394 pedantic and stubborn

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Henan Mansion, Zhaobao Town, more than ten miles south of Yiyang City, has been completely occupied by the chaotic army at this time, and tens of thousands of troops have already ruined this town.

At this time, in the middle of the town, a tall erected, big 'Chuang' word flag fluttered in the wind, and this was the base camp of Li Zicheng's rebellious army.

"Peng! Hum! ”

At this time, in a large mansion in the town, it was the mansion of a landlord Lao Cai selected by Li Zixiao as his temporary residence, and there was a muffled sound.

In the hall of the mansion, at this time it was full of thieves and henchmen.

Li Zixiao sat on the stage, and after reading the letter in his hand, he slammed the table and snorted coldly, frightening the thieves and generals below who were still whispering, all looking at Li Zicheng.

After everyone saw that Li Zixiao's face was not very good, they obediently chose to shut up.

"King Chuang, what's wrong?" Standing behind Li Zicheng, a middle-aged man in a gray cloth robe leaned over and asked in a whisper.

"Hmph, Yufeng (Tian Jianxiu's character) suffered a defeat in Yiyang, and the 30,000 army was disabled by more than 1,000 officers and soldiers, and now they have fled to Kongtong Mountain."

Li Zicheng's words were very cold, and he could hear that he was very dissatisfied with Tian Jianxiu's defeat this time.

The middle-aged man in the back took the letter handed over by Li Zicheng, read it, and then exclaimed: "Li Zixiao's Xuzhou army has arrived in Ruzhou?" ”

"So what, no matter how powerful Li Zixiao is, more than 30,000 people under Yufeng actually said that they would be defeated, which really annoys me."

Li Zicheng was angry next to him and said.

"General, maybe General Tian should not be blamed for this matter, General Tian is not complaining about the defeat under this man.

I have long known about Li Zixiao, a friend of mine is working under him, and he has a heroic posture at this time, which should not be underestimated! ”

The middle-aged man said with a solemn expression.

"Juming, you are too exalted of that Li Zixiao!"

Li Zicheng looked at this time, the strategist who had just taken refuge under his command, but which he valued very much, was none other than Niu Jinxing.

If Li Zixiao was here at this time, he would definitely be surprised, history turned a corner in his place, and in the end, Niu Jinxing still took refuge under Li Zicheng.

You must know that according to the original history, Li Yan was Li Zicheng who took refuge before Niu Jinxing, and then Li Yan recommended Niu Jinxing to Li Zicheng.

But now, Li Zixiao, a little butterfly, has a wing, which makes Li Yan directly take refuge in Li Zixiao, and Li Zixiao has also asked Li Yan about Niu Jinxing.

Niu Jinxing is honest, he is also a very talented person, although he is extremely jealous and ignores the shortcomings of the overall situation, but if Li Zixiao can get Niu Jinxing's refuge, this person can still be used.

Even if Li Zixiao didn't use it himself, he didn't want Niu Jinxing to take refuge under Li Zicheng.

However, Li Yan did not find Niu Jinxing, thinking that he had traveled around, and wrote a letter to Niu Jinxing, but did not receive a reply.

Li Zixiao would never have thought that Niu Jinxing had already arrived at Li Zicheng's side at this time, if he knew, thinking about Li Zicheng's sudden change in policy at this time, he would understand.

"King Chuang, you must not underestimate this Li Zixiao, this person has just fought with the Tartars, and he is still bargaining in the hands of the Tartars."

Niu Jinxing said to Li Zicheng seriously.

"Yes, since Juming said so, it looks like we really have to be careful with this Li Zixiao."

It can be seen that Li Zicheng really attaches importance to Niu Jinxing at this time, and his words made Li Zicheng strengthen his vigilance against Li Zixiao.

"King Chuang, I saw it to my subordinates, although General Tian said in the intelligence that they were ambushed by Li Zixiao's Xuzhou army, and the Xuzhou army had tens of thousands of people, which caught them off guard.

Moreover, the Xuzhou army was also equipped with hundreds of artillery, and there was a kind of gun that could be connected to defeat them.

But my subordinates have to say that it is estimated that there are many exaggerations in General Tian's intelligence, at least as far as I know, Li Zixiao's Xuzhou army is indeed equipped with a lot of sharp artillery and birds.

Last year, it was also with these non-exploding bird guns that they were able to bargain in the hands of the Tartars, but by no means with hundreds of artillery.

Moreover, the number of Xuzhou troops has not been much, it is said that there are less than 10,000 people, and it is impossible for Li Zixiao to bring out all the men and horses, and it is already very good to bring out 6,000 people. ”

Niu Jinxing got the news about Li Zixiao and the White Dragon Army from various channels according to himself.

After some speculation, he really guessed that it was not far from ten, which shows that Niu Jinxing is indeed a rare strategist.

