Chapter 135: Stand still

"For the troops and horses of the imperial court, I have 50,000 here, Wu Rumeng also has 50,000, Sima Qiaoyu leads 40,000, Huguang Xingying also has 50,000, plus the 20,000 navy troops that Mo has seen,

A total of 210,000.~~ However, the rogue bandit Li Zicheng has no less than 400,000 soldiers and horses. There are also other rogue bandits with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Our army attacked by force as soon as it came up, assuming a decisive battle with the enemy.

The rogue bandits must unite and fight with me. Cao Wenzhao and Sun Chuanting were defeated one by one and died in the hands of the rogue bandits. It can be seen that the rogue bandits are not all a mob. When marching and fighting, the most important thing is to underestimate the enemy, so you can't advance rashly.

The commander has a plan to defeat the enemy without a fight. Former Henan governor Xiong Wencan reported to the court that he had recruited Liu Guoneng, Zhang Xianzhong, and Luo Rucai's bandits. Later, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai rebelled, but Liu Guoneng has been serving the court. I thought that

, the strategy of recruiting peace can still be used, and they can be given official positions to help the court and deal with the rebels together. What do you generals think?" Yue Su said with a smile.

"Master Yue, you also said that we recruited three bandit leaders earlier, but only one of them was willing to be loyal to the imperial court. The others surrendered and rebelled, just to defraud the imperial court of food and salary. The rogue bandits have returned to normal, how can the imperial court allow them to surrender again?

"The person who spoke was Cheng'an Bo Guo Zhen. Guo Zhen was born in a noble family. He is now the governor of the Zuo Army Governor's Mansion. This time it is a decisive battle with the bandits. Most of the soldiers and horses in Beijing have been mobilized. These nobles

He has to be able to contribute. Even though he is a count, Yue Su is the coach, so he still has to sit down.

"Fake surrender, it depends on who is in front of them, they can bully Xiong Wencan, huh... Is this commander so easy to bully?" Yue Su sneered and said: "This commander plans to send someone to cross the Yellow River secretly, and Zhao will be safe.

The notices are spread out, and anyone who intends to surrender will be given an official position. If they want to fake surrender, it depends on their acting skills. Give them a month. If they want to surrender, try to do it as early as possible. After one month, they can do it again.

I want to surrender, but I will never accept it. I sent my military order again, and the whole army rested here for half a month, and then set off again after half a month. Wu Rumeng's troops immediately broke camp and rushed to station on the bank of the Yellow River. Sima Qiao Yu's troops pretended to be

Attack Tongguan."

"Sir... the bandits are attacking Kaifeng now. We won't advance until half a month later. What will happen if Kaifeng is lost?" Guo Zhen asked quickly.

"Kaifeng is an important town with many defenders, so it can't be easily conquered. Let's use up the troops of the bandits first. Then let's disperse!" After saying that, Yue Su stood up directly.

This meeting is said to be for everyone to discuss together. To put it bluntly, it is Master Yue's statement. The established policy has been arranged long ago. This meeting is just to tell you.

His performance was neither tepid nor anxious, because he was well-known and his generals had no temper. Cheng Anbo and Guo Zhen had the highest status here, but Master Yue dismissed him with just one sentence as usual.

After the order was passed, Wu Rumeng's soldiers and horses obeyed the order and set off from Puyang and rushed to Fengqiu County. Fengqiu is only separated from Kaifeng by the Yellow River. Crossing the Yellow River from here can directly reach the city of Kaifeng. The Yellow River is now blocked

Mo's wise navy control, to put it bluntly, it is absolutely impossible for the rogue bandits to cross the Yellow River to fight, but the officers and soldiers can go over and fight them at any time.

After Sima Qiaoyu received the order, he led his army to Tongguan, which was the only way from Shaanxi to Henan. Retaking Tongguan was of great strategic significance. But Lord Yue just told him to pretend to attack, so Sima Qiaoyu would not fight.

On the other hand, the imperial scouts roared out, crossed the Yellow River, and scattered Lord Yue's surrender documents everywhere. Almost the entire Henan Province fell into the hands of rogue bandits. There were rogue bandits everywhere, and it was easy to pick up the documents.

The troops and horses of the Great Heavenly King Gaojian were stationed in Lingbao County on the bank of the Yellow River. He was the first to see the surrender document. He knew the news that Lord Yue personally led the army. After seeing the document, he couldn't help but feel shocked.

Heart-beating. Master Yue's conditions are very generous. As long as he surrenders to the court, he will be given at least a guerrilla general. If he has further military exploits, he will be given a hereditary official position.

The reason for the rebellion was not to get promoted and make a fortune. Since the imperial court was willing to provide it, why should he rebel? Takami immediately summoned his confidants to discuss matters related to the imperial court.

"Brother, I think surrendering to the imperial court is a way out, but I don't know if this is Yue Su's plan. What if we surrender and he goes back on his word and kills us?" said Gao Jian's younger brother Gao Cai.

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"I don't think so. Mr. Yue has a good reputation and has always kept his promises. The imperial court has already given the heads of Wang Jiayin and Wang Ziyin to the rank of deputy general. He has not broken his promise at all. I don't think there is a problem in this aspect. But if we

It is really not possible to continue like this without submitting to the imperial court. Brother-in-law, you have also seen that there is nothing to rob in Henan now. If we rob it again, we will rob each other. Looking at our food and grass, there is not much left.

After a while, I will probably ask Li Zicheng for supplies, but I don’t know if they will give them to me. The most important thing is not this, but the destination of all of us in the future. If we follow Li Zicheng, it is hard to say what will happen in the end. Maybe we can return it.

