Chapter 255: Li Zicheng wants to send troops
Li Zicheng has also arrived in Luoyang.
followed Li Zicheng to Luoyang, as well as 3,000 cavalry led by Liu Zongmin.
These 3,000 cavalry are real cavalry, and the war horses are all horses, unlike in the past, when they only used mules or even donkeys to make up the numbers, at most they could only be regarded as mule cavalry, and they couldn't run fast at all.
After meeting, Niu Jinxing was a little surprised.
He immediately asked, "Holy Lord, where did you get so many good horses?" ”
Li Zicheng smiled and said nothing, but Liu Zongmin couldn't hold back: "These three thousand good horses were just sacrificed by the Tiger Flame Class, and the front battalion has already taken the grass beach of the Dama Camp and captured five or six thousand good horses. ”
[Note: Damaying Grass Beach is the Hantang Shandan Military Horse Farm]
[Note: Former camp leader Xin Sizhong, nicknamed Tiger Flame Class]
"Congratulations to the Holy One." Niu Jinxing hurriedly slapped Li Zicheng on the back.
"This time, with the big horse camp grass beach, my Dashun cavalry will no longer worry about having no horses."
"The grass beach of the big horse camp is nothing." Liu Zongmin laughed and said, "Uncle Guo's good horses are only a few miles." ”
"Uncle Guo? Back camp? Niu Jinxing asked Liu Zongmin with a blank face, "Has Yulin also started raising horses?" But that's not right, you can't have many horses in that place, right? ”
"What kind of horses do you raise in Yulin?" Liu Zongmin waved his hand and said, "I mean the Tumut Mongols, the Tumut Mongols occupy the Tumut River and the Hetao, and some are horses, and our Dashun will soon be able to raise more than 100,000 cavalry!" ”
Niu Jinxing was even more at a loss: "Tumut Mongols will sell their war horses to us Dashun?" ”
Liu Zongmin said: "Prime Minister, you don't know yet, haha, Tumut Mongolia has formed an alliance with our Dashun, this is all the credit of the right army division, he found the younger brother of the Mongolian communist lord Lin Dan Khan, Sangar, not to mention, the banner of the Mongolian communist lord really works, as soon as the Sulu ingot of Sanggar was erected, several Mongolian tribes came to surrender." ”
Listening to Liu Zongmin's spitting there, Niu Jinxing was as uncomfortable as eating a fly feces.
At that moment, Niu Jinxing turned to Li Zicheng and said: "Shengshang, there is a way that is not my race, his heart must be different, Sangar is a Mongolian anyway, now he has a request for us, so he formed an alliance with us, if he really collects the Mongolian tribes and becomes a climate in the future, he will inevitably turn against us Dashun Dynasty, so we must be careful." ”
"Prime Minister, you don't have to ask about this matter, Gao Yigong and Li Yan will handle it."
Li Zicheng waved his hand and asked Niu Jinxing again: "How is the fight in Xuzhou?" ”
Li Zicheng was actually very concerned about the outcome of the Battle of Xuzhou, otherwise he would not have made this trip.
Niu Jinxing arched his hand and said: "Back to the saint, Jiannu and the Ming army are still facing each other in Xuzhou, and Jiannu has just dug dozens of miles of trenches and parapets on the periphery of Xuzhou, and it seems that he is preparing to besiege Xuzhou for a long time." ”
"It's good to be besieged for a long time." Liu Zongmin smiled and said, "It's best for the two families to fight hard in Xuzhou, and then our Dashun army will be able to eat them effortlessly and dominate the world." ”
Niu Jinxing also echoed: "It is the trend of the times for me to dominate the world in the Great Shun Dynasty. ”
"Hey, don't talk about that." Li Zicheng waved his hand again and said, "Jiannu has nothing else to do except besiege Xuzhou?" For example, sending cavalry to Henan to grab grain? ”
Niu Jinxing shook his head and said: "Jiannu did not send cavalry to Henan to grab grain, but I heard a news, and I don't know if it is true or not, saying that Jiannu divided half of the troops to Huai'an Mansion, if nothing else, it should be along the canal to Huai'an Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion to grab money, grain and people, maybe it is possible to kill Nanjing in one go." ”
Hearing this, Zuo Maodi, who came with him, immediately became anxious: "Saint, if Nanjing is lost, the Ming Dynasty will not be guaranteed, if the Ming Dynasty no longer exists, Dashun is afraid that it will be difficult to be alone, not to mention that Dashun and my Ming Dynasty have an alliance first, and the two families join forces to fight against foreign captives, and Dashun's behavior is really chilling." ”
"Don't be anxious, sir." Li Zicheng first comforted Zuo Mao's first sentence.
