The news that the main force of the Ming army was going north was discovered by the scouts sent by Li Shuangxi and quickly returned.

"Brothers, the officers and soldiers are here again!"

Li Zicheng said angrily: "These starving ghosts are too slow to reincarnate, and they all come to find death. We can't get used to them, we have to slaughter them clean."

"After this battle, the Ming army will be powerless in the Central Plains, and the world is ours!" Luo Rucai also said excitedly.

The generals exchanged heads and nodded one after another, and their faces showed joy.

"One year high!" Li Zicheng ordered first.

"Yes." Gao Yigong in charge of logistics is out of the ranks.

"You and your sister organize manpower to move from Zhuxian Town to Xincheng immediately, move quickly!"

"I'll go right away." After Gao Yigong received the order, he turned around and retreated.

"Li Shuangxi." Li Zicheng turned his head to look at his adopted son, "You forged a warrant from You Shilu and sent someone to Kaifeng. The warrant said that there were 400,000 Ming troops to rescue Kaifeng, please defend Kaifeng according to the city, and don't give the thief army a chance to take advantage of it and seize the city. Just wait for the good news in the city!"

As he spoke, the generals of the Chuang and Cao coalition armies all laughed.

This trick enabled the peasant army not to face the situation of being attacked on the back of the enemy, and could concentrate on dealing with Ding Qirui's official army.

"The rest of the generals, go south with me to defend against the enemy." Li Zicheng finally said.

"Yes!"

The generals responded with fists clenched.

On April 26, the combined forces of Chuang and Cao arrived on the outskirts of Zhuxian Town.

The Ming army had already captured Zhuxian Town before this, and they refused to continue to attack north.

Zhuxian Town, the only outer port in Kaifeng, has developed commerce and smooth water transportation.

The Ming army drew the ground and defended it, setting up a formation, which made people feel majestic when they saw it.

Li Zicheng didn't care, he led his own soldiers to observe closely:

"The army is claimed to be 400,000 but the army is not advancing, what is the plan of the official army?"

Niu Jinxing was on the side, and smiled faintly: "Everyone is afraid of losing. Zhang Guoqin was defeated and killed because he was too honest, and his body was crushed into flesh."

Li Zicheng said: "I think it also has a lot to do with Ding Qirui, he is too far behind Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting, and Yang Sichang is better than him."

Niu Jinxing said with a smile: "The general trend has been achieved, even if Yang Sichang is resurrected, there is nothing he can do."

Luo Rucai was a little worried: "Although the Ming army is weak, there are more than 100,000 people, it is not easy to deal with them."

"Lao Luo, I have a plan." Li Zicheng turned around and left the front line.

A group of people also followed Li Zicheng back to the tent.

The generals arrived.

At the beginning of the meeting, Li Zicheng first said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Ming army has fallen into my hands, and it is easy to destroy them."

The generals didn't believe it, and there were puzzled expressions on their faces.

Li Zicheng said: "The Ming army is stationed in Zhuxian Town, relying on the nearby Jialu River to supply grain and grass, this is a dead end!"

After analyzing the terrain, Li Zicheng began to order: "Lao Luo, you lead a large army to move and station in the upper reaches of the Jialu River, build a high earthen dam, and cut off their water source and grain and grass transportation."

"Flooding the Seventh Army, wonderful!" Luo Rucai smiled and took the order.

"Li Guo, Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi, and the four of them dug trenches in the east, west, south, and north directions of Zhuxian Town, and the deeper the trenches, the better!"

"I haven't seen a hairy pig yet, so I want to eat pork."

Hearing Li Zicheng's order, Song Xiance said half-jokingly.

"It's not just eating pork, I'm already thinking about hanging the head of King Zhou in Kaifeng City."

Li Zicheng said and laughed.

The generals also laughed.

"He Jin, you organize people to build a mountain of earth, transport all the cannons, and condescendingly attack the Ming army in Zhuxian Town."

After Li Zicheng smiled, he continued to arrange the task.

"Yes. It's time to give those officers and soldiers a taste of cannonballs." He Jin said with a smile.

