In July, the sowing season had passed, the farming was over, and the water conservancy facilities in various places were almost repaired.

According to Wang Zhi's original strategy, after controlling the whole territory of Yanyan, he first expanded to the north, attacked Yansui Town, took Yulinwei, and then traveled west along Yulinwei, returned to Yan'an Mansion, and took the entire territory of Yan'an Prefecture, so that the entire northern Shaanxi region was under Wang Zhi's control.

The reason why we had to take northern Shaanxi first was because at this time, several large bands of big robbers and powerful officers and soldiers were all operating around Yulinwei, Suidezhou, and Jiazhou, and they just went to destroy them all, and if these troops were destroyed, they would be able to farm in northern Shaanxi with confidence.

Moreover, Yulinwei is a border town guard, and military households are indispensable, and Wang Zhi plans to accept these border town military households, which are all high-quality soldiers.

After taking Yulinwei, the Hetao Plain is his own bag, whether it is farming or breeding, it is a good place to go, and it can also connect the Mongolian tribes, and exchange the meat that Wang Zhi needs from them.

As for the Mongolian tribes that have occupied the Hetao Plain and refuse to return the Hetao, it doesn't matter, we are space-time merchants, what kind of guns can we use, can we redeem it, is there enough smallpox virus, not enough flu and plague, there is always one that can make them kneel and say yes.

The first stop of the northward expansion was Yanchuan County, which was close to the extension.

On the day of Qixi Festival, Wang Zhi ordered his troops and horses, with ten field battalions, two reconnaissance and cavalry companies, a transport company, 1,000 logistics personnel, 2,000 craftsmen and 5,000 laborers, a total of more than 11,000 people, with all kinds of equipment and supplies, and set off towards Yanchuan in a mighty way.

This is the first time Wang Zhi has shown his fangs to the world.

Although Yanchuan County, which is close to Yanchuan, is the first stop of Wang Zhi's journey, but here, there is no battle, and more than 8,000 people have walked to Yanchuan County unhindered without encountering any resistance.

According to the records of Yanchuan County, because of natural disasters and the double ** of the Liukou and the official army, the landlords in Yanchuan County were wiped out at this time. The population has been reduced by two-thirds, and in such a place where there are no bandits for several miles, who can resist Wang Zhi's army. The officers and soldiers of the imperial court?

Like Yanchang, Yanchuan's military strength is only one hundred households, but the military households of the guards are either thieves or fleeing, and the hundred households were also killed when Zhang Yingjin and Wang raised troops for their own use, and there is no successor so far. At present, Yanchuan can be said to have no military strength at all, and when Wang Zhi is attacked, he can't do anything except send letters asking for help everywhere.

But Luo Yi, the magistrate of Yanchuan, knew that it was impossible for reinforcements to come, Yanchang was so close to his Yanchuan, and he was naturally very clear about what Wang Zhi was doing in Yanchuan, he had written more than once that Yanchang had a big thief, but he never responded, and combined with the fact that the prefect led an army of thousands of people to Yanchang but only came back with a few hundred people after he was extended. The people above are afraid of this gang of thieves, as long as the other party does not occupy the county government and pull the flag to rebel, it is estimated that they will turn a blind eye to everything.

At this time, in the lobby of the county office, a white silk was hanging, and Luo Zhixian was standing under the white silk, hesitating.

It is inevitable that the thieves will break the city, and Luo Zhixian intends to commit suicide and martyr the city to save his full name, so that he will not be accused of losing the city, and his family will not be held accountable; But people are lucky. He also felt that the gang of thieves and soldiers had occupied the extension for so long, and they didn't move the county office, Hu Zhixian is still in the county magistrate now, and the official documents on weekdays have not been broken, and the extension is still the place of the imperial court on the bright side. Maybe that gang of thieves will do this to Yanchuan, and if you help cover it up, Yanchuan is not still the seat of the imperial court, so it will not be a loss of the city.

When Luo Zhi County was hesitating, a group of soldiers from the Wang Family Army rushed into the county office quickly. Seeing Luo Yi dressed in an official house, he went up and arrested him without saying a word.

Because Yanchuan County can almost be said to be without soldiers, some of the officials who are responsible for guarding the city gate on weekdays fled directly after seeing Wang Zhi's army, so Wang Zhi's army easily entered the city, but only entered two battalions, one battalion patrolled the streets to suppress the riot and clean up the remnants, and the other battalion went straight to the county government, granaries and other important departments.

And Wang Zhi, and the rest of the people did not enter the city, he fell into deep thought, thinking about whether to leave some garrisons here.

Generally speaking, in order to attack targets farther away, the cities captured on the march must be garrisoned by troops to ensure that the supply lines are not cut off.

However, for Wang Zhi, the person who opened the cheat, there is no need for a supply line at all, and he does not plan to develop Yanchuan for the time being, after all, the sowing season has passed, so there is no need to divide troops here and leave some troops to garrison. But if you don't send troops to garrison it, why attack it, it's always unreasonable to have already fought down and not send some troops to garrison it to declare ownership!

Just when Wang Zhi was in a difficult choice, a soldier announced that he had captured Yanchuan County's order Luo Yi.

"Bring him up."

Soon, a group of soldiers pressed a man in official uniforms over: "General Qiyu, this person is Luo Yi, the commander of Yanchuan County, when I caught him, he was about to commit suicide by hanging himself in the county hall!" ”

"Preparing to kill herself, did Bai Aya put down the chair?" Wang Zhi asked.

Hearing this, one of the captains at the head recalled and said, "It doesn't seem to be." ”

"The fact that he didn't put a chair shows that he is still hesitating." Saying that, Wang Zhi looked at Luo Yi, who was being suppressed: "Hesitation shows that you don't really want to die, let's discuss with you, you continue to be the magistrate of Yanchuan, but the rights under it are all controlled by my people, and Yanchuan is still the place of the imperial court on the surface, so you can also account for it." ”

After speaking, Wang Zhi didn't ask him if he agreed, so he asked the soldiers to let him go, anyway, whether he agreed or not, the result was the same, unless he committed suicide.

In the end, Wang Zhi still left a battalion of troops and 100 logistics and 300 craftsmen and 1,000 laborers in Yanchuan County, although it has passed the sowing season, but some water conservancy, houses and other things can still be done to prepare for the coming year. The magistrate was also let back, anyway, he couldn't make any waves, if he went crazy and wanted to make trouble, the garrison could send him to the sky with a bullet. In addition, Wang Zhi also left a large amount of ammunition for the troops stationed in Yanchuan, even if the imperial court sent 100,000 troops to fight, it may not be able to break the city, after all, there are ten heavy machine guns.

Bidding farewell to the garrison troops, Wang Zhi continued to march north with the army, and soon arrived at Qingjian County, where the situation was similar to Yanchang, and was ruined by Zhang Yingjin and Wang Zishun in turn, and it had long been dilapidated.

At this point, it was only three days after departure, and Wang Zhi's army had been reduced by nearly a quarter.

However, at this time, Wang Zhi, who had a smooth journey, did not know that in his next stop, Suidezhou, an elite army of the Ming Dynasty was waiting for him. (To be continued.) )