Win the Ding 1617

The way Li Zicheng looks at Zhang Xianzhong now is far from the way he was when he went to Gucheng.It's a completely different angle, looking at a dilapidated household from the height of a rich nouveau riche.

The Eight Great Kings who used to have tens of thousands of soldiers, roamed between the Jianghuai River and the Han Dynasty, and haunted Sichuan, Huguang, and Shaanxi as if they were in no man's land, although their prestige has not diminished at this time, the strength behind them has suffered a lot.

Among the four adopted sons, Zhang Kewang was shot by an arrow, and Zhang Dingguo's war horse was shot to death by random arrows, and he fell off the horse and was almost trampled to death by the random horses.Zhang Nengqi and Zhang Wenxiu were slightly better, but they were still in shock.

The original elite soldiers and horses were lost.In the old battalion, the battalion was full of wounded soldiers, and the armored sticks, horses, and luggage suffered serious losses.

This is not the most fatal.

Zhang Xianzhong brought Li Zicheng here, in addition to thousands of scarred old battalions, behind him were Zuo Liangyu's 10,000+ troops, and Baoding Governor Yang Wenyue, Governor Ding Qirui's subordinate Hu Dawei and other general soldiers. Tens of thousands of people.

The Lang Zhong Shangjiong, who was called the old god by the army, treated the wound with iodine, and then applied the knife wound medicine, and then wrapped the wound with gauze and cotton. How do you look at the wound?"

"My dear! Old God, you really have a hand! It doesn't hurt as much as before!"

"Firstly, this wound medicine is most suitable for trauma, and secondly, the Eighth King, you are very lucky, but you were hit by two arrows. If you were hit by two guns, don't say that the students are called old gods by the army, they are real gods in the lower realm. I'm afraid it will be difficult to save you!"

After ordering his apprentices to pack up the equipment, Shang Jiong politely nodded to Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai, knowing that they must have important military affairs to discuss when they arrived, so he didn't say much, just got up and left.

"Hey! Yu'er, hurry up. Tell us, the old camp secretary, to send the pair of black rhino horns and a few ginsengs that your father collected to the old god! Old Shang, you think other things are vulgar things, but these are all ours. What Lao Zhang painstakingly collects are all good things for curing diseases and saving lives! Only you deserve to accept them!"

"Thank you Eight Great Kings!" Shang Jiong's voice was already in the courtyard of Yuewang Temple.

In the courtyard, Zhang Kewang, Zhang Dingguo, Bai Wenxuan and others.Standing in the courtyard with Baotou and crane arms, he listened to the discussion of the three marshals in the room.Beside them, the generals of Chuang Cao's family also listened calmly, lest they should be disturbed by any noise.

There were also exceptions. General Liu Zongmin walked in from the gate of Yuewang Temple with a hearty laugh.

"Maotang, Ning Yu, you are all here, that's good! The capital of the Eight Great Kings is all there. Then there is no problem! The banner of Xiying will not fall!" Walking closer, Liu Zongmin used his strong hands Holding the hands of Zhang Kewang and Zhang Dingguo, shaking them desperately.

"Xiao Wu, according to King Chuang's orders, have you delivered the grain, grass, wine, pigs and sheep, porcelain jars of meat, and the doctor's medicine to the Xiying brothers?"

"Back to the general post, Mr. Liu, they have already been sent there."

Liu Zongmin's high-pitched voice.Obviously alarming the three people in the room, Cao Cao stood at the gate. "Jiexuan, since you're here, let's come in and take a look at Jingxuan. Brothers are together, how can there be a tongue and teeth that don't fight? King Chuang doesn't say anything, let's figure out how to kill Zuo Liangyu, Hu Dawei is a bunch of bastards!"

Cao Cao didn't talk much, but he had a lot of information.

At the beginning, Li Zicheng was at the end of his career.He went to join Zhang Xianzhong, but he didn't expect that Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates planned to take advantage of others, so they annexed Li Zicheng.Fortunately, he was alerted by Li Zicheng's subordinates, and when they realized that something was wrong, they immediately left the camp.Although he got away with it.But the knot between the two families ended there.When they heard the news that Zhang Xianzhong had been defeated and came to vote, there were shouts from all over the camp, "You, Zhang Xianzhong, have today?!" The veterans of the eighth team, who had experienced the scene of being almost annihilated by fire, demanded to solve Zhang Xianzhong on the spot. !

