Shang Zhixin was training his soldiers on the side, and then he had to re-select his escort candidates, this escort team was originally formed by himself when he came out, as long as two or three henchmen, this time they were also killed together, since those henchmen dared to disobey the yang and the yin, they were not qualified to be his henchmen.

On the other side, Geng Jingzhong's deputy general was not idle: "Lord Wang, if they hadn't dragged their feet today, we would have already attacked Qutang Pass." ”

Geng Jingzhong did not stop the deputy general from saying this kind of thing, this kind of thing was originally to destroy the relationship between the two armies, but today Shang Zhixin's people have really gone too far, Geng Jingzhong is also very dissatisfied, if this continues, there is no need for the two families to cooperate, without their Shang family, the Geng family can also enter Sichuan. It's just that they don't matter before they enter Sichuan, but they are important after they enter Sichuan.

A lieutenant general next to him said: "Lord Wang, otherwise we will part ways, I think that just like them, when we occupy Sichuan, they will have to spend here." ”

Geng Jingzhong glared at him: "Nonsense." If we two of us work together, we will benefit both sides, and if we divide them, we will not say this kind of thing again. Although he had this idea, but it was just a flash, in his opinion, Sichuan, the court of the former Ming Dynasty, was just an appetizer, after occupying Sichuan, and when Wu Sangui cleaned up the Qing court or waited for the Qing court to clean up Wu Sangui, they still had to form an alliance to achieve greater benefits after all.

It doesn't matter if his subordinates can't see this, but he must stop them from continuing to develop these ideas, otherwise the officers and soldiers of the two armies will have to have contradictions, and when the time comes, what kind of alliance will be talked about, it will directly become internal friction.

As soon as the surrounding generals saw this situation, they could only keep their mouths shut, their behavior was just to test their own prince's thoughts, since the prince had not planned to part ways with Shang Zhixin, then they didn't need to continue.

Geng Jingzhong glanced at them: "Don't be full of these things, hurry up and find some fishermen who are familiar with the water, whether we can attack Qutang Pass or not depends on them." ”

The Jinyi guards here also got the news at this time, and then began to act separately, and soon the news was known for dozens of miles around, and then these people began to flee towards the mountain overnight.

You can always come back to live by hiding in the mountains for a few days, but if you are really dragged by them to fight, I am afraid that you will never come back in this life. These people don't know the truth of this news, so they are all young and strong, anyway, no matter which army in the past dynasties and dynasties went to fight, they were all looking for young and strong, and it was very troublesome for the old and weak to migrate, so it was just the young and strong at home who hid.

When the people of Geng Shang's coalition army arrived here, there were only a few young people left in many villages who refused to believe the news, and the leaders couldn't care if they would run out of water, so they all arrested them back.

After they got these people away, the news was finally confirmed, and the young and strong family members who hid out were all happy, fortunately they believed the news, like those young people who were taken away, their homes were basically destroyed, and when the world was in turmoil, there was a strong laborer in the family who could barely starve to death, and even the strong laborer was taken away, and the family could only starve to death.

To say that in peaceful days, every family has a little surplus food, and the people in the village will not starve to death, but at this time, let alone help others, they are too busy to take care of themselves.

When they heard about it a little further afield, they all ran to the mountains, hoping that the battle would be over and that they would go home and farm well.

Geng Jingzhong monk Zhixin heard that only more than 30 strong men were captured in several villages, and immediately thought that this matter was a little wrong, they wanted to recruit those fishermen into the army, but it was only a decision made today, how could the people in the village get the news, when they brought the troops over, the young men in the village were still staying in the village, how could they suddenly run to the mountains.

His first thought was that there were traitors on the opposite side around him, but after thinking about it, it was impossible, these people came with him thousands of miles away, how could the other party not be able to place spies in the army, and even if they were spies, how could they notify so many villages at the same time?

But this was the time of the race against time, and he didn't have time to think too much about what was going on, so he immediately sent people along the river to a farther place to collect fishermen and fishing boats.

Now it is impossible to collect large boats, and most fishermen use small boats for fishing, and many of these large boats are owned by the government, and there are no more after collecting them once.

The army can only go to farther places to recruit, and if they want to recruit fishermen who know how to eat, they have to follow the river, as the saying goes, they rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and rely on the water to eat the water, and only those who eat by the river next to the river can have water.

And Jin Yiwei also had this thought, so they went all the way along the river, they just shouted everywhere they went, and didn't say a word, and then left the half-believing villagers.

However, the news of this era spread much slower than that of later generations, and a group of young people were arrested, as long as a few villages next to each other got the news, the villages that were farther away had not yet received the news, so when the people of Geng Shang's coalition army went farther away, they still recruited a lot of people.

But this time back and forth is not close, when I go it is quite fast, when I come back, I have to watch these young men to prevent them from escaping, these young men have no horses to ride, and the degree is lowered.

On this day, Cheng Xiaolian looked at the fierce fire oil that he wanted to wear to Qutang Pass, Cheng Xiaolian opened the lid and took a deep breath, as if he smelled the industrialization of later generations and asked, his expression was a little trance.

Yang Youcai was stunned for a moment: "Your Highness, is there a problem with this fierce fire oil?" Why do you have this expression? ”

"No problem, it's a good fire oil, with this, don't say that they go into the water, even if it's on the boat, we can burn them too."

A person who followed glanced at Cheng Xiaolian: "Your Highness Qiqi, according to your request, there are people left over there to continue to collect fierce fire oil, and dozens of sergeants are sent around to guard it to ensure that no one can steal the fierce fire oil." ”

Cheng Xiaolian nodded: "It's good, you will be responsible for the transportation of fierce fire oil in the future." ”

"Thank Your Highness for appreciation."

Qin Yue glanced at the fierce fire oil: "Your Highness, can this thing really catch up in the water?" ”

"This is not simply burning, it is several times more powerful than the vegetable oil we used a few days ago, and with this thing, we can hold on for many days."

At this time, a brocade guard came over: "Your Highness Qiqi, the brothers on the opposite side have sent news, they have collected a lot of young men from afar, but they are still on the way, and it is estimated that it will be impossible to attack Qutang Pass within three or five days." ”

Cheng Xiaolian nodded: "Even so, we can't relax our vigilance, what we rely on most now is the iron cable, and we must not let them steal it." ”

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