484 Qi Wei sent troops, and Xu Wei replied

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"General!"

As soon as Li Zixiao entered Ruzhou City, a flag general who was responsible for guarding the east gate ran over to salute.

"Okay, excuse me, what about you General Qi?" Li Zixiao asked anxiously.

"General Qiyu, General Qi has already led his troops north to deal with the thieves, and he left five days ago." The White Dragon Banner General replied respectfully.

"Sure enough."

Li Zixiao secretly said in his heart that it was not good, I don't know why Li Zixiao always felt that this time, Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng strangely.

If Li Zixiao put himself in Li Zicheng's position at this time, he would never dare to rashly march east to attack Kaifeng when he did not solve the Qi Wei Department in Ruzhou City.

Otherwise, Qi Wei could go north at any time, occupy Luoyang, and cut off Li Zicheng's back route to retreat westward, and if Li Zicheng could not capture Kaifeng at that time, he would be in a desperate situation.

At this time, if Li Zicheng insisted on attacking Kaifeng, then under normal circumstances, he had two choices.

The first is to concentrate all efforts to go south, kill Qi Wei, occupy Ruzhou City, and then go east to attack Kaifeng.

This is the safest option, but it takes more time and even comes at a great cost.

After all, Qi Wei has been operating in Ruzhou City for a year, and Ruzhou City can be described as impregnable.

The White Dragon Army relied on sharp muskets and artillery, plus the fortresses built around Ruzhou City, Qi Wei had more than 23,000 horses in his hands at this time.

The grain reserves in Ruzhou City are sufficient, and the population has reached hundreds of thousands, and tens of thousands of young people can be pulled up at any time.

At this time, even if Li Zicheng had more than 100,000 rogues in his hands, if he wanted to capture Ruzhou City in a short period of time, it would be a fool's dream.

When the time comes, Li Zicheng will definitely hit his head and break the blood flow under the city of Ruzhou.

The second method is that Li Zicheng sent a team of men and horses to the south to entangle Qi Wei, so as not to give Qi Wei the opportunity to go north to interfere with Li Zicheng's attack on Kaifeng.

This method is more feasible, but if you want to entangle Qi Wei, Li Zicheng has to send how many people to do it!

Thirty thousand? Or fifty thousand?

If there is less, it is not enough for people to kill, and if there are more, then the strength of Li Zicheng's subordinates will be seriously weakened, and how will he attack and open the seal at that time.

You must know that Kaifeng at this time is one of the best megacities in the Ming Dynasty, and the city wall is higher and thicker than that of Luoyang.

What's more, there are more defenders in Kaifeng than in Luoyang, and they are more elite, anyway, for Li Zicheng, it is more difficult to open Fengfeng than to fight Luoyang.

For this reason, during the month of recuperation in Luoyang, Li Zicheng did not hesitate to recruit homeless young people everywhere, expand the ranks of his subordinates, and train soldiers.

In order to accumulate enough strength to defeat Kaifeng, now if they want to block Qi Wei and divide a large wave of troops, it will be difficult for them to capture Kaifeng at that time.

In this way, these two conventional methods do not seem to be good methods, and Li Zicheng can only think of these.

Even, at the beginning, Li Zixiao thought that this was an unsolvable trouble, which might make Li Zicheng retreat and give up the plan to attack Kaifeng.

However, on the way back to Xuzhou, Li Zixiao kept deducing the situation in Henan at this time in his mind and regarded himself as Li Zicheng.

Then, Li Zixiao really came up with a way to kill two birds with one stone, which could not only solve Qi Wei, but also continue to attack Kaifeng City in the east.

Otherwise, how could Li Zixiao be so non-stop and rush back to Ruzhou City in a hurry.

At this time, when Li Zixiao heard the flag general guarding the city and said that Qi Wei had led his troops to the north five days ago, Li Zixiao's heart chuckled.

"Old Qi, I hope you must be careful, and I hope I think too much, maybe Niu Jinxing and Li Zicheng didn't think of this way."

Li Zixiao prayed in his heart.

He was worried that Niu Jinxing also thought of the same strategy as him, and Qi Wei was really vulnerable at that time.

"Who is left behind in Ruzhou City now?" Li Zixiao continued to ask the flag general guarding the city.

"General Huiyu, it's the old general Xu Wei."

"Yes."

After Li Zixiao heard this, he nodded, this was the same as he expected, it was most suitable for Xu Wei to stay in Ruzhou City.

"Take me to General Xu immediately." Li Zixiao said in a cold voice with a calm face.

"Yes, General, please follow your subordinates."

The city guard general did not dare to delay, and immediately rushed to the military camp of the White Dragon Army in Ruzhou City with Li Zixiao to meet Xu Wei.

Soon, Li Zixiao met Xu Wei.

