After receiving this important information, Chen Yongfu immediately analyzed the dynamics of the peasant army and estimated that their next target was Yiyang County.

Actually, this is also very easy to judge. Since the peasant army wanted to attack the city by digging holes in the city wall, it could not find those cities that built strong city walls, that is to say, a large city like Luoyang City could not use this method to attack the city, so the peasant army could only find some small county towns with new city walls. In the vicinity of the peasant army, only Yiyang County now meets this condition.

After judging it, Chen Yongfu was ready to go to the rescue. Of course, he was not dizzy enough to touch hundreds of thousands of peasant troops with his 3,000 men. Therefore, Chen Yongfu first went to Luoyang City, to join forces with Wang Shaoyu, the chief soldier of Luoyang, and then set off together to rescue.

But Wang Shaoyu rejected Chen Yongfu's joint army. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, civil and military officials were basically greedy for money, but Wang Shaoyu's greed for money was absolutely famous among those officials. Because no matter how much food and salary the imperial court issued to his troops, Wang Shaoyu had to deduct a large part of it. And most of the rest of the food and salary also supported Wang Shaoyu's personal soldiers.

In the original history, Wang Shaoyu's habit has been retained until Zuihou. Because Wang Shaoyu has always put eighty percent of his military salary into his pocket, he has a nickname called "Wang Bacheng". Later, his soldiers removed the word zuihou, and Wang Shaoyu's nickname became a louder "Wang Ba".

With such a military attaché, the soldier must be detached. Therefore, when Li Zicheng attacked Luoyang, he only sent some people outside the city to persuade him to surrender, and Wang Shaoyu's soldiers surrendered the city, causing the fall of Luoyang City.

Therefore, in Wang Shaoyu's troops, it is good that the average soldier can eat well, but the military salary and pension are not to be considered. Therefore, there are 7,000 soldiers on Wang Shaoyu's roster. But in fact, it is only in the early 5,000s, and only the five or six hundred soldiers around Wang Shaoyu can get military salaries and can fight.

With such a force, it is okay to defend the city, but as soon as they leave the city, will those soldiers who have no pay give their lives? I guess they all fled before they met the peasant army. Of course, Wang Shaoyu also knew this, so he started with "It is important to guard Luoyang!" The request to send troops was denied.

"Daddy! What should we do? Chen De asked.

Chen Yongfu shook his head and said, "I have to go once!" ”

Years of caution made Chen Yongfu more silent, and he looked at Chen De, his most proud son. added another sentence: "You go back to Kaifeng first and move the rescue troops to the governor." Chen Yongfu also did not want his son to be in danger.

"Daddy! Let the others go. The son will be able to keep himself. Chen De replied with a smile. After saying that, Chen De waved his arms a few times in a playful manner, showing his father that he was powerful.

Chen Yongfu was amused by his son's childish behavior. Chen De's age is indeed not very old, he is only eighteen years old. However, Chen De did practice a good martial arts. Especially archery, which is also one of the best in Chen Yongfu's army.

"Let's go together!" There was no hesitation. Chen Yongfu made up his mind. Now that he has brought his son out to experience. Then don't look ahead. Just rely on these horses to relieve the siege of Yiyang County? That's certainly impossible. But finding the opportunity to bite the peasant army and give the governor an explanation, that is still somewhat certain.

But it can be seen from here that Chen Yongfu is indeed very honest! He didn't even think about passively avoiding the war.

On October 22, the eighth year of Chongzhen, Chen Yongfu's department took advantage of his familiarity with the terrain of Henan to make a detour to the northwest first. Further to the southeast, in three days a total of more than 200 miles marched, led by the gentry sent by the gentry who had formed the village to protect themselves, approached the peasant army besieging Yiyang County from the mountain trail.

In the early morning of the 25th. Chen Yongfu left all the infantry on the periphery to respond, and he led all the more than 1,500 cavalry to raid the peasant army. The raid was a complete surprise to the peasant army, who watched as Chen Yongfu's troops rushed into their camp.

The rear camp of the peasant army generally stored baggage, and most of the personnel in the rear camp were the families of the peasant army, such as the elderly, weak, women and children, so these personnel without any combat effectiveness could not resist the surprise attack of Chen Yongfu's cavalry.

After slashing and killing for a while, Chen Yongfu's troops burned a large number of peasant army baggage as quickly as possible, and then left with a gust of wind as when they came.

Until the end of the raid, many soldiers of the peasant army did not react, and only a small part of the peasant soldiers followed the pursuit, but they suffered a lot of losses under the ambush of Chen Yongfu's infantry.

In this raid, Chen Yongfu's troops did not actually kill the peasant army very much. However, it burned most of the grain and grass of the peasant army. In particular, this raid gave the peasant army a great panic, and many people who had just been coerced into the peasant army fled one after another, which greatly reduced the number of cannon fodder of the peasant army, and made the peasant army's siege of Yiyang County also come to a halt.

And the peasant army, which had been raided, also became nervous. Entering Henan this time, Gao Yingxiang and other leaders were too smooth, but after being raided by Chen Yongfu's troops, they remembered that Yiyang County was only more than fifty miles away from Luoyang. Therefore, those leaders all judged that the Ming army that raided was from Luoyang City.

