After a battalion of the second town of the begging army was directly stationed in the county seat of Shanyin, an advance 100 headquarters of the Datong official army could walk more than 30 miles north of Shanyin and was heading towards Shanyin. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But the general Bai who led the team didn't want to run into the main force of the beggar army at all, so he paused thirty miles away from the city, and then sent someone up to investigate at random, and when he learned that the city had been occupied by the beggar army, he simply camped in place.

At this time, Gao Xun, the chief soldier of Datong Town, was waiting for the elite of the hundreds of standard battalions to which he belonged, and went south from Datong Mansion and Chengcheng, and arrived in Yingzhou by Huairen, when he received a message from the front-line soldiers and horses, saying that the main force of the beggar army was about 10,000 or 20,000 people out of Yanmen Pass, and the forward captured Shanyin, and there was a partial division out of Shikou, and it was also heading towards Yingzhou.

This completely confused him, what is the other side going to do? As soon as it came up, it was a posture of advancing on all fronts, was it preparing to really rebel?

However, the information gathered from all quarters soon showed that this was not a rebellion, but a premeditated seizure of territory, for the occupied fortresses and cities were peacefully welcomed by the beggar officers and soldiers without any fighting.

Of course, Gao Xun didn't know, but whenever he approached the boundary of Shanxi, the hundred and thousand households of the various garrisons were all rebelled by the beggar army Tian Cewei, of course, not that they had clever means, but that the silver was real.

But fortunately, because of the turmoil in Taiyuan Mansion in Shanxi Province a year ago, Datong Town, in order to guard against the begging army that was still a thief army at that time, deliberately transferred the main force of Pingyuwei and Andong Zhongtun Wei to the south near Yanmen, so Gaoxun still has about 800 standard battalions and two guards here.

In addition to the empty salary and the old and weak, there are about 2,000 people who can fight, so he is not very worried that Li Jing will suddenly attack him, so he urgently reported to Datong Mansion on the one hand, and issued an official military order on the other hand, mobilizing more than 10,000 people from the two guards of Datong Left Guard and Yunchuan Wei to go south.

"Lord Commander, the other side is menacing, I'm afraid we are not opponents."

The general of the Datong Left Guard is Jiang Guowei, the unlucky general who was captured after going south, and said with a nervous expression at this moment, he was frightened by the power of the beggar army, let alone fighting, even if he confronted him, he didn't dare to confront him.

"What are you afraid of, as long as the other side doesn't rebel, can I still kill you and me?!"

Gao Xun didn't say anything else, at least he still had the guts, he sneered when he heard this, and then looked at the eight hundred families behind him who were fully armed and followed behind, what did he have to worry about?

"I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what if!"

Jiang Guowei shook his head, he still felt that he had no bottom in his heart, but didn't he know that Gao Xun didn't defend the fortified city of Yingzhou, but instead took eight hundred families and more than three hundred people from his headquarters, and directly abandoned the city and came to the south.

Even if Li Jing's little boy moved a little bit and directly deducted Gao Xun, then Datong Town would basically be over, Datong Town, which didn't have many soldiers and horses, and if he lost a general army, could he still defend it? I'm afraid that a wave will be wiped out by the other side, and there is no chance to wait for reinforcements from the imperial court.

"Don't worry, when I came, Lord Futai had already taught me face-to-face, and it was expected that this person would have something to ask for, but he should not go to a desperate situation, so he relaxed and there was no danger."

Gao Xun himself also understands in his heart that Li Jing has a good future, this must be to send a certain signal, or to ask the court for fame, or to show his muscles, anyway, he happens to be a soft persimmon, and he deserves to be pinched.

But he also continued to speak, reassuring his subordinates, don't run away before they meet, "Lord Futai has transferred more than 10,000 elite soldiers in Datong Town, lined up in the rear, and there are strong troops on the side, what are you afraid of?!" ”

"It's just that there are soldiers and horses from Datong Town behind, so I'm worried." But Jiang Guowei didn't say this, he just continued to keep his face rotten and didn't speak, but he kept scolding his mother in his heart.

Just knowing what kind of goods the soldiers and horses in Datong Town are, he is worried, those so-called armies who go out to fight and can collapse themselves by themselves, and they can put two shots in the direction of the enemy when they go into battle, even if they are overplayed, they usually run away by themselves before they fight, what kind of confidence can this be?

"Xuanfu Shen Futai also ordered Huai Anwei and Xuanfu Sanwei to go south, ready to respond at any time, there are two main barracks under the command of the governor of Baoding in the east, if Li Jing dares to make a rash move, tens of thousands of troops will come, and he can resist?"

Looking at the dejected appearance of these generals around him, Gao Xun was just angry, but he couldn't help it, he had to rely on these people later, so he threw out a secret news, this is not a deception, but it is really something, Li Jing, after all, is a hidden danger of the imperial court.

"In that case, the last general will be relieved."

