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"Leave Zhengzhou?" Yang He frowned slightly.
Chen Yongfu, the commander-in-chief of Henan Province, added: "The rebels are powerful and Zhengzhou cannot be defended. It is better to retreat to Zhongmou County before the rebels completely surround Zhengzhou City."
After speaking, he looked at Yang He who was sitting in the main seat.
"Fart." Zhengzhou Zhizhou came up and cursed, then turned to Yang He and said, "The Superintendent must not listen to General Chen's temptation and evacuate Zhengzhou City!"
As the magistrate of Zhengzhou, the generals could leave, but he could not.
Once Zhengzhou fell to the rebels, his fate would be either execution by the court or death at the hands of the rebels.
Henan Commander-in-Chief Chen Yongfu's face sank, and he stared at Zhengzhou Zhizhou and said: "General, this is also to deal with the rebels better in the future. Zheng Zhizhou, you are a civil servant and you are full of filthy words. You are not as good as a thousand households under me." Your mouth is clean."
"Don't confuse things here." Zhengzhou Zhizhou said angrily, "It's not because you, the commander-in-chief, are afraid of death that you are evacuating Zhengzhou City. Is it possible that a small county in Zhongmu County can compare with Gao Chigu in Zhengzhou City? Zhengzhou City cannot be defended, do you think you can defend Zhongmu County?"
Chen Yongfu's face drooped when he heard this, and he snorted and said: "You, a civil servant, don't know anything about military affairs. Retreating to Zhongmu County is the best policy, and defending Zhengzhou City is the worst policy."
"You are a military general who has read dozens of books, so don't show off here." Zhengzhou Zhizhou said with a cold face, "Although I am a civilian official, I also read military books and strategies, and discuss the formation of troops. I consider myself to be no less capable than you."
Hearing this, Chen Yongfu's face darkened and he said: "You are called a fool. You said you are familiar with strategy, but do you know how powerful the rebels are? I have fought against the rebels and know the rebels better than you, so you rely on them. The city of Zhengzhou cannot withstand a few bombardments from the rebels. Once the city is broken and the rebels are allowed to rush into the city, what will they do to resist it?"
"What you mean is that Zhengzhou City no longer needs to be defended and can be handed over to the rebels directly!" Zhengzhou Zhizhou said with a sarcastic look on his face.
Chen Yongfu defended with a dark face: "I never said that I would hand over the city of Zhengzhou to the rebels."
"But that's what you mean." Zhengzhou Zhizhou replied.
Chen Yongfu threw down his sleeves and robe angrily and said, "I will not have a useless argument with you."
"I am not arguing with you anymore, but I want to tell you that Zhengzhou is the gateway to Kaifeng and there is no room for failure." Zhengzhou Zhizhou said with a cold face.
Chen Yongfu turned his head to the side with a groan.
He knew very well why Zhengzhou Zhizhou insisted on defending Zhengzhou City, but unlike Zhengzhou Zhizhou, he did not want all the soldiers and horses in his hands to be lost here in Zhengzhou City.
"Shut up, everyone. What can you two argue about here, and you can still drive the rebels outside the city out of Kaifeng Mansion." Yang He, who was sitting on the main seat, glanced at the two people. .
He understood the little thoughts in both people's hearts.
One doesn't want to lose the troops and horses in his hands, and the other doesn't want anything to happen to Zhengzhou City, all for the sake of Xiao Jiujiu in his heart.
"Superintendent, the army cannot evacuate Zhengzhou!" Zhengzhou Zhizhou said, facing Yang He, almost pleading.
Yang He said with a smile on his face, "Don't worry Zheng Zhizhou. As the governor of Henan appointed by the imperial court, I will never allow the rebels to act recklessly in Henan. Zhengzhou will definitely be able to defend it."
"On behalf of the people of the city, I would like to thank the governor." Zhengzhou Zhizhou bowed deeply to Yang He and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Don't forget to give Chen Yongfu a proud look.
As long as the army can stay in Zhengzhou, there is hope that Zhengzhou City can be defended.
Chen Yongfu, the commander-in-chief of Henan Province on the other side, heard that Yang He wanted to stay in Zhengzhou. He immediately became anxious and said urgently: "Superintendent, the rebels' artillery is very powerful. It is difficult for us to hold Zhengzhou with only our few troops." city."
"The rebels also have two shoulders and one head, so they are not that scary." Yang He waved his hand at him and then said, "I have received news that reinforcements from Sichuan and Huguang have arrived and will soon enter Nanyang Mansion and attack Nanyang Mansion. The pressure on the rebels within the territory will be reduced a lot by then."
When Zhengzhou Zhizhou heard this, he said with joy: "It turns out that reinforcements from Sichuan and Huguang have arrived. It seems that the end of the rebels has come."
Chen Yongfu glared at the other party without saying anything.
"Zheng Zhizhou is right. We have reinforcements, and the rebels can't hold on for long. But until the reinforcements arrive, Zhengzhou City must still be defended, Zheng Zhizhou!" Yang He looked at Zhengzhou Zhizhou.
"The official is here." Zhengzhou Zhizhou bowed and took a step forward.
Yang He said: "You still need to prepare the money and food consumed by the army next, and at the same time, more people must participate in defending the city."
"Your Majesty, I obey." Zhengzhou Zhizhou responded.
Yang He nodded and said: "The rebel cavalry has appeared outside the city, which means that the main force of the rebels will soon arrive at the gates of Zhengzhou City, so we cannot waste a moment and prepare all the needs to defend the city as soon as possible. As the magistrate of Zhengzhou , you take the Zhengzhou officials to work first! Remember, we must get everything ready before the rebels siege the city."
"Yes, I will go and do it now. It will not delay the supervisor's affairs." Zhengzhou Zhizhou bowed again and left the room with several civil servants.
Once these people left, in addition to the military generals, the only people left behind were civilian officials working in the army.
At this time, Chen Yongfu said: "Superintendent, you know that we can't defend Zhengzhou City at all, why do you agree to stay? It's not like you haven't experienced the rebel artillery. Even if the reinforcements from Huguang and Sichuan arrive, they will not be able to defeat the enemy." thirsty."
"I know what you are talking about." Yang He said with a gloomy face.
Hearing this, Chen Yongfu frowned and said: "Supervisor, you have to promise them to stay. Once the main force of the rebels arrives in Zhengzhou City, the last remaining troops in Henan will be lost in Zhengzhou City. "
"If I don't say so, do you think we can leave Zhengzhou City?" Yang He glanced at him and said, "The rebels are more powerful than I expected. At the moment, we can only concentrate our forces and find ways to defend Kaifeng and wait for the court. Rescue, as for Zhengzhou, we can only give up first."
Before coming to Henan, he had long expected that the rebel army named Tiger Character Banner would be very powerful, and he also wanted to find a way to deal with this rebel army. However, it was only after the fight that he realized that the rebel army was far more powerful than expected.
The method he tried to use to deal with the rebels before did not work at all.
It's not that the method is not working, it's that the Ming army is too stretched. In his opinion, only the elite soldiers and horses of the Ming army stationed in Liaodong can successfully implement his method of using soft knives to grind down the rebels.
But there are only so many elite Ming soldiers, and they can't consume the rebels at all, and the only ones he can command are the guardsmen in Henan.
The gap between them and the rebels was too big. Not to mention fighting in the city, it was difficult to even defend the city.
