Chapter Seventy-Eight: Closing II

Zhang Xuan: It's all trivial things here. But the matter of Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai's discussion is a big deal.

"To chase or not to chase?" Luo Rucai said: "The officers and soldiers can't run far, as long as we grit our teeth and catch up, day and night." There are only a few officers and soldiers who can return to Shaanxi this time. ”

Li Zicheng's heart moved, sighed, and said: "I can't chase it, I have no strength to break into the camp." ”

This battle, if you say that the rebel army, it is naturally a victory, but the camp is taken out separately, it is a big defeat, because the rebel army finally controlled the battlefield, many wounded, scattered rebels have come back to return to the team, Li Zicheng inspected the men and horses, but only lost a little more than 10,000 horses.

It's a blessing in the midst of misfortune.

And after this kind of blow, Li Zicheng also has to raise the vitality of the camp, and if he can, he won't fight.

The effects of defeat cannot be eliminated in a day or two.

Luo Rucai sighed and said, "In that case, I'll also repair Cao Ying." ”

Although Cao Ying still has combat strength, but Sun Chuanting is not a good match, today's battle can show that Li Zicheng is also a general, but he fell into Sun Chuanting's trap. With Li Zicheng's experience, when Luo Rucai dealt with Sun Chuanting again, he also had to mutter in his heart.

Moreover, although the official army was defeated, it was not without the power to counterattack. Maybe kill one of them. At that time, it was Cao Ying's own soldiers and horses that were lost.

As soon as this general direction was determined, Luo Rucai communicated with Li Zicheng about other things. For example, the prisoners, the distribution of captured materials, Li Zicheng gave a large share, and let Luo Rucai get a big score, and Luo Rucai was not humble and took all the orders.

After Li Zicheng sent Luo Rucai away, Niu Jinxing immediately asked to see him.

Niu Venus came after nightfall, and immediately participated in the cleaning of the battlefield as soon as he came. I have to say that even though Niu Jinxing has such and such problems, he is a good hand at dealing with these general affairs, and he doesn't need Li Zicheng to worry about it at all, and this matter will be sorted out clearly.

"King Chuang." Niu Jinxing said: "Cao Ying can't stay. ”

"Bold." Li Zicheng reprimanded sharply: "Today's victory is all the work of Cao Ying, what kind of heart do you have when you say such a thing?" ”

Niu Jinxing knelt on the ground with a plop and said: "King Chuang, his subordinates are all loyal, Cao Ying's victory today, he won a lot of officers and soldiers, and he was defeated in the camp, and Cao Ying's victory, among the righteous army in the world, I am afraid that people's hearts will fluctuate." Luo Rucai is not a courtesy, there will definitely be something unbearable in the future, please see Wang Ming. ”

Li Zicheng said: "Needless to say, step down." ”

Niu Jinxing just saluted and said, "My subordinates retire." ”

After Niu Jinxing walked away, his head was raised suddenly, and there was a smug look in his eyes, he understood very well that King Chuang's heart was moved.

Li Zicheng looked at the bonfire in the distance, and said secretly in his heart: "Brother Luo, Brother Luo, what should I do with you?" Li Zicheng's eyes reflected a dancing bonfire, but he didn't know how to have a cold feeling.

If it was Cao Ying who was defeated today, Li Zicheng would definitely be overjoyed, because this would weaken Cao Ying's strength. And today's defeat was to break into the camp, which weakened the strength of the camp and brought the strength of Cao Ying and the camp closer.

It's not that Li Zicheng doesn't have the capacity to tolerate people. But how much strength there is, how many side systems can be accommodated, Li Zicheng has a scale in his heart.

Before, although Cao Ying was strong. But the strength of the camp far exceeds that of Cao Ying, with this kind of suppression of strength, Li Zicheng can tolerate Luo Rucai, and today's defeat is not only the number of troops being brought closer, but also Li Zicheng's undefeated golden body has been broken for several years. On top of prestige, the loss is not small.

And Luo Rucai also reappeared in the world through this battle to show his existence.

"Mr. Niu has a point." Li Zicheng secretly said in his heart: "Cao Ying must be weakened. "But how to weaken it depends on the long term. A thought welled up in Li Zicheng's heart, and Li Zicheng immediately pressed him down again.

It's just that this idea took root in Li Zicheng's heart.

When the time is right, it will flourish again.

Next. Dengfeng City.

Sun Chuanting nodded again.

