Gao Yingxiang pondered for a long time and finally spoke. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"In this battle of Hancheng, more than 40,000 officers and troops have been encircled and annihilated, and since then, the pressure of the righteous army in southern Jinnan and southern Shaanxi has been reduced, and the intended goal has been achieved. For the sake of safety, the king thought that all the troops should be evacuated immediately, so as to accumulate strength so that they could make a comeback in the coming day. ”

Li Zicheng breathed a sigh of relief, and he thought that Gao Yingxiang's decision was wise.

Gao Yingxiang's territory is not far from here, Huanglong, Baishui, Chengcheng, Pucheng, Dali, Heyang and other county towns are their territory, these counties have good defense facilities, and there are more than 100,000 troops stationed, as long as they retreat, they are not afraid of Qin Shuhuai's forty or fifty thousand people to kill in.

Now that Gao Yingxiang's ministry has sufficient money and food, and is purchasing a large amount of weapons and equipment through business travelers in various places, as long as it takes another year or two, the equipment of the whole army will take on a new look, and the training of soldiers will become more proficient, and it will not be too late to come out and wrestle with the officers and soldiers when the time comes.

When Li Dingguo heard Gao Yingxiang say this, he immediately panicked and said, "King Chuang, now Qin Shuhuai is 30 miles away, if he retreats now, he will inevitably bite my righteous army in Jinnan, and then we will be in trouble!"

Zhang Xianzhong's troops brought a total of 60,000 horses to besiege Hancheng this time, lost 13,000, and sent another 10,000 to Yichuan to help Gao Yingxiang ambush Qin Shuhuai, so now there are only about 37,000 left. Although there are still about 50,000 men and horses in their territory, because they don't occupy the city, they have no city to defend, and most of the more than 50,000 are still miscellaneous troops, if Qin Shuhuai leads a large army to chase him, he will definitely not be able to bear it.

Gao Yingxiang waved his hand and said, "It's okay, this king will lead the army to the west first, and go to find He Renlong's 20,000 people, as long as they are found, Qin Shuhuai will definitely rush to help the master He Renlong." Wouldn't it be safe for you to evacuate?"

Gao Yingxiang still has an army of about 60,000 under his command, and if it is only enough to deal with the 20,000 army of He Renlong. However, if the large cavalry of the Ming army that was discovered before had already converged with He Renlong, then he could only make a gesture, fight with He Renlong for a while, and then retreat into his own territory.

I have to say that Gao Yingxiang is still very righteous. Because the risk of fighting He Renlong is very high, if the other party has more than 10,000 cavalry, the casualties of his troops will not be small. However, in order to allow Zhang Xianzhong to continue to exist in Jinnan, he still decided to do so.

Li Dingguo saw that Gao Yingxiang's words were all about this, and he knew that people were also benevolent and righteous, so he said, "In this way, thank you for your righteous help in the next generation!"

Gao Yingxiang said, "Your and my two armies are in the same breath, as the so-called lips are dead and teeth are cold, you don't have to thank King Ben." Go quickly, and tell your father to retreat quickly. ”

At this moment, the soldiers suddenly came to report.

"Report! Report to King Chuang, He Renlong's army is hurrying towards Hancheng! It has now reached the Banqiao area, which is more than 40 miles west of the city!"

The generals were shocked.

He Renlong suddenly pounced on Hancheng at this time?

Another soldier ran in.

"Report! Report to the king, a large number of horsemen appeared more than 40 miles south of the city, the number is about tens of thousands, and they are rushing towards Hancheng!"

The generals were shocked and stood up one after another!

Tens of thousands of horsemen?!

Now, everyone understands!

Qin Shuhuai has already surrounded Hancheng from the west, north, and south, and wants to fight them in a decisive battle!

If they were surprised when they got Qin Shuhuai to suddenly appear in Longmen Town before, then now they were completely frightened.

Although they still have a total of more than 80,000 troops, Qin Shuhuai and He Renlong also have 70,000 or 80,000, and more than 10,000 of them are cavalry, if they really fight, they have no chance of winning!

Li Dingguo hurriedly said, "King Chuang, for the sake of today's plan, it is better to take the brothers to the east and retreat into Shanxi." My father still has 50,000 troops in the east, and we have a total of 130,000, if we recall the 50,000 troops in Yichuan, we will have 180,000 troops, and when the time comes, we will not be afraid of him Qin Shuhuai!"

Zhang Mengcun immediately said, "No, if we enter Shanxi, then there will only be more than 100,000 soldiers left in Shaanxi, and we will definitely not be able to hold so many cities! If the more than ten county towns that we have managed to defeat are taken away by Qin Shuhuai again, won't the previous painstaking management be ruined?"

The other generals disagreed. After all, without this large base area, they will have to live a life of exile again, and no one wants to.

Gao Yingxiang frowned, then looked at Li Zicheng and asked, "General, what do you see?"

Li Zicheng said, "If you just lose the city, it doesn't hurt. Now that Shanxi's officers and troops are empty, it is easy for us to occupy a few county towns in the past. The problem is that as soon as we leave, Qin Shuhuai will inevitably take advantage of the situation to clear our stronghold, and the hundreds of thousands of righteous troops left in Shaanxi will probably suffer heavy losses!"

Gao Yingxiang nodded, very much agreeing with Li Zicheng's words. Most of the hundreds of thousands of righteous troops left behind in Shaanxi were the armies of his allies, and they were not strong in terms of combat effectiveness and will to fight, and if Qin Shuhuai went to suppress them on a large scale, they would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

Besides, in the dozen or so cities he occupied, he hoarded countless money, food, and materials, and if these things were robbed by the officials and soldiers, his finances would have to regress for several years.

has no stronghold, no money and food, when he arrives at Zhang Xianzhong's territory in Shanxi, don't he still have to look at Zhang Xianzhong's face and act?

Thinking of this, Gao Yingxiang said decisively, "Don't retreat east." Now that the matter has come to this, we should be determined to be the jade and fight to the death with the officials and soldiers!"

Li Zicheng immediately said, "The last general seconded the proposal!"

Zhang Mengcun, Liu Guoneng and other generals also immediately said, "The last general seconded the proposal!"

Gao Yingxiang said again, "This king thinks that if you want to fight, you can fight the 20,000 army of He Renlong, and you must fight quickly. As long as we can defeat it quickly, we can immediately retreat into Huanglong City, and Qin Shuhuai will not dare to attack. ”

Compared with the more than 10,000 cavalry in the south and the more than 40,000 troops in the north, among the three forces besieging Hancheng, He Renlong's 20,000 army was indeed the weakest. If Gao Yingxiang can break through He Renlong's defense line, he will be able to break out of the encirclement. After that, they traveled more than 80 miles to the west, and it was Huanglong City.

His suggestion was unanimously approved by the generals.

Gao Yingxiang said to Li Dingguo again, "General Li, in this way, Qin Shuhuai will definitely come to pursue our army, and you can still withdraw from Hancheng safely." Hurry up and go to your father to deploy a retreat, it's too late. ”

Li Dingguo responded, then galloped out, mounted his war horse and ran back to his camp quickly.

Gao Yingxiang's battalion immediately took action, and the soldiers who were preparing to attack the city were called back, and then the whole army immediately gathered and set off. In order to speed things up, they brought only five days' rations with each of them, and the rest of the baggage was burned on the spot.

And at this moment, Qin Shuhuai was only 25 miles away from Hancheng.