Zhangjiaji, Chengtian Prefecture, Huguang, this small town in the Dahongshan Mountains has long been deserted. I don’t know whether they fled to Dahongshan or were taken away by others after they broke into the village, leaving behind an empty village.

It just serves as the temporary base of the Pei family army.

In the tallest house in Zhuangzi, Pei Xiaoer set up his big tent here. At this time, Pei Decai was reporting on the information recently discovered by his hidden guards.

"Three days ago, on the fourth day of November in the sixth year of Chongzhen, more than 80,000 people from five battalions including Hu Guangyi's Army and Lao Huihui captured Yuan'an and Xingshan. Then it seemed that they were preparing to move towards Kuimen in the west.

They have the intention to enter Sichuan. When our people report back, these people may already be attacking Kuimen."

"According to our people's reports, the main force of the rebel army near Xuchang, Henan Province is once again surrounded by officers and soldiers. The leaders of the rebel army that can be identified so far include Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Li Zicheng and other large groups of rebels, as well as Xue Rengui, Liu Bei (all nicknames),

As well as some new faces, such as Sole Light, Forced on the Road, Yiyiyun, Three Hands and other small groups of rebels. The total number of besieged rebels was 150,000.

In terms of officers and soldiers, there are Cao Wenzhao, Shanxi Commander-in-Chief Cao Wenzhao, Beijing Camp Commander-in-Chief Wang Pu, Guanning Cavalry Commander Zu Kuan, etc., as well as the local Henan army, with a strength of almost 50,000 troops and 8,000 cavalry."

"As for our Pei Family Army, General Pei Zhu'er of the Yongwu Army has recently recruited a gangster named Chen Tianming. He is quite talented. According to reports from our people in Jinzhou, this Chen Tianming was originally the captain of the Yongwu Army. Then he suddenly became a gangster for some reason.

When I personally went to Jinzhou, I was keenly aware of the contradiction between the Jinzhou defenders and Jinzhou Zhizhou Tian Tuchang. I decisively went to the meeting alone and went straight to the military camp where Tian Qifeng stayed near Jinzhou to persuade the Jinzhou defenders to surrender to our Pei family army.

And thus captured the Golden State."

"Chen Tianming? That's interesting." Pei Xiaoer, who was sitting at the top, suddenly said, "Is this Chen Tianming still in Jinzhou now?"

"No." Pei Decai glanced at Pei Xiaoer calmly, remembering the name Chen Tianming in his heart, "On the third day after Chen Tianming took Jinzhou, he handed it over to Li Guojun's troops who arrived later.

, he led the surrender troops he collected to leave Jinzhou and go west, possibly to fight for Hanzhong, or maybe, um, defected."

"This person should not defect. Let's not say whether he has the intention or not. The timing is wrong. How could these defenders surrender to a bandit? This must be Chen Tianming using the name of our Pei family army to find out for himself.

The good thing is, you should pay close attention to it, don't move him for the time being, and wait and see what happens."

"Yes, I understand."

"Li Guojun, what are you doing now?"

"It is reported that after General Li left 4,000 wounded soldiers and 3,000 infantry to guard Xunyang, he then led the remaining 10,000 people to take over Jinzhou from Chen Tianming. He is currently stationed in Jinzhou and has done nothing."

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"I don't know if it's right to mention Li Guojun to this position." Pei Xiaoer seemed to be asking Pei Decai, but also seemed to be talking to himself.

Pei Decai lowered his eyebrows and looked at the information in his hand, as if he didn't hear it at all. He wouldn't say a word about things he shouldn't have said.

"Forget it, let's ignore this for now. Where are Zuo Liangyu and others across from us?"

Pei Decai put down the information in his hand, bowed and replied: "They have arrived near the inn thirty miles away from us, and are building a camp. It seems that they are not ready to continue moving forward, and are waiting for our people to take the initiative to attack."

"It seems that Zuo Liangyu is not just a reckless man, but also has some tricks." Pei Xiaoer chuckled lightly, unconsciously tapping his fingers on the side of the seat, and said for a long time, "Zuo Liangyu

You don't have to keep an eye on that side, I'll send it

The spies from the army went to monitor Zuo Liangyu. Your people have been trained at a high price. You can't waste it on this. You need to infiltrate more of your people into Huguang, including Nanzhili, and other places.

Send people over slowly."

