5Build high walls, gather grain, and slow to become king

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It took Li Zixiao two days to deal with the aftermath of this battle, except for the Cai family's nursing home who was killed, Li Zixiao also let go of those poles and went back to bring a message to the leader of the dozen or so small poles.

As for the remaining captured officers and soldiers and villagers, Li Zixiao would not abuse them, so he directly dealt with them according to the normal treatment of prisoners.

They became free laborers, and under the supervision of a team of soldiers, they began to repair the damaged parts of the wall, the gate, and other parts of the cottage.

However, what Li Zixiao is thinking about now is to recruit troops and expand his strength, and I believe that this time, with his defeat of the 700 officers and soldiers of the Suiyang Guard, his pole can be regarded as officially entering the sight of the government.

Although in the short term, the government should not be able to send officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress him, the buffer time left for him will definitely not be very long.

Anyway, the government will not sit idly by and watch him rise in the hinterland of the Central Plains, so Li Zixiao must let his subordinates expand their strength as much as possible before the next time the government sends troops to encircle and suppress him.

So, Li Zixiao asked Zhang Ergouzi to go out to recruit the homeless people, and the young and strong homeless people in Yongcheng County have almost been recruited by their cottage.

Then Li Zixiao directly asked Zhang Ergouzi to lead people to recruit displaced people in the surrounding counties, as long as he has food in his hands these days, he is afraid that he will not be able to attract the mouth to eat!

Li Zixiao sent Zhang Ergouzi to recruit new homeless people to come over and replenish his new barracks, and at the same time, he also officially formed the fourth team of more than 100 cottage recruits, and ordered Luo Chao to be the captain of the soldiers.

Luo Chao didn't shirk this time, and took the initiative to take over Li Zixiao's appointment, through this battle, Luo Chao really liked the feeling of leading the troops, and liked the feeling of fighting side by side with his group of brothers.

And these more than 100 recruits also proved their value through this battle, and they have been nailed to the wall of the cottage for four days in defense of the cottage, blocking the attack of the officers and soldiers outside the village.

In this battle, these recruits suffered more than 40 casualties, but under the leadership of Luo Chao, they still stuck to the wall and never retreated, they are already worthy of the title of soldiers.

Of course, of the more than 40 casualties, two-thirds were wounded, not killed, and after the medical team sent to Li Langzhong to recuperate, it was enough to return to the team.

Despite this, Luo Chao's fourth team of soldiers at this time was still not satisfied, only about seventy people, and as those wounded soldiers returned from injury, the number was still not enough.

The number of regular soldiers like Zhou Dazhu, Wei Hong, and Liu Chong is usually maintained at more than 120 people.

There was no way, Li Zixiao thought about taking out some of the more than 50 auxiliaries under Dong Zhuang's command to join Luo Chao's fourth team.

However, before he could talk to Dong Zhuang, Dong Zhuo first complained to him, saying that he had too few auxiliaries and could not afford the logistics of the entire cottage.

Thinking about it, at this time, he has more than 600 people in the entire cottage, and most of the logistics affairs need to be taken care of by the auxiliaries under Dong Zhuang, and those soldiers are only responsible for training and fighting, which is indeed a bit stretched.

That is, fortunately, this time they captured more than 300 officers and soldiers and the villagers of each village, and after having these free laborers, Dong Zhuang persevered.

Dong Zhuang's words directly made Li Zixiao's previous plan give up, and Li Zixiao readily agreed to Dong Zhuang's request to increase auxiliary troops.

At the same time, he had an idea and agreed that Dong Zhuang could select a hundred people from these captured officers and soldiers and village warriors to supplement their auxiliaries.

In fact, in Li Zixiao's plan, there are more than 300 captured officers and soldiers and villagers in various villages, Li Zixiao has no intention of letting go, and now he is short of people, how can he waste it!

However, Li Zixiao never thought of letting these people join his four teams of soldiers, because he really didn't look down on these military households and villagers, but it was okay to let them supplement the auxiliary team.

Luo Chao's fourth team of soldiers is temporarily dissatisfied with the formation, and there is no way, so let's do it first, who made Li Zixiao lack people everywhere now.

Now Li Zixiao is counting on Zhang Ergouzi to bring him more homeless people as soon as possible to make up for the lack of manpower under him.

After the war, Li Zixiao convened a group of copycat henchmen and officers in accordance with the previous rules of the cottage and held a post-war discussion meeting.

Summing up their gains and losses in this battle, as the saying goes, learn war in war, since most of him and his subordinates are from the wilderness, they have not specifically learned to lead soldiers to fight.

