Jiang Xuan picked and picked in the whole army, and finally found twenty strong men and had a tug-of-war competition with Li Rufeng's cavalry corps.

In the end, it was the cavalry corps that had great strength, and with one force, Jiang Xuan and his subordinates were pulled into the air, Jiang Xuan was disgraced, but he was not angry, because he and Li Rufeng were brothers in life and death.

In the friendly atmosphere of the main general, the two armies were very harmonious, and the entire Ming army camp was full of laughter.

However, Gao Jie's military camp was covered with dark clouds, Gao Jie and a group of subordinate generals were staring at each other in the room, they were about to run out of food, Ying Tianfu did not send food, and the Qing army was too lazy to take care of them.

Seeing that there was grain and grass in a corner of the room, Gao Jie and Li Benshen, who was in charge of logistics, said: "How much grain and grass are there?" ”

"General soldiers, that's all, it's only enough for the army to eat for three days."

Li Benshen was also very speechless, after Ying Tianfu annexed Gao Jie's station, he seemed to forget about this Northern Expedition force, and let this tens of thousands of soldiers and horses fend for themselves, not only did not have food and grass sent, but also cut off contact with Gao Jie's troops.

Gao Jie asked Li Chengdong's cavalry to respond to Tianfu and ask the court to issue the latest instructions, but Li Chengdong's subordinates did not come back after they went back, and went to the three-way fast ride in one go, but they all sank into the sea and disappeared.

There is no need to think about it, these cavalrymen were either killed, or after returning to Yingtian, they were forcibly left in Yingtianfu and became cavalry of other troops.

Yingtianfu Hongguang Imperial Court ignored Gao Jie's soldiers and horses, even if it was Shi Kefa, who was named the governor of Yangzhou, but he couldn't understand any of the soldiers and horses.

Yangzhou City garrison troops, no one dared to lead the troops across the river, to Shanxi to support the Northern Expeditionary Army, everyone knows that Gao Jie's army is to attack the Chongzhen court, in the eyes of many people, it is okay to attack the Dashun army, and it is not impossible to attack the Qing army, but it is notorious to attack the Chongzhen court.

Shi Kefa was forced to have no eight laws, and it was worth letting his henchmen go to Shanxi to keep in touch with Gao Jie, and his henchmen had just crossed the river, and they were bombarded back by the soldiers and horses of the other three towns.

As long as Shi Kefa asked his henchmen to travel in disguise, he finally arrived in Henan, but there was no news.

Losing the support of the imperial court, Li Chengdong and Gao Jie suggested grabbing grain, but Lu'an Prefecture did not anyway

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It was the territory of the Tianfu Imperial Court that robbed the grain and grass of the people of Shanxi, and he was not heartbroken.

Li Benshen objected, and he and Li Chengdong said: "General Li, this Shanxi has long been ten rooms and nine empty, even if there are people, they are all hiding in the mountains, and when we find these people, they will starve to death." ”

"Well, at this time, I robbed the grain and grass of the people of Shanxi, and there was really no turning back in Emperor Chongzhen."

Li Chengdong saw that Gao Jie and Li Benshen disagreed, so he said: "General soldier, the living will never starve to death, there is no food and grass, our army will disperse if it is said to be scattered, or shall we withdraw?" ”

Gao Jie is not without a year of withdrawal, but he has to withdraw to grab territory with Huang Degong, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, and Zuo Liangyu in the south of Huguang, he fought with these four warlords with an army of soldiers and horses, and there was almost no chance of winning.

Although there is still Shi Kefa to help in the court, but Shi Kefa was also driven out of the power center by Ma Shiying, Gao Jie thought about it, and finally said to Li Chengdong: "You take someone to Licheng tomorrow to have a look, just say that we have no intention of starting a war with it, and ask Your Majesty to go to the front line, and I will go to visit Gao." ”

Li Chengdong didn't dare to go to Jiang Xuan's military camp, although both troops were dressed as Ming soldiers, but these days, the clothes they wore were the same, which did not mean that they were one heart.

