The former Han Ban surpassed the Western Regions Shanshan, and the attitude of the king of Shanshan towards it was hot first and then cold. Ban Chao investigated the reason, all because the old enemy of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu envoy, also came to lobby. The situation was urgent, and after Ban Chao said to the left and right, "Don't enter the tiger's den, don't go to the tiger", he decisively killed the Hun envoy at night. King Shanshan saw that the wood had become a boat, and he couldn't do anything, so he no longer swayed and concentrated on the man.

This allusion is what Yang Zhaofeng saw from the book. He wasn't sure if the things in this pile of papers were reliable, but time was running out, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he led Cui Shuqiang and Mao Andong to re-enact this story, and from the actual effect, it completely achieved the expected goal.

As soon as the envoy died, the negotiation with Kong Quanbin was in vain, no matter how it was explained afterwards, Liang Shizheng and Yang San both knew that Kong Quanbin would no longer believe half of his words. They are angry, but they have to face reality after being angry. The reality is very simple, to survive, you must choose between the official army and Zhao Ying, and now Zhao'an's hope is shattered, in order to protect themselves, they can only bother with an old face, and then wagging their tails to Yang Zhaofeng and Hu Jiusi to beg for mercy.

Yang Zhaofeng was disgusted by the shameless behavior of these two people. However, he was not going to get carried away by the victory in front of him. The envoy was killed, but the strength of Liang and Yang was not damaged. The strength and weakness of the Tsing Yi army has not changed substantially, the rabbit is anxious and bites, if it is blindly forced, Liang and Yang are forced to red-eyed, and their own side is alone, so as not to fail.

Hu Jiusi obviously didn't mean to play with his two brothers, Yang Zhaofeng considered it comprehensively, and still pinched his nose and acted in a tacit clumsy drama with Liang and Yang.

"Come on, drag these dog thieves from the government down and bury them, his grandmother's, the devil confuses the public, it's not a pity to die!" Liang Shizheng's acting skills are extraordinary, and there is nothing blunt about the change of position. Yang San didn't know what he could say, but he still had the eyesight to see it, and he took out his knife and slashed a few times on the corpse of the messenger, and he couldn't stop cursing in his mouth.

Yang Zhaofeng pretended to smile and said: "You don't have to be angry, this person is dead, Kong Quanbin will never be able to swallow this breath, and sooner or later he will take revenge." It is better to give priority to the reorganization of armaments and warfare. ”

Liang Shizheng and Yang Sanlian claimed that there was a ghost in their hearts, their eyes were wandering, and they didn't dare to look at Yang Zhaofeng and Hu Jiusi at all. They were distraught, and very embarrassed to stay in the tent, and when the corpse was dragged down one after another, they hurried away for an excuse.

"Ugh." Hu Jiusi watched Liang and Yang leave, sighing.

Mao Andong couldn't hold back anymore at this time, trotted up with tears, and said to him: "Big leader, are you okay?" ”

"I'm fine." Hu Jiusi replied tiredly, and at the same time said, "I'm afraid this idea was made by Staff Officer Yang, right?" ”

Yang Zhaofeng hugged his fists and said: "Luckily succeeded." ”

Hu Jiusi nodded, put aside Mao'an Dong, and took two steps forward. Yang Zhaofeng didn't know what he was going to do, but he suddenly knelt down on one knee: "Hu Jiusi, thank you for the grace of Staff Officer Yang for the rescue!" ”

"What is this doing?" Yang Zhaofeng was caught off guard, and hurriedly went up to help him up, "It's all a family, why bother to see him like this!" ”

Hu Jiusi got up, blushed, and said gloomily: "I have been a brother for many years, and my love is stronger than Jin, but I didn't expect that in the end, I still put it on the table." ”

Yang Zhaofeng comforted him and said: "The world is unpredictable, people's hearts are unpredictable, call the general soldier not to be angry, everything has to look forward." ”

"Look ahead...... Hu Jiusi recited these three words, shook his head lightly, "After this experience, I really don't know where the road ahead will be." ”

"There is no way out of the world, and people can do it. All roads lead to the capital, and there is no need to worry too much about the general soldiers. Yang Zhaofeng admires Zhao Dangshi very much, and he will record Zhao Dangshi's words and deeds intentionally or unintentionally on weekdays.

"Reasonable, reasonable." Hu Jiusi heard this, thoughtful, but the enthusiasm that recovered slightly cooled down again in an instant, "A few people came, I'm afraid something happened to Mr. Hao, right?" ”

Yang Zhaofeng's expression froze, and he said in a low voice: "Well, General Hao was killed." ”

Hu Jiusi was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head and sighed: "Creation, creation." Both of our armies have been hit hard, and if you want to come to the lord's side, the situation is also difficult. ”

Yang Zhaofeng was silent.

The state of affairs is indeed inseparable from Hu Jiusi's speculation.