Then they have to study harder, and fortunately, Li Zixiao has also read some historical and military books in his previous life, and even watched some military programs and film and television works, so he still has some understanding of ancient marches and wars.

Then, after personally leading troops out of the village to fight Zhuangbao and ambushing officers and soldiers several times through his winter, Li Zixiao has summed up a set of his own fighting methods in his heart.

After the summary meeting, Li Zixiao also specially convened his most core team members and held a secret meeting, because he wanted to discuss a major matter with his henchmen.

That is the question of whether to take the opportunity to seize the county seat of Yongcheng.

In fact, when Liu Jinbao and other officers and soldiers were defeated in the night attack, some of Li Zixiao's soldiers boldly shouted the slogan of capturing Yongcheng County, and they also received the support of many people.

As Li Zixiao finished the busiest business at hand, he had to think deeply about the call of his subordinates, so he decided to gather his henchmen to discuss this matter in secret.

Those who were able to be notified by Li Zixiao to participate in this secret meeting were definitely the most core members of Li Zixiao's subordinates at this time, Qian Guangyuan, Wei Laofuzi, Zhou Dazhu, Wei Hong, Liu Chong, Dong Zhuang, Luo Chao, Quartz, all present.

Originally, Li Zixiao also invited Li Zhengming and Li Langzhong, after all, he is also one of the core members of the cottage, and he is in charge of the entire medical team.

However, as soon as Li Langzhong heard that they were discussing the war, he shook his head, he was not interested in the war at all, he was only responsible for treating the sick and saving people.

At the beginning of the secret meeting, Li Zixiao did not speak, and glanced at Qian Guangyuan, Qian Guangyuan nodded understandingly, and proposed to everyone one of the main things to be discussed at this meeting.

"If you want me to say, of course this Yongcheng county is going to be defeated, and now with these officers and soldiers of the Suiyang Guard, as well as those villagers, we have been defeated.

With the one hundred and eighty soldiers in Yongcheng County, it is not our opponent at all, and when the time comes, we will put a cannon, and Yongcheng County will not be able to capture it!

When Yongcheng County is defeated, we should also go to the old dog of the Cai family to settle the account, and Lao Tzu will cut off the old dog's head with his own hands. ”

When Zhou Dazhu heard that he was going to attack the county seat, his eyes widened, and he was overjoyed, and he was the first to take the lead in speaking.

"I don't agree with Lao Zhou." After listening to Zhou Dazhu's words, Liu Zhong spoke.

"What, Lao Liu, am I not right?" Zhou Dazhu was not happy when he heard that Liu Chong was against him.

"Lao Zhou, I'm not saying that what you said is wrong, what you said is right, now with our strength, not to mention the entire territory of Yongcheng County.

Even the entire territory of Guide Mansion, whether it is the government or the pole, it is estimated that no one is our opponent, and it is too easy for us to take down a Yongcheng county seat.

But have you thought about it, as long as we don't openly raise the banner of rebellion, we just beat those big Zhuangzi, maybe the court will treat us as bandits.

But if we take down the county seat of Yongcheng, it will be a simple banditry, it will be equivalent to a rebellion, do you think the imperial court will tolerate a rebel army that exists at such a close distance from Kaifeng?

Look at the imperial court's efforts to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and these large rebel armies, almost all the elite troops except for the northern border have been transferred.

The rebels who were still calling for wind and rain in Henan before were beaten back to Shaanxi and drilled into the ravine, which also caused the empty imperial court forces in the Central Plains.

Otherwise, do you think our poles can survive so safely? In the final analysis, it is still the imperial court that has not focused on our bandit-like armed forces.

But if we really take Yongcheng County, it is estimated that even the current saints will be alarmed, and at that time, I dare to assert that in less than half a month, we will be surrounded by the imperial army that is swarming around.

Usually, according to the temperament of those officials and masters, when they procrastinate and gather the officers and soldiers, and then beg for salaries, and then pull each other's skins for a while, and then wait for them to encircle and suppress us, it will take a month or two to say the least.

But once we take Yongcheng County, even the emperor will be alarmed, and those officials and old men will not dare to talk about it, that is, it is estimated that within a week at the earliest, the counterinsurgency army of the imperial court will arrive.

Don't think that we defeated those officers and soldiers in the Suiyang Guard, just think that all the armies of the imperial court are like that, and even if our cottage soldiers can defeat one enemy and ten, they can't withstand the swarming imperial army around us.

That's why I said I don't agree with your statement that you hit the county seat.

