Next, Zhang Shihua stayed in Nanyang for another three days. In the past three days www.biquge.info Zhang Shihua has finally completed the reorganization of more than 1,000 newly recruited soldiers, as well as the generals and soldiers under Chen Xishan. Therefore, now Zhang Shihua's garrison in Nanyang Mansion has expanded to 6,500 people.

And after the reorganization of the newly incorporated 2,000 soldiers, Zhang Shihua was naturally ready to raise troops to the north.

After all, Zhang Shihua's delay in Nanyang is not short, and according to Li Chongsan's report from Ye Xian, the provincial privy Gong Buban of Jiangbei Province is also mobilizing a large army in the north of Nanyang Mansion. It seems that it won't be long before Gong Buban will lead a deputy army of thieves and lead his army south with him.

So at this time, Zhang Shihua must go back. However, before raising troops to the north, Zhang Shihua naturally had to make arrangements in Nanyang Fucheng. At this time, Zhang Shihua had already found a suitable person to deal with the government affairs of Nanyang Fucheng and Zhenpingcheng counties.

But in addition to government affairs, Zhang Shihua naturally needs to stay in the two counties. However, this time, Zhang Shihua naturally will not let Chen Xishan, the new subordinate, stay behind, because compared to Xue Yulong, Zhang Shihua is really not at ease with Chen Xishan.

"Don't use suspicious people, don't suspect people" This is Zhang Shihua's consistent method of employing people. Therefore, this time, after leading a thousand soldiers to stay in Nanyang and Zhenping counties to solve Zhang Shihua's worries, it was Zhang Mingtong, who grew up with Zhang Shihua since childhood.

And Zhang Mingtong himself, although he regretted that he could not go north to fight, but for Zhang Shihua's order, Zhang Mingtong would already do his best.

So after such an arrangement, on the morning of the fourth day, Zhang Shihua led more than 5,000 soldiers under his command to Yexian County, which was hundreds of miles away.

And the flowers bloom in two, one on each branch. Just when Zhang Shihua led more than 5,000 soldiers under his command to rush towards the horses and hooves of Ye County, in the Xuzhou area not far north of Ye County, as the provincial privy council of Jiangbei Province, Gongbu Ban, was also gathering an army here under the order of Timur, the commander of the thief.

This time, Gongbuban gathered a total of nearly 20,000 troops in the Xuzhou area. Of course, Gong Buban claims to be an army of 50,000 to the outside world. After all, in this era, there is no need to pay taxes to brag, and when Cao Cao fought at the Battle of Chibi, only 100,000 people still claimed to be an army of 800,000, and Liu Bei attacked Wu back then, and only 70,000 or 80,000 people did not brag about an army of 700,000.

Gongbuban's 20,000 blows into 50,000, so it looks like it's more sincere.

Of course, let's not talk about this at this time, let's talk about the next affairs of Gong Buban, the provincial privy and the generals under his command, in the official office of Xuzhou.

At this time, in the official office of Xuzhou, Gong Buban, who was a Yuanmeng man with extremely pure blood, was sitting high on the main seat, looking at the generals in the hall and said loudly: "Everyone, we are all ministers who guard the land ordered by the Son of Heaven, and have the duty of guarding the land for the Son of Heaven and seeking the welfare of all the people. ”

"Now, in the land of Nanyang and Runing, bandits are rampant, and the people are in dire straits. Ben will look at this, it can be said that he is anxious. Therefore, in order to save the people and the fire and water, the Japanese generals of the Ming Dynasty decided to go south to fight the thieves, but they did not know who of the generals was willing to be the vanguard. ”

However, hearing Gong Buban's words, all the generals in the hall couldn't help but look at each other and be silent, and no one took the initiative to stand up.

Seeing this scene, Gong Buban, the provincial privy councilor, couldn't help frowning. "I knew that these generals were useless, but I didn't expect them to be so useless." Of course, although he was very dissatisfied in his heart, Gong Buban was an official in a high position after all, and he still had some basic qualities.

Therefore, seeing this scene, he didn't rush to the crown angrily, he just picked up the teacup next to him, took a slight sip of the tea, and then said to the generals and officials in the hall unhurriedly: "According to reliable sources, the thief army of Nanyang Mansion has already marched south under the leadership of the thief Zhang Shihua at this time, and the defenders of the Red Turban Thief Army in Ye Xian are only five hundred people at this time. ”

"Five hundred after the defenders!" Hearing this, the generals in the hall couldn't help but feel the spirit of coming all at once.

