Luo Rucai, on the other hand, did not go to Jingcheng Town again and led the remaining soldiers back to Hangu without saying a word. On the same day, Luo Rucai ordered An Shilong, Guan Yan, Lu Zhen, and Hu Ying to lead their troops back to Hangu to prevent the northern Shanxi army from moving north. Although
The reason was to mobilize troops to stop the enemy, but in fact everyone knew that Luo Rucai no longer trusted Gu Feilang, because An Shilong and others were all Luo Rucai's cronies.
After ordering An Shilong and others to return troops, Luo Rucai also recalled Geng Gong who was stationed in Yanshan. In front of many people, Luo Rucai said that without a warrant signed by himself, Gu Feilang could no longer mobilize Hangu.
One soldier and one soldier. In addition, Geng Gong was named General Zuo, which was regarded as replacing Gu Feilang's position.
An Shilong and others who were stationed at Quemen Mountain also learned the truth after receiving the letter. When they learned that Gu Feilang had done something and intended to kill Luo Rucai, they felt extremely chilled and led their troops to retreat to Hangu. Yes.
At this point, Gu Feilang remained silent. He had the intention to seize the military power from An Shilong and others, but now that powerful enemies are around him, if his own people fight first, isn't that a joke?
I'm afraid this is why Luo Rucai silently returned to Hangu, not coming to Jingcheng Town, and not ordering to seize his military power from Gu Feilang. Everything is on the table, and there will definitely be a fight to the death in the future, but there is a bottom line
, wait until the officers and soldiers are driven back.
In Hangu Dazhai, Luo Rucai looked haggard and pale. Although there were injuries on his body, he could not bear the wounds in his heart. Geng Gong stayed by his side, holding a bowl of medicine in his hand.
Geng Gong has always been a kind and honest person, but he really can't figure out why it has developed to this point, "Brother, how about I go talk to Gu Feilang? The friendship that has been established for many years cannot be broken up like this, right?
"
"Hey." Looking at this honest and sworn brother, Luo Rucai smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Brother Geng, do you think the eldest brother wants this? He has no problem supporting Li Zicheng, and he can even turn around and vote for someone named Li, but he actually wants to
My life, he has brought things to this point, do you think I can still tolerate him?"
Geng Gong lowered his head in pain. After a long time, he shook his head with a complex expression, "Brother, I don't understand. I really don't understand. Why is it like this? Why? Why did our brothers gather together to raise the flag? We have to be early.
Knowing this, it's better to just be a hunter in the mountains, without enough food and clothing, at least you don't have to live so tiredly, Wang Deding is gone, Gu Feilang is like this, what's the point of fighting over each other?"
Geng Gong regretted it very much, and so did Luo Rucai. If he had known about today's situation, he would have put restrictions on Gu Feilang and even secretly got rid of Gu Feilang. Although doing so may cause dissatisfaction among some people, at least Chen Zhonghe will not die.
, Wang Deding will not die, and the brothers will not turn against each other.
"Brother Geng, do you know? The third brother intends to fight for power with Wang Deding and wants to take refuge with Li Zicheng. I know this very well. To be honest, since Wang Deding died in the hands of soldiers, I have thought about relying on Li Zicheng, but I should never do that.
You shouldn't do this... He can't even act like a wolf
If you can do all the hard things, what else can you dare not do? Humph, Gu wants to monopolize the military power so that he can raise his status with Li Zicheng, but I won’t let him get what he wants. Now I’m doing this just for the sake of
For the sake of the future, we must not be without the ability to protect ourselves!"
"Why...."
"Okay, don't be sad. It's going to rain and my mother is getting married. How can we stop Gu Feilang? Now, it's too late to say anything. Power, haha, is poison!"
At this moment, Luo Rucai let out a sigh. If Tie Mo were right in front of him, he would definitely nod in agreement. Since Tie Mo became the governor of the five provinces, he knows better than anyone else the tragedies caused by power. Power can create demons, and it can also
Destroy the devil. In this whirlpool, no one can survive alone.
The conflict between Luo Rucai and Gu Feilang has been made clear, and there will definitely be a winner in the future. However, now that the enemy is facing a formidable enemy, both of them are guarding the final bottom line. In the Yinchuan County Government Office, Li Zicheng is also thinking about something.
What to do next
.Li Zicheng did not want his many days of planning to come to nothing. Whether it was for himself or for others, he could not watch Luo Rucai be destroyed at the hands of the Northern Shanxi Army. After thinking for a long time, Li Zicheng made a bold decision.
Li Zicheng felt that he had to do something. Now that King Chuang was captured by the officers and soldiers, the morale of the rebel army collapsed. Wang Ziyong was trapped in northern Shaanxi, and it seemed that he wanted to make peace with the northern Shanxi army. If Luo Rucai's rebel army was killed again at this time,
If the King of Hell is destroyed, it will be a disaster for the rebels. Regardless of whether there has been a festival before, Luo Rucai must be protected at this time.
