The battle of Wang Huozhai ended in defeat for us, and we retreated to Pingyu Street. In order to prevent the attack of the Qing army, Chen Daxi ordered the village to be repaired, and with the efforts of the soldiers and the common people, a number of villages with high walls and deep moats were built, and each village was connected to each other, "like a bead". After Zhang Yao defeated us, he said to the outside world that he would step on Pingyu Street. Zhang Yao and General Yin led the Qing soldiers to Pingyu Street. After passing the Gaoping Temple and coming to the area occupied by the Twist Army, Chen Daxi commanded the cavalry to retreat after a burst of assault, and then retreated after an ambush. Why? Just because the morale of the Qing soldiers is high and there are many of them, we can't fight hard. In the afternoon, the Qing army was harassed all the way, but they also killed the village on Pingyu Street. Unexpectedly, our artillery was fierce, and Zhang Yao's troops suffered heavy losses, so they urgently ordered to withdraw their troops.

The next day, Zhang Yao kept challenging us, but we just couldn't hold out, but we had already sent people to ambush behind Zhang Yao's barracks. The Qing army challenged the insults, and we only pushed the deaf. The Qing army was about to rest and make food, so we opened the gate of the village and beat the drums of war. The Qing army hurriedly loaded into battle, and we closed the gate again. After several trips, it was getting late, and the Qing army was already sleepy and tired. In desperation, Zhang Yao ordered the troops to be collected and returned to the camp. Suddenly, the artillery rang out, and the rear twisted army rushed out, Zhang Yao was shocked, and when the urgent order to start the war, Chen Daxi led the people to rush out of the village early, and rushed to kill in both directions, so that the Qing soldiers were divided and surrounded, and we were left to slaughter. Soon, there were not many Qing soldiers left. Only Zhang Tingjie and some guards were left in front of Zhang Yao's tent. Zhang Tingjie was shot to death to break out of the encirclement, and was killed by the soldiers of the Twist Army. There were only two guards left. Twist Jun shouted: "Capture Zhang Yao alive!" Zhang Yao was sweating profusely, but he still rushed to kill with a knife, and was later stabbed in the thigh by a soldier of the Twist Army. When he was about to capture Zhang Yao alive, the general Yin Guest led the Qing soldiers to rush in, desperately saved Zhang Yao, and fled towards Runing Mansion. On the way, he was intercepted and killed by the Twist Army, and when he fled to Runing, there were not many Qing soldiers in Yin's guest.

Henan Governor Yan Shusen's document to force the enemy within a time limit was transmitted to Runing Mansion, catching up with Zhang Yao's new defeat, Zheng Yuanshan had to personally lead the Qing soldiers towards Pingyu Street. Zheng believes that although the twisted army is a horn for each other, but relatively scattered, the strength is strong and weak, if you want to overcome Pingyu Street, you need to first overcome the small village close to Runing Mansion, cut off the momentum of mutual rescue of the twisted army, and then step by step, straight to Pingyu. The closest to Runing are Wangzhai and Cao Qi and Dahan Village. Chen Daxi had expected it and had personally stationed in Wangzhai. Zheng Yuanshan sent Li Zhongkui and Zhou Denggao to attack Wangzhai in two ways, and the cavalry of the Twist Army went into battle, and there were casualties among each other. Zheng Yuanshan personally led his troops to attack the village. At this time, Cao Yan, Dahan Zhai two teams of the army has already rescued, Chen Daxi also opened the village to fight, the Qing army was attacked by the enemy, suddenly chaos, the Qing soldiers were almost wiped out, fortunately the garrison officer Zhang Wencheng led the cavalry to arrive, rescued in time. Since then, there have been more than two months of confrontation.

