Then he said with heartache: "This time Cao Ying suffered heavy casualties in the battle of Shangcai Ying. Uncle Luo, Yan Qing'er and Chengzu were all Cao Ying's old men accumulated over the years. In the end, nearly half of them were lost in one battle.
.Fortunately, Lao Li has promised me that half of the newly surrendered Baoding soldiers will be integrated into Cao's camp."
Ji shook his head and said: "Li Zicheng has evil intentions. These Baoding soldiers surrendered and broke into the camp, and all the officers and generals defected to Li Zicheng. At this time, he integrated the Baoding soldiers into Cao's camp, not necessarily to supplement Cao's camp, but to add strength to Cao's camp."
It’s like it’s mixed with sand.”
But Luo Rucai had no choice but to say: "No matter what Lao Li's purpose is, Cao Ying's current capital losses are too great. It is difficult to temporarily recruit some hungry people in Henan, so the only way is to accept the generous gift of Baoding soldiers first.
Otherwise, I don’t know how I will die next.”
Although the Allied Forces of Cao Cao defeated Yang Wenyue in the Battle of Shangcai Camp, the powerful Baoding soldiers killed King Chong and captured Fucheng, achieving a great victory.
However, the Baoding soldiers were only severely damaged but not annihilated. After Hu Dawei withdrew north to Yancheng, he collected the defeated troops and still retained the strength of five to six thousand men.
On the one hand, the coalition's own casualties were much greater than expected before the war. On the other hand, the losses of the official army failed to reach the pre-war estimates. Under the circumstances, the situation of the rebels was still very unfavorable.
While the coalition forces were resting and recuperating near Shangcai, Zuo Liangyu, who had been squatting in Xiangyang for half a year under the pretext of pursuing Zhang Xianzhong, finally went out and personally led his generals Jin Shenghuan and Ma Jinzhong into Henan Province with tens of thousands of troops from Shunyangyi.
Attack the rebels' retreat.
Fu Zonglong, the governor of the three sides, finally gathered the main force of the Qin soldiers in He Renlong and Niu Chenghu towns. Together with the troops of Henan Governor Li Xianfeng, they went south to the Xiangcheng area and formed a fighting force with the Baoding soldiers who retreated to Yancheng.
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This time, Fu Zonglong learned the lesson of Yang Wenyue's lone army defeat, and was very careful to wait until all the armies were gathered before joining the battle. He used the soldiers and soldiers organized by Henan patrol commander Gao Mingheng to set up tight defense lines in the Xiangcheng and Yancheng areas.
Block the way for the rebel army to advance, and try to work with the left army to trap the Cao coalition forces in Ruyang and Shangcai areas.
Li Zicheng summoned all the generals from the two camps of Chuang Cao and held a military meeting to discuss how to break out of the encirclement and look for opportunities to annihilate the official army.
Although it was after a great victory, the generals who attended the meeting showed no joy on their faces, and all looked heavy.
Everyone knows very well: Although the coalition forces defeated the official army in the Battle of Shangcai Camp, it did not change the unfavorable situation of being surrounded and blocked by the official army. Moreover, many backbones were lost and a lot of time was wasted, which made the Qin army and
The main force of the Chu army surrounded them.
Only Li Laiheng was overjoyed because he had just received a batch of red barbarian cannons sent by Cao Ying. After he sent Zhang Pili to fully inform Li Zicheng of the matter, Li Zicheng just laughed and replied that Li Laiheng should be more generous and accept it with confidence.
, lest Luo Rucai have any other ideas.
Niu Jinxing glanced at Li Zicheng first, and after he nodded, he told everyone a rare piece of good news: "Shen Wandeng, one of the three major bandits in Henan, is in Runing Mansion. When he was ill in the past, he was treated by Song's military advisor.
, and formed a little friendship. After Shen Wandeng heard the news that we defeated the official army in Shangcai, he led 2,000 people from the village army to surrender, which greatly increased the momentum of the rebel army."
Although Song Xiance was ugly and short in stature, he had a wide network of contacts in Henan's black and white circles. Even Shen Wandeng could be persuaded by him to help the coalition.
He introduced: "Shen Wandeng is a heroic man, with high prestige in the green forests of Henan, and he is also a local snake who is familiar with geography. Having him join the coalition forces to help in the war will make us even more powerful and greatly benefit the next hard battle."
