The Ming army, which was soaked in the icy river water, knew that there was no point in resisting any longer, so they went ashore and surrendered one after another, and the Ming army, which was not killed on the beach, also gave up resistance.

Cleaning up the battlefield, 973 enemies were killed in this battle, and 217 were captured; 1,342 horses were captured.

About 500 horses were killed on both sides, and of course, dead horses could be used to feed the hungry.

Gao Junshan's troops suffered 1,918 dead and 1,576 wounded.

This battle was a tragic victory, why did so many people die, Gao Junshan decided to hold a high-level summary meeting to provide valuable experience for future wars.

That night, the meeting was held at the Duhe Fort. Present at the meeting were Gao Junshan, Bai Lisha, Liu Hongru, Cai Zhishan, Red Army Friend, and Li Busi.

This time the attack was the 2,000 elite cavalry led by He Huchen, deputy commander of Ningxia, and since this unit entered Shaanxi last year, it has repeatedly broken the main force of the righteous army in Qingyang, Pangu and other places, and acted as the vanguard of the pursuit and suppression of the righteous army.

Cai Zhishan analyzed: "The reason why He Huchen pursued Li Busi with his cavalry in a loose formation was mainly because he despised the righteous army and believed that the righteous army had no ability to counterattack, so he used a straggler formation. ”

Bailisha said with a smile: "Fortunately, King Qin discovered this weakness in time and sent light cavalry to annihilate it. ”

Li Buji proposed to strengthen the defense capabilities of the soldiers, because nearly half of his men wore cloth clothes and did not have any armor, so they suffered the most casualties in this battle.

Believing that he must have the ability to produce armor, he suggested setting up a workshop to make armor and weapons and arm every soldier so that he could reduce wartime casualties. At the same time, he further stressed the necessity of military training, and that while improving soldiers' defense capabilities, it is also necessary to improve soldiers' combat capabilities.

Cai Zhishan reported to Gao Junshan: "King Qin, the main reason for this battle is that our army does not have much gunpowder, and later, my soldiers can only use three-eyed guns to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. He also reminded Gao Junshan that if the Ming army came again, firearms would no longer be useful, and suggested that in the future, a gunpowder institute should be established to produce guns and gunpowder by itself.

Liu Hongru's proposal focused on the future development of the team, and he believed that the current situation was not optimistic, and the relationship between Duhe Fort and Ningsai Fort was cold, and now Ningsai Fort was lost, and Duhe Fort was no longer a place to stay for a long time. At present, the first task is to reoccupy a territory, and with a solid territory, it is possible to establish workshops and gunpowder shops.

Red Army friends also said: "My brother Sun Jiye is in Tiejiao City, with more than 10,000 troops, we can go there to seek development." ”

Liu Hongru agreed: "King Qin, the west of Tiejiao City is Huan County, and the south is Anhua, if we rely on Tiejiao City, Huan County and Anhua can be mapped." Besides, on the Anhua side, there are tens of thousands of righteous troops of Li Laochai and the lone wolf, and we can echo him from afar. ”

Of course, Gao Junshan knew that there were Li Laochai and Lone Ranger on Qingyang's side, and the Hui Dengxiang he sent had already made contact with them.

What he didn't know in his heart was that he didn't know what happened to Gao Yingxiang in Shanxi, only when the rebel armies everywhere were flourishing and the Ming army was tired of running around, it was the best time to reserve strength.

He knew in his heart that the righteous army that had improved at the end of the Ming Dynasty, except for Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, would be exterminated by the Ming army, or annexed by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. If you want to seek development and avoid being swallowed up by these two, you must maintain the situation of being separated from Li Zicheng or Zhang Xianzhong, and survive in the cracks.

At present, Duhe Fort is definitely leaving, Ningsai Fort is only twenty miles away from here, and the Ming army may attack Duhe Fort at any time. The sooner you leave this place, the better it will be for you, and you can't leave time for the Ming army to surround yourself in this projectile place.

