East Factory Governor

Chapter 539
Qin Shuhuai accepted the picture and said appreciatively, "Master Gu, all brothers and sisters, thank you for your hard work! This seat is like winning thousands of troops if I get this picture."

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, and they all knelt down and said, "This subordinate is willing to die for the leader!"

Qin Shuhuai thought for a while, and then asked, "By the way, how many brothers and sisters do I teach in Shangluo City?"

Gu Leishan sighed and said, "There used to be more than 1000 people. Since the arrival of the high-ranking thieves, for some reason, they have started to hunt and kill members of my sect. Now there are only about 200 people left. Among them, there are only about [-] people who can fight. , there are about [-] people left. Our previous altar master Wang was killed by a high-ranking thief! Master, you must help us avenge this revenge!"

Qin Shuhuai said, "The time of the high-ranking thief is numbered, and I will kill him sooner or later to sacrifice the heroic spirits of my followers. Ancient altar master, please contact these two hundred strong men in secret, it will be very useful for me to return."

Gu Leishan immediately said, "This subordinate obeys!"

After Qin Shuhuai made the arrangements, he immediately left the Silk Village, and led a group of experts to find out where to find them, and first went to familiarize themselves with the location of the key departments marked on the picture below.

After going around in various places, they returned to Silk Village, and based on what they saw just now, they discussed the plan of arson.

It will soon be daylight.In order to avoid alarming others, they hid in the silk village all day long, and the food and drink were delivered by Gu Leishan himself, which saved a lot of trouble.

Let's say that after dawn, Hong Chengchou immediately ordered [-] troops and set off for Shangluo.Of the [-] troops, [-] under the command of He Kegang, it was the Left Wing Battalion.Zhang Xiao commanded [-], which was the right-wing battalion.He Renlong commanded [-] soldiers as a general, and he was the vanguard battalion.And the rest are all under the command of Hong Chengchou himself, for the Chinese army.

The army set off in a mighty manner, rushing towards Shangluo without avoiding people's eyes and ears.

On a small mound outside the city of Xi'an, several men in black saw the boundless army coming out of the south gate of Xi'an like a torrent, and immediately rode their horses towards Weinan City.

In Weinan City.

Li Zicheng and Liu Guoneng were both taken aback when they learned that Hong Chengchou led an army to the south, but their subsequent reactions were different.

Li Zicheng strongly suggested that first send a fast horse to inform Gao Yingxiang, let Gao Yingxiang set up an ambush outside Shangluo City, and then send another [-] troops in Weinan City to follow the Ming army.At the same time, they also notified the various "allies" entrenched in the area from Weinan to Shangluo to let them come to help.At that time, once the officers and soldiers enter the ambush area, they will be flanked by front and rear. The "chuang army" can take advantage of this rare opportunity to complete their efforts and completely defeat the officers and soldiers. From now on, the officers and soldiers will never even think about setting foot Jinzhong and Jinnan are one step away!

But Liu Guoneng thought it was too risky to fight like this.One of the official troops is as many as 10,000 to 5. Even if they summon an army of 36+ to fight, they may not be able to fight.Second, if Weinan City sent troops to follow them, would they be discovered by the officers and soldiers?If they found out and ambushed ahead, how many of these [-] people would be able to come back in the wild?We must know that in the wild, the combat power of the officers and soldiers is far superior to that of our own.Also, Liu Guoneng didn't expect anything from the [-]th Route "ally" troops. Those people are all mobs, who doesn't know who?
The two had a fierce quarrel over this.

In fact, it is hard to say who is right and who is wrong.

Li Zicheng's method is more radical, but if he wins the bet, it will be done once and for all. If the army loses again this time, it is estimated that they will not be able to lose their troops to suppress Gao Yingxiang within a few years.

However, Liu Guoneng's thinking is more conservative. He believes that it is safe to let the officers and soldiers attack the city first to consume part of the troops, and then send troops from Weinan to rescue Shangluo.He naturally has a theoretical basis for thinking this way, because the officers and soldiers suffered heavy losses when they attacked Weinan before, and Shangluo's city is larger than Weinan, with more soldiers than Weinan, and better defensive equipment than Weinan. How could it be possible to attack?There is a saying in the so-called Art of War: If you can't attack for a long time, your soldiers will be exhausted.At that time, when the morale of the officers and soldiers is low and the troops are greatly damaged, wouldn't it be the best policy to gather heavy troops to fight them decisively?

The two couldn't stop arguing, and Liu Guoneng said nothing and refused to send troops.In this way, Li Zicheng has nothing to do.He has more than 3 soldiers and horses in his hands. Without Liu Guoneng's help, he would never dare to follow [-] to [-] officers and troops.

Hong Chengchou led the army, after two days and two nights of forced marching, finally arrived in Shangluo at noon on the third day.At this time, Gao Yingxiang in Shangluo City had already received a reminder from Weinan and deployed the city defense.

After Hong Chengchou arrived in Shangluo, he was not in a hurry to attack. Instead, he let the soldiers besiege the city first.

There was great chaos in Shangluo City, and the common people were afraid that the flames of war would harm them, so they stockpiled grain and vegetables one after another.All the rice, grain and vegetables in the city were snapped up for a while, but Gao Yingxiang did not forcibly confiscate military rations. Firstly, his military rations were well prepared, and secondly, this was his lair. He was aiming at the world, so how could he lose popular support by robbing food? Things?
Soon, all the shops in the city were closed, and everyone went back to each house to find their own mothers, waiting for the official army to fight the "chuang army" to decide who they would pay for food in the future.

And Qin Shuhuai and others in the city also learned the news that Hong Chengchou was approaching the city through the White Lotus Sect.According to the agreement, Hong Chengchou will first besiege the city for one day in order to make various engineering tools.On the second day, Qin Shuhuai will lead a group of masters to act in the city first, and Hong Chengchou will start to send troops to attack after getting the signal of their success.

Between Shangluo City and Weinan City, rogues were also surging at this time.Although Liu Guoneng disagreed with Li Zicheng's radical plan, he still cooperated with Li Zicheng to contact all the allies in this area and asked them to gather near Weinan immediately to support Shangluo at any time.

The officers and soldiers naturally expected that Weinan would mobilize heavy troops to rescue Shangluo.Hong Chengchou had already prepared for this. He sent thousands of factory guard elites to set up a large number of open posts and secret posts along the way from Weinan to Shangluo, so as to keep track of their movements at any time.

Both sides are full of ambitions, and an expected decisive battle is about to kick off.

At midnight on the second day, Qin Shuhuai and others filed out from Wangji Silk Village. Each of them carried a big bamboo bag full of bottles of kerosene, and each of them used lightness kung fu to rush to various important places in the city.

Among them, Qin Shuhuai, Meng Wei, and Meng Hu rushed to the most important A-character grain depot, and Wang Datong, Chang Wuji, and Tang Sanniang rushed to the B-character grain depot. These two grain depots were hidden relatively secretively. This group of people has been entrenched in Shangluo City for a long time, and Qin Shuhuai and others may not be able to find them if they search for ten and a half months.Apart from them, the remaining Zhiren and others rushed to the armory.

These three places are related to the supplies of the rogues defending the city, and even more related to the morale of the army, so they are naturally the first targets to be eliminated.

(End of this chapter)