In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, under April, Henan, Runing Mansion. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Soon it will be the Great Dragon Boat Festival, but at this time, the east bank of the small Yellow River in the east of Luoshan County, like a storm and a storm, countless armor soldiers are rushing forward.

"Boom ......"

The horse team is boundless, the horse is a pawn, all of them are fierce, the banner of playing, mostly for the words "horse", "he", "liu", "lin", "luo", "zhang" and so on, many of them wear felt hats, wear waist-high armor or short armor, or wrap in turbans, wear coats, all of them are skilled in equestrianism, and some even ride two horses.

The huge torrent of horses spread from the plains around Gwangsan and Gwangju, causing the earth to shake endlessly, and the sky was full of smoke and dust.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa."

Facing the small Yellow River in front of them, ten thousand horses rushed directly into it, and the river did not flow, only when they reached the middle of the river, the knights on the horses, all of them crossed the river with their feet crossed their horses, or held their horses' heads.

At the same time, on the north bank of the Huai River, the banners were densely packed, and the cavalry was also densely crossed.

Although the Huai River is wide, these horse team knights, dozens, each in a line, or holding the horse's head, or holding the horse's tail, just like that, the wind crosses, the same Huai River seems to be cut off, one by one the horses to the opposite bank, the horses' hooves are full of silt.

Tens of thousands of cavalry crossed the river, the scenery was extremely spectacular, for the army, the water was only afraid of the Yellow River, Ruohuai, Si, Jing, Wei, all of them crossed their feet on horseback, hugged the end of the hyena.

"Report to Ma Ye, He Ye, Liu Ye, Lin Ye, as well as Cao Ye, Sun Ye, and Xiao Wei Chi are all in charge, our army has surrounded Sun Yingyuan, the chief soldier of the imperial court Beijing camp, in Luoshan, and it is difficult to fly with wings......"

On a hill a few miles east of the Yellow River, the sentry rode in front of them, and reported something to some people who were riding horses, but these people were the leaders of the five battalions of the Zuo Ge Fifth Battalion, such as Lao Hui Ma Shouying, Ge Li Yan He Yilong, Zuo Jin Wang He Jin, Liu Xiyao, the king of the reincarnation, and Lin Yangyang, the king of the troubled times.

And back last year. Luo Rucai's department, Zhang Xianzhong's remnants, Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo's department, converged with the five battalions of Zuoge.

Because of Zhang Xianzhong's death. According to the customs at this time, Zhang Dingguo, Zhang Kewang and other righteous sons all changed their surnames and returned to their ancestors, and changed their surnames back. Zhang Dingguo's real name is Li Dingguo, and Zhang Kewang's real name is Sun Kewang, and at the same time he changed the word "Wang" to "Wang". The name Sun Kewang doesn't know what it means.

"Imperial Court Inspector Ding Qirui, where is he now?"

"The headquarters are all in Xiangyang, Suizhou, and Yingshan, and when they heard that our division was powerful, they hesitated to save it, and the officers and soldiers of all provinces were afraid to come."

"Hahahaha. Okay, now Huang Chuangzi Huang Degong is in Fengyang, and the rescue is too late, and the king is not far from Xinyang. They had already killed a general soldier of the imperial court in Nanyang, and now it seems that we can also kill a general soldier of the imperial court to increase the momentum of our battalions. ”

"Yes, now the situation is stronger than people, seeing that the situation is inviolable, then Ding Qirui wants to persuade us to surrender and recruit An, I remember that in the thirteenth year, Yang Zhuoran, the superintendent of the army, came to see us and others, trying to induce us to accept the imperial court Zhao'an with the skill of tongue, remember how we answered at that time?"

“…… We all have peerless talents, the court is useless, and the rest are thieves because of famine. If the state is properly handled, how can it be a loyal person? And I heard that Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing returned to sincerity before and after more than ten battalions, serving the country to the death, and doing their best, Gu Yu Du can't care? But there are more than 100,000 of us, where do we put them? And who is the Lord? Where does the salary come from? And with what kind of officials will I be treated? ”

"If it didn't come down then, it will come down now? Being an official in the imperial court, how can you be comfortable now? Waiting to kill Sun Yingyuan will shake the world even more. ”

"Haha, it also depends on Cao Ye's clever plan to lure the enemy deep and besiege Sun Yingyuan, Sun and Li are in charge, and they also contribute a lot."

