That night, in a remote place in Zhouzhi County, Xi'an Prefecture, Li Jiajun was stationed here alone, more than 20,000 people were resting quietly, piles of fires were burning, making a crackling sound, and it became more and more silent and quiet in the middle of the night.

At this moment, Li Zicheng and the generals were sitting around the fire, talking about the future trend and various conversations and discussions.

"Boss, my subordinates are really puzzled, now is the critical time, we should choose some targets as early as possible, and take advantage of the news to attack as many cities as possible, occupy the city, and get food."

As soon as the words fell, everyone looked at Li Zicheng with Li Mou, and their faces exuded a faint sense of anxiety.

"Don't worry, when Tian Jianxiu comes back, we won't be short of food and grass, and all the weapons and siege equipment we lost can be replenished. When the time comes, if you go to conquer the city again, it will be even more effective with half the effort. ”

Hearing Li Zicheng say this, the anxiety on everyone's faces did not dissipate, but became more and more intense, and added a lot of doubts, Li Shuangxi asked directly: "But boss, when will Captain Tian come back?" This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, time is running out, while we are still in the status of surrendering the army, and nominally enjoying the various surrender strategies of the imperial court, we should seize the opportunity to attack some nearby state capitals and counties as soon as possible. Once it is late, it is equivalent to wasting the opportunity in vain, allowing the other rebel armies to take the lead and take advantage of it. ”

At this time, Gu Junen's face was solemn, and then he added: "Yes, boss, as the other rebel armies conquer the city, we can't cover up the news of our rebellion." When the time comes, if you go to attack the nearby county seats, the difficulty will increase significantly. ”

However, Li Zicheng was still unmoved, and was not moved by everyone, seeing this situation, Gu Junen and the others were even more anxious, as if they were burning inside, and their hearts were burning in a hurry.

At this time, no compared to the beginning of joining the Li family's army, everyone is still free, and it is a matter of one sentence at most. Now it's different, he was completely kidnapped on Li Zicheng's chariot, and the whole family is based on Taihang.

Once Li Zicheng has a mistake and Li Jiajun is gone, they can't imagine what the consequences will be?

At the very least, and it is also the best result, if Li Zicheng is not there, they will not be able to enter the Taihang Mountain base to see their relatives at all!

Thinking of this, who is not nervous about the people present? Who doesn't care about Li Jiajun's future direction and development from the bottom of their hearts?

At this moment, there was a commotion at the edge of the camp, and in a blur, everyone could see that the figures were shaking there, and they did not know very well.

"Boss, Captain Tian and they are back, and they have brought a lot of reinforcements, and there are countless grains and grasses. Moreover, there are not only siege equipment, but also many firearms, just tiger squat cannons, and the subordinates hurriedly glanced at them, and there are more than 20 of them! ”

Immediately, hearing these words, everyone sitting around the fire was shocked, and they couldn't believe their ears, as if they were falling into a dream!

Not to mention the importance of siege equipment such as the flying dragon chariot, just more than 20 tiger squat cannons made everyone shocked, and the hearts turned over with monstrous waves, and a trace of fantasy appeared in their minds.

With the Tiger Squat Cannon, they will have more initiative in the future battles with the official army. Whether it is an attack, an ambush, or a retreat, with the presence of the Tiger Squat Cannon, just such a fierce bombardment can instantly annihilate a group of officers and soldiers and defeat them.

In the past few days, people have been moving between Shanxi, Henan, Huguang, Sichuan and Shaanxi, and they have had enough of the hardships of firearms. In particular, firearms of mass destruction, such as red-coated cannons and tiger squat cannons, greatly weakened their invincible siege capabilities, and greatly increased casualties.

For more than a year, not a single Tiger Squat Cannon was captured, which is enough to show the rarity of the Tiger Squat Cannon and its importance in the official army. And now, according to preliminary estimates, there are more than 20 tiger squat cannons all of a sudden, how can everyone not be shocked? How can you not be excited?

When these thoughts flashed through everyone's minds, they were not allowed to continue to think deeply, a group of people had already come from a distance, and under the dim light of the fire, the leader was none other than Tian Jianxiu, who was leading the way in front.

Without any greetings, almost as soon as Li Zicheng stood up, everyone also stood up one after another and followed suit.

