After a fierce battle for most of the day, Li Zicheng's army did not take advantage of the slightest, and the combat power of the pioneer battalion under Gao Jie was really not covered, even if Li Zicheng sent the elite of the old battalion, he still failed to defeat the pioneer battalion; Of course, Sun Chuanting's Qin army was not able to completely defeat Li Zicheng's main force, and when he went out of the 60,000 army led by Liu Zongmin, Li Zicheng still had more than 100,000 troops around him, and he still had to beat Sun Chuanting, and now Li Zicheng's combat power in the camp is becoming more and more powerful.

At the end of a fierce battle, Sun Chuanting's face was solemn, he knew in his heart that if he could not defeat Li Zicheng, then in the next time, his life would not be easy, because the plague in the Qin army was even more serious, and now there are more than a thousand sick soldiers! Who knows how many more people will fall when they wake up tomorrow?

"My lord, it's really not good, let's attack the camp at night tonight, and then give Li Zicheng a little color to see!"

Gao Jie gritted his teeth and said that the artillery that broke into the camp during the day caused a lot of casualties to his forwards, which made Gao Jie feel distressed.

"No need, Li Zicheng is cautious and cunning by nature, what he is best at is sneak attack, let's sneak attack him? The odds are too low......"

Sun Chuanting said helplessly, "Now we can only hold on, fortunately, tomorrow, tomorrow, the people who went to Kaifeng Mansion should come back, I hope they can bring back the prescription that Zhu Jie gave me, and we can also reduce the epidemic in the army as much as possible, otherwise, we will definitely lose this war......"

The corners of Gao Jie's mouth twitched, damn the plague, this time it can be regarded as killing Qin Jun!

Beijing City, Qianqing Palace!

Only a few days later, Sun Chuanting's 700-mile express arrived at the military headquarters.

After Chongzhen got the chapter, he summoned all the ministers to the Qianqing Palace, and Zhu Jie was recruited back.

"Ladies and gentlemen, as Zhu Jie expected, now Sun Chuanting's seven-hundred-mile expedited has arrived, his army has just recovered Nanyang City, and the epidemic has begun to appear in the army, I'm afraid that it won't be long before the entire Qin army will collapse, this, how can this be good?"

Chongzhen said urgently.

The ministers looked at each other one by one, and the plague began to be infected among the Qin army! The plague that the capital has just experienced has made them feel painful, even with a large number of medicinal herbs, there are still tens of thousands of people in the capital who have died because of the plague! This is not a joke, the military camp is originally the most densely populated place, once it spreads, it won't be long before the entire Qin army will be finished!

Without the Qin army, there is only one Sun Chuanting, the commander of the light pole, and he can only be a prisoner of Li Zicheng......

"Your Majesty, there is no other way now but to mobilize the armies of other places and gallop to the aid of Henan......

Fang Yuegong replied astringently.

"Gather armies from other places?"

Chongzhen grinned, what is special, now in the entire Ming Dynasty, in addition to the Guanning Army in Shanhaiguan, there is also the elite of Tongzhou Town of 30,000 or 40,000 people under the command of Zhu Jie, where are there any soldiers to adjust? Whether it is from Nanzhili or from Shandong, I am afraid that it will not be enough to give Li Zicheng a tooth sacrifice!

"Lord Fang, we have a lot of soldiers, but where is there an army worthy of a battle? The thieves have gone through many battles over the years, and they are extremely fierce, and ordinary officers and soldiers are no match for them at all......"

Ni Yuanlu on the side said with a wry smile.

The combat effectiveness of the soldiers in Nanzhili and Shandong is low, the Qin army in Shaanxi is about to be plagued by the plague again, and the army of Qin Liangyu in Sichuan is still confronting Zhang Xianzhong, and it is not less than two thousand miles away from Nanyang, and there is Shu Mountain again, is this Henan going to fall into the hands of the thieves again?

In the Qianqing Palace, the atmosphere was depressing and scary, Chongzhen's face was gloomy, and he was even more aggrieved, damn the plague, this time the court was killed!

"Your Majesty, for the sake of today's plan, only the minister will lead the army to the expedition and gallop to the aid of Nanyang Mansion......"

Zhu Jie stood up and replied in a deep voice.

"You?"

Chongzhen shook his head and replied: "Zhu Aiqing, I know that you can fight well, but the capital is also inseparable from your Tongzhou Town, without Tongzhou Town, what should I do with the safety of the capital?" Moreover, the most important thing is that Tongzhou Town has a total of only 40,000 troops, only 40,000 people, enough to do anything, Li Zicheng has as many as 200,000 troops! There is a huge disparity in strength, and it is simply not enough to resist Li Zicheng's attack! “

Zhu Jie replied: "Your Majesty, do we have any other way?" Henan Province, can no longer withstand the devastation of a war, and Henan is a place that has always been fought for, is the heart of the Ming Dynasty, once Li Zicheng takes, and gain a firm foothold, it will completely cut off our passage to Jiangnan! Even if Li Zicheng doesn't send troops to the north, and we lose the tax money and grain in the south of the Yangtze River, it won't take long for Beijing City to collapse! ”

Chongzhen was shocked, what Zhu Jie said was reasonable, just one Henan Province, he didn't have to care too much, but the threat to the imperial court was too great, he could attack Gyeonggi if he went north, and if he went east, he would completely cut off the Grand Canal, so that the tax money and grain in the south of the Yangtze River could not enter Beijing City, and without the money and grain from the south, Beijing City would not be able to hold out for even three months!

"But, Zhu Jie, are you sure to defeat Li Zicheng's rebels? There are 200,000 people......"

Fang Yuegong also didn't have the slightest confidence in his heart, the difference in combat power was too big, not ordinarily large, one forty thousand, one hundred and twenty thousand, such a gap was too big, once Zhu Jie was defeated, it would really be over, whether it was the invasion of the Qing army or the invasion of the army to the north, the imperial court would not have any reliable force to protect Gyeonggi.

"Lord Fang!"

Zhu Jie smiled proudly and replied: "You don't need 40,000 people, you only need 30,000 people to defeat Li Zicheng and drive him out of Henan, I have the confidence and certainty to win!" Three months at the least, eight months at the most, and there is no doubt that you will win! ”

Chongzhen looked at Zhu Jie in a daze, young, it's so good! This guy always has a strong self-confidence!

"However, the emperor, after the minister arrives in Henan, he will exchange Sun Chuanting back to Beijing as soon as possible and preside over the defense of Jinggi, that Wu Sangui is really not very reassuring, please ask Your Majesty to transfer Wu Sangui back to Beijing, be in charge of the Beijing camp, and let Sun Inspector personally sit in Shanhaiguan, in this way, even if that Dolgon wants to enter the army, he will definitely not be able to take Shanhaiguan!"

Zhu Jie continued.

Chongzhen was stunned for a moment, and immediately replied: "No need, Wu Sangui is also a heavy general that I rely on a lot, with him in Shanhaiguan, Shanhaiguan is also as stable as Mount Tai, not to mention that Wu Sangui is in the Guanning army, with a high prestige, and only he can deter that group of arrogant generals, Sun Chuanting has been fighting in Guanzhong and the Central Plains, let him be in charge of the first line of Ningjin, I am afraid that he will repeat the mistakes of Hong Chengchou!" ”