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Chapter 1234 Huozhou City

"Let's go, let's go!" Wei Zhiyou's voice was hoarse, but he still loudly drove the soldiers forward.

From Yueyang County to Huozhou for [-] miles, according to the regulations of the Ming Army's inland marches, infantry should travel [-] miles a day, which should take two days.

However, without saying whether the normal march of the army can meet this standard, it is said that Wei Zhiyou and others marched from Yueyang to Huozhou in accordance with the combat standard.

The so-called combat standard means that the scouts go out on patrol, the soldiers are armored and armed, and they can change from a marching formation to a combat formation at any time.

Of course, it is somewhat unrealistic for a battalion of [-] troops to march according to combat standards.

Wei Zhiyou just divided his men and horses into divisions, and each division took turns wearing armor and armed with weapons.

The route from Yueyang to Huozhou is not a direct route. In fact, starting from Yueyang County, it goes eastward first, crosses Taiyue Mountain, that is, Huoshan Mountain, and arrives at Guangshengsi Town, Hongdong County, and then winds northward, passing through Xingtang Temple in Zhaocheng County. , Huozhou Taotangyu, and finally arrived outside Huozhou City.

Not long after the rebel army passed through Taotangyu, they soon saw a river lying in front of them.

Wei Zhiyou asked the nearby woodcutters, and found out that this river is called "Shui Shui", with a total length of more than [-] li, and it is one of the streams of the Fen River.

This Huozhou City is bordered by the Fen River in the east, the Shu River in the south, Han Xinling in the north, and Taiyue Mountain in the west, and it is a dangerous place at the end.

How to do?
Ninety-ninety people have traveled a hundred miles. Now the enemy situation in Huozhou City is unknown, and the soldiers are exhausted. Do you want to attack by force?

If the general leading the team this time was someone else, he might consider this matter, but for Wei Zhiyou, who was born in the Shaanxi Rebel Army, this is not a problem at all.

He couldn't help smiling and asked the woodcutter: "I don't know if something important has happened in the city recently. Could you tell me about it?"

The woodcutter stopped talking when he heard that, Wei Zhiyou couldn't help but took out a string of money from his pocket, handed it over and said: "If you can tell me a few things, this string of money will be yours!"

The woodcutter was overjoyed when he heard the words, quickly grabbed the money and stuffed it into his bosom, then said with a smile: "If there are no other big things, there is one not too big or small thing."

"I heard that the prefect of Pingyang led three to five hundred soldiers and escaped from Pingyang mansion in a panic. He just arrived in Huozhou yesterday."

"Aside from that, is there anything else?" Wei Zhiyou couldn't help laughing, "For example, is there anyone coming from the north?"

"North? No one came from the north." The woodcutter couldn't help but wondered, "If it's a sharpener or a drug seller, how would I know?"

Wei Zhiyou couldn't help being happy, the emotional officers, soldiers and cavalry didn't arrive!
Good, good, good thing!

Not to mention what Wei Zhiyou's plan was, let's say that Wang Shunzheng, the prefect of Pingyang, managed to escape to Huozhou. When he met Wei Quanzhong, the prefect of Huozhou, the two couldn't help sighing.

The two agreed, so Wang Shunzheng, the magistrate of Pingyang, brought three to five hundred soldiers from the guard as the main body, and sent five to seven hundred people in the city to prepare for the rebel army.

The two of them had just finished their busy work, when suddenly a soldier came to report: "Your Majesty, Wei Taishou, three or five hundred cavalry troops suddenly came outside the city, claiming to be reinforcements from Taiyuan, I don't know how to deal with it?"

The two were taken aback when they heard the words, but Wei Quanzhong, the magistrate of Huozhou, asked first: "Where did this group of cavalry come from, and what is the situation like?"

"The cavalry came from the north, panting, sweating profusely!" The soldiers responded quickly.

"Good, it must be the Zuo Dushi who sent reinforcements outpost, please hurry up!" Wei Quanzhong couldn't help but said happily when he heard the words.

"No, this is absolutely impossible!" Wang Shunzheng, the magistrate of Pingyang, couldn't help stopping him like a frightened bird.

"The thief is the most cunning, if that generation is pretended by the thief, we will die!"

"Then how do you care about this matter?" Wei Quanzhong couldn't help frowning.

