In the Central Plains, in terms of the military strength of the court, there were also the military strength of the commander Ding Qirui, the governor of Baoding, Yang Wenyue, the general Hu Dawei, Yang Dezheng, Fang Guoan and other troops, with a force of about 100,000.

However, facing the offensive of the bandit army under Li Zicheng, there was no power to fight back. As he retreated step by step, many towns around Kaifeng Prefecture, especially in the areas south of Kaifeng Prefecture, fell one after another.

This time, compared with the original history, Li Zicheng's appointment of local officials and ruled the local area, and there was a vague situation of separatist areas and getting rid of the name of thieves.

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Besides, Bai Guangen, Wu Sangui, Tang Tong, Li Fuming and Ma Ke five-way guerrillas broke away from Zuo Liangyu's troops and led their troops south to Dongming, which was close to Henan Province. When they were not restrained at night, they began to encounter a small number of thieves' probing horses. After the two sides confronted each other, they obtained some information about the thieves.

Bai Guangen and others were shocked and quickly discussed military information.

"The troops of the King of Rebellion Li Zicheng and Cao Cao Luo Rucai joined forces to open the seal, with a force of one million! Even if it is exaggerated, there must be 500,000 or 600,000! Among them, there are 100,000 elderly thieves, right?" Bai Guangen frowned and looked at the other four people analyzing the news he received.

After hearing this, Wu Sangui immediately added: "What I learned about is that these thieves gathered the elite cavalry together and used the troops, with a force of about 30,000, and came and went like the wind. Governor Yang Wenyue and Ding Qirui were all defeated by this cavalry."

"The bandits have captured many cities around Kaifeng, and even sent thieves to manage the place. Is this going to be the king of separatist power?" Li Fuming asked in surprise.

Upon hearing these news, Ma Ke couldn't help but worry: "We have only 10,000 troops together, and we are all cavalrymen. We go to Kaifeng to rescue the siege. Is this little force a hit with eggs?"

As soon as he said this, several other guerrillas immediately looked at each other. Among them, Li Fuming asked him, "Why, what do you think?"

Seeing the look of expectation in the eyes of others looking at him, Ma Ke suddenly understood what they meant. They wanted to take the lead and do something. If the court wanted to punish him, the person who took the lead would definitely be the worst, such as Wang Pu.

Thinking of this, he immediately said, "Actually, our ten thousand men are all warriors. Although the bandits are huge, their troops are scattered, and there is no chance of winning the battle!"

When everyone heard what he said, the others showed that "cut" meaning.

After pondering for a while, Wu Sangui took the initiative to say to them: "Actually, Ma Ke is right. Now the thieves are scattered and attacking are our chance. The Duke's military order is to let us wait for an opportunity, and did not say that we must attack the thieves who opened the seal."

"Yes!" Bai Guangen immediately agreed when he heard this, "The main thing we are to beware of being bitten by the main force of the thieves. The difference in force is too great, and I am afraid that we will not be able to win. Anyway, the Duke of the Nationalities gave us the power to wait for an opportunity. It is better to fight a thief and immediately transfer it so that the thief cannot find our location. In this way, the task given to us by the Nationalities is to be completed!"

"No, the Duke of the State has also told us that Kaifeng cannot be lost!" Li Fuming immediately reminded him.

When Wu Sangui heard this, he immediately reminded: "From the words of the national public service, we can see that Kaifeng Prefecture should not fall so quickly. We can restrain some of the bandits and reduce the pressure on Kaifeng Prefecture. When the imperial army arrives, it will be a decisive battle with the bandits!"

"Chang Bo, don't forget!" Tang Tong reminded him, "There are Xiao Yuanying in the Northern Zhili area and the rebels of Zuo Liangyu's troops. It is not easy for the imperial reinforcements to arrive in Kaifeng!"

Hearing this, the few people couldn't help but feel silent.

The current situation seems to be unprecedented. Now there is a feeling that the court is weaker, and its military strength is completely changed compared to the situation in the early years of Chongzhen.

Bai Guangen looked at them and said first: "I know Kaifeng City. The city is strong. The thief army of Li Zicheng's troops did not capture Kaifeng City twice before. Then the third attack would definitely not be so easy to attack. Now the bandits can prove this from the side. The bandits have no choice but to use the method of siege to attack Kaifeng Palace!"

"What does Brother Bai mean?" Ma Ke asked quickly when he heard this.

When the others heard this, they also looked at Bai Guangen.

"We are actually guilty. If the war to rescue Kaifeng is done well, we may become the generals of the side again. If we don't do well, we will not only be demoted." Bai Guangen frowned, looked at the eyes of the other four people, and said seriously, "Now the court is rich, and the soldiers and civilians in Liaodong have moved inward. Personally, I think that as long as the Duke is given time and resettled the north, the court will have the strength to go south to suppress the rebellion!"

