King Qin naturally had no objections, so Zhang Yi glanced at the field, and saw that everyone looked up at him, so he cleared his throat: "This year's autumn harvest, all the people are happy, I went down to see, there was no official and military harassment in several counties and towns under the jurisdiction of our Qin army, which is also thanks to the peasant army in the Central Plains. Now, in a few days, the harvest will be completed, and the city of Xi'an will be peaceful for a while, and there will be no need to watch out for officials and soldiers to make trouble day and night. [No pop-ups. Taking advantage of the slack season, we can mobilize the people, strengthen the city wall, and prepare more equipment to defend the city, which is needless to say. ”

He took out a piece of paper from his bosom and said, "A few days ago, I received reports from all over the world, and the situation became a little tense again. Lu Xiangsheng was in Henan, and used Fan Ju's strategy to fight several battles with Gao Yingxiang, and won each battle, Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong suffered a lot of losses, and now they have entered the Huguang area, but Lu Xiangsheng chased after him, forcing the two to start turning back. turned around in a big circle and came to the junction of Shaanxi and Huguang. I heard that there are plans to return to Shaanxi. ”

Li Yan asked: "What about Li Zicheng?" ”

Zhang Yi said: "Li Zicheng since he killed Cao Wenzhao and Ai Wannian, immediately became the focus of the encirclement and suppression of the official army, several lines of officers and troops surrounded him to fight, Li Zicheng is a capable person in the end, he can actually get out of the encirclement from the encirclement and interception of many enemies, and now Li Zicheng has just crossed the Yellow River and entered Henan. I want to learn from Gao Yingxiang and others, but in a short period of time, it is impossible. ”

Wang Jian said: "The peasant army is a rabble in the end, a few months ago, they showed off their might and burned the ancestral tomb of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but when it came to desperate efforts, it was not bright. Lu Xiangsheng is not very powerful, he actually beat them again and again, hum, I think, it is useless to count on these people. ”

Bai nodded: "The combat effectiveness of the peasant army, on the whole, is very low, except for Li Zicheng and a few others who can fight, others are indeed a rabble, for them, don't have much hope." ”

King Qin said: "My Qin army has always fought and has never relied on outsiders, and at that time, there were no outsiders to help us. The old Qin people fought wars, relying on heaven and earth and relying on themselves, that is, they did not rely on others. Mr. Zhang, you go on. Zhang Yi continued: "It is said that Gao Yingxiang's men and horses are very elite and there are many cavalry, and the reason why he lost the battle was because Lu Xiangsheng used a strong crossbow when he was fighting. ”

Ziyi scolded: "This traitor, even the crossbow of our Qin people was betrayed to the official army. ”

What he meant was that Fan Ju told the court how to make a strong crossbow.

Zhang Yi shook his head lightly: "This time General Ziyi blamed Fan Ju, it is said that the crossbow used by Lu Xiangsheng is a bed crossbow." It's not a single or double crossbow used by our Qin people. ”

The so-called bed crossbow is a crossbow mounted on a chariot, very huge, the arrows used are similar to the javelin, the range is hundreds of steps, an arrow can penetrate ten soldiers, nailed into the earthen wall more than a foot deep, siege can also be used, is the most terrifying long-range weapon.

As for the Qin crossbow, it is generally used by individual soldiers, it is easy to carry and easy to use, but the power is much smaller than that of the bed crossbow, and it can only shoot people or horses.

When Ziyi heard this, he was still angry: "This person is in the official army, and it is a big trouble for my Qin army. ”

He behaved like this precisely to make people feel that he hated Fan Ju to the core.

Zhang Yi said: "This is very true, now that the peasant army is losing every day, I'm afraid we have to plan for the worst." ”

King Qin slapped his glass: "Sir is saying that the official army may be going to attack my Qin army." ”

Zhang Yi said: "As long as the peasant army is wiped out, of course the official army will attack us with all their might. There is no doubt about that. ”

Li Dare said: "Gao Yingxiang and my eldest brother, oh, it's Zhang Xianzhong, they have a lot of power, they each have tens of thousands of horses, even if they lose temporarily, don't think so pessimistic." There are also Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai and others, and there are many people under them, in my opinion, it is impossible for the official army to encircle and eliminate the peasant army within a year or two. ”

Bai Qi shook his head lightly: "I don't dare to say this." The prime minister is right, we should be ready to meet the official army. ”

Zhang Yi said: "But as for how to prepare, I don't have any good plans, in this regard, I want to listen to you." ”

King Qin said: "General, what are you going to do?" ”

Bai Qi looked at Wang Qian: "I want to hear General Wang's opinion first." Wang Jian stood up and arched his hand: "The general is too humble, I am a junior, and I have to ask the general for advice in this regard, how dare I get an axe." Bai Qi shook his head: "Let's discuss the plans of the Qin army together, don't be polite, just say what comes to mind." ”

Li Yan also said: "Exactly, everyone is a family, and it is right to know everything." ”

King Qin looked at Wang Qian: "General Wang, just say it." ”

