The grass has poked out a lot of stems and leaves, trampled down, soft and long, the branches of the old tree, but also hung fresh new shoots, blown by the cold wind, a piece of green, Wang Qiao's old eyes are dizzy, vaguely feel that it is already spring, far away, just sigh and sigh, unconsciously, he is entering the twilight years......

Turning around and looking at Luoyang City behind him, the tall and majestic shadow was still there, and he was angry in his heart, Wang Shaoyu was the chief soldier, why did he defend the city for the thief?

However, no matter how he tempted, Wang Shaoyu just refused to go out of the city for a decisive battle, and he couldn't take the strong city wall by storming, so he had no choice but to bypass Luoyang.

Along the official road, go to Longmen Pass, the sun has set, the weather is still dark early, and the night will soon come.

Wang Qiaonian had no choice but to give the order to the soldiers to set up camp.

Luoyang was blocked, which made him feel very bad......

This time he went east out of Tongguan, and he really didn't have the certainty of defeating the Heavenly Mandate Army, so he went to dig Li Zicheng's ancestral grave.

The Mandate of Heaven army continued to expand in Henan, and even surrounded Kaifeng City, but the officers and soldiers were helpless, digging ancestral graves and destroying feng shui, perhaps this was the only way to defeat Li Zicheng.

At least there's a little hope.

However, as soon as he left Tongguan and the army marched to Luoyang, the thieves in the city gave him a blow to the head, could it be that the feng shui that destroyed the Li family was not enough to offset the favor of the Heavenly Mandate Army?

The soldiers were setting up camp tents and could not enter the camp to rest for the time being, so Wang Qiaonian found a sheltered dirt slope, sat down, and leaned against the dirt slope in a daze.

The past is like a galloping carriage, and scenes appear in my mind......

Since the governor of Shaanxi, he knew that the Mandate of Heaven army in the west of Longshan had developed a climate, and he wanted to attack Guguan several times, but was dissuaded by his subordinates: only relying on the 10,000 city defense troops mastered by the governor, he couldn't even touch the city wall of Guguan, and Hong Chengchou had lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Guguan back then......

However, the trilateral governors, who held military power, turned a blind eye to the west of Longshan.

Hong Chengchou and Zheng Chongjian don't talk about it, Ding Qirui only wants to protect himself, as long as the Heavenly Mandate Army does not come out of Guguan to disturb Shaanxi, he will be thankful; Fu Zonglong was relatively tough on the Heavenly Mandate Army, but unfortunately, less than two months after coming to Shaanxi, he received the holy decree of leaving Tongguan in the east......

They can't be blamed entirely, the soldiers in Shaanxi have been emptied, and the food and salary are seriously insufficient......

Wang Qiaonian clearly remembered the relatively speechless scene with Fu Zonglong that day, but he didn't expect Fu Zonglong to leave Tongguan and enter Henan, but unfortunately died in Xiangcheng.

When Fu Zonglong died in battle, he cried: As soon as Mr. Fu died, no one could quell the thief......

What I didn't expect was that the emperor actually issued an order that he would take over as the governor of the three sides, and several holy decrees in a row to let him go out of the customs and relieve the siege of Kaifeng!

Even Mr. Fu can't settle the thief......

Although 30,000 border troops and city defense troops were mobilized, the combat effectiveness of such an army was really difficult to reassure, and we could only count on the three chief military officers He Renlong, Zheng Jiadong, and Niu Chenghu, all of whom had experienced a hundred battles.

dug up Li Zicheng's ancestral grave, killed the little green snake in the tomb, and the siege of Kaifeng was relieved without a fight...... originally thought that the Heavenly Mandate Army would be broken in the near future, but under Luoyang City, he realized that things might not be so simple.

Not only Wang Shaoyu defended Luoyang City for the thieves, but even Zuo Liangyu, the general of the Ping Thieves who reinforced Kaifeng from Huguang, was also besieged in Yuncheng.

Wang Qiaonian said to himself with some pain: The situation has not fundamentally changed!

This time he went south from Luoyang to assist Zuo Liangyu's troops in relieving the siege of Yuncheng.

The troops were tired and the food was lacking, so the Shaanxi soldiers went to resist the Heavenly Mandate Army, which was in full swing.

