Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 9 The Great Tribulation

Chapter 3 The Gathering of Soldiers to Quell the Thieves and Rebellion

Section 5 The Cunning Offering of Thieves

Liu Yunwei walked around the room angrily, never figuring out how Zhang Xianzhong led the army to escape, and at the same time kept thinking about the direction in which Zhang Xianzhong's troops could escape.

Hong Chengchou also frowned when he heard the news, thought for a while and said: "Uncle Pojun, I think the thief must have fled to Shaanxi, after all, it is the hometown of the thief, and it is the most likely to flee to Shaanxi!" ”

Liu Yunwei nodded and said: "What Lord Hong said is extremely true, but there is more than one path from Linfen City to the west into Shaanxi, from north to south, there are Xingde Pass, Tieluo Pass, Madou Pass and Pingdu Pass, in addition to countless trails, it is very difficult to intercept the thief without a trace!" ”

Hong Chengchou also fell into deep thought after listening, while Zhang Zongheng kept frowning and never spoke.

After thinking for a while, Liu Yunwei snorted coldly and said, "No matter! For the sake of today's plan, we can only do our best to obey the destiny of heaven! Send troops in pursuit first, and the rest will be talked about later! ”

Hong Chengchou and Zhang Zongheng glanced at each other when they heard this, they both nodded, and agreed with Liu Yunwei's words very much, so they clasped their fists together and said, "Please give the order!" ”

Liu Yunwei returned the salute and said: "That's good! The governor ordered: the governor decided to divide the troops, and Lord Lao Hong led the soldiers of the headquarters to attack Xingde Pass, and asked Lord Zhang to lead the soldiers of the Xuanda army to attack Tieluo Pass, and the governor personally led the soldiers of the pacesetter battalion to attack Madouguan; As for the Pingdu Pass, the governor will order Li Tianhao, the general of the Yuecai battalion, to lead his troops. In the pursuit of the thief, our army is divided into four ways to attack at the same time, we must send scouts to carefully search the situation along the way, no matter which way the soldiers and horses found the traces of the thief, we must notify the rest of the army as soon as possible, so as to launch a siege of the thief's department in time! Zhang Xianzhong, Ben Du wants to see people alive and see corpses when he dies! ”

Hong Chengchou and Zhang Zongheng both got up and clenched their fists when they heard this, and said in unison: "Get the order!" After saying that, the two of them couldn't take a break, so they went to reorganize the army overnight.

Early the next morning, Liu Yunwei didn't care to wait for Xu Dingchen, the governor of Shanxi, to lead his troops to arrive, but left hundreds of soldiers to garrison Pingyang Fucheng, and ordered these soldiers to wait until Xu Dingchen led his troops to arrive, and then chase the army westward.

Outside the west gate of Pingyang Fucheng, Liu Yunwei and Hong Chengchou and Zhang Zongheng said goodbye one by one, and then the three of them led their headquarters to march west in three ways to pursue the thieves of Zhang Xianzhong's department.

After that, for four days, Liu Yunwei did not receive any news about Zhang Xianzhong's department, and seeing that the army was about to rush to the area of Madouguan, Liu Yunwei couldn't help but hesitate a little in his heart: "Could it be that I think wrong?" Could it be that Zhang Xianzhong didn't flee west? Where will Zhang Xianzhong flee to! ”

Along the way, Liu Yunwei had almost memorized all the topographical points of Shanxi in his mind, and kept thinking about it according to the investigation situation that was not collected at night, but he still didn't think that Zhang Xianzhong would flee to any other place except fleeing west to Shaanxi, after all, Shanxi is too big, as long as Zhang Xianzhong wants to hide, it is normal for the imperial army to find his traces in a short period of time!

"Zhang Xianzhong must not be allowed to escape successfully! Li Zicheng has already run away before, if Zhang Xianzhong is allowed to escape now, then there will be little left in the battle to suppress the thieves! Although our army has killed Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, from the perspective of military ability and mental courage, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are far more threatening to the dynasty than Gao Yingxiang. Zhang Xianzhong must be found as soon as possible and his troops must be killed! ”

Liu Yunwei looked at the faintly visible mountains in front of him with a cold face, and secretly thought in his heart, extremely anxious.

Suddenly, Guo Yi rushed over on a horse and said to Liu Yunwei: "Supervisor! At night, the defenders of Xiangning City, located in the south of our army, sent a message that the traces of the thief army were found in the area of Xiangning City, which was Zhang Xianzhong's department! ”

Liu Yunwei suddenly changed color when he heard this, Zhang Xianzhong, who he had been looking for, actually ran to the south, which he never expected, it seems that this Zhang Xianzhong is really a difficult opponent!

Then, a place name instantly appeared in Liu Yunwei's mind: Hukou Mountain!

Liu Yunwei immediately shouted: "The thief wants to lead the army over Hukou Mountain!" The herald ordered the armies from all walks of life to immediately go south and rush to the area of Hukou Mountain to pursue the army of thieves! Li Tianhao was ordered to immediately lead the soldiers of the Yue Cavalry Battalion to Yichuan City, west of Hukou Mountain, to intercept it. ”

Seeing the teams disperse in a hurry at night, and galloped in all directions, Liu Yunwei only felt full of fighting spirit in his heart, and said to Guo Yi: "Long Xiang Iron Cavalry attack immediately!" Entangled Zhang Xianzhong's department at any cost! The main force of the pacesetter battalion immediately threw away all the baggage and quickly went south! It's time for war! ”

The words are divided into two ends, one for each table.

