The cold wind is bitter, the cold erodes the bones, and it blows through the human body like a steel knife scraping the bones.

The strong wind was blowing and swept over the fields in the east of Mianzhou City.

On the plains, countless flags fluttered in the wind, making the sound of hunting.

The air was filled with the disgusting, suffocating smell of blood, and a terrible smell of decay and decay.

The grass above the ground was already wet and red with blood, and the originally hard ground became extremely soft under the erosion of blood, making it difficult to walk.

The dark red blood flowed slowly on the verdant meadow, and finally gathered together, converging into pools of crimson blood in the low-lying places, and then gradually coagulated, purple, and blackened.

As far as the eye could see, the ground was full of devastation, and countless corpses were stacked on top of each other.

In the wilderness, thousands of corpses lay in wait......

Chen Wangshen walked all the way forward with one shallow foot and one foot shallow foot, his armor had already been penetrated by blood.

All around is a purgatory-like scene, with cold corpses everywhere and countless people sleeping on each other.

"Whew-"

Chen Wang clenched the Yanling knife in his hand, supported the ground with the tip of the knife, and slowly exhaled the turbidity in his chest.

The fishy smell of iron embroidery filled Chen Wang's mouth and nose.

In the distant wilderness, a large number of rogues are retreating, and the mountains are full of defeated rogues.

The pursuing Ming cavalry scattered forward, driving the defeated rogues across the land like mercury.

The nearly 100,000 troops guarding Mianzhou and Weicheng have completely collapsed under their onslaught for several days.

Looking at the defeated rogues in the distance, Chen Wang's face did not have half a point of joy.

"Li Chuang led the army back to Jiangyou, passed through Qingchuan, entered the territory of Baishui, and then entered the north of Gongchang Mansion......"

Just yesterday, Cao Wenzhao announced to them a piece of news, a message from Long'an Mansion, and the person who sent the news was none other than Hong Chengchou, who was now appointed as the governor of the three sides.

Before they could complete the encirclement, the Liukou had already jumped out of the encirclement network laid by the Ming army one step ahead of them, leaving them far behind.

Li Zicheng now led the main force under his command to move into the mountains of Gongchang Mansion again, and the time spent was extremely fast.

Hong Chengchou had already issued an order for them to cooperate with the army in eastern Sichuan to defeat the remnants of the thieves entrenched in Weicheng and Mianzhou, and then march north again to Lüyang, blocking the road where the army might go south.

After more than a month of long-distance travel, it was not easy to reach Zitong, and now it is necessary to re-transfer to Luoyang in Hanzhong Prefecture, and it will take at least more than a month in the middle.

As always......

The thieves are many fine riders, each spanning two horses, galloping and lightning, relying on horsepower, marching day and night without stopping, and can travel hundreds of miles in a row.

Chen Wang used to be a family member under Cao Wenzhao, and most of the memories were constantly pursued when he was attacking.

Liukou is a fine cavalry army, and when he flees, he turns like the wind, and the officers and soldiers are generally three steps and seven horses, and how to run with two legs and four legs.

The Liukou could be "full of food and lodging" everywhere and did not have to carry rations, while the Ming army that entered the attack needed to transport food and support, and it was impossible for them to plunder places like the Liukou.

Therefore, whenever "the thief has escaped", although the Ming army that entered and suppressed at the time of the attack was in an advantage when it was head-to-head, it did not have much to expand the advantage, and it was impossible to catch up at all.

Many of the officers and men who had just set up camp to rest and were still breathing, he warned again and again, so they could only pull out the camp again and rush to help, so they became more and more tired.

Basically, there was no fixed direction for the march of the Liukou, and they often avoided holding on to the void, and the officers and men who advanced and suppressed could only fortify everywhere and set up blockages on all roads, so they dispersed their troops.

Hong Chengchou can actually control as many as 40,000 or 50,000 troops under his command, not counting the guards in various places, but because he wants to disperse the defense in various places, the army under the direct command of the governor of the three sides is often less than 10,000 people.

The reason why the Ming army has been attacking for many years, but still returning in vain, is precisely because of the existence of these problems.

It's easy to defeat the Rogue, but it's extremely difficult to destroy the Rogue.

After receiving the news from Long'an Mansion, Chen Wang checked Li Zicheng's marching route against the map.

I have to say that the plan formulated by Li Zicheng is indeed first-class outstanding.

Although Li Zicheng has many shortcomings and cannot be regarded as an outstanding leader, his attainments in military command are indeed not low.

Of course, only above the military command.

In terms of strategy, Li Zicheng's vision is indeed a little unsatisfactory.

To be precise, in terms of strategy, Li Zicheng's vision can be described as a disaster, and he can't even reach the passing line.

