Zhu Youzhen sent three imperial historians to supervise the army everywhere, although the three imperial historians all held the sword of Shang Fang Tianzi given by Zhu Youzhen, but when the world was in dispute, Shang Fang Tianzi sword could not be omnipotent.

Su Jing supervised the army in Shaanxi, but Sun Chuanting refused to lead the troops out of Tongguan on the grounds that the training time for recruits was too short; Wang Han supervised the army in Huguang, and there was no effect, Hou Sui recruited troops along the way, but the troops who were recruited did not react, and it was clear that he would not come, Zuo Liangyu, who was far away in Huguang, for the sake of the benefactor, replied with a letter, but he did not send a single soldier.

Wang Xie, who supervised the army in Shandong, was originally the magistrate of Xiangfu County, Kaifeng Prefecture, and had participated in the first two Kaifeng defense battles, and was very familiar with the situation in Kaifeng, and acted most seriously.

Under Wang Xie's soft grinding and hard bubbles, Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, commanded tens of thousands of soldiers and came to the north bank of the Yellow River to garrison troops in the areas of Liuyuan and Chenqiao.

Wang Xie knew that Kaifeng City at this time must be waiting for reinforcements, and he used the sword of Shang Fang Tianzi several times to urge Liu Zeqing to enter the army.

Liu Zeqing had no choice but to wait for Hou Sui and decided to cross the river alone.

The vanguard of 3,000 Shandong soldiers quietly took a small boat and landed in Zhujiazhai, northeast of Kaifeng City.

When Li Zicheng got the information, the Shandong soldiers had already gained a firm foothold in Zhujiazhai, facing the direction of Kaifeng, and had already established a complete defensive formation.

You can reinforce Kaifeng, and you can return to the north shore by boat!

Shandong soldiers are already invincible.

Liu Zeqing is a very careful person, if there is no way out, even if Wang Xie puts Shang Fangtianzi's sword around his neck, he will not send troops to Henan.

Li Zicheng took his own soldiers and personally went to inspect the embankment.

Part of the camp of the Ming army is within the embankment, that is to say, the Shandong soldiers have crossed the embankment of the Yellow River, as long as they go further, they can join the Ming army in Kaifeng City.

Although the camp tents of the Ming army were sparse, they were continuous, extending to the Zhujiazhai ferry.

Li Zicheng watched from a distance, and when he saw the Ming army's rangers approaching, he returned to the big tent with his own soldiers and immediately convened a military meeting.

Such a military meeting is generally only held at the battalion level, and the commanders of the five battalions must participate, plus Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, and Li Zicheng himself, only eight people have the right to discuss, and He Xiaomi will also participate, but he is a temporary clerk, and he can only record truthfully, but he has no right to speak.

Liu Yunshui was most interested in fighting, and when he heard that the Ming army had crossed the Yellow River and was approaching Kaifeng, he hurriedly said: "Dadu Governor, the Ming army is crossing the river, it must be infantry, and his subordinates request to use the cavalry of the first battalion to disperse the camp of the Ming army!" ”

Li Zicheng nodded, using cavalry to rush the formation of marching soldiers is indeed a good way, and with the participation of cavalry, once the Ming army is defeated, it can't run if it wants to, and it will either be killed or captured.

However, Li Zicheng had his own ideas, the Ming army was only 3,000 people, which was not enough for the Heavenly Mandate Army.

He looked at Liu Yunshui's face that was slightly red from excitement, and said with a faint smile: "With the cavalry of the second regiment, before the battle begins, cut off the retreat of the Ming army from the embankment, as for the Ming army outside the embankment, chase and kill for a while, not all of them can be annihilated, let them leave by boat!" ”

"Ah......h

Li Zicheng's sentence is too rich in connotation, and letting the first battalion and the second regiment attack is naturally to let the recruits get training on the battlefield, and this battle will not be too fierce, and it is a good opportunity for military training.

But why can't the Ming army outside the embankment be wiped out? When the Mandate of Heaven Army fights, doesn't it always want to annihilate all enemy soldiers?

Liu Yunshui was more anxious, although he had already earned the opportunity to fight, he still said: "Governor, why can't you completely annihilate the Ming army outside the embankment, but let them escape by boat, is it ......?"

Li Xin and Niu Jinxing glanced at each other, but they laughed loudly, Song Xiance's lips squirmed, and when the laughter ended, Fang said: "General Liu, if you capture the boat of the Ming army, how will the next batch of Ming army generals cross the river?" ”

"I see!" Liu Yunshui scratched his hair with his hand, looked at Li Zicheng, and just smiled.

Gao Ligong's heart moved, and he hurriedly said: "Governor Dadu, my subordinates request to use the third regiment Wei Ziming's troops to attack, so that the third regiment can also be tempered on the battlefield and restore its combat effectiveness as soon as possible." ”

This is also what Li Zicheng thought, after the formation of the third regiment of the Chengtian battalion, he just pursued Zuo Liangyu's department along the official road, when the cavalry of Liu Yunshui's department attacked in front, they mainly followed behind to clean up the remnants of the Huguang soldiers, which was not a real battle, Li Zicheng bowed his head slightly and said: "Although the Ming army is only three thousand, the third regiment and the fourth regiment of the Chengtian battalion have just been formed, so let's fight together!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" Although Gao Ligong is the deputy general of the Chengtian battalion, the main general Luo Rucai is generally not in the battalion, he is the actual main general, and he can earn an obvious opportunity to accumulate military merits, and his face is slightly proud.

Li Ji, Song Wen, and Li Xin knew that they had no chance to play, and they were all a little disappointed.

