Kaifeng was once the capital of Bianliang, the Song Dynasty. The terrain was flat and there was no danger to defend. The Northern Song Dynasty chose Kaifeng as its capital, so it naturally vigorously expanded and deepened the moat. Although Kaifeng's moat was far inferior to the Xiangyang moat, its width was about seven meters and the water depth was more than one meter, which could be said to be wide and deep.

The rebel army bombarded the city with artillery, and then used refugees to fill the moat. The advantage of the rebel army was that due to the severe drought in Henan, it incorporated a large number of hungry people, and their lives were not worth the money at all. A large number of people were piled up, and no matter how wide or deep the moat could be filled.

The black hungry people rushed over. The hungry people in front had shield protection, and the one behind was almost bare-handed. Everyone was carrying a mud-filled bun full of mud, catching the dense cannonballs, gun balls and arrows on the top of the city, staring with blood-red eyes, howling and rushing forward. As long as they were not shot to death halfway through, they rushed to the moat, threw the buns, then turned around and ran back desperately, and went back to get the buns to fill the moat.

At the top of the city, there were projectiles like rain and arrows like locusts. From more than ten steps away from the moat to the edge of the moat, countless corpses were standing upside down. The cold ground had turned dark brown. The unarmed hungry people still rushed forward desperately. The row in front fell down, and the one behind continued to rush up. There was only one thing they had to do, which was to throw the mabao into the river.

At the beginning of the second month of the Little Ice Age, it was already spring, but the moat had not frozen, and bags of scoops were thrown into the river, splashing broken ice.

Many hungry people who had just thrown the macao were shot to the river as soon as they ran away. Some people just raised the macao and wanted to throw it. Even the people fell into the moat with the macao. A hole was broken on the thin ice surface, and blood mixed with ice water splashed everywhere. Some people just turned around and were shot to the moat, or screamed and rolled into the moat.

The artillery shells of the rebel army continued to hit the city, causing considerable losses to the defenders. The gunners at the city and under the city were all dressed in Ming army dressed in red mandarin duck battle jackets and goose yellow red tassel felt hats, and the gunners in the same dress fired fire and bombarded each other.

The Kaifeng city wall was extremely strong. The artillery shells of the rebel army hit the city wall and the battlements, but behind the female wall were splattering gravel and bricks. Many soldiers of the guard were hit by the fragments and fell on the top of the city, making painful howls.

Li Guodong and Han Dashan stood on the watchtower, and the situation of the attack and defense of Kaifeng City fell into their eyes.

"The casualties of refugees are so heavy." Han Dashan sighed.

Li Guodong put down the Qianli Mile Mile Mile, turned his head and said, "Human lives are not worthwhile, and the thieves do not regard refugees as human beings."

Han Dashan said in confusion: "Brother, aren't you asking us to help the thief secretly? Do you think this thief is a hero or a villain?"

"Say he is a hero. This man has no ambition and is bloodthirsty and wants to kill. If he is a villain, he is a minor official who was dismissed by the court. He can't even afford to farm and go home to work for farming. He is owed military pay. He can't survive anymore. The officials force the people to rebel. What's wrong with this man? But this man is still useful to this land. With him helping to clean up some unkind guys, he will save us a lot of trouble in the future. Remember my second brother?"

"Remember, I don't know how he is doing with Jiannu."

"We have become Tumote Khan, and life will not be bad. We asked him to go to Jiannu, not only to provide us with information, but also to help us do dirty things, but also to avoid harming innocent civilians as much as possible. Dashan, you remember that there is no absolute good or bad in this world. For us, except for our brothers, we have no eternal friends, no eternal enemies, only eternal interests! I am willing to hang out with the Donglin Party now, but the Donglin Party is really not a good person. But they are useful to us. When we come, we can win over a group of people and then eliminate a group of disobedient guys."

While talking, I heard cheers coming from the city of Kaifeng.

