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Chapter 329 Li Yan proposed disaster relief, and the Yi army was doing so!
Shaanxi, Lintong, Xi'an Prefecture.

Li Zicheng personally led an army of 30 to [-] troops here, preparing to attack Xi'an City.

Previously, what happened after Sun Chuanting and the defeated [-] to [-] Ming troops fled into Shaanxi was very similar to what happened in history.

Li Zicheng attracted the attention of the Ming army with a frontal attack on Tongguan. He ordered his elite troops to enter the Luonan territory from Lushi, surrounded Tongguan, and attacked from both front and rear.

In addition, the Ming army guarding the pass was panic-stricken due to the previous defeat. Even if they relied on dangerous passes such as Tongguan with the natural danger of the Yellow River, they were still defeated by the Chuang army in several days.

Different from history, Sun Chuanting did not die in Tongguan for unknown reasons this time. Instead, he led more than [-] Dubiao elite troops to break out of the encirclement and withdrew into the city of Xi'an.

Because Sun Chuanting was not dead, the war after the invaders entered Shaanxi was not as smooth as it was in history.

At this time, the Chuang army had already invaded Shaanxi for more than ten days, and then successively captured Huayin, Huazhou, Weinan, Gaoling, Lintong, Lantian and other counties east of Xi'an Prefecture.

In history, because the Chuang army was more powerful, Sun Chuanting also died in the battle at Tongguan. Therefore, after the Chuang army broke through Tongguan, they invaded Xi'an City in five days.

It is conceivable that at that time, the states and counties in Xi'an Prefecture were not only empty of troops, but also desperate, and there was no one to resist the intruders.

Although the speed of attacking cities and territories this time was very fast, compared with the speed in history, it was far behind.

After entering Xi'an Mansion, Li Zicheng discovered that Shaanxi was now richer than Henan.Specifically, after the city was captured, the invading army confiscated a lot of money and grain from the official warehouses and the homes of the gentry and landlords in the city.

Therefore, he is preparing to dispatch more troops to capture the entire Shaanxi and even Gansu as soon as possible, and he may even try to invade Sichuan.

Sichuan's wealth is world-famous.

He had led troops into Sichuan several times before and had a deeper understanding of this.Nowadays, the northern provinces are quite barren. Only by winning Sichuan can he have the capital to compete with Liu Sheng for world hegemony.

Not long after Li Zicheng issued the order to mobilize troops, he learned a series of news such as the Yellow River bursting its banks, water flooding Kaifeng, and the Yi army advancing northward.

The matter was serious, so Li Zicheng summoned the accompanying civil servants and generals to discuss countermeasures.

"The Tai army's northward advance into Kaifeng was very sudden, and it happened to happen when the Yellow River burst its banks and flooded Kaifeng. Therefore, Yanling, Fugou, Taikang, Weishi, and Tongxu were lost one after another within two or three days.

Now I am afraid that more places have been lost, and maybe even Xuzhou has been captured by the Yi army.Let's talk about it, everyone, how should we deal with such a situation? "

Li Zicheng now has quite a few civilized and military officers under his command.

This time when they invaded Shaanxi, the civil servants accompanying the army included Li Yan, Niu Jinxing, Wang Linchen, and Lai Yi.

Among them, Wang Linchen was the former military advisor of Li Qingshan's tribe. After the Chu army annexed Li Qingshan's tribe, Wang Linchen became loyal to Li Zicheng.In the past few months, he has provided several useful strategies, which now attract Li Zicheng's attention.

As for Lai Yi, he was a scholar who took refuge with Li Zicheng under a pseudonym, and he also gained his trust.

There are even more generals, such as: Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu, Dang Shousu, Liu Guochang, Luo Hu, Zhang Nai, Hao Yaoqi, Tian Hualong, Ren Jirong, Ren Guangrong, etc.

After hearing Li Zicheng explain the situation, Liu Zongmin was still the first to speak up, with a ferocious expression: "What's there to talk about? The Tai army dares to invade Kaifeng, we must fight back! Otherwise, how will the world view you?! "

Tian Jianxiu said: "But we are about to attack Xi'an now. With only the 10,000+ troops led by Yuan Zongdi and Gu Kecheng of Kaifeng Prefecture, I am afraid that we cannot defeat the Yi army."

Li Yan asked: "Your Majesty, do you know how many soldiers and horses the Yi army sent out this time? In addition, the Yi army should be focusing on pacifying the south now, why did they suddenly divide their troops and march north?"

Li Yan's two questions suddenly hit the point.

But the problem is that although Chuangjun also does intelligence work, it is far behind the Xunfengwei of Yijun.So far, Li Zicheng does not know how many Yi troops have marched north.

But he has rich combat experience and based on limited information, he deduced a rough number.

"The troops of the Wei army marching north are not that many, no more than [-] if nothing else. As for why the Wei army marched north at this time, I don't know. I guess they thought that the Yellow River burst its banks and they had a chance to seize Kaifeng Mansion. .”

After Li Zicheng finished speaking, Niu Jinxing immediately flattered him and said: "Your Majesty is absolutely right, the Yi army must have taken advantage of our army's danger to seize Kaifeng.