Li Zicheng saw that after everyone heard the good news, the atmosphere was still quite dull, so he knocked on the table with his fingers and said: "In addition to Shen Wandeng, Yuan Shizhong from Xiaoyuan Camp is also harassing the rear of Yancheng. Fu Zonglong should not be able to go south with all his strength to encircle and suppress us. "
Although the news that Shen Wanteng came to join Yuan Shizhong to help in the battle was good news, it was not significant enough. Because the two men's soldiers were only about 2,000. Compared with the 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses surrounded by the official army, it was really small. It's not even a drop in the bucket.
Li Zicheng also knew that the gap between the strength of the enemy and ourselves was really huge, and Fu Zonglong was cautious in using his troops. He provoked the Qin army several times, but failed to attract the Qin army to advance. Now the rebel army has lost the opportunity to concentrate its forces and defeat them one by one. But if they fight head-on, there will be less than thirty thousand soldiers. It is absolutely impossible for the rebel army to defeat 50,000 to 60,000 officers and soldiers.
"Marshal..." Seeing the silence in the atmosphere, Li Laiheng took the initiative and said, "Zuo Liangyu has left Xiangyang. Is Huguang empty?"
Li Laiheng's words made all the generals present confused. Tian Jianxiu shook his head and said, "Do you mean to ask us to abandon Henan and enter Huguang? But it's not like we have never fought in Huguang before. Do we have to do it again this time?" Are you going to go into the mountains of Shangyun again?"
But Li Zicheng's eyes lit up and he said: "Yes! If Zuo Liangyu comes to Yuhui to suppress the enemy, then Huguang will be empty. As long as we seize the opportunity and break out in the direction of Huguang, the situation will definitely change."
Tian Jianxiu saw Li Zicheng's agitated look and retorted urgently: "Zuo Liangyu has tens of thousands of soldiers, but he only brought 10,000 to Henan. There are tens of thousands more scattered in various prefectures in Huguang. We are leaving Henan." As for Huguang, we are really going to repeat the mistake of being defeated in Shangluo Mountain!"
But Li Laiheng laughed and said: "Uncle Yufeng, who said that we are going to Huguang to break out?"
Tian Jianxiu became even more confused when he heard this, but Luo Rucai and Li Guo came to their senses at the same time, and they said in unison: "Chengtian!"
After the sudden death of Emperor Zhengde, since there was no heir to inherit the throne, under the planning of the chief minister of the cabinet Yang Tinghe, Zhengde's cousin Zhu Hou succeeded him, the Jiajing Emperor.
Emperor Jiajing was the grandson of Ming Xianzong, the nephew of Ming Xiaozong, the cousin of Ming Wuzong, and the son of Xingxian Wang Zhu.
The ministers of the court, headed by Yang Tinghe, the chief minister of the cabinet, believed that since Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty succeeded to the great sect from a small sect, he should respect the orthodoxy and regard Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty as the emperor. King Xingxian was renamed "Uncle Kao, King Xingxian". The mother-in-law, Jiang, was called the "Emperor's Aunt, the Grand Concubine Xingguo", and she called herself "Emperor Nephew" to her biological parents during the sacrifice.
As a result, a sensational "Great Ceremony Discussion" was triggered. The ministers in the court wanted Jiajing to recognize Zhengde's father, Ming Xiaozong, as his father, but Jiajing insisted on honoring his dead father, King Xingxian, as the emperor.
The "Great Ceremony Conference" finally ended with the appointment of the first assistant Yang Tinghe, and the victorious Emperor Jiajing changed the Anlu Prefecture of King Xingxian into Chengtian Mansion and rebuilt King Xingxian's mausoleum.
Therefore, Chengtian Mansion had a special status like Fengyang Mansion in the Ming Dynasty. There was a mausoleum there where Emperor Jiajing's biological father, Prince Xingxian, was buried.
If the rebel army breaks out in the direction of Chengtian Mansion, even if the officers and soldiers know that the rebel army's breakthrough is just to attack the east and west, they have to move their troops to Chengtian. Otherwise, if the Xianling Mausoleum is lost, none of the governors such as Fu Zonglong, Li Xianfeng, Yang Wenyue, etc. can bear the responsibility.