Taking advantage of the fact that the officers and troops from all walks of life have not yet approached, Zhang Xianzhong led the Zhang family army to swagger in the direction of the Beijing Division, along the way, bypassing all the big cities, but the market towns and villages were all swept away, forcibly pulling strong men, and entrapping the people, like locusts crossing the border, swept away.

Zhang's army also snowballed bigger and bigger, 100,000 troops became 200,000, the momentum was very huge, the state government officials and troops did not dare to send troops to intercept, the holy order of the Son of Heaven also happened to meet the wishes of the local officials, one by one closed the city gates, could not be held, and let the Zhang army run rampant.

Lu Xiangsheng, Cao Wenzhao, Sun Chuanting, and Qin Liangyu each led their headquarters to chase from all directions, and along the way, except for clearing out some local ruffians who took the opportunity to do evil and the guerrillas who had suffered defeat, they did not encounter any civilian army.

For those ruffians and guerrillas who plagued the people, the four commanders were not merciful, and when they were caught, they clicked directly, and hung their heads all the way to show punishment, and they really frightened those ruffians and rangers who wanted to make a small fortune by taking advantage of the chaos, and they all honestly clamped their tails and behaved as people.

The clever person has felt it, since the end of the Donglin Party, the wind direction of the court has changed, and it can't be played as before, whether the Son of Heaven is a faint monarch or a Ming monarch is not known for the time being, but it is definitely a bloodthirsty tyrant, cutting people's heads without frowning, that's a real cut, not to scare people, just look at the head that hangs all the way, this line of work really can't be done in the future, the risk is too great, the cost is too high, it's not cost-effective at all, be honest.

During this period, Li Zicheng, who was hiding in the deep mountains and old forests, also quietly dispatched with his men and horses, the troops were too small, only more than 300 people, he was not able to attack the county seat, he could only plunder some villages and towns, and encountered the stubborn resistance of the Tucheng Grange, and paid some price to capture.

It is safe to hide in the deep mountains and old forests, but there is no food, all rely on hunting to spend the day, the days are very hard, and it is not easy to survive the long winter, and those who do not come out to find food really starve to death in the deep mountains and old forests, there is no choice at all.

"King Benchuang knows." After Li Zicheng received the letter sent by Zhang Xianzhong, he just replied lightly, and then sent someone to send Zhang Xianzhong's personal soldiers away.

Although he hid in the deep mountains and old forests, he still kept an eye on the situation outside, and naturally knew that Gao Jie was leading the army, and his former daughter-in-law Yanxian also came, and he was also awarded the rank of school god horse by the Son of Heaven, responsible for managing logistics and transportation.

He knows Yanxian's ability, she is indeed the leader in managing logistics, when she was there, she managed Li Ziying's account very well, so that he didn't have any worries, but unfortunately the water-based Yang Hua hooked up with Gao Jie, and dyed the hat on his head green again.

Li Zicheng is sometimes very depressed, could it be that Lao Tzu was born to be a green hat king? The first wife split his legs and got him a green hat, he chopped off his husband and silver wife in a fit of anger, and the same is true for the second wife, I don't know if the third daughter-in-law Gao Guiying has this possibility?

This person, once there is a shadow in the psychology, he is always suspicious in some aspects, fortunately, this is in the Ming Dynasty, not in the modern era of high technology, the outside world is very exciting, and it is also full of temptation, and if you accidentally lose yourself, the old idea of the women of the Ming Dynasty is deep-rooted, and Li Zicheng is staring at it closely, Gao Guiying has no chance even if she wants to go out of the wall.

Li Zicheng thought about it, if he has the opportunity, get a few eunuchs to serve his daughter-in-law, the eunuchs don't have guns, they are safe and reliable, don't worry about being dyed green for the third time, as for Zhang Xianzhong's kindness, he knows very well in his heart, this girl is not at all good, but Gao Jie and Yanxian, the husband and silver woman, are really a hurdle in his heart, if he doesn't chop the two into meat puree and feed them to the dog, he can't untie this knot in his life.