As for dealing with the Cai family, we will have an opportunity in the future, just a Cai family is no longer qualified to be our enemy, and it is a matter of time before the Cai family is cleaned up, but it cannot affect the development plan of our cottage. ”

Liu Chong is worthy of having been in the army, and his vision of things is to be more long-term, and what he said happened to be what Li Zixiao was most worried about.

Sure enough, as soon as Liu Chong's words were finished, the entire people attending the meeting were silent, and they were all thinking about Liu Chong's words.

After a while, Wei Hong also spoke: "Big boss, I agree with Lao Liu's statement, we shouldn't fight this county now."

It is not worth it just to lay down a Yongcheng county, so as to provoke the army of the imperial court to suppress the territory, what we have to do now is to bury our heads in developing our own strength, and we will not get much benefit from laying down a county seat.

I think we might as well go to the surrounding big houses and forts, those landlords and old money have a lot of good things in their hands, no worse than beating the county seat, and they can also reduce the attention of the government as much as possible. ”

After Li Zixiao listened to Liu Chong and Wei Hong's words, his eyes suddenly lit up, he really underestimated his subordinates before, but he didn't expect them to see their situation very clearly at this time.

In fact, before convening this secret meeting last night, Li Zixiao had already talked in detail with Qian Guangyuan, the only strategist by his side at this time, all night.

Li Zixiao told Qian Guangyuan everything in his heart, and was recognized by Qian Guangyuan, and Qian Guangyuan also checked and filled in the gaps for Li Zixiao, and put forward a lot of good opinions.

For Li Zixiao, whether he can defeat Yongcheng County or not really doesn't value him, and what he desperately hopes for at this time is when he will be able to have a base under his jurisdiction.

As the saying goes, if he wants to feed these people, it is not a long-term solution to rely on robbing his house alone, he must run a base by himself.

Once he has a stable base, he can slowly accumulate strength, sit back and watch the situation develop for a few years, and when the time is right, it will be the day when he will raise the banner.

Li Zixiao's idea was also recognized by Qian Guangyuan, and according to Qian Guangyuan's summary, he said in one sentence: build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly become king.

This is the strategic policy of Zhu Chongba, the founding emperor of the old Zhu family, to seize the world, and it can still be used by Li Zixiao at this time.

Among them, building a high wall refers to establishing a stable and powerful rear base to allow yourself to have a strong blood-forming ability.

The vast accumulation of grain means that it is necessary to establish a rich strategic reserve, and the so-called "grain and grass go first before the soldiers and horses are moved," and fighting a war is logistics.

As for the final delayed king, it is also very in line with the situation of Li Zixiao at the end of the Ming Dynasty at this time, at this time, the entire Central Plains, the beacon smoke is everywhere, and the uprisings of the righteous armies from all walks of life are in full swing, setting off a wave of overthrowing the old Zhu family.

At this time, they should minimize the attention of the government, avoid the suppression of the imperial court to the greatest extent, and let the other rebels attract the elite army of the imperial court, so that they can bury their heads in development.

At this time, after Li Zixiao heard the discussion of his subordinates, he couldn't help but nodded, but he didn't expect these people to realize this, which is really very difficult.

Immediately, Li Zixiao stood up and said to everyone: "Yongcheng can't fight for the time being, in the future, what we have to do is to develop in a low-key manner and try not to attract the attention of the imperial court."

Although we don't attack the county seat, we don't have to be polite to the surrounding big forts.

At the same time, after the fact, we will give all the land in the hands of those big households, as we did in Linjiabao, to the people, and then we will collect the rent of Sanchengtian.

In the future, we will turn this Yongcheng County into the backyard of our White Snake Village, as for the Yongcheng County seat, put it there, and when the time is ripe, it will only be a matter of minutes to take it.

At the same time, I want to warn you that you must not have any contact with any rebels in private, remember that we are just trying to survive and beg for food, and we have to make a pole as a last resort, and we have no intention of overthrowing the old Zhu family. Do you understand? ”

Li Zixiao's words in the end can be said to be the development model he thought of for a period of time in the future, in fact, Li Zixiao also borrowed from the idea of 'the countryside surrounds the city' of the founding ancestor of the later generations.

It doesn't matter if a broken Yongcheng county town is fought or not, as long as he can conquer the surrounding major villages and forts, and control the land of the original landlords and old fortunes in these villages.

Then distribute it to those peasants to cultivate, and without charging too much land rent, they can feed his subordinates, anyway, in a word, in Yongcheng County in the future, except for the broken county seat, the rest will have to listen to his White Snake Village.