Sun Chuanting led the army to leave Tongguan and march towards Luoyang Fucheng.

The chief military officer of Xuanfu and the chief military officer of Datong were obviously reluctant. They did not understand the decision made by Sun Chuanting, but they could not oppose the final decision made by Sun Chuanting. They could only lead their sergeants and follow the army.

When setting off from Tongguan, the scouts had already detected that an army of 500,000 rogue bandits left Kaifeng Fucheng and marched in the direction of Luoyang Fucheng. Based on this, the scouts judged that these 500,000 rogue bandits were obviously heading towards Shaanxi.

Prepare to attack Xi'an Fucheng and even occupy the entire Shaanxi Province.

Sun Chuanting believed that the scout's judgment was accurate, so he ordered the army to set off from Tongguan and quickly enter Henan.

Sun Chuanting knew very well that it was impossible for the more than 100,000 troops under his command to directly face 500,000 rogue bandits, and it was impossible to win the battle. Moreover, there were also 100,000 rogue bandits who entered Luonan, which totaled 600,000 people. Sun Chuanting

There is no way to deal with it. The most important thing now is that if the army led by Li Zicheng personally attacks Xi'an Fucheng, Sun Chuanting will not be able to deal with it, so he must enter Henan and launch an attack quickly to slow down the march of the rogue bandits. If he can completely keep the rogue bandits behind

Henan cannot attack Xi'an Fucheng, which is the greatest victory.

Sun Chuanting's original deployment also encountered sabotage. He was originally planning to lead a large army to secretly enter Henan and launch a sneak attack on Li Zicheng's troops. Through several battle victories, he achieved the goal of weakening Li Zicheng's troops, and then defeated Li Zicheng step by step.

Stabilize the situation in the Central Plains.

Now it seems that Sun Chuanting's deployment was in vain. 600,000 rogue bandits entered Shaanxi to fight. As the governor of the five provinces, Sun Chuanting was under tremendous pressure. If the city of Xi'an was captured by the rogue bandits, Sun Chuanting, the governor of the five provinces, would be finished.

The final outcome will not be stronger than that of Hong Chengchou.

Due to limitations in military strength, Sun Chuanting could not lead a large army to directly attack the rogue bandits. In that case, it would be impossible to win the battle, but the rogue bandits must be kept in Henan. This pressure was huge.

The army entered Henan, and after only one day of march, Sun Chuanting issued an order to camp on the spot.

At this moment, Sun Chuanting was already in torment. He knew very well that it was impossible to keep the news that he had led an army into Henan a secret. The bandits must have known about it. There was not much time left for him and he had to do it within the shortest possible time.

A decision was made, either to face the 500,000 rogue bandits head-on, or to retreat quickly and defend the city of Xi'an.

...

When the horse was galloping, Ma Jinzhong had a smile on his face.

After making up his mind, Ma Jinzhong thought about how to leave Kaifeng Fucheng and go to Shaanxi to join Sun Chuanting, the governor of the five provinces of the Ming Dynasty.

Ma Jinzhong was very lucky. He originally wanted to test Song Xiance's attitude, so he went to visit him. In any case, he, Ma Jinzhong, was in charge of the rebel army at the time. After defecting to Li Zicheng, he had a good status in the rebel army.

Even though Gao Yingdeng was beheaded by Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng still paid great attention to the other leaders of the rebel army and gave these leaders a high status in order to prevent these people from holding actual power.

When Ma Jinzhong visited Song Xiance, someone happened to send information that the imperial army led by Sun Chuanting, the governor of the five provinces of Ming Dynasty, had set off from Xi'an Fucheng and headed for Henan. According to the intelligence detected, the imperial army of more than 100,000 people led by Sun Chuanting had already

After passing Tongguan, we entered Henan.

The purpose of Niu Jinxing's letter was to ask Song Xiance to firmly guard Kaifeng Fucheng and not allow the imperial army to capture Kaifeng Fucheng, so as not to disrupt the overall deployment of the rebel army to capture Xi'an Fucheng.

Song Xiance did not hide it from Ma Jinzhong, and even chatted with Ma Jinzhong about the idea that the rebels would definitely be able to capture Xi'an Fucheng.

After receiving this important news, Ma Jinzhong was ecstatic, but he was able to hide his emotions and never reveal them. After chatting with Song Xiance for a while, he proposed that he wanted to go out and relax, that is, walk around Kaifeng Fucheng.

Look, if something happens, we must return to Kaifeng Fucheng in time.

Song Xiance did not hesitate and agreed to Ma Jinzhong's request. Before leaving, he specifically reminded Ma Jinzhong to pay attention to safety. If the imperial army besieged Kaifeng Fucheng, he must return to the military camp in time.

After returning to the barracks, Ma Jinzhong quickly made all preparations. In fact, he was already making relevant preparations in normal times. He exchanged all the money he owned into gold so that it was easier to carry, and gave away the remaining items.

some brothers.

After counting all the money, Ma Jinzhong bought a Ujumqin horse for fifty taels of silver.

Such transactions abound in the rebel army. Of course, those who can own Ujimulqin horses are all sergeants from the old camp, or officers who defected to Li Zicheng. Many of them are familiar with Ma Jinzhong, so Ma Jinzhong can

Buying Ujimqin Horse can prepare you for your material direction.

