The scout reported: "But Tianfei and Hao Lin'an are not dead, they led the remnants to escape, but Tianfei was stationed in Tiejiao City, north of Huanxian County, Tiejiao City is located in the mountains, the mountains are high and the ravines are deep, and the terrain is dangerous. As for Hao Lin'an, he fled to Yaozhou Awl Mountain, where he was stationed, and the place was also high and dense, and the government could not take it for a while......"

"Can't take it for a while?" Zhu Yuanzhang's brows furrowed even deeper: "That means that the officers and soldiers have withdrawn!" ”

"Exactly, Bugling Zhu is so powerful, you can guess the back when you hear half of it." The scout said seriously: "Hong Chengchou ignored Tiejiao City and Awl Mountain, and has already returned to Yansui from Qingyang. ”

"Even if he doesn't want to attack Iron Horn City and Awl Mountain, he won't immediately return to Yansui from Qingyang with his troops! Since he did this, it means that there is something going on here in Yansui? Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Yes!" The scout admired Zhu Yuanzhang so much: "At the beginning of April, Zhang Cunmeng, who did not touch the mud, led the troops to attack Mizhi and Jiazhou with 17 posts and 64 villages, and Hong Chengchou returned to Yansui to deal with Zhang Cunmeng. ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head: "Hong Chengchou is also pitiful, the west side can fly down to the sky, and the east side jumps out without mud, this guy is just afraid that he is lamenting the lack of skills." Since it is known as the seventeen posts and sixty-four villages, there are only a lot of soldiers under him, and the troops in Hong Chengchou's hands must be tightened. ”

"That's right, according to the report of the spies, Hong Chengchou ordered Zhang Fuzhen, the governor of Yansui, and Wang Chengen, the chief soldier, to send troops at the same time, so as not to get muddy, and now the north of Yansui is in chaos......

Zhu Yuanzhang took the branch that he had just used to write the word "Zhi" on the ground, drew a very simple map on the ground, he called the leaders to his side, sat in a circle around the map, and then pointed to the dots on the map with a branch and said, "Everyone come and see...... This is our Baishui, to the northwest is Yijun occupied by the Mixed Sky Monkey, and to the south is Dali occupied by Xue Hongqi...... Looking to the north, this is Yansui, and then to the north is Mizhi and Jiazhou, which are not sticking to the mud, and to the west, this side is the Iron Horn City and Awl Mountain occupied by Ke Tianfei and Hao Lin'an......"

After Zhu Yuanzhang drew the map, all the leaders looked at it carefully for a while, Wang Er, Miao Mei, Feishan Tiger, and Big Red Wolf, who did not have the geographical concept of mountains and rivers in their hearts, could be regarded as having figured out the surrounding situation, and they all gasped: "This ...... Is this still the world of the imperial court? It's like a warlord's separatism......"

"It looks like a warlord, but it's not!" Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "Tiejiao City and Awl Mountain are newly defeated armies, Hong Chengchou is not even bothered to attack them again, which shows that their strength is already very weak and vulnerable. As for what kind of character Yijun's chaotic monkey is, everyone knows it in their hearts, let's not take him seriously at all, just treat him as if he doesn't exist. ”

That is to say...... The only thing that really has the ability to divide is not to get stuck with us? Yang Hong's face sank.

"Exactly!" Zhu Yuanzhang's branch turned a little to the north and said: "After Hong Chengchou cleans up the mud, the next target is ...... Chances are, it's us. He led his troops south from Yansui, trampled on the monkey on the way, and then he could attack our Baishui, clean us up, and then go south to solve Xue Hongqi, who was entrenched in Dali. In this way, the chaos in western Shaanxi was basically completely suppressed. Hong Chengchou's army can pass through Tongguan and enter the west of the mountain, and then go to the 36th battalion...... It's an excellent route. ”

After listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's analysis, everyone's faces sank, this is troublesome, although Huanglong Cottage has defeated officers and soldiers several times, but no one wants the officers and soldiers to come and kill themselves if they are fine.

"Brother Zhu, are you going to fight a tough battle again?" The only person who is happy is Xu Renjie, this guy is even a little eager to try.

"If you don't fight, it's better not to fight!" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "Although our strength has increased to 10,000, there are still only 3,000 elite soldiers who can fight, and the 7,000 recruits recruited later are still in the stage of basic training...... In such a state of inadequate preparation, if you have to face the elite Yansui soldiers and the border army led by Cao Wenzhao, you will definitely suffer heavy losses, and if you don't do well, you will suffer defeat. ”

"You can use a little trick and eat Cao Wenzhao like you did last time?" Xu Renjie said.

"You say use a plan? When the enemy is stupid? Yang Hong has been mixed with the leaders in recent months, and he has slowly become familiar, and now he dares to come out and say something that may offend people, he said seriously: "Don't underestimate Hong Chengchou, that guy is very powerful...... It's useless to be clever in front of him, and to deal with him you must have an army that is superior to him. ”

"But there's no way we can avoid this battle, right?" Xu Renjie said seriously: "If there is no way to avoid it, you must make up your mind to fight hard now." ”

"Yes, I'm afraid I can't hide from this battle." Wang Er, Miao Mei and others also sank their faces.

