The next day, the army continued westward into Nanyang Province, targeting Tang County.

Qin Yiming led an army of 70,000 people, mighty and mighty, covering the sky and the sun with banners, and of course, there were more than 20,000 people in the assistant battalion.

Originally, Lu Jiude and others suggested dividing their troops to march westward, but Qin Yiming insisted that everyone go together, so the momentum was huge, and after Zhang Xianzhong's spies saw the imperial army, it was estimated that they could relieve the siege of Tang County without a single soldier, and it could also prevent Zhang Xianzhong from sneaking attack, dividing them, and breaking them individually.

Chen Daquan didn't sleep all night last night, he was busy reporting the good news to Emperor Chongzhen, after writing over and over again, he finally wrote a recital that satisfied him, and wrote how Qin Yiming's army fought Luo Rucai and how much victory it achieved. At the same time, he also counted Lu Jiude, Chen Daquan and others in front of Chongzhen, and Lu Jiude was afraid of the enemy in front and grabbed merit behind, Chen Daquan and others blindly went west, and were defeated by thieves and suffered heavy losses.

"Young master, you see, this team can't see the end at a glance, the momentum of this person is different, now it's sixty or seventy thousand!" The little monkey rode a horse, holding the reins in one hand and holding the sleeping Ah Hua in the other, and said proudly.

Qin Yiming is also the first time to lead so many people, he is the first time to lead a large army to fight, he has always pursued a policy of elite soldiers, more people are not necessarily strong in combat, now he is under pressure in his heart, a wrong decision, may kill a lot of people.

"What's so happy, I feel like I'm on pins and needles!"

Song Xiance encouraged on the side: "Qin Wufu, this is the time for you to build your prestige, you can't back down, let's fight a few beautiful battles next, build up your prestige in the army, and it will be of great benefit in the future!" ”

"After this battle is over, all the armies will have to go their own way, and each will go back to its own home, and it will not always be led by the young master." The little monkey muttered, he hoped that these people were Qin Yiming's troops, but that was unrealistic.

"What do you know, the so-called three people become tigers, and everyone is gold, because of this, after those soldiers are disbanded, when the time comes, they will return to the place to promote the prestige of the Qin generals everywhere, and you say that the great reputation of Lord Qin has not spread to the ears of all the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty!" Song Xiance said.

"What's the use of that?" The little monkey felt that these people would not be Qin Yiming's soldiers, and their reputation would be of no use at all.

Song Xiance looked like he hated iron but not steel, and scolded: "Hey, good son, do you know what the power is? ”

"Potential?"

"Powerful, Sheng Liquan also! To gain power is to gain power, do you understand? ”

"I don't understand!"

“......”

"Report, my lord, there is Dahu Mountain in front, Mr. Chen asked us if we were going to investigate first, and Mr. Chen said that there might be an ambush here." The sentry asked.

Yang Jiuyi leaned closer and said, "I heard that General Chen was here to ambush before. ”

Qin Yi understood, and only then did he understand why Chen Hongfan was so cautious, but he concluded that Zhang Xianzhong's trick would not be used twice, and said, "Yang Qianhu thinks this Zhang Xianzhong will come to ambush again?" ”

"Probably not! But be careful! Yang Qianhu replied.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong was struggling with a question, whether he should run or fight!

The spies reported that Qin Yiming is now coming from Runing Mansion with an army of sixty or seventy thousand, although the speed of the march is not fast, but this Ruyang and Tang County are so far away, they can be reached in a few days.

Although Zhang Xianzhong's troops and Luo Rucai's remnants are combined, Zhang Xianzhong still has more than 100,000 people, but he is not very confident.

"You all say, should you fight or should you withdraw?"

Sun Kewang was the first to stand up and said: "King, we have more than 100,000 people together, of course we have to fight, this Qin Yiming is now fighting a field war with us, and it is not necessarily who loses and who wins?" The last defeat was completely due to Qin Yiming's tricks, and he relied on the city wall to defend it, and his firearms were sharp, otherwise Anlu County would have been taken by us a long time ago. ”

When it came to the battle of Anlu County, Zhang Xianzhong remembered the terrible scene again, the huge iron arrow, still emitting black smoke, and then exploded, and one by one lead bullets burst out in all directions......

Pan Duao nodded and said: "I am also in favor of fighting, there are so many of us, we can't just run away in disgrace, this will affect the morale of the army too much, in the long run, as soon as the soldiers hear Qin Yiming's name, they will lose their morale, so how can we fight with the officers and soldiers?" ”

Zhang Xianzhong felt that it made sense, Qin Yiming was sharper with firearms, and then there were more conspiracies, just be careful, but I don't know why, he was a little afraid of the name Qin Yiming in his heart.

Luo Rucai reminded: "This Qin Yiming is not easy to deal with, he is scheming, if we want to fight, we must be on guard, and we must not take it lightly." ”

It is normal for Liu Wenxiu not to express his opinion, but Zhang Xianzhong wants to hear Li Dingguo's opinion.

"Ning'er, what do you say?"

Li Dingguo originally wanted to avoid its edge, but now everyone is inclined to fight, and he said that it will cause others to be disgusted, but at the moment of life and death, he still said: "King, Qin Yiming has 10,000 elite soldiers, 60,000 righteous troops, and now he is commanding 70,000 elite soldiers, and the edge is flourishing, I suggest that the army avoid its edge." ”

"Hmph, what is avoiding its edge, is it to run away? If God hadn't been blind, I would have taken the head of this thief a long time ago! Sun Kewang said resentfully.

