The army was in a commotion, and many people put down their weapons and walked out of the barracks, apparently having made up their minds to return to their hometowns, but many more were wandering around and unable to make up their minds. You must know that although you can't get paid money as an official and soldier, you can finally have a good reputation, and once you rebel, you can only run all the way to the dark, except for being killed on the battlefield, you have to expect the rebellion to succeed and have a future.

And since ancient times, how many people have succeeded in rebellion?

As for going back to his hometown, most of them are a dead end, if he can survive, who will come to be a soldier?

Therefore, the armies thought left and right, and could not make up their minds.

Li Yan saw it, he laughed: "I know your embarrassment, you are afraid of staying, you can't defeat the Ming army, you will end up in a different place, and when you return to your hometown, most of you will have to starve to death." Left and right is a death, so I can't make up my mind. If you can trust me Li Yan, I will explain it to you and see how you can live in this world. ”

When the army heard the word Li Yan, they were all taken aback, and they all said: "He is Li Yan, he is Li Yan, the young man who wrote the essay......"

It was really the name of a man, the shadow of a tree, and when everyone heard that the celebrity was here, they immediately fell silent, and everyone's eyes were fixed on him.

Li Yan cleared his voice: "Let's talk about returning to my hometown first." When the leaves fall back to their roots, who doesn't want to go home? But when you go home, will you be able to live? There have been many years of drought, and countless people have died of starvation, how much rice and grain can you buy with ten taels of silver in your hands, enough for a family to eat for a few days? At that time, if you didn't want to starve to death, there were only two ways, to pull the flag and rebel, or to join the official army. So whether you're back home or here, you're faced with the same choice. In that case, is it necessary to return to the homeland? ”

When the Ming army heard this, they all nodded.

Li Yan continued: "If you want to talk about joining the official army, you know better than me that in addition to the possibility of dying in battle at any time, you can't get any salary. You can only eat mixed food. If anyone likes to be an official soldier, we will not force it to stay, and finally, I will talk about the rebellion. ”

Everyone pricked up their ears and listened, and there was silence on the school ground.

Li Yan said: "Rebellion, since ancient times, has not been a good road. The risk is too great, one person takes the world, and millions of people can only be buried. But today is different. As you know, if there is a great chaos today, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Gansu, Henan, and Sichuan provinces are constantly changing people, and they are already full of thieves, among whom there are no less than dozens of bandit leaders with tens of thousands of horses, and the officials and troops are already in a hurry to deal with the peasant army and the Jin people outside the Guan. In my opinion, it is impossible for the popular uprising to be quelled, and in the future, there will inevitably be a situation of secession in the northern provinces. Although it is a little difficult to dominate the world, I still have some certainty in separating Shaanxi. Once we occupy Shaanxi, we can unite the peasant armies of the provinces against the imperial court. When the time comes, you can seize the world, and if you retreat, you can cut the land and become the king, and you can be invincible. You are all from Shaanxi, and if you take Shaanxi, you will save your home and the lives of your wives and children. We are not working for the court, but for our own families. Save them from starvation. ”

At this time, someone in the Ming army asked: "Don't you know that Li Gongzi is sitting in Xi'an today, and his subordinates are all elite soldiers, how can it be so easy to capture Shaanxi?" ”

Li Yan laughed loudly: "This brother Tai is right, Hong Chengchou is scheming, and his methods are very vicious, so he is a fierce opponent." But right now, his elite soldiers have gone to Shanxi to chase after Zijinliang. Shaanxi is already empty, as long as we take advantage of the situation, Hong Chengchou can't do anything. ”

There was a commotion in the army, and finally someone shouted: "We are not leaving, join the Qin army, and take the ...... of Shaanxi"

At first, a few people shouted, then more and more people shouted, and finally these hundreds of people almost spoke in unison. No one wants to leave.

Li Dare looked at Li Yan, admired it in his heart, and secretly thought: This scholar is amazing......

Li Yan ordered the number of people to be counted, and after a check, there were still about 400 people. Li Yan divided them into twenty teams, each team had a Qin Jun as the squad leader, and every hundred people had a hundred captains. And the commander of the whole army is Li Kang. When the army saw that he was well distributed, they had no objection. Seeing that the merger had been successful, Li Yan ordered to rush to make the Great Qin Army flag overnight, and be sure to plant the flag at the head of the city tomorrow morning.

