Just as Zhu Cijiong was frantically expanding his army in Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places to prepare to exterminate the peasant rebel army, the leaders of the rebel armies from all walks of life were also frantically recruiting troops in the area of Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi, preparing to attack the city and plunder the land.

These leaders of the rebel army are all from Shaanxi, why did they go to Shanxi to recruit troops? These can be said to be the credit of Yang He, in the words of the leader of the rebel army: "Yang He, that old guy is so annoying, Shaanxi really can't stay." ”

Although Yang He did not recruit all the rebels, he still had merits, at least all the leaders of the rebels in Shaanxi were forced to Shanxi by him.

The rebels are really afraid of this old guy, no matter where they get into trouble, they will definitely receive a letter from this old guy, asking you whether to surrender or not, if you surrender, there is no benefit, if you do not surrender, it will be even better. Don't descend, Hong Chengchou, go up and beat them!

At the beginning, there were still a few rebels who were foolishly deceived by him and accepted Zhao'an, but it didn't take long for them to rebel again, no way, they couldn't live if they didn't rebel. The most hateful thing about this old guy is that Zhao Anzhi said that he is out of the blue, what guarantees that you all have food to eat, and behave well to give you the title of official and knight. Once you've foolishly listened to him and surrendered, he'll start playing tricks.

Eat, okay, I'll give you a few days to eat, and let me go back to my hometown obediently. Officials? How can I ask you for a seal for your performance, first, you didn't recruit other rebels, and second, you didn't contribute to the court, how can I ask for a seal for you?

The rebels from all walks of life played a round and round for him, except for a few full meals, he didn't get anything, this stick and carrots are really not delicious, you can't do it if you don't drop, you only have a stick to eat!

In this case, the leaders of the rebel army from all walks of life unanimously chose the first of the thirty-six strategies: taking the best policy.

Can't I leave if I can't mess with you? As a result, the rebels from all walks of life walked out of Shaanxi and came to nearby Shanxi.

Shanxi and Shaanxi are also three state capitals, Datong Mansion, Taiyuan Mansion and Pingyang Mansion, as long as you are not a fool will choose Pingyang Mansion, just kidding, Datong Mansion and Taiyuan Mansion are one of the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, a famous military town, go there to find death?

In this way, Pingyang Mansion became the base camp of the rebels, and the rebels from all walks of life came here to recruit troops and horses, echoing each other from afar, and the total number of rebels grew to more than 200,000 in less than three years!

The largest of these is the aforementioned Wang Jiayin, the king of Fugu, who captured Fugu in the first year of Chongzheng and called Wang Jianfu, and there were more than 30,000 horses under his command at that time. Later, all kinds of rebels came to vote, and his power continued to grow, and in the fourth year of Chongzheng, he actually let him develop to more than 100,000 people, accounting for more than half of the rebel army. There are countless capable people under him, such as the famous Zijin Liang Wang Ziyong, King Gao Yingxiang, the Eight Kings Zhang Xianzhong, the general Li Zicheng, the old Hui Ma Shouying, and Liu Guoneng are now all generals under him.

As soon as this power swelled, so did his ambitions, and a small piece of Pingyang Mansion could no longer satisfy Wang Jiayin's taste, so he set his sights on the neighboring Zezhou.

Zezhou is located in the southeast corner of Shanxi, is the only way from Shanxi to Henan, the traffic is convenient, the road extends in all directions, unlike Pingyang, and the Central Plains between the reckless mountains, the traffic is extremely inconvenient. It can be said that as long as Zezhou is occupied, the door to the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty will be opened, and when the time comes, whether it is to go south to Henan, and then occupy the world of flowers in the south of the Yangtze River; It is also convenient to enter the capital in the east and end the rule of the Zhu Ming Dynasty.

After Wang Jiayin discussed with his generals, he decided to attack Zezhou with the whole army to open the door to the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty.

More than 100,000 righteous troops rushed directly to Zezhou, such a big movement was naturally impossible to hide from the eyes of the imperial court, and the prefect of Zezhou was shocked after receiving the news, and immediately sent people to Taiyuan for help in an urgent manner of 800 li. According to Zhu Cijiong's arrangement of guarding the plant and waiting for the rabbit, Zezhou has a total of only 5,000 people, and it is possible to resist Wang Jiayin's 100,000 army a little, but it is impossible to keep Zezhou.

