There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

Late February. After seven or eight days of rapid march, the Guards Division led by Lin Feng had arrived at the border of Guide Prefecture in Henan.

At this place, it had entered the Zhenming Army's sphere of influence, and the threat from the enemy was greatly reduced. Lin Feng decided to camp and take a rest.

"Master Marquis, we have contacted Hongtu's Third Mobile Division. They have occupied the city of Guide Prefecture and sent a brigade south to meet us." Ma Ang came over to report.

"Are Song Jilie and the others still continuing to besiege Kaifeng City?" Lin Feng asked.

"Yes, the city of Kaifeng is relatively strong, and the new Henan governor Gao Mingheng and the commander-in-chief Chen Yongfu are both good at defending the city. If we attack by force, we will suffer heavy losses. Governor Song is prepared to continue the siege."

"Is Li Zicheng's department still in Runing Mansion?"

"Yes, they are aggressively expanding their army in Runing Mansion, but Runing's money and food are limited and they cannot supply too many troops. They should be hesitating about where to go now," Ma Anghui reported.

After hearing this, Lin Feng fell into deep thought.

Do you want to deal with Li Zicheng?

After Lin Feng thought about it for a while, he felt that his thinking had fallen into a misunderstanding of later generations. He felt that Li Zicheng was an outstanding leader of the rebel army in the late Ming Dynasty, and he had been unwilling to attack him.

Now Li Zicheng is his opponent for world hegemony, and he is very tenacious. He is the only leader of the peasant army in the late Ming Dynasty who has never surrendered to the Ming court. It seems that he is unwilling to surrender to himself.

Moreover, Lin Feng has given him the opportunity to develop all the way to the west. As long as he goes to the Western Regions, Lin Feng will let him develop. After all, he will occupy places belonging to foreign races.

However, he still returned to Henan in accordance with the inertia of history, and even attempted to attack Luoyang and Kaifeng. That was because he was seeking death. If he was not dealt with now, when he coerced the refugees and grew stronger again, the damage he would cause to the Central Plains would be too great.

After thinking about this clearly, Lin Feng decided to deal with Li Zicheng first this time.

At this time, Deng Hao came in and reported: "Master Marquis, a brigade of soldiers sent by Hong Tu to meet us has arrived, led by brigade general He Yao."

"You're moving very quickly, so please invite General He to come in." Lin Feng ordered.

Soon, He Yao walked in wearing a military uniform, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "I'm humble enough to see you, Lord Marquis!"

"Get up, He Yao was originally in the First Mobile Division and participated in the Battle of Wu Fort." Lin Feng recalled.

"Yes, thank you Lord Marquis for remembering your humble position!"

"Haha, they are all old men of our Zhenming Army, so of course we have to remember them." Lin Feng said with a smile.

"Master Marquis, should we go to Guide Mansion next or go back to Luoyang directly?" Deng Hao asked for instructions.

Lin Feng stood up and went to the map hanging in the camp. He looked at it carefully and said, "We are now in Guide Mansion. Ji Lie's army is in Kaifeng Mansion. They happened to have surrounded Li Zicheng's Runing Mansion. We took this opportunity to deal with Li Zicheng." of soldiers and horses.”

"This is a good opportunity, but we brought a large amount of money back from Nanjing, so it may not be convenient for us to fight." Deng Hao said worriedly.

"Huang Hongchang, you lead a small group of personal guards and He Yao's troops to escort the women and money from Nanjing to Guide Mansion first." Lin Feng ordered.

"Understood! We must ensure the safety of Yin Qian and Miss Chen." Huang Hongchang replied.

"Ma Ang, you quickly contact Song Jilie's troops and ask them to leave Zhou Yuji's Kaifeng Combat Division to continue besieging Kaifeng City, and lead the Henan Combat Division to attack Runing Mansion from the south from Kaifeng Mansion.

I led the personal guard division to attack Runing Mansion from north to south, cutting off Li Zicheng's retreat to the south.

In addition, the Luoyang Combat Division was contacted and ordered to detach two brigades of troops to enter Nanyang Mansion to seize key roads and prevent Li Zicheng's troops from escaping to Nanyang. " Lin Feng continued to order.

"Understood!" Ma Ang responded. Now that several places are relatively close, continuous communication can be achieved through Bailitong, and orders can be transmitted quickly.

"The entire army rests overnight and will start taking action early tomorrow morning."

"Yes!" everyone responded.

at the same time. Runing Mansion, Ruyang City.

Li Zicheng was also discussing the next march direction with military advisors Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi and other generals.

"Military advisor, how is the military recruitment going these days?" Li Zicheng asked first.

"Your Majesty, we have recruited more than 50,000 troops. Including our original troops, the total strength is already more than 80,000. But Runing Mansion is too poor and it is difficult to continue to feed so many troops." Li Zicheng's number one military advisor Niu Jinxing replied.

