Chapter 667: The Ming Dynasty must be destroyed

Style: Historical Author: Niu Bi Lao DaoWords: 4528Update Time: 24/01/12 10:25:35
After defeating the rebels, the government troops then recovered Ruyang City, buried the corpses, and treated the wounded. Sun Chuanting ordered the government office to be reestablished. However, all the local officials had already been killed, and they had to wait for personnel to be transferred from Kaifeng Prefecture.

It took three days to deal with these trivial matters, and then the army started again, following the general direction of the bandits' retreat reported by the reconnaissance cavalry, passing through Yangbu and Wadian, and heading to Yingzhou.

However, after the officers and soldiers came to Wadian and entered the southern border of Zhili, they lost relevant information about the bandits.

Sun Chuanting immediately sent a reconnaissance cavalry to Yingzhou to find out the truth. It was found that Yingzhou City had not been attacked by the rebels.

This shows that the rebel army did not choose to move eastward, but either went north or south, and it must be one of the two.

Sun Chuanting decided to stand still for now. Without knowing the enemy's situation, it would be futile to rush forward.

The scouts came to report that a few days ago, a group of men and horses were spotted near Shenqiu, not far from here.

The number was no less than 10,000, and the direction of travel was northwest. Witnesses did not see the flags of the official army.

This confirmed that it was the rebel army that had been defeated from Ruyang. Sun Chuanting immediately ordered the entire army to go north to pursue the rebel army.

The goal of the army fighting in Henan is to severely damage or even eliminate the main force of the rebel army, so it must constantly look for opportunities to fight decisively with it.

Sun Chuanting believed that his troops were smaller than Hong Chengchou's and could at best inflict heavy damage on the bandit army, making it very difficult to annihilate them.

The number of officers and soldiers who can carry out field operations in Henan reaches one hundred thousand, and it may be possible to achieve the goal of encirclement and annihilation.

It was just that the army had just won the victory in the Huguang battlefield, but the remnants of nearly 10,000 traitors were still at large.

It was not easy for Hong Chengchou to mobilize his main force to fight in the Central Plains area. He had to strike while the iron was hot and annihilate the remnants of the Xian bandits.

Sun Chuanting led his troops to continue heading north, and immediately received a report that Shangshui City had been captured.

According to nearby village officials, this group of bandits continued to advance westward after falling into the city and did not go northward.

To the west of Shangshui is Yancheng. Following the rebel army's advance route, Sun Chuanting suddenly found that the enemy was actually playing in circles with him.

Our troops followed the rebel army and circled around the northern border of Runing Mansion. It was really abominable!

By the time the army arrived at the outskirts of Yancheng, the city had been captured by the rebels, leaving only devastation and corpses scattered everywhere.

The bandit army almost repeated the same trick they used in Runing Mansion, and they never tired of it.

Since the siege of Yancheng took a long time, the rebels did not attack Linying to the north of Yancheng, but went to the northwest.

The target is probably Xiangcheng. At this time, Sun Chuanting can no longer tell where the rebel army will go next.

We can only order our troops to speed up and reach Xiangcheng as soon as possible.

However, Xiangcheng was not a big city with a high city and a deep pool. It was unable to resist the enemy's attack and ended up with the same fate as Yancheng.

At this time, Sun Chuanting received an urgent document saying that Ruzhou was being besieged by bandits.

This was so fast that Sun Chuanting could hardly believe it, because according to the village minister near Xiangcheng, the rebel army had left less than a day ago.

In such a short period of time, it seems impossible to feel that Ruzhou, which is hundreds of miles away, and to besiege the city.

However, this high-level document was indeed issued by an official from Ruzhou, and there was no fraud.

Sun Chuanting had no choice but to order his troops to move towards Ruzhou immediately, and at the same time send the people back, hoping to notify the defenders in the city and delay the attacking rebels as much as possible, so that reinforcements could severely damage them.

This time we can no longer let the rebels escape. If Ruzhou City is defeated before the reinforcements arrive, I'm afraid the court will be dissatisfied.

If Nanyang City fell first, Ruyang City fell, and then Ruzhou City fell again, plus the more than ten cities that had fallen before, Sun Chuanting was worried that such news would be extremely detrimental to him if such news spread to the capital one after another.

The fall of these cities was not directly related to Sun Chuanting, but His Royal Highness the Prince had previously assigned himself the troops that could be mobilized. If the cities in Henan were lost one after another, he would not be able to escape his involvement.

Although they had won many battles in Huguang and eastern Sichuan before, and this was still the case in Henan, the destructive power of the bandit army was extraordinary and they still caused considerable losses to the governments and people everywhere.

To prevent the situation from deteriorating, we must find the main force of the bandits again as soon as possible and engage in a decisive battle with them.

Sun Chuanting believed that the bandit army besieging Ruzhou City was either another group of people, or the previous bandit army split up and advanced.

One of the routes goes directly to Ruzhou, so that you can get relatively ample time to attack the city. Otherwise, the content described in this high-level document will definitely conflict with your own experience.

