Of course, there is another possibility that Liu Guo can do this, that is, the defenders inside have been resisting death and resisting stubbornly.

Rao is like this, even if the enemy army does not surrender, the Tang army can completely block their escape path, so that they will not be able to escape like a turtle in an urn.

After dawn tomorrow, the firearms units of the Tang Army, which came later, arrived and immediately began to attack Xuzhou.

The remnant sun was like blood, the twilight was boundless, and more than 6,000 Tang cavalry, iron horses, horses' hooves moved the ground, like a black hurricane rolled up on the flat land, rolling eastward until the end of the horizon.

After a while, the sky was completely dark, and more than 6,000 Tang cavalry, with rumbling horses' hooves and heavy armor, all holding torches high, like a long fire dragon, went to attack Xuzhou by night.

These more than 6,000 cavalry of the Tang Army worked hard to ride their horses and hurry, hoping to reach the city of Xuzhou as soon as possible and not give the defenders of Xuzhou the slightest chance to react and respond.

When the cavalry of the Tang Army was rushing on the road, the more than 200 routed soldiers, because items such as armor and weapons had already been thrown away, so they fled extremely fast.

These people who escaped from the battlefield were like a group of wild boars fleeing frantically, running all the way without regard for their heads, and finally hurried back to the city of Xuzhou at two o'clock the next day.

Hearing the news that Liu Liangchen had died in battle, the whole army was wiped out, and only more than 200 of their cavalry had fled back, the remnants of hundreds of defenders in Xuzhou City were so frightened that they almost fainted.

No, Hao Shaoqi led 10,000 troops, but was lured and annihilated by the Tang army, and Hao Shaoqi himself died in the battle array, which was really much beyond the expectations of all the defenders.

For a moment, everyone only felt a chill pouring down from head to toe, making their whole body as cold as iron.

So, what should I do next?

The 30,000 main forces have been wiped out, and with only this unfortunate and frightened soldier, can they still hold this huge Xuzhou city?

Don't even think about it!

Losing control and pressure, the defenders of these cities showed their ugliest and most rampant side, and the bold lawless people took advantage of this opportunity to set fire to the city and plunder, rob the people's property, rape women, and do evil to the heart's content.

For a time, there was chaos in the city of Xuzhou, with fires everywhere and cries shaking the sky. In this dark night, the people of Xuzhou suddenly suffered a great calamity and suffered a lot.

Seeing the fire in the city, Liu Guoneng, the commander of the Tang Army, knew that things had changed, and immediately urged the soldiers and horses to speed up the journey. Thousands of Tang cavalry slammed their horses' bellies and galloped their horses, and they arrived at the city of Xuzhou at a gallop like arrows off the string.

As soon as the Tang army arrived, the people, who had suffered from the chaos of the soldiers, immediately flocked to the city gates on all sides of Xuzhou, and together with the remaining defenders, opened the city gates to welcome the Tang cavalry who were marching all the way into the city.

When entering from the tall and wide north gate of Xuzhou City, Liu Guoneng's heart was full of indescribable joy.

I really didn't expect that another strong city could easily fall into my own hands in such an almost child's play way, it was like a pie in the world.

From this, it can be imagined how weak the Shunjun forces in central Henan are now, and how vulnerable the cities, prefectures and towns in the central part of the country are now.

Perhaps, the current central part of Henan is quickly captured, it will be the beginning of the fall of the Great Shun Dynasty, maybe in the near future, the Tang army will go north to attack the Beijing Division, I am afraid it can also be decided with one drum.

Thinking of the scene where he would be able to wave his troops north and drink the capital of the horse, Liu Guoneng's heart suddenly felt an indescribable excitement and high-spiritedness.

In this life, I have served the Lord and has a brilliant future, what a joy. Serving Tang King Li Xiao is really the most correct decision in his life.

Liu Guoneng took a long breath, and then issued the first military order after entering the city.

"Passing on my military order, the whole army was divided into two parts, one part killed the rebels in the city, and ordered them to surrender immediately and wait for their fate. Those who dare to continue to cause chaos will be killed. ”

"Yes!"

"Another army of soldiers and horses went to protect the important treasury in the city, and at the same time arranged for the civil officials of the supervision department of the army to take inventory, and strictly prohibit the indiscriminate soldiers from destroying all kinds of materials in the treasury, and if there is a violation, they will also be killed."

"Order!"

Subsequently, the Tang army immediately began to act separately according to the order of the commander, and after nearly an hour, about hundreds of rebellious soldiers were killed by the Tang army on the spot, cutting off their heads and hanging their heads in front of the horse, and the rest were all shocked. The flames that burned everywhere in the city had been largely extinguished, and the whole city had finally regained its calm from the bloody turmoil.

