On the night of June 23, a crescent moon was hiding behind dark clouds, and a cavalry unit suddenly appeared on the outskirts of Hongdong County, and Sun Kewang, who was in charge of patrolling, intercepted it.

There are three heavyweights in these rebels, one is Wang Jiayin's military advisor Tian Wenju, the other is Wang Jiayin's general Ma Jinzhong, nicknamed 100,000, and the other is Hui Dengxiang, nicknamed Guotianxing.

When Gao Junshan heard the news, he hurriedly went out of the city to greet him, and as soon as Tian Wenju saw Gao Junshan, he dismounted and staggered to him, without any extra greetings, and said eagerly: "Why is King Qin here?" ”

Gao Junshan said: "Master Tian, I was ordered by King Chuang to stay here. ”

Tian Wenju shook his head and said: "You can't stay here for a long time, please give an order to King Qin quickly, go south to Jishan, and meet King Gaochuang." ”

Gao Junshan explained: "I don't have a boat available, how can I do it? ”

Tian Wenju sighed and said, "We were scattered by the Ming army, and we were lost again, and finally found out that the King of Qin was here, so we came to take refuge. I didn't expect Cao Wenzhao to act quickly, he was stationed in Linfen two days ago, and it was impossible to go south by water. I also heard that Song Tongyin's men and horses are gathering towards Hongdong, preparing to carry out a north-south flank attack on you, the king of Qin. Now that people are swordsmen, I am fish and meat, and it seems that there is only one way to be caressed! ”

Gao Junshan knew that being appeased was surrender, and he would never take the road of surrender. When the GIs are pressing, as a commander, you must have a cool head. Therefore, after Gao Junshan calmed down for a moment, he said: "Since Master Tian has come to Hongdong, please settle down for the time being. Let's go back to the camp first, and what to do next, wait for me to gather the generals and have a military meeting, and then make plans. ”

Tian Wenju nodded and said, "That's fine." After speaking, he introduced Ma Jinzhong and Hui Dengxiang to Gao Junshan, "King Qin, these two are brave generals under the command of the first king, and you also recognize them." This time, I was able to meet the King of Qin, and it was thanks to the courage of the two that I got rid of Cao Wenzhao's pursuers. ”

Gao Junshan said in a polite tone: "I have long heard of the names of the two. It's just that there are frequent wars, and we rarely see each other! ”

Ma Jinzhong arched his hand and said: "King Qin, I admire your King Qin's bravery, and today I am in trouble here, if King Qin is willing to take me in, I am willing to listen to King Qin's dispatch." ”

Hui Dengxiang also followed to show his attitude to Gao Junshan: "King Qin, I am willing to listen to your dispatch even after passing through the stars." ”

"Good!" Gao Junshan waved his hand, "Today, with the help of the two, my King Qin is like a tiger with his wings." Let's go, come with me into town for a drink! ”

Gao Junshan led a group of people back to the barracks, set up a banquet in the camp tent, and discussed the next move while drinking, and all the generals under Gao Junshan arrived at the venue.

Everyone, you say a word, but no one can come up with a feasible plan, and the military advisor Tian Wenju is drunk and hazy and doesn't say a word, it seems that he doesn't have any good plans. When Gao Junshan was secretly anxious, a personal soldier came to report, saying that it was Bailisha who asked to see him.

"Please!" Gao Junshan put down the wine glass in his hand, got up and walked to the tent door, and went out of the camp tent just to meet Bailisha, Bailisha saw Gao Junshan kowtow and bowed, Gao Junshan hurriedly helped him up, and said: "Brother Maocheng, there is no need to be so polite, you came in such a hurry, is there something urgent?" ”

Bailisha in this period of time, witnessed Gao Junshan's words and deeds, Gao Junshan is not very old, but he is a righteous and thin, full of pride of talent, Gao Junshan's charm impressed Bailisha, he admired Gao Junshan very much in his heart, he thought, with such a person, it is not in vain this life. So I decided to join the team of Gao Junshan. At present, Bai Lisha understands the situation faced by the rebel army, and he is now looking for Gao Junshan to offer advice.

When Tian Wenju saw this person who looked like a master, he asked Gao Junshan curiously: "Who is he?" ”

Gao Junshan took Bailisha's hand and said with a smile: "This is my military advisor Bailisha." ”

Tian Wenju heard that he was the military advisor of Gao Junshan, so he saluted Bailisha very politely, and Bailisha also returned the salute politely.

"Brother Mao Cheng, what's the matter?" Gao Junshan waited for them to greet each other and then asked again.

Bailisha arched his hand to Gao Junshan and said, "King Qin, I heard that you are going to go south to Jishan by land, and I know a small road that can avoid Cao Wenzhao. ”

Gao Junshan said sincerely: "Please teach the military teacher." ”

Bailisha took out a map of Shanxi from his bosom and spread it out in front of Gao Junshan, pointed to Yujialing and said: "King Qin, you know the location of Yujialing, in the west of Yujialing, there is an abandoned post station, there was originally a road, because of the abandonment of the post station, no one walked the road." I don't think Cao Wenzhao can think of this abandoned post station, we can go to Yujialing, and we can find the road to the post station by crossing the mountain in the west. ”

"Great!" Gao Junshan rubbed his palms excitedly and said to Zhang Cong beside him, "Okay, go and invite Han Yuyan to come over, she must be familiar with the mountain roads in this area." Zhang Cong took the order and left.

