After a few loud noises outside Kaifeng, smoke and dust rose everywhere.

However, Kaifeng City did not move.

On the contrary, it blew up the peasant army that sealed the city and suffered heavy losses.

After listening to the report, Li Zicheng was also a little depressed.

He didn't know that in a fortified city with a tall wall like Kaifeng City, the power of black powder was not enough.

was worried about how to attack the city, when he saw Li Guo and Liu Zongmin running in.

"King Chuang," Liu Zongmin said as he gasped, "You Shilu is heading towards Qixian, as if to break the siege of Feng."

Li said, "King Chuang, what should we do?"

The Ming army led by You Shilu was the strongest fighting force of the Ming Dynasty in the Central Plains.

Li Zicheng thought for a while, and then said, "I still want to encircle Kaifeng for a few more days, Li Guo, Liu Zongmin led the men and horses of the headquarters to Qixian County to resist You Shilu's army."

"Command!"

Li Guo and Liu Zongmin clasped their fists and immediately retreated.

The two counted the people, brought supplies, and headed south early the next morning.

Qixian is located in the southeast of Kaifeng, only more than 100 miles away from Kaifeng, and the peasant army arrived in Qixian within one day.

Before the ass was hot, the sentry came to report: The vanguard of the Ming army's You Shilu Department is about to arrive.

"You Shilu is a fierce general, we should not face the enemy head-on, we should defend the city to the death."

The county guard general suggested.

"No!" Li Guo immediately objected.

Everyone looked at each other and looked at Li Guo suspiciously.

Li Guo explained: "You can't be rigid in using soldiers, you must see the shape clearly. Qixian to Kaifeng is almost a flat river, if we defend the city, it is equivalent to drawing the ground as a prison.

The enemy can completely surround the city without fighting, bypassing Qixian and rushing straight to Kaifeng. At that time, the king will be attacked on his back, and things will not be good."

"General Lee's words make sense." Liu Zongmin took over the conversation, "Don't forget, You Shilu's subordinates are all murderous, and they don't worry about the supply of grain and grass at all."

Thinking of You Shilu's several massacres of the city, the generals of the peasant army were silent.

Seeing that no one spoke anymore, Li Guo said loudly: "Our army is preparing to go out of the city to meet the battle, even if the field battle is not defeated by the Ming army, it will be fought!" For the sake of the safety of the army, even if the whole army is destroyed, it will not hesitate."

He already has a plan, even if he can't fight to annihilate the whole army, he must block the Ming army and buy time for the retreat of the army.

Therefore, the words are full of tragedy.

They had fought against You Shilu many times before, and they were almost completely defeated.

Zhang Xianzhong was also beaten twice and fled to Anhui to avoid the edge.

"For the sake of the king, for the brothers under the Kaifeng city, there is no enemy and no me, and I am invincible!"

Liu Zongmin raised his fist high to boost morale.

"There is no enemy and no self, there is no enemy and I am invincible!"

The generals raised their fists one after another.

At noon, the sun appeared in the sky, but it did not bring a trace of warmth.

The south gate of Qixian County was opened, and the peasant army came out one after another.

In the cold wind, the flag is unfurled.

Knowing that the peasant army took the initiative to attack, You Shilu was overjoyed, and immediately ordered the forward troops to meet the enemy forward.

In his opinion, fighting the peasant army in the field is not yet easy to capture.

The two armies met head-on at Xingkou.

"Cavalry charge!" Li Guo stood on the dirt mountain, waving a flag.

At the same time, the drums beat loudly.

The forward cavalry in heavy armor, holding a long lance, with the determination to die, charged at the Ming army.

It turns out that sometimes if you don't push yourself, you never know how high your ceiling is.

The forward troops of the You Shilu Department had already been softened by the sound of dogs and horses, and faced the decisive charge launched by the peasant army.

Having lost some of their soldiers, they turned their horses around and quickly retreated.

