Just as Ma Mingfeng was actively preparing for the war, the situation on the front line of the Ming Dynasty was full of twists and turns, and it could even be said to be a roller coaster-like change.

As early as February of the 13th year of Chongzhen, the general under Yang Sichang, Zuo Liangyu, defeated Zhang Xianzhong in Maabashi, Taiping County, Kuizhou Prefecture, eastern Sichuan, and captured Zhang Xianzhong's wives, concubines, Gao and others, as well as military advisor Pan Duao. Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed when he heard the news and not only appointed Zuo Liangyu as the crown prince's preservation, but also personally comforted Yang Sichang.

However, Yang Sichang then had problems when dealing with the problems of the generals, which led to the centrifugation of the two generals under his command Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong.

It turned out that Yang Sichang had granted Zuo Liangyu a general to pacify the thief, but because Zuo Liangyu was arrogant, in order to balance Zuo Liangyu, he hinted that He Renlong could replace him. However, because Zuo Liangyu defeated Zhang Xianzhong in Agate Mountain, Yang Sichang had no reason to deprive him of his power, so he later discussed the appointment to He Renlong.

This caused He Renlong to be very dissatisfied with this, and he did not work hard since then. Not only that, He Renlong also told Zuo Liangyu about what Yang Sichang had promised him, which made Zuo Liangyu also hold a grudge against him.

This led to the subsequent battles that the generals under Yang Sichang either ignored orders or waited and watched, which led to the official army being defeated in the battle at Tudiling, Dachang County, Kuizhou Prefecture in August of the 13th year of Chongzhen.

Then Yang Sichang led his army to follow Zhang Xianzhong, causing him to run away and the situation became even more unfavorable.

Just as Yang Sichang and Zhang Xianzhong's team confronted each other, Li Zicheng seized the opportunity and led his army into Henan and captured Ruzhou. Qian Zuozheng, the governor of Ruzhou, led his army to resist guarding for more than a month, and was eventually killed.

After the news came, the whole of Henan was shocked. The Henan inspector was furious when he heard the news and immediately wrote a letter to impeach the Nanyang Prefect and the commander of the Nanyang Guard.

It was not until this time that Gao Mingheng completely convinced Ma Mingfeng's previous judgment and ordered all prefectures, prefectures and counties to strengthen their vigilance.

Zhang Shenghe, the commander of Xuanwuwei, was also convinced by Ma Mingfeng. He was convinced by Ma Mingfeng's accurate predictions, and he was simply admired. It can be said that if Ma Mingfeng had not been Ma Mingfeng, there would have been no Xuanwuwei today. It was his amazing judgment and long-term vision that could make Xuanwuwei revitalize again.

However, Ma Mingfeng is only the prefect of Kaifeng after all, and his influence is limited to Kaifeng. Gao Mingheng's influence is relatively large, but many local officials also disobey the situation, which led to the further occurrence of the tragedy.

After conquering Ruzhou, the situation in the Ming Dynasty further deteriorated. On the 17th day of the first 14th year of Chongzhen, hundreds of thousands of troops led by Li Zicheng came to Luoyang City and launched a fierce attack on Luoyang. In just two days, Luoyang City was defeated, and King Fu Zhu Changxun was killed, and then it was made into a Fulu Banquet.

The so-called Fulu Banquet is to cook the meat of Fu and eat it together. Of course, it is impossible to eat the whole person of Fu. In fact, it is just taking a small piece and then mixing the venison.

But even so, it was enough to cause shock. Gao Mingheng had already reminded the Henan Governor and Henan Dusi. Moreover, before attacking Luoyang, Li Zicheng also successively captured the small towns around Luoyang. It took more than ten days in total, but even so, it did not attract enough attention, resulting in such a major accident.

After the news came, Gao Mingheng came to the Governor's Office and angrily accused the Henan Governor Li Fengxian and the Henan Commander in dereliction of duty. He then wrote a letter to Chongzhen for the crime of capturing the vassal king.

At this time, Ma Mingfeng advised: "Mr. The inspector thought that the matter of holding the responsibility could be postponed. After all, these things need to be decided by the emperor. What we should do most now is to guard against the arrival of the thief. In addition, we must try to save the prince of King Fu. Only in this way can we have an explanation to the emperor."

Gao Mingheng thought for a while and felt that Ma Mingfeng was very reasonable, so he recruited warriors to save Prince Fu.

However, no matter what Gao Mingheng said, no one was willing to go and save Prince Fu.

Seeing this scene, Gao Mingheng was also helpless. At this critical moment, he saw Ma Mingfeng stand up and said loudly: "The Xiaguan is willing to go to Luoyang to rescue Prince Fu."

Gao Mingheng felt very relieved after hearing this and exclaimed loudly: "The magistrate is worthy of being a loyal and martyr in the Ming Dynasty. Since that's the case, I wish the magistrate a successful trip, but this trip will definitely be very dangerous, so be careful."

Ma Mingfeng nodded and said inwardly: "How can I get a tiger's son if I don't enter the tiger's den? I must go this time."

In fact, this matter has nothing to do with Ma Mingfeng, and there is no need for Ma Mingfeng to go for this trip.

However, Ma Mingfeng knew that Zhu Yousong, the scholar of King Fu, would be the future Emperor Hongguang, and this was a key figure in establishing the Southern Ming Dynasty. Although Zhu Yousong successfully escaped this disaster in history, the reality was so cruel, who knew what would change?

If the future Emperor Hongguang died here, the fun would be great, and it would probably not be so easy to establish the Nanming.

So this time, we must find Prince Fu and ensure his safety no matter what.

It is precisely because of this reason that Ma Mingfeng volunteered to go to Luoyang to save people.

Because Luoyang was full of dangers this time, even if he brought a 10,000 troops there, it would be useless. So Ma Mingfeng did not bring many people, but only brought Liu Zhaolin, the third, the fifth, the ten soldiers, Chen Shijie, Wang Zihao, Zhang Daxiong, Zhao Erhu, Zhou Sanhuai, Hao Jinbao, and fifteen soldiers from Luoyang pretended to be fleeing farmers.

Chen Shijie and others were all subordinates of Han Daoba who had murdered Ma Mingfeng. These were all elite soldiers under Yang Sichang's command, not to mention the third, fifth and tenth. Their strength was even better than Chen Shijie and others. The fifteen soldiers were because they had an authentic Luoyang accent. In this way, even if they were in contact with local people, it would not be easy for the crusade army to recognize their identities.

So the group of thirty people traveled all the way, and went to Luoyang from Kaifeng to Zhongmu, Zhengzhou, Gongyi and Yanshi.

Finally arrived in Luoyang, but the next thing was even more difficult. After all, the thieves hated the landlords and merchants. At the same time, in order to accumulate fame and win people's hearts, they were not very embarrassed by the poor people. This allowed Ma Mingfeng and others to successfully break through the level and come to the city of Luoyang.

Seeing the once prosperous Luoyang now "the king's flag changes on the city", Ma Mingfeng felt very uncomfortable. On the one hand, he had to tolerate and keep a low profile, and on the other hand, he had to find out the whereabouts of Prince Fu. Things were a little difficult to deal with.

At this moment, a soldier from Luoyang came from behind said, "Big, the shopkeeper, the villain has an idea, I wonder if it will be successful?"
Chapter completed!