Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 540 Eighth Coalition

Liu Guoneng's statement made Zuo Liangyu very satisfied. Having such an elite army join his army and being familiar with the situation in Xiying undoubtedly gave him a little more confidence.

He began to look at the generals on his left and right, and ordered: "All battalions are prepared in advance, once the order is given, they will move out immediately."

The general of Zuoying was not as easy-going as Liu Guoneng, and the next deputy general complained, "It's been less than half a month since we settled down here in Xunxi. Besides, we're going to go to the mountains to fight. I'm afraid there will be complaints from the soldiers. .”

If an ordinary soldier complains, he might as well cut it off, but this lieutenant general is leading the elite soldiers, and he is leading the family property of Zuo Liangyu's sweetheart. Of course, Zuo Liangyu can't ignore it. Baishiliang, take some pigs and sheep back, reward the brothers, and tell them that the salt, vegetables and food for the trip will not be short of them. I can ignore others if they are wronged. ? After winning this battle, everyone will be rewarded with silver. For those who captured the generals of the Western Camp alive or beheaded, the soldiers will be promoted to a thousand or more. I will recommend the generals to be below the deputy general. , the generals of the bandit battalion will be rewarded fifty taels, and the famous generals will be rewarded one hundred to one thousand taels, tell them, I will never be stingy!" [

After saying these words, the deputy general smiled and immediately agreed.

The rest of the generals were not the elite of Zuoying, and they didn't dare to ask for prices, but they complained, because what they said was mostly the truth, and Zuo Liangyu also promised to supply them as much as possible.

Seeing such a situation, Liu Guoneng felt vaguely uneasy, but he understood that Zuo Liangyu wanted to compete with Zhang Shouren, so that others would not lose the glory of exterminating or defeating the bandits, and he also knew in his heart that the strength of Xiying was actually not as good as Zuo's. Liangyu, if he fights together with Governor Xunyang, plus his own subordinates, Zhang Xianzhong should not be an opponent, unless Xiying, Chuangying and Cao Cao cooperate with each other, but this possibility is not great, so how to calculate, The odds of winning are still above [-]%.

When marching and fighting, you can do it with a [-]% certainty, let alone more victories than defeats?

Thinking of this, Liu Guoneng's slight uneasiness disappeared.

After the meeting with all the generals, Zuo Liangyu left Liu Guoneng for dinner, and at the same time asked his son to accompany him. During the meeting, he also praised Liu Guoneng and made promises.

After returning to his garrison, Liu Guoneng immediately began to mobilize. He had 1000 soldiers under his command, half of them were elite cavalry from the old battalion. Ao, with long and short weapons in his hands, and a small number of horses, plus more than 2000 masters, he gathered a team of 5000 people.

Before that, he had already found out the location and general direction of Zhang Xianzhong's camp. Because he was familiar with the sentry methods of the peasant army, Liu Guoneng did a good job of keeping his army secret. Liu Guoneng's surrender required more reforms to the old method, and he still used the old one, using the mountain people, the grain hunting team and the rangers to do the reconnaissance work, so that it was actually easy to reveal his general position.

A grain hunting team is at most three to five days away from the old camp. No matter how far away it is, it is impossible. Soldiers may miss their studies, or run away with different intentions. If they are too far away, there is no way to control them. If they escape, they will not be able to catch up. , There is absolutely no way, so the general grain hunting team is only half a day away from each other, and two or three days away from the old camp, so it is easy to make decisions on the fly.

The officers and soldiers may not understand it, but Liu Guoneng knows it very well. Zhang Xianzhong's old camp is in the Zhuxi area, leaning against the Han River, in front of Junzhou and Fangxian, and not far from Luo Rucai and other joint camps. It seems that he wants to enter Sichuan or other places. Shaanxi.Liu Guoneng set off immediately with his 2000 troops and his grain hunting team. The Zuo army was also in difficulty in Xunxi, and the grain and salary had not been fully replenished, so he could only work harder on his own.

One day after Liu Guoneng set off, the elite soldiers of Zuoying followed closely behind under the leadership of the deputy general, very close to each other.In addition, Zuo Liangyu sent 2000 troops behind Baiyang Mountain in the southwest of Xun to cut off the escape route from Xiying to Hanshui, and used thousands of people as surprise troops to cut off the connection between Xianzhong Laoying and the rest of the battalions. confusion.

At the same time, send flying cavalry to He Renlong and Li Guoqi who are stationed in Xing'an, and ask them to strengthen their patrols on the Hanshui River, so that Xiying will not have the possibility of crossing the river and fleeing.

As for Xiying going all the way west, he is not afraid of fleeing to Sichuan. Shao Jiechun, the governor of Sichuan, personally sits in the town and leads the Sichuan army to defend at the critical pass. Xiying, who is not afraid of defeat, can escape.

At the last moment, he asked his staff to write to Fang Kongzhao, asking the governor to send his elite soldiers along the Fangzhu line to conquer Luo Rucai and Guotianxing. There are four bandits in Huguang, and Zhang Xianzhong is the strongest. , followed by Luo Rucai and Guo Tianxing, Li Zicheng heard that they retreated into the mountains again, but he was not worried.

