Chapter 168: Divergence
Zhang Chu led the team to walk in Yanchang territory, and the entire road was dusty, crowded with people who had withdrawn from the front and troops who were marching forward. When the people left the house, they brought out donkeys, ploughing cattle and all kinds of farm tools, the livestock carried grain and forage on their backs, the vehicles were loaded with farm tools, spinning wheels and pots and pots, the domestic dogs followed behind the feet of their owners, and the kittens lay on the carts and refused to move their feet.
Unlike the previous desertions, the people did not panic, and when troops passed by, they stopped on the side of the road to make way for the road. The troops walked past them before they were urged by the armor chief to return to the road. They had a lot of confidence in the security forces, and many of them would not have wanted to leave their homes if it weren't for the repeated mobilization of the security chief. Watching the soldiers pass by them, their hearts became a lot more solid, according to their thoughts, the troops went up, divided by three and five by two, and the officers and soldiers were cleaned up, the war was over, and they lived a peaceful life again.
The women took advantage of the rest time to take care of the children, and they did not forget to talk about it. "Look at our team, how neat the people are, there are tens of thousands of people in this team, and the chief is just timid to let him hide." "I heard that these are all teams from Shanxi, there are more than 100,000 people, this time Zhang Dashuai made a speech, to eliminate the official army in Shaanxi, so that we can live a peaceful life forever, this is said by the chief of the security chief, the chief of the security is not cowardly, the retreat is Zhang Dashuai personally ordered, afraid that we will be harmed by the official army in the war, the marshal is good to the people." "That is, how can we have today's life without Dashuai, and the people outside of Yanchang heard that many people can't survive and have become homeless, which is very miserable. When the officers and soldiers were defeated, they were saved. “
Zhang Chu led the team to walk past them silently, no one recognized him, and he didn't stay, feeling that his burden was heavier, and the trust of the people was both an honor and a spur, so that he, an otaku, worked hard in the Ming Dynasty.
A few days later, Zhang Chu led his team to Ganguyi in the northwest of Yanchang County, and met with He Jin, who was waiting there.
He Jin saw Zhang Chu's hanging heart and let go, at present, in the direction of Yan'an Mansion, the official army has gathered more than 100,000 troops, especially Cao Wenzhao's Guanning Iron Cavalry, which has been outside the border of Yanchang County for a few days, he is really afraid that Cao Wenzhao will rush over before Zhang Chu arrives, so the plan to completely annihilate Cao Wenzhao will fail. Cao Wenzhao has an impressive record of defeating Wang Jiayin, and He Jin does not dare to underestimate him. Sun Tzu said: "Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored." In the past two years, He Jin was forced by Zhang Chu to have no choice, he knew a lot of words, and he also began to read.
"After Cao Wenzhao's small group of men and horses was beaten away by the militia, they set up camp on the edge of Yanchang County, there has been no movement in the past few days, and today another team of men and horses drove over, seeing that the scale should be at least 30,000 or 40,000 people, mainly infantry, according to the banner judgment should be the troops of Yang Jiamo, the general soldier of Gansu, I don't know if the enemy will have any more troops to come. If the enemy gathers more troops and moves forward in a group, we will not be able to do it. He Jin introduced the latest situation to Zhang Chu.
"They don't come, we lure them in. The enemy must be mobilized so that we have a chance. "Zhang Chu knows very well that you can't fight to the death against an enemy who is several times your size, and you must destroy the enemy in the movement.
"Let's take a look at the terrain." Before the war, Zhang Chu chose Ganguyi as the first battlefield according to the map and intelligence, which was the only way from Yanchang to Yanchang, and the terrain was also suitable for the security army using firearms to destroy the enemy. After seeing the map many times, Zhang Chu was still not at ease, so he decided to take another look at the site and fine-tune the inappropriate deployment.
Zhang Chu took He Jin and Li Yi to climb the mountains one by one, marked the key points on the map, and discussed with the two of them from time to time: "This is really a good place for ambushes." "But isn't it, no matter whether the officer is cavalry or infantry, as long as he enters this valley, we will not be able to use it on both sides, and there is only one way to be annihilated." He Jin has been studying here for a few days, and he is very confident in this. "This time, Ho Jin, your team should hide on the hill at the entrance of the valley so that the enemy cannot be discovered, and after the enemy enters the ambush circle, you must prevent them from escaping and ensure that the enemy is completely destroyed. Li Yi, the task of encircling and destroying the enemy is yours, order the troops to seize the time to build fortifications on the top of the mountain and use the terrain to attack the enemy. I took part of the cavalry and was responsible for luring the enemy to the bait. Zhang Chu repeated the previous battle plan and added new missions to himself. It's too dangerous, or I'll do what you don't tempt the enemy. "Li Yi rushed to share the risk for Zhang Chu." With the protection of the cavalry, the officers and soldiers can't do anything to me, they can't see my big bait, and they won't take the bait. Zhang Chu's attitude was very resolute, and the others did not fight again.
