Chapter 442

One of the only two supervisors in the Ming Dynasty was surrounded in Taihu County and was in danger. The other was even worse.

Jinan City.

From last December to today, it has been four months since the anti thief besieged the city. It must be said that it is a miracle that Hong Chengchou, a million troops outside the city, can support it alone without reinforcements.

The reason why Hong Chengchou could last so long was that Hong Chengchou planned ahead and concentrated all the grain and grass of the States and counties near Shandong in Jinan City early. Secondly, the thief army had three kings and could not attack the city with one heart and unified command.

In fact, it was also difficult for the three thieves at this time. There were a steady stream of heroes who had defected in the past four months, but almost all came barehanded and with open mouths.

Up to now, there are more than 2 million thieves outside Jinan, of which only half are young and strong. So many people eat horses every day and consume countless grains every day.

At the moment, the three kings gathered together again to discuss countermeasures. At the beginning, there was a strong smell of gunpowder in the big account.

All the three kings sat at the top. Even who sat in the middle had to quarrel for a long time. Finally, song xiance suggested that everyone take turns to sit in the middle chair, which calmed down the dispute.

Since Song xiance, who made the suggestion, was Niu Er's adviser, this time Niu Er sat in the middle, Luo Rucai sat on the left and Liu Zongmin sat on the right.

If there were not another Jinan city that had not been beaten down, the three would have fought each other and killed each other.

"King Wei, King Jin, I'm afraid the city of Jinan won't be able to fight down for a while. I'm afraid there's not much food left in it even if it's fought down. It's not a way to always consume it here. I suggest leaving one person to continue to siege and attack Jinan, and the other two lead the army north to attack the capital."

Niu Er glanced at them and said slowly.

"Well, then the king of Wu will stay. I'll go to the capital with the king of Wei." Liu Zongmin nodded.

"That's the only way." Luo Rucai echoed.

"Fart!"

Niu Er patted the table and roared, "if I hadn't gone north, you two would still be chased by Hong like a lost dog. Now you don't want me to stay in Jinan."

"Niu, what do you mean? Do you still want me to stay in Jinan? " Liu Zongmin threw the wine jar to the ground without showing weakness.

For a moment, the three men under the hall stood up again, put their hands on the knife handle and glared at each other.

"Liu, I have 400000 troops. If you don't agree to stay in Jinan, don't blame me for being rude." Niu Er's murderous way.

"What? Brother Niu, don't you still want to bully less with more? " Luo Rucai, who had been silent, suddenly stood up and stared at Niu Er.

"Brother Luo, this man surnamed Liu doesn't appreciate it. Do you want to stand on his side?"

Niu Er frowned. Although Liu Zongmin had only 200000 people, if Luo Rucai's 200000 people were added, the two sides would not be less than him.

"I just don't like you bullying less with more." Luo Rucai said calmly that he was not a fool. If Liu Zongmin stayed in Jinan, he and Niu Er would attack the capital. Finally, let alone sit in the Dragon chair. I'm afraid that Niu Er would have to clean him up as soon as the capital broke.

"Hum, even if you join hands, I'm not afraid!" Niu Er's face was very angry. He didn't expect Luo Rucai, who had been swinging left and right, to join hands with Liu Zongmin without hesitation this time.

"Ha ha, then try it and see who has the knife fast!" Liu Zongmin laughed, Qiang pulled out his waist knife and pointed to Niu Erdao.

He has endured this guy for a long time. If Luo Rucai hadn't refused to agree to join hands with him to kill this guy, he would have done it.

"Calm down, three kings. Now King Hua has calmed Huguang and is attacking Jiangnan on a large scale. I believe he will wave troops North soon, so it's really not suitable to mess up at this time. We still need to break the capital and Jinan as soon as possible!"

When song xiance saw a fight in the field, it was about to break out. He quickly stood up and advised him. After thinking about it, he continued: "how about this? The three kings left one army and continued to besiege Jinan. How about the main force waving troops north?"

"Just follow Mr. Song's words." Luo Rucai was the first one to nod. Then he looked at Niu Er.

"Well, let's go north together." Niu Er snorted and returned the knife to the scabbard. It was originally agreed between him and song xiance in advance. Naturally, he would not refuse.

This time, Liu Zongmin was forced to stay, mainly to test Luo Rucai's attitude.

"I agree." When Liu Zongmin thought about it, he also felt that it was really not the time to fight. With Luo Rucai's consent, he had to insert the knife into the sheath and sit down again.

Dozens of heroes in the hall also put away their knives, sat down and put on a smiling face again.

So just now there was a group of people who wanted to fight with death. They hooked their shoulders again, talked and laughed, and ate wine and meat.

However, everyone knows that this fight will happen sooner or later. One mountain can't tolerate two tigers, let alone three tigers.

Three days later, the three-way rebel army went to the north. The three men and horses were clearly separated by 20 Li. Although the three men combined left 100000 men and horses in Jinan, the troops going north this time were all solid young soldiers, but they still reached a terrible 700000 people.

The 700000 people couldn't even get together a decent military uniform. Except for the elite guards, everyone else tied a cloth towel to their heads to distinguish their soldiers and horses.

Wu Jun tied yellow cloth strips, Luo Rucai's Wei Jun tied red cloth strips, and Liu Zongmin's Jin Jun tied blue cloth strips. Although they all have weapons, almost 90% of the soldiers have only one long gun.

After the three allied forces crossed the canal, they divided their troops in two ways. There was no way to stay together. I was afraid they would have to fight on their own if they could not reach the capital.

Niu Er led the army to the East Road, along Bohai Bay, Tianjin Weisha to the capital, while Liu Zongmin and Luo Rucai took Hejian Prefecture and passed Baoding county to the capital.

The three did not carry much food and grass. They attacked the city and pulled out the stronghold all the way. All the States and counties they passed were spared, and the team continued to grow like a snowball.

For a time, the whole capital was gloomy. The gentry, honourable officials and officials were worried. Emperor Chongzhen had no intention to worry about the rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River. He issued the imperial edict of King Qin at the first time. In fact, there were few generals who could come to King Qin.

But Chongzhen still sent more than a dozen angels, either by sea or in disguise, to send the edict to the provinces. There was no way. The capital really didn't have many troops.