Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 1043 Who is King Qin?

"Oh, tell me."

Wu Sheng and the others were all interested. After all, it was Gao Jie who had deflated Li Zicheng.

"The supervisor can send a partial division to fight the intruders on the road from Wakou to Xixia first, pretending to be defeated, and lure the intruders to go to Xixiakou, where our army will lie in ambush to encircle and suppress."

Gao Jie pointed to the map of Nanyang Mansion and said: "Based on what I know about Li Zicheng, he defeated the Ming army in succession, and he didn't take us seriously at all, and he will definitely pursue us with all his strength."

Several people looked at the map and heard about the dangerous terrain of Xixiakou.

I think Gao Jie's idea is good.

"it is good."

Wu Rao nodded again and again, and he began to dispatch troops and generals.

General Zuo Lan led the left army, Zheng Jiadong led the right army, Gao Jie led the central army, and set up an ambush at Xixiakou.

Niu Chenghu led the former army to challenge the intruders and implemented a strategy of luring the enemy deep.

Everyone is full of confidence.

In fact, whether it is a thief or an official army, they will be in a hurry when they encounter an ambush, and it is difficult to reorganize their formation and fight back directly.

It is true that all the elites have been wiped out, Hucai.

Moreover, most of the officers and soldiers fighting in Henan have no skills, or they can't use them if they have skills.

Most of them would run away at the beginning of the battle, so Gao Jie's method was very natural and there were not many loopholes.

Whether it is He Jinzhao or Li Zicheng, they can grow bigger step by step, because the Ming court has no one to use, or entrusts non-people, they find some unprofessional things and force them to do professional things.

Some professional talents are enlightened in the imperial prison.

Whether it is Li Zicheng or Zhang Xianzhong, they both wanted to follow the local conditions and wanted to go to farmland, but no one in the Ming Dynasty wanted to engage in development, and they habitually asked Chongzhen for money.

Both the treasury and the money in the internal funds were scraped up and down, and even less fell into the hands of the soldiers, and the taxes collected by the people were getting higher and higher.

The key is that the people who were forced to riot were hungry, and the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who suppressed the thieves were also hungry.

Those huge amounts of money and food were eaten by middlemen.

He Jinzhao was not in the Chinese army, but in the vanguard.

Most of the Chinese army transported the hammer bandit's artillery and food, and there would be almost no problems with Zhang Fuzhen in charge.

It is very difficult to find something to eat when you arrive at the boundary of Henan.

Even if there were landlords in Henan, their families would have been ruined long ago.

It's like a farmer in Henan yelling that I will be a good man again in 18 years before starving to death, but the result of starving to death after 18 years is really a hell-level joke.

At the junction of Shaanxi, Henan, and Huguang, only Henan is uninhabited.

He Jinzhao stepped on the dry and cracked ground, stood in the camp built by someone with high rank, and looked out.

The tributary of Danshui has been seriously degraded, exposing a large area of ​​the riverbed.

It is said that Danshui was named after Danyu. He just went down to look at it for a while, but he didn't even see any small fry.

Although a lot of sentry riders have been scattered, the news we get is that there are still not many people.

In other words, even living things are rarely seen.

On the contrary, as he walked, he could kick out some white bones on the side of the road, and he could vaguely guess which part of the human body it was.

The sentinels reported that only when they were running in the direction of Nanyang, would there be people occasionally.

"King Qin." Niu Youcai handed He Jinchao a cowhide water bag.

He Jinzhao threw the binoculars to him, took a few sips from the water bag and stuffed it.

"Any new news?"

"King Qin, Li Zicheng's troops seem to be approaching Runing Mansion." Niu Youcai took the water bag:

"It used to be the fiefdom of the vassal kings, but because the country was eliminated without heirs, there were a few county kings left behind. I heard that they are richer."

He Jinchao nodded.

Li Zicheng's development model can only rely on continuous looting, and he has to go wherever there is money and food.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to gather so many people.

After all, everyone followed you to Chuangwang, but it was all to have enough food.

Once you can't feed them enough, Chuang Wang will be a fart!
But in the border of Henan, not to mention that there is no spring plowing in April, after entering Henan from He Jinzhao, the surrounding fields are all barren and full of weeds.

It made the cattle, horses and mules in the team quite happy.

Grass, even if it is dry, there are still a lot of land that can grow.

"Damn, something's wrong."

He Jinzhao immediately thought about it: "Why is the situation in Huguang much better than that in Henan? Is it true that Li Zicheng will enter Huguang after beating Runing?"

Hearing this, Gao Yigong immediately said: "King Qin, he dares!"

"Why is he afraid?" He Jinzhao thought for a while and then ordered:

"Li Zicheng is now known as a million-strong man. He is very powerful in the eyes of the people in Henan. He has defeated the army several times in a row."

All the generals were amused.

Daming didn't even dare to attack the Shanshaan land occupied by hammer bandits, it can only be said that it is getting worse and worse.

