Li Zicheng was still quite surprised by the military affairs of Shaanxi Province, the governor of Hong Chengchou, he originally thought that Cao Wenzhao drove the thieves to Shanxi, Shaanxi is basically in a vacuum, and it would be good to be able to barely maintain the situation, but he didn't expect a more powerful Hong Laojiu!

It seems that in the future, when I take history class, I can't sleep anymore and work against the teacher!

However, he has crossed over to Daming, and there is no way to regret it.

Just like the Mandate of Heaven Army, most of them have already crossed the Yellow River, and if they want to turn back, there is really nothing more frustrating for the brothers than to destroy the Great Wall and dissipate the morale of the army.

Besides, sooner or later, the Mandate of Heaven Army will have to face the army of the imperial court, even if it only divides Xining and Ganzhou, as Li Guo hoped, will the imperial court choose to tolerate it?

No way!

The bigwigs of the imperial court can tolerate the Mongols occupying the Usizang and Duogan capitals, and the Jurchens can tolerate the Jurchens encroaching on the Nuergandu and Liaodong capitals, but they will never tolerate the Han people establishing a state on the border.

"Under the whole world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister"!

Han people are different from foreign races, they must submit to the imperial court and the emperor, and whether the foreign races will surrender depends on whether the imperial power is like Qin Shi Huang, "Weijia Hainei".

Li Zicheng suddenly thought of Liaodong, and he didn't know how the battle situation in Liaodong was now, and whether it would involve some attention from the imperial court.

Wang Anping's rangers, now the main activities are in Longyou, at most it will spread to the whole of Shaanxi, for the Beijing Division, for Liaodong, Li Zicheng temporarily blackened his eyes.

However, no matter what the current situation in Liaodong is, the Mandate of Heaven Army must follow its own path, only if its own strength is enhanced, can it increase its right to speak, and if the Mandate of Heaven Army wants to expand its strength, Longyou is a must-go place!

He didn't believe it, with the current military discipline of the Heavenly Mandate Army, coupled with the assistance of the Xining rifle, he could not hold the passage on Longshan!

However, the original battle plan needs to be adjusted slightly.

Li Zicheng waited for everyone to laugh for a while, and said: "Since God sent Hong Chengchou and gave us a chance, we have no reason to shrink back, 'Heaven does not take it, but suffers from it', it seems that we have chosen the right time for this crusade!" ”

Everyone was overjoyed, and even Li Guo no longer suffered from gains and losses, and looked like he was gearing up, "Governor, what do you say we should do now?" Subordinates are willing to fight vanguards! ”

"Pioneer? Your department is a cavalry, and the speed is fast, so you naturally have to fight the vanguard," Li Zicheng laughed, "However, we can't bask in the sun on this bluestone beach, the nearest state and county from here is Lanzhou in the east, about a hundred miles away from here, and when we take Lanzhou, it will be used as a grain and grass camp for our eastward crusade." ”

"That'...... Why don't you go now? "Li Guo is overjoyed, it is rare to take the initiative to seek battle, he is finally possible to make contributions independently, "Our cavalry has all crossed the Yellow River, and after lunch, they can set off immediately, and before dark, they may be able to rush to Lanzhou...... No, the subordinates will definitely be able to rush to Lanzhou! ”

"Don't worry, take Lanzhou, don't use cavalry to break the city, you just watch the battle and cut off the escape route of the soldiers in the city!" Li Zicheng turned his face away, "There is water, in a day and a half, can your department rush to Lanzhou?" ”

Ma Youshui's shoulders trembled slightly, his eyes were shining, he immediately got up, clasped his hands into fists and said: "Don't worry, the Governor of the Metropolis will be able to rush to Lanzhou City within a day and a half." ”

"Okay, then you go to lunch immediately, take the cavalry and set off, remember, there is no need to attack, in Lanzhou City, there is not only the Su Wangfu, but also the Lanzhou Wei and Ganzhou Zhong Guards, don't be careless!"

"That'...... How do subordinates enter the city? "Ma Youshui Xindao, could it be that these two guards will open the city gate and let themselves enter the city?