"How is that possible? With only five or six thousand people, how could it be possible to defeat Yufeng's army of 30,000? "Li Zicheng is a little unimaginable.

"King Chuang, how long has General Tian been in Yiyang, and when he left, King Chuang gave him 2,000 old battalion men, and in less than a month, he raised an army of 30,000.

The soldiers who can really fight here are estimated to be the 2,000 old battalion soldiers, as well as other soldiers recruited earlier, and I estimate that there will not be more than 10,000 people who can really fight.

In this case, they were again ambushed, and General Tian lacked bows and arrows in his hands, so they could not be captured in the face of the Xuzhou army, which was equipped with a large number of artillery and birds.

Just being defeated and fleeing into the mountains, it is already thankful. Niu Jinxing said to Li Zicheng.

After Li Zicheng listened to Niu Jinxing's words, he thought about it for a while, and he figured it all out, in fact, he just understood this, after all, this is how he came all the way.

Li Zicheng also understands that a team like them can only fight with the wind.

In fact, Li Zicheng is not alone, angry Tian Jianxiu's failure in Yiyang, but the progress of Li Zicheng's side during this period is also very unfavorable.

After Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, arrived in Luoyang with more than 20,000 Shandong officers and soldiers, they were blocked on the line from Xin'an to Yiyang.

Song Xiance, Li Zicheng's general in the north, was leading his troops to storm Xinhangu Pass, which was the last checkpoint for their troops to come to Luoyang.

It's a pity that after 5,000 Shandong soldiers and horses entered Xinhangu Pass, Song Xiance's tens of thousands of Liukou troops attacked for more than half a month, but still failed to take Xinhangu Pass.

During this time, the headquarters of the rebellious army led by Li Zicheng fought several fierce battles around Yiyang with 10,000 Shandong officers and soldiers led by Liu Zeqing.

Just two days ago, Liu Zeqing pretended to go north to attack Song Xiance, and lured Li Zicheng's men out of Yiyang City, and the two sides fought a fierce battle north of Luoshui in Yiyang.

In the end, it was Li Zicheng who failed, and was forced to surrender Yiyang, which also made Li Zicheng lose a stronghold at the forefront of his march into Luoyang.

But after Liu Zeqing recaptured Yiyang, he did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but stuck to Yiyang, strengthened the city wall, and put on the appearance of defending Yiyang.

Originally, Liu Zeqing didn't want to fight with the rebel army in the field, and he didn't want to exterminate Li Zicheng.

After all, what Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting's tens of thousands of elite officers and soldiers failed to do in the past, Liu Zeqing didn't think that his 20,000 men could do it.

But the location of Yiyang is too important, he is the gateway to the south of Luoyang, and he must be recaptured, so he personally brought the troops here.

After capturing Yiyang, he immediately chose to stick to it and no longer took the initiative to attack.

As long as he guarantees to keep Li Zicheng's rebellious army out of Xin'an and Yiyang, and prevent his troops from coming to Luoyang City, Liu Zeqing's task will be completed.

And Li Zicheng was not reconciled after losing Yiyang.

In this way, he lost Yiyang in vain, and seeing that Luoyang was in front of him, he retreated to Zhao Baozhen, preparing to attack Yiyang after a short rest.

It just so happened that at this time, the news of Tian Jianxiu's fiasco in Yiyang came, and the reason why Li Zicheng was so angry was because it might affect his plan to recapture Yiyang.

It's really that Yiyang is too close to Yiyang's side, and if there is a rapid march, the White Dragon Army will be able to rush over in almost a day.

In other words, if Li Zicheng continues at this time and grinds here in Yiyang, it is very likely that he will be stabbed in the ass by Li Zixiao when he attacks Yiyang.

"Juming, what do you think we should do now? Seeing that Luoyang is about to arrive, let me give up now, I'm really unwilling! ”

Li Zicheng still went to Luoyang, and through conquering dozens of county offices in the past six months, Li Zicheng's army can already be described as a shotgun for a cannon.

This also gave him greater ambitions, and in the advice given by Niu Jinxing, it would be crucial to lay Luoyang.

Only in a rare big city like Luoyang can Li Zicheng be provided with sufficient money, food, and armor, so that the strength of the chaotic army under his command can grow rapidly.

"King Chuang, now that things have changed, it is no longer realistic to attack Luoyang, we have to think long-term.

In the final analysis, we still have too much strength at this time, don't look at the fact that there are as many as 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers under your command now, but the real soldiers who can fight are only the men and horses of the old battalion.

We need time, wait a few more months, and we will train this batch of recruits to attack Luoyang again. ”

Niu Jinxing also saw that it was impossible to attack Luoyang again at this time, so he suggested that Li Zicheng withdraw his troops.

"Hey, I didn't expect to kill a Li Zixiao halfway, so that our efforts were wasted, even if this king retreated, he couldn't make this surnamed Li feel good.

