Chen Chu, the guard of Xintong County, wants to make immortal achievements, but he is eager to fight. According to his thoughts, a Ming army of more than 10,000 people, with the strength he has at hand now, is enough to win the battle and defeat this Ming army, he can immediately penetrate deep into the rear of the Ming army, attack Danyang in front, threaten Qingzhou, flank Xingyuan, and form a flank with the Nian Chunfeng army to attack the tiger prison.

But what he thought was a wise plan was strongly resisted by the gentry of Xintong County. These people are now the main component of Xintong's army, and for them, it is enough to keep the homeland on which they depend, attack? It is possible to make great contributions, but this credit is not so easy to take. Based on the local defense, there are many natural advantages, the right time and place and the right people, but to play out, it is completely different. Once they succeed, they are fine, but if they fail, it will be a catastrophe for them. If a family does not have a certain strength, then being swallowed up is a matter of an eye.

Although everyone is now strongly grouped together, but the contradictions between each other are also numerous, once attacked, as the largest force in the county, the county guard Chen Chu, can use his authority to assign various tasks to each family, and weaken the strength of each family in a bright light, but I am afraid that before the war is over, this Xintong County is his family alone.

Who will do what is not beneficial? Everyone huddled together to keep warm and worked together to fight against Chen Chu, but Chen Chu was helpless and full of anger.

I am devoted to the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch! Chen Chu only felt very depressed. Because of his attack plan, even Cai Qiang, who had just defected to him from Danyang, had a noncommittal attitude.

"County guard, the problem is not the infantry battalion of the Ming army, but Yu Chao's wind-chasing battalion." Cai Qiang's heart palpitated, he was one of the few Qin cavalry generals who participated in the Battle of Hengdian and was able to escape back safely. The image of that battle was too profound. "The wind chasing battalion is the trump card of the Ming army, with strong combat effectiveness, coming and going like the wind, with the existence of this army, it is a sharp blade hanging above everyone's heads, and it is not unreasonable that the heads of the families are unwilling to rush out of the city to fight."

"General Cai, you also have 5,000 cavalry in your hands, this is my Great Qin Iron Cavalry, is it possible that you are still afraid of them?" Chen Chu stared at Cai Qiang with resentment, you came to me, I eat and drink as a bodhisattva, just waiting for you to make a contribution at the critical moment, you go to cross the river at this time and tear down the bridge, go up the wall and draw ladders, and you can't do it authentically.

Cai Qiang smiled bitterly: "Lord County Shou, when Cai was in Danyang, he didn't want to follow Lu to be a thief, but ran out at night and ran to Cai County Guard, which shows my Cai's loyalty to the imperial court." But if it's just two cavalry battles, I really don't have the confidence to win. How strong the Great Qin Iron Cavalry was a few years ago, it was still defeated in the hands of the Ming army, and now the five thousand cavalry under my command are strong, but there is still a big deficiency in the Wind Chasing Battalion. If it is a coordinated battle of infantry and cavalry, I may still be somewhat sure, but simply trying to rely on my cavalry to fight against the Wind Chasing Battalion is not enough. ”

Chen Chu pondered for a moment and raised his head: "General Cai, what do you think if I say that you only need to lure the Wind Chasing Camp away, and you don't need to fight with them?" ”

Cai Qiang's eyes flashed: "Lord County Shou wants to use the foot soldiers in his hand to eat Yang Zhi's five thousand people first?" ”

"Not bad!" Chen Chu's eyes flashed fiercely, "General Cai is a war-torn general, the current situation does not need to be said, you can also see a rough idea, if we don't have a large army, this Ming army is very likely to pass through our Xintong County and directly insert into Wanxian, forming a fatal threat to General Nian's flank, if General Nian is defeated, our Xintong will be exposed to the Ming army's siege on several sides, those family heads are full of oil, where can you see this?" If the Ming army wins, we are finished, the Ming army is defeated, we can't support the army at this time, and the emperor can let us go? ”

Cai Qiang was silent for a moment, and finally nodded: "Lord County Shou is right. If this Ming army is inserted into the side of General Nian, I am afraid that General Nian will suffer. ”

"Therefore, whether it is public or private, we will fight this battle. Since the Wind Chasing Battalion is difficult to fight, then we will fight Yang Zhi. As long as Yang Zhi's 5,000 people are annihilated, we can raise troops to approach Wanxian, and at that time, you and I will cooperate with each other on foot and horse, and for cover, so why should the wind chasing battalion be afraid? Chen Chu analyzed.

With the wind chasing battalion, Cai Qiang must not do it, that is to send sheep into the wolf's mouth, after a battle, I am afraid that his 5,000 cavalry will be in vain. But if there is a large number of infantry to cooperate, it is completely different, with the cover of the infantry's countless long-range weapons, it is absolutely impossible for the wind chasing battalion to attack.

