The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 354 Message
Kaifeng Prefecture, Qixian County, Hanzhong Army Camp.

By the Suishui River, banners were scattered all over the place, and they were densely packed with Hanzhong Army camps.

Qixian County, this ancient city that has been inherited for thousands of years, is now deserted and has become a cold dead city.

There are ruins everywhere and signs of fire damage everywhere.

Chen Wang immediately went to the countryside and stared at Qixian County, which was already in ruins not far away.

This is where Li Yan started.

The Red Lady led the troops to break through Qixian County and rescued Li Yan, who was trapped in prison at the time.

On the second day, Li Yan took over the command of the entire army from the Red Lady, killed officials in rebellion, and opened warehouses to release grain.

Then the entire Qixian County was burned to the ground, and the people of Qixian County all rose up following Li Yan and Mr. Li, who had spent all his wealth to save them.

Since then, the civil unrest in Henan has gotten out of hand and entered a new chapter.

Li Yan had already had the strength to capture Shangqiu. The reason why he had not captured Shangqiu was because he was using Shangqiu as a training ground.

"Although Shangqiu is a fortified city, it has been besieged by tens of thousands of civilian troops for more than 20 days. According to the defensive strength of Shangqiu City, it is absolutely impossible for it to last for such a long time."

These bandit leaders who had stirred up the world in Chongzhen's early years were no match for the rising star Li Yan.

The Baoding soldiers who had been trained by Sun Chuanting for a long time were indeed not bad in combat capability, but one general was incompetent and the three armies were exhausted.

Regarding the military, all Yang Wenyue's previous experience was limited to talking about military affairs on paper.

It's just that Chen Wang led his troops out of the city to attack and severely damaged the main force of the Wanmin Army. Yes, the morale of the Wanmin Army suffered a huge blow.

Li Yan's subsequent retreat was just a helpless move.

The purpose of the Wanmin Army is obvious, and there is no hidden intention at all.

After the battle in Kaifeng City, the Wan Min Army made a lot of progress, and Li Yan also learned a lot.

"There is still no movement from the Wan Min Army?"

Chen Wang's eyes moved away from the remaining ruins not far away and turned to the east.

Whether it was Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, or Luo Rucai and Gezuo Wuying.

"The soldiers and horses of Shandong and Nanzhili also hesitated and were blocked by the troops of the Ten Thousand People's Army. Shangqiu became an isolated island."

Later, after entering Shangqiu, Li Yan repeated his old tricks and cut off the city around Shangqiu, then isolated it as a place for military training.

Chen Wang looked solemn. There were too many problems before him now.

In Kaifeng, Li Yan did the same and used Kaifeng as a place for military training.

The cavalry of the Wanmin Army no longer foolishly clashed with the cavalry of the Hanzhong Army, but monitored from a distance and did not initiate any conflict with the cavalry of the Hanzhong Army.

With the lessons learned from Wang Jiayin, Gao Yingxiang and others, Li Yan also had the idea of ​​choosing the right path.

Taking over Sun Chuanting's position as governor of Baoding was Yang Wenyue's first time in charge of the military.

Li Yan's subsequent behavior is simply unpredictable, and everything is far from the original history.

"Still no movement."

Shangqiu has no strong soldiers inside and no external aid, so it is undoubtedly the best training ground.

The reason why Shangqiu City has been able to persist for such a long time is actually very simple.

Li Yan rose like a comet, leading the Wanmin Army to continue to grow and develop, until today, it has become a true behemoth.

"Yang Wenyue has led Baoding troops and horses into Caoxian County, Shandong Province. The original plan was to cross the river from the south of Caoxian County, but the Wanmin Army set up defenses along the coast in advance, and now they are in a stalemate."

"After our army entered Qixian County, the troops of the Wanmin Army retreated to the foot of Suizhou City. They built fortifications and set up artillery positions outside Suizhou City."

Chen Wang frowned. The soldiers and horses of Nanzhili gathered in Xuzhou without the slightest intention of attacking.

"Stalemate..."

Chen Wang led his troops from Kaifeng to Qixian. Without firing a single shot, the troops of the Wanmin Army withdrew from the Qixian area and retreated all the way to Suizhou City.

Yang Wenyue did have the intention to suppress, but he was powerless.

"Where is Yang Wenyue now?"

The Wan Min Army also retracted its troops and defended the city as much as possible. No matter what, they did not take the initiative to attack.

"Although our army can win if we attack Suizhou, our own casualties will not be small."

"The same is true for Li Yan in the north and east."

"The Tangma of the Ten Thousand People's Army are still hovering around our army as always. When our army advances, they retreat, and when our army retreats, they advance."

Hu Zhiyi frowned and looked at the rising sun in the distance.

Only one year has passed, and Li Yan has already completed the path that Wang Jiayin and Gao Yingxiang spent several years on.

At this time, among the rebels, Li Yan is undoubtedly the most powerful.

