After seeing through the situation, Li Yan had a bottom in his heart, and immediately ordered to return to the camp on the north bank of the Ma River to rest, stick to the defense line to wait for the order of the little eunuch, and hated Liu Fangliangyin He learned that he retreated to the small city of Xushui more than 30 miles away and camped, so he agreed to lead his troops south tomorrow morning, so that the defense line could be pushed south to expand the buffer zone, and the tactics could be changed to attack and defend.

In the middle of the night, when Li Yan was still discussing with Jia Waixiong and others about the advance of the army tomorrow, a scout sent an exciting piece of information and contacted Zhou Yujibu.

Everyone is overjoyed, you must know that at this time, Baoding Mansion is hundreds of miles away from the killing machine ambush, the officers and soldiers and the thieves are densely packed in it, infiltrating each other and ambushing, many scouts sent out if there is no return, either killed or captured, to the west road to contact Zhou Yuji's scout Li Yan sent a total of six roads for a few days without news, I thought that the stone sank into the sea, but now there is a surprise.

Knowing that Zhou Yujibu had quietly sneaked into the territory of Mancheng in the northwest of Baoding City, everyone was happy and convinced, and tens of thousands of horses were able to escape from the tiger's mouth and go around unconsciously in front of them, which is very comparable in courage and perseverance.

This news made Li Yan and the others feel extremely excited, all the soldiers and horses were already in place, and when it was time to really wrestle their wrists, he believed that in a few days, the little eunuch would have a big move, that is, he would close the net.

The camp of the thief army on the south bank of the Qingshui River, Li Zicheng's commander's tent and all the generals gathered here to discuss the matter, and Li Guo and Luo Hu, who went to Dingzhou to find revenge in Dingzhou a few days ago, also came back.

The little eunuch is in the northern defense line, the head of the thieves unanimously thinks so, the reason is very sufficient, the little eunuch is the big boss of the Dongchang Taiyuan, he will inevitably return to Beijing in the first battle, it just so happens that this time Li Yanbu came from the north, and secondly, according to the information obtained by the officers and soldiers to capture the officers and soldiers scouts, the little eunuch did appear in Dingxing County.

And the most direct evidence is just here, Liu Fangliang fought and lost again, and the straw that defeated him was a large number of multi-armored cavalry, which was no different from the men and horses of the little eunuch who appeared under Baoding City that day!

Liu Fangliang's re-defeat made Li Zicheng and the others very surprised, after all, in addition to cannon fodder, there are also the elite of his and Gu Ying's descendants this time, how can it be so unbearable, and the total number of officers and soldiers is only more than 10,000, but there are nearly 30,000 on their side!

The little eunuch really has two brushes, and Taiyuan is not unjust if he is defeated, Li Zicheng has dared to face the fiasco after more than a month of recovery, and he is ashamed and brave, but he suddenly feels that the current situation seems to be as simple as he thinks about it.

Although Baoding City has been under his control at this time, he can take it at any time, but in order to attract four officers and soldiers to reinforce the set, according to the intelligence that the officers and soldiers of Hejian Mansion are nested in the city and do not come out, occasionally a small group of people and horses show their faces in the surrounding area and withdraw, not daring to step into the territory of Baoding Mansion, it can be seen that its wait-and-see mentality is not afraid, the reinforcements of Zhou Yuji on the western front were chased and fled into the deep mountains, and the turtles could not retreat, although the officers and soldiers of the northern line had a small eunuch in charge, even if they saw through their tricks, there was nothing to break.

However, the officers and soldiers in the southeast repeatedly surprised him, which made him feel faintly uneasy, thinking that he would not dare to cross the border from Dezhou, but he raided Jizhou overnight, thinking that he would stop, but he killed Ningjin to the border of Zhaozhou in one day and one night, what was the intention, which made Li Zicheng puzzled, he really had the courage to go one step deeper, he was really not afraid of being encircled, I was afraid that he would not even see the face of the righteous army, and he would be gnawed to death by the wanderers who stretched for hundreds of miles.

What's more, he had already ordered Gu Kecheng to lead his troops south to prepare for war, and Ma Shiyao and Ren Jirong, who had originally gone north to chase Zhou Yuji, also returned to Zhending Mansion, and the three of them joined forces and added countless cannon fodder, so they didn't believe that they dared to take a step forward.

At present, he is still slowly tossing Baoding City, and then luring the little eunuch from the north over to burn it with cannon fodder, killing two birds with one stone, and then breaking the city and going north.

Li Guo and Luo Hu hated the little eunuch very much, but they didn't have Li Zicheng's patience, and shouted to go to slaughter Chang Yu to vent their hatred, but Li Zicheng reluctantly agreed that the two would lead the troops tomorrow morning.

