March 21.

Chunjiang plumbing duck prophet, what kind of battle it will be, the coffin shop knows best.

There are 18 shroud shops in Jiaxian County, and business is booming.

Almost all the soldiers who broke into the army wore linen and filial piety.

The city was turned white.

Li Zicheng is also dressed in white, but he has no dead relatives.

The only relative, his wife Gao Guiying, is in the women's camp in the army at the moment.

He felt uncomfortable, his right-hand men were killed, and the families of the intrusive army were slaughtered. Thinking of Baofeng, who has a weak defense, his heart is like a knife.

I'm afraid of what's coming.

Li Zicheng came back from inspecting the city and received a report from Li Shuangxi:

"Sun Chuanting led the army to break through Baofeng, Jiang San and Sun Mingwei, the generals who guarded Baofeng, were killed in battle, and Chen Kexin, Jiang Xuanli, and Zhou Yingning, the state pastors, were all killed."

All the peasant army generals sighed.

However, what makes them even more uncomfortable is yet to come.

"The army then slaughtered the city, killing men, women, and children, and only 200 people survived. Sun Chuanting, the dog thief, killed one out of ten, and killed twelve people."

In the end, even Li Shuangxi, who had experienced a hundred battles, couldn't say it anymore and burst into tears.

The generals had tears in their eyes and looked at Li Zicheng one after another.

Li Zicheng kept a straight face and was silent.

When the crowd looked at him, he shouted, "Don't cry! Are there still fewer dead people we have seen in this life? Don't cry! We want revenge, not weeping!"

"Yes, we want revenge."

The generals wiped the tears from their faces, and their eyes became more and more resolute.

But what's next?

Li Zicheng didn't count it in his heart.

Gu Junen said: "Sun Chuanting slaughtered all the nobles and lows, and the hearts of the people of Henan are available. King Chuang can spread the word about it, and then clear the wilderness."

This is like a reassuring pill, which makes Li Zicheng suddenly brightened.

Gu Junen came to the front of the map, pointed to the map and said, "King Chuang, generals, please see, Ruzhou is in the northwest of our army. We withdrew from Jiaxian, and then followed the river to Xiangcheng to hold on."

Everyone looked in the direction of Gu Junen's finger, and when they saw Gu Junen's hand drawing a straight line from the northwest to Xiangcheng, they were all thoughtful.

Liu Zongmin was the first to react: "Stretch the supply line of the official army, and then wait for the opportunity to break the enemy!"

"Exactly." Gu Junen's eyes flashed, "Sun Chuanting is cunning, but he forgot one thing, it will be his defeat."

"What's the matter?" The general asked curiously.

Gu Junen looked up at the sky: "People are not as good as heaven, everything is the will of heaven."

Speaking of Gu Junen, staying in the Chuang Wangfu did not actively give advice at first, but with Sun Chuanting's series of non-behavior, he clearly realized that if he did not help the king, he would end up like the people of Baofeng and Tang County.

By providence, he actually refers to the rainy season.

As long as the fortified walls and clear fields survive until the rainy season, the transportation routes will be interrupted due to the continuous heavy rain, and the Ming army will run out of food, and everything will be over.

So, Li Zicheng took care of Jun's grace and strategy, and led the people to Xiangcheng in the southeast to defend the wilderness in Jiaxian County.

The 23rd day of the third lunar month of the twelfth year of Chongzhen is the sixth day of May in the solar calendar.

It's only a month before the Ume.

Sun Chuanting also seemed to know that he didn't find a grain of grain in Jiaxian, so he hurried to attack Xiangcheng.

He hoped to end the war before the rainy season arrived.

However, man is not as good as heaven.

Heavy rain poured down for several days, making the Ming army unable to move in the mud.

Xiangcheng, Marshal's Mansion.

Li Zicheng said, "Brothers, the time has come to fight for the death. God has mercy on the common people, and he can't bear to let such villains like Sun Chuanting run rampant in the world, and heavy rain has fallen, obstructing the path of the officials and soldiers."

The generals are also full of confidence.

I thought I would stick to the rainy season, but I didn't expect God to rain heavily in advance, and one

It's going to be a couple of days.

