Huaxia Jun looked at the remaining officers and soldiers and asked: "Whether you are willing to join the Huaxia Army, our army cannot guarantee anything else, but for all people, they can definitely be treated equally, and they will not deduct food and salary." As for those who refused to surrender, they went back on their own after the war, and our army also distributed the passage money. ”

In the face of the goodwill thrown out by the Huaxia Army, most of the officers and soldiers did not believe it, the conditions were too good, and they were afraid that the Huaxia Army would settle accounts after the autumn, and after the Huaxia Army's explanation, the officers and soldiers would be suspicious, and most of them surrendered, only more than ten people, reluctant to surrender, unwilling to surrender, and wanted to return home to take care of their wives and children.

The sky gradually darkened, and the backbone of the army sat in Wang Luo's camp, waiting for the news, and the time passed bit by bit, and the fine work sent into the city had not returned, and many people were anxious.

Wang Luo opened his eyes, it seemed that there was something wrong with the plan, it seemed that he had thought things too simply, and said to the rest of the people: "Everyone go back to the camp to rest, tomorrow the fifth watch will cook, and send troops to collapse and attack Heshui County, and see what the situation is." ”

Everyone clasped their fists and said yes, and retreated to rest.

The next day, the Qing Dynasty opened the fire early to cook, and then packed up the newly recruited soldiers and 30 veterans to take care of the camp, waiting for the remaining 200 people, and officially went to Heshui County.

In the Qingyang County Mansion, the county commander said anxiously to Xu Yi: "Xu Baihu, the investigation has come to report that the thief army has come to Heshui County, and the defense of Heshui County depends on you." ”

The county commander knew that he was a layman in the military, and Xu Yi had already tested and recognized it through yesterday's analysis, Xu Yi's command ability, and it was appropriate to hand over the defense of Heshui County to Xu Yi today.

Xu Yi clenched his fists and said: "My lord, please rest assured, as long as you have a humble position, you will definitely not be able to let the thieves go further." ”

Xu Yi asked, "How many strong people did your lord gather in the city yesterday?"

The Heshui County Commander said: "Heshui County is only a small county town with less than 10,000 people, and yesterday gathered 2,000 strong people. ”

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the officers and soldiers of the nine formations at the border pass, they faced a small invasion of Mongolia all the year round and preserved a certain amount of combat strength.

Xu Yi was shocked in his heart, the population was only 10,000 Since 2,000 people were gathered, I am afraid that half of the children were summoned.

On the surface, Xu Yi was indeed overjoyed and said: "Since there are so many elites, I will definitely be able to defend Heshui County." ”

"Lord County Order, there are only about 200 thieves, but all of them are strong, but the number is scarce, and they must not besiege the four gates, they must only attack one, and the north gate is the closest to the thieves, the east and west gates, the road is narrow, not suitable for attacking the city, and the south is the closest to Huachi, let alone the lord, so we should defend the north gate, and the other four gates only let a few people watch the past just in case."

The county magistrate was even more satisfied when he heard it, and nodded again and again: "Okay!" Xu Baihu will listen to you. ”

Within the city walls of Qingyang County, the Heshui County Commander is presiding over the swearing-in meeting to inspire the morale of the people.

The county order was brainwashing the people who had just been recruited, and the county order said impassionedly: "The thieves came from the north, and the number was only more than 300 people, but there were no siege weapons, as long as we held it for two or three days, Lin Qianhu of Qingyang Mansion would lead the officers and soldiers of Huachi County to rush over and defeat the thieves in one fell swoop, so as to keep Heshui County and our wives and children." ”

"For the sake of my wife and children, take up arms and kill the thief!"

Looking at the pretended anger of the Heshui County Commander, the strong man below shouted sparsely: "Kill the thief, kill the thief." ”

The county commander looked at it with satisfaction, then waved his hand and said, "Send food." ”

Minzhuang Wang Ergou said to his neighbors: "Dog, the city will be attacked in a while, remember to put the bright spots in your eyes, and when the time comes, we will sneak down to the city together, this dog official is usually mediocre and incompetent, he knows that he is greedy for money, and now that something has happened, he wants us to go up again, and there is no door." ”

Huang Sangou was shocked when he heard this, and said in a low voice: "Brother, didn't the county magistrate say it?" The thieves will slash and kill when they enter the city, you must know that our wives and children are all in the city, how can we not fight hard. ”

Wang Ergou said: "You know a fart, I have relatives in Qingyang County, and he told me that the rebel army in Qingyang captured the city and did not open a warehouse to release grain, and also distributed land, and canceled all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes. ”

Huang Sangou was surprised when he heard this: "Really, second brother? But haven't we heard of it? ”

Wang Ergou smiled disdainfully: "It's not in the city yet, those old men have rich news, don't let us know." I also went to Qingyang County a few days ago and got the news from my relatives. ”

Hearing the order to distribute porridge, the originally energetic crowd burst into excited shouts: "I'll wait for the little people, thank you to Lord Zhixian." ”

When he finished speaking, the county commander summoned the officers and soldiers of the whole city, plus only a hundred people who were defeated and retreated, and in front of them, the county commander directly took out half of the silver, and gave three months' food and salary, and took out five hundred taels and said: "The thieves attack the city, kill one person, reward one tael of silver, and the money is here, and it will be distributed uniformly after the war." ”

After saying the prefectural order, the box was opened, revealing white silver.