"Meet the General, when did you come back?" In the military camp, Xu Wei saw Li Zixiao who came over.

"Just came, I heard that Qi Wei led the army north? What's going on? As soon as Li Zixiao saw Xu Wei, he went straight to the point and asked Xu Wei.

For some reason, Li Zixiao became more and more restless at this time, he was afraid that he had guessed correctly, if Qi Wei really had an accident, his plan for the western expedition would be interrupted.

"General, this is not the place to say good things, please come with me." Xu Wei said in a low voice.

Then, Xu Wei led Li Zixiao and Quartz into his handsome tent.

"General, just a week ago, Li Zicheng was honest in Luoyang for a month, and his men and horses swelled to more than 100,000 troops, so he continued to open the attention of the seal.

And within three days, he defeated Mengjin, conquered Yanshi, and approached Gong County, and conquered Gong County for Li Zicheng, but it was only a matter of time.

At that time, Li Zicheng had a solid logistics and transportation line, and the only obstacle he faced was the famous Bishui Pass, which would be the first hurdle for Li Zicheng to attack Kaifeng.

Therefore, at that time, Qi Wei couldn't help it, Qi Wei thought that Li Zicheng could not be allowed to take Bishui Pass smoothly, and decided to lead the army to the north to prevent Li Zicheng from capturing Bishui Pass. ”

Xu Wei invited Li Zixiao to sit on his handsome seat and reported to Li Zixiao in detail.

"In addition to you, Li Tianba, Qi Lin, and Sun Dazhuang all followed Qi Wei? How many people did Qi Wei take away this time? ”

Li Zixiao calmed himself down, he had to figure out the situation first, as for Qi Wei's side, he had to choose to believe Qi Wei.

"Yes, the general, Qi Lin, Li Tianba, Sun Dazhuang and others all followed Qi Wei to fight, and I was responsible for staying in Ruzhou City.

At this time, our 'Western Expedition' corps in Ruzhou City totaled more than 23,000 people.

Among them, our main force is Qi Wei's 'Flying Feather Battalion', Li Tianba's 'Tiger Battalion' and his subordinate 'Iron Blood Battalion', as well as the musket battalion and artillery battalion, a total of 10,000 people, and the remaining 13,000 people are the city defense army.

This time, Qi Wei took away his 'Flying Feather Battalion', Li Tianba's 'Tiger Ben Battalion', as well as half of the musket battalion and artillery battalion, a total of 6,000 people, and 5,000 city defense troops, a total of 11,000 people.

According to Qi Wei's idea, when they went north this time, they did not plan to fight Li Zicheng's rogue army head-on, he was ready to surprise the Yanshi and cut off the grain route of Li Zicheng's army.

Yanshi, at this time, was the grain transit station of Li Zicheng's army, once Yanshi was captured by Qi Wei, Li Zicheng's grain stored in Yanshi was burned.

can prevent Li Zicheng from continuing to advance eastward, so Qi Wei did not take too many soldiers and horses this time, and only brought half a month's food, which can be regarded as a light battle. ”

Xu Wei gave Li Zixiao a detailed introduction to the strength of Qi Wei's 'Western Expedition' Legion at this time, as well as Qi Wei's thoughts.

After Li Zixiao listened to it, he also nodded in his heart, and he had to say that Qi Wei's idea didn't sound inappropriate.

And it is a very good way, if Qi Wei really burns the grain that Li Zicheng has stored in Yanshi, he can really prevent Li Zicheng from continuing to enter Kaifeng Mansion eastward.

Without food, Li Zicheng would never dare to enter Kaifeng Mansion, at least in a short period of time, before preparing new food, he would not dare.

"Xu Wei, do you also support Qi Wei's decision?" Li Zixiao asked.

"General, to be honest, I don't agree with Qi Wei's decision, but Qi Wei and other generals all agree with this decision, and I can only obey it."

"Even? Why do you disagree, and tell me why. Li Zixiao's eyes lit up and asked Xu Wei.

"I once remember that before leaving, the general explained to us that he would try his best to prevent Li Zicheng's troops from entering Kaifeng Mansion, and he would never allow Li Zicheng to capture Kaifeng.

In other words, according to what you mean, General, our bottom line is that Li Zicheng cannot capture Kaifeng City, and without losing our own strength, we can let Li Zicheng's rogue army not enter Kaifeng Mansion.

In the final analysis, there should be two bottom lines set by the general for us, the first is to protect our own strength from too much loss, and the second is to keep Kaifeng City.

And secondly, it is to prevent Li Zicheng's troops from entering Kaifeng Mansion, general, I don't know if what I said is right? ”

After Xu Wei finished speaking, he looked directly at Li Zixiao and asked.

