The faces of Gao Yingxiang's subordinates and Li Zicheng and others who were surrounding all changed.

Gao Yingxiang looked at Zhang Xianzhong with horizontal eyebrows, and his face was full of uncertainty.

"Then you stay in Fengyang City, let's go by ourselves."

"King Chuang, the brothers haven't had enough fun."

Gao Yingxiang's generals Liu Zhe and Huang Long loudly dissuaded.

"Then hurry up", Gao Yingxiang scolded the two angrily, "Pass the order, collect the troops in two days, and attack the imperial tomb." ”

Anyway, with himself and others, it is impossible for Cao Bianjiao to retreat, and Gao Yingxiang is not willing to risk the mutiny of the soldiers to rush into battle, so he simply let his subordinates go and repair for two more days.

Hearing this, the leaders at the city gate calmed down, and Fengyang City once again fell into the carnival of the rogues.

Liu Ximing and Cao Bianjiao were worried in the imperial tomb all night, but the next morning, they didn't even see a human hair.

"The big thing is decided, brother, why don't you hurry up and send someone to report to the imperial court?"

Liu Ximing was in a good mood, and not sleeping all night did not affect him, and he began to laugh after seeing Cao Bianjiao on the city wall.

The corners of Cao Bianjiao's mouth twitched slightly, this brother's heart is a little too big.

"Don't be careless, the scout horse I sent out has returned, and the thieves just retreated to Fengyang City, but there is no sign of transferring troops to leave."

"There are still tens of thousands of thieves in Fengyang City, and they may attack at any time, so we have to be prepared."

Liu Ximing's eyes glared at Cao Bianjiao slightly, "Brother thinks they will come again?" But the valuable things in the imperial tomb have been robbed by them, do these people really want to steal the tombs of His Majesty's ancestors? ”

"That's hard to say, but with me here, the chances of a thief attacking him are not small."

Seeing that Liu Ximing was a little puzzled, Cao Bianjiao explained with a smile.

"My brother should also know that my Cao family has produced many fierce generals, not to mention my uncle, even my cousins Wen Yao, Ding Jiao and others are also generals, besides, I have been fighting for many years, and my hands are full of thief blood."

"These people don't want to eat me alive, since my uncle died, these gangs have tasted the sweetness, in this situation, I can't leave, naturally I can only wait for them to fight, what do you say they will do?"

Liu Ximing was shocked, "Brother, in this way, isn't the younger brother harming you?" ”

"Hahaha", Cao Bianjiao smiled and patted Liu Ximing on the shoulder, "You can't say that, the so-called wealth and wealth are in danger, since the rogue is coming, then the war is, brother, I have been on the battlefield for many years, how can I be afraid of such rats." ”

Cao Bianjiao's calm attitude made Liu Ximing feel a lot calmer, and he immediately laughed.

"Well, it is a great blessing in my life to be able to fight side by side with Brother Cao today."

"That's the case, the preparations that should be made still have to be done, brother, let's hurry up and prepare for the war."

Cao Bianjiao patted Liu Ximing after laughing, turned around and walked down the city wall to set up defenses.

Liu Ximing sighed and went to look for Li Biao's arrangement of defense.

Taking advantage of this effort, he brought Shao Derong and other officers on assignment to talk to each other one by one to understand the ideological dynamics one by one.

Although Shao Derong has been in contact with him by letter for the past two months, after all, it is not as good as talking face-to-face.

Relying on the perfect military leadership system of the Longxiang Brigade, he is not alone in the 1,000 soldiers and horses under Shao Derong's command.

Liu Ximing transferred Zheng Jingcai from Liujiacun as an ideological and political officer, and Li Deqin, Yuan Baosong and others respectively served as military judges and other positions.

With their checks and balances, Shao Derong could not turn the Longxiang Brigade into his own personal soldiers.

What's more, Liu Ximing has promised that the officers and soldiers sent abroad will be rotated in due course, which further eliminates the possibility of soldiers being generals.

In front of Zheng Jingcai, Liu Ximing did not hide his worries, but Zheng Jingcai laughed.

"Second brother, rest assured, at present, our part has been compiled into the Shaozi Battalion, but the food and salary of the imperial court have never been paid in full."

"It is said that it is three taels a month, but in fact, in addition to receiving seven coins of silver, only one stone of brown rice can be distributed, and the brothers have already complained, and it is impossible for them to have any allegiance to the court."

"The military has reached such a point!"

Although Liu Ximing knew that officials at all levels often worked together to make a fortune, he never expected that they would dare to do this to the soldiers.

