The pangolin farmer said politely: "Hengtian King, this traitor, the big brother of 100,000 has already rushed over to clean him up, and the eighth brother of Zhu will take action." ”

When he said this, Xu Renjie smiled and said: "We don't want to mess around, we just go to see a lively scene and set up a scene." ”

The pangolin looked at Zhu Jun's 15,000 army, and felt a little frightened, and couldn't help but say: "You brought so many people to see the excitement, who believes this?" ”

Although the intelligence of the pangolin is a little lower than that of ordinary people, it is not as stupid as the real pangolin, and he looks at Zhu Jun with hostility, as if he is looking at an unwelcome villain.

At this time, the Zhu army was pressing the city, but there were only a few hundred brothers under the pangolin guarding Ganquan County, and it would definitely not be able to carry it, Zhu Yuanzhang could roll him into powder as long as he waved his hand, but his courage was good, in order to hold the territory of 100,000 yuan, he did not retreat.

It is impossible for Zhu Yuanzhang to really beat him, it is easy to wipe out these hundreds of people, but it is not easy to get a bad reputation again. Fortunately, he was prepared, turned around and beckoned, only to see Zhu Jun divided into two halves, and a large group of people ran out in the middle, these people are not soldiers, but a large number of old and weak women, it turned out that this time Zhu Jun went north, and brought a group of family members who were stored in southern Shaanxi with him, he deliberately selected some old men who were too old to walk, and could only sit in the carriage to follow, and deliberately selected some children who were so small that they could only be held in their mother's arms, and this group of people looked very desolate.

I saw this group of people crying and running up, surrounding the pangolin. An old woman said with tears and snot: "My son is on an errand under Brother Cupola, I heard that Brother Cupmaster was killed, and that bastard of King Hengtian has taken possession of Suide, I'm so worried...... I don't know if my son is still alive...... Brother, you can do it, and let the old woman go and find her son. ”

The pangolin Khan hurriedly said: "This grandmother, your son...... It must be fine, don't cry...... Ah...... Don't cry......"

I finally coaxed the old woman down, and suddenly felt my calf being held. He looked down. A two-year-old child hugged his thigh and swayed, and the child seemed to have just learned to speak: "Uncle, I'...... Looking for Daddy......"

The pangolin wiped his sweat again, looked up and said loudly: "Whose child?" it! ”

I saw a thin woman walking up. She didn't speak either. It's just that his face was full of tears, and he hugged the two-year-old child and stepped aside, tears streaming down.

Pangolins are really at a loss this time. If he does rude things to this woman, the heroes of the rivers and lakes have to dismantle him, so he has to stand in a distant place and comfort: "Brother and sister, don't cry, your man must be fine, he must live." ”

Straightforward people are easy to be rectified, not to mention that pangolins can't cope with this kind of scene, if they are replaced by Baishui Wang Er, they will also be recruited.

Xu Renjie patted the pangolin on the shoulder and said: "Brother Pangolin, I'll be honest, let's go to see if the excitement is fake, it's true to help these women and villagers save people, you touch your conscience, can you bear not to let them go to your son, husband, and father?" ”

The pangolin always felt that there was something wrong with this, but I couldn't say what was wrong. A few old women and women around him cried miserably, and a few children glared at him with watery eyes...... It's worse than putting a knife around his neck. The pangolin, who was not afraid of death, was now a little scared, he took two steps back, and said in a low voice: "That...... Then go ahead...... But I'll have to go with you and see that you don't mess around on our turf. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and nodded: "Okay, you just take your eyes and look at it carefully, I, Zhu Jun, will never burn and loot on your territory." His voice was very low, and there seemed to be a deep meaning in it.

It took a while for the pangolin to hear what Zhu Yuanzhang meant: I won't burn and loot your territory, but you yourself will burn and loot, which is very funny. He couldn't help but be silent when he thought of this verse.

The gate of Ganquan County was opened, and Zhu's army passed through the city and traveled north for half a day before arriving at Yan'an Mansion. At this time, the mixed 100,000 were no longer in the city, and only a few small leaders were left in the city, and he himself led the main force to fight a decisive battle with the Hengtian King in Qingjian County in the northeast.

The pangolin knocked on the gate of Yan'an Mansion and led Zhu Jun through the city, in fact, it is very dangerous to take people across the city like this, as long as Zhu Jun is interested, he can take the opportunity to seize the city, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not do this, honestly walked through the city and continued to advance to the northeast, which won the applause of the brothers under the mixed 100,000 men, and the pangolin couldn't help but think: The world-famous Baishui Zhu Ba Ge is really a man who must practice his word.

Yan'an Mansion is only 120 miles away from Qingjian County in a straight line, in the case of rugged mountain roads in northern Shaanxi, the road is crooked and difficult to walk, but it is necessary to walk more than 160 miles, the speed of Zhu's army can be 100 miles a day when it is in a hurry, and the speed of ordinary marching can also be 60 miles a day, it stands to reason that it can be reached in three days, but Zhu Yuanzhang's march was deliberately slow, he sent many scouts to reconnoiter forward, and the marching speed was pressed below 30 miles a day, and he walked as slowly as a snail.

