On the official road, yellow sand was rolling, and a large group of people were marching quickly.

No one can be seen around, and the people have been hiding far away. The few remaining people in Henan have long been accustomed to facing fighting. After paying heavy losses, they already know how to avoid this kind of life-threatening

of fighting.

Li Zicheng's expression was unusually serious.

Mi County was attacked and fell by the official army, and almost all the rebel family members were killed. This incident caused considerable turmoil in the rebel army. The experienced Li Zicheng seized this opportunity and detonated the strong hatred of the rebel sergeants towards the imperial army. Nowadays

The sergeants under his command were full of fighting spirit and almost wanted to find the officers and soldiers and fight to the death.

Intelligence continued to come in that Mi County and Weishi County had all been captured by the imperial army. Sun Chuanting, the governor of the five provinces of the Ming Dynasty, had led the imperial army to Kaifeng Fucheng. It seemed that he wanted to capture Kaifeng Fucheng and shake the foundation of the rebel army in Henan.

Through intelligence analysis from various sources, Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others concluded that Ma Jinzhong was the informant. If Ma Jinzhong had not informed him, Sun Chuanting would not have known the secrets of Mi County and Weishi County.

While obtaining information, Li Zicheng continued to adjust the marching route of the army. At this moment, the army was about to arrive in Zhongmou.

We must rush to support Kaifeng Fucheng, and we must not let Sun Chuanting capture Kaifeng Fucheng. This is Li Zicheng's belief.

The team stopped advancing, and Liu Zongmin came on horseback to report that it was already past noon, and the army had half an hour to rest.

After noon is the hottest time of the day, and it is already the sweltering season. Due to the long and urgent march, many sergeants suffered from heat stroke, and dozens of people died as a result. Although Li Zicheng was anxious, he had to take into account the mood and mood of the sergeants.

body, so he issued a special order that after noon every day, the army would rest for half an hour to avoid the most poisonous sunlight.

Looking up at the scorching sun in the sky, Li Zicheng cursed a few words bitterly. He didn't know what was wrong. The sun was extremely hot during this period, and there was almost no rain to be seen.

When Li Guo and Niu Jinxing came over, Li Zicheng didn't look very good.

Niu Jinxing cupped his fists at Li Zicheng and spoke.

"King Chuang, the scouts sent back reported that the imperial army led by Sun Chuanting did not directly attack Kaifengfu City..."

Li Zicheng, who was feeling a little anxious, waved his hand and spoke.

"Of course Sun Chuanting will not attack Kaifeng Fucheng directly. He is not a fool. He knows that our army has returned to support, but he still wants to attack Kaifeng Fucheng desperately. Isn't he asking for trouble..."

Niu Jinxing understood the emotions contained in Li Zicheng's words. While Li Zicheng hated Ma Jinzhong's rebellion, he also had some opinions about Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance. If Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance hadn't suppressed Ma Jinzhong blindly, I'm afraid Ma Jinzhong would have

He would not make such a choice, and the news of Ma Jinzhong's rebellion had spread among the senior officers of the Rebel Army, causing a lot of discussion. Li Zicheng knew very well that this must be the instruction of Niu Jinxing and others, and only the senior officers of the Rebel Army had

May know.

Niu Jinxing's expression remained as usual as she watched Li Zicheng speak again.

"King Chuang, what I mean is that Sun Chuanting is very likely to lead the imperial army and turn around to deal with us. If he specifically sets up an ambush, we still need to pay attention..."

When Niu Jinxing was talking, Li Zicheng had already adjusted his emotions and his expression became focused. Strictly speaking, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others suppressed Ma Jinzhong, and it was Li Zicheng who tacitly approved it, otherwise Niu Jinxing and others would not have done so.

.

"Niu Jinxing, you are right. I have thought of this a long time ago. Sun Chuanting led the army into Henan just to defeat me. So when he was unable to attack Fengfu City, he must have thought of fighting with my army.

In fact, I have long thought about fighting Sun Chuanting. As long as we completely defeat Sun Chuanting, the imperial court will not have any troops in places such as Henan, Shaanxi and even Shanxi. The troops in those local guards will not dare to fight with our rebels.

At that time, we could easily win Shaanxi and Shanxi and other places..."

Niu Jinxing nodded repeatedly and shut up knowingly. He knew that Li Zicheng had already thought of a way to deal with Sun Chuanting. If he still talked too much at this time and said that he should beware of ambushes set up by the imperial army, etc., he would be asking for boredom. Li Zicheng's battle

The purpose is very clear, that is to completely defeat Sun Chuanting. For this, it does not matter even if it requires a certain amount of losses. As long as Sun Chuanting, the governor of the five provinces of the Ming Dynasty is completely defeated, then the imperial court will not have strong troops in the Central Plains area, and the rebels can successfully occupy

The entire Central Plains.

"Li Guo, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, the army is still moving towards Kaifeng Fucheng. Don't stop. Zhongmou is less than a hundred miles away from Kaifeng Fucheng. The army will camp outside Zhongmou City tonight and will arrive at Kaifeng Fucheng tomorrow..."

Niu Jinxing nodded and turned around to leave when Li Guo spoke.

