Although Liu Zeqing planned to come to Lufeng, the transfer of the army was not a matter of a short time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIn this era, it is common for the transfer of the army, even if it is not a long-distance transfer, to take half a year, not to mention anything else, just to prepare for the pull-out, it takes quite a long time. As a result, it wasn't until three months later, when Zhang Xianzhong's army appeared in the Luzhou area, that he didn't have time to move.

Huang Degong has taken his headquarters to the Luzhou area to defend, in the original history, Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo jointly defeated Zhang Xianzhong, and captured Zhang Xianzhong's godson, nicknamed Wang Xingguo, nicknamed the Three Harriers. However, this time the situation was different, Zuo Liangyu's defeat made a lot of good things fall into the hands of Zhang Xianzhong. As a result, when the two sides fought, Zhang Xianzhong's equipment was even better than that of Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo. As a result, as soon as he saw the weapons and armor of Zhang Xianzhong's army, Liu Liangzuo said to Huang Degong, "Fighting in the wilderness is absolutely impossible." He decided that the best way was to defend the fortified city and let Zhang Xianzhong rob outside first.

"Zhang Thief is here, it is the time of arrogance, if you fight with them at this time, not to say that you can win the fight, even if you win, the loss will not be small, so you can't fight it. It is better for us to defend the city first, the thieves are not good at attacking the city, if they come to attack the city, we will be able to defeat them by relying on the strong city. If they don't come. We are here, and they dare not easily cross us to the east. Liu Liangzuo discussed this with Huang Degong after seeing him.

Huang Degong knew the situation of Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses, and knew that what Liu Liangzuo said was not unreasonable. Even relying on the "BMW" he borrowed from Ma Shiying and the Milan armor bought at a large price from Kong Xiucai, he also risked taking the cavalry to personally approach Zhang Xianzhong's camp to reconnoitre. At that time, Zhang Xianzhong's cavalry also chased out, Huang Degong pressed back to cover the retreat of other cavalry, when Zhang Xianzhong's cavalry approached, Huang Degong reflexively charged, and successively hacked to death three rogue cavalry who caught up. The cavalry that frightened Zhang Xianzhong did not dare to approach.

"It's all Zuo Liangyu's fault, it is said that Zuo Liangyu is also an old fighter, and he actually has this kind of trick." Huang Degong first scolded Zuo Liangyu, and then said, "It's just that we also have to restrain them, so that the gentry and people outside the city can enter the city to hide, and move things into the city, so as not to be robbed by Zhang thieves." ”

"Never!" Liu Liangzuo jumped up suddenly, "Huang Shuai, do you think, every time the thief breaks the city, what is he best at, isn't it to let his people pretend to be refugees and sneak into the city to meet the outside world?" Besides, we're just going to let these rogues grab something! Huang Shuai, do you think, if these thieves haven't grabbed something, aren't they in a hurry? If they knew that the good things were in the city, would they attack the city? These thieves, who want to stop them from robbing things, they draw knives and cut people, but their morale is very high, and they are also very capable of fighting. When the time comes, the inside and the outside should be combined, and even if we hold on, we will suffer. On the contrary, if they have already grabbed something outside the city, their minds will become how to save their lives. At this time, when attacking the city, those who have grabbed things must save their lives, unlike fighting with force, and if something happens, they will flee first. Those who don't grab it will get into trouble with them, and then, Huang Shuai, we have a chance! Therefore, we must not let them into the city, let alone let them move in all the valuable things! ”

Huang Degong frowned, Liu Liangzuo's idea of stealing and playing tricks made him look down on him. But thinking about it carefully, he also had to admit that in the case of Zhang Xianzhong's strength, what Liu Liangzuo said seemed to make sense, which actually made him a little speechless. And he also knew that if he insisted on coming on his own, he was afraid that Liu Liangzuo's slippery head would turn around like the wind. Come to think of it, it's actually not bad to put Liu Liangzuo in the city, at least in this way, with the city wall surrounding him, it is impossible for him to run away.

"Just rely on Liu Shuai." Huang Degong said, "But people can't be all in the city, I will take a team of men and horses to camp outside the west gate and the south gate respectively, Liu Shuai, you send people, bring men and horses, set up camp outside the north gate and the east gate, and cooperate with the city, what do you think?" ”

Generally speaking, the defender of the city cannot put all the troops in the city, because in doing so, the enemy can easily limit the mobility of the army in the city, and they only need to place a force near the city gate to prevent the opponent from sending troops to attack them from the side when they attack a certain section of the wall. On the other hand, if the defenders of the city were to defend themselves near the gates, then when they attacked the gates, they had to guard against the enemy forces in the camp from attacking them from the flanks, and when they attacked the camp, the defenders of the city could not only provide fire support from the walls, but also send troops through the gates to attack their flanks. Therefore, unless the army in the city is too small, or it has reached an extremely low level of organization, and the morale is low to a negative number, the role of the city wall is no longer to support the defense, but to encircle their own soldiers, so that they do not escape, and the defending side will set up a fortress near the city gate, instead of plugging the city gate hole with bricks, as some defense experts who are said to have committed crimes to the point of great merit and are good at burning more than ten miles with one shot.

