Liang Weiping, 40 years old, lifter, former county leader of Lingshi County.

As if he knew that Long Thirteen would come, he neither went to the gate to greet him, nor did he fall to his knees in fright like many of the scholars that Long Thirteen met.

He sat upright in the main seat of the reception room.

A large reception room, the wall behind the main seat is covered with portraits of some old men, who seem to be the ancestors of the Liang family.

As soon as he saw this stance, Long Thirteen knew that most of the people he was looking for had successfully escaped in the battle not long ago.

So, it was here that he and Liang Weiping had a conversation that surprised both parties.

"Ask, King, I know everything"

"Someone hid with you not long ago?"

"Yes"

"Who is it?"

"Alas, anyway, most of them have already arrived in Huozhou now, so it doesn't hurt to tell you. At the beginning of this year, the previous generation of Tang kings who were sealed in Nanyang Mansion died, and the new Tang Dynasty king went to Beijing to accept the canonization, and when he came back, he was accompanied by Liu Yunzhong, the eunuch who guarded Shanxi.

"A few days later, the rebels left Fenxi County and entered Qinzhou eastward, but your troops came again, so they had to stay again."

"After being learned by Shanxi Town and the imperial court, he gave a death order to General Po Ximu, and these two people must be rescued no matter what."

Long 13 nodded, he believed that Liang Weiping was not lying, the reason why the imperial court asked Po Ximu to rescue these two people at any cost was not for anything else, but for the dignity of the imperial court - although the thieves at this time were powerful, they were not strong enough to break through the city where the prince was located.

For him, the Tang King didn't care at all, and as for the eunuch guarding Shanxi, it was somewhat useful, but it was also limited.

"You took advantage of our army's focus on a certain section of the city wall to transport those two people out in hanging baskets?"

"Yes"

“......”

Long Thirteen went out without a sound.

The Liang family has a huge prestige in Xiamen Fort, and they treat their long-term workers and tenants well, not like ordinary gentry, if this incident causes thousands of people near Xiamen Town to be unstable, it will be more than worth the loss.

But it also reminded him.

"I am still deep in the hinterland of Daming Jinggi, even if I do well, there will not be too many people who can really take refuge, or I should find a place far away from the capital as soon as possible, and I can camp in a place to operate for a few years."

"But not at the moment, no matter what, we have to wait until the Yellow River freezes in winter, otherwise, with such a huge population, it is undoubtedly impossible for those boats at the Yellow River crossing to cross safely."

......

A month later, the surroundings of Lingshi County were still safe, but this was obviously just an illusion.

Just when Long 13 was supervising the training of recruits, while going to the countryside from time to time to observe farming and people's conditions, while going to the nitrate cave on the mountain to watch nitrate smelting, to the smelting field to watch iron ore smelting, to the gunpowder workshop to check the use of pyrite to smelt sulfur, and to the fire gun workshop to watch the production of fire guns, tiger squatting cannons, and earth-shaking thunder, finally news came.

"Big Boss"

The news was first obtained by Li Zhanchun, and he also brought a young man, about seventeen or eighteen years old, of medium stature, but with a rather refined expression.

"This is a high merit, the eldest son of King Gao Yingxiang"

Long Thirteen nodded, "How is your father lately?" ”

"It's not good", Gao Yigong shook his head, "To the west of Gujishan, the Zuo Liangyu Department and the He Renlong Department of the official army are too strong, plus Hu Dawei, we are compressed in the south of Shilou County, north of Jizhou, and west of Xizhou."

"Later, my father thought about it, but he gave up half of the ravines and bait before leading the main force to break through its siege and arrive at the western foot of Guji Mountain."

"Then let the remaining ravines and baits make a move to attack Puxian to the south, attracting the Zuo, He, and Hu three divisions, but the main force crossed the Guji Mountain from the trail, and learned that the Poxi pastoral department of Fenxi County had recently defeated Xiamen Fort, so they decided to take Fenxi County."

"We waited for the fourteen families to have 7,000 paces to ride, but only about half of them were left at this time, because there were no baits and ravines, if we attracted Niu Chenghu from Huozhou when attacking Fenxi County, it was unlikely that we would take this city."

Long Thirteen immediately understood what he meant.

"Your father sent you here to let me attack Huozhou, thinking that you would create an opportunity to take Fenxi County?"

"I don't dare to say 'let', after my father learned that the big boss had a series of proud achievements in Wucheng, Jiexiu County, and Lingshi County, he was immediately in awe, it was 'please', yes, please see that the big boss is in the same line of the righteous army, send troops to Huozhou, and don't let Niu Chenghu not come to make trouble when my department attacks Fenxi County."

"Where's the family you're waiting for?"

"The main family's family has been following, but if you can't find a place to rest, the family will also be injured a lot......"

Long Thirteen thought for a while and said, "That's it, I can only guarantee that Niu Chenghu won't go to the aid when you wait to attack Fenxi County, what do you think?" ”

Gao Yigong was stunned for a moment, and Long 13 continued: "I have to decide the next step according to when your troops will start attacking Fenxi County and the movement of Niu Chenghu in Huozhou, it is impossible to attack Huozhou first."

Gao Yigong finally understood at this time, and secretly thought: "If people can do this step, it can be regarded as benevolence and righteousness."

He gave a salute, "Then thank you to the big boss"

As soon as Gao Yigong left, Long Thirteen immediately called a meeting.

"That's the way it is, everyone speaks freely"

Bai Wenxuan said: "Needless to say, it is natural to see that after the attack on Fenxi County, King Chuang's troops immediately went south to attack Huozhou."

Wu Dading said: "The big boss, Po Ximu of Fenxi County is now only five or six hundred paces, and in the face of the attack of the main force of the Fourteenth Division of King Chuang, he may abandon the city and flee."