The peasant army chased them behind and drove the Ming army out of the Xingkou territory completely.

The news of the defeat soon reached You Shilu's ears.

"How so!

You Shilu was stunned, "My forwards are all heavy cavalry, how can I not defeat the thief army?"

They are all the same people, and the peasant army is far inferior to the Ming army in terms of equipment, so why can't they be defeated!

Just like when he was in Liaodong, he fought against the Houjin army, and he always lost the field battle.

He still hasn't figured out why.

After a brief period of irritation, You Shilu ordered: "Let the forward troops continue to feign a rout and retreat, luring the enemy deeper. I will set up an ambush and catch turtles in an urn."

The strategy was good, but Li Guo and Liu Zongmin were not fooled.

They accepted it when they saw it, and after defeating You Shilu's vanguard troops, they quickly withdrew their troops.

Li Guo and Liu Zongmin's goal is very simple - just ensure that the main force of King Chuang is behind it.

"I thought You Shilu was so amazing, but I didn't expect it to be such a waste!"

After a big victory, Liu Zongmin's mood was surprisingly good.

Li Guo was also very happy: "Maybe it's not that they've become weaker, it's that we've become stronger."

As he spoke, a cavalryman arrived and presented a letter from King Chuang himself.

Li Guo took it apart and took a look, and said with a smile: "King Chuang learned to write with Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance, and this pen is still so ugly."

guessed that what was written in the letter was not a bad thing, and Liu Zongmin also ridiculed: "Big brother, don't talk about second brother, Lao Li's words are on par with King Chuang."

"Is it really that bad?" Li Guo didn't believe it.

Liu Zongmin nodded seriously.

Li Guo laughed: "When King Chuang comes, I'll compare it with him."

"King Chuang is coming?" Liu Zongmin was not very surprised.

"yes." Li Guo handed the letter to Liu Zongmin, "The siege of Kaifeng has been impossible for a long time, so King Chuang decided to solve You Shilu first, and then go north to Kaifeng."

Liu Zongmin hurriedly glanced at it, "Haha...... King Chuang can come, and You Shilu can't run away with his tail between his legs."

The facts are indeed the same as what Liu Zongmin said.

Hearing that Li Zicheng led the main force south and was preparing to besiege him, You Shilu was numb.

Even Li Guo and Liu Zongmin can't beat it, let alone Li Zicheng.

You Shilu immediately made a decision and ordered the whole army to retreat.

He has been staring at Li Zicheng all these years, and as long as there is Li Zicheng's whereabouts, he will send troops to suppress him.

However, Li Zicheng is still like a small tree under a boulder, tenaciously growing into a towering tree.

It's a pity that You Shilu wants to leave, but Li Zicheng doesn't plan to let him go.

Upon learning of the retreat of the Ming army, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai concentrated their main forces and followed in pursuit.

They must destroy You Shilu, and from then on there will be no opponent in the Central Plains.

One chases, the other flees.

You Shilu fled to Yuncheng to defend it, and then asked for help from the Ming army.

Why don't you keep running away?

The reason is very simple, although You Shilu was at odds with Yang Sichang, who was the supervisor at the time, and he fished for three days and dried nets for two days, he did not dare to disobey Chongzhen's strict orders.

If you flee any further, you will reach Huguang.

So, You Shilu began to ask for help everywhere.

The new governor Ding Qirui was very sober-minded and knew that once You Shilu was finished, the Ming court would no longer have any soldiers to fight in the Central Plains.

He issued an order to order Yang Wenyue, the governor of Baoding, to quickly move closer to You Shilu, and then galloped to the aid of Yuncheng with the weakened Sichuan army and the Ministry of National Security.

But relying on them was not enough, Ding Qirui issued an order to the new governor of the three sides, Wang Qiaonian, ordering him to quickly lead the Qin troops into the Central Plains and rush to the aid of You Shilu.

So what is Wang Qiaonian, the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, doing?

He's digging graves!