Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

"Chuangwang! We really missed a good opportunity this time! If our main force doesn't run away and follow Chengzu and the others to press over, that Butcher Cao probably won't be able to get away unscathed, and the main force of the official army will also We may be defeated by us, maybe we all have the chance to take down Luoyang City!" Luo Rucai said with joy, "Tsk tsk! There is a prince of the dog court in Luoyang City! I heard that he is the uncle of the dog emperor, so The gold and silver treasures in the palace must be piled up like a mountain!"

Gao Yingxiang felt a little funny when he saw Luo Rucai's appearance. He joked, "Say it yourself! How many times have you said this on the way? I can hear the calluses in my ears! However, I think Brother Luo likes it. Not gold and silver treasures, but those concubines and princesses in the palace!"

Luo Rucai was in a good mood, so he wasn't offended by Gao Yingxiang's jokes at all. He smiled cheerfully and said, "All of them! All of them!"

"Alas!" Gao Yingxiang sighed, and persuaded, "We heroes should not be obsessed with women's bellies, you see, all the women in your camp are No. 60! You should also take care of it La!"

Luo Rucai replied nonchalantly, "King Chuang! Brother, that's what I want! My ancestors have been poor for eight lifetimes, and now we should live a more comfortable life."

Seeing Luo Rucai's attitude, Gao Yingxiang couldn't persuade him anymore, so he changed the topic: "Anyway, the Eighth King is coming soon, so you brothers should have a good chat!"

At this moment, Zhang Xianzhong, who had just walked to the door of the big tent, shouted: "What are you talking about? I seem to have heard something about the prince and princess!"

"Your ears are quite good!" Luo Rucai immediately smiled and said to Zhang Xianzhong, "Just now King Chuang and I were talking about the princess of the palace in Luoyang City."

"That's not called a princess, but a princess! You Cao Cao is ignorant!" Zhang Xianzhong scolded with a smile.

"It doesn't matter who she is, as long as she is a woman." Luo Rucai's words caused the three of them to laugh.

After Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai's troops went south, they reunited with Zhang Xianzhong's troops near Ruzhou. Today they happened to meet with other leaders to discuss the next move.

And after entering Henan for the second time.The core of these leaders had no losses, and their personnel and supplies had been greatly expanded, so after meeting, these leaders began to show off their respective gains.But as they talked, they talked about the Ming army that made them all suffer.

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"Cao Cao, you guessed wrong this time. This official army is called the Runing Army, which is the coalition army of Runing, Nanyang, and Guide." Zhang Xianzhong introduced, "Although this official army is very good at fighting, its generals He's a young man in his early twenties, he's greedy for money, and he's good at preserving his power. But as long as we don't get close to his territory, he won't come out to fight."

"Oh? I didn't expect there to be such a general in the mainland, and he could train such a strong army!" Luo Rucai said in surprise.The other leaders here also have the same idea as Luo Rucai.It was not uncommon for the military officers in the Ming Dynasty to be greedy for money and preserve their strength. What is rare is that there are military officers who will go to train well.

In fact, Zhang Xianzhong at this time also understood that Wu Shigong used a tactic to delay the attack on him.It was to get away in Ruzhou and return to Guide Mansion.But Zhang Xianzhong gave tens of thousands of taels to support Wu Shigong's strategy of delaying the army.This made Zhang Xianzhong's mouth full of bitterness, and this kind of embarrassing thing could not be explained clearly.It's so full of bitter water that I can't pour it out!

But after all, the peasant rebel army has been rebelling for so long.The Ming army elites they encountered were not one or two, so after learning about the situation of the Runing Army, they then began to discuss their respective action plans.

At this time, Luo Rucai first proposed to return to Shaanxi.Luo Rucai is a person with a strong sense of hometown. In his opinion, if he can't be majestic in front of the villagers when he is strong and strong, it is really a night walk in brocade clothes!

There was no chief objection to Luo Rucai's idea.Li Zicheng and the old Hui Hui who stayed in Shaanxi were somewhat weak.With the addition of Luo Rucai's department, the situation in Shaanxi and Gansu can be twisted, and Hong Chengchou's army that enters Henan can be entangled.

Then some leaders proposed to cross the Yellow River north to Shanxi.But this proposal was immediately rejected.In a few months, the Yellow River will thaw.When the time comes to be surrounded and suppressed by the Ming army, the peasant rebel army will have little room to maneuver.Besides, these leaders of the peasant rebel army still have fresh memories of being besieged here at Mianchidu more than a year ago.

Then there is only one direction.It is to enter the Xiangfan area of ​​Huguang through Nanyang Mansion.But at this time, Zhang Xianzhong suddenly proposed a bold plan, that is to cross the Runing Mansion and capture Fengyang.

Zhang Xianzhong said this: "No matter what path our rebel army takes, it is the same old path we have repeatedly walked, and the gains along the way must not be much. And Fengyang is the hometown of Emperor Dog, where there are countless gold and silver treasures, food and grass. It is piled up like a mountain. Besides, we have a lot of personnel, so it is better to divide the troops into several groups to cooperate with each other and contain the officers and troops."

"What we are worried about is the Runing army, but it is now fighting against the two brothers Guotianxing and Hengtianwang at the border of Guide and Huaiqing, and they will not be able to return to the Runing mansion for a while. The defense there must also be empty .”

"As long as we don't get entangled in the cities along the way and speed up our pace with a large number of people, we can quickly pass through Nanyang Mansion and Runing Mansion. Avoid the return aid of the Runing Army."

"Think about it again, if we take down Fengyang, the morale of our rebel army will be greatly improved! It will be much easier to recruit people in the future. Moreover, the dog court never thought that we would take down Fengyang. This way Although it looks a little dangerous, it is completely beyond the expectations of those dog officials, but it is very safe!"

Zhang Xianzhong's plan immediately aroused fierce debate among the leaders, but most of the leaders still opposed the plan, because they really did not want to fight against the Runing Army anymore.

However, after the meeting, Zhang Xianzhong was approached by powerful leaders such as Sweeping King and Taiping King. They were willing to work with Zhang Xianzhong's troops to conquer Fengyang, the central capital of the Ming Dynasty.

So on the ninth day of the first lunar month, the main force of the peasant rebel army entered Nanyang Mansion.Although they did not attack Nanyang Fucheng, Zhang Xianzhong's troops deliberately entered a place about twenty miles away from Ye County to test the reaction of the Runing Army.

Shumo and Chuge stationed in Ye County immediately defended with the whole army, and sent fast horses to report to the headquarters of the Runing Army.Zhang Xianzhong saw that the entire Runing Army retreated, so he sent a large number of scouts into the Runing Mansion to investigate, and determined that the Runing Mansion was empty.

On the 15th, [-] people from Zhang Xianzhong, King Sweeping, and King Taiping broke away from the main force of the peasant rebel army, bypassed Ye County, and quickly came towards Runan. (To be continued..)