Sometimes it's really impossible to judge Wang Yan. Most of the time, this person is as stupid as a pig's head, and he often does stupid things that people can't understand. However, once in a while, he will do something unexpected.
Just like this time, when Wang Yan attacked the city fortress, he just wanted to let the defeated soldiers attack the defenders in Gushi City and create some panic for the defenders. However, he never expected that a casual move would cause the defenders to panic.
There was a huge conflict between the local garrison soldiers in Gushi City and the soldiers and horses in South Zhili, and there were signs of further intensification of this conflict. After Wang Yan withdrew, Yue Zicong finally had someone open the city gate to bring in the remaining soldiers, but
The gap that has formed weighs on everyone's mind.
Qi Weiyu was born in a wealthy family. When did he ever experience this kind of arrogance? He is usually held up by others, and he is also regarded as a leader in the army. Now that the people under his command are suffering, his face is a little uneasy. Qi Weiyu is a man who wants to save face.
The second generation ancestor, Xu Changlu was not much better. As for Yue Zicong, he never felt that he had done anything wrong from beginning to end, so naturally he had no worries.
Therefore, Gushi City has buried a huge hidden danger, which will erupt at any time, but no one is aware of it.
As for Wang Yan, after withdrawing from the battle of Gushi City, he deployed troops to secure the city and warehouses. On the one hand, he increased his troops to secure the city and warehouses, and on the other hand, he sent people to deliver messages to Xixian County. It can be said that from this moment on, the peasant army conquered the city.
Going down to Runing Prefecture, the signs that they wanted to attack Gushi and Shangcheng were already very obvious. When the news reached Xixian County, Gao Yingxiang and Niu Jinxing's reaction was not to send troops eastward, but to increase their troops in the direction of Luoshan and pay close attention.
The movement in Baofeng City.
The purpose of increasing troops in Luoshan is to prevent future troubles. If the Xuanfu soldiers and horses attack Baofeng City and come from the northwest, they will have enough troops to deal with it. Gao Yingxiang has made all preparations now and is waiting for the Xuanfu soldiers and horses
action to decide where to hit next.
Baofeng City was quiet and strange at this time. Li Yangchun held the city head and looked at the smoke from the kitchen in the distance. The green smoke dissipated in the sky. Huge military camps stretched across the north, and there were cavalry in the distance.
From time to time, the unique trumpets of the Xuanfu soldiers and horses were heard. It had been more than ten days, and the Xuanfu army camped ten miles to the north, and there had been no movement since. They drilled every day and ate on time, but they did not attack the city.
Li Yangchun's heart was scratching like a cat's paw, what the hell is the King of Hell doing? The officers and soldiers are not attacking the city, so he should be relieved, but Li Yangchun really doesn't dare. On the contrary, he is getting more and more nervous, always feeling that something big is going to happen.
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The officers and soldiers did not attack the city, and Li Yangchun did not dare to attack it. With Baofeng City, he could still fight, and Li Yangchun had no confidence at all when he went out to find trouble with the King of Hell. In the past few days, Li Yangchun felt that he had overlooked something, so
Many detective horses were sent out of the city just to find out the situation of the officers and soldiers.
There was a sound of footsteps, and soon Hua Xiaorong was seen leading a few guards hurriedly over, "Brother Li, the brothers are back. The officers and soldiers are still training as usual, and the fire is not reduced. The living King of Hell and Wang Zuo
Gua also showed up before, and we can be sure that they are in the military camp ahead. Also, another batch of supplies has been shipped over, and it seems that the Living King of Hell is determined to consume it with us."
"Huh? Is that so?" Li Yangchun patted the brick wall and curled his lips with a sad face. He originally thought that the Living King of Hell had some conspiracy. Maybe he himself had left the Baofeng battlefield long ago, but the news reported by Tan Ma eliminated this guess.
.But the more this is the case, the more worrying people are. Tens of thousands of Xuanfu's elite soldiers are wasting away in Baofeng City, which is obviously of no benefit to the Living King of Hell. What does he want to do? Li Yangchun doesn't think he has anything to do with the Living King of Hell.
I hate you so much, why is this guy so obsessed with me?
After thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure out the reason. Li Yangchun was so angry that he kicked the wall and said, "Is there water in the head of Tie? If you want to fight in Baofeng City, just fight. If you don't want to fight, go somewhere else. It's so wasteful."
What's going on? After more than ten days of wasting supplies, won't the court hold you accountable? Damn, this bastard is simply unreasonable."
Hua Xiaorong grinned, dumbfounded. The actions of the King of Hell were indeed unreasonable. The army was stationed here, wasting supplies, harming others and not benefiting oneself. It didn't look like something the King of Hell could do.
Indeed, Xuanfu's elite troops were stationed near Baofeng City. Can the imperial court allow it? Of course the imperial court would not allow it. Because of this, the Forbidden City was in uproar. Many officials in the cabinet and the Ministry of War were angry about the Xuanfu soldiers and horses.