Gao Junshan listened to the advice of Liu Hongru and his Red Army friends and decided to move to Tiejiao City.

On the first night of the troops' departure, thousands of red dots appeared on the dial of the high mountain, and judging by the speed of movement, it was another cavalry unit.

Before the war, Gao Junshan decided to divide the troops into two routes: Cai Zhishan, Bailisha, and Li Busi led all the infantry to leave Jiangduhe Fort overnight; Gao Junshan, Liu Hongru, and Red Army friends led 6,000 cavalry to stay around.

The Red Army friends were familiar with the terrain, Liu Hongru was familiar with the art of war, and he had the composure of Gao Junshan, and the 6,000 cavalry team quickly laid out a defensive line against the intruders.

Under the hazy crescent moon, a group of cavalry appeared, the dress of this team was not the uniform of the Ming army, Gao Junshan did not issue an order to attack, but only sent a sentry to investigate.

It turned out that this was a Zhang Cunmeng army that had retreated from Jiazhou, and the leader of this army was Ma Jinzhong sent to Jiazhou by Gao Junshan.

As soon as Ma Jinzhong saw Gao Jun Mountain, he dismounted and bowed: "King Qin, Jiazhou has been captured by Cao Wenzhao, and 30,000 righteous soldiers have stained the city of Jiazhou with blood, and Bu Mu (Zhang Cunmeng) has also been killed. I brought back only 2,000 cavalry without mud. ”

Gao Junshan patted the exhausted Ma Jinzhong on the shoulder and said, "Kwai Yu (Ma Jinzhong), we must remember this blood debt and avenge the dead brothers." ”

Liu Hongru said to Ma Jinzhong: "General Ma, hurry up and rest the troops and transfer tomorrow." ”

Ma Jinzhong said: "King Qin, Cao Wenzhao's three thousand cavalry will catch up tomorrow, you must be prepared." ”

Of course, Gao Junshan knew that the Guanning Iron Cavalry was powerful, and if he couldn't stop the torrent of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, the Gao Jiajun who was being transferred would become meat on the chopping block of others.

Liu Hongru offered a plan for Gao Junshan, and he said in his chest: "King Qin, Hongru is not talented, and he has roughly learned Zhuge Liang's eight array diagrams. I can set up a maze array here overnight to obstruct Cao Wenzhao's Guanning Iron Cavalry. ”

Without further ado, Gao Junshan left the cavalry team of his Red Army friends to assist Liu Hongru in arranging the formation, and he took Bai Wenxuan, Zhang Cong, Zhuang Youfu and other more than 100 personal soldiers to chase the brigade to the ......

On the eighth day of December in the fourth year of Chongzhen, 20,000 horses from Gao Junshan and 3,000 volunteers from Sun Jiye met in Tiejiao City.

Iron Horn City is a small border city in the shape of a triangle, there is a small river on the east and west sides, the south of the city is the confluence of two rivers, the north of the city is a deep ditch, the terrain is high in the north and low in the south, covering an area of about two hectares, this is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Sun Jiye occupied the city for more than a year, and repeatedly repelled the Ming army from Huanxian County, and held the two hectares of land. Although the Iron Horn City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but also can not withstand the frequent attacks of the Ming army, because the Ming army has come to attack again and again, stirring Sun Jiye's righteous army is exhausted, and now the arrival of the King of Qin, Sun Jiye is so excited that he burst into tears, and seeing the King of Qin is like seeing his relatives who have been absent for a long time.

Gao Junshan came to Iron Horn City, of course, his vision was not only Iron Horn City, Iron Horn City was just a temporary place for him to stay. When he heard that the Ming army in Huanxian often came to harass, he decided to solve the problem of Huanxian first and then make the next step.

The plan to outwit Huanxian County was quickly formulated.

Sun Jiye has an internal response in Huanxian County, Gao Junshan took advantage of the polder day of Huanxian County, sent hundreds of people to mix into the city, and when he arrived at the third watch, he raised the fire as a number, and the people inside killed the city gate guards, and Gao Junshan's army occupied Huanxian County without much effort.

