Before Gao Junshan's team reached Baoji, they got the news that Zhang Xianzhong occupied Baoji, and Zhang Xianzhong heard that Gao Junshan was coming, and sent his fourteen-year-old son Li Dingguo to lead a team of men and horses out of the city to greet him.

"Brother Gao, my father sent me to meet you, please come with me into the city to meet my father." Li Dingguo stopped in front of Gao Junshan.

"Who are you?" Gao Junshan asked.

"I'm Li Dingguo."

"And who is your father?"

Li Dingguo said with great spirits: "My father is the Eighth King Zhang Xianzhong. ”

"Oh, you are Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son. Why do you call me big brother? ”

Li Dingguo asked rhetorically: "Are you Gao Junshan?" ”

"I am Gao Junshan."

"That's right. When I came out, my father specially explained that when he saw Gao Junshan, he called him eldest brother. ”

Gao Junshan was unhappy in his heart, you are Zhang Xianzhong, bullying people, aren't you? Take advantage of me and ask your son to call me big brother.

"How? Come with me into the city, Big Brother? ”

Gao Junshan was about to say something, when a child appeared from behind him, blocked Gao Junshan's front, and asked Li Dingguo in surprise: "Lu Jing, why are you here?" ”

Li Dingguo was also surprised: "Marven, why did I see you here?" ”

The two first wiped each other's tears, and then hugged each other tightly, you slapped me, I punched you, that intimacy was extremely enviable.

"I thought you were dead, and I cried for nothing." Marven laughed.

Li Dingguo was also happy, and said: "You want me to die, you still owe me a corn cob, I die, don't you make a lot of money?" ”

Marven said: "You still owe me two eggs, if you die, I will chase you to the Lord of Yama to find you." ”

"There you go! There you go! ”

The two burst into laughter again.

Marven took out a piece of fragrant beef jerky from his pocket and handed it to Li Dingguo: "This, it's delicious, I'll give it to you." ”

"What did it come from, so fragrant?"

"Eat it, it's beef jerky."

Li Dingguo put the beef jerky in his mouth and took a small bite, and then put the beef jerky in his pocket.

"You two know each other?" Gao Junshan saw that the two of them were so affectionate, and he couldn't bear to interrupt them, seeing that they were intimate enough, he asked.

Only then did Marven remember to introduce Li Dingguo to Gao Junshan, he took Li Dingguo's hand and said, "Lu Jing, this is my father-in-law." ”

Li Dingguo lowered his head embarrassedly and shouted, "Uncle Gao! Marven and I grew up together, and although we are not brothers, we are better than brothers. ”

"What did you do with Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son?"

Li Dingguo said: "Five years ago, my house suffered a fire, Marven knows, my father and mother were burned to death, my third uncle took me into the city to live by begging, that day was too bitter, often not enough, and then I took refuge in the Eight Kings, the Eight Kings saw that I was small, and I had no father, so they adopted me. ”

"How are you doing?"

Li Dingguo replied: "My father-in-law is very good to me, and I can eat enough every day, but I haven't eaten this." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to his pocket.

"If you want to eat, I'll ask Marven to give it to you."

"Uncle Xie Gao! Uncle Gao, please come with me into the city. ”

Gao Junshan shook his head: "You go back and tell the Eight Kings that we are just passing through here." ”

"And where are you going?"

"Feng County. Would you like to come with us? ”

Li Dingguo shook his head regretfully: "I want to go back to my life." ”

After Li Dingguo left, Gao Junshan asked Marven: "You just called him Lu Jing, isn't he Li Dingguo?" ”

Marven disturbed his head and said, "I don't know, maybe he changed his name after entering the city, right?" By the way, his third uncle's surname is Li! ”

Gao Junshan's team bypassed Baoji and continued to Fengxian. After Baoji is all mountain roads, the road is particularly difficult to travel, this day, they just passed the Huangniupu, they encountered a group of people blocking the way, Gao Junshan did not dare to be careless, ordered the team to stop advancing, sent a horse to investigate.

Oh, there was a person sent over to contact him, saying that he was mixing 100,000 people. The mixed 100,000 is Ma Jinzhong, who is leading more than 10,000 infantry from Fengxian.

When Ma Jinzhong heard that Gao Junshan was going to Feng County, he hurriedly stopped him and said: "King Qin, you can't go to Feng County anymore, Chen Qiyu's army is over there, let's go quickly!" ”

"Where are you going?" Gao Junshan asked.

"I was about to go to Pingliang to vote for King Qin, but I didn't expect to meet here." Ma Jinzhong replied.

"Pingliang has been lost." Gao Junshan looked at Ma Jinzhong and asked, "Where are you going to go next?" ”

"I will go wherever King Qin goes."

Gao Junshan said categorically: "Okay! The team turned around and went back to Baoji first. ”

The men and horses of Gao Junshan set up camp ten miles away from Baoji, and reorganized the men and horses brought by Ma Jinzhong, and the 10,000 people were divided into three and supplemented to three battalions.

The first battalion is a musket battalion with 8,000 people, Cai Zhishan is the general soldier of the first battalion, and Li Busi and Ma Jinzhong are the deputy commanders;

The second battalion is a heavy cavalry battalion, with 7,000 people, Cao Wenzhao is the general soldier of the second battalion, and He Renlong is the deputy commander-in-chief;

The third battalion is a light cavalry battalion with 6,000 people, the Red Army friends are the general soldiers of the third battalion, and Cao Bianjiao is the deputy commander-in-chief.

The second and third battalions, although called cavalry battalions, each had two thousand infantry and belonged to it.