However, he has been deeply favored by the emperor for many years, and in order to consolidate the hearts of the people in the Central Plains, he can't help but go out.

How can we defeat Li Zicheng and rescue Zuo Liangyu in Yuncheng?

With the usual method, the inside should be combined with the outside, or in the field in the plain area, it is difficult for the Shaanxi soldiers to shake the main force of the Heavenly Mandate Army, even if Zuo Liangyu's Huguang soldiers are added, I am afraid that ......

Wang Qiaonian thought about it for a long time, and finally had a clear strategy, which was at least seventy percent certain, as long as Zuo Liangyu fully cooperated.

Something that is 70% sure is naturally worth the risk.

It wasn't until it was dark and the guards came to look for him to go back for dinner, that Wang Qiaonian returned to the camp.

At night, Wang Qiaonian had a dream, Jin Ge Iron Horse, vertical and horizontal...... After dawn, most of the contents of the dream were forgotten, only remembering that the Mandate of Heaven Army was surrounded by the Ming army, with heavy casualties, and even Li Zicheng was blinded in his left eye by a stray arrow......

Wang Qiaonian was in a daze, but he couldn't bear to wake up, lest his eyes open, just like before, all good wishes would disappear.

The guards woke up Wang Qiaonian, it was already sunrise, the army was still on the way, the soldiers were all at breakfast, Wang Qiaonian was suddenly awakened, and most of the dream was lost, and the only impression seemed to be a happy event.

A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance!

Wang Qiaonian did not blame the guards, after freshening up, he immediately summoned the three general soldiers, "Yuncheng is in danger, once Zuo Liangyu's troops are defeated, it is difficult for Shaanxi soldiers to face the Mandate of Heaven Army alone, this governor intends to leave artillery, baggage, etc., and 10,000 soldiers are stationed here, and another 20,000 soldiers are selected, go south lightly, and go south as soon as possible to meet Zuo Liangyu's department!" ”

"Good!" Naturally, the three general soldiers did not dare to object.

After having breakfast in a hurry, 20,000 elite soldiers immediately went south along the official road and traveled to Jiaxian, He Renlong felt that something was wrong, so he privately asked to see Wang Qiaonian, "Master Inspector, didn't we go to Yuncheng to rescue Zuo Liangyu, why don't we pass through Xuzhou?" ”

"We don't go to Yuncheng, but to Xiangcheng," Wang Qiaonian said: "If we go to Yuncheng to rescue, the Heavenly Mandate Army is mighty, and it will be difficult to compete with them." Xiangcheng is only one hundred and twenty miles away from Yuncheng, we don't fight Yuncheng, but with elite troops to attack Xiangcheng that he must save, the Mandate of Heaven Army must return to the division to save, then the siege of Yuncheng will be lifted, after the siege is lifted, we fight the front army of the Mandate of Heaven, Liangyu attacks its back, front and back, it is possible to defeat the Mandate of Heaven Army. ”

He had already thought of such a strategy, and it was somewhat similar to the dream of that day.

"Xiangcheng?" He Renlong understood, "Is the Inspector going to surround Wei to save Zhao?" However, Xiangcheng is not a place where the Mandate of Heaven must come to the rescue. ”

"The Mandate of Heaven Army has hoarded some food in Xiangcheng, and it is a transportation artery, it is difficult for the Mandate of Heaven Army not to rescue," Wang Qiaonian has already contacted Zuo Liangyu, "If the Mandate of Heaven Army does not come back, we will threaten to slaughter the city again, isn't the Mandate of Heaven Army people-oriented?" ”

"The subordinates understand, or the Inspector is far-sighted!"

"This matter must concentrate the strength of the Shaanxi soldiers and the Huguang soldiers," Wang Qiaonian said: "When we enter Xiangcheng, we will move again!" ”

"Subordinates obey!"

