"Chang Guoan's camp is located on Daliang Mountain, about 80 miles north of Yunxi County, which was originally a gathering point of about 1,000 mountain people on the map."

Hu Zhili sat on the chair and reported to Chen Wangyu about the situation during this period of time.

"There are about 2,000 elite cavalry under Chang Guoan's command, and 4,000 horse troops, these are basically his descendants, and the rest are newly recruited infantry soldiers, about 6,000 people."

"Most of these newly recruited soldiers are victims who fled from Henan, and some are mountain people in the mountains."

The Tang newspaper said that Chang Guo had more than 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command, but in fact he was misled.

The Tang newspaper of the Ming army was written as 20,000, but in fact there were only 12,000 people, and Chang Guoan claimed to have an army of 30,000.

"Twelve thousand...... This Chang Guoan can be regarded as a talent, and he is worthy of being the head of the old 36th Battalion. ”

Chen Wang's eyebrows raised slightly, at that time in Baitu Pass, there were three peasant armies, which were led by Bai Gui, the king of Xiaoqin, Chang Guoan, the king of Tuotian, and Wang Guoning.

Chen Wang captured and beheaded Bai Gui, the king of Xiao Qin, and let go of Chang Guoan, the king of Tuotian, and Wang Guoning.

When he drove Chang Guoan north, those who fled with Chang Guoan were all cavalry and horse soldiers, and most of the foot soldiers under Chang Guoan's command were captured by him, and a small number fled to other places in a panic.

When Wang Guoning fled, most of the peasant army infantry soldiers who were defeated at Baituguan at that time fled to the southern mountains with Wang Guoning.

At that time, those who fled with Chang Guoan were all elite cavalry and horse soldiers, about 4,000 people.

This amount is also under Chen Wang's control.

After all, if there are too many people, Chang Guoan may be reluctant to cooperate and have other intentions.

And if the number of people is small, Chang Guoan will not be able to set off too much turmoil and achieve Chen Wang's goal.

Four thousand, that's a good number.

Chen Wang's plan was to keep Chang Guoan to stir up the situation in the northwest of Yunyang, and take the opportunity to coerce Wang Aoyong of Yunyang to obtain the detailed map of Yunxiang Mountain, and now Chen Wang has taken the map in his hands and achieved the first goal.

"Six thousand newly recruited foot soldiers are not much of a threat, but the total number of horse soldiers and elite cavalry is one or two thousand more, it seems that this Chang Guo has other ideas in the end."

A fierce light flashed in Chen Wang's eyes.

Now there are 6,000 elite cavalry troops under Chang Guoan's command, an increase of almost one or two thousand cavalry.

And Chen Wang now has not many cavalry under his command, only a thousand headquarters, and the scale of a thousand cavalry.

Zhang Er and Huang Long each have a division of cavalry, and the two add up to a thousand cavalry.

The native soldiers in Yunyang were basically foot soldiers, and only a few scouts and generals had horses to ride.

After the Sichuan soldiers moved to the camp, there were only 2,000 cavalry under his command.

There were only 4,000 fine cavalry troops under Chang Guo's command, and 2,000 cavalry was enough to clamp down on Chang Guoan.

But now there are 6,000 elite cavalry troops under Chang Guoan, which is almost one or two thousand more, but the 2,000 cavalry under his command is already a little insufficient.

"Don't report too many casualties in the two battalions of Zhang Er and Huanglong, it's enough to report one or two hundred people, it's too false to cover up, but you can report more of the lost equipment."

Chen Wang held a wooden stick in his hand, fiddled with the brazier in front of him, and instructed.

"There should be fewer armed firearms, the firearms of the Ministry of Industry are getting worse and worse year by year, and the knives and guns are as many as they want, we are not short of this, but we must mention it."

Although there are some things, they must also be mentioned, otherwise many things will not be explained in detail.

"The main thing is to have armor, cloth face armor, chain mail, not cotton armor."

The charcoal fire in the brazier turned a little redder, and Chen Wang also put down the wooden stick that was playing with the charcoal fire, and then gently clapped his hands and dusted off his hands.

"The cotton armor of the Ministry of Industry is as thin as paper, and it can't even prevent the three-eyed gun, so it's a pure product."

Not long ago, the Ministry of Industry sent more than 1,000 collars of cotton armor, but only more than 300 collars could barely be used.

The rest of the cotton armor is thin and can't provide any protection at all, and even can't even keep out the cold, which is better than nothing.

It's the chain mail protection is pretty good, after all, the chain mail is a bright armor, and the advantages and disadvantages can be seen at a glance, unlike the dark armor like cotton armor and cloth face armor.

