Henan, Nanyang Province, Nanzhao.

Lao Huihui, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and other armies finally met here, and this time the meeting, the same expression of the old Hui Hui out of the overall situation, Lao Hui in Sichuan encountered Qin Liangyu's resistance, from the direction of Daning into Huguang, for a long time in Fangxian, Zhushan and Baokang activities, the situation is still good, this time into Henan, the purpose is to meet Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's army.

Half a year, from glory to trough, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have different considerations, when they left Xingyang without authorization, the nine dragons and the Shuntian king, who left Xingyang without authorization, have been integrated into Li Zicheng's army, and there is almost no strength of their own **, from the encounter after the Xingyang Conference, as well as the consequences of the nine dragons and the Shuntian king's unauthorized actions, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have realized that with their strength, there is no way out by fighting alone, and the final outcome is to be completely wiped out by the official army.

After the two met in Anyi, Pingyang Prefecture, Shanxi, they quickly unified their understanding, decided to unite, entered the territory of Henan, and finally broke through the encirclement and suppression of the official army, and entered Huguang, in Shanxi, they encountered Cao Wenzhao's severe blow, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry under Cao Wenzhao's command has become a nightmare for the army.

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong did not think about attacking the city, the purpose was to leave Henan, the official army was already assembling in the direction of Henan, once the encirclement of the official army was formed, the righteous army had almost no way out.

Looking around the four directions of the southeast, northwest and northwest, Shaanxi in the west will never dare to enter, there are Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun, there are Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun, eyeing the tiger, going is looking for death, Shanxi in the north, the righteous army can not raise enough grain and grass, and the same can not gain a foothold, as for Shandong and South Zhili in the east, according to their strength, do not think about fighting against the official army for the time being, the only way out is to develop in the direction of Huguang in the south, Huguang is relatively rich, and the righteous army can find a way to raise grain and grass.

As for what to do in the future, they can't think that far.

The information brought by Lao Hui Hui made Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong overjoyed, and they used the fastest speed to lead the army in the direction of Nanzhao, and finally made peace with Lao Hui Hui.

The officers and soldiers did not pursue here for the time being, and after the three of them met, they sat down and calmly discussed their next steps.

At this time, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were convinced by Lao Huihui, and they recommended Lao Huihui as the leader of the Righteous Army, but unfortunately Lao Huihui refused, Lao Huihui still mentioned that Li Zi became the leader of the Righteous Army, Zhang Xianzhong hesitated slightly, and agreed to come down, as for the nine dragons and the King of Shuntian, basically there is no right to speak.

The strategic arrangement for the next step was also put forward by Lao Huihui.

Lao Hui Hui has been active in Sichuan and Huguang and other places for a long time, these places are basically familiar, this aspect has a natural advantage, related to the future development direction of the Righteous Army, Lao Hui Hui has also seriously considered, compared Sichuan and Huguang two places, Sichuan high mountains and dense forests, complex terrain, it is said that it is conducive to the development of the Righteous Army, but unfortunately Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers are very powerful, and these white pole soldiers are locals, adapted to mountain warfare, especially in the complex mountains and forests, It can show its combat effectiveness to the greatest extent, so the righteous army cannot enter Sichuan for the time being, as for the future development and growth, whether it will enter Sichuan, that is a later story.

According to the current form, the most advantageous place for the rebels is Huguang.

Huguang has a vast area, as one of the places where the Ming Dynasty produces the most grain, which is conducive to the righteous army to raise grain and grass, and at the same time Huguang's defense capability is relatively weak, Lu Xiangsheng in Yunyang before, and the Tianxiong army under his command, all went to Yulin, Shaanxi, Huguang Xingdu Division's Weisu army, weak combat effectiveness, will not pose a threat to the righteous army, if the righteous army can use the fastest speed, deep into all parts of Huguang, it will be able to raise enough grain and grass, and soon gain a foothold.

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong fully agreed with Lao Huihui's analysis, and made a decision in the shortest possible time, and the 120,000 rebel army developed in the direction of Huguang, entering Xiangyang Mansion in Huguang from the two directions of Dengzhou and Xinye, waiting for an opportunity to develop.

Of course, this time Lao Huihui also put forward a bold development idea, that is, from Xiangyang Mansion to the east of De'an Mansion and Huangzhou Mansion development, if possible, again attack Nanzhili belongs to Luzhou Mansion and Anqing Mansion and other places, after all, Nanzhili is the richest place in the Ming Dynasty, once the city is captured, the harvest of the righteous army is huge.

Although Li Zicheng became the leader of the righteous army, and was called King Chuang, he respected Lao Hui very much, and any march was to solicit the construction of Lao Huihui, Lao Huihui, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong after the unification of the three people, will start unified action.