"Boss, who do you think brought to you?"

Tian Jianxiu came to Li Zicheng's side, leaned slightly, pulled a person beside him, his face was full of excitement, he said this, and did not continue to say more, his eyes flashed, and his essence flowed.

"Mr. Song, why are you here? How did you personally lead the team? ”

Li Zicheng had already discovered Song Yingxing's existence, ignored Tian Jianxiu's inquiry, stepped forward, grabbed one of Song Yingxing's hands, and asked with a face.

At this time, Tian Jianxiu had already let go of Song Yingxing, and the latter replied immediately: "Boss, this place is so close to the base of Zhongnan Mountain, and my subordinates thought about it, so I came in person." Moreover, there are many important matters, and it is safer for subordinates to discuss with you in person. Therefore, I was even more determined to come in person. ”

"Mr. Song, we'll be talking about things later, let's sit down first, and let me introduce you to some people."

"Well, okay, boss."

As he spoke, someone had already doubled the size of the fire, and although the circle around him had become much larger, the light around him had not dimmed at all, but had become brighter, and everyone could see everyone's face clearly.

"Mr. Song, this is Gu Junen, the military advisor of the Li family army who is currently outside; This is Bai Guangen, who is already the leader of the Li family's army; This is Li Mou, and he is also the leader of Li Jiajun's team; This is Li Shuangxi, this is Bai Guangen, this is Yu Bin, and this is Gao Jie......"

Listening to Li Zicheng introduce himself, seeing that the boss respected Song Yingxing so much, and said "Mr. Song", Gu Junen and others were curious, who is this? actually made the boss value it so much, always smiling, very polite, and polite.

After everyone introduced each other one by one, at this time, Tian Jianxiu said excitedly: "Boss, Mr. Song not only sent a lot of weapons, grain and grass this time, but also brought 10,000 fresh troops, all of whom are the elite of the base area. ”

"Really?" Li Zicheng exclaimed and asked two words, but his eyes fell on Song Yingxing's body, showing an excited look of inquiry.

"Yes, boss, what Captain Tian said is right." Song Yingxing nodded lightly, and after answering a sentence very elegantly, he further explained: "Boss, although those Li Jiajun in the Zhongnan Mountain Base Area have received the most rigorous military training for many years, they have mastered all kinds of skills. However, they lacked actual combat experience and did not have a real war. Therefore, when I come out this time, I hope that the boss can sharpen them and make them the real elite of the Li family's army. ”

"Yes, if they have not experienced the baptism of war, and have not struggled on the edge of life and death, they are not real soldiers." Li Zicheng nodded slightly, his expression narrowed, turned into a solemn color, and he groaned slightly, and then continued: "Hmm... In this way, Mr. Li, after you go back, immediately notify the responsible persons of the various base areas, and ask them to prepare, except for those who are left behind, to protect the safety of the base areas, and as long as you have more than two years of training qualifications, you can take them out of the base areas and join me. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to think of something, and Li Zicheng added: "By the way, we must remind those responsible persons that when the soldiers go out of the base area, they must be hidden, and they must not be discovered by others." ”

"Well, okay, boss."

After Song Yingxing finished answering, Li Zicheng's serious expression eased and turned to ask: "Mr. Song, according to your preliminary estimate, how many people will be sent by each base area together?" ”

"Hmm..." Song Yingxing pondered for a moment, thought for a moment, and then replied in the eyes of everyone: "Except for the 10,000 people I brought, there will be at least about 160,000 troops." ”

Hearing this, Li Zicheng didn't say anything, but Gu Junen was shocked again, gasped, and felt that it was so unreal, and he opened his mouth to be a force of 160,000 people. However, they did not cherish the credibility of Song Yingxing's words.

Because, from the conversation just now, they sensitively grasped that Shaanxi is not a base area in Zhongnan Mountain, but several.

At the same time, Song Yingxing seemed to feel that something should be explained, how could there be only 1670,000 troops in so many base areas?

Without waiting for Li Zicheng to say anything, Song Yingxing explained again: "Boss, you also know that the establishment of various base areas has different dates and scales, and your standard is two years or more of a soldier. Therefore, according to preliminary estimates, only 1670,000 people can be brought out. ”

"Moreover, there are still many recruits and militias in various base areas, and if you relax the standards, you can add at least another 200,000 people."

