He said loudly: "Has the letter of surrender to Jinlouzhai been sent out?" ”

He had already greeted Qu Jie, the commander of the First Army, who was in charge of the operations in Henan and Shandong provinces, and after pacifying the bandits in northern Anhui, he was going to lead his troops north to sweep away the Ligua Sect near Guide in one fell swoop, and Qu Jie also agreed to allow the Eighth Division to enter Henan to coordinate operations.

It's just that even Feng Sixian himself didn't expect that the momentum of this northward advance would be so huge, and there are no known how many horse teams there are, and the powerful horse team that once made the Qing army helpless is now back on the battlefield.

This horse team didn't even make much effort, and scared away the rest of the Twist Army Zhang Lexing and Su Tianfu who tried to kill back to their hometown in Pheasant River Ji again, and the commander of this horse team was Ren Zhu beside him, Ren Zhu said loudly: "It has been sent out, whether there is an echo or not, we will go straight to Jinlouzhai!" ”

Feng Sixian stopped his horse, but asked Ren Zhu: "Brigade Commander Ren Huabang, how many did you take out to ride?" ”

This place in Huaibei has always been the place where China's elite soldiers are riding, the Beifu army in history is from the two Huai, and in modern times, the Luohe River and other places close to northern Anhui are the largest mule and horse distribution market in the country, and there is a tradition of raising horses here, so the mules and horses are easy to obtain, and the twist army thus formed a strong cavalry, and swept the world with this cavalry for a long time.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Peng Xuefeng's Fourth Division of the New Fourth Army also formed the famous Fourth Division Cavalry Regiment in this area, but now the cavalry in Ren Zhu's hand is not limited to the size of a regiment, and even Ren Zhu does not know how many horse teams there are: "I don't know myself, there are at least 2,000 horsemen, I didn't expect that as soon as the flag of my conscription came out, there were so many old twisters who brought their own military horses to join the army." ”

These cavalry are some experienced old twisters, they have experienced many battles with the Qing army and regimental training, so they can be used as soon as they are pulled out, Feng Sixian couldn't help sighing: "Yes, yes, a tree flag can afford two thousand horses." You Ren Huabang is amazing, Your Majesty is really right! ”

He originally had some opinions on Liu Chang's direct appointment and appointment of this former twist leader as the commander of the cavalry brigade, but he didn't expect that this Zhu Ren Huabang was really the number one, and Ren Huabang hurriedly complained to him: "Two thousand horsemen, this is 10,000 infantry." I have to help Inspector Feng a lot! ”

Now almost all of the two thousand elite horsemen are eating and drinking Lazar by Ren Zhu alone. The cost of a cavalryman is almost five infantrymen, and it is almost impossible to meet the expenses of 10,000 infantry with Ren Zhu's family. Fortunately, after he was appointed as the commander of the cavalry brigade, he could not only advance a sum of money and grain from the government, but also borrow money and grain from large households in northern Anhui, and then ask everyone to advance a part of it first, which barely sustained it.

"No problem. We are responsible for the expenses before you return to the cavalry army, no matter what, this is the son of Anhui Province! He sighed again: "You are really good in this horse team, how is the discipline!" ”

Riding is a fact in front of Feng Sixian's eyes, but the military discipline of the Twist Army is outside the Pheasant River Set and the Pheasant River Set in the old base area, which are completely different things, so Ren Zhu will cover the expenses of the entire cavalry: "Loose is loose, but who doesn't want a good background." People who can have a war horse, how can they be thick people in our northern Anhui, stealing chickens and touching dogs is indispensable, but as long as the military salary and military supplies continue, there will be no problem of bullying men and women! ”

"Leave me half!" Feng Sixian said bluntly: "I was trying to form a cavalry brigade. In order to respond to the province's mobility, military salaries, military supplies, and horseshoe harness are no problem. ”

He didn't give Ren Zhu a chance to refute at all, but Ren Zhu breathed a sigh of relief: "That's the best." Among the orders given to me by His Majesty, I was only allowed to summon a cavalry regiment on my own. I don't even know how to dismiss these 2,000 people, you've done me a great favor! ”

"I'll give them a chance!" Feng Sixian lifted the horsewhip and said, "Maybe in a few years, there will be characters like you and me among them!" ”

He had the confidence to say this, just four or five years ago, he was just a grass people, and now he is the overseer in charge of the military and political power of a province.

When the two were talking happily, the fast horse in front of them had already sent news: "Jin Louzhai refused to surrender, and killed one of the people we sent to deliver the surrender letter!" ”

"Damn it!" Ren Zhu was the first to roar: "Overseer, let's let our horse team come, no matter how high the wall of Jinlouzhai is, I will also wash the Jinlouzhai ......"

"No!" Feng Sixian sneered: "Let them taste the power of the cannon!" ”

－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－

At this time, there was already a gloomy cloud in the Jinlou Village, although the sect members were still reciting "vacuum hometown, no birth mother", but except for the most stubborn detached sect members, everyone did not dare to talk about their prospects.

