Woo~ The melodious military horn sounded, and the Anyuan Gate, the north of Xi'an, opened wide, and the neat footsteps came. If you look into the city gate tunnel and the white fish belly rising in the east, you can just see a large number of fully armed soldiers flashing from the city gate street. They lined up in an orderly manner, holding a large number of flags and signs, and were heading towards Anyuan Gate. Yes, this army is the joint force of Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng who are about to go on a war. Because of the confidentiality, Sun Chuanting specially chose such a time. They attacked when the first ray of sunlight in the morning. At this time, most people in the city had just gotten up, and most people would not know that more than 20,000 soldiers had gone out of the city to head north, so the confidentiality of the operation was achieved.

It was not that Sun Chuanting did not believe these residents of Xi'an City, but the thieves' power in Shaanxi was mixed. No one could be sure whether there were spies in Xi'an City. If someone came to report, they would not be able to achieve tactical confusion. Since they were consciously approaching Wild Boar Gorge, they had to do a full set of plays. They had to deceive their own people first before they could deceive Li Zicheng and the others. Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting rode their horses side by side, and behind them were the flags of the governor of Shaanxi and the governor of Liaodong. Of course, there were also flags marked with the characters Lu and Sun, and the flag soldiers were guarding the two of them on horseback. Yuan Chengzhi and the cavalry of the six hundred Qingyi Army were also following Lu Xiangsheng, and they would be the main force to defend Lu Xiangsheng's safety.

Three days have passed since the last conversation in the government office. In the past three days, they were nervously preparing for the expedition. Of course, the clothes of the two armies have not been exchanged. At least in front of Yang Sichang, they will not do anything out of order. Of course, Yang Sichang was waiting in front of Anyuan Gate early. The day before yesterday, he had already sent a quick horse to inform Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong. No matter what kind of escape general they were, he ordered them in the name of the commander. The two dared not to obey in terms of face. Since Sun Chuanting did not expect Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong to play any substantial role, then these two men just need to lead troops to appear and follow them. On Gao Qiqian's side, Yang Sichang only informed him yesterday. Yang Sichang was not vague about this. After all, he was also a civil servant. Although he was not a Donglin Party, Yang Sichang and a group of civil servants such as the Donglin Party have one.

The common point is to hate the eunuch party. Although Gao Qiqian is a military supervisor, he is a lineage of eunuch party. Yang Sichang naturally did not want to deal with him too much, so at this point, Yang Sichang listened to Sun Chuanting's opinion and told Gao Qiqian the news when he was about to set off to avoid any trouble. Gao Qiqian's soldiers set off one day later than the two. On the one hand, it is to give Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting some space for independent combat. In the eyes of Sun Chuanting and others, if these garrison soldiers from Shandong, Henan and other places are fighting with them, they will drag their backs. As long as they can support the offensive on the main battlefield in time when support is needed, it will be fine. In addition, the Tianxiong Army and Sun Chuanting's soldiers have to exchange clothes, so Gao Qiqian cannot see them, so the two armies deliberately separated some distances. As long as Gao Qiqian's soldiers set off one day later, they will definitely not be able to catch up with them.

"Jiandou, I have never asked one question for this battle." The army slowly left the city. Because most of the soldiers were infantry, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting simply concentrated all the few cavalry in the central army. This is also Sun Chuanting's opinion. It would be better to concentrate all the cavalry together. After all, the two of them had only two thousand cavalry together, which is an extraordinary force in ordinary places. However, for the upcoming war, this little force was still a little short of the troops. Sun Chuanting left the city gate, looked up at the sky that had gradually become brighter, and suddenly asked Lu Xiangsheng. Lu Xiangsheng was stunned and looked at Sun Chuanting and said, "Brother Baigu, I don't know what Brother Baigu is meant?" Sun Chuanting smiled and said, "It's the same as Brother Baigu?"

In fact, I have no doubt that we can win this battle. We have already taken the lead by being prepared and not being prepared. In addition, our army is full of morale, and although there are only 20,000 soldiers, they are obviously elite troops. The troops are not many but elite. With the combat power of our two armies, we must be far superior to them. Even if the bandits are all out, I am sure to bite off a piece of meat. But after this, I don’t know if Jian Dou has considered the strategy after this." Lu Xiangsheng paused. He really didn’t think about this. It’s not that Lu Xiangsheng’s vision is not long-term, but that the battle at Wild Boar Gorge has not yet begun. Lu Xiangsheng dared not predict what will happen next. If he wins a big victory in Wild Boar Gorge, would it be better to take advantage of the victory and eliminate the thieves in one go?

