Chapter 4 Divide the Forces
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After entering the territory of Shanxi, the Xingtian Army became much lighter after giving up most of the vehicles, and the marching speed was also much faster, but it was bitter for the female dependents who acted with the army, there was no big car for them to ride in the army, they could only follow the team on foot, but fortunately, the number of female dependents in the Xingtian Army was very small, and they were all Tianzu, and it was not very difficult to walk, although it was hard, but it could also keep up with the speed of the team.
When the officials of Hejin County heard that the people crossed the Yellow River all the way and entered their county, they were all panicked, and they still remember the scene of the chaos in Shanxi in the five years of Chongzhen, hundreds of thousands of displaced people followed the leaders of the various people's army, entered the territory of Shanxi, and even Ke several prefectures and counties, and the soldiers pointed directly at Taiyuan Mansion, killing officials and robbing countless grains, and coercing countless displaced people.
Later, fortunately, the imperial court mobilized all kinds of officials and troops to enter the Jin Dynasty to encircle and suppress, Hong Chengchou personally supervised the army to suppress and pacify, under the repeated blows of Cao Wenzhao, He Renlong, Zuo Guangxian and other fierce generals, the rebels from all walks of life withdrew from Shanxi at the beginning of last year and ran to Henan, so that the officials in Shanxi breathed a long sigh of relief.
Unexpectedly, it had only been more than a year since another mutant army crossed the river into Shanxi, which immediately made the officials of Hejin County tremble, and while hurriedly sending people to investigate the details of the mutant army, they hurriedly sent people to Pingyang Mansion to send a letter to inform the officials of Pingyang Prefecture about the incident, so as not to fall into the crime of negligence.
However, what the officials of the Hejin County government did not expect was that they sent people to investigate the thief army returned to the county seat on the same day, and informed the county magistrate that after they left the city, they found that the road of the mutant army quickly left the territory of Hejin County, and rushed all the way to the northeast, and had already left Hejin County, and was missing.
Such news made the officials of Hejin County all dumbfounded, not knowing what was going on, how could it be that thousands of people said no, it was gone?
It is no wonder that the local government of Hejin County reacted slowly, Xiao Tianjian did not plan to gain a foothold in Hejin County at all, because this area is the Shanxi Plain, even if he stays here, it is difficult to control a large area of land.
After the Xingtian army crossed the Yellow River as a whole, early the next morning, Xiao Tianjian led the army to avoid Hejin County at the speed of a rapid march, interspersed with the mountains in the north of Hejin County, and rushed straight to the east.
After the officials of Hejin County learned the news that they had entered the territory of Hejin County, when they sent people to investigate the traces of the Xingtian Army, the Xingtian Army had already left the border of Hejin County and entered the territory of Jishan County, and it only took one day to pass through the territory of Jishan County and enter the border of Jiangzhou, which allowed the soldiers and horses to find a secluded place and stop temporarily.
After inspecting the sentry posts in the camp, Xiao Tianjian returned to the camp, and all the generals under his command also gathered around him, and after building a bonfire, they began to discuss.
"General! Now that we have entered Shanxi, where should we go next? Finally, Yan Chongxi raised everyone's questions to Xiao Tianjian.
The generals also turned their eyes to Xiao Tianjian, who was sitting next to the bonfire, waiting for Xiao Tianjian to answer.
Xiao Tianjian roasted his stiff hands on the bonfire, took a piece of cake handed to him by Tietou, broke it and ate a piece, and then said to the brothers around him: "It's almost here!" Our destination for this trip is right in front of us, this place is Jiangzhou, brothers hold on a little more! Let's find a place to spend the New Year in peace this year!
I also know that for several months, since we left Tianlong Village, the brothers have been displaced, and the long journey is very hard, but we still have to find a place where we can live and live in peace. I hope you will continue to persevere! ”
Yan Chongxi breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and sat back, to be honest, this time Xiao Tianjian led them across Shaanxi, forcibly crossed the Yellow River, until they came here, many people did not understand what Xiao Tianjian did, and felt that they would not leave a good Shaanxi, but they had to run towards Shanxi.
