Wang Pu was caught off guard and had no defense at all. However, he also knew that if he could not capture this group of bandits as soon as possible, it would be hard to tell if the heads on his neck were still on his head. So Wang Pu made a decisive decision and ordered

Turning around and returning to Henan, he had already arrived in Zhangde Prefecture.

Wang Pu moved quickly. On the 8th day of the first lunar month of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Wang Pu got the news and turned around and returned on the 9th day of the first lunar month. On the 19th day of the first lunar month, he ran 500 miles and arrived in Ye County in just ten days. His

The target is Gao Yingxiang, known as the King of Chuang.

Wang Pu was very fast, but Gao Yingxiang was even faster than him. He captured Ye County on the day he rebelled again. Three days later, on the 11th of the first lunar month, he joined the general Li Zicheng and headed west on the 15th of the first lunar month.

By the time Wang Pu arrived at Ye County, the coalition forces of Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng had already captured Shangnan and Shangzhou, opened the passage to Shaanxi, and led their troops to continue westward to attack Lantian and Xi'an. Guanzhong earthquake occurred.

1 When Shaanxi governor Lian Guoshi, who was under Bingyang County in Zhitun, heard that the rogue bandits had entered the pass, he was horrified and withdrew his troops northward overnight to deploy defenses in Xi'an.

Wang Pu made a mistake in Yangye County and turned around to attack Zhang Xianzhong near Yancheng. However, Zhang Xianzhong was also slippery and pretended to head towards Shangshui, attracting Wang Pu's army to go eastward. However, he himself

The trick is to turn around and head south, towards the direction of Runing Prefecture and Runan.

When Wang Pu learned that he had been deceived, he was furious and forced his soldiers to turn around and capture Runan, preparing to rescue Runan. Unexpectedly, he was ambushed on the way and was defeated by Zhang Xianzhong. More than ten thousand elite soldiers were completely lost, and he only took a few soldiers with him.

Ten soldiers fled north. Later, when news of Wang Pu's defeat reached the capital, Chongzhen was furious and ordered Dongchang to imprison Wang Pu for questioning.

Zhang Xianzhong was so proud that he had solved his worries. He thought that there were no more officers and soldiers threatening him on the border of Runing Mansion, so he rushed towards Runan. The city defense in Runan was strong, but Zhang Xianzhong lacked effective means of siege. He continued to attack for 5 days, but failed. He was helpless.

We can only continue to attack Queshan, Zhenyang, and Xincai to the south.

On the other hand, Lian Guoshi, who had just come out of the Qinling Mountains, had to rest urgently when he met the coalition forces of Gao and Li who had just defeated Lantian.

The two sides fought a battle between Lantian and Xi'an. Although the army practicing state affairs was well-equipped and well-trained, they had no choice but to come down from the Yangxian battlefield. The soldiers were physically and mentally exhausted, and they were not ready for a great victory.

Li's opponents were attacked by the coalition forces of Gao and Li, and collapsed at the first blow. Lian Guoshi fled into the city of Xi'an alone.

Gao Yingxiang looked up to the sky and smiled, with great ambition: "The officers and soldiers are so unbearable. When I take Xi'an, it will be our place of Longxing." After all, Gao Yingxiang facilitated Li Zicheng and led the army to directly surround Xi'an and build a siege day and night.

Equipment, ready to take Xi'an in one fell swoop.

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Lian Guo was defeated and Xi'an was besieged. When these two news came to Hong Chengchou's ears, Hong Chengchou was so shocked that he immediately threw away the bowl he was eating.

Hong Chengchou didn't believe it at first. After all, the news was too shocking. What's more, during this critical period of confrontation with the Pei Jiajun, it might be a trick put out by the Pei Jiajun to confuse Hong Chengchou. But soon, a letter asking for help from Lian Guoshi was sent to Hong Chengchou.

In his hands, even if he didn't believe it, it would be impossible now.

"Give me the order to withdraw the troops." Hong Chengchou said immediately. Compared with Guanzhong, what is Hanzhong? What's more, judging from the current situation, the Pei army's next move is most likely to be in the south of Sichuan. Beggar-thy-neighbor, this

This was also a routine operation for officials of the Ming Dynasty, and even Hong Chengchou, who had a great reputation, was no exception.

However, even if he retreated, Hong Chengchou was not willing to abandon Chengxian, Huixian, Xihe, Lixian, Jiezhou and other places so easily. What's more, he had to arrange for the aftermath of the retreat, otherwise the retreat would be impossible to complete.

The good turned into a rout.

So Hong Chengchou called He Renlong beside him and promised everyone that as long as he stayed to guard Chengxian and Xihe counties and prevent the Pei family's army from taking Tianshui along Chencang Road, he would report to the court and reward him with a reward.

The general is on duty.

Although He Renlong was dissatisfied, he did not dare to object in front of Hong Chengchou, so he could only bite the bullet and agree.

