Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 235
Since this month, it has been raining continuously, which not only caused great inconvenience to the siege, but also caused the army to consume more supplies.

To be honest, Li Zicheng couldn't hold on any longer.

Compared to him, Luo Rucai has yelled many times to leave, saying that if he doesn't leave, he will starve to death.

In this situation, Li Zicheng had no choice but to agree to him, and dispatched troops to attack the surrounding towns that were still in the hands of the imperial court.

However, when they originally attacked Kaifeng, they had already ravaged the surrounding area once, and if they harassed them again, they would not be able to collect much supplies.

In addition, the Baigan Army is eyeing the north of the Yellow River. Although the possibility of suddenly crossing the river is very small because of the soaring water of the Yellow River; Timely deployment of troops back to intercept.

This is the case, and it has dragged on until now.

Today, even this situation is somewhat unsustainable.

In the tent of the Chinese army, only Niu Jinxing and Li Zicheng,

Niu Jinxing reported to Li Zicheng with a bitter face: "General, the food in the army is not enough for half a month. If you don't make a decision, if the army runs out of food, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Today's Niu Jinxing basically reports the food every day. Li Zicheng actually knows what the situation is like.

If you don't get new supplies of food and grass within half a month, then there is really a big problem!
For the experience of starvation, Li Zicheng is absolutely profound.

He didn't speak immediately, but walked out of the Chinese army's tent with his hands behind his back, climbed into the camp hanging bucket, and looked at the Kaifeng city in the distance.

Niu Jinxing accompanied him, knew what he was thinking, and looked at the distant city of Kaifeng with him, but felt emotional in his heart: Kaifeng Kaifeng, Kaifeng, then it should be a skyrocketing genius!But why was the flying dragon, the general, held down to the ground by Kaifeng?In the future, Kaifeng will not be called Kaifeng, but Sealed.

He was thinking about it when he suddenly heard Li Zicheng say: "Give me an order to attack Guide Mansion tomorrow!"

Guide Mansion is also in Henan, in the southeast of Kaifeng Mansion, adjacent to Ludi and Nanzhili.

When Niu Jinxing heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, the general finally gave up attacking Kaifeng!
Consumed here, and can't beat Kaifeng, it's time to go!

But although he thought so in his heart, he didn't have much joy on the surface, he just asked Li Zicheng tentatively: "General, don't you want to open the seal?"

Niu Jinxing knew that the general might not be reconciled!

When Li Zicheng heard his question, he didn't answer. Instead, he got off the bucket and ordered his guards to say: "Beat the drums and gather the generals!"

"Dong dong dong..."

As the drum beat continued, the leaders of the bandits rushed to the tents of the Chinese army one after another, all of them a little puzzled, wondering what they were going to do?
However, after half an hour or so, when they dispersed, many people were elated, obviously very happy.

As the bandit leaders dispersed, cheers suddenly erupted from all the camps.

This is really a long-lost news in the bandit army!
Of course, the continuous cheers in the bandit camp also alarmed Kaifeng City.

On the top of the city, the Henan inspector Gao Mingheng was on duty. After hearing the movement, he immediately stood up and approached the window of the watchtower, and went to watch the movement from the bandit camp.

Sun Chuanting left him with his binoculars so that he could observe the movements of the thieves.At this time, it happens to be useful.

However, the thief camp is a bit far away from the closed city, and even with the help of binoculars, it is impossible to see clearly what is going on inside the camp.

After thinking for a while, he immediately told the officers and men beside him: "Go, report to Governor Sun, and say that there are cheers coming from the bandit camps everywhere. The reason is temporarily unknown."

After watching his subordinates leave, Gao Mingheng subconsciously picked up the binoculars and continued to watch.

At the same time, there are thoughts in my heart.

All the battalions of the bandits are cheering. For the bandits, there must be a good thing, and it is a good thing with a relatively large impact, so they are cheering so much!
And the good news for the thief must be the bad news that I don't want to hear!

Did they get reinforcements again, or did they get food supplies?
At least Sun Dushi estimated that the thieves may not have much food and grass!
If not, then maybe the Rogue won another big victory there?
The reasons for the thieves to cheer are nothing more than these kinds!

While Gao Mingheng was thinking, suddenly, he seemed to see something, and quickly stared in that direction, and started to adjust the focus familiarly (although he didn't know what the focal length was), and watched carefully.

After a while, with a touch of excitement, he put down the binoculars, turned to the soldiers beside him and asked, "Which one of you has the best eyes?"

Several people in the watchtower looked at each other, and finally one of them responded.

When Gao Mingheng saw it, he immediately signaled him to come forward, handed him the binoculars, and said at the same time: "Come and show me what is going on in the bandit camp?"

He was a Jinshi in his studies, and he studied hard in the cold window, and his eyesight was somewhat affected, so he made this move.

