Fortunately, Liu Zhizu responded quickly enough. After receiving the order from Pei Xiaoer, he immediately led his army north to Hejin in an attempt to withdraw into Shaanxi through the direction of Yumen Crossing.

After arriving at Yumen Ferry, the entire ferry was empty and there were no ferries at all. As a last resort, Liu Zhizu could only lead his 30,000 troops along the Luliang Mountains and continue to the North Mountain.

I couldn't walk alone. Finally, two months later, I arrived at Wubao Ferry.

However, they were unlucky. Suide County was on the other side of the Wubao Ferry. At that time, there were sentries in the sky and mountain axes in Suide to occupy Yongning Pass. Chen Qiyu, the governor of Yansui, threatened to send troops for an expedition after receiving a message from the commander-in-chief Hong Chengchou, and ordered

He Renlong led them westward, leading them to Yanchuan, then rode his horse eastward, shouting: "Go in the direction I pointed." He flew quietly into the mountains.

Subsequently, the two soldiers, Zuotian Sento and Mountain Splitting Ax, did not expect the arrival of the army and fled in panic. The army burned down their lair. When Liu Zhizu and Zhang Zhiyuan arrived at Wu Fort, they happened to catch up with the two remnant soldiers passing through Wu.

Fort Fukou fled to Shanxi.

Since there was another ruthless man on the other side, Liu Zhizu and Zhang Zhiyuan had come all the way. Their troops were exhausted and they did not dare to cross the river rashly. They had no choice but to continue heading north.

Then another month later, they arrived at Shenmu Ferry in Mengjiayu, Xing County. At this time, there were finally no strong enemies on the other side of the river, so the two of them crossed the river from here and headed west.

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Then, during the period, they came to Zhenqiangsuo, Yulin and other places that were already in chaos. Since Chongzhen ascended the throne, the military pay in these nine important towns on the border has not been paid, and the rats among the border troops are about to starve to death. The soldiers at the border are even more

They were skinny and bones that had already been hungry, and looked haggard, as if a gust of wind could blow them away.

When Liu Zhizu and Zhang Zhiyuan were leading the army passing by, Yulin General Wang Ding led 3,000 servants to attack. However, this guy was a coward. Liu Zhizu led his army to attack the front, and Zhang Zhiyuan then detoured to the rear. Wang Ding was sure to be a coward.

, immediately abandoned the servants and went to Yulin alone.

Later, Liu Zhizu and Zhang Zhiyuan followed Wang Ding and almost captured Yulin. However, although Yulin was not captured, the soldiers around Yulin who could not survive joined Liu Zhizu and Zhang Zhiyuan's army one after another, hoping to survive

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With these people joining, Liu Zhizu's Wuding Army quickly expanded to 50,000 people. Such a large army immediately aroused a strong reaction from Chen Qiyu. Chen Qiyu mobilized 30,000 troops from Guyuan and Ningxia to the west to besiege Liu Zhizu.

At that time, Liu Zhizu had just expanded his army, and many Yulin people in the army were dissatisfied with the jurisdiction of the Shanxi people, which greatly affected the army's combat effectiveness. He was defeated by Chen Qiyu in a battle, and Liu Zhizu was beaten with only about 8,000 people left, and he spent time north.

Great Wall, fled into Mongolian territory.

Liu Zhizu has been wandering on the grassland for half a year. During this period, he plundered many tribes and replaced all the 8,000 infantry in his hands with cavalry. After that, he came from Transkarkha

Quetu Khan broke through Zhenyuan Pass and entered. Liu Zhizu seized the opportunity and followed the gap opened by Quetu Khan and entered the pass.

Later, Hong Chengchou went north and attacked Quetu Khan. Quetu Khan continued to flee west, broke out from the border wall near Xiningwei, and went to the Qinghai grassland. Before leaving, he also wanted to invite Liu Zhizu to go to Qinghai with him, but Liu Zhizu was

Contentment categorically refuses.

Then he wandered around. Hearing that the Pei family's army had captured Hanzhong, and that Hong Chengchou was about to go to Hanzhong to rebel, Liu Zhizu headed south from near Baoji in the direction of Dashanguan, defeated the rebel army entrenched in Feng County, and rushed in before Hong Chengchou

Before Hanzhong, he stopped him.

After hearing this, Pei Xiaoer was silent for a long time. Although Liu Zhizu spoke lightly and didn't care, even if he didn't put himself in his shoes, Pei Xiaoer could still hear the sadness in his faint tone. He could carry 8,000 people with him.

People were wandering on the grasslands, and they were able to establish relationships with the Mongolians in Mobei. Liu Zhizu was obviously thinking big.

"So, you only have 8,000 cavalry in your hands?" Pei Xiaoer suddenly said.

