Not angry? Niu Jinxing pursed her lips, naturally not taking Li Zicheng's words seriously. He thought about it for a while and said calmly: "General, I think you know a little about what King Chuang is worried about. So,
It is not surprising that King Chuang sent King Li Tian to go north to attack Xingyang. King Li Tian going north may not be a bad thing for the general."
Li Zicheng frowned and said with a smile: "Oh? What do you mean by this?"
Niu Jinxing said confidently: "It's very simple. Ever since we left Nanyang Mansion, King Li Tianwang has been somewhat isolated. When we moved to South Zhili and returned to the Central Plains, King Li Tianwang was excluded. It is also because of this that King Chuang was able to
He especially relied on the general and relied on him in everything, so that the general's reputation grew stronger and stronger, almost approaching King Chuang. However, since he returned to the Central Plains, King Li Tianwang's troops were active in Ruzhou and Nanyang, so King Chuang would always use King Li
Yes. King Chuang is determined to support King Li Tian, so if he is not allowed to attack Xingyang today, he will be sent elsewhere to take the credit in the future."
"So, it is better to block than to open up. This time, it is also an opportunity for the general. Could it be that the general has forgotten? This is Zhengzhou, the hinterland of the Central Plains, Xingyang, and is known as the granary of the Central Plains. Not to mention the threat of a living King of Hell. What if there is something?
Unexpectedly, King Li Tian will never come back."
Niu Jinxing's short words made Li Yan and others' eyes light up. Although Niu Jinxing did not say it clearly, he actually said what he wanted to say. As long as the Living King of Hell joins the battlefield in time, there will be a way to defeat Li Yangchun.
The troops and horses were completely left in the Xingyang area. Without Li Yangchun, General Li's family was the only one under King Chuang.
Li Zicheng looked at Niu Jinxing and didn't speak for a long time. After a while, he said inexplicably: "It's getting late, and brothers are all tired. Let's take a rest!"
Li Zicheng stood up tiredly and walked to the back hall. Looking at his back, Niu Jinxing smiled appreciatively, and Li Yan and others didn't say much.
In fact, everyone knew in their hearts that General Li did not expressly deny it, which was tantamount to acquiescence. Niu Jinxing was very satisfied with Li Zicheng's performance. Li Zicheng was ruthless and courageous, and he also knew how to win over people's hearts. Compared with Chuang Wang, Li Zicheng was more heroic.
If Li Zicheng hesitates a little, Niu Jinxing will be disappointed.
Li Yangchun is not comparable to those cats and dogs. He is the leader who first started the uprising with Wang Jiayin and Wu Yangui. He is very capable and has full prestige. If you have the opportunity to get rid of Li Yangchun, you must seize it.
Because there are definitely not many opportunities like this. If you miss it, you will never have another chance in your life.
If it weren't for the seriousness of the matter, he, Niu, would not have taken the risk to see Li Zicheng late at night. Fortunately, Li Zicheng did not disappoint, and Niu Jinxing did not miss this point. A person's ambition is nothing
Bad thing. If the leader of the rebel army had no ambition, he would have been swallowed up long ago. Isn't that the case with Xu Beichuan? When Wang Jiayin was still there, people like Zhang Xianzhong didn't dare to attack Xu Beichuan. Now, Xu Beichuan is worse every year.
Year. The same is true for Li Yangchun. When it comes to ability and prestige, the Four Heavenly Kings Li Yangchun is not inferior to others, even Gao Yingxiang is inferior. But now, Li Yangchun can only look up to others.
The rebels, at best, are righteous soldiers, but at worst, they are a group of wolves. If you are in a wolf den, if you don't want to be the leader, you will only be trampled under the feet of others. Many times, Niu Jinxing sees things more clearly than others. Li Zicheng
Niu Jinxing's ambition was well hidden, but it could not be hidden from his eyes. Li Zicheng wanted more and had greater ambitions than Gao Yingxiang, so Niu Jinxing gradually turned his attention to Li Zicheng.
