Outside Chuzhou City, Gao Yingxiang was touching the scar on his face and pacing slowly under the corridor of a courtyard.
There was already a noise in the courtyard, and the court was full of people. All the camp headquarters from the east to South Zhili gathered here. The voice of the sweeper king loudly shouted from the side, "I encountered a dog officer and sentry cavalry on the northwest official road and was captured."
We picked up a few cavalry soldiers, and those who came back insisted that they were frontier troops. There were frontier troops on all sides, so who could say it must be Lu Xiangsheng."
If you have a Beilu accent, you must be from the frontier army. Many of the old battalions and cavalry soldiers in the rogue camps are from the frontier army. It should be correct that they can hear the Tatar accent.
Different numbers of Mongolian soldiers were recruited in various towns on the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, but the largest number of soldiers were recruited by the Liao army.
Jiannu conquered various Mongolian tribes many times and forged bloody feuds with many tribes. A large number of people defected to the Liao army.
"The cavalry soldiers didn't run away. The officers and soldiers' horses are quite good."
"I can't say that those who escaped were afraid of being scolded by their elders. I think it was the border troops who came."
"It is true that Ma Hao may not be the Liao army, but the old camp where my subordinates escaped said that there is a Beibei accent there, and the person who came is probably Lu Xiangsheng!"
There was a moment of silence in the courtyard, and then there was a commotion. Everyone was shouting loudly, and some people had already stood up, ready to go back to camp and lead the retreat at any time.
They were old rivals with Lu Xiangsheng, and they usually escaped early. This time, they were suddenly blocked by Lu Xiangsheng. The forward was only twenty or thirty miles away, and it was already difficult to escape.
Zhang Xianzhong strode to the middle and kicked over the big pot for cooking meat. The iron pot fell to the ground with a bang, and oil and water splashed all over the floor. The bandits around him stopped making noise and looked towards him.
The Eighth King roared angrily, "What's wrong with Lu Xiangsheng coming? He led the Liao soldiers to beat me twice in Henan. I went to King Chuang to avenge him, and Zu Kuan disappeared again. I want you to tell me,
If you meet him, fuck him."
After a moment of silence in the field, there was a roar and the commotion broke out again. Many people directly shouted and cursed at Zhang Xianzhong. Compared with Lu Xiangsheng, the Eight Kings were easier to deal with.
A big man wearing a purple arrow jacket also walked into the field and raised his hands to the surrounding circle, "Dear brothers, Huang Hu has not decided to fight Lu Xiangsheng to death. We have dozens of battalion leaders here, whether it is fighting
It’s a withdrawal, and I’ve discussed it with you all.”
The noise below stopped for a moment, and another leader in red stood up. This man had a round face and a flattering smile on his face, "Cao Cao is right. This is not just a discussion. We have also fought against Chen Qiyu and Hong Chengchou.
Lu Xiangsheng doesn't have many arms. The last time I heard about him in Henan, I lost a sheep and ran away after roasting it. Now that I think about it, it's a pity."
There was a roar of laughter all around. The Sweeping King pointed at the leader in red and said, "You are the one who runs very fast. Youliliu is the most aptly named. Look at the other old brothers, none of them have wounds all over their faces and bodies. Even your nails have not fallen off."
one slice."
Not only was Youlilu not angry, but he smiled even more flatteringly. The eyes on his round face were narrowed into slits. He raised his fleshy hands and cupped them in a circle around him. "It's not because of the power of the elders."
, this time Lu Xiangsheng comes, he is determined not to get any favors."
Youlihua was a small camp among the bandits, and the number of men and horses they brought was small. When they fled, they always followed several large camp leaders.
This time they followed Cao Cao in the purple arrow jacket to Jiangpu. Since Jiangpu County was not big enough to station so many battalions, they camped in the northwest of the county.
This person is very good at dealing with things and has good relations with all battalions.
The others laughed and scolded him, and after such interference, the atmosphere towards the Eight Kings was relieved a lot.
The big man in purple was originally named Luo Rucai. He was a frontier soldier in Shaanxi Province. In the late Ming Dynasty, the rogue bandits were influenced by the Water Margin, so he had to give him a nickname. First, it was majestic and second, it was to hide his real name. Later, as time went by, he could no longer hide it, but the nickname was still preserved.
He saw Gao Yingxiang just coming from the corridor and shouted loudly, "Fourth brother, please get a charter."
Gao Yingxiang lowered his head and slowly walked out from under the corridor. Several leaders moved out of the way. He slowly sat on the Grand Master's chair at the top while everyone was watching.
Gao Scarzi waved to Zhang Xianzhong, "Huang Hu sat down and said, everyone is the leader of each battalion. With tens of thousands of troops, they are noisy and noisy to let the people below see what they say."
After Luo Rucai and Youlihua heard this, they both went up and pulled Zhang Xianzhong back to their seats. Zhang Xianzhong waved Youlihua away and muttered a few words before sitting down.
"A few cavalry soldiers came back and said that the officers and soldiers they encountered in Guanshan Mountain in the northwest were a bit vicious. They picked up the silver and still pursued them. There were also Northern prisoners among them."
