Daming wolf ride

Xinyang Prefecture, Runing Prefecture, Henan Province, Doumuling.

Lu Xiangsheng, the prime minister of the five provinces, climbed to the top of the mountain with great difficulty, looked forward, and couldn't help gasping. He saw that there were camps of rogues densely packed for tens of miles away. Surround Xinzhou City like a barrel.

"We were one step too late. It seems that the sweeping king Zhang Yichuan, Chuangtatian Liu Guoneng, Ge Liyan He Yilong, Zuojin king He Jin, Changing world king Xu Bian, Shetatian Li Wanqing, Hun Shiwan Ma Qingzhong and Gao Yingxiang have joined together." Lu Xiangsheng's face was full of worry, obviously feeling great pressure from the combined forces of several bandits.

Li Chongzhen, the commander of the Tianxiong Army who followed after him, gasped when he saw the camp of the rogue bandits. Hearing Lu Xiangsheng's words, he suddenly lost his voice and said, "In this way, there will be 30 or [-] bandits among the bandits. Young women and children, among the rogues there are hundreds of thousands of strong men, how do we fight this battle?"

Lu Xiangsheng sighed. Since he was appointed as the prime minister of the five provinces by the emperor, he tried his best to lead his troops to encircle and suppress the rogues in Jianghuai, but Zhang Xianzhong, the eight kings, broke into Huguang. The governor of Huguang, Wang Mengyin, is a waste. The one hundred thousand rogues let go of their mouths and let the rogues enter Sichuan. Lu Xiangsheng was so angry that he stomped his feet and cursed.

It is reported that Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong have been acting separately since they captured the central capital. Gao Zeng sent people to Zhending to contact the rogue old Huihui Ma Shouying and the living Cao Cao Luo Rucai. The pursuit of the coalition forces by the governors of five provinces and the prime ministers of five provinces.But for some reason, the old Hui Ma Shouying and the living Cao Cao Luo Rucai did not move south from Zhending to join Gao Yingxiang, but stayed in Zhending, Shunde, and Zhangde.Gao Yingxiang also changed his marching route to the Mianchi Ferry of the Yellow River, and instead led his troops from Chuzhou to the west, aiming directly at Huguang.

Lu Xiangsheng is the admiral of the military affairs of Zhili, Henan, Shandong, Sichuan, Huguang and other provinces. Before Zhang Xianzhong jumped into Huguang and entered Sichuan, he was already ashamed of the imperial court. Now Gao Yingxiang and several other big bandits successfully merged. This is a heart of self-blame It's even worse.

In the first ten days, Chang Ziyu and Shangshu accused Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng of being afraid of Gao Yingxiang and only fighting a small group of bandits, but they avoided fighting Gao Yingxiang, the biggest and strongest enemy.When Gao Yingxiang was entrenched in Guanzhong, Hong Chengchou patrolled Huayin and Weinan, causing Gao Yingxiang to break through Fufeng and leave calmly, while Hong Chengchou was still swimming in the south of the Wei River in Xianyang.Gao Yingxiang went to Runing and Shangcai, but Lu Xiangsheng went in the opposite direction, heading for Ye County and Biyang.Gao Yingxiang broke through Gwangju, but Lu Xiangsheng sat firmly in Xinyang.Chang Ziyu believed that Gao Yingxiang would never be destroyed, and the bandits would be hard to pacify.The general who is conquering and suppressing is so afraid of Gao Yingxiang, how can he calm down the bandits? Such a mentality is a great loss to the trust of the sage.

Being so accused, Lu Xiangsheng also had a lot of troubles. He once fought against Gao Yingxiang in Chuzhou, defeated more than 30 of them with 30 men, beheaded more than [-], and defeated more than [-] bandits with [-] cavalry in Luoshan. Beheading more than a thousand people and winning both battles is enough to prove that he is not afraid of Gao Yingxiang.But Lu Xiangsheng didn't want to go to Shushu to defend himself, because he was indeed timid towards Gao Yingxiang.Gao Yingxiang's team is different from other rogues. Although it is not the largest number of rogues, it is the most capable of fighting. Most of its veteran troops are from the Northwest Frontier Army. resourceful.Erjin joined forces with Sweeping King Zhang Yichuan, Chuangtatian Liu Guoneng, Ge Liyan He Yilong, Zuojin King Hejin, Changshiwang Xubian, Shetatian Li Wanqing, and Hunshiwan Ma Qingzhong to join forces in Xinyang. There are [-] people, more than [-] young and strong. On the other hand, under Lu Xiangsheng's command, except for the [-] Tianxiong army he started, there are only [-] cavalry under Zu Kuan's men. Such a thin force has to dominate nearly [-] people Gao Yingxiang, this situation is even more difficult than that of the Shu Road.

