And just when it was the New Year, Xiao Tianjian received the news that Gao Qiqian led his troops to intercept the southbound people escorted by Diao Zheng in the Zhanghe River, and immediately he was furious, and scolded Gao Qiqian for this eunuch, but after thinking about it, this matter should not be so simple, Gao Qiqian, this bastard is not the kind of person who is belligerent and dares to fight, if he himself, after learning about the strength of the Xingtian Army, he should not take the initiative to seek to get along with the Xingtian Army, if this guy does this, he must be instigated by the current emperor Zhu Youzhen and Yang SichangIt was a decision made by the imperial court.

Thinking of this, Xiao Tianjian was even more angry, and couldn't help but scold the current emperors Zhu Youzhen and Yang Sichanglai.

Yang Lukai heard Xiao Tianjian's scolding, and also learned the news, and said to Xiao Tianjian without worrying: "Qiqi Dashuai, I'm afraid this matter should be as Dashuai thought, it is today's holy ...... No, it is the decision of the person in the court today, now Chen Xinjia's more than 10,000 officials and troops are in Zhending Mansion, and our south is Gao Qiqian's men and horses, and there are many Jiannu troops around, if the court makes trouble for the marshal, I am afraid it will ......"

Xiao Tianjian raised his hand angrily to stop Yang Lukai's words, and said loudly: "Lao Tzu is not afraid!" Whoever comes, let them just let the horses come! Lao Tzu just catch it! Let's see how capable they are, how can they take Lao Tzu? ”

At this time, Li Xin also got the news, hurried over, and said to Xiao Tianjian: "Handsome! Otherwise, let's go back to the teacher! Either send some reinforcements and hurry to support Diao Deputy Dutong! After all, this time, Gao Qiqian led an army of 20,000 to the south to intercept them, and with the strength of Diao Deputy Capital, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with them! ”

Xiao Tianjian was also a little nervous at this time, the news was transmitted to the scout from the details of Shunde Mansion, when the scout brought the news back, Gao Qiqian was leading his troops south to Zhangde Mansion, 20,000 Guan Ning troops against two or three thousand Xingtian Army, Diao Zheng is certainly a fierce general and also very witty, but after all, the disparity in strength is too great, once it is not done, these tens of thousands of people and those rare materials, I am afraid it will be lost! And this time, these materials taken from the hands of the Tartars are also extremely important to his Xingtian Army, which is not only a lot of silver, but also those grain, livestock, armor and other things, which will play an extremely important role in the strategy of the Xingtian Army in the coming year.

So after thinking about it for a while, he immediately ordered Situ Liang and ordered him to lead the cavalry battalion to catch up with Diao Zheng day and night, and help Diao Zheng escort these people and supplies back to the Xingtian Army's jurisdiction.

And he himself ordered the rest of the troops to temporarily give up tracking the main force of the Tartars, and began to move south in the direction of Shunde Mansion first, to see if he could catch up with this battle, he is not the kind of rigid person, this time to the north, although he is here to fight the Tartars, he doesn't want to have any fight with the officials and soldiers of the court, but it does not mean that he is afraid of the court, now that the court has made such a decision to lack morality, then there is no disrespect, and he doesn't care about cleaning up the officials and troops because of this matter, but he also knows that from his current position to catch up with the teams led by Diao Zheng, Obviously, it is a bit beyond the reach of the whip, but after discussing with Li Xin, he thinks that with their strength at the moment, if the officials and troops in all aspects of the court collectively attack them, plus Dolgon of the Tartars is also an extremely smart person, he should be able to judge the situation quickly, in that case, the Tartars may not take the opportunity to cooperate with the officials and troops to attack themselves, and if they are not careful, the more than 10,000 soldiers led by him may fall into a place of no return.

So he can't take these soldiers to take this risk at the moment, although it is important to fight Tartar, but it is also carried out under the guarantee of a certain amount of self-preservation, he has already done what he should do, and the Zhu Youzhen in the court does not admit it, but now he is still making small moves behind his back, wanting to take the opportunity to seize the benefits of the soldiers of the Heavenly Army in exchange for their lives, this is too inauthentic, he Xiao Tianjian is not a person who likes to suffer dark losses and not fight back, not to mention that he has arrogant capital, why should he suffer this loss!

If Diao Zheng can successfully return to the area controlled by the Xingtian Army this time, it will be fine, but if Diao Zheng's department is blocked by Gao Qiqian's troops, robs those people's materials, and kills and injures a large number of Xingtian Army soldiers, then this matter must not stop there, he will definitely make the government and the court pay more than ten times the price for this, let them know what the consequences of annoying him Xiao Tianjian Xiao Xingtian!

So after Xiao Tianjian was dispatched, Situ Liang immediately led most of the cavalry as the advance army to set off, and chased Diao Zheng first, while Xiao Tianjian himself led and marched in the direction of Shunde Mansion, on the one hand, to avoid the dangerous area in the center of Jingfu, and on the other hand, to get close to the official army stationed in Shunde Mansion.

But without waiting for Xiao Tianjian to lead the army back to Shunde Mansion, Situ Liang, who had led his troops to leave, led the army to turn around and rush back, and Xiao Tianjian led the troops to converge in one place, and brought back Xiao Tianjian a news that made everyone a little dumbfounded, Gao Qiqian led an army of 20,000 troops to block Diao Zheng on the Zhanghe River at the junction of Zhangde Mansion and Guangping Mansion, but not only was he unable to intercept Diao Zheng and the tens of thousands of people, but he was defeated and fled by Diao Zheng's troops, and countless weapons and armor were captured, including the Hongyi cannon of the official army and various large and medium-sized Fulong machine guns, Dozens of them were seized.

This news immediately shook everyone, although the big guys also know some of Diao Zheng's skills, and they all know that the Xingtian army will be brave and sharp, but this time Diao Zheng only brought two or three thousand soldiers and horses, and he also had to shoulder the burden of escorting nearly 100,000 people.

Even if Diao Zheng's department has a large number of self-generated firearms, it is still at an absolute disadvantage compared to the official army in terms of long-range firepower, and how can he not only keep a large number of people with such a small number of troops, but also defeat the enemy?

After Xiao Tianjian heard the news, when he put the few horsemen sent by Diao Zheng into the account, he carefully inquired about the details of Diao Zheng's battle against Gao Qi's hidden official army.

Several of Diao Zheng's subordinates who had just won the battle had a radiant look on their faces, and their eyebrows fluttered in the tent to tell Xiao Tianjian and the generals about the general situation of the battle, most of these people were old and coarse, but one of them was born as a child soldier, literate and had read a few books, and the narrative was relatively organized.

(Today, I would like to thank Hulu and Bai Rixing for their tips!) To explain, Hanfeng has participated in an event recently, and you need to prepare a large number of manuscripts, so you have to save some manuscripts every day, so there will be fewer updates, but this is also for a bigger outbreak, and you will be surprised by the time! ）