The news of Ma Shiyao's attack on Daming Prefecture soon reached Li Zicheng's ears.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty! Our army has finally captured Daming Prefecture!" Niu Jinxing stood aside with a flattering look on his face.

Song Xiance echoed beside him: "Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and the Dashun Army is invincible in every battle!"

Unlike the optimistic Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance, Li Yan always frowned and looked like he was worried about something.

"What is Mr. Li worried about?" Li Zicheng asked.

Without waiting for Li Yan to answer, three messengers came to Li Zicheng almost at the same time.

"Your Majesty!" The first messenger bowed and said, "General Yuan Zongdi and Huang Degong are fighting in the north of the city. Your Majesty, please support us!"

"Support?" Li Zicheng narrowed his eyes and asked, "Was Yuan Zongdi defeated so quickly?"

"Huang Degong divided his troops into three groups. The main force of the infantry was in direct confrontation, while Wang Yongji's cavalry was responsible for pinning down our elite troops in the old camp. There was also an infantry of several thousand people who first attacked our western camp, and then turned around to cut off General Yuan Zongdi's retreat."

"Isn't Liu Fangliang behind Yuan Zongde? Where are he?" Niu Jinxing asked without caring about Emperor Li Zicheng's identity.

"The recruit camp was burned down, and almost all the recruits ran away. The remaining veterans were too few in number to stop the Ming army."

After the first messenger finished speaking, the second messenger walked over and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that our army has occupied the south gate of Daming Prefecture. Generals Gu Kecheng and Liu Xiyao asked Your Majesty to allow them to divide their troops and enter the city from the south gate to kill the enemy."

A third messenger came by and said something similar: "Generals Li You and Wu Ruyi heard that..."

Li Zicheng lowered his head and thought seriously about countermeasures.

"Is there any movement of Gao Jie from Guan County?"

"There are Ming troops in the east, west and north of the city. The information from the scouts needs to go around the south of the city to be delivered. The situation is unclear now." Gao Yigong, who was standing next to him, replied.

Gao Yigong was the younger brother of Li Zicheng's wife Gao, and was responsible for Li Zicheng's security and intelligence gathering.

Li Zicheng's expression began to become serious.

After a while, he looked at Li Yan: "Mr. Li, next..."

"Take Daming Prefecture as soon as possible! Otherwise our army will be in danger!" Li Yan's words were loud and clear.

By this time the sky was already bright, and nearly three hours had passed since we gathered!

The soldiers were tired.

If they fail to capture Daming Prefecture in a short period of time, they will be faced with a dilemma once Gao Jie's army approaches.

Huang Degong and Gao Jie are outside, with at least 50,000 troops.

Inside is Li Xingzhong, with 15,000 soldiers!

The total number of troops is as high as 65,000!

Under attack from both inside and outside, these tired soldiers are bound to be defeated!

Although...

If Daming Prefecture is captured, the situation will be reversed.

Daming Prefecture is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and they can completely rely on the strong city to stop Huang Degong and Gao Jie.

Li Zicheng quickly agreed to Li Yan's plan and began to issue military orders.

"Mr. Li, I will give you 5,000 soldiers to support Zongdi. It will be fine as long as the main force can retreat." Li Yan took the order and left.

"Since there are no traces of Ming troops in the west of the city, let's order Gu Kecheng and Liu Xiyao in the west of the city to divide half of their troops and enter the city through the south gate. At the same time, let Li You and Wu Ruyi in the east of the city divide 30% of their troops and also enter the city through the south gate."

"Order them to clear out the enemies in the city as quickly as possible."

"As for the north of the city... continue to attack the city with all your strength! We must keep an eye on the city gate to prevent the Ming army from breaking out to the north and joining Huang Degong."

Seeing that the bandits in the west of the city had withdrawn half of their troops, Li Xingzhong on the top of the city wall breathed a sigh of relief.

He deliberately opened the South Gate in order to get the bandits' troops moving.

Only by getting the opponent moving can he have a chance to disrupt their deployment and win in the chaos.

Seeing that the bandits in the west of the city had just gone far away, Li Xingzhong immediately ordered: "Someone, open the box and throw the things inside into the city!"

"Anyone who hides it will be executed immediately!"

The Ming soldiers on the city wall sighed.

"What a pity!"

"Yes, it's a shame to throw such a good thing to the bandits!"

"How can we lure the enemy into a trap if we don't throw this?"

“Throw it!”

After the sigh, hundreds of Ming soldiers opened the boxes, took out the silver ingots of various sizes and loose silver, and threw them out while standing on the city wall.

They were very particular about where they threw the silver; all the silver fell near the city gate.

At first, the Shun army did not take it seriously, thinking that the Ming army was up to something.

However, when a Shun army soldier confirmed that it was all silver, it soon caused a riot.

"Surrender! We surrender!" The Ming army on the city wall shouted down.

As he shouted, countless silver snowflakes fell from above.

The bandits are mainly composed of three types of people.

Apart from the soldiers of the old camp and the surrendered Ming army, the rest were almost all poor civilians.

These people have one thing in common: they are afraid of being poor and hungry.

If these people were not poor or hungry, they would not have surrendered to Li Zicheng and joined him in rebellion.

At first, the Shun army generals were still able to control the situation, but as more and more silver was thrown down, the scene began to get out of control.

Some people even fought over the silver.

This is silver!

The people of the Ming Dynasty recognized nothing but silver!

Seeing that more and more soldiers were looting silver, Li Xingzhong quickly ran down the city wall and came to the city gate.

Thousands of elite Ming troops stood in silence.

They have been waiting for a long time and are ready to go.

"Open the city gate! Lower the drawbridge!"

Creaky...the city gate opened wide.

With a bang, the suspension bridge fell to the ground.

"kill!"

Thousands of Ming troops rushed out howling.

They had been besieged for more than a month, and the resentment in their hearts had been accumulating for more than a month.

Now is the time to vent.

The Shun army soldier who was picking up the silver was suddenly startled, dropped the silver in his hands, picked up the weapons on the ground and prepared to resist.

However, they were no match for the Ming army.

First, all of Li Xingzhong's soldiers were dressed in armor.

On the battlefield, an armored soldier can make countless mistakes.

A soldier without armor would die if he made one mistake.

Secondly, these soldiers did not participate in defending the city and had sufficient physical strength.

Finally, most of these soldiers were border troops who surrendered to the Ming court and had considerable combat effectiveness.

What kind of people are the remaining Shun troops?

Ten percent are the elite Shun troops, thirty percent are the surrendered Ming troops, and sixty percent are the disaster victims!

Most of the elite troops were transferred to the street fighting in Damingfu!

The first to collapse were the disaster victims.

Seeing this, the surrendering Ming army ran away without any hesitation.

Surrendering is just for a living, there is no need to risk your life!

Run! Save your life!

The elite Shun army who wanted to go upstream saw that most people had fled and that staying would only lead to death, so they followed suit after a brief thought and fled.

In the blink of an eye, most of the Shun army responsible for the siege on the west side of the city ran away, leaving only some siege equipment standing there alone, which looked very desolate.

Li Xingzhong did not stop at all and drove the fleeing Shun army towards the north of the city.

To the north is Huang Degong, and the two sides agreed to attack Li Chuang thief from both sides!