Chen Jisheng received Mao Wenlong's order, and he was overjoyed. This is the second time since he led the army that he has faced a shortage of food and grass. For the first time, he directly robbed the grain and grass of the imperial court and survived the difficulties, and this time he will repeat the mistakes of the past, Chen Jisheng is obviously confident.

In fact, he had this meaning early on, and now he didn't have to open his mouth, Mao Wenlong said it first, there was nothing to hesitate, Chen Jisheng immediately drank it. The 40,000-strong army was immediately mobilized to go out a day earlier in search of grain and grass.

This quarter's grain has not yet reached the harvest time, it is the time of green and yellow, as long as it survives these two months, the grain in the back farm can be harvested, there is nothing to worry about.

Mao Wenlong personally went to the barracks and called Chen Jisheng to explain: "Go out leisurely this time, and the food robbery is only incidental, the main thing is to pay attention to King Chuang's army." ”

Chen Jisheng said with a smile: "Don't worry, the chief soldier, my subordinates know, I promise you with my head that I will not let King Chuang's army step into the territory of Ye County." ”

Mao Wenlong was still not very relieved, hesitated for a moment and said: "Xu Fuju will follow you, you should discuss with him more in case of trouble, don't be arrogant." ”

Although Chen Jisheng was full of disdain, he naturally didn't dare to show it in front of Mao Wenlong. obediently obeyed orders, and in the future, it was not he who had the final say outside, so Xu Fu played that kid, and he definitely didn't dare to do anything with him.

Seeing that the barracks were in order, Mao Wenlong had nothing to worry about, and finally instructed Chen Jisheng to hurry back to the city.

In Mao's mansion, a meal had already been prepared and waiting for Mao Wenlong's arrival, and Chen Lan was waiting at the door of the mansion. She knew that Mao Wenlong had been angry recently, and he always had troubles all day long, so in order to make him feel more relaxed, she specially instructed the kitchen to cook the dishes that Mao Wenlong usually liked, wanting to please him.

As soon as he got off the carriage and saw Chen Lan, Mao Wenlong was very relieved, and said with a smile: "Xiaolan, there is no need to wait outside the mansion in the future, it is windy outside." ”

Chen Lan's face was full of happiness, Mao Wenlong looked like a stout man on the outside, but Chen Lan, who knew him, found that Mao Wenlong was actually delicate, not even as good as those scholars who were full of morality.

"Xianggong, the meal is ready, come with me to eat inside. Also, my body is not so delicate, and this bit of wind and sand has not yet reached the point of breaking my body. ”

Mao Wenlong smiled and stepped forward to take Chen Lan's hand and walked to the dining room together.

Mao Wenlong here was preparing to send troops in the whole army, and King Chuang on the other side was not idle, he first heard his generals tell him that he was attacked by Mao Wenlong's army on the way back.

Then he heard that Zhang Xianzhong was annihilated because of the attack on Ye County, and Zhang Xianzhong himself was directly beheaded.

Originally, everyone had always been safe and sound, and the well water did not interfere with the river water, but now Mao Wenlong has obviously leaned towards the imperial court and is the enemy of many rebel armies. Then there is nothing to hesitate about, Zhang Xianzhong's death, as the king of Chuang, must have something to say, and it is inevitable to send troops.

And the more important reason for this is, of course, that King Chuang also heard about the richness of Ye County, and it was precisely because of the richness of Ye County that Zhang Xianzhong had a bad heart when he saw his wealth. Now it's okay, Zhang Xianzhong's death gave King Chuang an excuse to send troops in a grand manner.

The sudden shrinkage of the imperial army's strength is definitely boring, and King Chuang is not unaware. But this also just gave him a great opportunity, as long as he won Ye County, he could recuperate.

Let the rebel army grow strong again, and there will be no need to fear the imperial court at that time, as for the attack on Yexian County, there will be great casualties, and King Chuang is not worried at all.

The last thing the rebel army is afraid of casualties, as long as the disaster in the Central Plains continues, the population will not die. The most important thing that the rebel army will always lack is the population, and when the banner is raised, countless displaced people will join.

Under this premise, King Chuang is not afraid of casualties at all, and what he urgently needs now is sufficient food and grass, as well as a stable place to live. In Henan, he was almost cornered by the imperial army, and King Chuang was still innocent, and he had decided to take Mao Wenlong's Ye County and replace it.

Three days later, he had gathered all the troops near Kaifeng Mansion, and then quickly set off for Ye County.

However, before he left the boundary of Kaifeng Mansion, a spy came back to report that Mao Wenlong had sent a large army and was coming to Kaifeng Mansion. The target was obviously his army of kings.

After learning the news, King Chuang was not worried but overjoyed, and he only left less than 10,000 soldiers and horses to be led by a henchman. The purpose is to drag down this army of Mao Wenlong who came to stop it.

And King Chuang himself took a real army around Runan Mansion and prepared to attack from Xuzhou. He felt that there was an empty army now, and it was a good time to sneak attack.

However, Mao Wenlong had already sent spies everywhere, and King Chuang's every move was under his control. When he learned that King Chuang had actually hit Xuzhou with his idea, Mao Wenlong did not hesitate to give an order to the generals who stayed in Xianyang City, asking them to immediately send troops to stop King Chuang's army.

Xianyang currently has a limited number of troops left, and Mao Wenlong thinks that he will not be arrogant and thinks that he can defeat King Chuang, who has an army of 60,000 troops, with the strength there alone. He only needed the soldiers and horses of Xianyang to block the advance of King Chuang's army, and buy a little time for Chen Jisheng's army that was pursuing behind.

There was a strange scene in the situation of Henan Province, the army of King Chuang and the army of Mao Wenlong, the two forces began to be extremely active in Henan. And the imperial army, which was supposed to be the leader, acted as a shrunken turtle and disdained the chaos outside.

There were even soldiers and horses from the two forces who often walked past the edge of the city, and the imperial army was only a little nervous guard, and there was no intention of sending troops.

This has fueled the arrogance of the two forces, and neither King Chuang nor Chen Jisheng cares about the imperial court. Everywhere he went, he swaggered by, without the slightest scruples.

Under the inaction of the imperial army, King Chuang's army and Mao Wenlong's 10,000 troops who occupied Xianyang met head-on, and the two sides immediately started fighting without saying a word. Mao Wenlongjun did not confront each other head-to-head, but kept harassing him.

This made King Chuang very annoyed, and he had to slow down the speed of his march and guard carefully. However, Chen Jisheng, who was in hot pursuit, soon arrived with 40,000 troops. The two sides began to fight the first battle in the territory of Ruyang Province.

The Dongjiang Army led by Chen Jisheng was well-equipped and well-trained veterans, completely suppressing King Chuang's army.

Seeing that the situation was not good, after the first battle, King Chuang directly took his old subordinates, as well as 20,000 regular troops, and left 40,000 newly recruited peasant troops to entangle Chen Jisheng. He himself fled directly to the territory of Anhui, and did not even dare to enter Xuzhou.

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