Chapter Ninety-Two Troops Enter Gansu

Yang Yishan once again convened the generals and discussed sending troops to Gansu to quell the rebellion and eliminate the Liukou.

This time, 40,000 horses and horses came to reinforce it, and there were 100,000 stone of food, and the governor Sun Juxiang naturally had nothing to say.

At present, there are 110,000 people and horses that can be mobilized in Shaanxi, but of these 110,000, 40,000 are stationed in Qingyang, Lintao, Hanzhong, and Dingbian. These four places are the key places from Gansu to Shaanxi, and 10,000 horses are stationed in each place to prevent incursion. Therefore, these 40,000 horses cannot be moved, and only 70,000 soldiers and horses can be brought to Gansu to suppress bandits.

However, 70,000 horses is already a lot, and although the number of rogues is numerous, most of them are rabble, and they can only fight against the wind, not against the wind. There is another point, that is, within the rogues, there are uneven, old and weak women and children are mixed in, and the speed of the march can naturally be imagined.

However, Sun Juxiang pointed out that among the rogues, the troops of Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, were very powerful, with eight teams of men and horses in their hands, all of which were elite, among which the troops led by Li Zicheng, the general of Chuang, were the most successful. The officers and soldiers fought with him several times, but he killed people on their backs. We must pay more attention to this dispatch.

Yang Yishan has actually done enough homework, these days he has been studying with his father-in-law Xiong Tingbi how to send troops, he said on the spot that this time the troops will be won, but the key is that the rogue must not be allowed to flee back to Shaanxi. It is strictly ordered to guard the four generals, and there must be no mistakes, and whoever lets the rogue pass will ask for someone's head.

Two days later, Yang Yishan swore to send troops, and when he taught the military parade, he also brought his father-in-law Xiong Tingbi with him. Yang Yishan can't see the quality of the soldiers and horses, but Xiong Tingbi can see it, the integration of people and horses began to practice, and the old and spicy Xiong Tingbi can see at a glance that the soldiers and horses here, which one has combat power, and that one has weak combat power.

The soldiers and horses with the most combat effectiveness are the two aces of Shaanxi, Zuo Liangyu and Cao Wenzhao, but the soldiers and horses commanded by the two of them add up to only 10,000. Further down, it was the soldiers and horses brought by Wu Jiaxing, the deputy general of Shanxi, but not the 20,000 people he led, of which only 5,000 were outstanding. Should I say it or not, it is really the person who led the troops, and his eyes are really poisonous, and the five thousand men and horses are the soldiers and horses directly under the command of Wujia Province.

The weak soldiers and horses bear the brunt of the soldiers and horses transferred from Sichuan, and their quality is not ordinarily poor. But then again, except for the recruit eggs, they were allocated from the guard, and they came out of the ghosts. Shaanxi also has unbearable soldiers and horses, but compared with Sichuan, they have simply become elite, after all, they have also fought a few battles with Liukou in Shaanxi and have experience on the battlefield. The weakest of the soldiers and horses in Shaanxi is the people and horses of Shaanxi. Geng Ruqi is a good person and a good official, but he will not lead troops, Zou Yi chose him as the Shaanxi Economic Strategy, to put it bluntly, it is to quell the disputes between the Yue Party and the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang parties. Let a good officer who can't lead troops lead the troops, and the combat effectiveness of the army can be imagined, plus there are no decent generals in hand, so they can only be filled.

After the parade, Xiong Tingbi immediately formulated a combat strategy for his son-in-law. With Cao Wenzhao as the front, he led 5,000 men and horses in the headquarters as the vanguard; Zuo Liangyu was the left wing, leading an army of 5,000; Wujia Province is the right wing, and he also led an army of 5,000, but these 5,000 people are the 5,000 elites under him. Yang Yishan personally commanded the Chinese army of 45,000, and Shaanxi Jingluo Geng Ruqi was the rear army, responsible for pressing grain and transporting grass.

Geng Ruqi can't fight, but he is upright, and it is best to let him manage the grain and grass. At least when the enemy leads his troops to rob the camp, he will not be the first to escape, and he will definitely fight to the death. As long as you have this courage, it is enough.

Shaanxi Governor Sun Juxiang stayed in Chang'an because of his advanced age.

One day later, Yang Yishan announced the strategy of sending troops, and the army was called 150,000, and the camp was set out, starting from Chang'an, passing through Pingliang, and entering Gansu.

Now Wuwei has been lost, and it has long been captured by the Liukou, but the Liukou has a characteristic, that is, to fight a city, lose a city, and do not produce and work, and leave after grabbing, and then go to other places to rob.

When Yang Yishan's army arrived, he immediately regained the lost territory, and sent a scout horse to the northwest to investigate, and soon learned the news that Liukou had attacked Zhangye for a long time, and was now entrenched in the place between Yongchang and Zhangye. Yang Yishan hurriedly asked his father-in-law how to attack, Xiong Tingbi looked at the map, and immediately worked out a plan, the front army slowed down, kept a distance from the Chinese army, and moved forward step by step. The left and right armies, rest for a hundred days, march at night, advance in secret, and try to avoid the eyes of the enemy. When the big war starts, quietly kill from both sides, and you can get the full success.

Lord Yang can't say that he doesn't understand the march and fight, but he has no combat experience, and now he listened to the advice given by the old man, thinking that it was feasible, and immediately commanded the soldiers and horses to advance according to Xiong Tingbi's words.

When the Ming army came, of course, the Liukou had received the news that there were 150,000 troops, and they were all panicked.