"Look at the situation, in this world, it is the ...... of our righteous army"

On the hills, there was constant laughter and discussions, all with Shaanxi accents, Zhang Xianzhong, the eight kings, Li Zicheng, Cao Cao, Luo Rucai, the king of troubled times, Ge Li Yanhe Yilong and others, all came from the 36th battalion at the beginning, and most of the leaders of the 36th battalion were from Shaanxi.

On the north bank of the Huai River, Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, watched his soldiers and horses marching south on the water of the Huai River, and listened to the report of the sentry cavalry, his face showed excitement: "Okay, the fifth battalion of Zuoge has surrounded Sun Yingyuan's regiment in Luoshan, in order to prevent his troops from protruding, our division needs to send a large army to help, and another general soldier of the imperial court can be killed as a congratulatory gift for the two armies." ”

Niu Jinxing whispered beside him: "King Chuang, there are many soldiers and horses in the fifth battalion of Ge and Zuo, Luo Rucai and others are all wise and strategic, if they can be brought together, they will definitely make our righteous army more powerful......

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In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, at the beginning of May, Henan Province, near Santu Mountain in Song County.

There was a burst of gunfire and shouts of killing outside the camp, and when Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen left the camp, the thieves who attacked had disappeared, leaving only the corpses of some thieves and officers and soldiers, one of whom was cut off from the thigh and below the flesh, all gone, only Bai Sensen's bones remained.

Moreover, his nose and ears were all cut off, and his tongue was amputated, and his godless eyes only looked at the thieves hanging on the wooden poles not far away, they were hung like chickens, their heads and feet were hung upside down, and their throats were cut, but they were brutally executed for the sake of the thieves.

Obviously, the thieves who attacked retaliated by grabbing the officers and soldiers who were patrolling or going out, and after torturing and killing them, they risked their lives and threw them outside the camp, under the wooden poles, to show their resolve.

Looking at this brother who died miserably, the soldiers in the battalion, all gritted their teeth, hated incomparably, and at the same time were a little dazed, these thieves always harassed like this, but they did not face the battle head-on, brothers, do you have to spend it all the time in this Henan Mansion?

After Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen led the army to Kaifeng, Chen Yongfu took care of it, coupled with Emperor Chongzhen's strict order, the Henan government, the supply of food and salary for them must be the highest priority, they can eat and drink enough, and the two earls naturally show their due spirit.

Moreover, their army is all Yutian, the military households near Zunhua, Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen imitated the Shunxiang army at that time, recruited good young and strong, and each person was given the field, and at the same time, there was a full amount of food and salary every month, and the disabled also had a pension, compared with the ordinary Ming army, the combat power could be guaranteed.

Of course, it is inevitable that the private army, the soldiers under his command are only loyal to Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen and other independent generals, and even like Yang Guozhu's new army, the soldiers in the army have also changed their names to Zhongjiao, loyal ministers and other distinctive names.

The main barracks of the two are also mostly veterans of a hundred battles. Everyone has a horse, and the combat effectiveness goes without saying.

After resting, after consulting with Gao Mingheng, the governor of Henan, and others. In March, Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen, Chen Yongfu, etc., as well as some Henan troops, about 30,000 troops. The mighty force is towards Henan Mansion.

Chen Yongfu, who did his best, also trained a battalion of new troops. Although the combat strength is not as good as Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen's subordinates, the officers and soldiers in Henan are quite strong, but they have also trained a lot of new troops in the camp, and the scale is larger, and it is guarded by Liu Fangliang, a famous general in the camp.

In the past, Chen Yongfu could defend Kaifeng and take the initiative to attack Henan Mansion. But he didn't have this ability, but fortunately, Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen joined this time, both of them were strong troops in border towns, and they were famous earls, and the morale of the generals was high. They all want to make a great contribution and reproduce the glory of Chongzhen for 14 years.

When they pressed to Henan Mansion, Wang Qiaonian, who had just been promoted to the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi at this time, also thought that it was a good opportunity to suppress them.

