"My lord! My lord! There are cavalry ahead!" On the official road leading from Wei Hui Mansion to Kaifeng, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers are advancing in an orderly manner. This is the vanguard of Wang Qiaonian's southward army, with a total of 20,000 horses, including five of Cao Wenzhao's troops.

Thousands of cavalry

Being incorporated into the forward army by Wang Qiaonian, Wang Qiaonian was very anxious. He knew that if the reinforcements entered Henan one day late, the situation might have irreversible changes, so he had to first integrate the elite into the forward army to get through the Yellow River first.

River, entering Kaifeng, only by stabilizing the situation can people feel at ease. Under Wang Qionian's order, the army passed through Weihui Fucheng but did not rest in the city, but continued southward. The soldiers had no complaints. With Wang Qiaonian's reasoning,

After fighting, Chongzhen used the treasury silver to issue a wave of pay before the army set off. So currently, the tens of thousands of troops, especially the more than 30,000 people who set off from the capital city, are very morale, and Wang Qiaonian can command them easily.

Just as the army was marching normally, suddenly a cavalry sentry from the front came back to report that unidentified cavalry appeared a few miles in front of the army. Upon hearing this, Cao Wenzhao felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy. After entering Henan, the situation changed.

It is no longer safe. Li Zicheng's army is raging in Hunan. Maybe they have already reached here.

Cao Wenzhao immediately stepped forward and said: "My lord, why don't you bring your own soldiers to explore the road?" Wang Qiaonian nodded and said: "That's fine, pay attention to safety." Cao Wenzhao clasped his fists and said, "I have the order!" Hundreds of people

The cavalry galloped out of the group and headed straight ahead. Wang Qiaonian ordered the entire army to stop advancing. Thousands of cavalry were on alert, waiting for news of Cao Wenzhao.

"Coming, coming!" Cao Wenzhao galloped with hundreds of cavalry. Several fast horses also ran out of the cavalry in front and came towards Cao Wenzhao. One of the cavalrymen waved his command flag and shouted

"Are these Lord Wang Qiaonian's men and horses in front of you?" Cao Wenzhao had a strong ear and a favorable wind. He immediately heard the cavalryman's call. He raised his right hand.

Pulling the reins with his left hand, he signaled everyone to stop. The cavalryman rushed forward, dismounted after dozens of steps, and said, "Are these Lord Wang Qiaonian's men and horses in front of you?" Cao Wenzhao responded loudly: "That's right! You wait.

Who is it?" The cavalryman replied: "The last general is under the command of General Chen Yongfu of Kaifeng. I have been ordered by the general to wait here." After hearing the imperial edict, Cao Wen felt relieved.

Come on, it turns out that they are the men and horses sent by Chen Yongfu to meet them. No wonder there are not many people. Think about it, the rogue cavalry are not fools. There are only one or two hundred cavalry in front. If they are rogues, how can they dare to go head-to-head with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses? Cao Cao

Wen Zhao controlled the horse and walked forward at a small pace. When he came to the cavalry, he found that it was indeed the Ming army who dressed up the general. He said: "I am the deputy general of Ji Town."

Soldier Cao Wenzhao." As an officer, he must have heard of Cao Wenzhao's name. The general immediately clasped his fists and said: "It turns out that it was General Cao in person. My military sect told me to wait here to lead the way for the army.

, bandits are attacking various places in Henan, and the military gate has sent a letter to Hu Dawei in the name of the Henan government to abandon Ruzhou and move the entire army to Kaifeng."

"Huh?" Cao Wenzhao was surprised. On the way, everyone was still discussing how to fight after entering Henan. Now they got the news that Hu Dawei had abandoned Ruzhou. This meant that the bandits had already invaded the territory and there was no one in Ruzhou.

The danger can be defended, so we can only give up. Ruzhou is originally connected to Kaifeng Mansion. In this case, the bandits have already arrived in Kaifeng? Cao Wenzhao immediately sent people back

I went to report, and soon Wang Qiaonian came with a large army. Wang Qiaonian rode over, and did not bother to talk to Cao Wenzhao. Instead, he said to the general: "I am Wang Qiaonian, what is the current situation in Henan?

The general replied: "Sir, a few days ago, when General Tiger was evacuating Ruzhou, he had a small battle with bandits near Ruzhou. The casualties were not very large."

, but they captured a few prisoners of the bandits, and learned from the prisoners' interrogation that it seemed that Zuo Liangyu's troops had robbed Li Zicheng's logistics base, which made Li Zicheng furious. The army accelerated its advance and entered Henan. See

It looks like a full-scale war is about to break out in the Central Plains." Wang Qiaonian punched the saddle and cursed: "If you fail to succeed, you will fail! Zuo Liangyu and his like are worse than thieves.

It's hateful!" Cao Wenzhao also sighed. Zuo Liangyu didn't fight when he should. He angered Li Zicheng when he shouldn't have angered Li Zicheng, provoking the thieves to come for revenge and disrupting the layout of the officers and soldiers. In short, this is

This guy acted as he pleased, without any regard for the Chief Envoy of Henan and the imperial court. The Zuo family army seemed to be Zuo Liangyu's personal armed force.

Wang Qiaonian asked again: "Where is Zuo Liangyu now?" Mr. Ba replied: "Originally, they stopped in Luoyang and attacked the opponent's logistics base. They should retreat to Kaifeng. Unless they are willing to fight Li Zicheng in Luoyang

." Wang Qiaonian shook his head and said: "Absolutely impossible, Zuo Liang

Yu is just a speculator and will not do such stupid things." What Mr. Bao didn't know was that just when they set off from Kaifeng, Chen Yongfu had already received a letter from Zuo Liangyu, saying that the entire army was moving to Kaifeng to assist Kaifeng.

