Sure enough, Hong Chengchou soon got the news, as soon as he heard that Li Zicheng was going to attack Luoyang, Hong Chengchou was taken aback, he knew that Luoyang was not an ordinary place, it was the place where the blessed king Zhu Changxun was located, Zhu Changxun was the uncle of the current emperor, once there was a mistake, he could not afford to be guilty. 【Latest chapter reading. 】

However, Hong Chengchou was scheming and calculating, and he also knew that his current men and horses were not enough to form an advantage over Li Zicheng's coalition army, so he immediately urgently summoned Zuo Liangyu, Cao Bianjiao and others to return to the division.

Cao Zuo and the others received an urgent report, and no longer pursued Zhang Xianzhong and others, but returned to Luoyang non-stop, these two also knew the importance of Luoyang, not to mention that Li Zicheng was the most important target of encirclement and suppression at the moment.

At this time, the court also received an urgent performance from Luoyang, Chongzhen was surprised, he didn't expect Li Zicheng to have such courage to dare to attack Luoyang alone. So he immediately issued an order to order the garrisons in Henan to send elite troops to aid Luoyang, and at the same time urgently ordered Hong Chengchou to defeat the peasant army before Li Zicheng besieged Luoyang.

All of a sudden, the clouds of war across the country were shrouded in two places, Shaanxi and Henan. The two most powerful military groups of the Ming Dynasty in the Guannai bit the two most capable rebel armies. An earth-shattering war is about to begin.

These two major battles are related to the situation of the entire world, therefore, whether it is the court, the Qin army, or the peasant army, they are all fierce, holding back their strength, and preparing to fight for life and death.

Li Zicheng didn't go fast, he intended to let Hong Chengchou catch up.

And Hong Chengchou didn't go fast, he had to wait for Cao Zuo and the two to meet before the decisive battle. Hong Chengchou knew in his heart that even with the addition of Cao Zuo and the others, the number of men and horses under his command would be less than 40,000, and it would be very difficult to fight a decisive battle with Li Zicheng's 100,000 horses. However, the officers and troops led by Hong Chengchou have always been outnumbered, and although the peasant army seems to be numerous, except for the family members of the army, the old and weak, women and children, and the wounded and sick, at most six-tenths of them can really fight, that is to say, among Li Zicheng's 100,000 horses, there are at most 60,000 people, who can go into battle and fight.

40,000 against 60,000 is not a disadvantage, as long as the command is appropriate, the victory is still very certain.

Therefore, the official and military side is also aggressive, and they are determined to win.

On this day, Cao Zuo and the others finally led the cavalry to catch up with Hong Chengchou, and the two came to the big tent to see the marshal, Hong Chengchou was very happy and invited the two of them to sit down.

Cao Bianjiao had long hated Li Zicheng so much that his teeth hurt, because Li Zicheng killed his own uncle Cao Wenzhao, and this revenge has not been avenged. Therefore, Cao Bianjiao heard that he was going to have a decisive battle with Li Zicheng, and he was very excited. At this time, he opened his mouth and said, "Dashuai, where is Li Chuang's thief?" ”

Hong Chengchou looked at the map behind him and said, "It's almost Dengfeng." ”

Cao Bianjiao thought in his heart: "There are still three days to go before us, Dashuai, I want to lead the cavalry to double the road and attack him first." It's also good that Li Chuang can't hurry up. ”

Hong Chengchou said: "Yes, but you have to be careful, Li Chuang is scheming, this attack on Luoyang, such fanfare, unlike the previous actions, there may be fraud, you must not fall into his ambush ......"

He didn't say anything, Cao Wenzhao strayed into Li Zicheng's ambush circle and was defeated and died. I couldn't continue, so I had to stop.

Zuo Liangyu fought Zhang Xianzhong during this period of time, he was handy, he would win every battle, and the morale of his subordinates was also very high. ”

Cao Bianjiao didn't understand Zuo Liangyu's little abacus, he really thought that he was worried about his safety, he was very grateful, and patted Zuo Liangyu's shoulder hard: "General Zuo, I thank you, you go with me, it's foolproof." ”

Hong Chengchou also carefully calculated, the cavalry led by these two people is the strongest force in his group, coming and going like the wind, plus if the two of them are in command, even if they can't win the battle, there is no problem with retreating, so he ordered: "It's okay, you two must always exchange news, don't leave too far, once you find out that Li Chuang has any intentions, stop advancing immediately, don't go deep alone, I will be the governor behind me to be your backup." I wish the two generals success and many successes. ”

The two generals received the general order, immediately returned to their own army, straightened out the men, and hurried away.

Cao Bianjiao was on the left, Zuo Liangyu was on the right, and the two took the men and horses away from the team, and quickly whipped up their horses and swooped down on Li Zicheng's men. Hong Chengchou ordered the whole army to advance forward at the speed of a rapid march.

The next day, Li Zicheng received a report, saying that Zuo Liangyu and Cao Bianjiao led the cavalry, left and right, and outflanked them.

Li Zicheng asked Hao Shaoqi to be the vanguard, Guo Tianxing and others walked in the middle, and he and Liu Zongmin led a few generals and led 10,000 horses to break the rear. At this time, as soon as he heard that Cao Zuo and the others had already pounced, Li Zizi sent an order to inform Hao Shaoqi that he should not advance any further, and immediately return to the army and prepare to meet the official army.

