In early March, at the Mengjin Ferry in the northern part of Luoyang, there were ferries gathering, and the camp army was crossing the Yellow River north, preparing to advance north into the Taiyuan Valley.

If the troops from Shanxi gave a little force, they could do everything possible to intercept the rebels at the Yellow River Ferry, but they did nothing. This is not the best time to cross the river. The Yellow River in Chuntou is in the flood season, with a large amount of water and a great difficulty in crossing the river. Due to the hard battle with Sun Chuanting for several months, they could only cross the river north at this time.

"Brother Zong, you, Bai Wang and others must guard Luoyang, Xiangyang and other cities as the retreat of our rebel army." Li Zicheng explained to his confidant general Yuan Zongdi when he was about to cross the river.

Yuan Zongdi was a rebel general trusted by Li Zicheng, and was usually responsible for the camp queen. This time, Li Zicheng went north to Shanxi and did not want to let go of the heavy city occupied by the Central Plains. He left Bai Wang, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun and others to guard Luoyang, Kaifeng, Xiangyang and other cities separately.

When Li Zicheng went to Shanxi, he also knew that this was a strategic adventure. If the situation was not ideal after entering, the retreat would be crucial. Yuan Zongdi was appointed as a left-behind general in Zhongzhou to control the troops who were invading the camps left in the Central Plains.

Yuan Zongdi, who stayed in the Central Plains, was under a lot of pressure. There were Gao Mingheng in the east, Chen Yongfu had more than 20,000 Henan soldiers, and Sun Chuanting in the west. It was really not easy to do to guard the backyard.

On the contrary, the south was hearing Zuo Liangyu's army of 100,000 or 200,000 troops, but in fact, the pressure was the least. Zuo Liangyu's armed forces were similar to those in the camp, and there were not more people left behind than the number of people he had not yet broken into the camp. Bai Wang from Xiangyang could suppress him with his troops.

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In ancient times, the gap between armed forces and militias with combat power was quite large. For example, during the Chu-Han dispute, Liu Bang often had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, but when he encountered Xiang Yu's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, he would kneel down. This was not that Liu Bang was too diarrhea, but that the gap between the two sides was too big. Xiang Yu's soldiers were serious soldiers, while Liu Bang was full of militias. It would be strange if he didn't have diarrhea. Why was Han Xin a soldier? It was because he could use militias to defeat the noble soldiers.

After the army crossed the river from Mengjin, the camp was like a wild horse, heading north and heading straight to Taiyuan. The prefectures along the way were not defeated and destroyed, and they did not play any role in curbing the camp's march route.

When Zhu Youjian of the capital received the Tang report, Li Zicheng's army had already arrived at the city of Taiyuan, and the emergency documents of Taiyuan City flew like snowflakes.

The situation was so urgent that Zhu Youjian had to convene a military meeting in the imperial front to discuss countermeasures.

"Your Majesty, I suggest sending 30,000 new troops to rescue Taiyuan and block the trespasses back to the south. At the same time, I ordered Sun Chuanting's troops to leave Tongguan to cut off the trespasses. Block the ferry crossings of Mengjin and others, and the army annihilated the trespasses from Taiyuan to Mengjin." Chen Xinjia's strategic plan was stable, and there was no problem at all.

"Jiheng, the army in Baigu has been fighting hard for days and is resting, and the new army is also recuperating. Now both armies are at the weakest combat power. At this time, we are eager to go to the battlefield, so we are fighting with tired soldiers, which is not the best time." Li Zicheng can keep resting, but Sun Chuanting has to rest. The new army is the critical period for training, and we cannot open the battlefield.

"Your Majesty's military situation is like fire. Are we watching Taiyuan City fall?" How could we be fully prepared for the matter on the battlefield? Chen Xinjia was very angry at the emperor's way of doing things.

"What does it mean to watch Taiyuan fall? The military and national affairs are about to take action. If Xu Tu is slow and urgent, how can heal the headache? I feel that Li Chuang's army enters Jin territory this time, I think it is a rare fighter. I decided to fight a big battle and wipe out all the main forces of the treacherous forces in Jin territory."

