After setting off from Nanyang Mansion City, Li Zicheng was in a state of rapid marching, and it was Gu Junen who followed him all the time.

Decided to conquer Kaifeng Fucheng, this is a decision made by Li Zicheng, when Liu Wenxiu came to negotiate on behalf of Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng was not to be seen, he would not forget what happened in Kuizhou, Sichuan, that time If it was not for Gu Junen's early judgment and timely evacuation, I am afraid that there is no him Li Zicheng in this world.

However, Gu Junen's analysis also made Li Zicheng finally make a decision, once Zhang Xianzhong was completely wiped out by the official army, then the imperial court would be able to concentrate on dealing with him Li Zicheng, and protecting Zhang Xianzhong from being completely exterminated by the official army was actually to protect himself, which made Li Zicheng finally make up his mind and take certain actions to help Zhang Xianzhong.

Of course, Li Zicheng will not directly help Zhang Xianzhong, for example, sending a large army to Yunyang Fucheng, which is not considered, what he hopes is to get his own benefits through certain actions, so the capture of Kaifeng Fucheng has become the best choice, the rich Li Zicheng of Kaifeng Fucheng is clear, and the righteous army has taken Kaifeng Fucheng, which will definitely cause a huge shock to the imperial court.

When Gu Junen and Liu Wenxiu were negotiating, Li Zicheng also put forward a request, that is, Zhang Xianzhong must stick to Yunyang Fucheng, no matter how big the loss, he must not evacuate without authorization, and at the same time, when the official army rushed to aid Kaifeng Fucheng, Zhang Xianzhong must lead a large army to harass, so that the official army could not support Kaifeng Fucheng wholeheartedly.

In order to ensure that the 180,000 army can act quickly, Li Zicheng can be said to have taken great pains and made preparations for a long time, in fact, in this process, Gu Junen once put forward a suggestion to leave a part of the soldiers to stick to Nanyang Mansion City, and lead about 100,000 rebels to attack Fengfu City. Li Zicheng did not agree, and insisted on leading all the rebel soldiers to conquer.

The reason why Li Zicheng did this was because he didn't believe Zhang Xianzhong.

The location of Kaifeng Mansion is too important, once Li Zicheng makes a position to attack Kaifeng City, the official army will definitely defend it with all their might, in this case. More sergeants, you can ensure strong enough combat effectiveness, and Zhang Xianzhong can't always stay in Yunyang Fucheng, the battle is at its most intense, Zhang Xianzhong may lead the army to come to get a piece of the pie, if some of the sergeants are left in Nanyang, maybe they will be annexed by Zhang Xianzhong, or there will be a fierce conflict.

Li Zicheng knows Zhang Xianzhong too well, and he knows that Zhang Xianzhong can do anything.

The time of the first five days of departure. The movement of the 180,000 army was very fast, passing through Yuzhou, Yexian, Xiangcheng, and seeing that it was close to Xuzhou, which made Li Zicheng very happy, the faster the army moved, the more it could ensure the smooth capture of Kaifeng Fucheng, after all, most of the officers and troops in Henan were distributed in Xinye and Xinyang. The force to protect the city of Kaifeng is very weak.

From the sixth day, however, the march of the great army began to slow down.

Li Zicheng asked Liu Zongmin, the commander of the former army, several times. Liu Zongmin is also helpless, the number of cavalry in the righteous army is not large, most of them are foot soldiers, people's physical fitness is limited, and they walk dozens of miles on their legs every day, and there are always times when they are tired. The excitement of the initial departure had passed, and by this time the rebel sergeant could no longer be as fast as he had begun.

Gu Junen also persuaded Li Zicheng that the physical fitness of the righteous sergeant could not exceed the limit, otherwise he would rush to Kaifeng Fucheng. Nor can the battle start right away.

After hearing Liu Zongmin's report and Gu Junen's persuasion, Li Zicheng simply ordered the army to camp on the spot and rest for a day before setting off.

In the military tent.

Li Zicheng, Gu Junen and Liu Zongmin are discussing.

Gu Junen proposed that the righteous army might not only think about attacking Kaifeng Fucheng, but also think about dealing with the blocking and fighting of the official army, after all, King Chuang led a large army to attack Kaifeng Fucheng, and this matter has been spread, and the court and the official army must be prepared.

Liu Zongmin agreed with Gu Junen's opinion and suggested that the rebels should be ready for battle at any time.

Li Zicheng did not have such an idea, he helped Zhang Xianzhong from his own point of view, the official army is going all out to conquer Zhang Xianzhong, he seized this loophole, attack Kaifeng Fucheng, but just want to leave after a big fish, over the years, Henan has repeatedly suffered from famine, the entire Henan Province, only Kaifeng Fucheng is very rich, 180,000 righteous army needs a lot of money and food consumption, can capture Kaifeng Fucheng, get a lot of money, for the next development of the righteous army is very beneficial.

"Mr. Gu, Zong Min, I understand what you mean, but I don't want to attack the city along the way, the army has bypassed Xiangcheng, I haven't seen any action by the official army, and then we have to bypass Xuzhou and Wei's family, and go straight to Kaifeng Fucheng, I don't think the official army can make any big moves, I ask the army to march fast, that is, to avoid harassment by the official army, our goal is Kaifeng Fucheng."

