That is the Weihui Mansion and Huaiqing Mansion occupied by Li Zicheng, and the troops of the Weihui Mansion and Huaiqing Mansion are Li Zicheng's general Baiwang. This Baiwang is extremely capable of fighting, and Bai Wang has a general named Wang Tie, who is known as invincible.

At the beginning of this king's body, Zhu Cilang did not take Bai Wang seriously. He thought it was very simple to recover these two mansions.

Zhu Cilang was wrong. He was not a saint and would make mistakes. Zhu Cilang made the mistake of underestimating the enemy.

Just bandits, Li Zicheng's combat power can be stronger, no matter how powerful it is, it is not as good as Huang Taiji. Moreover, Li Zicheng has a population of one million, and he can only fight tens of thousands of people around him.

Is this really the case?

At this time, Li Zicheng's power grew stronger, and he was no longer willing to be a bandit as before. Instead, he learned to seize territory and compete with the officers and soldiers.

Li Zicheng left behind 300,000 troops in Huguang, and he occupied two-thirds of Henan's land. Weihui Mansion and Huaiqing Mansion had nearly 80,000 people. These 80,000 people were led by Bai Wang.

The Tiger Army in Zhu Cilang's hands had three thousand people.

Looking at the direction of Wei Hui Mansion on the map, Zhu Cixuan slapped Qi County in the position: "We will take Qi County quickly when we fight first!"

Many people may not know about Qi County, but many people understand about Chaoge. Qi County, known as Chaoge in ancient times, was the capital of the Shang Dynasty in China, the largest vassal state in the Zhou Dynasty, the capital of the defending state of the Zhou Dynasty, and the place where the story of "The Investiture of the Gods" was interpreted, and it was a famous historical and cultural city in the Central Plains.

This place is not a strategic location, but it has a profound historical and cultural heritage after all. Zhu Cixuan wanted to attack Qi County, but someone around him began to object.

Linghu Yunlong didn't say anything, but Zhan Yunpeng frowned: "Your Highness, Qi County is the enemy's heavy army. The last general means, why don't we bypass Weihui Mansion and attack Kaifeng City."

Linghu Yunlong beside him was a little surprised: "But then we are prone to being attacked from both sides. What should we do if the bandits from Weihui Mansion attack us behind us?"

Zhu Cilang nodded: "Linghu Yunlong is right. He must take down Weihui Mansion. Only in this way can we open up our supply defense line and then rush to Kaifeng City."

Zhan Yunpeng bowed: "Your Highness, there are 40,000 bandits in Qi County. Can we fight?"

Zhu Cilang turned to look at him: "Zhan Yunpeng, when did you become so timid? Just a group of bandits, soldiers are more valuable than elites. I carefully cultivated your 3,000-iron Tiger Army. Could it be that they are just a good meal?"

Zhan Yunpeng was silent for a while and said, "Your Highness, this is a siege battle. Even if he had thousands of troops and last generals, he did not take it seriously. However, the siege battle, the Huben Camp lacked sharp weapons, so we only had the advantage of cavalry and firearms. Otherwise, we might as well wait for the subsequent troops to catch up."

"Stop talking, my mind has been decided. I will go to Qi County with you. Within three days, I will definitely conquer this city!"

Zhu Cilang was full of confidence. The Hu Ben Army did not have heavy weapons to attack the city. It would be great if there were red cannons, but the cannons were inconvenient to transport them. The bandits ran around again, and the power of the cannons was difficult to show.

Moreover, the Hu Ben Army is a cavalry war, and what they need is its mobility. The light cavalry is simple and the firearm is Zhu Cixuan's biggest killer weapon. He believes that although the number of bandits in Qi County is large, the number is more than ten times that of the Hu Ben Army, after all, a group of mobs.

When they face the Hu Ben munitions, they will know what it means to be powerful.

Zhu Cixuan ignored Zhan Yunpeng's dissuasion and insisted on taking Qi County. Linghu Yunlong refused to comment. Meng Fanchao, the secret guard next to him, suddenly spoke: "Your Highness, the villain believes that what General Zhan Yunpeng said makes some sense. Bandits may not be so vulnerable."

Zhu Cilang nodded: "I know, and I know that Zhan Yunpeng is right. However, the Hu Ben army of our palace has no practical experience in siege, and Kaifeng City cannot wait. We must take down Qi County as soon as possible. Even if we ignore Huaiqing Prefecture, we must first open up Weihui Prefecture. Only in this way can our 12th Regiment Battalion be unobstructed. Don't forget that Lai Fu's baggage force must not make any mistakes."

Liu Laifu's baggage unit is responsible for transporting the food and grass of the 12th Regiment Battalion. Once there is a problem with the food and grass, it will be fatal to the 12th Regiment Battalion.

How to transport grain and grass without opening up Weihui Mansion?

As for what Zhan Yunpeng, Meng Fanchao and others were worried about, the Hu Ben Army did not have a powerful weapon to siege the city. Zhu Cilang was not worried, he had gunpowder.

You can make some simple stone throwing carts, throw gunpowder onto the city walls under the city, giving the enemy terrifying lethality. In the face of powerful gunpowder, Zhu Cilang believed that the Tiger Army had the ability to capture the city.

In this way, the Hu Ben Army set out. They encountered a small group of bandits outside Qi County, and were easily annihilated by the Hu Ben Army, just as expected.

Outside the city, the powerful mobility of the Hu Ben Army cavalry is undoubtedly revealed. Moreover, the flintlock rifle in the hands of the Hu Ben Army is indeed a nightmare for the enemy.

Any bandits you encounter will almost always be wiped out.

How could the scattered bandits be the opponent of the cavalry? Have they ever seen such a powerful firearm? In addition, the Hu Ben Army cooperated with tacit tactics, and they fully utilized the advantages of the cavalry.

Bai Wang, who guarded Hui Mansion and Huaiqing Mansion, responded quickly. On the one hand, he sent someone to notify Li Zicheng. On the other hand, he began to organize troops to defend.

"General Bai, we have lost seven important cities. The officers and soldiers this time are extremely strange. Their tactics are fast. Many of our brothers were killed by them before they could react."

"Also, this time the officers and soldiers were all cavalrymen. Almost all of their subordinates had no survivors. General Bai, what should we do?"

Facing his terrified subordinates, Bai Wang knew clearly that he had met the elite among the officers and soldiers. Bai Wang also keenly realized that fighting head-on with the officers and soldiers would suffer a great loss: "Send orders and order brothers from all departments to retreat to the city. Unless otherwise absolutely, they are not allowed to fight outside the city."

This history seems to be repeating again, the difference is that the two sides have changed their roles. Originally, this was the territory of the Ming Dynasty and the world of the Ming Dynasty. But at this time, it was occupied by bandits. Bai Wang's subordinates occupied the city, mainly defending.

Zhu Cilang's side became the siege.

In order to rush to open the Weihui Mansion line, Zhu Cixuan led the Hu Ben army to set off from Zhangde Mansion and headed straight to Qi County. Along the way, he did not encounter decent resistance from bandits.
Chapter completed!