On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Lin Chunhong appointed Lu Shiming as the general manager of the army in the camp, Chang Shudan as the general manager of the logistics in the camp, and Tang Wenjie as the general manager of the military and political institution in the camp, and went to Zaoyang County to form the camp.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Lin Chunhong took the Cavalry Camp as the vanguard, the Tiger Roar Army, and the Tianwu Army as the main force, and the baggage camp as the rear drive. He led nearly 16,000 soldiers along the Baihe River and looking at the Nanyang Prefecture City.

Lin Chunhong was riding on the tall horse and felt a lot of emotion.

Three years ago, he also followed this road and led more than 2,000 soldiers to the north and began his life as a military leader. This road lasted for three years. First, he fought with Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, Zijinliang, Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong and other bandit leaders one by one, and formed a army of battles.

Later, he returned to Rong Mei and fought with Tian Chu. He finally included Rong Mei under his command. Bangtai Group expanded rapidly. With Rong Mei's territory and population as capital, he extended his claws to Jingzhou, Jingmen and Yiling, and completely controlled it. Then, he took the opportunity to occupy Xiangyang and controlled the population to more than 2.5 million.

The power expanded rapidly, which eventually aroused suspicion from the court and drove him to Guangdong. This move was just right, so he rushed left and right in Guangdong, creating the foundation of Bangtai at the sea, successfully achieving a strategic breakthrough, and having the capital to challenge the court and local forces in Jiangnan.

When dealing with the court, Lin Chunhong's idea was very clear. He was nothing more than singing the title of great power and gradually incorporating the land controlled by the court into the Bangtai system. From surviving in the cracks, he gradually transformed into letting the court dance with the baton of the Jingzhou Group.

The first step to achieving this goal is to completely control Nanyang Prefecture.

After controlling Nanyang Prefecture, it not only obtained a large amount of territory and population, but also cut off the possibility of the bandits threatening Xiangyang from Nanyang, and also cut off the road from Nanyang to Yunyang and northeastern Sichuan to Sichuan, which would be of great benefit to the future operation of Sichuan.

However, according to the court's report and the information from the Military Intelligence Department, it is really difficult to ensure the safety of Nanyang: the thief is fierce!

In the eighth year of Chongzhen, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong suffered consecutive defeats under the strong attack of Lu Xiangsheng. However, the number of bandits increased instead of decreasing. Especially Gao Yingxiang, with more than 200,000 people under his command, and when he set up camp on weekdays, it stretched for hundreds of miles, and the momentum was extremely scary: "There are more than 90 thieves, and the King of Chuang is the strongest. Most of them have surrendered their troops, and their armor is refined and their steps are not chaotic. It is not the case that other rats steal."

Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Yingxiang were entangled. Gao Yingxiang was unable to win the battle. In anger, he joined Li Zicheng and sent troops to the southeast to attack Nanjing! Lu Xiangsheng urgently reinforced and fought with Gao Yingxiang in Chuzhou. Gao Yingxiang was not good at fighting in the Jianghuai area. He wanted to cross the Yellow River and head north, but was blocked by Liu Zeqing. He wanted to return to Nanzhili, but was beaten by Zu Dale again. He wanted to escape to Kaifeng, but was beaten by Chen Yongfu. He had no choice but to flee to Lushan, Dengfeng, and Nanzhao areas, trying to go south.

During the battle of Chuzhou, Li Zicheng's elite cavalry suffered a devastating blow from Zu Kuan. After wandering to Henan, he parted ways with Gao Yingxiang in Mi County, entrenched in the area of ​​Shanzhou, trying to return to Shaanxi.

Zhang Xianzhong joined forces with Luo Rucai, Ge Zuo Wuying and other bandits, and fled near Luoyang Prefecture. After joining Li Zicheng, Dayou entered Shaanxi.

"Gao Yingxiang has more than 100,000 troops on hand, and more than 30,000 main cavalrymen, which is really hard to deal with! He can only cooperate with Lu Xiangsheng!" Lin Chunhong shook his head and sighed. He had only more than 16,000 troops on hand, and was not ready to deal with Gao Yingxiang alone.

