"Whaha! This battle is really an unprecedented victory! 5,000 people defeated 8,000 people, Ling Gongzi, your contribution to this battle is great!"

At this moment, Li Chi had already escorted a group of surrendered soldiers back, and he couldn't help laughing with excitement when he saw the scene in front of him, of course, at this moment, he also remembered my merits, and kept exclaiming loudly.

"This is the courage of the soldiers under Li Duwei, which is why this battle went so smoothly. ”

I can't take credit, but I still give the credit back to Li Chi, and praise him for teaching the soldiers well, because we will continue to use their army to attack Changshengsha in the future.

"Hehe, by the way, I see that the army that fled with Zhang Jingzhuo is estimated to have nearly two thousand people, plus the original defenders of Changsheng Sha, the number of soldiers there will not be small, what is Ling Gongzi's plan for the next step?"

Li Chi seemed very modest in this inquiry, after all, he made a lot of money this time, whether it was equipment or personnel.

However, Li Chi put the difficulties in front, saying that there were many people on the other side, and the purpose was not to fight a tough battle, I could hear it.

In fact, it is inconvenient for us to attack now, after all, Tan Ying doesn't know that it is not in the hands of the other party, if the other party is really in a hurry, Zhang Jing will burn all the jade, then we will regret it.

So after thinking about it, I said: "Let's rest here for a day, clean up the battlefield by the way, and then slowly march to Changshengsha, and other reinforcements, I don't know what Li Duwei wants?"

Our goal of hurting each other in the first battle has been achieved, and now I can follow Li Chi's meaning.

"Okay! That's a good idea, and I support it. Li Duwei smiled and agreed happily.

After that, we cleaned up the battlefield here and rested for the day.

Taking advantage of this time, we counted the spoils of war, this battle, our side killed and wounded more than 400 soldiers, and killed the enemy, counting the ironclad soldiers who were shot and killed before, a total of nearly 3,000 people, and captured about 2,300 people on the other side, and the number of weapons and armor harvested was countless, and at the same time, Zhang Jingzhuo fled in a hurry, and left all the grain and grass for half a month of 8,000 people to us, which is the most beneficial to us, and there is no need to worry about the future, and then we can take Changshengsha directly.

Of course, Li Duwei carried out a lot of propaganda and persuasion work on the 2,300 prisoners, and finally 1,500 people were willing to join Li Duwei's army, so that after this battle, Li Duwei's soldiers did not decrease, but increased by more than 1,000 people.

The remaining 800 prisoners of war were ready to be discharged on the spot, but I asked Uncle Zhang to recruit them again.

I can see that many of these soldiers are soldiers in Changshengsha City, they don't want to go to other places, so they don't want to follow Li Duwei to Rongcheng, I heard that Uncle Zhang is Tan Yankai's subordinate, and he may want to return to Changshengsha as a soldier in the future, and more than 300 people follow Uncle Zhang, and the rest of the personnel will be dismissed.

Of course, Li Duwei has no objection to our recruitment of people, because those people were originally going to be dismissed, and Tan Yankai's strength has increased, which is also good for him, so he also strongly supports our recruitment.

After dealing with these lock-ups after the battle, the army continued to advance eastward.

Two days later, our army of more than 6,000 people slowly came to the outside of Changshengsha City with a large pile of baggage.

When we arrived at Changshengsha, we found a mountain with favorable terrain and set up camp, guarded the danger, and stationed here.

Now is not the time to attack the city, attacking Changsheng Sand with 6,000 people does have the feeling of ants shaking the tree, and at the same time, this is also waiting to see what happens, we didn't catch Zhang Jingzhuo, there are no hostages, so there is no bargaining chip to negotiate with Zhang Jinghuan, we can only see their reaction, if Tan Ying is in their hands, I believe they should come up with this trump card now.

While we were waiting here for Zhang Jinghuan to react, the news of our army's victory spread quickly.

The next day, the news of our victory was reported in the newspapers.

It should be said that our victory in this game really shook Zhang Jinghuan's rule in Xiangnan Province.

Eight thousand people were defeated by five thousand, and it was a one-sided fiasco, which made all the people in Xiangnan Province realize that in fact, Zhang Jinghuan is not terrible, Zhang Jinghuan is a paper tiger, and he should get out of the house immediately!

Yes, Zhang Jinghuan has long been notorious in Xiangnan Province, and the reason why everyone still let him be here for so long is because he is afraid of his army, after all, Zhang Jinghuan, a foreign warlord, can enter Xiangnan Province and occupy Changshengsha, completely by fighting, they were indeed very brave before.

So everyone was very taboo about Zhang Jinghuan's army, but when his weapon to deter everyone was destroyed, and his residual power was shattered, what followed was a surge of condemnation and reprimands from everyone.

Soon, many counties and cities announced their independence from Zhang Jinghuan's rule, and at this moment Changshengsha almost became an isolated city.