Li Zicheng looked at Li Ji and said with a faint smile: "General Li's fourth battalion, as the rear army, once the attack is blocked, your department will immediately go up, this is the first time we have fought with the Shandong soldiers, I don't know if the Shandong soldiers are equipped with guns and artillery." ”

"Subordinates obey!"

Li Xin was completely disappointed, he pondered for a moment, and said: "Governor Dadu, we have a fierce battle with the Ming army in Zhujiazhai, in case there is a change in the Ming army in the city......

"That's exactly what I'm going to say," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "The seventh battalion and the independent battalion are firmly watching the Ming army in the city, don't get close to the city wall, if the Ming army has signs of going out of the city, just let them out!" ”

"Subordinates obey!"

After the military meeting, each began to move, Gao Ligong personally led the third regiment and the fourth regiment to approach Zhujiazhai, and the second regiment of Liu Yunshui's department was also a strong soldier and was ready to attack at any time, but he did not act for the time being, so as not to startle the snake, and only when Gao Ligong was deployed in place, he would march and cut off the return route of the Ming army along the embankment of the Yellow River.

After the military meeting, he took his own soldiers to the southwest of Kaifeng City, and saw that the young men were ploughing the ground and planting, and he got off the war horse from a distance and approached the past.

Farmland is everywhere, but this side is far away from the camp, and there may be no vegetable garden, but there are no women to be seen.

The young men have been with the Heavenly Mandate Army for a long time, and many people know Li Zicheng, even if they don't know Li Zicheng, looking at the cavalry behind, they can guess it.

Everyone put down the farm tools in their hands, knelt down on the ground one after another, and said tremblingly: "The Governor! ”

"Get up, no need to be polite!" Li Zicheng waved his hand and asked the young men to get up, "How's the land turning?" What kind of crops are you growing now? ”

"The land has turned over at least seventy percent," a man in his forties and close to fifty got up, and said carefully: "The one we are planting now is said to be called potatoes, and according to them, the yield can reach 1,000 catties, and if we plant it now, it will mature in February next year!" ”

Li Zicheng took a potato that had sprouted, flipped it left and right, and always felt that something was wrong, and suddenly saw half of the potatoes buried in the ground, and couldn't help laughing: "They transported the seeds of potatoes over, didn't they teach you planting techniques?" ”

"This ......," the man said, "they seem to have said that when the potatoes sprout, they can be buried in the ground, and when they are first in the ground, they can grow new potatoes as long as they are watered once every ten days and a half months......"

"That's true," Li Zicheng pulled out his waist knife and cut the potatoes in his hand into four parts, seeing that two of them were still very large, and they were cut again, "You see, using potatoes as seeds, you don't need to be whole, just take sprouts, and a small piece will be done!" ”

"Ah......" The man's eyes widened, and he took a small piece of potato and looked left and right, as if he didn't believe it, "can such a small piece survive if it is planted in the ground?" ”

"Rest assured, as long as you water more when you enter the soil, you will be able to live!" Li Zicheng patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "This kind of potato, in a good year, it is possible to have two thousand catties per mu, and the requirements for water are not too high, which is very suitable for Henan now." ”

"The villain got it!" The man muttered quietly, "It turns out that the Metropolitan also grows potatoes......"

Li Zicheng smiled secretly in his heart, when he was in Xining, he was also short of food, and the seeds brought back from Jiangnan made the people of Xining free from starvation, and the governor of Bendu naturally knew the basic technology of planting.

He looked at the man who looked like the leader and said with a smile: "These are coarse grains, with a large yield, and it's good to save lives, but you also need to plant some winter wheat, and refined grains are also indispensable!" ”

"The villain understands, the villain understands!" The man said one after another, "Lord Song has already arranged that seventy percent of the land will be planted with potatoes, and after the harvest next spring, it will be just right to plant spring wheat, and thirty percent of the land will be planted with winter wheat." ”

Li Zicheng came back from the farmland, and just drank half a cup of herbal tea in the big tent, Liu Yunshui came over and shouted outside the tent: "Governor Dadu, Zhujiazhai is a great victory!" ”

Zhujiazhai victory? The Ming army was only 3,000, and Lao Tzu transferred 15,000 soldiers, including 5,000 gunners, which is also called a great victory? Li Zicheng understands that Liu Yunshui is here to ask for military merits for his subordinates!

"General Liu, how many were beheaded by the first battalion and how many were captured?"

Liu Yunshui lifted the rolling curtain, entered the big tent, smiled, and said: "The first battalion didn't have many gains, killed one hundred and two enemies, captured sixty-three, but let go of nearly one hundred Ming troops......"

"This is a military order, and letting it go can be regarded as the military merit of the first battalion," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "What about the Chengtian battalion?" How many captures did the Chengtian Camp have? ”

Liu Yunshui said hesitantly: "Chengtian Camp...... It is said that less than five hundred were beheaded, and the rest all became prisoners of war, which should be more than two thousand! ”

Li Zicheng estimated that among the 500 people who were beheaded, I am afraid that many of them were wounded soldiers who were mended, and the real battle should not be too fierce!

Sure enough, Liu Yunshui said very depressedly: "Metropolitan Governor, these Ming troops have no combat effectiveness at all...... After the subordinates cleaned up the Ming army outside the embankment, they surrendered to the Chengtian camp as soon as they turned around......"

Isn't Shandong Bing very capable of fighting? At least in later generations, is it possible that the military spirit of the Ming army from all walks of life has been dispersed? No, you must not take it lightly, Li Zicheng stroked his chin with his hand, and said indifferently: "Send rangers to closely monitor the embankment, since the Shandong soldiers are here, it can't be only three thousand!" ”