"What did you say? Zhang Xianzhong captured Anyi." Liu Zhizu stood up suddenly in Xia County and looked at the spies in front of him in disbelief. Could Anyi be so weak?

"General, to be precise, there are still a large number of family heads in Anyi County who have not yet surrendered to Zhang Xianzhong. This man's reputation is so bad that those family heads are worried that if they surrender to Zhang Xianzhong, not only will their property not be saved, but their own lives may also be at risk.

Throw them away. So so far, they are still struggling to support themselves at home, but if there are no accidents, Zhang Xianzhong will defeat them one by one sooner or later."

Zhang Xianzhong's reputation is extremely bad, and it has now spread to Shanxi. This man is murderous but dishonest. Every time he conquers a place, he routinely burns, kills, and loots. Even some people who have surrendered to him may not be able to save their lives.

Moreover, this man often catches all the young men in the city and recruits them all into the army, just like locusts passing through the border.

Liu Zhizu calmed down, sat back slowly, and asked, "How long do you think the family heads in Anyi City can last?"

"My subordinates thought it would be roughly three days. Zhang Xianzhong fled from Shaanxi to Shanxi in embarrassment this time. He did not have many troops, only more than 3,000 people. Moreover, after this battle, there will definitely be damage. In addition, Anyi City

The servants were fighting defensively in order to surround their homeland, and their resistance was very strong. If Zhang Xianzhong wanted to eat them all, he would have to work hard. Therefore, his subordinates thought that they should be able to last for three days."

Liu Zhizu lowered his head and said nothing. When he came to Xia County, Pei Xiaoer repeatedly told him to pay attention to the situation in Anyi. That area was the core of the entire Pei family's army's next combat deployment. Anyi was captured with the help of the troops there.

With money, food, and population, we will be able to greatly expand our military strength, so that we will have enough capital whether we go westward or southward in the future.

"I understand, you can go down!" Liu Zhizu waved the spies to go down.

"It's the general."

After the spies left, Liu Zhizu sat quietly at the table, thinking quietly.

The situation in Shanxi today is very complicated. Song Tongyin, the governor of Shanxi, and Wang Zhaosheng, who prepared troops in northern Hebei, had been suppressing the bandits. Later, the leader of the rebel army, Bao Wu, and others ran to Henan. In line with the principle that a dead Taoist friend will not die a poor Taoist, these two

Huozhi directly defended Lingchuan, hoping to keep the rebels in Henan so that they would not have to bear any responsibility.

In the end, who would have expected that the rebels might think Shanxi was better and returned to Shanxi. Then they met the two of them. At first, the rebels fought with them inextricably. Later, the rebels climbed to the mountain near the officers and soldiers and shouted several times.

The two guys thought that the officers and soldiers were surrounded, so they were so frightened that they threw the army away and ran away.

Fortunately, Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda, rushed to Gaoping, and the two guys went to join up with the remaining soldiers. Zhang Zongheng was very powerful and directly defeated the rebels in Sangzi Town, stabilizing the situation.

However, as the Shaanxi rebels entered Shanxi in large numbers, especially Yan Zhenghu, one of the rebels, they successively occupied Jiaocheng, Wenshui and Taiyuan. King Zijin Liang used his own heavy troops to go north, starting from Qinzhou and marching northward, and successively captured Yuci

, Shouyang Pioneer is even less than fifty miles away from Taiyuan.

The imperial court was shocked and immediately removed the title of Shanxi Governor Song Tongyin and replaced him with Xu Dingchen. This Xu Dingchen was extremely shrewd and knew that he did not understand military affairs, but there were people who did, such as Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda, so Xu Dingchen hugged Zhang Zongheng's thigh.

Taiyuan is the capital of Shanxi, and there is no room for error. So Zhang Zongheng and Xu Dingchen abandoned their eldest son's bandits and hurried back to defend Taiyuan. I heard that Zhang Zongheng and Xu Dingchen had fought against Wang Ziyong several times near Taiyuan, but both sides

He didn't take any advantage, and he probably wouldn't have the time to attack him.

As for the officers and soldiers in Henan, there was another flood in Henan this year, followed by overwhelming numbers of refugees and bandits. They themselves had too much time to take care of themselves, and they did not have the extra troops to send troops to Shanxi.

In addition, I have been stationed here for a while while leading the army, and the soldiers have undergone recovery training. Except for some of the soldiers who were just sitting on the ground and were not used to the strict military discipline in Pei Xiaoer's army and repeatedly violated it, during this period,

It's a lot more peaceful. I think the days of training have worn away their sharp edges. They are now ready for use.

However, he currently has about 9,000 troops, which seems to be much more than Zhang Xianzhong. However, it is impossible for all 9,000 troops to be transferred out. A considerable number of troops need to be left to guard Xia County. The deployment of this must also be carefully considered.

After thinking for a long time, Liu Zhizu realized that he already had a 70% chance of winning. How could there be a percentage in this world that would have nothing to do with me? 70% was already high, so he slapped the table with his palms and shouted outside: "Here comes someone."

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The soldier who had been guarding the door of the room immediately ran in and saluted: "General, what are your orders?"

"Go, Pegasus reports to the general, saying that Zhang Xianzhong has attacked Anyi. I have led the army to rescue him, and asked the general to send troops to assist me. In addition, go to the military camp to inform the army to assemble, and our army will march to Anyi overnight."

"yes."

Watching the soldiers leave, Liu Zhizu actually felt quite uneasy. This was the first time he had led an army on his own without Pei Xiaoer's command, so it was inevitable that he would feel a little uneasy. But he would go now.

It was already too late to notify Pei Xiaoer and ask him to come and lead the troops in person. I had to bite the bullet and do it myself. This is the first time for everyone. Are you afraid of a bird?

Anyi.

The spies said that Zhang Xianzhong still had nearly three days to completely capture Anyi. In fact, he still had high regard for some of the family heads of Anyi. If they could hold on for one more day, it would be a big deal.

The family heads who sent Chen Yongkun away and Hua Yuncheng waited around the fire wall for a long time. Seeing that the fire was getting smaller and smaller, but Chen Yongkun still showed no sign of coming back, everyone gradually became panicked.

"We were frightened here by that man surnamed Chen. That turtle grandson must have escaped long ago." Someone shouted.

A word woke up the dreamer. Everyone present saw that the fire was getting smaller and smaller, but their hearts became more and more frightened.

Finally, someone couldn't help it and said, "I still have something to do at home, so I'll take my leave first."

"I have something to do with my family, so I have to leave first."

"I have something going on at home too."

Everyone present wanted to evacuate, but it was already too late. Zhang Xianzhong commanded his old battalion to cross the wall of fire that was about to go out, and Liu Wenxiu, who was attacking from the other side, attacked from the front and back, blocking them right in the middle.

A large number of family heads who had suffered heavy losses in the battle saw Zhang Xianzhong surrounding them, and they all knelt down and surrendered, willing to sacrifice their family property in exchange for their lives.

However, their wishful thinking obviously did not work. Zhang Xianzhong smiled ferociously and walked towards them step by step. "You just thought of surrendering now. Don't you think it's too late? If I kill you, your family's property will still belong to me."

After that, without waiting for the man to react, the long knife directly cut his neck.

In the battle next to the fire wall, Zhang Xianzhong wiped out a large number of resistance forces, and only one out of ten could escape. The rest could only support themselves at home, waiting for Zhang Xianzhong to smash their turtle shells one by one and take out the

Their flesh and blood.
Chapter completed!