"Ball! Do you really think that so many people can fight a big city? Although we have 300,000 or 400,000 men, how many are piled up on the edge of the wall? Wasn't he condescendingly slaughtered by official dogs? There are still so many sons and daughters who eat and chew horses, as long as we can't take the city for a month, as long as we don't eat or drink, our sons and daughters will be astigmatized. In case the official dogs from all over the country surround us again, we won't be able to escape even if we want to. I think Lao Zhang's brain is probably burned out. ”

As a representative of the Wandering Faction, Luo Rucai began to speak out against the leaders of the peasant rebel army who had the same views as him as soon as he entered Xingyang, causing those leaders to nod their heads constantly.

At this moment, a personal soldier beside Gao Yingxiang came out and shouted: "King Chuang, please come to the big tent to discuss matters." All the leaders of the peasant rebel army stopped talking and walked into Gao Yingxiang's Chinese army tent in twos and threes.

After entering the Chinese military tent, those leaders faintly formed three regiments according to their own views. The largest number of people in the group are the descendants of King Gao Yingxiang and the alliance army, they are basically based on Gao Yingxiang's opinions, and they are in a neutral position.

The first group is the rogue faction headed by Luo Rucai, who advocates that they should still wander around and loot, and not fight hard with the main force of the Ming army; The other group was a hardliner headed by Zhang Xianzhong, who advocated taking advantage of the fact that the main forces of the peasant rebel army were now present to strive to defeat one or two main forces of the Ming army, take down several large cities, expand the influence of the peasant rebel army, and increase the strength of the peasant rebel army. And these two factions can be seen from the position where the Chinese military tent stands, they are obviously opposed.

As expected, when the military discussion began, Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong immediately had a fierce dispute. They are public and reasonable, and mother-in-law says that mother-in-law is reasonable. When the dispute reached Zuihou, the old Hui Hui of the Wandering faction proposed to cross the Yellow River north into Shanxi. Zhang Xianzhong mercilessly ridiculed the old Hui Hui and the less courageous he became, and the atmosphere in the Chinese military tent suddenly became tense, and the people of the two factions also fought with each other.

In fact, there is some truth in the views of both schools. Although the peasant rebel army is now very large, compared with the Ming army, its strength is still in a weak position, so it is also a correct choice to avoid the real and make up for it.

However, if a new regime is to be established, there is no future in running around all day, and the peasant rebels now have an advantage in this part and take advantage of the fact that they have the upper hand in this part and conquer several large cities. The elimination of a few Ming armies was also a necessary condition for expanding influence and even establishing base areas.

In the final analysis, the disagreement between the rogue and the hardliners stems from the difference between the leaders of the two factions about the ultimate goal of the rebellion. The Rogue faction still holds the idea of a rogue and wants to live a life of a bandit in style. But the hardliners are a little different. They saw that their strength had grown and had begun to prepare for the overthrow of the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing the scene of the deliberations a little out of control. Gao Yingxiang immediately spoke to stop the dispute between the two sides. So everyone looked at Gao Yingxiang. Wait for him to make Zuihou's decision.

On the surface, Gao Yingxiang must of course be impartial, otherwise this loose alliance will immediately disappear. So he first said a few words to Zhang Xianzhong: "Everyone here is a good brother who has shared weal and woe for many years, and some of the things that the eight kings have said are not very appropriate, they are all heroes and heroes who have fought hard with officials and dogs!" ”

But in his heart, Gao Yingxiang still tends to be hardliners. No matter how you say it. If the Ming Dynasty can be overthrown, or if one step back can dominate one side and accept the Ming Dynasty's court recruitment, then Gao Yingxiang, the leader of the peasant rebel army, will also be in the highest position.

So, Gao Yingxiang continued: "The husband can work hard. Hundreds of thousands? Today, our soldiers and ten times the official army, although Guan Ning is riding to the ground, there is nothing to do. The only way to do this is to divide the troops. Each of them will stand in the same direction, and its blunt will listen to the sky. ”

In fact, Gao Yingxiang's decision is also a way to make peace with the mud, which is nothing more than letting the peasant rebel armies act separately, and those who want to flee will go to exile; If you want to fight a tough battle, go to a tough battle; If you want to fight the big city, go to the big city. It is nothing more than echoing each other, highlighting the position of a high Yingxiang in the middle of the command.

