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The weather in July of the eleventh year of Chongzhen is very hot, because of the accumulation of these years, the materials have been greatly improved, so in the equipment for the soldiers, they are also willing to spend money, and now the regular army of the Xingtian Army is no longer as tattered as before, after entering the summer, they have changed to thin summer clothes, although the fabric is not good, but it is far better than what they had to wear before, and the shoes are not able to meet everyone's needs for a while, the soldiers are cool for convenience, Most of them play straw sandals by themselves, and they can also march and fight when they wear them on their feet, so the appearance of the entire Xingtian Army has a new look at this time, all the infantry troops have leggings, which appear to be neat and uniform, and they are also tiger and tiger when they walk, plus the weapons they are equipped with are not as mixed as other armies, mainly composed of sword players, pikemen, and firecrackers, so when marching, they are neat and mighty, combined with their long-term adherence to queue training, they show an indescribable violent aesthetics on the march, All those who saw them along the way were amazed, and those who supported them applauded them heartily and praised them with thumbs up, while those who were hostile to them turned pale and their legs trembled, and they were so frightened that they did not know what to do.

Therefore, under such military might, after Xiao Tianjian led the troops out of Lushan in July, his soldiers and horses marched together in two ways, one was led by him to attack Nanzhao County, and the other was led by Liu Yaoben to attack Yuzhou.

On July 15, Xiao Tianjian led the troops to defeat Nanzhao County, and Nanzhao County was originally an important grain reserve in Nanyang Prefecture, there were a large number of military rations in the county, and the guards wanted to set fire to these grains when the city was broken, but the soldiers were afraid that this would cause the anger of the Xingtian Army, so although they gave the order, they refused to carry it out, and did not dare to set fire to these grains. It provides them with an abundance of food security for their next steps.

After a fierce battle, Yuzhou was also taken by Liu Yaoben, and more than 3,000 officers and troops inside and outside Yuzhou City were surrendered, making the south gate of Nanyang suddenly open.

After Nanyang Mansion learned that Nanzhao and Yuzhou were conquered by the Xingtian Army, it was naturally a big mess, crazy to ask for help from the surroundings, and Xiong Wencan, who was in Kaifeng, really wanted to cry without tears, and now the Xingtian Army can be said to be morale like a rainbow, and the soldiers are divided into three ways to bloom everywhere in Henan, northern Henan, eastern Henan, now it's good, Xiao Xingtian actually led his men and horses to attack Nanyang, he Xiong Wencan don't say that he is now the governor of Henan, even if he continues to make him the governor of the five provinces, he has no ability to stop the Xingtian Army from such an offensive action, Now even around Kaifeng Mansion, the banner of the Xingtian Army has appeared, let alone let him save Nanyang.

Therefore, Nanyang's request for help for Xiong Wencan did not work at all, so Nanyang Mansion could only turn to the official and military forces in the surrounding area, so what Nanyang Mansion did not expect was that when they begged for heaven and earth was not working, Wang Guangen, who was in the Yunyang area, did not know which tendon was twisted, but he actually agreed to Nanyang Mansion's request for help, and was assigned by the governor of Yunyang to lead more than 7,000 old troops under his command to set off from Yunyang and rush to Nanyang to help in the war.

Speaking of which, this Wang Guangen, who was also a leader of the rebel army, had a nickname called Xiao Qin Wang in the rebel army, and was a more famous person in the thirteen battalions back then, but last year because he led his troops out of Shaanxi and was defeated by the officers and soldiers sent by Xiong Wencan in Yunyang, so he led his troops to accept Xiong Wencan's appeasement, and was awarded the post of general by Xiong Wencan, and was responsible for guarding Yunyang by the governor of Yunyang.

This Wang Guangen is an indescribable character, and Liu Guoneng is a person all the way, or it may be that he is tired of rebellion, he doesn't want to rebel anymore, he wants to follow the Ming Dynasty as a loyal minister, and he actually thanked Xiong Wencan after being appeased, and served the court with an iron heart, during this time he led his troops in Yunyang, and actually defeated several rebels who fled from Shaanxi, and helped the government to appease a few people, and now he was quickly promoted from the general to the deputy general, and he gathered nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses. When he heard that the Xingtian Army was getting bigger and bigger in Henan, he actually wanted to meet the Xingtian Army, this time he heard that the Xingtian Army was attacking Nanyang, and it was Xiao Tianjian, the leader of the Xingtian Army, who led his troops to come in person, and he put on a posture to fight with the Xingtian Army.

In Wang Guangen's view, his subordinates have also gathered a lot of irons over the years, and their combat effectiveness is also quite powerful, the field battle may not be the opponent of the Xingtian Army, but to help Nanyang defend the city, there should still be a fight for the strength, if he helps Nanyang Mansion to defend Nanyang this time, it must be another great achievement, this official must still be promoted to a level, and it is not impossible to be a chief military officer, as long as he is willing to do it, it is still a very promising thing to become an official in the future.

Therefore, Wang Guangenhu led his soldiers and horses from Yunyang to Nanyang Mansion, but before he could lead his troops to Nanyang Mansion, he heard that the Xingtian Army had joined forces under the city of Nanyang Mansion and was about to attack Nanyang City.

So he urged his subordinates to speed up, wanting to take advantage of the opportunity of the Xingtian Army besieging Nanyang Mansion to sneak attack the Xingtian Army, and take the Xingtian Army by surprise.

