On the twentieth day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, the rainy weather for a long time came on a rare sunny day, blue sky and white clouds, warm winter sun, standing on the school field, enjoying the clear sky, smelling the refreshing air after the rain in the nostrils, Wang Huan felt that his bones were crispy.

"My lord, it's time to get out." A weed-like bearded head leaned over and interrupted in an inopportune voice.

Wang Huan opened his eyes when he heard this, and smiled at Li Tingyu, who was standing beside him: "General Li has just returned from danger, and he is going to drive the army into battle, which is quite inappropriate, it is better to rest first, this time, I will take Ma Xintian's camp head." ”

Li Tingyu raised his eyebrows and said with disgust: "Where do you speak?" From the army to the Quartet, the sword to step on the world, where is not a dangerous place? How can I be greedy for comfort and can't move forward, I, Li Laosan, will feel uncomfortable if I don't touch the knife for a day and don't ride a horse for a day, and I can't miss such a major event as Zhang Xianzhong. ”

Wang Huan opened his mouth and wanted to persuade again, but Li Tingyu directly put his big hand and said angrily: "Adults, don't you look at me Li Tingyu is blind in one eye, and he becomes a cripple, look down on me?" ”

Wang Huan hurriedly said: "I don't mean that. ”

Li Tingyu waved his hand: "That's fine." He raised the horsewhip in his hand arrogantly, pointed forward, and said in a spirited manner: "My lord, please see, the Lin Zi Battalion is moving forward as a whole army, and there is no mischief under my command Li Tingyu, and compared with your Fengzi Battalion, it is not inferior." ”

He pointed with his horsewhip, and groups of white-robed soldiers were forming a column, stepping out of the barracks with a sonorous sound, waving green flags, passing over the school field and marching towards the avenue ahead.

Wang Huan's three battalion heads, according to Sun Tzu's four-character mantra of the Art of War: "Wind Forest Volcano" order, are called Fengzi Battalion, Linzi Battalion and Huozi Battalion, each with color flags, the Fengzi Battalion flag is cyan, the Huozi Battalion flag is red, and the Linzi Battalion flag is green, so that although the soldiers and generals are also wearing white robes, the flags are different, and they can be seen at a glance on the battlefield.

Wang Huan led the Fengzi battalion, Li Tingyu led the Lin character battalion, and Ma Xintian led the Huozi battalion, and the surnames of the three were embroidered on the battle flags, which was easier to distinguish.

Wang Huan watched the forest of gun blades and waving banners pass in front of him, and was extremely pleased, and a sense of pride surged from the bottom of his heart, this is my army, from weak to strong, every soldier is a soldier built by himself, I will rely on them to lay down a big world, reverse the wheel of history, change the humiliating future of the Han family, and do the great cause of engrave the name in the history books.

The general died in a hundred battles, and the strong man returned in ten years, and I don't know when he will return to tranquility.

While the two were talking, they heard the sound of horses' hooves in their ears, Ma Xintian came to the two of them, and said to Wang Huan in a deep voice: "My lord, the last general will divide his troops with the adults and rush to Shunqing Mansion." ”

Wang Huan and Li Tingyu looked at him together, Wang Huan nodded solemnly and said: "Okay, you are alone in this trip, you must be careful in every way, if there is an accident, withdraw first, don't do risky things!" ”

Ma Xintian agreed: "Yes, the last general understands." ”

Wang Huan said again: "Shou Shunqing Mansion, now Zhang Xianzhong's left army governor **** Li, although Zhang reversed a lot of soldiers and horses in his hands to Chengdu Mansion, but **** Li still has 10,000 soldiers in his hands, plus the miscellaneous soldiers in the county seats, more than your Huozi battalion 3,000 people, you must remember not to be greedy for the gains and losses of a city and a place, cruising around in Shunqing Mansion, firmly remember your task: Shunqing Mansion is the closest place to Baoning Mansion, and Baoning Mansion is close to Hanzhong, waiting for the Qing soldiers to enter Sichuan from Hanzhong as soon as the signs are revealed, You immediately rush to the Sword Gate Pass, occupy the Sword Pavilion before the Qing soldiers, and stop the Tartars from the pass! But before that, don't expose your intentions, lest **** Li see through and ask Chengdu to block your way north. ”

Ma Xintian listened carefully, and then clenched his fists again and said in a deep voice: "The last general has written it down, if the adult has no other instructions, the last general will go." ”

Seeing Wang Huan nodding, he clasped his hands into fists and saluted, raised his whip, and chased after a group of white-robed soldiers with flags like fire.