However, from Cao Cao's words, Liu Zongmin discovered that Li Zicheng had already told Zhang Xianzhong about this old incident.

"Jiexuan, since you're here, let's meet and chat with Jingxuan, let's discuss how to deal with the officers and soldiers." Behind Cao Cao, Li Zicheng's calm voice came, which moved Liu Zongmin's heart. It seems that King Chuang also has to make up his mind. idea.

"That's good! I, Blacksmith Liu, haven't seen the Eight Great Kings for some days, and I'm about to have a good talk with him. Xiao Wu, I'll leave these monkey cubs from Xiying to you. You and Luo Hu must say hello to him." These little bastards." Amidst the laughter and cursing, Wu Ruyi led Zhang Dingguo and others to the main hall of Yuewang Temple to enjoy the cold, drink tea and have a snack to rest.Just wait for Li Zicheng and others to come to an agreement.

Before drinking hot tea and listening to Zhang Kewang's frothy bragging about their great achievements in moving to Sichuan, Huguang and other places, there was movement from the house where Miaozhu lived where Zhang Xianzhong temporarily stayed.

"Chuang Wang!"

"Eight Great Kings!"

A few personal soldiers rushed over, "Masters, the Grand Marshal, the General, the Eighth King, and Master Liu, the chief sentry, have come out!"

It was almost noon, the sun was just right, and the strong light was projected from the top of people's heads, illuminating everyone's faces very clearly.

Li Zicheng looked at the dozens of generals who came out of the main hall and broke into Caoxi's three houses. From the expressions on their faces, Li Zicheng nodded in satisfaction, "The military spirit is available, and I am not scared by the 10,000+ people of the old left." I broke my guts."

After motioning everyone to sit down, Li Zicheng said in a calm voice: "Everyone knows the current military situation. Zuo Liangyu, Ding Qirui, and Yang Wenyue have come here on the heels of the Xiying brothers. Now that they have come, don't let them go back empty-handed." Our rebel army who broke into Cao's family has been resting in Kaifeng for so long, and bought a lot of fine equipment, and now Jingxuan is here again. It is late spring now, although the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, the weather is also day by day It's getting hot, and the officers and soldiers have traveled long distances. We have taken advantage of the time and the location and harmony. It can be concluded that the total number of officers and troops is about 17; This is the first time that so many people have been mobilized on one battlefield!"

He clearly knew everything in front of him, smiled slightly, and glanced at everyone.Seeing that everyone agreed with his estimate of the number of officers and soldiers, he continued:

"Zuo Liangyu can be regarded as a general who can fight and lead troops in the army, otherwise, Jingxuan would not have been beaten so embarrassingly." But he didn't think he was disobedient. From Li Zicheng's voice, he heard the meaning of laying down the next step for him. Originally! The more you talk about the enemy, the more shameful it is for me to lose. Afterwards, The trick was learned by a group of people in Hollywood. Every time they shoot an American-themed film, they blow their opponents out of the sky. I won the final victory under the aura of the

"Now he is the general who suppresses the thieves. There are several generals and lieutenants who actually lead the troops to fight, and there are 12 troops. Ding Qirui and Yang Wenyue have 6 to [-] people. Although Yang Wenyue and Ding Qirui are our defeated generals, but Yang Wenyue The commander-in-chief under his command, Tiger..."

Zhang Xianzhong interjected: "Bear!"

Li Zicheng smiled, and continued: "Let's not say whether it's a bear or a tiger, this tiger is a majestic man, and he is also a commander in chief with combat experience. The news brought by Jingxuan, and our sentry cavalry fighting with the army Judging from the current situation, the morale of the officers and soldiers is also higher than in the past. In the face of a big enemy, we can't suffer from the word "underestimate the enemy". We must not underestimate the enemy! We say that there are several 10 troops. But we know in our hearts that After all, there are not many elite soldiers, and most of them came to us to make a living during the spring famine. How to fight this battle now, please listen to the opinions of the general and the eight kings."

