On the third day of the first month of March, Song Youliang led Li Xin, Zhang Yuliu, Li Jiyu, Deng Youyang, Su Zixing, Li Yue, Liu Wenming, Wu Tingbin, Zhang Guang and other ten battalions of 36,000 soldiers and horses to Kaifeng. At this time, Li Zicheng had already relieved the siege of Kaifeng, so Li Zicheng searched for the cellar of the rich room, swept the jade silk of his children, bundled it into the mountain, and left a man named Shao Shichang as the prime minister, and ordered him to guard Luoyang, and he attacked Mi County

Shao Shichang, a native of Luoyang, originally worked as a secretary in the yamen. He has a nephew named Shao Shixin, who is a down-and-out talent in Luoyang City. When Li Zicheng was still hidden in the mountains, this Shao Shixin specially came to the mountains from Luoyang to join Li Zicheng. Shao Shixin took out two sheets written on white cotton paper from his arms and presented them to King Chuang with both hands. Li Zicheng saw that the first list listed the various royal shops in Luoyang City, the residences and shops of the eunuchs and officials in charge of the palace, and the approximate amount of land in each Wangzhuang; Another list lists the property of many eunuchs led by Lu Weiqi, the former secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, and their major crimes. After serving for more than a month, Li Baicheng knew the situation in Luoyang City in general through the secret agents and other sources he sent to Luoyang to investigate, but he was not as clear as the specific amount of property listed in these two lists and the specific crimes of the eunuchs and gentry. Later, after Li Zicheng broke Luoyang, he searched for Ji according to the map and searched the family property door to door.

Now Shao Shichang was originally a yamen secretary, but now he has become the chief manager of a huge Luoyang City, so he is not majestic. Every day, he led a group of soldiers to raid the property of those who were "unkind to the rich", and took revenge on those who offended themselves on weekdays or who did not like their eyes. As a result, some gentry in Luoyang City secretly sent out a fine work to tell Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan: Li Zicheng's large army has been transferred, and Luoyang City is empty. Only the thieves' students, Zhang Xuanji, Mei Dingsheng and others, recruited 1,000 hungry people to defend Luoyang as the defenders of Luoyang.

Li Xianfeng was holding three letters in his hand, all of which were written by big families in Luoyang City, but Li Xianfeng didn't dare to believe it easily. "The thieves are scheming, if it is a plan to lure the enemy, isn't it in the hands of the thieves?" So Li Xianfeng didn't dare to make a mistake, so he asked Gao Mingheng and Song Youliang, the chief soldier, to discuss together.

Gao Mingheng played a trick and said: "Kaifeng has just been invaded, and the city defense is seriously damaged and needs to be repaired urgently. The officer doesn't know about the military, but he has some experience in making a mistake in scheduling, so why don't the officials stay in Kaifeng and sort out the soldiers, horses, grain and grass for the dukes to respond? ”

Li Xianfeng secretly scolded Gao Mingheng for slippery, he faced Chen Yongfu and said, "Does General Chen think it's feasible to go to Luoyang for this?" ”

Chen Yongfu clenched his fists and said: "The general is the deputy general of Kaifeng Mansion, and the adult is the governor, whether to go or not depends on the words of the adult." Chen Yongfu kicked the ball back to Li Xianfeng.

Li Xianfeng was helpless, so he could only look at Song Youliang and said, "What does Song Junmen think? ”

Song Youliang is familiar with history, and naturally knows that what the Luoyang gentry said is true, so he hugged his fists and said: "This town came to Henan by order to suppress the thieves." Now that the fathers and gentry of Luoyang are looking at each other for the officials and soldiers, how can we disappoint them? The town is willing to lead its troops to Luoyang. ”

"Okay~ Sure enough, it's a hero out of a teenager!" Gao Mingheng praised

"Song Junmen is really a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty!" Li Xianfeng's eyes also smiled into a slit

Only Chen Yongfu secretly scolded these two old slippery heads in his heart.

However, Song Youliang immediately changed his words and said: "However, this town heard that Li Zicheng's army is now in Mi County, and it is reluctant to Kaifeng, if all the 30,000 officers and soldiers of this army go to Luoyang, if Li Zicheng comes to besiege Kaifeng again." Even if the town grows wings, it won't be able to come back! ”

As soon as Song Youliang said this, Chen Yongfu almost couldn't help laughing, and secretly said in his heart that this young chief military officer was not a fool after all.

Sure enough, Gao Mingheng and Li Xianfeng were dumbfounded. After all, it's always good to have more soldiers and horses together, and neither Gao nor Li dares to say that there are 30,000 soldiers and horses missing, and I can keep such a full story in Kaifeng.

"That~ what does Song Junmen think he should do?" Li Xianfeng lost his temper

"This town thinks that we can't go far and near, the thieves attack the seal is not good, and General Chen shot blind in one eye, when the morale is really frustrated, we should take advantage of the victory to pursue, go to Mi County to attack Li Zicheng's headquarters, and frustrate his muscles and bones."

Chen Yongfu was also reluctant to go all the way to Luoyang to take risks, so he said: "I thought Song Junmen's proposal was feasible. ”

Gao Qian, a guerrilla general who had not spoken on the side, also hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, now that the thieves have suffered a big setback, it is even more time to take advantage of the victory to pursue." Gao Qian thought to himself, you are not willing to go to Luoyang to take risks, what if Li Xianfeng sends you there? It's better to be with a large army.

