Luo Rucai still shook his head: "Right now, Fan Ju is fighting smoothly in Shandong with the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo, even if we go to beg him, Fan Ju will put down the big fish and meat and not eat it, and come to gnaw bones with us,"

Li Zicheng thought for a while: "Whether he will come or not, send someone to Fan Ju first, it would be better to come, if not, let's find a way." [No pop-ups. 】”

Luo Rucai said: "We lost a game, if we don't dare to fight, the brothers may lose their morale." ”

Song Xiance said with a smile: "This is okay, you can send an order to the army, saying that the official army is short of food and grass, and within a month, the food will be exhausted. ”

The three of them discussed, Li Zicheng found two partial generals who were familiar with Lao Huihui and others in the army, and asked them to take five hundred cavalry, go out of the camp in the starry night, and go to Shandong with Song Xiance's letter.

Then Li Zicheng ordered the army not to go to war, and if anyone dared to go out of the camp without permission and be beheaded immediately, at the end of the order, a notice was added, saying that the grain transfer of the officers and troops was not smooth, and there was already a famine in the camp, and it would not take more than a month to work hard, and the food would inevitably run out, and then the whole army would attack and win a great victory.

When the soldiers in the army heard this, they rose up one after another, so the peasant army closed their doors and hung high without fighting, and held the camp tightly.

But said that Sun Chuanting, since he won a battle, he immediately applied for the court and reported to Chongzhen. It is written on the seal that the first battle was a great victory, bravely frustrated the spirit of the thieves, beheaded 5,000 people, killed and wounded more than 10,000 people, the thieves were terrified, and they retreated into the camp, not daring to face up to the barriers of our officers and soldiers, etc.

Sun Chuanting knew that at this time, what Chongzhen needed most was such a report, for a long time, all he heard was bad news, such a big victory would inevitably give the court a chance to breathe, and it could also make Chongzhen trust himself more.

Sure enough, as soon as the recital arrived in the court, Chongzhen Longyan Dayue showed the recital to the ministers of the court, and then said in public that Sun Chuanting was really my Han Xinye. He immediately ordered a reward.

But Sun Chuanting was not careless, he knew very well that the Li Luo coalition army was sitting on 200,000 horses and horses, with sufficient grain and grass, and it could not be wiped out in one battle or two. Although more than 10,000 people were killed and wounded, it was not a big loss for the Li Luo coalition army, and he also suffered nearly 5,000 casualties on his side, so the vicious battle was still ahead.

In the past few days, the peasant army has closed its camp and has not come out, Sun Chuanting has fought many times, but Li Zicheng ignored it. As long as the officers and soldiers dared to attack, the battalion would fire arrows and shoot the officers and soldiers back.

Sun Chuanting knew that Li Zicheng was fighting with himself, and the peasant army had enough grain and grass, but he was increasingly short of food, and if he continued like this, he was afraid that he would collapse before the battle.

A few days later, he received another report that Li Zicheng had sent a detachment of men and horses into Shandong and whose whereabouts were unknown. Sun Chuanting immediately understood, it turned out that Li Zicheng was closed, but secretly sent someone to contact Fan Ju and the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo, needless to say, he wanted to join forces with Fan Ju to deal with him.

If the two of them join forces, it will be greatly disadvantaged, Fan Ju also has nearly 200,000 people in his hands, and with an army of 400,000, he will not be able to resist it.

The five battalions of the left side have joined forces with Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others many times before, and the two sides are very familiar with each other, although Fan Ju is the commander at the moment, but the people of the fifth battalion of the left will definitely make a statement to Fan Ju, explaining the benefits of the union between the two sides, Fan Ju is also a smart person, and he will also think that as long as he defeats himself, there will be no opponent in the world.

Now he needs to think of a countermeasure to drag Fan Ju so that he can't come to Kaifeng in a short time.

Sun Chuanting pondered for a moment, and instructed his subordinates to immediately write a letter and send it to the new governor of Shandong, Hou Sui, what the letter said was to let Hou Xun stay in Shandong at all costs, and Fan Ju should be stranded in Shandong, no matter how much territory was lost, how many people were lost, all the consequences would be borne by himself. The implication is to let Hou Sui give Fan Ju some benefits, so that he is reluctant to leave Shandong.

After the letter was sent, Sun Chuanting felt that he could not delay any longer, although he was very capable of waiting for the inquiry, but Fan Ju was too ghostly, if he rushed to Kaifeng desperately, the consequences would be unimaginable, Shandong was not the main battlefield after all, and the leader of the fifth battalion of the left did not understand, Fan Ju was not stupid.

He immediately ordered the craftsmen of the whole army to gather more trees, make catapults, and cast a large number of shells to prepare for a long-range attack. Sun Chuanting made up his mind, if Li Zicheng does not fight again, I will attack with artillery and catapults, and I must attack the camp.

To this end, Sun Chuanting also listened to the advice of craftsmen and began to manufacture iron pulleys. This kind of iron block is square, three sides are full of iron spear tips, there are wheels behind, the total weight is about 1,000 catties, it needs ten people to push, once it is pushed up, the momentum is huge, whether it is a person or a war horse, can not resist.

Sun Chuanting ordered that it should be completed within ten days, and fifty trebuchets and fifty iron blocks must be built.