In this way, the actual silver of Shao Derong's soldiers and horses was only one or two or seven yuan, and nearly half of the salary was deducted.

What's more, more than half of it is brown rice that Longxiang Brigade can't look down on.

Now the recruits of the Longxiang Brigade can get a full salary of one or two or five cents a month, let alone enlisted for more than a year or other non-commissioned officers.

"But isn't it, the same is true of the armaments issued by the Ministry of Soldiers, tattered and useless, if you want a good one, then you have to pay for it at all levels, you say it's a hammer battle."

Although Zheng Jingcai has only been in the army for more than a month, he already knows these things by heart, and his face is full of anger when he talks about it.

For a team like the Longxiang Brigade, which has been growing up in an environment of sufficient supplies and order, the chaos of the Dameng officers and soldiers simply makes them out of place.

Liu Ximing smiled directly after hearing this, this was too much in line with his plan.

"Ideological and political education in the military cannot be stopped for a moment, and it is just the right opportunity to let all officers and men carry out a big discussion around these chaotic phenomena, and we must touch everyone's soul and let everyone have a deeper understanding of the theory of great harmony."

After admonishing Zheng Jingcai a few words, Liu Ximing changed his mind and asked, "How is the situation of the development of the members of the Iron and Blood Datong Society?" ”

"More than 100 people have been developed from the whole battalion, all of whom are outstanding talents who serve as commanders at all levels and the backbone of the soldiers, who are worthy of our standards."

"That's good, the development standards of the Iron and Blood Cosmos Society can't be lowered,

Only those who truly recognize Datongism can join, and with them, this army will not disperse. ”

Liu Ximing patted Zheng Jingcai, "It's all up to you and Derong." ”

"Well, second brother, don't worry."

When Liu Ximing took the time to rectify and understand the Shao Zi camp, the thieves were not idle.

Two days later, on April 23, the sentinels who had been keeping an eye on Fengyang City reported that most of the thieves left the city and went straight to the imperial tomb.

"I can't stay in the city, I'm going to lead the troops out of the city, brother, what do you say?"

Cao Bianjiao was very decisive after getting the news, and he made a decision in an instant.

His subordinates are all cavalry, and only in the field can they exert their maximum combat power.

Liu Ximing also knew this truth, and he thought for a moment before replying:

"In this case, it is better to set the battlefield in the west of the imperial mausoleum, my brother will lead the troops to fight, and I will take my personal guards to defend the city, and you try to introduce the thieves into the range of our artillery attack, and then we will attack at both ends, and we may not be able to defeat the thief army."

"What if I lose?"

Cao Bianjiao asked suddenly.

Liu Ximing closed his eyes tightly and opened suddenly, "No, our army will win!" ”

"Hahaha, there is a brother with your words, brother, I will fight to protect you."

"King Chuang, Cao Yanluo is arrayed in the southwest of the city."

As the military reports continued to come, Gao Yingxiang and the others' faces became more and more ugly.

This Cao Bianjiao actually went out of the city, didn't he care about the gains and losses of the imperial tomb.

If that's the case, then everyone is still doing this trip today.

"Regardless of him, let's continue to attack the imperial tomb, if he Cao Yanluo dares to run, then we will just pick out all the ancestors of the emperor Lao'er."

"Hahaha"

"Report, it seems that there are still garrisons in the imperial tomb."

"What", Gao Yingxiang sat up straight on his horse and looked at the imperial tomb in some surprise.

"Zhang Huzi, this bastard, he didn't say that there are other soldiers and horses in the city!" , Li Zicheng burst into anger.

Gao Yingxiang squinted and observed for a while, shook his head and said: "Don't worry, I see that the city is sparsely populated, and I don't think there will be many soldiers and horses, so I will give the order to go down and prepare to attack the city." ”

In a short time, 10,000 soldiers and horses were divided out of the 50,000 army of thieves and went straight to the wall of the imperial tomb.

The remaining 40,000 troops are still in array, and they are always on guard in the direction of Cao Bianjiao.

As soon as Liukou moved, Cao Bianjiao immediately reacted.

Liu Ximing gave him a few pairs of monoculars, and he could see the situation on the battlefield clearly.

"The thieves are cunning."

Gao Yingxiang's style of play made Cao Bianjiao a little embarrassed, if he sent out the whole army, the 10,000 thieves at the head would entangle him, and the remaining thieves would naturally lead the army to cover up.

If he lets the thieves attack the city, then Liu Xi will not be able to hold on for long.