At the end of the summer of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Tianyang, the chief soldier of the Penghu Naval Division in Fujian, defeated more than 10,000 people in the first division of Yuan Zong of the thief Li Zicheng's department in the far suburbs of Nanyang, but was defeated by Li Laiheng's 20,000 people who came to cover up and then retreated to the north of Jiaxian.

Immediately, most of the troops of Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, under the leadership of the general He Sanjiang, drove straight in, and seemed to have a tendency to take the opportunity to approach Luoyang.

Xiong Wencan, the secretary of the military department, hurriedly repaired a letter to Li Tianyang, the chief soldier, and told him to build a defense line in Jiaxian County to block the offensive of the peasant army to the north.

At the same time, Xiong Wencan, with the authority of Shangshu, issued an order to the garrison guards in Henan and other places to assist and dispatch troops, which was bound to ensure the safety of Luoyang.

For a while, the joy and excitement brought by Li Tianyang's siege and plundering of the city in Fujian Province turned into panic and depression about the peasant army moving north in an instant.

In fact, Li Tianyang's first division did not suffer much losses in the first battle in the suburbs of Nanyang, and with the detailed battle plan of the peasant army provided by He Sanjiang and others, as well as the strength of the leaders of the peasant army, it was a difficult thing for Li Tianyang and them to suffer losses.

However, Nanyang has been in Li Zicheng's hands for almost a year, and Li Tianyang's battle battlefield is too tight from Nanyang, if he really forces the other party, he will directly send an army to attack Li Tianyang and their army, which is only about 30,000 people, Li Tianyang is really a little unbearable!

The supply of the peasant army is really too convenient, Li Xin and the slogans and policies they set up for Li Zicheng have deeply penetrated into the hearts of the people, and although the style of the peasant army in the Nanyang area will inevitably have incidents such as bullying the weak, looting and humiliating the people, everyone has seen more, it is Li Zicheng who led the soldiers to loot the local rich landlords, and distributed a large amount of grain, silver, land, and real estate to the people in their homes.

Of course, the people will never know that compared to the food money distributed to them, Li Zicheng actually has more than several times more food and materials for themselves.

However, just Li Zicheng and the other things they did were enough to buy the simple-minded people, so every time Li Zicheng and them arrived at a place, the local people were looking forward to welcoming their arrival, and some even simply rose up to play the vanguard for them, and the inside and outside should be combined, so that Li Zicheng and their actions were like a tiger.

Therefore, don't look at the losses of Li Zicheng and his team last time, but in just a few months, their strength has not only recovered, but even the number of fighters has faintly increased.

Li Tianyang provoked the peasant army Yuan Zongdi this time, and the soldiers sent first were the elite Hongtang soldiers in their hands, and they killed the other party by surprise and defeated them in a direct battle.

If it weren't for the fact that there was Li Laiheng's 20,000 army next to him to protect his wings, I am afraid that Li Tianyang's army would be able to directly strangle the first part of Yuan Zong on the spot.

Li Laiheng's troops and other actions delayed Li Tianyang's actions and other actions, and behind him, Li Zicheng's army also faintly moved, Li Tianyang was not greedy after getting cheap, pretending not to be against the opponent's offensive, and fought and retreated, covered by Hongtang soldiers, and slowly retreated in the direction of Jiaxian.

During this march and battle, Hongtang's army rarely used firearms and other weapons of great destruction, firstly, to give the newly incorporated army a training in actual combat, and secondly, to save more ammunition and materials, and to relax the spirit of the opponent's army.

This time, Li Tianyang and their initiative were defeated, and in the eyes of the leaders of the peasant army who had not experienced formal military education, they did not suspect at all whether Li Tianyang's department had any conspiracy.

Of course, He Sanjiang and they knew this, but they naturally would not tell Li Zicheng about this situation, but pretended to be deaf and dumb, and Li Zicheng commanded the army to attack and approach in the direction of Luoyang.

It's not very difficult, after Li Tianyang and them returned to Jiaxian, they received orders from Shangshu Xiong Wencan and others, and immediately replaced the leadership of the local county order, and Li Tianyang arranged the troops and waited for the arrival of the other party.

Li Zicheng's department itself did not necessarily pass through Hao County and then go north to Luoyang, but because of the operation of He Sanjiang and others, and the endless harassment of Li Tianyang's team on its rear defense and flanks, Li Zicheng finally led the army to gradually approach.

Just after the mid-year festival in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, in the thousand-year-old ancient city of Jiaxian, a mountain rain is coming, and the local people and rich families are fluctuating.

Because of the stationing of Li Tianyang's army, at least the local people did not have too many careless thoughts, and the peasant army pressed in, and the local rich landlords were put in danger at night, and the needs of Li Tianyang and them could almost be said to be responsive.

The army of 100,000 thieves and peasants surrounded Jiaxian, and at a glance outside the low city walls of Jiaxian, there were dense camp tents and banners everywhere, which was indescribably solemn.

"Hehe, this Li Zicheng can afford us!"

Li Tianyang on the city wall raised them, without the slightest consciousness of the defenders on the weak side, and had the leisure to point fingers at the peasant army below.

On the city wall, Li Tianyang observed the situation of the peasant army in the open; And under the city wall, Li Zicheng and his party were also quietly observing the Hongtang army.

"The generals above, which middle-aged general in the lead, I'm afraid that it is the chief soldier of this army, who defeated your Ming Dynasty Fujian Penghu Naval Division Admiral Li Tianyang!"

Li Zicheng still has this vision, I don't know that in a monocular obtained from cleaning the battlefield in that battlefield, Li Zicheng immediately said to the Ming generals who were unscrupulously directing their own army on the city wall.

Liu Zongmin, Gao Yigong and others were all taken aback, and hurriedly raised their heads and looked at the figures between the battlements of the city, but because there was no monocular relationship between Li Zicheng's hands, although they could also see the faint and other figures flickering, but they couldn't really see it.

As for He Sanjiang and others, who were born in Hongmen, their familiarity with Li Tianyang and others is much clearer than that of Li Zicheng, even without Li Zicheng's guidance, they can immediately discover Li Tianyang.

However, because of their relationship in Cao Yuan, He Sanjiang and the others also raised their heads vividly, pretending to observe the figures on the city wall, as if they were also full of curiosity about Li Tianyang and them.

Li Tianyang and the others were talking, laughing, and pointing, but suddenly they felt something, put the binoculars in their hands in front of them, and pointed directly at the hidden observation point where Li Zicheng and them were, and suddenly discovered the existence of Li Zicheng, He Sanjiang and other peasant army generals.

"Huh?"

Li Zicheng suddenly found that Li Tianyang, who was waiting in the telescope, not only discovered the existence of Le himself and others, but also raised a hand to greet him.

"What a wonderful man!"

Li Zicheng smiled and returned the salute not to be outdone.

(End of chapter)