At the end of September, the various units of the Xingtian Army, which had been training for nearly half a year, once again began to recover, and the scale of the operation this time could be said to be the largest since the Xingtian Army became an army.

Almost all of the eight war battalions in Henan were mobilized, and the reserve battalions of the five counties were also mobilized in great strides, and the township soldiers after the autumn harvest put down the farm work at hand, gathered together, and took over all the things to guard the defense from the hands of the war barracks, freeing up all the manpower of the war barracks.

All kinds of materials that had been stored in the past six months began to be transferred out of the warehouses in a steady stream, and were transferred from the reserve battalion and the baggage battalion to Yongning and Ruyang, and the eight combat battalions also quickly began to assemble in the two places.

And the Xingtian army in southern Jin also began to move, the newly made weapons from the ancient town of Yuanqu County loaded, a boat by boat to the south bank of the Yellow River, the first to feel the action of the Xingtian army is also the government and the defenders of Mianchi County, from the beginning of September, the Xingtian army began to intensively move in the territory of Mianchi County, and the fine work also found that the materials transferred from Shanxi far exceeded the sum of the previous months, and even the fine work also found that a large number of Xingtian army crossed the Yellow River and landed on the bank of the river in the area of Mianchi County, Not only were there all kinds of supplies that crossed the river, but also many mules, horses, and even cannons wrapped in tarpaulins were transported across the river.

At the beginning, the officials of Mianchi County were still lucky and did not dare to provoke the Xingtian Army, but when they sent the city to inquire about the news, they returned to the city to inform them that more and more Xingtian troops did not move in the direction of Yongning after crossing the river, but settled down in the territory of Mianchi County, and many soldiers and horses of the Xingtian Army in Henan were also moving towards Mianchi County, and the thief army from the north bank of the Yellow River converged.

At this time, the officials of Mianchi County began to realize that something was wrong, and the Xingtianjun was obviously a little different from the last time they came to demonstrate, and even the cannons were pulled, so they didn't dare to think about what they wanted to do next.

So the county of Mianchi immediately sent people out of the city, Pegasus reported to Luoyang, and at the same time sent people directly to Shaanzhou, to the officials and soldiers of Shaanzhou for help, and reported the abnormal movements of the Xingtian Army to them and learned that they learned, in short, crying and begging the two places to send troops to reinforce Mianchi County as soon as possible, otherwise once the Xingtian Army attacked Mianchi County, the garrison of Mianchi County would not be enough for the Xingtian Army to plug their teeth.

On the morning of the third day of October, a large number of Xingtian troops drove to the city of Mianchi County, and thousands of soldiers and horses of the Xingtian Army appeared on the north, south, and west sides of Mianchi County, making a gesture of coercing Mianchi County in a pincer shape, and only the east gate of Mianchi County did not appear under the banner of the Xingtian Army.

When he learned the news that the Xingtian army had sent out the pond, Li Heran, the magistrate of the county, went to the city in a panic to watch, and when he saw that the Xingtian army had set up a cannon outside the city, and the muzzle of the black hole pointed to the county seat of the city, even though he was so frightened that his hands and feet were cold, he ordered to hurry up and prepare to defend the city.

It's a pity that he had the heart to die for the country, but the officials under his command and those defenders didn't have such a high consciousness, so he packed up the soft things and scattered the east gate, and rushed out of the east gate in a swarm, and rushed away in the direction of Luoyang, and the ordinary people in the city of Mianchi County felt that the Xingtian Army did not harm them when they conquered Mianchi County a year ago, and they also distributed some of the grain and cloth obtained in the county to them, and they did not listen to Li Heran's orders at all, and went to the city to help defend the city, and they all hid at home and closed their doors one by one. Just wait for the Xingtian Army to attack the city, anyway, the imperial court has not brought them any benefit from managing this place, who would be stupid to give their lives to the officials!

The so-called siege war in Mianchi County is basically a farce, Liu Bao led three battalions and Huang Shengqiang's artillery battalion that crossed the river to come over, and it can almost be said that it took no effort to enter the defenders of Mianchi County, where they ran a clean county, and when they entered the county government like a military parade, they knew that the officials in the county had not yet run except for Li Heran, the county magistrate, and the rest of the county officials, such as the county Cheng, the lord Bo, and the Dianshi Lian with the government officials, and the fast catchers, and so on, ran away, and Li Heran was also loyal to the king, after the Xingtian army entered the city, set himself on fire to his own room in the county government and died, fulfilling his reputation as a loyal minister, but Xingtianjun is also as Xiao Tianjian said that day, sooner or later will return to Mianchi County, and now after a year, they finally control this place again, and in just a few days, they basically wiped out all the local resistance forces in Mianchi County, and this time they firmly included Mianchi County under Xiao Tianjian's control.

Suddenly, the news of the Xingtian Army's attack on Michi quickly spread to Luoyang, and Feng Yijun, the prefect of Luoyang, had a bad idea after hearing about it, Luoyang was afraid that this time there would be big trouble! When even if he sent someone to hurry up and whip up Xiong Wencan, who was sitting in Xiangyang to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong, he asked Xiong Wencan to quickly mobilize troops and horses to deal with the possible attack on Luoyang City by the Xingtian Army in the future.

