The three thousand iron cavalry rushed straight through the middle of the formation of the rebel army without looking back. Another one came through, killing the rebel army with heavy casualties, leaving behind the bodies everywhere and retreating back to Zhongmu.

Li Zicheng sat in the tent and drank in a depressed camp. This battle made him angry. When he was angry, the injured eye felt unbearable, so he could only drink alcohol to numb his nerves.

Liu Zongmin said: "King, we were defeated in this battle too badly. Unexpectedly, the 30,000 cavalry were defeated by Li Laoer's mere 7,000 cavalrymen! They also lost nearly 10,000 brothers and 30,000 hungry people."

Li Zicheng opened his one-eye, looked around, and shouted loudly: "I have all fought in the old camp of the army, and they are all elite in all battles. Why did this battle look like this?"

Niu Jinxing stepped forward and advised, "Don't worry, the official dog cavalry of Li Lao Er is a cooperation between light and heavy cavalry. It is said that they fought with Jiannu, and this move is also a common trick for Jiannu. Every time the officers and soldiers meet Jiannu, they are defeated. However, Li Lao Er wins repeatedly when they meet Jiannu. This man grew up outside the Great Wall and is familiar with the tactics of the Mongolian Tartars and Jiannu. We are not used to his tactics, so we suffered a crushing defeat."

"Mr. Niu has a good plan to defeat the enemy?" Li Zicheng asked.

"I hope the king will forgive me for my sins. The students are not knowledgeable. I should ask Mr. Song." Niu Jinxing said, turning to look at Song Xiance.

Song Xiance stood up knowingly and bowed to Li Zicheng: "King, the students think that this time our infantry has not been followed, and only the cavalry faced Li Laoer's Guandog Cavalry. Their light cavalry is like a maggot on the tars bones, which is extremely difficult to expel. It is different from our close combat, and we only use arrows to harass our army. If a large number of infantry follow up and the Guandog Cavalry comes up to harass us, our army can use archers to attack him, and the Guandog Cavalry will inevitably retreat. Our infantry is in the middle and cavalry is arranged on both wings to ensure that the Guandog Cavalry can be defeated!"

"Cabinets and infantry, will they cooperate?" Li Zicheng asked.

“That’s exactly that.”

Li Zicheng turned his head and looked around again: "What are the good ideas do you have?"

"The students thought that what Mr. Song said was a good strategy to defeat the enemy!" Niu Jinxing said.

Liu Zongmin and others also agreed: "Mr. Song is our army's Zhuge Kongming!"

"Where are you, Mr. Li?" Li Zicheng turned his head and looked at Li Yan with one eye.

"Students also thought that Mr. Song was right this time. But the students thought there was another point. Li Laoer's official dog was good at firearms. If he cooperated with infantry and cavalry, our army would be difficult to win. If he wanted to defeat the enemy, he would also need a large number of firearms, especially artillery." Li Yan stood up and bowed and said.

Li Zicheng turned around and asked Song Xiance again: "Mr. Song, what does Mr. Li say?"

Song Xiance disagreed with Li Yan's point of view: "King, the firearm is loading too slowly and cannot fight against the cavalry at all. Although the cannons are powerful, they are only useful when siege and defending the city. When fighting in the wild, cannons are of no use, only small cannons such as light Folang machines and tiger squat cannons can be useful."

Li Yan said: "But we can imitate Guangou's car camp and defeat the official dog Li Laoer on the opposite side!"

"How many artillery is needed to build a car camp? Just general artillery, enemy artillery, etc., there are eighty-eight gates and 269 various Folang machines. Where can we get so many firearms? If we want to defeat the enemy, we should use a clever plan and lure Li Laoer's official dog to be fooled, we will choose a good terrain and lead him into the valley, and we can wipe it out in one fell swoop!" Song Xiance retorted.

Song Xiance and Li Yan have never been incompatible, and Niu Jinxing helped Song Xiance. Li Yan's talent is better than these two, so they are always jealous of Li Yan.

Li Yan shook his head: "Mr. Song, didn't you use a trick before? He threw away silver and copper coins on the ground and set up an ambush halfway, but did Li Lao Er be fooled?"

Song Xiance's old face turned red: "This thief is cunning and difficult to fall into a trap. But it doesn't matter. As long as we use the plan many times, there will always be success. With a large number of people, we can fail many times; and Li Laoer will be over with just one failure!"

