If you want to say that people are going to be unlucky, they will stuff their teeth when they drink water, Zuo Liangyu is like this. In order to avoid Li Yan, he made a special detour to Zhengzhou in the west and then went south, but when he reached Xiangcheng County, he ran into Li Zicheng. He doesn't have many personnel, so naturally he is not Li Zicheng's opponent, and the only thing left is to run away. But he couldn't run, and was surrounded by Li Zicheng in Yuncheng County.

There was no way, Zuo Liangyu had no choice but to send someone for help. Fortunately, at this time, Wang Qiaonian came out of Tongguan with the Shaanxi army, so he came to the rescue with the troops.

The newly appointed trilateral governor Wang Qiaonian really put some effort into digging up the ancestral grave of Li Zicheng's family before leaving the customs. This digging really dug out a small snake, and they all said that this is a spiritual creature that is about to transform into a dragon, and now kill this little snake, Li Zicheng will cut off the dragon qi, and naturally it will not be possible.

And that's what it looks like. Li Zicheng besieged Zuo Liangyu in Yuncheng County, and Wang Qiaonian happened to come to western Henan with 30,000 troops, and he happened to come to attack inside and outside and break Li Zicheng in one fell swoop. So he didn't want to waste this good opportunity, so he left the infantry and hurried from Luoyang with 20,000 cavalry to rescue Zuo Liangyu. His confidence is that Zuo Liangyu is a strong general, and he has won more and lost less against thieves in the past.

But this time, Zuo Liangyu only brought less than 10,000 people, and he was just beaten by Li Yan, and more than 1,000 infantry and hundreds of cavalry were wiped out, which was the time when morale was low. And Wang Qiaonian also brought He Renlong, which is the biggest hidden danger.

Sure enough, Wang Qiaonian took the troops to Xiangcheng County, and Li Zicheng gave up attacking Zuo Liangyu and went directly to fight him. In fact, this is okay, as long as Zuo Liangyu also chases him, it is still a two-phase attack. But Zuo Liangyu immediately turned around and ran eastward, and then continued south.

And Wang Qiaonian also made a serious mistake here, he divided He Renlong, Zheng Jiadong, Niu Chenghu and others into three ways to rescue Zuo Liangyu. Therefore, He Renlong and the others repeated their old tricks, smeared oil on the soles of their feet and ran back to Shaanxi, leaving Wang Qiaonian alone in Xiangcheng County.

But Wang Qiaonian, who couldn't get the news, was still waiting for Zuo Liangyu's rescue, so he stayed in Xiangcheng County. So the result is also doomed, four days later, on February 17, the county seat of Xiangcheng was broken, and Wang Qiaonian, the culprit who dug up Li Zicheng's ancestral grave, naturally had no reason to survive.

The news of Wang Qiaonian's siege naturally spread to Qi County, but Li Yan had no intention of going to the rescue, and it was too late in time. He is still preparing to establish a line of defense here, and the signs of Li Zicheng's arrival from the east are becoming more and more obvious, and he can't let Li Zicheng break into his territory to disrupt the order that he has managed to stabilize.

He called Li Zhong and Li Mu to Fucheng to discuss this issue. While Li Zicheng has not come over yet, there is still some time to arrange. This time, Li Zicheng swept the counties in western Henan again, and collected many displaced people, and the scale was even larger than a month ago.

"How about we build a long wall?" Li Zhong suggested: "We have nearly 20,000 prisoners, and mobilize another 20,000 or 30,000 people to start at the same time in Kaocheng, Chenliu, Qixian, Suizhou, Zhecheng, and Luyi." In the middle, we can also use rivers such as the Vortex River and the Baigou River to protect our territory. If everything goes well, it will definitely be completed in half a month. ”

Li Mu shook his head and said, "Even if this wall is built, we don't have so many soldiers." A defense line of several hundred miles, we have 40,000 people, and we can't take care of it. As long as there is a breakthrough, the entire line of defense will be completely useless. ”

Li Zhong said helplessly: "Then what should I do?" Li Zicheng has more people this time, if he doesn't fight with us head-on like Luo Rucai and rushes in directly, how can it be good? ”

Li Yan asked, "How many cavalry do we have?" ”

"There are more than fifteen hundred rides." Li Zhong replied. Last time, I got nearly a thousand war horses from Luo Rucai, and I grabbed more than a hundred from Zuo Liangyu, which is not a small gain.

Li Yan nodded and said, "Well, transfer 1,200 out, with this cavalry, they shouldn't dare to bypass it again." However, before that, we have to fight first, so that Li Zicheng knows the strength of our cavalry, and they will have some scruples. ”

"Do you really want to fight?" Li Zhong said with some reluctance: "It was not easy for us to gather more than a thousand cavalry. Li Zicheng's cavalry also has at least 50,000 or 60,000, and if we fight hard, our cavalry will be beaten back to its original shape. ”

Li Yan shook his head and said, "Although they are joint ventures, they are in charge of their own teams. Their cavalry should also be separated. As long as we defeat them all the way, the other bandit camps will not dare to venture in. If they are together, it will be just right for the army to fight, which will also be beneficial to us. ”

Li Mu frowned and said, "But where will the thieves come from?" Will they still go directly to Kaifeng like last time? ”

"It's hard to say." Li Yan shook his head and said: "Last time they went directly to attack Kaifeng, we gave Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai a dismount." If you come to Kaifeng again this time, you may not miss us again. Only after defeating us can they concentrate on breaking the lockdown. ”

Li Mu nodded and said, "Fourth brother is right, I think Li Zicheng should also come to fight us first." ”

"Alright, just do as you say." Li Zhong finally agreed: "I just hope that after this time, there will be some cavalry left of our cavalry." Otherwise, it may be even more difficult for us in the future. ”

Li Yan comforted: "Second brother don't worry, as long as it is used properly, the cavalry should not have much loss." Even if we have heavy losses, as long as we have a solid rear, we can be invincible, and we can find a way to buy horses. Didn't I still have 300 cavalry left, that is our seed army, as long as we can get war horses, we will not lack cavalry. ”

Li Mu frowned at this time and said, "But where are we going to fight Li Zicheng?" ”

"We'll have to wait." Li Yan also said helplessly: "I don't know where Li Zicheng will come from, we can only send more sentinels." ”

"And where are we going to gather our troops?" Li Zhong asked, "If you can't stop the thieves in the first place, you will be very passive in the future." ”

Li Yan looked at the map and said, "Let's assemble in Zhecheng first." Qixian County is well defended, don't worry too much, it is closer to Suizhou and Luyi, and it is easy to deal with. As long as we know Li Zicheng's route, let's go forward quickly, and it is best to stop Li Zicheng in Taikang or Tongxu. In addition to Chen Liu's 20,000 troops, and then transfer Qian Er and Wang Renfu to defend Qixian and Chen Liu, it will be about the same. ”

"Isn't Tian Yong there with Li Zicheng? He's supposed to have news, right? Li Mu suddenly remembered Tian Yong and asked.

Li Yan shook his head and said, "There has been no news, he doesn't take the initiative to contact, and it will be difficult for our people to get any news." ”

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