Cao Wenzhao's camp ushered in a guest, Yang Jiamo, the chief soldier of Gansu who had just arrived today, and the two entered the big tent after a while to secretly study the plan to attack the security army.
Yang Jiamo was very dissatisfied with Cao Wenzhao in his heart, and he originally exterminated the thieves together, after the Governor Hong Chengchou finished arranging, Cao Wenzhao relied on his troops to be cavalry, running faster than anyone else, and soon arrived at the Yanchang border, which made Governor Hong repeatedly urge several other people to speed up the march. If you can, you can go up and fight, Cao Wenzhao stopped and refused to attack when he arrived at the extension of the border, and you showed your face, but you stopped working. If it weren't for the news that Zhang Chu, the leader of the bandits, had appeared in the village in front of him, Yang Jiamo would not have come to see Cao Wenzhao, he wanted to borrow the mobility of Cao Wenzhao's Guanning iron cavalry and rush over to catch Zhang Chu, so that the thieves would be leaderless, and the battle would be much easier.
Unexpectedly, after Yang Jiamo put forward his idea, he was opposed by Cao Wenzhao: "I don't agree to attack by my cavalry alone now, this gang of thieves called the security army is very evil, they have occupied it for more than two years, a small village is equipped with muskets, I sent several people to reconnoitre, and now there is no response, and now it is inevitable to fall into the enemy's ambush to chase after it." "There are less than 10,000 thieves in Yanchang, and with the courage of the general, they are still afraid of them, this thief Shou Zhang Chu rushed over by himself, purely to send him to death, and he can't let go of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." Yang Jiamo also wanted to talk about Cao Wenzhao. "No, I can't risk my brother's life. Besides, the appearance of the thief may be a rumor spread by the thief. Cao Wenzhao voiced his worries. The appearance of the thief leader must not be wrong, a landlord who escaped from Yanchang reported to Duo, he saw the thief Zhang Chu stationed in the village in front of him, this place is absolutely reliable. You can stay here for a few days with few people, and I have more than 40,000 people who will spend a lot of food and pay for an extra day, I can't wait, if you don't march, I will attack alone. "Yang Jiamo actually didn't say anything else, the whole Shaanxi is full of famine, I heard that only Yanchang has a harvest every year, and the thief Zhang Chu is still running many mines and factories in Yanchang, you don't rob me of this wealth. After speaking, Yang Jiamo got out of Cao Wenzhao's big tent and returned to his camp.
Cao Wenzhao stretched out his hand to stop Yang Jiamo, but he didn't have any good reason, Yang Jiamo himself has more than 40,000 people, even if the thieves are not the opponents of the official army, but he always feels in his heart that something is wrong with this, this may be a natural reaction to many years of fighting on the battlefield. It's better to be careful in everything, let Yang Jiamo fight first, if he really attacks, he will lead the cavalry to catch up later, and he will not let him take all the credit alone.
Yang Jiamo returned to his camp with anger and contempt, Cao Wenzhao is really ignorant, although both of them are general soldiers, can the general soldiers with 40,000 people and the general soldiers with 3,000 people be the same? Coming to him to find him has already given enough face, but he didn't expect him to be afraid of the enemy like a tiger and dare not fight. If you don't dare to go to war and I will go by myself, won't there be more than 10,000 thieves, and I can also destroy them with my troops.
Yang Jiamo sent his cronies to verify whether the thief Zhang Chu was really ahead.
The people sent soon returned, and he blended into the village in front of him, and found that the thief Zhang Chu was mobilizing the people to move in the village, and Zhang Chu was followed by only 1,800 cavalry.
Yang Jiamo was overjoyed when he heard this. This time, the thief Zhang Chu said that he couldn't run away. Leaving 10,000 people to garrison the camp, Yang Jiamo personally commanded an army of 30,000 to kill the security army. (To be continued.) )