Renlong, Gao Jie, and Bai Guangen are all generals guarding the three sides of Shaanxi, and Gao Jie is still nominally subordinate to the command of He Renlong, the general soldier of Shaanxi. Dear friends: If you like that, please go to Chinese Net. Read

Since the three of them followed the Inspector Hou out of the customs, they echoed each other in this army of thieves, and the once suppressed Supervisor Hou and the Shanxi General Soldier Xu Dingguo were out of breath.

But now, the three generals who have a good relationship with each other are in the residence of the Governor Hou, scolding each other, completely tearing their faces, Niu Chenghu has no subordinates, so he has to stay aside, and Xu Dingguo, the chief soldier of Shanxi, is also full of righteous indignation, standing up, and he is also like a bull.

The self-proclaimed soldier is like a god, and the governor of Zhuge is sitting on it, but at this time he can't see any demeanor on his body, as if he is a sack of rice bran paralyzed on the seat, and the evaluation of Hou by later generations is that it is based on his appearance and demeanor, and the gold and jade are outside, like a famous man in the world, and the rice bran is only contained in the skin, which is extremely appropriate.

Speaking of which, this meeting was convened by the Governor Hou himself, and the army was already out of food, and the grain roads were opened everywhere, and the troops who went to the countryside to collect food supplies were all pressed back by the approaching Shun army troops.

There is no food in the army, but everyone can't be next to each other like this, if they continue to starve every day, it will be a death for everyone.

What's more, in order to keep the main force large enough and not to be taken advantage of by the Shun army, the Governor Marquis concentrated most of the soldiers and horses here, so that the daily food consumption is greater and it is more difficult to replenish.

Originally, the five general soldiers still had some respect for Hou, because after all, they had won so many battles, and they almost forced this Li Chuang into a desperate situation.

Today, a few general soldiers were summoned to come over, the purpose is to solve the military rations, since there is no food, then eat meat, where does the meat come from, the pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks in the city naturally do not need to mention, they have already been eaten clean by the army.

But there are also mules, horses, donkeys, cattle and other large livestock, these are either provided for riding, or used as animal power to pull carts, and now they have no choice but to eat these, according to the Governor Hou, each general soldier sent 300 head of livestock for military rations, and then urgently reported for help.

There is Zuo Liangyu in Huguang, and Jiang Xiang and Tang Tong in Shanxi, hoping that their two soldiers and horses will come over to break through the siege, this is simply a joke, big livestock is one of the strength components of each battalion, and to sell one is to reduce one's own strength, why take it yourself, other troops grab more, and they should hand over more.

Those who are said to do more to take land are also unwilling. Obviously, we take less. You don't want to spew blood. As for the so-called rescue of Jiang Xiang, Tang Tong, and Zuo Liangyu. Everyone scoffed.

Inspector Hou just finished talking about this proposal. He Renlong, the chief soldier of Shaanxi, stood up honestly and unceremoniously. Spoken:

"Let's get out of Tongguan. After winning the battle in a row, Zuo Liangyu's turtle son stayed in the south and did not move. This is the current situation. Can you still count on him to come? Don't daydream anymore. ”

The quarrel over the livestock field lasted for an hour. Stay out of the yard. Everyone's own soldiers have already entered the courtyard. Outside the hall, they confronted each other in the courtyard. On the one hand, I was concerned about the state of the quarrel in the house. Something is slightly wrong. It's just going to go in and fight.

Shaanxi General Soldier He Renlong has the highest position. The strongest soldiers. After arguing for a while. The more impatient it is. Slap the table twice. After a little silence in the room. He roared loudly:

"Even if we take out all the mules and horses for the sons to eat. I can eat it for a few more days. Finished eating. Could this situation change? There was no sunny day on this day. People are afraid to go out. Can you only wait here to die? ”

When he said this, the roar was like thunder, and his eyes were looking at the Hou who was sitting on it, and he didn't put this supervisor who was a scholar and the governor of the five provinces in his eyes, but Hou could only pretend that he hadn't seen it, and his face was full of worries about the country and the people, but he didn't make a sound.

"After eating the mules and horses, I'm afraid we're going to eat people, and when the time comes, we won't wait for the people outside to call, and we will disperse ourselves."

The face was red and the ears were red when he was arguing, and Xu Dingguo, the chief soldier of Shanxi, sat there and gasped for a few breaths, and said with a loud urn:

"Don't wait until that time, the people below us have already begun to disperse, and those militia townsmen who came to defect have been running out for the past few days, even those in the car camp have also secretly run, and I have already killed three or four."

He Renlong stared at Xu Dingguo fiercely, and shouted loudly:

"Let's not move for a day, just fucking walk towards the road of death for one more day, isn't the blind man in Xiangcheng, let's go over and beat his mother."

