When Zuo Liangyu was defeated and besieged in Tang County, the chief soldier Chen Hongfan had just arrived in Ruyang City in Runing Mansion, and the current situation was unknown, although Xiong Wencan had given him a military order before, requiring him to rescue Nanyang City as quickly as possible, but on the other hand, Kong Yunzhen had already sent him a letter and asked him to deal with Xiong Wencan on the surface, Chen Hongfan of course knew what was going on in the court, in his bones, he was a person who opposed peace, so he supported the main battle faction headed by Zhang Zhifa, the first assistant of the bandits, Xiong Wencan, the bandit prime minister, was proposed and appointed by Yang Sichang, It is necessary for him to make Xiong Wencan look good, so that in the imperial court, Yang Sichang's life will not be easy. Based on these considerations, he marched very slowly, and when he reached Ruyang, he did not move any further, and here he waited for the combined forces of Mu and Liu.

When Zuo Liangyu's messenger finally broke through and sent the distress letter to Chen Hongfan's hand, Chen Hongfan was also quite surprised, he didn't know about Zuo Liangyu's defeat and siege, he only knew that there were a large number of thieves outside Nanyang City, and now even Zuo Liangyu was defeated, he didn't dare to send troops, and he stayed in Ruyang City without moving, and he didn't send a single soldier!

"My lord, why don't you send troops yet, General Zuo is about to be unable to hold on!" Chen Hongfan's staff asked.

"Hmph, what's the hurry? He Zuo Liangyu has always had his nose facing the sky, arrogant and rude, today's disaster is also deserved, there are 200,000 thieves, Lao Tzu is only 20,000, rashly marching into the army, wouldn't it be to let the general army pave his footsteps! Lord Xiong's military orders are like a mountain, but I can't let my brothers die in vain, I must wait here for General Liu's reinforcements to arrive before I can continue to advance westward! Chen Hongfan snorted coldly and said.

The staff shook their heads, sighing with emotion, and they didn't know when General Liu's reinforcements would arrive, and whether Zuo Liangyu would be able to support it until that time.

Zuo Liangyu of Tang County knew that Chen Hongfan was afraid and scolded, but he had no choice, and now the only person who could save him was Chen Hongfan, so he could only continue to send messengers to urge Chen Hongfan to send troops, on the other hand, he sent a messenger to ask Xiong Wencan for help, and let Xiong Wencan give an order, ordering Chen Hongfan to send troops to rescue as soon as possible, and at the same time, he wrote a memo to Emperor Chongzhen, impeaching Chen Hongfan for being afraid of the enemy, delaying the fighter, Nanyang City is in danger and so on.

Xiong Wencan, who received the battle report, was in a hurry, and immediately ordered Chen Hongfan to send troops to the west to rescue Zuo Liangyu, who was besieged in Tang County, and at the same time gave Liu Liangzuo and Mou Wenshou death orders that they must arrive in Ruyang City within three days, and jointly with Chen Hongfan, they sent troops to Nanyang Mansion to attack Zhang Xianzhong's troops. At the same time, Gao Qiqian also strictly ordered Lu Jiude, the superintendent of the army, to march quickly into Nanyang Mansion.

Three days later, the 20,000 troops of Liu Mou's two general soldiers arrived, converging with Chen Hongfan's 20,000, a total of 40,000 elite troops. Although Chen Hongfan insisted on not acting rashly, Liu Mu and the others objected, taking Xiong Wencan's military order to talk about things, and asked to send troops to Nanyang immediately.

Zhang Xianzhong had long known about Ruyang's movements, and at this time, Luo Rucai had already joined forces with Zhang Xianzhong, and basically obeyed Zhang Xianzhong. Luo Rucai, nicknamed Cao Cao, is a very affinity of the commander, has always advocated the union of thirty-six seventy-two battalions, after the king Gao Yingxiang was executed, in the righteous army, the most famous is Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai therefore took the initiative to unite Zhang Xianzhong, the team he commanded is also quite combative, in the late Ming Dynasty is a very strong peasant army.

Zhang Xianzhong's big tent. In the face of the surging imperial army, Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong are also trying to find a way to deal with it.

"Eight kings, I think we should retreat, this Zuo Liangyu is not a fuel-efficient lamp, we can't take Tang County for a while, this time has been delayed for a long time, we may suffer from the enemy!" I'm afraid that the 40,000 troops on the other side of Ruyang City will arrive in a few days! Luo Rucai was a little worried about Ruyang's imperial army.

Zhang Xianzhong Xianzhong was also very worried, to say that their combat effectiveness is definitely not as good as the current Ming army, don't look at their numerical advantage, but after all, they are a group of displaced people, many of them are peasants who have been coerced, and they don't even have basic weapons.

"This?" Zhang Xianzhong was also very hesitant, they had been attacking Tang County for almost half a month, but this Tang County still could not be taken, he estimated that there should be nearly 30,000 officers and soldiers in Tang County, if there were no worries, he might be able to besiege Zuo Liangyu, but now the imperial army is coming from Runing Mansion, the situation is not good.

Everyone thinks that they should retreat, the 30,000 people in Tang County are surrounded, but if you add the 40,000 troops in Ruyang City, the Ming army has 70,000 elite divisions, how can they fight.

"King, we can't withdraw, reinforcements don't have to worry!" An opposing voice emerged.

Luo Rucai didn't know who this person was, and looked at Zhang Xianzhong suspiciously, Zhang Xianzhong introduced: "Hehe, Cao Cao, this is my righteous son Li Dingguo." ”

Luo Rucai nodded.

