To the north of Yuncheng, Sun Chuanting formed a large array to resist the attack of the thieves, and Li Zicheng used a five-fold battle formation to drive away the hooligans and miscellaneous soldiers, and broke the formation with the tactics of a sea of people.

Sun Chuanting's officers and troops successively resisted the impact of the homeless, miscellaneous soldiers, the infantry army, the cavalry, and the four formations of men and horses, but the rain in the sky affected the firearms of the officers and soldiers, and the soldiers were cold and hungry, and they were also attacked by the wheel battle of the army.

After the car formation lost two formations of shelter, it began to be unable to parry, and was broken into by the elite cavalry of the fifth battalion of the breaking army, and the battlefield situation changed dramatically in an instant.

Gao Jie led the officers and soldiers to launch a counterattack, intending to stabilize the front, but the thieves were as vast as the sea, and the officers and soldiers were consumed by most of the four bandits, and the counterattack was weak.

The battlefield from fighting each other, into the pursuit of the army, seven or eight hundred thousand thieves poured out, relentlessly chasing, chasing and killing the official army for more than 400 miles, the Qin army suffered more than 40,000 casualties, the loss of almost all the weapons and baggage, the Ming Dynasty only in the "one pair of belongings" lost all, since then it has become a lamb to be slaughtered.

Li Zicheng defeated Sun Chuanting at the cost of losing more than 200,000 people, and the strategic problem of the thief army was easily solved.

After defeating Sun Chuanting, the military threat of the Ming Dynasty to Li Zicheng no longer existed, and there was only one problem that plagued the army, that is, military rations.

In order to obtain grain and grass, in November, Li Zicheng besieged Nanyang, the cloud ladder stood like a wall, the army did not count the casualties, besieged endlessly, went down to Nanyang for three days, captured the treasury army of the Tang Domain, and wanted to take advantage of the situation to take Runing again, and sweep away all the forces of the official army in Henan.

Runing City, outside the yamen of the state capital, a team of cavalry galloped to the door, and before the horse was stable, the second brother jumped off the horse, and then threw the whip away, and hurried to the ya.

In the yamen, in a public room, Lu Yifang was sitting upright to deal with the file, and the door was suddenly pushed open by Gao Yihuan.

When he entered the house, he walked straight to his feet, picked up the teapot in the corner and poured himself a bowl, and then raised his head and drank it.

Seeing this, Lu Yifang looked a little surprised and said, "Duwei is this?" ”

", I'm in big trouble!" Gao Yihuan put the tea bowl on the table, turned around and burst into a foul language regardless of the occasion, he saw Lu Yifang frowning slightly, so he hurriedly changed his tone, "Lu Fujun will sit down first, let me speak slowly." ”

Lu Yifang left the table, sat down on the second left in front of the seats on both sides of the aisle, and left the first left to Gao Yihuan.

After the second brother sat down, he said directly: "Li Zicheng defeated Inspector Sun in Yuzhou, and now he has taken Nanyang. ”

Lu Yifang was slightly stunned when he heard this, his face couldn't help showing sadness, and he sighed in his heart, "The imperial court is still defeated." ”

In fact, after the defeat of Zhuxian Town, the flooding of Kaifeng, and the dismissal of Yang Wenyue, Lu Yifang was already a little disappointed in the imperial court. He, like many people, put his last hope on Sun Chuanting, but now that Sun Chuanting has been defeated, as long as anyone with a little sanity knows that the Ming Dynasty is going to die.

"Li Zicheng defeated the official army and captured Nanyang, the general trend has been achieved, isn't this a good thing for the captain?" Lu Yifang came back to his senses, he looked at Gao Yihuan with a depressed face, and said with a smile: "Duwei is Li Zicheng's general, Li Zicheng is about to become a general, and Duwei can be regarded as a founding hero." ”

Gao Yihuan glanced at him, "At this time, Lu Fujun should not laugh. I also told you my opinion on Li Zicheng before, and I also analyzed the current situation in the world. Whether he can succeed or not, we won't talk about it now, the question I am concerned about at this time is that Li Zicheng has taken Nanyang and has sent scouts to investigate Runing, how should I deal with it. ”

The second brother of the high school took a bite of Li Zicheng in his mouth, without the slightest respect, and the people below naturally knew his attitude towards Li Zicheng.