Previously, didn't Liu Sheng take advantage of the king and Zhang Xianzhong to attract the main force of the Ming army to Sichuan and quickly gain momentum in Runing?Now I just want to repeat the old tricks. "

Li Yan frowned slightly.

He was quite dissatisfied with Niu Jinxing's blind flattery to Li Zicheng.

The most important thing is that he feels that the Wei army's northward advance is not that simple - what he is most worried about is that the Wei army has already pacified the southern provinces and shifted the focus of its offensive to the north.

But thinking about it, it seems impossible.

The news they had received before was that the Yi army had captured the entire southern Zhili, and half of Jiangxi was still under the control of the Ming army.

No matter how fast the Tai army attacks cities and territories, they can't capture Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong and Guangxi in less than a month, right?After some thought, Li Yan said: "Your Majesty, we still need to find out how many troops the Yi army sent this time and why they are marching north before we can make a decision.

In addition, now our hundreds of thousands of troops have arrived near Xi'an City. No matter what, we must first attack Xi'an and capture Xi'an Mansion and other places.

As for Kaifeng Prefecture, Yuan Zongdi can be ordered to guard Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Zhengzhou and other important places to guard against the Yi army's continued westward advance. "

Having said this, Li Yan hesitated and said: "In addition, I hope that the king can order the frontline generals to try to rescue and resettle the victims who were displaced due to the Yellow River bursting its banks."

Li Zicheng couldn't help but frown slightly after hearing Li Yan's last words.

Liu Zongmin couldn't help but exclaimed.

"What! Now that the military rations are not enough, Military Advisor Li actually asked the king to use food to help the victims of the disaster in Kaifeng?!"

The rest of the people also had different expressions, and few seemed to support Li Yan's proposal to rescue the victims.

Niu Jinxing's eyes flashed and he said: "Brother Li, I know that Qi County has probably been hit by floods this time. We understand that you want to help the people in your hometown.

But you should also know how tight our food supply is. Many generals cannot have enough to eat, and many soldiers are even hungry.

Under such circumstances, where can we find food to help the victims in Kaifeng?

Not to mention, a considerable number of these affected people came from Kaifeng City and were the people who resisted our army before.Taking out food to help them, how is it different from supporting the enemy? "

Li Yan looked at Niu Jinxing in surprise.

Unexpectedly, this down-and-out person who was recommended by him to join the Chuang Army would say such vicious words to him.

Let me first say that he proposed disaster relief because he wanted to save his fellow villagers, and he was using public affairs for personal gain.He also said that aiding the victims was aiding the enemy, implying that he might have bad intentions in proposing this proposal.

Seeing Li Zicheng looking over with a sharp look, Li Yan quickly explained: "Your Majesty, helping the victims at this time will surely win the hearts of the people of Kaifeng. Kaifeng and other cities will be destroyed without attack!"

Niu Jinxing said strangely from the side: "The city of Kaifeng has been flooded, so a lot of money, food and goods are probably buried in the mud and sand at the bottom of the water. What's the point of taking it away?"

Li Yan wanted to say something else.

Li Zicheng interrupted him impatiently and said, "What we are discussing today is how to deal with the Yi army. Why are we arguing about rescuing the victims?"

Li Yan was angry and stopped talking for a while.

Niu Jinxing was not good at military strategy, and he also couldn't make any good suggestions.

Wang Linchen saw the opportunity and said: "Your Majesty, perhaps we can send troops from Henan Prefecture to go south and attack Nanyang, forcing the Yi army to withdraw."

Li Zicheng nodded, thinking that this could be considered a useful strategy.

Then, a group of military generals asked for battle one after another, expressing their willingness to lead their troops back to Kaifeng Mansion to fight against the Yi army.

Regardless of whether they can be selected or not, and whether they can defeat the Yi army when they go there, the generals have expressed their attitude of daring to fight.

Li Zicheng was very happy to see this, and immediately prepared to dispatch troops and generals to Kaifeng Prefecture to strengthen the garrison forces in Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Zhengzhou and other important places.

Although he was dissatisfied with Li Yan's proposal to rescue the victims, he still relied on Li Yan's strategy in military deployment.

As a result, before he could speak, some soldiers rushed to the outside of the tent on horseback, shouting "Kaifeng urgent report".

Therefore, Li Zicheng and others handed over the Kaifeng emergency report that had just been sent.

After reading it once, Li Zicheng's expression became strange, and then he looked at it carefully a second time, as if he wanted to prove that he had just seen it wrong.

But the text on the emergency report has not changed, it is still the same content.

Everyone in the tent looked anxious. Others were embarrassed to ask, but Liu Zongmin didn't care. He took two steps forward and asked, "Your Majesty, what happened in Kaifeng Mansion? It can't be that Xuzhou has been breached, right?"

Li Zicheng put down the urgent report and said thoughtfully: "Yuan Zongdi said that Chenliu and Qixian have also been lost. In addition, after the Yi army invaded the Chenliu area, they began to search and rescue the victims. It is likely that 10,000+ people have been searched and rescued so far. people.

Yuan Zongdi was worried that there was a major conspiracy behind the Wei army's move, and he didn't know how to deal with it, so he sent an urgent report to inquire. "

Hearing this, all the civil and military soldiers who broke into the tent immediately looked at each other.

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