Which path to choose is crucial. If Ma Jinzhong encounters the Chinese army led by Li Zicheng, all preparations will be in vain. Therefore, Ma Jinzhong must avoid the Chinese army led by Li Zicheng.

Ma Jinzhong was not very clear about the marching route of the Chinese army, but he could easily make a judgment. There were 500,000 people in the Chinese army. The only choice was to take the official road. It was impossible to choose other roads. In that case, the 500,000-strong army would not be able to

march.

After judging the marching route of the Chinese army, the next thing Ma Jinzhong needed to do was to choose a route that could completely avoid the Chinese army and reach Tongguan smoothly.

At this moment, Ma Jinzhong had no way of knowing the whereabouts of the imperial army led by Sun Chuanting, so he could only choose to go to Tongguan.

Kaifeng Fucheng is more than a thousand miles away from Tongguan. It is impossible to reach it quickly with a Uzhumuqin horse. Ma Jinzhong is not in a hurry. He knows very well that the Chinese army is not marching very fast.

It takes at least half a month to arrive at Tongguan from Kaifeng Fucheng, and the army led by Sun Chuanting, the governor of the five provinces of the Ming Dynasty, has already entered Henan. It is impossible for Li Zicheng not to know that he will make corresponding preparations for the march of the Chinese army.

The speed is even slower.

When setting off from Kaifeng Fucheng, Ma Jinzhong did not hide anything and rode out of the camp on a Uzhumu Qin horse.

No one pays attention to Ma Jinzhong. Everyone knows that Ma Jinzhong is not popular with Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang. Under such circumstances, no one is willing to settle the relationship with Ma Jinzhong.

Under such circumstances, Ma Jinzhong left Kaifeng Fucheng without any scruples and headed for Tongguan.

...

Li Zicheng's expression was quite solemn. A few days ago, the scouts came to report that news came from the direction of Luoyang Fucheng that a large number of imperial troops had entered Henan from Shaanxi. He immediately ordered the scouts to investigate in detail. The scouts had not yet sent the news. Zhang Dongtao

The letter from Li Yan arrived. The letter mentioned the imperial army entering Henan, and the total strength was expected to be more than 100,000.

Li Zicheng can be absolutely certain that the imperial army led by Sun Chuanting, the governor of the five provinces of the Ming Dynasty, entered Henan.

Li Zicheng did not dare to underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Qin army under Sun Chuanting. He knew that the rebel army had many battles with the Qin army, and almost all ended in disastrous defeats. The Qin army's combat effectiveness was indeed strong.

Sun Chuanting led the imperial army into Henan, with more than 100,000 troops. It should be said that his purpose was clear, which was to disrupt the entire situation in Henan and make it impossible for the rebels to live in peace.

Li Zicheng had two choices. One was to ignore Sun Chuanting and his army, go straight to Xi'an Fucheng, and capture Xi'an Fucheng as quickly as possible. After all, Sun Chuanting had entered Henan, and he must have led the elite of the imperial army to garrison it.

There are definitely not many troops in Xi'an Fucheng.

The second is to wait and see what happens, figure out Sun Chuanting's deployment, lead the Chinese army to fight against Sun Chuanting, and try our best to defeat Sun Chuanting and his army. If Sun Chuanting and his army can be defeated, then the entire Central Plains will be occupied.

That's it.

When Niu Jinxing, Li Guo, Liu Zongmin and others entered the temporary Chinese military tent, Li Zicheng had already made up his mind.

Before everyone could take a breath, Li Zicheng spoke.

"I just received a letter from Zhang Xianzhong. More than 100,000 imperial troops have entered Henan. They are expected to march in the direction of Luoyang Fucheng. I think their leader must be Sun Chuanting, the governor of the five provinces of the Ming Dynasty."

"All the former and Chinese troops have entered Shaanxi and attacked Xi'an Fucheng. The defenses in Henan must be empty. In my opinion, the only thing that can be defended is Kaifeng Fucheng. The other cities cannot resist the attack of the imperial army."

"I've thought about it. We have two options."

"The first option is to march straight in and attack Xi'an Fucheng. Since Sun Chuanting, the governor of the five provinces of the Ming Dynasty, has led the imperial army into Henan, the defense of Shaanxi Fucheng must be empty. We can take this opportunity to capture Xi'an Fucheng in one fell swoop. Next

Occupying the entire Shaanxi province."

"The second option is to face Sun Chuanting and his army. If we can defeat Sun Chuanting and his army, then all the problems will be solved..."

Just as Li Zicheng finished speaking, Niu Jinxing clasped his fists and spoke.

"King Chuang, I think it is the best choice for the Chinese army to defeat Sun Chuanting and his army. As long as our rebel army defeats Sun Chuanting, the defenses of both Shaanxi and Shanxi will be empty, and the local government will never dare to fight with me.

The rebels are against each other. At that time, the rebels can easily occupy Shaanxi Province and Shanxi Province..."

Li Zicheng smiled again and looked at Niu Jinxing and nodded.

"Niu Jinxing is right. In the past, every time our rebels fought, we thought of conquering the city and getting more money and food. But it is different now. The rebels have occupied Henan Province. We want to consolidate the Henan province.

Province, the best way is to completely defeat the imperial army..."
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