Although the successive victories made Gao Yihuan a little complacent and a little floating, he still knew very well about the entire grand strategy of the Wei army, and he knew that he did not have the strength to defeat the main force of the Qing army now, and the goal this time was to promote peace with war.

More than 200,000 Duoduo troops were concentrated in southern Henan, and the Qing army was concentrated, and Gao Yihuan really didn't dare to touch it.

In recent years, he has fought with the Qing army, basically fighting the Qing army's division, and each time he has used at least twice as many troops to deal with the Qing army.

Gao Yihuan fought against the Qing army, and there was no example of winning more with less.

Now if he wants to fight a decisive battle with more than 200,000 Qing troops, the Qing army's strength is twice that of him, Gao Yihuan will not do it.

Therefore, when Gao Yihuan faced the main force of the Qing army, he was ready to adopt a defensive strategy, so that the Qing army understood that he could not eat him and took the initiative to retreat.

However, blindly defending in southern Henan is not Gao Yihuan's style, so he suddenly remembered the black brother who had been abandoned by him.

If Liu Shun and even Gao Jie of Xuzhou were pulled out and let them operate in Shandong, eastern Henan, and northern Zhili, the Qing army in southern Henan would definitely be distracted.

At that time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty saw that they could not defeat southern Henan, and that there was a problem in the occupied area, so they would definitely re-examine Gao Yihuan's conditions.

Gao Yihuan was on the hard top of the frontal battlefield, and Liu Heizi attacked the Qing army on the battlefield behind enemy lines, which would inevitably hit Dorgon's ambition to annex the world and make him accept the reality of the world's sufficiency.

Gao Yihuan wants to implement this strategy, and Liu Heizi, who he has forgotten, has value, and it is worth Gao Yihuan's help.

At that moment, Gao Yihuan reiterated that the strategic goal of the Wei army was to force the Qing army to retreat and promote peace by war, and carefully explained his plan.

The generals have also calmed down now, and if they really want to open up a battle with more than 200,000 Qing troops, the generals of the Wei army have no bottom in their hearts.

Therefore, everyone agreed with Gao Yihuan's decision, not only because he was the king of Wei and everyone had to listen to what he said, but also because what he said was indeed reasonable.

The Wei army and the main force of the Qing army also fought, and there was not much chance of victory, but more than 100,000 Wei troops defended southern Henan, but they were very sure to block the Qing army.

At this time, behind the Qing army, the probability of the Wei army holding southern Henan is even greater.

Since this is the case, then the Wei army naturally has to choose a conservative strategy with a good chance of winning.

At this time, seeing that no one objected, Gao Yihuan immediately ordered, "Yuan Zongdi, Gao Yicheng, Wang Yingzhen, the three of you will lead 3,000 soldiers and horses, change into Qing army clothes, and then go directly to Mengjin, go down the Yellow River, and touch Shangqiu to relieve Liu Shun of the siege." “

Yuan Zongdi was born in the Shun army and had a mobile combat operation, Gao Yicheng was Gao Yihuan's old brother, and he went to contact Liu Heizi on his behalf, Wang Yingzhen was a soldier of the Eight Banners, proficient in Manchu and Mongolian, and knew the Eight Banners and the Qing army very well, so he could solve many troubles on the road and facilitate them to touch Shangqiu.

After Kaifeng Mansion was flooded by Li Zicheng, it is still a no-man's land, and it should not be a big problem for them to go to the rear of the Qing army.

"Wait for the order!" When the three of them heard this, they immediately came out and hugged their fists.

Gao Yihuan bowed slightly, seeing Li Dingguo nodding unconsciously, as if he recognized his arrangement, Gao Yihuan immediately smiled at him, what does it mean, I want to go with King Gu.

After the discussion was completed, Gao Yihuan left the third person of Yuan Zong, and explained some things, and the next morning, the Wei army continued to march eastward, and at noon the army entered the city of Luoyang.

Luoyang is not only the provincial capital of Henan Province and the center of Henan, but also the capital of the world in the traditional sense, which is of great political significance.

Tianxia, Beijing, Nanjing, Luoyang, Xi'an, occupy any place, they are qualified to be kings, and people feel less abrupt, they feel that they have the strength to be kings, but other cities, even cities like Wuchang and Chengdu, will make people feel unreliable.

This is the great political significance of Luoyang as the central capital, but at this time, Luoyang City does not seem to welcome Gao Yihuan, nor does it welcome the arrival of the Wei army.

In the western suburbs of Luoyang, on the vast wilderness, the Wei army was full of soldiers and soldiers, Gao Yihuan rode a horse and stood under the banner of Daxu, looking at the towering city wall in the distance, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He picked up the clairvoyant mirror and looked at the head of the city, and saw that there were Qing troops standing on every wall battlement at the head of the city, and there were many flags and flags on the city, obviously ready for battle.

