Xiangtan, Zhou, big family.

Although it has not yet developed into "Zhouban County", it has not developed to the point of "marrying Banhu Xiang" in the late Qing Dynasty. But from Jiajing to Wanli, Zhou Zhiping, Zhou Zhiji, Zhou Zhilong, Zhou Yu, and Zhou Xu were admitted to the Jinshi one after another, and a large number of people were raised, and the Zhou family frantically annexed land in Xiangtan!

Unlike the Tao family in Changsha, the Zhou family in Xiangtan is prosperous.

During the Wanli years, there were many peasant uprisings, and the Zhou family took the initiative to recruit villagers each time. After repelling the peasant army, he immediately took the opportunity to annex the land, which now covers an area of more than 100,000 mu.

Knowing that the Jiangxi Zhao thief sent troops to Huguang, Zhou Xing, who was studying at Yuelu Academy, immediately rushed back to Xiangtan to recruit troops.

Historically, in two years, he would also be admitted to the Jinshi.

At the foot of the hidden mountain, Liao Sheng's brother Liao Jing came to secretly contact Zhou Xing.

Both sides are from big families, and there is no possibility of compromise, so they must fight Zhao Han to the end.

"Brother Jingyu, how is the form of Xiangtan?" Liao Jing asked.

Zhou Xing replied: "Thousands of thieves have besieged the city for half a month. I just received news that the Zhao thief has occupied Liuyang and will definitely march towards Changsha. If Xiangtan is lost, Changsha is in danger! What about Hengyang? ”

"In addition to Hengyang, Hengshan, and Leiyang, the counties in the east and south are all occupied by Zhao thieves." Liao Jing replied.

After a long period of fighting, Liao Sheng has tens of thousands of regiments under his command, and they have successively recovered Hengyang, Hengshan, and Leiyang.

The thieves in Youxian and Anren were the worst, with Zhao Han's army in the east and Liao Sheng's regiment in the west.

This place is out of place!

Therefore, as soon as Liu Zhu sent troops from Chaling, the thieves in Youxian abandoned the city and fled. When passing by Anren, Anren thieves also fled, and the two thieves merged and went to Yongxing County to take refuge in Xiaobawang.

When Xiaobawang heard about the situation in the north, he also felt that he couldn't defend it, so he abandoned the city and went to Chenzhou further south.

They failed in their attack on Chenzhou, so they could only walk around the city, plundering villages and towns along the way, and preparing to flee from Yizhang into the border of Guangdong.

If you ignore the thieves who fled south and the Yao people who started the uprising, there are now two major battlefields in southern Hunan.

In the north, Huang Qi surrounded Xiangtan, and Li Zheng surrounded Changsha, and the strategic goal was to capture Changsha. The commander of the officers and soldiers is Wang Zhiliang, the governor of southern Xiangnan.

South, Liu Zhu, Chen Bing, Leijiabu (the confluence of the Huanshui and Xiangjiang rivers), Zhang Tieniu, Chen Bing, Yongxing County. While letting the missionaries and the peasant association divide the fields, they confronted Liao Sheng's regimental training from afar, and the strategic goal was to capture Hengyang.

Liao Jing said: "My brother is going to sneak attack Lukou (Lukou District, Zhuzhou City), kill the thieves there, and cut off the grain route of the Zhao thief!" ”

After listening to the situation in the south, Zhou Xing exclaimed: "Brother Ling led his troops to the north, so he was not afraid that Leiyang and Hengshan would be captured by Zhao thieves?" ”

"It is enough to keep 3,000 soldiers in each of the two cities," Liao Jing said, "and the thieves in Xiangtan must be driven away, so that Changsha, Xiangtan, Hengshan, Hengyang, and Leiyang can be connected in a line." ”

Zhou Xing asked, "How can I cooperate?" ”

Liao Jing replied: "My brother suggested that the Zhou family's regiment practice, go to Xiangtan to contain the main force of the thieves, and delay the time for the thieves to return to Lukou. When the brother takes Lukou, he will be able to practice with the Zhou family, as well as the defenders in Xiangtan City, and attack the thieves on three sides. The rebels are surrounded by regiments and lose the supply of food and grass, and the army will inevitably be in turmoil, and the battle can be won! ”

"Good strategy!" Zhou Xing exclaimed.

