Besides, Shen Zhongzhu ordered Lei Tianbao and Lei Tianba brothers to be the vanguards, with 10 generals, 500 horse troops, 300 archers, 1,000 infantry troops, and 2 artillery pieces to march to Sicheng Prefecture; Geng Sibei, Murong Youcheng, Jiao Jiyun, Jiao Jizhong, Jiao Jiwen, and Lu Yuan were the Chinese army, and they took 1,000 infantry troops to protect grain, grass and silver; and he and Gu Xiulan, Wei Qingshuang, Wang Shuo, Wang Quan, Zhao Zhilan, Zhao Hongli, Ma Zhi, Lin Junyi, and others brought an artillery piece to break off with the rest of the army.

The striker Lei Tianbao Lei Tianba did not commit any crimes against the people along the way, and rescued him when he saw the illness, and he was relieved of food in poverty.

After crossing the boundary of Zhen'an, I found a local man to be my guide, and went north along the Hongshui River, and was blocked by a group of strongmen at a place called Gangpo.

"General, this is the first village of the eighteen villages in Honghe, and the leader is called Zhao Wan, and he has gathered eight hundred men to be strongmen here. ”

Lei Tianbao asked, "Then is there a way around Gangpo?"

Lei Tianba saw the guide shaking his head and said, "Brother, a group of strongmen are afraid of him, if he kills him, he will have to do it, why bother to make a detour to find trouble." ”

After finishing speaking, he pressed the horse's belly between his feet and urged the horse to step forward, and shouted loudly with a double hammer in his hand: "Where did the little thief come from, he dared to block my way." Hmph, get out to the side, otherwise the master will step on your Pinggang slope. ”

Zhao Wanleng "hum"

With a wave of hand, the two big axes rushed over and fought with Lei Tianba.

The result was a silver hammer, a plate axe, a horse, and a horse.

The two of them fought back and forth for a hundred and ten rounds, from afternoon to dusk, and there was no victory.

At this time, an old man with a folding fan passed by, and after seven or eight rounds, he shouted: "Both of them are heroes, so why bother to harm themselves here." Recently, a gang of fierce gods has come to Yuanjiang Mansion, killing innocents indiscriminately, and looting like robbers, why don't the two of them go to the people if they have such skills. ”

Lei Tianba flickered aside when he heard this, Zhao Wan was also ashamed, and Lei Tianbao immediately stepped forward to ask the old man.

"This uncle, there is a fierce god in Yuanjiang Mansion, doesn't the government care about it?"

The old man said angrily: "The government has accepted their gold, how can it care." ”

Hearing this, Lei Tianbao dismounted and came to Zhao Wan, hugged his fists and said: "I said strong man, you have such ability, why don't you want to make meritorious contributions, but be a strong man here." You also listened to this uncle's words, if you wish to go to Yuanjiang with the general to eliminate the harm, it is better to be a soldier and eat food, how about serving in the army. ”

Zhao Wan pondered for a while and then nodded and said, "General, I still have seven brothers in the back seven villages. If the general needs it, I will summon them and go with them, and I will have more helpers. ”

Lei Tianbao was overjoyed when he heard this.

"It is very good, and the strong man who has worked will go today. ”

He and Zhao Wan entered the gangpo, let the soldiers and horses rest, bury the pot to cook, set up the camp tent, and wait for the arrival of Shen Zhongzhu and their rear army.

After the meal, Zhao Wan left quickly.

Lei Tianbao invited the uncle to drink tea and chat, and knew that this uncle was a capable man, although he didn't know kung fu, but his mind was full of schemes, so he said: "Don't hide it from your old man, we are the soldiers and horses of the little prince Zhu Tianxiao today, specializing in those corrupt officials and ruffians." If you are an old man, you will be my military advisor, give me advice and make contributions. What's going on?"

The old man was not ambiguous, and immediately nodded and smiled: "I am a lonely old man, I can go the same everywhere, thanks to the general's affordability, then I will eat in your barracks." General, where did you want to go?"

