Chapter 368

"Back to the empress, the training time of the garrison in Xiangyang area is still short, so the garrison can only be transferred from Nanyang counties. 20000 troops are the fastest, and it will take five days to assemble."

"Five days is five days!" Zhang Yan nodded helplessly. According to the news from the intelligence department, the king has been surrounded for six days. Although she was very worried, she also knew that no matter how urgent it was, it was useless.

Then they discussed again and decided that Qin Yi, the Shangshu of the Military Justice Department, would be the commander and Niu Jinxing, the military division, would lead the troops south in five days.

At the same time, in order to stabilize people's hearts, they only claimed that the king of China and the Chu army had fallen into confrontation at the mouth of the Han River, and reported the defeat of the Chinese army and the capture of Wuchang.

Naturally, sun expected to send people to spread these rumors. Although he knew that even if the rumors worked, his 50000 troops could not go north to break Xiangyang, he could win some opportunities for Chuang Jun.

The fact is that when the news reached Luoyang, Chuang Wang, who originally planned to enjoy a few days in Luoyang and then went south after Nanyang wheat was harvested and dried, really couldn't sit still.

As early as Qin Huan's defeat of Lu Xiangsheng, Chuang Jun and Wei Jun finally conquered Luoyang after half a month's siege. Chuang Wang cooked the blessing king as in history, and received countless money, food and beautiful women.

"Your Majesty, now people are in panic in the state of Qin. It's a good time to march!"

"Big brother, you can't miss it!"

"Yes, Chuang Wang, you can't wait any longer. The wheat in Nanyang is ripe."

Both literati and counselors, as well as many old brothers, said one after another.

"Brother Luo, what do you think?" Chuang Wang nodded noncommittally, and then looked at Luo Rucai who was on an equal footing with him.

"The time is really ripe to break into the king. However, the red lady's army did not go south to Ruzhou, but looked covetously around Zhengzhou, Xingyang. Therefore, whether to advance East first to defeat the red lady or divide the army into two routes must be considered in the long run."

Luo Rucai hugged his fist, but he didn't call brother Li. Obviously, he knew himself clearly. Now he broke the king and supported 300000 soldiers, which was at the height of the sun, but he had just recovered to 50000 people. The gap was too big.

If they didn't know they couldn't beat the red lady, they all wanted to take the initiative to move east.

Liu Zongmin was not afraid of the red lady at all. As soon as his eyes lit up, he immediately jumped out and said, "brother, give me 100000 troops and horses. I will catch the red lady and warm the bed for brother." Obviously, I always want to fly alone.

"Brother Liu, don't be impatient. The red lady can break the two houses of runing and Kaifeng in a short time. I think it's not a simple generation. In order to be cautious, I decided to lead the army to the East and then to the south."

The Chuang Wang waved his hand and obviously didn't intend to divide the troops.

Even if Liu Zongmin was no longer reconciled, he failed to attack Nanyang last time. Instead, he returned at the expense of his troops. At this time, he had no confidence to compete with Chuang Wang again, so he had to sit back bitterly.

Originally, Hongying planned to return to Ruzhou with her army to meet the third town and fight a decisive battle with the army in Ruzhou, but Li Yan felt that instead of making a long journey to Ruzhou, she might as well go east to Zhengzhou and wait for work.

On the one hand, placing the battlefield near Zhengzhou can avoid the loss of Ruzhou. On the other hand, it can also strive for more opportunities for military training.

This is indeed the case. When the army attacked Luoyang again, the red lady made up four temporary independent battalions, so that the number of cannon fodder battalions reached six, a total of 30000 people, and these 30000 people also had weapons. After running in for a while, they had a model and did not lose the general rebel army.

In addition, there are nearly 30000 people in the two towns and 8000 iron cavalry. Both Hong Ying and Li Yan have great confidence in defeating Chuang Wang.

"Mr. Li, the Chuang Wang really didn't send troops south, but came to us. Shall we fight in Zhengzhou or go south according to the original plan?"

"Since the Chuang king doesn't want to send troops south, in order to concentrate our troops, our army had better return to Ruzhou for a decisive battle. On the way, we can let the cavalry not only take a bath, but also test the other party's combat strength."

Li Yan felt his beard with his hands on his back. Now he finally understood why song xiance chose to go to Niu Er.

Compared with staying with Qin Huan, he did nothing. The red Ying's obedience finally made him feel like a military master.

"Well, I'm afraid this Kaifeng mansion will be ruined by them again. However, according to the report of the spies, there are more than 10000 cavalry in the Chuang army, which must be prevented."

The red warbler nodded and said with a dignified look.

"General, don't worry. I'm old Cao, who hasn't paid attention to the cavalry who broke into the army, and went to the battlefield. I'm old Cao promised that the Xiaoqi camp can kill all of them with only one charge." Cao Bianjiao stood up immediately.

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Just as Qin Yi and 20000 local garrisons were preparing to go south to rescue Qin Yu, Chuang Jun came to the East.

For a time, the momentum was overwhelming, and the team lasted for hundreds of miles. Although the real combat force was only 350000, there were 400000 civilian men with the army. It can be said that they had done their best to break into the army this time.

If he had not captured Luoyang, Chuang Jun would not be able to support such a huge force, and Li Yan saw this, so he chose to bring Chuang Jun down.

First, it is suggested that the red lady Chen Bing near Zhengzhou attract the Chuang army to attack, and then retreat to Ruzhou for a decisive battle, which is equivalent to dragging the Chuang army around a big circle.

After all, if the Chuang army does not attack, it will go south on a large scale, and the rear road will be cut off. If the Chuang army chooses to divide its troops, it can break them all.

Therefore, when the vanguard troops of Chuang army arrived near Xingyang, all the Chinese troops retreated to Zhengzhou. Chuang army forced into Zhengzhou, and the Chinese army retreated to Xinzheng in the south. It always maintained a one-day marching distance with Chuang army, that is, no decisive battle.

The cavalry frightened by the Chinese army, Chuang Wang did not dare to send cavalry to pursue and intercept. First, he was afraid of ambush and second, he was afraid of damage.

At this time, Chuang Wang was so angry that smoke came from his nostrils. After all, hundreds of thousands of troops were heavy. They marched for up to 30 miles a day, while the other party had only 60000 or 70000 people. Seeing that the food consumed every day was gone like running water, Chuang Wang was heartbroken.

What's more irritating is that the people along the line have long been relocated, and the city is empty. If you want to grab some food, you can't grab it, so you can only escort it from Luoyang.

"Brother, the red lady is too cunning. It's clear that she wants to bring down our army. At this speed, it will take at least more than 20 days to reach Ruzhou. Why don't I take an army to attack Kaifeng and raise some food and grass!" Liu Zongmin was worried again.

The Chuang Wang hesitated this time, because their food and grass could last up to a month, and the Chinese army moved the people and gentry in all the States and counties west of Kaifeng to Kaifeng City, leaving only a small number of troops to garrison. It would be good if they could win it.