Chapter 236 Pursuit

Zhang Fang's body had long since rotted in the mountains of Xiongsuo Zexi, but the transfer yard he had set up on the south bank of the confluence of the Xiangshui River and the Liuchong River to resell military rations was still there. Not only in, but also crowded and busy at the moment. The Shuixi people who escaped from Bijie helped the old and the young to stagger in the direction of Zhijin with the altars and jars, and in the opposite direction were the grain wagons and grain loads of the brigade, which were all on the boat, and the grain carts were directly pushed onto the pontoon bridge temporarily built by river boats and transported directly to the north bank.

An Bangyan looked west worriedly: "How long does Brother think that Han will catch up?" ”

"It's going to take three or four days. The boats and rafts are all here with Brother, and the Han dogs can only take the official road. The car spoon led the people in ambush in the forest beside the road, and if they were empty, they would be disturbed, and they had blocked the horse team pursued by the Ming army, and they were not happy. We have to believe it, at least one day of warning time. Yu Chongming replied, but his face was very gloomy.

An Bangyan pondered for a while: "Brother, how about we set up an ambush here?" No matter how powerful that Han is, you and I will fight half of them, and we will always be able to eat him! ”

"No!" Yu Chongming intercepted without thinking, "Brother has thought about it on the boat these days, but it won't work." There are a lot of people, but there is not enough space here, and if we want to unfold, we have to stretch ten or twenty miles along the river. At such a distance, the coordination between the villages was too late to be communicated by the two legs of the messenger. That Sun Jie did have a set of troops, and found that each battalion in Zhongfu would form their own formations, and the Han soldiers had armor and shields, and they could hold on for a long time. What's more, they have golden drums, flags, cannons, and fireworks to communicate with each other, and once they find our flaws, they can cooperate with each other to attack, and it is easy to break us all. ”

"That'...... What about leading them out into the open field? An Bangyan continued to ask, from the mouth of Yu Chongming, he already knew that Sun Jie was the number one rival, so he always had the idea of solving it first if he got out of his family.

"No, it doesn't. These dogs have cannons, a lot of cannons. found Zhongfu, and before we waited for us to surround it, those cannons could be set up. Their archers are also powerful, and in Chengdu, Brother suffered a big loss from the Han dog archers...... Alas, let's not talk about it, in short, the open ground is even more unbeatable. Timely contact is our shortcoming, and not having ironclad firearms is also our shortcoming. Yu Chongming shook his head again.

An Bangyan was a little angry and said: "According to what Brother said, we can't beat it no matter what, so why just drop and wait to be cut by a thousand knives?" ”

Extravagant Chongming smiled: "Brother said that battlefield liaison and firearms are our shortcomings, but we also have strengths that the Han dogs are not as good as!" As he spoke, he cast his deep gaze on the mountains in the distance, "This mountain is our strength, our friend, and our home!" Lead them to the mountains, iron armor is cumbersome, firearms are not used, only one or two mountains away, the golden drum banner will become a waste, those Han dogs, who can outrun our people in the forest? ”

An Bangyan's eyes lit up: "What Brother said is so right! When it comes to the war, Ah Yan listens to Ah Ge! ”

Hao Chongming continued: "According to the news from Yongning, now we have two roads and three Han troops in Miaodi. One is Sun Jie, who is chasing his brother on the west road, and two are on the east road, Liu Chao took one or two hundred thousand people on the Yachi and Luguang lines; Zhu Laogou took one or two hundred thousand soldiers from Chengdu Wei Laoshun to Guizhusi and Wei Qingwei. ”

An Bangyan interjected: "Half of the soldiers and horses of the Chengdu Guard are stationed in Longli and Xintian, next to Guiyang. Although the leaders of the Leping Division and the Pingfa Division there have ostensibly voted for the Ming Kingdom, they have settled down and eaten for more than 100 years, and everyone knows what they know. Zhu Laogou is a character, and he knows all these things, so he sent Chengdu soldiers to calm down, otherwise he would not sleep peacefully. ”

