Li Yan nodded: "General Bulao is worried, I will do my best to do this matter, and I will definitely do it in the shortest possible time." 【Fengyun Reading Network. 】”

Bai Qi set up a banquet to wash the dust with Li Yan, and when he finished eating and drinking, he sent Li Yan and the red lady away, it was already late at night, Bai Qi sat at the table and drank tea, his brows were furrowed, and half of the tea was drunk, he called in a cronie sergeant, and sent him to take people out of the city overnight, and went to the Taibai Mountain to investigate, and he was sure to find out the bottom of the gang of thieves.

At this time, Bai Qi attached great importance to this group of thieves, he knew that Li Yan was not a stupid person, he could trap Li Yan's 1,000 Qin troops in the mountains and almost annihilate them all, such a character was very powerful, if he couldn't surrender, he must be exterminated.

Bai Qi is not like Li Yan, he has fought too many battles, but no matter how big or small the battle is, he is always cautious before the war, even if his own troops greatly exceed the enemy, he does not dare to be careless.

The title of God of War is earned by thousands of victories, and none of all the victories are obtained by luck.

But the next night, the people sent back brought unexpected news that the thieves in Taibai Mountain had disappeared without a trace, and they didn't know where they went.

Bai felt bad when he stood up, and quietly ordered Lei Sheng to take people and strictly inspect the inn in the city to see if there were a large number of outsiders staying in the past two days.

Lei Sheng took people to check it and reported that there were no large number of people staying in the city, and the officer on duty at the city gate also asked, and the people who entered the city in the past two days were the same as usual, and there was nothing special.

Bai Qi guessed that the gang of thieves might have fled elsewhere because they were afraid that he would send heavy troops to kill them.

In any case, there are no thieves in Taibai Mountain, and his Meixian County is much safer. Therefore, Bai Qi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Within three days, Li Yan and the Red Lady counted the number of displaced people in the three counties. Bai Qi looked at the numbers and was also taken aback.

The number of displaced people in the three county towns adds up to more than 20,000 people, the number of men and women is about the same, and there are slightly more women, among these people, there are about 4,000 men in the prime of life, all of whom have been registered, and all of them have been divided into more than 3,000 families by Li Yan, each of the eight people is a family, each family has a parent, and then every ten families are a house, and a house chief is set up, and every hundred families are a mile, and a li is set up, and in this way, all the homeless people have settled down and been allocated land and real estate.

Bai Qi was very happy, he selected 2,000 men from the prime of life, incorporated them into the army, and found many blacksmiths, bricklayers, craftsmen, etc. among these displaced people, so that they could give full play to their strengths and serve the Qin army.

On the ground of the three counties, there is an orderly and busy scene.

Even so, Bai Qi did not relax his vigilance against Sun Chuanting for a moment. He always felt that Sun Chuanting was the most threatening figure in the official army.

What's more, at this time, there is also a Fan Ju by Sun Chuanting's side.

Bai Qi faintly felt that Gao Yingxiang couldn't get cheap in front of these two people.

And that's exactly what happened.

Fifteen miles north of Zhuxi County, Gao Yingxiang's camp is here, and to the east of him is the camp of the official army.

At this time, it was just night, Gao Yingxiang was sitting in his tent, and his soldiers were boiling medicine for him.

For a few days, Gao Yingxiang contracted a cold, although it was not too serious, but it has not been better, because his mood is really heavy.

In the past two days, Gao Yingxiang led the army to fight two battles with Sun Chuanting, he wanted to break through the interception of the official army in one fell swoop and enter Henan to the east, but Sun Chuanting's men and horses were too tough, and the soldiers were like chicken blood one by one, no matter how the peasant army clashed, it was to fight to the death and not retreat.

Not only were the officers and soldiers on the frontal battlefield very fierce, but Sun Chuanting also sent partial divisions from time to time to attack Gao Yingxiang from the side. But once Gao Yingxiang paid more attention and sent men and horses to prepare to surround this partial division, the officers and troops did not come, which made Gao Yingxiang very annoyed.

He always felt that Lu Xiangsheng's transfer was an excellent opportunity for the peasant army, and Sun Chuanting was not famous, so he would definitely not be able to resist his impact, but at this time he realized that he seemed to have fallen into someone else's plan, and Sun Chuanting's use of troops in front of him was not worse than Lu Xiangsheng.

If he continues to fight, he will not be able to break through the blockade of the official army, and his own men and horses will not be able to consume it.

Gao Yingxiang has never been a person who drills the horns of the bull, and his principle of fighting is that if he wins, he will fight hard, and if he can't win, he will leave quickly.

Now Sun Chuanting is so strong, he can't fight hard.

Because of his old roots, he has almost fought hard, and Gao Yingxiang's most powerful weapon is his five thousand ironclad cavalry. There are not many peasant armies that can afford to be equipped with iron armor, not only the peasant army, but even the official army has only a few men and horses who can be equipped with iron armor. His 5,000 iron horsemen are the root of his life, and he will never use them when it matters most.

And at present, more than 2,000 of these 5,000 iron horsemen have been wiped out, and only half of them are left.

Sun Chuanting killed these powerful iron horsemen, and the weapon he used was a strong crossbow.