Gu Junen shook his head.

"King Chuang, I also want to be able to arrive at Kaifeng Mansion in one breath, but the precautions along the road are still necessary, not to mention Sun Chuanting, the governor of the five provinces, just say that He Renlong, the chief soldier of Henan, this person is brave and good at fighting, it is impossible to stay in Xinye and other places, and he will definitely rush to the aid of Kaifeng Fucheng, we must be ready to fight."

Li Zicheng looked at Liu Zongmin.

"King Chuang, my subordinates think what Mr. Gu said is right."

Li Zicheng snorted inside his nose.

"Mr. Gu, did you think that Zhang Xianzhong would participate in the fight and support us?"

Gu Junen shook his head decisively.

"Since the righteous army set off from Nanyang Fucheng, I have no such thoughts, Zhang Xianzhong will never make a move at this time, and I can also conclude that after encircling and suppressing Zhang Xianzhong's official army, after getting the news that King Chuang attacked and opened the Fengfu City, they will definitely all evacuate Yunyang and go all out to Kaifeng Fucheng, I can also conclude that Zhang Xianzhong will stand still in a short period of time, observe the changes in the situation, and get the greatest benefit when the critical time comes."

Li Zicheng's trust in Gu Junen is by no means ordinary, it can be said that among the 180,000 rebels, Gu Junen is a figure above 10,000 people under one person, and Li Zicheng is also strange when he hears Gu Junen's analysis.

"Mr. Gu, since you have such an understanding, why do you still ask the rebels to prepare and fight against the officers and soldiers along the way, do we want to attract all the officers and soldiers to reduce Zhang Xianzhong's burden."

"King Chuang, things will not develop according to our imagination, these days when the march, I have thought carefully, we march so fast, what we want to think of is to seize the opportunity, take advantage of the emptiness of the Kaifeng Mansion City to take it in one fell swoop, but has King Chuang ever thought about it, we will not be able to take Kaifeng Mansion City for a while and a half, what kind of situation will we encounter, if Sun Chuanting, He Renlong and the two roads of the official army all rush to Kaifeng City, how should we respond."

Hearing Gu Junen say this, Li Zicheng fell into deep thought.

"The fight between the righteous army and the official army is impossible to avoid, even if we quickly take the Kaifeng Mansion City, we will encounter a large number of officers and soldiers when we evacuate, and after we take the Kaifeng Mansion City, the righteous soldiers who have been supplied will not be addicted to wealth and temporarily lose their fighting spirit, this is also a problem that needs to be considered, we attack Kaifeng Mansion on the way to the march, encounter the pursuit of the official army, it is not necessarily a bad thing, if we can muster up the fighting spirit of the righteous soldiers, completely defeat the official army, Kaifeng Fucheng is still within reach, and we can completely eliminate our worries. ”

After Gu Junen said these words, Li Zicheng's face suddenly brightened.

"It's still Mr. Gu who is thoughtful, I almost forgot about these possibilities, can Mr. Gu explain it in detail."

The change in Li Zicheng's attitude made Gu Junen very happy, in fact, most of his suggestions were adopted by Li Zicheng.

Seeing Gu Junen's gaze turn to the table, Liu Zongmin quickly spread out the map.

"King Chuang, the route of the righteous army is clear, after passing through Xuzhou and Weishi County, it will go straight to Kaifeng Fucheng, the righteous army has nearly 200,000 soldiers, it is impossible to take a small road, only to advance along the official road, this He Renlong should be clear, if I think from He Renlong's point of view, I must stop the attack of the righteous army on Kaifeng Fucheng in Weishi County."

Li Zicheng looked at the map and nodded, agreeing with Gu Junen's analysis.

"However, I feel that it is not possible to completely determine that He Renlong relies on Wei's county town to defend the rebel army, if He Renlong is stationed in the city, we don't have to pay attention to it at all, the army bypasses the county seat and rushes, and even we can leave some of the soldiers to completely surround Wei's county, so that He Renlong can't gallop to Kaifeng Fucheng, and in terms of marching speed, He Renlong is unlikely to rush to Wei's county seat in a short time and do all the defenses."

"Wei's county is only more than 100 miles away from Kaifeng, during this period only Zhuxian Town can be armed, after Zhuxian Town, the righteous army will directly face Kaifeng Fucheng, so we also need to pay attention to Zhuxian Town, during the Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei once fought here against the Jin soldiers, and achieved a major victory, although Zhuxian Town is small, its reputation is very great."

"Therefore, my suggestion is to ask General Liu Zongmin to lead the elite soldiers of the rebel army to quickly arrive at Weishi County and Zhuxian Town, and set up defenses in these two places, so as to scout where the officers and soldiers will stop the rebels, and no matter where they find the traces of the officers and soldiers, they must be ready to fight and fight."

"King Chuang can make the army ready for battle, if He Renlong is blocked in Zhuxian Town, then the righteous army will fight with the official army in Zhuxian Town and completely defeat He Renlong."

When Gu Junen said this, Li Zicheng interjected.

"What if Sun Chuanting also leads a large army to come."

"Then go all out and defeat them completely, as long as you defeat Sun Chuanting and He Renlong, don't say take Kaifeng Fucheng, even if you take the entire Henan, it's no problem." (To be continued......)