Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 167 Pioneer Battalion

Gao Yingxiang looked at Li Zicheng, sighed, put down his chopsticks and said, "Hongji, what do you think of this matter?"

Li Zicheng shook his head and said: "I think these people have bad intentions. Think about it, if they really want to let us live, why do they block the road to the north? Isn't it a clear sign that we don't want us to enter Taihang Mountain?"

Gao Yingxiang nodded, then shook his head and said: "Actually, it may not be a good thing for us to enter Taihang Mountain now. It will be winter soon. Tens of thousands of our brothers have entered the mountain, and food and clothing will be a problem."

Li Zicheng nodded and said: "What uncle said is true, but I don't believe these guys. In my opinion, let's fight Lin County. As long as we destroy the army on the opposite side, Lin County will be ours."

Gao Yingxiang shook his head and said: "It's not easy to fight the officers and soldiers guarding the direction of Lin County! I sent spies to investigate. This army is well-equipped and well-organized. It is by no means comparable to the officers and troops we defeated before. , annoyed the gang of Lingchuan, if we attack us back and forth, then it will be too late."

Li Zicheng scratched his head and said, "Isn't this the last way left? What if they lie to us and attack us halfway?"

Gao Yingxiang pondered for a while and said, "I always feel that the troops in Lingchuan City don't seem to have the intention of driving us all out. Think about it, when they besieged the city, they didn't do anything until we were all out of the city. And then they didn’t pursue us fiercely, they just harassed us a bit, I think it’s possible for them to use us, but it doesn’t seem like it would take so much effort to eliminate us, right?”

Li Zicheng cursed secretly in his heart, and said to himself: "Why did you start attacking the city when all the people left the city? My people were still in the city at that time! You were not beaten, and all the people who died were my people. Why did you say that you didn't chase after and beat me hard?" , It’s just harassment, can harassment kill so many of us? It also arrested hundreds of us.”

But Li Zicheng didn't dare to say these words after all, he could only curse secretly in his heart.

But from the bottom of his heart, Li Zicheng also felt that what Gao Yingxiang said made sense. If the army in Lingchuan City really wanted to attack with all its strength, he and Gao Yingxiang's gang of mobs would have been defeated long ago. Are you still eating safely?
Seeing that Li Zicheng remained silent, Gao Yingxiang sighed and continued: "Moreover, this army also promised to release all our captive brothers back, and also promised to give us three thousand shi of grain. If I don't agree to this condition, the brothers below will also It's not easy to appease!"

Li Zicheng nodded silently. He didn't dare to continue to flee in the direction of Lin County, which was also a big reason.

You must know that the captured people are all related to the soldiers who broke into the camp. If you leave these people behind, do you still want your subordinates to help you fight?
Especially the three thousand stones of grain, what are these people rebelling for?Isn't it just to be able to have a full meal?You don't want the food, let us fight the officers and soldiers, we are fools!

Suddenly Li Zicheng thought of a question, and hurriedly said: "Uncle, those brothers who were released, did you tell them not to tell this matter?"

Gao Yingxiang shook his head and said, "No, it's nothing scary."

Li Zicheng patted his thigh and said: "It's over, these guys go back and tell the story, if we don't follow the arrangement of those people, we will definitely die, and the brothers below will definitely fry the pot."

Gao Yingxiang was stunned when he heard this. At that time, he was so busy getting angry that he forgot about it.

Wanting to understand the pros and cons, Gao Yingxiang anxiously said: "Hongji, quickly call those guys over!"

Li Zicheng shook his head with a wry smile and said: "It's useless, it's too late to seal it now, we must act according to those people's arrangements, what we have to do now is to think of a surefire plan to prevent them from sneaking in."

Gao Yingxiang looked at Li Zicheng and said, "What's your idea?"

Li Zicheng unfolded the marching map sent by Gao Qi, looked at it and said: "From this map, the route we are taking is either a mountain or a ridge. In such a place, no one can deploy their troops. Therefore, even Ambushes are also small troop harassment, the key is these two places."

Speaking of which, Li Zicheng clicked on two locations on the map, and then continued: "This is Liushukou, from here to the south is Xiuwu County and Wuzhi County in Huaiqing Prefecture. If we let them hand over the captives and food here, Then it can be basically concluded that these people are not lying to us, but the road from here to Huaiqing Mansion is difficult, and I do not agree to handover here."

After a pause, Li Zicheng continued: "There is another location here, Shanhe Town. The location of Shanhe Town is more important. It is adjacent to Yangcheng and Jincheng in the north, and Huaiqing Jiyuan in the south. It is more convenient for us to move around, and this is not part of Lingchuan. In the territory, if they want to ambush us, they will have scruples. I suggest handing over to them in Shanhe Town, but just in case, I suggest that we let the old, weak, women and children go first, and we lead our troops to follow behind. You can evacuate."