"Hahaha, sure enough, it is the parents of the one who gave birth to me, and Xu Wei, the one who knows me. What you said is not wrong at all, the White Dragon Army and Kaifeng City are what I value the most.

As for letting Li Zicheng lead the army into Kaifeng Mansion, if he can't stop it, then let him go. Li Zixiao laughed and said.

"So, general, it is precisely because of this that I disagree with Qi Wei sending troops at this time, at this time, Li Zicheng has not even been defeated by the tiger prison.

The subordinates felt that it was too early to send troops at this time, and it was a bit too early to send troops at this time.

Don't forget, in the bottom line given to us by the general, compared to our 'Western Expedition' Legion, Li Zicheng's entry into Kaifeng Mansion is not unacceptable.

Moreover, if you send troops at this time, it is very easy to fall for the tricks of the thieves.

Once Li Zicheng's attack on Tiger Prison Pass is fake, and it is true to lure our 'Western Expedition' army to the north, then Qi Wei will be in danger if he goes.

The subordinates thought that only after Li Zicheng defeated the Tiger Prison Pass and entered Kaifeng Mansion did we send troops to the north to be considered safe.

At that time, Li Zicheng wanted to turn back, and it was impossible to set a trap for us.

However, Qi Wei believes that when Li Zicheng lays down the Tiger Prison Pass and enters Kaifeng Mansion, they basically don't need the granary of Yanshi.

When the time comes, Li Zicheng's army can completely nourish the war with war, and where they fight, where they grab, it is enough to support them to fight Kaifeng City.

In the end, I couldn't convince Qi Wei, and Qi Wei's words also made me feel that they were correct, and at this time we had to let Qi Wei make the final decision. ”

"Then, he insisted on his idea and led his troops north to attack Yanshi." Li Zixiao answered.

"Yes, General." Xu Wei nodded.

"Hey, Xu Wei, your worries are also my worries!" Li Zixiao sighed and said.

"General, I have already warned Qi Wei before, and he also knows this, so he asked Zhang Fugui's intelligence bureau to conduct a detailed investigation in advance.

There was no trace of the enemy's trap, and with Qi Wei's ability, he would be very careful when he went north, and there would be no accident. ”

Xu Wei said.

"Well, what you said is true, I just feel restless. In this case, you sent someone to send an order to find Zhang Fugui for me? Can he be in Ruzhou City at this time? ”

"General, in order to cooperate with Qi Wei's actions, Zhang Fugui has rushed to Yanshi, and he is not in Ruzhou City at this time."

"Yes, I see."

Li Zixiao was also a little disappointed when he heard that Zhang Fugui was not in Ruzhou City, and then sat in the big tent and fell into deep thought.

Xu Wei and Quartz stood below and waited, neither of them took the initiative to speak, they could see that Li Zixiao was thinking deeply at this time, and they were very interested in not bothering them.

"No, I'm still not at ease, I have to bring someone to pick up Qi Wei."

After the half-pillar incense, Li Zixiao slapped the wooden case in front of him, and then stood up and said loudly.

"General, let's ......" Xu Wei was about to speak, but was directly interrupted by Li Zixiao.

"Xu Wei, gather your 'Iron Blood Battalion', as well as all the White Dragon soldiers in the city, gather immediately, and prepare to go out of the city with me, and you lead the remaining eight thousand city defense troops to continue to stay in Ruzhou City."

"No, general, if you want to lead your troops to the battle, then your subordinates should also lead the army, how can you let the general put himself in danger, no, his subordinates don't agree."

Xu Wei had already guessed what Li Zixiao was going to do at this time, in fact, when he saw Li Zixiao coming, he was already thinking about asking Li Zixiao for instructions and asking him to lead the army to meet Qi Wei.

However, Xu Wei didn't expect that Li Zixiao would want to lead the troops out by himself, and of course Xu Wei disagreed.

"Okay, General Xu, you will be fought with me, I, Li Zixiao, can do it now, and I also started from the end of the micro, fighting with a knife and a gun, not so delicate.

Besides, I want to take the troops out to meet Qi Wei, and there is a reason why you stay in Ruzhou City.

When it comes to defending the city, I estimate that it can't even compare to half of your old General Xu, and Ruzhou City is our base camp, so we must not lose it.

Only when General Xu is in charge in person, I will rest assured, Qi Wei obviously thought the same as I thought from the beginning, and he would leave you in Ruzhou City.

Besides, I just led the troops north to meet Qi Wei this time, and if everything goes well for Qi Wei, my trip this time is just a march. ”

"But ......"

Xu Wei seemed to say something, but Li Zixiao didn't intend to give him this opportunity, and said directly: "Okay, it's decided, hurry up and give the order to let the soldiers gather." ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey." In the end, seeing that Li Zixiao had made up his mind, Xu Wei could only choose to comply.

(End of chapter)