Then he made people spread the word that the Qin army had recaptured Huayin, the army was strong, and the king of Qin was sitting in the city to recruit the scattered Qin army.

After dawn, the head of Huayin City had already planted the Qin Army's Xuan Banner, and dozens of horsemen and horses had already galloped in all directions, spreading the news far away.

This trick really worked, and in less than a day's effort, hundreds of Qin soldiers came, many of these people had horses, and they were all the way with Bai Qi and others, but there was no King Qin among them, and Li Kang was still a little unhappy.

The news of the Qin army's reoccupation of Huayin spread quickly, and Hong Chengchou received a report the next night. He was taken aback, a little incredulous.

Because according to the Tang newspaper delivered by He Renlong and Lu Xiangsheng more than ten days ago, this "Qin army" has already been killed in scattered pieces and has not become an organization, how can it be organized in just a few days, and it can easily take Huayin City? You must know that although Bai Guangen is gone, there are still more than 500 soldiers in the city.

If this is the case, then the Qin army that occupies Huayin will have at least a few thousand people.

As a result, Hong Chengchou began to doubt the content of the two Tang newspapers.

Lu Xiangsheng is a strict person, he should not lie, as for He Renlong, the Tang newspaper said that six or seven thousand enemies were killed, but the heads that could be handed over were only two thousand, and the rest of the people were said to have drowned in the water, and the corpses were nowhere to be found.

Hong Chengchou couldn't believe it. This person's name is He Maniac, and he once had the act of killing good and risking merit, just because he was a fierce general, Hong Chengchou suppressed this matter, because he still wanted to use He Renlong, and now it seems that He Renlong must have lied about the number of enemies killed.

Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou was a little angry, the Qin army occupied Huayin, if it was not quickly destroyed, its strength would definitely grow day by day. But right now, his elite men and horses have all gone to Shanxi, and they will suppress the King of Zijin Liang for his own use, and there are not many people and horses that can be used in the whole Shaanxi.

Now he had to call in the reserves. However, this military horse is not his descendant, and its combat effectiveness is not very strong, so he can only maintain security in peacetime, and once he encounters extremely strong thieves, he is afraid that he will suffer.

However, Shanxi's elite soldiers cannot be transferred back in a short time, because according to Tang Bao, the battle to encircle and suppress Zijinliang was very smooth, and the transfer of men and horses at this time is tantamount to a stupid move, and Hong Chengchou certainly will not make such a mistake.

The so-called far water does not quench the thirst of the near, there is no way, so he has to use this force, he still has a kind of luck mentality, this Qin army has just been defeated, it is likely that it is just cornered, sneak attack Huayin succeeded, the army went to encircle and suppress, maybe they were afraid, the whole army was scattered.

Thinking of this, he immediately ordered to send this reserve army to Huayin to exterminate the Qin army.

The order was also issued, Hong Chengchou suddenly felt a little uneasy, in case this army was defeated, the Qin army was bound to recover, and his own subordinates had no more mobile forces to send, so this battle was extremely important.

He ordered the heralds to hurry up and invite the commander of this reserve army to come and meet him.

Not long after, a meteor strode outside the door, a medium stature, dressed in a draped garment, arrived at the door, and bowed his hand: "Guerrilla General Shi Kefa, see Lord Governor!" ”

Hong Chengchou invited him to come in, and after a closer look, he was happy.

Shi Kefa was born very young, in his twenties, but he has a capable face, tiger eyes, and a very calm demeanor, which is a little incommensurate with his age.

Hong Chengchou invited him to take a seat, and asked on the spot: "General Shi, how many people do you have?" ”

Shi Kefa said: "If you go back to your lordship, there are two thousand two hundred and seventy people. Three hundred and twenty firearms, and five hundred horses. Hong Chengchou nodded: "This governor asked you to recover Huayin, are you sure?" Shi Kefa said in a deep voice: "No! ”

Hong Chengchou smiled: "Let's talk about ......"

Shi Kefa did not hide it: "The enemy army in Huayin, the number is unknown, the equipment is unknown, the combat effectiveness is unknown, whether there is backup is unknown, there are these four unknown, and it is uncertain to recover the city." ”

Hong Chengchou laughed: "The general can be called a good general." If you come up and say you're sure, I'm not at ease. Since you have already calculated and weighed the gains and losses, this battle will definitely not disappoint me. ”