Liukou was defeated, Liu Zongmin evacuated with more than 10,000 people desperately, and went in the direction of Kaifeng Fucheng, relatively speaking, the losses of the army under Sun Chuanting and He Renlong were much smaller, less than 3,000 people were killed in the two armies, and it was mainly the loss of the sergeants under He Renlong, with the loss of less than 3,000 people, exterminated nearly 20,000 Liukou, this kind of huge victory, it seems that only the Zheng family army can get it.

The great victory in the battle of Zhuxian Town should be greatly encouraged on weekdays, but at this time, no one really cares about the victory of the battle of Zhuxian Town, after all, the ultimate goal of the imperial court is to ensure that the city of Kaifeng is not captured by the rogues, and at the same time, it is necessary to take advantage of this opportunity to strike hard at the Houjin Tartars.

More than 100,000 rogues led by Li Zicheng have surrounded Kaifeng Fucheng, putting Kaifeng Fucheng in great danger, Sun Chuanting and He Renlong have less than 40,000 sergeants under their command, plus more than 20,000 soldiers guarding Kaifeng Fucheng, a total of 60,000 people, with 60,000 people to deal with 160,000 rogues, the danger of Kaifeng Fucheng is huge.

It is precisely because of this danger that the victory in the battle of Zhuxian Town is insignificant.

Sun Chuanting and He Renlong finally met.

He Renlong hadn't had time to clean it up yet, and the blood on his body was still there.

After seeing Sun Chuanting, He Renlong hurriedly saluted, Sun Chuanting is the secretary of the military department and the governor of the five provinces, responsible for the entire battle to exterminate the Liukou, He Renlong is just the general soldier of Henan, under the command of Sun Chuanting, it is natural to take the initiative to salute when they meet.

Sun Chuanting's expression was serious, and He Renlong's face was smiling.

After a few brief greetings, Sun Chuanting turned to the topic.

"General He, in the battle of Zhuxian Town, we have achieved a major victory, but it is far from worthy of joy. Li Zicheng with the Liukou, has surrounded the Kaifeng City, judging from the news of the scout's reconnaissance, I am afraid that tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, the Liukou will begin to attack the Fengfu City, once the Kaifeng Mansion City falls. All the efforts we have made so far have been in vain. ”

When Sun Chuanting spoke, He Renlong nodded frequently.

"What the lord said is that the last general also sees it this way, the last general thinks that the Liukou was defeated in Zhuxian Town, and the morale must be low, at this time, the Lord led the army and galloped to the aid of Kaifeng Fucheng, and he would definitely be able to completely defeat the Liukou."

"Mr. He. I don't see it that way, since Li Zicheng has made up his mind to attack the Fengfu City, he must be ready, he has nearly 160,000 rogues under his command, with 100,000 people to attack the Fengfu City, with 60,000 people to block our aid, it can cause us great difficulties, we rashly went to reinforce the Kaifeng City. It doesn't have to be effective. ”

Sun Chuanting's words made He Renlong feel strange. Could it be that more than 30,000 troops are stationed in Zhuxian Town, watching Liukou attack Kaifeng Fucheng, this is definitely inappropriate, as for the large army under Sun Chuanting, it will take time to rush to Kaifeng Fucheng, and wait until the arrival of the large army. I'm afraid that Kaifeng Mansion City has fallen a long time ago.

Sun Chuanting looked at He Renlong and spoke again.

"Mr. He, you and I have fought with the Liukou a lot of times, and the changes in the Liukou are obvious to all. Liukou's combat effectiveness has increased significantly, this is an indisputable fact, the battle of Zhuxian Town, although we have won, but that is under the situation of our front and rear attacks, and Liukou did not appear large-scale rout, and persisted to the end, in this case, we rashly went to reinforce Kaifeng Fucheng, what kind of situation do you think will happen. ”

He Renlong looked at Sun Chuanting and did not speak, with a contemplative expression on his face.

"Li Zicheng is not an idle person, he knows that our purpose is to reinforce Kaifeng Fucheng, he will definitely make corresponding preparations, if we don't make any preparations, we will immediately go to the aid of Kaifeng Fucheng, Li Zicheng led 160,000 rogues, turned around and fought with us, how should we deal with it."

He Renlong understood what Sun Chuanting meant, just now the army defeated and severely damaged the Liukou in Zhuxian Town, but it did not hurt the root of the Liukou, if there is no preparation at this time, rashly go to reinforce Kaifeng Fucheng, then the Liukou is likely to turn around, temporarily not attack Kaifeng Fucheng, but concentrate the main forces to deal with the army led by them.

Sun Chuanting's worries are very reasonable, the number of troops led by the two is less than 40,000, and the victory in the battle of Zhuxian Town contains the element of sneak attack, and there are also mistakes in the intelligence of the rogues, and the next battle is face-to-face and hard-to-face, there are not many tactics to apply, mainly relying on the courage of the sergeant.

If we fail to make corresponding preparations, the consequences will be terrible if the army of more than 30,000 people will be surrounded by more than 100,000 rogues.

Looking at the pensive He Renlong, Sun Chuanting spoke again.

"It is our task to rush to the aid of Kaifeng Fucheng, and we can't delay it, but there is one thing, please ask General He to find a way to complete it, that is, to contact Lord Wu Fu, the sergeant stationed in Kaifeng Fucheng, must join forces with us to deal with the Liukou, so that we can form a situation of internal and external attack, so that it is difficult for the Liukou to take care of the first place, so that we can win the best fighting opportunity."