The herald ordered the troops to retreat, and the herald gave advice to him, so that he should not attack Xinhangu Pass, let him retreat to Xin'an, and he must hold Xin'an, and wait for us to counterattack, he will be the vanguard there.

Let's go to Songyang, after replenishing grain and grass in Songyang, while training new soldiers, while sending troops to attack Ruzhou, to feed the war, this king is looking to see how powerful this Li Zixiao is. ”

Li Zicheng hated Li Zixiao to death in his heart at this time, so he decided to withdraw to Songyang, Songyang is adjacent to Ruzhou, and Li Zicheng decided to train troops in Songyang while dealing with Li Zixiao.

At the same time, if Li Zicheng wants to train his troops, he needs grain and grass, and where does the grain and grass come from, of course, it depends on looting, and the county towns in the west of Henan Province have basically been looted by him.

And Li Zicheng never thought about how to govern the territory he had laid, but that kind of investment would not be profitable in a short period of time.

Li Zicheng didn't have the time to govern the territory, he just relied on looting to feed his army, and at this time, the county capitals in the east had more oil and water than in the west.

Soon, Li Zicheng left Zhaobao Town with tens of thousands of Liukou troops under his command and went to attack Songyang.

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Just when King Li Zicheng hated Li Zixiao in his heart, after all, he was determined to fight Ruzhou's attention in the next period of time, and even wanted to destroy the White Dragon Army.

Li Zixiao didn't know anything about this in Yiyang, because he also encountered troubles at this time.

"What do you say? Xu Taixin actually closed Ruzhou City and didn't allow you to enter the city? This old horseman. ”

Li Zixiao was in the camp of the White Dragon Army at this time, and after listening to the herald he had just sent to Ruzhou City to urge Xu Taixin to report back to the grain and grass, there was a big thunder.

It turned out that three days after Li Zixiao recaptured Yiyang, the situation in Yiyang had been initially stabilized by him, and he used the food captured by the rebel army to give the people in the city rations for ten days.

He also promised that after nine days, he would once again provide grain relief and provide good seeds for spring plowing for the people in the city.

Originally, Li Zixiao thought that three days later, no matter what Xu Taixin said, he would be able to collect a batch of grain from Ruzhou, so that they could survive the grain and grass escorted by Zhao Zilong and rush to Ruzhou.

However, now Xu Taixin actually closed the city of Ruzhou and brought back the soldiers he sent to urge food.

And Xu Taixin's words brought back from the herald turned out to be Li Zixiao's cruelty and unkindness, and he wanted to forcibly expropriate the people in the city for money and food, and he Xu would never be in the same league with him.

The reason why Xu Taixin did this was because after he returned to Ruzhou City, he hoped to raise grain from the large households and grain merchants in the city according to the method mentioned by Li Zixiao.

But, just as he thought, they all hit the nail.

Not to mention those big landlords, even Xu Taixin's hope to sell a batch of grain to those grain merchants in the name of the government was refused.

And the Xu family itself is one of the top grain merchants in Ruzhou City, and Xu Taixin's behavior even his own family opposes him.

And Xu Taixin can defend Xuzhou, in fact, it all depends on the efforts of these big families in the city, after all, they will also suffer if the rebels invade the city.

It's just that now that they heard that Li Zixiao had exterminated the bandits, and the crisis in Ruzhou City had been resolved, they were naturally even more reluctant to take out food.

In addition, they also heard from Xu Taixin's mouth that Li Zixiao used to be cruel to the landlords in the past, and they all tried to prevent Li Zixiao from entering Ruzhou City.

Xu Taixin did not support Li Zixiao's approach, and in his consciousness, even if he wanted to forcibly expropriate food, it should be levied from the ordinary people in the city.

Why should it be levied from these big scholars and legitimate grain merchants, and Xu Taixin thinks that this idea of himself is absolutely correct.

That is the legal system left by the ancestors, the rules set by Emperor Taizu himself, what Li Zixiao is doing now is fundamentally violating the legal system of the ancestors and shaking the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

In Xu Taixin's eyes, a big scholar family like their Xu family in the city is the national capital of the Ming Dynasty.

To put it bluntly, officials like Xu Taixin are the kind of pedantic and stubborn people.

And Xu Taixin was very worried that Li Zixiao would bring the set he implemented in Xuzhou back to Ruzhou, especially after Xu Taixin met Li Zixiao.

even believes that Li Zixiao is a hero at this time, and most of the things he recognizes are difficult for anyone to convince.

In the end, Xu Taixin simply made the move of closing Ruzhou City and not allowing the White Dragon Army to enter the city under the instigation of the Xu family and a group of big families in the city.

In addition, Xu Taixin also wrote a letter to impeach Li Zixiao for blackmail, wanting the court to show his heart and swear to defend the ancestral decree.

(End of chapter)

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