Yue Su captured Luoyang, on the one hand, he used pyramid scheme-style Zhao'an to recruit a large number of rogues, and on the other hand, let Sima Qiaoyu recover Shaanxi, and let the old and weak people be sent to Shaanxi to farm. On his side, he was very busy, and Li Zicheng's side was naturally not idle.

Luoyang came down one day, Liu Zongmin's life and death were uncertain, and Li Zicheng had a headache when he arrived. Seeing that the officers and soldiers are powerful, if this is according to the past, they will definitely run away, but now it is not as good as before, in the past, they were poor and white, but now they have nearly 400,000 troops, and some of them are food and salary, how can this run. You can't throw away the big army and your family.

Li Yan is dead, and if you discuss the military situation, you can only find Song Xiance and Niu Jinxing, but these two are somewhat Taoist.

"Your Majesty, I think there are only two ways to go now." Song Xiance said.

"Which two paths?" Li Zicheng asked.

"The first road, the soldiers were divided into five routes, and they entered Nanzhili and then went north into Shandong. On the second road, ask Zhang Xianzhong to go out of Sichuan, attack together on the two roads, and fight to the death with the officers and soldiers. Song Xiance said.

Li Zicheng nodded slightly, and said: "We now have so much gold, silver, grain and grass, so many men and horses, if we go together, it is really not possible, we can only divide the troops." But in this regard, isn't it much easier for officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress them? The other battalions have surrendered, leaving me and Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan, I will run again, it is estimated that the Central Plains families will no longer wait and see, and will follow the court with all their hearts. I prefer the second way, but I have some gaps with Zhang Xianzhong, and I don't know if he is willing to go out of Sichuan, cooperate with me, and fight to the death with the official army. ”

"Your Majesty, according to the minister's opinion, Zhang Xianzhong will come out. The so-called lips are dead and the teeth are cold, and when the ancestral grave of the Zhu family was dug up, he Zhang Xianzhong also had a share, the meaning of the imperial court is to exterminate us, and other families can recruit An, but our two families, the court is in addition to the fast, and will never recruit An. "This time it was Niu Venus who spoke.

"That's right, my lips are cold, Zhang Xianzhong will definitely come out to cooperate with me. Now that I have many generals and salaries, and I have sufficient food and salary, how can I be willing to be defeated and flee casually, and fight to the death with the officers and soldiers here! Li Zicheng said loudly.

He doesn't run away, it does make sense, nearly 400,000 people, how many miles can he walk in a day, this is to escape, how to run. The officers and troops will soon be able to catch up, and they will not have to fight to the death. Separate five roads, it can improve the speed, but in addition to his own way, he feels that the other four roads are not necessarily reliable, what if he leads the army to the imperial court. In this case, it is better to simply fight with the officials and soldiers here, and break the net.

"Your Majesty, it's okay to fight to the death with the officials and soldiers, but it's really inappropriate in this place." Song Xiance said: "Kaifeng choked in his throat, unable to swallow, there are officers and soldiers stationed on the other side, if you fight with the officers and soldiers here, it will not only be the enemy on the back, but also worry about the soldiers and horses in Kaifeng City all the time." Our army is simply too passive. ”

"That's true." Li Zicheng nodded, and then shouted: "Get the map!" ”

The march map was in the tent, and Song Xiance personally took the map and unfolded it for Li Zicheng to see. Li Zicheng looked at it for a long time, and finally stretched out his hand to a place on the map and said, "Let's do it here." ”

Li Zicheng is worthy of being battle-hardened for a long time, and he chose this place, which is very good, where is Mi County.

Mi County is bordered by Xingyang in the north, Zhengzhou in the east, and Songshan in the west. Then, if Zhang Xianzhong sent troops from Sichuan and came to reinforce him, it would not be difficult for the east and west to attack before and after. You must know that Zhang Xianzhong's strength is really not small now, with no less than 200,000 soldiers and horses, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and horses of the two families is far better than that of other rogues.

Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance both thought it was good, and nodded their heads in agreement, and at that moment, Li Zicheng ordered part of the troops to feint Kaifeng, and the army marched towards Mi County.

Of course Yue Su knew the news of his move to Mi County, but he was too busy now and didn't have the time to deal with it, but he knew that Li Zicheng would never have the courage to take the initiative to come over to find fault, after all, the official army was now sitting in Luoyang, and the troops of each family were in a corner, and if Li Zicheng came, it would be no different from looking for death. However, Yue Su also admired Li Zicheng's IQ and courage, and now he dared to come here to fight a decisive battle with the official army.

Li Zicheng rushed to Mi County, on the one hand, ordered Gao Yi's army of 50,000 to go up to Songshan, first robbed the favorable terrain on Songshan Mountain, immediately prevented the official army from going up the mountain, and then rushed to the aid of Mi County, and even unfortunately attacked Luoyang. On the other hand, Li Zicheng asked his nephew Li Guo to lead 30,000 troops into Zhengzhou to garrison, Zhengzhou originally had 20,000 soldiers and horses, plus his 30,000, there were 50,000 troops. In the end, he asked Yuan Zongdi to lead an army of 50,000 and rush to Xingyang to garrison. The remaining nearly 300,000 horses were stationed in the city and the city respectively, set up camps, set up positions, and waited for the attack of the officials and troops at any time.

He also analyzed the situation of the official army in detail, and believed that as long as he held it for three months, he would be able to achieve the final victory. The reason is very simple, the number of officers and soldiers is only 200,000, and the army can have 400,000, and these 400,000 people are by no means loyal to the final imperial court, and half of them are grass on the wall. In the event of a slight setback, ten of them will be able to get up with two hearts, and more importantly, those rogues don't have much grain and grass, and in another month, they will have to be helped by the court. I'm a monolith here, see what you do there?