Speaking of this all the time, the Inspector Hou who was sitting there said in a slumber voice:

"The thieves have already laid an ambush, let's go over like this, but we have a few chances of winning, don't fall into the trap......"

"Lord Hou, in such a situation at the moment, even if the weather is fine, the morale of the army is low without food, and the thieves are besieging us everywhere, it will also make us collapse completely, each battalion will have some big livestock, we can still eat for about three days, take advantage of these three days to fight with the blind man, it is our luck to win, if we can't win, we will run, now the road to Shaanxi has been locked by the thieves, but the road to Kaifeng, we can still walk."

These words almost roared out, but everyone had no time to think about the tone of this He Renlong, but they were provoked by his words, several people immediately stood up and looked at each other, Hou was stunned for a while, but also understood, and immediately swept away a bit of decadence, and shouted loudly for the soldiers outside to come in with the map.

Everyone in the main hall forgot the quarrel just now, they all hugged in front of the map, Xiangcheng to the north is Xuzhou, and Xuzhou is Wei to the north, as long as it can pass the Wei family, it is the area guarded by Li Meng, the Duke of Qi, although now it is the Ming Dynasty and the Duke of Qi are incompatible.

But the hostility between the two sides is one thing, but it has not completely torn the face, and although the Duke of Qi is ruthless, his attitude towards the Ming army is still good, and Zuo Liangyu's thousands of soldiers and horses were nailed to death on the stake one by one in Lanyang County.

He Renlong drove Li Zicheng to a desperate situation many times, Gao Jie and Bai Guangen were rebel generals who broke into the army, knowing that even if they wanted to surrender to the Shun army, the other party would not accept it, and they would be killed completely, and the Governor Hou and the Shanxi general soldier Xu Dingguo, their family members are now under the control of the Ming Court, even if they have a heart

The consequences of wanting to take refuge, my heart was half chilled first, how dare I surrender.

If you can go to the territory of Li Meng, the Duke of Qi, after all, he is still a Ming Dynasty, and he also talks about the rules, and it is said that he is recruiting wise men from all over the world, which is better than dealing with these thieves.

The map was sparse, but everyone could see it, and everyone soon had no other attitude, and decided to go to Xiangcheng to take the initiative to find Li Chuang for a decisive battle.

However, the Inspector Hou snorted a few times, and still cautiously spoke:

"Now that it is raining continuously, the ground is wet and muddy, and it must be extremely difficult for the army to march, what should I do?"

"If you don't want to push the cart, if the cart goes slowly, you will be slaughtered with a knife, and now human life is worthless!!"

Regarding Hou's question, He Renlong on the side had not yet spoken, but Gao Jie, the chief soldier of Yansui, first answered with a cruel smile, and although several chief soldiers had different expressions, no one objected to this remark.

In this county, there were quite a few righteous gentry who were loyal to the imperial court, and when the Shun army left, these people did not leave, but after the discussion in the morning, these people began to be unlucky, and the soldiers began to search from house to house, and all those who could be used were to be arrested as people's husbands.

At the same time, the four general soldiers are out of the city, blockading the surrounding areas of the county, in order to avoid the rout of the soldiers from all walks of life, as well as the captured Zhuangding and others escaped, in addition, this time Gao Jie is also ruthless, no longer save any strength, personally led the soldiers and horses to guard the north gate of the county, which is counted as a broken queen.

On the sixth day of the ninth lunar month, the Ming army in the county and around the county began to set up a cauldron, tear down and chop all the timber used to build the houses, and then slaughter the livestock and cook them in the cauldron.

But after starving for too many days, they suddenly ate some beef and horse meat, and the extremely weak people couldn't stand it at all, and many people finally managed to slaughter and eat, but they ate it alive.

These people who did not starve to death but supported them to death, no one paid attention to them at all, they died, who would care about them, and more people would die next.

Governor Hou and Shanxi General Soldier Xu Dingguo were in the middle army, Shaanxi General Soldier He Renlong was on the right, Yulin General Soldier Bai Guangen was on the left, Yansui General Soldier Gao Jie was broken, and Che Ying was the vanguard, and began to leave the county and advance to Xiangcheng in the east.

It was raining continuously, although it was a plain area, but the land roads were muddy and difficult to walk, and it was difficult for the carts with heavy armor to move forward, and this was the kind of hard wooden wheel, which was pushed a few steps, and it fell into the mud, and it was impossible to move, and the soldiers and people who pushed it had to carry and lift, which was extremely troublesome.

On the same day, Zhang Kun led the lead team to go out from Hejian Mansion to Yongping Mansion, the distance was not long, and the road was muddy and difficult to walk.

It was still a unit trained by the Jiaozhou battalion itself, and the soldiers were disciplined, consciously engaged in heavy physical labor, and had sufficient physical training, but even so, these people were still exhausted by this difficult journey, and their mental and physical strength were exhausted.

