Gao Huan and Cao's army jointly camped, with as many as 200,000 troops. If it was a wild war, there would be a fight, but if it was a defense war, Li Zicheng had basically no hope of winning.

After all, Xiangcheng had not been captured before. Although the camp in front of him was simple and his defense was not as good as the city wall, Gao Huan's troops had increased several times.

Seeing that Gao Huan stayed behind closed doors and allowed the rebels to insult him, Li Zicheng just didn't go out to fight to the decisive battle. He made up his mind to be a turtle with his head, and he felt like he was retreating.

Gao Huan has a territory to supply food and grass, but Li Zicheng does not. It is impossible for him to continue to consume this.

At this time, news came from behind that Gao Mingheng, who had been trapped in Kaifeng, took advantage of his absence and went out of the city to launch a raid, burned his camp, and killed thousands of rebels.

This news made Li Zicheng finally make up his mind to withdraw his troops from Zhuxian Town.

On this day, the autonomous army camp.

Gao Huanzheng discussed with Song Xianchi how to recruit Cao's army and how many soldiers and horses were selected from it.

"Supervisor! Now we occupy nearly half of Henan. Our subordinates think we should select 50,000 people from Cao's army and expand the troops to 100,000!" Song Xiance said.

Gao Huan pondered: "In this way, is the number of Cao's soldiers too large? And I see that many soldiers of Cao's army are of average quality, can they pick out 50,000!"

Song Xiance said: "There is no need to worry about the generals. Although the Cao army is large, most of the main generals are killed by Li Zicheng. Most of these Cao army are from poor people. As long as the military government controls the supply of money and food, it can control them. Even if it forms a faction, it can only be loyal to the supervisor."

Gao Huan nodded slightly. He was indeed afraid that too many Cao's army would lead to a powerful faction in the autonomous army.

However, this time, Li Zicheng cleaned up a group of people and surrendered another group. The only high-level generals were Yang Chengzu and Huang Long, and the remaining positions were not high and could not occupy a high position after being incorporated. It is impossible to affect Gao Huan's direct lineage for the time being.

Song Xiance continued: "Luo Rucai's troops have moved to Huguang, Sichuan, Henan and other places in the past two years. Compared with the prisoners of the previous prisoners, the soldiers are actually more elite. Many soldiers only often starve and look thin. If the generals have been kept for a few months and select 50,000 qualified standing troops, there should be no problem!"

Gao Huan felt it was reasonable when he heard what he said.

That day, when Gao Huan found that although the Zuoge Fifth Battalion Army, who had just joined Li Zicheng, had poor equipment and were thin and had very rich combat experience.

Gao Huan thought for a while, "Don't set a limit of 50,000, how much can you choose at that time!"

At this time, the two were discussing, and Yuan Gui suddenly came outside the tent.

"The general, Yuan army advisor and others are asking for a visit!" The soldiers outside the tent suddenly reported.

Gao Huan heard the words and said in confusion: "Oh, please come in!"

The curtain was lifted up, and Yuan Gui, Yang Chengzu, Huang Long, Zhang Song and other Cao generals came in one after another, bringing a fat boy under ten years old.

Gao Huan frowned slightly, and had a bad premonition in his heart, "Is this?"

Yuan Gui saluted and said, "Governor, this is Luo Yongxin, the son of the old lord."

Gao Huan raised his eyebrows and thought to himself that he had checked it out. Luo Rucai had a son. He had never seen it before and thought he had been killed by Li Zicheng. He didn't expect that he would suddenly appear in front of him now.

This is a fucking surprise! I didn't expect my brother-in-law to be alive.

Gao Huan adjusted his mentality just after sucking time, hurriedly stood up, walked over, grabbed the child, and said in surprise: "If your sister knew about it, she would definitely be very happy."

Gao Huan touched his head and asked, "Do you know who I am?"

"Brother-in-law!" Luo Yongxin looked at Gao Huan and shouted.

Gao Huan smiled slightly and asked Yuangui, "Military advisor, who found it? I will be rewarded with great rewards!"

Yuan Gui said: "It was sent back by the rebel army."

Gao Huan was slightly stunned and immediately understood Li Zicheng's sinister intentions, "Your mother Li Baiwan, I thank your whole family!"

Gao Huan's face was calm and pretended to be confused: "Li Zicheng suddenly felt so kind. What does he mean? Could it be that he showed goodwill to me?"

Gao Huan naturally couldn't say what Li Zicheng thought. When he said it, it meant that he had thought that he could only be a pure white lotus now.

Yuan Gui and others also thought about it and understood what Li Zicheng meant, so they came together, but they couldn't say it. Wouldn't it seem that they didn't trust their son-in-law after saying it?

At this time, Song Xiance, who was standing beside him, "Supervisor! Li Zicheng's intentions are sinister!"

