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Chapter 213 Will Attack Liaozhou ([-])

It is said that Xu Dingchen, the new governor of Shanxi, bid farewell to Emperor Chongzhen and left the capital, so he rushed on the road non-stop and starry night.

It wasn't that Xu Dingchen was greedy for power, but that after he had a brief understanding of the situation in Shanxi, he had to bite the bullet and hurry up.

It turned out that at this time, the rebel army was mainly active in three areas in Shanxi: one was Pingyang Mansion, which is the Linfen area in southern Shanxi in later generations; The Jincheng and Changzhi areas in the southeast of Shanxi in later generations; the first is Fen, Tai, Qin, and Liao, namely Fenzhou, Taiyuan, Qinzhou, and Liaozhou, which are the Jinzhong area of ​​later generations.

Now a rough look shows that more than half of Shanxi is full of "rogue bandits".This is still the case when Hong Chengchou in Shaanxi commanded Cao Wenzhao, Ai Wannian and others to wipe out Shilou, Yonghe and other places east of the Yellow River, and the situation is still so severe.

Xu Dingchen, the trusting governor, was on pins and needles and couldn't sleep all night. He was afraid that he would lose his official position and lose the favor of Emperor Chongzhen before he could take office.

Fortunately, after communicating with the Ministry of War and the cabinet, the imperial court formulated a strategy for the division of land for defense and encirclement.The specific content is: order Xuanda Governor Zhang Zongheng to be stationed in Pingyang, and the command department will command [-] soldiers including Bai An, Hu Dawei, Li Bei, He Renlong, Zuo Liangyu, etc., to be in charge of [-] counties in southern and southeastern Shanxi. Xu Dingchen, the governor of Shanxi, was stationed in Fenzhou, that is, the later Fenyang, and commanded [-] soldiers from Zhang Yingchang, Gou Fuwei, Shiji, Poximu, and Ai Wannian to suppress the rebels in the Jinzhong area.

After Xu Dingchen hurriedly took office, he summoned the generals and staff to inquire about the current situation.Only then did I learn that the general conditions in Fen, Tai, Qin, and Liao prefectures that I was in charge of were good, but only the neighboring county in the northwest of Fenzhou was occupied by the bandit chieftain "Leopard Five".

This Linxian County is located in the east of Luliang Mountain, surrounded by mountains and bordered by the Yellow River in the west.Except for the waterway, there is no place to enter and exit from Shimenqu, and the terrain is more dangerous than Yuanqu.

As an official of the imperial court, it is the responsibility to guard the land.Since Xu Dingchen took office as a new official, he must burn "three fires".He thought for a long time, and found that the "rogue bandits" had become "sitting bandits". Anyway, the officers and soldiers are powerful, so it is not difficult to destroy them.

No matter how bad it is, subduing the "lost land" is also a political achievement.Thinking of this, the new governor Xu Dingchen's other garrison and defense measures remained unchanged. He only ordered the generals under his command to move to Fenzhou, and personally supervised the generals to wipe out the "Leopard Five" bandits in Linxian County.

It is more than [-] li from Taiyuan to Fenzhou, and the officers and soldiers are not like the rebels fleeing for their lives, so naturally the marching speed is not fast.Coupled with the raising of food and grass, the distribution of military salaries and other matters, after a lot of tossing, they slowly set off.

It has been more than ten days since Xu Dingchen led the team to Fenzhou. At this time, he heard that Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda, was eating ashes after the "thieves" in Zezhou, and he couldn't help feeling quite comfortable.

Fighting against the "rogue bandits" by myself is much better than Zhang Zongheng's non-stop and non-stop pursuit of the "rogue bandits".

Fenzhou is more than three hundred miles away from Linxian County, Xu Dingchen has no choice.After the army rested in Fenzhou for a day, they had to lead the army to fight in Lin County.

After tossing and tossing for a few days, Xu Dingchen rushed to Yongning Prefecture, which is more than [-] miles away, and sat here, commanding his generals to attack the entrance of Shimenkou in Linxian County.

Unexpectedly, the "Leopard Five" was not easy to deal with. He sent people to directly block the road with stones and other objects, and sent people to garrison at high places, tossing Xu Dingchen's generals enough.

Not to mention how Xu Dingchen confronted the "Leopard Five" in Yongning Prefecture, and how you dug the road and I buried it.Let’s just talk about Zhang Shun and others from the Rebel Army, since they are the closest to Liaozhou and don’t have to cross mountains and ridges like the other two roads, they are not in a hurry to go north for a while.

Just "Zijinliang", Zhang Shun, Xing Honglang, Jiutiaolong plus the new joint venture of Chaos King and Sundering Cone, there are a total of six battalions, with a total of about [-] people.This man eats horse chews, but it is not enough.

