Gao Junshan asked the two in puzzlement, "What are you running?" ”

Hengtian King Yang Liyan said: "If we don't run, will we still have a life?" ”

Gao Junshan was even more puzzled and asked, "How do you say this?" Shall I harm you? ”

Shuntian King Liu Xinzhi said: "How, why are Cao Wenzhao and He Renlong also here?" ”

Gao Junshan realized that these two were scared by Cao Wenzhao and He Renlong, and he comforted: "Cao Wenzhao and He Renlong are both my subordinates, why are you afraid?" ”

"Huh!?" Yang Liyan didn't believe it very much, he looked at Cao Wenzhao, then at He Renlong, and finally set his eyes on Gao Junshan, "King Qin, are they really your subordinates?" ”

"Don't worry, you two, please sit down first." Gao Junshan pointed to the bench, and after the two of them sat down, he continued, "I invited the four of you here today just to discuss with you how to fight this battle. ”

Yang Liyan said: "We will fight as much as King Qin says." ”

Gao Junshan said modestly: "I can't do a word. I'd like to hear what you think about this battle? ”

Li Wanqing said: "We don't have any opinion. Isn't it all decided at the meeting? I am your backup with the King of the World. ”

Xu Chang hurriedly agreed: "Yes, yes." I and Shooting Sky will definitely help you. ”

Liu Xinzhi said unhurriedly: "If you want to say that you don't have an opinion, it's not exactly. I only hope that our families and horses will not fight on their own, but will have a unified command, and there must be coordination between each other, and we will not fight at the beginning of the battle, and go our own way. ”

Gao Junshan suggested: "It's better to make an oath now and jointly defend against the enemy." I don't know what the four of them think? ”

All four of them agreed to take an oath, so Gao Junshan asked people to prepare live chicken and shochu, and the five of them drank a bowl of blood wine together, and swore to heaven that they would never back down from the enemy.

After the ceremony, the four of them took their leave and returned to the camp.

Not long after they left, Liu Xinzhi, the king of Shuntian, ran back again, and when he saw Gao Junshan, he bowed his head, and Gao Junshan hurriedly helped him up: "King Shuntian, what does this mean?" ”

Liu Xinzhi said: "King Qin, from now on, I will not be called King Shuntian, I Liu Xinzhi thinks that your King of Qin is the only leader Zhan, and I am willing to hand over my two battalions of men and horses to King Qin." ”

Gao Junshan was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly asked his soldiers to prepare seats for him. After the generals present all greeted Liu Xinzhi, they accepted the new member. Gao Junshan asked the generals to go back to rest first, and Liu Xinzhi also went back to prepare to bring his men and horses over.

Only Cai Zhishan and three military divisions were left in the big tent, which Gao Junshan asked them to stay, these few were Gao Junshan's core generals, and they were left to formulate a complete set of action plans.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Ma Jinzhong and Liu Xinzhi quietly left the camp with 7,000 men and horses under the banner of Gao Junshan's generals, under the banner of mixing 100,000 and Shuntian King.

This group of men and horses is Gao Junshan's eastward detachment, the chief officer is Bai Wenxuan, the military division is Liu Hongru, and there are two battalions of men and horses, led by the deputy chief soldier Ma Jinzhong and Liu Xinzhi. In order to cover people's eyes, this eastward advance detachment first went south to Runing, and then turned eastward.

Gao Junshan has cultivated Bai Wenxuan for many years, and it is reassuring to put him in the position of chief military officer, and he is assisted by Liu Hongru.

Although Bai Wenxuan is Gao Junshan's guard officer, many specific affairs are handed over to Zhuang Youfu to do, after Zhuang Youfu died, Gao Junshan transferred Sun Kewang to his side, Sun Kewang has a nickname in history called "a wall", he has saved Zhang Xianzhong's life many times. Therefore, Sun Kewang can completely replace Zhuang Youfu's position. The reason why Gao Junshan did not let Bai Wenxuan engage in specific chores was to train him to become an excellent military general.

This time the troops were divided into the east, Cao Wenzhao or He Renlong could have been used to take charge alone, considering that they had only come from the camp of the Ming court, and they still had some scruples about using them, so Bai Wenxuan was put in the east to exercise.

Because the enemy in the east is relatively weak, and there are Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses, this eastward detachment will not have much to fight, and this can temper Bai Wenxuan's command ability.

The eastward advance detachment has two tasks, one is to seize strategic resources, and the other is propaganda.

Advancing eastward means entering Anhui, at this time Anhui has not been touched by the righteous army, whoever steps into this land first will be the first to obtain the greatest benefits. Everyone wants to eat this piece of fat, and of course Gao Junshan wants to get a piece of the pie.

Gao Junshan also placed all his more than 200 Chongwen disciples in the eastward advance detachment, and they were responsible for the second task, propaganda. The content of the propaganda includes several aspects: protecting private property, protecting the personal safety of legitimate businessmen, protecting fair market transactions, cracking down on the most heinous local gentry, and opening granaries in government offices to provide relief to disaster victims. These disciples also have the task of recruiting down-and-out talents from all over the world, after all, cultural people are easy to deal with cultural people.