Gao Jie saw that Li Chengdong was embarrassed, and said, "Li Chengdong, don't you dare?" ”

"Chief soldier, I heard that the one opposite us is Jiang Xuan's younger brother Jiang Xuan's soldiers and horses, the last general will go to their barracks, if you can spread the word, it's okay, if Jiang Xuan goes crazy, the last general won't be able to come back."

"Also, the Jiang brothers are capricious, it's a pity that you want to fold there."

Gao Jie thought about it, and suddenly a personal soldier rushed back from outside the pass to report to him, a Ming army came from the direction of Licheng, and a messenger was outside the pass, asking to enter the barracks to meet the chief soldier.

Gao Jie touched his beard, he was about to contact the generals of the Chongzhen system like this, they were one step ahead of him, and he was busy letting his own soldiers greet the Chongzhen envoy.

The messenger was none other than Yue Ling, who came to Lu'an Prefecture with Ling Jingyang the day before yesterday and joined Jiang Xuan and Li Rufeng.

Ling Jingyang saw that the officers and soldiers of the two armies were playing enthusiastically in the barracks, but he didn't say anything, but asked the other soldiers not to be silent, and silently watched the three rounds of tug-of-war.

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The game all ended with the victory of the cavalry corps, Jiang Xuan was very unconvinced, he asked Li Rufeng to wait, and when he went to Taiyuan City to recruit soldiers with strong physique, he had to pull the cavalry corps to the sky.

At this time, the general reported to him, Ling Dudu was in the barracks, he was stunned, and Li Rufeng on the side hurriedly went with him to greet Ling Jingyang.

After Ling Jingyang saw them, he smiled and said, "Two, it's so Yaxing." ”

The two were embarrassed to speak with a red face, Ling Jingyang asked Jiang Xuan to take him to the military camp and introduce the military situation in Lu'an Prefecture to him, and at the same time asked Fang Xiaoyan to go to the border area between Lu'an Prefecture and Qinzhou to convey the military order to the Central Army, so that Leng Rutie's whole army rushed to Licheng, Lu'an Prefecture, and joined the large army.

After Ling Jingyang sat down, Jiang Xuan and Ling Jingyang introduced the army of the Hongguang Imperial Court, the commander of the army was Gao Jie, everyone was no stranger, there were more than 30,000 soldiers under his command, and more than 30,000 people, stationed in Yuxia Pass.

The 30,000 soldiers were also veterans, although they were beaten by the Dashun army and fled, retreated from Jiangbei to Jiangnan, became the soldiers and horses of the Hongguang court, and also received the assistance of the imperial court, and recovered their combat effectiveness after a rest.

There are also 30,000 people, who can also go to the battlefield when necessary, and fight with knives, they are really a tiger and wolf army, which should not be underestimated.

Ling Jingyang ate Fusang rice balls yesterday, and his stomach was still a little supportive, and he suddenly thought that a Gao Jie army should not eat and drink in Yuxia Pass?

"Gao Jie's soldiers and horses are many, are so many people's grain and grass sent from Ying Tianfu?"

Jiang Xuan nodded, but Ling Jingyang shook his head and said, "If it is sent from Yingtianfu, how far is it on the way, just the people who transported the grain and grass on the road consume as much grain and grass as Gao Jie's troops." ”

Li Rufeng also felt incredible, and Ling Jingyang, Jiang Xuan said: "This Gao Jie didn't let the people go to escort the grain and grass, and hid in the barracks and ate up the grain and grass?" ”

The three of them smiled knowingly, Ling Jingyang decided to take the soldiers and horses to Yuxia Pass to meet Gao Jie for a while, but Li Rufeng was worried that Gao Jie would raid, and said to Ling Jingyang: "Governor, do you want to wait for the Central Army and go to Yuxia Pass together, in case Gao Jie eats our soldiers and horses." ”

Jiang Xuan thought so, the troops he brought to Licheng were only more than 5,000 people, and in the face of Gao Jie's tens of thousands of veterans, he was also panicked.

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