Lei Tianbao said: "Strategist, this is not accurate. In short, it is to wait for the opportunity to attack the city and plunder the land, recruit soldiers and horses, strengthen the strength, expand the territory, and accumulate capital for the little prince to compete with the prince in the future. ”

Master Yue nodded and smiled: "What's so difficult about this, I will send the general ten cities when I arrive." ”

At noon the next day, Zhao Wan really brought Zhao Ke, Zhao Qian, Zhao Tu, Zhao Tian, Zhao Di, Zhao Zhong, Zhao Shan's seven brothers, as well as the younger sister Zhao Dan, and three thousand, four or five hundred brothers from Qizhai.

In this way, with the addition of the eight hundred Gangpo, the eight brothers of the Zhao family also have 42,300 people and more than 400 war horses.

At dusk, the rear army arrived, and Lei Tianbao introduced Yue Junshi and the eight brothers of the Zhao family.

Shen Zhongzhu first said to Zhao Wan: "Zhuangshi, you eight brothers will be generals under the command of the little prince Zhu Tianxiao from today onwards. These Bazhai brothers are still your soldiers. ”

With the addition of the eight Zhao brothers and more than 4,000 soldiers and horses, he was naturally happy, and then explained his idea of marching to Yue Junshi thoroughly, and asked, "Uncle, what is your good plan?"

Master Yue stroked his goatee and said, "Although there are many soldiers and horses in the Ming Dynasty here, because they have not practiced for a long time, and there are many soldiers, they can't withstand the fight. If you want to attack the city and seize the land, the key is that Longqing must be strong, then the opponent can deter the opponent, and it will be much easier to break the city. In my opinion, the general might as well bluff and simply raise the banner so that the Ming army is unpredictable, and this battle will be easy to fight. General, this time to march, you can first take Sicheng Prefecture, and then take Guangxi Prefecture. In this way, the three prefectures of Yunnan, Qujing, and Yuanjiang will bring troops to rescue them when they hear that Sicheng Prefecture and Guangxi Prefecture have fallen. At that time, the general can trap and kill the soldiers and horses of these three provinces outside the city of Guangxi, and he will inevitably win. Then, the emptiness of Yunnan, Qujing, and Yuanjiang Sanfu is naturally light. Immediately, the army took the four cities of Mangshi, Mengding, Cheli, and Menggen. ”

Shen Zhongzhu immediately adopted the good strategy of Yue Junshi and erected the "Longqing West Recruitment Horse Pioneer Officer"

The banner, the soldiers and horses rested in place, and the troops sent to Yuanjiang Mansion after preparing enough grain and grass.

Still with Lei Tianbao and Lei Tianba brothers as the vanguard, and Old Man Yue as the military division, he and the eight generals of the Zhao family led a thousand horse troops, four hundred archers, two thousand five hundred infantry troops, and two artillery pieces to go first.

Shen Zhongzhu, Gu Xiulan, Wei Qingshuang, Zhao Zhilan, Zhao Hongli, Wang Shuo, Wang Quan and other generals took 500 horse troops, 5,000 infantry troops, 400 archers, one artillery, more than 100 carts of grain and grass, seventy or eighty families, and silver taels.

On the way, Zhao Wan asked the military advisor for advice and strategy, saying that the Zhao brothers became generals under the command of the little prince without any achievements, and their faces were good-looking, but they were really unhappy in their hearts.

Master Yue nodded and smiled.

"General Zhao, your brother took more than 1,000 soldiers and horses to pretend to be ordinary people, first mixed into Sicheng Prefecture, killed the guard in the middle of the night, and occupied this city, then your brother's heart will be comfortable. ”

Zhao Wan nodded, and went to Lei Tianbao to talk about the general's plan and their brother's thoughts.

Lei Tianbao felt that this plan was feasible, so he responded to Zhao Wan and asked the Zhao brothers to bring half of the soldiers and horses into the city first.

He himself took the other half of the soldiers and horses to go down to the village ten miles away from Sicheng Prefecture, so that the Zhao brothers could respond to the failure of the city robbery.

In the middle of the night, there was no movement in Sicheng Prefecture under the darkness of the night, but the rear army had arrived.

Lei Tianbao said the military strategy, and Shen Zhongzhu felt that it was good, so he waited patiently for good news.