This atmosphere of unity soon made the sergeants under their command feel that the union between the rebels from all walks of life was truly formed, and it was under such circumstances that the rebels began to burst out with extraordinary combat effectiveness.

After two days of fighting, the righteous army took Nanzhao City and got supplies, and at this time, the army under the command of Hong Chengchou had just entered the territory of Henan, and Henan commanded the army under the command of the guard, which was still in Kaifeng and Zhengzhou and other places, waiting for Hong Chengchou's army, and Cao Wenzhao was marching in the direction of Dengzhou and Xinye, trying to block the retreat of the Liukou.

The change appeared inadvertently, and Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao didn't know about this change at all.

After taking Nanzhao, according to the old Hui Hui's mentions, the righteous army did not stay, and killed in the direction of Nanyang Fucheng, their next goal was to take Nanyang Fucheng, if they could take Fucheng, then the righteous army would get sufficient supplies, once the righteous army had food security, breaking through the encirclement and suppression of the official army, they would have enough confidence.

Hong Chengchou and others never dreamed that the rogues who had fled desperately all the way would dare to attack Fucheng in Henan.

On the fourth day of the sixth month, the army under the command of Lao Huihui, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong began to attack the city of Nanyang.

The prefect of Nanyang never imagined that he would suffer such a fierce attack, on the one hand, he urgently reported to the imperial court, and on the other hand, he asked the governor for help, of course, the governor did not particularly care, in his opinion, the Liukou has entered the moment of dying and struggling, it is impossible to capture the city, the army of the imperial court has chased after him from behind, if the Nanyang Mansion City can hold on and drag the Liukou, it is also for the court to win time and opportunity to exterminate the Liukou.

Once a wrong judgment occurs, the consequences are unpredictable.

As the leader of the righteous army, Li Zicheng ordered the army under his command to attack Nanyang Fucheng at any cost, and it must be captured within two days.

Zhang Xianzhong also ordered his army to attack the capital city at any cost.

Lao Huihui, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's understanding is unified, they have 120,000 troops under their command, grain and grass is in the first place, if you can't raise enough grain and grass, you can't really maintain the army, so take Nanyang Mansion City, is the most urgent task after the three-way army will meet, at this time, they can not preserve their strength, if they can't take Nanyang Mansion City, they will definitely encounter the encirclement and suppression of the official army in Dengzhou and Xinye and other places, the army has no food, it can't be maintained at all, Second, even if he entered Xiangyang Mansion in Huguang, he would be surrounded and suppressed by the official army due to the lack of food and grass, and thus collapsed.

Relying on the large number of people, the rebel army continued to attack the city of Nanyang, and it did not stop for twelve hours, so that the officers and soldiers who were holding the city fell into endless fatigue and fear.

After a full day, the casualties of the rebel army had exceeded 10,000, and the determination of Lao Huihui, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong did not waver in the slightest, and they took turns sending their respective sergeants to attack Nanyang City.

The turning point occurred on the fifth day of the sixth month.

The one stationed in Nanyang City is just a sergeant of the Inspection Division, not to mention Hong Chengchou, even the governor of Henan did not expect that Liukou would suddenly attack Nanyang City, after all, the probability of Liukou attacking Fucheng is too small, even when Liukou is huge, he did not choose to attack Fucheng, Liukou's determination to break the kettle and sink the boat The government did not expect it, and Liukou's attack without fear of death also made the officials and sergeants collapse.

At the end of the day, the attack of the Liukou suddenly became fierce, tens of thousands of people began to charge, the sergeants guarding the city, the body had reached the limit, the attack of a day and a night, they did not have the slightest time to rest, although they killed and injured a large number of Liukou, but their own casualties were also heavy, and what was even more unfavorable was that the artillery on the city wall had no way to fire.

Defensive strategies such as oil pots, stones, bows and arrows, and even boiling water were all used.

The time when the Liukou went up to the city wall was fixed at two o'clock.

The Liukou, who had suffered a heavy blow, was able to take Nanyang City, which no one expected.

The prefect of Nanyang committed suicide, and most of the officials of the government and county government were killed in battle, and the rest were also mercilessly beheaded by the rogue.

The scholars and merchants in Nanyang City were sacked, and all of them were ruined.

On the other hand, Lao Huihui, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others, in just over a day, took Nanyang City, which greatly increased their confidence and understood the power of joint operations, and the righteous army got a lot of supplies, piled up mountains of grain and grass, a lot of money, as well as a lot of weapons, cotton armor, etc., compared to the grain and grass and other materials obtained, the casualties paid were nothing.

And after this bloody battle, Lao Huihui and others understood that the sergeants under their command were even stronger in combat, and they would do their best in the face of the encirclement and suppression of the officers and troops in the next step.

The situation began to develop in favor of the rebels