Zu Kuan gasped, looking at the few hundred and ten personal soldiers around him, he couldn't help beating his chest.

He came to attack with an army of 60,000, but there were less than 200 people left, and what was even more terrifying was that with his understanding of Yu Guozhen, he would definitely face Yu Guozhen's revenge next. He did have 20,000 people in Huai'an's lair, but with these 20,000 people trying to block Yu Guozhen's tiger guard, it was something that he couldn't even think about.

Moreover, Zu Kuan was still very confused, he was clearly sure that Yu Guozhen only had five thousand tiger guards in his hands to call, but why there were tens of thousands of people on the battlefield.

"Uncle, where should you go next?" The soldiers were also frightened one by one, and the fight just now really made them chill.

Where is this war, it is simply a one-sided slaughter!

In fact, when it comes to weapons and equipment, there is no difference between the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and Yu Guozhen's tiger guard in the strict sense of the times, thanks to the blessing of Xinxiang's production capacity, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty also used high-quality and inexpensive muskets, and it is precisely because of this that Zhang Xianzhong can be driven into Sichuan and Li Zicheng blocked north of the Qinling Mountains.

It is precisely because of this that the four towns in Jiangbei have the courage to come to Yu Guozhen's beard: in the past, you were rich and rich, and all of them were firearms, so you won many battles, and you have never suffered a big loss since you beat the rogues. Now we also exchange cold weapons for hot weapons, and we can always fight with you.

Now, after a resounding slap in the face, Zu Kuan finally figured out that there was still a gap between their weapons and Yu Guozhen's weapons.

But what he still doesn't understand is that the real gap lies in the soldiers on both sides. Yu Guozhen's Tiger Guard. They are already fully modernized and even close to modern in terms of training and system, and they are still soldiers of the Middle Ages - not even regular soldiers.

Originally, Qi's grandfather Qi Jiguang trained a regular army close to modernization, but it is a pity that there are frequent party disputes in the imperial court, and there are too many people who are limited to the view of the gateway but do not see the long-term, and this semi-modern army has also rapidly degenerated.

"Damn it...... How did Yu Guozhen get around behind us? Zu Kuan was puzzled in his heart: "Have you figured it out?" ”

"Waterway, Yu Guozhen's sailor is powerful. He went around behind us by water and landed, and it seemed to me that there were not many enemy troops, so we were able to get out of the encirclement. "A pro-soldier said.

Zu Kuan slapped his head violently. How did I forget about it again!

In fact, it wasn't that he forgot, but he still didn't expect Yu Guozhen's reaction to be so fast, let alone that Yu Guozhen had enough troops in his hands to mobilize. If Yu Guozhen really has only 5,000 people in his hands. Even if it is not enough to stay behind, where can you take a boat to go around behind him.

As for transporting troops from Tamna and other places, it is not impossible, but it will take at least six days for the messenger to go and then to the ship, and the overall situation has been decided in six days.

But where did Yu Guozhen conjure up tens of thousands of troops?

Calming down, Zu Kuan gradually realized his mistake. He completely ignored the two million refugees in Yu Guozhen's hands, and forgot about Yu Guozhen's training of the militia. Zu Kuan also taught his soldiers to fight, not to mention that Yu Guozhen's militia only drilled once every few days.

But just like that, Yu Guozhen actually performed an elite soldier!

"Since Yu Guozhen has transferred troops from the waterway, then ...... Huai'an is afraid that he will not be able to go back. Zu Kuan understood that since Yu Guozhen could transfer troops from the waterway behind him. Then naturally he can also attack Huai'an, his strength is too reduced now, and the only way is to go west and think of meeting Gao Jie.

As for what to do after the rendezvous with Gao Jie, he hadn't figured it out yet.

Gao Jie and he started at the same time. At the same time that Zu Kuanbu broke into Andong Wei, Gao Jie's department also broke into the territory of Shan'dong, he did not directly attack Huwei, but under the banner of the Northern Expedition, he seized Hanzhuang and Shagouji, occupied Teng County and Zou County, and the soldiers directly attacked Yanzhou Mansion.

But like Zu Kuan, he also didn't capture many tiger guards, all the tiger guards seemed to get the news in advance, and all of them went north along the canal by boat and completed the assembly in Jining City.

The militia was fully mobilized and took over the work of the Tiger Guard, and led by a working group sent by Xinxiang, led everyone in the quarantine area to the north along the canal, all the way to Liangshan, north of Jining City.

Therefore, when Gao Jie arrived in Yanzhou Mansion to serve as a city guard, he was already faced with the 8,000 tiger guards assembled with the help of the canal. The two sides were at a stalemate in the area of Ren Chengwei, and although Gao Jie had many troops, he could not capture Jining City under the defense of the Eight Thousand Tiger Guards.

In this way, Gao Jie's attempt to seize Yanzhou and Jining and isolate Huwei on the east bank of the canal did not succeed. Not only that, Gao Jie's 60,000 people went north, and the grain and grass consumed was not a small number. He originally wanted to use the canal to transport, but now he failed to capture Jining at the first time, and the supply of grain and grass became difficult - Huwei's transportation capacity on the canal was too strong, and the reputation of Gao Jie's department was too bad, so even if the people from Xuzhou to Yanzhou did not go north with Huwei, they also fled to the mountains and countryside, almost fleeing completely, so that Gao Jie could not catch someone to transport grain for him.

