Outside Luoyang City, thousands of Ming troops launched an attack on the Dashun Army's army. Rows of bird guns made rough sounds, and the projectiles shot towards the enemy like flowers in the sky. Whether they could hit the enemy depends purely on luck.

"Catch up the big sword and drive out this bandits, and we will have food to eat!" Hong Chengchou held the big sword in his hand. When the two sides got closer, they would have a close battle with cold weapons!

The Ming soldiers with red eyes burst out with unprecedented courage, and rushed towards the Dashun Army's position like a tiger and wolf army! People are iron and rice are steel. The Dashun Army soldiers have never seen officers and soldiers so brave!

After a fierce battle, thousands of Ming troops who emerged from Luoyang City, which had no grass, quickly defeated the bandits surrounding Luoyang City.

After confirming that Gao Guiying and others led the main force to leave, Hong Chengchou, Zuo Liangyu, Cao Wenzhao and others who were trapped in Luoyang could not wait to lead their troops out of the city to fight against the battle, because there was really no excess food in Luoyang City!

When the sunset was shining, smoke had already risen outside Luoyang City. The Ming army, which had taken away the food and grass of Dashun Army, finally got supplies, so there was no need to worry about starving to death for the time being.

"Governor General, where should we go next?" Zuo Liangyu and Cao Wenzhao each came to Hong Chengchou with a bowl of hot porridge.

I was hungry for two days, but ordinary rice porridge could make people cry. I just filled my stomach, and this Ming army soldier who was forgotten in the Heluo area had to consider his future again.

They were ordered to wipe out the bandits in northern Shaanxi, but they were pushed to Luoyang City by Li Zicheng and Zhang Yuan and were besieged until winter. Now snow has begun to fall in Heluo area, and the issue of food and clothing for these thousands of people has become the most worrying issue for Hong Chengchou and his friends.

"I still can't contact the court, but based on the information obtained by the prisoners we captured in this battle, the capital city seemed to have been captured by Li Zicheng. This can also explain why we couldn't wait for reinforcements for a long time. I am afraid that once the capital falls, the world will be in chaos, and all parties are busy competing for the Central Plains, and there is no distinction between officials and bandits." Hong Chengchou said.

"It's really the worst situation. Now, we are fighting the bandits here to the death. Unexpectedly, before we collapsed, the court was destroyed. I don't know what the meaning of what we have done these days." Zuo Liangyu and Cao Wenzhao couldn't help but feel sad when they saw that the situation was really at its worst.

This situation is really embarrassing. As the court is beaten, it will disappear. What's the matter?

"But I heard that the Revival Liao army regained the capital and killed Li Zicheng, so the thief leader Gao was eager to go north to avenge Li Zicheng." Hong Chengchou said.

"The Liao army entered the pass at this time, obviously not to restore the court, but to plan to change the dynasty." Zuo Liangyu could see through, "If the capital is lost once, it will be over. After the Liao army occupied the capital, there will be nothing in our Ming Dynasty."

"So now we probably have only two roads to walk. One road is to go east to Hebei and join the Jiuzhou Army, and the other road is to join the Ming army in Xiangyang to observe the general trend of the world." Hong Chengchou used branches to draw three places on the ground, namely Beijing, Xiangyang and Luoyang.

Zuo Liangyu fell into deep thought and said slowly: "What do you think, Governor? The Dashun Army and the Fu Liao Army are currently fighting for power in the north. The south must still be under the control of our Ming Dynasty. I just don't know if His Majesty has successfully arrived in Nanjing City. If His Majesty retreated to Nanjing City and gathered hundreds of thousands of troops from the south, it is still possible to restore the north. The former emperor also led elite troops from the south to the north."

"During the late emperor, the Yuan Dynasty divided the nations into three, five and six levels, and there were constant natural disasters, which caused the heavens to be angry and resentful. They were the ones who caused their own destruction. Now, it was our dynasty that caused the suffering of the people and it was impossible for them to unify the north from the south." Hong Chengchou shook his head.

"Then the Governor meant to surrender to the Restoration of the Liao army to the east?" Zuo Liangyu said.

"I have this intention for the time being, but I don't know how you two think about it. The world is suffering, natural disasters and man-made disasters have been around for a long time. If we can do something that the Liao army can do, it is OK to surrender to them." Hong Chengchou said.

"No, I don't agree. We should go south to Xiangyang and join the Ming army in the two lakes. Advance can help Nanjing to attack the Central Plains in the north, and retreat can maintain the area south of the Yangtze River. Why do we need to rely on others to do it!" Zuo Liangyu said dissatisfied.

Zuo Liangyu and Hong Chengchou stared at each other and had a disagreement.

"Cao Wenzhao, what do you choose?" Hong Chengchou and Zuo Liangyu looked at Cao Wenzhao.

"I obey the orders of the Governor General. If the Restoration Liao army can really pacify the world, it doesn't matter even if it surrenders to the Restoration Liao army. The Restoration Liao army is also a member of our Ming army." Cao Wenzhao said.

"Zuo Liangyu, even if Cao Wenzhao recognized my approach, we should act together." Hong Chengchou said.

"With our status, we will not be respected by them even if we defect to the Jiuzhou Army, and we will lose our current official position. It is better to go to the two lakes to establish our own business. The future is unknown." Zuo Liangyu insisted, "It is better for us to divide our troops and move forward. I will go to Xiangyang, and you will go to the east to find the Liao army."

"Since you think so, it's all right. I was the governor of the Three-Borders, and you should listen to me, but now there is no court. The governor of the Three-Borders is just a joke. You can lead your troops to Xiangyang to do so, and I will never be embarrassed." Hong Chengchou said.

"Okay, thank you Governor for your success. We will meet again in the future, and I hope it will not be the enemy." Zuo Liangyu was also very straightforward.

After the three Ming troops that were originally mixed together, only a few thousand people were left after tragic battles. Among the thousands, Zuo Liangyu took away a group of them, leaving less than five thousand people.

Looking at Zuo Liangyu's army and leaving, Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao stayed in Luoyang and other places to rest, and they were also confused about the future.

After a day of rest, Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao left the Luoyang area where there was no grass growing. After many wars in Luoyang, Gao Guiying and others plundered the food and grass outside Luoyang when they besieged the city. In fact, three feet of land had been dug near Luoyang, which was no more tragic than the northern Shaanxi area where the drought was affected. So much so that Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao and others walked east for 100 miles, they could not see anyone near the official road.

When they were about to leave the Luoyang Basin to the east, Hong Chengchou and his friends encountered peasant troops retreating from the north of the Yellow River and Kaifeng and other places.

"Prepare to face the enemy!" Hong Chengchou suddenly seemed very nervous when he saw the fierce peasant army, with tens of thousands of people.
Chapter completed!