In the second half of the night, the city suddenly burst into flames, and Lei Tianba knew that the Zhao brothers had succeeded, so he danced with a double hammer and rushed into the city with more than a thousand soldiers and horses.

Lei Tianbao was afraid that his younger brother's fiery temper would kill people indiscriminately, so he hurriedly waved his troops into the city with Shen Zhongzhu and went to the government office, letting the people extinguish the fire until dawn, and then opened a warehouse to distribute grain, appease the people, collect large households, post notices, recruit new soldiers, settle families, and build weapons.

After two months of busyness, the number of soldiers and horses had expanded to 18,000.

When the city was broken, he got a tiger general named Chanton, who was from Sicheng Prefecture, and Shen Zhongzhu asked him to coerce Wei Qingshuang, Jiao Jiyun, Jiao Jizhong, and Jiao Jiwen to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to defend Sicheng Prefecture, and the army continued to send troops to Yuanjiang Prefecture.

There is a small town thirty miles away from Sicheng Prefecture, with less than 700 households, but the terrain is dangerous, and it can be used as the gateway to Sicheng Prefecture.

Yue Junshi made a statement to Shen Zhongzhu, saying that let Murong Youcheng lead a thousand soldiers and horses to guard here, which can not only be the gateway to Sicheng Prefecture, but also cooperate with Wei Qingshuang.

Shen Zhongzhu adopted.

A few days after arriving at the city of Guangxi, Shen Zhongzhu went to inspect the terrain with Yue Junshi and Lei Tianbao, and asked some local people along the way, only to know that the guard general in the city was a civilian official named Wu Xuan, although there were more than 4,000 soldiers, but they had not practiced for a long time, they were drowsy, and had no fighting spirit at all, and they would only oppress the people of Sixiang.

Shen Zhongzhu immediately returned to the camp and raised his tent, and ordered Lei Tianba, Zhao Di, Zhao Zhong, and Zhao Shan to lead 2,000 troops to attack the city.

Lei Tianbao, Zhao Qian, Zhao Tu, and Zhao Tian led 2,000 soldiers as the rear team.

He himself and Gu Xiulan, Wei Qingshuang, Geng Sibei, Zhao Zhilan, Zhao Hongli, Wang Shuo, Wang Quan, Zhao Wan, Ma Zhi, Lin Junyi, and Zhao Ke led the troops to beat drums and cheer.

I don't want the news of the fall of Sicheng Prefecture to reach Guangxi Mansion long ago, and Wu Xuan is prepared.

At this time, when he saw that someone was coming to attack the city, he held a sword in his hand and commanded the army on the gate tower of the city wall, which made the defenders very desperate, and no one dared to slack off, but he was afraid of losing his head.

And Lei Tianba originally thought that the Guangxi Mansion would be led by civil officials with a large group of lazy soldiers who had no fighting spirit, and they would be captured before they could break through in a battle.

Who knew that just about to attack the city, thousands of arrows were fired in the city, and many soldiers and horses were injured at once, and Zhao Zhong was killed by an arrow on the spot.

Shen Zhongzhu could see clearly from behind, and saw that Lei Tianba's second attack on the city was shot back by random arrows, so he hurriedly called for a halt to the siege.

In addition to Zhao Zhongzhong, there were five small leaders among the more than 300 dead, and more than 1,000 were injured, which can be said to be heavy casualties.

"In this way, this Guangxi government has long been prepared, and now it can only be bombarded with artillery. ”

Shen Zhongzhu didn't want to bombard the city with artillery, but he was afraid that it would harm the people in the city, but the siege casualties were too great, so he transferred all the Chinese and horse troops to the Lei Tianbao brothers, and handed over the infantry army to the Zhao brothers, and said: "After the artillery blows up the city gate, the horse army will rush into the city and kill the archers." After the infantry army entered the city, those who surrendered on the ground were spared death, and the rest were all killed to avenge General Zhao. ”

With one move, three cannons were pushed and loaded with shells.

Who expected that the three shots hit the city gate, and the wind and smoke were rolling for a while, and the thunder leopard big knife was swept and swept away.

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