"Yes, I understand."

"Well, you go ahead!"

In the next two days, the Pei family's army was as steady as a mountain, and Zuo Liangyu was also motionless. The two sides fell into such a strange calm, but it was not good for the Pei family's army if it continued like this, because Feng Kebin was trapped in the mountain at this time, and his food and grass were exhausted over time.

I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on anymore.

Therefore, on the third day of the stalemate, the Pei Army took the lead to break the current deadlock. A force of 3,000 people left the Pei Army station and rushed eastward towards the valley where Feng Kebin was besieged.

These three thousand people were not too many, not too little, just enough to help Feng Kebin rescue the siege, but they would not make the overall strength of the Pei family army weak, and could continue to maintain the advantageous position of the Pei family army against Zuo Liangyu and others.

However, in this way, the coalition forces of Zuo Liangyu and others were placed in a dilemma. The target of their trip was Feng Kebin and his party, and they did not expect that Pei Xiaoer would personally lead an army to come to the rescue.

In the large tent of Zuo Liangyu's coalition forces, Zuo Liangyu, Tang Jiuzhou, and Zhang Yingchang were already quarreling.

Tang Jiuzhou spat to the left, and Zhang and the others expressed their opinions, "In my opinion, we should divide our forces and take a detour from the mountains to capture the traitor Feng Kebin. Our main force will confront the Pei family army here.

, to contain the bandit army, and at the same time to attack nearby officials.

We must ask for reinforcements. When the reinforcements arrive near the army, we will be able to keep Pei Xiaoer here under the encirclement and suppression. If we take down Pei Xiaoer, the great thief in the world, and the court rewards him, you and I will both get a general.

It’s no big deal to seal your wife and your son.”

"Childish, that Pei Xiaoer is a big bandit in the world. How can he be able to develop to this scale in a short period of time? How can such a person simply confront us and wait for us to call reinforcements? Maybe wait for us

If there is a slight movement, they will launch a thunderous offensive and rush directly to our army camp. By then, let alone making achievements, we may not even know whether the few troops we have can be retained." Zhang Yingchang retorted.

"According to what you say, we should retreat as soon as possible, and even the besieged Feng Kebin should be let go? Have you ever thought about what the court should explain?"

"It's enough for the imperial court to spend some money and do some planning. Let's go all the way south and earn hundreds of thousands of dollars in money and food. We can send the imperial court away with just a little bit, so why bother fighting with the Pei family's army?"

"You are cowardly."

"Cowardice is better than being ruined. We only have so much capital in our hands and we have spent it all. Why should we secure the position of commander-in-chief? What's more, according to what you said, looking for reinforcements is not because we are afraid of the Pei family's large army and dare not fight with them.

A head-on fight? If you are really brave enough to win the three armies, why not go there yourself and fight the Pei army for 300 rounds?"

Tang Jiuzhou almost laughed out loud. It was the first time he had seen clearly how cowardly and incompetent his colleague had been for so long. He looked at Zuo Liangyu, who had been silent all the time, and asked: "Brother Zuo

, what do you think? Should you stay away like a coward like Zhang Yingchang, or should you serve the country and fight to the death with that thief Pei?"

To be honest, Zuo Liangyu doesn't want to fight with the main force of the Pei family army. First of all, their strength is far less than that of the Pei family army. If they are ordinary bandits, that's it. Even if the gap between the two sides is two to three times, they have the courage to fight with one of them.

It's just that this time they are facing the Pei Family Army. The Pei Family Army's combat effectiveness is completely different from that of ordinary bandits. With the huge disparity in strength between the two sides, they may not necessarily be able to win the battle.

Secondly, even if they can win, it will definitely be a tragic victory, and the army under their command will be severely damaged. Although at this time, Zuo Liangyu has not yet had the idea of ​​​​respecting his troops, but he has seen the fate of too many generals who have lost their military power.

, Zuo Liangyu instinctively wanted to preserve his military strength and maintain his wealth.

Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Zuo Liangyu had no choice but to say vaguely: "In my opinion...". Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, there were soldiers at the door leading a messenger and a messenger walked outside the big tent and opened his mouth to report.

: "General, I believe there is a letter from Governor Lu Xiangsheng of Yunyang."

"Oh?" Zuo Liangyu took the opportunity to change the subject and ordered outside the account, "Come in."
Chapter completed!