Naturally, we can't fight like this every day and let Zheng Yuanshan lead us by the nose. Chen Daxi had already assigned any Qin to besiege Zhengyang County and capture three Qing army camps in the southeast, north and south. Let Shi Chunyi and Li Xiangjun lead 5,000 men and horses to attack Xincai County. Shenqiu, Xiangcheng, and the twisted army attacked the village day and night, looting the local tyrants. The army of Queshan, Xixian and Linquan "besieged the city wall" and "Yujing was eroded". But our Twist Army also suffered heavy losses: generals such as Ren Qin, Li Heyun and others were killed in battle. Zhang Fenglin, Huo Guangyu, and Xiao Wenxin were defeated by the Qing army one after another, and the leaders Fan Dazhou and Liu Taoer were killed in battle. After Chen Daxi heard about it, he held a meeting overnight. Chen Huiru thought that the Qing soldiers from Henan had all come to Runing Mansion and had transferred troops from Jilin and Hubei to fight, and the Twist Army in Pingyu Street should not be able to support it for long. In my opinion, all units of the Zhai Twist Army should unite in one place, unify command, and fight in a unified manner. Prevent being broken one by one. The artillery and muskets of the Qing soldiers were fierce, and our weapons were poor, so we should avoid their sharp edges and attack their weak points. It is also necessary to do a good job in relations with the masses and recruit troops. Chen Shuangxi believes that it is also necessary to launch production, do a good job in production, and quickly replenish military supplies. At the end of the meeting, all the recommendations were adopted.

Then there was good news. Miao Peilin, the leader of the Twist Army, who was trained in the Anhui Regiment, sent his nephew Miao Tianqing and the general Pan Si to assist the Pingyu Twist Army in the battle. This Miao Peilin Taoist was born and capricious. But now that Miao Peilin has rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, he should use his strength to break the Qing army. As a result, Chen Daxi dispatched thousands of elite soldiers and joined forces with Miao Tianqing and Pan Si to the south to prepare to recruit troops to expand the army. When Zheng Yuanshan heard the news, he urgently ordered the deputy general Ji Chang to lead his troops to pursue. When he arrived at Han Frozen Town, he saw the flag of the Twist Army and wanted to kill him. Unexpectedly, the Twist Army killed from the rear, Jichang was shocked, and hurriedly turned back to kill, and the Twist Army in front returned. Surround it. In the end, Jichang was killed, and the entire Qing army was destroyed.

After arriving in Zhengyang, Zhang Fenglin, Huo Guangyu, Xiao Wenxin, and Shi Zhongxu, the leaders of the Zhengyang Twist Army, accepted the leadership and joined the team. Subsequently, Chen Daxi led the army to attack Queshan and broke the Qing army. then went south to kill Zhao Zhen of Minggangyi, and established a Twist Army base in Xiao Wenxin's territory. Zheng Yuanshan was shocked to learn that Jichang had been killed, and Chen Daxi had set up a steep ditch base. At this time, Zhang Yao's injuries were already healed. So the two divided their troops. Zheng Yuanshan continued to attack Pingyu Street. Zhang Yao led the army to recover Zhengyang. At this time, the forces of Huaiyang, Xiangcheng, and Runing Mansion were scattered by the two, and the twisted armies from all over the country took the opportunity to rise. The Qing court called it "the most difficult period in Henan".

After Zhang Yao arrived in Zhengyang, it coincided with Chen Daxi's attack on Zhengyang County. Jiang Yuan, the foreign commissar of the Qing army, and Wang Pei, the commander of the Qiandu, have all been killed. But the Twist Army also suffered heavy losses. Miao Tianqing and others led the army back to Anhui, and Chen Daxi retreated to the steep ditch. Chen Daxi expected that Zhang Yao would definitely pursue and attack, so he set up an ambush early, and Zhang Yao was blocked halfway through and suffered a big defeat. Flee from the culvert with a few personal soldiers to the bronze bell. After that, sneak back to Runing Mansion.

After this victory, Chen Daxi attacked Xinyang. defeated the Shangjialou group training and won countless funds. It is stationed in Yangheji, which is thirty miles away from Xinyang City. At this time, there were only a few soldiers in Xinyang City, and the Taoist Kuai Hesun sent Wei Zhenduo, the general manager, and Gu Chao, to gather more than 4,000 people to train and march towards Yangheji. At this time, more than 6,000 people of the Twist Army secretly crossed the Huai River and had already gone around behind the enemy. When Wei Zhenduo just walked to Xiao Wangdian, the twisted army was all over the mountains and fields, and the Qing army was in chaos. Wei Zhenduo escaped from the encirclement in a desperate fight. The Gu Dynasty fought in succession, but was defeated by the Twist Army, and the enemy army collapsed on all fronts, and corpses were everywhere.

