All the way to the west, through Runing Mansion, over Nanyang Mansion, across most of Henan, and finally into the Huguang Xingdu Division boundary, the weather is getting colder and colder, and the population is becoming more and more scarce, not that the west is colder than the east, mainly because the cold winter is coming, and the temperature is dropping sharply.

Zhang Bin rode on the horse, looking at the white mist exhaled in front of him, he couldn't help but complain in his heart, it seems that this year is going to be spent outside again!

At this moment, he thought of his wife and concubine at home, and thought of his children.

Are Xiao Xiangxiang and Xiao Yangyang okay, are they playing the game of officers and soldiers catching robbers, their father is really catching robbers, and he is a thief who wants to steal the world.

At this moment, he even thought of the little prince Zhu Cihong, I don't know how Hong'er's studies are going, can he already memorize "Thousand Words"?

Suddenly, a rider in front of him came galloping in the cold wind, as if there was something urgent, Zhang Bin hurriedly shook his head and buried his thoughts deep in his heart, and his face returned to a resolute and resolute expression.

Soon, the horse came to the front, at this time on the march, Zhang Bin was surrounded by dozens of paces of personal guards, even if the herald could not approach, the horse could only turn over and dismount dozens of steps away, kneeling on one knee and said loudly: "Your Excellency the Governor, General Cao Wenzhao has been chased to the Thorn Pass with the Sichuan army, General Cao said, what to do next, please show the Governor." ”

Zhang Bin didn't show it immediately, but stopped on the side of the road, and then said loudly: "Map." ”

The two guards dismounted, unfurled a map and held it up in front of him.

Zhang Bin looked at the map carefully, and then said loudly: "Tell General Cao that there is no need to chase, leave 5,000 men and horses to garrison the Thorn Pass Pass, and the rest of the horses will immediately come to Junzhou to join the army." ”

The cavalry led the order to go, Zhang Bin led the army to continue to move forward, here, has entered the Daba Mountains, there are folded mountains everywhere, the 60,000 army can only wind forward in the path opened in the mountains, because the Qi family army and the Tianxiong army chariots and artillery vehicles are too many, 60,000 people are lined up for more than ten miles, that might, it is really terrifying.

The scouts in front have already reported that the fifth battalion of the revolutionary left has arrived in Yunyang to join the main force of the peasant army, and at this time Cao Wenzhao has news from Cao Wenzhao's side, and the peasant army Luo Rucai's department, Liu Guoneng department, Li Wanqing's department, and dozens of other small leaders' subordinates have been driven to the vicinity of Yunyang, and the goal of compressing the peasant army to the Yunyang area has been completed, and then it is the problem of encirclement and suppression, this, he is not in a hurry, he is ready to meet Cao Wenzhao and Qin Liangyu first, and the best place to meet is Junzhou located in the Daba Pass.

Junzhou, located in the northwest of Huguangcheng announced the political envoy division, is the throat of Yongyu and Tongbashu, and has the name of "Sanyang hinterland" in ancient times, and these three yangs refer to Yunyang, Xiangyang and Nanyang.

Why didn't the peasant army take down such a strategically important place?

Zhang Bin has always felt very strange about this question, could it be that the governor of Junzhou is a terrific character, which makes the peasant army frightened, so he doesn't dare to attack?

He hadn't heard of such a bullish figure in history, if he wanted to be so scared that Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong didn't dare to attack, it had to be at least the level of Lu Xiangsheng and Qin Liangyu, and there were so many problems that could be on the same level as Lu Xiangsheng and Qin Liangyu, and he hadn't heard of anyone who had defended Junzhou.

What's going on here?

Zhang Bin came to Junzhou with doubts, and when he raised his eyes, he understood, hungry and thundery, he was really thundered.

He has never seen such a strange city, this Junzhou city is not big, look at the north city wall, at most two miles wide, however, the city wall is high and scary, the lowest place is afraid that there are three zhang high, the highest place is at least six zhang, six zhang, what a concept, converted into the unit of measurement of later generations is nearly twenty meters!

No wonder the peasant army didn't knock down here, such a high city wall, even if you can make such a long ladder, with the physical fitness of the peasant army, you are afraid to climb up and be out of breath, your hands and feet are weak, as long as you poke a little stick, the people on the ladder are estimated to have to fall, more than ten or twenty meters high, then you must not fall into a meat pie!

It turned out that this place was not because there were awesome characters that frightened the peasant army, but because the city was so terrible that it was prohibitive.

Fortunately, he didn't come to attack here, otherwise, he would have a headache when he saw such a frighteningly high small city, and he really didn't know how to build a ladder and how the soldiers could climb it up with such a high wall.

Of course, at this time, he didn't have to think about how to climb the city wall, because the north gate of Junzhou City had been opened, and the governor of Junzhou had already waited at the city gate with a group of officials.