"Oh? Zhu Laogou divided the troops? That's even better! "Extravagant Chongming was overjoyed when he heard this," Brother led Sun Jie to the mountains of Xiongsuo Zexi. Liu Chao doesn't have much friendship with him, with the temperament of the Han dogs, it would be good if he didn't steal the credit with him and demolish the stage for him, and he planted a lot of fields to take care of, so he shouldn't let go of his belongings to help him block his brother. Even if you block it, you are not afraid, Jinsha, Shuixi, and Guli are all Ah people, we can always know the news in advance, avoid interception, and introduce them all into the mountains! Zhu Laogou only brought a little bit of Chengdu Wei's men and horses, and divided his troops, so he was reluctant to control the area of Guiyang, and he didn't dare to leave the city. Ayan, you send troops here to keep up with Sun Jie, Brother Ah is in front, you are in the back, let's block this most powerful Han dog in the mountains of Xiongsuo Zexi! Eat Sun Jie, and then go back to fight Yachi and Lu Guang together, and when Liu Chao runs back to Guiyang, it will be another siege! This time, let's fight to the death and catch Zhu Laogou, so we can have a good talk with Ming Guo. ”

An Bangyan said happily: "Okay! That's it! Ayan sent troops the day after tomorrow, and first the cat was in the mountains on the other side of the duck pond and the river. Brother, you go north from Shuixiyi, the Ming army wants to chase Brother, and the horses will not enter the mountain, and when they pass, Ayan will keep a day's distance and keep up with him. Si Dingzhou, the old man of Xiongsuo Zexi, will help us deliver news at any time. ”

On the official road on the bank of the Xiangshui River, the Ming army was marching. Each battalion had a infantry corps deployed on the outermost side to guard the armor, while the rest of the soldiers were lightly armed to protect the auxiliaries transporting the baggage. An Yunao's thousands of town soldiers were also divided into several groups, led by the leaders of their respective villages, mixed in front and behind the various battle camps.

On the canopy of a dense tree in the forest dozens of zhang away, the car spoon hidden in the leaves looked at the Ming army on the official road in the distance with hatred. After lying in ambush for most of the day, he shot down two horsemen, and scared the horse team chasing the old village owner back, and the car spoon was very proud. But from the second day, this pride was replaced by annoyance - the Ming dogs marched in this posture, and it was difficult for them to have another chance to sneak attack. If you are far away, you can't reach the bamboo bow, and you can't break the armor when you reach it; It's closer...... Zang and Bu Cage were unwilling, and secretly leaned over, and before they could pull the bow, they were discovered by the Zhenxiong soldiers in the team! With a shout, the Ming army immediately stopped, and in the blink of an eye, a shield wall was erected from beginning to end, and those Zhenxiong soldiers squeaked and rushed towards the hiding place of the two...... A few breaths were slashed to pieces.

However, fortunately, the speed of such a march will be greatly reduced, and it is estimated that it will take at least four or five days for them to reach the Jinjiyi transfer yard. So he decided not to make unnecessary sacrifices anymore, and just keep an eye on them from afar.

Sun Jie was not in the army, but asked Shangguan Fei for twenty horsemen to serve as temporary guards, and ran to Chishui alone to find Luo Ganxiang - according to his plan, Liu Chao and Luo Ganxiang need to make great sacrifices, Liu Chao's attitude is not easy to say, and he has a great friendship with Luo Ganxiang, so he decided to go in person.

After Sun Jie finished saying his thoughts, Luo Ganxiang didn't speak for a while, and Sun Jie hurriedly said: "Brother Luo, the younger brother is not giving orders to the eldest brother as a handsome, but discussing with the eldest brother as a brother whether this method works, the younger brother knows that it is indeed too much to ask the eldest brother to give up Chishui, and the eldest brother does not have to be embarrassed......