Lu Yifang was shocked when he heard this, "Li Zicheng is coming to Runing?" ”

The situation in Runing is actually good now, but once Li Zicheng comes to Runing, I am afraid that Runing's situation at this time will no longer exist.

"He is still resting in Nanyang, but when he scouts him outside the city, he must be coveting the Chongwang Domain." The second brother looked a little anxious, "Li Zicheng relied on robbing the vassal king to maintain the army, he has arrived in Nanyang, and he knows that I took Runing, so he must ask me for money and food." Is there any way for Lu Fujun to let me pass this hurdle? ”

Now that Li Zicheng is in full swing, the second brother doesn't dare to offend him, if Li Zicheng really asks him for it, the second brother can't refuse at all.

Lu Yifang groaned slightly, and suddenly asked, "I want to ask Du Wei a question?" ”

"It's all this time, what Lu Fujun wants to say, just say it." Gao Yihuan was indeed a little anxious.

"Does the governor value the money of the feudal treasury more, or do he value Runing more?" Lu Yifang looked at Gao Yihuan and said.

"I value both money and Runing." The second brother blurted out.

When Lu Yifang heard this, his face stiffened, he stood up and waved his hand, "Then don't ask me, you go to someone else to find the method of double perfection." ”

The second brother hurriedly grabbed him, "Don't be impatient, I haven't finished talking yet." Naturally, I value the Runing Mansion more, but I also want to keep the money from the Domain. ”

Speaking of this, the second brother's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "Otherwise, I will hand over King Chong to Li Zicheng~"

If Zhu Youqiao was here, he would definitely vomit blood when he heard this, and Lu Yifang, who had just been pulled to sit down, suddenly stood up again, almost turning his face.

Although Chongfan is useless, it is a fig leaf for those surrendering officials, if there is no Chongfan, then their faces will not look good, and they will really be completely thieves.

Seeing this, Gao Yihuan hurriedly waved his hand, denied his statement, and hurriedly said: "It's funny, King Chong has done me a great favor, how can I sell him to Li Zicheng!" ”

In fact, the second brother really wanted to hand over Zhu Youqiao to Li Zicheng, but looking at Lu Yifang's reaction, he could only give up.

At this time, he saw that Lu Yifang's expression was relaxed, so he asked helplessly: "Nafu Jun tell me your method." ”

Lu Yifang showed a teachable expression, and after sitting down again, he sorted out his thoughts and began to ask, "Are the scouts outside the city gone?" ”

"Not yet, I let Zhao Zhuzi drag them." Gao Yihuan hurriedly replied.

Lu Yifang nodded, no longer mentioning this matter, but said: "Li Zicheng has millions of people, and wherever he passes, it is like locusts crossing the border, wherever he goes, the local grain will inevitably be eaten cleanly." In addition, millions of rogues will inevitably burn and loot into Runing, and the people's livelihood in Runing will inevitably wither and be dilapidated. ”

Gao Yihuan nodded, if Li Zicheng really pulled out the camp and came to Runing to eat a big household, millions of thieves would flock to the land of Yifu, and there would be no military discipline constraints, which would inevitably bring ruin. The second brother Gao's little strength did not dare to offend Li Zicheng, who was at the height of his edge, and naturally he did not dare to stop the looting of the intruding army.

Lu Yifang saw that the second brother recognized his words, so he continued: "So what the captain has to do is to gain Li Zicheng's trust, and he can't let Li Zicheng come to Runing, so that he can rest assured that Runing will be handed over to you." ”

(End of chapter)