Wang Qiaonian traveled all the way, and when there were still ten miles to Xiangcheng, Zhang Yongqi had already greeted the gentry on behalf of him, and more than a dozen gentry with some fame knelt in a row on the side of the road, "The grass people have long been looking forward to the officers and soldiers to save the people from fire and water!" ”

Wang Qiaonian was overjoyed, he thought that he was going to attack Xiangcheng, but he didn't expect that the people's hearts in the city were still on the side of the imperial court, so he smiled and said to He Renlong: "The Mandate of Heaven Army is unpopular, which can be seen from this!" ”

In his heart, he was puzzled: Could it really be because he killed the green snake in the ancestral tomb of the Li family? If this is the case, the Mandate of Heaven Army will not be able to escape the encirclement and suppression of the officers and soldiers, and it would be best if the bandit leader Li Zicheng could be captured......

Wang Qiaonian was worried that after He Renlong and they entered the city, they would still disturb the people as before, and ruined the popularity of the gathering that had been hard to gather, so he left the elite soldiers to He Renlong, Zheng Jiadong, and Niu Chenghu to be stationed outside the city, and he only brought 600 soldiers with Zhang Yongqi into the city.

As soon as he entered the city, Tan Wangxi, the magistrate of the county, personally led the civil and military officials in the city to greet him, and placed Wang Qiaonian in the county government for a temporary residence, and he took his family to the hotel.

Wang Qiaonian secretly rejoiced, the city supported the officers and soldiers so much, maybe Xiangcheng was the end of Li Zicheng, he killed a trilateral governor, and was destined to die at the hands of the trilateral governor!

In order to deal with Li Zicheng and attract him to Xiangcheng, Wang Qiaonian asked He Renlong, Zheng Jiadong, and Niu Chenghu to lead elite soldiers to lurk forty miles east of the city, and on the other hand, posted a notice in the city.

He also released soldiers to search for suspicious people in the city, and for a time the city was full of chickens and dogs, and many people were arrested, Wang Qiaonian and Tan Wangxi neither examined nor pronounced a sentence, but only imprisoned them in the county jail.

Xiangcheng was made to jump, just to attract Li Zicheng's attention, Wang Qiaonian knew that there must be spies from the Heavenly Mandate Army in the city!

Li Zicheng has been attacking Yuncheng, knowing that Zuo Liangyu's food is insufficient, and he has not fought to the death with the Ming army, mainly besieging the city, and the battle is tepid.

After receiving the news of Wang Qiaonian's raid on Xiangcheng, he immediately convened a military meeting.

The scale of the meeting was not large, but the level was very high, except for the commanders of the four battalions, only Niu Jinxing, plus Li Zicheng himself, there were only six people in total.

As the recorder, He Xiaomi first reported the main information of Wang Qiaonian's department, and Li Zicheng was waiting for the participants to discuss for a while, and said: "Everyone, what do you think of Wang Qiaonian's southward journey?" In which direction should the current situation go? ”

Everyone discussed for a while, and preliminarily judged Wang Qiaonian's intentions, but what kind of countermeasures the Heavenly Mandate Army would take had not yet been considered.

Li Ji's strategic and tactical thinking may be the lowest, and his opinions are not mature for a while, but he has heard that Wang Qiaonian dug up Li Zicheng's ancestral grave, since Wang Qiaonian is here, he must not let him run away, "Metropolitan Governor, everyone, look down, since Wang Qiaonian is showing off his might on the territory of the Heavenly Mandate Army, Xiangcheng is only more than 100 miles away from Yuncheng, and it must be fought to fight!" ”

Song Wen is a veteran of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and the long-term battle made him seem relatively calm, so he said: "Zuo Liangyu in Yuncheng, seeing that it can't be supported for long, if he withdraws his army to Xiangcheng, it is likely to give Zuo Liangyu a chance to breathe." ”

Li Zicheng nodded, Wang Qiaonian picked up the ancestral grave, it was a personal vendetta, and Zuo Liangyu slaughtered the city in Linying, arousing the public anger of the Heavenly Mandate Army, "If you want to fight, it is best to be Zuo Liangyu, Zuo Liangyu will soon be cut off, and Yuncheng can be self-defeating." ”

Niu Jinxing arched his hand to everyone and said: "Governor, generals, what strategy do we adopt, but also according to the situation of the battlefield and the strategy of the Ming army, Wang Qiaonian went south, not to Benyun City to relieve the siege, but to occupy Xiangcheng, why?" ”