Qian Zuozheng was very happy to see the Zhu family army coming.

Tens of thousands of bandits have been besieging Ruzhou many times, and they have come and scattered. Qian Zuozheng felt it was quite difficult to defend the city. Now that reinforcements have arrived, they are naturally happy!

Qian Zuozheng was the last governor of Zhili Prefecture of Ruzhou in the Ming Dynasty. On February 4, the 14th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng's peasant army captured Ruzhou and killed the governor Qian Zuozheng.

This is a Ming Dynasty official who has some ability and integrity!

In history that there was no change, after the city was broken, he stood up but did not kneel down, cursed and refused to surrender, and killed Wu Wanfu for the thief.

Ruzhou is a big province with a very high and thick city. According to Qian Zuozheng's introduction, the entire city of Ruzhou is more than nine miles away, with a height of two and six feet, with bricks and soil inside. There are four gates in the city, all of which are built in a urn city and a moat, but the equipment is in place and the horse is well-equipped, and even ten times the number of thieves is difficult to capture!

Li Zilong and others glanced at it and could see that the once tragic battlefield traces were full of dry black blood on the ground. Obviously, the last time the thief siege was in the near future!

After entering the city, the picture in front of me is even more sighing.

In the past, Ruzhou City was quite prosperous, with 72 streets of all sizes and crisscrossing. The two sides were lined up one after another, full of shops, and very lively.

But now, these beautiful pictures of the past no longer exist.

The city was filled with depression, and panic was everywhere. When the army came in, they were all whispering. The shock on their faces was greater than joy!

The magistrate Qian Zuozheng welcomed Li Zilong and others. After receiving the promise of 10,000 stones of food and grass, Li Zilong and the others returned to the military camp outside the city to avoid disturbing the people after dinner!

After each battalion was established, Li Zilong was concerned about the situation of the wounded after the last war and hurriedly asked.

Jiang Hai replied: "Thirty-three people were seriously injured, and five people have finally died, and the others have been slightly injured."

Li Zilong sighed, "The wounded soldiers must be well maintained. These soldiers are the brave men and brothers in our army."

Jiang Hai said again: "Don't worry, General, I will visit you every day."

In the battle a few days ago, although the bandits were all mobs, they were crowded and the Zhu family army could not have had no casualties at all.

For the general Ming Dynasty army, the wounded were burdens. But for Zhu Jiajun, who had various good medicines, nurses and doctors, the injured soldiers were more precious. After healed, these veterans would exude stronger combat power. Because they all experienced the baptism of iron and blood!

And, full of hatred for the enemy!

They had a meeting to discuss that night, and the next day, in order to show their trust in the Zhu family army, Qian Zuo conquered the site in Qinghaocheng and invited them to the city.

A few days later, when Li Zilong and others decided to defend Luoyang, they had to guard this place first. After this decision and make preparations.

Soon, the rebel army pulled a large number of cannon fodder from other places, and really came to Luoyang.

Looking down from the sky, outside Ruzhou City, there were dense tents, and the thieves seemed to be densely packed with layers of boundless camps.

The command post of the rebel army is in a distant village.

There were constantly big men wearing felt hats, old sheep robes, or armored men coming in and out. Compared with the hungry infantrymen who wore red scarves, these men were much more powerful, and they were obviously old camps of the rebel army.

These people have had several years of experience in fighting on the battlefield, and have seen many corpses and blood, and have no expression of fear for the battle between sand and war.

To describe them in one word, it is to kill people and be a super gangster who has been a young boss.

At this time, in the temple lobby in the village, a pile of red charcoal fires were burning. Liu Fangliang, Li Guo, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, etc., many people were relatively speechless around the fire.

Because after learning that some of the officers and soldiers guarding the city were the Zhu family army who fought with them a few days ago, they are now a little confused.

When he was young, Li Guo whispered to Gao Yingxiang: "King of Chuang, we have more than 100,000 people gather outside Ruzhou City. We consume a lot of food and grass every day. If we don't build a bigger city, we will probably have no place to eat. We can't drag it down. Tomorrow we either find the officers and soldiers to fight or change the place. Otherwise, I will lead some horse teams to rush tomorrow and try to see if we can fight?"

Gao Yingxiang did not answer immediately, but Li Zicheng next to him replied: "They have many cavalry, and our horses are not as good as them. He will suffer a great loss when hedging. It was not easy to fight outside the city before. Now they are defending the city and have a better advantage."

"Yes, the old camp and the horse team are the foundation of our rebel army and cannot be consumed easily." Others joined in.

Gao Yingxiang pondered for a long time and finally spoke: "You can use hungry soldiers to lure them, and let the infantry line up thousands of spears behind the formation. When the officers and soldiers were entangled, the horses attacked from both sides... They were afraid that the Zhu family cavalry on the opposite side. It would be fine. If we cannot win, we will leave Ruzhou, meet with Brother Zhang, and then look for others."

I have to say that this period is not the 164x years in history.

It is only about 1630 years now, even if the arrival of Zhu Zilong has changed history. However, in terms of general policies, he is mainly dealing with the Later Jin Dynasty.

Therefore, it will take time for the thieves to develop. The army of thieves during this period has not yet reached their peak.

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On this side of the city, just as Li Zilong and others were setting up defenses, they heard a news that the city guard Chen Yongfu of Kaifeng had brought some people to support him. It was really rare!

Chen Yongfu (?-----1645?), a general in the late Ming Dynasty, fought with the peasant army many times in Henan.

In the original history, his son once shot one of Li Zicheng's eyes blinded by an arrow during the battle. He was promoted to general because of his military achievements!

Later, when Sun Chuanting retreated, he was a defender in Jia County, and was defeated because of his troops' retreat. Later, Li Zicheng sent Bai Guangen to surrender Chen Yongfu, and Chen Yongfu hesitated that Li Zicheng would avenge a single arrow. Li Zicheng swore him with him and said that he would not pursue the matter anymore, thus subduing Chen Yongfu. Later, he appointed Chen Yongfu as the Bowen Shui, and Chen Yongfu followed Li Zicheng from then on.

After Li Zicheng's great cause failed, Chen Yongfu once broke through the siege and disappeared. Some people think he died in battle, while others think he surrendered to the Qing army.

This is a Ming general who has some ability but integrity, and the country cannot defeat personal safety.

I have to say that Li Yongfu, who had not surrendered to Li Zicheng a few years later, was still a little unfair. This time he brought the Kaifeng army to him, and he had to prove in fact that he did not accompany the Zhu family army to accompany him on this expedition.

After borrowing Li Zilong's telescope and observing the enemy's situation, he couldn't help but exclaim: "This thing is really a divine object, a powerful tool for reconnaissance."

Li Zilong felt that he was the rare Ming general who dared to support him, and said generously: "Just General Chen likes it, this mirror will be given to you."

Li Yongfu was overjoyed, but he still said politely: "How can you be so embarrassed to take such a valuable thing?"

Li Zilong said: "It's okay, just a mere utensil, please don't dislike Li Junmen. There are many more in our army."

So, Chen Yongfu accepted it with a smile.

When he was young, Chen Yongfu and Li Zilong and others stood together, holding the telescope in their hands to look around. I saw that about ten miles ahead was the camp of bandits with bandits. With the telescope in hand, I really observed it clearly.

I feel even more happy!

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