After coming to his senses, he turned to Chen Yongfu and asked, "Where are reinforcements? Didn't you mean you came to reinforcements?"

Chen Yongfu pointed at the almost disappearing trace with his finger: "It was the cavalry army, which was said to be the guerrilla guerrilla Wu Sangui, Bai Guangen, Tang Tong, Ma Ke and Li Fuming. They came to reinforce and restrain the bandit army at the order of Duke of the State, so that we could persevere. Once the main force of the court arrived, it would be the day when Kaifeng cleared the siege!"

"Is it them?" Gao Mingheng couldn't help but feel happy when he heard this, and he suddenly felt more confident.

These five people were originally from the general, and they were very famous. However, they were convicted in the Battle of Songjin, dealt with by the court, and demoted to guerrillas. These were already mentioned in the palace newspaper.

"What do you think?" Gao Mingheng slowly recovered a little, and he was no longer so excited, and asked Chen Yongfu.

Chen Yongfu looked at the north and observed the movements of the bandits outside the city, then slowly said: "The thieves are too powerful, and they must have insufficient troops, otherwise they would not have said that they would have restrained the bandit army. We still have to wait for the main force of the court!"

"Where is the main force of the imperial court? When will it arrive?" Gao Mingheng immediately asked after hearing this.

After hearing this, Chen Yongfu pointed his hand in the west and said, "It should be Governor Sun's Qin army!"

Seeing that the Henan inspector was a little confused, he explained again: "There is Xiao Yuan camp in the north, and Zuo Liangyu's rebels, and even if the court has troops, it is impossible to go south. It is an accident that these five guerrillas can appear outside Kaifeng City. Only Governor Sun is an elite soldier that I can count on the Ming Dynasty, and Governor Sun's ability to suppress the bandits is obvious to all. The court will inevitably issue an order to let Governor Sun go out of the customs and rescue!"

Gao Mingheng nodded after hearing this. When he was about to speak, he heard something from behind: "Reinforcements, where are the reinforcements?"

He turned around and saw that it was Zhu Gongye, the King of Zhou.

Haha, he is so happy too?

When Yuan Zongdi stopped the troops from reacting, he could only watch Wu Sangui and Bai Guangen's cavalry crossed the Yellow River again and left, leaving behind the corpses of the bandits along the way.

His face turned pale. Seeing that the other side was full of imperial officials, he ordered his personal guards to say, "Hurry up, report to the general again. The main force of the imperial official army has occupied the north bank of the Yellow River. Li Diwan's troops were wiped out, and there is no chance to report the news!"

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Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai were splitting their troops to conquer the city and conquering the land in the south, and they captured many cities. It was just when they were in a state of success that they suddenly received a prompt report from Yuan Zongdi, and immediately led 20,000 cavalry troops and returned to Kaifeng as soon as possible.

As a result, when he arrived in Kaifeng, Yuan Zongdi had already detoured across the river and probably figured out the situation.

When Li Zicheng heard his report, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful. The mere little harassment of soldiers made him lead his troops back, interrupting the siege of the south.

But he simply came, and he prepared to cross the river to wipe out this imperial army with only ten thousand people.

Unexpectedly, the imperial army on the other side of the Yellow River ran away as soon as possible when they saw that there seemed to be a movement to cross the river.

Li Zicheng had never encountered this situation in the early years of Chongzhen, but it has been a common occurrence in recent years.

He didn't care, so he just left five thousand more cavalry for Yuan Zongdi, and then continued to move south. However, before leaving, he instructed Yuan Zongdi: "These imperial officials in the north have insufficient troops and can only harass and not mention it."

Speaking of this, he pointed to the west and said with a serious expression: "You must be careful of the Sungou thief. Although I have sent Li Guo to lead troops to defend against Luoyang and Sanmenxia areas, you must also be careful."

Yuan Zongdi was fooled for a while and was a little embarrassed, so he asked Li Zicheng: "General, there are actually imperial officials in the north. Did the court have defeated Yuan Shizhong and Zuo Liangyu?"

They naturally knew about Yuan Shizhong and Zuo Liangyu's situation.

After hearing this, Li Zicheng said without thinking: "What other soldiers are there in the capital? Yuan Shizhong and Zuo Liangyu are not famous people. How can hundreds of thousands of soldiers be solved so easily? The emperor must be worried that his relatives will be killed by the general again, so he had to divide his troops and send such a team to restrain him."

After hearing this, Yuan Zongdi thought about it and then no longer had any questions.

If it weren't for Zhang Mingwei's appearance, according to the original development of history, the rescue of Kaifeng would be able to rely on the Qin army in the end.

Zuo Liangyu and his troops met with Zhuxian Town, but they didn't dare to fight Li Zicheng at all. After a stalemate for some days, Zuo Liangyu escaped first, causing the 180,000 army to collapse, and then escaped into the ambush circle arranged by Li Zicheng in advance, sending heads, baggage, and surrendered soldiers. They were simply the leader of the transportation brigade, strengthening Li Zicheng's strength.

