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At the same time, on the official road leading to Yangcheng in Zezhou, a large group of officers and soldiers are also slowly squirming forward along the official road, but compared to the military appearance of the Xingtian Army, it is really not worth mentioning, at most, the clothes of the two thousand officers and soldiers are neater, but the mandarin duck jackets on many of them look very shabby, and many people's mandarin duck jackets are still patched, and it is obvious that these officers and soldiers have not been able to change to new jackets for a long time, so they can only make do with the old mandarin duck jackets.

Niu Tai rode on a black horse, his body continued to rise and fall with the horse's movements, his stature was very tall, he was definitely tall in this era, and he was born with a horizontal face, looking very majestic and a little vicious.

It is also his appearance, coupled with the fact that this guy has a lot of strength, and he dares to rush forward when fighting, which makes him stand out in the army, in just ten years, he has been promoted from a lowest-level pawn to the current guerrilla position, but after reaching this level, he has basically been promoted to the top, after all, he has no nobles above him, if he wants to continue to be promoted, he can only rely on his military exploits to obtain.

For this time he sent troops to Yangcheng to suppress bandits, he is still full of confidence, even if there is a wind legend that this Xingtian army in the Yangcheng area is very powerful, but in his eyes, it is nothing.

In the first two years, he didn't fight head-on with the Wandering Army, those Wandering Soldiers were honest, the combat effectiveness was really poor to the extreme, and the weapons and equipment were shabby to death, not to mention the armor, the chaos looked scary in number, but really started to move, these Wandering Soldiers were just a bravery, if they couldn't beat the officials and soldiers for a while, they would immediately lose morale, and the rest was chased by him with the officials and soldiers and fled, so after fighting with the Changing People's Army a few times, Niu Tai had a lot of experience, As long as the first formation withstands the attack of the mutant army, and then counterattacks, these rabble will immediately become a plate of scattered sand.

So although it is rumored that this group of self-proclaimed Xingtianjun poles are very powerful, Niu Tai still doesn't pay much attention to it, and he can't blame him for his carelessness, after all, the news in this era is blocked, and Emperor Chongzhen ordered the cancellation of the post station in the second year of Chongzhen, which makes the domestic news transmission efficiency much lower, and the prestige that Xingtianjun laid down when he was in Shaanxi can't be transmitted to Shanxi at all, so it is naturally not strange that Niu Tai has not heard of the name of Xingtianjun.

And at the moment, coupled with the fact that he controls more than 4,000 officers and soldiers under his command, and the strength is said to be only one or two thousand people, it is already a sure thing in his opinion, so he doesn't care about sending troops, but at this time, after he is counting on how to exercise after exterminating this group of thieves, take advantage of this merit, climb one level in the court, and see if he can climb to the level of generals, in that case, he will be refreshed.

When he was pondering this matter on horseback, he rushed into the team and found Niu Tai at night, and reported to him: "General Qiyu, Lord Wang Jinsong of Yangcheng Governor County has promised to provide us with seven days of grain, and in addition, he has prepared twenty pigs and fifty sheep for the general to treat us!" No matter how much he says, the financial resources of Yangcheng County really can't be taken out, and I hope the general will bear with me!

Lord Wang also ordered the local inspection in advance in Taipingzhuang, five miles east of the city, and led the local 800 townships to set up a camp for us in advance, and we can enter the camp to rest as soon as we arrive! ”

After Niu Tai heard this, he pursed his lips and nodded: "It seems that this Wang Zhixian is still an acquaintance, at least he knows what to do!" However, only providing Lao Tzu with seven days of food is a little too little! This time I went to Yangcheng County to help them as local officials, and it is estimated that ten days and eight days will definitely not be enough!

It will take at least a month! Just prepare seven days of food for us, which is a little too little! Although Zezhou and Taiyuan Prefecture allocated a batch of grain, it was only enough for ten days, so why should they make up for the rest!

You go to Yangcheng County again and tell Lord Wang that the food and straw for seven days is too little, and it is best to let them prepare more, and they can't go back and let the brothers go hungry to suppress the bandits! ”

The reason why Niu Tai said this is also for a reason, now the official army must first make up some arrears, but also to pay the silver to open the silver, otherwise the soldier can not move, this has become a practice, and the imperial court is now because of the defense of the invasion of those Eastern Tartars in Liaodong, most of the military salaries are issued closely to the Liaodong army, like them, these local armies, often will be in arrears, three or five months as a soldier, half a year can not get a little military pay is a very common thing, plus even if it is paid, this is allocated from the household department, I don't know how much I'm going to get stuck along the way.

After a person's hand, he will be floated away, and when it finally falls into his hands, he will also deduct another part to support his family, so even if it is paid, when the soldier gets it, it is normal to not save three out of ten.

Therefore, the soldiers are not interested in coming out to fight, and if they are forced to come out to fight, they will mutiny.

