A few days ago, Lao Daxing led the team to pass a few laps around Lizhou at night. ”

"Fortunately, in the west of the city, there is a wharf, a multi-warehouse warehouse, and a Tongji warehouse here. In the past, the grain transported along the Tonghui River could reach the land of Tongzhou, and it could also reach the capital directly. Now these barns are in the possession of the slaves, and they are just taken for my use. ”

"We have two choices, one is to attack the warehouses outside Zhangjiawan City, and the other is to attack the land of Gaolizhuang, there are some warehouses inside and outside the village, and there are also grain and grass carried by the slaves. The number of slaves and thieves is about several thousand in the Zhangjiawan area, but there are still more than 20,000 people in Tongzhou and other places. ”

After Wang Dou finished speaking, everyone present pondered.

Hearing that there were still more than 20,000 Qing soldiers in the Tongzhou area, and even the belligerent Han Zhong was cautious, Wen Fangliang said: "General, if it is only a few thousand shoe soldiers in Zhangjiawan, my security army is not afraid. However, the godson is in the field, and the sentinels are out in all directions, and our thousands of military horses go to Tongzhou, and we will definitely not be able to hide from them. ”

"The last general is worried that we are halfway there, and the godson of Tongzhou has come to the reinforcements, presumably in the field, there will be a fierce battle. There are 20,000 shoes, and it is estimated that there are 7 or 8,000 armored soldiers in them, and we have chariots and artillery, although we have the ability to protect ourselves, I am afraid that we will no longer be able to loot and fail to achieve our goal. ”

"The last general thinks that it is not appropriate to fight at this time, and maybe he can wait for two more days."

Han Zhong said: "How are you waiting? If Lezi in Tongzhou doesn't go south, will we wait until the food runs out? ”

Wen Fangliang said: "Old Han, I also think about us security guards, we don't have much capital, only a few thousand people, and we need to be cautious and cautious in everything." ”

Although Han Zhong thought that what Wen Fangliang said was reasonable, he still muttered: "It's not happy." ”

Zhong Tiaoyang said: "The last general thinks that Wen Qian's words are reasonable, and the last general also thinks that it is better to delay it for two more days." ”

Most of the people in the room agreed with Wen Fangliang's opinion, thinking that it was not yet the time to fight hard, and it was important to take care of it.

Wang Dou got up and walked around the house twice, and said categorically: "Okay, just wait for two more days, and in two days, no matter how many slaves there are near Tongzhou, we will send troops to loot." It is not colder than the south, but the winter in the north is dry and cold, and those snowflakes fall on the ground, which will not make the ground muddy, but will only freeze all the roads hard and hard. It's okay to walk this way, the road is better.

In the wind, thousands of Shunxiang troops lined up neatly, just waiting quietly. All of them wore armor or iron armor, or inlaid with iron leaf cotton armor, wore red cotton wool coats on the outside, and iron mesh boots on their feet, and all of them were extremely energetic. Due to the capture a few days ago, some of the soldiers in the army were also wearing armor.

It is all a northern land, and compared with Baoanzhou, there is nothing unsuitable for water and soil, and there are a large number of doctors in the army, led by the medical officer Wang Tianxue, so there is no attrition caused by disease and water and soil in the army.

The sky net was cloudy, and the dark clouds were as low as lead. Heaven and earth seem to be silent. Only bright red flags fluttered like living creatures, and there was a loud sound from time to time.

Suddenly, the sound of hooves sounded, nearly 100 horsemen from the fort went straight to the official road, dozens of big flags hunting and flying, among which a fiery red king flag was particularly eye-catching, all eyes were looking over, watching Wang Dou run to the front of the formation, and the horse stopped.

Wang Dou slowly glanced at the sergeants in the array, and Chi Dacheng, the pacification officer, was in front of him, looking at the army with the same seriousness. In front of the thousands of Shun Township troops, except for a group of fierce soldiers who stayed in the village fort, the rest have all arrived. The thousand generals of each department dismounted and stood in front of their respective military formations, as well as Wen Daxing, Li Guangheng, Zhao Xiaozhong and others, who were directly led by the battalion headquarters, and they also led their own nights. Cavalry, artillerymen, and soldiers, all standing upright.

This time, Wang Dou sent troops to loot, except for Tian Qiming, the team officer who originally stayed at Shiqiao, withdrew to the village fort to defend, and the rest all went out, hundreds of carts, dense artillery carriages, also placed in the military array, Yuan Rong chariots and lookout pole chariots, the same out, as well as many horses robbed, all accompanied this time, must return with a full load.

Wang Dou has made a desperate bet, and if he doesn't succeed, he will become benevolent.