After the personnel were arranged, the first battalion was in the center, and the second and third battalions were set up in the front and rear respectively.

On this day, Cao Wenzhao sent someone to report, Cao Cao asked to see him, and he blocked him at the front door of the barracks.

Gao Junshan was discussing the next direction of action with the military advisers in the military tent, and when he heard that Luo Rucai (alias Cao Cao) was coming, he asked Tian Wenju: "Luo Rucai wants to see?" What did he come to do? ”

Tian Wenju analyzed: "Cao Cao is cunning and capricious, and he has a lot of dealings with the Eight Great Kings. ”

Gao Junshan said: "This is strange, since he Zhang Xianzhong wants to cooperate with me, why did he send his righteous son to tease me?" ”

"This time and that time." Tian Wenju said, "Before Ma Jinzhong came back, you played the banner of 5,000 soldiers and horses, of course he Zhang Xianzhong didn't look down on you, and now Ma Jinzhong brought 10,000 horses back, he Zhang Xianzhong wouldn't know." ”

Gao Junshan said: "I claim to be 5,000 soldiers and horses, which is used to deceive the officers and soldiers, since he Zhang Xianzhong doesn't look down on me." Now that I'm strong, he's going to stick a cold face on my hot ass? I'm not going to do it yet! I don't see this Luo Rucai. ”

Liu Hongru persuaded: "King Qin is angry. At this time, we must unite among the rebels, this Cao Cao is better to see each other, after all, he is also the commander of the army. ”

After Gao Junshan closed his eyes and meditated, he said: "What Wen Xuan said is very true, pass the order down, let Luo Rucai come to meet." ”

After the order was handed down, Cao Wenzhao let Luo Rucai come in, and Luo Rucai complimented him when he saw Gao Junshan: "King Qin is really a model for governing the army, your military camp is heavily fortified, discipline is like iron, and my Cao Cao has 50,000 troops and does not have your position." ”

Gao Junshan arched his hand and said: "Cao Shuai has arrived, the little nephew has lost his welcome, and it is rude!" Faux pas! ”

Tian Wenju asked: "I don't know where Cao Shuai came from?" ”

"The barracks of the Eight Kings."

"You came from Zhang Xianzhong, what advice do you have?" Gao Junshan asked.

Luo Rucai said very seriously: "Come for the future of the righteous army." ”

"The little nephew is willing to listen to the teachings." Gao Junshan turned to the guards and said, "Bring a chair to Cao Shuai!" ”

Bailisha said: "Tea!" ”

Another guard brought tea to Luo Rucai.

Luo Rucai took a sip of tea comfortably and said: "Since the defeat of the Carriage Gorge, the people of our righteous army have raised troops in southern Shaanxi, such as King Chuang, Eight Kings, General Chuang, Lao Huihui, Guotianxing, King Shuntian, and you and me, with a total strength of no less than 200,000. Although we have a lot of people, we are fighting for each other and have our own hearts, and it is always difficult to achieve the climate. ”

"According to Cao Shuai's opinion, what should I do?" Berisha asked.

Luo Rucai greedily took a big sip of tea, and said: "According to the Tanmalai report, this time Chen Qiyu mobilized soldiers and horses from several provinces to encircle and suppress us, as far as I know, Henan General Soldier Zhang Renxue is stationed in Huayin, Sichuan General Soldier Qin Liangyu has arrived in Fengxian, Shanxi General Soldier Xu Dingguo has left Puzhou and Hancheng, and Huguang Governor Tang Hui's troops have entered Shangzhou and Luonan, which has formed a situation of encirclement against me, and the situation is extremely critical. ”

Liu Hongru asked, "So what?" ”

Luo Rucai said: "We must work together to resist the enemy. ”

"We all know the truth." Gao Junshan couldn't wait to ask, "Where is the next direction of action?" ”

"Pingliang."

"Pingliang?"

"Yes, it's Pingliang."

Tian Wenju said: "Cao Shuai, don't you know that we came from Pingliang?" ”

"Yes."

Tian Wenju said again: "Do you want us to go back?" ”

Luo Rucai looked at Gao Junshan with his eyes: "I said that our rebels from all walks of life must act in unison to get rid of the pursuers. King Qin won't understand this truth, right? ”

Gao Junshan said: "Turn around and go north, this is also a way out." Cao Shuai rest assured that the little nephew will act according to the agreement. ”

"Okay, let's make a decision, go north to Pingliang." Luo Rucai took another sip of tea and stood up, "The military situation is urgent, so I will leave." ”

Gao Junshan arched his hand and said, "I won't send it far." ”

After Luo Rucai left, Tian Wenju asked Gao Junshan worriedly: "King Qin, do we really want to go back to Pingliang?" ”

Gao Junshan said confidently: "Returning to Pingliang is just an expedient measure, in my opinion, if we don't go to Pingliang, Luo Rucai's strategic direction will change." ”

Bailisha nodded in agreement: "As long as the righteous army moves, the official army will inevitably follow, and then we will aim at the opportunity to cross the Tong Pass and enter western Henan." ”

Gao Junshan said: "I decided that the whole army will go north and attack Pizhou!" The order goes down, and the journey begins tomorrow. ”

Luo Rucai just walked on the front foot, and Li arrived on the back foot.

When Li Guo saw Gao Junshan, he arched his hand and said: "King Qin, I am ordered by King Chuang to attack Lingtai with you. ”

The eyes of the three military advisors, Bailisha, Tian Wenju, and Liu Hongru, all turned to Gao Junshan at the same time, waiting for his decision.