This is providence!

"All the troops led their headquarters to defend the city, and the cannons were arrayed in the city, defending Xiangcheng!" Li Zicheng said, "Where is Liu Zongmin?"

"The end will be."

Liu Zongmin suddenly came out of the ranks, clenched his fists and said.

"I will give you all the lightly armed cavalry, and you will lead the cavalry to detour through Baisha in the rear of Ruzhou and cut off the grain route of the official army. If possible, lead an army to capture Ruzhou."

"The last general commands." Liu Zongmin said angrily.

Li Zicheng bypassed the table and came to Liu Zongmin: "The life and death of our army are all up to you, you must be cautious in your use of troops, even if you can't succeed, don't send the cavalry there." Look at the book

Liu Zongmin said loudly: "The last general will definitely live up to the trust." Then he said to the generals, "Brethren wait for my good news."

"Take care." The crowd clasped their fists.

Liu Zongmin clasped his fists in reply, then turned to leave.

Knowing that they were shouldering heavy responsibilities, the peasant army light cavalry, under the leadership of Liu Zongmin, braved the heavy rain and marched to Baisha.

When you encounter a place with a lot of water, you get off your horse and walk. When you are tired, you slap yourself, and when you are hungry, you eat bread in the rain.

Everyone knows the significance of this battle, and there is no pause.

Under the cover of heavy rain, they skillfully bypassed the sentinels of the Ming army, marched 200 miles in one day, and killed Baisha.

The generals of the Ming army guarding Baisha thought it was their own military horses, but they didn't react until Liu Zongmin's handsome banner appeared at the head of the city.

After occupying Baisha, Liu Zongmin selected several Henan soldiers from among the surrendered troops:

"You helped the Qin soldiers to kill the fathers and villagers in Henan, aren't you worried that one day they will kill your relatives?"

"We are also forced to be helpless, and Leader Liu has something to order."

Several big-headed soldiers were also very well-behaved, and guessed that Liu Zongmin asked them to do things.

Liu Zongmin nodded with satisfaction: "You bring my handwritten letter to Ruzhou. persuade Li Jiyu to open the city gate and let us into Ruzhou."

"Dare to disobey." A few big-headed soldiers took the letters, kowtowed and left.

Li Jiyu fought in Henan to resist Li Zicheng for many years, although he was born poor, but he had already changed his personality in these years of fighting.

He wanted to learn from Song Jiang, looked at the imperial court to recruit peace, and became a member of the imperial court.

It's a pity that the imperial court didn't give him this opportunity.

It wasn't until Sun Chuanting came that he had this opportunity to guard Ruzhou as the chief soldier.

However, Sun Chuanting slaughtered the city twice, which made Li Jiyu's mentality change.

He was shocked to find that the court didn't treat them as human beings at all.

In order to raise food, it doesn't matter if you are high or low, unless you are a clan, you will be looted by Sun Chuanting.

Just when Li Jiyu was shaken, Baisha was lost and Liu Zongmin's letter came one after another.

Li Ji said in his heart: "I was originally a poor person in Dengfeng, because the official urged me to eat and beat me back, and was tied to the stone lion at the entrance of the yamen by the county magistrate to show the public, and rebelled after being rescued by the villagers.

I always thought that the problem of the Ming Dynasty was that a group of corrupt officials and corrupt officials were making trouble, and the emperors and supervisors of the Ming Dynasty were all good people, so over the years, many rebels in Henan have taken refuge in Li Zicheng, and some people have even joined forces, but I have never got.

finally waited for Inspector Sun, but slaughtered the city indiscriminately in Henan. Can an emperor who can appoint such a person as a supervisor be a good person?

Before Liu Zongmin captured Baisha, some people said that I secretly communicated with Li Zicheng, why should I be this general soldier if I have that heart. It's ridiculous that the eunuch actually blackmailed me for a sum of money!

Since you think I'm a thief, that's good! I'll be a thief and surrender directly to Li Chuang!"

On March 25, the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Li Jiyu surrendered in Kaecheng and welcomed Liu Zongmin's troops into Ruzhou!