Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 272 Catching up with Gao Yingxiang

The riots in Gao Yingxiang's team didn't last long before they were suppressed. After all, these unarmed civilians were not the opponents of these old battalions at all.

These old battalions are Gao Yingxiang's hole cards plus direct descendants, and it is too easy for ordinary people to deal with.

Gao Yingxiang's team slowly marched towards Jiyuan. Although there was a commotion, it didn't affect Gao Yingxiang very much.

The sun was gradually sinking to the west, Gao Yingxiang looked at the sun in the sky, and said to the deputy beside him: "Send down the order, set up camp on the spot, and you must rush to the outside of Jiyuan City before tomorrow afternoon."

The deputy yelled at Gao Yingxiang: "Follow orders!"

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Zhao Wen looked at the gradually darkening sky, and yanked the reins of the horse in his hand, "Stop moving forward, rest on the spot for [-] quarters of an hour, and start again after [-] quarters of an hour, marching all night tonight, resting when you catch up with Gao Yingxiang .”

"As ordered!"

The messenger who followed Zhao Wen clasped his fists and shouted at Zhao Wen, and then passed on Zhao Wen's order.

After resting for a quarter of an hour, Zhao Wen led the troops and set off again.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng also rushed to Xiuwu and Huaiqing with their troops.

Although Li Zicheng lost a lot of people, his uncle was Gao Yingxiang after all.

With the help of Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng quickly pulled his team back up again.

Among them, in addition to the [-] old battalions Gao Yingxiang gave him, he also gathered about [-] people.

As for Zhang Xianzhong, he was similar to Li Zicheng. Although the number of troops in the army was not as good as Gao Yingxiang, he was not far behind Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng looked at Xiuwu City a few miles away, turned around, and said to Li Guo and Liu Zongmin beside him: "Send the order, set up camp on the spot, rest for one night, and tomorrow morning, center on Xiuwu City." , Attack in all directions, sweep away all the villages near Xiuwu City, and collect as many people as possible.

The siege plan is scheduled for three days later. During this time, I must gather all the people who can attack the city. I will take down this martial arts city with one blow. "

"Yes!"

Li Guo and Liu Zongmin clasped their fists at Li Zicheng and shouted.

Zhang Xianzhong also arrived a few miles outside the Huaiqing Mansion at this time, and his orders were similar to those of Li Zicheng, and they were to collect the people first.

Li Zicheng's and Zhang Xianzhong's troops are relatively small compared to Gao Yingxiang's, so the marching speed is much faster than Gao Yingxiang's.

But also because of the lack of manpower, they searched for the people as soon as possible.

The sun gradually disappeared below the horizon, and a full moon gradually rose into the night sky.

Tonight is a clear night. In the ancient times without pollution, the moonlight was extraordinarily bright.

The stars in the sky surround the bright moon and surround the moon.

Moonlight emanates from the moon and shines on the earth.

"Rumble!"

There was a rush of horseshoes in the distance of the land, and Zhao Wen led the soldiers and horses to appear at the end of the land.

Zhao Wen rode on the horse, sprinting with his head buried, his shadow stretched long by the moonlight.

The whole earth resounded with the sound of horseshoes.

At this time, Gao Yingxiang and other thieves squatted in their big tent, drinking and having fun.

They seem to have seen the time to break through the city, as if they have seen the time to enter the capital, everyone is in a state of excitement, no one would think that the danger is gradually approaching.

When the sun rose, Zhao Wen's figure was drawn very long by the rising sun.

Zhao Wen narrowed his eyes and glanced at the sun, his face was full of sleepiness.

These few days of non-stop, even a man of iron can't bear it.

At this time, the mental state of Zhao Wen's subordinates was similar to Zhao Wen's, and they were all exhausted.

However, no one complained about it, and no one fell behind because of it.

Everyone followed closely behind Zhao Wen, closely following Zhao Wen's steps.

"My lord, Gao Yingxiang's team is fifty miles ahead, and Jiyuan City is twenty miles ahead!"

At noon, Ye Bushou, who was sent by Zhao Wen, hurried back and said to Zhao Wen who was resting in a forest.

Zhao Wen tightly tied the cloth bag containing fried noodles together with a rope, and casually touched his unshaven face, his eyes glistening.

"Okay, I finally caught up. Haha, okay. Pass the order, the flags die down, everyone stops eating, and get on their horses and drive. Within half an hour, we must arrive ten miles behind them."

Zhao Wen stood up, shouted at the messengers beside him, then walked to the tree where the horse was tied, and untied the horse from the reins.