Only Sun Chuanting was ordered to leave the customs and fought with Li Zicheng's troops. At the beginning, he really had to win the battle. However, later he turned his victory into defeat and could not save Kaifeng and fled back to Tongguan.

Whether it is in Kaifeng City, the thief Li Zicheng, or Wu Sangui and others, their ideas are actually correct. Because no one expected what happened to the sudden rise of Duke Xingguo, this is the variable of the battle in Kaifeng!

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On the north bank of the Yellow River, Wu Sangui and others retreated back to Dongming far away from the Yellow River in one breath. Except for not taking it out at night, the entire army was resting here.

However, their mood at this time was completely different from the one they had when they arrived in Dongming at the beginning.

I heard Wu Sangui say to them: "This time we wiped out 20,000 thieves and arrived at the Kaifeng City. The guards of Kaifeng City can prove that they have tried their best!"

"That's right, we only had ten thousand people connected by five routes. The reinforcements from the thief have arrived in Kaifeng. Even if the Duke asks, we have already experienced it!" Ma Ke nodded and immediately agreed.

After hearing this, Bai Guangen also smiled and said, "This time, we are not escaping the enemy's edge, we are just avoiding the enemy's edge and fighting again tomorrow!"

"Yes, yes, let's fight again tomorrow!" Tang Tong agreed loudly, "Isn't the Duke's order to restrain the thieves? We have done it!"

Although they said this, they all knew that they were passive and slacking off. After Sun Chuanting's troops left Tongguan, they attracted the main force of the thieves.

Otherwise, if the main force of the bandits is defeated, even if the entire army is not wiped out, and the generals are damaged, they cannot strengthen the men and replenish their troops as before. If the court pursues the case, the only reliance will be gone.

However, things are absolutely not as good as they wish.

The next day, Wu Sangui suddenly summoned four other guerrillas and said to them with a strange expression: "Everyone, we must move!"

"What does it mean?" Bai Guangen immediately asked when he heard this, "Is it the main force of the thief crossing the Yellow River?"

When the others heard this, they also showed a worried look. But they were a little surprised that they had deployed to the south and did not hear the rewards of not receiving at night. Did the thief not cross the river?

After hearing this, Wu Sangui shook his head and said, "It's not that the main force of the thief crosses the river, but that we have to fight the thief again..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ma Ke: "I said Wu Sangui, if you have the ability, you can go. Anyway, I won't go. There are obviously more thieves in the cavalry. Do you want to take care of yourself?"

When Wu Sangui heard this, he looked at him with a smile and said, "How is that?"

Li Fuming saw something wrong and quickly smoothed out and said, "Brother Chang, do you have any news? We are advancing and retreating together, and we are not distinguishing each other, right?"

The others also reacted. Based on their understanding of Wu Sangui, if there were no new situations, he would never have been so active in fighting the thief.

Therefore, they all surrendered and said good things.

Seeing this, Wu Sangui said to them: "The latest news is that Min Benbing returned to the capital to recuperate due to illness, and the army is led by the Duke..."

"What?" As soon as Ma Ke heard this, he immediately interrupted his words in surprise and said, "Min Benbing has returned to the capital to recuperate. How can he fight this battle?"

"Yes, the age of the Duke is there, he..." Bai Guangen said this, and he was a little afraid to say bad things about the Duke. After all, in the court today, the Duke is at its peak, so he changed his words and said, "Will the Beijing camp withdraw its troops?"

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Wu Sangui felt a little more comfortable when he heard the news as he heard it, and then raised his voice and said, "Can you finish listening to me?"

After hearing this, the other four people looked at him and waited for him to speak.

"The Duke of the State cavalry and persuaded surrender in front of the two armies to recruit Xiao Yuan camp, and then defeated the rebels of Zuo Liangyu's troops in one battle. Although he did not capture Zuo Liangyu and Hou Xun, he only allowed them to run a thousand cavalry at most, and all the food, grass and supplies fell into the hands of the Duke."

When Wu Sangui said this, he saw their stunned look, and he said in a stronger tone: "The Duke is a great victory. If you go south soon, you will come here!"

Bai Guangen and others came to their senses after a while, and they were all very surprised.

It has only been a long time since Zhang Xianzhong and others surrendered and rebelled again, so they never thought that Xiao Yuanying would be recruited. Not to mention that the famous Zuo Liangyu, who was shouting to clear the emperor, was basically wiped out by the Duke in the battle.

This...it's really incredible!

They even doubted the truth of the news, and asked Wu Sangui again. After receiving a positive answer, they could no longer sit still.

Duke Xingguo's wise and powerful martial arts were far beyond their expectations. If they thought they could fool the court and the Duke of the State before, they would not have this idea now.

How could the Duke of the State is so capable of fighting, how could they not see their little thoughts? If they leave a bad impression on the Duke of the State, they would definitely not be able to survive in the court unless they were thieves.
Chapter completed!