Just after the new yuan, that is, on the fifth day of the first lunar month, Li Zicheng received a letter from Wang Junzhuo, asking to go to Helan Mountain as soon as possible.

Li Zicheng laughed unconsciously, "The snow has not melted yet, this Wang Junzhuo can't bear it, is it possible that Shaliucheng lacks food and clothing?" During the Chinese New Year, I was not at home and hugged my wife and children to cover my kang head, but I wanted to go out and loot? ”

However, this is also good, the combat effectiveness of the tiger cavalry and the wolf cavalry is not trained by drills, but fed with blood, and if they do not go out for a long time, the battle will slowly weaken.

Fighting is the best way to maintain the combat effectiveness of the nomadic cavalry!

Considering that Shaliucheng was too far away from Helan Mountain, and it would take a lot of time to gather the Gulu Daiqing Department and the Erlinqin Department of the Hexi Governor's Palace, Li Zicheng sent a letter to Wang Junzhuo and Gao Yigong Feige, ordering them to send troops after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and each of them prepared enough food and forage for one month.

At the same time, Li Zicheng also sent an order to the Hexi Governor's Mansion that all the strong men of the Erlinqin Department and the Gulu Daiqing Department would gather at the Hexi Governor's Mansion before the 20th day of the first lunar month and be included in the Tiger Cavalry and the Wolf Cavalry respectively.

The Erinqin Department and the Gulu Daiqing Department actually no longer exist, and the troops have been registered as Han nationality, respectively under the control of the Tiger Cavalry and the Wolf Cavalry, each under the command of a thousand household officials in the area, under the jurisdiction of the Hexi Governor's Mansion on weekdays, animal husbandry, settlement, wartime with the Tiger Cavalry, the Wolf Cavalry, under the unified command of Gao Yigong and Wang Junzhuo.

They can only be regarded as a branch of the Tiger Cavalry and the Wolf Cavalry, in order to distinguish them from Yonggu City and Shaliu City, Li Zicheng would rather call them the Tiger Cavalry of Heishui Mansion and the Wolf Cavalry of Dragon Capital.

With the addition of the Tiger Cavalry of Heishui Mansion and the Wolf Cavalry of the Dragon Capital, the total number of Tiger Cavalry and Wolf Cavalry now exceeds 6,000, which is even stronger than the Chahar Department when it first entered Dacaotan.

To deal with the Mongols of the Watabu Tribes in Helan Mountain, the tiger cavalry and the wolf cavalry should be more than enough, and there was no need for Li Guo's third battalion, but considering that Li Guobu borrowed the war horses of the wolf cavalry in the dragon capital, and had trained the cavalry of three thousand households to the same extent, Li Zicheng had the intention to let the soldiers go out for training, and the danger of this expedition should not be too great.

Li Zicheng also sent a message to Li Guo, asking him to select two thousand cavalry and go to Helan Mountain with the tiger cavalry and wolf cavalry, so that the soldiers could be trained in actual combat.

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Henan, Yingyang.

Yingyang is bordered by the Yellow River in the north, Zhongyue Songshan in the south, Luoyang in the west, and Kaifeng in the east, which happens to be embedded in the center of northern Henan Province.

Tiger Prison Pass, Gukun Pass is not far from the west, guarding the east gate of Luoyang, if you use troops, this is indeed a dangerous place, however, the southeast direction, relatively open.

At this moment, outside Yingyang City, the army of hundreds of thousands of thieves set up a company camp for dozens of miles outside the four gates, but between the camps, there was a gap between the camps, as a buffer zone between the battalions.

The leaders of the seventy-two battalions of the thirteen families, Lao Huihui, Cao Cao, Ge Liyan, Zuo Jin Wang, Reincarnated King, Shooting the Collapsed Heaven, Hengtian King, Mixed 100,000, Guotianxing, Nine Dragons, Shuntian King, Gao Yingxiang, and Zhang Xianzhong, were arguing endlessly about the future marching route, and each department was built independently, and no one could convince anyone.