It is indeed a good strategy, but the premise is to win.

Liao Sheng fought those thieves who fled from Jiangxi, and won successive battles, and his prestige rose sharply at this time, and he was a little overconfident. He felt that the Jiangxi thieves were nothing more than that, leaving thousands of people to defend the city, stopping Zhang Tieniu and Liu Zhu, and personally led the elite north to attack Huang Qi.

He's going to fight one to three!

From a purely strategic point of view, this is a smart and reasonable approach. If the combat effectiveness of the two sides is about the same, Liao Sheng will definitely succeed, and there is a great probability of annihilating Huang Mi's main force.

I have to say that Huang Mi took the enemy lightly and did not take the enemy of Hengshan in his eyes at all, causing his grain route to be exposed to Liao Sheng's soldiers.

This belongs to Huang Qi's style of employing troops, dispatching troops quickly and marching extremely fast.

Li Zheng is just the opposite, with a cautious personality, thoughtful and thoughtful, and likes to discuss with his generals. If he swapped with Huang Mi, it was estimated that Huang Mi had already taken Changsha, and he would not give Wang Zhiliang time for reinforcements at all.

Three days later, Zhou Xing took Tuan Yong and cautiously approached Xiangtan County.

He didn't dare to get too close, for fear that the whole army would collapse, so he just wanted to attract Huang Mi's attention and create time for Liao Sheng to cut off the enemy's grain route.

"It's finally here!" Huang Qi said with a smile.

Huang Qi besieged the city for half a month, and he didn't think about attacking the city at all, so he waited for the officers and soldiers to reinforce the army. As long as the reinforcements are defeated, the defenders of the city will inevitably be demoralized, and there will be various ways to capture the city at that time.

There must be reinforcements, Huang Qi has already inquired.

There is a Zhou family entrenched here, and there are five Jinshi in the past few decades, and every time the civil unrest is recruited by the Zhou family to pacify the township.

If you wait for another half a month, the Zhou family will not bring reinforcements, and Huang Mi will lead the troops over by himself.

"Boom, boom!"

Three cannon shots rang out, and the Fran cannon fired.

The good end of the artillery was used as a starting cannon by Huang Mi.

Zhou Xing is choosing good terrain to camp, that is, he can run, anyway, he will not fight hard with Huang Qi.

Suddenly, three cannon shots rang out, and because the distance was too far, Zhou Xing thought that the enemy was attacking the city.

Should I help?

Zhou Xing decided to stand still and just watch from afar, the anti-thieves would definitely not be able to capture the city. And across the Xiangjiang River, he can't cross the river to rescue for the time being - once the thief tries to cross the river, Zhou Xing will immediately slip away, and he has to protect his own Tuan Yong first.

At this distance, looking across the river, Zhou Xing thought he was very safe.

"Doodoo Dot ~~~~~"

A moment later, there was a charge on both sides of the trickle, and Zhou Xing was suddenly so frightened that his vest was sweating: "Quickly form a formation, there are ambushes!" ”

Zhou Xing came along the trickle, and at this moment, Baihe Mountain and Hualonggong Mountain on both sides of the strait rushed out of five hundred fellow soldiers. They ran to the foot of the mountain before they blew the trumpet of the charge, and attacked the Tuan Yong who rushed towards Zhou Xing from east to west.

This one was so sudden that Zhou Tuanyong had just unloaded the food from the ship, and he hadn't even had time to set up camp.

Zhou Xing led his troops on the east bank of the trickle, and the five hundred ambush soldiers rushed down from Hualonggong Mountain, and slowly trotted to kill them. The 500 ambush soldiers of Baihe Mountain took off their armor and jumped into the river to grab the small boats that had already unloaded grain.

Due to the trickle of water, the Zhou family's thousands of regiments only need to face 500 ambush soldiers, and the other 500 ambush soldiers cannot pass for the time being.

However, can it be stopped?

"Raise the gun!"

Zhou Xing shouted, asking the house slave to raise the order flag.

Ding Jiasheng raised his spear and charged with Yan Jiu.

