"Left, left and right!"

In the courtyard of Xiang'an, the sound of trumpets and uniform footsteps resounded through the sky and spread beyond the barrier of the fence.

However, the locals of Xiang'an are used to hearing it, and there is nothing strange about it. Since the fifth year of Chongzhen, every day has been the sound of the Xiliu Courtyard, almost rain or shine, and it has been four years now.

In the past four years, more than 3,000 teenagers have walked out of here. According to the practice of the Hosoyanagi Annex, the 400 teenagers who were recruited some time ago are the 10th phase of the Hosoyanagi Annex, and when they have completed three to four months of team training and weapon use practice, they will begin a long journey from Xiang'an to Xinxiang. The whole journey is probably more than 4,000 miles, and about half of it has to be completed on foot, and the time required is about 45 to 50 days.

The teenagers trained in this way are tenacious and disciplined, high-spirited and energetic, and each of them is a seed.

After arriving in Xinxiang, they will enter a comprehensive exercise, in addition to military skills and physical exercises that will not be less than two hours every day, they will also learn writing, arithmetic, learn some physical geography, and learn drawing and ranging. Yu Guozhen didn't expect to train them all to be talented people, but as long as they could come out of the courtyard, then after three to four years, even if they were discharged from the army, most of them would be enough to take charge of a township.

This is Yu Guozhen's long-term consideration, since the first emperor, Huaxia is the court and the gentry co-rule, the control of the court can not reach the village level, which makes the rural clan forces and the central government, and even in some cases, the rural forces are even above the national law.

"Petty officials, petty officials."

Yu Guozhen looked at the queue of teenagers, and then heard Gao Erzhu calling him. He beckoned to Erzhu, who came behind him and said in a low voice: "Little official, there seems to be a change in Jinling City, Mr. Mizhi is here." ”

Yu Guozhen was also stunned, he only arrived in Xiang'an yesterday, and said goodbye to Fang Yizhi before leaving Jinling, why did Fang Yizhi come after him?

"Your eyeliner in Jinling City, what news is coming?"

"Not at all."

Yu Guozhen pondered for a while, and not long after, someone really came, saying that Fang Yizhi was asking to see him outside the Xiliu Courtyard. Yu Guozhen asked Gao Dazhu to continue acting, and he walked quickly to the door.

Fang Yizhi was a little anxious, but after entering the door, he still looked around and found that there was nothing in the Xiliu Courtyard except for a few rows of brick houses, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Jimin, your courtyard hasn't been rebuilt yet?" ”

"After being burned by thieves, he was at odds with Shi Kefa, so he was too lazy to rebuild, as long as he could live and act." Yu Guozhen did not shy away from it.

Hearing Shi Kefa, Fang Yizhi smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid that Shi Daolin will come to beg you again." ”

"Oh, how do you say that...... Hey, the rogue is here again? Yu Guozhen was stunned for a moment, and then immediately thought of something, and his face changed slightly.

"I received a report before, the general soldier Zu Kuan led the Liao soldiers, Yu Qu's mountain defeated Gao Chuang, Gao Chuang Yu, and met Luo Rucai, Ge Liyan, Zuo Jin Wang, Hengtian Wang, and mixed 100,000 tribes, with about 150,000 people, and came to the east again."

Yu Guozhen's brows suddenly tightened.

Fang Yizhi's words a few days ago turned out to be a prophecy!

Without saying a word, he led Fang Yizhi back to his study and pulled out a map. He found on the map the Khö' Mountain, located in Runing Province, less than 100 miles from Nanzhili.

"Tsk, I really don't want people to celebrate the New Year." After looking at the map for a while, Yu Guozhen sighed.

"Exactly, thieves are hateful, it's been like this for three years in a row!" Fang Yizhi hated the authentic.

Yu Guozhen pondered for a while, this time it was Gao Chuang, different from Zhang Xianzhong, many of Gao Yingxiang's troops were born in the Northwest Frontier Army, brave and good at fighting, almost a regular army, and the battle was long, extremely fierce.

This enemy is not easy to deal with!

"According to the opinion of the people, will the Liukou come to Nanzhili again?" Fang Yizhi is now very respectful of Yu Guozhen's military strategy, so he asked.

Yu Guozhen nodded: "Naturally, the year before last, the people of Tong's city changed, but there were only two or three thousand chaotic people, but Nanzhili couldn't draw troops that could be suppressed, and this incident made the thieves see the emptiness in the area of Nanzhili." The sacrificial thief swept through Anlu last year, if I hadn't stopped him, I was afraid that the area around Anlu would still be in his hands now. All of these have made the thief see that there is a advantage to take advantage of, how can he not come? ”

Speaking of this, Yu Guozhen hesitated in his heart, Gao Yingxiang's strength is not comparable to Zhang Xianzhong at this time, and his control of the troops is also better than Zhang Xianzhong. Don't look at the previous Zhang Xianzhong who brought Lao Huihui, Chaotianwang and others, but Laohuihui and Chaotianwang would not really listen to Zhang Xianzhong at all. And Gao Yingxiang is different, his huge reputation is enough to drive Luo Rucai, Ge Liyan and Zuo Jin Wang and others.

Therefore, whether to fight this battle with Gao Yingxiang made Yu Guozhen hesitate.

War inevitably involves losses, and only in this way can we be more cautious in making war choices. Yu Guozhen was a little distracted, the first thing he had to think about was what he would lose if he fought this battle.

Of course, he can avoid without fighting, now his main base is in Xinxiang, there are only some empty houses in Xiang'an, it can be said that there is no concern, at most he hides in Jinling City, he believes that even if he does not make a move, Gao Yingxiang will not be able to capture Jinling.

