Gao Junshan sealed his throat with a sword, ending the life of Tang Tong, the prefect of Pingyang, and the two family members were also sent to the west by Bai Wenxuan and Zhang Cong, and the rest all put down their weapons, only one person wearing a wide blue Cheng Zi coat was unwilling to put down the sword in his hand, Gao Junshan was trying to step forward to end his life, who would have thought that this person actually raised a sword to kill himself, Gao Junshan was quick to move, and blocked the suicide of this person with a sword, and Zhang Cong quickly snatched the sword in his hand.

Clearing the battlefield, this Ming army totaled one hundred and seven people, with 28 killed, 17 seriously wounded, and 22 lightly wounded. Forty-two knives, guns, and clubs, thirty long and short bows of various kinds, and thirteen three-eyed guns, and thirteen soldiers carrying three-eyed guns, none of them were injured.

The highest military attache of this Ming army was the garrison Cai Zhishan, Gao Junshan first came to him for questioning, and learned from Cai Zhishan that Li Zicheng had captured Linfen, and they were an unorganized defeated army that escaped from the city overnight. Cai Zhishan expressed his willingness to join Gao Junshan's rebel army, and Gao Junshan was very happy and gave him the position of centurion in command of a hundred people, of course, compared to his original garrison of several thousand men, the gap was very large. Gao Junshan promised him that as long as he made military achievements, he would first consider promoting him.

Gao Junshan did not deal with Cai Zhishan, he knew very well in his heart that if he wanted to pull up a team in this troubled world, it would never work without the addition of military talents, and the military training of the army and the construction of military schools in the future would be indispensable for the support of military talents like Cai Zhishan.

For Cai Zhishan, it is a last resort to join Gao Junshan, so what can he do if he doesn't? Since he has become a prisoner of others, he will stay for the time being, and it is important to save his life.

Cai Zhishan was originally Yuan Chonghuan's subordinate, and after Yuan Chonghuan was imprisoned, he was demoted and used as a garrison in Pingyang Prefecture, which was equivalent to a division commander of a regular army demoted to the head of a security regiment. In September last year, Yuan Chonghuan was executed by death, believing that the emperor's execution was unfair, but he did not dare to speak out, and drank all day long. Because of Yuan Chonghuan's death, he felt that his future was slim.

Gao Junshan persuaded Cai Zhishan, and invited the person who failed to commit suicide just now, this person is the master of Tang Tong, the prefect of Pingyang, named Bailisha.

When Bailisha saw that Gao Junshan had saved his life, not only was he not grateful, but he scolded: "Anti-thief! Now that Sheji has been repeatedly invaded by the Tartars, when this time of crisis, you do not serve the country, but gather people to rebel against the imperial court. I am a seven-foot man with a hundred miles of sha, I can't die on the battlefield, and I can't live here secretly, won't I ruin my reputation for the rest of my life? I want nothing but death. ”

Before Gao Junshan could speak, he was blocked by Bailisha to persuade him to surrender, he dispelled the idea of fighting for Bailisha, and decided to treat this person coldly, that is, let him go for the time being, and come to persuade him later, and send someone to guard this Bailisha, one is to prevent him from committing suicide, and the other is to prevent him from escaping.

After everything was cleaned up, the troops began to descend the mountain. Gao Junshan divided the uninjured captives into groups of two and was responsible for carrying the seriously injured captives. This move really moved the captives for a long time, if according to the convention, the seriously wounded enemy would be executed, one is to save rations, and the other is to reduce their own burden.

The speed of going down the mountain was much faster than when going up the mountain, and before the sun set, Gao Junshan's team drove into Linfen, and his team was stationed in a large mansion in the west of the city, and the brigade of Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, also entered the city at the same time.

The next day, Li Zicheng heard that Cai Zhishan was in Gao Junshan's ranks, he took his nephew Li Guo and more than 30 brothers to Gao Junshan's garrison, and wanted to take Cai Zhishan away with great momentum, because Li Zicheng paid the price of three or four hundred people when he attacked Linfen, and he wanted to kill Cai Zhishan, the supreme military commander of Pingyang Prefecture, to avenge the death of three or four hundred brothers.