To be honest, for the red turban thief, they are actually really scared in their hearts. After all, it has been half a year since the Red Turban Army uprising, and the officers and soldiers have fought more than a dozen wars with the Red Turban Army, but after more than a dozen battlefields in the past six months, the officers and soldiers have not been able to win one.

However, when they only heard that Ye Xian's defenders were only five hundred people, they were suddenly not afraid. "Nonsense, you must know that there are 20,000 people on their side, and there are thousands of people and horses, what kind of concept is 20,000 people. 20,000 people fight 500 people, and one person can drown them with spit and foam. ”

So after thinking about this, the generals and officials in the hall couldn't help but scramble to stand up, and everyone wanted to invite themselves to be pioneers.

However, although it is said that all the generals in the hall have already asked for battle. However, for some reason, Gong Buban suddenly had a sad sense of decline. "When did the descendants of Genghis Khan lose even the courage to face the bandits."

However, although he thought so in his heart, on his face, Gong Buban still showed a satisfied look with a smile on his face. And after that, a person who has been seen is still selected to be the vanguard officer of this battle.

Then early the next morning, the 20,000 troops gathered in Xuzhou, under the leadership of Gong Buban and the vanguard officer he appointed, rushed towards the southern Ye Xian.

The distance between Xuzhou and Ye Xian is actually not far, that is, it is about three days away. However, Nanyang is far away from Ye Xian, a full six days away, although Zhang Shihua has to go one day earlier than Gong Buban, but even so, Zhang Shihua rushed to Ye Xian to defend the time, which is two days slower than Gong Bu Ban.

However, fortunately, the army under the command of Gong Buban was not very good, his army marched extremely slowly, except for the 3,000 light soldiers led by the vanguard officer, the remaining 10,000 troops were estimated to take four days to catch up with the county seat of Yexian.

And this means that the more than 500 defenders and soldiers in Yexian County, as long as they can hold out for a day each under the siege of 3,000 vanguard officers and soldiers and 20,000 troops, will be considered successful. But is it really possible to succeed? You know, that's an army of 20,000!

With only 500 people, guarding a small county seat, can they really hold out for a day under the siege of 20,000 people? No one dares to guarantee it like this, after all, such a gap in force is too great, this is not a double force gap, not a tenfold force gap, but a full 40 times the force gap.

Forty to one, under such a huge disparity, even if the red turban sergeant can really be estimated at one as ten, it is impossible to stop it.

Therefore, when he knew that Gong Buban of Xuzhou led an army of 20,000 under his command to rush towards Yexian County. Ye Xian's two insiders, Li Chongsan and Zhao Er, couldn't help but fall into a panic and fear mood.

In the county government of Ye County, Li Chongsan looked at the information sent by the spies, and he was never surprised when he encountered trouble, so he couldn't help but ask Zhao Er who was sitting beside him with a panicked face: "General Zhao, the 20,000 troops of Gong Buban are about to come to the city." But our army is now only 500 people, and the disparity in strength is so great, how should we wait, how should we be good? ”

Because of fear, Li Chongsan couldn't help but ask twice in a row how to be good.

However, compared to Li Chongsan's panic, Zhao Er, who was Ye Xian's defender of the thousand households, was still calm. After hearing Li Chongsan's panicked question, Zhao Er, who had been following Zhang Shihua all the year round, couldn't help but follow Zhang Shihua's example and forced himself to put on a calm appearance.

Then, after putting on a calm appearance, he saw Zhao Er look up at Li Chongsan sitting beside him, and said with a resolute face: "Ye Xian, it is the gateway to the northern border of our army, and there is a heaven-sent treasure like Pingdingshan in its territory, which is extremely important to our army. ”

"For such an important city, the general has entrusted the responsibility of protecting its safety to me and my husband, so as long as you and I live, we must not give up the second important town to the Tartars."

And hearing Zhao Er's resolute words, Li Chongsan, who was extremely loyal to Zhang Shihua, couldn't help but suppress the fear in his heart.

