fortunately, Pan Yongxi, the general who fought to save him, was able to escape.

After retreating in embarrassment, he met Shen Shouyue, the commander-in-chief of the Ming army. He was shocked when he saw this, "Why is Marquis Xingye so embarrassed?"

Yang Fuchen said angrily: "I was accidentally ambushed by the Qing captives. I am really angry! Why is Mr. Shen here?"

"The general was afraid that something might happen to Marquis Xingye, so he sent me to take care of him. I brought 30,000 kilograms of gunpowder, which will be your bloody hatred!"

Shen Shouyue ordered his generals Tang Sihu and Monk An to dig tunnels to collapse the city.

Xinghua Camp was just a small earthen city. With a "boom", it was destroyed by the gunpowder in the tunnel.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Yang and Shen led their troops to rush in through the gap.

Kong Xigui and Zhao Shitai saw that the situation was not good and fled back to Kaifeng. Han Jin also wanted to escape, but failed. Shen Shouyue saw him, took out his big-tipped bow, and shot him with a single arrow.

Both sides paid thousands of lives each and finally reached the gates of Kaifeng City.

Yan Zungao put down his telescope and looked grave. Kaifeng's majestic city is well-deserved! Indeed, the city is more than four feet high and the moat alone is more than ten feet wide.

"Fill the river", Yan Zungao issued a military order.

Thousands of bucket trucks filled with soil rushed towards the moat.

"Fire!", Luotuo yelled from the city wall.

"Fight back", under the city wall, Yan Zungao refused to be outdone.

With the roar of cannons, the moat was finally filled in, and more than a thousand Ming army soldiers rested beside the moat.

Lang Qiu's cavalry was dispatched, constantly harassing them. As soon as the Ming army was dispatched, they mounted their horses and ran away; as soon as the army returned to camp, they rushed up and shot arrows. Although they did not cause much damage, they lingered like flies, making people

The Ming army could not concentrate on attacking the city.

Yan Zungao had no choice but to gather the scouts from various departments to fight the Qing cavalry, and deployed more small cannons to kill the Qing cavalry. Finally, he set up roadblocks and built barriers outside the city to prevent the Qing cavalry from galloping.

"Boom~Boom~Boom~"

The heavy siege artillery roared, and large cannonballs weighing 20 kilograms hit the Kaifeng city wall one after another. It looked like it was riddled with holes, but it just scratched Kaifeng's itch.

"Dong~dong~dong~"

The marching drum sounded, and groups of infantry, under the cover of carriages, slowly approached the city wall and advanced like mountains.

"Swish, swish, swish", the Qing army began to shoot, and the arrows whizzed and flew across the sky like locusts passing by.

"Raise your shield!"

The veterans of the Ming Army raised their shields on their heads, followed the carriage, and quickly rushed into the blind angle.

Both sides fired at each other freely. Those on the city shot downwards, and those below the city shot upwards. Sergeants were constantly hit by arrows and fell to the ground.

Aerial ladders were set up one after another, and the Ming army swarmed up with swords in hand. On top of the city, stones, rolling logs, gold soup, and kerosene were all facing the Ming army like a sea wave.

After attacking for a month, we still couldn't capture the city.

"General, I have a plan to capture Kaifeng quickly." Yan Zungao was worried about attacking the city, and Geng Jimao came to offer his plan.

"What's the plan?"

"Commander, why don't you learn from Li Zicheng and flood Kaifeng?"

"Hey, if so, what about the 300,000 people in the city? Your Majesty is a benevolent king, how can we, the ministers, bring shame to the holy name?"
Chapter completed!