Luo Rucai, who is known as Cao Cao, is a very good character.Although Zhang Xianzhong's men are not many at the moment, and most of them are injured, and he himself has suffered multiple injuries, but.But still let Zhang Xianzhong speak first.After a few words of politeness between the two, Luo Ru spoke about his battle plan.

He smiled confidently.Said: "In my opinion, it is not difficult to defeat the official army. As long as we are good at using tactics, we can call it a complete defeat without much effort."

Zhang Xianzhong twirled his big beard and laughed loudly: "You are the famous Cao Cao. You are resourceful and resourceful. Since you have a clever plan in mind, please tell it quickly. How do you think we can win a complete victory without losing troops? "

"It's very difficult to not lose any soldiers at all. In a war, there must be casualties. What I mean is: we can win a total victory with few casualties. This is the best strategy. The worst strategy is to fight hard and defeat the enemy."

"Although there are many officers and soldiers today, they are more capable of fighting than in the past, but they have certain points of defeat and are easy to be used by me. The three troops of Ding Qirui, Yang Wenyue, and Zuo Liangyu are really barely combined. Back then, Zuo Liangyu When he was only the commander-in-chief, he was arrogant and domineering and refused to listen to orders; now he is the general who suppressed the bandits, with a high status, how can he take Ding and Yang in his eyes? Although Ding is the supervisor and Yang is the governor, in fact We can't do anything to him. These three groups of people are like three ropes that cannot be twisted together, not just one rope. Damn it, we will seize their weakness and make them fall into our hands. We can temporarily stop attacking the enemy, As long as we use a little provocation and add military coercion, within a few days, the enemy will change internally, and then we will attack with all our strength, and we will be able to wipe out all the enemies without many fierce battles."

In history, there is a saying that Li Zicheng is good at attacking and Luo Rucai is good at fighting.That is to say, Li Zicheng is good at attacking cities, and Luo Ru is good at field battles.Regarding this point, Li Zicheng himself did not deny it.Now according to Luo Rucai's plan, he began to assign tasks to the soldiers of the three families.

Fighting weak enemies first, or eating persimmons to pick up soft ones, is the military principle of ancient and modern China and foreign countries. If you fight Yang Wenyue and Ding Qirui first, Zuo Liangyu will never send a single soldier as reinforcements.Therefore, Cao Cao's plan is to mobilize all the elite soldiers from Chuang Cao's family to attack Ding Qirui and Yang Wenyue, and don't send one to monitor Zuo Liangyu.

"Let's just build up the momentum here, scare Ding Qirui and Yang Wenyue, then run away and defeat them in one fell swoop in the wild! We'll deal with Zuo Liangyu later!"

"Maybe before we finish cleaning up the army of these two supervisors and governors, his old Zuo has already run away!" Zhang Xianzhong hung his arms and swore triumphantly. He was more than an old opponent like Zuo Liangyu. Li Zicheng has the right to speak.

After agreeing on a general strategy, the next step is to assign tasks to the three families.

The Chuang and Cao families now have nearly 20 soldiers, of which there are as many as 3 to [-] cavalry. In addition, each has a new army, the Zhenshan Camp of Chuangying, and the Chaohai Camp of Cao Ying.The two battalion heads are the treasures in the eyes of their respective commanders, and the number is about [-] to [-]. The horse soldiers, infantry, and firearms are all available, and most of them are elite.The collective name is Longhuying, which is known to all women and children in Shandong, clapping their hands or gnashing their teeth with hatred.

"Jingxuan, your west battalion is exhausted now, and most of them are wounded. According to my old Cao, they will follow the Generalissimo and deal with Ding Qirui and Yang Wenyue. Originally, you should go find them." The old Zuo avenged this arrow, don't worry! We finished fighting the two governors and supervisors. Let's deal with Zuo Liangyu! I plan to let my nephew Wang Long's Chaohaiying first, and Chuang Wang's subordinate Luo Hu’s Zhenshan camp, two troops went to check on Lao Zuo, and don’t beat him, just keep an eye on him, and don’t let him spoil our affairs!”

What Luo Rucai said was very pertinent, and it saved enough face for the arrogant Zhang Xianzhong.The Eight Great Kings couldn't help but stroked his beard and grinned loudly. "That's good! We know our own affairs! Now my Xiying troops really need a few days of recuperation, so that the brothers can slowly heal their wounds. However, Grand Marshal, General, our own brothers are welcome, if it is true When it's time to fight Zuo Liangyu, we, Lao Zhang, will leave it to you to dispatch, and we will fight wherever we are told!"