"Let him be stationed outside the city for a few days before we make any calculations!" Wang Shunzheng sneered when he heard this.

"If it's an officer or soldier, it's nothing more than a few complaints. If it's a thief, I'll definitely see it out for us. I can't help but expose my true colors and attack Huozhou City!"

When Wei Quanzhong heard it, the prefect Wang Shunzheng's plan was very clever, so he couldn't help but ordered to do so immediately.

The soldier got the order, and rushed to the Gongji gate in the north of Huozhou in three steps at a time, and shouted down: "There is an order in Zhizhou, order you to stay outside the city temporarily, so as not to disturb the people in the city."

"What a dog officer, you actually look down on your brothers!" Unexpectedly, before the soldier could say anything, the officer below drew his bow and set an arrow, and shot it right in the middle of the word "Gongji" on the city gate plaque, cursing angrily.

"In that case, I will wait to report back to the general. Just say that everything is fine in Huozhou City, and there is no need for me to wait."

The soldiers in the city couldn't help turning pale when they heard the words, and quickly persuaded them: "Wait a moment, wait a moment, please wait a moment, the military master, I will report back to Zhizhou."

Now in Huozhou City, due to the news brought by Wang Shunzheng, the magistrate of Pingyang, they are recruiting young men wantonly, which makes everyone panic, who is not afraid?
It was so easy for reinforcements to come, but Zhizhou was angry and left. What's the matter?
The soldier made his own decision, stabilized the reinforcements, and then made further calculations.

Hearing this, the officer in the city couldn't help but exhale, "Who is impatient to wait for you?"

"If you want to go, go, if it's late, don't blame grandpa for going without looking back!"

The soldier didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly ran back to the state office with small steps.

It's just that when I just arrived at the gate of the state government office, I saw a commotion inside, and I don't know why.

He couldn't help but quickly stopped a person and asked, "What happened, Zensheng has become so flustered?"

"The thieves are coming, the thieves are coming!" Never thought the man panicked and said, "I just heard the soldiers come to report that a large number of thieves appeared by the Nanjian River in the south of the city, and the flags were like clouds. I don't know how tens of thousands of people came here at once."

The soldier was shocked when he heard the words, and hurried to have a look, only to see Wei Quanzhong, the magistrate of Huozhou, scolded loudly: "Why panic, but two or three thousand thieves have come, what is it worth!"

It turned out that when Wei Quanzhong was the magistrate of the county, it happened that the Shaanxi rebels attacked the county, so he was quite familiar with military affairs.

Although Wei Congyi ordered his soldiers to spread the banner widely, he still saw the truth at a glance.

However, it is useless to see the truth. There are no elite soldiers in the city, and panic is inevitable.

In fact, the best way at this time is to send a small group of elites to catch the opponent by surprise, boost morale, and then Huozhou City can stick to it.

It's just that Wei Quanzhong has repeatedly confirmed that the three to five hundred guards brought by Wang Shunzheng, the prefect of Pingyang, are okay to defend the city, but it is absolutely impossible to go out of the city for field battles.

Now that people in the city are floating, what should we do?
"Zhizhou, just now when the cavalry outside the city heard that they were not allowed to enter the city, they all clamored, claiming to go back... go back and report to the general, saying... that there are no thieves here, no need... no need for reinforcements." The soldier cautiously went forward to report.

"How dare you threaten me!" Wei Quanzhong was furious when he heard this.

"Hey, why should Governor Wei be angry?" Wang Shunzheng's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he couldn't help suggesting.

"Since they want to stay in the city, why not let them destroy the thieves outside the city first, and then enter the city to rest?"

Wei Quanzhong couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the words, what time do you think it is now?
Is it still the four or five years of Chongzhen when three or five hundred officers and soldiers were able to drive thousands of thieves for hundreds of miles?
Wei Quanzhong pondered for a moment, then couldn't help saying: "Well, I'll go see the cavalry general."

"In my opinion, since the thieves have already arrived outside the city, why bother to defraud the city?"

When Wang Shunzheng thought about it, it was the same reason.

If the thieves really want to defraud the city, they must hide in the mountains and enter the city when Huozhou is unprepared.

Now that there is panic outside, who would dare to let people into the city easily?
He couldn't help but nodded and said: "So, why not go together!"

"I also have to see bandit soldiers, so I should have some experience."

(End of this chapter)