There is a possibility of being eaten by Li Zicheng, but following the imperial court, we are the officers and soldiers. Everyone has also seen Liu Guoneng, and now we have become deputy generals. We have more troops than him. Now that we have defected to the imperial court, we can at least give our brother-in-law a

Go ahead and do it," Gao Jian's brother-in-law said.

After hearing this, Gao Jian nodded and said: "But... if we surrender to the imperial court all at once, will we be said to be treacherous?"

"What kind of treachery? This is called supporting the country. Mr. Yue doesn't have much time for us. The proclamation only gives us one month. After one month, we will not surrender. Brother-in-law, you have to make a decision early.

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Gao Jian gritted his teeth. In fact, he was planning to surrender from the bottom of his heart, but his current position was a bit bad. There were Liu Xiyao's men not far away. Once he surrendered, what would he do if Liu Xiyao called him? And the first one to surrender,

It also seemed that he was too unloyal. After making a decision, Gao Jian finally said: "Send someone to see Li Zicheng and tell him that we are out of food now and ask him to borrow 10,000 shi of food for emergency relief. If he borrows it, we will not surrender for the time being."

, if we don’t borrow it, we will surrender immediately.”

Having made up his mind, Gao Jian immediately sent someone to deliver a message to the gates of Kaifeng City to deliver a message to Li Zicheng who was sending his troops to attack Kaifeng City.

Li Zicheng has been attacking Kaifeng for some time now, but he has been unable to capture it. After all, Kaifeng is an important town. Not to mention the high walls and thick walls, there are also many officers and soldiers inside. And when Li Zicheng attacked Zhengzhou, he was well prepared. Li Zicheng thought

It is impossible to send in internal and external cooperation.

After being unable to conquer Tongguan for a long time, Li Zicheng became angry. But then he heard that the imperial army was coming, so Yue Su personally led the troops. Now he not only sent people to attack Tongguan, but also distributed leaflets to encourage the leaders of various families to surrender to the imperial court.

, Wu Rumeng, the governor of Shandong, has led his troops to the other side of the Yellow River, and they may attack at any time. Li Zicheng originally planned to arrange for troops to be stationed on the shore to prevent officers and soldiers from crossing the river for a sneak attack. However, he did not expect that as soon as the camp was set up, several troops came.

The warships and cannons smashed the camp on the shore to pieces, and many people were killed and injured.

In this case, wouldn't it mean that only the officers and soldiers can attack us? If we want to cross the river and attack others, we will have no chance at all.

He summoned Li Yan, Niu Jinxing and others to discuss the current countermeasures. At this time, soldiers outside the tent came to report that the Great Heavenly King had sent someone to see him.

Now all the bandits, except Zhang Xianzhong, have accepted Li Zi as their leader. Since Gao Jian sent someone to ask for an audience, they must have met. Li Zicheng called someone in, but the person Gao Jian sent was just a messenger. After receiving the account, he presented the letter to Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng showed his letter and looked at it. The content above was very simple. Gao Jian said that he had no food and grass at the moment and hoped that King Chuang would sponsor 10,000 shi. It was best to deliver it within three days, otherwise the brothers would starve to death.

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They are all brothers. When it was time to help, Li Zicheng was never vague and said immediately: "You go down and rest first. I will send someone to prepare the food and grass later and try to deliver it within three days."

After sending the messenger away, he was about to order food to be prepared for Gao Jian, but at this moment, another soldier came to report that Liu Xiyao's people had come to ask for a meeting. Then he went to see Gao Jian and called the people in, who also presented a letter.

The content of this letter turned out to be exactly the same as the opinion of the Great Heavenly King. He also had no food and grass and wanted to borrow ten thousand dan of food.

Li Zicheng sent Liu Xiyao's people away as he had just said. Unexpectedly, there were reports from outside that more than ten leaders, including King Hunshi, King Zhengshi, Jiutiao, King Shuntian, and King Taiping, had sent people to ask for a meeting. The most annoying thing was that

, is a letter, and the contents in the letter are all for borrowing food.

Li Chuang was righteous, but he was not without brains, otherwise he would not have been able to earn this family business. At this moment, so many families were borrowing food by themselves, there must be something wrong. He sent the messengers away one by one, and then sent the letter to Li Chuang.

Yan and others watched.

After his men finished reading the letter, Li Zicheng said: "Everyone, you have also read the letters from more than a dozen battalions. The contents of the letters are exactly the same. What is going on? If one family and two families have no food, how can

That’s normal, but we ran out of food all of a sudden, so I think there must be something wrong with this.”

"My lord, what you said is absolutely correct. There is indeed a problem. According to my opinion, these people's borrowing of food is fake. They are testing the lord and are willing to surrender to the imperial court." Niu Jinxing replied immediately.

"Oh? Why is the military so decisive?" Li Zicheng asked.

"As my lord said, it is possible for one or two families to be without food, but how could it be such a coincidence that more than a dozen families were all without food at once? Everyone knows now that when Yue Su, the second assistant of the dynasty, led his army to conquer,

Moreover, there are still several large armies with huge momentum, and the outcome is extremely unpredictable. Yue Su has just issued a proclamation, allowing the recruitment and entrusting him with official positions. For other officials, no one may give face to the recruitment, but Yue Su is different.

He was the second assistant of the dynasty, and his reputation spread far and wide. He was the one who led the army to pacify the White Lotus Sect and the Dragon Slayer Gang, and his strength was evident. The leaders of each battalion were thinking about their own future, and they must have felt that winning the battle

It won't be of much benefit to them if they win this battle, but if they lose, everything will be lost. After thinking about it, I think it is safer to surrender to the imperial court. But this group of people also want to save face, and don't want to bear the reputation of being unloyal.

, so they come to the lord to borrow food. If the lord borrows it, they may still think about it for a while, but if they don't, they will surrender without hesitation." Niu Jinxing analyzed in a positive tone.
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