After listening for a moment, Gao Yingxiang said slowly, "Hong Chengchou is guarding the pass. The border troops from the three sides of Shaanxi will not leave the pass. We haven't encountered the border troops from Shanxi for a long time. It's probably the Liao army that can't make a mistake. It's true that Lu Xiangsheng has been promoted."
The others did not interrupt. The one with the prestige to overwhelm all the camp leaders right now is Gao Yingxiang, and he is also the strongest.
The other battalions were not convinced by each other, and sometimes fought with each other for a while. Like this time when the joint battalion entered South Zhili, it was only Gao Yingxiang who organized it, so that so many people could join together.
"We are all old friends with Zu Kuan, Zu Keyong, and Li Chongzhen of the Liao Army. They also chased us quickly and blocked us. Guanshan is only thirty miles away from here, so it is not that easy to hide.
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Gao Yingxiang finished speaking and looked around the field.
Luo Rucai echoed, "We have more than 100,000 or 200,000 people in Chuzhou. There are officers and soldiers from Nanjing in the city. We can't defeat them after three days of fighting. Lu Xiangsheng blocked the official road and went to other places in the east. These many people can't walk on the road."
, if the city’s officers and soldiers come out to interfere for a while, half of the people won’t be able to leave.”
A leader below said, "Then let's go south."
"Turn around and go south?"
Luo Rucai sneered and said, "Not to mention that there is no food or shelter on that road, just that there are so many people turning around. Let me see if you turn around."
Zhang Xianzhong clapped his legs and said, "This time we are no longer chasing after you like in the past. The officers and soldiers are coming head-on. How can you avoid it? If you can't avoid it, just fight with them for a while."
When Youliluo saw several big camp leaders expressing their opinions, he quickly stood up and said, "Let's fight for a while. Our camp leaders will listen to the big leaders."
There was no noise in the venue this time, and because of Gao Yingxiang's attitude, everyone understood the meaning of several big camp leaders.
Gao Yingxiang said calmly, "When we were in Henan, everyone hunted for their own food. Zu Kuan caught the whole family and beat him, so Lao Ba naturally suffered from him.
Now we have more than twenty battalions here, and Lu Xiangsheng has arrived. There are only a few roads, how many of them can we escape?
At that time, Zu Kuan will catch up from behind, and each battalion will trample himself to death. We have suffered a lot from this loss before."
Zhang Xianzhong stood up after hearing this and said, "As I said, as soon as we joined the camp, Zu Kuan avoided us in Henan. Lu Bing was just a Liao soldier, so he was even more afraid of him."
Gao Yingxiang smiled and said, "You've suffered a lot. You guys have to understand the truth. There are only so many people the government and army can fight. If we don't risk our lives to fight, many people will die in the end. We can get a lot of money and food from everywhere."
He was also robbed by the dog officers and soldiers. He risked his life and went out to fight for a while. He destroyed the officers and soldiers. Not to mention keeping the money and food, there will be good days ahead.
Just like Cao Wenzhao and Ai Wannian, everyone was afraid of them in the past, and each of them was beaten to the point where my mother and I didn't realize it.
We risked our lives to kill these two gangs and lived a happy life."
Gao Yingxiang stood up and stood in the middle, scanning the surrounding leaders, "Huang Hu is right. Speaking of Lu Xiangsheng's troops, the Liao soldiers can fight. Many of you are brothers from the border army. The Liao soldiers are fighting the Tatars."
It’s not just that we can mobilize as much as we want. If we break Lu Xiangsheng’s group, we will be happy in Jiangbei and Henan. In Chuzhou in front of us, we can fight for as many days as we want.”
Liu Guoneng, who was below Chuangtangtian, said loudly, "Lu Xiangsheng came to Chuzhou with only Liao troops. Henan was defeated several times. Zu Kuan and Li Chongzhen each had more than a thousand cavalry, but only 3,000 people. There were five of them.
Six hundred servants and two or three hundred northern captives were nothing more than that.
If King Chuang says he wants to fight, Lao Liu will fight them."
After he spoke, the largest camp leader expressed his position, and the decision was basically made.
Gao Yingxiang also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Usually, they relied on their unpredictable whereabouts to always leave the officers and soldiers behind. Many times, they took advantage of retreat to wear down the officers and soldiers.
Once intercepted by officers and soldiers, it would be very dangerous. Crossing Mianchi to the south and getting trapped in the carriage were just a matter of luck.
Chuzhou is a strange place for rogue bandits. This time Lu Xiangsheng suddenly appeared in Guanshan, northwest of Chuzhou, blocking the most important official road. Gao Yingxiang was unsure. If so many people fled, they would be hunted down.
There will definitely be heavy casualties. In addition to the loss of strength, it will also cause a great loss to his prestige. Now that everyone agrees to fight, he has room for change.
Gao Yingxiang nodded towards Liu Guoneng, "Just now he said smoothly, when I heard Lu Xiangsheng coming over, he left without daring to eat the roasted sheep. I was like this in Hezhou, and even worse than him. The whole camp didn't eat any food."
