506 knocked on the mountain and shook the tiger, forcing the tiger to retreat

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In this battle, Li Zixiao not only wanted to rescue Qi Wei who was besieged in Wushi Mountain, but more importantly, to eat the 50,000 thieves in Song Xiance's hands.

In this way, without Song Xiance's 50,000 thief army, to contain them in the rear, the White Dragon Army can attack at will and stab Li Zicheng's chrysanthemum.

Therefore, Li Zixiao could not let go of too many thieves in this battle.

Otherwise, these thieves will be re-collected by Li Zicheng's faction, these are all trained veteran thieves, and they can recover their combat strength after resting for a while.

The result Li Zixiao wants is either annihilation or capture, and destroy the living force of the thief army as much as possible, so that they can control the situation next.

Huo Gang led two teams of flying feather cavalry away, and Han Tong continued to ask the cavalry scout, "Do you know that Song Xiance's dog thief fled there?" ”

"General, Song Xiance's dog thief, with a remnant of the army, is fleeing in the southeast direction, towards the side of Shaomu Mountain, let's take a shortcut, but we can intercept them on the side of Luoyin Valley."

The scout said.

"Okay, everyone listen to the order, follow me to intercept and kill the thief Song Xiance, the general said, whoever takes the head of the thief Song Xiance will be promoted to the third level and rewarded with 100 gold."

"Whoa!"

As soon as Han Tong's words were finished, a group of flying feather cavalry soldiers behind them shouted excitedly.

"Let's go!"

Thundered!

Han Tong led these hundreds of flying feather cavalry, led by the scout, and rushed to the southeast, they were going to intercept and kill Song Xiance.

On this side, although Song Xiance was defeated and fled, the number of thieves who fled with him was not large, and there were many thieves who were already on this chaotic battlefield at this time.

And with the arrival of Qi Wei's troops and the defeat and escape of Song Xiance, the thieves who remained on the battlefield completely lost their determination to continue fighting.

As the soldiers of the White Dragon Army shouted the slogan of 'lay down their weapons, those who surrender will not be killed', those thieves did not hesitate to put down their weapons.

"General, Qi Wei came to confess."

Li Zixiao rode a horse and stood in the middle of the formation without moving, while Qi Wei, who rushed over, came over to bow and bow.

"Li Guo also came to confess." Li Guo also came over and knelt on the ground to plead guilty.

After all, if it weren't for the two of them leading the army this time, falling into Song Xiance's tricks, and being surrounded on the Wushi Mountain, Li Zixiao would not have ventured to personally lead the troops to the rescue.

"You two get up, you can still hold on to the siege for half a month, and buy enough time for me to lead the soldiers to make arrangements.

Only then was able to annihilate the thieves of Song Xiance's department in one fell swoop, you also arrived in time just now, and you can be regarded as offsetting your merits, no need to kneel, get up! ”

Li Zixiao said in a calm tone.

"Thank you, General."

Hearing Li Zixiao's words, such a result was also expected by Qi Wei and Li Guo, and it was impossible for Li Zixiao to punish the two of them at this time.

Because next, with the defeat of Song Xiance, Li Zicheng's entire back road to Kaifeng was equivalent to being completely exposed to the attack range of the White Dragon Army.

With the two of them's understanding of Li Zixiao, Li Zixiao would never let go of such a good opportunity, and he would definitely copy Li Zicheng's attack on the back of the Kaifeng army.

"Qi Wei, go down, control the situation on the battlefield as soon as possible, escort the captured thieves to one place, clean up the battlefield, and prepare to return to Ruzhou City!"

Li Zixiao waved his hand at the two and said.

"Yes, my subordinates will arrange it." Qi Wei said.

After Qi Wei left, Li Guo also stood up and stood there respectfully, waiting for Li Zixiao to speak.

Li Guo believes that there must be a reason why Li Zixiao left him at this time.

"Li Guo, you said that if Li Zicheng heard the news of Song Xiance's defeat, would he be angry and vomit blood!"

Li Zixiao got off the horse, walked up to Li Guo, and asked with a smile.

"General, it is estimated that the thieves would never have dreamed that Song Xiance, a fierce general under him, with 50,000 thieves, could still be defeated by us.

If the thief heard the news, it is estimated that the first time was not anger, but shock! Li Guo replied with a smile.

"Haha, yes, Li Zicheng is going to be in trouble this time, Kaifeng Mansion is favored by this general, and no one can touch it.

Since Li Zicheng didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and dared to open the seal, I didn't mind cutting off one of his arms and giving him a long memory. ”

Li Zixiao said coldly.

Regarding Li Zixiao's long regard for Kaifeng as a forbidden thing, Li Guo knew it from the beginning.

