Volume 8 Chapter 2 Crazy Plans

Although Yang Sichang is crazy, his loyalty to Chongzhen is undoubted, although his behavior is a bit extreme, he really wants to exterminate the thieves and revive the Ming Dynasty.

He wanted to contribute to the country, Zhang Bin did not doubt this, so Zhang Bin did not fight with him for power at this time, let alone play small moves in the back, but let him do what he could do to see what he could do.

You admit that you are up, I will not rob you, and I will go on again when you are gone, and none of you will want to rob me at that time, Zhang Bin will be quietly a substitute at this time, watching Yang Gebu, the main force, gallop on the field.

If you regard the battle between the Ming court and the anti-thieves as a ball game, the lineup of the Ming court is still relatively strong.

In the midfield, there is a commander like Zhang Bin who has never been defeated, no matter who he is, he can do it, the peasant army, the Jiannu, the powers, the Japanese and so on, no matter what kind of enemy, he has to kneel down and sing to conquer.

In the backcourt, there are talented players like Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng, as long as they are given a little space, they can even rush from the backcourt to the frontcourt with the ball alone to complete the lore.

There are super killers like Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, Zu Dashou, and Zu Dabi in the forwards.

On the other hand, on the side of the peasant army, except for Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, two semi-professional and semi-amateur wild road players, the others are almost negligible.

It stands to reason that the peasant army should have no chance of winning at all, but unfortunately, on the side of the Ming Dynasty, the head coach Chongzhen is a madman!

He didn't need to let an invincible player like Zhang Bin go, but he used a crazy player like Yang Sichang who had a sick brain like him to play as the main force, I don't know what to do.

This game, how to say it, in fact, even if they kick blindly, they can win, because the other party doesn't even have a real professional player, at least not at this time, unless the game is interrupted for special reasons, otherwise the peasant army will lose.

The game is about to start, Yang Sichang, the crazy main force, began to command and dispatch, his madness is really crazy, who dares to disobey the dispatch, he can kick and break your legs, you don't have to play football anymore!

Fortunately, Zhang Bin did not take the lead against him at this time, so thorns like Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting did not jump out to oppose him, only Huang Daozhou and Liu Zongzhou, these assistants were shouting on the side, and the head coach Chongzhen directly rolled their eyes and ignored them at all.

Although Yang Sichang is crazy, he still has a little ability, and his plan to suppress thieves with full financial support must be fully financially supported, which can be regarded as a good plan.

At this time, Chongzhen had no money, but he slapped his swollen face and became fat, levied and extorted violently, increased the levy and salary, tried his best, and finally made up the money, and the 120,000 troops in the four provinces were slowly recruited, plus the Tianxiong Army, the Qi Family Army and the Sichuan Army who were transferred back from the Liaodong battlefield, as well as the 60,000 troops from the original five northwestern provinces, let him raise more than 200,000 troops!

More than 200,000 troops encircled and suppressed the peasant army, which was simply an unprecedented large-scale effort, but at this time, the peasant army was not concentrated together, but scattered everywhere, how to encircle and suppress it?

Yang Sichang thinks that it is very simple, just open the net and then close the net.

He set up the main battlefield in Henan Mansion, because Li Zicheng, the largest force in the peasant army, was here, and the peasant armies in other places, he could find a way to bring them over, surround them, and press forward step by step, and finally let them be cornered and captured.

He ordered the governors of Yulin, Fengyang, Yingtian, Shandong, Jiangxi, and Sichuan to gather guards to guard the cities and key roads to prevent the peasant army from escaping from their jurisdictions.

His method is to let the governors and general soldiers of these four places first concentrate their forces on the periphery of the thieves, trap all the thieves, and then drive these thieves to Henan Mansion, and finally eliminate the thieves in Henan Mansion.

These four governors and commanders were the key to the whole plan, so he deliberately selected a group of loyal ministers and good generals to take on the important task.

In terms of governor, he disregarded his "previous suspicions" and promoted Lu Xiang to be the governor of Henan;

Xu Dingchen, the former governor of Shanxi, had rich experience in suppressing thieves, and he did not remove him;

As for the governor of Shaanxi, he used the former governor of Ningxia, Zheng Chongjian, during the governor of Ningxia, Zheng Chongjian defeated the Mengyuan tribe in the Hetao region many times, and he was also a capable minister;

There is also the governor of Huguang, he used Fu Zonglong, the right of the Imperial Palace, this Fu Zonglong during the patrol of Guizhou, once defeated Shuixi Tusi An Bangyan, and he is also a rare official.

In terms of the general army, he appointed "meritocracy" and promoted Zuo Liangyu, who had "outstanding military achievements", to the general army of Shanxi, commanding the 20,000 border soldiers of the original Xuanfu Town and Datong Town and the original 20,000 elite guards, plus the newly recruited 30,000 Shanxi soldiers, a total of 70,000 horses;

He also appointed He Renlong, known as He Maniac, as the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, commanding 10,000 Qin troops and 30,000 newly recruited Shaanxi soldiers;

As for the Henan General Soldier and the Huguang General Soldier, he did not change, although the Henan General Qin Gongming and the Huguang General Qin Yiming are brothers, they are both rare fierce generals, and the loyalty of the Qin family is beyond doubt.

