Chapter Twenty-Four: Prestige Spreads

On the other side, Cang Fei and the others went all the way to the west, and as soon as they left Xiangyang, the soldiers of the Tumeng army came to greet them.

Although Cangfei and they went to Lujiazhuang, but the contact with the Tumeng army has not been broken, in Lujiazhuang, the Tumeng army also sent a scout horse to report the situation in the army, Cangfei arrived in the Xiangyang area, they waited early.

After seeing Hua Fangsheng and the generals, everyone entered the Chinese army tent, Cang Fei inquired about the situation in the army in detail, and learned that the Tumeng army had grown again, and there were as many as 2,000 people, but they were stationed on several hills so as not to attract the attention of the Mongols.

"Yes! Our strength is still weak, and we must not concentrate too much, otherwise we will be wiped out by the Mongols, and the soldiers and horses that will expand in the future will continue to do so, mainly developing into the countryside and mountains and forests, and taking the line of encircling the cities from the countryside and seizing power by armed force. Cang Fei nodded again and again.

"The countryside surrounds the city, and the armed seizure of power?" Hua Fangsheng wondered, and the others were also confused.

Cang Fei explained: "The strength of the Mongols is mainly concentrated in the big cities, we can't fight with them now, we can only occupy the countryside and mountains and forests, fight guerrilla warfare with them, and carry out guerrilla battles, the Mongolian cavalry is in these places, it is difficult to show the advantage of cavalry, we can take the opportunity to strengthen ourselves, and wait until the near future, we are strong enough, and then attack the city, completely drive the Mongols out of the Central Plains." ”

"The lord is wise!" Hua Fangsheng said, and the other soldiers of the Tumeng Army also respected Cang Fei.

Cang Fei didn't think anything, this was all the war experience summarized by later generations, he just borrowed one or two, as for whether these people can be used flexibly, he can't control it too much, anyway, he doesn't expect to overthrow the rule of the Mongols with these people alone, and in the end, he still has to wait for his great achievements, and then cooperate with the troops to have a chance to succeed.

Then he pointed to Wu Santong and Lu Liding, and said: "This is Wu Santong, he was the head of the Dali Imperial Forest Army, and he has experience in training and fighting, so you will thank him for consulting him in the future, and this is Lu Liding, he and I are close friends, you are all rough people, and you are not good at calculating the use of money and food, so this aspect will be under his control in the future." ”

"Yes!" Hua Fangsheng said, and the other generals also nodded.

Cang Fei did not let Wu Santong take over the Tumeng Army, firstly, because he was worried that Wu Santong would relapse from his old illness, and secondly, he did not want to make Hua Fangsheng and others dissatisfied because of it, after all, they were veterans and were in charge of the army, and if they were suddenly deprived of their command, I was afraid that they would be centrifugal.

As for Lu Liding taking over the money and food, Cang Fei doesn't have so many scruples, most of Hua Fangsheng and others are mud legs, these delicate things are still handed over to Lu Liding to do, and taking care of Hua Fangsheng in terms of military power is already Cang Fei giving them face, Cang Fei doesn't want his troops to have infighting before they start a formal uprising, how can they succeed if they don't have the same heart, if there are really such people, Cang Fei doesn't mind eradicating them with thunderous means.

"Lord, listen to what you mean, it seems that you are leaving again?" Hua Fangsheng said suddenly.

Cang Fei smiled: "After following me for so long, you know my mind better." “

Hua Fangsheng smiled bitterly, "Lord, why did you leave this time?"

Cang Fei said: "I plan to go to Zhongnan Mountain, the Taoist priests of the Quanzhen Sect are very prestigious in the north, I hope to persuade them to form an alliance with our Tumeng army, even if they no longer support us openly, at least secretly help one or two." ”

"The Taoist priests of the Quanzhen Sect are indeed very respected by the people, and if they support it, it will be quite beneficial to our uprising. Hua Fangsheng said, "However, the Central Plains is more chaotic than the Song Kingdom, and the lord can't just bring some guards this time, he should bring more soldiers." ”

Cang Fei said: "This is natural, give me five hundred elites, and kill some Tartars along the way." ”

"It's better to let your subordinates follow the lord north. Hua Fangsheng said excitedly.

Cang Fei shook his head and said, "This matter is not possible! Tu Mengjun wants to continue to grow, and it can't do without you for the time being, let Zhang Yuan go with me." ”

Zhang Yuan was also one of the soldiers of the Eighteen Volunteer Army who joined Cangfei with Hua Fangsheng that day, and he was also relatively stable, and now he was also a member of the Tumeng Army.

"I will definitely protect the lord. Zhang Yuan was also in the tent at this time, and immediately got up and saluted.

Cang Fei smiled: "I don't need your protection, just kill the enemy for me at that time." ”

"Hahaha!" Everyone else laughed when they heard this, before Cang Fei took the Tu Meng army all the way south and killed the Mongolian Tartars, Cang Fei was indeed the main force, and it can even be said that if there was no Cang Fei, they would be difficult to deal with even if they encountered a hundred Mongolian soldiers, although their team was strong during this time, but when they encountered a small group of Mongolian soldiers, they still felt difficult to besiege with a large army.

The Mongol soldiers were too brave and good at fighting, and the Tu Mongol army was still fighting against the Mongol soldiers, and the chances of victory were still very small.

Subsequently, Cang Fei lived in the army for some more time, and then set off with Zhang Yuan and others to the north, and with him, there were four daughters, Cui Hong, Cui Lu, Li Mochou and Hong Lingbo.

Along the way, Cang Fei encountered a small group of Mongolian soldiers, and naturally killed them, while when he encountered a large group of Mongolian soldiers, he temporarily avoided the edge and slowly advanced towards Zhongnan Mountain.

This expedition is not only for the way of heaven, but also very beneficial to the actual combat of the Tumeng army, the loss of men and horses on the way, will also be absorbed from the Han people along the way, there are too many Han people who resent the Mongols, this kind of people are not lacking at all, but Cang Fei does not dare to recruit too many people, lest the team is too large and the flexibility is reduced, it is difficult to avoid the encirclement and suppression of the Mongol soldiers, as for those who are not selected, he will build yì They will go to other Tumeng army garrisons to defect.

Traveling thousands of miles to the northwest, the prestige of the Tu Meng army officially spread in the north, and the prestige of Cang Fei for Tianxing Dao was naturally more prosperous, and all the Han people were eager for the Tu Meng army to arrive and drive the local Mongolian Tartars away.

On this day, Cang Fei rushed to Zhongnan Mountain with Tu Meng's army, and the battle of his march was so big that it had already alarmed the Quanzhen faction, and when he was stationed under Zhongnan Mountain with his troops, someone from the Quanzhen faction came to visit.

These were two middle-aged Taoist priests, one was younger and fair-skinned, and the other looked old and had a long beard.

After the sergeant's introduction, Cang Fei knew that these two people were Yin Zhiping and Zhao Zhijing.

"I didn't expect that Cang Shaoxia was really as young as people said, we didn't believe it before, but now we know that it's really the case, when a real hero comes out of a teenager!" Zhao Zhijing greeted him as soon as he came up.

Cang Fei smiled: "I have heard of Daoist Zhao's name for a long time. ”

"Where, where!" Zhao Zhijing said with a smile, looking very sleek.