As soon as he saw Gao Junshan, Li Zicheng muttered that he wanted to take Cai Zhishan away, but Gao Junshan flatly refused: "No!" Cai Zhishan is now my subordinate, and he is a brother, you can't take him away. ”

Li Zicheng said arrogantly: "If it doesn't work, it has to be done." I have lost three or four hundred brothers in vain, and I must take him back and pay tribute to my dead brother with his head. ”

How could Gao Junshan allow Li Zicheng to trespass into the barracks, as soon as he waved his hand, Bai Wenxuan beside him went up to stop Li Zicheng.

Zhang Cong, Zhuang Youfu, Sun Kewang, and Feng Shuangli respectively gathered around with forty or fifty people, and Li Guo did not react excessively because he was a sworn brother with Gao Junshan.

Which is Li Zicheng's opponent of Bai Wenxuan? Bai Wenxuan was like a wall in front of him, and he had no choice but to withdraw his troops and run to Gao Yingxiang's side to complain.

Gao Yingxiang found his son Gao Junshan, Gao Junshan did not agree to hand over Cai Zhishan, Gao Yingxiang had no choice, he was worried that his son would have too much friction with Li Zicheng, so he disbanded the eighth team and promoted Gao Junshan and Li Zicheng at the same time.

Gao Yingxiang assigned the 345 teams to the commander of Gao Junshan, and the eighth team under Gao Junshan was changed to a direct team; The 267th team was assigned to Li Zicheng as the commander, and Li Zicheng also changed his original eighth team to a direct team.

In this way, the third captain Gao Jian, the fourth captain Hao Shaoqi, and the fifth captain Ma Zhian became Gao Junshan's subordinates; The second captain Liu Fangliang, the sixth captain Gao Yigong, and the seventh captain Gao Jie became Li Zicheng's subordinates.

Gao Yingxiang himself led the first team to be stationed in Linfen, Li Zicheng was stationed in Xiangling, southwest of Linfen, and Gao Junshan was stationed in Hongdong, northeast of Linfen.

However, after Gao Junshan was stationed in Hongdong, he immediately promoted Cai Zhishan to the captain of the direct team and established a training center, Cai Zhishan was the chief instructor of the training center, Cai Zhishan was very grateful to Gao Junshan for his grace not to kill, and he was grateful for Gao Junshan's heavy use of himself, so he naturally became Gao Junshan's loyal general.

Gao Junshan once again used the neutrino rice-vegetable exchange instrument in Hongdong, and the amount of this exchange was the largest in the past, in exchange for 100,000 catties of rice, not only could everyone in his own troops have enough to eat, but also distributed part of the rice to the hungry people around Hongdong City. Gao Junshan's team was warmly welcomed by the people of Hongdong, and a large number of young and middle-aged people joined Gao Junshan's team, and his team has grown to 3,000 people.

Gao Junshan has always taken Bailisha with him, Bailisha has more contact with the righteous army, and gradually understands the righteous army, knowing that they are exposed because of poverty, and emotionally began to favor these righteous army, especially after witnessing the strict discipline of Gao Junshan's troops, Gao Junshan himself attaches great importance to love and righteousness, and can effectively save the people from fire and water, so he gradually changed some of the inherent concepts in his mind.

Liu Fanglan and Gao Junshan separated soon after their marriage, and they got together again when they arrived in Hongdong. Han Yuyan has always followed Gao Junshan's side, and Liu Fanglan has no objections, not that she is not jealous, but that people's concept of three wives and four concubines at that time was still deeply rooted.

Originally, Gao Junshan wanted to establish his own base in Hongdong, but the plan did not change quickly. Less than two months after Gao Junshan's military training in Hongdong, the situation in Shanxi has undergone tremendous changes.

At the beginning of April in the fourth year of Chongzhen (AD 1631), Cao Wenzhao, the general soldier of Yansui, launched a fierce battle with the main force of the righteous army Wang Jiayin in Yangcheng County, Shanxi, Wang Jiayin had a brother-in-law named Zhang Liwei, who was a soldier under Cao Wenzhao's account, Zhang Liwei said to Cao Wenzhao that he was Wang Jiayin's brother-in-law, and he could use the method of pretending to vote for Wang Jiayin, waiting for the opportunity to murder Wang Jiayin. In this way, Zhang Liwei was sent by Cao Wenshao to Wang Jiayin, and was appointed as the commander in front of the tent by Wang Jiayin.