At this time, after listening to Li Zixiao's words, he smiled slightly and said, "Indeed, the entire Central Plains was smashed at this time.

The whole of Shaanxi, north of Huguang and west of Henan, has experienced many wars over the years, and has been repeatedly looted by thieves, and there is not much oil and water for a long time.

If he wants to continue to grow his team, he can only choose a richer place to plunder.

And Kaifeng Mansion is undoubtedly the most suitable place for Li Zicheng to attack at this time, Kaifeng Mansion is rich, once Kaifeng is defeated, it is definitely not worse than Xi'an.

In order to guard against us, the thieves left their subordinate general Song Xiance to design for me and General Qi to besiege us, wanting to eat them in one bite and relieve Li Zicheng's worries.

It's a pity that the thieves would never have thought that the general would come back at a critical moment and win more with less, but instead annihilated Song Xiance's 50,000 thief army in one battle.

After this battle, the back road of the thieves entering Kaifeng can basically be cut off by us at any time, and they will be besieged in Kaifeng Mansion at that time.

In the territory of Kaifeng Mansion, it is not as good as Henan Mansion, which has basically not encountered thieves over the years, and all the cities are in the hands of officials and soldiers.

Once we block their back road, there are only two thieves now, or they will reflexively kill us and reopen their back road.

Otherwise, we will continue to storm Kaifeng, if we can defeat Kaifeng, they can strengthen on the spot, and we will cut off the threat of their back, and we will be self-defeating.

But once the thieves fail to attack in Kaifeng, then they may really face the danger of being completely encircled and annihilated if they have cut off the back road.

It can be said that if the general really chooses to lead the army to cut off the back road of the thieves, then the thieves may really be surrounded and annihilated this time.

In Kaifeng Prefecture, it is not Shaanxi, and there is no mountain for him to drill here. ”

Li Guoyue said that his eyes were brighter, and he found that with the battle of Wushi Mountain, Li Zixiao won a complete victory, which made the initiative of the entire situation fall to the side of the White Dragon Army again.

"You're right."

After listening to Li Guo's analysis, Li Zixiao nodded and said.

Li Zixiao has to admit that Li Guo is indeed a personal talent, and his analysis of the situation at this time is very clear, to the point, and what he said is exactly the same as what Li Zixiao thought.

But then Li Zixiao changed his words again and continued: "However, do you know that I don't really plan to eliminate the thieves.

At this time, the existence of the thief army led by Li Zicheng is still useful to me, and all I want is to let him withdraw from Kaifeng Mansion.

Therefore, completely cut off Li Zicheng's retreat, and forced him to attack Kaifeng City with all his might. ”

"It's the subordinates who don't think about it."

After listening to Li Zixiao's words, Li Guo remembered that Li Zixiao in front of him was not a foolish and loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, but an ambitious man who intended to replace the Ming Dynasty.

Li Zixiao's priority is his own interests, and for Li Zixiao, Da Ming and thieves at this time are almost no different.

Li Zixiao turned a blind eye to Li Zicheng's attack on Xi'an before, because Li Zicheng conquered Xi'an, which was beneficial to Li Zixiao.

And as Li Zicheng wanted to attack Kaifeng, Li Zixiao became a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty in a blink of an eye, and he wanted to exterminate the thieves, in fact, because Li Zicheng moved Li Zixiao's imprisonment.

This also made Li Guo secretly warn himself in his heart that if he wanted to figure out Li Zixiao's thoughts in the future, he must stand on his own side.

"Then you go on, what do we dare to do next?" Li Zixiao asked Li Guo again.

With the lesson just now, Li Guo considered it more comprehensively this time, and he thought from Li Zixiao's standpoint.

In the end, Li Guo said cautiously: "General, if we win this battle, our morale is high, and the situation is even more favorable to us, so we will naturally take the initiative to attack."

And there are only two targets for our attack, one is Xingyang, because the occupation of Xingyang will cut off Li Zicheng's back road.

Another goal was to capture Xi'an. ”

"Well, then you say, are we going to fight Xingyang or Xi'an?" Li Zixiao turned his face and stared at Li Guo, with a smile on his face, and asked.

Facing Li Zixiao's repeated inquiries, Li Guo felt his head sweating at this time, and he knew that Li Zixiao was testing him.

Li Guo forcibly calmed himself down, thought quickly in his heart, and finally his eyes lit up, and his face regained his confidence.

He bowed slightly to Li Zixiao, and said in a loud voice: "My subordinates think that we should fight Xi'an." ”

After Li Zixiao heard this, the smile on his face became even stronger, and he deliberately asked in a puzzled tone, "Oh? Why fight Xi'an? And not Xingyang.