Then he frowned and asked Niu Jinxing and Chen Yongfu: "You didn't verify such an important military situation?" And don't send messengers to Xi'an? If I don't come to Luoyang, I will still be kept in the dark by you. ”
Li Zicheng's attitude towards the Battle of Xuzhou is actually very clear, and the general policy is to watch the fire from the other side.
But if the situation of the Ming army becomes extremely bad, it is necessary to help in time, so as not to be really destroyed by the Jiannu, and if the situation of the Jiannu is not good, then take advantage of the fire to rob and compete for the most fruitful results from the Ming army, because at this time, most of the Ming army is already exhausted, and it will definitely not be able to rob the Dashun army.
I have to say that Li Zicheng is really not a mouse this time, but he is extremely good at abacus.
So when he heard that Jiannu divided his troops to sack Huai'an Mansion, Yangzhou Mansion and even Nanjing, but Niu Jinxing and Chen Yongfu, the commander of the right battalion, were ignorant of this, Li Zicheng couldn't help but be angry.
In the face of Li Zicheng's anger, Niu Jinxing decisively shirked responsibility.
"Wen Shuibo, didn't I ask you to send a scout horse to Huai'an Mansion to spy on you?"
Niu Jinxing said: "Why hasn't there been any news back until today, what are you doing?" ”
Faced with the black cauldron thrown by Niu Jinxing, Chen Yongfu did not dare to refuse, so he could only catch it honestly.
Chen Yongfu actually reminded Niu Jinxing that he should send more detectives to Huai'an and even Yangzhou Prefecture to spy on the movements of Jiannu and verify the situation of the Ming army.
Once the Ming army was in a disadvantageous position, they sent troops to flank Jiannu in Xuzhou.
As a result, he was reprimanded by Niu Jinxing, and Chen Yongfu didn't dare to mention it again.
In the final analysis, Chen Yongfu is just a general, and he can't be compared with a veteran of the Dashun Army like Taurus, not to mention that Chen Yongfu once shot Li Zicheng's eyes, which made Chen Yongfu more cautious.
Chen Yongfu lowered his head and said: "The Holy Lord forgives sins, and the prime minister forgives sins, but the last general is negligent." ”
Li Zicheng frowned, and was about to punish Chen Yongfu, but Li Shuangxi hurriedly walked in.
Seeing Li Shuangxi, Li Zicheng frowned and asked, "What's the matter, didn't I let you stay in Xi'an?" ”
"Father's forgiveness." Li Shuangxi hurriedly saluted and said, "That's the case, not long after my father left, Da Ming sent a messenger to deliver a good news, and the son hurriedly sent it to my father." ”
After speaking, Li Shuangxi solemnly handed over a notebook.
After Li Zicheng finished reading the book, the anger on his face disappeared.
Instead, there was a solemn face, which I never expected.
Niu Jinxing was stunned and asked, "Holy Lord, what does the good news say?" ”
Li Zicheng breathed a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice: "The Ming army won a big victory in Shanyang, beheading nearly 10,000 people!" ”
"Huh?!" Niu Jinxing, Liu Zongmin, Chen Yongfu and other civilian and military generals of the Dashun Army were stunned for a moment, which was really beyond their expectations.
Liu Zongmin asked Zuo Maodi: "Shanyang is not garrisoned by the border army of the Ming Dynasty, right?" ”
"Nope." Zuo Maodi said, "There are only more than 100,000 villagers in Huai'an Mansion. ”
"Xiang Yong." Niu Jinxing said, "More than 100,000 villagers can recreate slaves?" Why don't I believe it so much? ”
Chen Yongfu said: "If the Ming army and the township Yong really hit the Jiannu division in Shanyang, then the Jiannu division will inevitably return to Xuzhou along the way, so that our Tanma will definitely find out." ”
The horses of the Dashun army did not penetrate deep into the territory of Huai'an Province.
However, there are still a lot of Dashun's exploration horses near Xuzhou.
As a result, as soon as Chen Yongfu's words fell, a military general hurried in.
After listening to the report, Chen Yongfu said to Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing: "Shengshang, Prime Minister, I just received a report from Tanma, and the Jiannu army that went to Huai'an Mansion before has really returned to Xuzhou. ”