Huaiqing Mansion, on the bank of the Yellow River due south of Wuzhi County, Li Zicheng looked at the turbid and rolling river water with a haggard face and sneezed several times in succession. This made Tian Xin very uneasy. He looked around slightly panicked, making the cows around him Jin Xing and others felt inexplicable when they heard the news: "What's wrong, Lord?"
"It's okay." Li Zicheng touched his chest and sneered: "I don't believe that an army of officers and soldiers can jump out of this river." When everyone heard this, their faces turned pale and speechless. Niu Jinxing sighed: "My lord, don't be surprised. Get rid of the ones behind you." Let's go along the river to Shanxi Province, cross the river to the west, and then swim into the sea..."
Li Zicheng looked at the other side of the river. He could see a city in the distance, but it was Zhengzhou. Yes, it was the capital of Henan Province in later generations. At this time, it was a county-level state under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture: "I'm afraid the officers and soldiers won't let us get rid of it so easily. I didn't see it." They bite each one like a vicious dog and refuse to let go..."
"They are just here for money. As long as there are no blocking troops in front of them, there is nothing to fear. We still have two houses in front of us to deal with them..." Gu Junen said softly. Everyone nodded in approval. Li Zicheng looked at the exhausted people everywhere on the shore. The soldiers lying staggered on the ground had a fierce look in their eyes: "There will be no blocking troops in the front, but these vicious dogs behind are really hateful. I can't wait to eat them alive."
"Your Majesty, please calm down. We worked hard and fought hard to get out. There is no need to fight with him. We should return to Xijing (Xi'an) immediately to recuperate and recharge in case that dog eunuch leads his troops to invade." Niu Jinxing hurriedly said that to be honest, it was difficult to describe the difficulties and dangers involved in escaping from Baoding Prefecture all the way through the border and the formation. He was really afraid that Li Zicheng was determined to fight with the pursuers and fall into the quagmire again and be unable to struggle out.
Li Zicheng looked at the rolling river and was lost in thought. After a while, he suddenly said: "If we cross the river from here to the south, and go west along the river to capture the city..." Before he finished speaking, he shook his head. Zhengzhou on the other side of the river was heading west. The mountains are vast and far away from the north bank of the river.
"Hateful, hateful!" Li Zicheng roared.
"It's a pity, it's a pity." In the palace of Prince Lu of Chenglu City, Wei Hui Mansion, Huama Liu and Liu Zeqing Gaojie raised their glasses to drink, but they sighed again and again, but they couldn't hide the smiles on their lips. Looking at their expressions, the two of them secretly cursed this. The scumbag got a big deal and still acted like a good boy.
It is said that Liu Liangzuo crossed the river from Kaifeng to the north. While sending scout horses to detect the movement of the bandit army, he also marched northward to sweep across the city. When he encountered a city, he used it to suppress the bandits and plunder them. These small towns were almost guarded by the bandit army. How could more than a hundred people at most be able to stop his army? He was really popular all the way. Those who drank spicy food arrived at the gate of Wei Hui Mansion in one day and one night.
There were only a few hundred rebels left behind in Wei Hui Mansion, and they were immersed in the gentle countryside every day. When they suddenly heard that the officers and soldiers were attacking, they fled in a panic, but they couldn't make it in time. They were blocked by Liu Liangzuo and they were chopped up and taken to the city to claim credit and ask the people to donate money. Donate food, and then move into Prince Lu's Mansion with great arrogance, and clean the palace that had been robbed by the bandit army again.
Naturally, the small profit in front of him could not satisfy Hua Ma Liu's appetite. He had to wait for the big fish to come to his door. Guang Sa Tan Ma learned that the bandit army had arrived at Zhangde Prefecture (today's Anyang), and officers and soldiers were in hot pursuit. Liu Liangzuo was overjoyed. Then began to set up a line of defense.
At this time, the main force of the rebel army led by Li Zicheng had just turned around and fled westward from Zhangde Prefecture (today's Anyang). Two hungry wolves, Liu Zeqing and Gao Jie, were chasing after them from Shunde Prefecture. The vanguard cavalry commander Liu Cheng was in Guangping. The territory of Fu Handan was defeated by Luo Hu's Zhenshan Camp, which made Gao Jie furious. He joined forces with Liu Zeqing and killed them. The rebel army had no intention of fighting and fled. At sunset, they fled into Anyang, the capital of Fu. Liu Rukui, the former garrison general, saw the rebels acting like this. The wolf hurriedly welcomed Li Zicheng and others into the city, and sent troops to conduct reconnaissance to prevent the officers and soldiers from attacking at night. At midnight, he was relieved when he learned that the officers and soldiers were still a hundred miles away.
