In the first battle of Kaifeng, the imperial army was finally defeated, and it was completely defeated. Lu Xiangsheng's army of 100,000 was able to escape less than 5,000 people, and Lu Xiangsheng himself was seriously injured.

But although Lu Xiangsheng was defeated, he only relied on more than 20,000 men and horses, fought a bloody road, walked through countless corpses, and finally led less than 5,000 subordinates to fight out of the encirclement. Under the siege of nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Dongjiang Army, he escaped with his life.

Li Jie, Xu Fuzuo, and Qingfeng were all impressed by Lu Xiangsheng's ability, and he was also the first court general to make the Dongjiang Army admire him.

When the news reached Runing Mansion, Mao Wenlong was also quite surprised, he couldn't imagine that Lu Xiangsheng would be able to escape with his life in this heavy encirclement, and he actually took nearly 5,000 soldiers and horses, which is indeed a bit incredible?

"It seems that Lu Xiangsheng is indeed a fierce general!" Mao Wenlong said with emotion.

"The fierce generals are not fake, and they don't stop there. This person has always been personally in danger on the battlefield, and I heard that every time he kills the enemy in a battle, he is the first to rush to the front. If the rumors are true, it is not surprising that this is the case today. Hong Chengchou also admired Lu Xiangsheng at this moment.

Lu Xiangsheng's predicament, Hong Chengchou assumed that he was facing such a predicament? In the end, he came to the conclusion that no matter what, he could not achieve such a result as Lu Xiangsheng.

Mao Wenlong nodded, admitted what Hong Chengchou said, and then said with a smile: "If you escape, let's escape, anyway, our goal has been achieved." The imperial court has been hit hard this time, and Chongzhen must not dare to fight us again in a short period of time. ”

Hong Chengchou also chuckled: "Indeed, this time the imperial court stole chickens and rice, and although Lu Xiangsheng fled back, he lost nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses. It is estimated that the entire Shanxi is empty at this moment, and if we take advantage of the victory to pursue, it will not be difficult to take Shanxi. ”

Mao Wenlong shook his head and said: "It is not difficult to win Shanxi, but it is not beneficial to us." At least for now, there is no need to take Shanxi, if you really want to expand the territory, I think the first target can be in Nanjing or Huguang. ”

Shanxi is the last barrier of Gongwei Jingshi, and Mao Wenlong will not give up lightly considering Chongzhen. Once Shanxi is attacked by any kind, it will inevitably turn the imperial court into a frightened bird, and the counterattack will be very fierce at that time.

Now Mao Wenlong has no need to deal with the imperial court at all, at least when the Houjin has not come in, he can completely let the imperial court face the Houjin. And he was able to hide behind and develop with peace of mind for a while.

Hong Chengchou listened to Mao Wenlong's remarks, and said a little suddenly: "Indeed, Huguang and Nanjing are at least much better than Shanxi. I don't know how Chen Jisheng is progressing on their side now? ”

Speaking of this, Mao Wenlong said with a smile: "There is no news yet, but the vast army of Hu, which has begun to rush back, is still blocked by us in Henan and has not been able to go back yet." ”

Hong Chengchou chuckled: "Could it be that the general army also wants to eat this imperial army?" ”

Now Mao Wenlong is the biggest victor, not only snatching back most of the grain, but also defeating the imperial army. even eliminated Li Zicheng and solved all the difficulties, which was the time when the situation was very good.

Mao Wenlong shook his head and said: "Henan can no longer fight, and production must be resumed as soon as possible." The expansion of the territory has to be postponed, and we must wait until Henan is completely stabilized before planning other places. ”

This is a step-by-step, stable strategy, Hong Chengchou has nothing to refute, so he nodded in support.

Mao Wenlong even gave an order to Chen Qiyu, who was pursuing the Huguang army, to slow down the number of interceptions of the Huguang imperial army. Then he sent an order to Chen Jisheng to evacuate Xiangyang City as soon as possible.

After that, the territory of Henan finally quieted down, and the war of nearly a month was launched in Henan. It has spread to almost everywhere, and many fields that have just been cultivated have been destroyed.

These need to be restored as soon as possible and all in place before the next season can be planted.

After the defeat of the imperial army, the imperial army that Nanjing attacked Xuzhou immediately withdrew, and no longer posed any threat to Xuzhou.

Within a few days, the whole world seemed to fall silent, and all forces were quiet. It was as if the world had been peaceful overnight, and all the smoke had stopped.

However, just when everyone thought they could breathe a sigh of relief and live a few days of peace.

Li Zicheng, who disappeared for a few days without a trace, suddenly sent troops from Zhengzhou and launched a thunderous sneak attack on Huaiqing Mansion. He easily took down the entire city, and tens of thousands of people in the city belonged to his subordinates.

When Mao Wenlong received the news, he was still speculating about what Li Zicheng was going to do? Then he received news from Xianyang City, saying that the rebel army in Shaanxi had begun to go to Shanxi in large numbers, and it seemed that there was a plan.

At this point, Mao Wenlong can already make it clear that Li Zicheng must be thinking of taking the opportunity to capture the entire Shanxi!

"This Li Zicheng overestimates himself too much, and underestimates the strength of the imperial court." Mao Wenlong pouted.

"He can't blame others for not being happy himself, we just watch the fire from the other side and wait and see." Hong Chengchou laughed.

Both men could foresee the prospect of another big defeat for Li Zicheng, as Mao Wenlong had guessed. Chongzhen will definitely maintain a high degree of vigilance against Shanxi, and will not tolerate the slightest mistake in Shanxi.

At present, Shanxi is indeed empty of troops, but as long as the Houjin of the border pass does not invade, the imperial court can transfer some border troops back to garrison Shanxi. In this way, Li Zicheng has absolutely no good fruit to eat, at most it is just a momentary prestige.

In the city of Huaiqing Mansion in Shanxi.

Li Zicheng and several of his subordinates were sitting around and discussing the capture of that city?

From launching the raid to occupying Huaiqing Mansion City, it took less than half a day, and everything went too smoothly. It also made Li Zicheng and them even more convinced that Shanxi at this moment was definitely empty of troops.

After his confidence swelled, Li Zicheng began to dispatch troops, preparing to take the opportunity to attack a few more cities.

"King Chuang, we can divide our troops into two ways and take the Zhangde Mansion and the Daimyo Mansion as quickly as possible. As for Pingyang Mansion, it can be handed over to the soldiers and horses transferred from Shaanxi for siege. In this way, we can take three more prefectures as quickly as possible. Liu Zongmin's bold and dry words.

"This king also thinks the same way, if everyone has no other opinion, then we will do it this way!" Li Zicheng laughed triumphantly.

"Chuang Wang Yingming!" Several subordinates immediately shouted.

On that day, Li Zicheng's troops, which had increased to 90,000, set off in two ways, leaving only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to guard the occupied Huaiqing Mansion.

The flames of war were ignited again, and the situation in Shanxi suddenly became dire!

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