Gao Junshan continued to look down at Liu Lishun's secret letter.

The so-called "ten-sided net" is, to speak, to take Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang, and Fengyang, the four main areas of peasant army activities, as the "four positives," and instruct the governors of these four places to "divide the duties of suppression and take full-time responsibility for defense," that is, to focus on suppression, supplemented by prevention; With the six provinces of Yansui, Shanxi, Shandong, Yingtian, Jiangxi, and Sichuan as the "six corners," the six governors of these localities were instructed to "prevent and cooperate in suppression at all times," that is, to prevent peasant armies from entering their areas under their jurisdiction and to participate in the suppression when necessary. In addition, the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi commanded the troops in the northwest and the mobile forces directly under the military premiers of the five provinces in the Central Plains region were the main force.

What made Gao Junshan even more anxious was that Liu Lishun's secret letter also said that Yang Sichang had mobilized the chief military officers of Xu Dingguo, Tang Jiuzhou, Wang Zhiren, and Li Bei, about 100,000 horses, to pursue Zhang Xianzhong, and was now assembled in Ruyang.

The 100,000 regular troops of the Ming court gathered in Ruyang City, this news was like five thunderbolts to Gao Junshan, no wonder the 60,000 horses of the Red Army friends and Ma Jinzhong were surrounded by people and could not get out, he did not dare to hesitate any longer, and immediately convened an emergency military meeting on the bank of the Ru River.

Facing the military generals in front of him, Gao Junshan's face was majestic: "I order: Cai Zhishan and Bailisha build fortifications on the spot to protect the safety of the old camp; Cao Wenzhao, Bai Wenxuan, and Tian Wenju led the second and fourth brigades to follow us back to Ruyang and rescue the Red Army friends and Ma Jinzhong. ”

Bailisha proposed: "The king of Qin should not return the same way, for fear of ambushes." We should erect a pontoon bridge overnight at Rushui and cross the north bank to rescue the 3rd Brigade and the new barracks. ”

Gao Junshan took Bailisha's suggestion.

Although the water is not very wide, but there are more than two zhang deep, and the water flow is turbulent, the craftsman who erected the pontoon bridge took two hours to erect the pontoon bridge, while erecting the pontoon bridge, Gao Junshan instructed the soldiers who can swim the water to swim across the river first, and the mules and horses waited for the pontoon bridge to be erected before crossing the river.

After all the troops crossed the river, Gao Junshan personally led Cao Wenzhao, He Renlong and other brave generals to rush to the aid of the Red Army friends and Ma Jinzhong, and Bai Wenxuan and the military advisor Tian Wenju pressed the formation behind.

Gao Junshan led 20,000 cavalry capable of fighting well, and when they approached Ruyang, the sky was already bright, and the tents of the Ming army in front of them were also presented in front of them.

Gao Junshan ordered the troops to stop advancing, and he, Cao Wenzhao and He Renlong drove to the front of the battle side by side to observe the enemy's situation.

"King Qin, look at the flag, this is the camp of Xu Dingguo, the chief soldier of Shanxi. I still know this Xu Dingguo, he doesn't have many war horses under his command, and he makes good use of the marching army. Cao Wenzhao reported to Gao Junshan.

When Gao Junshan heard this, he discussed: "We will give full play to the advantages of the cavalry, divide into multiple squads, and rush into them through their gaps, I don't know if it is feasible?" ”

Cao Wenzhao said: "Yes." I would like to make sure that the Congress will set up a glaive array to resist, and we can divide ten teams of men and horses, each with three hundred horsemen, and pass through the gap between the two ends of the glaive. In addition, send another detachment to attack its right flank. ”

"Why are you attacking its right flank?" The high mountains are very unknown.

