In the Central Plains, in terms of the strength of the imperial court, there are also the Governor Ding Qirui, the Governor of Baoding, Yang Wenyue, the General Soldier Hu Dawei, Yang Dezheng, Fang Guoan and other departments, with a strength of about 100,000.

However, in the face of the offensive of Li Zicheng's thief army, there was no power to fight back, and under the defeat and retreat, many towns around Kaifeng Prefecture, especially in the south of Kaifeng Prefecture, fell one after another.

Li Zicheng's side, this time than in the original history, he had to start appointing local officials to rule the localities, and there was a faint situation of separating the localities and getting rid of the name of thieves.

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In addition, Bai Guangen, Wu Sangui, Tang Tong, Li Fuming, and Ma Ke's five-way guerrillas got rid of the obstruction of Zuo Liangyu's department, led the troops south, and arrived at Dongming, which was adjacent to Henan Province. After the two sides clashed, they obtained some information about the thieves.

Bai Guangen and the others couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly discussed the military situation together.

"King Li Zicheng and Cao Cao and Luo Rucai joined forces to attack Kaifeng, with a force of one million! Even if it is an exaggeration, there must be five or six hundred thousand! Among them, I'm afraid there are 100,000 old thieves, right? Bai Guangen frowned and watched the other four people analyze the news he received here.

When Wu Sangui heard this, he immediately added: "What I heard here is that these thieves have gathered elite cavalry for use, with a strength of about 30,000, coming and going like the wind, and the governor Yang Wenyue and the governor Ding Qirui have all been defeated by this cavalry army. ”

"The thieves have captured many cities around Kaifeng, and even sent thieves to govern the place, is this to cut off the king?" Li Fuming asked in surprise.

Hearing these news, Ma Ke couldn't help but worry: "We only have 10,000 horses together, and we are not all cavalry, going to Kaifeng to relieve the siege, this little force is afraid that it will hit the stone with an egg, right?" ”

As soon as he said this, he immediately attracted the attention of several other guerrillas. Among them, Li Fuming asked him: "What, what do you think?" ”

Seeing the look of expectation in the eyes of the others looking at him, Ma Ke suddenly understood what they meant, they wanted to let themselves take the lead in doing something, and then if the court wanted to punish them, the person who took the lead would definitely be the worst, such as Wang Pu.

Thinking of this, he immediately said; "Actually, our 10,000 horses are all soldiers, and although the thieves are powerful, their forces are scattered, and they are not without a chance to win the battle!"

As soon as they heard him say this, everyone else showed the meaning of "cut".

After pondering for a while, Wu Sangui took the initiative to say to them: "Actually, Ma Ke is right, now the thieves are scattering and attacking, it is our opportunity. Guogong's military order was to let us wait for the opportunity to move, and did not say that we must attack the thieves who opened the seal. ”

"Yes!" When Bai Guangen heard this, he immediately agreed, "Our most important thing is to guard against being bitten by the main force of the thieves. The difference in strength is too great, and I am afraid that we will not be able to win the war. Anyway, the Duke of the Kingdom has given us the right to wait for the opportunity, so it is better to fight a thief soldier and transfer it immediately, so that the thieves cannot find out our location, so that we can complete the task given to us by the national bus! ”

"No, Guogong also explained to us, Kaifeng can't be lost!" Li Fuming listened and hurriedly reminded.

When Wu Sangui heard this, he immediately reminded: "From the words of the national bus generation, it can be known that Kaifeng Mansion should not fall so quickly, and we can contain some thieves and soldiers, and we can also reduce the pressure on Kaifeng Mansion." As soon as the imperial army arrives, it will be the time for a decisive battle with the thief army! ”

"Uncle, don't forget!" Tang Tong reminded him, "There is still Xiao Yuanying in the Beizhili area, as well as the rebels under Zuo Liangyu, and it is not easy for the imperial court reinforcements to reach Kaifeng!" ”

Hearing this, several people couldn't help but fall silent.

The current situation seems to be more serious than ever before. Now there is a feeling that the imperial court is weak, and the strength of the army or something, compared with the situation in the early years of Chongzhen, it is completely replaced.

Bai Guangen looked at them and spoke first: "I know Kaifeng City, the city is strong, and the thief army of Li Zicheng's department has not taken Kaifeng City two times before, so this third attack on Kaifeng will definitely not be so easy to defeat." Now the thieves are scattered to attack from the side, and the thieves have no choice but to use the siege method to take Kaifeng Mansion! ”

"What does Brother Bai mean?" When Ma Ke heard this, he hurriedly asked.

When the others listened, they also looked at Bai Guangen.

"We are actually guilty of crimes, if we do a good job in the battle to relieve the siege and Kaifeng, maybe we can become the general soldier of one side again, if we don't do it well, it will be more than a demotion." Bai Guangen frowned, looked at the eyes of the other four, and said seriously, "Now that the imperial court is rich, the military and civilians of Liaodong have moved inward. Personally, I think that as long as the prince is given time and the north is settled, the imperial court will have the strength to go south to quell the rebellion! ”

Wu Sangui listened, shook his head slightly, and said: "Liaodong Jianyu is not so easy to deal with, if the internal relocation is useful, it is not that no one has mentioned it before." In my estimation, Jianyu will definitely make a detour to the Mongolian steppe to enter the customs! I'm afraid that the troops who moved inward will still not be able to enter the Central Plains to quell the rebellion! ”

If you want to talk about Liaodong's opinion, among the five people, he is definitely an authority.

