Chapter 141 Situation

"Don't forget that there is a King of Zhou in Kaifeng, a governor, and a general soldier."

Zhu Bingkun added: "These people are obstacles."

Zheng Wu nodded slightly: "You and I both know the Lord's intention. The first is the famous weapon, and the second is the people's support. Therefore, we must defeat the intruders. Only when the merit is great will the emperor be generous. As for the people's support, we must defeat them. , Lao Jiu is right, the harder it is for them, the easier it will be for us. We still have to let the intruders surround Kaifeng."

Then he said: "Compared to Sun Chuanting, I think the intruder has a greater chance of winning. If the intruder defeats Sun Chuanting, he will definitely attack with a great victory. In this case, he must strike first to be stronger."

Zhu Bingkun and Zheng Jiu both groaned after hearing this.

After a while, Zhu Bingkun said: "Old Zheng means... Yuzhou?"

Zheng Wu nodded: "That's Yuzhou. Let's be prepared. If the intruders win, we will attack Yuzhou first and destroy Yuan Zongdi. In this way, even if the intruders defeat Sun Chuanting, they may not have the courage. Dare to turn around and attack you and me."

"What if Sun Chuanting wins?" Zheng Jiu said suddenly.

Zhu Bingkun laughed: "Where is your lord now?"

Zheng Jiuyi was startled: "Could it be..."

"Since my lord has left the Crescent Valley and gone north, but has not reached Xiangcheng, it is clear where he is going." Zhu Bingkun said: "Although Sun Chuanting came unexpectedly, how could he not know the lord once he arrived in the north?"

Zheng Wu and Zheng Jiu couldn't help but think so.

Zhu Bingkun said again: "I once heard my lord talk about Sun Chuanting. Tao is the last pillar of the Ming Dynasty. If my lord does not support the Ming Dynasty, even if he admires this person, he will not delay the important matter. Sun Chuanting wants to win, haha, it is impossible."

He said: "You and I only need to focus on the focus, and you don't need to think too much about other things."

...

As soon as Sun Chuanting arrived, Li Zicheng couldn't sit still.

Li Zicheng suffered a big loss at the hands of Sun Chuanting, which was a few years ago. When Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou were ordered to supervise Shanxi to suppress bandits, they were both powerful characters. Together, they almost killed Li Chuang.

Li Chuang had a deep understanding of Sun Chuanting's power.

Therefore, when he heard that Luoyang had fallen, Li Zicheng hurriedly divided his troops and asked Tian Jianxiu to stop Sun Chuanting, while he ordered Yuan Zongdi to garrison Yuzhou to defend Xiangcheng.

As soon as Tian Jianxiu and Yuan Zongdi separated their troops and left, the Kaifeng garrison became active. Chen Yongfu repeatedly led his troops out of the city to attack and kill, and Li Zicheng was so angry that he wanted to cut him into pieces.

Li Zicheng hated Chen Yongfu for a long time. Why did Li Zicheng become a one-eyed dragon? The culprit was Chen Yongfu.

But Chen Yongfu was cautious, and Li Zicheng's many designs failed to lure Chen Yongfu into the trap.

When Li Zicheng received the news that Ruzhou and Baofeng had fallen and the officials he appointed had been killed, he became uneasy. On the advice of Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance, he broke camp and went south to personally lead an army to attack Sun Chuanting.

As soon as Li Zicheng left, the siege of Kaifeng was temporarily lifted. The king of Zhou and the governor were relieved.

But we all know that this is only temporary.

When Sun Chuanting came out of Tongguan, he had already spread the word in all directions. Kaifeng had already had correspondence with Sun Chuanting. Kaifeng knew how many soldiers and horses Sun Chuanting had and whether his preparations were sufficient, so he did not have absolute confidence.

But the opportunity is right in front of you, so you have to struggle no matter what.

So after some discussion, Chen Yongfu was sent to lead a group of troops out of the city to meet Sun Chuanting to increase Sun Chuanting's winning rate. On the one hand, he conveyed it to Xiangcheng in the form of an official document and ordered the troops and horses in Xiangcheng County to cooperate.

Of course, if you hit a shot with Zao Zao, you will also convey the corresponding news to Hou Xun's troops on the north bank.

