At this time Liu Zongmin shouted again and said: "What did Mr. Gu just say, 'Zhi', 'Ye', etc. I, Old Liu, are a big and rough man, but I can't understand these sophisticated words?"
Li Zicheng couldn't help but laugh. Liu Zongmin was a blacksmith by trade and was a good fighter, but he didn't know a single Chinese character. What he said just now was a bit difficult for him. So he said: "Mr. Gu means to let us not worry about this place, but to turn around."
Attack northern Shaanxi and fight back to our hometown."
After hearing this, Liu Zongmin also said hehe: "Of course it is good to go back to my hometown, and I, Old Liu, have no objection. But we can't ignore it here. That Shang Yi killed so many of our brothers, is it difficult to just let it go?
?Even if we want to go back to our hometown, we must deal with Shang Yi first."
Li Zicheng also nodded and said: "I think this is the decision."
In fact, Liu Zongmin's opinion was exactly what Li Zicheng wanted. After all, this time the rebel army suffered a big setback in Guangzhou. Now Li Zicheng is no longer the rogue bandit of the past, but a dignified civil and military marshal who advocated righteousness in Fengtian.
The era when tens of thousands of people were chased by thousands of Ming troops has long passed. Only I can beat the Ming army to pieces, so I have to get back this face no matter what. In addition, Shang Yi is still here, and I can't do anything to myself.
It is said that he is always a threat. After he leads his army north, what if he causes trouble behind his back? It is better to deal with him first.
So Li Zicheng turned to Song Xiance and asked: "Mr. Song, this time we attack Guangzhou, what will be the outcome?"
From just now until now, Song Xiance has been keeping his eyes slightly closed and silent. Uninformed people thought he was asleep, but Li Zicheng and others knew that he had always been like this, and no one cared.
Song Xiance was originally a quack magician who made a living by telling fortunes. When he took refuge with Li Zicheng, he offered the prophecy of "Eighteen Sons are the Lord of Divine Weapons". This widely circulated saying in the scriptures was applied to Li Zicheng, which greatly won Li Zicheng's favor and was adopted by Li Zicheng.
He respected him as a military advisor and regarded him as Liu Bowen. However, in Li Zicheng's army, Song Xiance's ideas were all carried out by means of fortune telling and fortune telling, but Li Zicheng trusted his fortune telling and asked him to tell everything.
One hang.
Hearing Li Zicheng ask himself, Song Xiance immediately opened his eyes slightly, took out three copper coins from his sleeves, covered them with both hands, shook them a few times, and threw them on the ground. Then he stared at the coins intently for a long time.
No words were spoken. Li Zicheng and other generals also looked at Song Xiance intently, looking very solemn.
After a while, Song Xiance said: "Reporting to King Chuang, although there will be some twists and turns in attacking Guangzhou this time, our army will undoubtedly win in the end." In fact, every time Song Xiance divined for Li Zicheng, he was sure to win and defeat the enemy.
Such results were added with words such as "there were some twists and turns" and "a few battles". In the past few years, Li Zicheng has indeed won successive military victories, so Song Xiance's portrait seems to be very clever.
His appearance has led many people to believe that he really has a semi-immortal body.
After Song Xiance finished his calculation, Li Zicheng was also very happy and immediately ordered: "Brother Zongmin, take the lead with 10,000 troops from the military camp and rush to Xinyang to defend. If Xinyang is lost, defend Suizhou. I will
Bring a large group of troops and arrive soon. Remember, you cannot underestimate Shang Yi."
Liu Zongmin immediately beamed with joy and said: "General, please don't worry, King Chuang, I will not underestimate the enemy."
Li Zicheng looked at Tian Jianxiu again and said: "Brother Jianxiu, I will spare you this time and let you take the blame and make meritorious service. However, General Zingquan will be demoted to General Guoyi. This time, I will go with Brother Zongmin."
Defend Xinyang. Mr. Li Yan will be in charge of the leadership of the fifth battalion for the time being."
Although Li Yan was Li Zicheng's counselor, he was named a general, so he could also be regarded as a military general. Although he had not been with Li Zicheng for a long time, he gave Li Zicheng many good ideas.
The children's song "Crossing the King, Not Paying for Food" was sung everywhere and won a lot of hearts for Li Zicheng. Secondly, he persuaded Li Zicheng not to wander around and established a foundation. This led to the Xiangyang feudal system. It was very important to Li Zicheng's great cause.
He helped Li Zicheng, so Li Zicheng also valued him very much.
After the distribution was completed, everyone immediately dispersed. Only Gu Junen sighed, thinking that Li Zicheng's move was completely unnecessary.
Just when Li Zicheng made the decision to deal with Shang Yi first, and then send his troops northward. On Shang Yi's side, Liu Zeqing led 17,000 troops and rushed to Guangzhou.
It turned out that after Wu Di received Shang Yi's reply, he was also very dissatisfied with Shang Yi's refusal to send troops to invade Xinyang. He thought that Shang Yi was taking credit and became arrogant. In addition, several aides around him repeatedly fanned the flames, and Wu Di also began to doubt.
Is Shang Yi imitating Zuo Liangyu and playing the trick of raising the bandits to respect themselves?
Because the Ming army had won victories on all fronts in the previous stage, Wu Zong's self-confidence was rapidly growing. He believed that Li Zicheng's strength was nothing more than this. Now this was a great opportunity to launch a massive attack on the bandits, and he must not miss it.
