North of Hui County, on the banks of the Heilu River in Wulong Mountain.

King Gao Yingxiang sat in a low tent, stroked his beard with his hand, and bowed his head in contemplation.

To his left is a young man with long narrow cheeks and a sallow face but bright eyes, who is none other than Zhang Bingzhong, the Eight Great Kings.

On the right is also a young man, with protruding cheekbones on his face, deep sunken eye sockets, and scorpion nose and eagle eyes.

Further down are several other captains under King Chuang, and Li Biaofeng, who came to defect at the end of last year, is also among them.

The weather was hot, the camp was very stuffy, and the smell of sweat, feet, and breath was mixed together, forming an indescribable unpleasant smell.

Except for Gao Yingxiang, everyone else in the tent seemed very irritable.

Especially Zhang Bingzhong, who had a fiery temperament, wiped his sweat impatiently and said: "King Chuang, according to me, let's go directly over Taihang Mountain, get rid of the new one surnamed Qin, and then bring it from Lingchuan to Shanxi, rob him of several county towns in Zezhou and Lu'an Mansion, and it's not too late to make plans after grabbing enough food." ”

Li Biaofeng also echoed: "That's right, Lao Huihui and others have been defeated in the Shexian area, Cao Cao and others have also been defeated in the Yangcheng area in the east, and now we have Tang Jiuzhou, Zuo Liangyu, Deng Xi and Wang Pu in the east and northeast, Cao Wenzhao in the north, Li Bei, Ai Wannian, Hu Dawei and Mengru Tiger in the west and northwest, and the Yellow River in the south. ”

"The one surnamed Qin in Lingchuan is only 1,500 soldiers and horses, we have more than 60,000 people here, and the old battalions of each family add up to three or four thousand people, it is easy to deal with a mere Qin Chuan, as long as we destroy his group of officers and soldiers, we can enter Zezhou, Shanxi before the other officers and soldiers are encircled."

Gao Yingxiang didn't respond, still thinking about it, but Li Hongji interjected: "Why don't we divide the road and lead the officers and soldiers away?" One way to the north to attack Qinchuan, waiting for an opportunity to enter Shanxi, the other way to the west to attack Huaiqing, Jiyuan, the whole into pieces, lead the Ming army, the so-called encirclement will collapse. ”

Zhang Bingzhong couldn't help sneering: "Huaiqing Jiyuan is so easy to fight? ”

"There are many towns and villages near Huaiqing Jiyuan, and it is enough for us to attack those villages and towns, and the Ming army will chase after them."

"Then you can tell me, how can the encirclement of the Ming army collapse?"

Li Hongji sold a pass, and said with a smile: "The Eight Great Kings will know when they are introduced." ”

"Humph!"

"Okay, okay, don't make any noise." Gao Yingxiang waved his hand impatiently and said, "Huang Lai'er, tell me about it, how to divide the art of war?" ”

Li Hongji said: "I am willing to follow the king of Chuang to the west into the Huaiqing Jiyuan area, the eight kings and other families can go north to attack Qinchuan, from Lingchuan to Shanxi, the army is divided into two routes, involving the Ming army, and then see the opportunity to act." ”

"Hmmm......"

Gao Yingxiang was just about to speak, when he saw Li Hongji secretly glancing at him.

Immediately, Gao Yingxiang nodded: "Okay, just do it, Li Biaofeng, I know that you want to seek revenge from Qinchuan, then follow the eight kings to take the head of the surname Qin, don't stay when you enter Shanxi, go north to Taiyue Mountain and make the momentum bigger, plus the brothers in the Wutai Mountain area, let's blossom everywhere, enough for the officers and soldiers to be tired." ”

Zhang Bingzhong summed up in his heart, and after seeing that he had about 30,000 people along the way, he stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Okay, my eight kings listen to the king, and tomorrow they will pull out the camp and go north to Lingchuan." ”

"I wish the Eight Kings a victory."

"Thank you, King Chuang."