So the peasant army first stopped attacking Yiyang County, and then immediately divided its troops and horses to guard the direction of Luoyang, and sent reconnaissance cavalry everywhere to prevent the Ming army from raiding again. And this reconnaissance also had an immediate effect.

At that time, Governor Lu Xiangsheng ordered Zuo Liangyu to resist Gao Yingxiang and other peasant troops. Although Zuo Liangyu was taken because the peasant army was strong and had been avoiding the battle and retreating, he did not dare to flee for 3,000 miles, and kept hovering around the peasant army.

So Gao Yingxiang captured two county seats, and Zuo Liangyu knew it; Gao Yingxiang used a new method to attack the city, and Zuo Liangyu also knew it. And when the peasant army was raided by Chen Yongfu's troops, there was chaos, and Zuo Liangyu immediately discovered the fighter.

Although Zuo Liangyu had a bad reputation in the original history, it is undeniable that he was able to become the number one role among the generals of the Ming army in just over ten years, so Zuo Liangyu's command level and combat courage will not be lacking.

Therefore, as soon as the peasant army had a flaw, Zuo Liangyu immediately led his troops to force in, wanting to take advantage of the fire to rob. However, the scouts of the peasant army discovered Zuo Liangyu's moves, so Gao Yingxiang immediately abandoned Yiyang County and gathered his troops first to prepare for the battle with Zuo Liangyu's troops.

When Zuo Liangyu drove to more than 20 miles southeast of Yiyang County, he found that Gao Yingxiang had already prepared, and it was impossible for Zuo Liangyu to retreat with his troops at this time, so a sneak attack turned into a frontal battle.

On the 27th, Zuo Liangyu's 12,000 men fought a fierce battle with Gao Yingxiang's more than 40,000 peasant troops. Because Zuo Liangyu led all the soldiers, and Gao Yingxiang couldn't gather all the troops in a hurry, and his more than 40,000 people were also rabble, so Zuo Liangyu had the advantage in the battle situation. It's just that Zuo Liangyu was worried that other peasant armies would come to help, so he shrank a little, so the final result was Gao Yingxiang's small defeat.

That night, Gao Yingxiang ushered in the reinforcement of more than 10,000 peasant troops, regained his strength, and he prepared to fight Zuo Liangyu's troops again the next day. But at this moment, Gao Yingxiang got the news of Zhang Xianzhong's fiasco in Song County.

Gao Yingxiang didn't know that the three Ming armies besieging Zhang Xianzhong would also beat the water dogs, so he thought that those Ming troops would attack from his flank, putting himself in a passive situation.

So on the next day, Gao Yingxiang gathered his troops and turned westward, but Zuo Liangyu did not dare to pursue, stopped resting his troops in Yiyang County, and waited for the victorious Lu Xiangsheng and other troops to converge, and then fight with the peasant army together.

Gao Yingxiang's departure can harm Ma Shouying, who is guarding Luoyang. Ma Shouying only received a report from Gao Yingxiang, and he didn't have time to leave in time with the troops. You must know that if Zuo Liangyu forces towards Ma Shouying now, plus Chen Yongfu and Wang Shaoyu in Luoyang City, then Ma Shouying's peasant army can be surrounded and annihilated, at least this peasant army can be disabled.

However, these three Ming armies had no contact with each other, and they did not know the situation of the peasant army, so they did not dare to take the initiative to fight, so they left Ma Shouying with a chance.

Ma Shouying saw that the situation was not good, so he first made a feint with the whole army towards Luoyang City, scaring Wang Shaoyu and not daring to go out of the city. and then went south to Kaifeng, and Chen Yongfu could only return to help.

Seeing that the opening had been opened, Ma Shouying immediately turned around and rushed out of the encirclement of the Ming army from between Luoyang and Yiyang County. In early November, it again joined up with the peasant army of Gao Yingxiang and others on the Henan border.

In this battle, Gao Yingxiang suffered the greatest losses because he was hit twice by Chen Yongfu and Zuo Liangyu, and the peasant army of the rest of the battalions also suffered some losses. Only Ma Shouying's peasant army gathered a large number of stragglers when it broke through the siege, and its strength grew stronger.

At this time of the battle, the Runing army had not used a single soldier, and the Ming armies had already blocked the peasant army. What is even more gratifying is that Zhang Xianzhong's troops were beaten to the bones, and the peasant armies of the other battalions also dispersed a considerable number of displaced people.

And Zhou Xun in Ye County watched the battle situation nervously, ready to attack at any time. However, because troops such as Li Lu and Tuanlian Town had to stay in Ye County, there would not be too many people dispatched by Zhou Patrol. And Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng's troops also drove to the vicinity of Ye County, and Zhou Xun had to bother to protect their safety.

After getting good news from all over the place, Wu Shigong, who stayed in Runing, was also relaxed. I finally caught a chance to watch a big show on the sidelines! Wu Shigong is ready to enjoy the fun.

But the heavens don't always go their way. Completely unexpected, a Ming army suddenly appeared willing to participate in the battle. (To be continued......)