Li Yan led 3,000 elites to leave Xuchang and marched towards Guide Mansion, preparing to threaten the Ming Dynasty; Li Zicheng continued to reorganize the army and prepared to retreat in the direction of Ruzhou.

It's just that Li Zicheng's army hasn't had time to retreat, Xu Yifan led the front army camp plus a force under Chen Yongfu, nearly 20,000 people, to the north of Xuchang.

Yang Chengzu looked at Xu Yifan and asked, "Yifan, how can we fight this battle?" Direct attack on Xuchangzhou? ”

Shu Xinchen said with a smile: "Lao Yang, that's natural, we now have 20,000 soldiers, a small Xuchang City, naturally it's no problem, now Li Zicheng is already a frightened bird, as long as he gets the news of our attack, no need to fight, it is estimated that he will abandon the city and flee!" ”

Xu Yifan looked at the two of them, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Yang, Brother Shu, since you know that they are going to abandon the city and flee, they are going to attack Xuchang City?" Let's not do thankless work! ”

Shu Xinchen was stunned for a moment and asked, "Don't attack Xuchang?" So what are you going to do? ”

Xu Yifan said with a smile: "Compared to Xuchang, I am more interested in encircling and annihilating the remaining tens of thousands of people in Li Zicheng, the thieves were annihilated by us, and the whole of Henan can be at our fingertips, but if the thieves are allowed to run away in advance and their strength is not damaged, then even if we capture Xuchang City, it is useless, once we withdraw our troops, the thieves may fight back at any time." Therefore, our goal is not Xuchang, but a thief! ”

Shu Xinchen nodded and replied: "Yes, you kid still has a lot of ghosts, let's talk about it, how do you fight?" ”

Xu Yifan said with a smile: "It's very simple, the main force of the army is slowly advancing towards Xuchang City, I'm afraid that we haven't arrived in Xuchang City yet, Li Zicheng has already gotten the news, now the thieves are newly defeated, their strength has been greatly reduced, and they have been plagued by the plague, even if there are tens of thousands of troops, there is still not much combat power, and the morale has been low to the bottom, he dares to fight?" ”

"Naturally, I don't dare!"

Yang Chengzu replied.

Xu Yifan said with a smile: "That's not the end, don't dare to fight, naturally you have to retreat, Brother Xinchen, you lead your left cavalry to the east to bypass Xuchang, go straight to Funiu Mountain south of Xuchang, and set up an ambush in Funiu Mountain, Li Zicheng does not dare to fight, he must retreat to Xiangcheng through Funiu Mountain, through Xiangcheng, withdraw to Nanyang, and protect their lair!" This Funiu Mountain is a place they must pass! Let's give them some color in Funiu Mountain and see! “

Shu Xinchen's eyes lit up, and he laughed: "Okay, it's decided, I'll go!" ”

Yang Chengzu hesitated: "Yifan, let Xinchen's cavalry ambush Li Zicheng, I'm afraid the risk is too great, after all, Li Zicheng still has tens of thousands of troops, he only has 5,000 people, and if you want to encircle and annihilate the thieves, I'm afraid that I won't be caught......"

Xu Yifan said lightly: "What are you afraid of?" Aren't we still in the back? We are all cavalry, Li Zicheng's cavalry has been completely defeated by us, most of them are infantry, the marching speed is definitely not as fast as ours, they withdraw from Xuchang City, we will chase from behind, can their two-legged ones still be able to outrun our four-legged ones? ”

"Hehe, Lao Yang, don't worry, even if you can't catch up, I can clean them up alone!"

Shu Xinchen said with a smile.

Yang Chengzu pursed his lips and replied, "Come on, I don't know about your two moments?" Can you beat Liu Zongmin, or can you beat Liu Fangliang? Even if it is Li Zicheng, he is also a first-class warrior! ”

Shu Xinchen stopped talking, turned around and went down to gather the cavalry on the left flank, and ran in the southeast direction.

In Xuchang City, when Li Zicheng was frowning in the yamen, the scout ran in.

"King Qi, we have found traces of the main force of the Ming army in the north, and it is less than forty miles away from Xuchang City!"

The scout snapped.

"What!"

Li Zicheng stood up and shouted, "How many troops does the other side have?" ”

"It looks like the strength should be no less than thirteen or four thousand, almost all cavalry!"

Li Zicheng was shocked, more than 10,000 cavalry, although the strength is not very many, but Li Zicheng knows that the cavalry under Zhu Jie's command is too strong, much more powerful than his most elite cavalry elite, almost all of his hands are infantry now, and they are all defeated infantry, and there is no one in ten combat power, how can he confront others? Even if he can withstand the attack of the cavalry, then what about the back, who dares to guarantee that Zhu Jie did not exclude the cavalry?

"King Chuang, we must withdraw our troops as soon as possible, go out of the city immediately, we must not be blocked by them in Xuchang City, once we are blocked here, we have no reinforcements behind us, and the Ming army of Kaifeng Mansion can rush to help at any time, and it will be bad then!"

Song Xiance shouted urgently.

"Afraid of what? It's a big deal, let's fight with them, I don't believe it, we still have 40,000 small troops, and we can't beat their cavalry of more than 10,000 people? If there are too many ants, they can gnaw at elephants! ”

Liu Zongmin, who had just recovered from his injury, shouted!

Song Xiance said angrily: "General Liu, what you said is angry, we are fighting to the death with others here, aren't we falling into the hands of the Ming army?" Once entangled by the cavalry, it only takes three or four days for the army of Kaifeng Mansion to rush up, and it may not even take a day to rush up, maybe they are halfway there! Do you want us to be wiped out? ”

Li Zicheng frowned, and shouted: "Okay, don't fight, give an order to the three armies, leave some of the old, weak, sick and disabled, and stay in Xuchang After the break, the rest of the troops immediately retreated to the south and went straight to Xiangcheng!" ”

"Forehead ......"

Song Xiance was puzzled: "King Chuang, don't we go to Ruzhou?" ”

"What Ruzhou are you going to? Do you think Ruzhou will be able to hold it? ”

Li Zicheng said hatefully: "Ruzhou is due west of us, if the Ming army occupies Xuchang, turns around, and outflanks from the southwest, then we will be completely isolated in Ruzhou, and the reinforcements in the direction of Xiangyang can't do it even if they want to support us, retreat, go straight to Nanyang from Xiangcheng, and rely on Huguang Sifu, we are safe!" ”

Li Zicheng is not stupid, and he is very shrewd, running to Ruzhou, that is self-defeating, whether the Ming army wants to recover Nanyang, and even Henan Mansion and Ruzhou must be recovered, staying in Ruzhou, it is asking for hardship!

Li Zicheng didn't dare to slack off, urgently assembled the army, ran out of Nancheng, and went straight to Xiangcheng!

From Xuchang to Xiangcheng, but a distance of more than 100 miles, marching with all your might, that is, a day and a night, you can run to Xiangcheng, first throw off the cavalry of the Ming army, and then say, preserving the strength is the most important thing, if even this little bit of family background was surrounded and annihilated by the Ming army, then it will be really troublesome, there is no time for a few years, it is almost impossible to make a comeback!

(End of chapter)

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