The rebel army sieges for several months and finally took over Nanyang, an important town in southern Henan.

Li Zicheng occupied this place, robbed the Tang treasury treasury, and became generous again, so he wanted to do a big battle and then open the seal.

However, before opening the seal, there was one thing that had to be done, that was to seek revenge from Gao Huan.

After taking Nanyang, Li Zifeng wanted to immediately march northward to flatten Gao Huan's territory to relieve his hatred, but because Fu Zonglong led tens of thousands of Qin troops on his side, he could only solve the threat of the Qin army to the rebel army first, so that he could only raise his troops and eliminate Gao Huan.

After the rebel army captured Nanyang, Li Zicheng ordered Liu Zongmin to advance westward. He Renlong was shocked to escape. Fu Zonglong was not in a hurry and was killed by Liu Zongmin. Tens of thousands of Qin troops collapsed.

The Qin army was originally a problem that Li Zicheng thought. Li Zicheng was defeated by the Qin army several times. Gao Yingxiang, the king of the previous generation, was captured by the Qin army and sent to the capital and executed by Lingchi.

This made Li Zicheng and the Chuangjun somewhat afraid of the Qin army.

Li Zicheng originally thought that he would go through a big battle to defeat the Qin army, but he didn't want Liu Zongmin to take action. Before his army moved, the Qin army was scared away, and in the end, even the Governor Fu Zonglong was killed.

This surprised Li Zicheng and felt extremely excited at the same time. Unexpectedly, the Breaking Army was so strong that it could make the old opponent collapse without fighting, as if the Breaking Army was invincible in the world.

At this time, in the palace of the Tang Dynasty, Li Zicheng feasted for the thieves.

Liu Zongmin held the wine glass in one hand and grabbed a lamb leg with the other, opened the battle robe, exposed his furry chest, and shouted: "King of Chuang, Fu Zonglong was slaughtered by me, Qin soldiers collapsed. Should we settle the score with Gao Huan now?"

As soon as he said this, many generals in the hall immediately started to make noise.

"Yes! I'll kill Gao Huan with one knife!"

"King of Chuang, with your words, we will destroy Gao Huan immediately!"

Li Zicheng also gritted his teeth and threw the wine glass to the ground. "I have been in the world for more than ten years. Today, Cao Wenzhao, Yang Sichang is dead, Sun Chuanting is imprisoned, Hong Chengchou left Ji Liao, and now the Qin army is defeated by me again. No one in the world can control me. Gao Huan does not know how to live or die, and he repeatedly provoked me, and does not take me seriously. I decided to set up a large army, sweep the land, seize its food, and kill it, and then relieve the hatred in my heart."

The morale of the rebels who had just captured Nanyang and defeated the Qin army for many years was high. Everyone was excited and raised their arms and said, "Take the food, kill the people, and wipe out the Red Army!"

Li Zicheng stood up, looked around the generals, waved his hand loudly, "Send the order, the army will have a full meal, and tomorrow we will drive the camp to rush Gao Huan!"

"The King of Chuang is mighty!"

"Breaking the King of War!"

The rebel army was in Nanyang for several months, and the entire Nanyang had been empty. Li Zicheng wanted to fight Gao Huan. In addition to letting out a vent, it was also because Gao Huan had food in his hands, and Gao Huan also cut off the business path for Shanxi merchants to send him food.

In addition, Gao Huan occupied Yuzhou and Xuzhou, and was located in central Henan, which seriously threatened the land where the rebel army occupied. It was an obstacle for the rebel army to attack Kaifeng and completely control Henan.

Therefore, whether it is based on hatred or the overall situation, the rebel army must wipe out Gao Huan.

At the order of Li Zicheng, the rebel army quickly gathered in Nanyang Prefecture City. In order to eliminate Gao Huan, Li Zicheng left only Li Guo's soldiers to run the Nanyang Basin, and personally led Liu Zongmin, Liu Fangliang, Liu Xiyao, and the armed forces attached to the rebel camp, a total of 500,000 people left Nanyang.