"King, Geng Zhongming is ready!" Xu Heihu's eyes were red, he pursued for a day and a night, although he rested for a night, he obviously had not recovered.

Gao Yihuan put down the clairvoyant mirror, glanced at the city from afar, and said to the people around him: "Let the brothers camp and rest, and send people to surround Luoyang on all sides." “

Saying that, Gao Yihuan looked at Chen Mingxia, "Mr. Trouble wrote a letter for this king, appeased Geng Zhongming, and limited him to surrender within three days!" “

Chen Mingxia smiled and received the order, and Gao Yihuan waved his hand, "Go to the camp!" “

Outside the city, the Wei army began to camp, and Geng Zhongming and others at the head of the city breathed a sigh of relief and went down to the city to return to the palace.

In the palace, as soon as Geng Zhongming had eaten something, several generals rushed over, took out a letter from his bosom, and presented it to him: "Lord, Gao Yihuan shot a letter into the city. ”

Geng Zhongming's face was frosty, and he looked at the letter held up by the general for a while, and finally took the letter and started to watch it.

The content of the letter was very simple, advising him to surrender in three days to keep his father and son safe, otherwise, after the city was broken, the whole clan would be slaughtered, and let him take Kong Youde as a warning.

Geng Zhongming's face was cloudy, judging from the content of the letter, Geng Jimao did not die, but fell into Gao Yihuan's hands, which made him breathe a sigh of relief, but Gao Yihuan wanted to use Geng Jimao to threaten him, which was obviously very wrong.

"Gao Yihuan wants to recruit this king, but there is no door!" Suddenly, Geng Zhongming directly tore the letter to shreds in front of many generals.

Although Geng Zhongming was the Huaishun King of the Qing Dynasty, he still had secret agents from the Qing court by his side, who were responsible for monitoring his movements, so he did this.

Of course, this is also his original intention, although he feels sorry for Geng Jimao, but he did a good job of King Huaishun of the Qing Dynasty, and he still has a large family here, but it is impossible for him to be coerced by Gao Yihuan because of Geng Jimao.

Geng Zhongming glanced at everyone, "Not only will this king not surrender, but he will also hold on to Luoyang, wait for reinforcements to come to the rescue, and then defeat Gao Yihuan." ”

At that moment, Geng Zhongming sent his generals, but he entered the study, and his heart began to suffer.

That night, in the Wei army camp outside Luoyang City, 3,000 Wei army elites were lined up.

These 3,000 people are an elite army temporarily formed by Gao Yihuan, including Shun veterans, elites of Xuanfeng Battalion, and secret agents of Xuanyiwei, led by Yuan Zongdi and Gao Yicheng, to rescue Shangqiu City.

At this time, after Gao Yihuan said a few words to Yuan Zongdi, he took another bowl of wine, handed it to Gao Yicheng, and solemnly instructed: "Yicheng, after doing this bowl of wine, the journey will be smooth!" ”

Gao Yicheng raised his head and drank it, and threw the bowl down, "Don't worry, the king will definitely complete his mission!" ”

Gao Yihuan patted Gao Yicheng's shoulder, "Okay!" The Lone King believes in you. When you see Liu Heizi, you want to tell him that King Gu has not forgotten his brother, and has been taking care of his sister-in-law and niece wholeheartedly! ”

Gao Yicheng nodded heavily, "The minister will do a good job of Liu Heizi's work!" ”

Gao Yihuan bowed slightly, and then waved his hand, "Let's go, sons!" ”

Yuan Zongdi, Gao Yicheng and others gave Gao Yihuan a salute, and after a short time, the three thousand Wei troops drove out of the camp and looked at Mengjin in the north.

In Luoyang City, Geng Zhongming has been unable to sleep since Gao Yihuan's soldiers came to the city.

On the night of the third day, because after dawn was the deadline given by Gao Yihuan, Geng Zhongming didn't sleep all night.

Early in the morning, before dawn, Geng Zhongming left the palace with red eyes, went to check the city defenses, and prepared to deal with the attack of the Wei army.

On the way he rode a horse, his spirit was a little trance-like, and he thought about whether he would kill his son to sacrifice the flag when Gao Yihuan attacked the city, or cut Geng Jimao in front of him in front of him.

Just as he was thinking wildly, a general came in a hurry, and he reported loudly from afar, "Lord Wang, the Wei army has retreated!" ”

Geng Zhongming was shocked, hurriedly galloped on horseback, hurriedly went to the city, and looked outside the city, and the Wei army camp was indeed gone.

Looking at the empty land outside the city, Geng Zhongming was stunned for a moment, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

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