The reason why Niu Tai stopped in Zezhou for so many days was to raise money for the soldiers, and if he wanted the officers and soldiers to work hard, he had to pay them some arrears first, and then issue some more silver, so that the officers and soldiers would be obedient and set off, and on the way, it was necessary to ensure that they ate and drank, otherwise they would be slightly hungry for a meal or two, and the officers and soldiers would have more mutinies.

Therefore, even if Niu Tai is carrying ten days of grain, but out of precautions, he still has to get as much food as possible, and everything that can be given to him in Zezhou has already been given to him, and now he can only knock it out from Yangcheng County if he wants more, so he is so greedy and wants to force Yangcheng to give them more food.

Since he was interrupted by someone, Niu Tai stopped dreaming of his promotion, Le Ma stopped, looked behind him, and shouted loudly: "It's like a fucking frost, wilting, can you hurry up?" ”

Looking at the officers and soldiers in the team, Niu Tai felt angry when they were bent their necks and were weak to rush forward, and after scolding, he beckoned his subordinates over and asked, "Didn't you send some spies to Yangcheng a few days ago?" Why is it all the same as a meat bun beating a dog, there is no news? ”

One of his personal soldiers shook his head and couldn't say clearly, so Niu Tai had to urge the horse to go on the road again and drive in the direction of Yangcheng.

Although the distance between the two armies and Beiliu was basically the same when the Xingtian Army set out, and even the official army was a few miles closer to Beiliu, which was about forty miles, the speed of the two armies was very different.

The speed of the Xingtian Army is probably the strongest in the world, and it may not be comparable to the cavalry of the Tartars, but in the speed of the infantry, they definitely dare to come out on top.

It was all a day's time, starting from the morning, Xingtianjun also crossed the Qin River on the road, and at about three or four o'clock in the afternoon, they arrived in the Beiliu area.

And along the Qin River is no longer the control area of the Xingtian Army, in the early years of Chongzhen four years, Wang Jiayin once led his troops to fight in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and then went south along the Qin River, in this area of the line, Cao Wenzhao once led his troops along the Qin River to pursue the Righteous Army, and Wang Jiayin died in the Yangcheng area, this place was largely destroyed by the Righteous Army, especially some villages were almost razed to the ground by the Righteous Army, so on both sides of the Qin River, the villages today are basically built a solid wall, fort to protect themselves, and the Xingtian Army came to Yangcheng, only occupied the area west of Dongye Town, and did not attack the Zhuangbao village along the Qin River.

And when the Xingtian army marched here, it was out of their sphere of influence, and it was basically impossible to continue to maintain a covert march.

Before and after crossing the river along the way, several villages and forts along the river found traces of the Xingtian army, closed the village gate early, sounded the gong to warn, and transferred the township Yongzhuang Ding to the village wall to make a strict defense posture, for fear that the Xingtian army would break their Zhuangzi by the way and copy their nest.

But this time Xiao Tianjian was not on these village forts, but only sent people to warn these villages and forts, not to secretly communicate with the official government, like the official army to report the news, so he crossed their village fort and continued to hurry, and the military prestige of the Xingtian Army also shook the big households in these villages, so frightened that they did not dare to take the township Yongzhuang Ding out to attack and harass the Xingtian Army, so that the Xingtian Army passed through their territory safely, but there were still people who immediately sent people out of the village and hurriedly sent the news to Yangcheng County.

At this time, it was impossible for Xiao Tianjian to act covertly, so he simply ordered the soldiers and generals to advance with great fanfare, and held another armed parade in this area.

Although the rich people are scared enough, but the ordinary people are not afraid of the Xingtian Army, after all, it is relatively close to Dongye Town, and there are still a lot of contacts among the people, and the people here are very envious of the fact that the people in the area of Dongye Town can get the fields, and the poor people simply abandoned their rented fields and ran to the side of the Xingtian Army's jurisdiction, so that many tenants of large families here have run a lot in the past few months, and even the township warriors they organized have run away a lot. Therefore, ordinary people wish that the Xingtian Army could come to this area and occupy this place, so that they can have their own fields to plant like the people in Dongye Town in the future, and the rich rich people can hate the Xingtian Army to the bones, and I wish that this time the Xingtian Army could exterminate all the officials and soldiers and solve this powerful threat around them.

Beiliu is a large village near the official road leading from Zezhou to Yangcheng, which was sacked by Wang Jiayin's subordinates a few years ago, and has since decayed into a dilapidated small village.

After the Xingtian army arrived here, it didn't take much effort to take Beiliu Village, and the camp was centered on Beiliu Village, and set it down, because it was based on the village as the camp, and camping saved them a lot of effort.

At this time, Xiao Tianjian also held a bowl of rice, squatted with the generals while eating and chatting, discussing the issue of tomorrow's battle deployment, and a scout rushed into the camp, rushed to Xiao Tianjian's front, and said to Xiao Tianjian: "General Qiqi, we have found the official army twelve miles away, they have stopped advancing, and began to camp on the spot, the stone sentry general is leading the Li team general and the Situ team will clear the night of the official army, and the two sides have begun to fight!" ”