Long Thirteen nodded, "From your point of view, where will they run?" ”

"Naturally, it is Huozhou, the hot spring castle in the north is too barren, and there is already a He Renlong department there, and it is impossible to feed the Poxi pastoral department anymore."

Long 13 looked at Li Zhanchun, "Where did Cao Wen's edict go after the last defeat to our army?" ”

"I went directly to the north, and pursued behind the non-muddy and other departments, and now because of the emptiness of Taiyuan Fucheng, I am stationed there"

Long Thirteen said: "Okay, you can continue to talk"

Yuan Zongdi said: "Big boss, from the bottom point of view, although Lingshi County is strategically located, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but once it is blocked by the enemy, it is also difficult to stand out, not to mention that there is only one Bird Mouse Valley that communicates with the north and south, which is too dangerous."

"And Huozhou is different, although Huozhou is also in the mountains, the surrounding terrain is much flatter than Lingshi County, and it is not easy for the enemy to encircle and die."

"For the sake of the long-term plan, take Huozhou, if King Chuang also successfully takes Fenxi County, then it will form a three-legged situation of Lingshi County, Fenxi County, and Huozhou, and all the enemy's encirclement and suppression will not be self-defeating."

Long Shisan's eyes were full of appreciation, and he said with a smile: "Zongdi is right, good, since this is the case, our army will take Huozhou when King Chuang attacked Fenxi County."

"But the question is, how to take Huozhou, Huozhou is a state city, not to mention that with the experience of Po Xi Mu, even if Niu Chenghu is willing to set off to rescue Po Xi Mu, he will leave heavy troops in Huozhou"

"What's more, ......", he looked at Li Zhanchun.

Li Zhanchun nodded, "Yes, do you remember Zhou Yuji, the garrison of Yongning Prefecture City, who was defeated by our army?" After the rebels went east and south, there was no need to send men and horses to garrison Yongning Prefecture, and he was transferred to the new Yulin general Zuo Guangxian."

"Zuo Guangxian is proficient in firearms, and he was sent by the Ministry of War to Yansui Town to train local soldiers to operate firearms, and now he has trained into a pure firearms unit of 1,500 people, and he joined Zhang Zongheng's encirclement and suppression army not long ago, and was also strengthened to Huozhou, and guarded Huozhou together with Niu Chenghu."

Yuan Zongdi said: "Niu Chenghu is just a garrison in Huozhou, so to speak, the current Huozhou is actually Zuo Guangxian presiding over the overall situation?" ”

Li Zhanchun said: "It should be, King Chuang's intelligence is outdated, but what I said just now is still a little biased, this Zuo Guangxian's command is naturally dominated by firecrackers and artillerymen, but he is also a family of Yansui Town generals, and there are also 300 families under him, and his strength is far above Niu Chenghu."

"That is to say, once King Chuang attacks Fenxi County, Zuo Guangxian can send Niu Chenghu, and he will sit in Huozhou to defend the palace"

Long Xiaoshi said: "Actually, for our army, there are pros and cons to letting King Chuang take Fenxi County."

"The advantage is that Zuo Jin has relied on it, and he is no longer fighting alone, and the disadvantage is that King Chuang is a big leader with the same name as Zijin Liang and Bu Mu, as soon as he arrives in Fenxi County, he will definitely attract all the tigers and might, He Renlong, and Zuo Liangyu."

"Even if King Chuang successfully takes this city, he is actually cocooning himself, because there is no supply to this city, and King Chuang is a general in the army, how can he not know this......"

At this time, He Jinlong, who had not spoken, said: "Do you mean that King Chuang's idea is to use Fenxi County and our army, and it is false to attack Fenxi County, and continue to enter Huoshan and Mianshan to the east, and then join Zijinliang and others is the real plan?" ”

Long Xiaoshi looked at Long Thirteen, "I'm just guessing......"

Long 13 couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "It is said that everyone collects firewood and the flame is high, it seems that what is said is true, except for Long Xiaoshi, who is a talent and has read military books, the rest are illiterate fighting men, maybe they can't even kill men."

"Not long ago, Bai Wenxuan was just a sheep herding baby, Yuan Zongdi was an ironworker, only He Jinlong and Wu Dading had a long time of military experience, but I didn't expect such a discussion, but the truth gradually emerged"

"Ahem", he coughed lightly, "Black Harrier, how is the situation in Qinzhou?" ”

Li Zhanchun said: "There is You Shilu in Liaozhou in the north of Qinzhou, and there are three guards in Luzhou and Zezhou in the south.

"Because the three generals who were originally in Liaozhou, Li Zhanchun, Gao Jie, the harrier who turned over the mountain, and Zhang Tianlin, who were originally in Liaozhou, had already come to Jinan through Jingcheng Road, and attracted Lu Xiangsheng of the Daimyo Mansion, and it was the best opportunity for Zijinliang and others to break into Zhangde Mansion at this time."

"Also", Li Zhanchun's expression was also a little gloomy, "The new governor of Shaanxi, Hong Chengchou, brought Wang Chengen and Yang Jiamo to Luzhou, if Zijinliang learned of this news, he would not break through to Luzhou in the south, but would only cross the road to the east."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was secretly frightened.

"There is already a Xuanda governor Zhang Zongheng in the south, and there is another Shaanxi trilateral governor Hong Chengchou, the situation is very grim."

However, when they saw that Long Thirteen still looked as usual, they finally settled down.

"The situation in Wucheng was even more dangerous than it is now, but the big boss solved it alone"

In fact, Long Thirteen was also playing drums in his heart.

"The elite of the Ming Dynasty, half of them are gathered here, how can it be so easy to deal with?"