Li Zicheng ate two white-flour steamed buns with hot soup, while chatting with Liu Yunshui and Li Guo about the beautiful scenery in the valley, but in his heart, he was a little anxious.

It wasn't until it was completely dark that the pro-soldiers reported that Ma Youshui had all passed out of the valley.

Li Zicheng was immediately relieved, this time to attack the three hundred households in Ganzhou, Liu Yunshui and Li Guobu were mainly cavalry, and they were not suitable for destroying the city and pulling out the village, and the real main force was the 500th household of Ma Youshui.

Ma Youshui's department not only issued the sharpest rifles of the Xining army, but also accompanied him with the grain and grass, and they completely passed through the valley, so that the logistics of the army could be guaranteed.

When Li Zicheng was still sighing, Ma Youshui had already rushed to the big tent, "Subordinate Ma Youshui, knock to see your lord!" ”

"Don't be polite if you have water, get up and drink hot soup!" Li Zicheng stretched out his hand and pointed to the opposite side, letting Ma Youshui sit down first.

Ma Youshui was not polite, picked up a bowl of hot soup on the table, took a few sips, a large bowl of hot soup was all down, and his face recovered some ruddyness, "My lord, now that our army has all crossed the canyon, the next step is ......."

Li Zicheng did not answer, but took out a map of the march of Ganzhou from his arms, and said: "After coming out of the valley from here, the nearest fort post is the flood fort, only sixty miles away from here, tomorrow Yunshui, double happiness two steps of cavalry, walk slowly, after dark, you can arrive, the south gate has our rangers to answer." ”

"Yes, sir!" Liu Yunshui and Li Guo bowed down to receive the order.

Li Zicheng said: "The people in the flood fort are all Han people, do not have the slightest disturbance, beware of military discipline, and the troops must be properly appeased, and I and Youshui will respond later." ”

The population on the Hexi corridor is sparse, the Han people are more expensive, the Han and Tang dynasties have moved a lot of Han people here, but after thousands of years of changes and wars, the Han people in the corridor died and fled, and the rest have long been attached to foreign races.

Li Zicheng was unable to emigrate to the Hexi Corridor because he asked Liu Yunshui and Li Guo to protect the local Han people, so for my use, at least we could produce a certain amount of grain for the Xining army.

More importantly, Li Zicheng wanted to build a group of soldiers with strict military discipline, but he could not repeat the mistakes of history and surrender the great rivers and mountains to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Han nation lived in dire straits from then on, allowing a group of savages who could not speak Chinese and did not understand modern science and technology to rule for 400 years.

Liu Yunshui and Li Guo received the military order, only Ma Youshui has been waiting, he originally thought that this attack on Ganzhou and the destruction of the city and the village were all the infantry's business, but he didn't expect to be seized by Liu Yunshui and Li Guo, and he could only follow the adults to clean up the mess behind, appease the people in the fort, and stabilize the order in the fort, which is really ...... Worthy of the Xining rifle in his hands.

Li Zicheng couldn't take care of Ma Youshui's mood for the time being, but asked Liu Yunshui to return all the more than 100 rifles he brought with him to Ma Youshui, "Yunshui, Shuangxi, after you take the flood fort, wait for us to come to respond, and then divide the troops into two ways, Yunshui will take Hue Fort in the northwest, and Shuangxi will go north to take Tianle Fort, and there will also be rangers in these two places, but ......" Li Zicheng paused, and said: "If you are not fully prepared, you must not act rashly, and you must not storm it, alarming the soldiers and civilians in the fort, the cavalry is not suitable for attacking the city, If there are casualties, the gains outweigh the losses, and I and Youshui will arrive later! ”

"Your subordinates obey your lord's orders!"

Li Zicheng returned to his big tent of the Chinese army, and went through all the possible battles in his brain, the only thing he was not worried about was that Liu Yunshui was going to be ruthless, Zhou Bin had been promoted to a thousand households, which greatly stimulated several hundred household officials, as long as there was an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, with Liu Yunshui's temperament, he would definitely not let it go.

However, this is definitely not a good thing, if you are earnest, it is easy to lose your mind, it is difficult to make a correct judgment, and there will even be a violation of military orders, and you will be punished, but the gains outweigh the losses.

Li Zicheng drank another cup of hot tea, and when his body was warmer, Fang fell asleep under the service of his own soldiers.

As soon as the second day dawned, there were dense footsteps outside the big tent, and occasionally there were soldiers whispering something, Li Zicheng was awakened, and he shook his head and smiled bitterly, Zhuangzi has been controlled by the soldiers, and the people must still be asleep at the moment in order to reduce trouble, it can't be them.

It should be Liu Yunshui and Li Guo who can't bear it, in fact, Chow Noodle Village is only sixty miles away from Honghong Fort, and the cavalry can reach it in half a day at most, so there is no need to get up early at all.

And it is necessary to wait until the dead of night, when the people and soldiers in the fort have rested, and then start to attack, it is useless to go early, and there is a possibility of exposing the target, it is best to start approaching the surroundings of the flood fort after dark.

This was the first battle of the Northern Expedition to Ganzhou, and we must not be rash and thus sabotage our plans.

There was too much movement outside, and Li Zicheng couldn't sleep anymore, so he simply turned over and got up, washed his face under the service of his own soldiers, and then stepped out of the big tent.

