Chapter 103 Soldiers Approaching Yuzhou
Li Zicheng attacked Luoyang, restrained the power of Henan's official army and did not threaten Dengfeng.
Therefore, Gao Huan did not need many soldiers to stay, and could bring out most of the forces in Dengfeng to attack Yuzhou at once.
Before attacking Yuzhou, Gao Huan had already figured out that there were only 1,500 officials in Yuzhou guarding, and the guard was Liu Zehan, the son of Liu Liangzuo.
After the fall of the Chongzhen Dynasty, Liu Liangzuo was one of the four towns in Jiangbei. When the Qing army advanced south, he surrendered directly, causing a chain reaction, and the entire Jiangbei defense line collapsed directly.
Liu Liangzuo had a brother named Liu Liangchen. During the Battle of Daling River, he surrendered to the Qing army.
He had long been in contact with Liu Liangzuo, and before the Qing army advanced south, Liu Liangzuo should have been instigated.
Liu Zehan had 1,500 people, Gao Huan was not afraid, but Liu Liangzuo was not far from Yuzhou in Guide's pursuit of Yuan Shizhong, but he was very likely to rescue Yuzhou.
In order to have enough troops to deal with possible situations, Gao Huan took away many major forces.
Three thousand red troops were prepared and more than 10,000 Zhuang Ding, who had more than 10,000 red scarves, appeared in a vast wilderness outside Yuzhou City and came to ask Yuzhou for an explanation, why should I detain the seeds of my Dengfeng?
At this time, the officials on the city wall discovered the slowly moving people in the wilderness, like a rolling red cloud, and became nervous.
Xie Chang was shocked when he saw this, and hurried to the inside of the city wall and shouted downwards: "There is an enemy situation! Go and report to the general!"
An official army at the city gate immediately turned over and galloped into the city.
In the early morning, as soon as Liu Zehan got up, the servant brought the cooked corn cob and the thin porridge on the table.
Liu Zehan looked at the golden corn cob and bulged the corn kernels, feeling that Xie Chang had not deceived him.
If you use the shape to replenish the shape, eating this should be able to solve the years of hard-to-speak hidden secrets.
At this time, he picked up the corn cob and took a bite. The taste was unprecedentedly good. He was surprised and decided to send a few to his father Liu Liangzuo.
At this time, Liu Zehan was eating, but an officer hurriedly ran in, "The general's major event is not in seconds, and the Dengfeng Red thieves are coming to the city!"
Liu Zehan was shocked when he heard the words, and the corn cob fell to the ground, "What? How dare you invade the territory!"
Liu Zehan was furious. The government army did not go to suppress Dengfeng. All the thieves dared to come over and took the initiative to attack him, and they didn't take him seriously.
Although Gao Huan defeated the 4,000 official troops, Gao Huan was not as important as Li Zicheng and Xiao Yuanying in the court.
Of course, this is mainly because Gao Huan intends to be low-key, and Gao Huan has not left Dengfeng, which poses little threat to the surrounding area.
Outside Yuzhou City, Chi Bei Army descended along Ying River and marched outside the city in a mighty manner.
First, there were three thousand elite red-branded troops, and they were lined up in a horizontal formation and spread out at the hem of the city. Behind were ten thousand village heads, with more flags and bluffing.
According to detailed reports, there were Folang machines and general cannons on Yuzhou City. Gao Huan led Chi Bei and walked two miles away from the city and stopped.
At this distance, the defenders on the city could not see clearly the reality of the Red Preparations, and could only see the situation of the Red Preparations in the front row.
The defenders came up to the top of the city and found that the Red Army in front were all wearing cotton armor and red hats, with bright armor, sharp swords and spears, and there were also Folang machine cannons in front of the formation. They were all so surprised.
Everyone only felt that the soldiers outside the city did not look like thieves, but rather like regular soldiers.
At this time, the defenders on the front of the city were raising the female wall and looking north, talking a lot.
Suddenly, a voice sounded from behind: "The King of Yamato is here! The General is here! The Master of the Prefecture is here!"
The defenders on the city heard the sound and turned around to salute. Liu Zehan, King of Taihe Zhu Yilin, governor Liang Pan and other officials of Yuzhou climbed the city wall together.
Liu Zehan followed Liu Liangzuo to fight south and north. After seeing the battles, he saw the Red Army outside the city, and felt that the bandits in Dengfeng were different from the bandits he had met before.
Previously, Liu Zehan followed Liu Liangzuo and had fought with thieves such as Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai.
Although there are many thieves, hundreds of thousands, most of them are poor people with no experience in fighting. They just count individuals and have a strong momentum, but they are just a mob.
Looking at the Dengfeng Red Thief, at first glance, it seemed that they were all elite soldiers.
This made Liu Zehan take a breath of cold air.
Bandits usually have no time to train the army. They can only allow the refugees to accumulate experience by themselves in mobile combat and become the elite among bandits. They do not spend time training like Gao Huan.
As a general, Liu Zehan's heart was terrified, and the Taihe King Zhu Yiling naturally became even more calm. He just glanced at him and shouted: "Is there a hundred thousand thieves?"
Liang Pan, the governor of the side, hurriedly said: "At most, more than 10,000 people, your highness should not be distracted!"
The Taihe King Zhu Yi-ling, like most of the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, was relatively obese. He barely calmed down but was still panicked.
After all, if the city is forced, the thieves will never show mercy to the vassal kings.
At this time, Gao Huan finished the formation below the city, then waved his hand, and Xu Heihu led the cavalry to slam the horse out.
After Gao Huan killed Ma Quan, he seized fifty war horses, plus mules, Chi Bei had a horse army of about seventy people.
In such a scene, the mule would not appear. Xu Heihu led fifty serious cavalrymen to the city of Yuzhou and shouted loudly: "Listen to the people in the city, you can save yourself from death and resist stubbornly!"
Everyone in the city, seeing the thief army and cavalry, couldn't help but look gloomy.
"The Red Thief, why did the territory of our state?" Liang Pan, the governor of the state, shouted angrily.
Xu Heihu said: "Dog official, Yuzhou is suffering from disaster, and he doesn't want to provide relief, and he still has the face to ask!"
Xu Heihu did not mention growing grain. He was afraid that the defenders would strengthen their defense in the city. After he finished speaking, he pulled his horse back to the formation. Gao Huan ordered the army to set up camp outside the city.
When I saw Chi Bei coming to the camp, I felt very sad.
At this time, the Taihe King Zhu Yilin couldn't help but say to Liu Zehan: "General Liu, I will leave the defense of Yuzhou County to you!"
The governor Liang Pan also said: "General Liu, more than 40,000 people in Yuzhou City, are all protected by the general."
Liu Zehan said in a deep voice with a serious face: "As a military officer in the court, it is the responsibility of me to protect the country and the people. Even if the bandits come in full force, I will not retreat!"
Liang Pan was moved and felt that he had misunderstood General Liu before, so he said, "The general is really a pillar of the country."
Liu Zehan changed the subject, "Everyone is his own, and the general doesn't turn around and goes straight to the point. Brothers guard Yuzhou, so they can't let them have any worries. The pension and military pay must be given to me first!"
Liang Zhizhou's face darkened. Where can I get money and food in the county? The Ming Dynasty court was poor and the county was poor. Even in the Jiangnan taxation area, the county was poor and the money was in the hands of the gentry and wealthy families and vassal kings and nobles.
Liu Zehan looked at Liang Pan and King Taihe, "Who will pay me some military salary!"
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