However, even if there is no Gao Jie and Yanxian, he has to go to the mountains to grab money, grain, and all kinds of things anyway, and expand the Li family's army, otherwise he really can't mix, so it should be treated as a public and private matter. Of course, Zhang Xianzhong wants to use him as cannon fodder, and if he plays well with wishful thinking, he will not be fooled, he will return the favor to him, so that Zhang Xianzhong can attract the firepower of the Ming army, he hides in troubled waters and fishes, and if he has the opportunity, he will kill Gao Jie and Yanxian.

Not to mention, there are also advantages of fewer people, Li Zicheng's men and horses only have more than 300 people, the target is small, it is not easy to be discovered, and he ransacked several villages and market towns without attracting much attention from the government, and mistakenly thought that he was just a large group of robbers.

It is not surprising to have this kind of thought, everyone was frightened by Zhang Xianzhong's huge army of 200,000, Zhang Xianzhong not only attracted everyone's attention, but also attracted all the hatred, even the secret spies of the military intelligence department, the scout scouts in the army only stared at the movements of the Zhang family's army, and ignored Li Zicheng's department who was hiding in troubled waters.

Datong, located in the center of the basin in the north of Shanxi, has been a military town and a strategic place since ancient times, and is a place where soldiers must fight.

Shanyin County, under the jurisdiction of Datong Mansion, is usually just an inconspicuous small county town, but at this moment it is a strategic place for Zhang Xianzhong and Gao Jie to fight, whoever first occupies the county seat, who will grasp the initiative, defend the county seat as a basis, block the other party under the city, cut off its way forward, attack the county town as a logistics base, to ensure the normal supply of military supplies, so both of them desperately urged the army to speed up the march.

In terms of distance, Zhang Xianzhong had an advantage over Gao Jie for a day and a half of a journey, so he only needed to ensure that the current marching speed could reach Shanyin County one step ahead of Gao Jie, but in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, he sent his henchman Sun Kewang to lead a cavalry force of more than 3,000 people to rush to capture Shanyin County first.

Gao Jie also gathered all the war horses and horses in his headquarters, temporarily put together a cavalry force of 1,000 people, and hurried to Shanyin County to assist the people of the county to defend the city until the main force arrived.

This thousand-strong cavalry unit is not so much a cavalry unit, but rather an infantry on a war horse, it is more accurate, in Zhu Jian's various advanced military theories and techniques to Gao Jie have relevant mobile content, there is no high-speed armored troops, cavalry is the fastest mobile force today, an elite cavalry unit is difficult to train, an infantry unit riding a war horse, only seeking speed, but it is easy to train, can ride a horse, Gao Jie will use the content in the textbook.

"Your Majesty, Mingjun." Gao Jie couldn't help but praise, using war horses to transport infantry, this is a very common thing, but often the more ordinary, the easier it is to make people negligent, these ordinary military common sense theories and techniques are written in the new military textbooks, and there are many new tactical theories that are surprising, the most shocking thing for him is that the original creator is actually the current Son of Heaven, it is simply Zhuge Wuhou alive, and the cow pen makes him admire.

"Hmm." Yan Xian, who was accompanying her, nodded thoughtfully, she didn't know if the Son of Heaven was possessed by Zhuge Wuhou, but in several contacts with the Son of Heaven, she carefully observed, the Son of Heaven in his early twenties was ghostly, shrewd and terrifying, Gao Jie wanted to rise to the top, in addition to making outstanding military exploits, the most important thing was loyalty, don't be clever and fool the Son of Heaven, otherwise you will only kill yourself.

"Sister rest assured, brother can save it." Gao Jie grinned with a salivating face.

Yanxian's pretty face turned red, giving him a seductive white eye, although the two are sisters and brothers, it is generally the normal title of the father-in-law's wife in public, and only in private is the sister and brother commensurate, that is the intimate nickname between the young couple, Gao Jie is poor for a while, but it makes her heart sweet, as if she has drunk honey.

When the 1,000 soldiers of the first battalion of the independent battalion of the royal guards hurried to the horse, Zhang Xianzhong's more than 3,000 cavalry had already rushed to the county seat first, and they did not even settle the camp.

(Suddenly disconnected.,Couldn't be updated in time.,This chapter made up for yesterday.,Sorry.) ）