"I forgot about the water, how did we conquer the various forts of Ganzhou Wei that day?" Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Let you take the cavalry to tell you that there are already our people in the city, and they will receive you into the city at night, and my army will also arrive later." ”

"My subordinates understand!" If you talk about attacking the city, this is indeed the most convenient way, but in this way, Ma Youshui will lose the pleasure of killing outside Ganzhou, and the power of Xining rifles cannot be fully displayed on the battlefield.

"In case the responding rangers fail to open the city gate in time, don't act rashly, in Lanzhou City, the two guards of the imperial court, even if there is a serious shortage of soldiers, will be much more than you, don't startle the snake and leak the information of our Eastern Expedition."

"Yes, Grand Duke!"

"Go ahead, bring enough dry food and water for three days!" Li Zicheng was worried that Ma Youshui would not be able to conquer Lanzhou for a while, and he might have to delay outside the city for a while.

Ma Youshui went happily, but Li Guo had a black line, this time he attacked Lanzhou, and Ma Youshui took the lead, he knew that he didn't want this cavalry Qianhu, every time he fought, it was basically an ornament, he suddenly got up and said: "Dadu Governor, this vanguard under his subordinates, how to go east next?" ”

"Double happiness is a little restless," Li Zicheng could not know his thoughts, taking advantage of Liu Yunshui's cavalry has not yet crossed the river, he really wants to do it independently, since the formation of the army, he has been pressed by Liu Yunshui, even the soldiers' horses, most of them were sent by Liu Yunshui after the battle of Kadang Mountain, "Let you be the vanguard, after the defeat of Lanzhou, although Lanzhou is not the location of the city, because of the king of Su, the soldiers of the two guards are stationed, we have to work together to take Lanzhou, as our rear base, and then don't do other maps." ”

"Then we ...... now," Li Guo was slightly disappointed.

"Now?" Li Zicheng smiled faintly, "Now go to lunch first, after lunch, let Anping tell you, from Lanzhou to Qingshui County on the west side of Guanshan, how to march, in order to avoid the prefectures and counties and guards in various places, you have to remember the path, take Guguan, and guard the Guanshan pass, it depends on your cavalry, don't say that I don't give you a chance, if you can't guard the Guanshan pass, don't blame me for not thinking about family affection and military discipline!" ”

"Yes, Metropolitan Governor," Li Guo became happy at this time, if Hong Chengchou came, he would just be able to make meritorious contributions, and he would be worthy of the title of a thousand households under his eyes, "My subordinates will go to learn geography from Chief Banner Officer Wang." ”

"Double happiness, Anping is active on the invisible front, for the Mandate of Heaven Army, he also has outstanding achievements, I have promoted him to a hundred household officials, haha......"

"Huh?" Li Guo was stunned for a moment, then quickly came to his senses, and hurriedly said: "Disrespectful, disrespectful, I really don't know, Wang Baihu forgive me!" ”

"Wherever Li Qianhu speaks, he is generally serving the Metropolitan Governor and the Heavenly Mandate Army," Wang Anping hurriedly returned the salute, "Even if it is an official of a hundred households, he is still a subordinate of Li Qianhu!" ”

"It's different, it's different," Li Guo continued to arch his hands, and shook up and down twice, "Wang Baihu is active in the heart of the imperial court, and he is more dangerous than me, admire and admire, we are not a subordinate, this Eastern Crusade, there are many places that rely on Wang Baihu!" ”

Wang Anping was still modest, and Li Zicheng said with a smile: "You don't have to sympathize with each other here, the key is to cooperate with each other and fight the war of the Eastern Expedition to Longxi. ”

"That's, that's," Li Guo hurriedly took Wang Anping's hand, "Let's go, let's go to dinner first, and after a full meal, we can ask which way to avoid the imperial court's guards, and rush to Guanshan as soon as possible, I'm still waiting to take Hong Chengchou's head to make a contribution!" ”

In the afternoon, the cavalry of Liu Yunshui's department, constantly crossing the Yellow River, began to camp on the east bank, Liu Yunshui did not cross the river in the first batch, until Shen Shizhong, he landed on Qingshitan, and then immediately came to see Li Zicheng, "Subordinates knock to see the governor!" ”