These sects were hastily assembled, although they were very stubborn, even to the point of fanaticism, but they were not a group of qualified soldiers, the experience of besieging the city of Guide a few days ago fully confirmed this, the entire city of Guide was obviously only two platoons of infantry and a hundred or so non-combat soldiers, but the Hexagram Sect could not attack the city of Guide Fu, but instead killed and wounded hundreds of people.

After they retreated to Ma Muji, they did not have the determination to make further progress, but did not move, preached the gossip doctrine in major events, and at the same time added officials to the leaders of the sect, and awarded more than 140 maidens, more than 70 one-word kings, 40 prime ministers, and more than 70 generalissimos, so as to stabilize and forge ahead to return to the military heart after the defeat of Defu.

It's just that they let Miao Peilin and Li Zhaoshou's troops in Mengcheng in the south fail, and even their allies couldn't stand it, and after several negotiations, this Twist army commanded by Liu Gou simply left the country and went north, leaving only the tens of thousands of sect members in Jinlouzhai and Ma Muji.

When Gao Yongqing started the incident, he used the method of preaching the end of the world, and at that time, Gao Yongqing used the major event of the head of the Hexagram Sect to preach that "the catastrophe is coming, and only those who enter the village will be spared", and now there are many dead and injured people who have entered the village, which has made many people who have been coerced in the sect have their thoughts.

The response of the Hong Army was very fast, and after the Mengcheng Rebellion was quelled, Feng Sixian personally led a main regiment of the Eighth Division as the backbone of the combat detachment, as well as five or six thousand infantry and 2,000 cavalry of the Huanghuai Construction Corps, with a total strength of no less than 15,000 troops, as well as local troops near Guide to attack Jinlou Village.

The current Jinlouzhai can be said to be a black cloud that is about to destroy the city, whether it is Gao Yongqing or the sect members below, the mood has become dull.

"Uncle, now that tens of thousands of soldiers of the Hong Army are pressing Jinlouzhai, you have killed other people's envoys to surrender, how is this good?"

It was Gao Yongqing's younger daughter-in-law Gao Yao who said this, her prestige in Jinlouzhai was very high, and she had two capable sons, and her words were very weighty, Gao Yongqing also felt that the situation had become quite unfavorable, but he still said stiffly: "What's so terrible about this, now there are a total of 20,000 people in Jinlouzhai plus Ma Muji, half a year of grain, one year of salt, three years of gunpowder and lead, no more than 10,000 red thieves, what's so terrible!" ”

"I'm a woman." Gao Yao's step by step: "I don't know anything big, but I still know about you secretly shoveling soil on the grave every year, uncle." ”

As soon as Gao Yongqing heard this, he jumped to his feet in a hurry: "Women's family, women's family, what are you talking about!" ”

The reason why the Gao family has been in charge of the Hexagram Sect for more than 100 years in Jinlouzhai is that in addition to taking the lead in running the sect back then, there are also many stories and legends about them inviting God to appear.

For example, the soil in front of the ancestral tomb of the Gao family, since the Gao family started, will automatically rise a few inches higher every year, and this has become part of the miracle of the Gao family, attracting countless believers, but the Gao Yao family is very shrewd, and this trick can't hide from him.

"I'm a woman!" Gao Yao's still didn't give up: "But my eyes are bright, what is true and what is false, it is clear, uncle, do you say?" ”

"So you're going to make the head? Go ahead! Gao Yongqing was angry, and he slapped the table hard: "Or do you want to remarry?" Let's go! ”

Gao Yao's crying aggrievedly, she calmed down for a long time: "Uncle, don't say it, don't say it, I won't leave, my home is here, my son is here, and the person I want to remarry is also here, I can't leave!" I'll just ask, uncle......"

Gao Yongqing's mood also became anxious: "Say it? ”

"Do you really believe in a childless mother?"

For a sect leader like Gao Yongqing, the answer is very natural: "I believe it!" ”

He can't help but believe it, their Gao family has been the head of the Hexagram Sect for more than 100 years, and I don't know how many ancestors were beheaded, imprisoned, and exiled by the Qing Dynasty, how could he not believe it, he even added: "Not to mention anything else, the red thieves were also a group of bandits a few years ago, and at that time they were even not as orthodox as us, so they could please God!" ”

The past of the Hongjun, as well as the relationship with the Taiping Army, is a very taboo topic in the current Great Xia Kingdom, and the official will bury this period of black history, but for a great sect leader like Gao Yongqing, this is an out-and-out exemplary example, since the Hongjun can seize the world by worshiping God, they can naturally leave the Hexagram Sect, you must know that compared to history, compared to the integrity of the theoretical system, the sect like the Hexagram Sect is better than the God Worship Sect that rose after I don't know how many times.

But Gao Yao didn't care about these: "Then I also believe it, I just hope that the lifeless old mother can send down miracles......"

She didn't say what was on her mind, but Gao Yongqing understood what she was thinking in her heart, she only felt a melancholy in her heart, and she didn't know how to respond. ”