In the second year of Chongzhen's reign, Yang Wenyue served as the right political envoy to Jiangxi, the inspector-general to Huguang and Guangxi, the political envoy to Yunnan and Shanxi, and the right deputy censor to Denglai.

As a scholar and a scholar of this era, Li Yan's vision put the development of the Wanmin Army on a fast track.

Qixian County has long become a thing of the past, everything has been turned into ashes, no matter the buildings or the people, they are no longer there.

"Bring the map of Guide Mansion."

After thinking for a moment, Chen Wang got off his horse, passed over the guards, and gave instructions.

A group of personal guards following Chen Wang immediately took action. Soon a square table was brought, and a rather huge map was unfolded and laid out on the table.

Chen Wang stood in front of the map, and a group of personal guards stepped forward one after another and began to mark the flat map, placing flags one by one on the map according to the information. Soon a complete situation map was presented in front of Chen Wang.

Now they have basically completed the siege of Guide Mansion from four directions.

The troops of Baoding and Shandong are in the north.

The soldiers and horses of Southern Zhili are in the east.

The Hanzhong Army led by Chen Wang is in the west.

Three thousand native soldiers led by Ma Yuanshan are in the south.

It seems airtight, but in fact this layer of surrounding net is breathable on several sides.

Following Chen Wang now, they are all camp soldiers of the Hanzhong Army and direct troops under Chen Wang. If the Wanmin Army really makes a large-scale westward advance, Chen Wang will definitely retreat.

To the south, only the 3,000 native soldiers led by Ma Yuanshan could fight, and they could defend the city. However, fighting in the field to stop the enemy from marching south was nothing more than a dream.

According to the current situation, the most likely option for the Wan Min Army is to head south to join the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo.

But this is a situation that Chen Wang currently has no choice but to accept.

Because the situation will be completely out of control.

However, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice.

Unless Chen Wang is now willing to fight to the death with Li Yan, there will be no way to stop the Wanmin Army from moving south.

But this goes against the purpose that Chen Wang has always implemented.

Time, still time.

Time is not on Chen Wang's side now, but on the side of Wan Minjun.

Under the leadership of Li Yan, the Wanmin Army did not recover after the defeat in Kaifeng City, but continued to move forward.

It is impossible for the Wan Min Army to wait until the training of new recruits is completed before choosing to go south.

According to Chen Wang's prediction, Baoding soldiers and horses have arrived in Shandong, and the Wanmin Army will probably march southward to Ying and Huoshan Mountains within two or three days.

At a loss what to do, Chen Wang looked at the map in front of him.

The current situation is gradually getting out of Chen Wang's control.

But Chen Wang had nothing to do about it.

When he was outside Kaifeng, all the choices Chen Wang made were made after careful consideration.

It was originally thought that reducing one-third of the main force of the Wan Min Army would be enough to severely damage the Wan Min Army and make everything controllable.

But this is too difficult to estimate. Facts have proved that the tenacity of the Wanmin Army is stronger than Chen Wang imagined.

Because neither the power of the Ten Thousand People's Army should be allowed to be too strong, nor the strength of the Ten Thousand People's Army should be allowed to be too weak.

If it is too strong, it will cause the current predicament and the situation will gradually get out of control.

If it is too weak, the Ten Thousand People's Army will be quickly wiped out, and the situation in Henan will return to a relatively stable state.

This is something Chen Wang cannot accept even more.

Because now is the brewing period of the Battle of Songjin.

The war in Liaodong is about to break out, and all the towns on the nine sides have entered a state of alert.

If the civil uprising in Henan is put down at this time, the army of thousands of people will be completely wiped out.

Then it is almost certain that he will be recruited by the imperial court and go to Liaodong to help Jinzhou.

Going to Songjin at this time is like getting stuck in the mud.

Now is far from the time.

Chen Wang stared at the map with solemn eyes.

In fact, he has another solution, a solution that is not a solution.

The risk of this method is really high, and it is more appropriate to describe it as seeking skin from a tiger.

This method is to establish contact with Li Yan and then secretly communicate about the music...

However, how to establish it and how to enable Li Yan and Wan Minjun to follow the path he set is not an easy task.

When it comes to establishing connections, no clues can be left behind.

And to arrange Li Yan, you need to come up with a reasonable reason.

These are not simple matters.

After all, it still takes time.

Chen Wang slowly closed his eyes. Too many messy thoughts were swirling in his mind. His thoughts were chaotic. The current situation was too complicated.

What he is doing now is like dancing on a tightrope, and below the tightrope is a mountain of swords. If there is a slight mistake, he will die.

How should we establish contact, how should we persuade Li Yan, and what should we do next.

These are all problems today.

After losing the advantage of being a prophet, Chen Wang is now in trouble.

However, all these questions quickly disappeared from Chen Wang's mind, and there was no need for Chen Wang to think about them.

Because Ye Bushou in the military camp brought a message from Suizhou.

Toothache is severe