In the end, everyone agreed to divide the troops into three routes: one route crossed the river in Shaanzhou and went north to attack the Pingyang area of Shanxi; One route is Wuguan through the Nanyang area to enter the lake Guangxiangyang; One route to the east of Lushi County, killed the Fengyang Mansion of Zhili in the south, broke the ancestral tomb of the Zhu family, and destroyed the dragon vein of Chongzhen.

However, when a discerning person looks at it, he goes to Pingyang in the north, Cao Wenzhao in Shanxi, Xiangyang in the south, and Lu Xiangsheng in Huguang, which is obviously sent to death, and when he goes to Fengyang in the east, Zhongdu is obviously a piece of fat.

Everyone was scared by Cao Wenzhao and Lu Xiangsheng, and they didn't dare to go, and they were vying to go to Fengyang, wanting to destroy the dragon vein with their own hands.

Just like that beautiful fable, the rats discussed how to deal with the cat, and finally everyone agreed to hang a bell around the cat's neck, and where the cat went in the future, the bell could be heard from a distance, and everyone should avoid it.

But the question is, who is going to hang the bell around the cat's neck?

If there is no sacrifice, even the best ideas are in vain!

Gao Yingxiang shook his head, knowing that it would be in vain to discuss it any longer, so he said: "Let's divide it into three parts, and then draw lots!" ”

Drawing lots is the fairest method, Gao Yingxiang has more soldiers under his command, and his strength is also strong.

After negotiation, King Gao Yingxiang, General Zhang Xianzhong, Cao Cao, King Shuntian, and Nine Dragons all the way; Lao Huihui, Ge Li Eye, Zuo Jin King, and King Reincarnation sit all the way; The rest of the shooting the sky, the king of the sky, the mixed 100,000, and the stars do all the way.

Gao Yingxiang personally picked up the pen, wrote the three cities of Pingyang, Xiangyang, and Fengyang on the paper, then crumpled, held it in the palm of his hand, and stretched out his hand, "Everyone, please send someone to draw lots!" ”

This is a matter related to the future and fate, if you are lucky, you can go to Fengyang to make a fortune, burn the dragon vein, and it is a scenery; If I was unlucky, I could only go to Pingyang and Xiangyang to work hard with Cao Wenzhao and Lu Xiangsheng, not to mention making a fortune, it would be good to be able to save my life.

As the representative of each group, the person who participates in the drawing of lots must be a person of great prestige.

Lao Hui Hui that group, everyone glanced at each other, and finally launched the old Hui Hui, Lao Hui Ma Shouying got up and strode towards Gao Yingxiang, stretched out his hand, but retracted again, looked back at the Ge Li Eye, Zuo Jin King, and the Reincarnation King behind him, and said loudly: "Since you can afford to be below, you can be under yourself...... Whatever the outcome, it's providence! ”

"That's nature!" The Grimian, the King of Zuojin, and the King of the Reincarnation were all impatient, and they wanted to go to the East, but they couldn't say it, so they had to pray secretly.

Ma Shouying stretched out his hand again, and was just about to grab the paper lot closest to him, when he suddenly saw Gao Yingxiang with a light smile on his face, his heart moved, hesitated, bent his thumb, but raised his index and middle fingers, and clamped the paper lot in the innermost part.

He hurriedly unfolded, but he was startled with an "ah", his lips opened into a big circle, and he forgot to close them for a while.

Over there, there were four people who shot the sky, the king of the sky, the 100,000 people, and the stars of the sky, and promoted Liu Guoneng who shot the sky, Liu Guoneng stretched out his hand, but he didn't fall for a long time, since Ma Shouying was not extracting Fengyang, then he had a greater chance.

Gao Yingxiang's palm moved slightly, aiming the outer paper lot at his fingers, Liu Guoneng moved in his heart, and decisively stretched his fingers forward and hooked the paper lot on the inside.

Everyone's eyes suddenly focused on Liu Guoneng's hand, Liu Guoneng smiled at the corner of his mouth, and quickly opened the crumpled paper ball, but he was also stunned!

Binh Duong!

Liu Guoneng is not very literate, but he knows the word "ping", and Cao Wenzhao's appearance of a spear and a prancing horse suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.