Historically, Li Zicheng captured Xi'an, controlled Shaanxi and other places, and logically speaking, according to normal logic, he would attack the south.

Because at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the northern provinces such as Beizhili were all affected by disasters for a long time, and the expenditure has always been in a state of making ends meet.

The Ming Dynasty's taxes and economic centers were all in the south, and the densely populated areas were also in the south.

Attacking the north, even if the city of Beijing is captured, will only temporarily destroy the Ming court, but most of the southern provinces will set up a new monarch to persist in the war and will not surrender.

Moreover, the mess in Liaodong has been going on for decades, the hole is getting bigger and bigger, and the national power of the Qing State at that time is also on the rise, and the threat is getting stronger and stronger.

Conquering the north is undoubtedly to face the threat of the Qing army.

When the time comes, the south and the north will be clear, and the belly and back will be enemy.

It is clear that there is much to be gained by capturing the southern provinces than by attacking the north.

However, Li Zicheng in history did not let the southern provinces fight, but wanted to attack the north first.

With Zhu Yuanzhang Zhuyu in front, it is clear that as long as Zhu Yuanzhang's successful path is copied, the walls are built, the grain is accumulated, and the king is slowly proclaimed, and the southern provinces are conquered first, and then slowly developed, they can easily seize the world.

But Li Zicheng did not do it, in March of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, when the foothold was not stable, he renamed it Xiangjing in Xiangyang, and impatiently called the "new Shun King".

and then pushed Zhang Xianzhong to the opposite side and completely isolated himself.

When dealing with the Liaodong group, Li Zicheng fell ill one after another, and finally pushed Wu Sangui to the opposite side, so that the Qing army entered the customs, and finally suffered a great defeat in a stone, burying the originally good situation.

Li Zicheng is a talented general and can lead an army alone.

But he didn't have the talent of a leader, and his vision was really poor.

However, the current situation does not require Li Zicheng to have many leadership talents, only his generals.

Li Zicheng went north this time and re-entered the deep mountains and valleys of Gongchang Mansion and Jie, and it seemed that nothing had changed, but he still returned to the original place.

But in reality everything has changed.

Hong Chengchou is now leading Zuo Guangxian, He Renlong and other elites who are still stranded in Pingwu County, Long'an Prefecture, Sichuan.

According to the normal speed, it will take at least ten days to return to Wenxian.

It will undoubtedly take more than a month to return to Chengxian County, where it was originally located.

Such a long time is enough for Li Zicheng to lead the main force to complete the transfer.

The generals who stayed behind the fortification at the mountainous intersections of Cheng and Jie, the troops under their command were insufficient, and it was still possible to block a small group of rogues.

But it is naturally not enough for them to face the main force of the army led by Li Zicheng.

In other words, the encirclement network originally laid out by Hong Chengchou in Cheng and Jiejie was actually a virtual reality, and there was no way to restrict Li Zicheng's actions at all.

Li Zicheng could break through the encirclement network of Cheng and Dai at any time and go to the rest of Shaanxi.

This game, which was originally a checkmate chess, was revived by Li Zicheng.

There is no doubt that Li Zicheng can indeed be called a famous general.

In the situation of nine deaths and one life, he can accurately find that line of life, which makes people have to be convinced.

The situation is very different from what it used to be.

Everything in the future has become a mystery.

According to the original process, Li Zicheng was ambushed by Hong Chengchou in Zitong when he returned to his division, and only after the defeat did he turn to Jiangyou, pass through Qingchuan, and enter Gongchang Mansion through Baishui.

But now that Li Zicheng has returned to Gongchang Mansion, the main force has not been damaged, and has even been strengthened.

Li Zicheng did not enter Sichuan from Qipanguan, and naturally he did not think about leaving Sichuan from Zitong, and then avoided a possible ambush.

Because of the butterfly effect, many places have changed, and Hong Chengchou did not personally lead the army into Zitong in Baoning Mansion, but led the army from Wenxian County into Sichuan.

Most of the events have changed, and Tuo Yangkun and Zhang Zhengyao did not surrender, but brought in the army to join Li Zicheng's command, which greatly enhanced Li Zicheng's combat power.

Li Zicheng's current strength is more than a star and a half stronger than in the original process.

Chen Wang felt that this time he was afraid that Li Zicheng would not be defeated in the southern plains of Tongguan again, and only the remaining eighteen horsemen fled into Shangluo Mountain.

The land of Shaanxi is afraid that it will set off a monstrous wave again, just like when Gao Yingxiang led the troops back to Shaanxi in the eighth year of Chongzhen......

It's just that in this way, he is afraid that he will also join the team of attackers.

