Chapter Seventy-Six: Cheap and Profitable

(What about red tickets?) I forgot to ask for a red ticket in the past two days! )

This thin man who came back to report the news did not dare to slack off, so he immediately explained in detail to Li Zicheng the battle situation they had seen at Dashiqiao, and this sentry agent was obviously eloquent, and he was eloquent and eloquent, and he was suspicious of how the Xingtian Army set up a suspicious formation, inducing He Renlong to be careless and underestimate the enemy, but he was defeated for a while, and then he formed a formation with a group of soldiers and defeated Li Zicheng in detail about the second time He Renlong's second dispatch.

When the sentinel finished speaking, the expression on Li Zicheng's face was cloudy, this news was for him, even he didn't know whether to celebrate or be angry, but in short, his mood was certain, that is, shock!

He Renlong is nicknamed He Maniac, and he knows best whether the officers and troops under his command can fight Li Zicheng, although he has fought with He Renlong many times earlier, but almost all of them ended in the defeat of their righteous army, even if it was a small victory, it was after gathering many righteous armies, with an absolute advantage in troops, that He Renlong's department was defeated.

And what shocked him was that the Xingtian Army only relied on one of them, and defeated He Renlong's department in a row, although this battle Xingtian Army was a little ingenious, occupied a geographical advantage, controlled one end of the big stone bridge, and put He Renlong's subordinates to Hexi to fight, but the sentry detective also said very clearly, after all, the Xingtian Army only used a part of the troops, and fought against hundreds of officers and troops under the command of He Renlong, and defeated it in a battle, and fled back to the east bank of the river after killing a falling flower.

In this way, they all completely underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Xingtian Army, it turned out that the Xingtian Army's ability to fight in the field was so strong that even he took Gu Junen and the others to completely look away.

As a result, all his arrangements, arrangements, and plans were all vacant, so that Li Zicheng couldn't think of how to face such a situation for a while.

Li Zicheng waved his hand to let the sentry retreat, and immediately sent someone to summon Gu Junen and Li Guo to discuss, when the two of them learned the news of the victory of the Xingtian Army at Dashiqiao, they were also a little dumbfounded, and they didn't know what to do on the spot.

However, Gu Junen was a witty person after all, and after a little flurging, he immediately said to Li Zicheng: "Congratulations to the general!" General Hexi, this is a rare opportunity! ”

Li Zicheng glanced at Gu Junen angrily, snorted and said, "What's the joy of this?" Has Mr. Gu forgotten what he said in the morning? ”

was so despised by Li Zicheng, Gu Junen was also embarrassed, but this guy was really thick-skinned enough, so he smiled and said to Li Zicheng: "Of course it's a good thing!" According to the news sent back by Tanma, this time He Renlong fought at Dashiqiao, when it was a loss of troops, the general was not worried that once He Renlong led his troops back to Longzhou City, then this Longzhou City may be difficult to take down?

And now, since the Xingtian Army has defeated He Renlong and killed hundreds of enemy troops, then for He Renlong, the morale of his subordinates will definitely plummet, isn't this the general's opportunity?

Although it is true that the Xingtian Army is greater than we expected, it is not a bad thing for the general that its troops can be so good at fighting, after all, it is also a good thing for the general to be able to get this strong help, and in any case, we and the Xingtian Army are still friendly forces, why is it not a good thing for their troops to win?

If it goes well, this battle can solve He Renlong's problem outside Longzhou City so that it cannot return to the city, then the morale of the defenders in the city will also fall sharply, and the general will not be at his fingertips when the city of Longzhou arrives?

Therefore, I will congratulate the general on my humble position, and I hope that the general will not hesitate again, or quickly start the army, and attack the dragon head-on! ”

After Li Zicheng heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, just now he was only concerned about the fact that the Xingtian Army was not defeated by He Renlong, and he couldn't take the opportunity to show favor to Xiao Tianjian and felt depressed, but he forgot that now he and the Xingtian Army are allies, how can he win the battle for his allies, but he feels regretful?

And what Gu Junen said is not bad, this kind of thing is originally a matter that he does not suffer losses for, Xingtianjun was defeated by He Renlong, so he happened to lead his troops to rescue him and show grace to Xiao Tianjian, so that Xiao Tianjian could only belong to him in the future! And the Xingtian Army defeated He Renlong, he just happened to take the opportunity to beat the water dog, and give He Renlong some fierce medicine, it is best to completely defeat He Renlong in a battle, so wouldn't this Longzhou City be at your fingertips?

This can be described as killing two birds with one stone, why is he still depressed about this?

So Li Zicheng immediately turned his worries into joy, laughed, and immediately instructed Li Guo: "Mr. Gu is really talented, but I didn't expect this!" Li Guo, you quickly set off with your troops, rush to the area of the big stone bridge of the Wanzi River, and join the Xingtian army, drag He Renlong so that he cannot return to the city, I will gather more troops, and then rush over, we will join forces in one place, and take the opportunity to defeat He Renlong's department! ”

When Li Guoling heard this, he immediately clenched his fists and replied loudly: "My nephew obeys!" ”

After saying that, Li Guo reflexively returned to the camp, and with an order, he took the two thousand troops who had already been assembled, out of the camp, and hurried towards the direction of the big stone bridge, raising a large area of dust outside Longzhou City.