Li Tingyu stared at Ma Xintian's figure disappearing on the official road, and asked Wang Huan with a puzzled face: "My lord, since our purpose is to block the Tartars in the Sword Pavilion, why did we wait until He Zhen surrendered and sacrificed Hanzhong before we started to rob the Sword Pavilion?" How good it would be to kill it now. ”

Wang Huan shook his head and said: "No, sending troops to the Sword Pavilion now is equivalent to sandwiching us between Tartar and Zhang Yi, and we will be attacked on both sides, which is not done by a wise man." We must wait until the Tartars enter the Sichuan, and when Zhang Rebellion can't withstand it, we take advantage of the void to enter, destroy the remnants of Zhang Rebellion in the Sichuan with the power of thunder, and block the Tartars outside the Sword Pavilion, which is the simplest and most labor-saving strategy. ”

"From Shunqing Mansion to the Sword Pavilion of Baoning Mansion, but a hundred miles away, as long as Ma Xintian moves fast enough, he can run to it in one day and one night, and then it will be like a divine soldier descending from the sky, the defenders of the Sword Pavilion are caught off guard, and they can take it without much effort in panic, and Ma Xintian can hold on to more than ten days under the attack of the Tartar army, and when our army solves the remnants of Zhang Wei near Chengdu, he can go north along the Golden Bull Road and gallop to help Ma Xintian."

Li Tingyu blinked, his face was full of confusion, and he gave a thumbs up and said, "Lord Wang, you are still so unfathomable, and your ideas are incredible,"

He touched his beard and asked confusedly: "There are too many things I don't understand, let's just talk about a few big ones, how do you know that He Zhen is going to sacrifice Hanzhong to surrender to the Tartars in January?" This birdman has been in Hanzhong for a year, that is, he beat the tartar and Zhang Xianzhong, and he didn't rely on both sides, like the stone in the toilet was smelly and hard, why did it suddenly fall? Liu Jinzhong from Tongchuan Prefecture followed Zhang Xianzhong in Chongzhen for ten years, how do you know that he will betray? Also, if Zhang Yi and Tartar fight, they won't necessarily lose, right? How can you be so sure that he will lose? ”

"It's simple, just think about it. He Zhen is an enemy on both sides on the surface, in fact, he is just waiting for the price to sell, only by showing his strong and powerful side, can he sell a good value, this son is alone in Hanzhong, Li Zicheng is dead, the remnants of the Dashun army are far away in Huguang, he does not surrender, is there a second way out? Wang Huan showed a mysterious smile, with a strange face, and lowered his voice like a magic stick: "Also, general, have you forgotten?" My master is a master of the world, Bo Gu and Jin, Yin and Yang divination is also very proficient, his old man passed on to me Zhou Yi gossip can know people's hearts from afar, I know He Zhen and Liu Jinzhong's thoughts, but Yi Shi'er, such ghosts and gods, you don't have to ask. ”

Li Tingyu and Ma Wannian, Zu Bian and others who were surrounding all knew Wang Huan's strange abilities, and they were all convinced at the moment, their eyes were fanatical, and their eyes were almost the same as the eyes of believers looking up to the sect leader.

At the same time, several people secretly warned themselves in their hearts that they must not hide anything disloyal to Wang Huan, otherwise the young chief soldier would be able to see through it without waiting for his mouth, and he would not know how to die when the time came.

"Okay, let's go, Liu Jinzhong of Tongchuan Prefecture is probably already preparing for a rebellion, although this fang is not afraid, but he can stab Zhang Xianzhong's knife in the back, and when we enter Chengdu, this guy is still staying behind Zhang Xianzhong waiting to stab the knife, which is also a scourge for us, hang him in Tongchuan Prefecture, let Zhang Xianzhong go to the Tartar in a down-to-earth manner, and we will benefit and do no harm."

Wang Huan said in a loud voice, his sword eyebrows raised, his straight waist stood upright on the horse, the white robe set off the brown skin formed by the sun exposure for many days, revealing a resolute and resolute momentum, and with a kick of his heel, the white horse under the crotch rose up and ran towards the team of white-robed soldiers.

Li Tingyu and the others followed closely, merging into the ranks of Kuizhou soldiers like a white silk lined with blue and green, surging forward.

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Tongchuan Prefecture, the Zhili Prefecture under the direct leadership of the Sichuan Political Envoy of the Ming Dynasty, has jurisdiction over four counties, close to Chengdu Prefecture, the terrain is flat, the land is fertile, it has always been a densely populated, thousands of miles of farmland grain production area, in the state capitals of Shuzhong, second only to the Dujiangyan area, although the name of the state is actually more important than the status of many prefectures, whether from the perspective of military administration or civil affairs, it is a very important place in Sichuan.

