It is still difficult for the Tan Tai Department of the Qing Army in Shandong to protect itself, and it is naturally unable to go south.

The main force of the two armies of the Guards totaled 300,000 elites and the main force of the Qing army, Hong Chengchou, continued to fight wits and courage in Henan, during which the details needless to say, Lu Zhenfei thought hard every day about how to reply to Hong Chengchou in order to deceive Hong Chengchou.

Qin Liangyu tried all kinds of ways to make the main forces of the two armies of the Guards unknowingly tighten the encirclement of Hong Chengchou step by step.

The hardest thing in this is Jinyiwei, from Zhou Ze to Wang Gang, he has to deliver and receive all kinds of news every day.

Fortunately, the people of Henan are also very supportive, and the movements of the Qing army after entering Henan are transmitted to Qin Liangyu, Liu Fangliang, and He Xin almost every day through the mouths of the people everywhere.

The Qing Army's He Luohui Department has been along the direction of Huguang and Xiangyang, and has also sent a large number of scouts into Henan, Nanyang and other prefectures, in order to respond to the main force of the Qing Army Hong Chengchou at any time, resist the Fourth Army of the Guards Army from entering Henan, and at the same time avoid falling into the encirclement of the Fourth Army and the Third Army of the Guards Army.

Since ancient times, the northern army must pass through Xiangyang when they march south to Huguang, and there is no danger to defend south of Huguang as soon as Xiangyang is taken.

Therefore, at this time, a total of 80,000 people of the First Corps of the Fourth Army of the Guards Army had also been stationed under Xiangyang City to block the 100,000 Qing troops of He Luohui.

The Fourth Guards Army was ordered to resist the enemy step by step, but could not annihilate and defeat the Heluo Hui Division, forcing it to withdraw to Henan to join Hong Chengchou.

Therefore, the Fourth Army of the Guards retreated back to Xiangyang City after the next artillery bombardment of Xiangyang City, and did not seriously fight with the Qing army He Luohui.

He Luohui thought that the Ming army was really afraid of field battles and was determined to defend Xiangyang, so he simply ordered the army to encircle Xiangyang, so as to force the Fourth Army of the Guards to surrender, and at the same time, He Luohui did not attack Xiangyang desperately, so as to avoid a great loss of his own strength and unable to deal with the main force of the Qing army, Hong Chengchou.

The Second Corps of the Fourth Army of the Guards Army marched north along Jingzhou from time to time to attack and kill the scouts of the Qing Army's He Luo Hui Division, so that the Qing Army's He Luo Hui Department had to believe that there was a main force of the Ming Army in Huguang in addition to Xiangyang, and informed Dolgon and Hong Chengchou of this news.

Dolgon and Hong Chengchou became more and more convinced that the main forces of the Guards were in Shandong and Huguang.

At this time, Hong Chengchou had really besieged Kaifeng City.

The main force of the 500,000 Qing army is like dozens of giant pythons wrapped around the periphery of Kaifeng City, stretching several miles away from Kaifeng City, and every day outside Kaifeng City is dusty, and the cars and horses are noisy.

Hong Chengchou also got off the horse, twisted his beard and came to the official road of the outer city of Kaifeng Mansion, looking at the Kaifeng City that had been repaired, he couldn't help but feel quite emotional, and was busy going to the city to ask Lu Zhenfei if he was attached to the Qing Dynasty.

But what Hong Chengchou didn't expect was that Lu Zhenfei appeared on the outer city wall of Kaifeng Mansion at this time, and shouted at Hong Chengchou:

"Hong Chengchou, you, the traitor of the Han people, the traitor of the Ming Dynasty, recognize the thief as a slave, and you dare to lead the thief in and take me from Kaifeng City, don't you think! I, Lu Zhenfei, swear to live and die with Kaifeng City today! ”

Lu Zhenfei suddenly rejected Hong Chengchou.

This made Hong Chengchou very stunned, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time after hearing the report of his own soldiers.

Hong Chengchou was annoyed and angry, always feeling that he was being teased by Lu Zhenfei, and hurriedly ordered the army to attack the city.