"The thieves have filled a section of the moat, and the most brutal offensive and defensive battle will officially begin." Li Guodong pointed to the direction of Kaifeng City and said.

"Kill!" The refugees in front of the rebel army howled, carrying a simple cloud ladder, and rushed towards Kaifeng City like a tide.

The Ming army's resistance was extremely fierce. As soon as the refugees rushed across the moat, the arrows and projectiles on the top of the city shot down like rain. Large areas of hungry people screamed and fell on the way.

The hungry people rushed to the city, and lime bottles on the top of the city fell to the ground with crackling, and countless white smoke exploded. Countless refugees covered their eyes and rolled on the ground with screams. The defenders at the top of the city ignored the injured and fell refugees. The refugees with lime were destined to be blinded by lime. There was no need to waste the weapons to deal with them. The defenders at the top of the city aimed at the refugees who had already rushed to the city, and huge stones were smashed down. The refugees who were crowded with canned sardines were smashed over by the stones in pieces.

The archers behind the rebel army followed up and shot rows of arrows at the top of the city. Many Minzhuang who assisted in defending the city were shot and fell down screaming. The defenders on the top of the city also shot arrows and projectiles, knocking down many rebel archers. The rebel army blocked them with a large shield, and the archers hid behind the large shield to shoot arrows, but the turtledove-legged gun bullets and tiger squat cannons were shot at the top of the city. The big shield was broken, and the broken wooden boards and projectiles penetrated the wooden shield made the archers cry and howl.

Simple ladders were set up, and the hungry people stared at the blood-red eyes and climbed up to the top of the city.

A wolf tooth slap fell on the city wall. The yaksha was heard, and only a sound of a ladder breaking was heard. The refugees who were climbing the ladder rolled onto the ground in rows. After the yaksha was hit, the body of the refugees who were hit was tied into a hornet's nest. If the refugees without any armor were hit, they would basically be helpless.

Basins of gold juice poured down from the city, and the refugees who were climbing the ladder were scalded and rolled down the ladder one after another.

The most powerful tincture tank hit the ground, and then several torches were thrown down. The wall immediately burned into a sea of ​​fire, and the air was filled with the fragrance of barbecue.

The soldiers and civilians in Kaifeng City shared their hatred for the enemy and fought hard to defend the city, repelling the attacks of the rebels again and again. The hungry people who were sieged as cannon fodder could not even climb up the top of the city. Most of them were killed at the foot of the city wall, and some were knocked down while climbing the ladder.

The first siege of the rebel army failed, and Li Zicheng ordered the large ladder truck to be pushed up.

More than 2,000 hungry people pushed twenty large ladder trucks through the filled moat and slowly approached the city. These large ladder trucks were covered with wet felt, and mud was applied outside. There were buckets of water on the racks of the ladder trucks. The hungry people following the ladder trucks could put out the fire at any time, so it was difficult for rockets to ignite the large ladder trucks.

The defenders concentrated artillery and bombarded several of the large ladder trucks. The shells made the refugees who pushed the cart seriously injured. However, under the threat of the machetes of the old soldiers in the trespass, the refugees fell down, and the people behind them added up, and with difficulty, they pushed the large ladder truck closer to the city wall.

When the large ladder truck was about to approach the city wall, the lime bottle at the top of the city smashed like rain, causing the refugees to push the cart to scream and fell down countless times. A large ladder truck was hit by shells in succession, and finally broke into pieces halfway and turned into a pile of firewood.

The other large ladder trucks were still pushing upwards towards the city wall. At this moment, rows of huge wooden buildings suddenly emerged from the city wall, about four or five feet outside the city wall. The entire wooden building was suspended in the air. Several copper pipes were poked out from the hanging building, aiming at the large ladder trucks that were about to approach the city wall. The pipes spewed out a fire and ignited the large ladder trucks. At the same time, the defenders on the city wall tried their best to kill the hungry people who were pushing the carts to prevent the hungry people from extinguishing the fire.
Chapter completed!