Just when Liu Yunwei hurriedly arranged his troops and waved his army south, Zhang Xianzhong was leading Luo Rucai, Zhang Kewang, Zhang Wenxiu, Zhang Dingguo, Zhang Nengqi and other generals to lead an army of 30,000 to Hukou Mountain.

Previously, when the fierce battle between Linfen City and the Yue Cavalry Battalion, Zhang Xianzhong's 100,000 troops lost their troops and lost their generals, if it were not for Zhang Xianzhong's four sons who fought bravely and skillfully, and repelled the attacks of the two Yue Cavalry Battalion soldiers with stratagems, it is estimated that Zhang Xianzhong would have died in Linfen City.

In the face of the incomparably powerful army of the Yue cavalry battalion, Zhang Xianzhong knew very well that he had no capital to fight hard, so he could only temporarily retreat in order to have a follow-up effect. However, Li Tianhao has already commanded 30,000 soldiers of the Yue cavalry battalion to surround Linfen City, and the army of tens of thousands of thieves can be said to be difficult to fly.

At this moment, Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son Zhang Dingguo came up with a plan: first send a group of soldiers and horses to attack the Yue cavalry camp outside the city at night, not seeking victory, just to disrupt the deployment of the Yue cavalry camp, and at the same time planting flags and torches on the city, creating a posture of the righteous army's full armament, to confuse the officers and generals. When there is a loophole in the encirclement of the official army, he will lead some elite soldiers and horses to take the opportunity to escape, and as for the rest of the soldiers and horses, they can only give up and leave them to fend for themselves.

Zhang Xianzhong was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately executed the plan according to the plan, and sure enough, he led 30,000 elite troops to successfully escape from the encirclement of the Yue cavalry battalion. Then, at the suggestion of his son Zhang Dingguo, Zhang Xianzhong did not flee westward, but led his army to the south, and then turned west and fled westward to Shaanxi.

Along the way, Zhang Xianzhong paid more attention to Zhang Dingguo's righteous son, Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong's other two righteous sons, Zhang Wenxiu and Zhang Nengqi, also praised Zhang Dingguo, only the righteous son Zhang Kewang's eyes flashed a trace of imperceptible resentment from time to time.

Zhang Xianzhong's four sons are all fierce generals who have followed Zhang Xianzhong all the way, and they have sufficient combat experience, plus the four of them are all very brave, and they are loyal to Zhang Xianzhong, which makes Zhang Xianzhong rely on the four of them very much. Among these four people, the eldest son Zhang Kewang and the second son Zhang Dingguo are the most outstanding, whether it is mentality, courage, courage or talent, they are all outstanding, far stronger than the third son Zhang Wenxiu and the fourth son Zhang Nengqi. Therefore, whenever Zhang Xianzhong encounters something that he is not sure about, or when it comes to life and death, he will ask Zhang Kewang and Zhang Dingguo's opinions as a reference.

Due to Zhang Xianzhong's continuous rapid march of hundreds of miles, the 30,000 rogue soldiers were already exhausted, so after the army passed Xiangning City, Zhang Xianzhong ordered the army to rest temporarily, preparing to rest for one night before continuing to hurry.

But Zhang Dingguo advised: "Father-in-law, although the official army has been deceived by us to the north, our army is still not out of danger!" As long as the officers and soldiers discover the whereabouts of our army, the iron cavalry army may catch up with our army at any time, and the consequences will be unimaginable! Father-in-law, let's hold on a little longer, continue to go west as the best policy, and wait until we cross Hukou Mountain to rest and recuperate. ”

Luo Rucai also nodded when he heard this, and said: "I said Huanghu, what you said is very right, I think it is better to let the soldiers grit their teeth and hold on a little longer." ”

Zhang Wenxiu and Zhang Nengqi next to him also echoed it, thinking that what Zhang Dingguo said was reasonable and should continue to hurry. Only Zhang Kewang never spoke, but kept sneering on the side.

Zhang Xianzhong pondered for a while, and then said to Zhang Kewang's eldest son: "What do you think of my son?" ”

Zhang Kewang said with a smile: "Father-in-law, I think our army can rest assured, and it is not too late to continue to advance until the soldiers have recovered their strength." ”

"Oh? Why? Zhang Xianzhong asked strangely.

Zhang Dingguo couldn't help but look at Zhang Kewang when he heard this, and there were some different meanings in his expression.

Zhang Kewang continued: "Now the officers and soldiers don't know the whereabouts of our army, and the elite of the 100,000 officers and soldiers are all hundreds of miles away to the north, even if they know the movements of our army, if they want to rush to pursue our army, it will take no less than two days!" And our army only needs one night to recover its strength and continue to advance, so there will be no danger. Moreover, if the army blindly rushes without regard to the hard work of the soldiers, and if there is any unexpected situation on the road, and the soldiers of the army are all exhausted and overworked, how will they meet the enemy? ”

After listening to this, Zhang Xianzhong nodded uncontrollably, and then without waiting for Zhang Dingguo and the others to speak, he said: "Then it's decided, let's set up a big camp here, let the soldiers take a breath, and continue to rush tomorrow morning!" ”

Luo Rucai, Zhang Wenxiu, and Zhang Nengqi saw that Zhang Xianzhong had made a decision, so they went to settle the soldiers and horses, Zhang Kewang also left with a proud face, only Zhang Dingguo still wanted to stand beside Zhang Xianzhong and wanted to persuade again, but in the end he still didn't say anything.

Subsequently, Zhang Dingguo returned to the army with some loss, looking at the gray dusk, I don't know why, a trembling feeling suddenly surged in his heart, and he couldn't disperse for a long time.

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