Luo Ganxiang waved his hand to stop Sun Jie: "It's not that I'm embarrassed and reluctant, I'm thinking about whether I can do it." If it weren't for the handsome brother, the elder brother would have been killed by the luxury thief as cannon fodder under the walls of Chengdu, and he would have to be secretly killed. In the past, my brother only had a small water brain village, and it was still precarious...... No, it's not a word, how do you say it? ”

"Precarious." Sun Jie whispered.

"yes, it's a good word." Luo Ganxiang praised and continued, "Now that my brother has such a big place as Yongning, Chishui City was originally taken down by the handsome brother who helped my brother lure away the luxury thief. I was thinking about how to teach luxury thieves to be fooled. Well, that's it. ”

Sun Jie said movingly: "Big brother! ”

Luo Ganxiang slapped his thigh suddenly: "There is!" Set! In the past few days, a certain person first transported Chishui's grain back to Yongning, and called Lao Hu of Shuidi Village to watch there. Then every day or two, I set a fire in the middle of the night, a few more times, and the news should be able to get out. The extravagant thief will definitely think that there are still a lot of surplus parties here, and the insufficient troops of a certain cannot be suppressed, and the handsome brother did not follow him but went to fight the water thief, and he will definitely bite the hook to grab Chishui. A certain returned to Yongning, there are those cannons, Yongning is fine. Set fire to it too much, and the luxury thief will not be able to stay in the city, and he will not be able to defend it, and the handsome brothers will be able to beat the luxury thief to death if they press it from the east. Well, that's it. ”

Sun Jie was overjoyed, and punched heavily: "Thank you, Brother Luo!" It's just that it burned too much, and the eldest brother will have to rebuild it when he gets it back in the future, which will cost a lot. ”

Luo Ganxiang laughed: "Isn't it a big advantage to pick up a city for nothing?" Besides, as long as the luxury thief lives, Luo will not be able to sleep soundly. It's worth beating the thief to death and burning half the city, that's it. ”

In order to prevent being intercepted by the rebels halfway, Sun Jie asked Master Shang in advance to transcribe his plan into two copies. The plan was decided, and he asked Luo Ganxiang for a fast boat, and sent two groups of military envoys to go around from the foothills of the southern Sichuan building to Guiyang to report to Zhu Xieyuan, and he hurried back to Bijie to catch up with the army.

The speed of the Ming army was much slower than what Yu Chongming had predicted. After three days in the mountains of Yizexi, An Bangyan finally got the news from the spies: the Ming army had arrived at the transfer site and was assembling on the south bank, and a large number of auxiliary troops were cutting trees around. At this time, Elder An regretted a little: Yu Chongming had collected all the rafts in the Xiangshui River, except for some good boats that were sailed downstream, and some were dragged ashore to hide, and the others were scuttled or burned - a few should be left for Sun Jie, so that he could take a pontoon bridge to make it more convenient! It seems that more than 30,000 people will have to wait in the mountains for more than two days!

However, this was the last time Elder An received news from the spies: the Ming army's auxiliaries built several rafts with great speed and carried the horse team to the north shore. This horse team crossed the river and spread out along the river, forming a military barrier, leaving those who were close to the line of eyeliner were caught by the horse team.

Elder An endured in the mountains for another two days, but he still didn't see any action by the Ming army to build a bridge and cross the river, and an ominous premonition rose in his heart: it seemed that something was wrong, something was very wrong! On the one hand, he sent people to contact Hao Chongming, and on the other hand, the whole army went out of the mountains and rushed towards the Xiangshui River.

The horse team on the north bank saw the brigade of Shuixi Army driving towards them from a distance, whistled, got on the raft and ran back to the south bank, and then shouted and ridiculed the Shuixi Army blocked by Xiangshui across the river...... This time, An Bangyan completely understood - Sun Jie didn't plan to cross the river at all, everyone thought that he would chase the Yongning Army of Chongming, but he went straight to Zhijin, and took advantage of the fact that the main force was taken to Hebei by himself to dig out his own nest!