Chen Wang was a little helpless, as a battalion general, even if he was the head of a town, but the battalion general was a battalion general, and he did not have much autonomy.

The military gate and the governor above need to pull out the camp and transfer troops in a word.

Now Chen Wang's situation can be described as involuntarily.

Although he now has the status of a guard officer, his main position is still the deputy chief guard of Hanzhong Mansion.

The identity of the commander of his own Han Zhongwei was only after he caught Sun Chuanting's line, and it happened that he had the intention to rectify the official position of the guard.

At present, if he joins the queue of the attack again, the development of Han Zhongwei will be much slower because of his absence.

But at the moment, Chen Wang didn't have any reason or excuse to let himself stay in Hanzhong Mansion.

Zhang Xianzhong and Liu Guoneng and other troops were defeated in Anqing Mansion in Nanzhili, although they returned to the mountainous area of Yunxiang.

However, they did not show the slightest interest in Hanzhong Mansion, and not even a single rogue crossed the border into Hanzhong Mansion.

And according to the original process, Zhang Xianzhong and Liu Guoneng and other troops finished recuperating and recovered from the shadow of defeat, and at the beginning of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, that is, at the beginning of next year, they went out again.

Then he was defeated by Zuo Liangyu and the general soldier Chen Hongfan in Yunxi, and Liu Guoneng chose to surrender after fleeing to Fuzhou.

Zhang Xianzhong went north again under the banner of officers and soldiers and attacked Nanyang Mansion.

On the road, he encountered Zuo Liangyu, was recognized by Zuo Liangyu, and then fled to Gucheng.

Then Zhang Xianzhong felt that he was alone, and he also pretended to surrender.

Although Zhang Xianzhong surrendered fakely, Xiong Wencan thought it was a real surrender and gave him extremely high preferential treatment.

With Zhang Xianzhong's surrender, by the beginning of next year, the crisis of the Liukou in the Yunxiang area can be said to have been temporarily eliminated.

Hanzhong Mansion is no longer threatened, and naturally there is no need for people to sit in charge.

I'm afraid that I have to follow Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou all the time behind Li Zicheng, wasting time.

Unless Chen Wangxue Zuo Liangyu supports the army and respects himself, he will not move when he hears the order.

Xiong Wencan's personality is soft, Zuo Liangyu is dissatisfied with him, he can support the army and respect himself, and after receiving the order, he has nothing to do if he finds an interface and does not move.

After all, there are not many available generals under Xiong Wencan's command, and his prestige and reputation are not enough, so he needs to rely on Zuo Liangyu many times.

Zuo Liangyu just took advantage of Xiong Wencan's dare not touch him, so he acted so arbitrarily.

But one of the bosses above Chen Wang's head is Hong Chengchou and the other is Sun Chuanting, these two people and Xiong Wencan are fundamentally two extremes.

If you dare not listen to Hong Chengchou's order, I am afraid that it will not be long before the official position will be swept to the end, and the various culpabilities will fly over like snowflakes, and whether people can live or not will be said at that time.

Sun Chuanting is even more terrifying, he will not fabricate accusations like Hong Chengchou, but he is more direct and terrifying.

In history, He Renlong did not listen to orders, and the first thing Sun Chuanting did after his reinstatement was to directly cut off He Renlong's head.

And......

Chen Wang also thought of one thing......

In September of the 11th year of Chongzhen, Dolgon and Yue Tuo led the troops to invade from the wall ridge and Qingshan Pass and invaded Beizhili.

Chongzhen first ordered Lu Xiangsheng, who was worried about Ding's father, to rise to the throne, and the governor of all walks of life resisted the Qing Dynasty.

Then, on October 15, he ordered Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting to go to King Qin.

Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting received the edict and immediately summoned a group of generals and colonels who were in Shaanxi and other places at that time to go to the north to help.

At that time, Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou had already defeated Li Zicheng in the southern plains of Tongguan, so Chongzhen ordered him to go north to King Qin.

If Li Zicheng had not been defeated in the southern plains of Tongguan, then there would inevitably be infinite variables at that time......

……

History of the Ming Dynasty, Volume 273, Biography 161

"In the first month of the eleventh year, Liangyu and the chief soldier Chen Hongfan broke the thief in Yunxi."

"Zhang Xianzhong attacked Nanyang under the false banner of the official and settled in Nanguan. Liangyu is suitable, suspicious and urgent, and he is loyal to him. ”

"After chasing, he sent two arrows, hit him in the shoulder, and struck him with a sword, bleeding from his face. His subordinates rescued him and fled to the Valley City. ”

"Few, please surrender, Liangyu knows its hypocrisy, please hit it, Wen Can will not allow it."

(End of chapter)