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Chapter 161 The New Enemy

The city closest to the rebel army is Yangcheng County. This city that was first captured by Zhang Shun has now become a place where the rebel army can enter and exit casually.

Zhang Shun knew that he could not stop the angry "Zi Jinliang" and Xing Honglang from acting revenge, and was unwilling to defame his reputation, so he had to separate from them for the time being and send his copper smith and some supplies back to Shunwangping.

Zhang Shun arrived at Dongping Shengwangping and happened to meet Liu Yinggui fishing here, so he handed over the baggage, copper smith and others to Liu Yinggui, preparing to bring him back to Shunwangping together.

Zhang Shun had not returned to Shunwangping for more than a month, and was quite concerned, so he asked how Liu Yinggui's camp was now. Liu Yinggui told Zhang Shun honestly: "My mistress is skillful, everything in the camp is in order. Now the camp has been built. However, it has been snowing heavily on Shunwangping and cannot be grazed. Ji Cheng has already driven the herding horses and cattle and sheep to the foot of the mountain to feed them. As for the blacksmith, he has created five or six muskets, which are very loud, but he doesn't know that the power can catch up with the bow and arrow."

Zhang Shun thought about it and arranged, "I know all these things, so I won't go back. Report to Hong Niang and ask the craftsmen to use fine iron to build five or six three-inch cannons according to the method. Remember to add cannon ears to the cannons, add photos of the fire guns, and just watch them. Remember not to cast them!"

It turned out that after Zhang Shun's last artillery blown, he felt that the cannons in his hand were already unbearable. On the contrary, the cannons forged with cooked iron were of good quality, but now they are very strong. They don't care about the backward and advanced shape, so they make a batch of useful ones first.

After the handover between the two sides was completed, Zhang Shun obtained a batch of white fish from Liu Yinggui, which just improved the team's life. Before leaving, Zhang Shun thought about it and instructed: "The wind has become tight recently in Zelu. Let Zhao Lizi take some people to inquire about the news from multiple sources. If there is something in the camp, you can inform me in time. Go!"

That night, Zhang Shun led his team to rest in Shengwangping for one night before leaving. He rushed to Yangcheng to meet with the second leader "Zi Jinliang" and Xing Honglang.

This Yang City has been repeatedly hit by war and has long been in decline. It is as fierce as today's weather, and you can hide from the cold wind, rain and snow when you enter the city.

When Zhang Shun entered the city, he saw that the city was miserable, which made people unable to bear to look at it and had nothing to say. Before Zhang Shun could go to visit "Purple Golden Liang", he instead "Purple Golden Liang" and Xing Honglang heard about Zhang Shun's arrival and came out.

Zhang Shun was immediately flattered and said "death crime and death crime". The two of them were not polite to Zhang Shun, and hurriedly took him to the county government office and saw one, who was not someone else, but the "nine dragons" who were left by "Purple Golden Liang" in Zezhou City.

After the two sides greeted each other, "Purple Gold Liang" could not stand the "Nine Dragons" and said directly: "Brothers of Optimus Prime, we are looking for you everywhere, and you rushed over. "Nine Dragons" were defeated from Zezhou. It turned out that the court had indeed mobilized elite troops of the border army to encircle and suppress us. Now Zezhou City is occupied by Zuo Liangyu who was attacked from Henan. "Nine Dragons" have nowhere to go. I heard that we are here, so I came to surrender to us."

When Zhang Shun heard this, he was shocked. He suddenly became creepy and felt a huge net spread to him and others. He immediately suggested: "We should not stay here for a long time. We need to return to the camp of the rebel army as soon as possible and make plans for the long term."

The "Purple Golden Liang" also felt that this matter was quite strange, so he quickly ordered his soldiers to rectify their weapons and supplies, and immediately return to the rebel camp in Yangcheng and north.

"Zijinliang" and Zhang Shun, Xing Honglang, and "Nine Dragons" nearly 20,000 people immediately took action, and they went to Yangcheng until noon. As a result, the team walked not far away and was targeted by a group of Ming cavalry.

"Zijinliang" and Zhang Shun sent cavalry many times to try to expel them, but they did not succeed. At this time, everyone felt that things were not very good.

Fortunately, "Purple Golden Liang" was quite decisive in military affairs and said, "This must be a spy from the court, and there must be a man from the court nearby. But everyone met in a hurry, and the main force of the court would definitely be away. If we can defeat this group of men and horses in advance, we will have a chance to escape our lives."

Zhang Shun understood the meaning of "Purple Golden Liang" as soon as he heard it. The existence of this group of people and horses exposed the vision of the rebel army. Every move he and others were all in the court's current situation. After the imperial subordinates finished, no one could survive.

So, Zhang Shun agreed with the opinion of "Zijinliang" and dispersed his cavalry, taking the initiative to find nearby officers and soldiers who were monitoring him and others.

It is said that the cavalry was dispersed, but in fact, the cavalry could not be allowed to conduct reconnaissance alone. Basically, a team of cavalry ranged from ten to fifty cavalry, and they investigated around the rebel army.

Chen Changying left the team and personally led more than ten cavalry to investigate the east. Years of experience in escorts made him feel that the officers and soldiers should be right in front of him and others. He still remembered that when he went to Shandong to escorts, he encountered bandit spies, and he also monitored him and others in this way, while other bandits were all ambushed in front of the team's march.

To put it bluntly, the purpose of these spies was to find out the number of people, marching routes and speed of the team. All of this was to prepare for ambush. So Chen Changye judged that the officers and soldiers were right in front of the team.

Chen Changye led his team to carefully check every hill, every valley, and every village they passed by, for fear that the officers and soldiers would hide it from their own eyes and ears.

Chen Changye walked for forty or fifty miles with other cavalrymen, but still did not see any abnormalities. He himself began to be a little shaken. Did he really make a mistake in his judgment? The officers and soldiers did not lie in front of him?

Chen Changye made a promise to the team before leaving. When he returned empty-handed, he felt a little embarrassed, so he comforted himself: If you walk ten miles apart, it really doesn't work. We will rest in front and wait for the team to come before we meet again.

Thinking of this, Chen Changye shouted: "Don't be careless, the enemy is often hidden in places we unexpectedly!"

Several cavalry under Chen Changye were the cavalry that had surrendered to Song Tongyin's personal guards before. They were convinced by Liu Cheng who had killed Song Tongyin, and were quite dissatisfied with Chen Changye who had become a charlatan with his lord. They couldn't help but complain: "When we were officers and soldiers, the cavalry in Tangbao were only exploring the situation within ten miles. How could we run far away?"

Chen Changye followed Zhang Shun for a long time, and became more and more sharp-tongued, and said with a smile: "This is why we captured!" This is why you were captured by us. With one sentence, these surrendered soldiers were so hard that they could not speak for a long time, so they had to follow Chen Changye to continue to investigate.
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