Chapter 226: We Need Reinforcements

Zhang Dashou, who was full of stars, was ordered to rush to the aid of Ansai City, but when they arrived, Li Jiasheng had already entered Ansai, and Lou Daji was also arrayed in the south of Ansai City to meet the enemy. It can be said that Lou Daji and others set up a formation, just waiting for the peasant army to crash here. Zhang Dashou, who was in a hurry to recapture Ansai City, did not notice this, and his troops and horses rushed into the ambush circle set up by Lou Daji in advance.

At noon, the officers and men attacked more than 5,000 people under Zhang Dashou's headquarters from three directions, forcing Zhang Dashou to a deserted town outside the city. At this time, Zhang Dashou's situation was very dangerous, and if he was not careful, he might be eaten by officers and soldiers. After Zhang Cunmeng learned of Zhang Dashou's situation, he could only turn around and support Zhang Dashou. Zhang Cunmeng and Zhang Dashou have a very good relationship in private, in order to save Zhang Dashou out, Zhang Cunmeng even personally led the troops to fight, after two hours of fierce fighting, finally tore a hole in the southwest corner.

With a gap, Zhang Dashou led the remnants of the army to flee in a hurry and fled all the way to Yan'an City. Zhang Dashou survived, but the plan to recapture Ansai City was completely shattered.

The officers and soldiers occupied the city of Ansai and radiated to all sides, posing a great threat to the rear of the peasant army. At this time, if Wang Ziyong abandons Yan'an Mansion, concentrates his forces to retreat south, and holds the territory in the south, the pressure will not be too great. But Wang Ziyong made the same mistake as Wu Yangui, that is, he didn't want to abandon Yan'an Mansion. Wang did not give up for his own use, which directly led to the division of many forces to deal with Lou Daji and others.

For a time, the situation in northern Shaanxi became delicate again, and although Zhang Dashou's plan to recapture Ansai City was frustrated, the main force did not suffer much loss. Similarly, Lou Daji and Li Jiasheng's border army did not have the ability to attack southward on a large scale. If Zhang Dashou had been destroyed before, the peasant army would have been in chaos in a short period of time, and it would have been possible to attack south. It's a pity that Zhang Dashou ran away, and even Zhang Cunmeng couldn't stay.

In the final analysis, the troops in the hands of Lou Daji and Li Jiasheng are still too small, but if there are more than 5,000 soldiers and horses, it is guaranteed that Zhang Dashou will not return. Insufficient troops, blame the imperial court, or blame your own general army?

The imperial court has the difficulties of the imperial court, and the Xuanfu and Datong Mansion are also facing tremendous pressure, and the Mongols in the north are frequently mobilized. At this time, it was not easy for Xuanfu and Datong to separate 6,000 soldiers and horses into Shaanxi.

Li Jiasheng is the most anxious, his hands are all cavalry, people eat horses and chew, at the end of the day, the consumption of grain and grass alone makes people feel distressed. The imperial court only gave half a month's supply, and the rest had to be figured out by itself.

"Brother Lou, Brother Deng, let's find a way to solve the trouble in front of us. If the confrontation continues like this, not only will the wolf grass be wasted, but it will not be a good thing for Xi'an Mansion. ”

Deng Huaiyuan listened to Li Jiasheng's complaints, fiddling with the knife in his hand for a while, before he smiled bitterly: "Brother Li, I know you are anxious, but what's the use of being anxious?" There are only so many soldiers and horses in our hands, and it is already the limit to hold the front line of Ansai City, and it is powerless to attack Yan'an Mansion. Empty consumption of grain and grass, we are more anxious than you in this matter, if the grain and grass are gone, the court doesn't care, we can only think of our own ways, how can it be like you, at least there is Brother Tie to help you. ”

"Ahem, you can't say that, although my virtuous brother has a lot of materials in his hands, there are also many places to use. Having just conquered the Tumo River, Abadai is restless and may have to use troops against the north at any time. ”

Lou Daji knocked on the table, rolled his eyes and smiled: "Lao Li, you don't have to rush to speak for that guy, don't worry, we didn't want to ask him to raise food and grass." But, Lao Li, if you get benefits from there, at least share a little bit with us. Our Xuanfu and Datong Mansion advance and retreat together, but we don't want to eat alone. ”

"Okay, okay" Li Jiasheng waved his hand, sat down, and said with some annoyance: "To be honest, you really plan to do nothing?" ”

Speaking of business, Lou Daji frowned and became much more serious, "Naturally, we can't spend it with thieves like this, so no matter what, we have to find a way to get a support soldier, as long as there are enough soldiers and horses, we can use troops against Yan'an City." I believe that as long as Zhang Dashou's thief army is broken, the pressure on General Cao will be greatly reduced, and it will be much easier to deal with Gao Yingxiang's attack. ”

"Reinforcements? But where are the reinforcements? ”

"It's not a headache for us, it's something that those people in the court should worry about. Anyway, we report it according to the truth, and everything depends on the meaning of Inspector Yang and the imperial court. ”

After that, Lou Daji thought about the wording, and an urgent official letter was urgently sent to the capital. At the same time, he also sent someone to Yan'an Mansion to tell Yang He about the matter.

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The official document of Ansai City was delivered to the capital, almost front and back, and Yang He's official document also arrived. Although they are two official documents, they all say the same thing, that is, asking for reinforcements, if there are not enough reinforcements, they can only maintain the current situation and eradicate civil unrest, which is equivalent to dreaming. In a word, if the grain and grass are not enough, in order to avoid the discouragement of the army and the use of the thieves, the border army will withdraw to the jurisdiction.

Damn, this Lou Daji is too arrogant, this is clearly a threat to the imperial court. Grain and grass? It's grain and grass again!

As a general of the Ming Border Army, shouldn't he be loyal and patriotic, and never retreat? Not to mention grain and grass, even if you fight to the point of a soldier, if the court doesn't let you retreat, you can't retreat. At least, that's what most people in the court thought.

The matter of reinforcements was handed over to the court for discussion, and Wang Qia, the secretary of the military department, was immediately furious, "Reinforcements and reinforcements, they can't find a way to solve it by themselves?" What is the use of looking for the court for everything? Yang He, as the governor of the three sides, does not solve the problem, and finds the court for everything, how did he, the governor of the three sides, be? ”

Qian Longxi, Li Tong, Zhang Fengyi and others all nodded slightly, echoing Wang Qia's opinion.

I have to say that most people in the court still lack enough understanding of Shaanxi. In their minds, Shaanxi is such a large piece of land, you use a little dim sum, can't you solve some problems by yourself?

But in fact, they have no idea how serious the situation in Shaanxi is, where no one has planted any land. Within a few months of planting, before it could ripen, it was robbed by others. Yang He didn't think about Tuntian, but at the moment, Shaanxi has no chance of Tuntian at all, and in just half a year, it is not enough to recuperate and regain vitality. It can be said that now Shaanxi has to rely on the outside to support it except for many dead people.

Although there are many troops stationed in Shaanxi today, compared with the peasant army, it is still far from enough. Wang Jiayin's strength has swelled too fast, in half a year, tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, after entering Shaanxi, many displaced people have joined.