Li Kaiming plundered the rich in Jianzhou, although he intended to govern Jianzhou as the foundation, but it was the ordinary people who were appeased, and the wealthy gentry were not appeased.

Except for a few well-known official gentry, most of the gentry and wealthy families had their property plundered, Liu Maoqi beat hundreds of splints in the Jianzhou capital city, tortured those big families who were arrested and brought to Jianzhou every day, and the sound of howling and begging for mercy did not stop in the middle of the night, and many people in the Jianzhou government had nightmares every night.

Fortunately, although the torture was heavy, it was only aimed at the inferior gentry and wealthy households, and it was a soup and medicine for the people, so that people's hearts gradually settled down.

And the thieves also took advantage of this to collect more than one million yuan of money and hundreds of thousands of stone grain, and the essence of the entire Jianzhou was obtained by Liu Maoqi with cruel means.

Of course, King Zhao and the generals under his command will not think too far-reaching, but the temptation of defeating the rogue and getting hundreds of thousands of stone grains and more than one million yuan of money is really big enough.

Captured on the battlefield, according to the old practice of the Wei army, seventy percent was handed over, and thirty percent was given to the soldiers in the name of reward.

Now, of course, I can't talk about the old rules, it is estimated that all of them will be left, and the court will have nothing to do.

As for the essence of Jianzhou being divided, the place is so poor that it is the matter of the next prefect, and it has nothing to do with King Zhao and the generals.

King Zhao looked at the front of him and said in a deep voice: "In this case, how should I enter the army?" ”

In front of the array, in addition to a shallow and narrow Minjiang River that can wade through the water, there are mountains in the east, west, north and south, and only Jianyang County stands on a gentle slope.

It is surrounded by large areas of mountains, hills, and small plains.

Several official roads run out of the county like blood vessels, and behind dozens of villages and sparse woodlands is the county seat, which is built on the mountain.

The thieves obviously defended the city with a small number of soldiers, because except for the wings that were cut off around it, the city had always been guarded only by guarding the city, which was to put themselves to death.

To defend the city is to have a message transmission, a perimeter garrison, and considering many things such as retreat, it is not a matter of putting soldiers and horses into the city to garrison.

In addition to leaving a few people in the county seat, the thieves set up a large camp outside the city, a large camp on the left, leaning against the mountain, about more than 10,000 people.

The camp on the right side is a barrier to several official roads, stretching for several miles, with about 70,000 or 80,000 people, waving flags and crowds.

King Zhao frowned and looked carefully, Liu Guangsi, He Zhiyuan and other generals of the forbidden army were also carefully observing.

The military quality of these forbidden army generals is still far superior to that of the generals, and even more so than the prince of King Zhao, who has less than half a bottle of water.

"A thief is not without a skill." He Zhiyuan frowned and said: "It's all knives, and everyone is in charge, which is different from the situation when the Liukou was in Qinfeng, Hedong, and Hebei. ”

"This is the benefit that the state has given them." Li Gu smiled bitterly not far away and answered.

All the generals are all suddenly, there are many iron mines and iron yards in Jianzhou, needless to say, a large number of craftsmen, miners and thieves, as long as the money and grain are sufficient, give them more than a month to build tens of thousands of horizontal knives, long, what's so difficult?

In addition to the abundant weapons, there are also many thieves with shields and armor among the more than 10,000 thieves, and under the banner, the team is obviously much more elite than the battalion adjacent to the official road.

"The thieves used the public to protect the official road, constantly raised the grain road, and set up camp at the foot of the county town with a small number of elites, thinking that it was the trend of horns." Li Gu had read a few military books, and analyzed at this time: "The county seat is the chest, and the two camps are like left and right hands, but it is a good calculation." ”

"Sir is knowledgeable about military affairs." Liu Guangsi sneered: "But hold? Fighting, bloody fighting, exterminating thieves, and we must put on armor and fight. ”

Since the battle, the martial artists have shown their unruly attitude, Li Gu is the hero of the launch of King Zhao, before it was inevitably a little arrogant, in front of the battle, Liu Guangsi did not save face for him, and ridiculed, Li Gu's face was red, very ashamed, but he had to bow his head and remain silent.