In order to show his power, Li Zicheng ordered his military advisor Niu Jinxing to post a manifesto, stating that the rebel army would not confiscate the house, pay food, or draw children. Anyone who could surrender on Gao Huan would be rewarded with gold and silver and hired in the original rank. However, if Gao Huan could be killed or Gao Huan could be captured alive, he would only be rewarded with a black donkey to show contempt.

The Nanyang Basin is surrounded by mountains and is considered a small Sichuan, so it is not so convenient to enter and exit.

For the rebel army, there are only two roads to attack Gao Huan's territory. One is to set out from Fucheng, cross mountains and ridges to Yuzhou, then climb over Fangyu Mountain, arrive at Ye County, and then advance to Xiangcheng.

However, this road is not an official road, it is winding and twisting. When you arrive near Xiangcheng, you have to pass through the Shoushan south of Xiangcheng. It is not suitable for large army advances, but only for small surprise attacks.

Li Zicheng sent his general Zhang Ding to lead more than 10,000 people. From then on, he led the main force to cross the watershed along the official road, exit Luyang Pass, enter Ruzhou, arrive in Jiaxian, and then advance eastward to approach Xiangcheng.

At the end of May, 500,000 rebels advanced in a mighty manner. In early June, the main force of the rebels arrived in Ruzhou and the vanguard appeared in the western suburbs of Xiangcheng.

When the scouts of the vanguard of the vanguard were peeping at the city defense of Xiangcheng, they were a little scared. In just a few months, Xiangcheng's appearance had changed drastically.

The city walls were raised, and there were more enemy platforms, and the moat was widened, jumping from the county town to the defense level of the city.

This made the scouts of the rebel army frightened. Knowing that Gao Huan was ready, he drove a horse around the city and prepared to take a closer look at the city defense. At this moment, a cavalry rushed out of the city, with hundreds of cavalry, forcing the scouts of the rebel army to pull out their horses and retreat, and ran back to Ruzhou to report to Li Zicheng.

Xiangcheng County is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, leaning against the head of the Funiu Mountains in the west and the eastern edge of the Huanghuai Plain in the east. Since ancient times, it has been a key road blocking the north and south.

Xiangcheng is at the junction of Nanyang, Ruzhou and Kaifeng. If the rebel army wants to enter Kaifeng Prefecture from Nanyang and Ruzhou, they must pass through Xiangcheng County.

At this time, when he learned that Li Zicheng's troops were approaching, Gao Huan hurriedly rushed from Dengfeng to Xiangcheng, and the main force of the Chi Bei army also gathered in Xiangcheng, as well as the Shenwu Mountain and Shoushan line on both sides of Xiangcheng.

Gao Huan was wearing red armor and pressing the sword, standing on the city tower, while Li Yan and other officials stood on the left and right.

"The Governor, the northwest of Xiangcheng is Shenwu Mountain, and the southeast of Xiangcheng is Shoushan Mountain. The two mountains are like Xiangcheng spreading their arms to prevent the rioters from entering the Kaifeng Prefecture. Therefore, our army only needs to strengthen the defense of Xiangcheng to block the rioters from Ruzhou." Li Yan said in a deep voice.

Gao Huan nodded slightly, then pretended to be relaxed and smiled: "Li Zicheng's army has arrived in Jia County, we are under great pressure!"

Li Yan said, "We can hold Nanyang City for several months, and we will stick to the end of the summer harvest. The problem should not be big. In contrast, our subordinates are more worried about the court. It is said that the court reacts a lot about Gong Dingwei, and our subordinates are worried that Wang Qiaonian and the Donglin Party will not give up! Now that the thieves and soldiers are in a hurry, if Wang Qiaonian threatens us from behind, the military government will be attacked from both sides."

Gao Huan's eyes narrowed and his face was gloomy, "The Qin army was just defeated, and Fu Zonglong was killed, and the government and the people were shocked. The court wanted to pursue the investigation, and He Renlong escaped at the battle. He should not check the governor again. However, the Donglin Party members could not suffer any loss. If Wang Qiaonian and Donglin targeted the governor and wanted to do something bad, the governor would not be polite!"
Chapter completed!