Cao Wenzhao explained: "King Qin, have you noticed? The smoke is billowing on the right, which means that the meal is about to be served. ”

Gao Junshan suddenly realized: "If you attack it, you will be saved, and Xu Dingguo will be in chaos." ”

Therefore, Gao Junshan ordered Cao Wenzhao to lead ten teams of 300 horsemen and horses to attack westward, and after breaking through Xu Dingguo's defense line, he found a way to find his Red Army friends and Ma Jinzhong; He also ordered He Renlong to lead 3,000 cavalry to attack Xu Dingguo's right flank.

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Xu Dingguo, a native of Taikang, Henan. Nearly sixty years old, with extraordinary strength, can hold a thousand catties of bells, known as "Xu Qianjin". In the early years of the Apocalypse, he obeyed orders under Yuan Keli, a native of Suizhou, the governor of Denglai, and was promoted to the Chinese army, and participated in the suppression of the White Lotus Rebellion with Yuan Keli. Since Chongzhen, he has been promoted to the general army of Shanxi with the merit of suppressing Kou.

On this day, Xu Dingguo got up early in the morning, first danced a round of big knives under the willow tree, and then returned to the big tent to be busy planning today's encirclement and suppression plan. Together with Tang Jiuzhou, Zu Kuan, and Li Bei, he had issued a military order to Lu Xiangsheng to resolutely and completely eliminate these thieves in front of him.

General Xu Er'an stood aside in military uniform, he was Xu Dingguo's son, he asked Xu Dingguo: "Dad, will those thieves who suddenly broke in yesterday go to move the rescuers?" ”

"Humph! Lao Tzu is not afraid of how many people they come, do you think Lao Tzu, the chief soldier of Shanxi, is mixed up? ”

"Dad, I know that you have made many military exploits for the imperial court, I see that the 'mixed 100,000', 'over the sky', 'Shuntian King' and the like in front of me are very different from the previous thieves, their fighting will is high, and they are well-trained, we have also lost two or three thousand people in the past two days against them, and we should not underestimate them! ”

Xu Dingguo disagreed: "I know in my heart, they are all rabble, if it is profitable, they will go together, and when it is not profitable, they will scatter as birds and beasts." In the past two days, their people have been almost consumed, and today we are going to launch a final attack on them, what 'Heavenly Star' and 'Shuntian King', today I want them all to go to see the king of Hades! ”

Xu Er'an wanted to say something, but at this time, a personal soldier hurriedly came to report: "Report——! ”

Xu Dingguo said dissatisfiedly: "What are you doing in a panic? ”

"It's a bad thing, there's a cavalry on our side."

Xu Er'an was also anxious: "Dad, at this time, the soldiers are waiting for dinner!" ”

Xu Dingguo also felt that things were not good, and waved his hand: "Follow me!" ”

Xu Dingguo came to the front of the battle and saw that He Renlong was stirring up trouble, so he rushed to the front of He Renlong single-handedly and shouted: "He is crazy! You are also the deputy chief soldier of the imperial court, and you dare to be an enemy of the imperial court? You anti-bone scum, if you don't get off the horse and surrender, the old man can still spare you a dog's life! ”

He Renlong said: "I don't understand the truth, my soldiers have no salary to pay, and they can't even afford to support their families, so what kind of soldiers are they supposed to be?" I see that you will also take the morning and reverse with me! ”

"Don't talk nonsense!" Xu Dingguo raised his knife and came to cut He Renlong.

He Renlong had already taken precautions, he flashed this slash, and stabbed with a gun, "Qiang-" sound, the spear was blocked by the big knife, He Renlong did not collect the gun, but swept it, and the tip of the gun scratched Xu Dingguo's wrist.

Xu Er'an was in pain, stepped forward to help, replaced his father, and fought with He Renlong.

At this time, the deputy general came to report to Xu Dingguo, and more than a dozen cavalry troops came in.

