Chapter 110: Eastward Advance

In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, February 19.

The Battle of Xiangcheng came to an end on February 17. Throughout the eighteenth, the army was resting.

In the present day. Li Zicheng summoned the generals of the righteous army to discuss the march of the army.

In the Xiangcheng County Yazhong, Li Zicheng sat under the plaque of "Mirror Hanging". And Li Zicheng's side is a little bit lower.

The generals broke into each other, and Cao sat on both sides. Because of the explosive expansion of Cao Chuang's two battalions last year, the number of leaders in the same righteous army has also increased like crazy.

So much so that the small county government couldn't sit down, and many generals sat in the courtyard outside. I could only listen cautiously to the arguments in the hall.

Zhang Xuan passed through the battle of Xiaoshang River Bridge, the battle of Linyingnan, and the battle of Wang Qiaonian. Among the rebels, it can be regarded as an up-and-coming. At least in the middle of the hall, there is a place.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan is listening attentively to everyone's high opinions.

"King Chuang. My Lao Liu thinks that now that our army has won a great victory, he is about to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and now He Renlong can't stay in Luoyang, and Zuo Liangyu is in Runing, and he is in shock, so we should take advantage of the victory to pursue and annihilate one of them. Such a Central Plains land, let me crisscross. Liu Zongmin stood in the hall and said loudly, his voice was heroic, and even if Zhang Xuan was sitting in the corner, he felt that his ears were shaking.

"Hmph, of course." Zhang Xuan said secretly in his heart.

There is no need for Zhang Xuan to refute, naturally someone will come out to speak.

"May I ask General Liu, do you want to attack He Renlong first, or Zuo Liangyu first?" Niu Jinxing said.

Liu Zongmin thought for a while and said, "Zuo Liangyu." Although He Renlong is now in Luoyang, but the fallen superintendent, now like a frightened bird, if I go west, he is afraid to flee back to Shaanxi, the soldiers of the Qin army are all good men, and the warriors who go out to fight may not be enough, but there is still a lot of morale to guard the township. It's a hard bone. And Zuo Liangyu fought in the Baisha River, and the morale of the army suffered a great setback. At this moment, it is just a big attack, thinking that Zuo Liangyu is not an opponent? ”

"If Zuo Liangyu doesn't engage in the war, how about going south to avoid the war?" Niu Jinxing said.

"He runs? Let's chase? He could not flee to the ends of the earth. Liu Zongmin said. However, as soon as he said this, Liu Zongmin knew that something was wrong.

Liu Zongmin, as the high-level of the Righteous Army, how could he not know the family background of the Righteous Army, and the family background of the Righteous Army could not last for a long time.

All the savings of the rebels came from looting and looting.

It is not easy to gather the rations of hundreds of thousands of people. Zuo Liangyu does not fight, or chooses a dangerous place to defend in the south, and the rebels have no way to take them.

"General Liu's words are wrong." Niu Venus waited for this sentence,

said: "The army is outside, and the left army has held on for a long time, the left army can hold on, but our righteous army can't hold it." The righteous army began to attack Kaifeng since a year ago, besieged for 25 days, but because Zuo Liangyu went north, and the success was successful, and Zuo Liangyu's army held on for more than ten days, besieged Xiangcheng for more than ten days, and the grain and grass in the army had reached a very dangerous time. We can no longer afford a great victory without any effort or gain. ”

"Mr. Niu, what do you think?" Li Zicheng said.

"Attack Kaifeng again." Niu Jinxing said.

"There has been a great drought in Henan for three years, and the conquests have been fought one after another, and there are countless famines on the ground, fathers and sons, husbands and wives, and eaters. It is no longer possible to harvest grain from above the ground. And above Henan, there is a place, but there must be grain, that is, Kaifeng. Niu Jinxing said: "Moreover, attacking Kaifeng is not only focusing on Kaifeng. We waited to chase Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong, and they avoided the battle one after another. However, Kaifeng is the capital of Henan Province and the domain of King Zhou. The imperial court has lost the Fu King, the Xiang King, and the two feudal domains. How could the one in the Forbidden City let the well-known Zhou Wang Fan also fall. Therefore, our attack on Kaifeng was a counter-guest-oriented strategy, so that the imperial court had to save Kaifeng. Zuo Liangyu, He Renlong and others avoided the war, and we wanted them to have to fight. ”

"Kaifeng Jiancheng, I'm afraid it won't be easy to attack?" I don't know who said it, and for a while, countless generals talked about it.

Although Niu Jinxing said that it was because of Zuo Liangyu's sudden appearance that the army attacked Kaifeng, and the success was successful. But everyone here understands that they actually attacked Kaifeng and did not resist it, so they turned around and went south.

