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The speed of action of the officers and troops was far less than the speed of preparation on the part of the Xingtian Army, and the Xingtian Army gathered its main battle forces within two days, and set up camp outside Dongye Town, and all kinds of materials were continuously replenished to the army, ready to meet the officers and troops.

However, the officers and soldiers on the side of Zezhou were grinding, and they had been grinding for nearly ten days before they were ready in Zezhou, and they began to swear and set off in the direction of Yangcheng.

Along the way, the scouts and meticulous workers sent by the Xingtian Army constantly monitored their movements, and continuously sent information back to the Xingtian Army camp in Dongye Town.

"It's really right for Feng Gouzi! This officer and army is so fucking slow, it's like a snail, Zezhou is only a little more than a hundred miles from us here, if we force the army, we can arrive in a day, but these officers and soldiers only travel less than thirty miles a day, and it will take at least four days to get to us! Hum! At this speed, you still want to exterminate us, unless the fucking sun hits the west! Luo Li stood behind Xiao Tianjian, looked at a map hanging up, and said to the other generals.

"Yes, the brothers have been waiting here for a few days, and they are constantly practicing every day, and it can be said that their morale is like a rainbow, and their mother's hands have been itching for a long time, so they are waiting for the officers and soldiers to come and clean them up!" Yan Chongxi also chimed in.

Wang Chengping stood at the back of the crowd, listening to the old brothers under Xiao Tianjian, he couldn't help but sigh a little, he was also a horse thief, although he used to fight against the government, but they were basically guerrilla warfare, when they met a small group of officers and soldiers, they could fight, and if they couldn't, they would run, and they often left with one blow, and never dared to fight against a large group of officers and soldiers.

And the Xingtianjun gang seemed to have eaten the courage of the ambitious leopard, with only their two thousand troops, facing the four or five thousand officers and soldiers from the Zezhou side, as if they were nothing, not only did they not have the slightest sense of fear, but they were in a hurry to go into battle one by one, and they didn't take the officers and soldiers in their eyes at all.

This can't help but make Wang Chengping admire Xiao Tianjian even more, as a mutant army, Xiao Tianjian can make his subordinates like this, it is really not something ordinary people can do, even if he is a horse thief and a person who has been in charge of the plate, he has to admire Xiao Tianjian to death.

The generals' calmness made Wang Chengping feel a lot more at ease, so he also looked at the map with wide eyes and began to actively think of a way.

Xiao Tianjian looked at the map, turned around and analyzed to everyone: "The official army came from Zezhou, there is only one official road to go, they will not choose a small road to act, and after they come to Yangcheng on this trip, they will first meet with the local township Yong in Yangcheng County."

The officials of Yangcheng County would never dare to put so many officers and troops into the city, otherwise, if thousands of officers and troops entered the city, this Yangcheng County would basically be like being robbed, so I am sure that the townsmen of Yangcheng County would choose a place in the east of the city to join the officers and troops of Zezhou.

Let's look at the map, their best camping place is also in Taipingzhuang, five miles east of the city, where the terrain is flat, more suitable for the army to gather and camp, and the materials provided by Yangcheng County to the official army will definitely be transported here first and provided to the official army! And my idea has just been confirmed by Feng Xi, so there should be no mistake!

Although we didn't plan to let them converge, we still can't leave these food and straw supplies provided by Yangcheng County to the officers and soldiers, so we have to go to a sentry here, bring some soldiers, and take this batch of supplies back for me!

As for the place where we intercept the official army into Yangcheng, I think it is best to choose the Beiliuzhuang area east of the Qin River, where the terrain is more suitable for us and the official army, and it is also more suitable for the pursuit after the war, as long as we defeat the official army here, the official army will flee along the official road towards Zezhou, and we can pursue it all the way to the Zhouzhuang area, so that a large area on this side of the Qin River will also be our territory in the future! Basically, we can control the official road from Yangcheng to Zezhou, and in the future, Yangcheng County will have to look at our faces, if we don't let them pass, it will be difficult for the officials here to get to Zezhou, so they can only choose to go north to Qinshui County, and make a detour to Zezhou!

So this time, if we don't fight, we won't fight, and if we want to do it, we will completely cripple the officers and troops in Zezhou, and let them have no strength or courage to come to us again in a short period of time!

Judging from the news sent from the direction of Zezhou, the official army will arrive in the Beiliu area in a day and a half, and today we will pull out the camp and rush to Beiliu to wait for the arrival of the official army!

Li Xuanzhu listens to orders! ”

Xiao Tianjian pointed to the map and explained his combat deployment to his generals, and began to issue orders.

"The last general!" When Li Xuanzhu heard their names, he immediately replied with his chest straight.

"Judging from the news, the townsmen of Yangcheng and the patrol here have begun to transport the grain and straw and other materials in the supply army out of the city, and it is estimated that they will be transported to Taipingzhuang tonight, your task is to take your sentry soldiers as the mainstay, and at the same time bring a hundred Orions to cooperate, and then mobilize the township soldiers of several villages near there as a supplement, first go to solve the problem of this group of people in Yangcheng County, and grab all the grain and straw for me!" Xiao Tianjian instructed him.

