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Chapter 117 Li Zicheng Wants to Come to Runing

To the north of Yancheng, Sun Chuanting formed a large formation to resist the attack of the thieves, and Li Zicheng used a five-fold battle formation to drive away the rogue soldiers, and broke the formation with the tactics of crowds.

Sun Chuanting's official army resisted the impact of refugees, miscellaneous soldiers, infantry, and cavalry one after another. However, it was raining, which affected the weapons of the officers and soldiers. In the afternoon, the army and the rebels fought fiercely until the afternoon, and the officers and soldiers finally exhausted their strength. Zuo Ying, the general on the left front, died in battle, and Sun Zhixiu, the general on the right front, was also defeated.

After losing the protection of two formations, the chariot formation began to be overwhelmed, and was intruded by the elite cavalry from the fifth formation of the Chuang army. The situation on the battlefield changed instantly.

Gao Jie led the officer's fine cavalry to launch a counterattack, intending to stabilize the front, but the bandit soldiers were as vast as the sea, and the officer army was consumed by more than half of the four bandits, and the counterattack was weak. Sun Shoufa, the deputy general, saw that the situation was overwhelmed, so he fled with Sun Chuanting.

The battlefield changed from fighting each other to chasing and killing the invading army. Seven or eight million bandit troops rushed out, chasing and killing the army for more than 80 miles. The Qin army suffered more than [-] casualties and lost almost all of its weapons. The luggage, the only "one set of belongings" in the pass of the Ming Dynasty was lost, and it has since become a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

Li Zicheng defeated Sun Chuanting at the cost of more than [-] people, and the strategic problem of the bandit army was easily solved. Whether it was taking advantage of the situation to seize Guanzhong or going south to Xiangyang, it was just a matter of taking advantage of it.

After defeating Sun Chuanting, the Ming Dynasty's military threat to Li Zicheng no longer existed, and there was only one problem that troubled Chuangjun, which was military rations.

In order to obtain food and grass, in November, Li Zicheng besieged Nanyang, and the ladders stood like a wall. The army, regardless of casualties, besieged endlessly, and went to Nanyang in three days to capture the Tang Fan treasury. All the forces of the official army in Henan.

Runing City, outside the Yamen of the State Government, a group of cavalry galloped to the door, the horses had not yet stabilized, Second Brother Gao jumped off the horse, then threw the whip, and rushed to the Yamen in a hurry.

In the yamen, in a public room, Lu Yifang was sitting upright dealing with files, when the door was suddenly pushed open by Gao Yihuan.

After he entered the room, he walked straight to one foot, picked up the teapot in the corner and poured himself a bowl, and then drank it with his head raised.

Seeing this, Lu Yifang looked a little surprised and said, "This is the captain?"

"Damn it, we're in big trouble!" Gao Yihuan put the tea bowl on the table, turned around and swears regardless of the occasion, seeing Lu Yifang frown slightly, he hurriedly changed his tone, "Mr. Sit down and let me speak slowly."

Lu Yifang left the desk table, sat down on the second from the left in front of the seats on both sides of the aisle, and left the first from the left to Gao Yihuan.

Second Brother Gao sat down and said directly, "Li Zicheng defeated Dushi Sun in Yuzhou, and now he has taken Nanyang."

Lu Yifang was slightly stunned when he heard this, and he couldn't help showing a sad look on his face, and sighed in his heart, "The court is still defeated."

In fact, after Zhuxian Town was defeated, Kaifeng was flooded by the army, and Yang Wenyue was dismissed, Lu Yifang was already somewhat disappointed with the court.Like many others, he put his last hope on Sun Chuanting, but now that Sun Chuanting is defeated, anyone with a little sense knows that the Ming Dynasty is about to fall.

"Li Zicheng defeated the government army and captured Nanyang. The general trend has come. Isn't this a good thing for the captain?" Lu Yifang came back to his senses. He looked at Gao Yihuan with a depressed face and said with a smile: "Everyone Wei is Li Zicheng's general, Li Zicheng is about to succeed, and Du Wei can be regarded as a hero for the founding of the country."