A total of nearly 300 people did not flee the defenders, all of whom were captured by the Tang army and all of them were escorted to Liu Guoneng.

On the square in the middle of the city, they looked at Liu Guoneng, the commander of the Tang Army, who was in full armor and had a cold face, with a frightened and overwhelmed look.

However, they were lucky, and Liu Guoneng did not say much about these dejected captives, and immediately ordered that those who had caused chaos and aggression against the people in the city should be imprisoned, and that they would be sent overseas to serve hard labor as soon as it was dawn tomorrow. Those who did not make a disturbance will temporarily enter the military camp in the city with the Tang army to rest, and tomorrow, they will be collected and used together with the previous prisoners.

The soldiers who saved their lives knelt on the ground and kowtowed, thanking Liu Guoneng for his grace not to kill.

At this point, the entire Xuzhou Mansion, except for a few prefectures and counties, has basically fallen into the hands of the Tang Army. The Tang army's attack on Xuzhou Mansion this time can be said to have gone smoothly and has been captured.

At noon the next day, the Tang army's infantry and a group of surrendered troops had arrived in Xuzhou, and Liu Guoneng ordered that except for a small number of wounded soldiers and auxiliaries to guard the entire land of Xuzhou, the rest of the soldiers and horses were uniformly reorganized and on standby.

Subsequently, Liu Guoneng Fu ordered the whole army to rest on the spot for a day, and then immediately went north to attack Yanling.

And Cao Bianjiao's soldiers and horses in the seventh town immediately led troops south after dawn to attack Linying.

This step of the plan is actually a previous plan. That is, after taking Xuzhou, the soldiers and horses of the sixth and seventh towns of the Tang army immediately attacked in the middle of Henan, taking advantage of the fact that Li Guo's reinforcements had not arrived, to expand the results as much as possible.

In fact, the current central part of Henan, because it has been invaded by the rogue many times, is already a piece of ruin, and since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Dashun has not paid attention to this place, so all the prefectures and towns are in tatters, sparsely populated, and they are still barely supporting.

It's a pity that this once prosperous and rich land of the Central Plains has now almost become the place of foxes and rabbits and the residence of ghosts, one after another famous cities in the Central Plains, and now they are so desolate and desolate, how can it not be emotionally embarrassing.

And other counties and villages in the central part of Henan, are the same sparse and sparse, uninhabited, at a glance, hazel and mang, it seems to be like the beginning of the world, not at all the once prosperous place.

In the chaotic times at the end of the Ming Dynasty, blood and fire were mixed, and the people either died by knives or filled in ravines, struggling on the death line every day. It is really as it is said in the book, prosperity, the people suffer, death, and the people suffer!

In the middle of Henan, a dilapidated and crippled place where almost no military force exists, the Tang Army, which was well-equipped and well-manned, and coerced tens of thousands of surrendered troops, fell in one go.

Soon, in only half a month, the Tang Army's sixth town and seventh town soldiers and horses crisscrossed the Central Plains, attacked the city and plundered the land, and quickly took Yancheng, Xuzhou, Linying, Yanling, Xinzheng, Xihua, Taikang, Yuzhou and other cities, almost the entire central part of Henan was already owned, and at the same time, it also completely cut off all the connections between the north and south of Henan.

At least, the southern part of Henan has become an enclave of the Great Shun Kingdom, and the 150,000 soldiers and horses in it have fallen into the dilemma of being isolated and helpless and unable to protect themselves.

When the Tang army was triumphant all the way and was invincible in central Henan, the news of the fall of central Henan had already quickly spread to the capital of Dashun State, and the urgent letter written by Li Guo was urgently sent to Li Zicheng's desk.

On a cold winter day, the charcoal fire in the East Warm Pavilion was blazing, but it was still difficult to resist the cold that penetrated into the bones. Listening to the little eunuch holding the chapter and reading the Dashun Emperor Li Zicheng, he couldn't help but tremble.

The little eunuch who was holding the recital and reciting, although he was reading it aloud, had been secretly watching Li Zicheng's demeanor and expression, and he caught a glimpse of the emperor's expression becoming more and more angry, his body was trembling slightly, and his heart was suddenly indescribably afraid.

Sure enough, when he read that the central part of Henan had basically fallen into the hands of the enemy, Li Zicheng, who was furious, picked up a blue and white carved dragon fine porcelain cup on the case, slammed it on the ground, and splashed the slag and tea juice everywhere.

The little eunuch shouted that the slave and maid should die, and then threw himself on his knees, not daring to raise his head again.

