Chapter 302: The aggrieved king uses himself

At the beginning of June of the third year of Chongzhen, the weather was getting hotter, and with the hot climate, nearly 40,000 Xuanfu troops finally completed their assembly in Taiyuan Mansion and began to advance to Yueyang Mansion. This time, the infantry and cavalry marched hand in hand, and the fire battalion responded in the rear, although the speed was a little slower, but the formation was not chaotic, even if the rogue wanted to ambush halfway, he couldn't find a chance.

During the period of following Sun Chengzong, he didn't learn anything else, but he learned Sun Chengzong's stability to a full extent. In the case of the advantage of strength, there is no need to rush, push it over little by little, and it must be the other party who is in a hurry when the time comes.

Liaodong also used this method before, but unfortunately the finances could not support it. But Tiemo didn't have this to worry about, Yunfu and even Xuanfu had the final say, and Chongzhen also promised not to interfere, and he could fight this battle as he wanted. If you talk about the command of the battle, the art of war, you are really poor, but if you want to talk about the steady advancement, it is too simple, and the eight formations of the Iron King are simply invincible.

In Yueyang City, more than 100,000 peasant troops crowded around this small city. Fortunately, as soon as the border army pressed over, Wang Ziyong and the others suddenly felt a sudden increase in pressure. With so many people getting together, the strength is very strong, but once the situation is unfavorable, it collapses very quickly.

Although there are more than 100,000 troops, there are **10,000 people who can really fight, and they will burn high incense. In the face of the elite division of the Living Hades, Wang Ziyong really had no confidence at all. The war was about to start, and at this time, Wang Ziyong realized that there seemed to be a very important person missing from his side.

"What about Zhang Xianzhong? Why hasn't he come yet? ”

Zhang Dashou and the others looked at each other and said with a wry smile: "Maybe there is something delayed in the middle of the road, right?" ”

How did they know that just when everyone's attention was on the Yueyang area, Sun Kewang led the soldiers and horses south, set off from Yicheng, and went straight to Jiangshan. Subsequently, on the sixth day of the sixth month of June, a sudden onslaught was launched on Jiangxian County. At this time, Jiangxian was defenseless, and the city gate was wide open, not to mention, where was the opponent of Sun Kewang's elite division by the local inspection department and the guards, and it only took an hour for Sun Kewang's department to take Jiangxian County.

After taking Jiangxian County, Sun Kewang did not stay, joined forces with Liu Wenxiu, and led the few cavalry under his command to turn to the southwest and attack Shaanzhou. From Jiangxian County to Shaanzhou, these dozens of miles can be said to be unimpeded and unimpeded, not to mention that Sun Kewang's command is all cavalry, dozens of miles, and it will only take half a day. The news of Jiangxian County has not yet reached Shaanzhou, and Sun Kewang's troops have already killed the city of Shaanzhou.

Shaanzhou, an ancient city on the bank of the Yellow River, is inferior to Jiangxian at this time, which is equivalent to not being defended. In this way, Sun Kewang took a lightning speed, and successively went down to Jiangxian and Shaanzhou in one day, and cooperated with the follow-up soldiers and horses to steadily occupy Maojindu.

At this point, Zhang Xianzhong's intentions have also been clearly exposed to everyone's field of vision.

Zhang Xianzhong was going to cross the Yellow River south from Maojin in Shaanzhou and enter the territory of Henan Province.

Zhang Xianzhong is really too enduring, and before that, there is no indication that he has the intention of going south. Coupled with Sun Kewang's lightning-fast attack, he didn't give others time to react at all. When the news reached Yueyang, Wang Ziyong, Zhang Dashou, Zhang Cunmeng and others were all stunned, especially Zhang Dashou, whose head was buzzing, and he only felt that he had been slapped hard. Zhang Xianzhong was nominally under the control of his Zhang Dashou, and under his nose, Zhang Xianzhong had been plotting for a long time, but he didn't find out.

Wang Zi's face became colorful, and Zhang Xianzhong was stuck at this juncture, and coming out like this was like a knife in the chest of the peasant army. Knowing, naturally know that Zhang Xianzhong wants to protect himself, so he crossed the Yellow River south. But most people don't know the truth, the Xuanfu border army came to attack, and Zhang Xianzhong's department did not come to Yueyang to meet the enemy, but went all the way south to Maojindu, which looked like he was going to flee for his life. Before fighting with the Xuanfu border army, a group of soldiers and horses fled in the wilderness, what a blow to the morale of the peasant army?

Zhang Cunmeng's face was gloomy, and he slammed the table hard, "I have long seen that this yellow tiger has a backbone in the back of his head, and he must keep an eye on it." But what about you, you just don't listen, let him be bigger, now it's okay, this bastard is going to defect to the south"

At other times, Zhang Xianzhong dared to do this, Zhang Dashou and Zhang Cunmeng had already united, and the army pressed up and disabled Zhang Xianzhong. But now, the officers and soldiers are in front of them, how can they still take care of Zhang Xianzhong?