After that, Zhang Bingzhong walked out of the tent, and Li Biaofeng and the rest of the people also walked out, but Li Hongji stayed.

After everyone left, Gao Yingxiang squinted his eyes and asked in a low voice: "Huang Lai'er, you let the Eight Kings go north, but do you have other plans?" ”

Li Hongji came to Gao Yingxiang's side and replied in a low voice: "King Chuang, the weather is getting colder and colder every year, at most three months, the Yellow River will freeze, let the eight kings first lead the officers and soldiers back to Shanxi, we only need to stay up for another three months, we can cross the river to the south, the defense of the officers and soldiers south of the Yellow River is weak, and there are many rich prefectures such as Luoyang and Kaifeng, and to the southwest, you can enter Huguang and Sichuan. ”

Gao Yingxiang's eyes lit up, and then he smiled all over his face, and patted Li Hongji's shoulder with satisfaction. The whole book

Outside the camp tent, Zhang Bingzhong turned his head from afar, glanced at Gao Yingxiang's camp tent, and snorted coldly.

Li Biaofeng, who was next to him, suddenly came over and said in a low voice: "Eight kings, what is Li Hongji's idea?" ”

"It doesn't matter what he thinks, let's just do our own things well, the world is so big, I don't believe that the officers and soldiers can trap my eight kings in this Taihang Mountain."

"Yes, let's do our own thing, I, Li Biaofeng, will only listen to you from now on."

"In the future, you will be indispensable for glory and wealth."

"Thank you, the Eight Kings."

"Tell me to go down, tonight the third watch will make dinner, the fifth watch will pull out the camp, and we will leave at dawn, let's go to Lingchuan to take the dog head surnamed Qin."

"Yes."

……

Lingchuan County, Yonghe Pass.

This pass is located in the depths of the Taihang Mountain, located in Shanxi and Hebei Xiuwu on a mountain trail, originally set up Yonghe Inspection Division, later abolished, but there is still a complete pier platform on the border pass mountain on the left side of the pass, made of bricks and stones, two floors high, each floor is equipped with sixteen arrow holes, there are several low barracks under the pier platform, for the original inspection division archers to live.

When Qin Chuan led his troops to Yonghe Pass, he received the news that Zhao Wu and Liao Sangun had come from the south of Taihang Mountain, so he immediately asked the soldiers to camp on the border pass mountain, and built trenches, horses, low walls and other fortifications around Yonghe Dun as the center.

There were no weeds growing in those barracks, and the roofs were thatched, so it is believed that a group of rogues once settled here.

The wooden ladder of the pier platform was gone, and Emperor Guan's army re-made it, and ordered someone to climb up to see that there were several white bones on it, and I don't know who it was.

Guan Dijun moved down the bones, mined and sold them on the hillside, cleaned the second floor of the pier, and then moved the four tiger squat cannons up, and arranged eight musketeers on them.

This pier will be used directly as the front of the defensive line, and the sides and back will be dug trenches to build low walls, enclosing the hills of the border mountains.

According to Zhao Wu's news, Liukou is coming towards Yonghe Pass, about 30,000 people, and the leader is Zhang Bingzhong, who will arrive in a day at the earliest.

Obviously, the guy was coming for himself.

30,000 people is not easy to fight.

After all, he had less than 1,500 troops.

However, the border pass mountain is steep and bare, and with the help of the topography of the border mountain and the pier platform to build defense facilities, it is no problem to defend this place.

Twenty tiger squat cannons and two hundred and twenty flintlock pistols were enough for Zhang Bingzhong to drink a pot.

It depends on whether the other generals of the Ming army understand or not, and rushed over to stab Zhang Bingzhong in the ass.

……

In the afternoon of the next day, Zhao Wu, Liao Sangun and others returned, and then sporadic rogue detectives began to appear in the south of the border pass mountain, wandering around from a distance.

In the evening, Zhang Bingzhong arrived.

There are 30,000 people, all over the mountains and fields, and the momentum is huge.