With the road, things are much simpler, Gao Junshan immediately made a plan to go south, with Hao Shaoqi's fourth team as the forward, and began to act after a full meal the next day.

The next day, after the smoke of cooking, the teams of men and horses were assembled, and Hao Shaoqi, as the vanguard of the whole army, had already set off for half an hour. At this time, Gao Junshan found that the captain of the third team, Gao Jian, was missing, and sent people to the camp of the third team to investigate, and the people sent soon returned, reporting that not only Gao Jian was gone, but even more than 500 people from the third team were missing.

Tian Wenju analyzed: "It is very likely that Gao Jian will take his men and horses to vote for Cao Wenzhao. ”

Gao Junshan immediately made a decision, sent a fast horse to order Hao Shaoqi, stop advancing, and then said to Tian Wenju and Bailisha: "This matter is not good. If Gao Jian votes for Cao Wenzhao, our whereabouts will definitely be exposed, and if we still act according to the original plan, we will be dead. ”

Cai Zhishan proposed on the side: "King Qin, the art of war says: the husband and soldier are like water, the shape of water, avoiding the high and tending down; The shape of the soldier, avoiding the real and attacking the false. ”

Gao Junshan asked, "What's the explanation?" ”

Cai Zhishan said: "The basic tactics of leading troops should be like water flowing to a low place, avoiding its edge and striking at the enemy's weak point. Today, there are Cao Wenzhao and Zhang Zongheng in the south, and Song Tongyin in the north. Why don't we avoid its edge, go west to Puxian and Daning, cross the Yellow River into the boundary of Shaanxi, and then detour to Hancheng and cross Jishan in the east. ”

Tian Wenju frowned and asked, "If you go around in a circle like this, when will you be able to reach Jishan?" Besides, from here to Puxian, we have to go over the mountains and mountains, at least ten days of walking on the mountain road, the road is uninhabited, there is no supply of grain and grass, we have not yet arrived in Puxian, we are exhausted and starved to death. ”

Gao Junshan was reminded by Cai Zhishan, and he agreed: "What Captain Cai said is extremely true. I have made up my mind to go west to Pu County. After speaking, he asked Tian Wenju again, "Master Tian, if you don't want to go to Puxian, you can leave by yourself." ”

Tian Wenju hurriedly explained: "King Qin misunderstood. I have no intention of abandoning the King of Qin. Where the King of Qin went, I followed Tian Wenju. ”

"Pass the order!" Gao Junshan said to the herald: "Hao Shaoqi's fourth team immediately turned westward, and Ma Zhi'an's fifth team stayed behind. The rest of the troops changed their march route and marched west to Puxian. ”

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Gao Junshan's troops crossed the Fenshui and disappeared into the mountains.

On 27 June, the weather was unusually hot, and the rebels in the high mountains had been walking through the uninhabited mountains and forests for three days and three nights. Today, I finally saw a small stream.

Gao Junshan ordered to rest in place, and the team of nearly 2,000 people jumped into the stream at once, washing away the sweat and sand accumulated over the past three days.

Ma Zhi'an, who served as the queen of the palace, has not returned to the team yet, and Gao Junshan is not at ease, so he sent two teams of Sun Kewang and Feng Shuangli to respond. After lunch, Gao Junshan sent Hao Shaoqi's men to hunt on horseback, Zhang Cong and Zhuang Youfu led a thousand people and horses directly under the team to collect wild vegetables everywhere, and Cai Zhishan, Ma Jinzhong, Hui Dengxiang and others served as guards.

After the assignment was completed, Gao Junshan asked Bai Wenxuan to invite Tian Wenju and Bailisha.

Seeing the two literati, Gao Junshan greeted him with a laugh: "Two brothers, looking at your sad faces, you must have suffered a lot on the way!" ”

"King Qin, can you still laugh?" Tian Wenju said worriedly, "I heard from my husband that the food is almost exhausted, and I don't know if the road we are taking can reach Puxian. ”

Bailisha also echoed: "Yes, even if you send people to hunt in the mountains and bring in bears, deer, tigers and leopards, you can't let everyone eat enough!" ”

Gao Junshan said with a relaxed face: "Please relax, I don't know if you can beat the bear, deer, tiger and leopard, but fill your stomach, I can vouch to the two." ”

Tian Wenju said with a suspicious face: "Is this true? ”

Gao Junshan took Tian Wenju's hand and said cordially: "Gongren don't worry, you can let go of your belly and eat." I'm inviting you two here to discuss important matters. ”

Bailisha asked anxiously: "I don't know what is important for King Qin?" ”

"You two may be seated first!" Gao Junshan sat on the root of a big tree and beckoned Tian Wenju and Bailisha to sit down together.

The roots of this large tree on the ground were as thick as buckets, and Gao Junshan sat in the middle, with the two literati sitting on his left and right.

Gao Junshan held a branch in his hand, wrote the word "gunpowder" on the ground, and asked, "Do you know the formula of gunpowder?" ”

Tian Wenju said: "These are all the things of the Jianghu Warlocks, I don't know." ”

Bailisha said: "I don't know. I heard that Cai Zhishan knew the recipe for gunpowder, and he was originally a general under Yuan Chonghuan and commanded a musket team. ”