Don't look at the hundreds of thousands of Liukou who have gathered hundreds of thousands now, but they are young and strong, but only a few hundred thousand, and most of these hundreds of thousands of people were coerced after entering Gansu, and among the hundreds of thousands of troops, there are more than 30,000 people with weapons, and the rest of the guys in their hands are uneven, kitchen knives, flat poles, burning sticks, bamboo poles, etc.

It is conceivable that with these weapons, they will be able to capture Zhangye, an important town in Gansu. Now that he learned that the Ming army was coming, Gao Yingxiang hurriedly gathered the generals of various ministries and held an emergency military meeting.

Gao Yingxiang has eight fierce generals, ranking first, of course, it belongs to the general Li Zicheng; Further down, in no particular order, there are Liu Guoneng, Gao Yingdeng, the king of the sky, Tuoyangkun, the scorpion block, Zhang Dashou, Bai Jiu'er, a gust of wind, and Liu Jiusi, the monkey in the sky.

These eight fierce generals, each unified battalion, 3,000 elites. But because he was attacked by Hong Chengchou in Shaanxi, he also suffered a lot of damage, and now he has entered Gansu, which is not only replenished, but also expanded a lot, and everyone is in charge of tens of thousands of people.

"Now the imperial court has sent an army of 150,000 to encircle and suppress us, brothers, look, how should we deal with it?" Gao Yingxiang doesn't read much, so he doesn't call Wenjue, and he doesn't know any polite words, so he goes straight to the point and asks for the opinions of his generals.

"Boss, do you need to talk about this? Since the officers and soldiers dare to come, let's let him taste our awesomeness! Liu Guoneng was the first to speak.

"That's right! Let them taste our strength, aren't there only 150,000 officers and soldiers, what is it, we are hundreds of thousands of people, are we still afraid of them? Zhang Dashou echoed and said.

"Brother Liu, Brother Zhang, little brother thinks it's impossible."

Gao Yingxiang's subordinates are mostly brave and ruthless, there are few wise people, almost everyone in the tent agrees with a duel to the death, don't look at only two who speak, half of the rest of the population thinks so. But before they could echo it, there was even a person who said something inappropriate. Everyone looked at it, and it turned out to be Li Zicheng who spoke.

"Why not?" Gao Yingxiang asked.

"Uncle, although we are outnumbered, there are not many soldiers to fight, and there are only 10,000 or 20,000 elites, how can we be the opponent of the imperial army. However, the court said that there were 150,000 soldiers and horses, but the child thought that it was not possible, how could Hong Chengchou have the ability to mobilize so many people in such a short period of time. Even if there were, more than half of them were a rabble. Li Zicheng is Gao Yingxiang's nephew, so he calls Gao Yingxiang his uncle, because they are far away in Gansu, and they don't know about the fact that the imperial court has transferred Hong Chengchou to Beijing to serve as the secretary of the military department, and they think that it was Hong Chengchou who led the army to call. Li Zicheng was very jealous of Hong Chengchou, he was beaten away by Hong Chengchou at the beginning, Hong Chengchou not only commanded the troops powerfully, but also the two fierce generals under him were even more terrifying. Therefore, Li Zicheng was reluctant to confront Hong Chengchou's soldiers and horses head-on, so he only listened to him continue: "Although Hong Chengchou's soldiers and horses are not particularly strong, it is still more than enough to deal with us. ”

To tell the truth, Gao Yingxiang was also quite afraid of Hong Chengchou and did not dare to confront him head-on. He nodded and said: "That's so, but right now, there is Zhangye City in front and Hong Chengchou's army in the back, we want to avoid the edge, but with so many people, it is inconvenient to march, how can we avoid it." ”

"Uncle, there is a saying that there are not many soldiers but fine, with so many people, you can't fight, you can't run, it's really useless. The child thinks that we only need to take the main force away, and as for these people, let the court watch it itself. Hong Chengchou led so many men and horses to come, the Shaanxi-Gansu border must be empty, and there are not many men and horses guarding it, let alone in Shaanxi. Let's take the opportunity to kill back to Shaanxi, join forces with Wang Ziyong, and enter Sichuan or Shanxi to develop. "Don't look at Li Zicheng who hasn't read any books, but among the rogues, he is the most level-level. has courage and a certain strategy, otherwise, he will not be able to become the most powerful among the rogues in the future, and he can even hit Beijing and force Chongzhen to death.

"Zicheng, your opinion is very correct, if you want to defeat the official army here, it is very difficult, almost difficult to do. Besides, our purpose is not to entrench ourselves here in Gansu, even if we take Zhangye, it is only temporary, and we still have to go back after all. Now that the official army is coming to suppress it on a large scale, Shaanxi will inevitably be empty, so let's take advantage of this time to kill him and return to the horse gun. It's just that we can't all throw it away and run first, in this way, there will be chaos here, and the officials and soldiers will also find out our intentions, so Hong Chengchou is not an idle person, and he can't underestimate the enemy. I think so, you lead 10,000 horses, take a detour to Zhongwei County, and then go straight to Qingyang and capture Qingyang City. I personally led the army here to meet the enemy, if I can win, it is the best, if I am not defeated, I will lead the rest of the main force, along the road you are walking to Qingyang to escape. I only hope that you can take Qingyang in the shortest possible time, otherwise Hong Chengchou will lead a large army to chase after us, and we will have nowhere to retreat if we are attacked by the enemy. Gao Yingxiang agreed to Li Zicheng's suggestion, and told him in a heavy voice that he must take Qingyang as soon as possible and open the passage into Shaanxi.

It's a pity that he underestimated Qingyang City, and thought that giving Li Zicheng 10,000 horses would be enough, but how did he know that there were 10,000 defenders in Qingyang City.

"The child obeys!" Li Zicheng stood up and replied in a loud voice.

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