On the night of May 3, Wang Jiayin, who had been fighting for a day, was drunk and sleeping in the tent, and Zhang Liwei saw that the time had come, so he quietly slipped into Wang Jiayin's big tent, and Wang Guozhong was the only one by Wang Jiayin's side at that time.

Wang Guozhong and Wang Jiayin are of the same clan and the same village, when Wang Jiayin's rebel army arrived in Hequ County, Shanxi Province, on the east bank of the Yellow River in Fugu County, Wang Guozhong defected to Wang Jiayin's rebel army and became Wang Jiayin's personal entourage. And Wang Guozhong originally knew Zhang Liwei, when Zhang Liwei came to vote for Wang Jiayin, the two had a hot fight, Zhang Liwei took the opportunity to tempt Wang Guozhong with a wish to be an official, and pulled Wang Guozhong over.

Zhang Liwei, who infiltrated the tent, murdered Wang Jiayin together with Wang Guozhong.

After Zhang Liwei and Wang Guozhong killed Wang Jiayin, they took advantage of the chaos to escape from the camp of the righteous army, Zhang Liwei was named the deputy general of the Left Guard Association by Zhu Youzhen, he was seriously wounded and died in the battle between Shanxi and the Qing army, and was posthumously awarded the Dragon and Tiger General by the Ming court. Wang Guozhong was named the deputy general of the Puzhou Association, and later failed in the battle with Li Zicheng and was dismissed by the Ming court, the white Wang Guozhong did not dare to return to his hometown of Fugu, and could only live in seclusion in Suide. Of course, that's all for later.

After Wang Jiayin's death, the leaders of the rebel army elected Wang Ziyong as the leader of the alliance.

When Gao Yingxiang got the news, he had mixed feelings in his heart, he was not elected as the leader of the alliance, and he was worried in his heart. Therefore, he made a decision to march the whole army and join the main forces of the rebel army. At this time, the main force of the rebel army, under the leadership of Wang Ziyong, was forced to move south and operate in the Jishan and Wenxi areas in the south of Shanxi.

Gao Junshan received the news that Gao Yingxiang was going to move south, and rushed to Linfen overnight to persuade Gao Yingxiang not to leave the Pingyang area, and proposed to Gao Yingxiang the strategic policy of taking the Pingyang area as a base and gradually developing and growing.

Where can Gao Yingxiang understand what base, he only knows that he can't stay away from the main force of the righteous army, otherwise he will be marginalized and become a lonely army, this time he was not recommended by the leaders as the leader of the alliance, which is a good proof.

Gao Junshan couldn't understand Gao Yingxiang's state of mind at this time, so he couldn't convince Gao Yingxiang, so he had to ask for the final evacuation.

Gao Junshan asked the queen of the palace, the purpose was to delay for a few days before leaving, to see if there was a chance not to leave, if he could not leave, slowly govern the Hongdong, and then expand and strengthen his own power.

Gao Junshan later realized that he was wrong. At that time, it was difficult for hundreds or thousands of men and horses to stand alone, and as long as you became a lone army, you would soon be wiped out by the swarming Ming army. Because Gao Junshan is about to face this situation.

Gao Yingxiang took the waterway, starting from Xiangling, where Li Zicheng was stationed, and went all the way south with the wind and water, he took away a large amount of supplies from Linfen, filled all the boats, and did not leave a single boat for Gao Junshan.

In the early summer of that year, Zhu Youzhen not only mobilized Cao Wenzhao, but also mobilized Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda, and the generals Li Bei and Ai Wannian to reinforce Shanxi.

Gao Yingxiang walked for less than two days, Cao Wenzhao and Zhang Zongheng's two groups of people, nearly 8,000 people, entered Linfen, cutting off the road to the south of Gao Jun Mountain, at the same time, the 20,000 horses of Song Tongyin, the governor of Shanxi, were forming a situation of encirclement of Hongdong.