"That's it, but Huang Shuai still stays in the city and guards the city tower, which is more convenient to command." Liu Liangzuo said. Although Huang Degong has an honest reputation, Liu Liangzuo is still a little worried, if the situation is not right, if this guy is outside the city, will he run away directly.

"That's it!" Huang Degong said.

According to the discussion, the two set up camp outside Tongcheng, and it didn't take long for them to get information that Zhang Xianzhong's team appeared near the city. After another hour, Huang Degong saw Zhang Xianzhong's army surging over like a tide on the tower of the east gate. However, Zhang Xianzhong did not attack immediately, he is now an old man, looking at the layout of the Ming army outside the city gate, he knows that there are many soldiers in this city, and he can still fight.

"Boss, look at these turtle sons, they really seem to be able to fight!" Zhang Xianzhong rode a horse, climbed a small mound, pointed at the east gate of Tongcheng with a horsewhip, and said to a general who was also riding a horse and following him.

"I'm afraid it's also a good thing." The general replied, "Why don't you let the boy go and attack for a round." ”

"Attack, attack you balls!" Zhang Xianzhong scolded, "Lao Tzu has come so far to get here, let's set up camp first and rest well." Second, you and the boss bring people to keep an eye on them, as long as they don't run over by themselves, don't fight. The third, the fourth, you go and arrange the camping. Then ask Ma Wu and the three harriers to take a few people around the city and see the situation of the other gates. Also, the two of you have arranged the night patrol and ambush road at night, and the provincial Lao Tzu can't sleep well. ”

"Daddy, don't worry, the child must be arranged." The two generals replied, turned their horses' heads, and descended the hill.

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"My lord, the news from Tongcheng." Kong Zhang took a letter and handed it to Ma Shiying.

This is not a letter sent by Huang Degong or Liu Liangzuo, but a message sent by a shop in Tongcheng.

"Zhang Xianzhong personally led the thief army to hold on to our army, and sent another thief to take it into captivity...... Zhang thief did not attack the city? Ma Shiying asked.

"The rogues actually lack the ability to attack the city, and if there is no cooperation between the inside and the outside, it is difficult to break through the fortified city." Kong Zhang replied, "But yesterday Huang Shuai came to the letter, and he also said that the thieves were powerful, and Huang Shuai and Liu Shuai had limited troops, so they could only hold on to the city for the time being, and wait for the thieves to show their flaws." ”

"I don't know this, but in this way, the countryside must have been ruined by the Zhang thief...... Ma Shiying sighed, "In this way, even if the Zhang thief is finally repelled, I am afraid that the Tongcheng area will not be able to recover for many years." ”

"My lord, this is also something that cannot be helped. Unless the boss asks the students to bring the pro-military camp to support, otherwise, they can only fight like this. Kong Zhang said.

Ma Shiying shook his head when he heard this: "The pro-military camp went to Tongcheng, what if a thief comes to raid Fengyang again?" This imperial tomb will never happen again! It's just hateful that Liu Zeqing hasn't come yet! If he comes, you can send him with you. ”

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"I'm encamped, I'm not leaving!" Amid the shouts, the marching column of the Ming army stopped and began to prepare for camp.

"Lao Qi, Hei Niu, Hua Erlang, you will take someone out to inspect today." Liu Zeqing said to several generals under him, "Search well and see if there are any thieves peeping on us!" ”

"A certain general will wait for the order!" Several generals replied happily.

Liu Zeqing's army set off early in the morning and stopped to camp after walking for about 20 miles. Then, according to the rules, they would stay here for two or three days, and while extorting the place, they would constantly send out troops to search everywhere for the so-called spies of the rogue who spied on the army, in fact, they plundered everywhere in the name of this.

After robbing for two days like this, after the surrounding ten miles and eight towns were almost robbed, Liu Zeqing asked his army to move forward for another twenty miles, and then drew a scoop according to the gourd, set up camp, sent people to find the magistrate to ask for food, and sent people out to search for the Liukou (robbery), as an officer and soldier, marching in the control area of my Ming official mansion, and there is no need to worry about being suddenly attacked by the official army like the Liukou, so the robbery can be more meticulous and more efficient. As the saying goes, "thieves come like combs, soldiers come like grates", which is the truth.

After a while, several generals headed in different directions with their men and horses. By the afternoon, when the barracks had been set up, and the soldiers had just finished eating, they saw a black column of smoke rising in the distance, and everyone knew that those who had gone out to search were coming back.

Sure enough, in the evening, I saw a group of people and horses, dragging all kinds of carts, loaded with all kinds of things, food, cloth, and women, and so on, slowly coming back. Everywhere the breeze passed, the smug shouts of the soldiers and the cries and screams of the women......