After being exiled, I led my whole family to rebel.

Chapter 250 The lost pair

On the mountain road, a group of nearly a thousand elite soldiers and generals flew past.

After ten days of accelerating, they finally stopped at a condescending hilltop near Xingyuan Mansion.

Xu Zhenying leads the team, and considering her status, almost all of the people following her are elites. People like Mo Jinchun, Wang Xingye, Gu Guihua, and even the soldiers with the highest overall scores in the army were assigned to her team.

Ming Xiaoshuang, Liu Dazhuang, and Xu Huijia would all want to protect her if they hadn't considered that this was a march and the battle required a balance of strength among each team.

Xu Zhenying knew that this time they captured Xingyuan Mansion, what they needed to guard against most was having their homes stolen, so the border between Qianzhou and Jinzhou Mansion had to be guarded.

Fortunately, she has vigorously promoted cement roads in the past two months, and the traffic in the entire Jinzhou Prefecture can be said to be connected in all directions, and the news spread at least two or three times faster than before.

In this way, the opponent can be caught off guard.

Mo Jinchun led his people to occupy a commanding position. Everyone was wearing green military uniforms and hiding quietly in the dense jungle on both sides.

Then Xu Zhenying said: "Wang Xingye, you take two hundred people to ambush on the official road five kilometers ahead. If people from Xingyuan Mansion come out, report to us. If there are any who are missed in the encirclement and suppression, you can kill those who are alone and flee." people."

Mo Jinchun couldn't help but ask at this time: "City Lord, before you set off, didn't you say that our target was the county seat in front of Xingyuan Mansion? Why are we attacking Xingyuan Mansion head-on now? As far as I know, the location of Xingyuan Mansion is We are blessed by nature and have always been heavily guarded. There are probably tens of thousands of defenders in the city, but we only have a thousand people. How can we attack it? "

Gu Guihua said: "Instructor Mo, don't worry, since the city lord brought us here, he must have a perfect plan."

Xu Zhenying smiled: "Our team's target has always been Xingyuan Mansion. I didn't tell you before because I didn't want the news to leak out. Xingyuan Mansion doesn't need us to fight. Wait two days and they will come out and kill them."

"Is the city lord planning to lure them out of the city and then ambush them here? There is a saying in the art of war: if you are ten, you are to surround them, if you are five, you are to attack them. If you double them, you will divide them. If the enemy is small, you can fight it. If it is small, you can escape. If it is not strong, you can avoid it. In this case, what strategy does the city lord plan to use to lure the Xingyuan Mansion army out of the city? "

Xu Zhenying smiled and pointed in the direction of Xingyuan Mansion, "Of course there is our internal support in Xingyuan Mansion."

This sentence immediately made people's hearts burn.

Following the city lord would be Chiluoluo's way of gaining military merit!
Wang Xingye had ordered two hundred people to lurk five kilometers ahead.

"City Lord, tell us about the tactics this time." The remaining people came together. Although they thought they were in awe of Xu Zhenying, they also knew that Xu Zhenying had a good temper and often mingled with the soldiers, so they were not afraid of her.

Even Mo Jinchun and others craned their necks and came closer.

Xu Zhenying had a wicked smile in his eyes: "Didn't you learn it in the military camp? Okay, since the people from Xingyuan Mansion haven't come out yet, I'm going to test you first. If it were you, how would you prepare to fight this battle? "

"what!"

The scene was filled with screams. Everyone did not expect that before they were about to charge into battle, this evil city lord did not miss the opportunity to torture them!
The city lord is simply a devil!

"City Lord, please stop teasing us."

"Yes, we don't know anything about the known conditions, how many people are in the city, and what the internal arrangements are. How can we fight?"

Xu Zhenying coughed, "Then you can grab it from the existing information. Sometimes you don't have to be completely prepared for war. Let's do this. If it's right, I'll let him be my deputy this time!"

Sure enough, with the rewards, everyone's enthusiasm for participation was instantly mobilized.

The soldiers were chatting and waiting anyway, so they began to talk about it.

"We must first send a small team to find out the situation of Xingyuan Mansion, especially the guards, weapons, number of people, etc. Then there is the personal situation of the generals guarding the city."

"Yes, this is the most basic. The city lord asked how to win this battle. If it were me, I would buy more pots and weapons, plant flags again, and make it look like there are thousands of troops outside the city. , so that they dare not go out to fight, and fight a siege to kill them inside. "

"Your method is inappropriate. We are fighting a long distance. This move does not kill them first, but drags us down first. Moreover, we cannot capture a city without people. This move of yours will easily starve the people to death, but will kill them." When the people turn against us, it is easier for them to resist us with the same hatred, so we can only fight quickly!"

