Soon, a month passed.

As might have been expected in history, the imperial court really can't send more troops here now.

So, he and Hong Chengchou confronted each other near Anyi County.

Of course, it should be Long Thirteen who surrounded Hong Chengchou, during which Hong Chengchou wanted to escape, but was driven back by his superior cavalry.

In the end, Hong Chengchou ran out of ammunition and food, so he had to kill horses to satisfy his hunger.

At the end of December, a heavy snowfall unexpectedly arrived.

The heavy snowfall fell for three days before it stopped, and when it stopped, the entire Mt. Nakajo, Mt. Wangwu, and Mt. Kyoyama (later Seryosan Mountain) and their nearby fields and castles were all covered in the thick snow.

But recklessness.

A few days later, the New Year arrived.

On this day, Red Army friends and Li Busi took more than 2,000 elites and more than 10,000 family members to the vicinity of Anyi County under the reception of Wu Dading.

Long Thirteen asked him to camp in Pinglu County in advance.

"Big Boss"

On this day, Long 13 was gathering all the generals to celebrate the New Year together, and Li Zhanchun came over from Pinglu County.

As soon as he saw the joyful look on his face, Long Thirteen understood a little.

"Can you cross the river?"

"Yes", Li Zhanchun nodded vigorously, "The staff has tried it with a four-foot-long iron bar, the thinnest part is three feet, and the thickest part is nearly four feet, the Wang brothers all say that such a scene is rare in recent years."

"What about the other side of the river?"

"The officers and soldiers only have a patrol department at the wharf on the other side of Maojindu, probably because they know the situation in Shanxi, and Hu Rugui, the commander of Shaanzhou Wei, sent an elite army of 1,000 people here, but with Shaanzhou Wei as the center, there are still several places on the left and right where you can go ashore."

"What about your proposal?"

"Great boss, about ten miles downstream of Shaanzhou, there is a Wangguan village, where you can also go ashore, and the Ministry of Labor suggests that if a date is set, Yuan Zongdi's spearmen and Long Xiaohu's firearms will be divided into half and secretly go ashore there."

"There are retired squires at home in Wangguan Village, and there are more than 100 regimental exercises, so I will rush down as soon as I go."

"In the upper reaches of Shaanzhou, there is also a Baolun Temple, which can also go ashore, and the remaining men and horses of Yuan Zongdi and Long Xiaohu can go ashore from here, and then attack the Maojindu Wharf in the middle, and you can easily take the wharf."

"With 2,000 men guarding the docks, I suggest sprinkling mud and dry grass on the ice, and then the army can calmly pass over, and then the headquarters will continue to explore with cavalry."

Dragon Thirteen nodded.

"This winter, Ma Shouying and they did not fight, but also won a city for nothing, and consumed a lot of grain and grass for our army, so it is time to contribute."

Li Xin's eyes lit up.

"Boss, do you mean to let the ministry take the lead?"

"Yes, you can give an order for Ma Shouying to wait for three days and set out immediately, cross Zhongtiao Mountain, and reach the vicinity of Lingbao County on the other side of the Yellow River through Modidu, and then bypass Lingbao County and continue southward into the mountains of western Henan."

Li Xin nodded, "Does the big boss mean to let Ma Shouying and the Red Army's allies enter the mountains of western Henan centered on Lushi County to attract people and horses from Lingbao, Tongguan, and Guanzhong?"

"Needless to say, they have been raised for three months, and it is time to carry out activities, according to your information, although there is heavy snow in the north of Zhongtiao Mountain, there is no snow in the south area, including the mountains in western Henan, and it is completely possible to go up the mountain from there."

"What if they arrive in Lushi County?"

"Let it slowly move closer to Nanyang Mansion"

"Understood"

......

On the fourth day, that is, the fourth day of the first month, the army of the thirteenth dragon was marched.

The 3rd Brigade easily occupied the Shaanzhou Ferry directly opposite Maojindu, and then sprinkled a large amount of mud and dry grass on the river, and then the army could cross safely.

Li Zhanchun himself led the cavalry to the city of Shaanzhou, and Hu Rugui, the commander of the Shaanzhou Guard, was a descendant of a family of military generals who settled near Shaanzhou in the early years of the Ming Dynasty

For hundreds of years, the use of Maojindu has long made a lot of money.

Naturally, his subordinates had a team of several hundred people, but after learning that Long Thirteen had defeated several imperial armies in a row, how dare he go out of the city to fight, it would be good to be able to defend the city.

As a result, the army of more than 100,000 people passed under the city of Shaanzhou with great arrogance, and then marched away.

As for Hong Chengchou's three divisions, who stayed near Anyi County to survive, he finally breathed a sigh of relief after learning that Xiaoqiang's brigade was gone.

Ten days later, a report jointly signed by Hong Chengchou, Gao Qiqian, and Chen Xinjia flew to Beijing at an expedited speed of 800 miles.

"After Weichen and others arrived in Anyi County, they fought a series of battles with the thirteen departments of the thief chieftain Dragon, and the two sides won and lost each other, because the thief chief coerced a large number of our emperor's people, including many officials who were idle at home, local gentry, and their family members."

"There are thousands of these people in total, among which there are not a few Jinshi and Juren, and there are countless Xiucai, and the thief chieftain uses it to threaten the official army, so the Weichen Department throws a mouse taboo weapon, and does not dare to attack with all his strength, plus the sky is not beautiful, and the sky is snowing heavily, almost two feet deep."

