In just a few months, Li Zicheng took all the prefectures and counties of Nanyang Prefecture, and actually controlled these places, it should be said that since the rebellion, this is the first time, not only that, Li Zicheng has also received the support of almost all the people in Nanyang Prefecture, and in a short period of time, he has gained a foothold in Nanyang Prefecture.

Of course, all this is mainly due to Li Yan, Niu Jinxing and others.

The role of public opinion is huge, Li Yan and Niu Jinxing and others, from the perspective of public opinion, lost no time in publicizing the king Li Zicheng, especially in the aspect of not paying food, and spared no effort, which was strongly supported and embraced by the people, occupying Fuzhou County under the jurisdiction of Nanyang Mansion, Li Yan and others did not completely expel the officials in the government, but selectively retained some officials with good reputations, for which they also specially implored Li Zicheng to come forward to do work, so that these officials can stay, After all, not everyone is willing to do things for the rogue.

In terms of dealing with the gentry and wealthy households, Li Yan and others are even more cautious, except for those gentry and wealthy households who are regarded as bullies in the eyes of the common people, most of the rest are to ensure their basic rights and interests, at least these people can keep their family property, and they will not show mercy to those gentry.

The main composition of the righteous army is still the homeless people, and the quality of these people is not flattering, but Li Yan still tried his best to make a statement, asking King Chuang to rectify the military discipline of the righteous army, and Li Zicheng also completely adopted Li Yan's advice, greatly restricting military discipline, if there is a burning, killing, and adultery, all of them are marching laws.

Although Li Zicheng was a little distressed, he saw the effect of opening the warehouse and releasing grain, and he was very resolute in implementing it.

Through this series of measures, Li Zicheng's foundation in Nanyang has been very solid.

All this is unknown to Lu Xiangsheng, Gao Qiqian and others, they don't know that the common people of Nanyang Mansion, and even some scholars and officials, are faintly biased towards Li Zicheng.

Li Yan spared no effort to give advice to King Chuang. And spare no effort to rectify the rebel army, the effect has been revealed, of course, another major thing that Li Yan did was to send the rebel army, disguise the city merchants, scatter to reconnoiter intelligence, and publicize the wisdom and benevolence of Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang. Such propaganda is in Ruzhou, Runing, Henan and Kaifeng. have had a big impact.

The biggest gain of Li Yan and others was to obtain information that Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian led the imperial army to encircle and suppress.

Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian led the army into Runing Mansion, Li Zicheng obtained detailed information, the power of the Tianxiong Army, Li Zicheng had tasted it, for this encirclement and suppression, it can be said that he had no confidence, and also expressed concern, although it was said that the righteous army had won the support of the people in Nanyang Mansion. But this combat effectiveness will not be able to improve for a while and a half, because of the encirclement and suppression of the Zheng family's army, Li Zicheng's elite under the command of the loss of all, now although there are 80,000 troops, but what the combat effectiveness is, Li Zicheng knows in his heart, to say that relying on these people to defeat the official army. There are still difficulties.

It was at this time that Li Yan, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Gu Junen and others put forward their own analysis, they believed that the righteous army was completely capable of defeating the official army, and fighting a war not only depended on the personal ability of the sergeant, but also depended on the right time, place and people. All these officers and troops are not occupied, and it is almost impossible for the lone army to go deep into Nanyang Mansion and defeat the righteous army.

Song Xiance, who was good at divination, also carried out formal divination, and the result of his divination was that the rebels were able to achieve a major victory. Not only can it control Nanyang Mansion, but it can also take the opportunity to control Runing Mansion and Ruzhou and other places.

This made Li Zicheng more confident, and he began to pay special attention to the situation of the official army.

By the middle of November, Li Zicheng made up his mind to meet the imperial court officers and soldiers with 60,000 righteous troops, he personally served as the commander, Li Yan was the military division, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and Gu Junen and others were the deputy military divisions, and the 60,000 army was divided into two parts: the front army and the Chinese army, the front army was 20,000 people, the commander was the red lady, the Chinese army was 40,000 people, and the commander was Liu Zongmin.

In order to ensure the victory of the battle, Li Zicheng also made a decision, Li Yan and Song Xiance followed the actions of the former army, Niu Jinxing followed the actions of the Chinese army, and Gu Junen stayed by Li Zicheng's side.

With regard to the selection of the place of the battle, Li Zicheng, Li Yan, and others discussed for a long time, and it can be said that they were extremely cautious; every time they decided on the location of the decisive battle, they had to personally go to the spot to inspect it and have a clear idea of it.

It was not until the end of November that the overall operational arrangements were fully implemented.