It was originally a strategic retreat. Even though the young eunuch intercepted him at Zhending Mansion when he went south from Baoding Mansion, Li Zicheng actually calmly passed the pass, shaking his sleeves without taking away a cloud, and giving the young eunuch a hard fight. Unexpectedly, he followed the Shunde Mansion. The interception by Gao Jie turned into a pincer attack. After crossing the line of fire regardless of casualties, he thought that the officers and soldiers would not pursue him again. Unexpectedly, the two vicious dogs behind him were extremely ferocious and chased Li Zicheng for hundreds of miles in one go. This made Li Zicheng extremely embarrassed. Finally got really angry.
He rested in Zhangde Mansion for a few days, waiting for him to come and fight hard. He didn't believe that he couldn't deal with the defeated generals without the young eunuch, so he ordered the whole army to reorganize, recharge their batteries and wait for the officers and soldiers to send them off. Come to your door.
But they didn't know that after waiting for two days, no officers and soldiers came. The spies reported that the officers and soldiers stopped at Thirty Mile. It turned out that Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing were tired of pursuing them, or they had seen through Li Zicheng's intentions. They didn't want to fight hard. If you stop, I will stop. If you leave, I will chase and bite you.
Li Zicheng didn't have the leisure time to spend time with them. When he saw that they didn't come, he ordered his troops to go west. Sure enough, they couldn't go fifty miles. The rear urgently reported that the officers and soldiers were catching up. Li Zicheng couldn't bear it anymore and ordered the two young men Luo Hu and Ma Bao. The tough general, who was also the most elite in the bandit army, came to the rear and wanted to beat the officers and soldiers to pain in one fell swoop. He was afraid of the beating and did not dare to pursue them again.
Unexpectedly, not long after Luo Hu and Ma Bao sent troops, the front army rushed to report that a group of more than 10,000 officers and soldiers were approaching from more than ten miles ahead. Li Zicheng and others were shocked and didn't know where the officers and soldiers jumped out from.
At this time, there was no time to think about it, so they could only bite the bullet and fight. Unfortunately, the bandit troops who fled all the way were exhausted, and they heard that they were attacked from both sides. They were panicked and unwilling to fight. However, Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing in the rear were overjoyed when they heard the news. They knew that Liu Liangzuo When the time came, now was the best time, so they devoted all their troops to fight Luo Hu and Ma Bao at all costs, and finally defeated them due to their morale and strength advantages. The officers and soldiers took advantage of the victory to pursue them.
At the front, Liu Zongmin and Li Guozheng fought bravely against Liu Liangzuo. Although the army was exhausted, they still killed Liu Liangzuo, who was frightened. His troops were not good at fighting and could only take advantage of them. They did not have the strength to fight fiercely. Seeing that they were defeated, they were about to retreat. At that time, when he saw Gao Jie and others coming to kill him, he gritted his teeth and held on.
Seeing that he was about to be attacked, Li Zicheng had no choice but to grit his teeth and withdraw his troops, leading his troops to flee south. The officers and soldiers pursued him for nearly twenty miles before returning to Wei Hui Mansion to rest their troops. Li Zicheng fled to the bank of the Yellow River in one breath, facing the billowing turbidity. Shui felt depressed.
In this battle, the thieves abandoned their armor and suffered heavy losses. The three scumbag generals also took a lot of advantage. They drank in Prince Lu's Mansion and shared the money while discussing how to proceed. Suddenly, they realized that life is just like this. The battle was fought happily, but they pretended not to know that the Tatars had already arrived in the imperial capital at this time, and the capital was in danger.
Of course, when they were blushing because of the uneven distribution of the spoils, the bandit army was stumbling listlessly on the bank of the Yellow River. Going west, they entered Huaiqing Mansion. Here and Lu'an Mansion (Changzhi area) in the northwest were all return war zones. Li Zicheng I decided to change my strategy. I couldn't just focus on escaping. In this way, even if I was bitten to death by the vicious dog behind, I would still die from exhaustion.
He decided to use the land of these two prefectures to fight the pursuers, and at the same time cover the baggage and go ahead. When the baggage crosses the Yellow River, it will be much more convenient whether he goes or stays.
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