Therefore, after listening to Wu Sangui's words, the other people were silent again, and finally Ma Ke looked at them and asked, "Then what should we do?" ”

Hearing this, Li Fuming suddenly said loudly: "What about the fuck, we are soldiers and eat food, and the one who beats his mother is the one who beats him." At least now we don't have to worry about money, food, and salaries! Although the troops are small, they are all soldiers! ”

Hearing his words, Tang Tong looked at the other people, who were also open-minded, and immediately followed: "That's right, the prince of the country is in the court, and now the court doesn't seem to be short of silver." In this regard, it's better than before, right? ” ：

"Yes, then let's fight him first to win the battle, at least to the court and the country!" Bai Guangen listened, and also said, "Then wait for the opportunity to move, and don't give the main force of thieves a chance to bite!" ”

After Li Fuming took the lead, everyone else was not to be outdone, and they expressed their stance one after another, and then they would talk about a battle.

In fact, they know very well that as long as they still want to be people from the imperial court, they actually have no choice. Those who have already registered with Guogong are definitely being stared at. The disadvantage is that you can't grind foreign workers or produce moths, and the advantage is that if you make meritorious contributions, you can let the Guogong know, and others can't stop them.

Therefore, they immediately sent a large number of Ye Bu Hui to reconnoiter the situation, and to find a place where the thieves were weak to defeat him and win the battle.

A few days later, before they had chosen a target, news came.

"Good news, good news, the Beijing camp and the White Pole Army suddenly attacked Zhangjiakou, arrested all the Jin merchants over there, and captured countless people." Bai Guangen relayed the news he heard at night to several other people.

"What? Is the Jin merchant captured? Damn, no wonder! When Marco heard this, he couldn't help but say hatefully.

"Who knows what the specifics are?" Li Fuming hurriedly asked.

Seeing them like this, Wu Sangui took out a copy of something and said, "I got a copy of the Di Bao here, and a copy of "Ming Pao", and the news is all on it. Your news is outdated, a long time ago. ”

He is most concerned about the affairs of the north, and his father Wu Xiang is in Beijing, and he has always kept in touch with his son, although there is a delay in the transmission of news because of the war or something, but his side is always better informed than others.

As soon as Bai Guangen heard his words, he was the first to stand up, hurriedly walked over and snatched the things in his hand, and hurriedly unfolded them.

But before the other guerrillas surrounded him, he saw Bai Guangen close the papers in his hand again, and said in annoyance: "Damn, I can't read!" ”

Ma Ke and the others were about to walk to him, and when they heard his words, they all stopped one by one. At this time, they all remembered, and it seemed that they didn't recognize a few words.

These guerrillas here are also Wu Sangui's family background, both civil and military. Therefore, they looked at Wu Sangui one by one and asked Wu Sangui to talk about it.

If the previous five guerrillas were equal, at this time it was faintly headed by Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui enjoyed this very much, so he didn't take care of it, and immediately told them all the contents of the Di Bao and the "Ming Pao".

Before he finished speaking, Bai Guangen and the others had already slapped the table and scolded.

In normal times, they have never heard of such a thing as smuggling by merchants at border gates, but they absolutely do not realize that the smuggling of merchants will bring such serious consequences. I didn't expect that the smuggling scale of the eight Jin merchants was so large, and the harm was so great.

It can be said that several of them have also suffered from it. Thinking of the fiasco of the loose battle, there is an outlet for this, with their cultural cultivation, the words that are scolded, it's just a pity that the eight Jin merchants are not here, but they listen to Wu Sangui and sigh in his heart: Vulgar martial arts, vulgar martial arts!

After waiting for a while, when the four guerrillas were tired of scolding and going to drink tea, Wu Sangui said to them again: "These eight Jin merchants estimate that this will already punish the nine clans, which is very happy." But the most important thing is that the money and grain confiscated by the imperial court are said to have arrived in Beijing in front of the vehicle, and the vehicle on the tail is still in Zhangjiakou. ”

Sometimes, the rumors will inevitably be distorted, which is a bit exaggerated, but they are very happy to hear it: the court has money and grain, which is a very good thing!

Seeing that they were happy, Wu Sangui said to them again: "There is also news that the imperial court has the military department Shangshu Min Benbing as the commander, and the Guogong is the director of the world's soldiers and horses to lead the Beijing battalion out of Beijing. ”

As soon as I heard this, a few guerrillas immediately laughed again, which is definitely good news!

However, Wu Sangui was not so optimistic, and said to them: "Don't forget, you know what the situation is in Jingying. There is also the Xiao Yuan camp in the north, the rebel army of Zuo Liangyu, a total of four or five hundred thousand horses! ”

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