"The King's order?" Liu Guangsi looked at King Zhao and said, "How to break the enemy, how to fight, should be based on the king's military orders." ”

King Zhao pondered again and again, and finally made up his mind: "Attack more than 10,000 thieves with the Xiang army, you don't need to win in a hurry, just encircle it." Break the enemy's camp with the forbidden army and completely surround the county seat, and you can win. ”

Liu Guangsi, He Zhiyuan, Liu Jie, Li Yaowu, He Deqing, and Lin Zhien and others all agreed, and they all agreed, saying that they would abide by the military order.

Li Gu felt uneasy in his heart, the Xiang army was about to lose food, and it was difficult to win by attacking the enemy's elite with a weak division, even if it was six or seven times the enemy.

And even if the forbidden army breaks through the camp of thieves and cuts off official exchanges, but the thieves are sitting on hundreds of thousands of stone grains, and they must hoard grain and grass in the city, the water is endless, and there is no shortage of food and water, what is the use of surrounding it? On the contrary, the officers and soldiers will definitely be the ones who do not continue to receive food, and the besieging party will run off the food first, which will really become a big joke.

But King Zhao was full of ambition, and many generals agreed loudly, how could Li Gu, who had no official position, dare to speak out against it at this time?

Moreover, although Li Gu had read a lot of military books, he was also quite ignorant of the real battle array, but he had a vague sense that it was inappropriate, but he couldn't think it through, let alone organize words to oppose it.

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When night fell, the barracks of the armies became lively.

A large number of armored soldiers were placed in front of the battalion to garrison, after all, when the attacking side was unstable, the garrison would suddenly attack, and in a hurry, it would be slightly defeated.

The generals of the forbidden army are quite experienced, and they have witnessed a lot of thieves and soldiers during the day, so they are not too careless.

After midnight, all the generals who had taken a short rest had already gotten up and put on their armor, and the night was cold and cold, and every soldier in iron armor was covered with hoarfrost, and the whole camp was noisy, all cursing and complaining.

"Liu Jie, He Deqing, Li Yaowu, they are really ghosts who don't know how to die."

In Liu Guangsi's big tent, the commanders of the five forbidden armies gathered, everyone drank hot tea soup, ate snacks at will, and had casual smiles on their faces.

Liu Guangsi boasted of having the highest seniority, and even hoped to become the commander of the Fujian Road, sitting on the main seat without concessions, and the rest of the four generals of the forbidden army were listed on the left and right.

Liu Guangsi, He Zhiyuan, Lin Zhien, these three generals were originally under the command of King Zhao, three people in one middle and two left, and Zhang Zongwu and Yang Fen were placed on their right.

The five of them originally had a lot of intrigues, Zhang Zongwu was close to the King of Qi, and his subordinates were mostly attached to the King of Qi, and now they were focused on the King of Zhongshan.

Yang Fen fell to Lin Douyao, and Lin Zhien also had a close relationship with Lin Douyao, so he chose to fall to King Zhao under the general trend.

Only Liu Guangsi and He Zhiyuan are the hardcores that King Zhao has cultivated for many years, but Liu Guangsi's praise of the Japanese army has eliminated and driven away many military attaches who are inclined to King Qi, and his combat effectiveness has actually weakened.

Liu Guangsi felt good about himself, first said a word, and then smiled: "They are bent on picking up a bargain, I think they want to eat out their teeth." ”

"Is that 10,000 soldiers easy to gnaw?" He Zhiyuan sneered: "Most of the old thieves in the camp, Liu Maoqi, and even Li Kaiming, are in the camp of 10,000 people. ”

"Then you don't have to worry about it." Lin Zhien said: "Actually, Liu Jie, He Deqing may not know that it is difficult to bite, most of them are not working hard, the army is tired, lack of food and salary, they are just waving the flag and shouting, strong and strong, and the generals don't have to take it too seriously." ”

All the generals were awe-inspiring, and Liu Guangsi also understood at this time.