This kind of strong crossbow is not a bed crossbow, but a double crossbow used by the Qin army before, after Fan Ju came to Sun Chuanting's side, he personally designed and strengthened this double crossbow and turned it into a strong crossbow. It's amazing. The arrows used in this crossbow were more than two feet long, as thick as ordinary candles, and the iron clusters on the tips were like wolf's teeth.

When Gao Yingxiang charged with iron horses, the officers and soldiers used strong crossbows to shoot continuously, causing Gao Yingxiang to suffer heavy losses.

In addition to the strong crossbow, what frightened Gao Yingxiang even more was the combat effectiveness of this officer army. According to his previous estimates, the most powerful Guanning Iron Cavalry has gone to Shanxi with Lu Xiangsheng, and the combat effectiveness of the remaining officers and soldiers must have been greatly reduced, but as soon as he got started, Gao Yingxiang understood that there were no second-rate soldiers, only second-rate generals.

Under the encouragement of Sun Chuanting, this officer army often behaved bravely, no worse than the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and everyone was hit by a few knives and arrows, but they still did not retreat.

can't fight anymore, Gao Yingxiang is ready to withdraw his troops, but where to withdraw is not easy to decide. Because at this time he has a few choices, in addition to Sun Chuanting's men and horses in the east, Shaanxi in the north, but separated by lofty mountains and mountains, the army cannot cross it, the south is Huguang, most of his people are northerners, the more south, the more they are not satisfied with the water and soil, so it is not a good choice, the west is Sichuan, and the courage of the Sichuan army, he also knows that the future of Sichuan does not seem to be very bright.

At present, there are only two directions to go, Sichuan and Huguang, but these two places have great risks, and Gao Yingxiang couldn't make up his mind for a while.

At this time, several of his henchmen came to the tent again to discuss countermeasures.

Hao Shaoqi also looked a little dull at this time, because in the past two days, he had seen with his own eyes that Sun Chuanting commanded the army and withstood the countless impacts of his own people. Many times, Hao Shaoqi personally led people and rushed into the official army formation, wanting to open a bloody road, but those officers and soldiers refused to give in, and every step forward had to pay the price of blood. If it weren't for the soldiers around him who fought with their lives to protect him and returned to his own formation, several of his lives would have been confessed.

The official army in front of him is really difficult to fight.

This is Hao Shaoqi's first sentence.

Gao Yingxiang nodded: "So we have to retreat, let's talk about it, should we go south to Huguang, or west to Sichuan?" ”

Liu Zhe said: "These two roads are not very easy to walk, but if you have to choose one, I say that I should enter Sichuan." Huang Long said: "Why? Liu Zhe said: "We haven't been to the southern area of Huguang, we are not familiar with the place, our eyes are black, and the climate is not adaptable. ”

Gao Yingxiang said: "Yes, I also took this into account, so I can't go south recklessly." ”

Huang Long said: "What about Sichuan? We haven't been there yet. ”

Liu Zhe said: "We haven't been there, but there are people in the team who have been, and they are the people left by Zicheng and the Eight Kings." ”

This is often the case in peasant armies, when a peasant army marches into a distant place, it often leaves the wounded and sick in the team to the nearest peasant army, and when the two sides meet, those people return to the team. At this time, in Gao Yingxiang's team, there were many people from Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

Gao Yingxiang said: "Yes, I will find these people now and ask them about the situation in Sichuan." ”

After a while, a few were found, but as soon as they asked, Gao Yingxiang and the others frowned again. Because as soon as these people heard that they were going to Sichuan, they all expressed their worries in unison.

Their reasons are the same, first, the Sichuan army is too fierce, especially led by the female general Qin Liangyu, plus these people have a very strong sense of the countryside, and they are very hostile to the peasant army, and they will think that they are here to grab territory, as long as they fight, it is a battle to the death.

The second point is that the road in central Sichuan is very difficult to walk, and since ancient times, there has been a saying that the road to Shu is difficult and it is difficult to go to the blue sky. When a large group of people entered, not to mention that it was not easy to carry the baggage, even the weak people could hardly keep up with the team, and once they were attacked by the enemy here, they were bound to be defeated.

The words of these people made Gao Yingxiang very frustrated, the current situation is very critical, and he can't go in several directions, could it be that his tens of thousands of horses are going to be trapped here?

If this is the case, there is only one way to go, and that is to fight Sun Chuanting.

As the saying goes, there is no endless road, and when everyone was worried, a personal soldier suddenly came in to report that the soldiers patrolling the camp had caught a spy.

Gao Yingxiang didn't think much about it, and waved his hand: "If you are a spy, you can kill it, and you will report something." ”

The pro-soldier said: "But this person said that he is not a member of the official army, but a member of the Qin army." ”

As soon as these words came out, several people in the room all raised their heads in unison, and their mouths were shocked.

Since Gao Yingxiang broke with the Qin army under the city of Xi'an, there has been no contact between the two sides, and the Qin army is far away in Xi'an, how could he send people here?

Gao Yingxiang faintly felt that this person must have something important to do, so he said, "Bring him in." ”

I only heard the sound of footsteps outside the door, and a few pro-soldiers advanced a person, no need to ask, this person was Su Dan.

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