Li Dingguo stood up and said: "The imperial court spends money on raising the army, but our righteous army is taken from the people, so even if we are scattered, we will soon be able to gather tens of thousands of hundreds of thousands of troops, but the imperial court can't do it, seeing that Zuo Liangyu is already at the end of the strong crossbow, it would be a pity if we retreat now, now there are not many troops that the Ming can fight, except for the Guanning army in Liaodong and the Qin army in Shaanxi, there is only this one army that can fight, if we can annihilate this support army this time and trap Zuo Liangyu to death, After that, we don't need to be afraid of anything, the imperial court wants to gather a decent army in this Jiangnan Forte, I'm afraid it's not so easy, this Jiangnan Forte, then it will be ours. ”

"Speak wildly, that's seventy or eighty thousand, not seven or eight thousand! It's true that there are a lot of us, have you forgotten that the hundreds of thousands of troops of Wang Jiayin, the leader of the Righteous Army, were chased and killed by Cao Wenzhao's 3,000 people for hundreds of miles, and how the King of Zijin Liang ended up depressed for his own use, so big, but he wanted to kill us and other righteous soldiers! Sun Kewang sneered.

"Brother Sun, you don't need to be ambitious, our righteous army is weak and has poor combat effectiveness, but the current Ming army is not much better, as long as the strategy is right, this battle can be fought!" Li Dingguo said firmly.

Zhang Xianzhong felt that with their strength, they wanted to defeat the 40,000 coalition troops in one go, it seemed to be a little inflated, and it was pure luck that they were able to defeat Zuo Liangyu last time, but he was not good at refuting it face to face, so he looked at Pan Duao, Pan Duao had no idea, and in their hearts, they were still a little afraid of the official army.

"Why don't we listen to General Annan's thoughts before we discuss it?" Pan Duao opened his mouth and said, after all, if you can really defeat these 40,000 people, then the results are really too tempting, and it is worth a try.

"That's right, father-in-law, everyone, let's listen to Dingguo's plan and make a judgment again, the last defeat of Zuo Liangyu was not the credit of Dingguo's brother!" Liu Wenxiu also came out and said.

Everyone looked at Li Dingguo, Li Dingguo pointed to the map at this time and said: "Ruyang's reinforcements come to Tang County, they must pass through Miyang, General Luo only needs to take people to occupy Miyang, and then set up ambushes in these two places, and when the reinforcements of the officers and soldiers arrive, the rebels in Ruyang are fighting with the officers and soldiers head-on, and the officers and soldiers will be in chaos behind the sneak attack on the reinforcements in these two places, and the officers and soldiers will inevitably be in chaos. ”

Everyone looked at the place where Li Dingguo's finger was pointing.

"Copper Mountain and Big Fox Mountain? Well, these two places can hide a large number of rebels! Eight kings, I think it's doable! Pan Duao was the first to support.

"I agree!" Liu Wenxiu has always supported Li Dingguo.

Sun Kewang felt that it was also feasible, so he was silent.

"Cao Cao, what do you think?" Zhang Xianzhong asked Luo Rucai's opinion.

Luo Rucai nodded, glanced at Li Dingguo with appreciation, and nodded with a smile: "I think it's feasible, the Eight Kings, your army is really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, I will give you 100,000 righteous troops, how about you give me this Li Dingguo?" ”

"Hahaha, good Cao Cao, digging the foot of the wall is dug up to me here, don't change!"

"Haha."

The two commanders were joking, Li Dingguo looked embarrassed, but Sun Kewang was full of jealousy.

"King, leave it to me!"

Zhang Xianzhong saw that everyone agreed with Li Dingguo's method, so he said: "Okay, then it's decided, between the two mountains, the Luo brothers will divide the troops between the two mountains, Sun Kewang will be stationed in Miyang, and then the reinforcements of the officers and soldiers will be defeated in one fell swoop!" ”

"Yes!" And they received the command, and went away.

Liu Liangzuo suffered Zhang Xianzhong's big loss before, the original team of 40,000, now there are more than 10,000 people left, now he is with heavy troops, and he is eager to find Zhang Xianzhong's troops, a shame, so he urged Chen Hongfan to let the whole team march faster, another reason, after the last defeat, he was also punished, this general soldier also added a "generation" in front of the word, if he does not perform well this time, I am afraid that not only the official position is not guaranteed, but whether his life can be saved is a problem.

"The soldiers are fast, Chief Chen, we should quickly reach the vicinity of Tang County with lightning speed, and then sneak attack Zhang Xianzhong and hit it with one blow, instead of marching slowly like now!" Liu Liangzuo rode on a war horse and said to Chen Hongfan.

Chen Hongfan is already a little old, his physical strength is not exhausted, he is a serious person, and he does things in an orderly manner, seeing that Liu Zongbing is so anxious, he said kindly: "Hehe, don't be in a hurry, this Zuo Liangyu can fight, those rabble can't attack for a while, let them exhaust, isn't it easier for us to fight?" ”

Liu Liangzuo glanced at the old-fashioned Chen Zongbing in disgust, didn't say a word, shouted, and rushed out with his team.

"Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu! Quick, get the team up to speed! Chen Hongfan shouted to the family next to him.

The whole team marched for two days, and finally arrived at Miyang, and when they arrived in Miyang, they knew that Miyang had changed hands and was occupied by Sun Kewang.

"Rest for half an hour and prepare for the siege!" Liu Liangzuo reorganized the team and ordered the siege of the city, which they had to fight down, and they could not bypass it, because bypassing it would make them suffer from the enemy on their backs, which was very dangerous.

Chen Hongfan wanted to wait a little longer, but Liu Liangzuo's military order had been issued, and he couldn't say anything, so he had to order the soldiers to prepare for the siege.

When the 40,000-strong army arrived at the foot of Miyang City, behind them, two rebel armies composed of 100,000 people were also beginning to move and attack them, but they didn't know that they had entered Li Dingguo's pocket formation.