A thousand child soldiers also followed the eastward detachment, a spectacular team of child soldiers, will definitely attract a lot of children to watch, and there are even more willing to join, this is the reason why Gao Junshan wants to send them.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Gao Junshan's brigade drove to Bishui with great fanfare, and there was a great momentum to fight to the death with Hong Chengchou. In fact, Gao Junshan is not so stupid, he really met with Hong Chengchou's sword soldiers, with his little capital, he can't beat these officers and soldiers in front of him, even if he can fight, he will not use his team as cannon fodder to achieve the great cause of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

Preservation of strength is a must. He just wanted to make a gesture, walk around the west with gongs and drums, show the rebels, and then return to the division and march east.

He has received information from Liu Lishun, first, Chen Qiyu was dismissed and imprisoned, and it is still Hong Chengchou who holds military power; Second, the Ming court transferred more than 70,000 soldiers from the northwest and the south to Henan to fight.

Cai Zhishan's first battalion was still responsible for guarding the old battalion, with the light cavalry of the Red Army friends in front and Cao Wenzhao's heavy cavalry behind. Gao Junshan arranged this because he didn't want to fight Hong Chengchou to the death, and the light cavalry moved faster, so if he encountered the enemy, he could quickly withdraw from the battle.

Hengtian King Yang Liyan's men and horses did not march at the same time as Gao Junshan, but a day late, Yang Liyan said that the time was in a hurry and the departure was postponed by one day, Gao Junshan didn't say anything, anyway, it was not bad for him Yang Liyan to really fight.

During the march, Gao Junshan often observed his watch to see if there was any movement of troops within a radius of forty miles, and his watch was equipped with an S generation biological sensing system, which could detect creatures within ten kilometers through neutrino rays, if there were red dots on the watch screen, it meant that there were creatures nearby, and if there were suddenly many moving red dots, it meant that there were troops nearby. He knew that there were troops nearby, so he could prepare for the enemy in advance.

"King Qin, do you want to give an order to the Red Army friends to slow down the march?" Cai Zhishan, who was riding a horse side by side with Gao Junshan, asked.

"Don't worry. Feng Shuangli sent the news that Hong Chengchou had only arrived in Gong County now. Gao Junshan was relaxed, and after speaking, he asked Cai Zhishan again, "Where is that Yang Liyan now?" ”

Cai Zhishan said: "It's not very clear. I think this Yang Liyan is a timid person, and he is also the king of heaven, and I think it is almost the same as a ground mouse. ”

Gao Junshan said: "He is not cowardly, but he just wants to preserve his strength." Let's look at the point. ”

"Ahem! If this continues, the future of the rebel army will be bleak. Cai Zhishan sighed.

Gao Junshan comforted: "Bolan, don't be so pessimistic, believe me, in less than five years, there will be so many kings and kings, and in the end, there will only be two or three families left between me and King Chuang, and our battle will get bigger and bigger." ”

Cai Zhishan said: "I know that the battle will be fought more and more. But we have to have our own territory! ”

Gao Junshan said confidently: "Don't worry, we will lay a solid ground in the near future." You see, at the beginning our rebel army was only in Shaanxi, then it developed to Shanxi, and now it has entered Henan, and the next step is to attack Anhui. I dare to predict that we will enter Huguang, Sichuan, and Hanzhong in the future. Wait, Bolan, our base areas will be established, and there will be one or even more than two provinces to consolidate the base areas. ”

Cai Zhishan was not very confident and said: "King Qin, I know that we are developing, but the official army encircled and suppressed us step by step, but we had no backhand, only blindly transferred. ”

Gao Junshan said: "I know you have an opinion about leaving Pingliang, after all, we have been operating there for a few years and have feelings. Bolan, think about it carefully, if there is no rebel army of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, how long can we hold out in Pingliang with our own strength? ”

Cai Zhishan was silent in thought.

Gao Junshan enlightened him: "Pingliang is a place with a lack of land and materials, a sparse population, and a small border town, so it is very difficult for us to develop there, let alone defend it. Bolan, take a long-term view, Henan is the Central Plains of our country, is a province with a large population, and it is a place where we can show our strengths. ”

Cai Zhishan was all worried: "Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, these rogues burned, killed and plundered, and looted every place they went, how could such an army last long?" ”

Gao Junshan said with a smile: "Bolan doesn't have to worry too much, after they are strong, they will adjust their improper behavior." Now they have no food to eat, and if they don't grab it, they will go hungry, and if they are hungry, there will be no one to do with them. ”

Cai Zhishan also smiled: "You are excusing their crimes." ”

Before the team reached Bishui, Gao Junshan ordered to camp on the spot and not leave, and this order did not reach the Red Army comrades. The Red Army friends received orders to search and advance, to annihilate a small group of enemies, and to go north if they encountered a strong enemy.

Gao Junshan's team stayed in the wilderness for three days, he was waiting for Feng Shuangli's information, and before Xingyang set off, he gave Feng Shuangli a task to find out the dynamics of the thirteen rebel armies.

After waiting for three days, there was no shadow of Yang Liyan, and Li Wanqing, who was a backup, and Xu Chang was even nowhere to be found.

Just when Gao Junshan was waiting for Feng Shuangli's information, the Red Army friends encountered Hong Chengchou's vanguard troops.

Since Hong Chengchou took over the military affairs of Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang, and Sichuan provinces, he ordered the troops of Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, and Sichuan to pursue the rebel army that fled to Henan.