It is said that the number of thieves besieging Ruzhou City is no less than 30,000. Sun Chuanting is currently unable to verify the relevant information. The authenticity can only be determined when the two armies confront each other.

This matter may be a false report by local officials. In order to increase the importance of the emergency, they also want to get help from reinforcements as soon as possible.

Lying about military information has long been commonplace, and it is actually reasonable. Who wouldn't be afraid of being besieged by the bandit army?

"King Chuang! We caught a scout! There is a letter from that thief Sun Chuanting to the defenders in the city!"

"Oh? Let's take a look at the show!"

A young general walked up to the banner and presented what he had captured. The recipient of the letter was less than forty years old. He had an eagle nose, deep eyes, a square face, a wide mouth, and a full beard.

Wearing a beige felt hat with a large brim and a red tassel on the top, a brown armor suit, a breastplate on the chest, a pair of cyan wide-leg trousers on the lower body, and cowhide combat boots on the feet.

Hanging on his waist is the sword that has accompanied him on the battlefield for many years. Even though he lost power and committed himself to Shangluo Mountain some time ago, this sword has never left his side.

I thought that at this time, the "Eight Kings" had already started trouble with "Cao Cao" in the Huguang area. Although I was in the hinterland of Henan, I could still respond to them from a distance and tell the dog officers and soldiers to focus on one thing and not the other.

After getting dozens of horses and some money and food from Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng no longer planned to stay dormant in Shangluo Mountain. When he found the opportunity, he jumped out of the encirclement of the army and came to western Henan to develop.

However, with Xiong'er Mountain lying across the area, the population was not prosperous. Li Zicheng only raised a team of about 1,800 people, but it was better than the previous eighteen riders.

After that, they successively captured more than a dozen towns and villages, and gained a lot of money and food, so that their troops would not go hungry.

But this is far from Li Zicheng's goal, which is to accumulate a military force capable of attacking Luoyang and Kaifeng within a year at least.

After capturing Song County and Yiyang, Li Zicheng's team finally reached ten thousand people. If they could defeat Ruzhou City again, it would not be difficult to double the size.

Especially after Yang Youxian, Wang Guoning, and Chang Guoan led their troops to surrender, the strength of Li Zicheng's troops was further strengthened.

There are currently close to 20,000 soldiers and horses. In view of the weak strength of the defenders in the city, such fat meat is his meal.

According to the reports of the three of them, Li Zicheng learned that Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai had started an uprising in Huguang.

This is great news. On the one hand, it can attract the attention of the officers and soldiers, and on the other hand, it can set off a prairie fire.

I have been suffering for a long time with a group of cadres, and now I finally have the opportunity to make peace.

Previously, Li Zicheng had asked someone to touch bones, read fortunes, and calculate fortunes. He said that as long as he survived this disaster, things would go smoothly in the future, and he could even ascend the throne as emperor one day.

Considering the current situation, Li Zicheng took it for granted and wanted to seek good fortune, especially "go smoothly" and "accord with God's will", so he wanted to change his headquarters to Shunjun after conquering Ruzhou City.

If the country is founded in the future, it will be named "Dashun"!

The fortune teller also said that there is a prophecy handed down in the world, which is "the one who will lose Li will be Zhu, the one who will lose Zhu will be Li"!

Back then, Zhu Wen destroyed the Li Tang Dynasty. Now that the world is reincarnated, it is time for a hero named Li to destroy Zhu Ming.

Li Zicheng didn't believe it at first, and just regarded it as the other party's good words to please him, so he gave the other party ten taels of silver.

But when I thought about it carefully while hibernating in Shangluo Mountain, it seemed that there was no second leader named Li among the rebels.

Even if it was true before, he would probably be strangled by the dog officers and soldiers now.

If he is really a hero named Li, then he is indeed following God's will.

Li Zicheng also heard about the deeds of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, and hoped that he could do similar things.

After running out of Shangluo Mountain, he used the dozen or so people around him to pull up a force.

This is considered a comeback, because the surrounding relatives also believe in the prophecy.

Back then it was "Although Chu has three households, if Qin is destroyed, Chu will definitely die", now it is "Although Li is dormant, if the Ming Dynasty is destroyed, Li will definitely die"!

It is precisely because we firmly believe in this idea that everyone can work together to quickly grow the team.

After receiving the help of Yang Youxian, Wang Guoning, and Chang Guoan, Li Zicheng and his relatives became even more convinced of the prophecy.

If I don’t die!

Must be powerful!

God's will!

Li Zicheng briefly read the contents of the letter, then looked up at the damaged Ruzhou City not far away, thought about it in his mind, and then made a calculation.

The Sun Gou thieves came at an untimely time. It was the critical moment for our troops to attack Ruzhou City. In a few days, the city would be captured by our troops. After seizing the money and food in the city, we might have a decisive battle with the Sun Gou thieves who came. good.

However, it is better to choose to stop at this time than to be stabbed in the back by Sun Gou.

Of course, Li Zicheng would not easily forget the last time he was beaten down to only eighteen riders.

As long as the time is right, we must recover it with interest.

"Transmit the order to withdraw the troops and go to Huoshan!"