Since Wang Qiaonian was promoted, the imperial court has made him prepare quickly and go east out of Tongguan, and now is the time to raise troops into Henan.

However, before sending troops, Wang Qiaonian thought that Li Zicheng had fledgling and the climate was very unusual, so he came up with a clever plan and secretly ordered the magistrate of Mizhi County to dig up Li Zicheng's ancestral grave, break its feng shui, and catch a small snake in the grave even more happily.

Wang Qiaonian and his staff all believed that the little snake caught in the tomb was the spirit of the Li family, which was about to turn into a dragon, and cut it to break the thief's affairs.

After carefully analyzing the enemy's situation, he adopted the strategy of luring the enemy into depth, and the Shaanxi Army on the West Road, the vanguard troops of Zhang Guoqin and Zhang Yinggui, and the vanguard of the Henan Army on the East Road, all won first and then lost.

Fortunately, Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen, Chen Yongfu and other rescues in time, the two sides launched a big battle under the city of Luoyang, the combat power of the border army, much higher than the officers and soldiers in the hinterland, besides, although there is no Hongyi cannon, but the two earls in the camp, equipped with a large number of East Road birds, after the first battle, Liu Fangliang was defeated, immediately abandoned Luoyang, fled into the mountains of Ruzhou.

The cities of Henan Province broke into the army, and they abandoned the city one after another, fled into the mountains, and the thieves were broken into pieces, scattered into the mountains, and launched a guerrilla war.

Henan Province is already mountainous, and they have been wandering all year round, returning to their old jobs, which can be described as a fish in water.

Moreover, because they were defending their homeland, the officers and soldiers suffered great hostility in Henan Prefecture and other places, and they went into the mountains to suppress thieves, and often could not even find a guide.

The officers and soldiers' treatment of the thieves and their families also aroused more hatred.

After the Battle of Luoyang, Li Zicheng had a corresponding change in policy, and began to "defend the land without flowing" in Henan Prefecture, setting up officials and generals to guard the town, leaving a part of the army to garrison and Tuntian, and at the same time sending local officials, and dividing the fields and land, which won the support of the local people in Henan Prefecture.

Unlike in the past, when all the families of the soldiers and soldiers acted with the army, some of the families of the intruders were also left in various parts of Henan Prefecture, who were the targets of the government's liquidation, and they were tortured to death by various means.

The officers and soldiers recovered the city, and the local landlords and gentry of Henan Prefecture who fled to other places also returned with the townspeople, and they unceremoniously received the fields allocated by the local people, as well as their newly reclaimed land, and even assisted the government in counterattacking, beheading the leaders and officials of the invading army, and assisting in the suppression of bandits.

Their bloody methods also allowed more people to join the guerrilla ranks, harassing them from time to time, and annoying the officers and men.

At first, it was okay, but every day I drilled up and down the mountain, and slowly, Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen and other soldiers in the battalion couldn't help but get tired and homesick.

In addition, because under the command of the two counts, their grain and grass supply treatment is the highest priority, at this time when the supply of grain and grass is difficult, this differential treatment has caused great dissatisfaction among the officers and soldiers in Shaanxi and Henan, even in Chen Yongfu's camp, there are quite complaints.

"General Xiao Cao, could it be that we will stay in this Henan Mansion all the time?"

Looking at the tragic situation of his subordinates, Wang Tingchen jumped like thunder, and at the same time he was helpless, he shouted: "What kind of wretched battle is this, drilling ravines every day, drilling around, and the thieves can't see a single one, and the people at that time also hated me, and they couldn't even find a guide, what is this called?" ”

Cao Bianjiao also frowned: "Don't suffer from thieves, only thieves scatter, the thieves in Henan Mansion fled into the mountains and wanted to exterminate, but it was not a matter of a while." ”

He sighed: "However, just now the news came, Sun Yingyuan and Sun Marshal were killed in battle, and the thieves have converged with Cao Thief and Zuoge's five battalions, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and said millions, forcing them to Kaifeng." Brother Wang, we may have to withdraw our troops and go back to Kaifeng. (To be continued.) )