Similarly, Zhang Xianzhong's matter also surprised Tiemo. In the original history, Wang Ziyong's man Ma Ke did not have any signs of crossing the Yellow River south, and Zhang Xianzhong was even more impossible. Now it's a good thing, Zhang Xianzhong actually wants to separate his family from Wang Ziyong, and he also led his own soldiers and horses to Maojindu. History has become unrecognizable, and the most important thing is that Gao Yingxiang's department has taken Nanyang Mansion and turned the southwest of the Central Plains upside down, if Zhang Xianzhong breaks into Henan Mansion from the north. With the ability of Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong, Henan must be tossed apart.

Don't? Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the two heroes, are going to join forces to create brilliance in advance? Thinking of this possibility, Tiemo's scalp was a little numb. Li Zicheng is cunning, Zhang Xianzhong is ruthless, if these two guys get together, the destructive power is amazing.

Worry is worrying, but at this time, there is no way to take Zhang Xianzhong. Zhang Xianzhong occupied Maojindu and could cross the Yellow River south at any time. Wang Ziyong must also be angry, wanting to destroy Zhang Xianzhong, right? It's a pity that the two sides have already confronted each other near Yueyang, and no one dares to act rashly, so they can only put Zhang Xianzhong aside for the time being.

In the middle of June of the third year of Chongzhen, in the northern plains of Yueyang, Yuan Ma, Zhang Yichuan, Du Wen, and Wei Yang of Zhang Dashou's department opened a formation, and made contact with Liu Guoneng and Geng Zhongming's department, which opened the prelude to the Yueyang War.

Although this was only a contact battle, the two sides invested nearly 50,000 troops back and forth, and the result ended in a crushing defeat for Zhang Yichuan and others. The Yunfu Iron Cavalry still became the main theme on the battlefield, even if the peasant army had already been prepared, but when the cavalry began to charge the battle, the peasant army was still defeated and retreated. The fire array prepared earlier played a little role at first. But soon, there was a gap between the musket and the opponent's new musket. Without sustained fire coverage, the cavalry struck in front of the face in the blink of an eye, and the peasant army in front of them was suddenly scattered.

This fiasco completely broke Wang's plan to rely on superior forces to win. Similarly, it also made Wang Ziyong realize that if he wanted to hold back the officers and soldiers, he could only rely on the fortified city of Yueyang.

Wang Ziyong gathered more than 100,000 troops inside and outside Yueyang City, and the Quartet camp plus Yueyang City was in the center to support, which really made Liu Guoneng helpless for a while. Tie Mo and Wang Zuo hung up the clairvoyant mirror, staring at the situation in Liyang City for a long time, and they had a headache in time. Wang Ziyong is determined to be a turtle, and hundreds of thousands of troops are huddled in one place, no matter which direction the pressure is high, they can rush to help in time. According to this situation, although the combat power of the Xuanfu border army is amazing, if it is forced to eat the main force of the peasant army used by Wang himself, it will not be able to get any benefits in the end. Fighting with Wang Ziyong is not what Tiemo wants.

Wang Zuo frowned, as a military advisor, it was his duty to give advice. At this time, there were only two people in the account, he and Tiemo, and the pressure was not so great, Wang Zuohang said frankly: "Supervisor, according to the current situation, we want to gnaw this hard bone, I'm afraid we will have to pay a big price." Of course, we can continue to consume it, and wait until Yueyang City is out of food and grass, and the thieves are in chaos. ”

Tiemo sighed: "But what we lack most is time, if it continues, when we get to Henan, the Central Plains still don't know what the chaos will be." And come to think of it, some people in the court don't want to see this scene, as long as we drag it out for a few days, I'm afraid that the official document urging the war will fly like snowflakes. ”

Wang Zuohang nodded with a wry smile, pondered for a moment, and whispered: "Actually, it is not too difficult to break this situation, it depends on whether the superintendent is willing or not." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Tiemo was very surprised, and couldn't help urging: "Mr. has something to say, but it doesn't matter, there are only you and me here, so you don't have to worry about anything." ”

When Tiemo said this, the worry in Wang Zuohang's heart was gone, he shrugged his shoulders and said frankly: "Supervisor, if your subordinates say that you will drive the king to the Central Plains for his own use, can you bear it?" ”

“？？？？” Tie Mo didn't react for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he suddenly grinned and pointed at Wang Zuohang, "Mr. can really give Tie a problem, Gao Yingxiang is enough for the imperial court to bear, if Wang himself also breaks into the Central Plains, the imperial court is afraid that he will have to find this governor to explain." However, as long as Your Majesty has no opinion, others are just not happy, and this Inspector doesn't seem to have to pay too much attention to it. ”

"Haha, so the Overseer agreed?" Wang Zuohang couldn't help laughing, many times, he liked Tiemo's bold energy. drove Wang Ziyong and Gao Yingxiang to the Central Plains, and if they were others, they would definitely think that he was crazy. But Tiemo didn't think so, and even thought it was a clever plan.