The cloth face armor can still be used, and the lack of nail pieces is a big deal, and there is a ready-made cloth face armor body, which can leave a lot of man-hours and costs.

Chen Wang put his hands on his knees, propped up his body, turned his head to look at Hu Zhili and asked.

"If I'm not mistaken, Chang Guoan shouldn't have sent anyone over the past few days to discuss the appeasement we talked about before."

"Chang Guoan really didn't send anyone over to talk about this matter."

Hu Zhili looked gloomy and nodded in reply.

"The seizure in Yunxi County, we got a total of 800 taels of gold, more than 40,000 taels of silver, 60,000 stones of grain, and more than 3,000 horses of silk cloth, the details have been recorded, the situation of gold and silver is unknown, and the grain is at least 30,000 stone less than the actual one."

Yunyang Prefecture has developed commerce, and Yunxi County is also an important place for trade routes, so there are many commercial banks in it.

The reason why so much gold and silver grain was obtained was precisely because there were two grain stores in the city.

As early as the time of Baituguan, Chen Wang had already installed people to enter Yunxi, Shangjin, Yunxian and other places to explore the local situation.

These people were all people who set up an inspection office when Chen Wanggang entered Hanzhong Mansion and asked Hu Zhili to recruit them as eyes and ears.

This time, after the Inspectorate was reorganized into the Military Judge Advocate General's Office, and a supervision post was set up under the department, all these people were transferred to the Inspectorate.

Hu Zhili is now in charge of the Military Judge Advocate General's Office, and the Supervision Institute is under his direct leadership, so he naturally understands the situation in Yunxi City.

Chen Wang stretched out his hand to roast the charcoal fire, and with the help of the warm light of the charcoal fire, his palm slowly became warmer.

"They will definitely deduct gold and silver, such a big Yunxi County, so many merchants, what is the difference between only eight hundred taels of gold and Arabian Nights?"

Chen Wang was not surprised by the deduction of gold and silver, before Chang Guoan broke through the towns around Yunxi and Shangjin, not a single tael of gold was sent.

The antiques of the prosperous times, the gold of the troubled times, the price of gold is extremely high now, it is normal for Chang Guoan to hide the seized gold privately, Chen Wang has always turned a blind eye to this.

But if this grain is less than 30,000 stones, it is not a trivial matter.

"Withholding gold and silver is nothing more than greed for money, but hoarding food is to have two hearts and have other plans."

Regarding Chang Guoan's current psychology, Chen Wang naturally knows it.

"Plans don't always dare to change......"

Chen Wang sighed, many times, the designated plan will always fail to be implemented smoothly due to many uncontrollable factors.

His original plan was to support Chang Guoan, let him be used as a pawn, and then eliminate the gentry and landlords in Yunyang Mansion step by step.

While obtaining gold, silver, grain and grass, weaken the control of the local gentry and Haoqiang over Yunyang Mansion, so as to better accept Yunyang Mansion in the future, and even complete the actual control of Yunyang Mansion in advance.

But at the moment, Chang Guo is relieved to have two intentions, but he is not willing to be a chess piece.

"It seems that after the battle of Baitu Pass, these rogues still don't know how big the gap is between them and us."

Chen Wang stared at the red charcoal brazier in front of him, and the look on his face did not fluctuate much because of the news reported by Hu Zhili, but only let out a sigh.

"But this is just right, it's just that Yunxi County was recovered and hundreds of people were beheaded, and this explanation is indeed not enough to deal with the imperial court."

Chen Wang's expression was calm, without any waves, and his voice was very low.

But it is this fluttering sentence that determines the life and death of many people.

……

On December 27, the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the New Year is approaching, and the world is already vast and snow-white.

In the north of Xunyang Mansion, Daliang Mountain is red at this time.

The earth-shattering shouts of killing startled the birds and beasts in the mountains and forests, and the entire four wilderness suburbs were all birds and beasts that were awakened from their sleep.

A crow was startled from among the trees of the cliff, and at the sound of a cry of slaughter, the crow flapped its wings and flew away.

Under the cover of night, the four fields were dark, and there was no light on Daliang Mountain.

Under the night sky, countless fires danced in the dark crow's eyes.

Daliang Mountain was red, and the flames were soaring to the sky, as if they were burned by the heavenly fire.

Torches were held high, and a sea of fire continued to surge around the foothills of Daliang Mountain.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

A huge roar resounded like thunder, and the resounding thunder echoed between the mountains and valleys.

The orange flames suddenly lit up in the darkness, then fell quickly, and soon after, the sound of popping beans echoed through the valleys.

The deafening shouts of killing swept away towards Daliang Mountain in waves.

The mountains and fields are full of moving human heads, and the eyes are full of dancing firelight.

