Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 58 Liu Hong
Chen Erzhuang was going in the direction of Zhou Huhu, but when he saw Li Jing suddenly, he turned around and ran towards Li Jing.

"Brother! The big thing is not good. The officers and soldiers sent a troop to go around from the west." Chen Erzhuang hurriedly said before standing still.

Li Jing frowned, thinking why he couldn't even understand the words.

But seeing Chen Erzhuang's anxious face, running in the cold and sweating, he knew that what Chen Erzhuang discovered must be urgent.

"Don't panic! Speak slowly!" Li Jing said in a deep voice.

"Yes!" Chen Erzhuang settled down and said: "Brother, we have to rush back to Hongshanling immediately. The officers and soldiers sent a team to detour into the mountain from the west."

Li Jingjing nodded, knowing that what Chen Erzhuang said was that the officers and soldiers sent a small force to attack Hongshanling.

Li Jing sighed, secretly blaming himself for only knowing about training and ignoring the most basic teachings.

The biggest reason why Chen Erzhuang didn't clarify the movements of the officers and soldiers was because Chen Erzhuang didn't know the names and locations of the places around Hongshanling.

This is the reason for Li Jing.

Li Jing's subordinates practiced almost closed training. Chen Erzhuang and others came from Lin County. After arriving in Hongshanling, they hardly dealt with the people around them, and they didn't know the surrounding situation at all.Unlike Ma Wu and others who are locals, they are familiar with the surrounding environment and place names.

Chen Erzhuang didn't belong to the scout team either, unlike scouts who had to scout around for the enemy's situation, he knew the terrain, place names and directions around Hongshanling so clearly.

He can currently only use directions in place of place names.

"How far are the officers and soldiers from Hongshanling?" Li Jing asked.

"This..." Chen Erzhuang hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't know how far it is to Hongshan Ridge, but I walked back to Jinniu Ridge for about 20 miles."

Li Jing shook his head, and began to calculate the position of this team of officers and soldiers in his mind.

The officers and soldiers walked from the west, which is actually the same direction as when Li Jing attacked the officers and soldiers.However, he himself sent scouts to investigate along the way, but he did not find the officers and soldiers. Obviously, the officers and soldiers had already been dispatched, or the circle of officers and soldiers was larger, so the scouts did not find this officers and soldiers.

After thinking about it, Li Jing asked, "When did you discover this army of officers and soldiers? How did you discover it?"

"Two hours ago, when I was monitoring Guo Zhen and the others, I found one of Guo Zhen's subordinates sneaking down the mountain, so I followed. It happened that Wang Ermao also spotted this person..." Chen Erzhuang said in a long-winded manner.

Li Jing frowned, thinking to himself when is this, why are you talking about this with me?What do I ask you don't know?
But Li Jing knew that Chen Erzhuang was anxious, the more anxious he was, the less clear he would speak, and if he urged him, he might not be able to speak clearly.

And at this time, you must not be in a hurry, the more critical the time, the more you must be steady.

If Li Jing could not stabilize, his subordinates would not know what happened, and they would definitely panic. This is a big taboo for a leader.

Seeing Li Jing frowned, Chen Erzhuang knew that what he said might be a bit long-winded, so he hurriedly collected himself, thought for a while and said, "Wang Ermao and I found that man sneaking down the mountain, so we followed him, and soon he ran to the barracks of the officers and soldiers. We He and Wang Ermao knew that this person was collaborating with the enemy, and wanted to report back, but Wang Ermao said that it would not be too late to report after seeing the movements of the officers and soldiers."

Li Jingjing nodded, thinking that Wang Ermao was quite prudent in his work.

Then Chen Erzhuang talked about his later discoveries.

Not long after the man entered the camp of the officers and soldiers, the officers and soldiers started to move.

Soon, a force of about 200 officers and soldiers came out of the camp and headed west.

Chen Erzhuang and Wang Ermao didn't know what the officers and soldiers were going to do, so they followed them.

This team of officers and soldiers should be the elite troops of Weihui Mansion, and it only took more than an hour to walk the mountain road of more than 20 miles.

Chen Erzhuang and Wang Ermao saw the officers and soldiers making a big circle, but they were getting closer and closer to Hongshanling, so they didn't dare to continue to follow, and hurried back to report.

Wang Ermao went to Tianduling to report to Gao Qi, while Chen Erzhuang returned to Jinniuling to report to Zhou Huhu.

After listening to Chen Erzhuang's narration, Li Jing inquired a few times about things that were unclear, and he had a clear judgment on the movements of the officers and soldiers.

This small group of officers and soldiers started from Xiaozhuang Village, went west along Xiazhuang, passed Zaocun all the way, along Maoshan to Jiaoshan.

This route is indeed outside the scout's detection range.

Judging from the distance Chen Erzhuang said, Chen Erzhuang followed him all the way to Jiaoshan before returning to report.

Horn Mountain?

Li Jing's expression gradually became serious.

Walking more than ten miles north from Jiaoshan Mountain is Paomaling. Entering Paomaling is actually equivalent to entering Hongshanling.

Hongshanling is not actually a mountain, but is composed of many mountains connected together. Hongshanling is just a name for a range.

As Li Jing's strength increased, the area of ​​Hongshanling could no longer accommodate so many people. In fact, when Li Jing discovered a wasteland in the northwest of Hongshanling, he had already turned most of the population to the northwest.

And this place is between Paomaling and Tiger Ridge in the north.