The man listened, took the binoculars carefully, and looked in the direction Gao Xun pointed.

Gao Mingheng on the side was still pointing at the side, asking him to adjust the focal length so that he could see more clearly.

After a while, the man suddenly said pleasantly: "My lord, the bandits seem to be tearing down things in the camp!"

When Gao Mingheng heard it, he was overjoyed and immediately said: "I am sure I am not wrong, hehe, judging by the posture of the bandits, they can't last, and they have to give up attacking Kaifeng!"

With the posture of the thief and their cheers, he immediately thought that the thief wanted to leave!

Hearing his words, everyone in the watchtower couldn't help being surprised.

In this way, Kaifeng was held and won?
It's been four months, is it finally going to win?
They were excited one by one, and the atmosphere in the watchtower suddenly became hot.

Those people without binoculars tried their best to open their eyes as wide as possible, trying to see clearly whether the thief really had to leave!

After a while, the man holding the binoculars said in a positive tone: "My lord, the thief is really leaving!"

After finishing speaking, he returned the binoculars to Gao Mingheng with both hands, and said excitedly at the same time: "Your Excellency, it is already obvious!"

Gao Mingheng immediately took the binoculars and looked at it himself.

Really, there are more and more thieves tearing things down. It seems that except for the fences and tents in the camp, other things are being cleaned up in full swing.

With this posture, if you don't want to leave, what else can you do?
Thinking this way in his heart, he didn't put down the binoculars, he was still looking at it, as if he couldn't see enough, but he opened his mouth and said: "Quick, tell the good news to Master Sun immediately!"

To be honest, he really admired Sun Chuanting's foresight since the Battle of Kaifeng.

If Sun Chuanting hadn't transferred a batch of grain; if Sun Chuanting hadn't put the city's food under military control as soon as he arrived in Kaifeng, and distributed daily rations per head; if Sun Chuanting hadn't evacuated all the old and weak in the city to the north of the Yellow River at the beginning; If Sun Chuanting hadn't collected all the food, regardless of whether it could be harvested or not, before the bandits arrived, to be honest, the city of Kaifeng would have eaten up all the bark and people eating people, so how could it be possible for the bandits to retreat? !
Push away the clouds and mist to see the sun, keep the clouds open to see the moon!
Haha, I won, I won!
Gao Mingheng was so excited and happy, let alone ordinary soldiers.Inside the watchtower, everyone's faces were beaming with joy!

By this time, the officers and soldiers on patrol duty at the top of the city had also discovered that the rogues outside the city seemed to be leaving, and those with better eyesight immediately spread the news excitedly.

Immediately, the soldiers on the top of the city were all discussing in surprise, hoping that this matter is true!
Kaifeng City, once again defended!

Sun Chuanting, who was in the government office in the city, also rushed to the top of the city after receiving the news, took a binoculars, and personally observed the movements of the rogues outside the city.

So much time has passed, needless to say, Sun Chuanting can see clearly.Moreover, he was still leading the army in battle. Looking at that posture, he could immediately see that the bandit was about to leave.

But he was not as happy as Gao Mingheng and others, or he was very calm.

Others don't know, but he got a hint from Emperor Chongzhen. According to the treasure given by Emperor Taizu, the thief would not just leave like this, at least it will take until September, right?
Some of the previous events were all based on Emperor Chongzhen's prompts, so they really happened just like that.

However, Emperor Chongzhen also mentioned at the beginning that the situation would be different because of Sun Chuanting's arrival in Kaifeng. As for the specific situation, Sun Chuanting still needs to adapt to the situation.

In addition, Sun Chuanting himself knew this old opponent Li Zicheng, and he knew that this was a stubborn character. If it sounds nice, he is more resilient than ordinary thieves.

He has fought three times in this city of Kaifeng. Could it be that he just left after spending the past few months for nothing?

Food and grass are limited, he guessed it.However, he doesn't think that the thief is really so good at leaving!
Maybe, Li Zicheng is playing some tricks again!
At this time, Sun Chuanting, because he had planned to stick to Kaifeng from the beginning, never thought of breaking out of the encirclement to ask for help. Therefore, he still didn't know about the White Pole Army north of the Yellow River.

At this time, he saw that there were more and more cheers from the top of the city, and even the city began to cheer.It was as if the thief had really left.

In this regard, he frowned instead, and immediately sent an order: "I'm happy at this time, it's too early, we must beware of thieves and fraud. Strengthen inspections at night and double the rotation!"

Sun Chuanting's prestige had long been established in Kaifeng City, and when he said this, the cheers in Kaifeng City suddenly disappeared.Everyone cheered up and listened to Sun Chuanting, but became even more vigilant.

However, nothing happened overnight. On the second day, the bandits really had to dismantle the camp, and began to evacuate one after another, heading southeast of Kaifeng.

(End of this chapter)