In the east of Wuqing County, on the second floor of a restaurant that was used as a headquarters, Yang Guozhu, the "general of thieves", looked at the surrounding desolate county countryside with a telescope.

The telescope used by Yang Guozhu was still given to him by Li Zhi, and it has been some years, and it is not as clear as when he first got it.

Within five miles of the surrounding area, there was not a single civilian, except for the officers and soldiers.

In fact, Yang Guozhu's headquarters was stationed in a town, called Jitou Town, which originally had a population of more than 1,000, but at this time all the residents of the town had fled.

The so-called bandits are like combs, and soldiers are like grates, in the hearts of the people of the Ming Dynasty, the official army is more terrible than the thieves and bandits. The thieves still have some scruples, and if they rob them, they will run, but the officers and soldiers can scrape the ground unscrupulously.

It is light to scrape the ground, and the soldiers of the official army are ruthless, and it is common to kill the good and take the risk.

Therefore, before the recruits of the Beijing camp arrived in Jitou Town, the people in the town all ran away with valuable furniture. Not only did the people of Jitou Town flee, but even the people of half of Wuqing County, where the new army of Jingying was located, fled.

Yang Guozhu looked at the abandoned houses and shops, and felt a little speechless.

If it was more than ten years ago, Yang Guozhu would have been accustomed to the fact that the officials and soldiers were treated like this by the people. Yang Guozhu has seen too many inhumane behaviors in the military, and he is used to the fear of the people towards the officers and soldiers.

But there is no harm without contrast.

After Li Zhi's tiger army became the main force of the Ming Dynasty's southern and northern wars, Yang Guozhu began to have a bad taste for the reputation of the official army. You must know that the reputation of the Tiger Ben Army on the opposite side has long been out, and it has always been fair to the people. As soon as the local people heard that the Tiger Army had arrived, not only would they not flee in the wilderness, but they would even carry food and supplies to the barracks to sell them.

There are even small people who have been bullied by the local tyrants to the Tiger Ben Army barracks to complain and ask the military court in the army to make decisions for themselves. This is not a joke and has happened many times.

Everywhere the Tiger Ben army went, the people ate pot pulp.

After seeing that the Tiger Ben Army was welcomed by the people of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Guozhu deeply felt that the reputation of the Ming Dynasty official army was notorious.

Yang Guozhu also had scouts and spies, and he knew that many people in Wuqing County had fled to the area controlled by the Tiger Ben Army on the opposite side. There, a lot of information about the official army was provided to the Tiger Ben army by the common people. The troop deployment and logistical arrangements of the officers and troops were reported to the intelligence officers of the Tiger Ben Army by the people without any omission.

On Yang Guozhu's side, he couldn't even find a farmer to lead the way.

Yang Guozhu suddenly felt that his Beijing camp did not look like an official army, but like a thief soldier that everyone shouted and beaten. And the Tiger Ben army on the opposite side does not look like a rebel army at all, but like an upright Wang Shi.

Yang Guozhu sighed and put away his binoculars.

The scout returned, and Li Zhi was going to come over in person. The battle that awaits will be a fierce battle.

Yang Guozhu silently walked down from the second floor of the restaurant, and walked to the trench on the front line with a blushing face.

If all goes well, the new army of Jingying will launch an attack on the Tiger Ben army in half an hour. The Tiger Ben army on the opposite side was only 6,000 people, and Yang Guozhu originally had 40,000 people on his side, and Yang Guozhu's plan was to lead the army to complete the breakthrough from Wuqing.

Of course, the scout reported that Li Zhi would bring 3,000 guards over, so Yang Guozhu transferred another 20,000 reserve new troops to ensure that the new army had an absolute numerical advantage.

If the new army could break through from Wuqing, Li Zhi's northern and southern defense lines would be cut into two sections. The 120,000 officers and troops north of Yang Guozhu will hold back the Tiger Ben army on the back, and the 250,000 officers and troops in the south will surround Li Zhi's Hu Ben army to the south and eat the 20,000 Tiger Ben army in the south with superior forces.

Of course, this was a plan on paper, and when Yang Guozhu walked near the trench, he realized that the situation was far from what he imagined.

Behind the trench there were many soldiers carrying shells walking, but the situation was different on weekdays, and the soldiers all had obvious fear on their faces.

Every few steps they took looked to the east in fear, as if death would come from there.

Seeing Yang Guozhu, those soldiers hurriedly suppressed their panicked expressions and walked forward with their heads down.

Yang Guozhu stopped on the side of the road and observed for a while, and found that this situation was not one person or two people, and all the orderly soldiers transporting shells were in such a state of trembling.

Yang Guozhu frowned and walked forward, entering the trench.

The atmosphere in the trench was not very good, and the soldiers who should have been preparing for the attack all had some panic on their faces, and the soldiers gathered together in twos and threes, whispering, as if something unbearable had happened.

From time to time, some of the soldiers stuck their heads out to look at the east side, not like soldiers watching the enemy, but like elk on the mountain watching for a mountain fire that could appear at any time.

Yang Guozhu wanted to arrest one or two soldiers for interrogation, but as soon as the soldiers saw the rebel general enter the trenches, they stopped talking, leaving Yang Guozhu unable to speak.

The white-haired rebel general could only continue to walk forward until he saw three soldiers who were so engrossed in discussion that they didn't notice Yang Guozhu.

Yang Guozhu waved his hand and retreated behind him, and went up to listen to it.

", King Qi is here."

"What to do? Boss Yang? What should I do when King Qi comes? “

The tallest of the three swallowed his saliva and said, "There are many of us, so we are not afraid of Li Zhi." “

The other person cried and said, "Boss Yang, that's Li Zhi, the king of Qi." At the beginning, the Tartar Emperor Huang Taiji could only run when he saw him, and Dolgon was killed without even touching his side. Boss Yang, Li Zhi, the king of Qi, has never lost a battle in his life? This battle can't be won anyway, huh? “

The man who was called Boss Yang was silent.

Another person suppressed his throat and said: "Boss Yang, we are the three big soldiers in Yangjia Village, we can't all fold in this Wuqing..."

When Yang Guozhu heard this, he knew that the officials and soldiers were afraid of Li Zhi.

Li Zhinan fought in the north and south, won more with less countless times, defeated countless fierce enemies without defeat, and was already worshiped as a military god in the army of the Ming Dynasty. When the officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were in the same camp as Li Zhi, they worshipped him. And now that the new army of Jingying and Li Zhi are facing each other, the soldiers are deeply afraid of Li Zhi.

The news of Li Zhi's visit to Wuqing has spread throughout the new army in Beijing, and the number of people in Jingying is several times that of the opposite side, but no one believes that he can defeat Li Zhi, who is invincible and invincible.

As soon as the news spread that Li Zhi would personally conquer Wuqing, the morale of the new army seemed to have been beaten by someone, and it suddenly languished.

Yang Guozhu looked at the fields to the east and understood that Li Zhi, the king of Qi, no, the traitor Li Zhi would soon appear there.

The hero who fought Emperor Taiji in Jinzhou, the military god who swept the Tartars outside the pass, is about to become Yang Guozhu's opponent. In a trance, even Yang Guozhu was a little afraid.

He reached out his right hand and scratched at his old face, trying to ease the fear in his heart.

However, this did not help.