Before Song Xiance was targeted by the Intelligence Department, he was a wandering magician.

He is also proficient in some hydrological and geographical techniques, and is very familiar with the matter of releasing water and digging embankments.

He had already calculated that as long as the Majiakou embankment of the Yellow River near Kaifeng City was opened, the water of the Yellow River would be able to flood Kaifeng City.

I even went to the Majiakou embankment in advance to check the terrain.

At this time, he got Li Zicheng's order, so he naturally set off immediately and rushed to Majiakou.

However, the north of Kaifeng is already an ocean, and they can only detour from the south of the city to the west of Kaifeng.

Breaking the Yellow River embankment is not just a matter of picking up the embankment.

He needed to build embankments in key areas around the city in advance to ensure that the water of the Yellow River would be diverted to Kaifeng City.

Therefore, Song Xiance brought 30,000 soldiers.

But when passing through Xuanwuwei in the west of Kaifeng, it was blocked.

Song Xiance originally thought that the Ming army was out of the city, but when he saw that there were thousands of troops wearing all kinds of messy clothes and armor in front of him, the banner of the word "Shun" waving in the wind showed that these were his own people.

The person at the head is Li Yan!

Song Xiance said: "Gongzi Li, Song went to Majiakou on the order of His Majesty, why did you stop it?" ”

Li Yan and Song Xiance are old acquaintances, and he knows that the purpose of Song Xiance's trip must be to dig the Yellow River embankment.

He said: "Master Song, digging up the Yellow River is not trivial, this is related to the lives of millions of people, Li still advises you to rein in the precipice!" ”

Song Xiance said: "Li Gongzi said that it was late, the Ming army had already dug the embankment of the Yellow River, and the north of Kaifeng City is now a Ze country!" ”

Li Yan said: "The Ming army only dug a small hole in Zhujiazhaikou, and the impact was only in these areas north of Kaifeng; If I'm not mistaken, Song Junshi went to Majiakou this time to completely dig the Yellow River embankment, right? ”

"In this way, not only Kaifeng City, but also the entire Kaifeng Mansion, and even the surrounding Guide Mansion and Fengyang Mansion will be affected, and it will definitely be a disaster."

This kind of thing Song Xiance is naturally at a loss, he knows that Li Yan is a native of Qi County, Kaifeng Prefecture, and he does not want his hometown to be flooded.

But this matter is related to whether the army can take Kaifeng and capture Chongzhen alive, and there must be no kindness of a woman!

He said: "Li Gongzi said that he laughed, His Majesty is the Emperor of Dashun, and the people of Kaifeng are naturally His Majesty's people, Song was ordered to guard the embankment to prevent further destruction by the Ming army, how could he do such a thing that lost his conscience?" ”

"Song Mou's emperor is in his body, he doesn't dare to delay, and he also asks Li Gongzi to get out of the passage, don't make Song embarrassed!"

Song Xiance refused to admit it, and Li Yan was helpless.

With only a few thousand men in his hands, it is impossible for him to be Song Xiance's opponent at all.

And if this matter is on Li Zicheng's side, he will inevitably be punished, if he is abandoned by Li Zicheng because of this, then there will only be a "poisoner" like Song Xiance left by His Majesty's side.

In the end, he had to order his subordinates to get out of the way and let Song Xiance and others go north.

Song Xiance didn't embarrass Li Yan too much, he hugged his fists and said: "Li Gongzi can focus on the overall situation, Song sincerely admires!" ”

Then he whispered beside Li Yan: "Don't worry, Your Majesty Song won't talk nonsense!" ”

Looking at Song Xiance's back as he gradually moved away, Li Yan also had a lot of emotion.

After all, he is now the right prime minister of Dashun, and he is no longer the chivalrous and unrestrained Li Gongzi of the past.

There are many things that he can't help himself!

Just as Li Yan was sighing, he saw a burst of feather arrows shooting, and many soldiers around Song Xiance were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.

Although the number of feathered arrows is small, the enemy's arrows are very tricky, and almost all of them hit the throat and other vital parts.

Before everyone could react, a group of cavalry suddenly came out, and the leader was actually a woman dressed in red and wearing a red cloak.

Although Song Xiance walked at the front of the team, there were still many guards beside him at this time.

When they saw an enemy attack, they hurried forward to block it.

However, the woman's marksmanship was very good, and I saw that she threw out a few spear sparks, and soon stabbed several people in succession; And the cavalry behind him were also very good at fighting, and they were like sharp arrows that were directly plunged into Song Xiance.

Although Song Xiance can speak well on weekdays and is like a river, he is only a scholar after all, where did he deal with such a situation?

actually stayed where he was, and directly became a prisoner of the thieves.

Li Yan knows this person, she should be the legendary "Red Lady".

The red lady is also a native of Qixian County, a fellow villager of Li Yan, it is said that this person was originally a person who was an entertainer in the rivers and lakes and knew some kung fu.

Later, inspired by the White Lotus Sect, he organized a righteous army to rob the rich and help the poor around Qixian County, and was supported by the local people and became famous.

Although Song Xiance pretended to be calm on the surface, he was actually very flustered inside.