Busy on the way."
The thieves laughed together, and Gao Yingxiang also smiled nonchalantly. The scars on his face extended and the corners of his mouth were a little crooked.
After the laughter stopped, Gao Yingxiang put away his smile, glanced at everyone and said seriously, "I heard Chen Qiyu and Hong Chengchou were the same before. We all travel around the world to find a way to survive, not to fight to the death with this soldier or that soldier.
But those officers and soldiers don’t give you a way to survive. If you don’t fight for a while, your own way of survival will be cut off. If this is the case, you must make up your mind and meet Lu Xiangsheng."
The leaders of the surrounding camps were talking in low voices. Gao Yingxiang had already set the tone. Now that he was in charge of the camp, everyone seemed to be less afraid.
"Then let's listen to King Chuang and fight with Lu Xiangsheng for a while."
Zhang Xianzhong was the first to stand up.
Following Ma Shouying, people flying all over the sky, Scorpion Block and others stood up one after another, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively.
After most of the people got up, Luo Ru slowly stood up and said to Gao Yingxiang, "Then please King Chuang to dispatch soldiers and horses from each camp."
"Lu Xiangsheng is chasing from Guanshan. He doesn't bring much food and grass. We must avoid his sharp edge. There is more water in the west of the city and in the north. Don't fight him in the north of the city. Withdraw the camp head in the north to the east and the camp in the west to the west stream.
The Wutu Bridge is the key point, I will break into the camp to defend it, and we will fight them at the Wuli Bridge in the southeast of the city."
If Pang Yu were here, he would definitely sigh. The flow of bandits' combat decision-making process is basically the same as his. They all come up with brainstorming. At least Pang Yu still has a map.
Chuangying took the initiative to guard Wutu Bridge, which reflected King Chuang's fairness. The other camp leaders had nothing to say and quietly listened to King Chuang's arrangements.
When they were dispatched, although Gao Yingxiang had no staff, he had been fighting for so many years and was in the struggle every day. The battalions were quickly assigned. The few objections raised by Gao Yingxiang were immediately resolved.
The camps came from the south, and were mainly stationed on the southeast and west sides outside Chuzhou City. Now they have to go further south, mainly to the west, and retreat through Xijian. There are only two bridges on the river. Lu Xiangsheng is not far away. The camp head to the north needs to act quickly.
After everything was done, Luo Ru came to Gao Yingxiang and said, "There is also a group of dog officers and soldiers following from the south. The ones coming from Jiangpu are also very vicious. We must not take them lightly and don't cause any trouble.
My camp head is close to that side, so I will attack them all, and then I will kill this group first."
Gao Yingxiang looked up at him for a moment and then said, "That's it."
You Lihua said quickly, "Those who are in the same camp with Cao Cao will also go with Cao Cao. After killing that group of officers and soldiers, we will come back to kill those Liao soldiers."
Gao Yingxiang waved his hand, and it was settled. All the battalions knew about Jiangpu's defeat. The officers and soldiers were also very vicious and had many iron armors. Luo Rucai took the initiative to take over the matter and seemed very responsible. After a brief discussion, the leaders all started talking. Return to their respective campsites.
Youlihua followed Luo Rucai all the way. When the two of them arrived at a place with few people outside, Luo Rucai stopped and said, "Go to the south to fight the Jiangpu soldiers. Bring more frames with you. Leave all the old and weak who are working together, and don't move the camp." , so that others won’t be suspicious.”
Youlihua squinted his eyes and turned around to look around and said, "Brother, what I mean is that Lu Xiangsheng is not easy to deal with, and King Chuang may not be able to get a good deal from him."
"King Chuang only talked about Cao Wenzhao and Ai Wannian, but he didn't say how Wang Jiayin died or how Zijin Liang died."
Luo Rucai twisted his mouth and said, "They were all killed by the border troops. Lu Xiangsheng was able to block the front because he guessed where we were going. He came well prepared and brought more than just Liao soldiers. Lei Shisheng, what was Yang Shien doing? , as well as talented people like Mou Wenshou and Zuo Liangyu."
You Lihua looked astonished and said, "King Chuang didn't dare to go in the direction of Lai'an. It's getting closer and closer to the canal. There must be many rivers and ponds around, so we can only fight in Chuzhou."
Lu Xiangsheng came from the northwest. Why did King Chuang want to fight in the east? It was because he wanted to lure Lu Xiangsheng to the east. Once the battle was unfavorable, he could run northwest from Wutu Bridge. This official road is very useful."
Luo Rucai looked around and lowered his voice, "Jiangpu officers and soldiers are all infantry. It doesn't matter whether we destroy them or not. Let's see how the other battalion commanders fight with Lu Xiangsheng in the south. If Lu Bing wins, we will go to Jiangpu. Anyway, I can take away all the cavalry soldiers, but I haven’t heard that the eldest son was killed by the southern soldiers.”
"I understand, little man. Then where should we fight the Jiangpu soldiers? The Jiangpu soldiers are approaching Wuyi Town."
Luo Rucai squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, "Then it will be in Baijiaqiao."