There are also 30,000 white pole soldiers of the Sichuan Army, and he asked Ma Xianglin to take Xiong Wencan, the prime minister of the five provinces, as a pro-army, to carry out the final encirclement and suppression.

For the remaining 10,000 Qi family troops, he asked Qi Yuangong to take them to Huguang to assist the general soldier Qin Yiming to take Xiangyang City.

This arrangement seems to be nothing, but in fact, Zhang Bin's "henchmen" were still pitted by him, because Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army and Qi Yuangong's Qi Family Army were responsible for attacking Luoyang and Xiangyang, these two cities are the most powerful cities in the world, and he wants to consume all the elites under Zhang Bin in the siege war!

However, he missed one point, that is, whether the thief would follow his baton, and at the same time, he also underestimated the deterrent power of King Luyan.

At this time, more than 100,000 imperial army gathered in Pingyang Mansion, and the fifth battalion of Gezuo hidden in Taihang Mountain and Wangwu Mountain had already been frightened not to want, Lu Xiangsheng and Qi Yuangong had just received the order to lead the army to Henan and Fuguang, ready to open the net, and the fifth battalion of Gezuo was so frightened that they gave up the nest in Taihang Mountain and Wangwu Mountain, and rushed south.

They don't need Zuo Liangyu to lead 70,000 Shanxi troops to drive them away, a Luzi banner and a Qizi banner will scare them into a fart, just kidding, King Lu Yan is here, or with the Qi family's army, who dares to be!

They did not follow Yang Sichang's idea, fled to Henan Mansion to join Li Zicheng, but went all the way south to the Dabie Mountains, more than 100,000 imperial army gathered in Pingyang Mansion, they are not blind, what are they doing in Henan Mansion in the south of Pingyang Mansion, looking for death, it is right to hide far away.

At this time, the imperial army is gathered in Shanxi, and the Dabie Mountain must be empty, which is suitable for them to "raise" grain and grass for the winter, and it is safer to run there.

When Lu Xiangsheng heard the news, he couldn't cry or laugh, he wanted to say, I'm just passing by, okay, you don't have to be like this!

Yang Sichang heard the news, but he frowned, these guys, what's going on, why didn't they run to Henan Mansion according to his ideas, but ran south vigorously, is there something wrong?

Of course, there is nothing wrong with people, but he has a little problem, his net has not been opened, and he has not yet caught people, and people can run wherever they want, can he manage it?

Not only did he not care about the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left, but he also couldn't control Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng, who had gathered more than 100,000 imperial troops in Pingyang Mansion, naturally knew that he thought that the more than 100,000 troops were coming for him, and Lu Xiangsheng and Qi Yuangong set off with their troops, which also alarmed him.

He has been closely watching the movements of the Tianxiong army and the Qi family's army, Lu Xiangsheng ran to Kaifeng Mansion to meet the 30,000 Henan soldiers there, and the Qi family army rushed all the way south to the direction of Nanyang Mansion, and he investigated it clearly.

This guy, isn't this going to make him dumplings, wait for the 30,000 Shaanxi soldiers on the Xi'an Mansion to block Tongguan again, southeast, northwest, and all four directions are the imperial army, isn't it difficult for him to fly!

Rather than wait until that time to plug in the wings and fly hard, it is better to hurry away at this time, he did not dare to go east to fight with King Lu Yan, nor did he dare to go south to provoke the Qi family's army, there are more than 100,000 imperial army in Pingyang Mansion in the north, so he can't go, he simply led the army directly to the direction of Shaanxi.

He knew that the Shaanxi soldiers on the Xi'an side were all ordinary guards recruited from the Shaanxi Xingdu Division, and there was nothing to be afraid of, besides, Shaanxi was his hometown, and there were Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing who shot the sky, and the 30,000 guards couldn't help them at all.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng was completely speechless, he was still thinking about how to conquer Luoyang City, it was the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties, the city wall was more than three zhang high, and the moat was also a few zhang wide, it was notoriously easy to defend and difficult to attack, and 40,000 people wanted to capture Luoyang City, which was garrisoned by more than 100,000 peasant troops, it was really not ordinary.

Unexpectedly, before he could think of a way to conquer Luoyang City, Li Zicheng took the initiative to give up Luoyang City and ran away.

This guy can't be faulty!

Of course Li Zicheng is not sick, he captured Luoyang City not for any reason to hold on to Xiongcheng, that is Zhang Xianzhong's idea, he just wants to rob the rich king of the world and make a fortune.

