Wang Xiaoer never dreamed that he would become a guerrilla general of Zheng Jiajun, and after he was appointed, he swore that he would be loyal to Zheng Xunrui for the rest of his life.

Wang Xiaoer is very clever, just from a message about returning to his hometown to visit his mother, he thought that Liukou would return to Yan'an, and it was precisely because of this accurate judgment that Wang Xiaoer entered the Zheng family's army, Wang Xiaoer entered the Zheng family's scout camp, which is not something that ordinary people can enter, but Wang Xiaoer did not encounter difficulties, because Zheng Xunrui personally named him, after entering the scout camp, Wang Xiaoer was like a fish in water, and his wisdom was fully brought into play.

The training of the scout camp is described as devil training, and the training time can be called crawling in purgatory, when Wang Xiaoer was training in the wild, in order not to starve to death, he even dug up the earthworms on the ground to eat, and it was precisely because of these impersonal training that Wang Xiaoer grew up rapidly.

Today's Wang Xiaoer, with the rank of guerrilla general, is in charge of the second battalion of the scout battalion, and the first battalion of the scout battalion is under the direct jurisdiction of Yang He, the deputy commander-in-chief.

This time, Wang Xiaoer was directly responsible for investigating the movements of the Liukou.

This is a task personally assigned by Zheng Xunrui.

Zheng Jiajun entered Sichuan on a large scale, and it was impossible to return with bare hands, and it was definitely going to give a blow to the rogue and ruining it, and Zheng Xunrui had already predicted that there would definitely be infighting between Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, at this time. Accurate intelligence is crucial, when will there be infighting between Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, what kind of consequences will it cause, when will Zheng Jiajun attack, and so on. Accurate intelligence is needed.

Zheng Xunrui is clear about Wang Xiaoer's ability, so he personally gave Wang Xiaoer a task to investigate the movements of the rogue.

From Yunyang Wanxian to Liangshan, the mountains are sparsely populated, and the Yangtze River passes through the middle. The terrain is extremely complicated, and this is also a place where ethnic minorities such as Miao and Tujia live together, and large-scale reconnaissance is definitely not possible, and elite scouts must be dispatched, and the number of people is within fifty. These scouts had to overcome unimaginable difficulties in order to detect information, and they risked their lives.

When Zheng Xunrui issued the reconnaissance task, his heart was a little heavy, the difficulty of this investigation was too great, Wang Xiaoer and others were not familiar with the road, although they had a map in their hands, they could encounter special circumstances at any time. Although the scout training was harsh and took into account a variety of circumstances, Wang Xiaoer and the others had never engaged in reconnaissance missions in the mountains and mountains.

After accepting the task. Under the leadership of the guide sent by Qin Liangyu, Wang Xiaoer became familiar with the terrain of Kuizhou Mansion as quickly as possible, and he focused on learning how to survive in the mountains, how to distinguish the direction, how not to get lost, and in addition to learning the local language. It's not about learning how to speak in a short period of time, it's about being able to understand what the locals are saying.

In order to be able to keep it secret. Wang Xiaoer only arranged twenty scouts, divided into four groups. Each group of five people, led by him, entered Wanxian County to investigate, which was the most likely place for the Liukou to operate.

Wang Xiaoer entered Wanxian County in early April, and it was impossible to ride a horse for this reconnaissance, all of them relied on walking, and sleeping in the open was a common thing, and spending the night in the mountains was even more commonplace, and it was necessary to keep it highly secret, only half a month later, when the locals saw Wang Xiaoer and others, they all thought that they were natives.

Wang Xiaoer was the one who found the traces of the Liukou in mid-to-late April, and he was the main force of the Liukou.

Liukou is in the mountains fifty miles southwest of Wanxian County, which is close to Liangshan, and belongs to the place where Liangshan and Wanxian meet, the mountains and forests are very steep, and Liukou goes deep into the mountains, and ordinary people cannot find it at all.

Wang Xiaoer had already ordered one of the scouts to quickly go back to report, and he took the other three to continue to stay in the mountains to investigate.

For several days in a row, Wang Xiaoer overcame unimaginable difficulties, they walked day and night, rested as much as possible during the day, and began to act at night to investigate, and acted at night, there were very great difficulties in the plains, not to mention in the mountains, if they were not careful, they might fall off the cliff or fall into the sinkhole.

After nearly ten days of investigation, Wang Xiaoer finally got the heavy harvest, and he discovered the location of Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng.

After quickly drawing the map, Wang Xiaoer ordered the two scouts to carry the map and hurry to Kuizhou Mansion, and must report the information to Zheng Xunrui in the shortest possible time, and he and another scout stayed behind to continue the investigation.

This is an absolutely important piece of information.

In order not to expose his whereabouts, Wang Xiaoer rarely makes a fire to cook, and when he sleeps, he spends most of his time in the trees, so as to avoid being attacked by wild beasts, and also to avoid being discovered by the rogue, as for food, there are a lot of small animals in the mountains, what pheasant poisonous snakes, etc., are all food, Wang Xiaoer even killed a wild boar, and the half-cooked wild boar meat roasted in the cave made several scouts eat for several days.

