After some preparation, Zhu Cijing finally set off with the Second Corps of the Imperial Guards and the Dingliao Army. According to the original plan, the first stop was Fengyang, Zhongdu, where dozens of rebels had more than 100,000 people, and there were Fengyang defenders and Nanzhili defenders led by Huang Degong. According to the principle, 150,000 officers and soldiers could easily defeat the 100,000 rebels Huang Degong. Why did the stalemate have been in such a long time and have not yet achieved it?

It’s not that Huang Degong is greedy for life and fears death, but that Zhu Cijiu has strict orders to guard against the emperor and not to attack! These days, there are a few people who dare to disobey the imperial edict, but they will implicate the nine tribes. Huang Degong naturally dared not, so he honestly led his army to defend Wupingwei, and Ren Yijun insulted everything outside the city, but did not go out of the city to fight back.

This kind of practice seems cowardly, but in fact it is what the rebels don’t want to see the least. The rebels are not afraid of the number of officers and soldiers. You have a large number of people and strong combat power. We can’t beat them, but we have run away. As long as the officers and soldiers dare to chase them out, it’s easy to do. Just send a few people to take the officers and soldiers around, and others can take advantage of the situation and rush to Fengyang and dig the ancestral tomb of the Zhu family. If they don’t need to take action, the little emperor will naturally be punished. None of the defending generals can escape and they will all die!

This is a common trick used by the rebel army. Zhang Xianzhong had played this way in history. At that time, Yang Sichang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, was ordered to pacify the enemy, and led the general Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong, as well as the governor of Shaanxi Zheng Chongjian, and the governor of Sichuan Shao Jiechun to encircle and suppress the rebel Zhang Xianzhong's troops. As a result, Zhang Xianzhong led the officers and soldiers to wander around in Sichuan. Yang Sichang followed him and chased him, but he was unable to catch up. Zhang Xianzhong once made a spell and said sarcastically: "There was Governor Shao in front of him, and he often came to dance around; the Yang Ge army was three days away from me."

As a result, Li Zicheng took advantage of the opportunity to capture Luoyang, cooked King Fu Zhu Changxun, and Zhang Xianzhong also led his army to attack Xiangyang, killing King Xiang and King Guiyang. Yang Sichang completely collapsed and did not eat anymore. He finally died of shock and worry.

Huang Degong didn't know that the rebel army was playing guerrilla tactics, but Zhu Cijing knew it, so he ordered Huang Degong to defend the city and hold the rebel army back and not to attack. When he led the imperial army to arrive, he attacked the two sides to capture the rebel army outside Fengyang City.

Zhu Cijiu put a lot of effort into destroying the rebel army in one fell swoop. Not only did he send troops to guard the Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Huguang and other places on the periphery, but the main army he led also changed to a new tactic. This time, he did not gather all the 200,000 troops together to advance, but divided the two legions into dozens of people and covered the Fengyang Mansion of Zhongdu like a net, while he led the two legions to follow 60,000 cavalry Shi Shiran, ready to support all walks of life at any time.

If it were the past, this would definitely not work. No matter how bad the rebels were, there would be no problem with the hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers. As long as they find the right way and attack wildly, they would take some time at most, and they would definitely defeat the officers and soldiers on this route. In this way, the net would be broken and they ran away again.

But now there is no problem with this. Because all the Ming troops are equipped with telegraph machines, they always pull the line to move forward when they advance. Zhu Cijiu also designed a special set of split-advance and joint attack tactics for this. He assigned two sets of lines to each Ming army. The main force and each branch are moving forward alternately, and the communication is always kept open. Once the rebels are found, they will report immediately. At that time, he will command the nearby Ming troops to encircle and suppress the number of rebels, or directly lead the main force to support them. In this way, the rebels will be surrounded in an instant regardless of the attack. If they want to run away, there will be no door.

The various rebels outside Wupingwei naturally didn't know that Zhu Cijiu had changed his tactics. They were trying their best to lure out the defenders in the city, but Huang Degong seemed to have been determined to take the weight and let them jump up and down, changing their insults, and they were indifferent.

Logically speaking, since Li Zicheng has succeeded, they should retreat. With the equipment of the officers and soldiers, even if there are only four or five thousand people inside, they cannot attack, let alone 40,000 or 50,000 people inside. Even though they know that it is a waste of time to stay here, and they may be surrounded by officers and soldiers, why don’t they retreat?

This is all the blame for Cao Cao and Luo Rucai. He insisted on surrounding him here to buy time for Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

What do you think of Luo Rucai? Since his nickname is Sai Cao Cao, he must have no problems with his brain and should be quite smart. Otherwise, how can he be called Sai Cao Cao? He is indeed a brain, and he is full of wisdom and very smart, but he has another problem, that is, he is too loyal.

In theory, this kind of loyalty should be an advantage, but why has it become a problem? It is naturally an advantage to those who are loyal, but it is a problem to those who are unfaithful!

Did Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong talk about loyalty? Zhang Xianzhong is said to be a pig-killing background, and his characteristics are only one word, that is “ruthless”. As for Li Zicheng, he can be said to be a murderer, and he was born in several murders, and he could not escape only to rebel. If he wanted to talk about his characteristics, he had to use two words, that was “ruthless”. It would be basically difficult to make these two ruthless people loyal!

In history, Luo Rucai did not say anything about Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. For example, once Li Zicheng defected to Zhang Xianzhong after his defeat, and almost killed by Zhang Xianzhong. It was Luo Rucai who saved him. Zhang Xianzhong also defected to Li Zicheng after his defeat, but almost killed by Li Zicheng. Luo Rucai privately sent him 500 troops and let him go. Like Li Zicheng met a miserable person in Tongguan, Luo Rucai quickly went to lobby various rebels to go with him to rescue him. Only then did Li Zicheng escape...

In short, Luo Rucai is very loyal to both of them, but how did Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong treat him? Zhang Xianzhong won’t say anything, because he went to Sichuan to work alone, and he basically had no intersection with Luo Rucai. Luo Rucai has been following Li Zicheng. The final result is: Li Zicheng has become the one who maintains his majesty and kills him!

Therefore, it is a problem to be loyal to people who are unfaithful and must be cured!

Luo Rucai didn't realize that Li Zicheng was an ungrateful wolf. At the Xingyang Conference, Li Zicheng said that whether the four-way attack can be successful depends on whether all the troops can hold on. If you want to succeed, all the troops must persevere until the last moment, that is: if the officers and soldiers do not come to encircle and suppress, they will never retreat! Only in this way can the court lose sight of one thing and panic, and only in this way can the other rebels have a chance, and only in this way can the rebels have a way out!

Luo Rucai agreed deeply, so after finding that Feng* Ben could not take it down, he still persuaded the leaders of the rebel army to stay here with him, distract the court's attention and create opportunities for other rebel army Lu. This stay lasted for more than a month. When Gao Yingxiang's entire army was wiped out, he did not retreat. When Li Zicheng captured Luoyang, he still did not retreat. But he patted his chest and assured Li Zicheng that the officers and soldiers would never retreat if they did not come to encircle and suppress them!

Well, now the officers and soldiers are finally here, and there are 200,000. By the time he realized it, it was too late, because he found that there were officers and soldiers everywhere, and they were already surrounded!
Chapter completed!