Sure enough, it was Liu Yunshui's trouble, the war horse had already been brined, and even the dry food and water to be used on the road had been hung on the horse's back, just waiting for breakfast to leave immediately.

"Liu Yunshui!" Li Zicheng shouted.

This sound startled Liu Yunshui, he was about to get angry, and when he turned around and saw that it was Li Zicheng, he hurriedly said with a face: "Morning, adult!" ”

"If I don't get early, I'm afraid you're going to leave, how did I tell you last night?" Li Zicheng straightened his face and said angrily: "Chow Mein Village is only sixty miles away from Honghong Fort, and in one day, the infantry can easily reach it, not to mention the cavalry, you set off so early, don't you want to forcibly attack the city?" ”

"Subordinate...... The subordinates don't dare! Liu Yunshui hurriedly stopped what he was doing, put a pot of water behind his back, bowed down and said, "My subordinates will never dare to destroy the battle plan of my lord!" ”

"It's good to know!" Li Zicheng glared at him and said: "Ganzhou five guards, there are no less than thousands, if you alarm them too early, join forces together, it will add many unexpected difficulties to us, according to the plan, we can break each one, first cut off the connection between each fort post and Ganzhou, so that Ganzhou becomes a lonely city, then a decisive battle, if you want to make meritorious service, you have to wait until this opportunity, if you can't ...... See if I can't clean you up! ”

"Don't worry, my lord's subordinates are all cavalry, if you can't defeat the infantry in Ganzhou, it will ruin your plan, and your subordinates will directly cut off their heads as urinals, and your subordinates will have no complaints!"

"If you violate the military order, the great merit will not be worth your fault," Li Zicheng waved his hand, "Go ahead, remember what I told you last night!" ”

"Yes, sir!" Liu Yunshui saw that Li Zicheng had gone away, so he threw the kettle in his hand, yawned lazily, pretended not to wake up, and returned to his big tent to rush back to the cage.

Li Zicheng's Chinese army set out at the beginning of Chenshi, and he found that the terrain along the way was very special, arable land, desert, and hills, and it was difficult to say which kind of terrain was dominant, neither endless farmland nor large deserts, but cultivated land and desert were intertwined, supplemented by a large number of low mountains and hills.

This kind of "I have you, you always have me" topographic structure, it is difficult to form a large oasis, can only be an oasis, desert interspersed, it is difficult to feed a large number of people, no wonder the entire Hexi Corridor implements the military cantonment system, almost all the people have military status, in addition to supporting their families, the only major thing they do in their lives is to produce food for the guard, strictly speaking, the people under the military cantonment system are basically military slaves.

However, Li Zicheng found that he had the possibility of changing this phenomenon, although the desert could not be used, but the hills between the desert and the oasis, the surface covered with thick loess, should be able to plant the "three agriculture of the Americas", if the "three agriculture of the Americas" is introduced here, with the huge output of the "three farmers of the Americas", it can produce a large number of coarse grains, thus liberating a large number of labor.

"My lord, it's only fifteen miles away from Flood Castle ahead!" He Mi grabbed the reins of the horse and slowed down the horse's speed, almost parallel to Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng looked up at the sky, the sun was still hanging high in the middle of the mountainside, it should be Shen Shi, and said indifferently: "Yunshui and Double Happiness, where are you at this moment?" ”

"Back to my lord, Liu Baihu and Li Baihu are five miles ahead, and there are still ten miles away from Flood Fort, and they have already stopped."

This Liu Yunshui, his courage is nothing more than that! Li Zicheng's face spread with a smile, and he said: "Continue to advance, join forces in one place, and when we catch up with Liu and Li, we will camp there!" ”

"My lord, are we not going to enter the Flood Castle tonight?"

"Into the castle?" Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said: "Liu and Li, the two hundred household officials, are going to seize the flood fort tonight, and they only entered the fort in the middle of the night, and I don't know when it will be cleaned up, if we enter the fort, will we have to rest tonight?" ”

"Subordinates understood!" He Xiaomi whispered a few words to the pro-soldiers beside him, and the pro-soldiers immediately turned their horses' heads and ran back, shouting in their mouths: "Your Excellency has an order, continue to move forward, and camp five miles ahead!" ”

Liu Yunshui and Li Guo were really in front, the two got off the horse and lay in a ravine chatting, seeing Li Zicheng's Chinese army coming up, the two hurriedly came over and saluted: "Knock on the lord!" ”

"Yunshui, double happiness, are you impatient?" Li Zicheng jumped off the war horse and handed the reins to his soldiers, "This kind of siege method, you may not find it enjoyable, but our losses are the smallest, don't worry, there is a time for you to make meritorious contributions!" ”

"Your Excellency is saying that there is still a tough battle ahead?" Liu Yunshui's eyes lit up suddenly, a tough battle was his expectation, like this kind of sneak attack, the soldiers were bloodless, they were all pediatrics, if it wasn't for the opportunity to make meritorious contributions to his brothers, he wouldn't have bothered to ask for his life.

"Do you think that Mei Zhihuan, the governor of Gansu, and Yang Zhaoji, the general soldier of Ganzhou, are both eating dry rice? It is said that there are thousands of soldiers near Ganzhou, how can they stand still? Li Zicheng said with a smile.

"My lord, my subordinates understand," Liu Yunshui smiled, his five fingers clenched into fists, and the "horn" sounded, "Don't worry, no matter what, your subordinates will strictly abide by the military order!" ”