There are millions of people, Li Zicheng really dares to brag, he is not afraid that his tongue is too big to flash his waist.

"Our army's soldiers are extremely fast. Only the officers and soldiers near Nanyang are blocking them. We must rush through Nanyang quickly. With Zuo Liangyu's 30 troops, he wants to defend Xiangyang. I will give him two guts to defend."

He Jinchao was very disdainful of Zuo Liangyu, he fought back and forth with Zhang Xianzhong, and he was able to fight against the Eight Great Kings.

In the end, he met Li Zicheng, and before he had much contact with him, he took the lead in running away. As a result, he lost his troops and lost his generals, throwing his old background of Zuo Liangyu into it.

Which thief can be threatened by calling out 30 troops now?
The only person Zuo Liangyu can threaten is the emperor Zhu Youjian in the capital!

After all, Chongzhen had to coax Zuo Liangyu well, even if he broke the law, he didn't dare to pursue him, and he was counting on his 30 troops to continue to defend Daming.

He even wanted to rely on Zuo Liangyu's men after moving south.

"Yes."

Gao Yigong responded.

Just as He Jinzhao gave his orders, smoke and dust could be seen flying up in the distance, and several sentry cavalry rode back.

"Report." The sentry rider clasped his fists and bowed, "King Qin, there is an army of 2000 officers ahead of us to attack our army."

"Ok?"

He Jinzhao was very surprised.

Li Zicheng has won consecutive battles in the territory of Henan, and there are still officers and soldiers who dare to take the initiative to attack the "intruders"?
This incident revealed that it was not normal.

When did the Ming army have such a heart to serve the country with fists?

Instead of voluntarily running away, he took the initiative to engage the enemy. It is true that Xing Tian was holding Head and Shoulders and was confused.

"King Qin, didn't you come to surrender?" Gao Yigong also felt strange.

But this seems to be something that the dog officer can do. Anyway, if you have milk, you are a mother.

They don't care who they work for, as long as they can live.

Many soldiers jumped back and forth between the forces of the official army and the bandits.

Because until now, the number of rebels in the Mingping rebel army has remained high.

Even some of the main force of the army had to rely on the bandits who had surrendered.

"Impossible." He Jinzhao slowly walked down the height of the camp:

"They should send someone to communicate in advance when they surrender, otherwise who would know about surrender?"

"That's right." Ji Gui squeezed his beard and said, "King Qin, I think this group of people may be here to take advantage, Li Zicheng has 50 to a million troops under his command, and they dare not provoke them.

But seeing that we are only a small group of people, we are bullied and afraid of the hard, so we come to trouble us. "

"Hahaha, that's what it means." He Jinzhao immediately tucked in the pumpkin hammer: "Maybe it's just for fishing."

Ji Gui immediately said: "King Qin, according to the map, the only place to ambush is Xixiakou from here to Nanyang."

"King Qin, with 500 people, I will be able to disperse all these dog officers and soldiers, so that they can't escape to Xixiakou."

Gao Yigong asked for his life immediately.

"No hurry, count 2000 people, wait for them to get closer, don't let them run away, if you want to come fishing, just swallow this wave of bait."

Gao Yigong took the order, immediately counted 2000 people, and rushed to this group of officers and soldiers.

Niu Chenghu also sent people to inquire about the news carefully, and they would pretend to withdraw their troops as soon as they came into contact with the intruders.

So this time, most of the people I brought with me were those with sharp legs and feet.

Otherwise, if you can't run fast, you have to lose your life here.

Nearly 2000 people sparsely walked on the road.

Niu Chenghu wiped the hot sweat off his brow, but in fact he was right in his heart.

Because facing the team of thieves, he can't fight, but he can still run.

"Master, the camp of bandits and bandits in front is well established. At this moment, the smoke is rising from the kitchen."

After hearing this, Niu Chenghu couldn't help cursing: "These bastards eat more than us."

Do you have to eat at noon?

Did the thieves do it three times a day?

Like their officers and soldiers, they can't do it twice a day, and they do it every time.

"Master, the brothers are also hungry. Otherwise, let's see if this wave of intruders is easy to fight or not. Let's eat the belly first, and tell these people to run back to call for reinforcements. When the reinforcements from the intruders arrive, we will Run again."

Hearing what his confidant said, Niu Chenghu's heart was actually moved.

"No."

Niu Chenghu shook his head and said: "Tell the brothers to bear it, as long as the thieves are lured into the ambush circle, the things here will be ours sooner or later."

"Hey."

Niu Chenghu was a little cautious about the behavior of this wave of intruders not leaving the camp, so he stopped five miles away, told the soldiers to rest first, and sent others to call for a fight.

Gao Yigong set up his soldiers and horses, but he didn't attack immediately, but divided his troops and ordered a cavalry brigade to retreat and detour to block the retreat of this group of officers and troops.