However, before waiting for the information to come from the south of Xisan, the thieves were shocked and angry, and the officers and soldiers raided Zhaozhou for half an hour and took the city without needing, and under the detailed questioning, Li Zicheng and others simply reasoned that the reason why the officers and soldiers easily broke the city was because of the traitors, and it has always been easy to break the city from the inside, this thief army is too experienced, and it is almost impossible to attack the city and plunder the land along the way.

They were surprised by another piece of news, the spies encountered a heavy cavalry in Luancheng (now Luancheng District, Shijiazhuang), and when they encountered the homeless people, they bewitched the crowd and then killed people and left.

Luancheng is forty miles northwest of Zhaozhou, only sixty miles away from the Fucheng of Zhending Mansion (now Zhengding County), the officers and soldiers dared to go deep into the tiger's den, they really didn't take the righteous army in their eyes, of course, what shocked them was the identity of this group of people, heavy armored cavalry!

The little eunuch is the big boss of the East Factory, and he has his own heavy soldiers with him, among which the heavy armored cavalry has become its logo, Baoding City killed a hundred people and went to this team, and they were the ones who booby-trapped the pursuers in Rongcheng, and they played a decisive role in the fierce battle with Liu Fangliang before, but how could this group of people appear in the south, and the intelligence showed that there were only two or three hundred heavy armored cavalry around the little eunuch, which side was true, and the little eunuch was in the south or in the north!

Li Zicheng and the others were confused, witty as Prime Minister Niu Jinxing, and the national teacher Song Xiance was also confused.

"Trick, that gelding dog is just to divert our attention" Liu Zongmin roared out of his voice, which attracted many people to echo it, and even the military advisor Gu Junen agreed.

Baoding City is in danger, the little eunuch must have been ordered to supervise the army this time, how can he sit in front of him and go around hundreds of miles behind, it doesn't make sense! Therefore, to make a move in the south is to let the righteous army transfer troops to intercept it, so as to relieve the pressure on the riverside of Baoding City, so that he can take advantage of the situation to rescue.

But Li Yan and Gao Yigong and others felt that it was not so simple, the first battle of Taiyuan had shown the treachery of the little eunuch, everything was unexpected, and it was not excluded that he acted abnormally, so that his subordinates and the rebels confronted him here to attract attention.

Li Zicheng frowned, he was already a little uneasy because of the repeated unexpected advances of the officers and soldiers in the southeast, but after receiving this information, he had to calm down.

"The gelding is in the south!" When everyone was arguing, a voice sounded, and everyone looked at Zhang Nai.

"What basis do you have?" Liu Zongmin snorted coldly and rolled his eyes.

"Only one is enough" Zhang Nai's face affirmed: "Originally, there were three officers and soldiers in Dezhou, and they were motionless for half a month, but a few days after the gelding dog appeared under the city of Baoding, one went north, and the two joined into one westward, and repeatedly advanced hundreds of miles under our accident, connecting several cities, isn't it strange?" ”

There was silence in the big tent for an instant, everyone's faces became heavy, Zhang Nai's words broke through the confusion, and everyone realized the seriousness.

"It turns out that he wants to make dumplings" Li Zicheng sneered half-loudly: "It's a pity that the meat filling is too big and breaks the dumpling skin" Everyone was stunned at first when they heard this, and then couldn't help laughing.

At this time, it seems that the little eunuch's intentions are clear at a glance, and Li Yanbu in the north attracts their attention, sneaks south to transfer troops, and then spreads nets around to prepare to encircle, but the reality is very cruel, the people and horses in Hejian Mansion in the east are timid and afraid to take a step forward, and Zhou Yuji's dumpling skin in the west has just appeared and he has not stood firm on his heels and was chased and killed all the way into the mountains.

There are only 30,000 or 40,000 little eunuchs in the south, and it's okay to make trouble on the periphery, does he have the courage to take a step north, and does he have the ability to resist the resistance of hundreds of thousands of cannon fodder and the three thief armies.

This time, he missed it, Li Zicheng decided not to give him any chance to start over, and a mistake made him hate him for eternity.

Since the little eunuch is in the south, the northern defense line is actually a useless embroidered pillow, and the generals proposed to directly send heavy troops to pacify Dingxing County tomorrow, and then turn the horse's head to clean up the gelding.

But he was stopped by Niu Jinxing and others, since the little eunuch used the guise of the northern defense line to attract our attention, then he pretended not to know, and did not move Li Yan for the time being, and continued to wear and tear here, secretly sending elite soldiers south to capture the king directly!

After the agreement, the generals enthusiastically asked for battle, after all, there is a blood feud with Chang Yu here, this time the big and small eunuchs are only thirty or forty thousand horses in the south and there is no big city to hold, no matter how it is a win, why not take the opportunity to take revenge.

In the end, Li Guo and Luo Hu came out on top, both of them were the most elite men and horses in the thief army, and they led their troops south to snipe Chang Yu early tomorrow morning.

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Note: Gu Kecheng, it is rumored that he and Gu Ying are the same person, and it is also said that they are uncles and nephews, and they are cousins

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