The mule battalion lined up in the mountains and watched from a high position as the peasant army crossed the river in large numbers.
He looked straight into Wei Qian'er's eyes, pointed to the other side and shook his hands: "General, are you trapping the invaders?"
Even if they, the Shaanxi people who have been on the border for generations, rebelled, if the Tatars were allowed to invade, they would immediately turn around and help the border troops fight against the Tatars.
"Look at your ignorant look. Can you allow the border troops to escort the invaders?"
Cao Yao liked to quarrel with Wei Qian'er, and now he could use his experience of traveling around. He raised his arm and introduced several leaders: "I don't know which leader is on the other side. The Yiding troops who surrendered and the border troops guarding the Great Wall are all Let him get it."
Liu Chengzong asked: "How do you tell that they are guarding the Great Wall? I see that their clothes and armor are no different from ours."
"Looking at the queue, there are no requirements for the soldiers outside in the queue, but it is different on the Great Wall. I guarded the second border wall in Datong."
The two side walls Cao Yao mentioned were the Great Wall, and the area between the two Great Walls was the military buffer zone of the Ming Dynasty.
"In order to march on the border wall, they usually march with five horses abreast or ten men abreast. Our soldiers outside do not have that requirement."
After that, Cao Yao pointed to the border troops marching on the other side behind the Mongolian Yiding, carrying infantry rifles, bird guns, and three-eyed guns and said: "They must be the border troops of the Great Wall."
Liu Chengzong nodded slowly, then waved his hand and said to everyone: "Pull the team a little eastward. There are pack guns on the horses behind. Don't hit us."
The people on the other side of the river also had horses carrying cannon.
In fact, compared to the peasant army on the other side of the river, Liu Chengzong paid more attention to the officers and soldiers who came out of Yonghe Pass to form formations.
Not every officer is as brave as Lu Cheng.
For example, the commander of Yongheguan led more than 300 people out in a procession. Halfway through, he discovered that the peasant army was extremely large in number, and ordered him to stand on the spot and observe the situation.
After standing for a while, the Yiding soldiers from the Jiangjun army on the other side came out from the mountain road wearing strong armor.
The general who led the army was very obedient and didn't say anything when he saw the situation. He turned around, waved a small flag, and led the troops back to the customs.
Liu Chengzong could see clearly on the mountain, and that was right.
People cannot just think about getting promoted and getting rich.
Think about your parents, wife and children, and then think about your monthly rations and monthly salary.
Don't even fight in the field. Standing on the city wall is worthy of the emperor's kindness of not paying military pay for many years.
"Now it depends on whether they are friends or foes. Listen carefully. The situation is not good soon. Let's form a team from the east and go down the mountain. Don't go to the west. If they want to go up the mountain, they have to go around from the west. They can't disperse."
The three sentry commanders all responded solemnly, turned around and conveyed the order to their respective captains, and the teams listed their teams according to the location of the central army.
Just as the mule battalion was arraying, the peasant army on the other side had discovered that the official army had returned to Guancheng, and the people burst into laughter.
There were even two hungry people in ragged clothes who had crossed the river and deliberately ran to a place not far from Guancheng, took off their pants and swayed from side to side.
Liu Chengzong frowned and smiled ugly: "Are those two guys peeing on the defenders?"
unacceptable.
Even Cao Yao laughed and shook his head: "It's too difficult to be a soldier these days. You either have to be a brave dead man like a guerrilla, or you are as cowardly as this boss, and you can barely ride on your head. ...Why don’t you use artillery? I can’t bear it anyway.”
"If you can't bear it, you have to bear it. There are thousands of people, and there are thousands of soldiers in armor alone. If you can't bear it, you will die."
Liu Chengzong shook his head, suddenly raised his arm and pointed out, "Look on the other side, there are horse soldiers coming."
Judging by the movement, they should have been found on the hills.
However, the peasant army did not treat them as enemies and set up formations in the mountains as Liu Chengzong imagined. Instead, horse soldiers quickly crossed the river from the pontoon bridge and sent orders to people to avoid the mountains.
Then the cavalry soldier approached cautiously and shouted, "Is this General Liu in Maoshang?"
General Liu?
Liu Chengzong was about to step forward to answer when he was stopped by Cao Yao: "Be careful of fraud."
Then, Cao Yao stepped forward and looked down, without showing his head, and just asked: "Which General Liu?"