It was the middle of November of the tenth year of Chongzhen, and there had been several thin snows in various parts of Sichuan Province, and the weather was getting colder and harder, but the main force of Zhao Ying was still in a dilemma in Pengxi County.

The current situation is mainly divided into four battlefields: 6,000 people from the front, right, and rear battalions of the old Zhao battalion and 1,000 cavalry of the Feijie army were stranded along the Shenshui coast, confronting the 3,000 soldiers and horses of Suining, Lu Daqi, and Kuangzhao; In Shehong County in the north, Xu Hui and Guo Ruke led 3,000 people in the front battalion of the first army to guard against the 2,500 officers and troops of Zhang Lingbu who were eyeing Tongchuan Prefecture, and Qin Jinxiao of the left battalion led 2,000 people south to support; There are still more than 1,000 people in the hands of Wu Mingfeng in the east, and 1,600 people in the face of Tan Daxiao and Shi Meng in Chicheng Mountain north of Pengxi are struggling to support; Further to the east, there were more than 1,500 troops of 2,000 Tsing Yi troops in Nanchong against Kong Quanbin.

Analyzing them one by one, first of all, in Shenshui, the Zhao battalion seems to have an army of 7,000 cavalry, but the 6,000 infantry lacks training and is very weak in combat effectiveness. Lu Daqi and Kuang Zhao from Suining are obviously very sophisticated, they are based on more than ten tunbao on the south bank of Shenshui, and build a tight defense line along the river. In a word, Zhao Ying's self-preservation here is more than enough, and it is difficult to forge ahead, which can be regarded as a stalemate.

Shehong County is also in a stalemate, and the situation here is basically a copy of Shen Shui, but the roles are reversed. The front camp of the Xianqiu Army, which was guarding Linhe County, confronted Tongchuan Prefecture, and no one dared to move easily. Zhang is a small number of people, and he also knows that Xu Hui and Guo Ruke's troops are good at fighting, and they only stare at it but do not fight. And Xu Hui and Guo Ruke did not dare to relax the oppression of Zhang Ling, Shehong County is a key pass, guarding here, guarding the belly and back of the main force of Zhao Ying in the south. Once the city is abandoned and left, Zhang Lingcan can wave his army south, without the protection of the Jiancheng River, and in a simple field battle, Xu Hui and Guo Ruke have no certainty of victory.

Wu Mingfeng of Chicheng Mountain is in a worse situation. He just suffered a big loss in the hands of Tan Daxiao, and he was supposed to return to rest, but Zhao Dangshi was worried that Tan Daxiao and Shi Meng would take advantage of this opportunity to merge with the Suining soldiers, and it would be more difficult to break through at that time, so he issued a strict order to let Wu Mingfeng deal with Tan Daxiao as much as possible, not to win, but to delay his troops in the north of Pengxi. Before, Wu Mingfeng's pressure was not so great, just look at the present, the army is newly defeated, and the combat power and number are not superior to Tan and Shi, his sorrow can be imagined, so in his place, Zhao Ying can be called a disadvantage.

Further east, the situation of the Nanchong Tsing Yi Army was also very critical. The Tsing Yi Army had fought several battles with Kong Quanbin, who was stationed in Xichong in the north, without a win. Looking at Kong Quanbin's series of movements, he will inevitably chase and fight the Tsing Yi Army, if he can't defeat Kong Quanbin, the result waiting for the Tsing Yi Army will be fatal.

Overall, the current situation of Zhao Ying is not optimistic, and the main force and Shehong Shangneng and the official army maintain a balance of power, but once Wu Mingfeng and the Tsing Yi Army lose, then when Kong Quanbin or Tan Daxiao comes to take advantage of the situation, and join forces with Lu Daqi, Kuang Zhao, and Zhang Ling, Zhao Ying will undoubtedly fall behind.

Zhao Dangshi discussed with Chang Zeyu and others a plan to break the situation, and the first plan was to take the Pengxi land route below Suining or go east into Shunqing Mansion, but this road could not be made with Wu Mingfeng's defeat at Chicheng Mountain. With the Suining soldiers in front of them, the old army of the Zhao battalion, which lacked combat strength, would never be able to safely transfer to the direction of Chicheng Mountain under their noses, if they did so, the Suining soldiers and the Wuning battalion soldiers would be attacked from both sides, and the main force of the Zhao battalion would likely fall into a situation of being besieged and killed.

The other plan was to forcibly break through the defensive front of the Suining soldiers in Shenshui. If there is no obstruction from Lu Daqi and Kuang Zhao, this is actually the best route. For two days and nights, he did not close his eyes for a moment, and discussed countermeasures with Chang Zeyu, Mu Gongchun and other strategists, as well as Hou Dagui and other high-level officers, and finally came to the conclusion that in order to break the current stalemate, it is necessary to have a mobile force.