Liu Jinzhong was originally the governor of Baoning Mansion, and he was transferred here to join forces with Zhang Guangcai to defend the town, on the one hand, because Tongchuan Prefecture and Chongqing Prefecture were separated by a mountain, and they had to guard against the Ming army in the direction of Chongqing; On the other hand, after Zhang Xianzhong established the country, his suspicions became more and more serious, and the fact that he was more and more uneasy about the Ming army's surrender was also a reason, so they constantly transferred their defensive ground back and forth, and replaced them like a marquee.

Although this person has already had the heart to take refuge in the Tartars, but at this time, the main force of the Qing army has returned to the north after occupying Nanjing, and more than 10,000 people in the first Meile Zhangjing He Luohui were restrained by the Shaanxi Righteous Army, and they could not break through He Zhen's Hanzhong, and they were unable to go south into Sichuan, so for a while, Liu Jinzhong did not dare to move, with his own soldiers, if he wanted to erect a flag to rebel, one of the four princes of Daxi could easily destroy him.

So Liu Jinzhong and Zhang Guangcai had to keep their heads in the dark, secretly stockpiling grain and training their troops in preparation for the future, anyway, the Ming army in Chongqing Prefecture had already negotiated peace with Daxi, and they would not move their troops for the time being, so they were happy to preserve their strength.

But Wang Huan is not Zeng Ying, and the armistice agreement with Daxi is a piece of waste paper, so when the Kuizhou army crossed Huaying Mountain and appeared on the border of Tongchuan Prefecture on the first day of the first lunar month, Liu Jinzhong panicked.

"What? The Ming army crossed Huaying Mountain and camped in Lingquan Mountain City? Liu Jinzhong jumped up from his chair and shouted with disbelief on his face.

A soldier soaked with sweat in cotton clothes knelt on one knee on the Zhongjun Hall, and hissed in a hoarse voice: "Yes, the garrison of Shehong County is eight hundred miles away, and the Ming army has tens of thousands of people, all of whom are strong pawns, and they also ask for the support of adult soldiers. ”

"Tens of thousands? Pawn? Liu Jinzhong frowned and repeated, his eyes rolling around: "When did the officers and soldiers become so bold?" Let's not mess with him, they still dare to come to the door to provoke us, the sun is coming out in the west? ”

Zhang Guangcai sat sideways, listened carefully, thought about it and waved his hand to beat the soldiers who reported the news away, got up and approached Liu Jinzhong and said: "This news is not credible, you and I know the generals of the Ming Court, when did you use it?" In the past, Zeng Ying just took advantage of our troops to attack Hanzhong to occupy Chongqing, but in fact, they were just miscellaneous fish, and they were not strong soldiers. Some time ago, the Ming army was infighting, Zeng Ying was driven down, replaced by a Kuizhou general soldier, I heard that this person is a second ancestor, with Qin Liangyu's identity as a righteous son, he won Zeng Ying with the white pole soldiers, and it is even more useless to think about it, the white pole soldiers were wiped out as early as a few years ago when they competed with us for Chengdu, how many people can there be in these two years? 10,000 people Hmph, it's just an exaggeration of the flood garrison, and I want to take the opportunity to ask for some military salaries. ”

Liu Jinzhong listened, snorted, and said dissatisfied: "It must be so, it doesn't matter, this is a good opportunity in our favor!" ”

Zhang Guangcai was puzzled: "How do you say this?" ”

Liu Jinzhongyin smiled and sat down after turning back to the long case, and said faintly: "Didn't Devil Zhang want us to quickly suppress the bandits in Tongchuan Prefecture, and go with him to Jinchuanpu to converge, go north to attack Hanzhong?" Now that the Ming army has invaded Tongchuan, we are the enemy of strength, we can't separate, and he doesn't go grandly, he has nothing to say, and we can also take the opportunity to ask for more silver, grain and grass, and recruit soldiers and horses. This flood shooting garrison is not only innocent, but also very meritorious. ”

Zhang Guangcai suddenly realized and said happily: "The governor is high, and it is better to shoot the horse in the end." ”

Liu Jinzhong laughed proudly, and the night owl-like laughter sounded for a while, and he said in a deep voice: "But the Ming army can't ignore it, we have to go over to make a appearance, even if the Ming army really has 10,000 people, it's just a group of soldiers, borrow them to play a play, and when the Qing army enters Hanzhong, Zhang Motou will go north to fight, we turned around and took advantage of the situation to enter Chengdu, and took his nest, this great achievement, it belongs to you and me, hahaha." ”

Speaking of pride, Liu Jinzhong laughed and was overjoyed.

Zhang Guangcai echoed and laughed: "In this way, the Ming army came just in time, that Kuizhou general soldier Wang Huan, I'm afraid I can't dream of fulfilling our good deeds." ”

The two looked at each other and laughed again.

Liu Jinzhong laughed, while summoning the guards, summoning the documents, and began to carefully prepare the emergency letter to Zhang Xianzhong.