Chapter 214 Endangering Luoyang

Fu Zonglong is actually quite capable. He can explain the problem by his surprise attack on Shixian County alone, and Fu Zonglong is also a determined person in history, but he is really not lucky enough. When he met the generals, they are all greedy and afraid of death, so he was surrounded by Li Zicheng in Xiangcheng and later caught and killed. Harm.

Diao Zheng was originally going to fight a hard battle, but he was not expected to make such an arrangement as Fu Zonglong, so he immediately suffered a loss.

As soon as the county was broken by Fu Zonglong, Fu Zonglong was not in the county for a little delay, so he immediately went south, crossed through the mountain road and rushed straight to Huaiqingfu. In this way, Fu Zonglong did not have to go to the battle of Changdefu, Weihuifu and Xingtian army along the way, but directly changed the territory of Huaiqingfu on the north bank of the Yellow River.

After Diao Zheng learned the news, he cursed his mother angrily and did not dare to neglect it. He immediately led the troops to Huaiqing Mansion. It was not that Diao Zheng was in a hurry to get angry. This time, in order to deal with Fu Zonglong's army south, Diao Zheng thought that Huaiqing Mansion was in the rear and was not much threatened, so he transferred the troops of Huaiqing Mansion to Changde Mansion, and he was in Huai. Qingfu only left a reserve battalion guarded by less than 1,000 people, while Fu Zonglong led nearly 30,000 officers and soldiers. The unstaffed reserve camp in Huaiqing Mansion alone could not stop them at all.

As soon as the Huaiqing Mansion was lost, the officers and soldiers went straight to the Yellow River. After crossing the river, they directly entered the city of Luoyang City. Now Fu Zonglong's intention is very obvious, that is, to go straight to Luoyang City, forcing Xiao Tianjian to give up attacking Nanjing, while Luoyang City is no better than Nanjing at present. Liu Bao's headquarters in Henan is under great pressure in the east. It is necessary to guard against the officers and troops in the north of Shandong and Nanzhili, and the Tongguan area of Shaanxi in the west. The main troops are located in Guidefu, Shaanxi and other places. The remaining troops left in Luoyang are very limited. If Fu Zonglong is allowed to kill Luoyang City, Luoyang's Xiao Tianjian's family members are in the city, and Luoyang is still the current administrative center of Xing Tianjun. Not to mention being broken, even if Fu Zonglong's soldiers arrive at Luoyang City, many affairs of the whole Xing Tianjun may be paralyzed.

In that case, Diao Zhengke would have become the biggest sinner of the Xingtian Army, so Diao Zheng did not dare to neglect at all. He immediately led the 7,000 horses under his command to rush to Huaiqing Mansion at the speed of a forced army. At the same time, he also sent a fast horse to rush to the Yellow River to Luoyang City to report that Niu Jinxing, who stayed in Luoyang, quickly strengthened. The defensive force of Luoyang City prevented Fu Zonglong from crossing the Yellow River to Luoyang.

The two armies then launched a speed race in the north of the Yellow River. Fu Zonglong led 30,000 officers and soldiers to the mountains of the county to approach Huaiqing Mansion, while Diao Zheng led 7,000 people to march day and night from Weihui Mansion to Huaiqing Mansion.

Fu Zonglong rushed from Shixian County to Huaiqing Mansion, and the journey was only about 200 miles. However, Diao Zheng led the army to Weihui Mansion to Huaiqing Mansion, but it took more than 300 miles. On the surface, Fu Zonglong seemed to take a lot of advantages, but in fact, the officers and soldiers under Fu Zonglong did not take much advantage of it, from Shixian County to Huai. Qingfu is basically a mountain road, and the officers and soldiers carry a lot of weight, which offsets their advantage in distance. In addition, the officers and soldiers' ability to march is not as good as Xing Tianjun. After Diao was leaving, he almost gave up carrying any weight, only carried the cannons used in their army, and began to rush with all his strength. Road.

Fu Zonglong also knew the key to speed for his battle, so he ordered Zhou Yuji to lead a 3,000-person cavalry to Huaiqing Mansion first, control the Yellow River wharf of Huaiqing Mansion, and prepare for the subsequent army to reach the crossing of the river. As for the Xingtian Army in Huaiqing Mansion, Zhou Yu Ji can completely ignore them. As long as they don't go out of the city to interfere with his seizure of the dock, they will stay in the city. This time, Fu Zonglong can be said to be determined to win Luoyang City, and other state governments can ignore it for the time being.

So Zhou Yuji immediately led the troops to set out, and rushed into Huaiqing Mansion two days later before Diao Zheng. After learning that the officers and soldiers had killed Huaiqing Mansion, the battalion of the reserve camp left here knew that they were invincible, so he quickly closed the gate of Huaiqing Mansion and called the people inside and outside the city to help defend Huaiqing Mansion, but I didn't think that after the officer and army killed under the city of Huaiqingfu, he did not attack the city at all, but immediately bypassed the city and rushed straight to the dock on the bank of the Yellow River.