He was determined that he couldn't spend any longer.

Speaking of Fan Ju's side, since entering Shandong, the 5th Battalion of Gezuo, under his leadership, attacked the city and broke the county, as if entering a no-man's land. All parts of Shandong are in an emergency. Since the dismissal of Su Dai, the governor of Shandong, there was no commander in Shandong, and he was powerless to resist for a while, but within a few days, the court appointed Hou Sui to replace Su Dai and come to supervise Shandong.

Hou Sui is a very famous official, he once promoted Yuan Chonghuan and Zuo Liangyu, with unique vision and accurate recognition. This time he supervised Shandong, and he brought a general named You Shiwei, who had three brothers, all of whom were military generals, and they were all known for their bravery.

Since Hou Sui arrived in Shandong, Fan Ju immediately felt threatened. Hou Sui used to be a squire in the military department, and he knew the military affairs of the world very well, and of course he was also very familiar with the military affairs of Shandong, so after arriving in Shandong, he quickly stabilized the situation. He ordered the military governments in all localities to clear the wilderness, and the people in all villages and towns to compile a book, set up a people's army, defend the countryside, and if the peasant army was killed, those who did not resist would be beheaded. Whoever kills a thief shall be rewarded with a silver tael.

In this way, the whole of Shandong was moved when they heard the news, and the people's troops in various places were excited, and from time to time some people secretly attacked the men and horses sent out by the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo. Even some small units of more than a dozen or dozens of people have been completely annihilated. It gave Fan Ju a little headache. Therefore, he is not like an ordinary thief, who has no fixed place to live, burns and kills and plunders, Fan Ju wants to split the territory and establish himself as the king, and Shandong is the place he fancies.

If you want to establish yourself as king here, you must win the hearts of the people, and therefore the people cannot afford to offend. Therefore, he had to order that men and horses should not enter the villages and towns to harass, and at least 1,000 people should be in a team when sending troops.

Rao is like this, Fan Ju's soldiers are also very sharp, breaking through more than a dozen counties in a row, and the world is shaking. Hou Sui sent You Shiwei as a general, with his brother You Shigong and brother You Shilu, led an army of 50,000 to resist Fan Ju.

Lao Hui looked back and saw that Li Zicheng sent an acquaintance, so he naturally received him warmly, and the two sides talked about the war while drinking. After Lao Hui read the letter sent by Li Zicheng, he frowned slightly, read the letter to several leaders of the fifth battalion of Gezuo, and then said: "The decisive battle between King Chuang and Sun Chuanting is not very smooth." Sun Chuanting can defeat King Gao Chuang, it can be seen that he is an iron hedgehog, it is not easy to touch, if before, there is no need for King Li Chuang to write any personal letter, as long as you come to say it, we will immediately rush over and join forces. But at the moment, we all have Mr. Fan as the head coach, and we need to ask him to make a decision on this matter, and I am not in charge. ”

The general nodded again and again: "Leaders, our King Li Chuang also knows your thoughts, so we wrote a letter, after you read it, it is best to present it to Mr. Fan, and you will say a few good words together, I don't think Mr. Fan will refute your face." Besides, as long as Sun Chuanting is defeated, the official army will no longer have the strength to fight back, and the Central Plains will still be Shandong in the future, isn't it up to us to decide,"

He Yilong nodded: "It's exactly this reason." When we're done drinking, let's go see Mr. Fan together. ”

After everyone finished eating and drinking, they rushed to Fan Ju's residence together.

At this time, Fan Ju was discussing with Ziyi about the attack on the official army, and suddenly someone came to report, saying that the five leaders of the fifth battalion of Gezuo had arrived at the same time and wanted to see Fan Ju.

Fan Ju was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "It seems that there is something important, otherwise these five would not come together, saying that I have an invitation." ”

After a few people came in, Lao Huihui first introduced Fan Ju to the people sent by Li Zicheng, Fan Ju was full of smiles, invited everyone to sit down, and then smiled at the deputy general: "King Li Chuang is our ally, and the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution has joined forces with him many times before, everyone is not an outsider, just say anything." ”

The deputy general presented the letter, and after Fan Ju and Ziyi read it, they glanced at each other. Fan Ju put the letter away and said warmly: "King Li Chuang and the Song military division have always been good, and the decisive battle with Sun Chuanting should not be taken lightly. The deputy general also replied with a few kind words, and then said: "My king made it clear, the importance of the situation in the world lies in Kaifeng, Henan, Sun Chuanting can be said to be the last Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, as long as he is defeated, the world will be our righteous army, and when the time comes, it will enter Beijing City, destroy Chongzhen, and everyone will tear the earth and seal the king, isn't it very good,"

Fan Ju nodded: "You are right. That's exactly what I thought. It's just that our army has a large number of people, and if we act in unison, we still need to gather men and horses and prepare food and grass, so I ask the general to stay in our army for a few days, and I will immediately prepare to send troops. ”

The deputy general was happy when he saw that Fan Ju had agreed so happily, and then said a few words of flattery, and Fan Ju asked someone to arrange a place to stay and take him down to rest.

There were only five leaders of the fifth battalion of Gezuo left in the room, as well as Ziyi Fan Ju, these seven people sat together, Ziyi looked at Lao Huihui and the others: "It seems that you have decided first, and then come to Mr. to report......

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