A day later, Luo Ru, who was outside Kaifeng, got the news, and he was furious, someone actually killed his men, and his troops lost more than fifty percent. Since he and Li Zicheng have been in association, from north to south, and then from south to north, when have they suffered such a big loss? The most infuriating thing is that this time it was the official army who killed his subordinate generals first, which was really arrogant

He immediately asked the troops to prepare, to first go and destroy the group of officers and soldiers who dared to provoke, and then attack and open the blockade. However, he is not a brute, he knows that the strength of this group of officers and soldiers is not weak, so this time he will bring 50,000 troops, including 20,000 combatable soldiers, which is half of the strength in his hand, enough to compete with Zuo Liangyu.

When Luo Rucai was about to set off, Li Zicheng came to Luo Rucai's camp.

"Cao Cao," Li Zicheng said dissatisfiedly, "what are you going to do?" It's time to step up here, and you've taken down all the cannons? ”

Luo Rucai said lightly: "There is an official army who doesn't open his eyes, he has provoked me, I have to deal with it." ”

"Open the seal first" Li Zicheng sat down directly and ordered: "When the Kaifeng City is broken, you will deal with other things." ”

Luo Rucai sneered: "Your eyes were blinded by the defenders in Kaifeng City, you want to take revenge." But my subordinates were also killed by the officials and soldiers of Qi County, and I will also take revenge."

Li Zicheng frowned and said, "What words?" I'm here for revenge? What is Kaifeng? It is the city of Henan Province, the north-south thoroughfare, the heart of the Central Plains, Kaifeng, and the south of the Yellow River is our world, and when the time comes, the world will correspond, isolating the north and the south, and the court will not be finished in a long time."

"Don't talk about these useless things," Luo Rucai said impatiently: "Kaifeng is here, he can't run the officials and soldiers of Qi County, but he has long legs." Wait until I'm going to clean up those guys who are in a hurry to reincarnate, and then I'll open the seal with you. ”

"You" Li Zicheng pointed at Luo Rucai, and he was about to say what he scolded his mother. But in the end, he still held back, and now it is still time to unite, Luo Rucai is not his old subordinate, and when it is serious, he will leave with the team, and there is no hope for him to attack Kaifeng alone.

"Go ahead and attack the city." Luo Rucai stood up and said as he walked out: "I'm going to go first, and I'll be back in three or two days." ”

Li Zicheng followed and said: "That's it, I'll let Li Guo take someone with you, let's fight the tiger and the rabbit, strike with all our might, and wipe them out in the shortest possible time, so that we can come back immediately and continue to open the seal." ”

Luo Rucai waved his hand: "No need, let's do our own things." There are no more than three or four thousand officers and soldiers, and my 50,000 army already looks up to them. ”

Li Zicheng looked at Luo Rucai's back, and could only squeak his teeth. He said to himself: "One day, you will have to listen to what I say and what I say"

However, Luo Rucai only took 50,000 people and some artillery. For them, who have an army of hundreds of thousands, it doesn't make much of a difference. Li Zicheng asked Gao Yigong to send some people to fill the position left by Luo Rucai. He also assigned 8,000 men who had just been trained for half a month to the troops in advance, so that the offensive of the troops was not affected in any way.

Li Zicheng hasn't gone back yet, so Liu Zongmin came to find him. He roared angrily: "What about Cao Cao? At this time, he retreated, and he didn't say a word, if it weren't for the fact that the officials and soldiers in the city didn't dare to come out, he would have been caught off guard."

"Let's go," Li Zicheng also said unhappily: "I took someone to Qixian County to avenge his subordinates." ”

Liu Zongmin scolded a swear word, and then said suspiciously: "Qi County? Wasn't Li Mu there? Didn't Shi Jincai also come out of there? ”

Li Zicheng knew what Liu Zongmin meant, waved his hand and said: "Don't worry about him, he said that he will do his own things as long as he can come back soon, but he has taken a lot of cannons with him." ”

"Then you shouldn't be able to suffer a loss," Liu Zongmin nodded and said, "According to Shi Jincai, Li Yan in Qixian County is not easy to deal with. It's a pity that they are willing to work for the imperial court. ”

"Hmph" Li Zicheng sneered and said: "When Kaifeng is captured, if they don't surrender, let them all go to see the king of Hades."

Liu Zongmin proposed: "Don't be so anxious, persuade me first, Li Mu should be willing to come back, after all, he is an old brother." Let them train us soldiers, that Shi Jincai is already good, and he trains soldiers more like an official army than an official army. If Li Mu is added, then more elite soldiers can be trained. ”

Li Zicheng said disdainfully: "You can only defend, what's the use?" Besides, according to his practice method, how many soldiers can we train? The crossbow bolts alone are not costly. Not to mention he still needs cannons. It's just a team of 1,000 people, and he still wants to have cannons, but I think he has other ideas. ”

"What about letting him lead the army alone?" Liu Zongmin frowned and said, "Isn't he a grasshopper on the same rope as us?" Can he go to the official army again? ”

"The military is formulating various regulations, and we have more troops, we can't go on like this anymore, there must be a rule." Li Zicheng glanced at Liu Zongmin and said.

Since that Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance came, Li Zicheng's control over the team began to tighten. All the teams from all over the country who come to take refuge, if they are large shares, they can let the original leader lead the army, and if they are small shares, they will be assigned to other teams and become someone else's subordinate. Moreover, he controlled the distribution of strong men, did not allow the troops to expand their numbers at will, and also used food supplies to choke their necks.

These made Liu Zongmin a little dissatisfied, and he could feel that Li Zicheng was gradually taking power, so as to respond to the motto of "Eighteen sons, the main artifact". But now they are all stabbing outsiders, and they have no impact on their old brothers, but they are more beneficial, so he doesn't want to say more.

At this time, Li Yan also received a detailed battle report sent by Li Zhong, and he was also thinking about the offensive of the troops. All along, they have been defensive, setting up formations, waiting for the enemy to attack, and then killing and injuring the enemy in large numbers. But what if the enemy is unwilling to attack? What should they do? This is especially a problem when the enemy has a sufficient superiority in troops.

Judging from the situation this time, Qian Er's change of formation was very timely, and there was no problem in dealing with it, and he successfully resolved the enemy's outflanking. Moreover, it successfully advanced to the killing distance of the artillery, and defeated the frontal enemy with sudden artillery fire. If it weren't for the lack of cavalry, they might have been able to crush all of the enemy.

But he knew it was a question he couldn't get around. His troops must learn to attack actively, and although there may be heavy casualties, this is the price that must be paid in war.

Li Yan instructed: "Send a copy of the detailed report to all localities, and order to reward Qian Er, and then reward him for his meritorious deeds after the war." ”

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