Sun Chuanting led the army to evacuate Yunyang and rushed to Kaifeng Fucheng, he paid great attention all the way, paying attention to whether Zhang Xianzhong led the liukou to follow behind the army to harass him, fortunately, the scouts repeatedly investigated, Zhang Xianzhong did not have any movement, and still stuck to Yunyang Fucheng, which made Sun Chuanting slightly relieved, and also made him feel that there was a contradiction between Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, although the two decided to fight together, but they were more concerned about their own interests.

Two days after the evacuation of Yunyang Fucheng, the army led by Sun Chuanting left Huguang and entered Henan Province, and the route of the army was also very clear, that is, it took the inner countryside, inserted it south to Yuzhou, passed through Yexian, Xiangcheng, Xuzhou, Weishi and other places, and rushed to Kaifeng Fucheng.

With an army of more than 100,000 troops, the marching speed could not be very fast, and Sun Chuanting decided to reinforce Kaifeng Fucheng in a hurry, so the dispatch of money and grain had to be prepared, and it was unlikely that the Fuzhou counties along the way would be able to supply more than 100,000 troops with grain and grass expenses.

As soon as the army entered the territory of Henan, the scouts sent by He Renlong sent information.

He Renlong decided to stop the attack of Li Zicheng's army in Zhuxian Town, after Li Zicheng left Nanyang Mansion City, he acted very quickly, and the daily journey of the army was close to 100 miles, but he left Nanyang Mansion in three days and entered Kaifeng Mansion, but after Li Zicheng entered Kaifeng Mansion, the speed of the march was slightly fuller, and now Li Zicheng's army has passed Xiangcheng and went in the direction of Xuzhou.

Cold sweat broke out on Sun Chuanting's head, he couldn't imagine that Li Zicheng's actions were so fast.

It seems that it is unlikely to be possible according to the regular marching speed, the inner countryside is more than 800 miles away from Kaifeng Fucheng, according to the marching speed of the army, it will take at least ten days or more, which must also ensure that there is no unexpected situation, and the guard force of Kaifeng Fucheng is weak. At the beginning, Wu Fu, the governor of Henan, and He Renlong, the chief soldier, basically concentrated the main forces in Xinye and Xinyang in accordance with the operational deployment of ambushes on all sides and four corners and six corners.

Judging from the edict of the Ministry of War, the emperor and the imperial court did not plan to mobilize the border troops of Datong to aid Kaifeng Fucheng, which indicated that Sun Chuanting must cooperate with He Renlong to ensure the safety of Kaifeng Fucheng.

Wang Yongji also had a sad face, and he was also unlucky as a prisoner. I thought that the battle to exterminate the Liukou would go well, and when the time came, I would return to the capital with merit and get more rewards, but who would have expected such a change in the situation.

"Wang Jianjun, Li Zicheng's actions are very fast, I think the army can't move at the usual marching speed, if we rush to Kaifeng Fucheng, the danger has already appeared, then it's too late. I am considering leading part of the front army, speeding up the march, and according to the arrangement made by He Renlong, arriving at Zhuxian Town in advance to stop Li Zicheng's army, and you will lead the Chinese army to follow, so that we can still form a situation of flanking Li Zicheng before and after, you see how it is. ”

"There is no problem with Master Sun's arrangement. It's just that Li Zicheng is close to Xuzhou, and the inner countryside is more than 800 miles away from Kaifeng Fucheng. Xuzhou is less than 300 miles away from Kaifeng, and the gap is too big, and we don't know if the army can catch up. ”

"It may be too late, the army led by He Renlong has already advanced at full speed towards Zhu Xianzhen, and he can still block Li Zicheng's trip, which has bought time. Enough for me to arrive with the front army. ”

"It's okay, how many soldiers are Master Sun going to lead on the way."

"20,000 people are enough, dispatch good war horses, prepare enough food, and be able to rush to Zhuxian Town within three days."

Wang Yongji shook his head slightly.

"Have you ever thought about it? Li Zicheng's Liukou is close to 200,000 people, the Lord led 20,000 former army reinforcements, the disparity in strength is too great, the sergeant led by General He Renlong is only 20,000, which adds up to 40,000 people, and the Liukou still can't be compared, and Li Zicheng is fully prepared, the Lord and General He are in a hurry, our family is really worried. ”

"I know the worries of Wang Jianjun, but the matter has come to this, I can only take this method, there are only 20,000 soldiers under the command of General He, if there is no support, it is impossible to stop Li Zicheng's army, I lead 20,000 troops to reinforcements, I can always delay some time, the Chinese army led by Wang Jianjun, speed up the march, and strive to arrive in Zhuxian Town within ten days, so that our decisive battle with Li Zicheng is likely to start in Zhuxian Town."

Wang Yongji stopped talking, Sun Chuanting led 20,000 former troops to the starry night, and he would definitely be able to reach Zhuxian Town within three days, but this also meant that Sun Chuanting could not carry artillery to fight, which was the biggest advantage of the army, only 40,000 troops against nearly 200,000 rogues, relying on flesh and blood, the battle situation must be very tragic.

"Wang Jianjun, I think it's decided, Zuo Liangyu followed me to reinforcements, Liu Liangzuo followed by Wang Jianjun's side, the army must speed up the march, the current focus is on the transportation of artillery, you can transfer more war horses, specifically transport artillery, if we start a decisive battle with Li Zicheng, artillery is indispensable."