Defend the city. Of course Chen Yongfu doesn’t want this scourge to enter Kaifeng, but

There was no reason to stop him. Even if there was a reason, Chen Yongfu didn't have the strength. An army of 120,000 was no joke. Wang Qiaonian no longer hesitated and said to the cavalry: "You lead the way forward. The army is not stopping.

We are marching urgently to Kaifeng. Is the ferry on the Yellow River ready?"

The general replied: "Currently, when the Yellow River is not too fast, General Chen has already built a pontoon bridge at Sunjiadu, which can accommodate the passage of large armies." Wang Qiaonian immediately ordered his entourage to get a map, checked it and waved his hand:

"The whole army goes straight to Sunjiadu and crosses the river immediately!"

"A long drought brings sweet rain, and a long drought brings sweet rain. We look forward to the stars and the moon, and hope that the governor will come to save Kaifeng and reverse Henan's decline from water and fire." Xinghuaying in the west of Kaifeng has been opened as a court by Chen Yongfu

The temporary garrison of the army, Kaifeng Fucheng can accommodate

With limited supplies, Li Zicheng's army was fighting in Henan. All the people who could escape basically gathered in Kaifeng, the last piece of pure land. The population in Kaifeng suddenly increased sharply. After discussions with Governor Zhang Kejian, Chen Yongfu and the King of Zhou, they decided

Kaifeng closed its city gates,

The existing population in the city was resettled on site, and the remaining people were no longer allowed to enter Kaifeng. The entire city was under wartime management, and all food and important supplies were uniformly allocated by the government. They already knew that Wang Qionian's army was heading south, and Chen Yongfu understood

There must be no room in the city

Therefore, they could only expand the camp based on Xinghua Camp of Xuanwu Guard outside the city to accommodate tens of thousands of imperial troops. Under the guidance of the leading cavalry, Wang Qiaonian's army crossed the pontoon bridge and arrived at Xinghua Camp non-stop. Chen Yongfu had already been there

Waiting to greet Wang Qionian at the gate of the camp.

When Wang Qiaonian saw Chen Yongfu leading a team of generals to greet him at the door, he didn't care much. He immediately dismounted and walked over. He lifted up Chen Yongfu and said: "Thank you, Mr. Chen. The situation in Henan is difficult. Fortunately, the loyal and brave soldiers fought to the death to resist.

With today's situation." Chen Yongfu stood up and said, "Sir, I'm ashamed to say it. The last general has so few soldiers that he can only defend the city and cannot attack. Seeing that the great rivers and mountains are being drained.

The thieves are eating away step by step." Chen Yongfu introduced Wang Qiaonian into the camp while introducing: "Zuo Liangyu made a sneak attack on the thieves' logistics camp and captured countless seizures. Li Zicheng was furious and led troops to attack, but Zuo Liangyu retreated eastward and

Luoyang surrendered to others. Currently, the bandit army is besieging Luoyang. We are powerless and can only watch them attack Luoyang." Wang Qiaonian's expression changed and he said: "What did you say? Luoyang is in danger.

What's going on? Why didn't you inform us of this situation in advance? I can just lead troops to Luoyang to relieve the siege." Chen Yongfu was speechless for a moment. The news from Luoyang was actually received by Chen Yongfu from Luoyang as early as when Wang Qiaonian's army entered Henan.

He asked for help, but there was nothing he could do. He was lucky to be able to hold Kaifeng. Where could he have the extra troops to relieve Luoyang?

The siege and not telling Wang Qiaonian was also the result of everyone's discussion. Zhang Kejian and the King of Zhou knew that once Wang Qiaonian was told the news, Wang Qiaonian's army would definitely go straight to Luoyang. Fighting alone, if something goes wrong, the last hope of rescuing Henan would be

It was gone. They didn't dare to gamble, so they simply refused to report, abandoned Luoyang, and concentrated all the main force of officers and soldiers in Kaifeng for a decisive battle with the bandits. There was still a slight chance of victory.

When Wang Qiaonian saw his expression, he immediately understood the whole story. Although he was indignant and felt that the local military general in Henan did not report the knowledge, but looking back, he could understand that they had to protect one of Luoyang and Kaifeng, and they had no choice.

Obviously Kaifeng was more important, so the imperial army

With so much, they couldn't afford to gamble, and they didn't dare to gamble. They could only adopt a conservative strategy and concentrate their forces for the decisive battle in Kaifeng. Chen Yongfu and the others deliberately concealed the news because they didn't want to go to Luoyang. Anyway, from a military point of view, in

Fighting in Kaifeng is definitely better than fighting in Luoyang.

Wang Qiaonian stopped saying anything. He understood that this was a helpless move. He changed the subject and said, "Mr. Chen, please go ahead and talk to the camp." Just as everyone was about to go in, suddenly a fast horse came galloping to report the news.

The soldiers shouted: "Luoyang has fallen! Luoyang has fallen! The bandit army has entered Yanshi!" Everyone quickly looked back and saw a dusty pond horse galloping over with a small flag on its back. Chen Yongfu

His eyes widened and he cursed: "Damn, it's so fast!" Wang Qiaonian was also extremely shocked. Luoyang was also considered to be a strong city with powerful artillery. After all, it was the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. Its defense was not so bad, but it was defeated by thieves in such a short time.
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