I didn't realize it at all. In fact, the victory achieved before was very important, and it was basically supported by Shang Yi alone.
There were many people in the Ming army who had the same idea as Wu Gang, and Liu Zeqing was one of them. When he saw that Shang Yi had made extraordinary achievements, Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo also had their own achievements, his mind began to move. Of course he didn't think so.
These achievements are based on the superior combat effectiveness of the Shang Army and Shang Yi's careful layout plan. However, it is taken for granted that it is due to the poor strength of the Chuang Army. If he were to change himself, he would definitely not be able to do as well as Shang Yi.
Therefore, taking advantage of Shang Yi's refusal to send troops, he took the initiative to ask Wu Di for orders to seize Xinyang and advance to De'an Prefecture.
Seeing that Liu Zeqing was asking for an order, Wu Zong naturally wanted it. He immediately issued an order, ordering Liu Zeqing to lead his troops to attack Xinyang. He also transferred Gao Junyuan's troops to Liu Zeqing's command, a total of 17,000 troops. At the same time, he also ordered the troops stationed in Guangzhou.
Both Xie Ke and Peng Rui were under the control of Liu Zeqing. This was equivalent to taking away the command of these two troops from Shang Yi. On the one hand, it strengthened Liu Zeqing's strength, and on the other hand, it also sounded a warning to Shang Yi.
After all, he didn't dare to surrender Shang Yi's troops to Liu Zeqing. If Shang Yi was forced to rebel, he would not be able to step down. Moreover, Shang Yi's troops were also a force with outstanding combat capabilities, and Wu Zong would still need it in the future.
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After Liu Zeqing received the order, he was very happy and immediately led his army to set off.
After arriving in Guangzhou, Liu Zeqing showed Wu Di's general order to Shang Yi. Shang Yi was also very happy, because he didn't like Xie Ke and Peng Rui at all, and now he dumped them to Liu Zeqing, but he got rid of two
It was a big bag, because he no longer had to bear the burden of their food and grass. So Shang Yi immediately called Xie Ke and Peng Rui and told them directly in front of Liu Zeqing that they should go to Liu Zeqing's tent to follow orders from now on. No.
Come to your side.
After the troops were handed over, Liu Zeqing said again: "General Shang, I have been ordered by the Governor to capture Xinyang. How about asking General Shang to lend me a helping hand?"
Shang Yi shook his head and said: "Although the intruders have lost several battles in a row, they have been in the world for more than ten years. Now they have hundreds of thousands of soldiers and are strong. Therefore, even though they have lost several battles, they have not lost their vitality.
Defeating its fundamentals, we still cannot underestimate the enemy. Moreover, the one currently stationed in Xinyang is Liu Zongmin, the bandit's number one general. This man is very brave and extremely difficult to deal with. What's more, our army has been exhausted after several battles and has suffered heavy casualties.
The second batch of reinforcements is still on the way and will arrive in Guangzhou in three to five days. Therefore, it is best for us to stay in Guangzhou now and wait for the intruders to take the initiative to attack. At that time, my reinforcements will also arrive, and then wait to defeat the enemy."
After hearing this, Liu Zeqing laughed loudly and said: "You are just a grass bandit. How can you escape? Do you need to wait for reinforcements? Others are afraid of Liu Zongmin, but I am not afraid of him. Even if Li Zicheng comes, I will treat him as such."
It's just a piece of cake. I just didn't expect that General Shang, who was crowned the most brave and brave among the three armies by the emperor himself, and who is brave and good at fighting, would actually be timid in fighting today?"
Shang Yi was not angry, he just smiled and said: "I have broken through several enemy formations with a winning streak. Isn't it the most timid person to fight? It's just that I never fight an uncertain battle, let alone a defeat. General Liu
If you don't listen to my good advice and insist on sending troops, I'm afraid it will be too late to regret it."
Liu Zeqing was furious and said: "General Shang, you were just lucky for a moment and won several victories in a row. It's not surprising. If you hadn't been afraid of the enemy and were timid to fight and kept your troops stationary, you wouldn't have done what Xinyang was like."
It was occupied by thieves and bandits, and now you actually dare to mock me, do you want me to accuse you of losing the city in front of the governor?"
Shang Yi was still not angry and said with a smile: "Xinyang has been occupied by thieves. Whoever takes it back, how can I be guilty of losing the city? If I can't hold my troops, then who is Guangzhou now?"
What about the recovered ones?"
Facing Shang Yi's difficult question, Liu Zeqing couldn't help but be speechless. He was thinking of finding words to refute Shang Yi, but at this time Shang Yi said again: "General Liu, you and I don't have to engage in unnecessary verbal disputes. If
The general insists on sending troops to attack Xinyang, and I will not stop him. If General Liu can capture Xinyang this time and return victorious, then the general can say whatever he wants. On the contrary, if General Liu returns with a great defeat, then what can he say now?
It's all in vain. Therefore, I only wish the general a good start and success."
After hearing this, Liu Zeqing was so angry that his face turned red and white. However, he was stopped by Shang Yi and could not say anything else. After staring for a long time, he squeezed out a few words through his teeth.
: "Okay, after I defeat the bandits, it seems I have more to say." After saying that, he waved his sleeves fiercely and said to Xie Ke and Peng Rui, who had just become his subordinates: "Let's go."