When they thought of all the things under Kaifeng City, many generals still remembered it vividly, and they couldn't help but feel a little timid in their hearts.

Kaifeng City is a hard bone, not easy to gnaw.

"Lord Niu, what you said is true, but the top priority of the righteous army is not to attack Kaifeng again and Kaifeng Jiancheng. In the city, there are Zhou Wang Xianming, Chen Yongfu is tenacious, and Gao Mingheng is not incompetent. Storming is the next policy, however, Kaifeng City has a shortcoming, that is, there are many people in the city. There are many people and a lot of consumption, and there has been a great drought in Henan for three years, even in Kaifeng City, I am afraid there is not so much food. Kaifeng winter wheat can only be harvested in May. Maybe in Kaifeng City, they are waiting for this season's grain. As long as we besiege Kaifeng City before May, when the green and yellow are not in success, it will not take a few months for Kaifeng City to collapse without a fight. But before I can do that, I have to prepare. Otherwise, after months of siege outside Kaifeng, it will not be the city that will collapse first, but us. ”

"Okay, Mr. Li's attention is good, Kaifeng City is a hard bone, my old Liu doesn't want to gnaw hard." Liu Zongmin was the first to speak.

Liu Zongmin fought in battle, and often drank with ordinary soldiers. I know the thoughts of the soldiers at the bottom of the camp, and the soldiers below are a little stunned by Kaifeng City.

Li Zicheng turned his head and asked Luo Rucai, "What is Brother Luo's opinion?" ”

Luo Rucai said: "It's all up to Brother Li's orders. ”

Li Zicheng said: "Okay, it's just that we want to besiege Kaifeng for a long time, where does this grain and grass come from?" ”

Zhang Xuan thought silently in his heart: "I'm afraid there is only Guide Mansion." ”

"The subordinates think that they should attack and return to Germany first, and there are two benefits of attacking and returning to Germany, one is that it is grain and grass, and Guide is a big house, as long as it is breached, the grain and grass are enough to support the army for several months, and the other is for one person."

"For whom?" Li Zicheng is also curious? Who has such a great prestige can make the matter of returning to virtue and replenishing grain and grass alongside it.

"Yuan Shizhong." Li Xin said.

The three words "Yuan Shizhong" came out, and everyone was shocked.

If it was three years ago, no, even two years ago, who Yuan Shizhong was, he was not taken into account by these people at all, but now, Yuan Shizhong is also a rising star in the lineage.

Yuan Shizhong is a native of Huaxian County, living on both sides of the river, and has also read and written, and has thought about gaining fame and fame, and is deeply righteous. once became an official because of breaking the law, but was later favored by the county order and instructed not to be a thief. Release from prison.

But Henan is like this, too many people can't survive, he was embraced as the leader of the rebel army, and then began to fight, it can be said that he has been defeated repeatedly, and even defeated Su Jing several times in a row with hundreds of people for the county commander. But the people of Henan have reached the point where they can't survive. In the battle of repeated defeats, there are still many hungry people who defect, so Yuan Shizhong can regroup every time. Over the past few years, he has also become the No. 1 person, because on the ground in Henan, there used to be a leader of the rebel army of Yuan Laoshan, so Yuan Shizhong's department, called the small Yuan camp, is also known as 100,000 people.

And today, under the rebel army, Li Zicheng, Cao Cao's joint camp has the strongest strength, and then, it is Zhang Xianzhong, Zuo Ge's five battalions, and the rest are counted to Xiao Yuan's battalion.

What's more, most of the rebels from all walks of life are led by Shaanxi people, even among Cao Ying, there are many Henan people, but this is also the case, but Xiao Yuan Ying, most of them are Henan people. Therefore, Xiao Yuan Ying has deep roots in Henan, and Xiao Yuan Ying does not harm the township, and the military discipline is good. The people's hearts are attached.

"General, if you get Yuan Shizhong, you can win the hearts of the people in eastern Henan. is better than 100,000 people, and now Yuan Shizhong is near Guide. Now or never. Li Xin said.

Zhang Xuan's heart suddenly moved, and he secretly said in his heart: "Li Xin is Li Xin, why didn't I think of this." ”

Maybe Zhang Xuan didn't get to that position, and all kinds of information were not very well-informed. But Yuan Shizhong also heard of it, of course, he heard the Wu brothers say it when he was in Ying. They used to follow Yuan Laoshan. Zhang Xuan also guessed that Li Xin's plan was by no means just to accommodate Yuan Shizhong, but to accommodate the rebels from all walks of life in Henan, and Yuan Shizhong was just the beginning.

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