Even Zhao Xi and other forces who had already negotiated peace with Zhang Jinghuan before also stood up, saying that they wanted to let Zhang Jinghuan get out of the way, and they wanted to start a new war, yes, the force composition of Xiangnan Province is very complicated, before Zhang Jinghuan entered Xiangnan Province and entered Changshengsha, he only occupied part of the area, and then everyone was tired and negotiated peace, so that Zhang Jinghuan was able to sit as the governor for so long, so the forces in Xiangnan Province are now divided into several factions.

However, now that everyone sees that Zhang Jinghuan is finished, of course their opinions will be very consistent, and they all point the finger at Zhang Jinghuan and let him go.

This is the wall falling down and everyone pushing it, of course, he himself is unpopular, which has become the trend of the times.

"Hahaha, I got the news today, Liu Duwei of Nicheng will also send troops to surround Changsheng Sha, it seems that in a few days, Zhang Jinghuan will be surrounded in Changsheng Sha. ”

Today, Li Chi happily came to tell us the good news, someone came to besiege Changshengsha with them, which is what Li Chi wants to see, otherwise only his own army is parked here alone, and it seems to be weak.

"Governor Liu of Nicheng is Zhao Xi's subordinates, they came here at this time, I'm afraid they are going to Changsheng Sha to get benefits, could it be that Zhao Xi also has the intention of being a provincial governor. ”

Suddenly, Uncle Zhang frowned tightly on the side, and said in an unkind tone.

Uncle Zhang said that Zhao Xi is the representative of the southern forces of Xiangnan Province, before he was in the southern region to compete with Zhang Jinghuan, is a powerful figure, has his own army, at this time he asked the army to besiege Changshengsha, saying that it is good to drive Zhang away from evil, in fact, the meaning behind it is obviously to grab merit.

The person who can drive Zhang Jing away will be loved by the people of Xiangnan Province, that is, the most likely candidate to become the provincial governor, and the other party will send troops at this time, if their army can rush into Changshengsha first and lead the provincial governor's mansion, it is absolutely possible to get into the position of provincial governor.

In this era of warlord warfare, official positions are not obtained by sealing, but by fighting, and those who are good at fighting are obtained.

Whether you can be a provincial governor depends on whether you have occupied the provincial capital in advance.

"So what do we do?"

Li Chi obviously didn't want such a situation to happen, he supported Tan Yankai, and worked hard to lay a good situation for others to snatch the victory and let others become the provincial governor, which he couldn't accept no matter what.

Uncle Zhang is also scratching his head, and now Tan Yankai has attracted Zhang Jinghuan to Zhucheng, which makes Changshengsha look very empty and extremely fragile, if he really lets others take the credit, it will really become a busy job, but it will become a wedding dress for others.

However, even if Changsheng Sha is empty, it is estimated that there are 10,000 or 20,000 troops, and the other party is still defending the city, if we attack Changsheng Sha with 6,000, this is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and we will definitely be beaten all over the place.

But can we miss such a great opportunity?

Although the purpose of our dispatch this time is not all for the position of provincial governor, but after all, it has always been Tan Yankai's wish to be the provincial governor, and now such a good situation is in front of me, of course I don't want to miss it, and besides, we have now been stationed here outside Changsheng Sha City for three days, and it is impossible for Zhang Jinghuan not to know that we are here, but now they still haven't mentioned Tan Ying's matter.

Actually, this seems to have explained something, although we don't want to admit it, but Tan Ying really doesn't seem to be in their hands now.

Although my mood is still entangled in Tan Ying's affairs, but now the matter of regaining the provincial governor must obviously be in an important position, and it is urgent, thinking of this, I turned my head and asked Li Chi:

"Li Duwei, when is Zhao Xi's army expected to arrive here in Changshengsha?"

"They set off yesterday and have to take a detour, and they won't arrive until noon the day after tomorrow at the earliest. ”

Li Chi said with certainty, and after finishing speaking, he looked up at me and asked, "Is there any good way for Ling Gongzi?"

Sighing, I looked helplessly at the Changsheng sand in the distance, and said with a wry smile:

"Actually, I don't have any good way, it's very simple, just send people into the city to understand the situation, to find out their reality, you should remember that among the captured soldiers we captured, many of them are citizens of Changshengsha, they are from the city, they are very familiar with the situation in the city, I want them to go into the city to have a look, to find out how many soldiers are still in the city? ”

"That Tan Ying ......"

Uncle Zhang just stopped there after saying half of his words, presumably he also understood at this moment, there has been no news of Tan Ying for so long, it is estimated that Tan Ying is not in Zhang Jinghuan's hands, and then he said fiercely: "Okay, then I will let some clever people among the three hundred people under my command pick out some clever people to enter the city, so that they can know some news, oh... I went in and took a look myself, and I was familiar with the situation inside. ”

This is the best, Uncle Zhang's home is in Changshengsha City, he knows more about the situation of the Provincial Governor's Mansion and various military camps, and it will be more accurate to have him to investigate the military situation, so this matter was settled, Uncle Zhang and more than a dozen soldiers immediately disguised themselves and made up as ordinary people and mixed into the city.