From Zhang Yingkui and Sun Zhixiu below, seventy-two generals and generals died in battle, which can be said to be a broken muscle. There are tens of thousands of soldiers, and it can be said that Sun Chuanting's current control of the number of men and horses is only one or two thousand. What made Sun Chuanting feel even more helpless was that this battle was a cavalry battle, and too many war horses were lost.

Some of the horses were killed in battle, but many fell into the hands of the rebels.

With the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to replenish tens of thousands of war horses, that is, when it comes to dealing with the camp, the Qin army will lose its cavalry advantage.

It's a fatal thing. It can even be said that the initiative on the battlefield was lost.

Of course, these things can still be put aside, and after returning to Shaanxi, we will find a way to solve them. Sun Chuanting first had to solve the matter in front of him, rectify the defeated soldiers, strictly enforce military discipline, and find a way to bring these tens of thousands of remnants back to Shaanxi. After all, without this batch of seeds, it would be very difficult for Sun Chuanting to expand the army again.

How can there be no punishment for such a big defeat, how to let these soldiers know that they are afraid, but at this time, the situation of soldiers as generals is already very common, even Sun Chuanting can't punish too much, otherwise he can't say it, and the people below will rebel.

It's really hard to take and don't take it seriously.

After Sun Chuanting and Su Jing discussed.

Kill the seven generals who fled first, and then punish Zuo Xun for losing 2,000 horses to redeem the thief, and remove Zuo Xun from the post of general soldier, so that Zuo Yuan's father, Zuo Guang came back first, commanded the Yulin soldiers and horses, and made meritorious service to the crime. Then reward Niu Chenghu, Gao Jie, and the generals who all buy strength to fight.

And a batch of materials was brought out from Dengfeng to reward the three armies. As for where this batch of supplies came from. Needless to say. Anyway, at this time, if you want to get a large amount of food on the ground in Henan, it will never be possible without blood.

Sun Chuanting immediately withdrew his troops. And the camp Cao Ying, followed closely behind, and the two were about 100 miles apart. And there are no troops.

Sun Chuanting retreated into Tongguan and abandoned Luoyang.

Luoyang fell back into the hands of Li Zicheng. Tongguan has been dangerous since ancient times, and Li Zicheng has passed by Tongguan several times since he conquered the world, so he naturally knows that Tongguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Knowing that Sun Chuanting's strength is still there, it is very difficult to attack Tongguan on his back.

Therefore, he stayed in Luoyang for a few days, selected a few Luoyang locals, appointed them as magistrates, and then the army went east and south.

Without him, the army's food and grass would not last long. Shaanxi is also a poor place, and it is used to producing elite soldiers, even if it is defeated, I am afraid that it will be a blank land, and there is not much food, so Li Zicheng decided to hold the original plan and go south and occupy the land where Huguang is based.

However, Zhang Xuan did not participate in these actions.

Because of all this, when Li Zicheng was pursuing, he already knew that Li Zicheng did this just to drive Sun Chuanting back to Shaanxi and use Luoyang as a buffer zone for each other, so that a large area of land east of Songshan Mountain was under the jurisdiction of the rebels.

And the southward movement was imminent, and Li Xin also stepped down as the envoy of Henan Jiedu and gave up this position to Liang Qilong. There is the Yellow River in the north, and there is Yuan Shizhong in the east, although the places are not peaceful, but the large-scale battle is not for a while.

Zhang Xuan led the team to the south first, and the rebel army prepared to repair in the area of Xuzhou, and then went south to attack Runing. Each part goes to the counties to eat. Lighten the burden on the army.

Under Zhang Xuan's efforts, Zhang Xuan's department was able to eat in Linying.

Thinking of Linying, Zhang Xuan's heart beat slightly, he felt that the calmest and most comfortable period of time he had lived in this era was spent in Linying. When the news reached the army, many people in Zhang Xuan's department cheered.

Because a considerable part of Zhang Xuan's department was recruited from Linying's local area and nearby areas. Even if some of the old people in the army are not in Linying, they have also been in Linying for several months, and the most impressive thing is the fish and meat of Linying. Immediately the morale of the whole army recovered. The speed of the march was greatly accelerated, and in a few days, they reached the north of Linying City.

Looking at Linying City from afar, Zhang Xuan suddenly had a feeling of homesickness. secretly said in his heart: "It's a year younger." I don't know what happened to Linying, whether it has changed for the better or worse. ”

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