After the discussion, Wang Yongji immediately made arrangements to manage the matter of food and salary for a long time, Wang Yongji already had good experience, and everything was arranged in just over two hours.

The 20,000 former army led by Sun Chuanting was mainly composed of sergeants from the Shaanxi Guard's army, and this group of sergeants was the most powerful in combat effectiveness and the army that Sun Chuanting relied on the most.

20,000 sergeants prepared ten days of rations, all of which were cooked food, mostly fried noodles and cooked meat, fortunately, the climate was still not very hot, and there was not much problem in carrying them along the road, Sun Chuanting thought that carrying ten days' rations was too much, but Wang Yongji thought that after the 20,000 sergeants arrived in Zhuxian Town, they were about to go into battle immediately, and there was no time to raise grain and grass, so they had to carry enough grain and grass to be able to hold on until all the Chinese troops rushed to Zhuxian Town.

Three hours later, the army of 20,000 was ready.

It's time to go.

Sun Chuanting looked at the energetic 20,000 sergeants and spoke loudly.

"Brothers, Ben Shuai led you to defend Kaifeng Fucheng, we must arrive in Zhuxian Town within three days to prevent Li Zicheng from attacking Kaifeng Fucheng, Li Zicheng has nearly 200,000 rogues under his command, we only have 20,000 people, plus 20,000 soldiers led by He Renlong, a total of 40,000 people, 40,000 against 200,000, in some people's eyes, it is to hit a stone with an egg, but we dare to do this, Ben Shuai asked if you are afraid."

"Not afraid ......"

"Okay, you are all the bravest sergeants, and I believe that you will be able to kill the rogues and lose their armor."

Zhuxian Town is only more than 50 miles away from Kaifeng Fucheng, which can be said to be the last barrier of Kaifeng Fucheng.

Zhuxian Town is flat, boundless, the Yellow River rushes to form the Yellow Flood area, a typical plain terrain, fighting in such a place, the cavalry is conducive to rushing and killing, the disadvantage is that it is impossible to set up an ambush, and the two sides can only fight hard.

Zhuxian Town's fame is very great, during the Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei fought against the Jin soldiers in Zhuxian Town, and achieved a great victory in Zhuxian Town, according to legend, the 100,000 Jin soldiers led by Jin Wushu stuck to Zhuxian Town, guarding Kaifeng Fucheng, Yue Fei only led 500 Yuejia troops, and killed the 100,000 Jin soldiers army defeated, and was forced to evacuate Zhuxian Town.

Of course, this is all historical legend, and it seems like a fantasy to defeat 100,000 people with 500 men.

Sun Chuanting and He Renlong want to have a decisive battle with Li Zicheng in Zhuxian Town, but this is a real thing.

According to intelligence analysis, Li Zicheng had 180,000 rogue soldiers under his command, of which nearly 100,000 were elite sergeants, especially the 80,000 sergeants led by Liu Zongmin.

Sun Chuanting and He Renlong are very brave, Sun Chuanting is brave and strategic, He Renlong is brave in battle, the two of them are united, which does make Li Zicheng feel afraid, but the disparity in strength is too great, He Renlong, who rushed to Zhuxian Town in advance, only has 20,000 soldiers under his command, and Sun Chuanting, who rushed to reinforce, only has 20,000 soldiers under his command, as for the rest of the nearly 100,000 troops led by Wang Yongji, it will take about ten days to arrive at the fastest speed.

Individual bravery cannot replace the disparity in military strength.

But things have come to this point, and it's a choice that has to be made.

Looking at the 20,000 sergeants who began to set off, Wang Yongji had no smile on his face, and his worry was written on his face.

Sun Chuanting and Zuo Liangyu were ready to go.

Wang Yongji picked up the wine bowl and personally handed it to Sun Chuanting and Zuo Liangyu.

"Sun Dashuai, General Zuo, our family will soon rush to Zhuxian Town, our family hopes that when we rush to Zhuxian Town, we will get the good news that you defeated Li Zicheng, Sun Dashuai is right, the decisive battle between the imperial army and Li Zicheng is afraid that it will start in Zhuxian Town, and our family expects Zhu Xianzhen to fight and completely defeat and exterminate Li Zicheng."

Sun Chuanting picked up the wine bowl, drank it in one gulp, and then smashed the wine bowl fiercely.

Wang Yongji, Zuo Liangyu, Liu Liangzuo and others also drank the bowl of wine in one go and smashed the bowl.

"Wang Jianjun, Liu Zongbing, Yunyang's Zhang Xianzhong Although there is no movement at present, but I dare not guarantee that he has not made any moves, when the army rushes to Zhuxian Town, we must always be on guard against Zhang Xianzhong behind him, I estimate that after the decisive battle with Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong will definitely have a move, I have written a memora to the imperial court, looking forward to the imperial court to dispatch the army of Shaanxi, Shanxi and Sichuan to resist and resist Zhang Xianzhong, to prevent him from rushing to Zhuxian Town, this time we reinforce Kaifeng Fucheng, although it is very passive, but I believe, we will definitely be able to take advantage of this rare opportunity to completely defeat Li Zicheng. ”

Sun Chuanting's words were self-comforting, if the imperial court could mobilize the armies of all parties, there would be no need for Sun Chuanting to lead the army to reinforce Kaifeng Fucheng, so it was just a good wish to send troops from Shaanxi, Shaanxi and Sichuan to encircle Zhang Xianzhong. (To be continued......)