Li Dingguo ignored it, pointed to the map and said: "Everyone, please see, we are now in Tang County, this Tang County is backed by the blocked water, now although the river is shallow, but we still can't cross the river on foot, if we lose the battle, this water will be our grave, we can't escape, but if we withdraw from the siege, on the west side of the blocked water, this water is our natural barrier, no matter how many soldiers of the Ming army are difficult to attack, our military food is sufficient, the brothers of the righteous army only need to have something to eat, but the army of the imperial court is different." As long as we can hold the water for a few months, I think the imperial army will definitely not be able to keep up with the supplies, and there may even be a mutiny, when the time comes, we will cross the river and counterattack, and we will win with one blow! ”

Everyone nodded, what Li Dingguo said made sense, tens of thousands of troops in the imperial court, plus Zuo Liangyu's 30,000, is an army of more than 100,000, so many people, relying on Nanyang Mansion can not support it at all, they know the rules of the imperial court, a lot of military food for officers and soldiers is supplied by the local government, this Henan is dry every year, and the harvest is poor every year, where can I afford to raise so many people, and it is a matter of time before the mutiny is over.

"What do you think?" Zhang Xianzhong asked.

Everyone had no opinion, and they all nodded in agreement.

Sun Kewang said a little unwillingly: "But we have surrounded the left thief for so many days, and it seems that it is about to be completed, it is a pity to give up like this now." ”

Zhang Xianzhong is also very unwilling, Zuo Liangyu is one of the people he wants to kill the most, he has been defeated by Zuo Liangyu's men many times, but now the situation is forced, and there is no way to let Zuo Liangyu go.

"Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood. Then listen to Ning'er, let's withdraw to the other side! Let the fireman make the rice, Wenxiu, you go and collect the boats, and after eating, we will cross the river. ”

Zuo Liangyu has been really hard these days, the food in Tang County has been eaten, tens of thousands of people have no food to eat now, if this continues, without Zhang Xianzhong coming in, his soldiers will also open the city and surrender by themselves, in the case of no way, he can only use his old routine, indulge his subordinates, let them rob the people's food, now there is no military discipline in Tang County, the people in the county have suffered, not only the rations have been robbed, the women have also been defiled by those big-headed soldiers, they seem to live in hell on earth.

But even so, the food is still not enough to eat, he has no choice but to catch the people as rations, so although it is against heaven and people, he would rather commit these sins, he is not willing to surrender to the thieves, and leave a stench for 10,000 years!

But the magistrate of Tang County, who was born as a scholar, gritted his teeth with hatred when he saw Zuo Liangyu treat the people under his rule like this, he asked Zuo Liangyu for theory many times, but Zuo Liangyu didn't take him in his eyes at all, turned a deaf ear to his verbal threats, and even didn't see this so-called magistrate at all, the magistrate had no choice but to raise food everywhere, hoping that Zuo Liangyu would restrain his subordinates and kill fewer people.

In the dead of night, Zuo Liangyu hid in the room and drank alcohol, he was in a very bad mood, he felt that his end had come, for so many days, there was no army to save him, and he couldn't break through, he could only use alcohol to kill his sorrows.

"I've been fighting on the battlefield for decades, Lao Tzu has encountered everything, but he has never despaired, even if the troops are scattered, Lao Tzu can still make a comeback, Zhang Thief's defeated generals have been beaten by Lao Tzu many times to flee everywhere, but this time, I'm afraid it's really the end of the road." Zuo Liangyu took a sip of stuffy wine, his eyes were blank, and Ma Liangwen and Chen Zhibang stood on both sides, in a complicated mood.

"This damn Zhang Xianzhong, the thief is hateful, I didn't expect this dog thief to be so powerful this time, first defeated us, and then defeated Chen Zongbing and their 40,000 coalition army, and now Chen Zongbing They are also surrounded in Ruyang, I'm afraid it is a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect itself." Ma Liangwen said indignantly.

"Lord Chief Soldier, didn't you write a letter to Lord Hou Suihou, Qin Yiming's evil star should come to us!" When Chen Zhibang spoke, he had no confidence.

"Don't say that he, Qin Yiming, can get rid of his previous suspicions, even if he comes to the rescue, how many troops can he have? I'm just a dead horse and a live horse doctor, and I don't really expect him. Zuo Liangyu said abruptly.

"At the moment, the only one who can really save us is the Qin army, but I don't know if the imperial court has given an order to Lord Sun Chuanting. If Lord Sun's Qin army goes out of Tongguan, we may still have a glimmer of life. ”

Zuo Liangyu smiled bitterly twice and said, "Unless it's a miracle!" When you're tired, go back and rest! ”

"Yes, General!"

"Vice General Chen, Vice General Ma, Geng'er will ask you in the future!"

Chen Ma and the others were stunned, not knowing what they meant, but they didn't think much about it, and left Zuo Liangyu's study.

Zuo Liangyu suddenly picked up the long sword on the table, squirted wine, then wiped it with a coarse cloth, and muttered: "Old friend, we have been friends for decades, today, I will use you to end my Zuo Liangyu's life!" Only when I die, my soldiers and the people of Tang County can live, and Geng'er can live. ”

Zuo Liangyu picked up the sword, the blade was sharp, shining in the candlelight, and slowly approached his neck......