The red lady whispered in his ear: "Song Zhenfu has a vicious strategy, it doesn't matter if you flood Kaifeng, after the millions of victims will be left to fend for themselves, or will the king of Liaodong County clean up the mess for you?" ”

This red lady is actually a member of the Intelligence Department, and she is absolutely confidential as the suppressor of the Intelligence Department, even if she knows about it in the Intelligence Department, there are only a few people!

Then the red lady said: "It is absolutely not allowed to break the embankment, not only can you not dig the embankment, but you must also plug the previous gap as soon as possible!" ”

Song Xiance said: "Song knows, but how should the girl get out?" ”

The red lady said: "My task is to get close to Li Yan, and I also ask Song Zhenfu to facilitate this matter!" ”

Then she said loudly: "Song Shorty, this girl heard that you are going to dig the Yellow River embankment, but is there such a thing?" ”

Song Xiance said: "Nonsense, Song was ordered by Emperor Li Zicheng of Dashun to lead the army to Zhujiazhai to block the Yellow River break, don't believe the rumors!" ”

The red lady's saber was pressed against Song Xiance's neck, and she said: "I can't believe what you say, let them back down first!" ”

Song Xiance didn't feel pain, he only felt that something wet was flowing down his neck, and it must be bleeding.

This girl actually used a knife against herself, but she was really ruthless.

Song Xiance hurriedly said: "The army retreated 30 steps back and put away their weapons!" ”

Then he said: "Listen to the accent girl is from Henan, our right prime minister Li Yan of Dashun, Li Gongzi is from Qixian County, Henan." Presumably, the girl should have heard of his name, and Li Gongzi can prove that what this military teacher said is not a lie. ”

At this time, Li Yan had also rushed over, after all, now that Song Xiance was taken captive, and the six gods of the army had no master, he had to come over to preside over the situation.

In fact, for a moment, Li Yan really wanted the "Red Lady" to kill this "Song Shorty".

However, after seeing Song Xiance's begging eyes, Li Yan finally relented.

He said: "This girl must be the 'Red Lady' of Qi County, and Li Yan is also from Qi County, and Song Junshi did go to the dam to block the breach on His Majesty's order." ”

"Please also ask the girl to release him quickly, so as not to delay the time and make the Yellow River break bigger and bigger."

"Li Yan dares to use his personality to guarantee that the girl and your subordinates can leave here safely."

Seeing that it was Li Yan, who was her target, the red lady hurriedly said: "Li Gongzi's name, no one in Qixian County or even Henan doesn't know, the red lady is willing to believe in Gongzi!" ”

After that, he let go of Song Xiance, and Song Xiance took the opportunity to say: "Since the girl robs the rich and helps the poor, it is consistent with my national policy of Dashun, why don't you join me directly in Dashun!" ”

Seeing that the red lady did not object, he smiled again and said: "Since the girl is the same villager as Li Gongzi, then simply vote for Li Gongzi!" ”

The red lady glanced at Li Yan shyly, hugged her fists and said: "The red lady is willing to serve Dashun and let Li Gongzi send her!" ”

Only then did Li Yan notice that although this "Red Lady" was a leader of the White Lotus Sect Girl who was born in the army, her appearance was really not bad, her eyebrows were like distant mountains, and her face was like peach blossoms.

So she took in her hundreds of people.

At this time, the red lady said to Song Xiance: "Song Junshi, I was offended a lot just now, if you can successfully repair the embankment this time, the red lady will definitely come to apologize to you in person!" ”

"If you can't keep your promise, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

In this way, Song Xiance, who was originally going to open the embankment of the Yellow River, now has to block the breach of the Yellow River!

Not long after Song Xiance's men and horses were pulled, news came: the Ming army in Kaifeng had broken through to the area of Chenliu and Qixian in the southeast.

At this time, the Dashun army besieging the city can be described as a mess, and the men and horses in the north of the city have just escaped from the flood, and they are in shock.

Song Xiance took 30,000 main forces north to the Yellow River.

They remained in the south, with only a few tens of thousands of stragglers.

If the Ming army broke through with all their might, they would not be able to stop it at all.

Li Yan didn't say a word, and hurriedly led the Red Lady and others to advance to the south of Kaifeng City to intercept the Ming army.

I have to say that the timing of the Ming army's breakthrough was indeed well chosen.

At this time, the Dashun army outside the city was in chaos, and it couldn't stop the Ming army leaving the city at all.

The Ming army marched all the way and occupied Chenliu Tongqi County successively!

It is already close to the Guide Mansion controlled by Li Xianzhong.

At this time, Yang Sichang in Kaifeng City said: "Your Majesty, the 30,000 army led by Governor Yuan has successfully attracted the main force of the Chuang army to the area of Qixian County, and we can move!" ”

There were a total of 65,000 defenders in Kaifeng City, and Yuan Chonghuan led 30,000 infantry troops to take advantage of the chaos to break through in the direction of Guide and Fengyang to attract the attention of thieves.

At this time, Chongzhen, Yang Sichang and others were under the cover of more than 10,000 cavalry led by Cao Wenzhao, and broke through to Xuzhou in the southwest of Kaifeng.