When Song Xiance said the idea, Gao Huan was furious and slapped the table and stared at him, "Hmph! Li Zicheng judges a gentleman's ambition with a villain. Yongxin, my brother-in-law will send you to your sister first, you can live with peace of mind. When someone grows up, my brother-in-law will personally tutor you, teach you how to become a talent, and let you lead the troops to fight!"

Luo Yongxin said, "I don't want to fight! Can my brother-in-law have a meal?"

Gao Huan was stunned when he heard this and laughed, "Okay! Have a meal first, my brother-in-law adds two chicken legs to you!"

At that moment, Gao Huan asked someone to take Luo Yongxin down, and asked Cao general Zhang Song to send Luo Yongxin to Xuzhou later and hand it over to Luo Guiying for care.

After hearing this, Yuan Gui and others felt relieved and then left.

At this time, as soon as everyone left, Xu Heihu picked up the tent and said anxiously: "Supervisor, Li Zicheng has withdrawn his troops!"

Gao Huan was in a state of spirit after hearing the words, "Can you be sure?"

Xu Heihu said: "The scout has investigated, and the army has evacuated. Liu Zongmin led the horse army to cut off the rear."

Gao Huan narrowed his eyes and said to Xu Heihu: "Heihu, I will order you to lead the Red Horse Army and pursue it immediately, but remember not to go deep into the enemy's formation to avoid being surrounded!"

Xu Heihu immediately clasped his fists and said, "I am obedient and accept the order!"

On the plain, as long as the cavalry does not go to the death, the infantry basically has no way to take cavalry.

Gao Huan knew that Li Zicheng would not take long and would withdraw his troops sooner or later. He originally did not intend to pursue him, but Li Zicheng gave him a gift, and he had to return the gift.

Although a child cannot threaten Gao Huan, he feels uncomfortable, after all, there are still some.

At this time, Xu Heihu had a large tent, and from time to time, more than a thousand red horses were galloping out of the camp.

Shortly after the horse army left, Gao Huan also led the troops to set off the camp and chased after it, but Gao Huan did not dare to chase it too hard. One reason was that the horse army had broken the rear of the rebel army, and the other was that he was afraid that Li Zicheng would lure him out of the camp.

In the wilderness, the army of the trekking army retreated. The horse army led by Xu Heihu caught up with the tail of the trekking army. When he saw the flag, it was Li Jiyu's army.

When the rebel army retreated, the direct line naturally left first, while Li Jiyu fell at the rear of the car.

When Xu Heihu saw that it was Li Jiyu's banner again, his enemies were particularly jealous. He immediately led the cavalry and rushed into it, wanting to seek revenge on Li Jiyu.

Liu Zongmin, who was cut off from the back, held a grudge against Li Jiyu and turned the blame. He saw the Red Cavalry killing seven in and seven out of Li Jiyu's army, and then activated his war horse and rushed towards the Red Cavalry who came out of the formation, preparing to avenge his previous shame.

Li Jiyu was killed by Xu Heihu and suffered heavy losses. He did not dare to stay for a long time. He abandoned a large amount of baggage and retreated in a hurry.

The two armies fought with cavalry. When Liu Zongmin saw Gao Huan leading his troops to chase him, he pulled his horse to the north.

On the tenth day of October, Zhongmu County, western Kaifeng.

After the Battle of Zhuxian Town, Li Zicheng did not return to Kaifeng. He knew that Gao Huan was on his side and it was difficult to capture Kaifeng City, so the rebel army retreated not only from Zhuxian Town, but also from the eastern Henan region.

Gao Huan led his troops to Zhongmu, and Li Zicheng retreated westward into Hulao Pass, while Gao Huan stopped in Zhongmu County and met Gao Mingheng, who had been chasing from Kaifeng, in the eastern suburbs of the county town.

At this time, in the wilderness, Gao Huan led an army of 200,000 and stationed in the suburbs. Soon, two or three thousand soldiers came to the east, and it was Gao Mingheng and his party.

Seeing this, Gao Huan stepped forward. Gao Mingheng led several generals and was already shocked when he saw Gao Huan's soldiers and horses. He didn't expect that Gao Huan had such a large number of people, no wonder he could force Li Zicheng to retreat.

For a moment, everyone felt a sense of awe.

"High School Chief!" Gao Huan clasped his fists immediately.

Gao Mingheng and others clasped their fists, "General Gao!"

Gao Huan smiled slightly, looked at the three generals behind Gao Mingheng, and couldn't help asking, "Those three?"

Gao Mingheng then introduced: "This is General Chen Yongfu, General Chen of Kaifeng, General Liu Zeqing of Shandong, and General Liu Liangzuo of Guide."

Gao Huan and the three of them greeted each other, then looked at Liu Liangzuo and smiled crookedly, "When will the armor that General Liu owed me to pay back?"

Liu Liangzuo's muscles were slightly pulled, and his little arm could not twist his thighs. He smiled and said, "Just pay it back! Just pay it back!"

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