Even if it is looting along the way, it will not be able to afford these many soldiers and horses for a while. "Zijin Liang" gave an order, and the rebels simply separated temporarily and went looking for food.As long as the camps remember the date and meet up on time.

After Zhang Shunbu separated from the other rebels, he felt much more at ease.He took Zhang Zongheng's more than a thousand war horses a while ago, and all the rebels were jealous. "Zijin Liang", Xing Honglang and Chaotic King all came to discuss with him about the sale of war horses, but Zhang Shun declined them politely.

Zhang Shun's field soldiers were only more than [-] soldiers, Zhang Shun only had more than [-] cavalry soldiers, and the remaining infantry were only more than [-].Zhang Shun took the opportunity to distribute these horses to the cavalry and the original horses to the infantry.

He didn't ask these infantry to become cavalry, but Zhang Shun was very satisfied to become cavalry infantry anyway.After removing the broken horses and some spare horses, Zhang Shun finally "turned" all his soldiers into mules.

"Rogue bandits" and "rogue bandits" can only be called "rogue bandits" if they flow. At this moment, Zhang Shun has finally grown into an important "rogue bandit".It's just that not all the infantry under his command can ride horses, Zhang Shun had no choice but to force these people to be lifted onto the horses, tied with ropes, and reluctantly followed.

Now that he has become a "rogue bandit", Zhang Shun is not polite, and took the opportunity to practice infantry riding in Zhangzi County while collecting bronze wares here.The last time Zhang Shun collected bronze wares here and in Licheng, he cast the "Golden Cannon", and Zhang Shun was very satisfied with its power.

Coupled with the loss of the original cast iron cannon to the officers and soldiers, Zhang Shun always felt that the lone "golden cannon" at hand was not enough to deal with most battle situations.

Zhang Shun stayed in Zhangzi County for two or three days, and his infantry and riding skills were barely able to travel, and he was preparing to go north to join other rebels.In the end, he suddenly heard a spies report that Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda, came out of Danzhuling and came all the way to kill him.

Zhang Shun believed that everyone under his command had horses, he would fight if he could beat him, and leave if he couldn't beat him, so he stayed here specially to see what Zhang Zongheng was up to.

After the two sides found each other, they lined up and the formation was completed.Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda, looked up and almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

He shouted: "The horse thief, where can I escape! Save your life and give me back my horse!"

It turned out that Zong Heng knew his own horses, and when he saw the horses of the opponent's cavalry, they didn't even change their vests. Is this really tolerable?
At this time, Yang and Li Bi, the guards and soldiers, hadn't arrived yet, and Zhang Zongheng led two thousand cavalry to catch up. Oh, by mistake, it was one thousand cavalry and one thousand infantry who had lost their horses.

At present, Zhang Shun also has [-] cavalry and [-] cavalry infantry. At a rough glance, the two sides have roughly the same number, and it seems that they can fight.However, Zhang Shun fought against Xuan Dabian army before, and he knew that he was not an opponent.

With Zhang Shun's order, the infantry under his command got on their horses and galloped away.Seeing that Zhang Shun was about to run, Zhang Zongheng quickly ordered Mengruhu and Hu Dawei to lead more than a thousand cavalry under his command to pursue, but he was easily entangled by Zhang Shun's Chen Changzhu and Liu Cheng leading the cavalry.

This time, Zhang Shun's cavalry also "changed shotguns for cannons". The horses were not much inferior to the officers and soldiers on the opposite side. Although the weapons and armor were still not as good, at least they were entangled, and they did not lose much.

It had to be said that Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda, had no choice but to lead more than a thousand infantrymen under his command to push forward. As a result, Chen Changzhu and Liu Cheng saw that the infantry had gone far, so why are they still entangled with him?Clap your ass and go all the way north.

Seeing this, Hu Dawei, as fierce as a tiger, quickly chased after him.As a result, after chasing for twenty or thirty miles, a cannon rang, and a group of soldiers came out.The Second Tiger General looked up, it was none other than Zhang Shun who led more than [-] cavalry and killed them.

Seeing that this place is not conducive to riding and fighting, Hu Dawei ordered to retreat, and was chased and killed by Zhang Shun and others for several miles before he escaped.Counted the number of people, but lost more than a hundred riders.I don't know if he was shot down by the rebel army during the pursuit or if he got separated during the escape.

As fierce as a tiger, Hu Dawei had no choice but to lead the team back and report to Zhang Zongheng.

　Thanks to the fan "Dao-Lian" for the reward, thank you!Today, as usual, in the first chapter, the author finally realized the pain of Calvin. After three hours of hard work, I just wrote this little bit. There is really no other way.
　　
　
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