Now I heard the report from the sentry cavalry, saying that the officers and soldiers were sparsely sitting in the shade to rest.

There were only a few people in front of him who came to yell and insult loudly, saying vicious things like the intruder Li Zicheng being robbed of his wife by Gao Jie, the deputy commander of the Ming Dynasty.

Gao Yigong watched from afar his brother-in-law sitting aside with a bowl, eating vegetables with his subordinates.

For Qin Wang, some "thieves" have not been taken to heart.

Now is the first year of the Sledge Hammer, my Hammer bandits are the regular army, and Da Ming is the rebel.

At this time, the hammer bandits were serving dinner, and many soldiers were laughing, and when we hadn't eaten, Marshal Gao led his men to kill the bandits.

There are quite a few jokes about Guan Yu warming wine and beheading Hua Xiong.

Thanks to He Jinchao's army building and the efforts of the propaganda team, the first half of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms still had a lot of labor performances.

"King Qin, it seems that the officers and soldiers are getting bolder."

Ji Gui looked at the seven soldiers of the Ming army riding horses in the distance with the vegetables in his arms, and the picture was not small.

He Jinzhao became more and more sure that this wave of officers and soldiers was fishing.

Otherwise, dare not escape like this.

Just as He Jinchao raised his head, the Hammer Bandits' barracks burst open, and Gao Yigong led the cavalry to kill these Ming soldiers.

Seeing that the goal had been reached, the Ming army turned their horses around and beat them away.

There were several clouds of smoke and dust on the road.

Immediately afterwards, more smoke and dust were rolled up.

Cavalry squads mostly move forward in an arrow attacking formation.

The distance of five miles to hit a horse is fleeting.

The sentinels of the Ming army shouted: "Run, run!"

Only then did Niu Chenghu stand up, and just now sent someone to yell and insult Li Zicheng, the trespasser king. These trespassers didn't respond at all, and even slowly began to share the food.

It really made Niu Chenghu so angry.

This moment made him wonder if this group of people belonged to the fifth battalion of Gezuo, or Luo Rucai's men, so he didn't react at all to humiliating Li Zicheng.

But now it's finally a success.

He stepped on the horse slab and got on the horse, and ordered to his subordinates: "Boys, retreat quickly, you will survive if you run fast!"

Under the survival of the fittest, most of the soldiers of the Ming army were left with sharp legs and feet.

The officers and soldiers who ran slowly were either killed or captured, and there was no other way.

The soldiers of Daming had already walked nearly twenty miles, and they were panting from exhaustion. After resting for a few moments, they were about to run?

It's really hard to be human.

But Niu Chenghu didn't care about this, he took the lead and ran away.

For he saw the smoke behind the pursuers, and the tremor of the earth on the road.

This is definitely not an effect that can be achieved by a small number of cavalry. According to his experience on the battlefield, there are at least a thousand people.

"Damn it, Li Zicheng really got rich!"

Niu Chenghu couldn't help cursing and galloping on horseback.

However, soldiers of the Ming army mostly ran with their legs and feet. How could two legs run better than four legs?
After the cavalry of the hammer bandits rushed into the crowd, many officers and soldiers fled in all directions. Those who dared to block, or were forced to block, were all cut by sabers and fell to the ground.

The blood that flowed out mixed with the loess and gradually turned black.

For a while, the Ming army collapsed directly.

This scene has been staged several times in the battle with Li Zi, and now facing the sharper Hammer bandits, they probably have little resistance.

All that was left was to flee, or yell at me to surrender.

The whip in Niu Chenghu's hand lashed the horses in pain.

When he was anxious, a cavalry suddenly came out from the diagonal stabbing, directly disturbing Niu Chenghu's soldiers who had no ability to fight back.

Even Niu Chenghu was beaten off his horse. If he hadn't yelled at me to surrender, he would have rushed to chop off his head with a single knife.

It's not that Niu Chenghu has never fought with intruders before, but he has never encountered such a sharp intruder.

"Grandpa Thief, I really surrender, but I don't know which hero I'm going to meet, so I better prepare in advance."

The fastest runners were all Niu Chenghu's cronies. This group of people was completely killed by the hammer bandits, and the Ming army behind them managed to catch up.

Gao Yigong couldn't bear it, but also wanted to buy time for this wave of roundabout soldiers.

It looks good now.

When the bleeding Niu Chenghu was stripped of his armor and knelt in front of He Jinzhao, He Jinzhao was drinking soup and adding more salt water.

"King Qin, this person said that he is Niu Chenghu, the Lintao commander-in-chief who rebelled against the Ming Dynasty. Now he is serving under the command of the supervisor Wu Ra. This time, he is trying to lure our army to pursue him. They have set up an ambush at Xijiaokou."

Niu Chenghu stared slightly, who is King Qin?

Why have I never heard of such a character under the command of Chuang Wang Li Zicheng?

(End of this chapter)