"Yes, Runing is a remote state capital in Henan. There are not many wealthy merchants. It is difficult to support such an army like ours. Unfortunately, Kaifeng was not captured, and Luoyang was occupied by Lin Feng's Zhenming Army. Where should we go next, everyone? Any comments?" Li Zicheng said.

"Your Majesty, to the south of Runing Mansion is Xiangyang Mansion in Hubei Province. The armies of Zhang Xianzhong and Yang Sichang are fighting there. If we can contact Zhang Xianzhong, we should be sure to defeat the imperial army." Song Xiance, another military advisor, analyzed.

"The Eighth King is very unreliable and we cannot cooperate with him." Liu Zongmin interjected.

"Military advisor, let's continue analyzing other directions." Li Zicheng said.

"To the southeast is Fengyang Mansion in Nanzhili. This mansion has been attacked by the rebel army led by the king a long time ago. It is still very dilapidated. In the past, it was difficult to support our 80,000 troops.

If we go deep into Yingtian Mansion in Nanzhili, we may be surrounded by the Ming army. Moreover, the walls of Nanjing City are strong. We currently lack the ability to attack fortresses and are not suitable for fighting. "Song Xiance implicitly analyzed that they can't even capture Kaifeng City now, let alone Nanjing City.

"We will not consider heading south to Zhili for now. Is there anywhere else we can go?" Li Zicheng continued to ask.

"Either they are going north, but that is the territory of the Zhenming Army. The Zhenming Army is very powerful. Do we want to go to war with them?" Song Xiance replied.

"The Zhenming Army is strong, but they are not without their shortcomings, that is, they have too few troops. According to intelligence, most of the Zhenming Army is now besieging Kaifeng City. We have fought in Kaifeng, but they are not that easy to fight. Maybe the Zhenming Army will not be able to fight." It is necessary to lose troops and generals under Kaifeng City.

Currently, the Zhenming Army only has one division of around 10,000 people defending such a large territory as Nanyang Prefecture, Ruzhou Prefecture, and Henan Prefecture. We can take advantage of its empty strength and attack Luoyang. It is very prosperous there. After we get supplies in Luoyang, , we then went south to Nanyangfu and entered Hubei to compete with Zhang Xianzhong. "First Military Advisor Niu Jinxing offered advice.

"I also agree to attack Luoyang. The Zhenming Army only has 10,000 people. I don't believe they can stop our 80,000-strong army. And only in a big city like Luoyang can there be countless wealth and beautiful women." Liu Zongmin immediately agreed. road.

Li Zicheng listened silently and fell into thinking. He didn't feel there was anything wrong because he fell out with Lin Feng's Zhenming Army. A hero like him didn't care about favors at all.

What he was thinking about was whether he could defeat the Zhenming Army's defenders in Luoyang and whether he was sure he could escape before the main force of the Zhenming Army returned.

After much consideration, he decided to fight against Luoyang. The richest cities in Henan are Luoyang and Kaifeng. Now that Kaifeng is besieged by the Zhenming Army, there will definitely be no chance of fighting, leaving only Luoyang.

Only by attacking a big city like Luoyang can we collect a large amount of money and grain, quickly expand our troops, and then go south to Hubei to kill Yang Sichang's imperial army, and then occupy the land of kingship in Sichuan during the Western Jin Dynasty.

Without the plundering of Luoyang, the 80,000-strong army would not be able to support Hubei with the supplies provided by Runing Mansion. If they did, they might be annexed by Zhang Xianzhong, so they had to take this risk.

"Your Majesty, don't hesitate. Let's attack Luoyang. If we continue to stay in Runing, we won't be able to eat." Another general Yuan Zongdi also said.

Only Tian Jianxiu remained silent.

"Brother Tian, ​​what do you think?" Li Zicheng paid attention and asked.

"I feel that we cannot attack the Zhenming Army. Zhenming Hou Linfeng also let us go in Luoyang. It is really unjust to attack the Zhenming Army this time. The key is that I think the Zhenming Army is more difficult to deal with. They deliver information very quickly. I'm afraid that as soon as we go to Luoyang, reinforcements from the Zhenming Army will arrive," Tian Jianxiu said worriedly.

"Brother Tian, ​​there is no ruthlessness in fighting for hegemony. You can't blame us. If there is a chance to capture Lin Feng, I will let him go. There is no way now. If we want to grow stronger, we must go to Luoyang." Li Zicheng explained.

"Then just listen to your Majesty, I have no objection." Tian Jianxiu saw that everyone had the same opinion, so he didn't insist.

As soon as Li Zicheng saw that Tian Jianxiu had no objection, he ordered: "The whole army is ready to set off immediately. Zong Min, you will lead the forward force first. Brother Tian, ​​you will lead the rear army to the rear. I will personally command the middle army to advance. Let's attack Nanyang first." After carrying out supplies in Wuyang, they attacked Luoyang from north to south. "

"Yes!" the generals replied.

(End of this chapter)