Due to the fact that the Ming army in the city had been figured out in advance, the 2,000 Ming troops in the city did not resist strongly, and most of the Ming troops were captured in their sleep.

The next day, when the people in the city opened their eyes, the banner was already hanging on the head of the city.

Huanxian County Ya is located in the southeast of the city, two stone lions squat at the entrance of the Ya Gate, in the wide vermilion gate, there is also a instrument door, the main hall, the Taiwan hall is also double, quite luxurious atmosphere.

On the east side of the main hall, there is a shogunate official history office; There is a ring stone pavilion in the south, and the six rooms are divided into columns; There is a county magistrate, a county magistrate, a master book, and a history office in the southeast of the instrument gate; To the southwest of the main hall is the dormitory of the officials, with as many as 20 rooms; There is a prison in the southwest of Yimen.

Gao Junshan arranged Liu Fanglan, Han Yuyan, and Ji Ya to live in the official house, one room for each person.

Ji Ya is a Mongolian and is used to living in a yurt house, Gao Junshan is afraid that Ji Ya will not be used to living, so he specially came to Ji Ya's dormitory.

During the time that Ji Ya followed Liu Fanglan and Han Yuyan, she also learned some Chinese, so when she saw Gao Junshan, she hurriedly saluted: "Say hello to King Qin!" ”

Gao Junshan was stunned for a moment, and then returned the salute, saying in his heart that this must have been taught by Liu Fanglan. He first took Ji Ya's Qianqian jade hand, cared about her all the way, and then asked Ji Ya if she could live in a Han house.

Ji Ya said in stiff Chinese: "The King of Qin was able to take in the concubines, and the concubines were already grateful, and they didn't dare to expect to be accustomed to it, not to mention, the concubines had three meals without worry, they were full all day long, and the two sisters were with each other day and night, and the concubines were content!" ”

Gao Junshan said in his heart, Ji Ya called herself a concubine, and this must have been trained by those two ghost girls. He reluctantly let go of Ji Yan's white and soft hand, and returned to the main hall, in front of the main hall, a group of civil and military officers were waiting for him.

The magistrate and the county are nowhere to be found, only the lord Bo, the head catcher and the three officials are detained in a corner by the personal soldiers, waiting for the fall of the high mountain.

Gao Junshan invited these people to the front of the hall, asked their names one by one, and said with a kind face: "You don't have to be afraid, I won't kill you, I just want you to cooperate with us to do something, after the thing is done, you have to leave or stay, listen to the respect." ”

After all, Lord Bo was a little more knowledgeable, and he said boldly: "King, if you have something you command, as long as we can do it, we will do our best to do it." ”

Gao Junshan said with a smile: "It's not a difficult thing to do, I just ask you to do things normally and maintain the order of Huanxian County." ”

The Lord Bo said: "This is our duty, and we must do our best." ”

Gao Junshan looked at the other four: "What about you?" ”

The four of them said: "We do our best!" We do our best! ”

Gao Junshan ordered Bailisha and Feng Shuangli to take over all the property of the county government, which was co-organized by the head of the county government; Liu Hongru and Sun Kewang inspected the prison, which was co-organized by the head arrester, and the prisoners who were indeed prisoners in the prison were upheld, and they were not allowed to be released from the prison, and the rest were free; Zhang Cong and Zhuang Youfu were responsible for the stability of the market, the protection of private property, and the protection of fair trade, which were co-organized by the three officials.

When the Lord Bo and the others heard what they were doing, it was a good thing to maintain Huan County, and there was no one who was unhappy.

After Gao Junshan finished the assignment, he discussed with Cai Zhishan how to deploy the defense, Cai Zhishan was experienced after all, and the question of where to camp with more than 20,000 troops was quickly finalized.

Gao Junshan was about to make a deployment, Sun Kewang brought a person from the prison, Gao Junshan saw this person, and laughed out loud because he had seen this gentleman before.