Chapter 640: Detour

Everyone was stunned! Just raised his feet and chased after him, the darkness of the bullshit Chen Cang, it is obvious that people have already seen through their intentions, but they just pretended not to know, the reason why they didn't chase at that time was only because the soldiers and horses were tired just after the war, so they waited for one more day for the people and horses to recover and kill here!

Asked where Liu Fangliang and Zhang Nai were, and told them that they were stationed in a town twenty miles south of Qingyuan County, Li Zicheng couldn't help but scold that the waste was useless, and he was so easily defeated by others.

There are pursuers and there are roadblocks in front of them, how is this good?

Everyone's faces were solemn, and even Liu Zongmin, who had been indifferent before, felt that the situation was serious, his brows were furrowed, and he was angry but speechless.

"Avoid Zhending Mansion" Song Xiance broke the silence in contemplation, and everyone raised their heads and listened to him solve their doubts.

"The little eunuch must have also known at this time that the main force of the righteous army was retreating, and with Zhending City as the root, he set up a defensive line on the Hutuo River in the south to cooperate with each other to intercept the righteous army, but what if we don't pass through Zhending City?"

Zhending City is in the southwest of Qizhou, if the righteous army goes south, it will avoid Zhending City far away, and cross the Hutuo River through Shenze County, which is under the jurisdiction of Qizhou, into the territory of Zhaozhou in Zhending Prefecture, and take the officers and soldiers to react that they have already run away from the south, and after Liu Fangliang and Zhang Nai, the officers and soldiers may not dare to chase even if they react, because one carelessly he will change from chasing soldiers to being outflanked.

Everyone nodded and felt that it was feasible, but some people questioned: The officers and soldiers are not stupid, why are they waiting for the rebels to pass over on the side of Zhending City, will they not guard against the rebels from taking a detour?

Song Xiance glanced at Li Zicheng: "Because the officers and soldiers concluded that the lord would save Li Guo, and they also decided that the lord would try his best to fight if he was not convinced, so this plan depends on how the lord chooses, save Li Guo or avoid the enemy."

Everyone focused their eyes on Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng breathed heavily, bit his lip and was silent, and he could see that he was struggling in his heart.

In the middle of the sound, Li Zicheng finally said in a deep voice: "Life and death are fate, he won't blame me!" ”

Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he was ruthless and ruthlessly abandoned Li Guo for the sake of the overall situation.

"But after crossing the Hutuo River and going south into the territory of Zhaozhou, it was reported that Zhaozhou had been occupied by officers and soldiers, so wouldn't we wait for a sheep to enter the tiger's mouth and send it to the door," Gao Yigong asked.

Song Xiance said: "Although Zhaozhou is occupied by officers and soldiers, but its large forces are in Zhending Mansion and the banks of the Hutuo River, if the material is good, there are few troops in the city, we pass by and do not attack the city, they will burn high incense, and how dare they go out of the city to intercept."

Everyone agrees.

Li Zicheng immediately ordered, ordered Gu Kecheng and Luo Hu to reorganize the men and horses of the Dasha River, sent troops to the city of Zhendingfu to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers, and ordered a group of people to drive the displaced people south to the direction of Zhendingfu to interfere with the judgment of the officers and soldiers to make them think that the main force of the righteous army was sending troops over, but the main force once again secretly Chen Cangbi went south to cross the river, and at the same time ordered Liu Fangliang and Zhang Nai to grit their teeth and resist the retreat of the main force to gain time, and inform them of the detour plan, so that they can maneuver and fight, if they find that the officers and soldiers of Zhendingfu are chasing the main force south, they will be cut off from behind, He will turn around and attack a counter-encirclement!

After some agreement, Li Zicheng had no intention of staying in Qizhou, and ordered the main army to immediately set off and retreat southward as quickly as possible, which shocked the puppet officials in the city to panic, and they didn't know what was going on, but they had a very bad feeling.

A few miles south of the city, Liu Zongmin looked back at Qizhou City: "Since you are gone, why don't you loot it and burn it down!" Li Zicheng urged him to avoid trouble and retreat south quickly.

At this time, he searched the Malay newspaper and found that many homeless people had fled, as many as thousands, Liu Zongmin was furious and wanted to be chased and killed, but was stopped by Li Zicheng, looking up to the sky and sighing: "The people's hearts are gradually lost, don't speed up and disperse!" ”

The displaced people who were coerced by Li Zicheng were naturally not stupid, and when they went north, they were vigorous and mighty for hundreds of miles, but Baoding City was dragged to be cannon fodder for several times, and there were countless casualties in Baoding City, and the chilled people took advantage of the chaos to escape, and the rest saw the thief army returning to the south, guessing that the north was blocked and this was to escape, plus the recent rumors have been spreading, there are many cannon fodder remarks, the people's hearts are turbulent, and those who are looking for opportunities to escape have no plan.