Without saying a word, Li Xuanzhu immediately straightened his chest and received the order: "The last general has an order, the general can rest assured, he can't run them!" ”

"In addition, don't kill too much for the local township Yong, after this war, we have to seize the north of the county, after all, most of the township Yong are locals, basically poor haha, they are at the mercy of talents to come to us as enemies, if you kill too much, their relatives will inevitably hate us, and it will not be conducive to our control of the north of the county in the future!" Xiao Tianjian then instructed him.

"The Admiral remembers! It's a big deal to get them away or get them back! If we can't kill it, we'll try to kill as little as possible! Li Xuanzhu immediately agreed.

"Don't wait for the rest of the people, leave it to Feng Gouzi to watch here, you all rush to Beiliu with me, and wait for the officials and soldiers to come!"

With Xiao Tianjian's order, the Xingtian army assembled in Dongye Town immediately began to set up camp, and Feng Gouzi, Li Xuanzhu, Liu Bao and others watched Xiao Tianjian lead the remaining main force to embark on the road to Beiliu.

March 17 is also a day that should be remembered for the Xingtian Army, this is the first large-scale battle with the official army after the Xingtian Army settled in Yangcheng, and it is also the largest military operation after they entered Shanxi, nearly 2,000 Xingtian Army embarked on the road to the battlefield.

A sentry infantry marched along the country road with their weapons on their shoulders and their armor to the characteristic drumbeat of the Celestial Army, while the cavalry of the scout team set off one step ahead of the line and began to explore the way in front of the ranks, while at the same time clearing possible enemy scouts to cover the movement of the main force.

In the center of the team, there were vehicles of various baggage teams carrying tents, grain, and other goods, and they marched out of the area around Dongye Town and out of the area under their control at a very fast speed.

And the two or three villages along the way, the villagers have poured out of the village, to send the Xingtian army out of the expedition, by this time the villagers completely believe what their chief said, this time the Xingtian army not only did not escape, but also under the leadership of Xiao Tianjian, but also went out to meet the official army, so they no longer had the slightest suspicion, they all came out to see off the Xingtian army.

When the villagers saw the Xingtian Army's brigade passing through their village, they were all a little stunned, although they had seen the generals of the Xingtian Army before, but most of the time they had seen the small team of people, and they had never seen such a large army of the Xingtian Army.

When I saw the team of the Xingtian Army today, I was a little stunned, and I saw the soldiers of the Xingtian Army, all of them were shy, with dazzling swords and guns, and everyone was wearing gray leggings, even if the clothes were a little messy, but their neat steps were still amazing.

The entire team of the Xingtian Army marched on the road, horizontal and vertical rows, swords and guns like a forest, not chaotic at all, even the footsteps of the step, almost all of them were the same step distance, every time they landed, they just stepped on the drums beaten by the drummers in the army, the pace was not chaotic at all, and no one left the team without authorization, and the soldiers of the entire Xingtian Army seemed to be high-spirited, and there was a kind of murderous aura faintly.

This kind of murderous spirit is the Xingtian Army this year, experienced dozens of battles of all sizes to experience, coupled with strict training, so that everyone is full of spirit, and the demeanor is also very solemn, when they see some villagers on the side of the road to see them off, everyone deliberately straightens their chests, and deliberately smashes the ground with the soles of their feet when they land, making the footsteps louder.

When the many big feet landed neatly, the sound formed a roar, and then walked forward like a black dragon.

Seeing such a majestic military might, the villagers were even more relieved, and they couldn't help but start applauding for them, and suddenly the applause of the entire village became a loud voice.

And Xiao Tianjian also rode on his yellow horse, slowly following the team through these villages, every villager when they saw Xiao Tianjian, they immediately recognized him, and quickly knelt down to kowtow to Xiao Tianjian, Xiao Tianjian also bowed to them on horseback, and some villagers used their little remaining food, patted some cakes, ran out of the fortress to the soldiers of the Xingtian Army, and some people even boiled a few eggs they had finally accumulated, and quickly ran out of the fortress to the soldiers of the Xingtian Army.

Such a scene moved Xiao Tianjian and his subordinate generals, just for the sake of these people's hearts, they felt that this battle was worth fighting, and for the sake of these people who loved them, even if they died in front of the battle, there was nothing to regret.

Originally, the soldiers did not dare to accept the things stuffed to them by the people, but some of the people cried and shouted that they had to accept them, and finally Xiao Tianjian personally ordered that they could accept their minds, and the soldiers dared to accept them.

"See there are no brethren! Why do the people treat us like this? Just because we treat them as human beings, they regard us as relatives, and those who win the hearts of the people win the world. ”

Xiao Tianjian asked loudly to the soldiers who walked by!

"Don't be afraid! ......" the generals in the army immediately responded loudly.

"Our Xingtian Army ......"

"Mighty!"

"Our Xingtian Army ......"

"Victory!"

In this way, under the guidance of the officers, the soldiers roared loudly.