Li Mu and the others, who had just regained their composure, were shocked again, their reactions were even more exaggerated, their mouths were big, their eyes were wide, and the various base areas were added together, excluding the personnel who stayed behind, they could take out nearly 400,000 troops at once, what kind of population size does this have?

At this moment, everyone only felt that their brain cells were a little insufficient, but they knew deeply that in order to feed the strength of nearly 400,000 people, they also had to forge various weapons, just thinking about it, Gu Junen and the others felt that their scalps were numb, and the total population size of each base area made them unbelievable, and they only felt that it was an astronomical amount.

"No, with these 170,000 people joining, it's enough. If it suddenly grows to a scale of more than 400,000 people, it will not only cause panic, suspicion, and suspicion among other rebel armies, but will also be suppressed by the imperial court. When the time comes, the existence of the various base areas will inevitably be exposed. ”

"Well, boss, you're right, I have this concern." Song Yingxing nodded lightly, echoed Li Zicheng's sentence, and then said: "Moreover, now is not the time for the various base areas to be exposed. Although the various base areas are becoming more and more mature, they are able to take charge of their own affairs, and they can not be afraid of the attacks of the officers and troops, but they have limited their future development and opened up new base areas. ”

After Song Yingxing finished speaking, Li Zicheng's expression changed, and he suddenly changed his words, and asked suspiciously: "By the way, Mr. Song, what is the matter that you have to come in person to meet me and discuss in detail?" ”

"Boss, it's like this, in the past few years that you have not been in Shaanxi, the situation in Shaanxi has been treacherous and changeable. In particular, after Hong Chengchou came to power, he became the governor of the three sides, and the situation became even more unclear; when the troops of various base areas went out to the mountains, they were often attacked, and some officials and generals went deep into the mountains and forests to attack some base areas in the name of suppressing bandits. ”

"Mr. Song, what's the matter? How could this be? Li Zicheng was shocked, subconsciously asked two sentences again and again, and further added: "The grain and salary transported by the imperial court from Shanxi to Shaanxi have almost been cut off by me and other rebel armies, how can Hong Chengchou and other civil and military generals still have so much energy to make such a big move?" Where did they get so much food? ”

"Boss, I don't know." Song Yingxing showed helplessness, shook his head, and continued: "I sent someone to inquire, and the only thing I know is that some of the actions were organized by local officials, and some squires provided food and silver. As for the main reason, where did Hong Chengchou get so much capital to support him to start at the same time on a large scale, and his subordinates have not yet found out. ”

Just when the two of them were speechless and helpless, the others were staring at each other, digesting this huge amount of information. At this time, a voice suddenly came, which made Li Zicheng and Song Yingxing's hearts move and their faces were happy.

"Boss, Mr. Song, I may know the reason."

The eyes of the two were all focused on Gu Junen's body, and Li Zicheng immediately asked, "Military Division, what is the reason?" ”

"Boss, Shaanxi is like Henan, although there has been a drought for four consecutive years, some fertile fields are almost no harvest. However, this does not mean that the granaries are empty and cannot be harvested every year, but on the contrary. ”

After Gu Junen blurted out an answer, his tone suddenly paused, his face showed solemnity, and he turned to say: "Let's not talk about other state capitals and counties in Shaanxi, just Yan'an Mansion in Shaanxi Province, there are thirty-three granaries of all sizes. Together with Xi'an Mansion, Fengxiang Mansion and Gongchang Mansion, a total of forty-two warehouses. There are so many granaries, as long as there is no large-scale rampant rebellion by rebel armies from all walks of life, and there are no officers and troops from other provinces stationed in them, which is enough for Hong Chengchou to encircle and suppress. ”

A word woke up the person in the dream, which made Song Yingxing suddenly realize.

"yes, how did I ignore it?" Song Yingxing exclaimed with a look of self-reproach, and then continued as if talking to himself: "As the governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou is not only responsible for the military affairs of Shaanxi, but also for government affairs, and he can completely requisition the grain storage of various granaries as a need for action. Although the grain in the granary was official food and needed to be handed over to the imperial court, Hong Chengchou had the right to requisition them. ”

"I see, that's easy." Li Zicheng responded with a remark, showing a sudden expression, and muttered to himself.