It can be said that these bandit leaders present have all beaten Emperor Chongzhen's idea. They all believed that the emperor had no experience in leading the army to fight at all, and it was far easier to deal with than Chen Qiyu's dog official.

More importantly, once the emperor is defeated, captured or killed, it will be a very big milestone achievement for their rebellion.

The emperor was escorted by more than 10,000 rock battalions, which was a powerful force for any rebel army. However, now that so many Lu Yi troops happen to be in the Huimeng, it is when they are at their strongest. Even if the emperor hid in the fortified Nanyang City, it was not impossible to fight.

Zhang Xianzhong was the first to come back to his senses, and immediately asked to confirm: "Is the news true?" The Dog Emperor is in Nanyang City? ”

"yes, where did this news come from? Don't just rejoice, right? Luo Rucai also asked with a little apprehension, as if he was afraid that what he was looking forward to was a bamboo basket for nothing.

Although Zuo Liangyu didn't ask questions, he immediately deduced from the officialdom information he had.

Regardless of what they think, they all have one thing in common, and that is that they are very much expecting the news to be true.

Only Liu Guoneng and Liu Yue were the only two people, but they secretly complained in their hearts. After staying here all these days, they knew that these thieves wanted to attack the emperor more than once. Now that they are outnumbered, if they go out and attack the city regardless of casualties, they may not be able to capture Nanyang City.

This means that the emperor is in danger.

Getting such a conclusion, Liu Guoneng turned his head and glanced at Liu Yue. Both of them noticed a trace of worry in each other's eyes.

However, Liu Yue is still a little strange. Because of the emperor's holy decree to Chen Qiyu before, he has seen it. Knowing that the emperor won the Hetao Tumut Division, he was surrounded by the elite of the Shaanxi border army, and there were also hussar battalions and Guanning troops. However, listening to what this thief said at this time, it seems that the emperor only has the rock camp by his side, which seems to be unacceptable!

He was thinking about it, but Gao Yigong was already narrating the information he had obtained, saying that the emperor was indeed in Nanyang, and even appeared once. But more often, it is hiding in the Tang Palace, Nanyang, eating, drinking and having fun.

Hearing this, Liu Yue was even more suspicious. These thieves don't know what the real emperor will be, but as a member of the Jinyi Guard, he is the emperor's pro-army, so he naturally knows that the emperor has always been diligent in government, and even since the end of last year, he has become a different person and has become wise and martial. If it is said that the emperor drove the expedition in person and ran to Nanyang, but he hid in the Tang Palace, eating, drinking and having fun, ignoring the military situation, he was the first to disbelieve it.

In fact, it is true, he guessed correctly, the emperor who appeared in Nanyang was fake. The real Emperor Chongzhen is still in Tongguan, just like a tiger lurking in the mountains and forests, waiting for the right time to pounce on the prey.

The reason why this is the case is that Emperor Chongzhen decided to set a target for these thieves after pondering the feedback from the eavesdropping seeds, so that these thieves would not disperse in a hurry after encountering difficulties, and it would be troublesome to encircle and suppress them when the time came.

Since they think that they have no experience in leading the army to fight, and feel that they are a weak chicken to bully, they will push the boat down the river and immediately send an order to Sun Yingyuan and Cao Bianjiao, and ask them to find someone to pretend to be themselves, and make an appearance to attract the attention of the thieves, and it is best to attract the thieves to Nanyang.

At this time, the real Emperor Chongzhen was happily watching the live text broadcast, watching the thieves being led by his nose, it felt like he was playing a battle game in the later life, he cheated and opened the fog of war, and he could directly watch what the other party was doing and take action accordingly, which felt very enjoyable!

Besides, in the Black Tiger Temple, when the leaders of the thieves from all walks of life confirmed that the Dog Emperor was indeed in Nanyang, they were all overjoyed, and the smiles on their faces couldn't be hidden!

Even Zuo Liangyu is the same. He only knew that the emperor was driving in person, but he didn't know how many people the emperor carried, where he went, etc., and so on.

However, he knows one thing, the emperor has a good face today, and since the emperor has personally conquered, he will definitely not hide far away. If you really want that, it's better not to take it personally. But after walking for so long, it appeared in Nanyang. I didn't know if I saw that in the past half a month, these thieves couldn't defeat the city, so they were bold and made their official debut.

Zuo Liangyu naturally couldn't imagine that after the emperor left Beijing, he actually went to conquer Hetao first and made a big circle, at this time in Tongguan instead of Henan.