As for the official in Shaanzhou when they heard the news, the first thing they thought of was that the Xingtian Army wanted to avenge the incident that Cao Wenyao did last time, and would use troops in Shaanzhou to capture Hangu Pass, so they hurriedly arranged to defend Shaanzhou and strengthen the defense of Hangu Pass.

In the end, the next action of the Xingtian Army was incomprehensible to the officials of Shaanzhou and Luoyang, and after the Xingtian Army captured Mianchi County, it effortlessly once again controlled the Xin'an Yi that had been conquered by them twice, and then stopped, neither continued to march towards Luoyang, nor did it turn around to attack Shaanzhou, it seems that this operation is limited to taking Mianchi County and opening up the north-south passage of the Xingtian Army.

However, Mianchi County and Xin'anyi are the main transportation arteries connecting Henan and Shaanxi after all, and Mianchi is lost, don't cut off the connection between Luoyang and Shaanzhou, and also cut off the connection between Shaanxi and Henan.

So Feng Yijun hurriedly searched for generals everywhere, planning to contact Cao Wenyao in Shaanzhou to attack and recover Mianchi County and Xin'anyi on both sides, but before Luoyang could take action, Ruzhou was in a hurry again.

It turned out that Xiao Tianjian ordered Liu Bao to lead a group of men and horses to attack Michi County at the same time, and then gathered the five battalions of Luo Li, Liu Yaoben, Li Xuanzhu and other generals in Ruyang County, and Xiao Tianjian personally led the army to march in Ruyang on the sixth day of October, and the troops went to the city of Ruzhou in one day, and settled down in the south of Ruzhou City.

In the past six months, since Wang Jiazhen commanded an unsuccessful battle against the Xingtian Army here, it has become a bridgehead for the confrontation between the government and the Xingtian Army, and the two armies have fought at least a dozen battles in Ruzhou and Ruyang in the past six months, and both sides have their own victories and defeats, so Ruzhou has been worried that the Xingtian Army will suddenly gather forces to attack them in the past six months, so the strings of the war have always been tight, from Zhizhou to the defenders, all of them are always in fear and fear. This day can be said to be like a year, but when the Xingtian Army really suddenly sent troops to Ruzhou, the whole of Ruzhou was immediately in chaos.

The more than 3,000 officers and soldiers who were stationed outside the city, when they heard the news of the arrival of the Xingtian Army, even if they were clamoring to enter the city, the most taboo thing in the city defense war was to defend the city, and the real army that dared to fight would often leave some soldiers and horses outside the city, and it was the best policy to attack and contain the enemy army at any time in response to the city, but in the face of the rolling Xingtian Army, where did these officers and soldiers have the courage to start a field battle with the Xingtian Army outside the city!

Thinking that even Zu Dale and Zu Kuan's Guanning army, which was known as the strongest in the Ming Dynasty, was wiped out by the Xingtian Army in the field battle, and with their ability, they were the opponents of the Xingtian Army, so on the same day, Zhao Tianci, the governor of Ruzhou, approved the request of the officials and troops outside the city, and withdrew all the 3,000 officers and soldiers into the city of Ruzhou, closed the city gate, and made a posture of strictly guarding the city and co-existing.

When the news of Ruzhou's attack by the Xingtian Army reached Luoyang, Feng Yijun began to understand a little, Luoyang's stable days in the past half a year are now the end for them, and the Xingtian Army acted like this, basically wanting to first uproot the states and counties around Luoyang one by one, and then isolate Luoyang City, and finally swallow it in one bite, so at this point, Feng Yijun finally panicked completely, and sent fast horses out of the city again and again, while telling Xiong Wencan about it, and at the same time towards Kaifeng Mansion, In addition, he simply sent people to cross the river and report to the Beijing Division, in short, this time the matter is big, and the terrible tiger of the Xingtian Army is now going to show his sharp claws to Luoyang City!

Xiao Tianjian reined in the city of Ruzhou, looking at the situation of Ruzhou City from a distance, in the lens of the telescope, he saw that the city wall was full of officers and soldiers running back and forth, all kinds of guards were transported to the city head by the people in the city, the wooden standing card to prevent the siege, the wolf tooth slap to stop the siege, the rolling wood and stones, as well as all kinds of artillery to block the siege army and a large number of flying guns and arrows and other swarm of rockets, which were continuously transported to the city wall. But there is also a posture of fighting to the death.

After putting down the binoculars, Xiao Tianjian asked Luo Li and the others who were following him, "In your opinion, how many days will it take to conquer Ruzhou City?" ”

Luo Li and the others also put down the monoculars that had only been issued to them recently, and put together Xiao Tianjian's questions, and after a while, Luo Li asked Xiao Tianjian: "When will Huang Shengqiang's artillery battalion arrive?" ”

Xiao Tianjian turned over and dismounted, walked slowly in front of everyone and replied: "I have ordered Huang Shengqiang to set off here immediately after cooperating with Liu Bao to conquer Michi County, with the speed of the artillery battalion's action, now they should have crossed the Luohe River and are heading towards Yichuan, it will take two days to get here at the earliest, and three days is not bad!" ”

Liu Yaoben has recovered now, but he still looks a little thin, but through the tempering of the last battle at Guandaokou, he has become much more mature again, and he has begun to grow a beard on his chin, plus he is a little yellow and thin, and his face is a little more angular.

(Chapter 3 arrives, check!) Ask for a red ticket! Hehe! ）