While sighing, he suddenly received a report. Lu Xiangsheng gave up chasing Gao Yingxiang, assembled heavy troops in Luoyang, drove Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other bandits to Shaanxi, blocking the way for the bandits to return to Henan's heart.

Lin Chunhong's heart trembled, jumped off his horse, scolding Lu Xiangsheng: "It's so dangerous, it's so dangerous! He actually dares to plot against me!"

"Stop advancing! Set up camp!" Lin Chunhong was furious and immediately recruited Lu Shiming, Lin Chunyi, Li Guangzu, and Sheng Kunshan to the central army tent to discuss solutions.

In the central army tent, there was a five-foot square map. The generals surrounded the map with a serious expression. Lin Chunhong slammed a armored puppet at Luoyang and said, "Lu Xiangsheng is dangerous enough to gather heavy troops in Luoyang, forcing Gao Yingxiang to go south! Force us to fight Gao Yingxiang to death!"

The generals were puzzled and asked, "Why did the military gate judge that Gao Yingxiang must go south?"

"Luoyang Prefecture has gathered heavily, Gao Yingxiang dared not go..." Lin Chunhong placed a puppet on the north bank of the Yellow River and continued: "Liu Zeqing was able to defend the Yellow River, but Gao Yingxiang could not cross the river, and it was impossible to go north!"

Immediately afterwards, Lin Chunhong placed the puppet in Kaifeng Prefecture, "Chen Yongfu is a powerful general, and he has also received the help of Zu Dale. Gao Yingxiang was defeated in several battles. He was scared to death. He dared not walk on Kaifeng's road."

"As for Nanzhili, after Gao Yingxiang conquered Hezhou last year, Nanjing was shocked overnight. Now there are soldiers everywhere, so Gao Yingxiang would never dare to go again."

After saying that, Lin Chunhong slapped Nanyang Prefecture with a palm and said hatefully: "In contrast, Nanyang has no other soldiers except Bao Zhedong's archers! We have not stepped into Nanyang yet, so Gao Yingxiang probably doesn't know that the Jingzhou army is heading north. The troops are so empty that Gao Yingxiang will not go south, he will be blind!"

The generals took a breath, and Lu Shiming sighed: "Lu Xiangsheng was afraid that we would not fight effectively, so he actually came up with such a ruthless move! Isn't he the same way against Hong Chengchou? He drove Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng to Shaanxi, blocked the circuit, and forced Hong Chengchou to work hard to suppress the bandits!"

Lin Chunyi was worried and said, "We only have more than 10,000 troops on hand, and most of them are infantrymen, but we have to fight against Gao Yingxiang's 30,000 elite cavalry. What if we do?"

Sheng Kunshan also said: "Gao Yingxiang has 100,000 people. Once he breaks through Nanyang, he will inevitably harm Xiangyang. In this way, there will be tens of thousands of soldiers in Jingzhou army, where is the face of them!"

Lin Chunhong frowned and thought for a long time, and said a few words word by word: "You must fight! The brave ones who meet on a narrow road win!"

When the generals heard this, their arrogance was immediately aroused, and their blood was boiling. Since its establishment, the Jingzhou Army has experienced only a handful of tough battles. If it could defeat Gao Yingxiang’s more than 30,000 elite cavalry with more than 10,000 people, how brilliant it would be!

Seeing the generals rushing to try, Lin Chunhong said: "Soldiers are the major affairs of the country, the place of life and death, the way to survive and die. Come on, let's plan carefully and fight for a battle to beat Gao Yingxiang's intestines!"

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After some discussion, three cavalry flew out of the central army's tent, one flew to Xiangyang, one rode towards Tongbai, and one rode over Jingzhou army and ran towards Nanyang Prefecture City.

More than 10,000 soldiers of Jingzhou were deported overnight and rushed to Nanyang Prefecture City...

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At three o'clock in the afternoon, there were still bright lights in the second hall of Nanyang Prefecture.