"Jingxuan." Sitting in the middle, Li Zicheng also faced Zhang Xianzhong with a smile, "The thousands of old battalions you left behind are the capital for you to make a fortune again, but you can't lose it casually. In this way, let nephew Ning Yu bring you Hundreds of people went to Xiao Huzi's camp to help him light. This little guy is more than brave in battle, but I am worried that he has fallen into the trap of the old left." Li Zicheng lowered his head and pondered for a while, then continued: " After we finish this battle, you pick [-] soldiers and horses from the conquest, and you pick those horses, equipment, and luggage first, and it's me and Lao Cao helping you."

What Li Zicheng said made not only Zhang Xianzhong very excited, but also Zhang Dingguo, Zhang Kewang, Ma Yuanli, Bai Wenxuan and others.Also very excited.Being able to pick out [-] soldiers, horses and equipment after the defeat of the three official armies is undoubtedly a great boost to Xiying's comeback!With these soldiers and horses and equipment, the soldiers and horses of the old battalion have regained their vitality, and the Eight Great Kings of the Xiying Camp are once again a resounding hero!

"Then, I'll assign the Yidougu and Crockpots under my control among the Henan rebels to your command. You will take them south to Jianghuai, to Nanzhili, Fengyang, and Huaiyang. Go shopping!"

Not only did Zhang Xianzhong strengthen his own troops, but he also allocated two troops from the Henan local rebel army to Zhang Xianzhong's control, which undoubtedly strengthened the strength of Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates.For people like Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, and Zhang Xianzhong, who have been fighting with swords and guns since the reign of Emperor Tianqi, have they never experienced or used methods such as mergers, blacks and blacks, and fire mergers?Handing over a bucket of grains and earthen pots to Zhang Xianzhong undoubtedly sent two fat sheep to the sharp blade of the Eight Great Kings, allowing him to dispose of them.

With the addition of [-] elite soldiers, and the addition of at least tens of thousands of people from Yidougu and Waguanzi, Zhang Xianzhong was immediately overjoyed. He slapped his thigh hard, "Marshal, General, I have you all!" Speaking of which, let’s not say let Lao Zhang go to Fengyang and Huaiyang for a stroll, just go to Nanjing, and burn down the Xiaoling Mausoleum of his old Zhu’s family, and we dare to tell you that it’s okay! "

After Li Zicheng sprinkled candies around Zhang Xianzhong, the big stick appeared when Zhang Xianzhong was giggling with candies in his mouth.

Niu Jinxing, the chief strategist of Chuangying who sat aside for a long while without speaking, tidied up his appearance and stood up, "Marshal, General, now that General Jingxuan is back, after our army wiped out Ding Qirui, Zuo Liangyu and other troops, General Jingxuan is about to go south to distinguish the strength of the army, should General Jingxuan be given an appropriate name?"

The play meat finally appeared!

If Zhang Kewang didn't have bad hands and feet, he would have pulled out his sword immediately and stabbed the sanctimonious and posturing guy in front of him with a sword!What gave Zhang Xianzhong a name? !Given this name, wouldn't the Eight Great Kings of Xiying become Li Zicheng's subordinates?Since the reign of Tianqi, the 72nd Battalion of the Thirteenth Army of the Shaanxi People's Army has been a loose alliance of brothers and partnerships.This is why those so-called surrendered thieves were the main force in the Ming army to deal with the peasant army.

However, if you let Zhang Xianzhong act in the name awarded to him by Li Zicheng, and go south to seek the Ming thief An Liangmin, isn't this tantamount to giving him Li Zicheng's momentum to fight the country? !No, absolutely not!

Zhang Kewang was about to speak up, but his handsome father blinked his eyes happily, "Okay! This is what it should be! I have to ask Mr. Niu and Mr. Li to give our old Zhang a good name! It must not be compared Lao Cao’s Dai Tian Fu Min Wei De General is sent, must be heard loudly, pleasing to the ear, and generous!"