If it is a choice war, the biggest problem he faces is still a lack of manpower. Today, there are only more than 600 guards in Xiang'an, and 400 of them are newly recruited teenagers, which cannot be useful. He took the "Pillow Xia" back to Nanzhili too quickly...... Thinking of the Pillow Xia, Yu Guozhen was in good spirits.

The Pillow Xia came and went quickly, a trip back and forth to Qinzhou, it was only more than 20 days, and now it is the beginning of December, if it is fast, at least 400 elites can be transferred from Xinxiang for him!

Even so, he first had to survive these twenty days, and then the big battle would inevitably lead to the loss of manpower. These guards are his hard work, the seeds of the future, and every loss of one is a very heart-wrenching thing for him!

As for the victory, it may also cause big trouble because of his hypocrisy.

War also has the benefits of war, and the biggest benefit is probably the people who are coerced by thieves. Now Hoi An is in his hands, and this alone can house 100,000 people, plus Yu Guozhen also hopes to open up the Mekong Delta, and at the same time, the industrial base of Chin' state can also obtain a large number of people. Moreover, there is no shortage of young and strong people in these populations, and they can become a new source of recruits for the new Xianghuwei.

Xinxiang plus Hoi An, now there are 60,000 stone of grain, and judging from the situation when he came, the second season of grain in Hoi An will be harvested around February of the next year, and the output is expected to exceed 400,000 stone.

"So where will he come from?" While he was pondering, Fang Yizhi waited impatiently and pushed him: "Jimin, don't think about it alone, talk about it for me." ”

"Pretend to go south, then turn east, attack Guangshan, Gushi, and enter Huoqiu or Lu'an......" Yu Guozhen said.

At this moment, the first county of the river 'South Runing Fugu', on the bank of the Shi River, King Gao Yingxiang looked back behind him, the sunset was like blood, the sunset was full of sky, in the twilight of the Central Plains, he held his sword on the ground, and said proudly: "There will be a day, I will hit Chang'an!" ”

Beside him, Luo Rucai, who was known as "Cao Ying", smacked his lips and shook his head: "Why should King Chuang miss that Chang'an? Our Lao Tzu turned to the world, the wine that can't be drunk, the beauty who can't sleep, we have also seen Chang'an City, but like that, how can we be at ease in the world? ”

"Cao Ying, don't you know, Chang'an is the old capital of the Han and Tang Dynasties, the place where the world's dragon qi gathers, we have broken the ancestral dragon qi of the Zhu family, as long as we occupy Chang'an again, it will become the emperor's business. At that time, our Lao Tzu will be the founding emperor of the country, and you will not have a justifiable title of prince! ”

Gao Yingxiang's words made some of the leaders around him shine, but Luo Rucai pouted and shook his head. However, he didn't quarrel with Gao Yingxiang, but turned to him: "It's really strange that General Chuang didn't come with King Chuang this time." ”

The general is Li Zicheng, he only read the force to go out to unify the army when he was fighting Feng 'Yang, Gao Yingxiang smiled and didn't say anything, but Luo Rucai said again: "I heard that the general Xing Niangzi ran away with Gao Jie?" ”

This is Li Zicheng's great shame, he plundered the beautiful Xing family, very favored, but was lured by his general Gao Jie to fornicate, in August, swept away his old camp in the property and fled. Perhaps it was this reason that made Li Zicheng ashamed to see King Chuang, and when King Chuang came to the east, he took the stars in the sky and the stars in the sky to the west to prepare to cross the river into Jin.

"He wants to attack Jindi." Gao Yingxiang reluctantly replied.

He has a close relationship with Li Zicheng, and there are rumors that he is Li Zicheng's uncle, and he has never denied it himself. Hearing him say this, Luo Rucai sighed again: "It's unwise, it's unwise, last winter was warmer, this winter is warmer, the Yellow River is not frozen, where can he cross the river?" ”

"Alas, why do the two brothers bother to talk about this, let's talk about ourselves. King Chuang, this time I went east, but I picked up Zhang Xianzhong's ass, and that guy acted like a chicken and a dog, and we were afraid that we wouldn't be able to bargain much. Seeing that King Chuang's expression was a little uncertain, Ge Li looked at He Yilong to come out to play a round, and at the same time glanced at Luo Rucai.

Gao Yingxiang said a little sullenly: "Ge Liyan, you don't want to come to fight stubble, if my Gao Chuang is so small-hearted, and Cao Ying will jump up after saying a few words, you won't know that I am in trouble, and you will come to join me." Cao Ying is right, he is not too cautious after all, and when he is a little proud, he forgets about it, I am just a little worried, he will suffer a big loss this time. ”

Luo Rucai gave Gao Yingxiang a thumbs up and didn't say anything more.

"What Fang Cai Ge said is also the truth, King Chuang, are we really only eating leftover cold juice after Zhang Xianzhong this time?" King Zuo Jin interjected.

"Zhang Xianzhong suffered a big loss in Anlu at the beginning of the year, and the Shi Kefa of Anlu Road is said to have some skills." Another thief.

"Who let Zhang Xianzhong eat alone, let us lead the main force of officers and soldiers to the west, but he made a big fuss here." Cao Yingluo Rucai said enviously: "Nanzhili is the most prosperous, why didn't we think of it at the beginning!" ”

His surname is extravagant, but in this situation, he is still clothed in silk and satin, and there are many beauties in the camp, and the utensils used are either gold or silver. Everyone knew his surname, and if they had a good relationship, they scolded with a smile, and when everyone's voice fell, Gao Yingxiang raised a palm, and then pointed to the southeast.

His face was murderous: "Since it is not enough to dig up the ancestral grave of the Zhu family in Zhongdu, this time, I naturally want to go to Jinling to dig the grave of Emperor Taizu!" ”

Hearing this, everyone was in high spirits.

(To be continued)