Crazy, especially Cheng Jiming, they all wanted to rush to Luoyang and talk to Tie Mo in person.
Not to mention Cheng Jiming and others, even Hou Shilu felt that Tie Mo had gone too far. Even if you want to use the hands of rogue bandits to force Nanzhili to pay, you should cover it up.
In the Wenhua Hall, Chongzhen frowned and held the fold in his hand, but his eyes were blurred and his mind was no longer on the fold. After a long time, he closed the fold and asked in a low voice: "Is there any new news over there in Henan?"
Wang Chengen first pushed a cup of warm tea over, and then he hunched over and said: "Back to Your Majesty, there is some news from the Zhenfu Division. At present, the traitors have captured most of Runing Mansion. As for the Iron Governor, they are still in Bao
Over in Fengcheng, the thieves in Baofeng City seem to be very afraid of the Iron Governor, and they haven't dared to show their heads for more than ten days."
"Pfft" Zhu Youjian smiled with a bitter face. He really didn't know whether to praise him or scold him. I'm afraid there was only one person like him in the entire Ming Dynasty who could make rogues so afraid. But, this iron man
The commander stood still and did not even bother to shoot a spike arrow at Baofeng City. No one knew what Tie Mo was thinking better than Chongzhen, because Chongzhen was aware of the entire plan from beginning to end, and Chongzhen also agreed.
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After all, Tie Mo was poor, and Chongzhen was even poorer. Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty is spending money everywhere and is short of food everywhere. However, the national treasury is empty and there is no internal money. I don’t want to make some tricks. Where does the money and food come from? Is it really possible to increase the agricultural tax? Chongzhen is just like that again
Even if you don’t have experience, you know that increasing agricultural taxes will destroy your foundation.
There is money and food in Jiangnan, but without some special means, you will never get the money and food there. So when Tie Mo proposed this plan, Chongzhen quickly agreed. All he had to do was scrape a layer of oil and water from Jiangnan.
, not only the money for suppressing the bandits is obtained, but also part of the money can be withdrawn from the internal funds. The plan is a plan, but Chongzhen never expected that Tie Mo was so good at what he did. Even if you were just acting, you would be motionless in Baofeng City.
What's going on?
Not long after, Hou Shilu asked for an audience outside. Zhu Youjian waited for him to come in and asked without thinking: "Did Hou Aiqing come here about Tie Mo?"
Hou Shilu cupped his hands and smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, I am indeed here for Tie Mo. The bandits are raging in Runing Mansion, and there is Li Zicheng in Kaifeng Mansion, so I am under great pressure. You see, it is
Instead of sending someone to send a message to Tie Mo and asking him to do something, I can block those people."
Hou Shilu's life has been very difficult recently. As Minister of the Ministry of War, he has the unshirkable responsibility for suppressing bandits in Henan. As soon as the bandits entered Runing Mansion, the pressure increased sharply. It can be said that the court pointed to the border troops of Xuan Mansion to give the bandits a head-on attack, but it was ironclad.
Mo Que led his army to watch the scenery in Baofeng City. As a result, officials of all sizes began to express their dissatisfaction, and some even wrote to the Ministry of War to order the Xuanfu troops to take action quickly. At first, Hou Shilu could hold it down, but gradually
Yes, Hou Shilu didn’t know what to do.
Seeing Hou Shilu's depressed look, Chongzhen couldn't bear it. He and Tie Mo were the instigators of this matter, but it was Hou Shilu who really resisted the pressure. After all, Hou Shilu was the minister of the Ministry of War, and he was openly following the public.
Although Hou Shilu did not have any great achievements since he became Minister of the Ministry of War, he still had hard work without merit. Chongzhen was embarrassed to let him suffer so much, so he comforted him: "Don't worry Hou Aiqing, I have already compiled the book and sent it to Henan Prefecture."
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In Baofeng City Camp, looking at Chongzhen's handwritten letter, Tie Mo raised his eyebrows and said with some dissatisfaction: "Mr. Wang, have we gone too far?"
Wang Zuogao took the letter, read it, and shrugged noncommittally, "Supervisor, to tell you the truth, my subordinates feel that we did go a bit too far this time. The imperial court has high hopes for us, and in this situation
, I'm afraid those bosses are going crazy, Hou Shangshu is under a lot of pressure. If it were someone else, I'm afraid he would have been escorted back to the capital with a transfer order."
Tie Mo puffed up his cheeks and snorted with laughter, "Those people want us to attack them all at once. After beating Wang Ziyong, we will then attack Gao Yingxiang. It is best to kill all the rogue bandits in one circle. But what the hell do they know? Where are the rogue bandits?"
Is it such a waste? Besides...this situation is not what I want to see. I thought that if our Chen Bing Baofeng City didn't cause trouble to Gao Yingxiang, Gao Yingxiang would quickly swallow up the whole of Runing.