Lu Xiangsheng bowed to Sun Chuanting and said, "Brother Baigu, the thieves are not burned out by wildfires, and the spring breeze blows again. Even if we can fight, it will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. In other words, we must improve the living standards of the people. If everyone has food to eat, everyone has clothes to wear, who is willing to risk being a thief?" Sun Chuanting nodded and said, "I understand what you said, but the accumulated problems of the Ming Dynasty cannot be removed overnight. For example, I am in Shaanxi, I wonder if you have heard of the Eight Great Masters." Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and knew very little about the folk affairs in the northwest. Sun Chuanting further said, "The so-called Eight Great Masters are the Jiexiu Fan Family, the Taiyuan Wu Family, the Datong Hou Family and other eight relatively large merchants. Their business scope is not only in Shanxi, but also in the entire Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia. They have mastered it.

A large amount of money resources, not just horse markets, including iron, cloth, silk, etc., as long as they can do business, they will be used for business. These companies have joined forces to form a de facto monopoly. If ordinary people want to do some business, they will almost be squeezed to death by them. Anyway, they have money, so it is too easy to squeeze your business to death with money, not to mention the intimate connections behind them. With these, they monopolize a large number of resources. In a simple sentence, the rich are rich and the poor are poor. Don’t look at the displaced people in the northwest now, they are still rich and the wine and meat smelly, and the road is frozen to death. So if the problem you mentioned cannot solve the monopoly situation of these merchants, they will only continue to cycle. But now I am not thinking about these things, but after the battle at Wild Boar Gorge, should we take advantage of the victory and directly take over Li Zicheng’s nest."

Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while and replied: "Brother Baigu, I think it's too early to say this now. We don't know where the battle in Wild Boar Gorge will go. If the thieves were not hurt, wouldn't it be too abrupt to pursue us rashly? You know, Lu Xiangsheng, I am not afraid of them in the field battle. We are sure to win the battle in the city defense, but if it is a siege, I really can't make it. The Tianxiong Army may be a weakness in the siege, or in Liaodong, they basically face field battles and city defense battles. We do not have the opportunity to take the initiative to attack Jianlu. Although the combat effectiveness of the thieves is far inferior to Jianlu, they still have the support of old camp soldiers, so we cannot take it lightly." Sun Chuanting paused and looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said: "

OK, in short, I have the idea of ​​completely annihilated Li Zicheng in one battle. I can't give them a chance to breathe, otherwise they will grow bigger and bigger like a snowball. The right way is to eliminate their roots first." The two looked at each other and did not speak again. Sun Chuanting's mind was full of thoughts at this moment. His thoughts were still very different from Lu Xiangsheng. After all, he was the governor of Shaanxi, and Lu Xiangsheng was a guest soldier. His mission was to defeat and eliminate the thieves and then retreat. However, Sun Chuanting was not good. Shanxi was in trouble and needed him, the governor, to play more roles. Sun Chuanting was considering more profound things. However, Lu Xiangsheng was right. He was the Battle of Wild Boar Gorge first, so it would be better to try whether their strategy could succeed.

"Report! Sir, Fuping is ahead." The army was moving rapidly on the official road. Since Li Zicheng was defeated last time, the bandits in Xi'an Prefecture have basically disappeared. Everyone knows that powerful officers and soldiers have entered Xi'an Prefecture. So not only Li Zicheng failed, but the remaining small forces did not dare to stay in Xi'an Prefecture for a long time, for fear that the officers and soldiers would attack them one day. Since this is the case, it is safer to move on the official road in Xi'an Prefecture. They can smoothly go straight to Fuping, Malan Mountain, and Jinsuo Pass. After passing Jinsuo Pass, it is the territory of Yan'an Prefecture, so it should be very safe to change clothes in Fuping. The cavalry who were exploring the way forward came back to report to Lu Xiangsheng, and Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand to signal that he had already known. Lu Xiangsheng immediately found Sun Chuanting and said, "Brother Bai Gu, Fuping is ahead,
Chapter completed!