After hearing this, Wu Sangui shook his head slightly and said, "The Jianlu in Liaodong is not that easy to deal with. If it is useful to move inward, no one has mentioned it before. In my estimate, Jianlu will definitely detour the Mongolian grasslands and enter the pass! The troops who moved inward may still not be able to enter the Central Plains to quell the rebellion!"

If you want to talk about Liaodong, among the five people, he is definitely an authority.

Therefore, after hearing Wu Sangui's words, the other people fell silent again. Finally, Ma Ke looked at them and asked, "What should we do?"

Hearing this, Li Fuming suddenly said loudly: "Don't worry, we are the soldiers who eat food, and we are the ones who beat him. At least now we don't have to worry about money, food and military pay! Although the troops are small, they are all war soldiers!"

Hearing his words, Tang Tong looked at the other people, and looked willing to do so, and immediately said, "Yes, the Duke of the State seems to be in the court, and the court now does not lack silver. In this regard, it is better than before, right?"

"Yes, let's win a battle first, at least we can give an explanation to the court and the Duke!" Bai Guangen also said, "Then he waited for an opportunity to act and not give the main force of the bandits a chance to bite it!"

After Li Fuming made this decision, the others were not willing to be outdone and expressed their opinions to fight one after another.

In fact, they knew very well that as long as they still wanted to be people from the court, they actually had no choice. Those who had already registered with the Duke of China were definitely staring at. The disadvantage was that they could not work hard or make trouble. The advantage was that if they made contributions, they could let the Duke of China know and others could not stop him.

So they immediately sent a large number of Ye Busuo to investigate the situation, and wanted to find a weak bandit soldier to fight him and win a battle.

A few days later, before they had chosen their target, news came.

"Good news, good news, the Jingying and Baigan Army suddenly attacked Zhangjiakou, arrested all the Shanxi merchants there, and seized countless people." Bai Guangen conveyed the news that his family had not taken in at night to find out and said.

"What? Are you a Shanxi merchant? Damn it, no wonder!" When Ma Ke heard it, he couldn't help but say hatefully.

"Who knows the specific situation?" Li Fuming asked quickly.

Seeing them like this, Wu Sangui took out a piece of stuff and said, "I got a copy of the residence and a copy of Ming Pao here, and the news is all on it. Your news is outdated, something that happened a long time ago."

He was most concerned about the matters in the north, and his father Wu Xiang was in the capital and kept in touch with his son. Although there were delays in the transmission of messages due to war and other things, he was always more informed than others.

When Bai Guangen heard his words, he stood up first, walked over and snatched the things in his hand, and then hurriedly unfolded.

However, before the other guerrillas could surround him, Bai Guangen closed the paper in his hand again and said in annoyance: "Damn it, I can't read!"

Ma Ke and others were about to walk to him, and when they heard his words, they all stopped. At this time, they all remembered it, and it seemed that they could not recognize a few words.

The guerrillas here are Wu Sangui's family background and both civil and military. Therefore, they looked at Wu Sangui one by one and asked Wu Sangui to talk.

If the previous five guerrillas were equal, Wu Sangui was vaguely led by Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui enjoyed this very much, so he didn't care about it. He immediately told them all about the contents of Dibao and Ming Pao.

Before he finished speaking, Bai Guangen and others had already slapped the table and cursed.

If it were normal for border merchants to smuggle, they had never heard of it, but they had never realized that the smuggling of merchants would bring such serious consequences. They did not expect that the smuggling of the eight major Shanxi merchants would be so large and the harm was so great.

It can be said that all of them were deeply affected. Thinking of the crushing defeat in the Battle of Sleep and Tight, I now had a vent. With their cultural cultivation, the words that cursed were just a pity that the Eight Great Shanxi merchants were not here, but they sighed in their hearts: Vulgar martial artists, vulgar martial artists!

After a while, when the four guerrillas scolded each other and went to Gudong to have tea, Wu Sangui said to them again: "These eight Shanxi merchants probably have already killed nine clans, which is very satisfying. But the most important thing is that the money and grain seized by the court is said to have arrived in the capital, and the vehicles on their tails are still in Zhangjiakou."

Sometimes, rumors are inevitably distorted. This is a little exaggerated, but they are very happy to hear it: the court has money and food, which is a very good thing!

Seeing that they were happy, Wu Sangui said to them again: "There is another news that the court appointed Min Benbing, the Minister of War, as the commander, and the Duke of Guo led the Beijing camp out of the capital as the director of the world's military commander."

When I heard this, a few guerrillas were immediately happy. This is definitely good news!
Chapter completed!