The resistance of the soldiers and civilians in Lu Zhenfei and Kaifeng City was very tenacious, and Hong Chengchou's attention of the 500,000 Qing troops was also all focused on attacking and opening the city, and his attention to the changes in the surrounding situation was further reduced.

Of course, Hong Chengchou was not worried, because he had always kept in touch with the He Luo Hui Department, and he didn't think that the main force of the Guards could suddenly come to Henan to assist Lu Zhenfei at this time.

Hong Chengchou hated Lu Zhenfei at this time, and he had guessed from the density of artillery and muskets in Kaifeng City that Lu Zhenfei and him must have been secretly accumulating the strength to defend Kaifeng.

He even guessed this from the scouts he had sent, because the area around Kaifeng Mansion had been cleared of the wilderness.

The Qing army Tan Tai retreated to Dongguang City, Hejian Province.

The Qing army He Luo will besiege Xiangyang City.

At this time, Hong Chengchou closed the siege and opened the blockade.

On the surface, the Qing army showed no signs of defeat, but in fact, the strategic offensive posture had slowly shifted in the direction of the Guards.

Qin Liangyu has gone to Zhuxian Town in order to better center the dispatch, and Zhu Youzhen has also arrived here at this time, and the Second Corps of the Second Army of the Guards Army is naturally here, just waiting for the Third Army of the Guards Army and the First Corps of the Second Army to complete the encirclement of Hong Chengchou in Kaifeng Mansion, and the Second Corps of the Second Army of the Guards Army will also directly have Zhu Xianzhen to attack Hong Chengchou's main force in the north.

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Zhu Youzhen has been a lot more relaxed since he left Nanjing, he is tired of Nanjing City, tired of the civil officials and gentry in Nanjing City, and even a little afraid and worried.

Since he is an emperor who wants to reform and eliminate cheating and not be harmed by the civilian officials, he is destined to fight against the civil officials to the end, but this also means that he will face the retaliation of the civilian clique at any time.

Zhu Youzhen has never been afraid to speculate on the intentions of these people with the greatest malice, so although he is the emperor, his life in Nanjing City can be described as frightening step by step.

At this time, when he left Nanjing City and came to this world without court politics, deceit and intrigue, he suddenly relaxed a lot.

There are ordinary people who respect him from the bottom of their hearts, and there are also guards officers and soldiers who regard him as their backbone.

There is also a noodle garden, the idyllic scenery and life of Sangma.

There is also an infinite sky and earth.

It is natural and normal for Zhu Youzhen to have such a mentality, and in Nanjing City, his policies are contrary to the interests of the gentry in Nanjing City, so there are few people who really support him.

In the small market towns in the countryside, his policies were favorable to the common people and the Shu landlords, so there were many people who supported him here.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen felt relaxed here.

Zhu Xianzhen.

It is rumored that Yue Fei once defeated the Jin army here, and Daming was not an ordinary town at this time.

Zhuxian Town is the outer harbor gateway of Kaifeng City, from Sunjiadu all the way south, you can go directly from Kaifeng City to Zhuxian Town.

The march of the army must march along the river, so it has always been necessary to pass through Zhuxian Town after capturing Kaifeng to the south or to the north to attack Kaifeng.

This is also the reason why Qin Liangyu placed the Second Corps of the Second Army of the Guards in Zhuxian Town.

Because once Hong Chengchou occupies Kaifeng, he can only go south to Zhuxian Town, and the Second Corps of the Guards Army must first occupy the key pass of Zhuxian Town if he wants to surround Hong Chengchou.

At this time, more than 90,000 people gathered in Zhuxian Town, and Zhu Youzhen was naturally here, as well as Qin Liangyu, Li Banghua, He Xin, Liu Fangliang and other high-ranking officials of the Generalissimo's Guard.

These officials were different from the civil officials in Nanjing, and at this time they were the same interest group as Zhu Youzhen, or they were all abandoned by the Qingliu civil officials.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen got along with them very easily, and these officials did not ask him to do anything as an emperor.

Whether it is an official or a citizen, Zhu Youzhen must feel cordial here.

(End of chapter)