"rush!"

Zhao Wen stepped on the horse, flicked the whip in his hand, made a crisp crackling sound, shouted, and then rushed forward.

Zhao Wen's speed was very fast, and he arrived ten miles behind Gao Yingxiang's team in less than half an hour.

Gao Yingxiang's team was extremely slow, like a turtle's speed, the slower it went towards Jiyuan City.

Zhao Wen rode on the horse, instigated the horse to move forward slowly.

Zhao Wen looked at Zhao Daniu who was approaching, and said in a deep voice: "Send the order, tell all the soldiers to slow down and keep this distance from the front, and at the same time, let me spread the night. Just strangle me, don't let them find us."

Zhao Daniu nodded and passed on Zhao Wen's order.

Zhao Wen didn't want to launch an attack at this time, because this was not the best time to launch an attack.

After traveling for a long time, Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses are now very tired. If they launch an attack at this time, their combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly reduced.

Moreover, it is impossible for Gao Yingxiang to rush to Jiyuan City and start attacking the city, and they will definitely rest at that time.

According to Zhao Wen's thinking, if you rest, we will also rest.

After you have rested, you will attack the city. At this time, we have also rested.When you attack the city, we will directly attack your ass.

When you attack the city, you will be crushed with the momentum of Mount Tai.

After one or two hours, Gao Yingxiang finally came to a place about three or four miles below Jiyuan City.

Gao Yingxiang looked at the city of Jiyuan City not far away, and an excited smile gradually appeared on his face.

"King Chuang, the leader and his team are now in the east of the city, shall we go to their place?" the deputy asked slowly, looking at Gao Yingxiang.

Gao Yingxiang stroked the beard on his chin, smiled lightly: "No, no, let's stop the army at the northernmost part of the city, and tomorrow you will lead a team to the west of the city.

After reaching the west, Xiu launched an attack on Jiyuan City within a day or two.

Let's set up the camp now. After the camp is set up, let the soldiers make a good repair.

This journey is very tiring, and it will not work if you don't nourish your energy. "

Gao Yingxiang's arrangement is the most common siege in siege warfare, and these thieves have also learned some tricks in the battles with the government and army in the past few years.

The deputy arched his hands at Gao Yingxiang and shouted: "This subordinate respectfully obeys King Chuang's order!"

Zhao Wen looked through the binoculars at the bandits who stopped and camped in place, turned around, and said to Zhao Daniu behind him: "Camp in place, after the camp is set up, let all the soldiers have a good rest.

But don't forget to spread Yebushou to me, and I must closely monitor the thieves in front of me. "

"Subordinates take orders!"

Zhao Daniu bowed his hands to Zhao Wen with a solemn face, and then led several messengers to pass on Zhao Wen's order.

At this time, the county magistrate of Jiyuan County walked up and down the county government office with an anxious expression on his face, sighing incessantly, "It's over, it's over, it's definitely over now. I'm a small county town of Jiyuan County. You can't stop so many thieves at all, what should you do?"

"My lord, now that the bandits are approaching the city, you should quickly think of a way."

A general in armor and with several personal guards stood in the hall of the yamen, looking at the county magistrate walking around in the hall, his face was full of anxiety.

The county magistrate stopped, looked at the general, and said anxiously: "You are a thousand households from the Jiyuan Qianhu Office. If you don't hurry up and transfer all the soldiers in the battalion to the city wall, what can I do? What can be done?"

"I've already transferred all the soldiers, but you know what's going on with my subordinates, my lord, it's almost impossible to expect these people to hold the city wall." Qianhu said helplessly.

The county magistrate pointed at Qianhu's nose, and cursed with a look of hatred: "If you don't deduct soldiers' salaries, don't eat empty salaries and drink soldiers' blood, how could this happen?"

Qianhu's complexion changed, and he retorted unconvinced: "Sir, I don't like to hear you say that, you said I drink soldiers' blood, don't you?

Who came to me every now and then to ask me for someone, and asked my subordinates to do chores for him?Now the city can't be defended, so blame me? "

"Okay, let's not talk about this. Did the person we sent out to ask for help in Huaiqing Mansion bring back the letter?"

When the county magistrate heard this, he hurriedly changed the subject with some guilt.

When Gao Yingxiang came to Jiyuan with soldiers and horses, news had already been received in Jiyuan County.

After all, there are many people who fled to Jiyuan County along the way.

After getting the news, the county magistrate sent troops to Huaiqing Mansion for help.