And Li Zicheng turned back to the camp, and ordered Gao Jie to collect his troops and return to the camp, and immediately reassemble, leaving Liu Zongmin to lead the rest of the troops to monitor the officials and troops in the city to prevent the officers and troops from going out of the city to attack the camp.

After the arrangement, Li Zicheng also led 2,000 men and horses to rush towards the direction of Dashiqiao.

He Renlong led his troops to walk north along the river bank for several miles, and after some tossing, he finally crossed the Wanzi River from the pontoon bridge erected by Bai Youliang's troops, and Bai Youliang had already led his troops back to the pontoon bridge and guarded the pontoon bridge.

"Where are the thieves now?" After He Renlong saw that the last batch of people and horses had crossed the river, he asked Bai Youliang, who was guarding here.

Bai Youliang immediately bowed down and arrived: "General Qiqihe, after not collecting and probing at night, the thief army in Dashiqiao has withdrawn and rushed towards the south.

He Renlong's heart tightened, and he immediately secretly screamed: "It's bad!" The thief army must have rushed to intercept He Fang's part! Hurry up and form a team, and we'll go south to meet them! ”

The officers and troops who had just crossed the river immediately regrouped, and without even having time to breathe, they set out again, and batches of those who did not collect at night were immediately sent out to reconnoiter the movements of the thief army and He Fang's troops in a fan-shaped direction to the southwest.

It's a pity that after this toss, when He Renlong set off, it was already past the time of Shen, the sun was obviously westerly, from them along the river to the north, and then turned around and rushed back to the big stone bridge, tossing for two or three hours, not waiting for He Renlong to lead the troops to the big stone bridge, a team of scouts rushed back in panic.

"Report! General Qiqi, a thief army under the banner of Li Thief is rushing towards us, its strength is no less than 2,000 people, all of them are soldiers in the thief army, the momentum is very large, please decide! Ye Bu turned over and dismounted, ran to He Renlong, and reported loudly to He Renlong.

After He Renlong heard this, his heart tightened again, and he immediately ordered to stop moving forward and prepare to line up to meet the battle.

After the two battles in the morning, He Renlong was really a little scared by these thieves, he couldn't think of Gao Chuang Thief and Li Thief going out of Shaanxi in just one or two years, and after coming back, they became so fierce, could it be that in the past two years, Gao Chuang Thief and Li Zicheng actually trained a fierce soldier and horse.

The thief army that blocked the big stone bridge just now he firmly thought that it must be Li Zicheng's elite soldiers, but it was just a banner of the Xingtian Army to deliberately confuse him, and now he heard that there was a thief army of more than 2,000 people under the banner of Li Zicheng and came towards him, so he believed even more that this matter was a trap set by Li Zicheng from beginning to end.

"Prepare for battle!" He Renlong grabbed the reins of the horse in disbelief and shouted loudly.

The officers and soldiers, who were already nervous, suddenly became a little confused, and if it weren't for the bullet pressure of the officers, this array alone would probably be in disarray.

However, the two thousand officers and soldiers and the food and money auxiliaries finally settled down, arranged a standard circular formation, and contained the formation.

The circular formation is a kind of defensive formation commonly used in the field warfare of the Ming army, placing the soldiers in front and behind the array, surrounding the auxiliary soldiers in the middle, surrounding the periphery with accompanying carts, acting as fortifications, and at the same time placing the artillery in the array.

It's no wonder that He Renlong would be so careful, after all, the strong combat power shown by the Xingtian Army in the battle of blocking the bridge made him have to believe that the thief army is no longer the Wuxia Ameng of the past, so in order to prevent accidents, he put on such a formation.

But soon another team rushed back with two officers and soldiers who were covered in dust, and all of them were in a dusty posture, and as soon as they found He Renlong, they knelt down and shouted to He Renlong: "Your Excellency! We are waiting for He Qian's general command to not accept the night, and I am ordered by He Qian's general to come to find you, please send troops to Tianjiazhuang to rescue our department! An army of thieves has caught up with us, and Mr. He Qian is leading his troops to fight against it! Please send troops to the rescue as soon as possible! ”

After He Renlong heard this, he became even more nervous, he didn't know where Li Zicheng came from so many elite soldiers, how could that thief army catch up with He Fang so quickly?

So he immediately asked these two He Fang's subordinates, "When you came, did He Fang already fight the thief army?" ”

"Haven't fought yet! But the speed of the thief army is very fast, we He Qian have no time to lead the troops to Tianjiazhuang, and before we come out, we have stopped moving forward, and stopped on the spot in a dirt mountain four miles southeast of Tianjiazhuang, and ordered us to rush out, find Bai Qian, and ask Bai Qian to lead the troops to Tianjiazhuang to meet him! These two He Fang's subordinates didn't dare to exaggerate, and replied honestly to He Renlong.

He Renlong twisted the beard on his chin, thought for a while, took a deep breath and said, "You guys go down and rest!" Wait until we repel this army of thieves! ”

On the one hand, he had to worry about the fate of He Fang and the hundreds of officers and soldiers under his command, and on the other hand, he had to worry about the fate of the thousands of officers and soldiers led by him, but now that a group of thieves was rushing towards them, he couldn't draw out his troops at all, and then go to the area of Tianjiazhuang to support He Fang's department.