"I believe that Bugling Zhu must have a way to avoid this battle!" Yang Hong was also very serious: "My subordinates think that they know the officers and soldiers best among the leaders, and in the current situation, we should not fight this battle, if we are suppressed by Hong Chengchou, Cao Wenzhao, Wang Chengen and others, our chances of winning are very slim." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded at Yang Hong: "You are right, if the officers and soldiers will be suppressed by the three parties, and the strength will not be ten thousand, we have no numerical advantage, and the quality of the soldiers is not as good as the other party, especially the 3,000 border troops under Cao Wenzhao, it is really a hard bone to bite, and we must try to avoid this battle." And...... Not only must you avoid this battle, but you must try to avoid fighting with Cao Wenzhao in the future, if you are entangled by this guy, it will be very troublesome. ”

"It's impossible to do that...... After the fall of the 17 posts and 64 villages that do not stick to the mud, our Huanglong Cottage is the largest rebel army in western Shaanxi, and it is strange that the government does not come at that time. Xu Renjie frowned: "I can't think of any way to avoid this battle." ”

"Nope! There is a way to do it! Not only must we avoid this battle, but also get Cao Wenzhao out of Shaanxi, let him go far away, and save him the trouble of coming to us all the time. Zhu Yuanzhang slid the branch in his hand and pointed to the east of Chengcheng on the map: "This is the Yellow River...... We only need to make the illusion of crossing the Yellow River eastward, then the Huanglong cottage will no longer exist in the territory of Shaanxi. ”

"Crossing the Yellow River east? Into Shanxi? The leaders were shocked.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "It's not really entering Shanxi, it's just pretending...... Since Wang Jiayin led the 36th Battalion to the east, Shanxi has become the focus of the activities of the Righteous Army, and now the eyes of the whole world are focused on the 36th Battalion, if our army also crosses the Yellow River to the east and threatens to join the 36th Battalion, the government will definitely not suspect that we are talking and playing! ”

"That's right...... Now, no matter which rebel army crosses the Yellow River east to find the 36th Battalion, it is a reasonable action. Yang Hong nodded.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "We have been raising the county orders of Baishui and Chengcheng well and not killing them, now is the time to use them, let the two of them write a letter to Hong Chengchou, just say that Baishui Zhuba, the big thief leader who has been in trouble for Baishui and Chengcheng, suddenly crossed the Yellow River east and entered the territory of Shanxi, and at the same time, we will send the seven thousand miscellaneous recruits who have just been formed, let them go around Shanxi, and threaten Baishui Zhuba to ......"

"As long as you find a few counties in Shanxi, kill a few people, and set a few fires, the officials over there will naturally report the matter...... As soon as the two phases are reflected, the matter of our army going to the west of the mountain will become a certainty......"

"So there's still this trick!" The leaders were immediately impressed: "Those two waste county orders are still used like this...... Haha, it's so interesting, if we go to Shanxi*xi, then the government will put its forces on dealing with Chaotian Monkey, Ke Tianfei, Hao Lin'an and others...... After exterminating them, Cao Wenzhao will naturally take the elite border army to the west of the mountains to suppress the bandits, and we can buy more time. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "While Hong Chengchou is dealing with the mud, we have to hurry up and do this, if the action is too slow, it is too late to let the news from the west side of the mountain reach Hong Chengchou's ears, it will be too late." Let's go and gather all the recruits, and ask Li Chujiu to allocate the food and grass needed for the action of 7,000 people, and in addition, the old first team and the second team also go together, so they will take the recruits to go to the training. ”

"Yes!" The leaders hurriedly dispersed to transfer the recruits under their command.

Zhu Yuanzhang called Ma Xiaotian and ordered seriously: "You go to Dali in person and tell her about our plan to go to Shanxi to make a false shot, because she also has to go with us, and ask the county commander of Dali to also write a letter to Hong Chengchou to falsely report the movements of the army." Well...... You told Xue Hongqi that her infantry could stay, but the cavalry team must follow us across the river, because that cavalry team is her symbol, and if you don't go, you can't do it. ”

Ma Xiaotian nodded, turned over on his horse, and went in the direction of Dali.

After arranging all this, Zhu Yuanzhang went home and waited for the army to be prepared, this is not an overnight thing, not to mention that Xue Hongqi's preparation took more time and was not in a hurry. When he walked home, he saw Zhang Yingxian waiting for him in the house with a panicked face, and seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's gloomy expression, Zhang Yingxian's face was even more flustered.

She fell to her knees with a "poof": "Xianggong...... Akiba gave birth to a daughter...... You...... But don't be angry...... Oh! No, how could you not be angry...... Please don't be angry for too long, don't snub her in the future, give her another chance, the next child will definitely be a son. ”

(To be continued)