A mixed team of infantry and horses, as long as they coordinate properly, slowly move towards Wanxian like a turtle shell, even if the wind chasing battalion peeks on the side, it is impossible to do anything.

The cavalry really did not take advantage of the well-equipped infantry battle formation, which had been brutally tested in countless wars in the past dynasties. Fighting with infantry is the experience of piling up the lives of countless infantrymen.

"In other words, I'm going to lure the Wind Chasing Camp away!" Cai Qiang said in a condensed voice.

"Yes, General Cai, the Ming army has newly entered my Xintong County, and I am not familiar with the geography of my Xintong County, I will send you some guides who are familiar with the local situation, and your task is to lead the wind chasing battalion around, and lead them as far away as possible. So that we can free up our hands to clean up Yang Zhi. Chen Chu said confidently: "20,000 people against 5,000 people, our weapons and equipment are not worse than them, and our soldiers are also equipped with weapons and armor, but they are not comparable to those poor border troops." Five against one, I still don't believe you can't win. ”

Cai Qiang was slightly unhappy in his heart, because he had been one of those poor clanging people in the past! But now he can only endure it, and his own food, grass, and salary are still on the person in front of him. But this time, when I fell to Xintong County, I saw those teams of private soldiers of various families in bright armor, and my heart was really unbalanced. In the border army of the Qin State, an ordinary soldier with a leather armor is enough to laugh at his colleagues, iron armor, that is very rare, except for the general and the general's personal soldiers, the rest of the people can only go to the battlefield to loot.

And these family private soldiers, but everyone is fully armored, and the luxury is outrageous.

Cai Qiang has no doubts about the combat effectiveness of these private soldiers, because these family private soldiers are fed with money and food, and they are usually used to suppress the riots, conflicts, and force of the miners. Cai Qiang is just worried about how the private soldiers of these many families get together, how to mix and pinch into a whole. As an experienced general, he knows very well that a team without cohesion cannot exert their 10% combat effectiveness.

Expressing his worries made Chen Chu laugh when he heard it.

"General Cai is too worried. Chen still has a little prestige in Xintong County. He raised his head slightly, and looked a little meaningful: "Moreover, if it is against a strong enemy, these family heads must be pushing me, as long as they take credit, they don't want to pay, but if the enemy is relatively weak, then you are some hungry wolf eyeing the lamb, and everyone wants to go up and take a bite." They just don't want me to attack Danyang and Xingyuan, but if I fight on the mainland, I can still use my strength in one place. Their roots are in Xintong, and if they don't drive the Ming people out, what else can he have? ”

"Well, I'm too worried." Cai Qiang also thinks that Chen Chu has a point, defending his homeland has always been able to provoke people's battles**, Xintong These wealthy family heads are all tied to Xintong, if Xintong is gone, then they are just some insects in the mud to be trampled on.

"So what does General Cai think?" Chen Chu felt that Cai Qiang was already tempted.

"Okay, then I'll go out and deal with the wind-chasing camp, but Lord County Guard, I'm not going to Wanxian, I'll wave my troops to Danyang County." Cai Qiang said.

Chen Chu frowned at first, then reacted, stroked his palms and laughed: "Wonderful, if you attack the enemy, you will be saved." If General Cai kills back, maybe there will be righteous people who raise the banner of righteousness to help each other, then the chasing wind battalion categorically refuses to let General Cai enter Danyang again, he has to chase the general, and as soon as you go away, I will do something to Yang Zhi. When the time comes, General Cai will take them around a few big circles and come back to join us again, so how can the Wind Chasing Battalion be no matter how strong it is? Let them come to us and give it a try? ”

"That's it, and I also ask the county guard to persuade those family owners that my cavalry is out fighting, and it will be very difficult to supply, and the guerrilla attack will come back for three to five days at most, and the county guard must solve Yang Zhi within a few days, otherwise there will be trouble." Cai Qiang said.

"Five days, that's enough!" Chen Chu is confident. "If the general is promoted, the county guard will allocate another 10,000 taels of silver as the promotion fee."

"Thank you for your generosity!" Cai Qiang was happy in his heart, with a reward, morale will go to a new level, and this Xintong County guard is very generous. He has never been stingy with silver, and in the past few months in Xintong, not only the food and salary are not bad, but the reward for silver has also been issued twice in a row, which is unimaginable in the previous Qingzhou army. It's nice to be able to eat to your heart's content.

Xintong County has begun to prepare intensively to take the initiative, and the wind-chasing camp and Yang Zhi's battle camp that entered Xintongjiu have finally converged.

Holding the latest information on the movements of the Xintong army that he had just received, Yu Chao laughed loudly and threw the information to Yang Zhi: "Brother Yang, people are targeting you." ”