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Chapter 261
Lu Wang and Fu Wang took the line of Huang Degong, and also confirmed that he was willing to flee to Xinyang first.

The follow-up specific arrangements are much simpler, and there is nothing to repeat.

It was also after Huang Degong had in-depth contact with Liang Yizhang that he discovered that Liang Yizhang didn't know that King Lu had come to Shangqiu.

So Huang Degong also judged that the so-called "Yuan Zongdi came to attack Shangqiu in order to kill the king and trap the vassal" at the beginning was probably a misunderstanding, or it was some self-defeating strategy by the thieves.

It is normal for hundreds of thousands of troops to spread out and attack each other for hundreds of miles. The communication of information is not smooth, and the message is wrong.

In any case, since Yuan Zongdi was so cowardly, and after being beaten to the side, he withdrew from the two wings of the east gate and south gate of Shangqiu City, so he would not be too resolute in preventing Huang Degong from retreating in the future.

Just to be on the safe side, Huang Degong still didn't act rashly immediately, and asked the troops to rest in Shangqiu City for an afternoon, eat two good meals, go to bed early at Shenshi, and get up at Yinshi the next day to assemble out of the city.

In this way, there is still about two hours of action time before dawn, ensuring that Yuan Zongdi's reaction time can be further compressed.

After the plan was arranged, Huang Degong gave Liang Yizhang a few words at the end: "Prefect Liang, it is impossible for our army to take the initiative to attack the camp and seek a decisive battle with Yuan Zongdi for you. After he shrinks his troops, after all, he has a strong camp that has been operating for several days to rely on." , It is too disadvantageous to attack with cavalry.

So after our army retreats, tomorrow you can let the wind go, saying that Lu Wang Fu Wang was indeed in this Shangqiu city before, but he has been rescued by me.

In this way, Yuan Zongdi will definitely be half-hearted and shaken, and he is reluctant to spend all his money on attacking Shangqiu.If he can be lured to divide his troops to chase me and fight our army in the field, Huang will definitely hit his main force again! "

Liang Yizhang was also grateful for Huang Degong's righteousness, but he was still a little worried, so he asked: "Will this increase the danger to King Lu?"

But Huang Degong patted his chest and assured him: "Don't worry, Yuan Zongdi can't catch up with me, and if he dares to chase me, he can't beat him. Besides, you don't have to take the initiative to promote it tomorrow morning.

Can you wait until Yuan Zongdi comes to attack the city again, and then say this to hurt his morale?In this way, it took at least another day and a half. Our army is all cavalry, and they have already run away.And if you delay speaking, you won't offend King Lu and Fu. It was tacitly understood beforehand, how did King Lu and Fu know? "

Liang Yizhang was right when he thought about it, and immediately expressed that he knew how to control the level of secrecy, the timing of leaking, and what to say and what not to say.

Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses to Yuan Zongdi were definitely more than 6 to 2 at the beginning, but Li Jiyu was annihilated and Yuan Shizhong surrendered, adding up to two strokes reduced at least [-] troops from the Chuang army.

In addition, Huang Degong kicked the battalion to defeat Yuan Jun in Nancheng, and the bloody battle in Shangqiu City in the previous few days killed the Chuang army.It can be said that in the past ten days, Yuan Zongdi's department has reduced at least 3 effective forces.

There are more than 3 left at most. If they hide in the camp, there are trenches and horses are rejected, Huang Degong may have to pay a heavy price to eat it, so he is reluctant to spend it with elite cavalry.

But if Yuan Zongdi dared to chase him out, he would definitely be courting death.

What's more, Yuan Zongdi is not the cavalry of the whole army, but the cavalry of Huang Degong's whole army has also recharged his energy and maintained his physical strength, which can march fast and durable.As long as Yuan Zongdi dared to chase him within a day or two, he would definitely lose touch with the front and rear armies, and they would not be able to care about each other.

At that time, Huang Degong, who has the advantage of power, will kill the carbine and only choose the part of the troops that Yuan Zongdi is chasing fast, and it will definitely be easier to kill.

Huang Degong knew such superficial common sense of the art of war, and Yuan Zongdi must also know it, otherwise he would not be qualified to be one of the five generals under Li Zicheng's account.So as long as he is not mentally handicapped, he will definitely not do such a stupid thing.

……

Early the next morning, the pampered King Lu was dragged up by the maids and eunuchs in a daze, and was about to leave the city at Yinshi.