Wang Jian walked to the middle, saluted the king of Qin, and then said: "At present, there are 14,000 men and horses in my Xi'an city, including 6,000 cavalry, plus 3,000 defenders in Tongguan and 3,000 people in Huayin, a total of 20,000 horses, as far as I know, there are no more than 10,000 people in the general, so that there are no less than 30,000 Qin soldiers and horses." Once the official army comes to attack, we 30,000 people cannot all shrink into the city of Xi'an. It is necessary to divide a few detachments to go out, either to harass the enemy, or to attack other important towns, and to mobilize the officers and troops to make them exhausted. In this way, with foreign aid, Xi'an is not an isolated city. There's room for manoeuvre. In Weichen's humble opinion, once the official army intends to besiege the city, the general will lead the Meixian people in the west, Li Gongzi will lead a partial division in the east, and Weichen will sit in the city to guard the king and Xi'an City, even if there are many officers and soldiers, no matter how fierce the offensive is, it will be defeated by our Qin army. ”

Bai Qi listened and nodded again and again: "What General Wang said is very true, and it is roughly the same as I thought. If the officers and troops attack on a large scale, the whole army will die if they are trapped in the isolated city, and if they divide two partial divisions, like two fists, attack separately and cooperate with each other in the city, they will definitely be able to annihilate the enemy under the city. ”

When they heard this, they all applauded.

King Qin raised his glass and said, "What the two generals said is exactly what they wanted. With this good strategy, I am afraid that some officers and troops will attack on a large scale. Let's get drunk and celebrate the festival today. ”

The meal was drunk until nearly midnight.

Everyone rested in Xi'an City for three days, and then broke up, Ziyi returned to Huayin, and Bai Qi and Li Yan returned to Meixian. The red lady and Xiaoqing also had to follow Li Yan, because it was enough for Ji Mengdie to have Ji Mengdie in the women's army, King Qin smiled slightly, and naturally agreed.

Don't talk about others, just talk about Ziyi, after he returned to Huayin City, he found Su Dan and Li Congzhou that night.

In their eyes, King Qin is an outsider, and Qin Jun is also an outsider, only Ziyi is the master.

Since Ziyi went to Xi'an, they have been presiding over the military affairs of Huayin, there are 3,000 people in Huayin City, of which there are only 500 Qin troops, the original 3,000 Qin troops who followed Ziyi to take Huayin, have transferred 2,500 people, back to Xi'an, and now these 3,000 people are recruited by Ziyi.

In addition, there are more than 2,000 people, arranged to practice secretly outside the city, this is Ziyi's pro-army, and outsiders don't know.

Su Dan and Li knew that there was something big when they heard Ziyi invite them on Monday, so they hurried to meet each other.

Ziyi didn't have any kind words, and as soon as they met, he told Zhang Yi and Bai Qi and others about the discussion in Xi'an City.

Su Dan listened and nodded again and again: "Zhang Yi and Bai Qi are really worthy of being famous generals, and the idea of dividing troops to break the siege is really good." From this point of view, even if the official army besieges Xi'an on a large scale, it will not be cheap. ”

Li Congzhou didn't quite understand: "General, I don't know anything and want to ask you." ”

Ziyi said: "Between the three of us, don't be polite, just say anything." ”

Li Congzhou said: "I have been following the general for more than a year, but I still don't understand what the general's plan is for the Qin army. You must be fighting against the Qin army, otherwise, why do you contact the officers and soldiers? But if you want to turn the other way, why did you fight hard to defend and attack the city for the Qin army before? What are your ambitions? ”

Ziyi smiled: "Since you asked, I will tell you clearly." My ambition is to tear the ground and be king. ”

Li Congzhou said: "Since you want to be the king, you used to be in the Qin army, and you had the opportunity to kill the king of Qin, why didn't you do it?" At that time, Mr. Fan was still in the army, Zhang Yi, Bai Qi and others were not there, there was only one Wang Qian, if the general killed the King of Qin and Wang Qian, wouldn't the entire Qin army be Mr. Fan and the general's? ”

Ziyi said: "You can't say that, if the King of Qin dies after being separated, then I can take charge of the Qin army with Mr. Fan." But the King of Qin is back, you don't understand, the Qin people have always respected the king, whether this king is the king of the faint or the king of Ming, the Qin people have a strong sense of respecting the king, not to mention the thirty-six generations of monarchs of the Qin State, most of them are virtuous. Especially this Qin Shi Huang, in the hearts of the Qin people, he is almost already a god-like person. As long as he lives, the Qin army is his army. The Qin people were willing to die for him. Even I have a lot of awe for him in my heart. Therefore, I can't fight the idea of the Qin army. ”

Su Dan said: "So, the general has to set up another mountain." ”

Ziyi said: "Yes, the Qin army is not my long-term residence, if you want to split the earth and become the king, you must separate it from Shaanxi, and now, the whole world is an official army, so I can only marry an official army." Mr. Fan and I already have a plan, as long as we can become the governor of a province, we will have our own territory. Therefore, we must make a great contribution. ”

Su Dan said: "But you have to accept the edict of the court, and the Qin army will know it, and it will come to attack at that time." ”

Ziyi sneered: "I am not subject to the edict, and the one who receives the edict is also Fan Ju." As long as he becomes the governor, we will have a rear base. Mr. Fan is not very good at fighting, and in terms of officers and soldiers, he cannot be mobilized, so he must rely on me. ”

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