After everything was done, Zuo Liangyu himself put on his helmet and armor, and began the arduous journey of riding into the deep mountains.

In such a midwinter season, wearing a cold iron armor and having no way to live in a luxurious house is really a hard job for a general of Zuo Liangyu's status and age.

He was really stimulated by Zhang Shouren...

Moreover, the first contribution to defeating the thief is indeed of great importance, and Zuo Liangyu, no matter what, cannot let others take the credit for it.

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In the deep mountains, the dense forest has lost all its autumn leaves, and a thick layer of leaves has fallen on the mountain road. The cold wind is bitter, and there are frosts left in the morning everywhere. In this harsh environment, Li Zicheng's veteran battalion soldiers also Resting on the march.

The noses of the war horses kept emitting white gas, and the same was true for human breaths. Many soldiers had cracked jaws from the cold, and had chilblains on their hands and faces, but even so, all the soldiers were still tall and straight. In the depths of dense forests and deep mountains, there is still no loss of military demeanor.

Li Zicheng's horse was tied aside, and he himself sat cross-legged on a rock. It was very cold, but he was still dressed in late autumn clothes, a blue cloth arrow jacket dyed blue, a big felt hat, a sword around his waist, and a sword in his left hand. Holding a piece of multigrain pancake, with pickles on the right hand, a mouthful of pickle is a big pancake, very sweet to eat.

"King Chuang, this is Cao Ying's scribe. Cao Shuai has a letter for you."

Wu Ruyi of the Chinese Army came over with a short, red-faced man, and when he arrived in front of Li Zicheng, this man was also in a daze. The environment eats this food?

Although Chuangying is memorizing words now, there are still thousands of them. No matter how the leader is, he can't just keep his mouth for food, right?Besides, how much money will this save?

This man was slandering, but Li Zicheng just took the book and read it.

Cao Cao reminded him last time, telling him to be careful of Zhang Xianzhong, but Li Zicheng considered that now it is a situation in which all parties benefit from cooperation, and everyone may suffer from separation.

If everyone cooperates, the number of elite soldiers will be more, and the confidence in dealing with Zuo Liangyu or He Renlong will be greater.In the past two years, Li Zicheng felt that his strength was not enough, and he also regretted that he had offended Zhang Xianzhong in the battle of spirits back then. He made up his mind that after seeing Zhang Xianzhong, he would lower his attitude and condescend. Keep your head down, no one can die.

With this purpose in mind, the idea of ​​several companies cooperating to fight a big battle in the Zhu and Fang areas, and then teach Zuo Liangyu and other Huguang officers and soldiers a lesson has quietly formed.

Li Zicheng's knowledge is already higher than that of ordinary rebel leaders, and also higher than that of Zhang Xianzhong, who is radiant at this time, but his strength is still weak, and it is far from being compared with when he was active in Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan. Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting His power has been weakened too much, and now the focus of the court's attention is not on him, but on Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others.

Cao Cao’s letter was about an emergency military situation. Zhang Shouren arrived with his troops, but he had to rest for a while. Yang Sichang was desperately mobilizing food and salaries to supplement the officers and soldiers of Dengzhou Town. According to reports from Zhang Xianzhong’s spies in Xiangyang and Xinye, Dengzhou Zhouzhen is indeed a strong enemy, with many horses, strong mobility, orderly military discipline, and high morale.

The military situation was tense, but it also aroused the fighting spirit of the Eight Great Kings and Cao Cao. The leaders of the battalions decided that they would fight a time difference!

Li Zicheng handed the book to Liu Zongmin who came over after hearing the news. The other party was also wearing an arrow jacket. He was eating rice pancakes with one hand and peeling garlic cloves with the other. The food was also delicious.

After Liu Zongmin read it, he passed it on to Li Guo, and then to Tian Jianxiu and others.

The battalion generals also gathered urgently because of this sudden situation.

The people in Cao Ying knew that they were going to discuss matters, and they were very clever. They had already hid with the person who received him, and let the person who broke into the camp discuss and write back to him.

"What should I do? Hit or not?"

Li Zicheng wiped his mouth clean with a towel, unlike Liu Zongmin who ate and spit flying all over his mouth.

Originally, he was just a child of an ordinary family in Lijiazhai, his life was very hard, and being a postman was no nobler than that of a human being, and he always squatted down to eat, and his food was also unbearably vulgar.

After becoming the commander-in-chief of the army, he enjoyed too much at first, but now he gradually restrained himself, including words and deeds, just the posture and attention to eating, all of which he had practiced in the place where he carried people behind. [

When there are thousands of people who become leaders, how many can really succeed?

Anyone who is successful has his own advantages, and Li Zicheng is undoubtedly growing rapidly.

"Fight. If we don't fight, we will not be able to hold our heads up in front of Cao Ying and Xi Ying."

"It's time to fight a war. I've been holding back for too long. My brothers are all jealous. These days are too miserable..."

Li Zicheng himself is poor in clothing and food, and his military discipline is also strict. Now those who stay are old brothers. Even the men who are supplied to him by others have been trained well. Well, I had a very hard time in Shangluo Mountain, and I survived it. Now, Cao Ying and Xi Ying are by my side, and they eat hot food and drink spicy food. Although the campers dare not complain, jealousy is unavoidable.