To be honest, if Yu Zilian did not abide by military discipline so much, but indulged the troops to loot the people, at least with the impeachment of other officials, it could also give him some reputation. It was also introduced above: Because in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty and the scholars, there was a very strange assertion: the Ming army that would rob the people was a good Ming army that fought bravely.

In addition, Yu Zilian did not use the silver to make friends with the upper echelons, so the imperial court was quite unfamiliar with Yu Zilian and his Ruzhou army, and some ministers did not even know that there was such an official army in the Ming Dynasty.

It was in such a situation that Yu Zilian came on the field.

On 19 October, the Ruzhou Army left Ruzhou and marched north. On October 22, the Ruzhou Army crossed the Yellow River in the Yellow River section of Henan Province. After that, the Ruzhou army was like plunging headlong into the night when it couldn't see its fingers, and it suddenly had no direction.

First of all, there is one word: chaos! Yu Zilian did not get any information about the Qing army.

First collected from the local government and the fleeing people, but it is difficult to distinguish whether the information collected is true or false, if all this information is taken seriously, then the number of Qing troops entering the customs will exceed one million, and the Ruzhou army is also surrounded by the Qing army. The most exaggerated information is that Luoyang was occupied by the Qing army, but this kind of information made Yu Zilian a little crying and laughing, you know, the Ruzhou army had just crossed the Yellow River from the edge of Luoyang City.

There's no way, so let's send out a scout! At first, it was okay, and I walked safely for four or five days. But then, those scouts and cavalry encountered the Qing army with four divisions, and in three days, the Ruzhou army lost nearly 100 cavalry, which made Yu Zilian feel distressed. You must know that until now, Yu Zilian smashed pots and sold iron to raise thousands of cavalry in the Ruzhou army. So Yu Zilian didn't dare to squander it anymore, so he completely gave up sending scouts. On the other hand, he has completely lost his understanding of the surrounding enemy.

Then there are two words: lack of food!

Yu Zilian also encountered the same problem that Wu Shigong encountered in the first Qinwang of the Jisi Rebellion: the local government refused to supply grain and grass. However, this time the local government gave Yu Zilian a choice: if the Ruzhou army stayed to help defend the city. The magistrate will do his best to provide for the food.

But does Yu Zilian have a choice? King Qin! King Qin! didn't even show the emperor's face, wasn't that the autumn queen who sent it to settle accounts? Yu Zilian is also self-aware, he also knows that he has been snubbed in the court, if his King Qin has no results this time, once the Qing army withdraws, even if no one falls into the ground, no one in the court will help him say good things. So what to do? Only to bite the bullet and go.

Because the scouts sent out were not all ineffective, Yu Zilian learned that although the Qing army was moving around, they were also divided into squads. As long as the Ruzhou army is in a group, it will be difficult for the Qing army to gnaw at its own army.

So Yu Zilian gave an order. The whole army set off happily, ignoring the retention of the local government, like a blind man walking at night, with more than ten days of military rations, and touched the capital.

That is, the soldiers of the Ruzhou Army are quite superstitious about Yu Zilian. And the Ruzhou army came from the common people, and there was no fear of the Qing army at all. This state. It is well said that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. The difference is that the ignorant are fearless, so the morale of the Ruzhou army at this time was still high.

And Yu Zilian is also out of the way, anyway, the worst result is the annihilation of the whole army. At that time, everyone is dead, and there will be no more anxieties to feed the Ruzhou army! Yu Zilian at this time. It's a standard mourning gesture.

Therefore, when the Ruzhou Army walked up, it actually had a kind of rampage, righteousness and brightness. This made the Qing troops moving nearby strange, they were like tigers who had just seen a donkey, but they were frightened by the Ruzhou army.

And so it went for another two days. When they came to Anyang County, the Qing army of more than 1,000 people who had just broken through Anyang County could not hold back, and they were not used to the arrogance of the Ruzhou army, so they wanted to try to attack it and try the quality of the Ruzhou army.

The Qing army immediately learned what it meant to be an outlaw. When the Qing army dismounted and shot arrows, the Ruzhou army did not show weakness and fired at each other with firearms; When the Qing army mounted their horses and charged, they saw for the first time that someone would charge against their horses. Caught off guard, the Qing army lost hundreds of people at once, and the rest of the Qing army immediately rode away on horseback, and even couldn't care about the capture of Anyuan County, which had just been harvested.

This small victory immediately swelled the morale of the Ruzhou army, and even Yu Zilian was overjoyed, this Qing army is nothing more than that! So the soldiers asked for battle one after another, to pursue this Qing army.

Yu Zilian summed up: Even if the Ruzhou army arrives in the capital, Emperor Chongzhen will not let himself just parade, he must arrange for himself to fight, since it is a war, then where is it not a fight? It's better to pursue this defeated army. Reservoir dogs are better than fresh troops!

Besides, with the capture of Anyuan County, Yu Zilian also temporarily solved the most headache problem of military rations, which was enough to support more than a month of fighting. Since there are no worries, let's chase it!