"Li Yan, order all the ministries to mobilize the army to gather at Fuling River within three days. I will intimidate Qingguang Bridge and Daling Bridge!" Li Zicheng's decision was too bold, even a little reckless. Now Fuling River
After the defeat, morale was low, but on the contrary, the morale of the officers and soldiers was high, especially Ding Luyan and Qin Liangyu, who directly deployed heavy troops on Qingguang Bridge and Daling Bridge. Under such circumstances, was it stupid to attack the Fuling River line?
Li Yan hesitated for a moment, then bowed and said, "General, now that the army is newly defeated, is it too hasty to send troops hastily? Moreover, Ding Luyan and Qin Liangyu are also difficult people. If you want to recapture Qingguang Bridge and the Great Wall,
Zero Bridge will definitely cause heavy casualties!"
Although Li Yan didn't say it explicitly, he already said that there was something wrong with Li Zicheng's head. Li Zicheng squinted his eyes with coldness in his eyes. He stared at Li Yan and sneered, "Li Yan, do you think this general will do that?"
Is this something stupid? Humph
Humph, did I say that we must build the Qingguang Bridge or the Daling Bridge? What you have to do is to cooperate with Zheng Guosong and pin Tie Mo and his Northern Shanxi Army to the Fuling River as much as possible. I don't want to see it.
Henan is under the control of the Living King of Hell!"
With just one sentence, Li Yan understood. It seemed that he had misunderstood General Li. The attack on Fuling River was a lie, but the restraint of the Northern Shanxi Army was the real thing.
Li Zicheng secretly made a plan, but in the capital city of Beizhili, Cheng Jiming was lying on the couch in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking, and he didn't even pay much attention to the smiling face of the concubine next to him. Cheng Jiming was a millionaire.
I never expected that Tie Mo would suddenly send troops to seize the Fuling River line. If there was another big victory, and with this military exploit, people all over the world would praise Tie Mo and His Majesty again.
Cheng Jiming couldn't figure out why that guy was so good at fighting? The originally tough peasant army seemed vulnerable to him. Ding Luyan and others were defeated by Li Zicheng and had no power to fight back.
This time it's the other way around. Is that nephew really so powerful?
On the ninth day of April in the sixth year of Chongzhen, heavy troops gathered on both sides of the Fuling River again. At the same time, Luo Rucai and Gu Feilang sent troops at the same time. Gu Feilang sent his troops into Fangzhou Town and Limo Town, while Luo Rucai sent troops to the south of Hangu and
Xiaozhen. It seems that Luo Rucai will cooperate with Gu Feilang to attack the frontline officers and soldiers at Fulinghe River.
It was natural that Gu Feilang and Luo Rucai could not hide such a huge move by the bandits. After learning about the dangerous situation of the army in the Fuling River area, Sun Chuanting immediately panicked. There were not only 30,000 Northern Shanxi troops gathered there, but also nearly four
There are thousands of soldiers and horses from all over Henan, and the most worrying thing is that there is insufficient food, grass and baggage. Even if we insist on holding on, how long can we hold on?
For the first time, Sun Chuanting actually expected Tie Mo to win again. He couldn't stand Tie Mo's words and deeds, but he didn't want Tie Mo to lose. If he lost this time, the land of Henan would really become invincible.
Soldiers are available.
On the same day, Sun Chuanting and Henan officials jointly submitted a petition to the court, trying to describe the details and ask the court to mobilize troops from the North and South Zhili to rush to aid Henan. However, after three days, there was still no reply from the court. At this point, Sun Chuanting knew that there was no hope.
Chuanting knew that with the current military strength in Henan, there was a high hope of repelling Li Zicheng and other bandits, but it was difficult to control the situation. Even if Tiemo transferred all the Northern Shanxi Army from Shaanxi, nothing could be changed.
situation.
Henan is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, with plains and underworlds extending in all directions. If you want to block the army of rogue bandits here, you must have enough troops. Unfortunately, despite several reports, there are no reinforcements.
Inexplicably, Sun Chuanting showed a wry smile. How could the cabinet do this? Even if there is a great hatred, it cannot do this. If the war in Henan goes unfavorably, Tie Mo will die if he loses. But with Tie Mo's defeat, most of Henan
But it was about to fall into the hands of bandits. Could it be that the cabinet was really determined to trade Henan for Tie Mo's life?
Although the official reply from the imperial court stated that the treasury was empty and that more troops could not be mobilized to assist Henan in a short period of time. But Sun Chuanting knew in his heart that even if the treasury was really empty, who emptied it?
Sun Chuan was a bit pedantic, but he was more conscientious. He was a passionate man who read poetry and books, so he really couldn't agree with the cabinet's approach.
How could Tie Mo not know that the cabinet had a good plan and wanted the Northern Shanxi Army and the rogue bandits to fight against each other in Henan? For many days, no reinforcements have arrived in Henan, and no heavy supplies have arrived. The cabinet's ruthlessness can already be seen.