In other words, once the officers and soldiers are stationed in Paomaling, they can attack Li Jing's heartland at any time.

If the officers and soldiers only attacked here, Li Jing was not very worried. After all, Li Jing had already ordered all his family members to evacuate, and the officers and soldiers could only burn houses to keep warm.

But what if the officers and soldiers are not heading towards Paomaling?

What if the officers and soldiers continue to march west from Jiaoshan?

In order to ensure the safety of his family members, Li Jing asked them to hide in Wanbai Mountain between Nancun Town and Nanzhai Town in the west.

If the officers and soldiers marched in this direction, the target would undoubtedly be the family members of the bandits, that is to say, the target was the Shen family.

There is no doubt about the importance of the Shen family to Li Jing, Li Jing would rather not want Hongshanling as a base, but also ensure the safety of the Shen family.

Of course, it would be even better if we could hold on to the Hongshanling base.

After all, it is winter now, without this base, where would thousands of people live?How to survive the winter?

But Li Jing only has more than 500 people in his hands, so how to call them is a problem.

Li Jing secretly admired the officer who led the army this time. This man set up a good plan, restraining himself with a large force, so that he would not dare to act rashly, and then sent a small group of troops to attack.

This officer actually knew where his weakness was, so he completely targeted Li Jing's weakness.

But the officer obviously didn't expect that Li Jing would do the same, and he had already successfully destroyed the supplies of the officers and soldiers.

The officers and soldiers have insufficient follow-up combat capabilities. As long as this small group of officers and soldiers is successfully eliminated, the officers and soldiers can only retreat.

Li Jing frowned and pondered. .

At this time Liu Erlen came running with one person, and Li Jing saw that it was Gao Qi's subordinate.

"Boss, Brother Gao ordered me to inform Zhou Huhu to withdraw from Jinniuling and go to Tianduling." The man said.

Li Jingjing nodded and asked, "Where is Gao Qi now?"

The man continued: "Brother Gao has divided up his troops, one took a shortcut and returned to Hongshanling, and he took the other one to go west."

After Li Jingwen heard that Gao Qi got the news of Wang Ermao, he made this decision after some analysis.

However, Gao Qi only has more than 100 people under his command. After the division, the number is even smaller. If he encounters officers and soldiers, he may suffer a big loss.

And Tianduling was handed over to Zhou Huhu to command the defense, Li Jing was really worried.

Li Jing made a decisive decision and said to the man: "Catch up with Gao Qi as quickly as possible, and order him to return to Tianduling immediately to command the brothers to fight against the official army."

"Yes!" The man did not hesitate, and left quickly after receiving Li Jing's order.

"Liu Er is stunned! Zhou Huhu!" Li Jing shouted.

Liu Erleng and Zhou Huhu hurried over when they heard Li Jing's stern voice.

"The two of you bring all the troops from Jinniuling and return to Hongshanling immediately. If the officers and soldiers attack, do your best to defend the stronghold! Remember, if you really can't resist, take your brothers out immediately!" Li Jing said in a deep voice.

"Yes!" The two took orders and hurried away with their subordinates.

"Chen Erhu!" Li Jing continued.

"Yes!" Chen Erhu hurriedly responded.

"Take the brothers and follow me!" Li Jing shouted.

"Yes!" Chen Erhu replied.

Li Jing was also helpless to make such a decision.

The only ones who could block the army of officers and soldiers were Gao Qi and himself.

Gao Qi has a good mind, but when it comes to fighting tough battles, he might not be as good as Zhou Huhu and Liu Erleng.

Zhou Huhu's ability is insufficient, and there is no other way to face thousands of officers and soldiers except to fight hard, but the brothers will inevitably suffer heavy losses, which Li Jing is absolutely unwilling to see.

Let him go back to help the village, only facing more than [-] officers and soldiers. With the bravery of Zhou Huhu and Liu Erleng, even if they can't stop the attack of the officers and soldiers, they will not suffer too much loss.

The Shen family is too important to Li Jing, apart from himself, Li Jing is worried about Gao Qi.

That's why Li Jingcai decided to go back to rescue Shen's family by himself, let Zhou Laohu and Liu Erleng defend Hongshanling, and called Gao Qi back to command his brothers to deal with the large army of officers and soldiers.

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Xiaozhuang Village.

The camp tent of the army and the army.

Qianhu Liu Hong was dressed all over his body, sitting in the tent with a big horse and a sword, and looked at Guo Zhen and others with cold eyes.

Liu Hong has just turned 40 years old this year. Because of his burly body and dark skin, he is nicknamed Liu Heita in Weihuiwei.

Ordinarily, people with such nicknames are basically rude and reckless people.

But Liu Hong is an outlier.

This person's shrewdness is completely different from his appearance, and he is even better at marching and fighting. He is relied on by the commander of the guard as his right-hand man.

This time the commander took advantage of the Xu family and after thinking twice, he decided to send Liu Hong out to suppress the bandits, hoping that Liu Hong would succeed in the first battle.

To be honest, when Liu Hong first received the order, he didn't think much about suppressing bandits.

It's not that the bandits are very capable, it's that the bandits are too slippery, and they will run away when they hear any trouble, which is really too difficult to catch.

On a cold day, the mountains and plains are like catching rats to catch bandits. Isn't it okay to make a crime?

But when he heard that someone from the Xu family had arranged an insider among the bandits, Liu Hong was moved.

(End of this chapter)