The officers and men cheered at the silver, and their morale was high, and in one fell swoop they reversed the decline of the defeat. Looking at the money and food in his hands, his morale hit his peak.

Half an hour later, the rebel army saw Heshui County from a distance, and it was different from imagination, at this time, Heshui County was crowded, the Mingzi banner was fluttering in the wind, and there were faint people shouting slogans, as if they were ready to defend.

Wang Luo looked at the situation, but he was not very surprised in his heart, he was already mentally prepared, it seemed that the attack on Heshui County would not be successful, and he could only take Huachi's reinforcements.

Wang Tiancheng looked at it for a moment and said to Wang Cheng: "Chief, there are not many officers and soldiers in Heshui County, there are only more than 100 people, and the rest are captured people. ”

Wang Luo shook his head when he heard it and said: "Our first goal is to defeat the officers and soldiers of Heshui's own Huachi County, if Heshui County is defenseless, then this fat meat will not be eaten in vain, since there is a defense, forget it, let's sweep away the reinforcements of Huachi first, and let the soldiers set up camp first." ”

Wang Luo gave an order, and the two hundred people were divided into one hundred people and set up camp in the open space five miles away.

Above the city.

The officers and soldiers of the north gate looked at the army slowly coming from a distance, knocked on the bell of the city gate, and the people under the wall poured onto the city wall, and the battle was about to break out.

The north gate of the county seat, the main attack direction of the Huaxia Army, there are two tiger squat cannons on the city gate, which were found by the county order from the armory for a long time, and the paint has fallen off a layer, and at a glance you know that it is a guy who has not been useful for a long time.

When the people in the city saw the Chinese army besieging the city, the number was scarce, and the nervous mood relaxed a lot, but there was still a little nervousness, and many people whispered again.

Xu Yi saw it and said loudly: "Everyone has also seen that the thieves are all rabble, there are only a few hundred people, as long as they hold on for a few days, we will be victorious as soon as the reinforcements led by Lin Qianhu come!" ”

Xu Yi was originally just a friendly teenager, but in Wang Luo's army, after three months of training, he rose step by step from a small soldier, in addition to his own experience, he also listened to Wang Luo's promotion.

Wang Luo promoted the backbone in these few months and months, and after each battle, he would organize a set to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of both sides of the battle, and whether it was organized to study various classic battles in history.

In the process of rewriting, Xu Yi has increased his knowledge, and through one victory after another, he is not only more mature, but also more confident, if he joins the army again, in the face of so many people, Xu Yi must be an honest listener, and he doesn't dare to put a fart.

Wait for the city to settle down for a while.

Xu Yi said again: "The thieves are brutal, once the city is broken, the thieves will definitely not let go of the wives and children in the city, for their sake, we must not retreat." ”

The county commander on the side was very satisfied when he saw the veteran Xu Yi, and the planner in his heart, how could he ask for this cadre from Lin Qianhu, and stood up and said: "This is Lin Qianhu's general, Lord Xu Yi of 100 households, who has participated in the Battle of Salhu, the Battle of Ningyuan and the Battle of Ningjin, and can be said to be a veteran of a hundred battles. Everyone is right to listen to him. ”

Listening to Xu Yi's words, there were only reinforcements, and the number of Huaxia troops was so small, the people on the wall were relieved, and they saw that the Huaxia army did not attack the city, but divided half of the men and horses to set up camp, and they were even more relieved.

As the sky gradually darkened, the spies came to report that Huachi's reinforcements were only less than 20 kilometers away from Heshui County, and it was estimated that they would be able to reach Heshui County in another two or three hours.

Wang Luo ordered the strategy of 100 people out and 10 people entering, making more torches, creating the illusion that everyone was at the camp gate, and then sending people to attack Lin Qianzong's reinforcements.

Hearing Wang Luo's words, Wang Tiancheng said in surprise: "Didn't the leader use it yesterday?" It's been used before a day, how can it be successful. ”

Wang Luo laughed when he heard this: "Look, Tiancheng, didn't you realize that we would have another night attack?" Combat is to attack its unpreparedness, there is a flower sentence is not a good saying, not afraid of outdated moves, useful on the line, and this is not a night attack, let them get to the county seat quickly, relax their vigilance, we just hit him by surprise, halfway attack. ”

Wang Tiancheng touched his head and said with a smile: "Yes, then leader, how can you fight this battle?" ”

Wang Luo said with a smile: "This operation is very simple, there is no strategy, as long as it is not discovered, the location is selected to be fifty miles south of Heshui County, where the terrain lies flat, you can give full play to the greatest advantage of the cavalry, and then see our Lin Qianzong's reinforcements, charge directly, use the cavalry to fight the advantage of the infantry, and defeat it in one fell swoop." ”

"You must know that he is not leading the elite soldiers under him, but the officers and soldiers who are mainly those miscellaneous armies in Huachi County, no matter how powerful the commander is, he can't win the battle without soldiers, not to mention that our Lin Qianhu himself is a mediocre general, not a great general."

Wang Tiancheng heard this and took the initiative to say: "Chief, please hand over the matter of the sneak attack on Lin Qianhu to your subordinates, and I will definitely capture Lin Qianhu alive for you." ”