Sure enough, as soon as this news came out, the worries on the faces of the generals were swept away, after all, there were foreign troops to help, and they were confident.

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"Sure enough, crossing the Yanmen Pass to occupy Shanyin and Mayi is a natural barrier."

Since ancient times, the Yanmen Pass of the Inner Great Wall is one of the most important barriers in the northwest of the mountain, but it is also not easy to get out of the Yanmen, because the mountains are steep, and the mobilization of soldiers and horses is also inconvenient.

But now it is different, the two counties of Mayi and Shanyin are occupied by themselves, and only these two places are used as the forward positions of the army's hoarding, and when there is something, they can quickly march to the interior of Datong Town, which saves a few days.

Li Jing stood in the north of Shanyin County, looking at the territory from afar, and said with satisfaction in his heart.

"The lord's clever plan, with the help of the name of the ancestors, enter Datong, even if the court reprimands, he will not dare to tear his face with us, just take the opportunity to occupy these two cities, as a barrier, which can be of great use in the future."

Li Denggao stood beside him at this moment, and praised him,

"What I said is that the imperial court has been using troops in Shandong for a long time, and it is extremely costly, so we should hurry up and prepare to occupy Shanxi."

Zhao Mosheng specially came from the station to meet Li Jing, and what he wanted was to prepare for a big job in Shanxi.

Before entering Shaanxi, he and Zheng Renbao did not move, although it also shows that Li Jing is at ease with them and is willing to entrust them in the future, but in this way they will lose the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

He and Zheng Renbao were guarding Shanxi bitterly, and the horses they had previously purchased were divided by the cavalry town, and after Li Jing entered Shaanxi, a large number of military horses were captured, but now at a glance, the second and third towns have the least cavalry, and the two towns together, I am afraid that even 1500 war horses can not be made.

"The matter of Shanxi, a little bit of total, but I still don't have a clue about the resettlement of Shanxi's civil and military affairs."

Li Jing is not worried about whether he can occupy Shanxi, nor is he worried about whether he can drive the Liukou to Henan and Shandong, but he is only worried about how to deal with the civil and military officials in Shanxi.

As in Shaanxi, it is impossible to kill them all or put them under house arrest.

The situation in Shaanxi and Shanxi is different, Shaanxi has the Yellow River antenna, and the connection with the imperial court was cut off by itself, but Shanxi is close to Henan and Huguang, and the degree of rule of the imperial court here is very high.

"Lord, why don't you care about the fate of such officials, we were in Shaanxi before, didn't we also act under the banner of the righteous army?"

Zheng Renbao was idle and bored in Shanxi, seeing that even Chen Da was mixed with the general army of a town, and he was of the older generation, so he naturally held his breath in his heart, so he said loudly,

"Lord, we pacified Shaanxi, but the court also knows that this rogue is a stream, and tens of thousands of thieves and soldiers and horses from Shaanxi are naturally deserved, isn't Zhao Sheng now in front of the battalion of our begging army, and is allocating him to control the soldiers and horses, pretending to be a homeless person, first take down the Pingyang Mansion in western Jinxi, force the officials and soldiers to turn back, consume a part of it, and then let's enter the place in the name of suppressing bandits, isn't it a logical thing?"

When Li Jing heard this, he nodded immediately, almost without thinking about it, "Well, directly order the troops who will cross the Yellow River eastward in the future, no longer return to Daizhou through Yongning Prefecture, and directly in the name of Zhao Mosheng, go out of Pingyang Mansion, capture the prefecture and county, and then enter the soldiers and horses of Jin, take over each other to pursue and suppress the thief army, and every time you go to a county, you must not kill places like Shaanxi, and you must appease the local squires." ”

"Don't you understand what your lord means?" Li Denggao came out and smiled, looking at a group of stupid generals,

"We are officials and soldiers, and we can't do things that hurt heaven and reason, but Zhao Sheng is a thief, if he kills in the place, then it doesn't matter to us."

"Yes, yes~ Lord, look at my head, I didn't react for a while."

Zhao Mosheng and Zheng Renbao looked at each other and said with a laugh.

"This matter should not be spread outside, Zhao Sheng's troops, to be carefully selected, do not play our banner, try to choose the sturdy men from Shaanxi to surrender, to set up more supervision and guidance, to ensure that this army will not break away from us, and to always advise, not to be allowed to plunder, to always treat themselves as a regular army, if you dare to violate military law, will be dealt with strictly."

Li Jing had already planned this, but he also had to prevent this army from suddenly getting out of his control, even if he didn't have any dissent, he had to prevent them from completely becoming thieves, otherwise what would he do in the future? Is it a complete abandonment of this force?

"Don't worry, the lord must be responsible for this matter, and we will not lose our reputation, whoever dares to oppress the good people will be our enemy!"

"Okay, this matter has to be done quickly, now we only talk about the north affairs, are they all arranged? Welcoming the remains of my late father into the customs is my highest priority as a son of man. ”

Li Jing looked to the north and stared and said. (To be continued.) )