The monstrous sea of fire coordinated with the terrifying shouting and killing, quickly spread towards Daliang Mountain, like a fire in the prairie fire, like a strong sound wave!

Daliang Shandong, on the mountainside of a stone mountain.

It was supposed to be between the bare mountains, but it was full of Hanzhong army armor.

Countless torches illuminated half of the stone mountain almost as if it were daylight.

Bright helmets and bright armor are like the snow of three winters.

Chen Wang stood on the stone platform, pressing the Yanling knife on his waist with one hand, holding the horsewhip in the other, leaning his body, staring at Daliang Mountain, which had turned into a sea of fire not far away.

The sea of fire, which was as bright as a galaxy, reflected the mountains and rivers, and also reflected the battle robe on Chen Wang's body.

When Chang Guoan wanted to get out of Chen Wang's control, everything was already doomed.

At first, Chen Wang pretended not to notice all the small actions Chang Guoan made in private, and Chang Guoan was paralyzed by this.

With the help of the detailed map of Yunxiang Mountain, the blockade of Daliang Mountain was finally completed on the evening of the 24th.

After two days of indiscriminate bombardment, the rogues broke through several times without success, and their morale had already fallen to the bottom.

"All the mountain roads leading to all places on Daliang Mountain have been blocked, the second and fourth thousand headquarters have broken through the mountainside camp of the Liukou, and the defensive position of the Liukou has completely collapsed."

Hu Zhiyi, who was wearing Ming armor and a bright helmet on his head, stepped forward, stood next to Chen Wang, and reported the details of the battle situation to Chen Wangyu in a deep voice.

"It is expected that the battle will be resolved by dawn and all the camps of the Liukou in Daliang Mountain will be breached."

"However, the follow-up clean-up work may be more troublesome, the Daliang Mountain area is vast, and many places are difficult to explore, but if there is no shelter and food in the Layue Mountain in the cold winter, ordinary people cannot hold out for long, and the follow-up army will withdraw from the siege, leaving only two thousand headquarters to block the Daliang Mountain area and cut off the way of life."

Compared with four years ago, Hu Zhiyi can be said to have made outstanding progress, and the arrangements are all orderly and comprehensive.

Hu Zhiyi and Chen Gong are completely opposites.

Chen Gong is impulsive and irritable, which is actually very similar to the former Cao Bianjiao, and he is only a little honest in front of Chen Wang.

However, for so many years, Chen Wang has been teaching Chen Gong by his side, so Chen Gong's personality has also been a little calmer.

Hu Zhiyi is stable and old, does things calmly, can control his emotions well, has a city government, and has a strategy.

Several times he led the troops to fight and commanded the layout, Hu Zhiyi was calm and measured, and he won a lot.

At the beginning, during the defense of Xing'an Prefecture, the defense of the entire city was well organized.

After Chen Wang led his troops north to King Qin, all the affairs of Hanzhong Mansion were handed over to Hu Zhiyi by Chen Wang.

After Chen Wang returned, the pattern of Hanzhong Mansion did not change much, and the development did not slow down.

According to Hu Zhiyi's ability, it is enough to be released as a general, to command a battalion, to temper it, and it is not difficult to manage a town.

"The supervision office has found the place where Chang Guo'an hid grain, and it has been learned that the headquarters of the 1st Cavalry has been ordered to take over, and according to the prisoners, there are about 50,000 stone of grain stored in the mountains."

"The gold and silver are all hidden in the camp by Chang Guoan, and when the day dawns, you should be able to know how much there is."

Before and after, Chen Wang also harvested a total of 130,000 taels of silver and 110,000 stone of grain, as well as a number of cloth and silk, jewelry and antiques, and so on.

These silver dollars are enough for Chen Wang's military expenditure in the next year, as well as wealth, which can be regarded as a complete solution to the problem of insufficient silver money at this stage.

After the cloth and silk, jewelry, antiques, and goods were sold, it was a sum of silver.

And these 110,000 stone grain gave Chen Wang enough confidence to deal with the future situation.

Originally, Hanzhong Mansion had accumulated 90,000 stone of grain, counting 110,000 stone, that is, 200,000 stone.

If all the 200,000 stone grain is used as military food, it is enough to support 20,000 soldiers and horses for about two years.

These are the cornerstones of future development and the key to success.

Countless dancing firelights reflected in Chen Wang's eyes.

The howling north wind brings the sound between the valleys of the mountains.

The earth-shattering shouts of killing, the fighting of swords, the wails of pain, the cries of fear, countless voices all converged to weave a music of despair.

The movement is tactful and tortuous, but Chen Wang's expression is still as calm as water.

The country is so delicate, leading countless heroes to bend their waists.