Chapter 135: Stand still

"The soldiers and horses on the side of the imperial court, Ben Shuai has 50,000 here, Wu Rumeng also has 50,000, Sima Qiaoyu has 40,000, Huguang Xingying also has 50,000, plus Mao Youjian's 20,000 sailors, a total of 210,000. However, there are no less than 400,000 soldiers and horses of the rogue Li Zicheng, and there are other rogue bandits, ranging from tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and our army will attack as soon as it comes up, putting on a posture of fighting to the death with the enemy, and all the rogues will inevitably unite as one to fight with me. Cao Wenzhao and Sun Chuanting were all defeated one after another and died at the hands of the Liukou, which shows that the Liukou are not all rabble. When marching and fighting, it is most taboo to underestimate the enemy, so you can't rush forward. The commander has a plan, but he can surrender without a fight. Xiong Wencan, the governor of Henan, reported to the imperial court, saying that he had recruited Liu Guoneng, Zhang Xianzhong, and Luo Rucai's rogues, and then Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai rebelled, but Liu Guoneng has been served by the imperial court. Ben Shuai thought that the strategy of recruiting peace was still available, and he promised to use his official position to let them help the court and deal with the rebellion together. What do you think the generals? Yue Su said with a smile.

"Lord Yue, you also said that three rogue leaders were recruited before, but only one was willing to be loyal to the imperial court, and the others rebelled, just defrauding the imperial court of their salaries. The rogues are capricious, how can the court allow them to surrender by deception? "The person who spoke was Cheng Anbo Guo Zhen. Guo Zhen was born in a noble family, and now he is the governor of the Left Army Governor's Office, this time it is a decisive battle with Liukou, most of the soldiers and horses in Beijing City have been transferred out, and these nobles also have to make a strong contribution. Don't look at him as an earl, but Yue Su is the boss, and he still has to sit with his hands in his hands.

"Surrender, that's also in front of whom, they can bully Xiong Wencan, hum...... Is Ben Shuai so easy to bully? Yue Su sneered and said: "This marshal plans to send someone to secretly cross the Yellow River and spill the notice of Zhao'an, but anyone who intends to surrender will be given an official position." If you want to surrender, it depends on their acting skills. Give them a month, if you want to surrender, try to hurry up, after a month, if you want to surrender, Ben Shuai will never surrender. Then pass my military order, the whole army rests here for half a month, and then set off after half a month, Wu Rumeng's soldiers and horses immediately pulled out the camp and rushed to the bank of the Yellow River to station, Sima Qiaoyu's soldiers and horses, pretending to attack Tongguan. ”

"Your Excellency...... Liukou is now attacking Kaifeng, we will enter the army after half a month, once Kaifeng is lost, what can we do? Guo Zhen hurriedly asked.

"Kaifeng is an important town, and there are many defenders, how can it be easily overcome. Let's consume the soldiers and horses of the rogue first. Loose accounts! After speaking, Yue Su stood up directly.

This meeting said that the big guys discussed together, to put it bluntly, it was a word of Lord Yue, and the established policy had already been arranged, and this meeting was to talk to you.

His performance was tepid, and he was not in a hurry, because his reputation was outside, and the generals under his account had no temper, Cheng Anbo Guo Zhen was the highest status here, but Lord Yue was still sent away with a word.

The order was handed down, and Wu Rumeng's soldiers and horses obeyed the order, set off from Puyang, and rushed to Fengqiu County. Fengqiu is only separated from Kaifeng by a Yellow River, and across the Yellow River from here, you can directly reach Kaifeng City. The Yellow River is now controlled by Mao Youjian's sailors, to put it bluntly, Liukou wants to cross the Yellow River to fight, which is impossible, but the officers and soldiers can go over to fight him at any time.

After Sima Qiaoyu got the order, he led the army to Tongguan, which is the only way from Shaanxi to Henan, and the strategic significance of recapturing Tongguan is very significant. But Lord Yue just told the feint attack, and Sima Qiaoyu would not really fight.