At present, whether it is the front battalion of the first army of Shehong, or the right battalion of the old army of Chicheng Mountain, as well as the Tsing Yi army of Nanchong and the right battalion of the first army of unknown information, they are basically unable to move their steps, if they are said by game, they can be called "dead soldiers", even if the old army of Zhao Ying along the coast of Shenshui is 7,000 cavalry, because of their own quality, in the face of the general Suining soldiers, they are also lacking in skills. On the other hand, the officers and troops were unable to move in these places, and only by completely defeating the enemy in front of them could they have the opportunity to deploy troops to support other places. Therefore, the top priority of the Zhao battalion is to draw out a mobile force before the official army and act as a "living soldier" and grasp the initiative.

Where did the "living soldiers" come from, and the final decision was to first ask for the left battalion of the army Qin Jin Xiaobu.

Qin Jin's filial piety department was not greatly attrition in a series of battles in Sichuan, and it still has a scale of about 2,000 people. This number of troops is not much, it is just easy to deploy, it is said that it is a lot less, and I am not afraid to wrap dumplings directly for the officers and soldiers, and the soldiers in the department are brave and good at fighting, and the general Qin Jinxiao and the staff officer Qin Qigong have both wisdom and bravery, so they are quite trustworthy.

One stone can stir up a thousand waves, with Qin Jin's filial piety as the stone, Zhao Dangshi hopes to break the death of Shen Shui.

In the north of Xichong, in the middle of the chaotic mountains.

A long snake is also like a soldier and a horse is walking in a circle, and the sound of straw sandals rubbing against the sand and gravel ground is a fine music for the people in the army. However, there was a lot of fatigue on the faces of these soldiers, and if you look closely, you can see that they are more or less covered with ash or blood, and those who are experienced will know that these people must have experienced fierce battles not long ago.

In fact, this army has not only experienced a fierce battle, it can be said that for two whole months, they have been trying to survive almost every day in the days of life and death.

Their leader is well-known in Sichuan, the "King of Food" Jing Keqin, often also known as the "Yellow Harrier".

Jing Keqin is over thirty years old, his face is narrow and long, and a few strands of black hair grow on his cheeks, he looks quite obedient, in fact, he is also a ruthless person, and he has a lot of the same meaning on the surface. He is a native of Shaanxi, and after following Zhang Xianzhong into Sichuan, he stayed in Sichuan with Yuan Tao to develop, and later became an important helper of Yuan Tao because of his ability to serve Yuan Tao. In the eighth year of Chongzhen, he and Yuan Tao fought fiercely with the fledgling Zhao Ying in the Cangxi area, although he failed, but his position in the middle of the river was not shaken.

Just a few days ago, he was still in Baoning Mansion and Yuan Tao side by side to resist the attack of the official army, but two days ago, he made up his mind to break away from Yuan Tao.

There were many reasons for his departure, on the one hand, from the growing antipathy towards Yuan Tao, and on the other hand, from the ever-changing situation. Yuan Tao is narrow-minded and suspicious, and Chang Guoan couldn't stand his exclusion and went out of Sichuan to develop. Jing Keqin's endurance is good, but when Hu Jiusi, Chang Guoan and other old Kou in central Sichuan have separated from Yuan Tao one after another, he, as the only remaining general, will inevitably be taken care of by Yuan Tao. People are not plants and trees, and Yuan Tao is not his food and clothing parents, he let him endure again and again, but Yuan Tao's hostility towards him became more and more arrogant. Moreover, the recent successive defeats in the series of battles also made him negative, and then heard that the Shaanxi official army would soon enter Sichuan under the leadership of Hong Chengchou to help suppress, and the strong sense of loss and crisis finally prompted him to give up Yuan Tao.

He hid in the mountains, relying on his familiarity with the path and the understanding of the mountain situation, avoiding the official army's defenses all the way south, and took the remaining more than 1,000 people to the northern mountainous area of Xichong County in Shunqing Prefecture. He didn't actually know much about the current situation in this area, but he knew that further south from here, it was very likely to find Zhao Ying.

With Chongzhen's eight-year experience, the news of Zhao Ying's entry into Sichuan this time has spread widely. This time, Zhao Ying is no longer the obscure small camp and small village in the past, and Zhao Dangshi is even a giant who can stand side by side with the world-famous king. Fame seems to be of little direct use, but the effect he brings subtly is absolutely beyond imagination.

Zhao Dangshi relied on the prestige of the "general" to erect a banner in the middle of the river, attracting rogues from all over the world to join him, and now, even the former enemy Jing Keqin was attracted for self-protection. Jing Keqin himself feels that there is nothing to be ashamed of, "Liukou has no overnight feud", yesterday's life and death does not mean that you will not be able to do business hand in hand tomorrow. He believed that as long as he showed sincerity, Zhao Dangshi had no reason to refuse to join him. After all, the combat power of the thousand people under his command was much stronger than the rabble of Yuan Tao and others.

found Zhao Ying, everything is easy to say. But what Jing Keqin didn't expect was that before meeting Zhao Ying's people, he first met an official army.