The generals understood: With the defection of Long Wenguang, Cao Bianjiao, Zhao Guangyuan and others, Yang Sichang's interest alliance to encircle Li Zhi has collapsed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The opportunity to wash away the stigma of the defeated army is just around the corner. At this time, he took refuge in Li Zhi, as long as Li Zhi said a few good words for the generals after winning the battle, wouldn't the generals become meritorious ministers?

If Li Zhi won the battle as soon as he arrived in Sichuan, it did not necessarily mean that the other generals were stupid, and it may also be because the previous supervisor Yang Sichang was a stupid talent, so he did not command effectively.

Grain, grass, and long Wenguang can be solved, and as for military salaries, arrears for a month are not a big problem. When Zhang Xianzhong is eliminated, the military salary will naturally be paid.

The deputy general Fang Guoan came out with his fists clenched, half-knelt on the ground and sang to Li Zhi: "The last general Fang Guoan is willing to follow the prince Taibao and kill Zhang Xianzhong!" ”

The guerrilla Shao Zhongguang also half-knelt on the ground and shouted loudly: "The last general, Shao Zhongguang, is willing to drive for Lord Taibao in front of the battle and contribute his strength!" ”

For a time, the generals under the fierce tiger came out one after another, and seven of the eleven people actually bowed in front of Li Zhi, expressing their willingness to listen to Li Zhi's dispatch. Except for the four generals with the most insidious personalities who are still standing on the side of the fierce tiger, the other generals have all worshiped before Li Zhi.

Li Zhi was worried that there were no soldiers and horses to surround Zhang Xianzhong, who was fleeing at high speed, and at this time, when he saw so many generals worshipping under his command, he laughed and accepted them one by one.

Meng Ruhu didn't expect that he would bring a group of martial artists to visit Li Zhi, and these generals kicked him aside one by one and took refuge in Li Zhi. He stood in the big tent of the Chinese army, wanting to attack, but he didn't dare. His face became paler and paler, and with a flick of his cloak, he angrily walked out of Li Zhi's Chinese army tent.

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Seven generals who had taken refuge in Li Zhi gathered around Li Zhi and listened to Li Zhi's deployment on the map.

These generals had already taken their soldiers and horses away from the fierce military camp and drove to the vicinity of Li Zhi's camp and joined Li Zhi as an army. These seven generals had 8,000 horses and 13,000 foot soldiers. Although the combat effectiveness of these Ming troops is not high, they can still be borrowed to defend the city pass and intercept Zhang Xianzhong.

Li Zhi said to the map: "Liu Shijie's 2,000 horse army and Zhao Guangyuan's 2,000 horse army rushed to Dazu County to prevent Zhang Xianzhong from breaking through the city. If the thieves pass around the city, send troops to harass and delay. If the thieves storm the city, as long as they hold it for a day or two, my army will be able to reach the city and encircle and annihilate the thieves. ”

Liu Shijie and Zhao Guangyuan stood up and arched their hands and said, "The last general will be ordered." ”

Li Zhi said again: "Where are the deputy generals Fang Guoan and the guerrilla Shao Zhongguang? ”

The two generals clasped their fists and agreed: "The last general!" ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "The two of you lead 5,000 foot soldiers to defend Yongchuan County to prevent the thieves from turning around and attacking Yongchuan." ”

Fang Guoan and Shao Zhongguang arched their hands and said: "The last general will be ordered!" ”

Li Zhi said again: "With such a siege on all sides, the thieves have no city to enter, and they will inevitably flee to the northeast." The thieves were surrounded by our army in Sichuan, and it was difficult to advance and retreat, and they are currently trying to enter Huguang from the east of Sichuan. Huguang's army is empty, and if the thieves enter Huguang, our army will not be able to catch up. I sent 6,000 men to guard the 32 passes at the junction of Sichuan and Chu, and strived to leave the thieves in Sichuan and annihilate them all at once. ”

"The remaining 6,000 soldiers and horses hurried to Dingyuan County and Guang'an Prefecture. If you want to enter Chu, you must pass through Dingyuan County and Guang'an Prefecture, and you will use 6,000 people to defend this county and one state. ”