Zheng Xunrui got Wang Xiaoer's information on April 27.

The rest of the groups of scouts have already returned, and there is nothing to gain, that is to say, in Liangshan and Yunyang, there is basically no trace of the rogue, and it is Wang Xiaoer who finally detects the traces of the scouts.

The interval between the two pieces of information was only two days.

Looking at the map drawn by Wang Xiaoer, which marked the location of Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, Zheng Xunrui's nerves became highly nervous, in his opinion, the battle between Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong would happen sooner or later, since Wang Xiaoer detected the place where Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng were, then Zheng Jiajun had to be prepared.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zheng Xunrui made a decision, Zheng Jiajun undertook the encirclement and suppression task alone, and did not want the white pole soldiers to participate, this is mainly from the perspective of secrecy, the white pole soldiers are all locals, once they know the combat mission, they will inevitably talk to their families, who knows if the news will leak out in this process, if the news of the battle leaks out, then the efforts made by Wang Xiaoer and others will all be in vain, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng will transfer in the shortest possible time after learning the news, in the mountains, It's hard to find out if you move anywhere.

Meetings on the deployment of combat missions were held in the barracks.

Only Xu Wanghua and Zheng Jiajun officers above the rank of general participated in this discussion.

Wang Xiaoer's map, everyone has seen it, about the direction of the Liukou will go next, the debate is very fierce, it should be said that the main opinion is still concentrated on the possibility that the Liukou moved in the direction of Liangshan is very likely, that is, from Liangshan into the area of Dazhu and Qu County, but the general Wang Yuncheng thinks it is different, he insists that the next step of the Liukou is very likely to move in the direction of Chungju.

Qin Liangyu was stationed in Shizhu, only fifty miles away from Chungju, because of the development of the white pole soldiers, Chungju has also become one of the base camps of the white pole soldiers, it is said that the liukou did not dare to go in the direction of Chungju, so Wang Yuncheng's opinion was not taken seriously.

Wang Yuncheng used to be a general in Sichuan, because of the mutiny against the Sichuan general soldier Deng Xike's deduction of military salaries and abuse of sergeants, if Zheng Xunrui hadn't been saved, I am afraid that he would have been imprisoned a long time ago, Wang Yuncheng was born in a hereditary military household and had no culture, so when it was said that the liukou might move in the direction of Zhongzhou, he could not give a convincing reason.

Listening to everyone's arguments and looking at Wang Yuncheng, whose face was flushed, Zheng Xunrui fell into deep thought.

Even Xu Wanghua believed that after encountering danger, Liukou would move in the direction of Liangshan, and it was said that Zheng Xunrui should not hesitate and needed to make a decision immediately.

But Zheng Xunrui always felt that something was wrong, and he vaguely thought that Wang Yuncheng's opinion was correct.

When all eyes were focused, Zheng Xunrui made up his mind.

"The first and second battalions of the cavalry of the Zheng family army, waiting in Wuning, from Wanxian to Zhongxian, are waiting for the Liukou here, the first and second battalions are commanded by the general Wang Yuncheng, and Yang He leads the third battalion of cavalry, stationed at the junction of Liangshan and Wanxian, if the Liukou evacuate from here, then force the Liukou to withdraw."

Everyone was extremely surprised, the first and second battalions of the cavalry battalion of the Zheng family army were the strongest in combat effectiveness, and the number of people who stayed in the first and second battalions was the largest in Hongjiabao that year, and Zheng Xunrui deployed the most elite cavalry in Wuning, undoubtedly supporting Wang Yuncheng's opinion.

Looking at everyone's puzzled expressions, Zheng Xunrui spoke again.

"Although I can't be completely sure that the Liukou are retreating in the direction of Chungju, I have a gut feeling that the Liukou will definitely evacuate in the direction of Chungju, you must know that the Liukou are familiar with the terrain of Kuizhou, even if they are evacuated, they are not fleeing, they must consider what direction to go next, go to the west, there is no way out, under the pursuit of the Zheng family's army, they can only enter the Uszangdu Division, where the harsh environment is unbearable for the Liukou, and they must face the danger of annihilation."

Zheng Xunrui's hand was already pointing to the map.

"The next direction of Liukou's development should be Guizhou or Yunnan, they will never enter Shaanxi, nor will they enter Huguang again, they know very well that once they enter Shaanxi or Huguang, they will encounter an embattled situation, once they are surrounded, then there is no way to live."

"Your understanding is good, Mrs. Qin and the white pole soldiers are stationed in Shizhu and Chungju, but the white pole soldiers have transferred a part of their troops and are stationed in the Dazhu area, their defensive strength is not very strong, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng are not ordinary people, in order to survive in the next step, they will definitely take risks and evacuate in the direction of Chungju."

"Once they break through the defensive position of the white pole soldiers, they can enter the Banzhou Xuanwei Division, where the troops are very weak, and the Liukou can rely on their own strength to enter Yunnan or Guizhou lightly."

"Therefore, regardless of whether Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have a fight or not, their target must be Yunnan or Guizhou." (To be continued)