After Li Zicheng led the main force of the Breaking Army northward from Xiong'er Mountain, the pressure on Li Laiheng and Liu Fangliang, who stayed in Nanyang to contain the government troops, increased. They tried to break out from the Nanzhao County area several times, but were blocked by the powerful government troops. Fortunately, they tried to break out from the Nanzhao County area.
At the critical moment, Xiao Yuan's battalion, which was originally active in Guide Prefecture and Fengyang Prefecture Bozhou, marched westward and reached Linying, punching the officers and soldiers in the waist.
Baoding Governor Yang Wenyue and General Hu Dawei and other elite troops were forced to return to rescue Liang and Song Dynasties. Only then did Li Laiheng and Liu Fangliang have sufficient room for maneuver. They persisted until Li Zicheng raided Lingbao County and forced
When most of the army went north to encircle and suppress.
In order to further strengthen the coordinated operations with Xiao Yuan's camp, Li Laiheng sent Mr. Fang Yiren and Mr. Liu Jingting to the Linying area to persuade Yuan Shizhong and the Chuang army to formally form an alliance. The two sides would jointly deal with the "Chuang army" stationed in Ye County and Wuyang County.
Liu Guoneng, "The Sky Collapses", and Li Wanqing, "The Sky Collapses".
This journey was very hard. They first returned to Nanzhao County and heard from the defenders that Li Laiheng and others had captured Yuzhou. After the main force was transferred to Zhoucheng, they rushed to Yuzhou from Nanzhao County. Mr. Liu Jingting was already old.
Traveling all the way made his body really unbearable, so he stayed in Nanzhao County to rest.
Only Fang Yiren, tired of his travels, rushed to Yuzhou to report the mission to Li Laiheng.
"Haha, Leshan, look at you, you look so slovenly! I have prepared meals, warm tea and hot water, and a set of thin cotton robes for you, so you can have a good rest in a while!"
Fang Yiren was originally a son of a noble family, but after hanging out with the Little Tigers for so long, his acceptance of the environment has increased by an unknown amount.
He smiled and said: "No need to worry about the post, fortunately, I will not disgrace my mission."
"It seems that the negotiations with Xiao Yuanying were very successful? Please tell me about it."
Fang Yiren sat down first, then took a sip from the tea cup and introduced slowly: "This Yuan Shizhong originally raised troops on the north bank of the Yellow River, but after crossing the Yellow River, he mainly moved between the Liang and Song Dynasties. Because he was originally in Bozhou,
There was another Yuan Laoshan who revolted earlier than him, so Yuan Laoshan's troops are called Lao Yuan Camp, and his troops are called Xiao Yuan Camp."
"What kind of person is Yuan Shizhong?"
"This man has many advantages. He is quite disciplined in the military, and he also uses some scholars. He is much smarter than the ordinary Henan bandits. I feel that he is similar to Li Jiyu, and is far better than Dazhong."
Fang Yiren then thought about it for a while and said: "Yuan Shizhong should be slightly literate. I have seen him discussing the past and the present with some scholars, and I have also seen him personally issue several military orders. Generally speaking, Yuan Shizhong is not like a green forest hero, but a few
Very elegant."
Li Laiheng pondered: "Well... these are all good things, what about other aspects?"
"The bad side... I see that there are many talented people in Xiao Yuan Camp, but these people were only rescued by Yuan Shizhong and did not make any suggestions for Xiao Yuan Camp. They seemed to be just living in the camp and eating free food. These scholars often communicated with Yuan Shizhong
He talks about the power of the imperial soldiers and advises him to seek recruitment as soon as possible and take the right path."
Li Laiheng laughed and said: "So in your opinion, is Yuan Shizhong Chao Gai or Song Jiang?"
"In my opinion, Yuan Shizhong is more like Zhang Shicheng. He is ambitious and will never be content with the status quo, but he is also obsessed with small profits in front of him and is very interested in the court's recruitment. Is Yuan Shizhong a hero in Gaoyou or a Wu who became the Yuan Dynasty?
King, it all depends on the changes in the situation and the skill of the commander."
"Hahaha, Leshan, what are you talking about? Comparing Yuan Shizhong with Zhang Shicheng! The meaning is far-reaching..." There were no secrets between Li Laiheng and Fang Yiren. He rolled his eyes at Fang Leshan and continued to ask, "
Let’s get back to the topic, since you said you will fulfill your mission, it seems that Yuan Shizhong agreed to help us attack the flank of Ye County?”
"Is it true that Yuan Shizhong is blocked by Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong to the east, Zhu Dadian, the governor of Fengyang, is blocking his way to the south, and the Yellow River and Kaifeng City are to the north. He has no way to go, so he can only go with him.
Let’s work together to develop westward.”
Fang Yiren continued: "Commander, Yuan Shizhong has agreed. Xiao Yuan Camp will send troops from Linying to attack Ye County to the west. But he also admitted frankly that although Xiao Yuan Camp has many soldiers and horses, most of them are just ordinary refugees.
That's it. Compared with the army, there are only more than a thousand soldiers, so it cannot play a decisive role."
"Since he said that, it seems that he is willing to send troops, but he is absolutely unwilling to deal with Liu Guoneng's main force? Well, Liu Guoneng is a traitor to us Shaanxi people, and it should be left to us Shaanxi people to clean up the family!"
Then Li Laiheng asked Zhang Pilu to take Fang Yiren to rest first. Gao Yigong and Guo Junzhen over at the school grounds had also finished handling the public trial. In the end, they probably killed more than 30 people after the trial, which was more than Li Laiheng expected.