The prefect Bao Zhedong was extremely anxious and couldn't sit in a restless position. He wandered around the hall, kneeling down on the lower head, lying on the ground, and didn't even dare to raise his head.

After wandering around for a long time, Bao Zhedong stared at his servant and asked, "Bao Shou, say it again, Governor Lu withdraws his troops to the west, and after Gao Bids, there is no soldier or soldier?"

Bao Zhedong's eyes spurted out fire, just like once Bao Shou answered "yes", he would push it out and behead it.

Bao Shou's head was lowered and he replied with certainty: "Master! This matter is absolutely true!"

Bao Zhedong fell and sighed: "Everything is over! Everything is over! There are hundreds of thousands of high thieves, and Nanyang is over..."

Bao Zhedong's eyes instantly lost their color and fell completely into despair.

In February of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Bao Zhedong was officially appointed as the prefect of Nanyang and promoted to the fourth-rank official. However, before he could even sit in the hot position, he encountered the incident of Zhang Xianzhong's army passing through. Fortunately, Zuo Liangyu led his troops to Biyang and escaped the disaster.

Bao Zhedong had not recovered from his fear, but he encountered Zuo Liangyu's mutiny again. Zuo Liangyu and Dou Shiwen fought in Tongbai, Tang County, Xinye, which scared Bao Zhedong so much that he lost his six souls.

Finally, he hoped that Zuo Liangyu was beheaded, but Gao Yingxiang gathered 100,000 troops and placed it at the northern gate of Nanyang! Bao Zhedong was in a hurry and immediately concentrated more than 3,000 archers in the palace, trying to delay the time with a strong city, waiting for Lu Xiangsheng to drive Gao Yingxiang away.

Unexpectedly, Bao Zhedong received another report, and Lu Xiangsheng turned around and went north and threw all Gao Yingxiang's 100,000 people to Nanyang Prefecture!

In short, over the past year, Bao Zhedong has been riding a roller coaster, with constant thrills and excitement, and is almost on the verge of collapse.

He wanted to run away and never be the fearful prefect of the Raushzi again. However, the local officials were responsible for defending the territory. If he ran away like this, he would definitely be cut off by Zhu Youjian, which would harm the Yan family and descendants and end up in a desperate situation.

Bao Zhedong was unable to do so, so he had to send messengers over and over again to urge Lin Chunhong to send troops north. However, Lin Chunhong is still far away in Xiangyang Prefecture, so how can he be in urgent need?

The helpless Bao Zhedong had to make up his mind and gritted his teeth and said, "I will live and die with the city, and at least be called loyalty and righteousness! Bao Shou... Let me pass on Dai Guoqing!"

Bao Shou responded.

Bao Zhedong had no other choice but to put his hope on the archers, who were the leader of the archers. Dai Guoqing was originally a member of the Liaodong Army. In the second year of Chongzhen, he followed Yuan Chonghuan to serve the king. After being defeated, he fled for fear of crime and fell into Nanyang by name. Later, he was accidentally attracted by Bao Zhedong and appointed as the leader of the archers in Nanyang, responsible for training and fighting, and was deeply trusted by Bao Zhedong.

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As a result, before Dai Guoqing arrived, Bao Zhedong came to Lin Chunhong's messenger. The messenger informed Bao Zhedong that the city of Nanyang was in danger. Please ask the magistrate to immediately gather the archers in the city, prepare a large amount of materials to defend the city, and guard the city carefully. The Jingzhou army was traveling day and night to Nanyang and was expected to arrive in four days.

When Bao Zhedong heard this, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, patted his forehead and said repeatedly: "It's good that Lin Chunhong is here... Nanyang City is worry-free..."

Suddenly, Bao Zhedong was shocked and asked the messenger: "How many soldiers did Lin Chunhong lead?"

"Nearly 20,000..."

Bao Zhedong jumped up from the chair, grabbed the messenger's collar and shouted: "How can two thousand soldiers be enough! The thief is one hundred thousand... one hundred thousand!"
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