Niu Jinxing just opened his mouth to say a few words of self-effacing, but was interrupted by Li Zicheng.

"Jingxuan, I'm afraid Brother Lin Quan won't be able to help you choose a title. Most of his subordinates are from the east of Henan. Right now, he has gone to various places to inform the villagers to avoid military disasters. There are righteous people who are willing to help us kill the officers and soldiers. We must wait until the officers and soldiers are defeated before going out to intercept and capture them."

It seems that Li Zicheng has already made arrangements for how to deal with Zuo Liangyu, Ding Qirui and other ministries, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and nodded to Zhang Dingguo, "Ning Yu, you are my son, we will send you in Xiying Go and see Zuo Liangyu with Wang Long and Luo Hu! When I finish fighting Ding Qirui and Yang Wenyue with you, Uncle Li and Uncle Cao, we will come and deal with you little guys together. Zuo Liangyu, that old dog!"

"Jingxuan, I'm afraid Wang Long won't be able to go too." A Cao Ying general hurried to Cao Cao, handed him a letter, and after whispering a few words in his ear, Cao Cao's expression also changed. .He hurriedly turned his head to inform Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong of the latest military situation.

The letter in Cao Cao's hand was written by Wang Long's good friends in Shandong, the two generals of Sanqianying and Shenjiying.The letter told Wang Long very cryptically.We received an imperial decree from the emperor's old man, asking us to win a battle within ten days to boost his morale.Not only us, even Zuo Liangyu, Ding Qirui and others opposite you have received the same order.

But we are good friends, and we don't plan to fight with you.In this way, you can discuss with your elders, temporarily withdraw from Kaifeng, and leave it to us for a few days.I will guard Kaifeng City for you, and you will do your best to deal with Zuo Liangyu in the south, that rabbit master.Wait until you finish fighting Zuo Liangyu.When returning to Kaifeng, we will retreat along the way.Return this ancient capital of the Central Plains to you!

So it is!In the end, it's just an old trick of soldiers coming and stealing, but it's just played a little bigger!

"Anyway, most of the property in Kaifeng belongs to the Li family of the Southern Guangdong Army. Our rebels used the 2000 million silver seized from Kaifeng to order the weapons, gunpowder and food for the Southern Guangdong Army for three years. It doesn't matter if we return the empty city to them I'm afraid, if we deal with Zuo Liangyu in the front, the eldest son of the Li family will jump up from behind and stab us fiercely!" Liu Zongmin stroked the handle of the treasured sword at his waist a little anxiously. "I've heard Xiao Luohu say that this Mr. Li is also a ruthless character who can lead troops to charge against Zheng Zhilong's artillery fire and take down several forts with bayonets!"

"Uncle Jiexuan! Don't worry!" Luo Hu's crisp voice came from outside the gate, "It was Mr. Li's idea to let us withdraw from Kaifeng. Moreover, people from Jingying said that they intend to continue doing business with us."

Jingying now has a way to make money.That is to smuggle Mongolian mules and horses into the inland through Shanxi merchants and sell them wantonly.Everyone knows that the world is in chaos today, and ordinary people can't afford things like mules and horses that are both valuable and require long-term careful breeding, and only military strategists can afford them.

"The envoy from Jingying said that they have more than 1000 mules and horses, and they are currently on the ground in Caozhou. If we give them Kaifeng, they will do this business with us!"

The eyes of all the three generals present were on Li Zicheng, waiting for him to make a final decision on whether to withdraw from Kaifeng and hand over the bloody battle-won city.

After pondering for a while, Li Zicheng finally made up his mind.He did not assign tasks to his generals, but looked around for Wu Ruyi, the chief of the Chinese army.

"Xiao Wu, it will fall on you. You and the people from Shandong will go to Caozhou and bring back the more than 1000 mules and horses. They will be fed with fine fodder. They will be handed over to Jingxuan's Xiying in a few days."

"Wang Long, you will work hard for our rebel army, station in Kaifeng, and discuss with your good friends how to hand over the city!"

"If Mr. Li wants to trick us, there are many ways to do this. You don't have to play with them. So, it's okay to leave Kaifeng to them for a few days!"

Li Zicheng gave this action a final definition, "Just in time, we can go south to deal with Zuo Liangyu without distraction!" (To be continued...)