"Yunshui doesn't need to be polite," Li Zicheng asked him to sit down on the matza opposite, "How about it, can you cross the river all today?" ”

"The cavalry under his command will not have a problem crossing the river today," Liu Yunshui arched his hands, "However, the soldiers of the 5,000th household are still on the way, if they speed up their march, they should be able to camp in the Bapanxia on the west bank tonight, and they will be able to cross the river tomorrow." ”

"Zhou Bin's troops are all infantry, without the drag of war horses, the speed of crossing the river should be much faster, even if you add grain and grass, it doesn't take half a day," but Li Zicheng knew that the infantry crossed the river quickly, but the road was slow, they would definitely not be able to catch up with the battle of Lanzhou, unless there was a serious accident when attacking Lanzhou, "Yunshui, how are the brothers, are you tired?" ”

"I rested for a night last night, and today I crossed the river, and it was the captain who was tired, how could the brothers be tired?" Liu Yunshui already showed the snatching gaze of a hungry wolf, "Grand Dudu, we can immediately enter the battle!" ”

Li Zicheng laughed and said: "Yunshui is always urgent, so many prefectures and counties and health offices in Longyou are not enough for you to make meritorious contributions?" Let the brothers have a good night's rest, once the battle starts, I'm afraid there will be no chance to sleep comfortably. ”

"What about tomorrow, Governor? Will we have a fight tomorrow? Liu Yunshui smiled calmly, every time he encountered a battle, he would be happy, the more difficult and tough the battle, the more excited he became, and even he couldn't figure out whether he was born to fight in this life.

"Tomorrow, there will naturally be a war tomorrow, we are here to Longyou, but we are not here to enjoy the mountains and rivers," in Liu Yunshui's body, there is no such worry as Li Guo, he never seems to know, what is fear, this is the biggest difference between him and Li Guo, and it is also the reason why Li Zicheng values him more, "However, in tomorrow's battle, your cavalry is not the main force of the battle, and it is the same as in Ganzhou, good steel should be used on the knife edge." ”

"Metropolitan Governor ......" Liu Yunshui's face suddenly flashed a trace of gloom, do you want to give the infantry a hand again? These infantrymen, since they were equipped with Xining rifles, have been specially robbing the cavalry of the merits, as if they were specifically against the cavalry.

"Yunshui, you will not be the main force in tomorrow's battle, just to let you rest for one more day," Li Zicheng suddenly turned pale and said, "After tomorrow, your combat mission will be very heavy...... After arriving in Qingshui County, or passing through Qinzhou, take it down first, this is the only place nearby that threatens you and is stationed in a complete guard, the infantry brothers are too far away from you, everything, you can only rely on yourself. ”

"Governor, subordinates understand!" Liu Yunshui pondered for a moment, not only did he not show a look of worry, but his face was happy, "Dadu Governor, if we take Qinzhou Wei, can the captured troops be used to assist us in garrisoning Guanshan?" If you take Qinzhou, there should be no shortage of food......"

"It depends on your ability," Li Zicheng was also happy on his face, this Liu Yunshui, when did he become wise, and he even thought of using troops to help guard the pass, "However, everything is safe, your two divisions only have eleven cavalry of 100 households, and the strength is not broad, so you must strengthen the control of the surrendered troops." ”

"Yes, Metropolitan Governor, my subordinates understand!"

"Yunshui, this time you two troops go out, in addition to taking Qinzhou, you must focus on defense, your task is to hold the Guanshan Pass in the south of Longshan, prevent the imperial army from advancing westward, and win time for the Heavenly Mandate Army to fully control Longyou, you must not be greedy for merit, otherwise, even if you make military achievements, I will punish you severely!"

"Yes, Grand Duke!"

Li Zicheng said again: "As long as you can avoid the official army, you must not stir up trouble, let alone use troops east of Guanshan, the Mandate of Heaven Army can hide it for a moment!" ”

"Rest assured, the Metropolitan Governor will never spoil the major affairs of the Heavenly Mandate Army because of greed!"