With artillery shells roaring above and the army charging below, the situation of the officers and soldiers seemed precarious.

"Get the hell up, get ready to meet the enemy, get ready to meet the enemy!" Zuo Liangyu's voice revealed a little panic. He didn't expect that the Pei family's army was as fierce as a soldier, and they dared to let the soldiers attack despite the roar of artillery.

, simply don’t take the lives of soldiers seriously.

The same goes for these soldiers. Others don't care about their lives, so don't they themselves? Are they working so hard just for a few taels of silver and a few meals? What a bunch of idiots.

The city wall had been pockmarked by artillery fire from the Pei family's army. The soldiers of the Pei family's army came to the city, erected the siege ladder they carried with them, and then climbed up the ladder. At this time, the roaring artillery fire had stopped. After all, it was like this

At a close distance, the probability of hitting one's own people is far greater than that of hitting the enemy. The soldiers of the Pei family army are also very precious and cannot be wasted here meaninglessly.

The artillery fire stopped, and the officers and soldiers cautiously emerged from behind the parapet. They saw the soldiers of the Pei family army jumping onto the top of the city like heavenly soldiers and generals, and fought with the officers and soldiers who had just recovered.

After being trained by Zuo Liangyu, these officers and soldiers still had a very strong will to fight. After experiencing the shelling just now, they were still able to adjust to their condition in a short period of time and fight back and forth with Pei Zhuer who stormed the city.

However, their number is too small. Counting the 3,000 servants that Zuo Liangyu takes with him wherever he goes, there are only about 11,000 soldiers. The other scattered soldiers are local people and so on.

Ignore it. The main force in Zuo Liangyu's army is the 8,000 Changping soldiers recruited in Changping, Beijing. These people constitute Zuo Liangyu's main force, and it is these people who can fight back and forth with the Pei family army.

As for the three thousand servants Zuo Liangyu brought when he took office, they are the basis for Zuo Liangyu's success and the source of Zuo Liangyu's confidence. It is precisely because of the existence of these people that Zuo Liangyu, no matter what,

Being able to regain the trust of the imperial court is something that must not be lightly touched.

With this idea in mind, Zuo Liangyu's resistance stopped here. Not long after the fighting started, Wang Daozhi from the south came to report that his troops had already taken the gate of Nancheng and were breaking through the city along the streets.

At the same time, the north gate has also attacked the city, and it is only a matter of time to capture the city gate.

Pei Xiaoer was convinced that in this era, taking the city gate was basically equivalent to taking the city head. He had never heard of any army that could continue to fight in the city when the city gate was broken.

Sure enough, Ximen, where Pei Xiaoer personally supervised the battle, quickly changed. There was an uproar in the city. Then the two groups of people who were fighting back and forth on the city began to change. The number of officers and soldiers became smaller and smaller.

But there was no one to supplement him. At the same time, Zuo Liangyu, who had been staying in the west city, also disappeared.

Pei Zhu'er smiled proudly and said: "Brothers, the senior officer of the army has escaped, we have won!" Hearing this, the hearts of all the officers and soldiers of the Pei family were shocked, and then they were happy and happy, and their morale reached a certain point. In contrast,

Yes, the officers and soldiers all felt as if they were mourning for their heirs, and they could no longer hide the dejection on their faces. It didn't take long for them to abandon their troops and surrender.

An hour later, Pei Xiaoer, riding a tall horse, with the attitude of a conqueror, finally entered Yiyang, which had blocked him for several days.

The soldiers of the rear army outside the city are packing up and preparing to continue southward. There is no time left to stop here. They have been delayed for another day at the foot of Yiyang City. The spies who stayed behind have now spread out with Cao and Lu.

Ye Bushou took over, and it was expected that Cao and Lu's army would arrive here in one day.

Pei Xiaoer walked around several treasuries in the city. Yiyang is a small city and does not have much material resources. In addition, Zuo Liangyu has been stationed for many days, and he has already exhausted the three feet of ground that can be searched in Yiyang City.

Several times, it can be said that Yiyang City at this time is an empty city except for a few people.

After walking around the treasury, he only found a few hundred shi of grain. Pei Xiaoer did not want to stay any longer. He ordered the few hundred shi of grain left in the treasury to be taken away and left the house.

Yiyang small town.

After leaving the city, I saw Song Meng and other cavalrymen who were chasing Zuo Liangyu turning back. Seeing that their hands were empty, I guess they had not caught up with Zuo Liangyu. Think about it, a general who escaped was famous in history.

From the second year of Chongzhen's reign to the seventeenth year of Chongzhen's reign, how could he not have the ability to run away?

"General, you are humble and incompetent because you did not catch up with Zuo Liangyu." Song Meng was so ashamed that he jumped off his horse when he was far away and came to Pei Xiaoer to apologize.

"It doesn't matter, just run away. What can a defeated soldier do to me if he runs away?" Pei Xiaoer's tone was extremely relaxed, giving people a feeling of peace of mind, "Okay, get up, let's end this matter.

Our next goal is to go south as soon as possible and go to Ruzhou to join Liu Changle's club."

"Yes, I understand."

Just when Pei Xiaoer was busy on his way, the situation in the world also changed significantly. Let's talk about Li Zicheng first. Since Li Zicheng led his army to Kaifeng, the nearby powerful people, bandits, and rebels heard the news and moved forward with their families.

To defect to Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng's power increased dramatically, and his number exceeded 200,000, heading straight for 300,000.

With a large army in hand, Li Zicheng's confidence began to grow. He was like locusts passing through the border, plundering all the food and grass along the way, and then directly surrounded Kaifeng. When Pei Xiaoer went south, Li Zicheng had already begun to attack Kaifeng.

On the other hand, the contemporary Chuang King Gao Yingxiang was unlucky. Ever since he was left behind by Pei Xiaoer in Jiexiu, Gao Yingxiang had a narrow escape. He and Pei Xiaoer almost escaped from Shanxi and came to Henan.

After Henan, the army that originally numbered tens of thousands was reduced to only eight or nine thousand soldiers.

After Gao Yingxiang arrived in Henan, he went directly east to Mianchi County. When Pei Xiaoer came from Shaanzhou, he also heard that a group of rebels were attacking Mianchi County. He was not surprised. Henan was full of people.

Rebel bandits, it would be a good thing for a few bold rebel brothers to directly attack the county town, at least to share the burden of the officers and soldiers.

But what he never expected was that this group of rebels turned out to be his good sworn brother Gao Yingxiang.

However, just as good fortune never comes in pairs and misfortunes never come alone, Gao Yingxiang had just captured Mianchi and was about to take a rest when he encountered two killers, Cao Wenzhao and Lu Xiangsheng.

Together, Cao and Lu decided that Mianchi County had just been lost and that it was best to eliminate the thieves before they had a firm foothold. So Cao Wenzhao and Lu Xiangsheng turned around with their army.

On his own journey, he came to Mianchi County.

Gao Yingxiang's performance was as stable as ever. He personally led his troops to garrison Mianchi and supervised the battle at the top of the city. After fighting, he was defeated by Cao and Lu.

Gao Yingxiang had no choice but to continue to flee. However, unlike the Pei family army, Gao Yingxiang's soldiers experienced several disastrous defeats and their number was less than 5,000. Youdao was a small boat and could easily turn around. Gao Yingxiang took his remaining 4,000 with him.
Chapter completed!