Jiang Wan pointed to the map in front of him and said with a stern face: "Gao Yingxiang has conquered this place once before. The officials and people in the city have been tortured by them and hate the thieves to the bone. Therefore, there is no point in retreating here and holding on.
Problem!"
He knocked on the table lightly: "The question is, how long can we hold on for the rest of the 4,000th household to reach Xizhou, and what's more, when we get to Xizhou, we can still fight with them!"
"Six hours, six hours at most, I will be able to reach Xizhou City with the troops of three other thousand households. When the time comes, we will cooperate with each other and defeat them in one fell swoop!" Li Zicheng calculated the time and distance and felt that he was sure of this.
"There are at least 5,000 rebels in the bandit army right now, and all of you in Pingyang Mansion are only four hundred households!" Jiang Wan glanced at him: "The first, second, and third thousand households are in Ansai, they can be there at any time.
Be prepared to deal with the army of bandits driven by Wu Sangui, the chances of being able to mobilize to support you are very small!"
"Among the five thousand people, I wonder if there are still one thousand who can fight!" Li Zicheng smiled slightly: "And among the four hundred households and more than two thousand people in my family, there is no one who is not a soldier who dares to fight!"
"That's it, let's go!" Jiang Wan nodded: "Order your troops to follow Gao Yingxiang's troops, take the initiative to disturb the enemy, and then return to Xizhou. When the battle begins, you can rush to Xizhou's aid! How to fight specifically, you can take the opportunity.
decision!"
"Yes! I will obey your orders!"
Li Zicheng showed joy on his face and strode out. Jiang Wan looked at his back and shook his head slightly.
"What if he can't beat him?" Jiang Yanran leaned back lazily on the chair, dressed like a soldier, and looked like a soldier. However, she was wearing a soldier's uniform and staying in Jiang Wan's big tent.
Disharmonious.
"Gao Yingxiang is not that easy to deal with. Zhang Xianzhong is also a very powerful person. Don't blame me for not warning you!"
Jiang Yanran pursed her lips: "I think you'd better send some more people here to be more prudent, so that you don't end up defeated and have no place to run, and you'll hurt me too!"
"Wu Sangui's side is the main battlefield, this side is not that important!" Jiang Wan shook his head: "Even if Li Zicheng is defeated, it is just to let Gao Yingxiang run away, and a defeated army will not make a difference!"
Jiang Yanran frowned and looked at Jiang Wan. She had told Jiang Wan that these two people were very dangerous. If they were not treated carefully, they would cause more trouble than in Shaanxi. But Jiang Wan didn't seem to care at all.
appearance.
This made her feel quite slighted.
Jiang Wan smiled slightly in his heart. He was not worried about this problem at all. He was not worried whether Li Zicheng won or lost.
Li Zicheng won, and Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong and his troops disappeared into thin air and could no longer make any waves. If Li Zicheng failed and killed one thousand enemies and suffered eight hundred losses, Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong would also feel that their vitality would be damaged.
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After they fled to Henan, there were naturally Henan officers and soldiers sharpening their swords to deal with them. I believe that the officers and soldiers in Henan were too happy to see that a remnant of the army was defeated and killed.
In history, why did the refugee army grow bigger and bigger, with more and more people? In fact, it was not because the officers and soldiers were incompetent in combat, but more importantly, because of the continuous natural disasters and the people who were displaced and could no longer survive.
Follow the refugees to cause trouble.
However, things are different now. Once Shaanxi and Wu Sangui calm down the chaos, a large number of sweet potato crops will soon be promoted around Yan'an Prefecture. Even if the famine is still the same as last year, there will be
Sweet potatoes, a high-yielding crop, will definitely reduce the number of people starving to death.
There may even be situations where people don't starve to death.
Then, the basic conditions for more and more refugees to be attacked are gone, and the soil for Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong to develop and grow no longer exists. No matter how many of them are left, they will only be able to fight fewer and fewer people until they are finally completely wiped out by the officers and soldiers.
Although Jiang Yanran knew some historical trends, she had forgotten what she had done in this historical trend.
He was meditating, and Jiang Yanran was also meditating. Suddenly, Jiang Yanran's smiling face turned serious.
"You're too hasty!"
"What?" Jiang Wan was stunned for a moment.
"I said you were too impatient!" Jiang Yanran said: "The emperor wants to transfer you out of here, so you plan to finish the battle and deal with them all at once. Otherwise, you wouldn't take action now.
When Wu Sangui's people come to deal with Gao Yingxiang, the easiest way is to let them kill each other!"
"The officers and soldiers can just clean up the mess at the end!" Jiang Yanran felt that she had guessed the truth: "Whether you go back to be promoted or demoted depends on this battle!"
"It's okay if you understand it this way!"
Jiang Wan looked at her: "It wasn't me who made the first move, but Gao Yingxiang. I can wait, but they can't wait!"
"I didn't say that!" Jiang Yanran curled her lips and frowned: "Is the current situation very bad?"
"It's very bad!" Jiang Wan's face also darkened. He felt that he needed to explain the current situation to this little understanding king who thought he understood the general trend of the world, because the news from the channel, the news he knew, and his
The channels for getting the news are not comparable to this little girl who has been struggling to survive at the bottom.
"The city of Beijing was almost captured by the Tartars!" Jiang Wan said slowly: "Yuan Chonghuan will undoubtedly die, but Zu Dashou was frightened and left the capital. Even now, there are still officers and soldiers from the imperial court near the capital.
It was difficult to conquer the places occupied by the Tartars, but now our Ming Dynasty, the north is basically in a mess!"
"Is it so serious?" Jiang Yanran was stunned. Although she knew some general historical trends, she knew nothing about the details.
"What's more important is to resist foreign enemies. Therefore, whether it's Shaanxi or Shanxi, we can't let the chaos continue!" Jiang Wan said slowly: "Here in Shanxi, even Gao Yingxiang's soldiers and horses who pacified these thousands of people are unable to continue.
If you can't draw it out, you will know how weak the imperial court's troops are now!"
"Since Gao Yingxiang doesn't choose time to cause chaos, then I can only fight quickly!" Jiang Wan sighed: "I don't care about dead people, whether they are dead officers and soldiers or escaped thieves, I want Shanxi to be defeated in the shortest possible time.
, Shaanxi Taiping no longer involves the imperial court’s energy, troops, money and food, allowing the imperial court to fully resist the Tartars!”
"I didn't expect you to be quite patriotic!" Jiang Yanran raised her head and gave Jiang Wan a strange look: "It seems that this is not a bad thing. Are you sure you are not so impatient to get credit for yourself?
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"If you weren't my adopted sister, I would kick you out right now!" Jiang Wan glared at her fiercely: "I am a military general of the imperial court, killing thieves and doing meritorious service. Is there anything wrong with that?"