In the eighth year of Chongzhen, on the sixth day of the first month, the city of Xingyang Prefecture was broken by the Liukou, and the Liukou occupied the city.

Luo Rucai, Lao Huihui, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and other leaders of the rogue invaded the state city and entered the state government surrounded by everyone, and the attack began on the fifth day of the first month, and it was taken in just one day.

Luo Rucai and the others don't care if it's the New Year.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the gathering known as the Xingyang Conference officially kicked off in the state government.

This time the great alliance, the leaders of the thirteen rogues, discussed two things, the first thing was to elect Cao Cao Luo Rucai as the supreme leader of the rogues, and the second thing was to discuss how to fight after the alliance and how to strengthen their own strength.

The conference is just a formality, how to fight after the union, Luo Rucai, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng and others have long been discussed, and Li Zicheng came forward to put forward, the specific operational deployment is that Luo Rucai, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng are developing in the southeast direction, Ge Liyan and Zuo Jin Wang attack from the south to meet the officials and troops of Sichuan and Huguang, Hengtian Wang and 100,000 people attack from the west to meet the officials and troops of Shaanxi, shoot the sky and cross the sky to attack from the north, and meet the officials and troops of Shanxi. King Shun and others responded back and forth.

It should be said that the forces of Luo Rucai, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng are the most powerful, after they are united, the strength of nearly 200,000 troops, towards the southeast direction, on the surface it seems to be to meet the officers and troops of Shandong, but in fact, they are preparing to open up a new line, try to see if they can develop towards the south, if they can open up a piece of the world in the south, then the future development space will be infinitely expanded.

The rest of the four rogues, in the final analysis, are all assisting Luo Rucai along the way.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, the five-way army divided by the rogues began to act.

Zheng Xunrui's guess is good, Hong Chengchou is still in Datong, and he has not left the customs at all, although he said that he received the emperor's holy decree, but it is close to the New Year's pass, Hong Chengchou took into account all kinds of reasons, and did not act, and wrote a letter to the various armies, because the thinking is not yet mature, so it is also a principled talk, and no follow-up arrangements and deployments have been made.

In Hong Chengchou's view, the large-scale battle to exterminate the Liukou will not start until at least after the first lunar month.

After receiving the letter, the other armies understood what Hong Chengchou meant, so they temporarily stopped fighting and spent the New Year with peace of mind, only Zheng Xunrui, the governor of Yansui, took decisive action and led the army to attack.

That is to say, when Liukou was in the Xingyang Great Alliance, only the 30,000 army led by Zheng Xunrui was ready for battle.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, that is, when Liukou ended his gathering in Xingyang and began to divide his troops, Zheng Xunrui learned that Hong Chengchou was still in Datong and had not moved.

Zheng Xunrui's face was pale, he knew that Hong Chengchou looked down on the Liukou in his bones, and thought that the Liukou was not a big deal, and when the army was dispatched, it was the time when the Liukou was wiped out.

Zheng Xunrui felt sad, I am afraid that it was because of such self-confidence and pity for the Liukou that the Daozhì Daming finally fell into the hands of the Liukou, and when Hong Chengchou and the others came to their senses, they could no longer defeat the Liukou.

The spring break of the provincial capital and county is the twentieth of the twentieth month of the first month, during this time the officials are resting, the Liukou took Xingyang, the implementation of the great union of the folds, can be quickly sent to the capital, after all, this is an urgent fold, no one dares to delay time, but from the capital out of the holy decree, it may not be, the speed of arrival in Datong can not be very fast, and then the governor of the five provinces, Hong Chengchou, began to prepare, led the army into Henan to exterminate the Liukou, at least in February, and by that time, the daylily was cold.

This cruel reality made Zheng Xunrui understand that from the first month to February, the 30,000 troops under his command could not get any support and had to fight the rogues alone.

This cruel reality made Zheng Xunrui even more determined to fight according to the pre-conceived plan, preserve his strength in the maximum way, and deal the heaviest blow to the Liukou.

In order not to reveal their whereabouts, the army was all encamped in the mountain pass, and the Chinese army of 15,000 people was marching in a hurry during the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and arrived at the mountain pass after dark, and the Spring Festival of Chongzhen's eighth year was a veritable revolutionary Spring Festival for Zheng Xunrui and 30,000 soldiers.

Zheng Xunrui does not have any special, and everyone is the same, it is not allowed to drink alcohol in the process of preparing for the war, this is the military regulations of the Zheng family, this Spring Festival, 30,000 soldiers no one drinks, in order to avoid causing too much smoke and arousing the suspicion of the outside world, the speed of cooking is very fast.

The 200,000 troops under the command of Luo Rucai, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng marched very fast, and Zheng Xunrui, who was fast, was surprised, the vanguard of 20,000 people, set off from Xingyang on the seventh day of the first month, and entered the territory of Runing Mansion on the ninth day of the first month.

