Among the four famous towns in Yi County, Guochuan Town and Xiegu Town have rapidly declined since Ju Ming launched his army.
Not only were merchants cut off, but the town also lost its economic vitality.
Furthermore, the magistrate renovated the pass city and forcibly recruited nearby people as soldiers. All the young men in the town were recruited to guard the pass.
The general guarding the gate in Guochuan Town was named Zhe. When he met the Zhe family's army who had escaped, he immediately abandoned Guancheng and ran away together.
There were even many broken troops from the Zhongjia army. They gathered together along the way, and could not escape even on the one road in the mountains. The broken soldiers had little food in their hands, so they joined in when they encountered a large army. They just wanted to make a living.
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Arriving at Xieyuguan in a blink of an eye, the guard called Zhong Shizhong.
There are two tasks in the Seed Division. One is to send, receive and transport the grain and grass for the entire army. If the grain and grass are not available, the Seed Division will come forward to ask for it; the other is to ensure the security of the rear of the entire army and prevent bandits from coming from other places and destroying the Seed Division's army.
They were blocked in Baoxie Road.
Xieyuguan is also called Xieyuguan, and Guancheng has developed into a commercial market town, also known as Xieyuguan.
In the north and south of Xiegu Town, there are large houses and a lot of cultivated land.
The south side of Xiegu Town, like Baogukou, was first built with dams and irrigation canals, and became a reservoir in New China.
Even the terrain is similar, with a river in the middle and cliffs and plank roads on both sides.
If Ju Ming comes with his troops normally and the government defends with heavy troops, he will face the same problem as the way of cultivating teachers - this way is unavailable and he can only fly over!
"Xianggong Zhong's army was defeated, Xianggong Zhong's army was defeated..."
Zhong Shizhong stopped his soldiers from talking nonsense and hurriedly boarded Guancheng to check the situation.
But on the plank road on both sides of the strait, a large number of Western troops were rushing back, and all the flags they displayed were "folded" flags.
What about the Zhong Family Army?
The Zhong division was inexplicably horrified. All those who came back in front of them were the Zhe family army. Could it be that the Zhong family army had been completely wiped out?
He didn't dare to open the city gate easily, so he prepared to lower the basket with a rope and hang up a few soldiers for questioning. But when he looked behind the gate, he saw, good guys, a bunch of generals with the surname Zhe.
The facial recognition is successful and there is no need to check the identity.
Groups of soldiers entered Xiegu Pass, and the commander quickly asked: "What happened?"
Zhe Keqiu said angrily: "The mouth of Baogu is a dangerous place, even more dangerous than the mouth of Xiegu. It is the rainy season in Hanzhong, and the water in Bao has surged, making it difficult to sail. But the supervisors kept urging, and Zhong Jinglue could only send the soldiers to die. Thieves and bandits
Hundreds of artillery carriages were deployed on both sides of the lower reaches. Many of the Western Army's small boats were capsized by the waves, and the soldiers abandoned their weapons and came to the shore to beg for surrender."
The Zhongshi were even more puzzled: "How come your Zhejia army suffered little loss, but my Zhongjia army is nowhere to be seen?"
"There are also some Zhongjia troops in our army," Zhe Keqiu continued. "Those captured Western troops were released by the bandits, and the morale of the entire army was low. At that time, the Zhejia troops were stationed on the east side of Bao Valley, and there was no trail.
It could be approached. However, the Zhongjia army was stationed on the west side of Bao Valley. The bandits made a surprise attack from the Shahe River, a tributary of Baoshui River.
The Zhejia army was unable to cross the river to rescue."
After listening to this narration, Master Zhong felt that his vision went dark, and he was unsteady and almost fell down.
Not only were the Zhong family troops gone, but none of his brothers, nephews, and grandchildren seemed to have escaped.
Master Zhong calmed down and asked, "Why did so many soldiers escape but none of the Zhong family generals were seen?"
Zhe Keqiu said: "I don't know much about it, but the terrain there is complicated, and the passage to the north of the Zhong Family Army's camp is narrow. If the whole army were to flee, not many people could stand on the passage, and they would push each other and fall into the Baoshui River."
Zhong Shizhong ordered the soldiers to be summoned, and the Zhong family soldiers who had escaped were summoned for questioning.