"This is the Solid Wall Qingye?" Gao Jie looked at Zhou Zhong with annoyance: "Didn't Mr. Zhou understand Xinxiang's tricks, how about building a warship for me, or the kind of four-wheeled carriage that Xinxiang built?" With this, it is not so difficult for me to transport grain and grass. ”

Zhou Zhong smiled awkwardly and said: "Gao Shuai thinks too simply, Yu Guozhen spent six years to build a factory in Xinxiang, don't look at the simplicity of the four-wheeled carriage, but since its launch, why can no one imitate many skilled craftsmen in the world?" If nothing else, the spring that hangs the carriage alone is beyond the ordinary blacksmith's making. ”

"Humph! Mr. Zhou said that he was proficient in the strange and ingenious art of the South China Sea......"

"Zhou is a disciple of the Holy Sect, and he is not a craftsman, although he is proficient in the art of South China Sea industry, he can't do it himself, right?" Zhou Zhong was also a little annoyed, his temperament was originally thin and cold, Gao Jie was not the master in his mind, but he had the common goal of Yu Guozhen, so he came to a while.

"It turned out to be a lip service that just talks but doesn't practice." Gao Jie muttered, he actually knew that far water could not quench his thirst, but he was just anxious.

At this moment, someone outside the house hurriedly came to report: "Uncle, our grain transport team has been attacked!" ”

"What?" Zhou Zhong was suddenly anxious, although he was a literati, he also knew that 60,000 people went deep into the enemy territory, and if the supplies could not keep up, what would be the result.

"The grain transport team was attacked in Yishan and suffered heavy losses, and the enemy burned all the grain and grass!"

"Who did it?" Zhou Zhong was furious.

Gao Jie sneered: "Who else will be, naturally Yu Guozhen, he gave up the land of a hundred miles for this ...... But how many enemy troops are there? ”

"It is said that ...... Only five hundred! ”

"My grain caravan has 2,000 men and sisters, plus the coolies, and the number of people exceeds 10,000, and it was wiped out by 500 people?" Gao Jie said angrily: "Are they all eating? ”

He was careful enough, and the grain convoy sent out to escort as many as 2,000 men, but they were still broken by 500 enemies. Not only did they suffer heavy casualties, but the enemy also let go of all the coolies of the people this autumn, and allowed them to move a small amount of grain without affecting their movements, and burned all those who could not be moved.

This 10,000 people transported three days of grain and grass from Gao Jie's subordinates, and he still has grain and grass in storage, so he doesn't care, but if he is attacked twice, then the grain and grass carried by his subordinates will be exhausted, Gao Jie doesn't think that his subordinates have the fighting spirit of Lu Xiangsheng's subordinates to drink ice water and fight!

Moreover, he made a detour to Yishan to transport grain, in order to avoid the canal and prevent the tiger guard from using the canal to infest his grain route. As a result, I didn't expect that in the depths of the mountain, there was also a tiger guard!

He didn't know that Tian Boguang had led thousands of people around the mountains for three months in order to attack the Zheng family, and these people were now experts in mountain guerrillas, and it was really easy to lead a few guerrilla units of 500 people.

Then the bad news came, and although he was more careful, on the third day, Gao Jie's other grain convoy was still attacked on the banks of the Beisha River. This time, with Gao Jie's strict order, his subordinates resisted very fiercely, but they were still crushed by the Huwei guerrilla troops armed with field artillery. Most of the 2,000-strong grain convoy was annihilated, with many dead and wounded, and the tiger guards did not clean the battlefield at all, and immediately fled after burning the grain and grass. When the receiving troops arrived, they were greeted by blood all over the ground and almost blocked the Beisha River.

There was also a letter to Gao Jie at the scene.

"Read."

Gao Jie handed the letter to Zhou Zhong and said with a gloomy face.

Zhou Zhong was stunned for a moment, Gao Jie has his own staff to record things, when will it be his turn to do this kind of thing, but under the pressure of Gao Jie, he had to read it again, so he could only say dryly: "Gao Jie, you brutalized the people in Xuzhou, and now you are still slaughtering villagers in the east of Shandong." Today, you will be punished first, and when your whole army is defeated in the next day, you will be punished for all crimes and punished together......"

The letter was written in a simple and simple manner, which was the most popular vernacular in Xinxiang, so Gao Jie could hear it clearly and did not need anyone to explain it for him. The corners of Gao Jie's mouth sneered, and his expression turned hideous: "Is this a warning to me?" ”

Zhou Zhong was silent, this time all the way north, most of the residents were fortified and cleared, with the tiger guard fled, or avoided the mountains, or escaped the canal, but there are also some people who are unwilling to leave, Gao Jie has almost no military discipline at all, and almost all those who are arrested are killed!

It is no wonder that the other party's revenge was also tragic, and Gao Jie's department also suffered heavy losses, and the second batch of people sent out to deliver food were all his hardcores, and almost all of the main generals were from his own soldiers.

"Come on, kill me, the villages and towns near the left, as long as there are people who can take a breath, they will all be killed, and no chickens and dogs will be left!" Gao Jie said sharply: "I want to see what Yu Guozhen can do to me!" ”

"Ah, uncle think twice!" Zhou Zhong immediately panicked when he heard this, such a large-scale killing is useless for changing the current situation, on the contrary, it will inevitably attract criticism, although Zhou Zhong does not care about what Gao Jie's reputation becomes, but if it provokes criticism in the small court of Jinling, he and Wu Changshi, the two initiators, will inevitably throw out the responsibility in the end.

"Think twice, Yu Guozhen wants to be ruthless with Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will compare with him, Lao Tzu wants to see if he is soft first, or Lao Tzu is soft first!" Gao Jie said sharply: "After killing, I have to tell him that these people all died because of him!" (To be continued)