"The rest of the troops are strictly guarding their own villages, ready to attack at any time

to intercept the Ming army."

"Yes."

Cutting off the water source, building a high platform, and digging a trench are not intended to give the Ming army a way to survive at all.

Ding Qirui looked at it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart.

He sent someone to find You Shilu, hoping that he would come forward to be a pioneer and not let the peasant army complete the project comfortably.

You Shilu was also angry, and only said to the people sent by Ding Qirui: "The morale of the thieves is strong, don't waste the battle."

One sentence sent Ding Qirui's people away.

If he could, how could You Shilu not want to attack. But he saw that both the Chuang army and the Cao army had laid ambushes near the fortifications, waiting for the Ming army to come out.

It's really a wrong step, a wrong step.

"You Dashuai, if we don't want to find a way, we will wait like this any longer, and there will be no place to die."

General Ma Jinzhong said: "The encirclement of the peasant army is about to form, and the situation is critical."

"How could I not know, but the thief army is the most focused now, and if we break through and leave now, not only will we fall into the hands of others, but we may not succeed."

You Shilu was also helpless.

Ma Jinzhong said: "The only way is ......."

Just about to speak, You Shilu laid his hand and signaled, don't say what is in your heart.

As the so-called non-poisonous husband, You Shilu and Ma Jinzhong thought of it together - sacrificing the lives of some soldiers to help them escape across the trench.

On April 22, the peasant army completed its fortifications and condescendingly began to shell the Ming army in Zhuxian Town.

The power of the peasant army's artillery cannot be compared with Yang Chengying's Shenwei General Cannon.

But under the constant shelling, the Ming army could not withstand it.

On the same day, You Shilu used his war horse to enter Ding Qirui's military camp by mistake and disappeared, and then took the lead in robbing friendly military horses and mules to create a riot.

In the evening, he suddenly set up camp and fled south with his men.

This matter attracted Li Zicheng's attention.

"This You Shilu has learned to be cunning and cunning, and when he caused a riot, he actually wanted to run away by himself."

Looking at Zhu Xianzhen's sky-high fire and listening to the noise, Li Zicheng analyzed.

"Immediately send an order to Tian Jianxiu and let him lead the army to stop it!" Niu Jinxing suggested.

Li Zicheng shook his head: "No! Let go of You Shilu's soldiers, only by conniving at his escape can they successfully cause the Ming army to shake and choose to flee."

The peasant army then gave way and connived at You Shilu's escape.

You Shilu didn't know, so he first sent infantry to be cannon fodder in front to test, and found that no one stopped him, and then he led the elite cavalry to follow up immediately, and the whole army retreated.

His departure, as expected, set off a chain reaction.

Compared with Fu Zonglong and Wang Qiaonian, Ding Qirui is much more ruthless.

He decisively ordered the battalions to defend, claiming that he was going to intercept You Shilu, and then ran away.

The Ming army was in chaos and scurrying around like headless flies.

Often, the first group fell into the trench, the second group followed, and the soldiers behind broke through the trench by stepping on the corpses of their comrades.

Then they were besieged by peasant armies.

You Shilu is no exception.

Li Zicheng only let go of You Shilu's vanguard and intercepted the large army behind.

Those Ming troops who were born as scum of the peasant army who harmed one side and did many evils were killed by the Chuang army and the Cao army.

Fang Guobao fled to Runing with Ding Qirui for the second time, but was intercepted by the peasant army on the way, and he was so frightened that he threw away the superintendent's edict and seal letter and monk Fang Baojian.

Yang Guozhu, who protected Yang Wenyue's escape to Runing, led the army to turn back after arriving in Runing for the sake of the official hat on his head, intending to take advantage of the chaos to cut off a few heads.

Unexpectedly, he was besieged and killed by the peasant army and died on the spot.

The great victory of Zhu Xianzhen completely wiped out the Central Plains Group of the Ming Army, and opened the prelude to Li Zicheng's elimination of the tyranny of the Ming Dynasty.