"Division?" Gao Yingxiang was stunned, he didn't expect Li Zicheng to suddenly make this suggestion. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhang Xianzhong was not surprised at all, but very happy. Gao Yingxiang is old, has high prestige, and his troops can also fight, so it is a lot easier to mix with him, and this Li Zicheng is an ambitious commodity at first glance, and he has provoked himself several times, no matter how he looks at it, it is good to leave.

He was afraid that Gao Yingxiang would say something to save him, so he spoke first: "The idea of dividing the troops is good, the officers and soldiers wish we all got together and surrounded and annihilated in one fell swoop!" If you want me to say, people from all walks of life will go to Shaanxi and Gansu, so let's go in the direction of Jiangnan, so that Hong Chengchou, the old fox, doesn't know who to chase, and he has nowhere to use his strength. ”

Gao Yingxiang looked at Li Zicheng, who did not hide from his gaze and stood with his head held high.

Seeing the resoluteness in the other party's eyes, Gao Yingxiang sighed. Li Zicheng has a flexible mind, a unique vision, and his subordinates are also very strong, he is his right-hand man, according to his ideas, he wants to leave Li Zicheng behind, but the twisted melon is not sweet, since he is determined to leave, let him go.

"In that case, lead your troops westward. You have few cavalry, so I will allocate two hundred horsemen from the old camp to you. Remember, when you encounter officers and soldiers, you can fight if you can fight, and run away if you can't fight, and you will not worry about running out of firewood in the green mountains. ”

Li Zicheng was a little moved when he heard this, Gao Yingxiang's old battalion was the old man who had followed him since the first year of Chongzhen, and the veterans who crawled out of the pile of dead people were the most elite soldiers and horses under his command. Now allocate 200 cavalry from the old battalion to him, and as long as the management is done properly, it will not be a problem to expand the cavalry force of tens of thousands of people with these 200 cavalry as the core. The wind knows the strength of the grass, and the relatives can be relied on at the critical moment! This cross mantra of "if you can fight, you will fight, if you can't fight, you will run", is also the sincere words of the heart.

He thanked him gratefully: "Thank you, uncle! ”

The division of troops was thus decided. A few days later, the armies of Gao and Zhang Lian left Fengyang in large and small carriages loaded with looted gold, silver and jewelry, and headed straight for Luzhou. Li Zicheng led his troops and horses to embark on the journey back to the west. Everyone didn't expect that this time they divided the troops, and the three of them went to a completely different path in life.

The imperial court suppressed the army under the command of Hong Chengchou gathered in Henan, the east is the weakest area of the imperial court, Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong joined forces, how can the states and counties in eastern Anhui be stopped? The coalition army went all the way to the east, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and the two prefectures of Kelu and Anqing did not stop until they met Zhu Dadian in Hezhou.

Zhu Dadian led more than 2,000 horses and infantry troops brought over from Shandong, and finally rushed to break through the city of Hezhou Capital by the coalition army, relying on the defense of the city. Zhu Dadian is the governor of Caoyun and the governor of Fengyang, Luzhou, Hezhou and other prefectures are his direct jurisdiction, and there is no obstacle to taking over the command of the city defense.

After advancing all the way east, the combined army of Gao and Zhang has snowballed to 50,000 people, and the momentum is huge. Standing on the city wall, looking at the barracks that stretched for miles outside the city, Zhu Dadian was worried. He, the governor of Caoyun and the governor of Fengyang, has already lost Fengyang and Luzhou before he takes office, and if he comes slowly, Hezhou will also be lost. Although he is not directly responsible for the fall of Fengyang, he cannot recover Zhongdu, but loses the city and land, and his career is in danger.

He said to Su Thick Leg beside him: "At the beginning of the map, the rogue is powerful, what is the best way to repel it and recover Luzhou and Fengyang?" ”

Su Thick Legs observed the barracks outside the city, and replied honestly: "Holding Hezhou City is a victory if it is not broken, with this little force in your hand, defeat the Liukou and regain the lost territory, this ......"

"It's wishful thinking, isn't it?" Zhu Dadian said what Su was embarrassed to finish, and he was depressed. The current situation is much more severe than it was at the beginning of the counterinsurgency. During the suppression of the rebellion, he commanded all walks of life in Shandong, Tianjin, Hebei, and Liaodong, and his troops were strong and strong, especially the ace army of the Ning Army, and he did not dare to say that he was invincible, at least he also defeated the rebels. Now except for their own standard battalion, there are no reinforcements, plus trapped in the city, Huai'an, Yangzhou, Chuzhou and other places are inconvenient to mobilize local soldiers and horses, as Su Thick Legs said, it is still difficult to defend the city, let alone fight out and recover the lost territory?

He suddenly remembered Xia Nan at this time. When he was in Shandong, the Qiongzhou battalion suddenly rose up and became a pivotal force in the counterinsurgency war with its excellent battlefield performance, and it was precisely with the outstanding achievements of the two fronts of the Qiongzhou battalion waterway that the process of the rebel rout would be accelerated. He couldn't help but ask: "The imperial court transferred General Xia's troops to help suppress the Liukou, why hasn't it arrived yet?" If he had him, nothing would have been a problem. ”

Su Rough Leg guessed: "Qiongzhou to Anhui is much farther than Shandong, I guess I am still in a hurry, right?" ”

Zhu Dadian looked at the south from afar and muttered, "I hope he arrives as soon as possible." ”

At the mouth of the Yangtze River, near Songjiang Province, the fleet of the Qiong Navy is preparing to enter the Yangtze River. Summer Nan in the bow of the boat sneezed and said inexplicably: "The weather is so good, how can I catch a cold?" ”

Outside the city, the camp of the Displaced People's Army.

Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong were discussing the siege of the city.

Zhang Xianzhong said: "According to the report of the spies, the commander in the city at this moment is the new Fengyang governor Zhu Dadian. This person had fought rebels in Shandong and had two brushes. With him, it is estimated that Hezhou is not as easy to fight as Luzhou. But if you don't fight Hezhou, you can't get around, as long as you hit Hezhou and Chuzhou one after another, you can go straight to Jiangnan. Thinking of the wealth of Jiangnan and the delicate woman like water, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help but swallow his saliva, he hadn't tasted the taste of a woman in Jiangnan.

Gao Yingxiang said lightly: "We have all fought in the central capital, will we still be afraid of this small Hezhou?" Even if Zhu Dadian has some ability, he will not be stronger than Hong Chengchou, besides, when he takes office as a new official, he has no time to mobilize the officers and soldiers of the state capitals, and how many defenders can the state have? We have an army of 50,000 people, and one person can flood Hezhou City with a mouthful of spit! ”

Zhang Xianzhong laughed and slapped the table suddenly: "'King Chuang' is refreshing to speak, let's fight all the way from Henan to here, except for Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao, who are you afraid of?" Attack the city tomorrow and let this Zhu Dadian be a short-lived governor! ”

On the second day, the battalions of the Wandering People's Army buried their pots early to cook, and after eating and drinking, they were ready to start the siege. Ant-like soldiers rushed out of the camp in dense numbers, carrying long ladders and stout siege logs, and surrounded the west, north, and south gates in three directions, waiting for the main general to give an order, and attacking the city from three directions at the same time.