On June 11, the fourth year of Chongzhen, Gao Yingxiang's troops, who had been entrenched in Zhengzhou for many days, finally made new moves. Gao Yingxiang gave an order, and Li Zicheng and Wang Yan left Zhengzhou and rushed south toward Meishan. Meishan is located in Xinzheng
To the north, guarding an official road from south to north. Yuan Chonghuan's army passed through Xinzheng from Xu, and if they wanted to reach Zhengzhou, they could not bypass Meishan. Li Zicheng and Wang Yan had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and they made such a big fuss.
, Yuan Chonghuan got the news immediately. At this time, Yuan Chonghuan's main army had just got rid of Li Yan's entanglement and settled down in the Weishi area.
The intention of the rogue bandits was very obvious, which was to take advantage of Meishan to have a big fight with Yuan Chonghuan's 40,000 main army. On the Xingyang side, after Chen Qiyu learned the news, he immediately organized his troops and prepared to mobilize the main force to rescue Meishan, while the other side sent
He traveled six hundred miles to send a letter to Yuan Chonghuan in a hurry. Chen Qiyu also listened to Hong Chengchou's suggestion before writing to Yuan Chonghuan. Otherwise, he would have no intention of nagging Yuan Chonghuan.
According to Hong Chengchou's idea, the imperial army does not have to follow the wishes of the rogue bandits. The terrain in the Meishan area is complex, which is very disadvantageous to the attacking side. However, there is nothing worth fighting for around Meishan. Since the rogue bandits have occupied Meishan, let them occupy it.
Yuan Chonghuan can completely enter Zhongmu County to the north, and then take a detour to the west to attack Zhengzhou.
Hong Chengchou's thoughts were not complicated. He just hoped to attack Zhengzhou according to his own ideas instead of letting the bandits lead the way. However, neither Chen Qiyu nor Hong Chengchou expected that when the letter got into Yuan Chonghuan's hands, Yuan Chonghuan just glanced at it and disdained it.
He threw it aside. Not long after, Yuan Chonghuan replied to Chen Qiyu with a letter. The content of the letter was very simple, but after reading it, blood rushed to the forehead.
In Xingyang City, Chen Qiyu held the letter, his eyes widened, and his breathing became much faster. Yuan Chonghuan's reply to the letter was too simple, with only one sentence.
"If the bandits want to fight, then fight. If Supervisor Chen is afraid, he can watch from Xingyang!" Just such a sentence made Chen Qiyu feel a surge of unknown anger. If he hadn't had good self-control skills, he would have jumped to his feet and scolded his mother.
They say Yuan Chonghuan is arrogant and rude, and I saw it today.
Chen Qiyu exhaled forcefully, handed the letter to Hong Chengchou, and said with a wry smile: "Master Hong, look, this is what our governor of the three provinces said back."
The new content was so simple that Hong Chengchou just glanced at it and read it over and over. At first, Hong Chengchou thought there was something missing. He looked at the back page and found nothing. Then he said with an ugly face: "Yuan Chonghuan wants to fight, then...
Let him fight. Does he really think that the bandits are just a bunch of chickens and dogs that can be wiped out in a snap? Some people will not take the bandits seriously unless they suffer some losses."
Hong Chengchou was extremely disappointed with Yuan Chonghuan. He really didn't know how this man became the governor of Jiliao before. Looking at his behavior, it was not surprising that the Jurchens had held up the pass before and were led by the nose. At this time,
Today, Governor Yuan's identity has changed, but his style of doing things has not changed at all. Yuan Chonghuan really underestimated the rogue bandits. He only thought about the decisive battle and did not even care about the location. It was clear that he did not take the rogue bandits seriously.
I feel that no matter how hard I fight, I can defeat the rogue bandits.
Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng were indeed beaten into disgrace in Southern Zhili. Half of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses were lost and they returned to the Central Plains in despair. On the surface, the rogue bandits are a bunch of trash, but it depends on who the opponent is. Iron
Who are the people under Mo's command? Cao Wenzhao, Zhao Lejiao, Zhou Dingshan, Liu Guoneng and others, who is not the master of fighting hard? The frontier troops under his command are elite divisions that have experienced battles for a long time. The rogue bandits have nothing to do with Tie Mo.
, does not mean that I will definitely not be able to defeat you, Yuan Chonghuan.
Chen Qiyu is also a little annoyed with Yuan Chonghuan now. He reminded him with good intentions, but in the end his good intentions were regarded as a donkey's liver and lungs, and he was despised by others. Yuan Chonghuan really didn't take the rogue bandits seriously, and was only thinking about a decisive battle with the rogue bandits. The rogue bandits were ahead of schedule.
Occupying Meishan, they made it clear that they were ready and waiting for Yuan Chonghuan to come, but Yuan Chonghuan was still not worried at all and wanted to fight. If you want to fight, then fight. Anyway, the person who hurts is not Chen Qiyu. At worst, the situation is not good.
Send more troops to help Yuan Chonghuan.
In fact, after replying to Chen Qiyu's letter, Yuan Chonghuan had already begun to mobilize troops to attack Xinzheng. One day later, almost all of Yuan Chonghuan's main force was transferred to Xinzheng, and he made a posture of fighting the rogue bandits in Meishan. The battle of Meishan was about to break out.
At this time, Tie Mo had just led the main force to Taihe County, and had not yet entered the Henan Prefecture. In order to rush back to the Central Plains as soon as possible and join the battle, Tie Mo had already ordered all the troops to step up their pace, but even so, it was still a bit slow.
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News from Zhengzhou kept coming. When he learned about the situation around Meishan, his relaxed mood was immediately cast into a shadow. Wang Zuoguan had no friendship with Yuan Chonghuan, and he was a bandit, so he spoke
Naturally, he had no scruples. He patted the official document and said angrily: "Is Yuan Chonghuan out of his mind? He didn't want to think about why Gao Yingxiang and the others stationed troops in Meishan. With Gao Yingxiang's style, could he really fight to the death with Yuan Chonghuan? Gao Yingxiang is out of his mind.
Water, or was Li Zicheng kicked in the head by a donkey?"
The Peasant Army has captured Zhengzhou and reaped many benefits. It is not in a hurry to retreat at this time. Instead, it has stationed troops in Meishan and made a gesture of decisive battle. It is too abnormal. When things go wrong, there must be monsters. People like Gao Yingxiang must be hiding others.
What about the idea? Chen Qiyu has seen through such a simple truth. Could it be that Yuan Chonghuan couldn't notice it at all? The answer is no. Of course Yuan Chonghuan noticed it, but he was too confident. He was confident that with the troops and combat power in his hands,
It is fully capable of coping with all changes, and finally severely damaged the peasant army in Meishan. Hey, Yuan Chonghuan, are you too confident? If the situation is really unfavorable to you, Gao Yingxiang and the others will not withdraw? If you really want to withdraw all the way south, what can you, Yuan Chonghuan, do?
Do you have enough cavalry to pursue the enemy?
Yuan Chonghuan did have three thousand cavalry at his disposal, but if these three thousand cavalry pursued an army of tens of thousands, it would be tantamount to seeking death. Wang Zuogao stared at the map for a long time, frowned suddenly, and pointed at Xiangcheng
He said: "Superintendent, look here. According to the news we just received, after Li Yangchun counterattacked Nanyang, he suddenly turned around and captured Xiangcheng. Recently, Hua Xiaorong's troops also began to shrink their troops and assemble in the Xiangcheng area, while Sun Chuanting was busy
In order to deal with the rogue bandits in Fangzhou, we have no time to worry about it. The north of Xiangcheng can be said to be unimpeded. Do you think Li Yangchun’s intention could be..."
