A qiē are in accordance with Zheng Xunrui's expected development, Liukou once again Xingyang gathering, did not achieve any results, on the contrary, the most powerful Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng between the contradictions, if it is not for the coordination of the old Hui Congzhong, the two are afraid that they will immediately turn their faces, there is such a situation, some of the leaders of the Liukou began to say goodbye, pulling their own team to leave Xingyang, those who left Xingyang, there is no fixed direction of progress, some enter the jurisdiction of Huaiqing Mansion, some enter the jurisdiction of Weihui Mansion, Others entered Henan Province, but no one was willing to go in the direction of Yuzhou, because Zheng Jiajun was entrenched there.

All the efforts came to naught, and he was extremely depressed, he knew very well that once the rebel army fell into a situation of fighting on its own, then it would be able to be broken by the officers and soldiers, especially those teams with only a few thousand sergeants under their command, as long as they were surrounded by the officers and troops, there was basically no hope of breaking through.

After many battles, Lao Huihui, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng and others are not stupid, to this situation, the righteous army must have gains and losses, must preserve part of the main force, develop in the direction of Shanxi, sacrifice some weak forces, and fight to the death with the Zheng army, even if the whole army is annihilated, it is necessary to buy time.

The reason why Zhang Xianzhong opposed it was mainly because of the contradiction between him and Li Zicheng, he did not want Li Zicheng to be the general leader, and his own strength was also strong, and his qualifications in the righteous army were also good, so naturally some people would listen to what he said.

After the nine dragons and the king of Shuntian left Xingyang, Zhang Xianzhong also found that the situation was wrong, and hurriedly found Lao Huihui and Li Zicheng to discuss, and finally formed a unified opinion, according to the arrangement of Lao Huihui, he and Li Zicheng led the army into Shanxi, and the rest of the leaders followed Lao Huihui and evacuated in the direction of Huguang.

There is infighting in Liukou, such a good opportunity, Zheng Xunrui should be seized, but unfortunately he is powerless.

The rogues are concentrated in Xingyang, close to 200,000 people, relying on less than 30,000 Zheng Jiajun and Tianxiong army, to completely annihilate nearly 200,000 rogues, that is a fool's dream, there is no possibility at all, a little careless, they may fall into passivity, causing irreparable consequences, only by mobilizing all aspects of the army to encircle, can there be a chance of success, but unfortunately Zheng Xunrui already knows that he can rely on a pitiful amount of strength.

The armies of Huguang and Henan have suffered a heavy blow and have not yet recovered, and even if they participate in the battle, they will not have much effect, and the armies of Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Shandong will not be able to evacuate lightly, otherwise Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Shandong will all become empty places, and it will be very difficult for the rogues to take the opportunity to enter these places and exterminate them.

The only available is the Sichuan army, but its numbers are limited, and the total strength is less than 10,000 people.

The practice of the imperial court to exterminate the Liukou is to fight a general battle and mobilize the troops from all sides, which is like a game of cat and mouse, the army follows the ass of the Liukou and desperately chases, but it is a pity that the armies of all walks of life are limited by the supply of food and grass, and it is impossible to pursue them for a long time.

This is a loophole in the strategic arrangement.

The most troublesome thing is not the strategic loopholes, which can be remedied, but the biggest problem comes from the army itself.

The general soldiers of all walks of life who participated in the extermination of the rogue had different thoughts, some wanted to preserve their strength, some waited and saw how the other armies fought and killed, and even had the situation of killing the good and risking their merits, but when they were fighting, they would not do their best.

The core of the army's combat effectiveness comes from military discipline, from the strong constraints of military discipline on sergeants, Zheng Xunrui is most worried about the military discipline of the army, the reality is that the army dispatched by the imperial court, military discipline is even worse than that of the rogue, and the common people in Henan and Shanxi are willing to see the rogues rather than the officials and soldiers.

Relying on such an army to exterminate the rogues, the final result is that the rogues are being exterminated more and more, and they will continue to last.

Zheng Xunrui didn't care about this issue before, but after being named the left squire of the military department and responsible for the comprehensive eradication of the Liukou, he had to pay attention to this most serious problem, among the intelligence detected by the Zheng Jiajun scouts, there was even a massacre of the entire village people, which was also the reason why Zheng Xunrui did not let too many troops enter Henan in the first place.

I'm afraid that the imperial court will not be clear about this problem, including the emperor and the adults in the court, but it is just strange why the rogues can not always be exterminated, and every time they encounter a heavy blow, they can recover and grow in the shortest possible time.

The information in the direction of Xingyang was placed on the table, and the nine dragons and the Shuntian King left Xingyang with their respective Liukou, all of which were detected by the Liukou, which showed that there was a problem within the Liukou, if they attacked at this time, they would definitely be able to achieve a huge victory, but Zheng Xunrui was powerless.

Lu Xiangsheng entered the room, saw Zheng Xunrui who was contemplating, and said with a smile.