In fact, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, not all officials were greedy for life and afraid of death, and there were still many officials in the Chongzhen Dynasty who were not afraid of death and sacrificed their lives for the country, but everyone saw no hope in the future, and more and more people surrendered. Like this Zezhou prefect, he is not afraid of death, not only did he not flee from the wind, but left Zezhou City with only 5,000 men and horses, drove to the direction of Pingyang Mansion, and finally ran to Zezhou Yangcheng, which is the closest to Pingyang Mansion, preparing to defend the city and buy time for Lu Xiangsheng! There is no record of the name of the prefect of Zezhou in the historical materials, but he did block Wang Jiayin's pace in the Yangcheng area, he is also a bloody man, worthy of respect, I will not name him indiscriminately here, just replace it with the prefect of Zezhou.

Wang Jiayin naturally knew that the imperial court had sent a governor Lu Xiangsheng to gather an army of 100,000 in Taiyuan Mansion and prepare to exterminate them, but he was not afraid, thinking that he dared to capture Fugu with only a few thousand men and horses, occupy an area and claim the king, and now he has more than 100,000 people, what is he afraid of.

He was also a guard of the Ming army, and he still has a good understanding of the combat effectiveness of those recruits in the imperial court. Isn't it just a group of peasants who have just put down their hoes, they are also peasants, and the peasants under him have been "fighting" in the northwest for three or four years, and the recruits under Lu Xiangsheng have not even been on the battlefield, even if there are 100,000 troops, he really doesn't care about them.

Pingyang Mansion is next to Zezhou, it is said that Wang Jiayin's army should be able to arrive in Yangcheng in a day or two, but the southern part of Pingyang Mansion and the border of Zezhou are also reckless mountains, Wang Jiayin took more than 100,000 people over the mountains and mountains, and walked for five or six days before arriving at Yangcheng.

He thought that Yangcheng would be guarded by more than 1,000 people, and he would be scared away when he saw his more than 100,000 horses, but he never thought that Yangcheng was closed at this time, and he was heavily guarded.

Wang Jiayin is also a soldier who has been a soldier, so naturally he will not leave a nail on his back road, this Yangcheng must be taken, otherwise once the battle is lost, the back road will be gone. So, he gave an order, and the army of more than 100,000 people directly blocked the water of the small Yangcheng siege.

At that time, there were no aircraft and artillery, and there were no tanks and armored vehicles, and the walls of several meters high could not be directly collapsed, so they could only build ladder wells to climb up, or build a siege vehicle to break open the city gate, but these needed to be filled with human lives.

Therefore, "Sun Tzu's Art of War" has a cloud: Therefore, the army is plotted, the second is the enemy, the second is the army, and the next is to attack the city, which is to warn the generals who lead the army, and the siege is the next policy, but if there is a little way, do not attack the city.

Wang Jiayin also learned "Sun Tzu's Art of War", so at first he did not plan to attack hard, the so-called: attack the heart first, attack the city for the bottom, he decided to persuade the surrender to try first, it is really not too late to attack the city.

The prefect of Zezhou naturally also learned "The Art of War", so he used the strategy of delaying the army. If you want to persuade you to surrender, okay, come on, let's talk about it first.

So the two sides began a long negotiation process, of course, this negotiation is not a face-to-face negotiation, but a letter with a bow and arrow, that is, Wang Jiayin wrote a letter of persuasion and let people shoot into the city, if the prefect of Zezhou is willing to talk, he will reply within a day, if he does not reply within a day, then he can only fight.

Since it is a plan to delay the army, the prefect of Zezhou will naturally reply to the letter, and he will definitely not be satisfied with the benefits promised by Wang Jiayin in the persuasion letter, and he will put forward conditions that are almost outrageous, so that Wang Jiayin can bargain with him.

Wang Jiayin really fell for it and began to bargain with him, you talked back and forth for five or six days, and the opinions of the two sides slowly began to unify.

Wang Jiayin is getting happier and happier, the siege is not so simple, it takes five or six days to prepare the siege equipment, and now it takes not a single soldier to take Yangcheng, it is really the attack on the heart!

The prefect of Zezhou is getting more and more anxious, why hasn't the governor come yet, I really can't hold it back, and if I don't surrender, I really have to fight.

What is Governor Lu Xiangsheng doing? Find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.