It's not that Chongzhen doesn't want to bring more soldiers and horses, but now there are only these horses left in Kaifeng City.

Before Yang Sichang was a flooded thief camp, he sent Yuan Chonghuan to break through to the southeast, and did a lot of foreshadowing.

So their journey south was very smooth.

Chongzhen said: "Does Yuan Qing's 30,000 horses have any hope of breaking out of the encirclement and joining us in Fengyang?" ”

Let Yuan Chonghuan go down to Jiangnan together, what are you kidding? Yang Sichang deliberately made Yuan Chonghuan a suspicious soldier.

On the one hand, it is to attract Li Zicheng's main force and create conditions for himself to go south!

More importantly, Yuan Chonghuan was squeezed out of the core power layer of the south, so that he would not threaten his position.

Although the strength of the invading army was not strong, Guide Mansion was garrisoned by Li Xianzhong's Liaodong Army.

He expected that after Yuan Chonghuan went around Kaifeng City, he would finally choose to return to Kaifeng to hold on.

In this way, you can not only help yourself get rid of the pursuers, but also stick to Kaifeng and attract the main force of the thieves.

Of course, he won't let Chongzhen know about the rest of them, Yang Sichang said: "We don't know how many men Li Xianzhong has deployed in Guide Mansion, but Governor Yuan is much closer to Fengyang than us. Maybe Governor Yuan has already met us in Fengyang! ”

Chongzhen and the others were cautious all the way, day and night, and finally came to the southernmost Xiangcheng vicinity of Kaifeng Mansion five days later.

Xiangcheng is already close to Fengyang.

Since escaping from Beijing, Chongzhen and others have been displaced all the way, and they are in danger, and now they are finally about to enter Fengyang Mansion in Nanzhili.

The excitement of everyone can be described as overflowing.

Soon they marched east along Yingshui, preparing to enter Yingzhou.

But just as they were about to arrive in Yingzhou City, the sentry cavalry brought back bad news.

Five days earlier, the Liaodong Army had moved south from Yanzhou and conquered Xuzhou, an important town on the south bank of the Yellow River.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Yellow River did not enter the sea from Shandong, but took the Huai River into the sea, and the Yellow River flowed all the way to the southeast from the Kaifeng section, directly entering the channel of the Huai River into the sea.

Therefore, important towns such as Xuzhou and Huai'an are close to the Yellow River.

The loss of Xuzhou also means that the Yellow River has been overcome!

The worse news was that after the capture of Xuzhou, the Liaodong Army did not stop.

Li Xianzhong ordered Zuo Liangyu and Mao Wenlong to go south and attack Fengyang and Huai'an respectively.

Now that Fengyang Mansion is in danger, Chongzhen definitely doesn't dare to go.

So after they replenished some dry food in Yingzhou City, they went straight to Luzhou.

When the army marched to Bagong Mountain north of Shouzhou, it happened to encounter the Liaodong army moving south.

Although the cavalry under Cao Wenzhao was not a rabble, they fled all the way, anxious like lost dogs, panicked like fish that slipped through the net.

People can still eat some dry food, but the war horses have no good alfalfa and fodder to eat, and they are already weak.

Originally, they were all cavalry of the Yulin Battalion, and their combat power and equipment were also comparable.

In terms of commanding generals, Cao Wenzhao is actually even better than Zuo Liangyu!

However, due to the difference in horses and morale, the battle, which should have been evenly matched, quickly became one-sided.

Zuo Liangyu's Yulin Battalion has had high morale since it joined the Liaodong Army.

In the face of their former colleagues, they quickly developed their self-confidence.

Zuo Liangyu's troops took advantage of the impact of their horses to continuously kill the cavalry under Cao Wenzhao's command, quickly tearing apart their defensive line.

Zuo Liangyu and Li Guoying were like a huge pincer, and they quickly surrounded the cavalry led by Cao Wenzhao.

Cao Wenzhao saw through Zuo Liangyu's purpose, but at the moment, their horsepower was not strong, and they were powerless to stop it.

Cao Wenzhao said to Cao Bianjiao on the side: "Our horses can't outrun the Liaodong Army, you hurry up and retreat into Bagong Mountain with Your Majesty!" ”

The situation was extremely critical, although Cao Bianjiao wanted to stay and fight side by side with his uncle, but at this moment he had to carry out the order with tears.

Cao Bianjiao opened the way with a silver spear, killed the enemy blocking the front, and finally led more than 3,000 people to kill before the Liaodong army was encircled.

Finally they retreated to the mountain behind them.

Chongzhen and the others climbed the mountain all the way, tired and out of breath.

When he looked back at the battlefield below the mountain, the cavalry under Cao Wenzhao had been divided and surrounded by Zuo Liangyu.

And he himself was outnumbered and killed!

Looking at Cao Bianjiao, whose eyes were red beside him, Chongzhen said: "General Cao is really a loyal minister, I will definitely praise you Cao family!" ”

Every time Chongzhen encounters danger, at the critical time, Yuan Chonghuan stepped forward and saved him from danger.

But at this time, Yuan Chonghuan is far away in Kaifeng, who can save him?

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