"I think any conspiracy has no effect on this person! If the scheme is useful, Jiannu's strategy is no less than us, but when did he succeed when he faced Li Laoer?"

Niu Jinxing stood up: "Niu still agrees with Mr. Song's suggestion. We should use more tricks. If we don't do it again at once, we can withstand consumption."

Li Yan said: "It's not like this if there are too many people!" As he said that, he turned to Li Zicheng: "King, you have been fighting in the south and north for more than ten years, right? But there is not even a place to stand. Now we have captured most of Henan. When refugees are allowed to reclaim wasteland, plant farmland, and develop steadily, we can seize the world! If we still have no foundation as before, how can we compete for the Central Plains? Mr. Song actually said that it is right. We have many people, but advantages are not used to die in vain. We should stabilize the territory, produce food, build weapons, and expand our strength. If we have strong strength, the official dog will naturally not be able to defeat us."

Gu Junen also stood up: "The students think Mr. Li's words are reasonable! If you want to win the world, you should develop steadily. The Ming Taizu of the past was not yet able to build high walls, accumulate grain, and slowly become king, so that he could seize the world? Mr. Li's good strategy was to seek the world!"

Song Xiance turned to Li Zicheng and bowed, "The students also agreed with Mr. Li's words: Reclaiming wasteland, cultivating farmland, and building weapons. However, Li Laoer's tens of thousands of official dogs were stationed in Kaifeng, like a thorn on his back and a bone in his throat. This dog thief has many elite cavalry. If we reclaim wasteland, we are afraid that this person will continue to attack the cavalry. How can we reclaim wasteland and plant farmland? Therefore, we must drive this thief out of Kaifeng so that our army can develop with peace of mind."

Li Zicheng nodded: "Okay! Well, I agree with Mr. Song. Since we are all here, Kaifeng City is really settled! By the way, drive Li Lao Er, the dog thief out of Kaifeng! Kill Kaifeng first, and the whole Henan will belong to us!"

"The king is wise!" Song Xiance and Niu Jinxing saluted Li Zicheng at the same time.

"Since you are going to open the seal, the two gentlemen will tell you, how will our army fight?" Li Zicheng asked.

"Our army already has a million people. As long as we drive out hungry people to attack the city, Kaifeng City will be destroyed!" Niu Jinxing said.

"But Li Laoer's official dog is on the north dam, how can our army use all its strength to attack the city?" Li Zicheng asked again.

"We can only attack the city with 800,000 people, leaving behind 200,000 hungry people, cooperate with the elite cavalry of the old camp to guard Li Laoer. As long as he goes out to rescue Kaifeng, we will wipe out him in one fell swoop!" Song Xiance said.

"Okay! Just follow this plan!" Li Zicheng was overjoyed.

In Kaifeng City, Liu Yongfu's night was not taken away and he also received the news that the rebel army was about to open the seal again, and immediately reported the news to the King of Zhou.

Last year, Henan Governor Li Xianfeng heard that Chongzhen wanted to send Jinyiwei Tiqi to capture him, but he committed suicide because of his crime. Later, Henan Governor Zhang Kejian was killed by Zhang Xianzhong before he took office in Henan. The current Henan Governor is Gao Mingheng promoted by the Henan Censor.

In the Zhou Palace, Henan Governor Gao Mingheng, Kaifeng General Chen Yongfu, Henan Army Censor Wang Yingjun, Henan Army Censor Huang Shu, Kaifeng Prefect Wu Shishen, Guerrilla General Gao Qian, Zhang Dechang, Xiangfu County Magistrate Wang Xie and others gathered together, and Zhou King Zhou King Zhu Gongzi, who was sitting in the middle, said: "Everyone, the second treacherous thieves have opened the ban. There are tens of thousands of thieves. What are your good plans?"

Governor Gao Mingheng said: "Isn't Wu Weibo stationed on the Yellow River embankment? We can focus on defending the city! If we can't resist, let Wu Weibo dig the embankment and release the water."

"Let the water?" The prefect Wu Shiyan shook his head, "No. If the Yellow River embankment is dug and released, even if the thief can be retreated, Kaifeng City will become a country of terrorists."
Chapter completed!