"King Chuang, what if Sun Chuanting sets up an ambush in the Zhongmu area..."

Niu Jinxing wanted to stop Li Guo from speaking, but it was too late. During this period, Li Guo had been following Niu Jinxing, mainly studying with Niu Jinxing. The smart Niu Jinxing seized this opportunity and taught Li Guo knowledge at the same time.

, try their best to improve the relationship with Li Guo, you must know that Li Zicheng cultivated Li Guo as his successor.

The questions Li Guo raised in front of Li Zicheng must have the shadow of Niu Jinxing.

Li Zicheng's meaning just now was very clear. Even if Sun Chuanting led the imperial army to set up an ambush, the rebels would not avoid it and would still launch an attack. Unfortunately, Li Guo didn't seem to understand.

Before Li Zicheng could speak, Niu Jinxing spoke.

"King Chuang, General Li is worried about the imperial army setting up an ambush, and he also does it for the sake of the rebels..."

Li Zicheng looked at Li Guo, with a look of hatred on his face.

"Li Guo, I just said that even if Sun Chuanting leads the imperial army to set up an ambush, we cannot retreat. Our main purpose is to defeat or even annihilate the imperial army. In this way, we must pay a certain degree of losses, which we can bear.

Therefore, no matter whether the imperial army is setting up an ambush in front or not, we must continue to march."

"Sun Chuanting led the imperial army and marched for thousands of miles. I don't believe that he had enough food and grass. Some food was stored in Mi County and Weishi County. Sun Chuanting got the food and was able to maintain it for several days.

But what will he do in ten days, half a month, or even a month?"

"As long as we fight Sun Chuanting, cling to them and prevent them from quickly evacuating, we will be able to find opportunities. When Sun Chuanting is low on food and grass, it will be the time for us to launch a general attack and win the final victory."

Li Guo nodded repeatedly. Li Zicheng said it so straightforwardly, so of course he understood.

Li Zicheng turned his head and looked at Niu Jinxing, but did not speak.

Niu Jinxing's heart skipped a beat. He could clearly feel Li Zicheng's dissatisfaction. In fact, this couldn't be blamed on Niu Jinxing. Li Guo's knowledge was too low, he barely read, and his brain was not particularly smart. Faced with such a student,

Even if Niu Jinxing tries his best, the effect may only be general.

Half an hour later, the army began to continue marching, and a large number of scouts were still sent out.

...

The army led by Sun Chuanting has retreated to Qixian County.

When the five hundred thousand bandits led by Li Zicheng came from Luoyang Fucheng towards Kaifeng Fucheng, Sun Chuanting learned the news. At that time, his army was still in Weishi County.

In the so-called attack on Kaifeng Fucheng, Sun Chuanting just put on a posture, and even the posture was not particularly clear.

Sun Chuanting would never attack Kaifeng Fucheng. Under the current situation, taking Kaifeng Fucheng was of little significance to Sun Chuanting. Even if Kaifeng Fucheng was captured, the rogue bandits under Li Zicheng did not suffer much loss.

, and Li Zicheng encountered so many failures and was able to stand up tenaciously every time, which shows that his ability to withstand attacks is extraordinary.

Sun Chuanting would not let himself fall into passivity. After all, this was a long-distance attack. He had to be cautious. If he was not completely sure, he should not launch an attack easily.

Li Zicheng led 500,000 rogue bandits back to Kaifeng Fucheng, which was expected by Sun Chuanting. Many people in the army suggested setting up an ambush in the Zhongmou area to encircle and suppress the rogue bandits under Li Zicheng, but Sun Chuanting did not adopt this suggestion. Therefore, Sun Chuanting

I even asked Ma Jinzhong specifically, but I didn't expect that Ma Jinzhong also thought that setting up an ambush in the Zhongmou area would not be effective.

Sun Chuanting talked with Ma Jinzhong for more than an hour. He found that Ma Jinzhong's ability was indeed good and his analysis was in place. For example, why he did not agree with setting up an ambush in the Zhongmou area. Ma Jinzhong believed that the imperial army captured Mi County and should trigger a wave of chaos among the rogue bandits.

This caused a lot of indignation, and Li Zicheng could also analyze the possibility of the imperial army setting up an ambush, and would definitely make relevant preparations. In this case, setting up an ambush would not be very useful.

Sun Chuanting also had this idea, and he thought even more profoundly. He believed that there were 500,000 rogue bandits under Li Zicheng, and there must be some rogue bandits stationed in Kaifeng. If his army set up an ambush in the Zhongmou area, they would be dragged away by the rogue bandits under Li Zicheng.

, the rogue bandits stationed in Kaifeng Fucheng are very likely to rush to help, so the army will face a situation of being attacked from both front and rear. If you are not careful, the army is likely to be defeated.

Qixian County used to be Guide Prefecture. Because Guide Prefecture is close to Xuzhou and Fengyang Prefecture in Shandong and South Zhili, Li Zicheng deployed almost no troops in this area, because Shandong and the four prefectures and three prefectures in the north of Jiangbei in South Zhili,

They are all controlled by the Denglai New Army, and Li Zicheng doesn't want to cause trouble for the time being.
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