Huo Guangyu, Yue Deyang and other twist troops fought with the regimental training led by Li Hongzao of Zhixian County in the south of Xixian County at this time, and they were killed twice, and Li Hongzao was beheaded by the twist army. Subsequently, the troops were divided to the south and surrounded Xixian, Guangshan, and Luoshan. The Taoist Kuai Hesun hurriedly asked the governor Yan Shusen for help, but Yan was transferred due to the disadvantage of suppressing bandits, and Zheng Yuanshan took over as the governor of Henan. At this time, the Twist Army of the steep ditch was fully dispatched to attack Xinyang. Surrounded Xinyang on all sides and cut off the supply of grain and grass in the city. and beat the local tyrants and divided the money and grain. The poor people in Xinyang are all wrapped in yellow scarves and holding twisted flags. The whole territory has become the world of the twisted army. Xinyang and its surrounding areas were rich in grain and rice, and since then, military supplies and resources have been continuously sent to the occupied areas of Ru, Ying and other twisted armies, making great contributions to the future war of resistance.

During the attack on Xinyang, one day, two Taiping Heavenly Kingdom soldiers dressed in red suddenly came to the camp and asked to see Chen Daxi, saying that they were sent by Chen Decai, the king of support, and a letter was submitted. After reading the letter, Chen Daxi learned that Chen Decai, the king of Fu, had sent Zhang Lexing, the king of Wo, and others to besiege Yingzhou, and asked Chen Daxi to help contain Zhang Yao in order to prevent Zhang Yao from sneaking east to attack Yingzhou's army. After reading this letter, Chen Daxi thought that this matter was very important and related to the future of the brothers. So Zhang Fenglin, Huo Guangyu, and Xiao Wenxin discussed, and decided to fight jointly with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom army. So he divided his troops to the east to assist the Taiping army in attacking Yingzhou. On the other hand, he returned to Runing to besiege Fucheng and contain Zhang Yao.

Having said that, when Chen Daxi led the elite south, the Pingyu Street Twist Army was led by Wang Yuguo. Zhang Yao took the opportunity to break through Wang Zhai and Cao Yan. Wang Yuguo led his soldiers to camp in Anzhuang and Xuzhuang near Cao Yan to block the Qing army, but Zhang Yao's troops shelled and burned the village. Later, he went out of Zhuang to meet the enemy, but was defeated by the Qing army, and the Qing army then occupied Guolou in order to level the street. At this time, Chen Daxi led the army back, and directed the army Xu Siwan, Shi Buguang, Xiao Wenxin, Huo Guangyu, Zhang Fenglin and others to divide their troops into several ways and surround Guo Louqing's army. At the same time, they camped in Litun and completely isolated the Qing soldiers in Guolou.

At this time, Yin Qizhiquan of Runing Mansion has been dismissed, and the new governor Yin Liu Chengzhong. This man is a civil official, and he is very cautious. As soon as he arrived in Runing, he saw that the counties and towns around Runing were all Twist Army base areas, so he complained bitterly, but he had no choice but to continue to "twist" hard. At the end of the year, Liu Chengzhong received a report from Tanma, saying that the Twist Army was going to attack Fucheng during the Spring Festival. Liu Chengzhong urgently ordered strict vigilance, and ordered the magistrate to transfer regimental training from all over the country to patrol the city. Zhang Yao received the notice and hurried back to Runing.

Before Chinese New Year's Eve, night. Chen Daxi commanded many soldiers of the Twist Army to march west from the Eighteen Mile Temple, and the flames soared all the way to the sky, surrounding the Runing Mansion. On the side of Runing Mansion, Zhang Yao and Liu Chengzhong patrolled the city day and night, set up a shed on the city wall, and ordered soldiers and people to take turns to set up police. In order to prevent the Twist army from attacking at night, it also promulgated the stipulation: "Those who enter the shed and sleep secretly will be punished with 40 sticks", and "Those who enter the tent and sit in the tent without sleeping will be punished with 20 sticks." As soon as it gets dark, lanterns are hung on the city wall to prevent the Twist Army from sneaking up on the wall at night. At that time, there were so many "anti-thief lights" on the city wall of Runing that they were as bright as the lantern festival of the Lantern Festival in Fuli!