Not to mention the people who were temporarily arrested, the reluctant strong men, and these people have not eaten enough, how can they withstand such heavy physical labor, and after a short time, many people just can't move.

At the time of victory, many things can be passed by with a friendly smile, but in the current situation, it has become quite cruel, at the beginning many people and even soldiers, all think that the rules have not changed from before, some people work there and do not contribute, and some soldiers are standing aside.

In order for the camp to move forward smoothly, He Renlong and Bai Guangen both sent a cavalry team to supervise the battle and urge, and whenever they saw the people and soldiers walking slowly, these cavalrymen directly whipped them with whips regardless of them, and if there was any delay and delay, they directly cut with knives and stabbed with spears.

For a while, this scene became bloody and abnormal, the soldiers screamed miserably, many people were whipped to the ground, and they were trampled to death by the horses of the war.

The camp began to move forward slowly, the sky was still overcast, and there was no hope of any clearing......

In Xiangcheng, which is eighty miles away from the county, Liu Zongmin's department, Hao Shaoqi's department, and Li Zicheng's own old battalion, which have the strongest combat effectiveness in the Shun army, have all gathered together, and Yuan Zongdi, Li Laiheng and others have also led their troops to come halfway, which is almost eighty percent of the main force of the Shun army.

Since the Tongguan exit, the Governor Hou has been victorious, Ruzhou has been broken, the women and children of Tang County have been slaughtered, and the Nanyang Mansion is followed by Xiangyang City, this Ming army may not be the strongest force in the past, but it has caused great damage to the Shun army.

If the Ming army is not completely defeated, the rule of the Shun army in Huguang and Henan, which has just been stabilized, will completely collapse, not to mention those generals and captains who are already out of control because their families have been killed, if they do not completely defeat and annihilate the victory of the Hou Department to appease them, I am afraid that their internal instability will be unstable.

The rain on the Xiangcheng side was heavier, Li Zicheng was still wearing a red tasseled felt hat and a big cloth coat, and he and a few cronies and generals rode horses and stopped on the high slope on the other side, watching the troops marching on the official road below.

These troops of the Shun army also have baggage and horses, and it is quite inconvenient to move, but no one complains, and no one urges, everyone moves forward in silence, and there are not many reasons for them to be so, one is well-trained and combat experience, and the other is hatred for the Ming army.

Li Zicheng has always been sinking like water on the high slope, his face does not have to be bright at all, he and Liu Zongmin, Hao Shaoqi of this level, the family members are all in Xiangyang City, Liu Zongmin and the flag in the area of Yubei Mountain, in order to show and the loyalty of the king, once killed his wife and children.

The two of them, Liu Zongmin is ruthless, Hao Shaoqi is cold by nature, and the old camp in Tang County has no family members, but Liu and Hao have no hatred in their hearts.

For them, the army led by Hou is the last field force of the Ming Dynasty, if this force is annihilated, I am afraid that the Ming court in the future can only be a passive defense, allowing the Shun army to dominate the world.

Looking at Li Zicheng's sullen appearance, General Liu Zongmin said with a smile:

"Lord Chuang, look at the majestic soldiers and horses of our Shun army, Hou Na Lao'er has been proud for a long time, and it should be his bad luck, and when the time comes, he will use his heart and liver to give wine to King Chuang."

On Li Zicheng's felt hat, flowing down the brim, Li Zicheng followed TT, and said with some reproach:

"Zong Min, how many times have I said it, we are not the same as we were back then, we must put away the style back then, otherwise we will frighten the people who follow us, Hou, He Maniac, Bai Guangen, Xu Dingguo, if you are willing to surrender, we must treat them politely."

Liu Zongmin was a little embarrassed, and there was a person missing from Li Zicheng's words, Gao Jie, the chief soldier of Yansui, Gao Jie was the Ming army who abducted Li Zicheng's wife to vote for the Ming army, this kind of shame and humiliation, of course, there will be no intention of recruiting and recruiting An, Liu Zongmin and Hao Shaoqi both know it in their hearts, and they will not mention it.

General Hao Shaoqi is not the same as Liu Zongmin, he often has a straight face, he also looks at the people in front of him, Hao Shaoqi can see that the morale of the troops walking below is very high, but he doesn't feel anything happy. On the hillside, the flag waved hesitantly, but still asked:

"Lord Chuang, Hou is already a dying pig and dog, we will win this battle, but over there in Kaifeng, that big worm is really ......"