On the other hand, the scouts of the imperial court roared out, crossed the Yellow River, and scattered the surrender documents of Lord Yue everywhere. Almost the whole of Henan fell into the hands of the rogues, and there were rogues everywhere, and it was easy to pick up the papers.

The soldiers and horses of the Great Heavenly King Gao Jian, stationed in Lingbao County on the bank of the Yellow River, were the first to see the surrender documents. He knew the news that Lord Yue personally led the army to call, and after seeing the documents, he couldn't help but be moved. Lord Yue's conditions are very generous, as long as he surrenders to the imperial court, he will be given at least one guerrilla general, and if he has any more military exploits, he will be given a hereditary official position.

What is the rebellion for, it is not for promotion and wealth, since the court is willing to give, then what is the opposite. Takami immediately gathered his henchmen to study whether it was the imperial court.

"Big brother, little brother thinks that surrendering to the imperial court is a good way, but I don't know if this is Yue Su's strategy. If we surrender and he breaks his promise and kills us, what will we do? Gao Cai, Takami's younger brother, said.

"I don't think so, Lord Yue has a good reputation, and he has always kept his promises, and the court has already given Wang Jiayin and Wang Ziyong their heads at the beginning, and they have not lost their trust at all, I think there is no problem in this regard. But if we don't submit to the court, we can't go on like this. Brother-in-law, you have also seen that there is nothing to grab in Henan now, and if you grab it again, we will rob each other. Looking at our grain and grass again, there is not much left, and it is estimated that we will have to ask Li Zicheng for supply after a while, and I don't know if people will give it or not. The most important thing is not this, it is the future destination of all of us, if we follow Li Zicheng, it is really difficult to say what will happen in the end, and it is possible to be eaten by Li Zicheng, but with the imperial court, we are the official army, and the big guys have also seen Liu Guoneng, and now they are all deputy generals. We have more troops than him, and now that we are defecting to the imperial court, we can at least give my brother-in-law a general to do. Takami's brother-in-law said.

Hearing this, Takami nodded and said, "But...... If we submit to the court all at once, will we be said to be treacherous? ”

"What kind of treachery, this is called Kuang Fu Sheji. Lord Yue didn't have much time to give us, and what was written in the proclamation was only given a month, and after a month, there would be no surrender. Brother-in-law, you have to make a decision early. ”

Gao Jian gritted his teeth, in fact, he planned to surrender from the bottom of his heart, but the position he was in now was a little bad, there were Liu Xiyao's men and horses not far away, once he surrendered, what would Liu Xiyao do when he called. And the first one to surrender, it also seemed that he was too unrighteous, and after making a choice, Gao Jian finally said: "Send someone to see Li Zicheng, and say that we have no food now, and borrow 10,000 stone of food from him for emergency relief." If he borrows it, we won't surrender for the time being, and if he doesn't, we'll surrender immediately. ”

made up his mind, Gao Jian immediately asked people to send a letter to Kaifeng City quickly, and sent a letter to Li Zicheng, who was swinging his army to open the blockade.

Li Zicheng has been attacking Kaifeng for a while, but he has not been able to capture it, after all, Kaifeng is an important town, not to mention the thick walls of the city, and there are many officers and soldiers inside. And when Li Zicheng attacked Zhengzhou, he was ready, and Li Zicheng couldn't do it if he wanted to send it in.

After a long time of attacking, Li Zicheng was angry, but then he heard that the imperial army was coming, and he was still the second assistant Yue Su personally commanded the troops, and now he not only sent people to attack Tongguan, but also distributed leaflets to encourage the leaders of each family to surrender to the imperial court. Moreover, Wu Rumeng, the governor of Shandong, had already led his troops to the other side of the Yellow River, and he could attack at any time, and Li Ziyuan planned to arrange for men and horses to be stationed on the shore to prevent officers and soldiers from crossing the river and sneak attacking, but he did not expect that as soon as the battalion was set up, countless warships and cannons came, smashing the battalion on the shore to pieces, and many people were killed and wounded.