Although there are many people in the camp, it is obviously a newly attached soldier, and a small number of experienced thieves and officers can not stabilize the morale of the army, which seems to be difficult to fight, but is actually easy to eat. However, the 10,000-strong camp is composed of a large number of thieves and elite new miners, which is a hard nut to bite.

The generals of the Xiang army are not fools, and they generously accept orders, of course, they also have their own calculations.

The morale of the Xiang army is low, there is a lack of pay and food, and after the battle, he hesitates, what can King Zhao do if he is angry, can he kill the Xiang army? As long as the appearance of a siege and attack is made, it is perfunctory enough.

Liu Guangsi also realized at this time, and he was a little embarrassed.

Both sides are calculating each other, the plans of the generals of the Xiang army are not to contribute to the work, and the forbidden army is to eat meat and abandon bones, and now it seems that each other is getting what they want.

Liu Guangsi smiled coldly and said: "There must be a lot of grain, grass and ordnance in the camp of thieves, and they don't want to share the profits if they are captured in this battle." ”

"It's common sense, and they don't think about it that much." Lin Zhien said with a smile: "I just want us to break the camp, encircle the camp under the mountain, and after getting the food and salary, force Li Kaiming to take the elite away, let's make meritorious service and share the income after the war, and they will be satisfied." ”

"These dogs!"

Liu Guangsi scolded and said no more.

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When the sky was light, the armies had already eaten breakfast, even if it was the box army, because the big war was imminent, the generals also tried their best to make the soldiers eat enough.

There was a lot of movement on the side of the officers and soldiers, several miles apart, and they could not hide from the thieves, and the other side was also in the camp with horns, and after midnight, there was a great movement, and it was obvious that they were also preparing for war.

The battlefield is at the foot of the mountain, the county seat, and the official road camp, at this time not only is there no trace of people, but the wild dogs and birds around the battlefield have disappeared without a trace.

As soon as the sun had risen and the cold dew had been driven away, the flags and drums in the battalions were unfurled, and everyone knew that the great battle was about to begin.

There were nearly 90,000 forbidden troops in this battle, plus 100,000 officers and soldiers.

The thieves also had more than 80,000 people outside the city, nearly 10,000 people guarded the county seat, and more than 10,000 people guarded the camp at the foot of the mountain, which was also a crowd of 100,000 people.

The battle of 200,000 people began in this kind of haste, when there were different minds and different hearts.

At the end of the solstice, the forbidden army and the box army were completed, and they lined up on the official roads, fields, and gentle slopes.

The team flag, the capital flag, the battalion flag, the military flag, and the box flag are fluttering and waving respectively.

King Zhao set up a middle camp on a high slope to watch the battle, the forbidden army and the box army came out from the left and right respectively, in fact, the camp was set up in a hurry, but it was just to set up a wooden fence outside the camp, put some antlers to resist horses, etc., and did not even dig a trench. If it is a famous general, all the generals will be arrested in front of the Chinese military tent and beaten with a military stick...... The enemy has more than 1,000 elite cavalry, how can the power of the cavalry be idle? If we don't take strict precautions, not only will the grain road be dangerous, but if the enemy cavalry attacks the camp, what is the difficulty of more than 1,000 elite cavalry penetrating the formation of tens of thousands of people? The Xiang army is afraid that it will collapse in a direct battle, and there is no need to fight this battle at all.

Fortunately, the rogue fought with the officers and soldiers, and often suffered heavy defeats, and felt that his own quality was far inferior to that of the officers and soldiers, and Li Kaiming had already made a plan for this battle, and he had no intention of throwing the cavalry of the old battalion into waves, if not, I am afraid that the cavalry would wear it, and the officers and soldiers would have been defeated.

King Zhao couldn't see this at all, on the contrary, he was on the high slope and saw the long? Target? The sharp turned into a little bit of coldness, and after seeing countless armored soldiers rushing out of the simple camp, after being listed as a large array, there was a feeling of complacency and pride.