At this time, the gold, silver, treasures and grain in King Fu's mansion were all robbed by him, and the local tyrants in Luoyang City were also looted by him, not to mention the grain and grass for the winter, even the grain and grass for the coming year, he didn't have to worry, what was he doing in Luoyang City, waiting for more than 100,000 imperial army to surround him and kill his entire army?

When he ran, Yang Sichang was also dumbfounded, my net has not been opened yet, what are you running, is it okay not to take such a fuck.

Now, his plans were all out of order.

Zhang Xianzhong didn't run, he stayed in Xiangyang City honestly and waited for him to encircle and suppress, the problem, it's useless to just be honest with this guy, and everyone else is not honest.

What to do?

Yang Sichang was forced to have no choice but to change the plan and divide the net into pieces and pockets piece by piece.

He urgently ordered He Renlong to lead 10,000 Qin troops to Xi'an Mansion, and the 30,000 Shaanxi soldiers there to join up, hold the direction of Xi'an Mansion, and prevent the thieves from fleeing westward, and ordered Xiong Tingbi and Ma Xianglin to lead 30,000 Sichuan troops to Yulin Town to prevent the thieves from escaping northward, and at the same time he also ordered Lu Xiangsheng to lead 10,000 Tianxiong troops and 30,000 Henan soldiers into Shaanxi to block the east and south, and he was ready to first hold Li Zicheng, Liu Guoneng, and Li Wanqing These guys were to be held around first, and then they could only let them escape for a while.

Li Zicheng was already a little hairy at this time, because King Lu Yan had already chased after him with his ass.

He didn't dare to go to Xi'an, there were 30,000 guards stationed there, which was different from Luoyang City, he couldn't sneak attack, and it was impossible to capture it in a short time, once King Lu Yan came up from behind his buttocks, he would be attacked from behind the back.

He didn't dare to go to Hanzhong, Zhang Bin had already knocked him out of the shadow in his heart, in that kind of narrow terrain, he had no room to move around, if he ran in, the more than 100,000 troops that had been gathered with great difficulty were likely to be killed by officers and soldiers.

Now, the only thing he can go to is in the direction of Yulin Town in the north, it just so happens that it is his hometown, and he is no longer familiar with the terrain over there, even if the officers and soldiers chase him, he has the confidence to deal with the officers and soldiers.

Unexpectedly, he had just run to Chengcheng and had not yet entered the boundary of Yulin Town, when Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing came over with tens of thousands of men.

Are these two guys here to greet him?

Of course not, Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing were forced over by Xiong Wencan!

It turned out that the border soldiers of Yulin Town were almost recruited by Sun Chuanting, except for the thousands of defenders in Yulin City, the rest of the place was almost empty, and they were like fish in water in Yan'an Mansion and Qingyang Mansion in the south of Yulin Town, and soon pulled up fifty or sixty thousand horses.

They were having a good time there, but Xiong Wencan suddenly led an army of 30,000 to rush into their territory, although Xiong Wencan did not immediately attack them, but they didn't dare to stay over there, the imperial army definitely didn't come to play, here are the two of them big thieves, not here to clean up them, what are they here for!

It just so happened that they heard that Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, had returned with an army of more than 100,000 troops, and they were almost near Chengcheng at this time, so they hurriedly ran over and hugged their thighs, hoping to escape the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers under the protection of Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng is depressed, he is a fart thigh, these two guys are happy in Yulin Town, they don't hear anything outside the window, they still think that the imperial court has sent these 30,000 troops, but he knows that the imperial court has gathered nearly 200,000 troops, and at this moment, Lu Xiangsheng is chasing after his ass!

This is really a big trouble, the imperial army actually rushed to Yulin Town one step ahead of him, it seems that this Yulin Town can't go back, so he can only find a way in Xi'an Mansion.

Is there anything else he can think of?

Of course there is, don't you send two people to the door, let them withstand the imperial army and find a way to run away!

So, he hurriedly turned around and waved his army to attack Chengcheng.

Chengcheng was stationed in hundreds of townships organized by the county order at this time, and naturally he couldn't withstand his more than 100,000 troops, and in less than a day, he captured Chengcheng, but he did not lead the army to garrison here, but gave Chengcheng to Liu Guoneng.

Immediately afterwards, he returned to Huayin, knocked down the county seat of Huayin, and gave it to Li Wanqing.

This guy excited Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing, and gave a thumbs up, the boss deserves to be the boss, he actually helped them build the city and let them live, but he himself led his subordinates to run around, and he had no fixed place to live, good man!

Is Li Zicheng a good person, of course not, he wants Liu Guoneng to help him resist Xiong Wencan, and let Li Wanqing help him resist King Lu Yan, he is so looking for an opportunity to run away, these two stupid people are sold and help them make money!

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng didn't pay attention to them, just guarded the line of Tongguan and Lantian to prevent the thieves from escaping the net, as for the encirclement and suppression, it was Xiong Wencan's business, and he was only responsible for opening the net.

The weather is slowly getting colder, and Yang Sichang's encirclement and suppression plan is about to begin, this time, can he really wipe out all the anti-thieves?