Chapter 63

"What?" Zhang Xuan said: "Sun Chuanting." ”

"That's the name." Zhang Yuanhai said.

The name of a man, the shadow of a tree. Zhang Xuan only remembered a few famous ministers in the late Ming Dynasty, none other than Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, and Shi Kefa.

Among them, Hong Chengchou has surrendered to the Qing court, even if there is a fight in the future, it will be a few years later, Lu Xiangsheng has died in battle, Zhang Xuan does not have to worry, only Sun Chuanting and Shi Kefa need to be paid attention to.

Among them, Sun Chuanting should pay special attention to him. It is said in the history of the Ming Dynasty that Sun Chuanting's death will be the death of the Ming Dynasty.

Not everyone will have this evaluation.

Therefore, as soon as Zhang Xuan heard the words "Sun Chuanting", he cheered up his spirits.

When Zhang Xuan came to the county office, many people had already arrived, and Luo Rucai had already gone in to discuss with Li Zicheng, which was already a habit, and the decisions of the righteous army were all discussed by Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai, and then they came out to discuss with the following.

Zhang Xuan sat next to Luo Yulong and asked, "Second brother, I heard that Sun Chuanting is moving. ”

"Yes." Luo Yulong said: "Listening to the news from Shaanxi, Sun Chuanting gathered people from all walks of life to assemble in Tongguan, there are 50,000 people, this is 50,000 soldiers. He also ordered people from all walks of life in Shanxi and Henan to respond. I'm afraid there are more than 100,000 horses. ”

Zhang Xuan looked at Luo Yulong's face with a bit of solemnity.

Indeed, different manpower and material resources are different in the hands of different people, not to mention, the soldiers and horses from all walks of life that converged in the later period, just 50,000 soldiers in the hands of Sun Chuanting, is a big problem. If it was in the hands of Ding Qirui, the rebels didn't feel any problem at all, and giving Ding Qirui an army of 100,000 was never a problem. At most, there will be one more battle of Zhuxian Town. But Sun Chuanting has 50,000 soldiers in hand, which is a big trouble for the righteous army. Don't be underestimated. Not to mention that the convergence of people from all walks of life may be more than 100,000, and the number of troops alone is already evenly matched.

Luo Yulong's heart was heavy.

The two were talking, and suddenly listening to all the voices, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai walked in one after the other.

Li Zicheng coughed twice, looked down, and said: "Sun Chuanting ordered in Shaanxi that on the first day of the ninth month, he would meet in Tongguan. It's going to be out of customs. Are you scared? ”

"What is Sun Chuanting?" Liu Zongmin said loudly: "As long as King Chuang gives an order, he will go to Beijing to cut down the emperor's old son, and the brothers will not say anything." ”

As soon as Liu Zongmin said this, the generals below would show confidence whether they had confidence or no confidence. For a while, it seemed to be excited.

Li Zicheng coughed twice.

The sound is not loud, but in the ears of the people, such as

With Lei Zhen, the voice suddenly calmed down, and Li Zicheng said: "Mr. Niu, you can talk about the battle plan of the army. ”

"Yes." Niu Jinxing went ahead and Li Zicheng saluted and said: "At the behest of the general, our army will start to reorganize its soldiers and horses today, and the army will move to Zhengzhou. Then Zhengzhou waited for Sun Chuanting to come out of Tongguan. Think about it again. ”

"This ---" Liu Fangliang was a little puzzled and said: "Mr. Niu, now that the official army has not been assembled in Tongguan, why not send troops now and take them by surprise." ”

"There are several reasons for this." Niu Jinxing said: "First, grain. The army is short of food, and the surrounding prefectures and counties are in the hands of the righteous army, and now it is the autumn harvest season, and the army cannot collect the food, and there is no power to advance westward. ”

Zhang Xuan nodded secretly when he heard this.

Although Zhang Xuan didn't know too much about the grain reserves of the righteous army, he knew how much food there was in his Zhang Xuan camp, and the battle of Kaifeng was too much for the righteous army. Moreover, how much food could be requisitioned by the rebel army in various places, Zhang Xuan remained skeptical. Luckily, it's autumn and there's so much to eat in the fields.

There are these wild vegetables and thinning fruits as a supplement. The current situation is not too sad.

Li Zicheng is in a hurry to go south, and this may not be the reason.

If the army has no food, it will be scattered.

"Then why don't you just go south first and ignore Sun Chuanting. Let them chase us? One person asked.