Of course, Yu Zilian still sent a messenger to the capital to report this "great victory" to the imperial court, but at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the battle against the Qing army and hundreds of heads can indeed be called a great victory.

But Yu Zilian didn't know that although most of the other Ming troops were watching from the wall, their "good news" was still sent to the court with a fief, and the cowhide was still blowing in the big air, hundreds just started, and thousands were qualified, anyway, they treated the court as a fool. If the imperial court takes it seriously and asks for the head, then I'm sorry, no! Because of the defense of the city, "the Tartars pick up the corpse of the chief and escape away!" So Yu Zilian's good news was quickly drowned in the vast victory recital.

But Yu Zilian didn't know all this, he was still immersed in the small victory in the first battle, so his head was hot, and he began to raise troops to take the initiative to pursue the Qing army. However, the Ruzhou army was mainly infantry, and there were more artillery and carts in the army, so the marching speed was relatively slow.

And the Qing army also learned to be obedient, and the small Qing army did not come close at all, but just hung the Ruzhou army from a distance. But in this way, the Ruzhou army still relieved the siege of several cities, saved a considerable number of Li people, and won a lot of praise from the local area, which made the Ruzhou army a little fluttering.

But Yu Zilian didn't know that the Qing army had begun to merge small units of troops, and gradually mobilized them together, preparing to completely defeat the Ming army that dared to go out of the city to fight the Qing army, and then sweep without worries. And Lu Xiangsheng and Yu Zilian's Ruzhou army were regarded as their primary targets.

But this is also in December, so let's come back and talk about the Runing Army first!

"Brother-in-law! What's wrong with Guerrilla Chen and Jiang Garrison coming, at least there are more of us, and they are all old brothers who have fought together, don't worry together! There's no need to stretch this bitter gourd face! Li Lu said.

"I'm so surprised, why are you happy with all the folds?" Wu Shigong looked at Li Lu, who couldn't close his mouth, and said, "We are going to fight, not a group of brothers going to drink flower wine." I wonder what you're happy about? ”

"Happy! Why are you so confused? Li Lu pursed his lips and rolled his eyes at Wu Shigong.

"What's the solution? Find your sister-in-law to solve it! Wu Shigong immediately replied.

"It's better than some people being chased by Jinling Eryan!" Li Lu also grabbed Wu Shigong's pigtails.

The two of them quarreled with each other, so they looked at each other and let out a lewd laugh, and the surrounding soldiers were creepy.

After laughing for a while, Wu Shigong asked: "After a long time, you still didn't tell me that Chen Youji and Jiang Shouwei didn't go north and went directly to the capital, but followed me along the Grand Canal and went around the long way to King Qin?" ”

"Aren't they two bitter children?" Li Lu replied, "The officers and soldiers of Kaifeng and Luoyang are all the descendants of the governors, so they hide and refuse to move, so they are transferred to the southernmost place. And they will obey your brother-in-law, of course they want to go with you. How? Aren't you happy? ”

"Look at what you said, as if the two of us are not officials and soldiers in Henan." Wu Shigong scolded with a smile.

"Eh, if you don't say it, I really forgot." Li Lu replied, which immediately caused a burst of daxiao between the two of them.

"It's nothing to go with me, they are all familiar old brothers, anyway, Liu Hezhou from Caozhou is also a companion. But the ugly words are ahead, I am going to war, and if I really meet the Tartars, I also want them to go into battle, are they not afraid of injury? Or are they, like Liu Hezhou, just send them to the Tongzhou camp? Wu Shigong then asked.

"Therefore, they should be the same as Liu Zongbing. On the way to meet a Tartar, listen to you, go to war, this should be nothing to say. But after arriving in Tongzhou, it shouldn't be with us! Li Lu replied.

"We? Do you want to go to war with me? Wu Shigong said strangely.

"Look down on people, don't you?" Li Lu was very dissatisfied, "I'm from the capital, a well-known man, others are afraid of the Tartars, I want to compete with the Tartars." In a word, I will go wherever you go. Li Lu almost slapped his "ribs" fiercely.

Li Lu smiled secretly in his heart: How can the local buns in those places be as smart as their own capital lords? Do they really think that when they arrive at the Tongzhou camp, there will be nothing wrong? When the time comes, the court will still force them to send troops. Rather than gambling on luck at that time, it is better to follow Wu Shigong closely, and Li Lu is one hundred and twenty reassuring of Wu Shigong's command ability and the combat effectiveness of the Runing Army.

Besides, his brother-in-law is not a die-hard person, and he has never been a profitable character who can't afford to do things early, doesn't he know how to preserve his strength? You won't suffer a loss if you follow him, and you can take the opportunity to get closer to the relationship between the two.

"Yo! Can't see it? I was fortunate to meet a real man in the capital, and my fake master is also a little embarrassed! Are you really not afraid of war when the time comes? Wu Shigong teased. (To be continued......)