When Lu Xiangsheng looked at the generals under his command, they were all afraid, and his heart was even more bitter.Ai Wannian, the deputy commander in chief, died in battle, Zhang Quanchang, the commander in chief of Zhenyang, surrendered to the bandits, especially Cao Wenzhao, the commander in chief, died in battle, and with the fall of Fengyang, the capital of central China, the morale of the officers and soldiers in the encirclement and suppression was generally high Depressed, they are afraid of the rogues, and even the Tianxiong Army trained by Lu Xiangsheng is also afraid of the rogues now.

"The high-ranking thief is right in front of us, should we not fight this battle?" Lu Xiangsheng broke the silence.

All the generals of the Tianxiong Army were silent, and after a while, Zheng Shi, the deputy general of the Tianxiong Army, said: "Our army has only 1, but the enemy has 10,000+ young men who can fight, which is more than ten times our army. This battle cannot be fought."

Li Chongzhen said: "Looking at the situation of the thieves, they intend to capture Xinyang. The fortified city of Xinyang is short of siege equipment. The thieves will not be able to capture it for a while. It is better for the supervisor to write to the various places and ask them to send reinforcements to come. This way, there are more chances of winning. .”

Lu Xiangsheng smiled wryly, and asked Li Chongzhen: "Where are there any soldiers in Zhou Zuo who can fight?"

"This..." Li Chongzhen knew that he had made a slip of the tongue. There was indeed no troops to transfer in the southern part of Henan. There were new troops stationed in Fengyang, the central capital, but no one dared to transfer them. In case the bandits came again To attack Fengyang, even 1 heads would not be enough.There are soldiers in Nanjing, but these soldiers can't fight at all. Besides, it's hundreds of miles away. When Nanjing soldiers come, Xinyang may have been captured by rogues long ago.Far water can't quench near thirst, besides, the soldiers in Nanjing are not something that Lu Xiangsheng can mobilize.

Zheng Shi suddenly patted his head: "By the way, the troops of Governor Hong are in Luonan, Danfeng, and Lingbao. The governor can write to him and ask him to join forces to suppress Gao Yingxiang. These troops are not far away. , as long as they are willing to come, it will only take a few days."

Hearing this, Li Chongzhen shook his head and said: "Old man Hong only hopes that the rogues will not enter Shanshan and Shaanxi. Our supervisor is responsible for the matter in Henan. He would like to see our supervisor make jokes, so why would he send troops to help?"

Lu Xiangsheng also said: "Even if Hong Chengchou is willing to transfer the soldiers from Luonan and Lingbao to help me, but the rogues in the north are not fools, they won't take advantage of the opportunity to enter Shaanxi? At that time, old man Hong will not be able to stop the rogues from entering Shaanxi, and he must take responsibility for it." Push it on my head, forget it, don't count on him." Lu Xiangsheng didn't have a good impression of Hong Chengchou, he always felt that he was timid, there were more than a dozen generals and officers under his command, and [-] to [-] elite soldiers. I didn't see him making any moves, but he led the tens of thousands of people to conquer, exhausted.If I really lost in the hands of the rogues, I'm afraid that Hong Chengchou would gloat over his misfortune.Alas, a governor of five provinces and a prime minister of five provinces can be watched by the world. He, Hong Chengchou, doesn't want to compare himself, the prime minister of five provinces?Don't want people in the world, don't want the emperor to think that he is capable?Count on him to help yourself, stop dreaming.

Ning Jin's deputy general Zu Kuan, who had just rectified the cavalry brought from Ning Jin, had heard what Tianxiong and his generals said, and said: "Let's not count on reinforcements. We are too few to fight. .”

"That's right, we are outnumbered." Lu Xiangsheng looked at Zu Kuan, a general from the Guan Ning army, and asked him, "It's not easy to fight when we are outnumbered, but Governor Yuan once fought in the field outside the capital with an army. You will win with ten times as many enemies, General Zu, you are also involved in the battle of the capital, but I don't know how to explain that it is difficult to fight with so many enemies?"

Hearing Lu Xiangsheng mention Yuan Chonghuan, all the generals of Tianxiong changed their colors. Not everyone can mention Yuan Chonghuan's name, which is a taboo.

Zu Kuan was also taken aback, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, that day Governor Yuan led us to win ten victories with one or the Eastern Captive Tartar soldiers, and the internal thieves are even more insignificant. But our army has been out of food for three days, and we only rely on porridge and wild vegetables every day. Sustain, soldiers..."