But it has been several days, and there is no reply.

Qianhu slapped his thigh, gritted his teeth, and said, "Sir, don't talk about it. The people who asked for help came back this morning. Those dog officials in Huaiqing Mansion are all raised by stepmothers. We asked for help. After the people arrived at Huaiqing Mansion, they said that there was still a team of thieves coming towards Huaiqing Mansion.

Now, in order to resist that team, the Huaiqing Mansion has limited strength in their hands. They let us find a way to send back the people we sent out for help. "

"What to do, what to do." The county magistrate became even more anxious when he heard Qianhu's words.

With his hands behind his back, he kept walking in the hall, sweating profusely from his head.

Qian Hu looked at the useless county magistrate, and shouted: "My lord, now we have to quickly recruit young and strong people from the city to go up the city wall, so as to make up for the disadvantage of insufficient manpower."

"Extremely, what you said is right, what you said is good, I will do as you said, and I will leave all of this to you, and I will leave all the matters of defending the city to you.

I'm sick today, so I won't talk to you anymore. I'm very dizzy now. I'm going to rest first. I'll leave the defense of the city to the general. "

The county magistrate bowed his hands at Qianhu in a serious manner, and then hurriedly walked towards the backyard.

Qianhu looked at the county magistrate who was leaving, and couldn't help cursing in a low voice: "What a waste, what a waste. It's just a waste, and I don't know how such a waste became the county magistrate."

Qianhu shook his head, and led his own guards out of the yamen with a helpless expression.

Gao Yingxiang stood at the front of the barracks, looking at Jiyuan City in front of him, with a smile on his face.

"Haha, I will definitely be able to take down this Jiyuan City." Gao Yingxiang pointed at Jiyuan City and burst out laughing.

"My lord, the leader and the others are here."

Just when Gao Yingxiang was laughing, a soldier ran over and said to Gao Yingxiang.

Not long after the soldier finished speaking, Wang Ziyong came over with a group of people.

"Haha, King Chuang, I didn't expect you to be quite fast?"

Wang Ziyong stopped dozens of steps away from Gao Yingxiang, jumped off his horse, and walked towards Gao Yingxiang with a smile on his face.

Gao Yingxiang went up to meet him, cupped his fists and said, "Haha, the leader's speed is not bad."

"Okay, let's not talk about this, let's discuss how to attack this city first." Wang Ziyong waved his hand and changed his tone.

"Okay, let's talk in the big tent." Gao Yingxiang stretched out his right hand, leaned forward slightly, and made a gesture of invitation.

Wang Ziyong was also polite, and directly led the entourage behind him and walked over.

"I've met King Chuang!" Luo Rucai followed behind Wang Ziyong. He looked at Gao Yingxiang and hurriedly clasped his fists in salute.

Luo Rucai looked at Gao Yingxiang with complex expressions in his eyes. Back then, Gao Yingxiang and himself were on equal footing. It's been a long time since we saw each other. I can no longer compare with Gao Yingxiang.

Gao Yingxiang smiled lightly, and said indifferently: "So it's Cao Cao. If you don't make a sound, I really didn't notice you. Come on, don't salute me, hurry up and talk in the big tent."

After Luo Rucai passed by, the five leaders of Gezuo's Fifth Battalion hurriedly saluted Gao Yingxiang.

The five chiefs are Ma Shouying, Huihui, He Yilong, Ge Liyan, He Jin, King of Zuojin, Liu Xiyao, King of Changing Times, and Lin Chengyu, King of Troubled Times.

Gao Yingxiang nodded slightly at the five people and nodded.

When these people entered Gao Yingxiang's big tent, Gao Yingxiang looked at the people in the big tent, stood up, and said loudly: "I decided to build a siege machine tomorrow, and I will directly attack Jiyuan City the morning after tomorrow. All my men and horses pressed up and fought to get down with one blow."

As soon as Gao Yingxiang finished speaking, the entire big tent was silent and one could hear a needle drop.

Luo Rucai looked at the high-spirited Gao Yingxiang who stood up, and asked tentatively, "Shouldn't we search for the people first, and then drive them away to attack the city? Isn't it a little too urgent to attack the city the day after tomorrow?"

"Yes, yes, we should search for the common people first." The old Hui Hui Ma Shouying echoed.

Gao Yingxiang glanced at the two of them lightly, and said sarcastically: "I have 10,000+ troops in my hands, what more people do I need? If you dare not, leave quickly, and I, Gao Yingxiang, will attack the city alone."

(End of this chapter)