"Yes, even if you die, you must not allow this important town to be taken by the Tartars." Thinking like this, Li Chongsan couldn't help but hurriedly stand up and say to Zhao Er: "General Zhao, I will order that all the facilities of the Pingdingshan mine be burned down, and I will send a messenger south to ask the general for help and warning, the general thinks it's okay?" ”

"Pingdingshan" Hearing these three words, Zhao Er couldn't help but react violently, "Yes, there are still more than 1,000 strong miners in the Pingdingshan mine, and if you arm all these people, you may not be able to hold the city and hold on until the arrival of reinforcements from the general." ”

Therefore, after thinking about this, Zhao Er couldn't help but tell Li Chongsan about this idea in his heart as soon as possible. However, after Li Chongsan heard this, he frowned and said: "General Zhao, don't forget, half of the miners in this mine are bandits who have been reformed through labor, can these people be used by us?" ”

"Mr. Li, don't worry, I am stationed in the mine, and I found that the General's technique of curing thieves with thieves is really mysterious. Because the overseers who supervise the work of those bandits are all from bandits, those thieves who have been reformed through labor do not hold a grudge against us, but hate those overseers very much. ”

"So, as long as we can disrupt them and grant them the benefit of freedom, these bandit miners will definitely be of use to our army."

When Li Chongsan heard Zhao Er's words, he couldn't help but nod in agreement. Obviously, he also felt that Zhao Er's words were very reasonable. Therefore, after Zhao Er said this, Li Chongsan couldn't help but nod and said: "In this case, I will go and transfer all the armor in the county government arsenal to temporarily form an army." ”

And when Zhao Er heard Li Chongsan's words, he couldn't help but nodded.

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Almost two hours later, on the Pingdingshan mine twenty or thirty miles away from the county seat of Ye Xian, Zhao Er personally escorted the only eight hundred pairs of armor in Ye Xian's arsenal, and came to the mine with more than two hundred elite soldiers under his command.

"Gather all the miners, Ben would have something to say." "The subordinate obeys." Hearing Zhao Er's words, a person in charge of the mine hurriedly agreed, and then hurriedly led a few soldiers to shout, gathering more than a thousand miners in the mine.

"Pingdingshan Mine, a total of 1,035 miners have been assembled, please give instructions to the General." After gathering all the miners, the person in charge of the mine couldn't help but whisper back to Zhao Er.

"Good." Hearing the words of the person in charge, Zhao Er couldn't help but nodded and said. And after saying this, Zhao Er, who was wearing armor and armor, strode onto a high platform on the mine under the escort of many pro-guards beside him.

And after walking on the high platform, Zhao Shuang held his saber in his hand, looked at the dense miners under the stage, and couldn't help but shout: "The five hundred miners recruited in Yexian County, all walk to my left hand side for me, let me see you!" ”

"Quick, listen to the general, go and stay over there." Hearing this, some managers on the mine couldn't help but shout like this.

And under the urging of those managers, the five hundred miners who were recruited couldn't help but hurriedly walked to their right at the first time.

And after these people were separated from those thieves who were forced to reform through labor, Zhao Er looked at these people and couldn't help but shout at them: "You answer me, how is my general's treatment of you, is it good or not!" Answer me, good or bad? ”

Hearing Zhao Er's abrupt roar, the five hundred recruited miners couldn't help but be stunned. However, in the next moment, many of the five hundred people shouted, "The general is as kind to me as a mountain. ”

"The general is as kind to us as a mountain, and the general is as kind to us as a mountain." After that, the five hundred miners recruited by Zhang Shihua all raised their arms and shouted.

Seeing such a scene, the people in charge of the surrounding mines couldn't help but sigh in their hearts: "General, the prestige of benevolence is really unparalleled. Then thinking like this in their hearts, these people couldn't help but turn their eyes to Zhao Er again, just like that miner, to see what Zhao Er would say.

And Zhao Er, who was watched by everyone, looked at the five hundred miners who were shouting in the audience, and couldn't help but press down his hands with a majestic face, making the five hundred miners stop yelling. And after waiting for the five hundred miners to stop yelling, Zhao Er looked at them and couldn't help but shout loudly again: "Okay, since you all think that the general is as kind to you, then now is the time for you to repay the favor." ”

(To be continued............ ）