In fact, in fact, everyone didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen would go to fight the Tumut Department of the Hetao first. Therefore, it is normal for Zuo Liangyu not to know.

The rest of the proceedings went smoothly.

The thieves finally reached a consensus, and they joined forces to fight Nanyang together. As for the alliance leader, there is no alliance leader for the time being, but Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Li Zicheng, Zuo Liangyu, and Hui Dengxiang are five people to discuss and make decisions together.

In this Black Tiger Temple, the head of the chicken was beheaded, and the blood was an alliance, and it was agreed that whoever broke through Nanyang first and caught or killed the dog emperor would be the well-deserved leader of the alliance!

Therefore, the leaders of the thieves from all walks of life immediately returned to their respective armies, commanded the army, and drove northward in a mighty manner, even the territory occupied by this side of Hubei, gathered all their forces, and attacked Nanyang.

Even they were worried that the Dog Emperor heard about the number of troops here, which was nearly 200,000 horses, and fled from Nanyang in a panic, so they each sent out cavalry, a total of more than 5,000, and rushed to Nanyang first, cutting off the connection between Nanyang and the outside. If the dog emperor wants to run, he can also drag him down.

Regarding this situation, Liu Guoneng was very hesitant, found an opportunity to be alone with Liu Yue, and said anxiously: "Or, you go back and tell the governor, so many people and horses besiege Nanyang, the emperor will be in danger!" ”

When Liu Yue heard this, he shook his head and said, "No, the movements of the thieves can't be hidden from the Governor." And I was ordered by the emperor not to go back, just stay in the army. The emperor should be able to know this news from other sources, and we don't have to worry about it. ”

In this regard, Liu Guoneng was still worried: "In the previous time, who would have thought that King Chuang would also come to converge, and now there are more than 200,000 people, and one person can cover Nanyang City with a mouthful of foam." If the emperor wants to stay in Nanyang, it will be too dangerous! ”

Seeing him in such a hurry, Liu Yue was silent for a while, and finally revealed a little: "The emperor is definitely not only around the Panshi camp, but also listening to the news of the thief, he is not as good as the emperor usually is." Don't worry, the emperor will be fine. ”

Speaking of this, he showed a little disdain and said: "Do you say that these 200,000 thieves are powerful or the army of 100,000 prisoners is powerful?" But in the end, it was not the same, the army of 100,000 Jianyu, lost nearly 30,000 horses, and ran out of the pass in disgrace. I can tell you that others think that it is the Governor Lu who is responsible for them, but in fact, it was the emperor's strategy that led to the last victory. ”

"Huh?" When Liu Guoneng heard this, he was a little dumbfounded, he really didn't know this inside information. The emperor is so powerful? It's a little unthinkable!

Seeing him so surprised, Liu Yue wanted to say that no one had ever been able to annihilate a Mongolian tribe in one fell swoop, but the current emperor had done it. If anyone says that the emperor can't fight, then wait for the loss!

However, he finally held back and didn't say it, because it was related to the emperor's whereabouts. Even if he already believed in Liu Guoneng's loyalty to the imperial court. However, he was looking forward to it, if Liu Guoneng, including those thieves who thought the emperor was easy to bully, knew how he would feel if he knew about the emperor's great victory in annihilating the Tumut tribe. No matter how much they can wander, can they be more able to wander than these steppe peoples of the Tumut tribe?

Liu Yue thinks so, let alone Chen Qiyu. He knew that the emperor had laid out the Tumut Division, which had started when he was still in the capital. The current emperor's foresight, Chen Qiyu still thinks about it, and he admires it. Therefore, since the emperor personally conquered these thieves, he would definitely not be reckless.

Regarding the emperor who suddenly appeared in Nanyang, Chen Qiyu didn't believe it at all. However, he also knew that without the emperor's will, it would be impossible for the Rock Camp to produce a false emperor. Now that there is a fake emperor in Nanyang Mansion, there is only one possibility, the emperor is ready to choose the decisive battlefield in Nanyang.

Therefore, when Chen Qiyu learned that all the thieves were heading for Nanyang, he was not flustered. Instead, he adjusted the deployment of the army again, blocked the road for the thieves to return to Hubei again, kept a distance from the thieves, and slowly pursued northward.

More than 200,000 thieves, everywhere they went, there was not a single grass growing, compared with the previous locust plague, in fact, it was almost the same, or even worse. At least the locusts will not attack humans, and these thieves, as long as they encounter everything alive, are within their raiding range, and the people along the way have no time to escape, their belongings are robbed, and people are also coerced. By the time they arrived in Nanyang, the number of thieves had reached about 250,000.