However, Xiao Tianjian privately gathered these subordinates together, and after making a detailed analysis of the general situation for everyone, he still obtained the understanding of these people, and the overseer followed Xiao Tianjian all the way from Longzhou to here.
"Boss, let me also ask, why do we have to come to Shanxi to find a place to stay? What's so good here? Luo Li asked Xiao Tianjian while nibbling on the cold and hard mixed dough cake.
"Huh! You might as well let Mr. Fu tell you about this! Xiao Tianjian also chewed the mixed bread and replied with a smile to Luo Li.
Fu Deming was also sitting among the crowd at this time, drinking the hot soup that had just been boiled and nibbling on the mixed flour cake like everyone else, after this journey, he was also full of wind and frost, wearing a sheepskin jacket on his body, and he didn't know when he was around his waist, and he was also equipped with a sword.
After listening to Xiao Tianjian's words, Fu Deming threw the last bite of cake in his mouth, chewed and drank a mouthful of hot soup and went down, then clapped his hands and said: "At first, I didn't quite understand why our boss came to this place, last year all the rebels suffered a lot in Shanxi, and had to withdraw from Shanxi, and now that we are in Jinjin, with our troops, I am afraid that we are not the opponent of the official army!"
But our general chose this place, I thought about it carefully for a long time, and I have to admire our general's foresight! Brothers also know that Shaanxi is now making a big fuss about the righteous army, and the attention of the court and the government is all on Shaanxi, and we all know that in Shaanxi, a few years of disasters followed by military disasters have come down one after another, and all parts of the country have long been dilapidated, even if we want to gain a foothold in Shaanxi, I am afraid there is no chance!
In the past, we only had more than 1,000 soldiers, entrenched in the territory of Wangyang, but we can still maintain, but after our strength is getting bigger and bigger, not to mention anything else, just food, the local area of Huangyang cannot provide us with long-term entrenchment, and the official army must not allow us to entrench there!
In this way, it is reasonable for the general to say, since Shaanxi cannot let us gain a foothold, then it is better to jump out in advance and find another place for us to gain a foothold!
Thinking about it, the only way to enter the promotion is the best choice! Shanxi is a good place, this place is also known as Hedong, since ancient times it has been a place for soldiers!
Compared with Shaanxi, although it is narrower here, but there is coal and iron in Hedong, there is salt in Jiezhou, and it is still a place where Shanxi produces grain, and the Jin merchants are rich in the first party, as long as they are good at doing business here, we want to have food and grain and money, and after we have a firm foothold here, this place is at the junction of Beizhili, Henan and Shaanxi, no matter where we want to go in the future, what can we not go? The general's choice of this place as our place can be said to be the best policy! That's why the general will take us all the way here! ”
After listening to Fu Deming's words, everyone nodded their heads and said yes, for things at this level, generals like Yan Chongxi and other generals would not consider it, and there was only one person who really considered Xiao Tianjian fundamentally, and Fu Deming also thought carefully for a long time after understanding Xiao Tianjian's thoughts, and now his thoughts are basically agreed with Xiao Tianjian.
Then Xiao Tianjian said an idea that surprised everyone: "Now we have gone deep into Shanxi, although we have not yet encountered a large number of officers and soldiers, but you think about it, we wait for thousands of people to act together, no matter how careful we are, it is difficult to ensure that we will not be discovered by the government, and a large number of people have seen us wherever we pass, if we continue to swagger through the market like this, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not arouse the vigilance of the government, and mobilize the officials and soldiers to find our whereabouts, so that even if we can reach our destination, I'm afraid that it will also lead to the government's attack, which will be very unfavorable to us!
Now that we have arrived here, then the road ahead is not far away, Mr. Fu and I have discussed two days ago, this is the boundary of Jiangzhou, we are dividing our more than 3,000 people into five roads, each with five or six hundred people, and then go to the direction of Yangcheng separately, and then meet in the area of the Moze River in Yangcheng County! Give the government a whole into parts, in order to confuse the government, so that they think that we are just ordinary people, and after entering the Jin, they will collapse on their own, so that the government will no longer pay attention to us! Listen to the generals! ”
Several generals of the Xingtian Army suddenly heard Xiao Tianjian's cold snort, and immediately jumped up habitually, shouting loudly: "The last general listens to the order......