"..."

When the generals heard this, they were immediately shocked. The attack on the city had already achieved results, how could it be abandoned halfway?

"Uh, that sworn enemy, the Sun Dog Thief, is here. I don't want to lose too much. If you can fight this time, fight. If you can't, then retreat. Don't lose a lot of troops."

Li Zicheng circulated the letter to everyone, and then continued to sit on the horse while explaining, eating the elbow on the table with a knife.

Although it was just boiled in plain water and sprinkled with some salt, it had no flavor, but it was just fine with some condiments. It was much better than eating dry food in the mountains before.

"King Chuang! You are leading your brothers to attack the city. Why are you withdrawing your troops now?"

A burly man holding a long-handled knife strode up to the crowd. Without showing the slightest courtesy, with a look of dissatisfaction on his face, he directly questioned Li Zicheng.

"Zong Min, don't be impatient! Just now I saw that Xiu had captured the army's reconnaissance cavalry. The letter said that the dog thief Sun Chuanting was about to lead his troops to help Ruzhou. If we defeat the Sun dog thief, not to mention the city in front of us, half of Henan will fall. Wait for it in your hands!"

Li Zicheng comforted Liu Zongmin with his kind words. As a fellow from Shaanxi and an old subordinate for many years, Li Zicheng was very reassured by him, especially Liu Zongmin who would fight bravely to take the lead in every battle, but he was a rare warrior.

"What? The Sun Dog thief is here? Just in time! I want to take his head and offer it to King Chuang!"

Liu Zongmin obeyed Li Zicheng's advice. Since King Chuang said so, this must be the case. Liu Zongmin was very happy when the Sun Gou thief came to seek death.

"As long as the Sun Gou thief is eliminated, not just half of Henan, but the entire Henan will belong to King Chuang!"

Gao Yigong suddenly interjected. As Li Zicheng's wife's brother-in-law, he was naturally considered a direct descendant of the direct lineage, and he always addressed his brother-in-law.

"Yes! Yes!"

Everyone then agreed. In Henan, the only thing our troops were afraid of was Sun Gou's men.

Once this scourge was eliminated, even the defenders of Luoyang and Kaifeng could not withstand the siege of thousands of rebel soldiers.

After occupying the entire territory of Henan, King Chuang could lead hundreds of thousands of his troops to the north, then occupy Shanxi and Shaanxi, and even invade Beizhili and occupy the capital.

As long as King Chuang ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, they and they will have contributed to the founding of the country. It is natural that they can grant wives and wives. This is what Zhu Yuanzhang did back then.

King Chuang was born as a postman, and Zhu Yuanzhang was just a beggar.

In terms of background, Zhu Yuanzhang is not as good as King Chuang.

What Zhu Yuanzhang can do, Chuang Wang can naturally do too.

King Chuang's surname is "Li" and his first name is "Zicheng".

This means that the world belongs to Li, and heaven makes things happen!

With God's help, defeating any enemy is easy.

If the Ming Dynasty is destroyed, Li Chuang and King Li will win!

This slogan was already familiar to the rebel soldiers, and due to the decadence of the local officers and soldiers, the rebel army was sure to win almost every battle. Over time, everyone became convinced of it.

However, the soldiers and horses led by Sun Gouzhi were among the best in the Baoming court, and they could not be defeated by just shouting slogans. Li Zicheng knew this very well.

Therefore, it was decided to temporarily stop the attack on Ruzhou City, and the entire army immediately crossed the Ru River and marched towards Huoshan, so as to avoid a field battle with the Gouguan army.

Yang Youxian, Wang Guoning, and Chang Guoan introduced their previous encounters under Nanyang City, which made Li Zicheng a little wary of Sun Chuanting's troops.

Except for some officers and soldiers who surrendered to him and the frontier troops under the three leaders, most of the soldiers in his army were Liu Min, who were no match for the dog officers and soldiers.

Although our own troops are large, their actual combat power is far inferior to Sun Gou Thieves' soldiers and horses, especially the number of horsemen cannot compete with the official army for the time being.

Li Zicheng decided to avoid the real situation and attack the weak, and first retreat instead of advancing, and voluntarily abandoned Ruzhou City. The entire army was ordered to set up an ambush in Huoshan to try to get a chance to attack Sun Gou's headquarters.

The defenders of Ruzhou City breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the rebel army suddenly retreating on a large scale like an ebbing tide until they disappeared from sight.

These days, they have been trying their best to resist the enemy's attack. If it were not for the strong city wall, the enemy would have broken through the city and their lives would have been lost.

There was only one reason why the bandits suddenly retreated, and that was the knowledge that reinforcements were about to arrive, which made the defenders and people in the city very happy.

When Yiyang, west of Ruzhou, was besieged by the rebels, the defenders of Ruzhou guessed that the next target of the rebels must be their own area, and immediately sent out a warning to Kaifeng, Luoyang, and even Nanyang, Wuyang, Yancheng and other places. Urgent documents.

No matter which side reinforcements can come from, there will be no too many reinforcements along the way and no too few reinforcements along the way.