On March 8, the 14th year of Chongzhen, Song Youliang, Chen Yongfu, and Gao Qian, with a total of 50,000 soldiers and horses, left Kaifeng and marched towards Mi County.

Li Zicheng set up his base camp at the foot of Jianshan Mountain near Mi County

Jianshan is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization, and the scenic area is composed of Shenxian Cave Forest Park, Phoenix Mountain, Feilong Gorge, Peach Blossom Spring, etc. Shenxian Cave is in the east of Jianshan Township, also known as "Xianyu Lingyuan", the legend is the residence of the immortal Guangchengzi, including the cave, Doulonggou, Ghost Valley, Peach Garden, Red Stone Forest, etc., with an area of 21 square kilometers. The depth of the hole is 5000 meters, it is connected with the double milk peak and the dragon ditch, the stalactites and stalagmites in the cave are made into mythical characters and palace pavilions, which are very realistic. The stone pillars in the cave are like jade, the stone Buddha on both walls, the dark river is dense, and it is breathtaking. The forest outside the cave is lush, the mountains are reflected in the fairy lake, and there are the Great Wall of Zhenghan, the mysterious ghost valley, the Tianmen Pond, the thousand-year-old ancient acacia, the ancient fortress group, the grotto statues and the stone age ruins. Feilong Gorge is 10 kilometers west of the cave, with strange peaks and strange rocks, the dragon stream runs through, the twists and turns are deep, and the ecology is natural. Phoenix Mountain Forest Park is 5 kilometers south of the cave, the scenery is charming, the forest is dense, there is a thousand-year-old temple Xiangyu Temple. The Peach Blossom Garden in the south of the district is similar to the scene in Tao Yuanming's "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring".

Mi County is not very far from Kaifeng, and Li Zicheng has already detected the movements of Kaifeng's officers and soldiers

"This Song Youliang is known as the God of Wealth in Haiyang, he must have brought a lot of gold, silver and jewelry this time, let's eat him, and we will make a fortune!" The person who spoke was a strong man, eight feet tall, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, dark skin, and well-developed muscles that almost broke the cloth clothes on his body, this person was Liu Zongmin, the number one warrior under Li Zicheng

A lean and sturdy man on the side smiled: "I don't know if you have any money, but his soldiers are wearing armor from head to toe, like iron men, and the shining armor alone makes me look greedy." "This person's name is Zhang Nai, and he is a cavalry general under Li Zicheng. When Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng, he sent him to pretend to be an officer and soldier. It's a pity that the "officers and soldiers" under his command are too strict in military discipline, one does not bully the people, and the other does not molest women, which suddenly makes the Kaifeng defenders see the flaws, so that the surprise attack failed

"Mr. Song~" A middle-aged man said in a soft and pleasant tone, but with steel in the middle: "Mr. Song traveled the world before, have you ever heard of this person?" "The middle-aged man is protected by a metal cover on his left eye, is this person Li Zicheng or who?

Song Xiance is a fortune-teller warlock, less than six feet tall, with sparse hair on the top of his head, one right leg crippled since childhood, rough and sallow skin, which can be described as three inches Ding, withered bark, three points like a human and seven points like a ghost. He closed his eyes slightly, and said: "I heard that this person, this year should be forty-four, it turned out that he was only the son of a thousand households in Tunbao, just because he was good at doing business in Tuntian, and within a few years, he turned a poor military fort into a well-known and wealthy land, and the annual payment of food and salary is worth a county." Later, relying on a lot of money, he also hired a group of Hongmaoyi people to fight for him. Chongzhen's treasury was empty, and when he saw that someone was so able to collect money, he was repeatedly promoted and made the position of chief soldier. ”

Li Zicheng laughed and said: "It turns out that this is such a person, if it is a peaceful and prosperous world, maybe he can be a good official." ”

A scholar on the side said: "If King Chuang can annihilate this group of people, then Henan will be the world of King Chuang." ”

"Master Niu, do you have any good ideas?" Li Zicheng asked with a smile

"Without him, most of the soldiers who smashed out of this kind of silver will not fight to the death, and they will still follow the tactics of our army's three walls and knocking down and overturning." Niu Jinxing said: "There is a large plain at the west foot of Jianshan Mountain, which is suitable for our cavalry to fight. ”

Li Zicheng nodded and asked, "Ah Guo, do the officers and soldiers have cavalry?" ”

Ah Guo is Li Zicheng's nephew Li Guo, who is responsible for investigating Song Youliang and other people

"There are 1,000 cavalry under the banner of the Song Department, Chen Yongfu's cavalry is only 1,000, and Gao Qian's cavalry is also 1,000." Li Guo replied

"Chen Yongfu~" When Li Zicheng heard Chen Yongfu's name, his cheeks twitched involuntarily, and his left hand subconsciously touched the eye that was shot. This arrow hit the eye socket, if it was deep into the two, he would die in his brain, thinking of this, Li Zicheng couldn't help but have palpitations after a few deaths

"Let the brothers have a full meal, and then tell the brothers that we are going to pick up the God of Wealth." Li Zicheng's left hand slowly drooped, but he clenched his fist tightly