The palace's valuables have already been packed in advance.

When Wei Hui left and came to Shangqiu before, they took advantage of the fact that the thieves had just hit Huaiqing, and they were still separated by a mansion, so they ran away ahead of time, so their things were more comprehensive, even the silk and satin of the king's mansion were soft. You can take it with you.

When Lu Wangfu was in Weihui, he accumulated at least 800 million taels of movable property, and brought out more than 600 million taels.Recently, I have managed to consume and reward part of the army.

This time, because he was with the army, he had no choice but to throw away the silk and broken silver, as well as the copper coins of ordinary maids and eunuchs, and the prince gave them silver ingots to replace them.It was worth nearly one million taels and was relatively rough, so it was left to Liang Yizhang to reward the army.

The defenders of Shangqiu City were also called up early in the morning to be on guard and ready to cover at any time.Originally, the soldiers were quite complaining.But when I heard that each soldier could directly distribute three pieces of Lu silk and two silver ingots, all dissatisfaction disappeared immediately, and he vowed that he would follow Liang Zhifu to defend the city well and persist through this winter.

Huang Degong allowed King Lu to take a carriage, but he still prepared horses for them, and they could change them at any time when they needed to ride. It's easy to divide the 500 million taels of property among the soldiers.

Because at least half of the value of the wealth exists in the form of gold, which is more than 2 catties in conversion. It is enough to pick [-] soldiers to carry [-] to [-] catties each.

The only thing that Huang Degong didn't understand was that Lu Wang's mansion brought a lot of bronze wares and pianos.Huang Degong is a rough man, he doesn't understand elegant things, he thinks that even the broken silver is lost, what else is he doing with the copper.

King Lu couldn't talk about the money in person, so in the end the little princess Zhu Yuchan came forward wearing a veiled hat and explained: "It's hard work for Mr. Huang, I'm not a money-grubbing person who can't be forced by others, it's really better to carry these pianos out than to carry the same weight of silver. It's worth the money.

The famous Qin collected by my father is not an ancient one, but it is a rare masterpiece in the world.The ones wrapped tightly in silk capsules and held in fragrant wooden boxes are all guqins from the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

The remaining ones that are only stored in silk sacs are at least those from the Tang and Song Dynasties. Those that are open are the new ones of the dynasty. My father and king never keep those below 1000 taels.Those bronze incense burners also existed from Han to Wei, Jin, Six Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties.After the Song Dynasty, my father and king were too lazy to accept it. "

Huang Degong heard that these things are so valuable, so he gave up.

……

The army Yinshi was leaving the city quietly, and the journey went smoothly at the beginning.The biggest problem, on the contrary, is that Lu Wang and Fu Wang are not in good health. These pampered nobles were vomited by the bumps of the night carriage.

Fortunately, the visibility was not very high, and the horses and chariots would not run too fast. At dawn, it was already more than 30 miles away from the city.

On Yuan Zongdi's side, he also noticed that there was an army leaving the city in the south of the city at [-]:[-], but he didn't take it seriously. He is now devastated, wants too much, and has too little ability to get.He didn't bother to stop some of the Shangqiu defenders from leaving.

It was not until Chenshi that Yuan Zongdi tentatively went to the city of Shangqiu to organize another small-scale attack.But at first glance, I didn't intend to really fight to the end, but just explored the truth, mainly shooting crossbows and old-fashioned firecrackers.

Of course, Liang Yizhang took the Shangqiu defenders to attack Yuan Zongdi's attempt severely, and made Yuan Zongdi realize clearly that the soldiers and horses leaving the city in the early morning did not damage the will of the Shangqiu defenders. Stay to the end.

After obtaining this important information, Yuan Zongdi's goal has been achieved, and there is no need to waste it after hundreds of people have died.

At noon, when Yuan Zongdi's troops were about to retreat to the camp, Liang Yizhang, the head of the city, watched the bandits retreat, which made the scolding soldiers shout wildly in unison:

"Thieves will die! Yuan Zong's first death without a place to bury him has already fallen into Shen Futai's trick! Huang Chuangzi is here to break up your troops and burn your baggage, so that you can't move quickly. Back to aid Chen County!
Huang Chuangzi's cavalry came and went like the wind, and when they arrived in Chen County, they flanked Shen Futai inside and outside, and they would definitely kill the intruders!At that time, you won't even have a place to vote for dog masters! "

These remarks were not all organized by Liang Yizhang, they were full of tongues, and they were all scolding players who played freely according to the central idea, so the complaints were also scattered, saying something here and there.