Is it so difficult that Gao Yingxiang has done something? Why did he extend the outer lot to himself?

Liu Guoneng was stunned for a while, in front of everyone, he didn't dare to play tricks, not to mention Gao Yingxiang! But seeing that Gao Yuan didn't mean to open the paper lot, he said sourly: "Congratulations to King Chuang on his eastward journey, King Chuang might as well show the paper lot to everyone, and we are also happy!" ”

"Haha," Gao Yingxiang smiled on his face, bent his four fingers with both hands, and used the remaining six fingers to unfold the paper lot a little bit, and sure enough, the word "Fengyang" was written, "Thank you for Guoneng, in fact, our minds are the same, we all care about each other!" ”

Liu Guoneng felt extremely guilty, it turned out that Gao Yingxiang wanted to leave the paper lot with "Fengyang" written on it to himself, and he was ready to go to Shanxi and Shaanxi to deal with Cao Wenzhao, but he still lived it with the heart of a villain......

Zhang Xianzhong and Cao Cao couldn't wait to call a few times, but they glanced at each other, and finally suppressed the excitement in their hearts.

Liu Guoneng blushed, and finally said: "This is the will of heaven, King Chuang went to Fengyang, and when he went to Pingyang, he must have gone to Xiangyang when he came back!" ”

This is the will of God, and no one dares to say it, even if some people are not angry in their hearts!

"It's indeed providence," Gao Yingxiang shook his head with a wry smile, "In that case, early tomorrow morning, let's split up, and when the imperial tomb in Zhongdu is broken, we will decide on the next move." ”

Everyone was depressed, they dispersed, and returned to their respective camps, Zhang Xianzhong saw that everyone was far away, so he approached Gao Yingxiang, "Chuang Wang ......"

"Be careful!" Gao Yingxiang glared at him fiercely, "Do you have the strength to fight Cao Wenzhao and Zuo Liangyu?" ”

Zhang Xianzhong smiled, scratched the back of his head, and pulled Cao Cao and Luo Rucai back to the camp.

Nanzhili, Taihe County.

Wu Shiji, the magistrate of the county, got up early as usual, was having breakfast in the county office, and planned to go to the city to inspect in a while, and an urgent report from his subordinates asked him to immediately put down the dishes and chopsticks: "Liukou" approached the city!

The rumors of the invasion of the rogue have finally become a reality!

In fact, Wu Shiji has spent half a year in anxiety.

Wu Shiji has been a teacher in Lishui County for six years, and he was just appointed as the new magistrate of Taihe County, Yingzhou, Fengyang Prefecture in June last year.

Under the command of Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces, the officers and soldiers once cornered Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong, but at the last moment, Chen Qiyu fell for Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong's trick to surrender.

The situation in Henan is becoming more and more severe, Taihe County is in the westernmost part of Fengyang Prefecture, next to Henan, once the peasant army enters the south from Henan to the south, Taihe will inevitably become the target of attack first, and the disaster of war will spread to Taihe County.

As soon as he took office, Wu Shiji actively considered how to "protect the territory and the people," and even planned to invite officers and soldiers to come to Taihe County to garrison, but the local squires did not cooperate at all.

The squires believed that "the disaster of a soldier is worse than that of a thief", and that it was better to let the thief plunder than to invite the officers and soldiers, and the thief would surely leave on his own when he was full.

There was no way, Wu Shiji decided not to rely on the squire, he wanted to do it alone!

Beginning in August last year, Taihe County, which used to be quiet, suddenly became busy, consolidating the city's defenses, organizing and training the militia, and building weapons.

However, Wu Shiji soon encountered a problem that he had difficulty solving: no money.

According to the regulations, the total amount of various taxes that should be paid by Taihe County last year has exceeded 10,000 taels of silver, but at the end of the year, there is still a small batch of taxes that have not been transported away, and the county treasury has almost dried up.

Wu Shiji, who felt that it was difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, submitted an "application for interception" to Yingzhou to prevent the flow of criminals.

After the application was issued, Wu Shiji immediately fell into an anxious wait, and there was not much time left for Taihe County to prepare for the war.