"Fall for the madman!" Xu Dingguo was shocked, and he said to the deputy general, "You stay to deal with the crazy He." ”

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On a small earthen hill, Sun Kewang led a team of guards on the guard, Gao Junshan stood on the small hillside of the earthen hill and waited for Cao Wenzhao and He Renlong's battle report, these two are well-known brave generals in this era, Gao Junshan has never used them to confront the Ming court, as soon as there is a war, let them play the role of guards, recruit them for two years, except for the time when they went out of Xiaoguan to conquer the Tartars, Cao Wenzhao and He Renlong have never been put into the battlefield.

Gao Junshan was not in a hurry to put them into the battlefield of confrontation with the Ming Court, because he took into account their psychological factors, afraid that they would not be able to stand the condemnation of the speech, and there was cowardice, and after two years of ear exposure and witnessing, Gao Junshan believed that he was full of righteousness and would definitely influence them, which is why he can boldly use them today.

Sending them out to battle is equivalent to letting the hungry tiger go down the mountain, these two have not fought on the battlefield for almost two years, and their hands have long been itchy, and they must be braver than anyone else in this battle.

Gao Junshan waited for an hour, and Tanma came back to report that Cao Wenzhao and He Renlong had broken down Xu Dingguo's defense. Gao Junshan straightened his military appearance, stepped on the war horse, and he wanted to personally lead the team to meet him.

He ordered Bai Wenxuan to hold down the position, then led 10,000 cavalry to meet him, and galloped for twenty miles, and met Cao Wenzhao and He Renlong, who were returning, and at the same time he also saw the wounded Red Army friends and Ma Jinzhong.

Because of the chasing soldiers, Gao Junshan did not communicate much with them, and handed over the 10,000 cavalry he brought to Cao Wenzhao to command, and let him be in charge of the break, and then returned to the base camp with his Red Army friends, Ma Jinzhong, and He Renlong.

After Gao Junshan's troops all crossed the pontoon bridge and returned to the south bank, they dismantled the pontoon bridge, and the whole army retreated to the south and headed for Zhenyang.

Originally, he was going east to Xincai, but now he was forced to go south, and the situation of Zhenyang was unknown, in view of the defeat of Ruyang, Gao Junshan did not dare to rashly attack Zhenyang, and sent Tian Fang to lead more than ten people into the city to find out the situation, and then ordered Cai Zhishan's first brigade to attack the county seat.

Because he was worried that the reinforcements of the Ming court must take Zhenyang in the shortest time, Cai Zhishan used all the artillery and fired a salvo at the north city wall.

The soldiers of the First Brigade rushed all the way to the county yamen and captured Wang Xin, the lord Bo Zhanghuai committed suicide, and the whole city fell into the hands of the rebels.

Except for the attacking troops, all were camped outside the city. Gao Junshan also entered the city with Bailisha, Liu Hongru, Tian Wenju, Li Xin and several other strategists.

In the county hall, Gao Junshan sat on the chair of the Taishi, and the soldiers pressed the county magistrate Wang Xin.

"What's your name?" Gao Junshan asked.

Wang Xin didn't say a word, his eyes lit up.

Gao Junshan smiled slightly: "It seems that you are very hostile to me!" Come on, untie him first! ”

Wang Xin said: "No, just tie it like this, I feel comfortable!" ”

"Heh, it's quite backbone." Gao Junshan got up and left the throne.

Wang Xin stiffened his neck and said, "If you want to kill, kill it, give me a happy one." ”

"I'm not the kind of person who kills innocents indiscriminately, don't worry!" Gao Junshan said as he approached him.

At the moment when the guards untied Wang Xingang, this Wang Xin didn't know the height of the sky, and fiercely pounced on Gao Junshan's body, and stretched out his five fingers to grab Gao Junshan's face.

How could Gao Junshan allow such a thing to happen, when he didn't react to the moment, Gao Junshan had already pulled out the neutrino pistol, when he was in the military academy, he was the fastest master in the school, and now it finally came in handy.

Seeing a flash of blue light, Wang Xin's chest was burned black, and he fell to the ground, convulsed, and whined.