Thinking about it.
However, Tie Mo is not worried. Since he dares to deploy an army on the Fuling River, he has a way to deal with it. Now Li Yan and Zheng Guosong are deploying an army in the south of the Fuling River. It seems that they will attack Qingguang Bridge and Daling Bridge at any time, but in fact
If you lend them two courage, they also
Dare not. Li Zicheng sent troops to Fuling River, which was really a clever move. He used a large group of peasant troops to contain the officers and soldiers in the Fuling River area, while Luo Rucai and Gu Feilang attacked the city in the north and stabilized the defense line. They wanted to play a north-south pincer attack and trap Youlong to death.
A drama?
Inside the tent, the faces of Chen Yaofeng, Shang Kexi and others were not very good-looking. Compared with Tie Mo's relaxed expression, the generals were all worried. Qin Liangyu was a little anxious and cupped his hands and said, "Superintendent, now
The rogue bandits have been stationed for many days, and Luo Rucai and Gu Feilang have also occupied Limo Town, Xiao Town and other places. What should we do? If we don't respond as soon as possible, when the food and grass are exhausted, it will be a great disadvantage to our army.
."
"Well, I wonder how long the food and grass in the army can be maintained now?"
"Return to the Superintendent, if the consumption is halved, it can last for half a month. If it remains as usual, it will be exhausted in six days!" Qin Liangyu said with a look on his face.
Tie Mo touched his chin, counted the days, and then laughed loudly and said, "Six days is enough. Go ahead and tell me. In the past few days, the food tube has been enough, so don't skimp on it. In the near future, I will give it to you all."
An answer!"
Tie Mo was full of confidence, as if he was certain that something would happen within six days. Qin Liangyu and others looked puzzled, and even Shang Kexi and Zhou Dingshan didn't understand what Tie Mo was planning. Looking at the crowd,
Tie Mo didn't bother to explain the expression on his face. There were some things that the fewer people knew about, the better.
Thirty miles northwest of Xiao Town, there is a town called Baishishan Town. Baishishan Town is under the jurisdiction of Yuanqu County. Yuanqu County is a good place with crisscrossing streams and poplar green land. It can be regarded as a place with rich water and grass.
place.
Of course, Yuanqu County not only has beautiful scenery, but also has other wonderful places. The Lai River, Yi River, and Ma River meet here, so Yuanqu County is also known as the "Land of Three Rivers", and Baishishan Town is the place where the three rivers meet.
Where water meets.
Although Yuanqu County is under the control of the rogue bandits, in fact the rogue bandits are not too concerned about it. This is probably because Yuanqu County is too close to Hangu. In terms of pure military status, Yuanqu County is too far compared to Hangu.
It's far behind, so it's understandable that the bandits don't pay much attention to Yuanqu County.
Although Baishishan Town belongs to Yuanqu County, it is the closest to Wei Town. Due to the raging bandits, most of the people in the town moved to the north near Yuanqu County. A few days ago, a caravan came to the town from Yi County
, this caravan stopped
We stayed in Baishishan Town for several days. As for why the caravan did not hurry south, it is also easy to explain. Nowadays, Henan has gathered soldiers from all walks of life, including officers, soldiers and bandits. What kind of businessman dares to rashly do so at this time?
What about leaving?
The people in the town are all honest people, but they don't know how scary this caravan is. It turns out that this caravan has nothing to do during the day, and even sleeps soundly, but at night, they all turn into calves and run away one by one.
Go to the east side of town and wreak havoc.
At night, a young man leaned under the big willow tree on the high slope and kept complaining, "It's true, the supervisor, every time we dig the river, I let me do it."
Listening to that tone and posture, isn't it Chen Yaofeng, the thorn-head general of the Northern Shanxi Army? No wonder Chen Yaofeng complained, as long as there are coolies, he will be indispensable. Chen Yaofeng, this time he went to Baishishan Town to dig ditches, Tie Mo simply turned Chen Yaofeng into a
Think of it as digging rivers to fill Cao households.
This time the task of digging the river is much heavier than before. You can imagine how the water flow will be at the intersection of the three rivers. River digging is a technical job. It does not mean that just digging an opening will work. If you just dig it open, the river water will flow in randomly.
, as we get further away, the water becomes weaker
What else can it do? What Chen Yaofeng is doing now is to divert water. First, he will divert the water from the three rivers to the Liuli River, wait for the water level of the Liuli River to rise, and then open the hole dug in advance. In this way, all the water from the four rivers will flow eastward. Then
The scene was spectacular.
The Liuli River is located in Yongning. At this time, the bandits are threatening the Fuling River, but nearly 60,000 troops are concentrated in Yongning. To the south of the Yongding River, if the Liuli River bursts its embankment, the flood will take advantage of the terrain and rush away, sweeping away the bandit camp. Of course, if it is only the Liuli River,
The water will probably not have much power when it reaches the rogue camp, but this time Chen Yaofeng borrowed the water from the Three Rivers.
