Chapter 18: Before the Surprise Attack
Huang Xiu splashed Li Guo with the footwashing water, Li Guo was not angry at all, but very happy. It seems that this little girl is unwilling to leave herself, and it seems that she may be able to use her strength. But Li Guo refused to do such a thing, what kind of person he is, a little girl who has just fallen in love, how can she use that kind of means! Li Guo wanted to boil the tofu in warm water and slowly simmer Huang Xiu.
Li Guo put Huang Xiu's matter aside for the time being, it is his own sooner or later, Li Guo is not in a hurry. Now the military situation is urgent, and Li Guo is very busy, because there is news that Hong Chengchou is about to return.
After Hong Chengchou was promoted to the governor of the three sides, he was full of ambition, and after destroying the Shenyi Kui Department who had surrendered and rebelled, he led the generals Yang Jiamo of Gansu, He Huchen, the general of Ningxia, and Yang Qi, the general of Guyuan, to prepare to cooperate with Du Wenhuan and Cao Wenzhao, the commanders of the Ming army, who remained behind, to encircle and suppress the peasant army in Fugu.
Wang Jiayin, the leader of the peasant army, was in a hurry and convened the leaders of the peasant army to discuss countermeasures. Everyone talked a lot, but they still couldn't come up with a decision.
Li Guo proposed to build yƬ and withdraw his army to the river meander, north of Fugu.
Wang Jiayin was a little puzzled: "Then Hequ City is so close to Fugu, why don't we go farther?" ā
Li Guo explained, "Although the meanders are not far from Fugu, they are not the territory of Shaanxi, but belong to Shanxi. Hong Chengchou is the governor of the three sides, and the jurisdiction of the governor of the three sides is Yansui, Gansu, and Ningxia, and Shanxi is not under the management of Hong Chengchou, and it is extremely unlikely that the border army with strong combat effectiveness will enter Shanxi. And there is a natural barrier from Fugu to Shanxi, the Yellow River! Although it is winter now, the city is strong and close to the mountains, so it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. ā
Wang Jiayin nodded, "That makes sense." But Wang Jiayin then affectionately called Li Guo's words, "Make up for it, you said that the river meander is easy to defend and difficult to attack, isn't there no way for us?" ā
"Before the army arrives at the meander, we can send people into the city to do the internal response first! When the army surrounds the meander, the inside and the outside should be combined, and they will be able to win! Li Guo came up with a plan.
"Great idea! Make up for it, since you said so, I think I have to bother you to be a pioneer this time, and go to the city to arrange matters first. Wang Jiayin looked at Li Guo with a smile.
Li Guo was silent.
"After the deed is done, you can choose the loot first, and in addition, you will be rewarded with five hundred war horses!" Wang Jiayin looked at Li Guo's expression and made a promise.
"Good!" Li Guo readily agreed. Obediently, not to mention the priority of selecting the booty, the main thing is five hundred horses, or war horses, which can make a fortune. You must know that there was a lot of war at that time, and horses and food were extremely scarce.
Wang Jiayin pointed to the leader of the peasant army next to him, "Everyone has to distribute the war horses, you must know that the supplement is for us to fight and stand forward, and it is the most dangerous, so when the supplement returns from victory, we must prepare the horses." I sue you, to be a real war horse! It's not okay to be indiscriminate with pack horses and mules. ā
The leaders nodded their heads in agreement, and as soon as the horses were evenly distributed by each person, there were not many left, so everyone accepted the account. And it is indeed a dangerous thing to enter the river meander to do internal response, and if one is not good, the head will fall off, so there is no opposition from everyone.
It's just that Li Zicheng is still worried about his nephew Li Guo, he took Li Guo's hand and said, "Be careful!" ā
Li Guo was moved for a while, and when he came to this era, among the best people to Li Guo, Li Zicheng was undoubtedly the most important one. Li Guo secretly decided, didn't Li Zicheng die in Jiugong Mountain in history? Gotta save him!
After returning to the camp, Li Guo convened his subordinates to discuss, and it was naturally Liu Tichun, who was deeply trusted by Li Guo, Nie Xin, who was full of talent, Huang Xiu, the leader of the children's soldiers, and Gu Ying and others.
Li Guo pondered that the people brought into the city could neither be less nor more. Less is not helpful, more is easy to expose. In addition, how to place the lurking people more appropriately?