Yan Jiu was an old thief who followed Fei Yinghui, who was scattered and incorporated into the army, and now he can command 500 people.

And Ding Jiasheng, the leader of the Duchang Righteous Army, was transferred to become a missionary in the army, although he joined the gang halfway, he learned Datong theory very solidly.

The wolf slammed the way, and the spear stabbed.

Five hundred soldiers broke into the ranks of nearly five thousand enemies. Like a knife cutting tofu, hitting a big gap, the Zhou family Tuanyong collapsed in the moment of engagement.

"Young Master, let's go!"

A henchman slave dragged Zhou Xing and ran away.

Besieged on three sides?

Inexistent.

Although Huang Qi likes to be aggressive, he doesn't really underestimate the enemy, he is using himself as bait to lure the enemy behind him to take the bait.

Zhou Xing's mind was blank, and he didn't understand how he lost at all.

He has 5,000 regiments of bravery, how can he be defeated by 500 rebels?

Moreover, the rout was crisp and neat, and there was no ability to resist at all.

The henchman slave looked back from time to time, and suddenly pushed Zhou Xing away: "Young master, get out of the way!" ”

Zhou Xing fell down in embarrassment, and when he looked up, he saw that his scholar had been killed by the thief.

Ignoring his grief, he got up on his hands and feet, ran towards the river, and jumped into it.

As I was swimming, I suddenly heard a voice behind me.

The 500 ambush soldiers on the other side of the river had already jumped into the river to grab the boat, and at this time, they rowed shirtless one by one, and stabbed the regimental brave who jumped into the river and escaped with their spears.

"Don't kill me, I'm lifting people, I'm lifting ......"

Zhou Xing shouted in horror, and suddenly a spear stabbed him, piercing his forehead very accurately.

In another time and space, the Zhou family, which was glorious to the Republic of China, will definitely be severely suppressed this time, and how many clansmen can survive depends on creation.

Lukou.

Liao Sheng took 5,000 elites and came here quickly by boat. This is the grain and grass transfer station of Huang Mi, once it is taken, Huang Mi will be cut off from the grain route.

He was preparing for a surprise attack at night, but he was still more than 20 miles away when he encountered a sentinel sent by the thieves.

Anti-thief spies, actually sent more than 20 miles away?

Liao Sheng felt very unfriendly, his surprise attack plan failed, and the next step was to attack.

Fei Yinghui was basking in the sun, and Huang Qi asked him to guard the grain road, so concentrate on guarding it. Lying on a bamboo rocking chair, basking in the sun and drinking tea at the same time, stealing half a day of leisure.

"Dad, the spies report that the enemy is coming." Fei Ruhui walked over and said.

The bandits under Fei Yingheng's command were all broken up and incorporated into the army, and only her daughter Fei Ruhui was always by her side.

Fei Ruhui insisted on joining the army to fight, and obtained Zhao Han's permission.

"How many people came?" Fei Yinghui asked.

Fei Ruhui said: "Thousands. The grain and grass took the waterway, and the soldiers walked by the river, and the march seemed to be elite. ”

"Lao Tzu is the elite!"

Fei Yinghui slowly stood up, stretched her waist, yawned and said, "If you don't fight again, your bones will be crispy." ”

In Fei Yinghui's hands, there were only 500 regular soldiers and 500 peasant soldiers, and all the others belonged to the grain transportation team.

After Liao Sheng's whereabouts were exposed, he did not return to Hengshan, but slowed down the pace of the march so that his soldiers would not be so tired.

He had more than 10,000 regiments of bravery, and he didn't train much, but he fought for more than a year.

The 5,000 regiments that brought in this cut off the grain route were all "elite" veterans who had experienced a hundred battles. At least, he thinks he is an elite and can beat the thieves from Jiangxi all over the place.

What about Zhao Tianwang?

It's not that he hasn't beaten Jiangxi anti-thieves!

Liao Sheng felt that the imperial examination was hopeless, and in this troubled time, he wanted to use his military exploits to seal his wife and son, and at the same time keep his family's property.

The next morning, Liao Sheng took 5,000 elites to Lukou to prepare to attack Fei Yinghui.

He even trained 300 archers under his command!