Later, taking advantage of the darkness, Hong Chengchou led his Hong army, as well as Ningxia commander-in-chief Ma Shilong and Gansu commander-in-chief Yang Jiamo, to quickly withdraw to Xihe, and then finally returned to Baoji along the Lixian, Tianshui, and Weihe River valley channels.

Early on the second day after Hong Chengchou left, Pei Xiaoer received the news, "The old thief Hong is going to escape." Although Pei Xiaoer didn't know exactly why Hong Chengchou withdrew his troops in such a hurry, he knew one thing. If Hong Chengchou withdrew, then

Next was the time for Pei Jiajun to make great strides forward.

At that moment, Pei Xiaoer and Liu Zhizu mobilized all their troops and surrounded Huixian County. The magistrate of Huixian County did not know that Hong Chengchou had evacuated, and thought that the Pei family's army would fight to the death. As long as the Pei family's army counterattacked desperately, they could wait until Hong Chengchou's soldiers came to rescue.

Guard the city gate.

The Pei army attacked the city for two days but could not defeat it. Pei Xiaoer was not prepared to waste too much time in Huixian. After leaving 3,000 men to garrison in Huixian, he led the rest along Chencang Road and continued to attack Chengxian. Chengxian had

He Renlong is in charge and cannot move.

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Therefore, the Pei family army still left 3,000 men, and the remaining army continued to advance to attack Xihe County and Li County.

Since Hong Chengchou left, the magistrate of Xihe already knew that the land in Longxi could not be defended. When the Pei family's army arrived, the magistrate of Xihe left with his seal, and the Pei family's army took Xihe County.

The magistrate of Li County had already evacuated due to unknown reasons by Hong Chengchou, and was panic-stricken. Suddenly he heard the news that Xihe County had been occupied by Pei's army, and he was even more frightened and couldn't sleep at night.

Pei Xiaoer was about to attack Li County when he suddenly heard that Hu Zhonglong, who was left behind in Cheng County, sent someone to report urgently. He Renlong, the defender of Cheng County, tried to break out and asked the general for support.

It turned out that since Pei Xiaoer failed to attack Cheng County and advanced westward along the Qishan Road, He Renlong suddenly recalled that Xihe County was his retreat. If the retreat was cut off by the Pei family's army, then He Renlong would be trapped in Cheng County.

Wouldn’t he become a lone army?

After realizing this, He Renlong couldn't sit still. He didn't want to stay and break up the rear, so this strengthened his determination to evacuate. On the second day after Pei Xiaoer went west, He Renlong

Long suddenly left the city and attacked Hu Zhonglong's army stationed outside the city.

Fortunately, Hu Zhonglong was also a battle-hardened general and moved quickly. After He Renlong broke through a fortress, he still remained calm and collected the broken troops to withstand He Renlong's frontal fight, thus saving a large number of Pei's troops.

Soldiers.

However, after this battle, the Pei family's army suffered heavy losses and could only barely protect themselves, failing to contain He Renlong. By the time Pei Xiaoer led his army back, He Renlong had disappeared.

The magistrate of Chengxian County also knew that He Renlong had offended the Pei family's army to death. He was afraid that if the Pei's army invaded the city after resisting, they would massacre the city to vent their anger, so he took the initiative to surrender to the Pei's army outside the city.

Since Chengxian County can take the initiative to surrender, Pei Xiaoer naturally can only 'forgive' the people of Chengxian County. In front of Chengxian County Magistrate, Pei Xiaoer announced that anyone in the army who dares to kill innocent people indiscriminately in Chengxian County will be executed!

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From then on, the magistrate of Chengxian County was relieved a little. In his opinion, as a prince from one side, even if he was dissatisfied, for the sake of face, Pei Xiaoer could not easily break his promise and gain weight.

Pei Xiaoer stayed in Chengxian County for one day when a report suddenly came from the direction of Fengxian County, saying that a large army was found moving along Chencang Road towards Baoji.

Pei Xiao21 was dumbfounded when he heard this, but at the same time he was admired by He Renlong's talent for escaping. At this time, all the Pei family's army came out, and the defenders in Feng County, Liangdang and other places were sparse, but He Renlong was left behind.

A gap to escape.

However, it doesn't matter if he escaped, it would save the Pei family army from having to work hard to capture him. The most important thing now is to fill the power vacuum left by Hong Chengchou's retreat.

Therefore, Pei Xiaoer and Liu Zhizu attacked from both sides. It took one month to successively capture Li County, Hui County, Minzhou Wei, Xigu City Suo, Jiezhou, Wenxian and other places.

Most of these prefectures and counties are located in the mountains, in remote areas, with a large number of people. Without the support of Shaanxi, the local officials will be killed by the local mountain people sooner or later in a corner. Therefore, when the Pei family's army captured Chengxian, Xihe, Li
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