Don't look at Liu Fan's ease on the surface now, in fact, he doesn't care so much in his heart, now that the expedition is imminent, Liu Fan has no time to arrange even if he has all kinds of means. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info And intrigue is not what Liu Fan is good at, what Liu Fan can do is to break the trick with force. After thinking about it for a while, Liu Fan called Li Xiaohu, Sun Liang and Song Cheng's three henchmen to come.

After the three arrived, Liu Fan briefly talked about the incident with the three of them, and then said, "The current situation is like this, if you want to ensure that the city is not lost, one of the three of you must stay to protect our rear, I want Sun Liang to stay, Sun Liang, do you think you can take on this heavy responsibility?" ”

Sun Liang replied with a firm face: "Don't worry, the overseer is here, the city is dead, the city is dead, as long as I, Sun Liang, still have a breath, I will ensure that the city will not be lost a little!" ”

Liu Fan said with a smile, "Needless to say, Chenggu is just a pathstone for us, even if we lose it, we can find another place, you are my most important general, if I exchange such a small place as Chenggu, I am reluctant!" Let's act when you see the opportunity, if you really can't give up, wait for my army to triumph, and there is a way to make the practice of state affairs compliant! ”

"The Overseers are very grateful, and the Overseers are assured that they will do their best to protect the city!" Sun Liang's face was full of emotion.

Liu Fan smiled and said to the three of them, "You already know the matter, Song Cheng, Xiaohu, the two of you will straighten out your people, and go with me in three days, Sun Liang, I will transfer a thousand veterans from the army, and a thousand recruits will be handed over to you." Take my word to heart and protect yourself, I don't want to come back and hear about your accident! Okay, that's all for today, let's all disperse! ”

In the next two days, Liu Fan found Zhang Yupeng and Zhang Xiaohe respectively, told them about the expedition, and told them that after he left, he should make every effort to ensure that the rear of the city is not lost.

After making some simple arrangements, on the third day, Liu Fan took more than 13,000 troops and embarked on the journey to Ankang. At this moment, the situation in Ankang can be described as very good, Ankang here is inconvenient, sparsely populated, surrounded by some deep mountains and old forests, for the current people, the living environment is not too good. But it's a great hiding place for the rogue. The mountains here are sparsely populated, the information is not good, the roads are narrow, it is not easy for the officers and troops to enter and suppress the troops, and it is difficult to carry heavy baggage, and the rogue is like a tiger returning to the mountain, the dragon swims in the sea, vertical and horizontal, and moves freely, and the battle is tired or defeated, but it can be hidden among the mountains and mountains to recuperate and recuperate, in order to make a comeback. For the Liukou, this is a natural barrier, a shelter given to them by God, so that they can calmly avoid the relentless pursuit of the officials and soldiers in the past few months, and get a chance to breathe.

Chen Qiyu also knew that in such a geographical environment, the Liukou were fighting at home, and the price that the official army needed to pay if they wanted to forcibly march to exterminate the Liukou in such an unfavorable situation, so Chen Qiyu was very wise not to send troops to attack Ankang. Instead, he sent a large army to garrison various key roads, blocking the way out, and at the same time constantly mobilizing reinforcements from the surrounding areas to exert pressure on the Liukou, in this short period of one month, the official army under Chen Qiyu soared from less than 10,000 to more than 50,000, and if Liu Fan who was rushing in was added, the number of officers and troops would approach 70,000. With so many armies gathered here and surrounded them, how could the rogues not panic?

The most important point is that the rogue's food is running out. Ankang's land was originally very barren, and more than 100,000 people poured in at once, and the food that so many people need to consume every day is an astronomical amount. Moreover, they are surrounded by officials and soldiers, and under Chen Qiyu's strong walls and clear fields, it is too difficult to obtain food.

In the face of such a sinister situation, whether it is Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, Gao Yingxiang and others, they all know that if they don't find a way out, Ankang will become their grave. One side wanted to escape, the other side wanted to block, and for a while, the situation in Ankang became weird. Under the stalemate between the two sides, but no one dares to move first, and now the two sides are competing for patience, whoever moves first will make a mistake first, and whoever makes a mistake will be put to death by the other party. Such a result, not only Chen Qiyu knows, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are also very clear. Obviously, the first party that can't hold on must be the side of the rogues, because they are isolated and helpless, unlike Chen Qiyu, who has the backing of the imperial court and has a steady stream of materials and personnel support.

But all this has nothing to do with Liu Fan, Liu Fan is still on the way at this time. It is not less than a few hundred miles from Chenggu to Ankang, and the mountain roads are rugged, the traffic is very inconvenient, coupled with the recent rain in Shaanxi, the roads are muddy, even if the army is broken, it is difficult to march quickly under such harsh conditions, according to Liu Fan's estimates, it will take at least half a month for him to arrive in Ankang. When he arrives, I'm afraid that the rogues in front of him will either be wiped out by Chen Qiyu, or they will run away. So at this moment, Liu Fan also felt a little remorseful in his heart, he had known that if he had such a word, he would not leave Chenggu even if he turned his face with the practice of state affairs. Well, now, you can't get any benefit from suffering in vain.

In the middle of June of the seventh year of Chongzhen, the Liukou, who had run out of food, finally couldn't help but take the lead, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others gathered together, suddenly exerted force, broke through the encirclement of the official army, and fled into the territory of Xing'an Prefecture in Shaanxi. In a desperate situation, the rogues burst out with all their potential, and the offensive was unprecedentedly ferocious, and for a time, the officers and troops in Hung Yen Prefecture only held out for a few days before being defeated. Liukou took advantage of the situation to attack the city of Xing'an. More than 100,000 rogues gathered under the city of Xing'an and attacked in turn. The city of Xing'an City garrison Jin Zhichun, personally led the family to supervise the battle at the head of the city, and resolutely insisted on not retreating with several arrows in his body, and the people of Xing'an felt their loyalty, and they helped one after another, joining the team against the Liukou. The soldiers took their lives and defended the city, but the rogue attacked for several days and couldn't go down!

On the other side, Chen Qiyu was shocked after receiving the news from Xing'an. He knew that the opportunity he had been waiting for had come, Chen Qiyu ordered to mobilize the surrounding officials and troops to Xing'an to rescue, and personally led more than 50,000 troops to Xing'an to chase after him, vowing to block the Liukou under the city of Xing'an and annihilate them.

After Li Zicheng and others got the news that Chen Qiyu was coming with his troops, they knew that the general trend had gone, and the plan to attack Xing'an was put on hold. In the face of such a sinister situation, Li Zicheng's people hurriedly withdrew their troops and fled. (To be continued.) )