Chapter 43: Second Brother's Territory
What Gao Yihuan talked about with Li Guo actually said it again when he met Li Yan.
At that time, Li Yan was also very much in favor, but after speaking, he didn't see any action from the army, and this time when he talked to Li Guo, Li Guo immediately decided to give it a try, and it can be seen that Li Yan is not the core of the army, and the people who control the army and have the decision-making power are still Li Zicheng and his relatives and fellow villagers.
After Li Guo decided, on the second day, the Guide Mansion was divided, and a total of eight commanders and one general were arranged, with more than 7,000 people, to guard the nine cities in Guide.
Among them, Liu Heizi was arranged in Yongcheng in the east of Bozhou and west of Xuzhou, Chen Baoping was arranged in Yucheng in the west of Xuzhou, while Gao Yihuan was in Luyi in the west of Bozhou and north of Yingchuan, and Shangqiu Fucheng was transferred to the mighty general Zhao Yingyuan to guard it.
Li Guo arranged this way, in addition to agreeing with Gao Yihuan's words and feeling that the army should have its own foundation, he was also worried that after he withdrew his troops from Shangqiu, the officers and troops in the north of Nanzhi would make a comeback again and threaten the south of the Kaifeng camp.
Gao Yihuan was a little surprised to learn that he was assigned to Luyi, but he was actually quite satisfied with this place.
After returning to the camp, Gao Yihuan gathered his henchmen, squatted around a big cart outside the camp, and said to a few people: "I told you not long ago that I want to get a piece of land, and now I have it, in Luyi County."
"Luyi?" After Zhao Daxian heard this, he said, "Second brother, this place is far away from Shangqiu."
Although they are from Henan, these old brothers have not even been to Chen Liu a few times, and they basically live near Gaojia Village, so they don't know where Luyi is.
Luyi County is located in the southwest of Guide Province, compared with Shangqiu, Yucheng, Yongcheng and other places, it is obviously in a remote area, but it is relatively safe and suitable for development.
"It's far away, it's not a big city." Gao Yihuan nodded, but he was actually more optimistic about Luyi County, so he continued: "Shangqiu, like Kaifeng, is located at the junction of Shandong, Henan, and Nanzhi provinces. It is not realistic for us to stay in Shangqiu, although Luyi is remote, but it is relatively safe and suitable for our development. ”
After all, Gao Yihuan was only a captain, and he had just been promoted, so it was impossible for Li Guo to let him guard Shangqiu.
The captains of the other cities would not listen to his dispatch, so Li Guocai transferred the mighty general Zhao Yingyuan to Shangqiu to control the entire Guide Mansion.
After the second brother Gao finished speaking, he saw that except for Wu Shizhao, the other brothers didn't know much about the geography he said, and their faces were a little dazed, so they said: "The Luyi County we are going to is close to Runing, which is the area where Liu Pi and Gong Du of the Yellow Turban in Runan were active in history."
As soon as he said this, Zhao Daxian and the others understood, "It's Liu Bi and Gong Du who took refuge in Uncle Liu Huang!" I know this, then Liu Bi died later~"
The second brother gave him a blank look, why did this guy not speak so much, he saw Zhao Daxian shut up, and then continued: "The south of Luyi is Runan, the north of this area is Xuzhou, that is, Xuchang, to the west is Nanyang, that is, Zhang Xiu's Wancheng, and then to the south is the Dabie Mountains, which is the land of Jingchu, which is a place where you can advance and retreat."
After the second brother changed his statement, several people nodded again and again, these people have never read books and have never been far away, but they have heard some of the storytelling and romance in the Three Kingdoms and the Water Margin.
The second brother Gao didn't care whether they understood it or not, and continued to talk about his plan, "At present, the power of the imperial court in the south is still very strong, and the power of the gentry in the southeast has not been reduced much because of the turmoil in the north. Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo are all in Nanzhi, and if we want to expand to the south, it is estimated that without the official troops of Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo to fight, the landlords' armed forces will be able to drive us back. To the north is the territory of King Chuang, and it is difficult for us to develop, so this Luyi is actually a good place. ”
The second brother said so much just to strengthen the confidence of the team, and what he said was true.
Nanzhi is related to the practical interests of the gentry in the southeast, they cannot tolerate the rogues taking root here, even Zhang Xianzhong was driven away, and if the second brother of the high school is defeated, he will inevitably usher in a fierce counterattack.