There are less than 100 Xing Tianjun soldiers stationed on the dock. Under Zhou Yuji's raid, they were caught off guard and could only fight to the death. In a short time, the whole army was destroyed. All of them were slaughtered by Zhou Yuji. Even some of the ships on the dock were captured by Zhou Yuji. In addition, a large number of boatmen were captured.

When Diao Zheng led his troops to rush back to Huaiqing Mansion in front of Fu Zonglong, Zhou Yuji had completely controlled the wharf on the Yellow River, and was so angry that Diao Zheng immediately led his troops to kill him.

Who is Zhou Yuji? This is a very powerful general in the history of the late Ming Dynasty. He was originally just a very ordinary soldier, not a descendant of the general. He completely relied on his good kung fu. In addition, he dared to fight and was good at fighting, and gradually accumulated achievements. In the ninth year of Chongzhen, he led the army to fight with Jiannu and killed him. After the head of dozens of Jiannu, he went to two levels in a row and was promoted to the position of deputy general. In addition, at the end of the eleventh year and the beginning of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Jiannu entered Shandong and robbed a large number of people and goods to return to the north. The Shandong army can be said to have fled with the wind. No one dared to stop Jiannu at all, but only Zhou Yuji led thousands of soldiers. General, sent troops by order, used the terrain to fight with Jiannu in the area of Yangliuqing for three days and killed a lot of Jiannu. It can be said that he is different from other officers and soldiers. He really relies on his military achievements, so he is very powerful.

This time, Chongzhen ordered Fu Zonglong to go south. Fu Zonglong personally ordered Zhou Yuji as the main general under his command. Zhou Yuji did not let him down. First, he killed Ma Ke in Shunde Prefecture, and then made a surprise attack to occupy the county. Now he is now the first to lead the soldiers to raid and capture the Yellow River wharf of Huaiqing Prefecture. It can be seen that this person is by no means general. Generations.

In the original history, Zhou Yuji was even more amazing. When Li Zicheng marched into Beijing from Shanxi, Zhou Yuji happened to replace Xu Dingguo, the general soldier of Shanxi, who was arrested and killed by the imperial court. Zhou Yuji led a small number of officers and soldiers in Ningwuguan. He defeated the soldiers under Li Zicheng's command and lost their soldiers. Li Zicheng was almost released. He abandoned the attack on Ningwu Pass. Later, although he conquered Ningwu Pass at all costs, Zhou Yuji still fought with Li Zicheng in the pass until he was seriously injured and captured. Later, he was killed by Li Zicheng, and his family also fought to the end. In the end, he was all burned to death by the rebels.

Therefore, Zhou Yuji may be the most capable general in Daming at present. This time, Fu Zonglong led his troops to the south, which was the right person. Zhou Yuji was really powerful and caught him off guard, making the officers and soldiers go straight to the bank of the Yellow River.

This can't be regarded as Diao Zheng's fault, but it is indeed true that Diao Zheng underestimates the enemy, which leads to the current situation. However, Diao Zheng is not a good stubble. As soon as he found his layout mistake, he immediately corrected it. He led the army to forcibly rushed back to Huaiqing Mansion, and then killed the wharf of the Yellow River.

Zhou Yuji also met a strong opponent this time. Diao Zheng is also a desperate guy. He is not only brave and resourceful, but also has a lot of elite soldiers under his command. After Zhou Yuji captured the dock, he thought that the great success was completed. When Fu Zonglong led the main force to come, he could cross the river and go straight to Luoyang. He went down from the city, but he didn't think that Xing Tianjun would come faster. Unexpectedly, soon after he seized the dock, he rushed over. Zhou Yuji did not wait for Fu Zonglong, but waited for the aggressive Diao Zheng's troops.

After learning that the thief killed Diao Zheng's troops, Zhou Yuji was also shocked, so he quickly led his troops to fight. Although Zhou Yuji was very capable and fierce, after all, the officers and soldiers he led were not as many as Diao Zheng's troops, and the infantry tactics of Xing Tianjun had a strong restraint ability for his cavalry. Zhou Yuji led his troops and As soon as Diao Zheng fought, he suffered a big loss. Under the volley of Xing Tianjun's main fireman, he suddenly lost his soldiers and defeated Zhou Yuji and fled. The dock that had just arrived was also taken back by Diao Zheng.

Zhou Yuji had no choice but to escape from the bank of the Yellow River and turned to turn around to make peace with Fu Zonglong. Fu Zonglong was also shocked after hearing the news. He did not expect that Diao Zheng would come back so quickly. It took him less than three days to rush over and blocked their way.

At this time, Fu Zonglong could only bravely lead the army to kill on the bank of the Yellow River. This time, Diao Zheng could no longer give Fu Zonglong a chance. Diao Zheng did not order his soldiers and horses to enter Huaiqing Mansion to garrison. He directly led Chen Bing on the bank of the Yellow River and made a posture of fighting against the water.

After Fu Zonglong led his troops to arrive at Huaiqing Mansion, he first watched Huaiqing Mansion City, and then led his troops to force Diao Zheng's troops. The two armies then opened their positions on the bank of the Yellow River and began a war that was also related to the future of the Xing Tian Army.