There are always people happy and some worried in this world, Li Zicheng was attacked before and after, and his henchman was captured, which can be described as a fiasco and heavy losses, and he almost fell headlong when he was angry and anxious, but in the palace of the Forbidden City, some people excitedly shot the case and shouted, this is the war, Chang Yu is talented and unparalleled in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty!

Needless to say, the natural Chongzhen Emperor Longyan Dayue, although the current Ming Dynasty natural disasters and man-made disasters continued, wars, droughts and plague under the nose of each of the eyebrows, but the Manchu Dynasty civil and military from him so the attention is focused on Baoding City, after all, here is a short distance away, if the battle is unfavorable, the thief army will besiege the city, the consequences are unbearable! It is rumored that the big families in the city have taken refuge with their families, which can be said to be the danger of everyone in Beijing.

Shi Kefa was surrounded, and the little eunuch was ordered to come to put out the fire, all of them held their breath and didn't dare to take a breath, secretly praying that he could turn the situation around again.

The wait is long and boring and torturous, Emperor Chongzhen opened a special line with Jinyiwei, and the information of Baoding City should be reported in time and as soon as possible.

A few days ago, I only heard that Chang Yu was stationed in Dingxing County and did not make any other moves, and I didn't know the news under Baoding City, and the court was like a fire, until this evening Jinyi Wei Kuai Ma came to report, Chang Yu, the commander of Dongchang, led his troops to fight a decisive battle with the thieves under the city of Baoding, and the thieves were several miles away from the danger of Baoding, and the thieves were captured Bai Guangen, Chen Yongfu, Hao Shaoqi, etc., of which Bai Chen and the two had been escorted into Beijing on the way.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he almost smashed the dragon case, and immediately summoned the cabinet bosses to discuss the matter, in fact, it is to share the joy, how can they point fingers at the front-line war situation, what they can do is to tell the world, appease the people, and of course, deal with civil affairs, the little eunuch is responsible for fighting and winning many battles, and if they don't make contributions to civil affairs for a long time, they will be embarrassed.

At present, the plague in the capital, the drought in various places and the strict investigation of official corruption, every time it is necessary to give a heavy fist, especially the corruption, it is necessary to dig deep into the flesh or it is difficult to eradicate, Emperor Chongzhen is determined to break the wrist of the strong man, and clean up the corruption of officialdom at any cost.

The border war is over, if Chang Yu can defeat the thief army or catch the thief this time, the Ming Dynasty will have a chance to breathe, if it takes three or five years to recuperate, it will be able to regain its vitality, Emperor Chongzhen can't help but think so, the corner of his mouth shows a wry smile, since he ascended the throne, there has been no day to stop, all kinds of natural and man-made disasters continue to approach him always hovering on the verge of collapse.

Now there is finally a little hope, Chongzhen retracted his mind slightly, and thought that this year of war, the Ming Dynasty was bruised all over the body, both inside and outside, governing the country and treating the disease, and needed good medicine, and although Chang Yu can fight, but it is too naïve to deal with civil affairs issues, but it always has unexpected suggestions, but these measures are somewhat difficult to implement, plus the eunuchs can not interfere in politics, so it is okay to lead the troops to fight in the name of the prison army, if the civil affairs will lead the civil officials to jump over the wall, the residual prestige of the Donglin Party is undiminished, and the second generation of the Eastern Restoration Society is in full swing, they are the sworn enemies of the eunuchs, Chang Yu has just emerged at this time and has not been targeted by them for the time being, if he interferes in civil affairs in the future, he will be like the Donglin Party and Wei Zhongxian in the previous dynasty, and he will not be able to tolerate water and fire.

Fortunately, Chang Yu secretly recommended some good doctors and some measures, as long as he took it step by step, slowly reused and implemented these measures, there was still hope for the Ming Dynasty, and Emperor Chongzhen felt that he had become more motivated.

It was night, the carnival in the capital, the nightclub in the front gate of the capital city exploded, and the casino in the imperial city was also full of people and even disturbed the palace for a time, but Chongzhen rarely reprimanded it, and it was rumored that the prince in the palace drank all night until he was drunk.

More surprising than the good news is the double happiness, the second day the people of the capital have not woken up from yesterday's good news, they heard the good news, the thieves fled south, Zhou Yuji led the troops to chase, the general soldier Huang Degong from the west of Texas all the way to the triol, even the battle of Lianjie, in the Hutuo River defeated Li Guogu Kecheng to recruit Ma Shiyao, Ren Jirong then fought Li Guo coalition army, again a big victory and captured the thief Li Guo!

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't sit still anymore, the chaos of the palace, the lid on the capital was no longer tightly covered, the people poured into the streets to cheer for a long time, and the literati who were originally disdainful of Chang Yuman also shut up, and for a while, the big eunuch of Dongchang suddenly became a big hero, and Dongchang suddenly became so cute and cute from a fierce god.

Chang Yu finally used his strength to correct the name of the East Factory and the eunuch, it doesn't matter if he has eggs to protect his family and defend the country, and the dignified man doesn't need to prove himself with eggs, but with a knife, with strength, with blood!

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