In this way, it is not only the officers and men who fight their own part, and if they want to cross the river and fight others, they will not have the slightest chance.

He summoned Li Yan, Niu Jinxing and others to discuss the current countermeasures, and at this time, soldiers from outside the tent came to pass the ceremony, saying that the Great Heavenly King Gao Jian sent someone to ask for a meeting.

Now all the rogues, except for Zhang Xianzhong, have become the leaders of the alliance by Li Zi, since Gao Jian sent someone to ask for a meeting, he must want to see him. Li Zicheng called someone to come in, the person sent by Gao Jian was just a messenger, after entering the account, he presented the letter to Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng Zhan Xinguan looked, the content on it is very simple, that is, Gao Jian said that he has no food and grass at the moment, and hopes that King Chuang will sponsor 10,000 stones, preferably within three days, otherwise the brothers will starve to death.

They are all their own brothers, and when it was time to help, Li Zicheng was never ambiguous, and immediately said: "You go down to rest first, and I will send someone to prepare the grain and grass later, and try to send it over within three days." ”

After sending the messenger away, he was about to order Gao Jian to prepare food, but at this time, another soldier came to report that Liu Xiyao's people had come to ask for a meeting. Then let's see, call someone in, and the person who came also presented a letter, the content of this letter turned out to be exactly the same as that of the Great Heavenly King Gao Jian, and there was no food and grass at all, and he wanted to borrow 10,000 stone of grain.

Li Zicheng still said just now, and sent Liu Xiyao's people down, but he never thought that someone outside reported that more than ten leaders such as the King of Chaoshi, the King of the Whole World, Jiutiao, the King of Shuntian, and the King of Taiping sent people to ask for a meeting, and the most infuriating thing was that it was all a letter, and the content of the letter was all borrowed grain.

Li Chuang's righteousness is righteousness, but he is not brainless, otherwise he would not be able to earn this family business. At this moment, so many families seem to borrow grain by themselves, there must be a problem, he sent the messengers one by one, and then sent the letters to Li Yan and others to see.

After his subordinates finished reading the letter, Li Zicheng said: "Everyone, you have also read the letter of the dozen battalions, and the content of the letter is exactly the same, what is going on?" If one or two families have no food, it is normal, but all of a sudden, there is no food, I think there must be something wrong with this. ”

"My lord, what you said is not wrong, there is indeed a problem. According to the subordinates, it is fake for these people to borrow grain, and it is true that they are tempting the lord and having the heart to join the court. Niu Jinxing replied immediately.

"Oh? Why is the military so determined? Li Zicheng asked.

"Just like the lord said, it is possible for one or two families to run out of food, but how can it be so coincidental that more than a dozen families will run out of food at once? Now everyone knows that when the second assistant Yue Su of the dynasty led the army to conquer and suppress, and it was still several large armies, the momentum was huge, and the outcome was extremely unpredictable. And Yue Su has just issued a proclamation, allowing Zhao'an to be recruited and entrusted with an official position. When other officials come to recruit An, maybe no one will give face, but Yue Su is different, he is the second assistant of the dynasty, he is full of words, and his reputation is far and wide. He led the army when the White Lotus Sect and the Dragon Slaying Gang were pacified, and his strength can be seen. The leaders of the battalions were all thinking about their own future, and they must have felt that winning this battle would not do them much good, but if they lost, then everything would be gone. After thinking about it, I thought it would be safer to take refuge in the imperial court. But these people also want to save face, and they don't want to have a reputation for being unjust, so they come to the lord to borrow grain, and if the lord borrows it, maybe they will think about it for a while, but if they don't borrow, they will surrender without hesitation. Niu Jinxing analyzed in an affirmative tone.

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