"My lord, Luo Rucai, He Yilong and He Jin were killed, and the lower officials thought that the end of the Liukou concentrated in Xingyang had also arrived."

Zheng Xunrui looked at Lu Xiangsheng and spoke without a smile.

"Master Lu thinks what action should be taken now, and how to encircle and suppress the rogues concentrated in Xingyang."

"Your Excellency can mobilize the armies of Shanxi and Shaanxi to encircle them from the west and the north, and the troops of Henan stationed in Kaifeng Prefecture will attack from the east, so that a situation of encirclement on all sides will be formed, and there is no way for the Liukou to escape."

Zheng Xunrui's face was slightly stern.

"Lord Lu's idea is good, the official remembers that Lord Lu participated in the battle of Chezhou Gorge, at that time, Lord Chen Qiyu also mobilized an army from many aspects, encircled and suppressed the Liukou, that battle, the official still remembers it very clearly, the arrangements and deployments of a qiē are very in place, and the plan is also accurate, but unfortunately it fell short in the end."

Zheng Xunrui talked about the battle of Chezhou Gorge, Lu Xiangsheng's expression was a little gloomy.

"This official is not talking about the regret of the battle of Chezhou Gorge, but I want to ask Lord Lu to really evaluate the combat effectiveness of the rest of the armies except for the army under the command of Lord Chen Qiyu and the Tianxiong Army under the command of Lord Lu."

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Zheng Xunrui, the look on his face was a little shocked, and he spoke for a while.

"What the adults are worried about, the lower officials understand."

"This official is powerless, the Zheng family army and the Tianxiong army, together there are less than 30,000 people, with 30,000 people, want to annihilate nearly 200,000 Liukou, this is unrealistic, such a risk can not be taken, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Shandong's army, it is not impossible to deploy, but there are two issues that must be considered."

"The first is whether the armies of all walks of life can go all out and fight face-to-face with the rogues, whether they can block the north, west and east directions, so that the rogues cannot break through, once they can't be blocked, behind them is an empty place for defense, after the rogues escape, to these places, will develop and grow faster."

"The second question, what is the military discipline of these armies, whether they can do it without committing any crimes in the autumn, this officer has been thinking about a question, why the Liukou can always resurrect, and can develop and grow in a short period of time, last year's battle of Chezhou Gorge, the Liukou suffered a heavy blow, the total number of people was less than 50,000, but half a year later, they developed to 300,000 people, although they were hit this time, 100,000 were exterminated, the official believes that if there is no accident, they will enter Shanxi or Shaanxi, It will develop and grow again in the shortest possible time. ”

"Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and other places have suffered disasters and famines one after another, and if the imperial court is not able to do everything possible to calm down the people, I am afraid that this matter of exterminating the Liukou will not be able to be completely successful."

When Zheng Xunrui said this, Lu Xiangsheng spoke.

"The adult's worries, the lower officials understand, the lower officials think that this opportunity is just right, no matter what difficulties they face, they must seize this opportunity to completely exterminate the Liukou, last year's battle of Chezhou Gorge, every time I think about it, the lower officials feel sorry in their hearts, if this opportunity is lost again, the lower officials dare not think about it."

Zheng Xunrui looked at the map and nodded, as the supreme commander of the extermination of the Liukou, there were some things he had to do, but it was unknown what the effect would be.

"Okay, no matter what, the opportunity cannot be lost, this official immediately sent a letter to the governor of Shaanxi, Lord Gan, the governor of Shanxi, Lord Wu and the governor of Shandong, Lord Zhu, the army of Shaanxi will go out of Tongguan and arrive in Gong County within three days, the army of Shandong will arrive in Zhongmu within two days, and the army of Shanxi will arrive in Xiuwu County within two days. Two days later, a general attack was launched on Xingyang. ”

Lu Xiangsheng's eyes burst with brilliance, looked at the map, and after saluting Zheng Xunrui with his fists, he went to prepare in a hurry, looking at Lu Xiangsheng's back, Zheng Xunrui sighed slightly.

This is a battle that must be carried out, but he already has a premonition in his heart that it is impossible to completely exterminate the rogues in this battle.

After Zheng Jinhong, Yang He, Liu Zeqing and others entered the house, Zheng Xunrui opened his mouth with a stern face.

"Tomorrow, the army will set off, go to Xingyang, there are a large number of rogues, no matter what their combat effectiveness is, the soldiers of the Zheng family army can not be taken lightly, the core of this battle is to kill the leader of the rogues, you all remember, once you encounter the rogues, no matter what way they resist, and whether they are a large-scale rout, the soldiers of the Zheng family army remember one thing, that is, to kill its leader, and never let its leader escape."

"This battle will not be easy, you have to fight with twelve points of spirit, I don't want to follow the old path of my predecessor, Lord Yang He and Lord Chen Qiyu, their experience is in front of me."