The seven generals clasped their fists together and said, "I'll wait for the order!" ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "The state and county passes are all thanks to your perseverance. If the guards are effective, I will definitely report the first rank of merit for you, and I will not let you go home empty-handed. ”

The seven generals were overjoyed when they heard this, and said loudly: "Thanks to the Taibao's support!" ”

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For more than ten days, Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers and horses fled in eastern Sichuan, but the nearby prefectures and counties were always guarded by cavalry of the Ming army. Zhang Xianzhong felt that Li Zhi had already obtained the command of the Ming army in central Sichuan, and was directing the Ming army in various places to encircle him, and resolutely did not give any state or county to him easily.

When Zhang Xianzhong left Luzhou, in order to run fast, he only brought grain and grass for a month. According to Zhang Xianzhong's estimate, within this month, he will definitely be able to conquer a certain state and county, loot and replenish grain and grass from scratch. But he didn't expect Li Zhi to command the Ming cavalry to gallop on the eastern Sichuan Plain, guarding the gate, and he was stunned that he didn't fight a single county seat.

Zhang Xianzhong has more than 50,000 soldiers and horses, and it is possible to attack the prefectures and counties defended by thousands of officers and cavalry, but it will take time. And Li Zhi's main force was more than 60 miles behind Zhang Xianzhong, and it only took one or two days to catch up with him. Zhang Xianzhong did not have time to attack the city at all.

Zhang Xianzhong found that Li Zhi's army was moving extremely fast, traveling more than 60 miles a day for more than ten consecutive days, and there was no intention of slowing down at all. Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers and horses can maintain an escape speed of 70 miles a day, which is maintained by letting the infantry and cavalry take turns to use military horses, if there are no more than 20,000 military horses, Zhang Xianzhong's foot soldiers will not be able to run so many roads in a day. However, Li Zhi's soldiers and horses were only 2,000 cavalry, and the rest were all infantry, but he could also walk more than 60 miles a day steadily.

This Li Zhi's soldiers and horses are really incredibly strong.

The prefecture and county towns could not be beaten, and there was not much grain to plunder in the villages they passed through. When the peasant squires heard that Zhang Xianzhong's army of thieves was coming, they all took refuge in the city with food, and only empty houses remained in the township.

If this continues, within half a month, Zhang Xianzhong's army will have no food and grass, and will have to eat grass roots.

On this day, after running for seventy miles, Zhang Xianzhong's army stopped at the south of Xinning County and camped. Zhang Xianzhong led 500 horses to ride to the county seat of Xinning County to take a look, but he saw the "Cao" character flag fluttering in the wind on the city wall.

Cao Bianjiao had already arrived at the county seat of Xinning County two days in advance, and Zhang Xianzhong had no hope of capturing the county seat.

Zhang Xianzhong had no choice but to return to the camp of the righteous army, and reluctantly walked into the big tent of the Chinese army.

Luo Rucai was sitting in the big tent of the Chinese army, holding a disheveled concubine in his arms, and he was laughing there. Seeing Zhang Xianzhong walking into the camp with a black face, Luo Rucai sighed and put the concubine on the chair beside him.

"Eight kings, the county seat is occupied by Li Zhi's people again?"

Zhang Xianzhong sat on the handsome chair with a black face and did not speak.

Luo Rucai sighed and said, "Eight kings, the thirty-two passes into Chu have also been guarded by Li Zhi's people, and we are afraid that we will not be able to rush through." After a pause, Luo Rucai said: "I think we will scatter the soldiers and horses and hide in Xinggui Mountain." At that time, we were defeated, didn't we just hide in the Xinggui Mountain? ”

Zhang Xianzhong scolded loudly: "The thief kills talent, don't you understand? At that time, Zuo Liangyu, He Renlong and other officers and soldiers did not want to exterminate us, so we hid in the mountains. Now that Li Killing God is bent on killing us, as soon as we enter the mountain, the soldiers and horses are scattered in the mountains and cannot be assembled, you and I will definitely be arrested by Li Killing God who searches the mountain! (To be continued.) )