After scolding the main point, someone mentioned that "Huang Degong has made great contributions and saved the vassal king".

The Chuangjun soldiers below didn't take it seriously at first, but after about half an hour, when various channels were gathered to Yuan Zongdi's place little by little, he realized the problem.

"Huang Chuangzi really came to rescue the kings? The information sent by Mr. Song is accurate? Didn't I deceive him? Huang Chuangzi wanted to break my troops first and hold me back, but he himself relied on the speed of the cavalry to stop me. Can you rush to the main battlefield to attack?"

After Yuan Zongdi sorted out the situation, he also became slightly afraid.

In fact, it's not that he has never thought of this possibility, but the key is that even if he vaguely thought of it, he can still bet that his soldiers, captains and brigades at all levels, don't know.

As long as the people below don't know, he can pretend to be confused, and he doesn't have to join forces with Li Zicheng, and he doesn't have to fight tough battles.
But now that Liang Yizhang has been directly scolded by others to clarify these words, it means that even the most mentally handicapped grassroots officers in Yuan Zongdi's army know this.

If Yuan Zongdi hesitated again and did not share his worries for King Chuang, he might be bitten and exposed by the people below in the future, and he would be liquidated by Qiuhou.

You can pretend to be an ostrich and pretend to be blind to the law, but you can't break the law knowing the law.

After trying to understand this truth, Yuan Zongdi was also extremely depressed.He knew that the only thing he could do now was to show that he was still loyal to Li Zicheng and willing to work hard for Li Zicheng.

"The whole army retreats from the camp to the west! Pursue Huang Degong, reinforce King Chuang! Reinforce the main battlefield of Chen County! Give up attacking Shangqiu!" Yuan Zongdi was reluctant, but on the surface he issued this order with righteousness.

Several confidant generals also persuaded: "No, general, Huang Degong is a cavalry soldier, and he just defeated us once. Now morale is declining, and a lot of baggage vehicles and horses have been burned and damaged. If we pursue now, our army will be seriously out of touch. of."

"These are minor issues! King Chuang has lured the main force of the army out for a decisive battle. Now that we know, how can we not go! I, Yuan Zongdi, focus on loyalty, and you are not allowed to persuade him! Anyone who persuades is disloyal!"

As soon as these ruthless words were put down, Yuan Zongdi set off after running on the half-hearted existence in the army.

Of course, he also had a mind, and sent the most elm-headed troops under his command, who only knew that they were directly loyal to Li Zicheng, and who were difficult to win over, to the front line, let them rush to the forefront to chase Huang Degong, and even gave them priority. Allocate more horses.

Those relatively most brainless Li Zicheng loyalists, of course, rushed forward unparalleled in loyalty.Then a day later, near Zhecheng County, he was shot and killed by Huang Degong with a horse and was defeated.

Several brigades who ended up in Li Zicheng, as well as a captain, were all beheaded by Huang Degong.

Knowing the defeat of the former army, Yuan Zongdi changed his posture of marching in a hurry, became more stable, gradually gathered the rout troops, and fought steadily: Look, it's not that we were not loyal to King Chuang, but that we were too loyal and suffered a loss.If you are not cautious, it is a trivial matter to die halfway, and you will not be able to serve King Chuang after death, this is a big mistake.

After two days of marching, Huang Degong returned to Chen County smoothly.Before arriving in Chen County, he also dispatched [-] cavalry to escort Fu Wang Lu Wang to Xiangcheng, which is further downstream in Chen County.

At the same time, the scouts he sent ahead of time had already gotten in touch with Liu Guoneng's department and the Shenjiajun navy fleet outside Chen County.Naturally, they also split up their hands to receive this important chess piece.

As for Shen Shuren himself, they were unable to notify him for the time being, because Shen Shuren was surrounded in Chen County, and the news was temporarily cut off.It's just that Shen Shuren didn't panic from the beginning to the end, even if he was surrounded, he didn't feel that he was in danger at all.

Huang Degong severely injured Yuan Zongdi, and also annihilated and forced to land two local peasant armies in Henan, completely curbing Yuan Zongdi's attempt to help Li Zicheng raise food from Guide Mansion, so this stalemate has actually been decided. .

(End of this chapter)