Xu Zhenying glanced at him and said with some interest: "What if it's you?"

"Naturally, we can either let the insiders spread the news that our Jinzhou Prefecture's defense is empty and lure them out of the city to destroy us and change the main battlefield; or we can send people in to arrest the wife and children of the generals guarding the city, and then use inducements to make him surrender and follow us. Open the city gate together with the inside and outside; or wait patiently until they are practicing, set a fire in their camp in the dark, and then attack the city directly. "

Xu Zhenying was satisfied. It seemed that compulsory education was effective. The soldiers under her command also learned to take advantage of the weather, terrain and people, and initially developed a war mindset, instead of just rushing forward like reckless men.

Xu Zhenying looked at the man with a smile. He was a very young boy, not too weak, with tanned skin and tendons all over his body, exuding a youthful and energetic feeling.

In a previous life, he would have been a young male college student in a sports school.

"What's your name?"

The soldier was obviously happy, and his companions all looked at him with winking eyes.

This is the name that the city lord asked about!
Will this kid have a bright future?

"City Lord, my name is Chang Zizai. I am nineteen years old, and I am the third unit of Jinzhou Prefecture, number 032115!"

Xu Zhenying smiled and said: "Yes, he is smart enough to learn and apply the theories in the military books."

A soldier next to him seemed to be even more happy than Chang Zizi when he saw that his brother had been appreciated by the city lord. "City lord, when this kid was doing actual combat training, he won ten games out of ten! The winning rate has been ranked first for three consecutive months!"

"Really?" Xu Zhenying smiled and patted his shoulder, "Very good, work hard, maybe this time you can follow me and make great achievements!"

Chang Zizai was so excited that his face turned red!

Although Mo Jinchun and Gu Guihua were among those who took refuge in Xu Zhenying in the early days, they still feel like they are walking on thin ice even now that they are in high positions.

It’s really because there are too many talented people under Xu Zhenying! Just like leeks, they are cut again and again!
At this moment, they gradually understood why Xu Zhenying launched universal education as soon as he entered the city!

The education pool is large, and the chances of talents emerging are much greater, making it easier to form a virtuous cycle and competition.

The officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty might even have a bad temper with the emperor and use their resignations as capital for the blackmail game. But in their Jinzhou Prefecture, if you dare to say that you are resigning, someone will take the initiative to take up a big responsibility in the next second.

The reason is nothing.

Even if you don’t do it, there are people who do it!
And all the people under your command are looking at you with eager eyes, asking you whether you are vain or not?

"Very good, Chang Zizi has made the tactics very clear. According to the time, the defense of Xingyuan Mansion here will be out in two days. We will occupy this condescending terrain to conduct a sneak attack." Everyone was gearing up.

Mo Jinchun quickly asked: "City Lord, how many guards are there in Xingyuan Mansion?"

"About five thousand."

"Five thousand?"

Xu Zhenying originally thought that they would inevitably feel timid when one thousand of them faced five thousand. However, the people below him could not hide their joy when they heard this. Even Mo Jinchun, who had always been calm, said: "In such a wealthy place, there is only a mere With five thousand people, the Zhou Dynasty is really coming to an end.”

Xu Zhenying smiled and said: "It is true. After all, Xingyuan Mansion is only two or three houses away from Bianjing. It is located in the plains, which can be said to be the hinterland of the southwest. It has a unique geographical location, not to mention that it is surrounded by several rebels. , there are only five thousand people, which is a bit underestimated. However, it is not difficult to understand that for the imperial court, rebels like us are just a small fight, and the most important problems are the Prince Ming in the east and the Tatars in the north. What's more, we are fighting for some remote and remote places, and we cannot shake the foundation of the Zhou Dynasty, so it is inevitable to be despised. "

Everyone nodded frequently when they heard this, "So, arrogant soldiers will be defeated."

"That's right, we were also arrogant soldiers just now. Although Xingyuan Mansion only has five thousand, we can't take it lightly."

"That's right, we only have a thousand people, and our Jinzhou Prefecture has never fought a serious battle. This time, whether it is the first to show off its edge or a complete mess, you will have to fight it with a real sword and a real gun to know!"

"That's right! We are not timid or afraid of fighting, but we will never underestimate the enemy!"

Xu Zhenying was very satisfied, "If that's the case, then everyone should move! Aren't we going to have a sneak attack? Get ready for boulders, rolling logs, bows and arrows, traps, etc.!"