However, Xiao Tianjian's intelligence system is not vegetarian, and Chen You's heavy troops in Yunyang have long been closely watched, as soon as they found out the news that Wang Guangen was going to lead his troops to help Nanyang Mansion, they immediately flew the pigeon and sent the news to Xiao Tianjian, so that Xiao Tianjian learned the news one step ahead of time and was ready.

Speaking of the application of carrier pigeons in the Xingtian Army has not been developed recently, since Feng Gouzi was appointed by Xiao Tianjian to be in charge of intelligence collection, at first the detailed contact of the Xingtian Army basically relied on manpower transmission, but the speed of such news transmission is very slow, and there are often problems on the road, and sometimes it is impossible to deliver important information in time, resulting in the delay of the fighter.

So Feng Gouzi has long begun to think about how to improve the speed of the Xingtianjun to deliver news, and there happens to be a person under Feng Gouzi, who was a young master from a small rich family, this guy doesn't like to read, he doesn't do his job but likes to raise pigeons all day long, and he is famous in Shanxi, and then the family is in the middle of the road, and the pigeon can't be raised, but this guy would rather starve to death than kill his own pigeon to eat, and later when he was on the street, he also took a few pigeons, and was robbed of his pigeon by the soap officer of the county government, Killed and eaten, this guy was angry and joined the Xingtian Army, claiming to avenge his pigeons, and was later absorbed into Feng Gouzi's men to work.

Inadvertently, this matter was learned by Feng Gouzi and told Xiao Tianjian, Xiao Tianjian immediately remembered the role of carrier pigeons, so he asked Feng Gouzi to vigorously reuse this person, doesn't he like to raise pigeons? It's up to him to raise, you can raise as much as you want, don't care how much it costs, provide all the convenience for him to raise pigeons to play, but there is only one requirement, that is, let him raise pigeons for information, and also arrange a lot of people for him to help him raise pigeons, follow him to learn to raise pigeons.

This guy can also be regarded as a grateful newspaper, devoted himself to the great cause of pigeon breeding, and with some subordinates, using these breeding pigeons, selecting the best breeds to expand, and gradually began to put the carrier pigeon into the transmission of information.

In the past two or three years, the carrier pigeons they raised began to gradually promote in the Xingtian Army, in addition to the application of the intelligence system, the army also began to use the carrier pigeon to transmit messages, this is a big project, it is impossible to establish in a short time, so it took so long for the Xingtian Army to finally initially create a usable carrier pigeon army, and now in the divisions of the Xingtian Army, there has been a special carrier pigeon team, which is used to liaison, and all important details have begun to carry carrier pigeons, as a way for them to pass on intelligence.

Although the initial carrier pigeon team cannot replace all manpower, it undoubtedly makes the Xingtian Army obtain a means of transmitting news at present, and with the expansion of the territory of the Xingtian Army in the future, so that the armies will gradually act separately, so the construction of the carrier pigeon team is becoming more and more important, and this time for the Xingtian Army that initially established the carrier pigeon contact, it finally began to pay off.

When he learned that Wang Guangen was going to lead his troops to Nanyang, Xiao Tianjian immediately led his troops from Nanzhao County, and sent someone to pass an order to Liu Yaoben, ordering him not to rest after capturing Yuzhou, and immediately rushed to Nanyang Mansion with troops, so they were able to arrive at Nanyang City two days earlier than Wang Guangen.

At this time, the officials and officials of Nanyang Mansion had already retreated into the city like a frightened bird, and only one Qianzong who did not know whether to live or die led hundreds of subordinates, trying to set up an ambush on the way of the Xingtian Army and ambush the Xingtian Army, but they were obviously not very clever in the ambush, and the scout team sent by the Xingtian Army found the traces, and as a result, the cavalry went up and wiped them out, and the Qianzong who did not know whether to live or die was directly cut off by a cavalry and cut off half of his head, and he couldn't die anymore.

Now that Xiao Tianjian has learned the news, how can he let Wang Guangen bargain again, after he led his troops to Nanyang Mansion, he ordered to leave part of the troops to monitor the movements of the officials and troops of Nanyang Mansion, and he personally led Situ Liang's cavalry battalion and Liu Yaoben's iron battalion to attack Zhenping, and used the standard siege to send reinforcements, and stopped Wang Guangen's soldiers and horses in Zhenping County, no need to talk nonsense, Wang Guangen is not the opponent of the Xingtian Army, Wang Guangen was defeated by Xiao Tianjian under the first battle, and seven thousand soldiers and horses were torn apart and smashed by Situ Liang's cavalry battalion, Wang Guangen didn't even have the ability to parry, so he was surrounded by Situ Liang and Liu Yaoben on a small hill.

After the defeat, Wang Guangen only had less than a thousand parts left around him, trapped on this nameless hill, unwilling to surrender, and tried to break through and escape many times, Xiao Tianjian sent a guard up the mountain to persuade Wang Guangen to surrender, but Wang Guangen didn't know which tendon was wrong, this time Wang Ba actually ate the scales and was determined to be loyal to the imperial court, not only refused to surrender, but also killed the guard sent by Xiao Tianjian to persuade him to surrender on the spot, and the angry Xiao Tianjian immediately ordered to slaughter Wang Guangen's group, not a single one was left!

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