Li Zicheng and Gu Junen had made all the preparations, and the next day they began to attack the Fengfu City, but what they never expected was that Liu Zongmin led more than 10,000 rebel soldiers to retreat.

Gu Junen once specifically emphasized that Liu Zongmin was asked to pay attention to the reinforcements of the officers and troops, if they found that the situation was wrong, they should decisively evacuate Zhuxian Town and preserve their strength, after all, the 30,000 army under Liu Zongmin was the most elite army of the righteous army, but unfortunately due to Liu Zongmin's misjudgment, it led to a fiasco, and less than half of the 30,000 troops were left in the end.

Li Zicheng's face is very ugly, Liu Zongmin is his most trusted general, for so many years, he has led the soldiers of the righteous army to resist the officers and soldiers, and fought many beautiful battles, but this time the two consecutive battles all ended in failure.

Liu Zongmin lowered his head and didn't say anything.

Li Zicheng looked at Gu Junen, and finally couldn't help it.

"Zong Min, in just a few days, two battles in a row, you lost so badly, it seems that you are indeed negligent, when Mr. Gu and I left Zhuxian Town, we specially warned you to pay attention to the reinforcements of the officers and soldiers, you are too confident, which led to the current fiasco, what do you say I should do."

Li Zicheng's style is very different from Zhang Xianzhong, he speaks and does things unhurriedly, and rarely when he is angry, he is already very harsh when he says such words.

Seeing that Liu Zongmin, who was bowing his head, had not spoken, Gu Junen on the side spoke.

"King Chuang, the enemy is at present, I think other things should be put aside, and first consider the issue of attacking and opening the Fengfu City."

Li Zicheng obviously did not immediately follow Gu Junen's advice, but continued to speak.

"The official army of Zhuxian Town is close to 40,000 people, and there are tens of thousands of officers and soldiers stationed in Kaifeng Fucheng, at this time we are suffering from the enemy on our backs, how to attack Kaifeng City, if we are attacking, the official army suddenly attacks from behind, how do we face it, Zhang Xianzhong can't count on it, everything depends on us, is it that we worked hard from Nanyang in exchange for such an ending."

After a moment of silence, Gu Junen spoke again.

"King Chuang, our strength is still there, the official army must be taboo, General Liu returned to the team, and the officers and soldiers did not follow behind to fight, this is proof that the current situation is indeed as King Chuang said, our situation is very bad, but I think as long as we change our minds, we can still take the initiative."

After Gu Junen finished speaking, he focused his gaze on the sand table.

Li Zicheng's gaze also turned to the sand table, and Liu Zongmin also looked up at the sand table, since Gu Junen said such words, it means that he thought of a corresponding way.

Sure enough, Gu Junen walked to the front of the sand table.

"King Chuang, General Liu, we still have 160,000 soldiers of the righteous army, currently surrounding Kaifeng Fucheng, is preparing to attack, there are about 20,000 imperial army stationed in Kaifeng Fucheng, and nearly 40,000 imperial army is stationed in Zhuxian Town, if these two armies echo each other, it will cause us huge trouble."

"There is another point that cannot be ignored, that is, the number of officers and troops led by Sun Chuanting is more than 100,000, and it is only the former army that reinforces Zhuxian Town, and nearly 100,000 officers and troops are still coming towards Kaifeng Fucheng, which is the most dangerous."

"King Chuang is worried about our situation, this is reasonable, once the reinforcements of more than 100,000 officers and soldiers all arrive in Kaifeng Fucheng, we have no possibility of capturing Kaifeng Fucheng, we and the official army in Kaifeng Fucheng around the decisive battle, the outcome is unpredictable, even if Zhang Xianzhong comes to help, I am afraid the effect is not very great."

"So we have to change the layout of the previous operation, and if the situation changes, we have to follow the change."

"Zhuxian Town is only about fifty miles away from Kaifeng Fucheng, He Renlong will definitely rush to the aid of Kaifeng Fucheng, then we will shift the direction of the battle, focus on the officers and troops of Zhuxian Town, we will do our best to defeat the officials and troops of Zhuxian Town, whether or not we can capture Kaifeng Fucheng later, it is a major victory." ……

Gu Junen's analysis made Liu Zongmin's eyes light up, and the two failures filled him with anger and resentment, and he was always thinking about finding an opportunity to take revenge, according to Gu Junen's analysis, his opportunity was coming soon.

Li Zicheng did not speak for a long time, his original intention was not to fight with the official army, but to take Kaifeng Mansion and obtain a large amount of money and food supplies, now the situation has changed, the righteous army must be the official army to start a face-to-face fight, which seems to be a bit more than worth the loss, you must know that the original attention of the official army was on Zhang Xianzhong.

Li Zicheng's hesitation, Gu Junen was clear, he looked at Li Zicheng and didn't speak, such a major decision must be nodded by Li Zicheng, if Li Zicheng still insists on attacking the Fengfu City, then he can only obey.

A full quarter of an hour passed, and Li Zicheng finally made up his mind.

"Okay, I think we can only do it according to Mr. Gu's suggestion, we have to fight quickly and defeat the official army of Zhuxian Town, and we still have to attack Kaifeng Fucheng." (To be continued......)