Therefore, Gao Yingxiang's decision was immediately unanimously approved by all the leaders, and they all said: "Good! ”

Then there are the specific military arrangements. Those who took the lead volunteered, and then the draw was indefinite. Zuihou formed such a monolithic military arrangement:

Ge Li Yan and Zuo Jian Wang went south to Nanyang Mansion and Huguang to block the encirclement and suppression of Huguang's Ming army; Hengtian Wang and 100,000 mixed 100,000 went west to meet the Shaanxi official army sent by Hong Chengchou; Cao Cao, Guotianxing divided between Tunxing and Bian, and explored Zhongmu, Deng, and Wei to attract and mobilize the Ming army of Kaifeng Mansion, Guide Mansion, Henan Mansion, and Runing Mansion.

And Zhang Xianzhong and Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang went east to attack, broke the city and went down, and the children of the gold silk were obtained by each family and battalion. And the old Hui Hui and the nine dragons are roaming, and they respond to each other.

In order to prevent the Western Army from being defeated, he shot the sky and reincarnated the king as the king of the heavens, and mixed 100,000 follow-up troops. After arranging all the deployments, kill the cattle and horses and sacrifice to the heavenly oath, and prepare to go on the expedition.

From this military jihua, it can be seen that the peasant rebel army is completely a situation in which the west defends and the east attacks, and the north and south flanks move freely. In other words, they considered their east and south to be the weakest areas of the Ming army's defenses.

And in this way, the southwest of Runing Province; south and north of Ye County; the north of Runing Province; Both the west and north sides of Guide were to be enveloped by the peasant rebels. It can be said that the defense line of the Runing Army is full of beacon fire.

And the military deployment of the Xingyang Conference, which was supposed to be top secret, was also accidentally leaked. After the Xingyang Conference, a small leader of the Shaanxi bandits who claimed to have learned the news fled to the official army, and Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan, learned of this important news after interrogation.

Although he didn't know if the news was a smoke bomb released by the peasant rebels, for the sake of attention, Xuan Mo still spread the news to the neighboring areas.

As a result, the local Ming army in Henan was completely shrunk, and they only focused on protecting Luoyang, Kaifeng and other areas along the Yellow River, and the rest of the areas were completely abandoned.

Xuan Mo only sent 8,000 troops from Zuo Liangyu to move to the east of Kaifeng, in case the peasant rebels entering Shanxi crossed the Yellow River to threaten Kaifeng City, or invaded Guide Province. In Xuan Mo's thoughts, with Hou Sui's kindness to Zuo Liangyu, Zuo Liangyu should always do his best.

Shanxi is also the defense of the whole territory, and even the 3,000 troops of Zhang Yingchang and Cao Wenzhao, who were sent by the governor of the five provinces, Hong Chengchou, to Henan via Taiyuan to support, were also retained by the governor of Shanxi. And don't work hard, and you can get heavy profits, Zhang Yingchang and Cao Wenzhao will also stay in Taiyuan with peace of mind.

Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong, was also suppressed by the great momentum of the peasant rebels. He must wait until the 10,000 imperial reinforcements from Guanning, Tianjin, and Tongzhou arrive before he is willing to lead the Shandong reinforcements to Henan.

In the face of the imminent peasant rebels, they are too late to protect themselves, so where can they care about going to Henan to rescue?

And the Cao soldiers of the Grand Canal behind the area controlled by the Runing Army, the Shandong troops, the Ming army in Fengyang, the central capital, etc., had the Runing Army in front of them, and they were happy to watch a good show easily. Anyway, it doesn't matter what happens to the people who are killed or killed by the Runing Army. Not to mention reinforcements, they didn't even give a grain of rice or an arrow to support the Runing army.

However, the peasant rebel army was just as arranged by the Xingyang Conference, and their troops were divided into three routes: one route crossed the river in Shaanzhou and went north to Pingyang, Shanxi; One route is Wuguan through the Nanyang area to enter the lake Guangxiangyang; One route is Lushi County to attack Henan County in the east.

In the face of the aggressive offensive of the peasant rebels, as long as the Runing Army wanted to keep the peace in the area under their control, they would absolutely not be able to avoid it, and they would have to fight independently against these three peasant rebels without any foreign aid.

What is even more tragic is that because of poor communication and lack of attention, the Runing Army did not receive any command orders from the imperial court and the Henan Governor Yamen, and even such important information as the Xingyang Conference was not reported to the Runing Army. Therefore, the Runing Army was completely groping in the dark to fight the peasant rebels. (To be continued......)