The number was smaller, but the public trial still had an extremely enthusiastic response among the people.
"In the late Ming Dynasty, it was human rights enough to judge you before killing you!"
After Li Laiheng complained about himself, he looked at the red faces of the people on the streets of Yuzhou, smiled, and thought: I wonder if there is still a chance to bring Chongzhen to trial? It would be best to be able to bring Huang Taiji and Dorgon to trial!
It is gratifying that Hong Chengchou, Kong Youde, Wu Sangui and others should also wear high hats and parade through the streets together. As for the public trial, the more the better!
When he returned to the prefectural office, he saw Liu Fangliang, Liu Rukui, Gao Yigong, Hao Yaoqi, Guo Junzhen and other generals gathered together, all waiting for Li Laiheng to agree on the final plan for attacking Ye County.
"Have you all been waiting for a long time? Master Liu, I heard Waiqi said that Liu Guoneng was once your brother-in-law? How old is he?"
Liu Guoneng was much more powerful than Li Wanqing. He was originally a front-line commander in the rebel army. In the past, when the Chuang Army fought with him in Shanxi, Liu Zongmin and Liu Fangliang even linked up with Liu Guoneng and became brothers.
Liu Fangliang did not dare to ignore his old friend and brother, and replied: "Chuang Taotian is not only a strong soldier, but also brave and careful. Zhang Xianzhong was defeated miserably at Agate Mountain because he suffered a big loss from Liu Guoneng. He is more brave in martial arts."
No worse than Li Wanqing, and Liu Guoneng has a bad habit, that is, since he surrendered to the imperial court, he has believed in death and attacked the rebels more ruthlessly than any other official army."
Gao Yigong also lamented: "Uncle Neng... Liu Guoneng and his men are mostly from Yan'an. Many of them are not only friends with the old brothers who broke into the camp, but many of them are even relatives. Now they have to use weapons."
See you again, alas!"
Li Laiheng smiled and consoled him: "It's definitely not our fault. There are still so many people in the world who don't have enough to eat and can't survive. It's not that God didn't give Chongzhen a chance, but he did it again and again.
Opportunities fell to the ground, who could do anything? Liu Guoneng lost his head and devoted his allegiance to Chongzhen, a king who was incompetent, talentless and could only talk nice empty words. He was stupid. And he became a traitor and formed a blood feud with the rebels.
, you can’t blame us for wanting to kill him.”
Then he asked Zhang Pili to introduce to everyone the new news brought back by Fang Yiren. After Liu Fangliang and Gao Yigong listened, they both agreed to the plan to attack Ye County together with Xiao Yuanying.
Only Guo Junzhen squinted his eyes and said: "Little Yuanying must have his own intentions. I think they lingered between Liang and Song Dynasties for a long time, and they may not have the intention to go to Nanyang. Maybe they just used us to attack Ye County to attract the attention of the army.
I want to use my strength to give myself a chance to return to Germany and Bozhou."
In Li Laiheng's impression, in later history, Xiao Yuan Ying had indeed been active in the Ying, Gui, and Bo area for a long time. But after thinking about it carefully, he still said: "Little Yuan Ying may be able to work with us, but no matter what their movements are, as long as they don't surrender to
Once the official army and Xiao Yuan camp move, they will always contain part of the official army and provide convenient conditions for us to deal with Liu Guoneng."
"Master Liu, Beiwu Crossing is the key point. It's up to you, Master, to personally go out and attack over a long distance to block Beiwu Crossing."
Beiwudu is one of the most important strongholds in the area between Wuyang and Ye County. As long as the intruder army can seize Beiwudu first, it will not only separate the official army, but also cut off the possibility of Liu Guoneng's escape.
Liu Fang nodded his head. He and Li Laiheng were equal in status. They were both sentries in charge, so they also had a say in the overall tactical deployment.
He looked at the map and asked Zhang Pizhu about the strength of Xiao Yuan's camp, and then said: "The county seat of Ye County has been reinforced by Liu Guoneng many times. If he holds the county wall, it will be difficult for us to accept it. But Ye County City
If it is small, there must be no food for Liu Guoneng's thousands of troops, and a surprise force should be used to attack the grain road transporting rice and wheat from Nanyang Fucheng and Kaifeng to Ye County."
"Well, that's right! Is this an oversight on my part? Master, you should have thought more carefully."
"Liu Guoneng still has at least two to three thousand men who can fight. According to Junzhen, Li Wanqing may have brought back several hundred men. They are all veteran generals and should not be ignored. If we hold on to the city, we will have four thousand men."
It is absolutely impossible to win the battle against the sky."
Li Laiheng finally knocked on the table and said, "Follow the master's instructions and destroy his food route, forcing him to leave the city and fight with me."
In fact, Li Laiheng had a more sinister idea in his mind that he didn't say directly. He heard Liu Fangliang speak in detail about Liu Guoneng's personality and character. He knew that since Liu Guoneng surrendered to the court, although he prided himself on being loyal to the emperor and patriotic, he was under Zuo Liangyu's command.
The gentry in Henan and Hubei hated Zuozhen's rebel army and did not dare to criticize Zuo Liangyu, so they vented their anger on Liu Guoneng, who never refuted and was loyal and obedient.
If the invading army was specifically destroying the gentry's estates near Ye County, Liu Guoneng would probably have to fight against the city under the pressure of those gentry.