This is in the view of the righteous army, it is almost impossible to happen, in the face of the official army in the past, the righteous army is in a passive defense situation, there has never been any definite deployment, it can be said that the son fights, fight if you win, run if you can't win, when the Xingyang Conference was held, the righteous army grew unprecedentedly, Li Zicheng once proposed that the righteous army should have a detailed plan and goal for each battle, but unfortunately it didn't take long for the righteous army to encounter the encirclement and suppression of the Zheng army, suffered heavy losses, and injured the vitality, it is impossible to come up with any targeted combat plan.

Now the situation is different, and the rebels have the courage and confidence to fight face-to-face with the officers and soldiers.

With such a change, Li Zicheng was extremely happy and understood the importance of talents.

The bad weather didn't matter to the rebels, most of them were from poor backgrounds, and they didn't particularly care about such bad weather, although such a climate had a certain impact on the march and battle.

After the operational deployment was decided, targeted training was launched.

For so many years, the rebel army has been accustomed to mobile warfare, and there are few opportunities for positional warfare, but this time the situation is different, it is necessary to persist in positional warfare, and it is necessary to fight face-to-face with the officers and soldiers, and fast-moving operations can only be carried out in some small-scale battles, and the real final decisive battle still depends on positional warfare.

The 20,000 former troops still adhered to the mobile mode of combat because of the different tasks they shouldered, but the 40,000 Chinese troops were different, they had to get used to fighting in positions, and they also needed to undertake the major task of directly facing the officers and troops.

Li Zicheng has a wealth of experience in the arrangement and deployment of operations, and all the deployment and planning of operations are his final decision, as for other matters such as encircling sergeants, pacifying the people, and winning support, Li Yan and others have done it, and Li Zicheng does not need to worry about this aspect.

As for grain and grass, the government at all levels was wronged, and they tried their best to collect taxes, and finally all of them fell into the hands of Li Zicheng, so that Li Zicheng had enough money and grain, and at the same time, because of strict military discipline, the money and property of the local tyrants and inferior gentry were confiscated, and all of them were able to enter the treasury.

It can be said that everything is developing in a direction that is favorable to the righteous army and Li Zicheng.

In late November, Li Zicheng received important information that the 30,000 officers and troops were divided into the front army and the middle army, the front army was about 10,000 people, coming from Wanshan, which belonged to Runing Prefecture, in the direction of Qinyang, and the 20,000 people of the Chinese army were still on the way to Wanshan, and the speed of the march was very slow, which led to the straight-line distance between the front army of the official army and the Chinese army.

After learning such important information, Li Zicheng quickly summoned Li Yan, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Gu Junen, Liu Zongmin, and Red Lady to discuss.

Gu Junen believed that the righteous army should seize such an opportunity to adjust its previous operational deployment, take the initiative to meet the 10,000 officers and troops, and strive to defeat or even exterminate the 10,000 officers and troops in the shortest possible time.

Only Li Yan insisted on the original battle plan, believing that the Righteous Army had made all preparations and was not suitable for making too big adjustments at present, and that no matter how many officers and soldiers there were, the purpose of the Righteous Army was to achieve final victory, so it was not possible to adjust the combat plan.

Strictly speaking, Li Zicheng has the most experience in combat, but this battle is very important, and he is hesitant for the first time, not knowing what choice to make.

Li Yan, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and Gu Junen under Li Zicheng are all strategists, and their abilities are not ordinary, in terms of personal ability, Li Zicheng favors Li Yan the most, but in terms of feelings, Li Zicheng trusts Gu Junen the most.

Li Zicheng's views on Song Xiance are a little complicated, and in his heart, he is even a little in awe of Song Xiance.

Under such circumstances, Li Zicheng didn't know what choice to make, but after all, he was the king of Chuang, and after years of fighting, at the critical moment, he was able to control his emotions and make the most rational choice.

After careful consideration, Li Zicheng finally decided to adopt Li Yan's suggestion, because there have been huge changes in the actions of the official army, which means that the opportunity is coming, at this time, Li Zicheng is not only thinking about defeating the official army, but thinking about the total annihilation of the 10,000 former army of the official army, if you want to achieve such a goal, you must adhere to the original campaign deployment, and you cannot make adjustments, only in this way can you ensure a complete victory to the greatest extent.

Of course, Li Zicheng also made some minor adjustments, such as requiring the former army to speed up the pace of action in accordance with the original campaign deployment, not being able to follow the step-by-step schedule in some encounters, and demanding that the Chinese army make all preparations for fighting a vicious war, and so on.

Everyone understands that Li Zicheng adopted Li Yan's suggestion, and in such a major battle, Li Zicheng believed in Li Yan, so that Li Yan's prestige among the rebels rose rapidly, faintly surpassing Gu Junen.

Such a situation, there must be some people who are not used to it, but the current enemy, under the current situation, defeating the official army is the most important task, the righteous army has just settled down in Nanyang Mansion, whether it can be stationed here, it depends on the battle situation this time, if this operation fails, the righteous army will be forced to restore the previous mobile combat method, which Li Zicheng and others do not want to see. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )

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