Those soldiers talked to each other, and although their opinions were varied, the basic situation was consistent with Zhe Keqiu.
"Demolish the plank road!"
The planting masters ignored their grief and immediately ordered the plank road to be demolished, and at the same time sent someone to Fengxiang to report the news.
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Feng Xiang.
Gao Qiu was writing a letter, urging all armies to quickly achieve victory.
The current military rations are very tight. The new wheat from the north has almost been used up. Next, it has to rely on the new rice from the south transported thousands of miles. And the rice from the south must not only supply Tong Guan's army, but also transport grain to Kaifeng. In the end, what is left
The ones that are shipped are sent to Shaanxi.
Baoxie Road and Tangluo Road were blocked by bandits and soldiers, and the situation on the Chencang Road was even worse. The plank road has not yet been repaired!
The plank road on Chencang Road is also called Lianyun Plank Road, with a total length of 470 miles.
The thieves seemed to have no confidence in winning, so they simply demolished all the plank roads in the area occupied by the thieves north of Yuguan. They even used lime and clay to paste the stack holes. When the Western Army repaired the plank roads, they had to let the masons dig out the stack holes first.
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Chencang Taoist General Yao Gu lost his temper due to this move and sent people to build the plank road every day.
The commander-in-chief of the Western Army has become the contractor for the infrastructure construction of the Song Dynasty.
The sound of rapid footsteps came, and the soldiers led the messenger in: "Captain Gao, the entire Zhong family army has been wiped out, and the Zhe family army has fled back to Xiegu Pass."
"What?"
Gao Qiu stood up in confusion, with a look of disbelief on his face.
The messenger said: "The supervising army kept urging the battle, and said that Zhong Jing was slightly suspected of colluding with the bandits. Zhong Jinglue did not wait for the water to become shallow, so he sent troops to attack by boat. After the defeat, his morale was completely lost. The camp was attacked by bandits again.
, as a result, the entire army was wiped out. Zhedu was blocked by the bandit navy, and it was difficult to cross the river to rescue, so he was chased and killed by the bandits and fled back."
"This Li Xun is really a bastard!" Gao Qiu scolded the supervisors. He could have urged the battle, but he complained that the supervisors were pushing too hard.
Li Xun, the eunuch and supervisor of the army, was Liang Shicheng's confidant.
Ever since he came to Fengxiang Mansion, he didn't even take Gao Qiu seriously.
Gao Qiu inquired about the situation carefully, called brothers Liu Xi and Liu Qi, and after some talk he asked: "How should we deal with it now?"
Liu Xi replied: "Although there are only 2,000 Zhongjia troops and 3,000 Xi County soldiers at Xieguguan Pass guarded by the Zhong Division, we can bring back 20,000 remnant troops and we can protect Xieguguan Pass. The terrain there is
It's so dangerous, if the thieves come after us, we might be able to take the opportunity to kill them!"
There were still more than 17,000 Zhe family troops left without any losses, and more than 3,000 family troops were gathered, so the strength already exceeded 20,000.
Liu Qi said: "More than 20,000 soldiers are defending Xieguguan. The force is more than sufficient. It would be cumbersome to send more troops to rescue. You can send a force to Xi County and wait for news. If the bandits are defeated, the soldiers of Xi County will immediately go south to fight with
If possible, Zhongshi will attack Hanzhong together. If the Western Army becomes unstable, the soldiers stationed in Yi County will also be able to rescue them."
"This method is wonderful!"
Gao Qiu thought it made sense, so he said to Liu Qi: "I will give you three thousand soldiers and horses, and immediately move to Xi County to garrison."
"My nephew, I shall die!" Liu Qi accepted the order with his hands in hand.
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However, it was said that Zhu Ming came to Xiegu and used Guochuan Town as a military depot and grain depot. He first rested for two days to restore the energy of the soldiers.
At the same time, people were sent to the north to inquire and soon learned that the plank road at Xiegukou had been demolished.
Ju Ming was not discouraged, but ordered: "Keep the promise, release all the prisoners except the generals, and give them three measures of food each."
When tens of thousands of prisoners received their rations, they were immediately grateful and left happily.
Zhu Ming led his troops to follow him from a distance, walking north slowly.
Those prisoners of war had already seen Xiegu Pass, and suddenly found that the plank road was cut off, and they all verbally criticized the mother of the planter.
