Kaifeng Mansion, Li Zicheng sat in the governor's yamen, Fei Du was already about to be angry, for the mountain nine thousands, the success fell short, the loss of soldiers and generals, even Sun Chuanting has not been caught, the most annoying thing is that Zhu Jie came, the last attack on Henan failed because of the appearance of this Zhu Jie, and today, it was defeated in his hands!

"King Chuang, Zhu Jie's army is too strong, our troops have suffered serious losses, and the next thing is for Zhu Jie to fight, but it is very difficult......"

Song Xiance replied.

"Afraid of what? Order, the army is defending Kaifeng Mansion, we still have tens of thousands of troops now, most of the losses are homeless, the casualties of the main force are still expected, and when Liu Zongmin catches up, we will break Zhu Jie! ”

Li Zicheng said coldly.

"Military advisor, now that Brother Liu Zongmin has arrived at Guide Mansion, it is only three or four hundred miles away from Kaifeng, and he can reach it in six or seven days by marching with all his might, and when the time comes, it will be the death date of Zhu Jie and Sun Chuanting!"

Yuan Zongdi said hatefully.

"Zongdi, don't say it, you go down first to rectify the defense of Kaifeng Mansion, take precautions, don't let the Ming army take advantage of the loophole, Kaifeng Mansion can't lose anything you say!"

Li Zicheng said in a deep voice.

It's just that what Li Zicheng didn't expect was that Zhu Jie didn't think of attacking Kaifeng Mansion at all!

In Lanyang City, now Zhu Jie is holding a military meeting, Sun Chuanting returned to Beijing with a thousand cavalry, and almost all the soldiers stayed.

"My lord, you say, should we take advantage of the victory to pursue and besiege Kaifeng Mansion?"

Xiao Ting asked.

Zhu Jie sneered: "Siege Kaifeng Mansion? Don't! Didn't Inspector Sun already say it? Now Kaifeng Mansion has already become a hell on earth, the plague is raging, and the army is shrinking in Kaifeng Mansion, which is exactly what I hope, it will not take a few days, and their army should also concentrate on the outbreak of plague, and when the time comes, Kaifeng Mansion will be self-defeating! ”

"Then we have been guarding outside the city of Kaifeng Mansion?"

Xiao Ting asked in amazement.

Zhu Jie replied: "Of course it's not stubborn, we blocked such a big bait in Kaifeng Mansion, do you say that there are no fish to take the bait?" Now Liu Zongmin's left army has arrived in Guide Mansion, only more than 300 miles away from Kaifeng Mansion, and can be driven over at any time to help, Liu Fangliang's troops are staying in Luoyang, 500 miles away from us, I think Li Zicheng, who feels the huge pressure, will definitely let Liu Zongmin rush to Kaifeng Mansion nearby, our goal is Liu Zongmin, kill Liu Zongmin, and first cut off Li Zicheng's most relied on arm! ”

As Zhu Jie spoke, he pulled the map over, and said in a deep voice: "From Guide Mansion to Kaifeng, most of the area is an open and flat plain, which is most suitable for field battles, but not suitable for ambushes, Liu Zongmin has at least 20,000 cavalry under his command, if we want to defeat Liu Zongmin, we need to use our brains......"

Xu Yifan replied: "My lord, I have traveled in Kaifeng and Guide Mansion in the Ming Dynasty a few years ago, and I am most familiar with the terrain of this generation, and we add the current Qin army, the strength is only fifty or sixty thousand people, and the Qin army has not yet recovered its combat strength, just relying on these forces of its own, there is only one way to defeat Liu Zongmin's army!" ”

Zhu Jie glanced at Xu Yifan and asked, "Oh?" Let's talk about it. ”

Xu Yifan pressed his finger to a position and replied: "My lord, from Guide Mansion to Kaifeng Mansion, it is not easy to ambush, but this is indeed a good ambush location, Vortex River!" ”

"Whirlpool?"

Everyone fixed their eyes on Xu Yifan's body, Xu Yifan continued: "My lord, the vortex river originates in Kaifeng, all the way south into Mengcheng, directly into the Huai River, Kaifeng and Guide are divided into two halves, there are only two pontoon bridges on the entire vortex river, one in Sui County, one in Qi County, and the rest of the places can only be ferried by boat, Sui County is far away from Feng, you need to walk more than 100 miles, only Qi County is located on the only way between Kaifeng and Guide, we want to ambush Liu Zongmin, this is the only feasible opportunity!" ”

"Half-Crossing Strikes ......"

Zhu Jie muttered.

"Yes, sir!"

Xu Yifan said with a smile: "These pontoon bridges are connected by iron cables to the ships of one and a half zhang long, we carried a lot of artillery, and the artillery was pushed here, and when Liu Zongmin crossed half of the time, he suddenly launched an attack and blew up the pontoon bridge with artillery, then Liu Zongmin's army was naturally divided into two halves by the vortex river, and there was no pontoon bridge, unless the follow-up troops grew wings, otherwise, if you think you can cross the vortex river, it is the best time for us to break through!" ”

"Hahaha......"

Zhu Jie looked up to the sky and laughed, exclaiming, "Not bad, not bad!" That's the idea! Liu Zongmin, now, see if I don't play you to death! ”

"Sun Zhixiu and Bu Congshan set up all the banners in the Qin army, confusing the thieves under the Kaifeng Mansion, and besieging the east and south cities of Kaifeng! Xiao Ting, lead your rear army camp to watch the north gate of the thieves! Prepare for an attack at any time! ”

Zhu Jie shouted.

The three of them hurriedly agreed.

Zhu Jie continued: "Yang Chengzu and Shu Xinchen immediately led the former army battalion to Qixian Ferry to ambush, and waited until Liu Zongmin's camp was in chaos, and launched an attack from the two flanks!" Qin Han, I will hand over two thousand musketeers to you, and give you another thousand infantry, equipped with feather arrows, to block the road that Liu Zongmin forced in the front, even if the whole army is annihilated, it must be nailed to the spot! Mu Feng, lead the Chinese army battalion, follow the sail action! Carrying all the artillery, especially the flowering guns of our army, go to the vortex! ”

"My lord, you don't personally command this battle?"

Xu Yifan said in amazement.

Zhu Jie said with a smile: "Yifan, this is the first time to command the battle, but it is all in your hands, be careful!" ”

Xu Yifan's heart was shocked, and he said urgently: "My lord, this battle is very important, you actually let me command?" This ......"

Zhu Jie's face sank, and he shouted, "What's wrong?" How old am I older than you? If you want to become a real famous general, this step will be sold sooner or later, I need more commanders who can be alone, this big war is your touchstone, if you succeed, you can lead an army alone in the future, if you fail, then where do you come from, and where do you go! Which one violates the wrong order, you don't need to ask me, cut! ”

"Yes, sir!"

Xu Yifan hurriedly agreed.

When the elite of Tongzhou Town began to act, the cavalry sent by Li Zicheng to ask Liu Zongmin for help also arrived at Guide Mansion and met Liu Zongmin.

Liu Zongmin has just taken the Guide Mansion, and when he is proud, his advance speed is faster than that of King Chuang, and then to the north, it is the boundary of Shandong!

At this time, the cavalry sent an order to rush to Kaifeng!

"What? King Chuang's defeat? ”

Liu Zongmin's jaw almost fell off in shock!