The north is the territory of the main force of the army, and Li Zicheng is also a cautious person, it won't be long before Luo Rucai and Yuan Shizhong should be killed, and it is impossible to tolerate someone to become big under his eyes.
In this way, if the second brother wants to develop, it is very difficult to go north and southeast, so he can only run Luyi first, capture Runan to the southwest, and seek development between the two major forces of the Chuang army and the Ming army.
"Second brother, since you say so, then let's go to Luyi first, then fight Runan and Wancheng, and finally enter Jingzhou, how about it?" Zhao Daxian opened his mouth, he was afraid that he would bring himself into the Three Kingdoms.
Wu Shizhao asked, "Duwei, since we have decided to go to Luyi, when will we leave?"
The second brother said: "I'll leave in a few days, but I have to make some preparations before leaving."
When they heard this, they all looked at him, waiting for his command. The second brother immediately said: "The general fined me five hundred taels of silver, but agreed to give me three hundred sets of cotton armor." Xinghao, you wait and bring someone over and bring A back. ”
Gao Xinghao nodded, and the second brother then ordered, "After you get the armor, take Yicheng with you, choose dozens of brothers, take five hundred taels of silver, go directly to Bozhou, and find a way to buy some food and come back." It should be very strict over there, you can buy it if you can, and if you can't buy it, you can come back directly. ”
Gao Yiyan has not heard much so far, and Gao Yihuan estimates that he is more than lucky, so he advises that he dare not let the brothers take too risks.
"Second brother, don't worry, I know." Gao Xinghao promised: "I will definitely buy the grain back."
There is rice from the south here in Bozhou, and the price of grain is about two or three taels, which is much cheaper than getting it from Zhou Ronghua, and the second brother even wondered if he could be a second-tier dealer and make Zhou Ronghua's money in turn.
The border army of the Ming Dynasty had a history of reselling military funds, and almost all of the people in Liaodong had done it, and there should be people in the official army on the Nanzhi side who were willing to do it, but the second brother has no way now, otherwise he may be able to count on this road to accumulate a large amount of money and grain, so as to develop rapidly.
After arranging this, the second brother Gao said: "In addition, before the siege of the city, I promised that after winning the first merit, I would divide the reward equally, and now the general will not give it, but I can't break my word." Shizhao, wait a minute, take five hundred taels of silver, and give one cent to the brothers. ”
Speaking of this, the brothers present were angry, and Zhao Daxian regretted it: "Mother, I should have killed Chen Baoping, the turtle grandson, that day."
"When we are strong, it's not too late to settle accounts with him." Gao Yihuan comforted everyone, and turned his head to look at Zhao Daxian, "Daxian, we now have a place to live, you go to Kaifeng and take all the families in the camp." And fished out the cart of silver for me. Speaking of this, Gao Yihuan couldn't help asking, "Do you remember the place?"
Zhao Daxian scratched his head, thought for a while, and then nodded affirmatively, "Second brother, don't worry, I remember." ”
The second brother blackmailed Liu Heizi for 1,000 taels, but it was all spent to buy rice and reward the soldiers. He still had to pay the officers, so he could only get out the one thousand taels.
After ordering these few things, the second brother waved his hand and asked them to go about their errands, and then packed up and prepared to leave the camp.
A few days later, after Li Guo hurriedly arranged, he led the army back north, and the second brother Gao received 300 sets of armor from the rear camp, and then also pulled out the camp and went to Luyi.
Although after arriving in Luyi, he was nominally under the control of the mighty general Zhao Yingyuan, but Luyi and Shangqiu were far away, so he was naturally a military and political master, and Zhao Yingyuan basically couldn't control him, and he wouldn't care about him.
Luyi is the hometown of Lao Tzu, which used to belong to the land of Chen Cai, and the city is in the south of the whirlpool, and the terrain is relatively flat.
Li Guo led the army south, Luyi was also sacked by the breaking army, the officials in the city either fled or were killed, the whole city was in a state of no owner, and naturally no one came to hand over to the second brother Gao.
At this time, the second brother took more than 700 people, pushed several carts, crossed some dry whirlpools, and came to the outside of Luyi City, he couldn't help but stop in front of the broken city gate, and glanced at the city, "This is Luyi, this is Lao Tzu's territory." ”
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