Niu Jinxing said: "First, since Chongzhen 14, our army has been invincible and invincible. The officers and soldiers are afraid of us like tigers, and once we avoid each other, I am afraid that others will be angry and destroy their prestige. Of course, this is a major reason, but after Li Zicheng's several big victories, he gradually became arrogant, which is also a point, but Niu Jinxing will not say it.

"Second, although the official army in the south is not many, but there are still some, if we do not attack the city in front, and there is a large army to chase after us, wouldn't it be in a disadvantageous situation, so we will destroy Sun Chuanting first. And then on the rest. ”

Niu Jinxing's eyes swept over the generals, and after the generals had no objections, Niu Jinxing continued to say: "For the grain item, people will be sent out to fetch food." Wait a while, King Chuang has his own arrangements. There is the next one, that is, the location is favorable, and our army is not ready to fight a decisive battle with Sun Chuanting in Luoyang. The road is muddy, the army is trekking in the mountains, the wear and tear is too great, our army is overwhelmed, one of them, and there are many passes in Luoyang, once you enter the vicinity of Luoyang, it is easy to be trapped by Sun Chuanting, and the other is also. And our army sits here, waiting for it to get out of the tiger prison, and the situation of the host and guest is fixed. ”

"What if Sun Chuanting doesn't come?" Another asked.

"Chongzhen has repeatedly ordered to promote war, and there has been impeachment in the imperial history." Niu Jinxing said: "Speaking of Sun Chuanting, sit and watch the success or failure, and don't attack." Even if Sun Chuanting doesn't want to, if he doesn't want to, my army is here, and he will definitely come. ”

Zhang Xuan was also secretly pondering in his heart

, he knew that what Niu Jinxing said was not just what he thought, but Li Zicheng's plan.

In his later life, he never felt that there was a natural danger between Zhengzhou and Luoyang, but now that he has read too many ancient books, he has to admit that Luoyang City is in a basin, with checkpoints on all sides, or Xiongguan or big river. Although it is not as good as Guanzhong Sisai, it is solid, but it is also a good place to go. If it is in the Tang and Song dynasties, Luoyang may not be able to compete. But now the economic center is difficult to move, and Luoyang Baguan is still there, but it is no longer the key to fighting for the world.

And Li Zicheng is like this, and he is also afraid of Sun Chuanting.

I'd rather Sun Chuanting fight a decisive battle in the plains than fight in Luoyang. lest one accidentally step into Sun Chuanting's trap.

"Any other comments?" Li Zicheng asked.

Everyone was silent.

Li Zicheng said: "Since this is the case, this matter has been settled in this way, and now we will arrange the matter of collecting grain." ”

Immediately Li Zicheng arranged for the battalions and horses to move to Zhengzhou after the army, and all the battalions and horses went out to collect grain, and there was no grain on the ground in Henan, but on the ground in Henan, there were many large and small villages, some of which were built by the gentry and the strongest.

There is grain in these stockpiles.

Just pick a few people to fight, plus the food on the ground, plus the food in the camp, it is enough to support for a while.

In addition to this one thing, Li Zicheng also sent enough elite cavalry to explore the outposts, and even sent envoys to the west to detect all the situations in the section between Tongguan and Luoyang.

also did a very important thing, that is, to send someone to visit Li Jiyu.

Li Jiyu's incident will be discussed below.

only said that the conference was dispersed, Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "The army moved to Zhengzhou, and I am afraid that the matter of worshipping ancestors cannot be avoided, but how to give Yujiao an explanation." Zhang Xuan thought about it, as long as this was the case, he returned to the camp, and did not go back to see Luo Yujiao first, but met Zhang Zhen first, and said so to Zhang Zhen.

Zhang Zhen was shocked in his heart, and said secretly: "Zhang Xuan is a disciple of the He family." is so incognito, isn't it that the family is a huge family and has a lot to do with the imperial court, so he refuses to face it with his true face? Zhang Qian's heart secretly flashed in the current Zhang family, and suddenly thought that Zhang Juzheng and the British public lineage. Then I didn't dare to think about it.

"Brother, this matter must not be known to outsiders. Please also ask my brother to keep it a secret. Zhang Xuan said.

Zhang Zhen was awakened by Zhang Xuan's voice and said, "Please rest assured, this matter will definitely be handled for you, and there will be no mistakes." ”

"Anyway, live." Zhang Zhen said secretly in his heart: "I have to do everything seamlessly." Otherwise, Zhang Xuan would have killed someone. ”

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