Xu Zhenying shouted, and the people below naturally started doing it vigorously.

Mo Jinchun came over and asked, "City Lord, I heard that you used black gunpowder when you attacked Lan County before? Although I have never seen it with my own eyes, they said that it was so powerful that it only took a little bit to explode. Open the city gate, why don’t we use it this time?”

"It's very simple. The problems of production, preservation, and transportation have not been solved. And once this thing comes out, we will enter the era of hot weapons."

"The era of hot weapons?" Mo Jinchun tasted it carefully, but was still a little confused about its meaning.

The city lord is really profound. Even after following her for so long, he still can't always guess her thoughts.

"Don't worry, I have the research institute stepping up research on weapons made of black powder, which will soon be put into use in the war. Now, you can't kill a chicken without a knife."

Mo Jinchun understood this time.

There is no need to use such precious weapons to defeat Xingyuan Mansion.

He couldn't help but look forward to this siege.

At the same time, the thousand people led by Ming Xiaoshuang, who was advancing to the left, encountered a dilemma.

Taking the newly drawn map from the institute, they climbed mountains and waded in rivers, only to realize that they were on the wrong track!

This is a fatal mistake!

The group of people wandered in the forest for several days, seeing only mountains and mountains, not hearing any sound, and feeling an airtight oppression.

Ming Xiaoshuang's deputy Wang Ergou pointed to a point on the map and said: "Grandma, there is no altitude mark on this place at all. You should have gone down the other end! You have to tell the people at the institute when you get back. The map must be It needs to be detailed! We are in a dense forest and can’t even find it anywhere!”

"There's nothing we can do about it. Some places were washed away by floods last year, and the terrain has changed. There's nothing we can do about it. Don't worry, everyone, haven't we learned how to identify the direction in the forest? Anyway, the direction is probably right, and we can always find the way!"

"This is not a question of whether we can find a way! Our five teams split up and move. Maybe others have begun to attack the city, and we are still lost! If we say this, our brothers will laugh at us!"

Everyone was bent on making great achievements, but they died before leaving the army and got lost in the woods as soon as they left the army.

Although they were complaining, everyone was used to it in the army and their mentality was pretty good. Even though they encountered such a big setback, their morale did not appear to be weakened.

The army marched hard in this dense forest for two days.

I have to say that Xingyuan Mansion is a good place. The rolling mountains separate Xingyuan Mansion. From then on, the plains turned into mountains, and Xingyuan Mansion became a treasure land that could be attacked, retreated and defended.

But for Ming Xiaoshuang and the others, this is definitely not a good thing.

The army has set out, but they have been trapped in the dense forest for three days and three nights. If they continue to be unable to find their way and the follow-up military supplies are insufficient, they will really fall into the same desperate situation as they were on the road to exile last year!
Fortunately, soon, there was a shake in the dense forest, and an alert soldier immediately grabbed someone and shouted: "General Ming, there is someone here!!"

Someone has a way!

Everyone gathered around him excitedly and saw that it was a strong man in his thirties or forties, wearing coarse linen clothes and carrying a basket on his back.

"General, this basket is full of herbs, I'm afraid it's the nearby villagers!"

The strong man had never seen so many people, let alone in a dense forest. He had gone up the mountain to collect medicine. He was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground and shouted "Hero, spare your life"——

Ming Xiaoshuang helped him up and said, "Brother, we are soldiers from Xingyuan Prefecture. We went to Guanghan County on errands and got lost along the way. We don't know which direction to go."

Seeing that they were polite and not like bandits, the strong man wiped his sweat with some fear. Then he seemed to think of something again, his face turned pale, and he stared at them and said: "You are the rebels of Jinzhou Prefecture." !”

The expressions of several soldiers changed. They stepped forward, cut the man's hands behind his back, and kicked him in the knees. The man knelt down again.

Ming Xiaoshuang suppressed her peaceful smile, and a gloomy air burst out from all over her body, "Tell me, who are you?!"

The man in his prime cried in fright: "Your Majesty, please spare my life. The little one is really a grassroots man from the nearby mountains. My child is sick. Come up to the mountain to get some herbs and cook them!"

"Then why do you know that we are from Jinzhou Prefecture?"

"God, your hair is so short, you look like you are from Jinzhou Prefecture!"

Ming Xiaoshuang and several soldiers looked at each other, and then felt a little embarrassed.

Damn it, I actually forgot this most fatal thing!
This reminded them that their hair was different from the soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty, and it was easy for others to spot their flaws.

Almost immediately, a thousand people began to put their short hair into green hats.

Xiao Xu opens up a new map~