It is said that a city in Xi'an that has been shoveled by thieves has shoveled a layer of land, and it is useless to fight it, so why not fight Xingyang, which is the back road of thieves. ”

At this time, Li Guo had already figured it out in his heart, and when he heard Li Zixiao's words, he smiled slightly, regained his former self-confidence, and said word by word: "Knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, force the tiger to retreat!" ”

"Haha, very good, it seems that you have figured it all out, so it's okay, in this way, then you cooperate with Qi Wei, which is enough to control the situation in Henan, and I can go back to Xuzhou with confidence."

Hearing Li Guo's eight words, Li Zixiao laughed and said.

At this time, for the White Dragon Army, it seems that fighting Xi'an is simply a chicken rib.

Because, even if the White Dragon Army captures Xi'an, there is no need to think about it, it is impossible to hold it for a long time, and once Li Zicheng leads the army back, they will have to give up.

Moreover, Xi'an, which had just been looted by Li Zicheng before, went to the White Dragon Army, and it couldn't find much oil and water, and it couldn't be occupied for a long time, so how could it be compared with the current Xingyang.

You must know that Xingyang at this time is not only an important city guarding Li Zicheng's retreat, but also Li Zicheng's granary at this time.

Once Xingyang is defeated, I really want to do what Li Guo just said, close the door and beat the dogs, and 'lock' the army of thieves in the territory of Kaifeng Mansion.

Similarly, with the arrival of many officers and troops from all over the country to Kaifeng, it is really possible to wipe out the army of thieves.

However, completely eliminating Li Zicheng is not what Li Zixiao wants to see.

Moreover, if Li Zicheng wants to retreat at that time, the first goal to attack is to recapture Xingyang, and he will inevitably fight to the death with their White Dragon Army.

After the first battle of Wushi Mountain, although Li Zixiao won, the White Dragon Army in Ruzhou City also suffered a lot of losses.

In this case, even if the morale of the White Dragon Army is high, it must not fight to the death with the main army of thieves, and defeat Xingyang, isn't this forcing Li Zicheng to turn around and fight to the death with the White Dragon Army!

If Li Zixiao was a loyal minister to the Ming Dynasty at this time, perhaps choosing to capture Xingyang was the most suitable choice.

It's a pity that Li Zixiao is not, for Li Zixiao, it is the most appropriate to lay down Xi'an at this time.

As long as the White Dragon Army captures Xi'an, it will be equivalent to sounding the alarm for Li Zicheng, which will inevitably arouse Li Zicheng's vigilance, worrying that the White Dragon Army will copy his back road.

At that time, Li Zicheng definitely didn't dare, and continued to stumble under Kaifeng City, and the danger of Kaifeng City was self-relieved, and Li Zicheng's army could continue to be preserved.

Because, Li Zixiao will not continue to stay in Ruzhou City in the future, he must have a person who clearly understands what they should do next, and stay in Ruzhou City.

Ensure that they will not make strategic mistakes in the future, so as to mess up the situation in Henan, which is why Li Zixiao has this inquiry and dialogue with Li Guo.

Fortunately, in the end, Li Guo still did not disappoint Li Zixiao, and clearly understood Li Zixiao's thoughts, understood Li Zixiao's true intentions, and knew what Li Zixiao wanted.

"Is the general going back to Xuzhou? When to go? Could it be that the general doesn't care about the next war in Henan? ”

After Li Guo heard Li Zixiao's words, he was also slightly surprised, he thought that Li Zixiao would stay in Ruzhou City to command the Henan war next.

After all, at this time, although Song Xiance's 50,000 thief army was destroyed, Li Zicheng still had 70,000 or 80,000 thief troops in his hands, and the next war was not done well, it had just begun.

At this time, Li Zixiao was actually leaving, which Li Guo did not expect.

"Well, I will return to Ruzhou City next, and I will leave after a while, and the next war in Henan will have to be handled by you and Qi Wei.

Listening to what you said just now, it means that you already understand what I mean and know what role our White Dragon Army should play in Henan next.

That way, I feel much more relieved to leave. Henan, the next thing will be handed over to you and Qi Wei, the mistake of the Wushi Mountain, you can't make a second time. ”

Li Zixiao finally admonished Li Guo.

"Yes, the general rest assured, we will absorb the lessons of this time and will never do it again.

Next, his subordinates will assist General Qi to control the situation in Henan, and will not let Li Zicheng defeat Kaifeng as he wishes. Li Guo said decisively.

"Yes." Li Zixiao nodded and didn't say anything more.

And Li Zixiao actually knows that Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng three times in history, but he never fought it.

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