"I mean, I, Ti Chun and the others led soldiers into the city in multiple batches, either disguised as peasants or beggars, and lurked in the city of Hequ, what do you think?" Li Guo asked.
"But how do you bring weapons in?" Liu Tichun asked questions.
"Yes, the whole Ming Dynasty implements the chief system, a county town is very small, and suddenly there are more people who will inevitably arouse suspicion, if you drive a large number of disaster victims into the city, the inspection will be stricter, and the weapons will be even more difficult to bring in." Nie Xin also raised questions.
Li Guo suddenly remembered that old movies such as those were classic examples of dressing up as enemy soldiers and penetrating into the enemy's interior.
"Then it's good that we make up the appearance of the Ming army, let's enter the river meanders generously and openly, I don't think it will arouse suspicion!" Li Guo said after thinking about it.
"But what are we going to call to enter the city?" Liu Tichun asked.
"I have considered this question, and we will enter the city under the banner of Yang Jiamo, the chief soldier of Gansu, in accordance with the military order of Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides. Yang Jiamo, the commander-in-chief of Gansu, was far away from Shanxi, and the officials of Hequ were not very familiar with him, but we knew a little. Li Guo replied.
"But how to handle the seal?" Liu Tichun still shook his head.
"Fine." Nie Xin took over the conversation, "I have always had very high ambitions, so I have carefully studied these official texts and the like, and these things like the Guan Fang Seal Letter can still be made in the future." ā
"Really?" Liu Tichun asked.
"It's okay, it's true, these days I have deliberately studied the correspondence between Hong Chengchou and others, and I have already made a decision." Nie Xin has worked hard.
"Good! God help me! Li Guo was happy in his heart.
"Moreover, the clerk of the Hequ County Ya is my friend, and he is extremely close to me, so he doesn't want to do anything." Nie Xin thought of a person in the meander.
"Okay, that's it, and then Nie Xin and Tichun will follow me into the city. Huang Xiu and Gu Ying led the remaining soldiers and child soldiers to stay outside the city. Li Guo ordered.
"Yes!" The crowd obeyed.
Liu Tichun and Nie Xin went out to prepare the military uniforms of the Ming army, but Huang Xiu stayed behind. Although Huang Xiu is the leader of the child soldiers, is he also Li Guo's personal soldier? But Huang Xiu's current identity is very transcendent, since the woman's identity was revealed, everyone has regarded Huang Xiu as Li Guo's housemate, in fact, Huang Xiu has been sleeping in Li Guo's house.
"Master, I won't stay outside the city, I'm going to go into the city with you." Huang Xiu saw that everyone had gone out, so he begged Li Guo.
Li Guo shook his head, it was too dangerous to enter the city, he didn't want Huang Xiu and the children of the child soldiers to take risks, these people were Li Guo's hope for the future.
Li Guo looked at Huang Xiu's persistent eyes and thought for a while, "You have to stay outside the city, first, if there is something inside the city, you can echo it outside, after all, the brigade of the righteous army will arrive later." Second, although Gu Ying was loyal to me and could fight well, he was not careful enough, so I put you in charge of the troops and cooperate with Gu Ying to prevent accidents. Don't underestimate the danger outside the city. ā
Huang Xiu nodded. Li Guo was happy for a while, and touched Huang Xiu's white and tender face with his hand.
Huang Xiu's face turned red, "The master is becoming more and more undignified." Although she was shy, she refused to leave.
Li Guo was triumphant, and teased Huang Xiu with a face full of faces, "Hehe, after the master captures the river meander, if you are willing, how about the master accept you?" ā
Huang Xiuyin gritted her teeth and wanted to say something, but she couldn't say it. Finally, I couldn't hold it anymore, so I had to stomp my foot hard, turn around and run out.
It's time to marry a daughter-in-law first! The number of Li Guo is not large now, but it is gradually starting to take a small scale. So as soon as my mood opened, some non-dividing thoughts popped into my mind. In addition, everyone praised Huang Xiu for being beautiful, and it was indeed true, so he was a little undisguised.
I heard that men in the Ming Dynasty had three wives and four concubines, so let Huang Xiu be the main room? Ah! It's not good, how can you do great things by pondering these things every day? Li Guo thought to himself, but it was difficult to hold it back. It's better to bear with it first and fight this battle well!