In fact, it is also the case, on the surface, all the rogues who are active in Shaanxi have poured into the Central Plains, and it seems that the Central Plains will become a second Shaanxi. But in fact, this may not be the case, the Central Plains is full of flowers, and there are too many attractive places. The Liukou entered the Central Plains, and it was difficult to wander around at will like in Shaanxi. In the final analysis, there are too many poor places in Shaanxi and even in the northwest, and the rogues can't look down on them, so they naturally give up if they give up.

But what about the Central Plains? There are so many temptations to give up if there is so much food and wealth in this city? As long as the rogues can no longer wander around as freely as before, they will lose their greatest advantage. Similarly, if Wang Ziyong enters the Central Plains, the soldiers and horses in Shaanxi will also be free, and when the time comes, Chen Qiyu, the governor of the three sides, can turn around and cooperate with Tiemo, the governor of the three provinces, to deal with the chaos in the Central Plains.

Wang Zuojiao wants to use the Central Plains flowers to hook the Liukou, and then find an opportunity to severely damage the Liukou's vital force. However, this idea can only be known to Tiemo, and when he tells others, others estimate that Wang Zuo will be slaughtered after changing hands.

Understand, but how many people can withstand the pressure of a large number of rogues pouring into the Central Plains? Because once the response is not good in the back, resulting in complete chaos in the Central Plains, the imperial court will definitely ask for the guilt.

After all, Tiemo is different from others, bold and careful, and not afraid of taking risks. In the final analysis, he only needs to be responsible for Chongzhen. What's more, his family background is in Yunfu, so he can't do it, and he is still the emperor of the soil when he returns to Yunfu.

If you think of it, you will do it, and soon, Tiemo gave Man Gui a letter of repair, and when the official letter was sent, he ordered Li Jiucheng and Li Yingyuan and Miao Mei to bypass Yueyang and go straight to Hongdong and Zhaocheng. Zhaocheng and Hongdong guard the western gateway of Yueyang, and Liukou enters and exits Yueyang, these two places can be said to be the necessary places. When Miao Mei's department launched a fierce attack on Hongdong, Wang Ziyong reacted.

If the officers and soldiers were allowed to seize these two places, wouldn't they be able to go back to northern Shaanxi? For the sake of a Yueyang, the loss of the entire northern Shaanxi is more than worth the loss. In desperation, Wang Ziyong could only order Zhang Yichuan and Du Wen to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to aid Hongdong. Not long after Zhang Yichuan and Du Wen left Yueyang, they encountered Zhou Dingshan's troops in Jiuqi Mountain. The musketeers covered it with a few rounds of firepower, and they beat Zhang Yichuan's people to cry and cry for their father, only hating their father and mother for missing two legs. When fleeing for their lives, thousands of cavalry caught up, and when Zhang Yichuan and Du Wen withdrew to the western camp, they counted the number of people and lost half.

Hearing the bad news, Wang Ziyong sighed bitterly, and swallowed back a mouthful of old blood. However, at this time, Miao Mei, who was attacking Hongdong, suddenly stopped.

The remaining hundreds of remnants of Hongdong hid in the city and shivered, and they asked the king for reinforcements for his own use. But how dare the king send reinforcements for his own use? As long as they are not fools, they can see that the officers and soldiers are going to use Hongdong and Zhaocheng to fish, so they are waiting for reinforcements to come to the door so that they can fight an ambush.

Wang was very helpless for his own use, and the combat effectiveness of the peasant army soldiers under his command was still very problematic, and if there were too few to be sent to fight, and if there were too many of them, the officers and men would definitely transfer the main force to eat a big bite. In short, Wang Ziyong was very aggrieved. In the final analysis, you can't beat people in the wild. Think about it, who did the Xuanfu, especially the Yunfu gang fight against? People fight with Mongolian Tatars all year round, and their combat effectiveness is the best in nine sides.

Wang Ziyong no longer sent reinforcements, and Tiemo saw that the fishing could not be achieved, so he simply waved his hand and ordered Miao Mei and Li Jiucheng and others to quickly occupy Hongdong and Zhaocheng. At the same time, Mangui mobilized the main force of Datong Mansion and began to launch a fierce attack on Mizhi and other places in Shaanxi, because the main force of the peasant army was not there, Mangui fought in the east, Cao Wenzhao and Hong Chengchou led Shaanxi soldiers and horses to fight in the southwest direction, it took only two days to defeat Ansai City and Ganquan City, and Yan'an Mansion was almost in control.

Man Gui, Cao Wenzhao and others cooperated with Tiemo, and this time they attacked and beat Wang Ziyong without any temper. Now, Wang Ziyong and others regret that they didn't come to Yueyang at the beginning, they really shouldn't have come to Yueyang, and after staying in Yueyang for a long time, the base camp of the nest was beaten by officers and soldiers.

Not to mention the rescue at this time, how the main force will return to northern Shaanxi has become a big problem.

Wang Ziyong was extremely aggrieved, but Zhang Xianzhong's side was in a different situation. Taking advantage of the fact that no one could take care of himself, Zhang Xianzhong's department mobilized boats and crossed the Yellow River in four days.

As soon as Zhang Xianzhong's troops crossed the Yellow River, they raided Michi.