Speaking of which, this is indeed a good opportunity. Sun Chuanting led the intruders away. If Ying Yi's soldiers and horses from Xiangcheng County cooperated at this time, Hou Xun's soldiers and horses would also immediately cross the river and go south. In the end, no matter how they fought, the situation in Kaifeng would not be worse than before.

If the three troops cooperate properly, they may not be unable to defeat the intruders.

But what is worrying is that Hou Xun, who was the first to receive the news, still has no movement. As for Xiangcheng County, let alone that.

Without one heart, this battle cannot be fought.

Li Zicheng seems to be powerful, but the current situation is not easy for him. He was also worried that Hou Xun would take advantage of the situation and go south, and he was even more worried that Xiangcheng's soldiers and horses would cooperate with Sun Chuanting.

Therefore, Li Zicheng had a vague desire to retreat.

If Hou Xun went south and sent troops to Xiangcheng, he might just run away. But he was unwilling to do so. It was already the third time he had attacked Kaifeng, and with such a great momentum, if it still ended in an anticlimactic manner, he might not be able to bear the setback to his great cause.

While personally leading his troops south, he was also waiting and watching.

Knowing that Hou Xun had not moved and Xiangcheng remained as it was, Li Zicheng cheered up and decisively abandoned most of his followers. He took only 20,000 elite old thieves with him, took the opportunity to attack, and arrived near Jiaxian overnight.

Tian Jianxiu suffered a defeat and retreated to the Funiu Mountains branch east of Jiaxian County, where he joined forces with Li Zicheng.

"We, the old man, only brought the elite old battalion with us this time." Li Zicheng put his hands on his hips and said, "We need to be very quick with our troops. Let's kill the bastard Sun Chuanting first."

This is Li Zicheng's strategy.

Looking at the current situation, looking at the overall situation, he is still surrounded by three parties. If the three parties cooperate properly, it will be difficult for him to jump out from the middle.

Therefore, we must concentrate, clench our fists, solve one group first, and open up the situation.

"We don't know about that coward Hou Xun, and have never dealt with him. But the Ming thief in Xiangcheng is not an easy person. Therefore, we must hurry up and don't delay. Kill Sun Chuanting first, and when the Ming thief in Xiangcheng reacts, I have already A big victory, when the time comes you can fight if you want, and leave if you want."

The more Li Chuang talked about it, the more proud he became: "Yuan Zongdi is in Yuzhou. When we, the old boss, destroy Sun Chuanting, we will send our troops south, get behind his doggy ass, attack Yuan Zongdi from both sides, and give him a hard blow." One moment. Kill this bastard."

"Chuang Wang Yingming!"

"The master of King Chuang's destiny is just a thief, it's nothing to say!"

A large number of flatterers came over, and Li Chuang's face lit up when he heard this, and he said: "When the Ming thieves in Xiangcheng are destroyed, hehe, the world is so big, I wonder what the Chongzhen Dog Emperor can do to me? Kaifeng, huh, we old man Zi has already figured out a way to make that bastard King Zhou and the bastard governor suffer a big loss!"

The troops and horses were now being prepared and rested, the soldiers and horses were well fed, and preparations for the attack were in full swing.

"Tomorrow morning, kill Sun Chuanting!"

Sun Chuanting was unaware of the intruder's movements at first. However, Sun Chuanting's camp was heavily fortified. Even if Li Chuang attacked at night, he might not be Sun Chuanting's opponent. Speaking of which, night attacks are not a strong point for soldiers like bandits. Because there is no discipline, night raids can do more harm than good.

Sun Chuanting only learned of the arrival of the intruder at dawn.

But Chen Yongfu hurriedly hurriedly arrived.

"Supervisor, I will come with the intruders at the end. I saw all the intruders on the way. I was afraid that the intruders would be very fast, so I didn't dare to neglect, so I came immediately at night."

Chen Yongfu said: "Now that the governor is here, the King of Zhou and the governor have also summoned the governor of Hebei. In addition, Xiangcheng Ying is commanding the troops and horses. The intruders are having trouble sleeping and eating. I'm afraid he wants to concentrate his efforts and defeat them first. An idea."