Government, never thought that Gao would stop moving after he reached Xixian County. Without understanding Gao Yingxiang’s thoughts, how can we casually decide what to do next?”
Tie Mo didn't think he had done anything wrong. If he really wanted to fight Li Yangchun, Gao Yingxiang suddenly feinted a shot, went around to join forces with Li Zicheng, and went to Ruzhou. Wouldn't he be in trouble? Although Xiangyang
On the other side, there are Zhao Shujiao, Sun Chuanting and others who can rush over, but Zhao Shujiao's troops are limited, so even if they rush over, they will not be of much use.
The Xuanfu soldiers and horses were stationary in Baofeng City, and Gao Yingxiang's army was almost stationary in Xixian County. It's really hard to understand. But who knows how ridiculous the reason is? Everything stems from misunderstandings.
Tie Mo was afraid that Gao Yingxiang had a conspiracy, so he always wanted to wait for Gao Yingxiang to take action against Gushi City or the mall before deciding what to do next. Similarly, because Gao Yingxiang was too scared and out of caution, he also wanted to wait for Baofeng City.
Start the fight and make sure that the Living King of Hell has no tricks, then use your troops boldly against Shangcheng and Gushi.
Both sides are waiting for the other to act first, so no one dares to move first. This weird situation must be broken by someone first. Of course, no one is a god, so they can only test it first. Gao Yingxiang let Wang Yan fight.
We went to Gushi City, but it was a pity that the test was not done properly. Three thousand soldiers and horses attacked Gushi City. This was Gushi City scratching its itch. It looked like a joke at first glance. So Tie Mo didn't react at all. Now
But Gao Yingxiang was very sad.
Similarly, Tie Mo is also worried. You have conquered Xixian County. Across the Bailen River are Gushi City and Shangcheng. A great future is in front of you, so you should conquer it!
Wang Zuogao walked around the room with a slumped face. He always felt that something was wrong. Of course, he didn't know what Gao Yingxiang and Niu Jinxing really thought. He just guessed: "Supervisor, do you think it's because of
Gao Yingxiang is too cautious, afraid that we will bypass Baofeng City and attack his rear, so he doesn't dare to continue attacking Gushi City and Shangcheng?"
"No?" Tie Mo rolled his eyes, scratched his head and said, "Is my name so scary? Besides, Gao Yingxiang has never been a timid person. He would say it out of fear.
Don’t eat fat meat?”
"It's impossible to tell. How about this? Let's test it out and see what Gao Yingxiang's reaction is. Then everything will be clear!"
As for how to test, it is actually very simple. Just find a place to fight. Baofeng City has sufficient troops and Li Yangchun is in charge. Tie Mo is not willing to really fight in Baofeng City. Since he wants to fight, of course he has to pick the soft persimmons.
So, naturally, the target was pointed at Zhang Xianzhong, who was entrenched in the west of Funiu Mountain.
In Li Yangchun's surprised eyes, the Xuanfu soldiers and horses outside Baofeng City finally began to mobilize. However, after gathering some of the soldiers and horses, they did not come to attack the city, but ran towards Malingguan. From here, they crossed Malingguan.
, it’s Funiu Mountain, the living king of hell wants to turn around and beat the king for his own use?
Soon, Li Yangchun's doubts were solved, because not long after, the unique gunfire of musketeers began to ring out in Funiu Mountain. Four thousand musketeers, led by Li Jiucheng, began to dig deeper into Funiu Mountain little by little. At the same time,
, Wang Ziyong in the east was not idle either, and began to take advantage of the opportunity of the officers and soldiers to attack Zhang Xianzhong to quickly seize the territory.
On Funiu Mountain, Xuanfu's most lethal cavalry had no place to use, but the musketeers used firepower to suppress Zhang Xianzhong's scalp. The musketeers spread out, covering each other, and shooting from a long distance. This kind of combat
The method was obviously beyond Zhang Xianzhong's understanding. Due to his inability to adjust his strategy in time, the Bodhi Temple area quickly fell, and he had to retreat to the mountain col to the west.
Now Zhang Xianzhong felt aggrieved. He felt as if he had been abandoned by God. Wang Ziyong added insult to injury, Gao Yingxiang had no good intentions, and the King of Hell directly sent people to attack the mountain. Suddenly, everyone came to attack him.
In the cave, the firelight flickered, and Zhang Xianzhong's surly roar came: "Wang Ziyong, I will fuck your eight generations of ancestors, you are a villain who only follows the officers and soldiers to take advantage..."
Scolding and scolding could not change the reality, nor could it stop the Xuanfu musketeers from going up the mountain. Zhang Xianzhong still expected the officers and soldiers to encounter Wang Ziyong's men, but Wang Ziyong was so slick that he even avoided the officers and soldiers, just like discussing with the officers and soldiers.
It seems better.
What is this? They are all bandits on Funiu Mountain. How can the officers and soldiers treat one another favorably? Could it be that Wang Ziyong has taken refuge with the Living King of Hell?