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"Yes and no."

"Oh? How do you say that?" Pei Xiaoer was curious.

"The main force in my hand was these 8,000 cavalry. However, later, after passing through Ningxia, Guyuan, Huining and other places, I successively defeated many groups of officers and soldiers, including many elites. So, I simply reorganized these infantry and formed

A total of 13,000 infantrymen.

However, after the battle with Hong Chengchou in the past few days, I have suffered losses in both infantry and cavalry. Among them, the cavalry has lost less, with less than 500 cavalry. The infantry has suffered a greater loss. Now there are still 9,000 infantry left, a total loss of 4,000.

people."

"How many people does Hong Chengchou have now?"

"Hong Chengchou had 28,000 Hong troops in his hands. These men were all trained by Hong Chengchou and were extremely powerful. Not only that, he also summoned Ningxia's commander-in-chief Ma Shilong, Gansu commander-in-chief Yang Jiamo, He Renlong, etc.

There are more than 30,000 people, and a total of about 50,000 soldiers.

I had several conflicts with him, but Hong Chengchou was cunning and cunning, and he defended the city without losing many troops. It will not be easy for us to repel Hong Chengchou."

Pei Xiaoer was not as pessimistic as Liu Zhizhi, and said with a smile: "It will not be easy for us to defeat him, and it will not be easy for him to win over us. No matter what, he will have to break all his teeth."

Inspired by Pei Xiaoer's optimism, Liu Zhizu also laughed, "The general is still so confident. Yes, although we can't do anything to him for the time being, we don't have to be afraid of him. If we continue to use it, there's no telling who can.

Who will be killed?"

They laughed and talked, and before they knew it, the night passed so quietly. Pei Xiaoer looked at the sky outside and said to Liu Zhizu: "Brother Zhizu, it's getting late. The army cannot live without a day."

General, if you let Rang stay away from the army for a long time, for fear of something unexpected happening, it would be better for you to go back and take charge of the overall situation as soon as possible. In the future, we brothers will spend more time together."

Having said this, Liu Zhizu also suddenly realized, "What the general said is right, I will leave first." Say it, he stood up at the same time as Zhang Zhiyuan, saluted Pei Xiaoer, and then left quickly.

Hong Chengchou obviously also knew that the Pei family army was still near Qingni Ridge, and he did not dare to act rashly. As a result, the two sides fell into a strange balance in the next few days.

Seeing that the army was about to fall into a confrontation, Pei Xiaoer quickly ordered that 30,000 young and strong men from Huang Jiong of Mian County be recruited from the rear, and 30,000 young and strong men from the high 3rd level left behind in Baocheng were recruited. Pei Zhu'er, who was urgently transferred back, personally

He refused to listen to the command and delivered food and supplies day and night to the army ahead and Liu Zhizu's nearly 20,000 troops.

Hanzhong has been in war for a long time, the land was barren, the people were displaced, and the city was dilapidated and there was not much food and grass to support it. But at this time, the war was more serious than anything else. Even if the people were suffering, they had to transport the remaining food and grass to the front line.

.For this reason, no matter how many wealthy gentry have their families destroyed or how many people starve to death, they can’t take care of it.

During the confrontation between the two sides, Wang Pu, the chief military officer near Xuchang, Henan, had completed the distribution of the rebel forces in the encirclement. Among them, the rebel leader Gao Yingxiang's 20,000 troops were reduced to 7,000, and he was awarded the rank of general to guard Xuchang. Li Zicheng's troops were reduced

After reaching 5,000, he was granted a garrison position to guard the square city.

Zhang Xianzhong was retained with 4,500 men, was given the rank of guerrilla, and was sent to Yancheng. The other leaders of the rebel army were awarded corresponding official positions.

At the same time, the commander-in-chief Wang Pu also received the silver that Emperor Chongzhen had borrowed from his own funds to house the rebels. However, when it came into his hands, only 5,000 taels were left. Wang Pu stuffed all the 5,000 taels of silver into his hands.

He took it into his own pocket, and then thought that the world was at peace, and left Xuchang three days later to report the victory to Chongzhen in the capital.

The rebel armies from all walks of life arrived at their respective jurisdictions and stayed calm for two days. When Wang Pu's army crossed the Yellow River northward and arrived at Daming Mansion, Zhang Xianzhong, who was defending Yancheng, jumped out first, and took advantage of the fact that the magistrate of Yancheng was not protected, and launched a sneak attack.

After winning Yancheng, they plundered the whole city, and then led their troops to attack Xiping, Wuyang and other counties. They repeatedly jumped at the junction of Runing Prefecture, Nanyang Prefecture, and Kaifeng Prefecture.
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