"The Zhong family army is back." Zhe Kezhi said.
The teacher felt incredible: "These soldiers are endless on the plank road. I am afraid there are thousands of them. Do the red thieves really dare to let them all back?"
Zhe Keqiu said: "Baogukou has been released once."
The seed master said: "Maybe there are spies mixed in."
It doesn't matter if you can ask for it or not: "Those are your own decisions, Your Excellency Zhong Jiajun."
How else can a farmer decide?
Let's put it back. We're afraid that there will be spies and the bandits will follow and kill us. Then there will be chaos and Xiegu Pass will probably disappear.
If you don't let them go, they will all be Zhong family soldiers, and they will all be his hometown children.
The breeder is so hard-hearted that he grits his teeth and pretends not to see it.
But the officers under his command kept coming to plead for mercy. Everyone had relatives going south, maybe among the prisoners.
The cultivator's eyes were red, and he said to the officers: "My brothers, nephews, and grandchildren have all gone to suppress the bandits. Do I feel better? For the current plan, we must defend Xiegu Pass and not let go.
Bandits are sweeping across Shaanxi!"
The officers retreated in silence. Although they agreed with Zhong Shizhong's statement, they were still aggrieved in their hearts.
Seeing that Xieguguan did not respond, Ju Ming ordered again: "Give the prisoners an axe, a saw, a hammer and a plane."
There were also craftsmen among the prisoners, and they quickly received a complete set of equipment.
The number of axes was the largest, hundreds of them, and the prisoners took turns retreating to the gentle hills to chop down trees.
In order to return home, the prisoners worked day and night, and just wanted to repair the demolished plank road as soon as possible.
Each person has three measures of grain, which is nearly forty kilograms.
Let them take this little food. Ju Ming sent more military rations and let the prisoners make their own meals in the valley.
The prisoners were so moved that they almost cried. General Zhu was so benevolent that he continued to provide food.
One by one, they worked even harder to build the plank roads, working in shifts 24 hours a day.
The plank road is getting closer and closer, and it has entered the bow and arrow range of the guards.
To cum or not?
If you use a bed crossbow or a divine arm bow, you can shoot it in the past few days, but it has been difficult for the cultivators to make up their minds.
They are all soldiers from the Zhong family, where can he kill them?
Zhong Shizhong ran to find Zhe Keqiu: "Your Excellency is the deputy general of the middle road, so you can guard the pass."
Zhe Keqiu said, "There are troops from the Zhong family on the opposite side. The Zhong family has been very kind to the Zhe family. I can't be ungrateful. I only kill bandits and not my own people."
Master Zhong suddenly woke up and began to suspect that Zhe Keqiu was colluding with Zhu Thief.
Even if there is no collusion, I'm afraid I don't want to offend Zhu Thief.
The soldiers in the army suddenly feel cold in their chests. They have few soldiers, so they can ask for more. What if the family's army suddenly rebels?
The cultivator stood in a daze, and Zhe Keqiu left silently.
The prisoners repaired a few more meters of plank road, and the cultivator ordered with tears in his eyes: "Shoot arrows over there!"
The soldiers of the Zhong Family Army raised their bows and arrows, but by chance, they all missed.
The cultivator was furious: "Didn't you even eat?"
An officer replied: "I haven't shot arrows for a long time, and my hands are very weak."
The more than 3,000 kinds of family troops brought back by Zhe Keqiu have already established a relationship with the Zhong family army at Xiegu Pass.
By the way, I brought the news that the thieves did not kill the prisoners, and what the thieves asked the prisoners to recite. Although the content is very lengthy, I remember the basic meaning, which is nothing more than two points: the emperor and corrupt officials are too bad, General Zhu is rebelling for the people; Sichuan will not accept
With heavy taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the soldiers and people there lived well.
"Aim and shoot!" the seed master yelled.
The officer pretended to draw his bow fully.
An arrow flew out and shot even more crookedly.
Opposite me are all our Paoze brothers. Even if they are not relatives, they are fellow villagers.
The cultivator looked at the archers, and the archers looked at him.
Looking at each other in silence.
The commander inspected the military camp and found that the soldiers were packing their belongings.
I went to inspect the Zhejia Army again, but I couldn't get in at all and was stopped outside.
The prisoners were still working overtime, working by torches at night, and no one could stop them from going home.