Zhu Youjian looked at the map and had a big idea. He sent tens of thousands of new troops to Shanxi. Although it was likely to defeat Li Zicheng, it could not hurt his roots. There were mountainous areas on the east and west sides of Shanxi, with the Yellow River in the south, and the Datong, Ningwu Pass and other Jianguan in the north. It was an ideal place to make dumplings.

"I sent the order to Sun Chuanting and Gao Mingheng, and let the two troops go to the front line of Luoyang and Kaifeng in one month to control all the ferries of the Yellow River. I sent the order to Chen Qiyu, Taiyuan City can be guarded by rules. If things are not done, take the troops under his command to retreat to the Ningwu Pass and stand for help. I sent the order to the general of Gansu, Shizhu General Qin Liangyu, and the general of the Yongwei Battalion Huang Degong. The prince's young guard Zhou Yuji, took his troops to the capital today, and must arrive in the capital within two months! I sent the order to the new army in Yongwei Battalion, and must complete the training of the entire army within one month. After two months, all the troops in Beijing gathered together to Xuanhua to advance to Shanxi to fight the treacherous robbers."

Qin Liangyu, Huang Degong, and Zhou Yuji's three troops had 20,000 total soldiers and horses. The new army could go out to four divisions, as well as nearly 5,000 soldiers and horses from Gansu General Mahathon. In addition, Jiang Xiang and Li Guofu from Shanxi started a strategic decisive battle, Zhu Youjian could gather nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses to drive Li Zicheng's troops to the bank of the Yellow River. There should be no problem.

After the war started, including Sun Chuanting and Gao Mingheng, the troops who were invested in the battlefield could exceed 150,000, and they didn’t believe that they couldn’t clean up Li Zicheng!

"The Cabinet and the Ministry of War mobilized all the people to prepare food, pay and military supplies for this decisive battle, and make detailed logistics supply plans. The Chief Auxiliary of the Cabinet is responsible for this matter, and the Minister of War is fully cooperative."

"I accept the order!" Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia promised that the emperor had made up his mind to fight a decisive battle. Even if the important officials here had opinions, they could only obey the orders.

Zhu Youjian felt that he had a great chance of winning in this decisive battle. The main soldiers and horses who were put into the battlefield were all good in combat and trustworthy. Qin Liangyu, Huang Degong and Zhou Yuji were tested by history. Although Ma Du was unclear in history, he performed well when he served the king last year. Zhu Youjian felt that there should be no problem. These people, together with the new army, defeated Li Zicheng on the front battlefield, and the other people followed suit to fight Qiufeng. This is Zhu Youjian's overall combat idea.

To achieve this simple strategic intention, the two prerequisites are that Chen Qiyu and the others in the north guard Ningwu Pass, and the Datong line will help the army gather and win time. Sun Chuanting in the south restores Luoyang and blocks Li Zicheng's retreat. As long as these two things are done, the rest will not be difficult. Zhu Youjian thinks that these two conditions are quite sure. Ningwu Pass is a dangerous pass, and Li Guofu's combat power is not bad. Although Jiang Xiang behind him surrendered to Li Zicheng in history, the current situation is completely different from that in history. Jiang Xiang has no reason to be a traitor at this time. Sun Chuanting has been restored for a period of time, and there is no problem in beating Li Zicheng's partial army.

It was a very reliable decision no matter how you look at it. The only thing that was not considered well should be that after Huang Degong and his team went north, there was no combat power in Nanzhi. There might be problems. However, Zhu Youjian felt that something went wrong, so there would be problems! Anyway, there were many people over there who were disliked them. It would not be a bad thing to mix things up with Zhang Xianzhong and others. Now it seems that it is not very meaningful to let the prince be a backup in Nanjing. It just takes this opportunity to recruit him back so that he would not be used by people with ulterior motives.
Chapter completed!