The right capital of the Imperial History of the Imperial Procuratorate, the Book of the Ministry of War, the governor of the five provinces Zhang Bin led the army to suppress the thieves, there is no doubt about this, he has received the Ministry of War, Hu Guangcheng announced the political envoy and the Huguang Xingdu Division and other major yamen, Zhang Daren did lead the army to come, and it is today, so he led a group of officials to wait on the north gate tower early, the governor sent someone to summon the message, he immediately ordered someone to open the city gate, and then took all the officials to wait respectfully at the city gate.

The Governor is finally here, he doesn't have to worry anymore, to be honest, he is really scared, because there have been three or four hundred thousand anti-thieves who have fought Junzhou and gone to Yunyang, and Yunyang City has long been captured by anti-thieves, if three or four hundred thousand thieves come to attack the city, he really doesn't know if he can hold it, because he can organize three or four thousand villagers at most, no matter how high the city wall is, someone has to defend it, now it's okay, the Governor has brought tens of thousands of troops, even if there are millions of anti-thieves to attack him, he doesn't have to worry.

Zhang Bin is also quite satisfied with Junzhou City, originally he was still thinking about the problem of grain and grass hoarding, 10,000 Qi family army, 10,000 Tianxiong army, 30,000 Sichuan army, 40,000 Shanxi army, plus Cao Wenzhao's new 10,000 Henan army, 100,000 troops, grain and grass supply is a big problem, and Yunyang is located in Daba Mountain, surrounded by criss-crossing mountains, there is no way to transfer grain from everywhere, only to find a place to store grain near Daba Mountain, hoard enough grain and grass, so as to ensure the supply of grain and grass for the army.

This Junzhou city is less than 100 miles away from Yunyang, there is Han River passing by, there is no need to worry about grain transportation, plus this frightening city wall, there is no need to worry about grain and grass being taken away, it is a good place to hoard grain and grass.

After he entered the city, he took a turn carefully, and couldn't help but be more satisfied with this Junzhou City, because there is a Jingle Palace in the city, which was built during the Yongle period of Ming Chengzu, accounting for nearly half of the Junzhou City.

Zhang Bin led an army of 60,000 troops into Junzhou City, and on the one hand, he ordered his army to rest and recuperate, and on the other hand, sent a large number of scouts to investigate in the direction of Yunyang; On the one hand, he ordered all localities to transfer the grain and grass allocated by the imperial court to Junzhou as soon as possible, and on the other hand, he ordered someone to contact the big treasurer of Dongshengtang Henan and Huguang, that is, his fourth brother Zhang Jun, to raise grain, grass, melons, fruits and meat as much as possible and send them over, which was very busy.

Two days later, Cao Wenzhao and Qin Liangyu finally led the Sichuan army and Henan soldiers to arrive, Zhang Bin personally led his commanders and generals to greet outside the north gate, everyone saw each other, they were excited, Cao Wenzhao needless to say, since Chongzhen followed Zhang Bin in the first year, he has completely integrated into Zhang Bin's camp and became Zhang Bin's cronies and generals, Qin Liangyu also followed Zhang Bin to fight Huang Taiji, and achieved the famous Qinghe victory, and her relationship with Zhang Bin is also quite good.

However, on this day, this female general was a little strange, after she and Zhang Bin hurriedly met each other, she deliberately introduced her son Ma Xianglin, as well as her nephews Qin Yiming, Qin Gongming, Qin Zuoming, and Qin Zuoming to Zhang Bin one by one, and there was a feeling of being orphaned at the end of her life.

Zhang Bin saw her full head of white hair, her heart couldn't help but be moved, she after the war gold, the thief Kou, pacified the rebellion of peace and luxury and the Shapu rebellion, for more than 30 years for the Ming Dynasty, her husband was killed by the eunuch, all three brothers died on the battlefield, but she has been without regrets, brave loyalty, loyal to the country, whenever the Ming Dynasty is in trouble, she will inevitably stand up, lead the white pole soldiers to fight bravely, I don't know how many feats have been made.

At this time, this heroine is more than sixty years old, she may feel that her time is short, and she wants to entrust her children and nephews to Zhang Bin, hoping that Zhang Bin can take them to continue to fight for the country!

How could Zhang Bin refuse such a request, not to mention, her son and nephew were also rare fierce generals.

Ma Xianglin, the bloody battle of the Hunhe River, the arrows in the eyes, the arrows were still drawn to the horsepower battle, and dozens of Jin Tie cavalry were killed, only then did they retreat from the enemy cavalry, and broke through, and people gave the nicknames "Zhao Zilong" and "Little Ma Chao", which were extremely brave!

Qin Yiming, Qin Gongming, Qin Zuoming, Qin Zuoming brothers, although they are not less than thirty, but they have been fighting for the country for more than ten years, the Apocalypse Dynasty Anluxe Rebellion, the four brothers and Qin Minping together with the governor Wang Sanshan from Sichuan to Yungui, invincible, no one can stop, unstoppable, unfortunately, the governor Wang Sanshan was inexplicably captured and killed by the thieves, the deputy chief soldier Qin Minping died in battle, his four brothers fought in more than 100,000 thieves, all were seriously injured, and finally fought to get rid of the battle, the same is a fierce general.