Gao Yihuan rolled his eyes at him, "Don't be joking, Lord Lu at this time. I have told you about Li Zicheng before, and I have also analyzed the current situation in the world. We won't talk about whether he can succeed in the future. I will not talk about it now. What I was concerned about at the time was, Li Zicheng took Nanyang and sent scouts to investigate Runing, how should I deal with it."

Brother Gao talked about Li Zicheng one by one, without the slightest respect. The people below naturally knew his attitude towards Li Zicheng.

Lu Yifang was shocked when he heard this, "Li Zicheng is coming to Runing?"

Now Runing's situation is actually good, but once Li Zicheng comes to Runing, I'm afraid the situation in Runing at this time will no longer exist.

"He's still resting in Nanyang, but the scouts outside the city must be coveting the treasury of Chongwang in Runing." Brother Gao looked a little anxious, "Li Zicheng relied on robbing the vassals to maintain the army. He has already arrived in Nanyang. Knowing that I have taken Runing, you must ask me for money and food. What can Mr. Lu do to let me pass this test?"

Now that Li Zicheng was in full swing, Second Brother Gao didn't dare to offend him. If Li Zicheng really asked him for it, Second Brother Gao couldn't refuse at all.

Lu Yifang pondered slightly, and suddenly asked: "I want to ask the captain a question?"

"It's about this time, Mr. Lu Mansion wants to say something, just say it." Gao Yihuan was indeed a little anxious.

"Does the captain value the treasury's money more, or the land of Runing?" Lu Yifang looked at Gao Yihuan and said.

"I value money and Ru Ning." The second brother blurted out.

When Lu Yifang heard the words, his face froze, he stood up, and waved his hands, "Then don't ask me, Captain, you can find someone else to find a way for both."

Second Brother Gao hurriedly stopped him, "Don't be impatient, my lord, I haven't finished yet. Naturally, I value Runing's prefecture more, but I also hope to keep the treasury's money."

Speaking of this, the second elder brother's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "Why don't I hand over King Chong to Li Zicheng~"

If Zhu Youxi was here, he would definitely vomit blood after hearing this, but Lu Yifang who had just been pulled to sit down suddenly stood up again, almost turning his face.

Although Chongfan is useless, it is a fig leaf for those officials who surrendered. If Chongfan is gone, their faces will not look good, and they will really be completely thieves.

Seeing this, Gao Yihuan had no choice but to wave his hands quickly, denying his statement, and hurriedly said: "You are joking, King Chong helped me a lot, how could I sell him to Li Zicheng!"

In fact, Second Brother Gao really wanted to hand Zhu Youxi over to Li Zicheng, but seeing Lu Yifang's reaction, he had no choice but to give up.

At this time, seeing Lu Yifang's expression softened, he asked helplessly: "Then Fujun, please tell me your method."

Lu Yifang showed a teachable expression. After sitting down again, he collected his thoughts and asked, "Have the scouts outside the city left?"

"Not yet, I asked Zhao Zhuzi to be dragging them." Gao Yihuan hurriedly replied.

Lu Yifang nodded, and stopped mentioning this matter, but said: "Li Zicheng has millions of people, wherever he goes, it is like locusts crossing the border, wherever he goes to eat, the local food will be eaten up. In addition, millions of bandits invade Runing, they will burn, kill and loot, and the people's livelihood in Runing will be ruined and dilapidated."

Gao Yihuan nodded, if Li Zicheng really pulled out his camp and came to Ru Ning to eat big families, millions of thieves would swarm into the land without military discipline, it would definitely bring disaster to Ru Ning.Brother Gao's strength did not dare to offend Li Zicheng, who was in full swing, and naturally he did not dare to stop the looting of the Chuang army.

Lu Yifang saw that Second Brother Gao agreed with his words, so he continued, "So what the captain needs to do is to gain Li Zicheng's trust. You can't let Li Zicheng come to Runing, and let him rest assured that Runing will be handed over to you."

(End of this chapter)