Li Zicheng struggled to get up from the dragon chair and walked straight like a stiff log. He kicked away the kneeling little eunuch who was in the middle and slowly came to the window.

Outside the window, the cold wind was howling, and a row of dead trees were swinging in the wind like seriously ill patients.

And Li Zicheng's face was even colder and terrifying than this gloomy and cold weather.

Unexpectedly, he transferred heavy troops to Henan to garrison, and made his most trusted nephew Li Guo a general to preside over Henan's military and political affairs. But he didn't expect that Li Guo actually made two feints in the Tang Army, and as a result, the Tang Army successfully transferred the troops and horses of the headquarters, and was able to attack the weakest central part of Henan.

"Li Guo is so incompetent, he has lost his generals, lost his city and lost his land, but what do I want you to do!" Li Zicheng looked fierce, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Someone! Quickly draft an order, take Li Guoxuan back to Beijing, and go to prison for interrogation! ”

Li Zicheng finished speaking, and suddenly heard a trembling voice outside the door: "Your Majesty, no!" Don't arrest Li Guo! ”

Li Zicheng was stunned, but found that it was Prime Minister Niu Jinxing who was shouting outside the door, and couldn't help frowning, waved his hand, and ordered all the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace to retreat, and then ordered Niu Jinxing to come in and speak.

In the huge Dongnuan Pavilion, the two monarchs and ministers sat opposite each other around the charcoal fire, Li Zicheng stared at each other, and asked angrily: "Niu Dayan, Li Guo is so incompetent, not only lost the army, but also lost the entire central part of Henan, such a dereliction of duty, why did you stop me from taking him?" ”

A wry smile flashed on Niu Jinxing's face, and he sighed: "Your Majesty, Li Guo, as a local general, is far away in Henan, and he is at the forefront of the battle with the Tang Army. Now that he has lost his troops and lost the central part of Henan, he must have been very frightened in his heart, and he is very afraid that His Majesty will take the opportunity to take him. If His Majesty really does this, then Weichen is afraid that Li Guo will be frightened, and his mind will be confused for a while, and he will make a major counter-move to lead the crowd to join the Tang army. If Li Guo behaves like this, the entire land of Henan will no longer be owned by His Majesty. ”

When Li Zicheng heard this, he was stunned. He vaguely felt that what Niu Jinxing said seemed to have some truth, but he was aggrieved in his heart, so he still asked again sullenly: "If Li Guo is not punished, the situation in Henan is so erosive, but how can it be recovered?" ”

Niu Jinxing sighed when he heard this, and he replied slowly with a worried face: "The current plan, if you want to keep Henan, you can only dig the east wall to make up the west wall." ”

"Oh? What do you mean by this, you can tell me in detail. ”

"Your Majesty, now the land of Henan has been cut in half by the Tang army, and the north and south do not care about each other, among which Nanyang Mansion and Runing Mansion in the south of Henan have become enclaves. And the 150,000 soldiers and horses have become completely alone. From the point of view below, the Tang army will soon move south, attack from the north and south, annex the southern part of Henan in one fell swoop, and wipe out the 150,000 lone army here. Niu Jinxing couldn't help but let out a long sigh when he said this.

"I know this situation, and I don't need you to say it again. Tell me how to protect Henan and how to rescue this lonely army! Li Zicheng looked anxious.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that in the future, if he wants to keep Henan, he can only make the 150,000 elites who are still in Hanzhong urgently enter Henan, directly attack the Tang army soldiers and horses in the middle of Henan, and together with the troops in the south, attack the Tang army here, so as to beat them out of Henan and recover the lost territory. This is the only feasible solution. Niu Jinxing said hurriedly.

"Hmph, you said that day that you would send troops and horses to Hanzhong to form a mutual horn situation with Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Kingdom, and to flank each other. Now you have slapped yourself in the face again, saying that you will send Liu Zongmin's 150,000 soldiers and horses into Henan, isn't this a contradiction? What's more, if we send Liu Zongmin's 150,000 troops into Henan, then the Tang army will take the opportunity to attack Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Kingdom, and I, Dashun, will I have no choice but to sit back and watch its defeat? Li Zicheng frowned.

Niu Jinxing let out a long sigh and replied in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the reason why Weichen repeated himself and slapped himself in the face was really because the situation was stronger than others, so he had no choice but to make this decision." If our army wants to keep Henan and protect the 150,000 lone army, the only way to do this is to transfer Liu Zongmin's 150,000 troops into Henan as soon as possible. To put it mildly, I Dashun now, in the case of such a rotten situation in Henan, it is difficult for the mud bodhisattva to cross the river itself. As for Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Kingdom, it is difficult to take care of it, and what will happen to Xichuan in the future can only depend on its own creation. ”

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