He wanted to speak and stopped, but Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin both understood who they were talking about, Liu Zongmin was stunned, and also accepted the smile on his face, and said sneeringly:

"Now that the blockade to the north of the Wei clan is near, there is no way to send people in the villages and villages, but the news that those old brothers inquired about in the past said that Kaifeng City has always been guarded by Yuan Shizhong and Jia Dashan, but it is only more than 8,000 soldiers and horses, and they also have to take care of the Guide Mansion, so it should not interfere with us."

Waving the flag is often said by a group of old brothers as too many flowers, considering that things are different from those real people, always like to pour cold water on everyone, hearing Liu Zongmin say this, it is not easy to refute anything, he also knows that He Jin led 20,000 soldiers to guard the Sichuan side, this kind of arrangement seems to be very complete, and Kaifeng and Shandong have been very calm, it seems that this Qi State Duke Li Meng has been carrying out a northward strategy, and he can't take care of this direction for the time being.

The two generals around him were discussing there, but Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, did not have any interface at all, since the fish belly mountain entered Henan, Li Zicheng felt that he was doing things more and more smoothly, and the situation was getting bigger and bigger, and now he has a large piece of territory, and the system everywhere has been established.

But when the world seemed to be in front of him, Li Zicheng didn't feel a little happy, but felt very anxious, and this anxiety was gradually deepening.

The Ming court is already full of holes, whether it is the south of the Yangtze River and the north of the Yangtze River is extremely chaotic, Li Zicheng knows that Zhang Xianzhong went south from the Yiling area a few days ago, straight into the realm of Hunan and Jiangxi, the soldiers and horses in the south of the Ming Dynasty have been defeated, one city after another has been captured, and the north has been rotten like this.

Of course, Li Zicheng also regards Zhang Xianzhong as an opponent in his heart, and if there is a chance to eliminate Zhang Xianzhong, then Li Zicheng will definitely give priority to doing this.

However, Zhang Xianzhong's backbone troops have been defeated too many times, that is, in the last year or so, it was only rectified and cleaned up, Li Zicheng is confident that about fifty percent of the strength is enough to clear the Great Western Army, and the Ming Dynasty is already a waste waiting for death, that is, there are still some remnants in the south.

Despite this, Li Zicheng is still anxious, the bigger the territory, the more stable the situation, the more he is like this, and even when he sleeps at night, he is awakened by nightmares.

Because in the north, in Shandong, there is a behemoth, this behemoth is getting bigger and bigger, and Li Zicheng can't figure out the way of this behemoth, his actions are completely different from what the superiors of this era think, Li Zicheng often puts himself in his shoes and thinks about what he will do if he is in which position.

No matter how you think about it, Li Zicheng can't understand Li Meng's approach, and if you can't understand it, you can't understand it, but several collisions are the result of his own head breaking and bleeding.

At the beginning, Li Zicheng was quite convinced of Niu Jinxing's analysis, thinking that Li Meng had no ambitions, as long as he could have the advantage of the general trend and occupy enough territory, in the end, the general trend would give Li Meng a high enough name and benefits, and he could be paid to him.

But with the advancement of time and the progress of the situation, Li Zicheng has less and less confidence in Niu Jinxing's inference, after entering Xiangyang, the Shun army continues to integrate and strengthen, and there is a strong Luo Rucai Department to join, Li Zicheng's most conservative estimate is that he is much stronger than back then.

But his strength has increased so much, but Li Zicheng still has no confidence, because he still doesn't know what kind of scale Shandong is, and in the rough intelligence system of the Shun army, there are only four words "unfathomable" for the power judgment of Li Meng, the Duke of Qi.

Li Zicheng still remembers his fiasco in Whirlpool, and also remembers the various arrangements he made in Shandong during the Battle of Zhuxian Town, Yuan Shizhong's sudden escape, and the containment arrangements everywhere, compared with the previous times, the battle with the Ming army led by Hou is more decisive, but why is it so quiet, and even put on a defensive posture.

At present, the news I have obtained is that the Kaifeng City area is hoarding supplies and military rations, and is preparing to close the city and hold on.

The more he couldn't figure it out, the more apprehensive he became, and Li Zicheng also made a few arrangements before leaving......

"Break the king, break the king!"

Li Shuangxi, the leader of the guards on the side, greeted a few times, the elite cavalry brigade of the old camp was already open, Li Zicheng should act with them, his thoughts were interrupted, looking at a few people who were a little surprised on the side, Li Zicheng scooped up a handful of rainwater, wiped his swarthy face full of stubble, smiled self-defeatingly, and said loudly:

"This time we will destroy the Hou Division, let's go!!"

The people around followed in unison, and their horses followed in unison......

"Lord Guogong, the message brought by the rebel faction said that it was impossible to have an old grudge with the Ming Dynasty, and that this matter should be over, and only Shaanxi, Henan, and Chu would be taken, and the world would be shared equally with Lord Guogong."

Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, reported respectfully to Li Mengyu, who was sitting there, like a master.

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