Tie Mo listened carefully, thought about it, and nodded with a worried look, "Mr. Wang, you mean that Li Yangchun is Gao Yingxiang's trump card? If this is the case, then Xingyang will be in danger, Yuan Chonghuan
Not even getting the slightest benefit. Let's order Zhou Dingshan and Orger to lead the cavalry to hurry up and arrive at Xinzheng within two days. Once there is a change in Xingyang, immediately send troops to Xingyang to cut off the retreat of this bandit from the south.
.In addition, write a letter to Supervisor Chen and ask him to cooperate depending on the situation. As for Yuan Chonghuan, let him figure it out on his own. If we really help, people may think we are meddling in other people's affairs."
Tie Mo sent someone 600 miles away to rush the document to Xingyang, but Xingyang was too far away from Taihe. Before the official document was delivered, Chen Qiyu had already begun to mobilize troops to the east of Xingyang. There was no other reason than that Yuan Chonghuan and Li Zicheng were already there.
A battle broke out in the Meishan area. Li Zicheng relied on his large number of soldiers, generals and favorable geographical location to expand the battlefield. Yuan Chonghuan, who wanted to severely damage the bandits, naturally did not hesitate to give in and invested 80% of his soldiers and horses.
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On June 13, there was fierce fighting in the east, west, and south directions of Meishan. The peasant army and officers and soldiers fought repeatedly around, and the casualty figures skyrocketed. Hu Hangjin was ordered to attack the mountain pass to the west of Meishan, and met Li Zicheng's fierce general Liu Zongmin head-on. Liu Zongmin led 500
The dead soldiers attacked Hu Hangjin's camp at night and won a great victory. If Hu Hangjin hadn't been so capable, he would have been hacked to death on horseback by Liu Zongmin. But even so, Hu Hangjin was not feeling well, with deep wounds on his shoulders and abdomen. He wanted to
It is almost impossible to fight again.
Not long after, in the south of Meishan Mountain, Lu Weiliang took the initiative to abandon the guarding of the outer mountain road and asked the king to enter the urn to show the enemy's weakness. After the main force of officers and soldiers arrived at the halfway point of the mountain, the ambush troops came out from the bottom of the mountain. Arrows were flying from above. Under the fierce attack, the attack from the south was not only
Being repulsed, even more troops were lost, and the offensive ended here.
After fighting for two days, Yuan Chonghuan was caught in a dilemma. It was only then that he discovered that the rogue bandits were completely different from what he had imagined. The rogue bandits were not defeated at the first touch. On the contrary, Li Ziben's troops were even more powerful and even caught up with some frontier troops.
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However, he was already riding a tiger. Could it be that if he listened to Chen Qiyu's suggestion and retreated to Zhengzhou at this time, Yuan Chonghuan would not become the biggest joke in the officialdom? So Yuan Chonghuan could only bite the bullet and wrote a letter to Chen Qiyu.
, this time the attitude was much more respectful. In short, Yuan Chonghuan hoped that Chen Qiyu could send troops to Meishan as soon as possible, and both parties would work together to exterminate the bandits.
In Xingyang, looking at the letter asking for help sent by Yuan Chonghuan, Hong Chengchou shook his head in confusion, "Yuan Chonghuan finally realized that it hurt. He really thought that the bandits were still the same bandits a few years ago. In a few years, even if they were only beaten,
I also learned something.”
It is true that the rogue bandits are a ragtag group, but if they get together for a long time, they will also develop combat effectiveness. In Shaanxi, at the beginning, Wu Guofu and Liu Yingyu's soldiers and horses were able to suppress the rogue bandits. However, in two years, the rogue bandits had already
Don't take Liu Yingyu seriously. The situation in Shaanxi was able to be controlled thanks to the influx of border troops into Shaanxi.