Originally, attacking Luoyang was a false move, but now Hong Chengchou has finally been lured over, and he can fight a decisive battle.

After the men stopped, Li Zicheng discussed with several generals how to deal with Cao Zuo and the others.

Li Guo's mouth was fast: "Uncle Li, Cao Bianjiao and Zuo Liangyu, one left and one right, each with thousands of cavalry, we had better separate the men and horses, one left and one right, so as not to be caught in the middle by him." ”

Tian Jianxiu said: "I think it's okay, let the sky collapse, and they will go to block Zuo Liangyu, and our old eighth team will deal with Cao Bianjiao alone." ”

The old eighth team he mentioned was the team led by Li Zicheng at the beginning.

Liu Zongmin said in a deep voice: "It's not proper, Zuo Liangyu and Cao Bianjiao are both fierce generals, I remember that in the past year, they have been defeated by others in Henan several times, and they can run everywhere, and then let them deal with any of them, they are bound to be timid, so I said, let them go to feint Luoyang, our old eighth team of 30,000 horses, and face Cao Zuo and the two alone." ”

He said to Li Zicheng: "King Chuang, you take 20,000 people to besiege Zuo Liangyu, let me bring 10,000 horses, give me Brother Yuan, and the two of us will go to meet Cao Bianjiao, and this time I will definitely capture him alive." ”

The last time he killed Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao broke through, which made Liu Zongmin very annoyed, and this time, he didn't want to miss the opportunity again.

Li Zicheng agreed, he knew that Zuo Liangyu had more than 6,000 cavalry, while Cao Bianjiao's men only had 3,000 Guanning iron cavalry, and Liu Zongmin's 10,000 horses. So he immediately divided his troops and assigned Tian Jianxiu and Yuan Zongdi to Liu Zongmin. He was given four thousand cavalry.

There were only more than 5,000 cavalry in his ranks, but the Guanning iron cavalry was too fierce for the infantry to stop, so it was good to have more cavalry.

Yuan Zongdi is a tiger general, and Tian Jianxiu is resourceful, he is a military advisor and can come up with ideas, Liu Zongmin is very happy, and he took the men and horses to face the direction of Cao Bianjiao.

Li Zicheng reorganized his army to fight, he knew that Zuo Liangyu was very cunning, and he fought a ghost and ruthlessly, even Zhang Xianzhong, such a brave person, was terrified when he saw Zuo Liangyu, so he had to be very careful against Zuo Liangyu.

He checked the terrain first, this is a plain, surrounded by several deserted villages, there are not a whole house burned, only the ruins remain, but the soldiers and horses can be ambushed. So Li Zicheng sent Li Guo with 5,000 infantry to ambush in a village on the left, and sent his wife and brother Gao Yigong to lead 5,000 infantry to ambush in the village on the right.

Zuo Liangyu came quickly, and while he was hurrying, scouts came one after another to report, saying that Li Zicheng's men and horses were in front, and the whole bundle was stopped, and it seemed that he was going to prepare for a decisive battle. Zuo Liangyu asked, "How many people are there?" The scout replied, "It looks like it's nearly ten thousand." Zuo Liangyu asked, "How many cavalry are there?" The scout said, "It's just over a thousand." ”

Hearing this, Zuo Liangyu was slightly puzzled, he knew that Li Zicheng's troops were about twenty or thirty thousand, but now there were only 10,000 people here, could it be that most of Li Zicheng's coalition army went to besiege Luoyang, and he was just broken here?

At this moment, he suddenly saw several fireworks rising on the horizon in the distance, and there was a faint sound of gunfire, Zuo Liangyu was stunned, and secretly thought that it should be Cao Bianjiao's marching direction, how could it ...... Was it ambushed?

Not long after, a scout came to report: "General, General Cao's men and horses have encountered the thieves' men and horses, and they are being killed." ”

Zuo Liangyu said: "How many thieves are there?" ”

The scout said: "There are about more than 10,000 people, and they are surrounding General Cao's men and horses. ”

The adjutant general on one side said, "General, do we want to reinforce General Cao?" Zuo Liangyu thought for a while and shook his head lightly: "No, there is the main force of the thieves in front of our army, let's turn the direction and rush to help Cao Bianjiao, the thieves here must press over and chase our butts and beat us." Looks like they're assigned, huh, come on. ”

He ordered the men and horses to rest and rest.

When his 6,000 cavalry was almost rested, Zuo Liangyu gave an order, and his subordinates were all alive and vigorous, urging their horses and rushing up with murderous spirit.

Li Zicheng waited for Zuo Liangyu to come, and at the same time paid attention to the situation on Liu Zongmin's side. The probe horses also probed back and forth one after another.

At this moment, Zuo Liangyu's men and horses appeared in the distance, Li Zicheng stepped down a jujube horse, and also saw the cavalry surging in the distance, and couldn't help but let out a long neigh, his mane and tail trembled, and it had already smelled the breath of war.

Li Zicheng was calm and ordered: "Be careful, these enemy troops may have to release arrows, everyone be careful." ”

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