Take a plane to the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 210 It's Just Him

The first group of bandits was successfully suppressed, and the casualties were negligible, but the impact was huge.

Next, Zhu Changyuan really relaxed for a while. He had nothing to do to watch Polu's military training, or discuss the world's major affairs with Li Xin, or brag with Xiong Dadudu. Anyway, it didn't take long, and winter officially came.

During this period of time, Li Xin also ordered his servants to do their best to search for all the bandits in Xiangyang Mansion.

Soon, he presented the compiled information to Zhu Changyuan and said, "General, this is the detailed information of all the bandits around Xiangyang City. There are [-] shares in total."

Zhu Changyuan took it over and took a look, it was clearly written on it, where is every bandit?Who is the leader?What temper?how many people?How is the power ranking?Wait, it was all cleared up by Li Xin.

Moreover, for the convenience of viewing, Li Xin personally narrated everything in plain language.

There are fourteen waves of bandits on the list, with different sizes. Zhu Changyuan glanced over and found that the fifth one was marked with a red cross. Looking carefully, it turned out that it was Luo Zhixiong, who had been exterminated by himself long ago.

This product only ranked fifth?
Zhu Changyuan was also stunned. Although Luo Zhixiong had only [-] soldiers capable of fighting, there were quite a few people who followed him, a total of [-], which only ranked fifth in the list of bandits around Xiangyang.

"Doesn't that mean that there are more No. 1 and No. 2 bandits on the bandit ranking?" Zhu Changyuan shook his head. There are so many bandits, and there are probably tens of thousands of them.

No wonder Li Xin said before that taking all the bandits under his command would be enough to separate the land of Jingxiang. If he trained tens of thousands of elite troops, it would be no problem to separate Jingxiang.

At the same time, thinking of this, Zhu Changyuan also took a breath. There are so many refugees and bandits in the Xiangyang area alone. How many are there in the entire Huguang area?How many are there in the four provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan?How many is the entire Ming Empire?
Can't imagine.

No wonder Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are able to gather hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops in the shortest time after each defeat.

The world is hungry and cold, and bandits are rampant. It seems that the Great Ming Dynasty has really come to an end.

"Yes, General!" Li Xin approached from the side, pointed at the number one bandit and said, "For example, the number one Sun Monkey, known as the Monkey King, has tens of thousands of bandits under his command. , Occupying a county, the officers and soldiers are helpless!"

Hearing what Li Xin said, Zhu Changyuan couldn't help but look at the catalogue.

It turns out that the number one bandit leader was originally named Sun Xiaofeng, and he called himself "Monkey King Monkey King". The outside world called him Sun Houzi. He had more than ten thousand men and occupied a small county town in the mountains three hundred miles west of Xiangyang City. : Fang County.

Fangxian County, so called Fangzhou, hides in the Daba Mountain. It is a small valley basin in the mountain. The basin area is extremely small, only about ten square kilometers, surrounded by continuous mountains. It is a place that is easy to attack but difficult to defend.

Why do you say that, for example, Sun Houzi occupies Fang County, once a large number of officers and soldiers are stationed, he can lead the bandits to disperse into the surrounding mountains.As a result, the officers and soldiers had no choice but to withdraw sooner or later.

It's very simple, because Fang County is surrounded by mountains for hundreds of miles, and there are no supplies available at all. It would be a waste of energy to transport food and materials from Xiangyang City.

Of course, if the government sends a small group of officers and soldiers to enter, Monkey Sun will not leave, but will stay and fight to the death, and then swallow the officers and soldiers so that there are not even bones left. 1 people.

Some people want to ask, isn't there no food in Fangxian County, why can it support the more than [-] troops under Sun Xiaofeng.

The answer is yes, because Sun Xiaofeng's subordinates are not professional soldiers, but mostly villagers in the nearby mountains. The food is already hidden deep in the mountains, so there is no problem with self-sufficiency.

Moreover, this monkey grandson is deeply entrenched in Fang County, and has occupied it for more than seven or eight years.

"Fangxian County was Fangzhou in ancient times. The geographical environment is extremely difficult and dangerous. It was a place of exile in ancient times." Li Xin said in a soft voice and indifferently: ""Historical Records" records: Qin Shihuang's Prime Minister Lu Buwei and his family were exiled and Fangling, the head of the Empress Dowager Qin, and more than [-] members of her family were also exiled in Fangling. Fangling is now Fang County."

Looking at Zhu Changyuan's face, he was afraid that he still didn't understand that the big hole in Fangxian County was a hard nut to crack, and he said: "Since the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty exiled Liu Ming, King of Jichuan, Liu Nian, King of Qinghe, and Liu Bo in Fangzhou, and Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty exiled them to Fangzhou. The deposed prince Yang Yong was also exiled to Fangzhou, and Tang Zhongzong Li Xian was exiled to Fangzhou for 14 years, and Tang Emperor's son Li Zhong..."

"What does Mr. Li want to say?" Zhu Changyuan raised his eyes and said, "Please speak directly."

"Yes, General." Li Xin took two deep breaths and said, "General, it is best not to use Sun Xiaofeng as the second time to suppress the bandits. One is that the location is too remote, and the other is that he is deeply rooted in Fang County. We There is absolutely no chance of winning.”

There is one more thing that Li Xin didn't say, that is: With the 1000 people in your hands, even if they travel long distances to Fang County, there will be no bones left to be eaten by Sun Xiaofeng.