Moreover, the most important point is that as long as Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers and horses come, even in terms of troops, you will have to lose the upper hand.

Li Zicheng's abacus played well, and his letter for help was soon sent to Chengdu, Sichuan, and Zhang Xianzhong is now also called the emperor, establishing Daxi to fight for power. After receiving Li Zicheng's letter, he immediately summoned his generals to discuss.

Zhang Xianzhong is now a strong soldier and a strong horse, and his fierce generals are like clouds, and there are five famous governors and four righteous sons. These five governors, to put it bluntly, are modeled after the five military governors of the Ming Dynasty, namely Wang Shangli of the Chinese army, Wang Dingguo of the former army, Feng Shuangli of the rear army, Ma Yuanli of the left army, and Zhang Hualong of the right army. The four righteous sons are Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, Li Dingguo, and Ai Nengqi.

The four righteous sons are not very old, Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu are nearly twenty years old, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi are a little younger, but they are all unstoppable generals.

Zhang Xianzhong gathered all the generals and circulated Li Zicheng's letter asking for help to the generals, and then said: "Everyone, Li Chuang asked me to send troops to Zhengzhou to help, do you think I should send troops?" ”

"Your Majesty......" Wang Shangli, the governor of the Chinese army, was the first to get up and said: "The last general thinks that the troops should be sent, Li Chuang said clearly in the letter, his lips are dead and his teeth are cold, he and His Majesty broke Fengyang together, dug the ancestral grave of the Zhu family, and formed a bitter enmity with the Ming court, and never died. If Li Zicheng fails, the imperial court will free up its hands to deal with us. That being the case, let's take advantage of Li Zi's adult horse to join forces with him and fight to the death with the imperial court. If this battle is won, it is expected that the imperial court will no longer have any combat power, and the world will have it at its fingertips. ”

"What General Wang said is good, but after defeating the officers and soldiers, is the world the father's or his Li Chuang's?" Sun Kewang said with a chuckle: "Li Chuangsu has the ambition of a tiger and a wolf, and he wants to seize the world, but his father has no intention of competing with him, so he only retreats to Sichuan, and wants to be the king of Sichuan." However, now the whole territory of Sichuan, not all under the control of the emperor, Zeng Ying, Li Zhanchun, Yu Dahai, Wang Xiang, Yang Zhan, Cao Xun and other generations also led men and horses, according to the city and our army to the death, so far a lot of territory has not been taken, in addition to Chongqing's Qin Liangyu is even more hateful, we sent troops several times, were defeated by her, now do not provoke her, but she leads the army from time to time to harass us. Once the father and the emperor lead the main force out of Sichuan, this group of shrimp soldiers and crabs will definitely fight back, and they will be able to resist at that time, but if they can't resist and lose Chengdu, how can it be good. Also, that is, the father led the army to join Li Chuang, defeated the official army, and then lost the foundation, what should I do, whether to compete with him Li Zicheng, compete for the world, if it is a battle, it is not known who will kill the deer, so I think that this time to send troops, we must be cautious, and we must not be hasty. ”

After Sun Kewang's words were finished, Zhang Xianzhong nodded deeply and said, "What my son said is good, I will discuss with you today, and this is the main thing to discuss." This time the troops were dispatched to fight a decisive battle with the imperial court, and the loss of troops was inevitable, and it was very likely that Sichuan would be lost. Li Chuang is ruthless, even if we help him, when we fight for the world again, he will never be soft on us, unless we return to Sichuan and don't compete with him. But in this way, aren't we working in vain? How could he have made us send troops hastily with a cold lip and a cold tooth? ”

Everyone nodded, and then a man dressed in a civil official robe stood up and said, "Your Majesty...... The minister thought that no matter what, sending troops to reinforce Li Chuang was inevitable. Otherwise, as General Wang said, the imperial court will attack us after destroying Li Chuang. What everyone is worried about now is that the army will go out of Sichuan, and it is possible to lose the territory in Sichuan; The second is the decisive battle between Izukawa and the imperial court, which is bound to suffer heavy damage, and what benefits can be exchanged for such a price. Therefore, the minister was thinking, before leaving Sichuan, he should send someone to talk to Li Chuang, and after the conditions were met, we would send troops again. ”

The name of the person who spoke was Yan Ximing, who now lived in the right prime minister of the Onishi regime.

"Hmph......" At this time, someone sneered and said: "Li Chuang has not done less to break his word and become fat, and the negotiated conditions may not be fulfilled in the future." In this world, whoever has a big fist, whoever says it counts, the weak eat the strong, and a promise counts. The one who said this was Wang Zhaolin, the prime minister of Zuo, who got up and said to Zhang Xianzhong: "The minister thinks that the most important thing is to get the interests first, and I just heard that the official army has conquered Tongguan, even down to Chang'an, and take Hanzhong, and defend it with soldiers and horses to prevent our army from entering." Now that Shaanxi is no longer Li Chuang's territory, we might as well send troops to take Shaanxi first, Shaanxi does not have a lot of officers and soldiers, and it is estimated that there are only tens of thousands of horses, and taking Shaanxi from the officers and soldiers is not taken from him Li Chuang, and it is expected that he Li Chuang will not be able to say a word. Also, Li Zicheng can have 400,000 people under his command, how can he be defeated by the official army so easily, it is better to let him fight with the official army first, and then we will wave our troops out of Sichuan, and then we can not only join forces with Li Chuang to destroy the official army, but maybe we can also eat Li Chuang easily, and then seize the world. ”

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