Such a fierce general, how could Zhang Bin be too much, he should even announce: Ma Xianglin is temporarily the Sichuan General Army, Qin Yiming is temporarily the Huguang General Army, Qin Gongming is temporarily the Henan General Army, Qin Zuoming and Qin Zuoming are temporarily the Sichuan Deputy General Army, and they are still under Qin Liangyu's account.

When Qin Liangyu heard this, he couldn't help but be grateful, Zhang Bin is the governor of the five provinces at this time, and he has the right to appoint the commander-in-chief of the five provinces, and he is also the secretary of the military department.

Will Chongzhen approve it, there is no doubt about this, as long as you dare to ask for it, Chongzhen will dare to give it, Zhang Bin is quite clear about this, Qin Liangyu also believes that Zhang Bin has this face, there are three general soldiers and two deputy chief soldiers, how can Qin Liangyu not be grateful, she didn't expect that she had been fighting for the country for more than 30 years and had not been able to win a few decent military positions for the Qin family.

She has already made up her mind in her heart, and in the future, the Qin family, including the Ma family, will follow Zhang Bin.

The reason why Zhang Bin sent so many general soldiers and deputy general soldiers was naturally to win over the Qin family, because history has proved the loyalty of the Qin family, such loyal ministers and good generals, of course, they have to find a way to pull their own lineup, but he didn't expect that he would be recognized by this heroine so easily, and the Qin family and the Ma family have always stood with him unswervingly, because he moved Qin Liangyu with this move.

Of course, these are all later words, skipping them for the time being, at this time, the 100,000 army has already gathered in Junzhou City, and countless grain and grass baggage are also constantly converging to Junzhou City, it is time to attack to exterminate the main force of thieves.

In fact, the method of exterminating the main force of thieves is very simple, Zhang Bin has already become a bamboo in his chest, the reason why he drove all the thieves to the Yunyang area in Daba Mountain, naturally there is a reason, because Yunyang is surrounded by mountains, there is not much grain production at all, more than 500,000 thieves will not stay in Yunyang for long before they have to run out of food, at this time, they have to find a way to grab food, otherwise they will starve to death.

It is not so simple for them to come out and grab food, to the east, Junzhou has been blocked by a large army, to the north, there are also 5,000 people stationed at the Thornzikou Pass, they can only go south or west, and Zhang Bin ordered Ma Xianglin to lead 10,000 Sichuan troops to garrison Fang County south of Yunyang the day after Cao Wenzhao and Qin Liangyu arrived, and at the same time ordered Qin Gongming to lead 5,000 Henan soldiers to rush back to the Thornzikou Pass to strengthen the defense, so that the 500,000 peasant army can only go west, he just needs to be behind and slowly press.

This is the best strategy he set according to the current situation, the reason why the thieves are difficult to exterminate is because they are more mobile than the imperial army, this time squeezing them into the narrow Daba Mountain, they can run no matter how useless, the north and south are blocked for them, and then squeezed from east to west, they can only go west to west and then west, and when they can't stay in Hanzhong, they will be forced to take the risk of performing the "Meridian Valley Strategy", through the Qinling Mountains to Guanzhong, because Hanzhong is further west is the snow mountain, and they can't grab food.

And at this time, Sun Chuanting was waiting for them at the mouth of the Meridian Valley, and when the time came, the classic scene of capturing Gao Yingxiang, the leader of the peasant army, would be staged again, but I didn't know how many big fish Sun Chuanting could catch this time!

This trick is called waiting for work with ease, that is, I don't know when the peasant army will find out about the food problem, and then take the risk to seize Guanzhong.

The problem of food supply, the leader of the peasant army quickly realized.

The leaders of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left, Luo Rucai, Liu Guoneng, Li Wanqing, and other leaders of the peasant army led more than 200,000 troops to surrender again, Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong were happy at first, and more than 500,000 troops gathered again, did the officers and soldiers still dare to come to encircle and suppress?

They all believe that the officers and soldiers do not dare, because the terrain around Yunyang is quite complicated, and it is not a problem to hide a million troops, and if the officers and soldiers dare to come, they can use the terrain to ambush the officers and soldiers on all sides, and the so-called indiscriminate fists will kill the old master, and when the time comes, people will attack everywhere, cut off their grain routes, and burn their camp tents, even if the officers and soldiers are powerful, they will have to lie down!

However, it didn't take long for them to discover a very serious problem, that is, the food consumption was too great, more than 500,000 people, nearly 20,000 stone of grain would be consumed in a day, and they had plundered a total of hundreds of thousands of stone of grain, and if they stayed like this, I am afraid that they would have to run out of food in less than two months.

What to do?

The only way to grab is to rob, there is the main force of officers and soldiers in the east, and they can't go, and the narrow passage between the north and south is also blocked by officers and soldiers, so they can only go west, go to Ankang, and go to Hanzhong.

Originally, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's plan was to distract the officers and soldiers and seize Guanzhong as the king, although the attention of the officers and soldiers was not distracted at this time, they had to "according to the plan" to snatch Hanzhong, and then take Guanzhong directly, otherwise everyone would starve to death in Daba Mountain!

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