"The Yellow River was frozen and solid, and the thieves went out of camp in a dark night without reaching out, and our troops pursued and killed them overnight, and the prisoners were not counted, but they still held the gentry in their hands, and we could not bear to wait, so the thieves fled to Henan"1

"Since the gathering of the army in Anyi County, Weichen and others have fought more than ten battles with the thieves, and annihilated more than 10,000 thieves, more than half of which are elites, and more than 10,000 prisoners.

"So, although our department moved forward bravely and fought with the thieves, after all, it was still allowed to flee south, and after this battle, our department was also slightly damaged, and the food and grass were exhausted, and they were unable to fight again, so Weichen dared to suggest that the people of Nanzhili should take over the thieves."

"We can fight again after half a year of recuperation, and then cooperate with the people of Nanzhili, and the thieves will be annihilated in Henan!"

Just when Long 13 led the army south, more than 100,000 people and horses of Zijin Liang and Bu Mu, who were dormant east of Zhongtiao Mountain, west of Wangwu Mountain, and south of Jiaoshan Mountain, also went south from Yuanqu County.

Not long after Long 13 crossed the river, Zijin Liang and others also crossed the Yellow River from the vicinity of Yuanqu County, both sides of the Yellow River near Yuanqu County are extremely steep, Zijin Liang and others obviously cannot all cross safely and securely, and can only ensure that the main cavalry, infantry and the immediate family members of the two armies can pass.

So, a large number of old camp men and horses were thrown on the other side of the river, at this time, He Renlong, who had already eased up, finally killed him, plus Zu Kuan, Zu Dabi's men and horses, after a fight, they captured a large number of people.

As a result, there was evidence of "beheading prisoners" in Hong Chengchou's mouth, which made the imperial historians and eunuchs sent by the imperial court to verify have nothing to say.

In Shandong, because the ice of the Yellow River there was still not frozen, Gao Yingxiang and others had to continue to wait and drag Lu Xiangsheng's army there.

After Zijin Liang and the others crossed the Yellow River from Michi, they did not have the intention of converging with Long Shisan, but went straight to the east, crossed Luoyang and continued to move eastward, it seems that they should have discussed with Gao Yingxiang and other departments, and were ready to meet somewhere.

In this way, they attracted all the main forces of the official army in Luoyang and Kaifeng.

So the army of Dragon Thirteen was relaxed.

Soon they bypassed Luoyang Mansion and entered Ruzhou Mansion.

By this time, Dragon Thirteen's plan was already halfway successful.

The long-lost simulator is on its own initiative again.

"Congratulations, Dragon Thirteen, you have achieved a complete victory in the second anti-encirclement and suppression, and after this battle, your commander value has increased by two more points to 95."

"Luck goes up three points to 85, and when you reach that, your Respawn can start anywhere, anytime you want."

"After that, all of your men's Force, Commander, and Luck will increase by one point."

"Since you've all assigned more than 85, from now on, you

You can choose your own tasks to experience, and you can also choose key generals and key armies to experience......

At this time, Li Zhanchun, who was exploring in front, came back and pulled him back to reality.

"Big boss, the place where we are now is called Baofeng County, and from here on, there are two roads to reach Nanyang Mansion."

"One is to the east, through the Qingshi Mountain to Ye County, here is one of the two mines set up by the imperial court in Henan, the other is naturally Lushi County, east of Baofeng County, south of Xiangcheng County, north of Ye County, there is a series of hills interspersed here in Ping, rich in coal, iron ore, rock salt, there are a large number of craftsmen"

"However, the imperial court only had a government office under the direct management of a few of the mines that were very easy to mine, and the rest of the mines were actually in the hands of vassal kings such as King Lu, King Zhou, and King Fu, as well as a wealthy Henan merchant named Wang Heizi."

"It is said that there are tens of thousands of craftsmen and miners here, and it is very lively."

"Ruzhou has a sub-guard general here, it is Chen Yongfu in Li Sima's mouth, and his subordinates have a step to ride."

"To the south is Lushan County, after passing the Luyang Pass, there is the remaining vein of Bears Ears Mountain, and there are post roads in the mountains, so you can reach Nanzhao County, which belongs to Nanyang Prefecture."

"There is a bandit near Nanzhao County, called 'black-hearted wolf' Zhou Jiali, like that bucket of Su Jin Shenghuan, he has been harming one party for more than three years, and the people of Nanyang Mansion have not been exterminated for several years."

"So, if you want to reach Nanyang Mansion through this road, you must pass through Zhou Jiali's territory, the big boss, you see......

"Needless to say, go east to Qingshi Mountain!"

(Qingshi Mountain, Pingding Mountain in later generations, Daming set up a mine supervisor here)

This is the end of the first volume of this book, "Rivers and Mountains in the Table", and the second volume "The Land of the Central Plains" is about to begin, from this volume, Long 13 will rely on Funiu Mountain, Bear's Ears Mountain and Nanyang Basin to carry out a series of struggles against the official army and other thieves, and begin to officially settle fields, open mines, and organize households in Nanyang Mansion.

In Long Shisan's heart, he didn't want other thieves to plague Henan and turn the Central Plains into a "thousand miles of uninhabited" land, so his opponent was not only the official army, but also other thieves.

Nanyang Mansion will also be the first place where Long Thirteen can officially be stationed for a long time, here, it is a place where it can really be attacked, retreated and defended, and it is also a place where you can farm safely and steadily.

However, by this year, the official army had already driven the Dongjiang rebels led by Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming out of Shandong, and they could free up their hands to go all out to suppress the thieves.

What's more, when it comes to Henan, the imperial court can also recruit the people and horses of Huguang and Nanzhili, as well as the people and horses of the surrounding Tusi to come to encircle and suppress.

Long Thirteen, can you settle down in Nanyang Mansion and gain a firm foothold?

See.