"Is the city of Fang County tall?" Zhu Changyuan asked.

"The city of Fang County has been in ruins for a long time. If the soldiers can come to the city, there is no need to worry about attacking the city."

"How is the terrain of Fang County?" Zhu Changyuan asked again.

Li Xin obviously did a detailed investigation, and said: "Although Fangxian County is located in the deep mountains, surrounded by mountains, but the county is ten miles around but the terrain is flat, there is no danger to defend, and it is full of fertile land."

"Yeah..." Zhu Changyuan narrowed his eyes and looked straight at Sun Xiaofeng, who was ranked number one.

Li's confidence jumped suddenly, secretly thinking that the boss might be tempted by Fangxian, and he said quickly: "General, Sun Xiaofeng's ten thousand people occupy Fangxian, and they have worked hard for many years, so they must not attack easily."

"Also, I reckon that even if our strategy of killing chickens to scare monkeys is effective, it can deter and subdue all the bandits around, but it won't have half the effect on Sun Xiaofeng."

"Why?" Zhu Changyuan asked.

"Because he's not afraid." Li Xin said bluntly: "If you go with too many people, he will run away. It's useless if you go with few people, so he's not afraid of us. Besides, before, no matter Zuo Liangyu, Zhang Xianzhong, or even Xiong Wencan, Everyone has been fascinated by this piece of meat, but no one has touched it, so we can see that Fang County is hard to beat!"

If there were too many people, he would disperse and run into the mountains, and the supply of supplies in Fangxian County would be unsustainable, so it is not good to go to too many people to encircle and suppress, and besides, I don’t have too many people on hand, okay?

but?Will he be defeated if there are fewer people?

Not necessarily!
Zhu Changyuan shook his head, his eyes were bright, he looked at Li Xin and said, "If I send someone to recruit Sun Xiaofeng and Sun Monkey with a letter of surrender, will he come out and surrender?"

Li Xin shook his head, "It is absolutely impossible." He added: "Even if the general is famous all over the world, there is nothing we can do about it. Even if we have a large number of people and searched all the mountains around Fang County, 10 people will have to travel for half a year. can be eradicated."

"And even if we lead 10 people to pacify Fang County and strangle Sun Houzi, once the army withdraws, there will naturally be Zhang Houzi and Li Houzi jumping out." Li Xin said with certainty, and the meaning is obvious: you Zhu Changyuan Call the attention of Fang County.

"If I just send hundreds of people to pacify Fang County, capture Sun Houzi, and slaughter the bandits, what will happen?" Zhu Changyuan asked coldly.

"Impossible." Li Xin didn't answer Zhu Changyuan's question, but first denied his idea. Hundreds of people pacified Fang County. .

"I asked what the result would be?" Zhu Changyuan continued to ask with sharp eyes.

"Uh." Li Xin took a breath and said, "If the general really used hundreds of people to quell Fang County and strangle Sun Houzi and his followers, then the remaining [-] bandit families would no longer need the general to send out a letter of surrender." This will fix Xiangyang's troubles."

"Well!"

Zhu Changyuan patted the table, took out a brush and drew a big circle on No.1 Sun Xiaofeng's name, and said, "That's it. The second fire of this general is to burn this Monkey Sun's ass."

"No, General." Li Xin was shocked after hearing this, and said, "General, no! Absolutely no."

"The general doesn't know Fangxian, this is definitely not the best choice."

Zhu Changyuan remained unmoved, stepped out of the big tent, looked at the bright sunshine outside, chuckled, and already had an idea in his heart: Isn't it just a small Fang County, isn't it just a group of small bandits? ?
What about more than ten thousand people?There is a saying in ancient times: Although there are thousands of people, I will go!
"General, general!" Li Xin came out almost pulling Zhu Changyuan's clothes, and said with a sad face, "General, you must not do it. Li Xin knows that the general is unparalleled in battle, and 400 people can resist 13 Huang Taiji." , but this time is different from that time.”

"Young Master Li, you don't need to persuade me, I've already made up my mind."

"General." Li Xin still didn't give up, knelt down and said: "In this way, once the rest of the banditry in Xiangyang City is pacified, and when the general has an army of ten thousand people, Li Xin is willing to accompany the general to quell this nest of bandits .”

Zhu Changyuan smiled and pulled Li Xin up, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "Mr. Li thinks that I will definitely not be able to defeat Fang County. I would like to make a bet with you."

"How to gamble?" Li Xin asked.

"How about betting that 200 people will settle Fang County?"

"This?" Li Xin hesitated, and when he heard Zhu Changyuan say 200 troops, he felt relieved, not because Zhu Changyuan would win, but because in his heart, even if the entire army was wiped out, the loss would not be too great.

Isn't it just 200 people?
"Okay." Since he couldn't beat the boss, he could only obey, Li Dao said, "The general wants to lead the army himself?"

"Naturally." Zhu Changyuan saw through Li Xin's worries at a glance, and said, "Don't worry, with my ability, even if the entire army of 200 horses is wiped out, even if I face thousands of troops, what does it matter? You don't have to think too much, Mr. Li."

"Yes." Li Xin had never seen Zhu Changyuan's kung fu, but he heard Boss Bai said it, so he was naturally relieved and said, "I don't know what method the general uses to calm down the culprits?"

"The secret must not be revealed." Zhu Changyuan smiled slightly and said, "Since Mr. Li is willing to bet, let's talk about the bet!"

(End of this chapter)