Chapter Seventy-Nine: No One Can Be Trusted
Seeing that all the gentry enthusiastically donated military supplies, Li Xianling nodded to Wu Wei with satisfaction, every time he persuaded him to donate in the past, he had never been so smooth, these gentry's wool had been shaved a lot, and the trick of crying and crying out for the poor had already become familiar, and this time it was not easy to make them obedient, and it was obviously the greatest credit for Wu Wei to take the lead in pledging. Speaking of natural and man-made disasters in recent years, Wu Wei not only understands the economy, but also knows how to train soldiers, and is so knowledgeable and interesting, it is really a rare talent! It's a pity that it's almost meaningless to be famous, just a Liaodong talent, otherwise it would have a bright future.
Wang Zhen saw that everyone knew each other and donated a lot of money and materials, but he got up and bowed to all the gentlemen, with his identity, it can be regarded as enough face for everyone in Ansai, how dare everyone accept his gift, and hurriedly got up and returned the courtesy. Wang Zhen said: "Your fathers and elders of Ansai are deeply aware of righteousness, which is extremely admirable, and this official has thanked you on behalf of my six thousand soldiers and thousands of people!" "It's righteous and strict. Everyone thanked them one after another, and they all deserved to serve the general. All of a sudden, everyone was happy, and the small unhappiness of the right talent was swept away.
After a while, I heard Wang Zhen say: "It's not trivial to come to commit a thief this time, and you have heard about it somewhat." According to the battle report from the front, the thieves have now crossed the Qingjian River, they bypassed Anding County and did not attack, and directly turned around and came south, and the target was Ansai without asking. Everyone couldn't help but be frightened, after the settlement, it was only more than a hundred miles away from Ansai, although the two places were mostly hilly and mountainous, and the road was difficult to travel, but at most 3 or 4 days the soldiers came to Ansai City. Seeing that the thieves are pressing, although their own family can hide in Ansai County at that time, with the experience of the "two kings" who have captured the county seat, I am afraid that this city wall may not be so stable. Some of the people below looked anxious, and some of their eyes were rolling, and they were already planning a way back. In fact, Ansai is not far from Yan'an Fucheng, along the river down only eighty miles of road, the wharf is close to the city, when the situation is not good, it is too late to escape, but many people's industrial fields are outside the city, and then it will inevitably be burned, and the losses will be heavy. In particular, the winter wheat in the field has just been planted, and there is no hope for this year's harvest.
Wang Zhen waved his hand and said: "Fathers and elders don't need to panic, Lord Du, the chief soldier of Yansui, has already led an army of 20,000 to suppress this coward, and Lord Yang, the governor of the three sides, has also transferred Ningxia town soldiers to help. Not to mention, after all, he is often in a high position, and the official article is also quite imposing, and he is foaming at the mouth, and everyone below listens to it.
Wu Wei has also mixed in the system no matter what he said, these official clichés have already been heard a lot, Wang Zhen is just a pediatric, left and right but look up to the emperor's might, and rely on the soldiers to use their lives, for him, the left ear is just in the right ear out, the only dry goods is to know from Wang Zhen's words that this time the trilateral governor Yang He deployed several troops, wanting to encircle and suppress the "two kings" in northern Shaanxi, it seems that it is serious. Wu Wei summed up in his heart, this "two kings" are not very famous in history, and they don't have too many detailed details, they only know that they started early, and secondly, they have a wide range of circulation, and there is really no famous battle example to say, and Wang Er was killed by officers and soldiers in the spring of Chongzhen's second year, and the time is about the same, it is estimated that it is this bad thing, Wang Jiayin lived longer, and was killed by his brother-in-law after 3 years. As for Ansai, it is certain that there is no record of being captured by the peasant army.
Although he knew the fate of the "two kings" in history, Wu Wei still didn't dare to take it lightly, after all, his arrival had caused a lot of changes in history. But now it is different, Ansai is prosperous, a large number of warehouses, docks, and factories are outside the city, and it must be the target of the thieves who will get it quickly, and if it is attacked by the thieves, the losses will be great.
It was easy for Wang Zhen to finish speaking, Li County Order, and Sun Jiaoyu made important speeches respectively, Wu Wei only listened to the boss impatiently, and it was easy to lead the speech to end, almost noon, and then it was a reception banquet for Wang Zhen. This set of red tape is no different from that of modern society. Wu Wei patiently accompanied him all the way, but it was already 3 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon when the luncheon ended, and the audience was enthusiastic about planning to call the bureau in the evening.
Seeing Luo Rucai, Wang Long and Yang Chengzu, Wu Wei said the military intelligence of the thieves, and the three of them also looked solemn. In fact, the Ansai battalion has its own scout system, and they have a much clearer grasp of the movements of the thieves than the official army, this group of thieves is menacing, known as 100,000 people, and the actual number of people is more than 50,000. Among them, the most elite is the old battalion, the number of people is about 10,000, from the "two kings" when they started the army to follow it to fight in various places of the old brothers, after the war eliminated, the survivors are all fierce and dare to die, the end is not easy to get along.
Fortunately, it is comforting that Yang He, the governor of the three sides, attaches great importance to this group of rogues, and mobilizes several large armies to encircle and suppress them, claiming to have 50,000 people, Luo Rucai They analyze according to their own experience that there are at most 10,000 soldiers, of which 3 or 4 thousand armor is good, and the rest are either bluffing or using auxiliary soldiers and the like to fill the number. In other words, the strength of the two sides is basically equal, and some of the official troops come from the two towns of Ningxia and Gansu.
"Fields, factories, warehouses, and houses are all outside the city, and it is impossible to blindly defend the city, so we must think of ways to set up an ambush outside the city to defeat the enemy." Luo Rucai groaned. "There are many hills and mountains north of Ansai, and there are many dangerous places, as long as the surprise kills the generals, the thieves can't figure out the reality of our army, and there will be chaos, and then they can look for a chance to win."
Wu Wei glanced at Luo Rucai with appreciation, this coincided with his own thoughts, he worked hard to create such a situation, but he didn't let the thieves break it! However, with more than 2,000 troops of the Ansai battalion to face tens of thousands of thieves, the disparity in strength is huge, it is not easy to make this decision, ordinary people must choose to defend the city, dare to take the initiative to ambush the enemy, Luo Rucai deserves to be a famous general in history!
Wang Lung and Yang Chengzu are also not afraid of big things, as soon as they heard Luo Rucai say this, they immediately expressed their approval, especially Wang Long, who was so excited that he couldn't send troops to kill him immediately! Seeing this, Wu Wei nodded secretly in his heart, but his face was impassive, and said: "Luo Rucai's thinking is good, we can't just be beaten passively, but also take the initiative." The king's commander said that he had brought 6,000 soldiers, and I think 3,000 would be good, and we can't put all our hopes on him, these days, no one can rely on him except ourselves! ”
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