The pangolin couldn't help but be surprised: "Eighth Brother Zhu, what are you doing so slowly?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "A hundred miles away is the battlefield, and it is possible for the enemy army to bypass the battlefield and arrange ambushes on the back road of the 100,000 big brothers, so we may be ambushed at any time along the way, how can we not be careful?" ”

The pangolin felt justified and didn't ask much.

But that night, when Xu Renjie came to ask Zhu Yuanzhang the same question, he got a completely different answer.

Zhu Yuanzhang explained to Xu Renjie: "I walked slower so that the scouts would take the lead and go to the battlefield to find out information. ”

Xu Renjie couldn't help asking, "Is Brother Zhu calculating something?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "I want to wait for the defeat of 100,000 people, just in time to arrive ......"

"Why is that?" Xu Renjie couldn't help but be surprised: "If you want to sit and watch the defeat of the mixed 100,000, we don't have to rush north, just camp our troops in Luochuan, and wait for the defeat of the 100,000 to clean up northern Shaanxi." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "This is not good, although I hope to see the defeat of the mixed 100,000, but I can't let the officers and soldiers and the Hengtian King occupy too many places, you must know that it is easy to defend the city and difficult to attack the city, if they let them clean up the mixed 100,000 and occupy the city in northern Shaanxi, we will lose a lot of financial resources and manpower if we take these places in the future...... Therefore, we have to choose the time when the mixed 100,000 are defeated and retreated, just in time, so that the strength of the mixed 100,000 has been lost, there is no need to worry, and the officers and soldiers and the Hengtian King do not occupy much territory, it will be easy to sweep them out of northern Shaanxi. ”

Xu Renjie suddenly realized.

This is like a fight between A and B, and C is waiting for an opportunity to sneak attack, if C and others A and B divide the winner and lose, and rest for a few days before shooting, then there is no advantage of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, and if you want to shoot, you must choose when A and B have just finished fighting, and the effect is the best.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately set up troops to go north when he heard the news, but after passing Yan'an Mansion, he deliberately slowed down and took the initiative into his own hands.

Zhu Jun walked at an extremely slow pace for three days, and every time he crossed a mountain recess and every time he entered a ravine, he had to send people to carefully investigate and confirm that there were no ambushes before continuing to advance. And every time it took more than an hour to bury the pot to make rice, it took three days to barely walk out of the road of fifty miles, and it was more than a hundred miles away from Qingjian County.

However, the scouts at the front had already mixed into the vicinity of Qingjian County, lurking there to observe the decisive battle between the mixed 100,000 and the Hengtian King, and when the situation changed, they immediately flew back to inform Zhu Yuanzhang, and at the speed of Zhu's army, if they immediately turned to a rapid march after receiving the news, they could fly to Qingjian at any time-

Qingjian County, the ancient name of Kuanzhou, to the Ming Hongwu four years to change to Qingjian, this place in the northern Shaanxi in the dangerous mountains and rivers is a relatively rich place, the cultivated land area is much more than the surrounding county seats, there is a vast grassland, suitable for raising horses. The population here is not small, there are a total of nine miles 76 jia 413 villages (note, this is the record of the seventeenth year of Qianlong, not the end of the Ming Dynasty, I can't find the situation of Lijia here at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but the Qing Dynasty followed the Ming system has not changed, so it should be about the same, will look at it), in the sparsely populated northern Shaanxi area, it is quite powerful.

However, almost all the villagers of 413 villages in Qingjian County fled from their homes and hid on the top of nearby mountains, and even the people in the county town had fled empty.

At this time, Qingjian County was under the control of 100,000 people, and the Hengtian King Army was stationed a few miles north of the county seat, and the two armies had been facing each other for several days.

The mixed 100,000 people have the city in hand, and they seem to be relatively calm, and the Hengtian King does not dare to press too hard. However, today's situation is a little different, the Hengtian King's army ran to a mile outside the city early in the morning, set up a military formation, and made a picture of attacking the city.

Mixed 100,000 was surprised: "He has fewer troops than me, and his combat power is not as good as mine, and today he actually put on a posture of attacking the county seat, is this a bear's heart and a leopard's courage?" Just thinking about this question, I suddenly saw a reinforcement coming behind the mixed 100,000 army, this reinforcement was brightly armored, and everyone was wearing red mandarin duck battle jackets, looking energetic.

Mixed 100,000 was taken aback: "Officers and soldiers, are they officers and soldiers?" He only came to his senses at this time, since the Hengtian King had already intended to surrender to the imperial court, of course he would ask the imperial court for reinforcements to deal with him, he always thought that he would not have a problem winning the Hengtian King, but he did not expect that the enemy was not only Hengtian Wang at all...... (To be continued.) )