The thief cavalry can be said to have traveled day and night, and soon arrived outside Nanyang City. Many of the people went out of the city to work, but they did not have time to flee back, and they became their captives. After a little interrogation, they confirmed that the emperor was still in the city and had not left.

In this regard, the thief cavalry was very happy, and looked at the continuous wheat outside Nanyang City, which was about to reach the harvest season, and felt even more that it was the right time to come to Henan. Not only can you kill the dog emperor, but you can also grab food, and even the people are more.

After hearing the news, the Ming army in the city immediately defended it as if it were facing a great enemy, and at the same time, they also thought about going out of the city for a decisive battle. However, the Dog Emperor was obviously afraid of death, and did not dare to send the elite of the Rock Battalion, but only let the local army fight, but was quickly defeated by the thief cavalry, fled back to the city, and never came out again.

When the army of thieves arrived, they told the news, and all of a sudden, the thieves rejoiced.

"Damn, the Dog Emperor actually went out of Beijing to die, it is estimated that even his intestines are repentant at this time!" Luo Rucai laughed and said, "Fighting is not child's play, I really want to see what the Dog Emperor is doing at this time?" ”

"What else can you do?" When Zhang Xianzhong heard this, he said loudly, "You must be hiding in Princess Tang's arms and crying!" ”

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The others are similar, they all think from their own point of view, and feel that Emperor Chongzhen must have regretted it and was scared at this time, anyway, he was not the wise and decisive kind.

However, among the thieves, only Zuo Liangyu felt a little wrong, and he immediately said to the leaders of the thieves: "But I always feel that something is wrong, and my heart is a little unsteady." The news that the emperor is here, the surrounding officials and soldiers should know about it, and they should rush to King Qin, but I don't feel the pressure! ”

"What's so strange about this, we are so numerous, how many of the surrounding officers and soldiers dare to come to die?" When Zhang Xianzhong heard this, he said indifferently, "Aren't you Zuo Liangyu able to fight, you wanted to defeat us in a hurry before, but what was the result, even you were killed by us and lost your armor and fled in embarrassment, right?" ”

At that time, it was not Zuo Liangyu's troops, but the two general soldiers who pursued them together, and they were ambushed by Zhang Xianzhong and others. At this time, he brought it up, and Luo Rucai, Hui Dengxiang and others who participated couldn't help laughing.

"Yes, believe it or not, if Chen Qiyu's dog official dares to lead a little people to chase after him, Lao Tzu can screw his head off as a night pot!" Zhang Xianzhong suddenly turned hideous, stared at Zuo Liangyu and said, "None of the officers and soldiers are good things, including you!" ”

When Zuo Liangyu heard this, his face changed, and when he was about to scold back, he suddenly remembered that many thieves here had been hunted down and killed by him. Just as he was about to make a fuss, the other thieves would definitely not stand by him, so he endured this and said, "You are a good thing? If you have the ability, you will capture Nanyang first and arrest the emperor! ”

"Do you still have to say that?" When Zhang Xianzhong heard this, his face showed contempt, and he no longer paid attention to him, but shouted loudly that he was going to attack the west of Nanyang.

As soon as he arrived in Nanyang, Zhang Xianzhong maintained his combat habits and went to personally investigate the enemy army first. Therefore, he knew that the west side of Nanyang was the easiest to attack. With that, he went straight away, leading his men to the west.

In this short meeting, Li Zicheng was the one who didn't talk much, and when he saw Zhang Xianzhong, he picked a place and left. He also ran away without saying a word, thinking about grabbing a good direction.

When others saw this, they followed suit. Only Zuo Liangyu didn't move, Liu Guoneng asked, and he replied: "The emperor is here, how can Nanyang be so easy to beat!" These thieves are a bunch of mud-legged people with no knowledge. Let them fight first, consume some troops from each other, and we will act again! ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head and explained to his fierce general Daniel Zhang: "Send the elite to the night and watch the side of the Governor to prevent any moths!" ”

He is a person in the officialdom and knows that the governors of the five provinces command the overall situation, and now that the emperor is besieged, Chen Qiyu has the greatest pressure. Surely it won't be so slow all the time. There must be some conspiracy, otherwise, if Nanyang returns to relieve the siege, Chen Qiyu will also be hated by the emperor because he came too late.

At this time, no one expected that the real emperor was actually in a place they didn't expect!

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