All of these 20,000 men were cavalry.

Although he knew that the strength of Luo Rucai and the others was very strong, the speed of their march still surprised Zheng Xunrui.

When the scouts kept sending information, Xu Wanghua, Liu Zeqing and others would not put forward any suggestions, they were surprised by Zheng Xunrui's accurate prediction, and they simply took the pulse of the rogue, so the next move of the army, they would not talk much, they would not build yì, and they would obey Zheng Xunrui's arrangement.

On the tenth day of the first month, the vanguard of Liukou surrounded Gushi County, and in only half a day, they took Gushi County, and after plundering the county, the army did not stay in Gushi County, and quickly entered the territory of Fengyang Mansion.

Luo Rucai and others can act so quickly, and the slow reaction of the imperial court and Hong Chengchou's light enemy is inseparable, no one would have thought that Luo Rucai and others would lead a large army into Fengyang Mansion, at this time, the local government is still in the spring break, there is no defensive power at all, and it is expected that the city will be taken by the Liukou.

The Liukou acted quickly, won victories one after another, plundered a large amount of money and grain, boosted morale, and rushed towards Fengyang Mansion, at this time, their goal of action has been very clear, that is, Fengyang Mansion City, to be able to take Fengyang Mansion City, the significance is extraordinary, after all, this is the central capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Luo Rucai and others acted quickly, and Zheng Xunrui acted even faster.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, when Liukou set off from Xingyang, the 30,000 troops stationed in Xincai for many days all began to march rapidly, heading towards the territory of Fengyang Mansion.

On the tenth day of the first month, all 30,000 troops arrived in Shouzhou.

Just when Xu Wanghua and others thought that the army was holding Shouzhou, Zheng Xunrui gave an order again, and the army was advancing in the direction of Fengyang Fucheng, and the speed of the march did not need to be too fast.

At the same time as the order was issued, Xu Wanghua, Zheng Jinhong, Yang He, Liu Zeqing, Hong Xintao, Hong Xingui, Hong Xinyu and others all entered the Chinese military tent.

Zheng Xunrui's expression was unusually stern, and he began to give orders.

"Yang He, lead the scouts to carry out reconnaissance along the road, find the best ambush location between Shouzhou and Fengyang Fucheng, give you two days, and you must complete the task."

"Hong Xintao, between Shouzhou and Fengyang Fucheng, there must be people coming and going, they can't be allowed to discover the whereabouts of the army, and the army's ambush plan must not be leaked out, otherwise it will fall short, I don't care what method you take, you must keep this secret."

"Zheng Jinhong, the war is coming, the logistics supply must be absolutely guaranteed, you can't win the battle if you're hungry, before the war starts, you must let all the soldiers eat hot meals, the grain and grass transported by Zheng Kaihua have arrived in Dingyuan County, send someone to get in touch with him, tell him to be ready at any time, the army has not much grain and grass, once there is a shortage of food, he must transport the grain and grass over, this qiē depends on the Zheng family's nursing home, and it is impossible for the army to draw out the sergeants."

"Hong Xingui, you are responsible for contacting all parties, and if there is any situation, report it at any time without the slightest delay."

"Xu Wanghua, Liu Zeqing, you follow my side, and the army to act together, from this moment on, the front army and the Chinese army are one, no longer separate, unified action, maintain the advantage of troops, Liu Zeqing, you are responsible for the marching order of the army, we must determine how to fight this ambush war within two days, I don't want to chase ducks, what I need is to make dumplings, so that the rogue has no return, even if they have scuds and can fly to the sky, we have to beat him down."

Zheng Xunrui punched the table, and the dull sound made everyone's expressions become stern.

The tense atmosphere began to spread, everyone knew that the Liukou had 200,000 troops, and the vanguard of 20,000 cavalry was their elite, and the Zheng Jiajun and the Yulin Border Army must defeat these 20,000 cavalry in the shortest possible time, and they must not let the more than 100,000 troops behind them reinforce.

This is a battle of life, Zheng Xunrui has made a desperate bet, although all the previous predictions are accurate, but the power of the Liukou is too strong, and the 30,000 soldiers ** can not make any mistakes in dealing with such a situation.

Zheng Xunrui's request is clear, that is, to completely annihilate the 20,000 army, the Zheng family army and the Yulin border army have two days, the vanguard of the Liukou, and the follow-up army, two days apart, the battle must end within two days, to be precise, the 30,000 army only has one day, after the battle is over, there is also time to clean up the battlefield and continue to prepare for the next battle.

As long as the 20,000 vanguard troops that can defeat and exterminate the Liukou, the army behind will not be a problem, although there are more than 100,000 people, but these people's combat effectiveness is not very strong, once they encounter a severe blow, there will soon be a rout.

Therefore, the crucial battle is this ambush battle, which can be completely won, and the subsequent victories will follow, if it is in a state of anxiety, the army of 30,000 will be in danger