Gao Yingxiang looked at the map carefully, and then pondered Li Zicheng's plan. When he heard the last sentence, Gao Yingxiang was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help cursing inwardly: "Damn it, this kid is so ruthless, he actually let the old and weak women and children take the lead. Once the wind is bad, you can escape at any time, this kid's methods are not much worse than mine!"

After thinking for a while, Gao Yingxiang nodded and said: "That's it. I'll send those guys back to send a letter, saying that we agreed to their conditions and asked them to send the captives and food to Shanhe Town. They hand it over, and let them add another two thousand shi of grain."

Hearing that Gao Yingxiang wanted two thousand shi of grain, Li Zicheng was startled, and hurriedly said, "I want more grain? Can they give it?"

Gao Yingxiang waved his hand and said: "I reckon I can give it. Why do you think they released the captives? Why did they give us three thousand shi of grain for nothing? If they don't want to dig a hole to frame us or use us, I think it's better to use our possibility They are more aggressive. What can they use us for? It is nothing more than letting us attract the attention of the officers and soldiers. Knock them out with a batch of food."

"Old and cunning!" Li Zicheng secretly said.

At this time, Li Zicheng finally understood that Gao Yingxiang's success today was not for nothing. He was worthy of being a horse dealer.

At present, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng finalized the specific details, and then called the people who delivered the letter, and after giving some instructions, let them go back to deliver the letter.

After hearing what Gao Yingxiang meant, Li Jing and Yuan Keli looked at each other with a smile, and immediately agreed to Gao Yingxiang's conditions, but Gao Yingxiang wanted to add two thousand shi of grain, so he couldn't run from Shanhe Town to the territory of Henan, otherwise they would immediately turn against him.

Gao Yingxiang didn't plan to go to Henan at first, so what can he do if he doesn't know the place there?It's still a happy life here in Shanxi, so Dang even agreed.

Both Gao Yingxiang and Li Jing knew that there were many nights and dreams, and there was a long delay. It was impossible to guarantee that Cao Wenzhao would not lead troops to fight. After the two agreed, they started to move overnight. Be brave, fortunately the moonlight is bright, so you won't go the wrong way.

As the saying goes, Wangshan runs a dead horse, and the distance seems to be very short on the map. In fact, it is at least 300 miles from Zhaojialing to Shanhe Town.

In addition, the vanguard troops of the Chuangjun were all old and weak, women and children, and they walked slowly. In addition, they were still walking on mountain roads. At night, he could only walk more than 40 miles, and it took him seven days to reach Shanhe Town.

When the vanguard of the Chuang army arrived at Shanhe Town, the Jishi Army had been waiting for more than two days with the prisoners and grain carts.

After Gao Yingxiang arrived at Shanhe Town with the main force, the Jishi Army delivered the captives and food, but after the delivery, the army did not return, but hung the Chuang army twenty miles away.

Seeing this situation, Gao Yingxiang naturally knew what Ji Shijun was going to do. He was afraid that the Chuangjun would run towards Henan and was ready to fight at any time.

Gao Yingxiang is very envious of the equipment of the Jishi Army. These people are all dressed in civilian clothes, without shields, and even without spears. In the eyes of ordinary people, once such an army encounters cavalry, there will be only one end, and the entire army will be wiped out.

But Gao Yingxiang knew that if the cavalry who didn't know the details encountered this army and attacked it rashly, it would be bad luck.

This army is Zhang Chu’s vanguard battalion!

Li Jing and Gao Qi sent this army out for the purpose of monitoring the Chuang army, and started fighting after taking advantage of it.

At the same time, the battalions of the Jishi Army in Lingchuan City were also ready to attack at any time, with the goal of the county town captured by the Chuangjun Army.

Right now in Lingchuan, the total strength of the Jishi Army is about [-].

Five thousand troops seems to be a lot, but in fact, these numbers are not enough to achieve Li Jing's strategic goal.

First of all, at least one battalion of troops must be left in Lingchuan, because Lingchuan is a transit point connecting Hongshanling to Zhongtiaoshan, and it must not be lost here.

Then every time a county is occupied, a certain amount of troops must be left. According to Li Jing's plan, all the counties centered on Quwo must be occupied, so a large number of troops will be needed for defense in the early stage.

Only after the complete integration of these counties can a certain amount of troops be drawn out, but before that, these troops are definitely not enough, so Yuan Keli suggested conscription.

In fact, at this time, Hongshanling's troops had already begun to mobilize. Since the Chuang army had withdrawn from the border of Lin County, Lin County's guards also began to be included in the Jishi Army's system.

It should be said that Yuan Keli's strategic vision is indeed very good. Li Jing hoped that Sun Meng could gain military power. Although it could protect Hongshanling from being attacked, after Yuan Keli's strategy was implemented, Lin County was no longer threatened by chaos. It is obviously more beneficial to drive it out and join the Jishi Army.

At the same time that Hongshanling was mobilizing troops, a major project began to be built, which was road construction.

　A new week, looking for all kinds of support!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)