"General Liu from Yan'an Prefecture!"
Cao Yao looked back at him, his meaning was obvious: I'm looking for you.
He asked again: "What do you want from General Liu?"
Liu Chengzong frowned and looked toward the other side, his heart pounding.
Could it be that my father and brother were so powerful that they took advantage of his absence to recruit a group of border troops and Mongolian Yidin, and expanded the team tenfold to come to find him?
In my heart, I felt that this was too fantasy.
And if he is an old acquaintance of his father, brother, or Yan'an Mansion, he should send someone he knows here. He knows so many people in Yan'an Mansion, so he won't have no old acquaintances.
Then I heard the loud voice of the cavalry soldiers at the foot of the mountain: "Our leader's surname is Gao. He said that you owe him a meal and you haven't paid him back!"
Liu Chengzong wanted to jump off the cliff and cover the horse soldier's mouth.
Without even looking back, he could feel the eyes of his subordinates looking over at him.
Cao Yao in the front also turned around, his eyes widened, and he mouthed silently: "Is there such a thing?"
Liu Chengzong owed a meal to many people, but those people all died in the autumn.
Only one person named Gao is still alive, and he knows who it is.
If it was Gao Yingxiang, Liu Chengzong felt that he could probably guess why he was approached.
The rebels in Shaanxi are all holding together to keep warm, and Gao Yingxiang is no exception.
The cavalry soldiers at the foot of the mountain were still wondering why there was no sound from the mountain after finishing what King Rang said... Suddenly they heard a loud shout.
"He still owes me a copper beast to swallow the door knocker!"
There was no sound at the bottom of the mountain, but the clatter of horse hooves gradually faded away.
The cavalry soldiers took their horses and hid on a hillside where they could not be hit with bows, crossbows and muskets. Then they shouted: "The leader said, if you don't fight, wave the flag!"
After saying that, he jumped on the horse's butt and ran towards the pontoon.
The little guy was wiping his sweat while running, secretly glad that he really saved his life.
It sounded very friendly before, but suddenly it felt like we were not old friends, but more like neighbors.
Build an extra three feet of courtyard wall, move an extra three feet to dig field stakes, the kind of neighbor who has a grudge.
Riding a horse on the Yellow River pontoon bridge, looking forward.
On the west bank mountain, the banner of Chuangzi waved;
Looking back, a red flag is fluttering on the east bank of the hill.
It seems like there is no more revenge.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they reached the other side, Gao Yingxiang led several leaders down the mountain, galloped towards him like a whirlwind, and asked with a tense face: "It's Liu Chengzong, what did he say?"
"He said, he said the leader owed him a bronze beast to swallow the door knocker."
Gao Yingxiang was stunned for a moment, then he laughed out loud, raised the Guandao, shook it and said with a smile: "Ha, hahaha! This little lion really holds a grudge!"
After saying that, he put the sword on the ground and said with his hand: "Go and ask him if he dares to come to the pontoon to see me!"
The cavalry soldiers had no choice but to return to report the news.
The dirty monkey in the sky came over and said curiously: "Since when did King Chuang owe me a copper door knocker? Why don't you pay it back? No wonder they don't let you go."
"What a fart!" Gao Yingxiang said with a smile: "That was because I was released by the county magistrate, so I went back and knocked on his door at night. His little lion ate my head and rice. If I didn't beat him, I would be so angry. Are you comfortable?"
Not to mention Heavenly Monkey Liu Jiusi, even Bu Zhanni, Huntian Monkey and others who came over from the side were stunned.
In their minds, the so-called "owing a meal" should be a beautiful story similar to a meal.
Why is it related to the decapitated meal?
Bu Zhanni said in a daze: "He is so shameless, and he can eat even if others are decapitated!"
"It's not just about eating, forget it, I won't tell you this."
Gao Yingxiang waved his hand, recalling the scene of a fat boy who was studying and practicing martial arts holding the stewed lamb hooves and holding a big bowl while slurping mutton noodles in the prison.
This thing cannot be described at all, and it will make these hungry ghosts starve to death.
Bu Zhan Mu raised his eyes diagonally upward, thinking about what it would be like to eat rice without a head.
Even if Gao Yingxiang didn't say anything, he had already swallowed hard, lifted up his mail shirt, reached into his clothes and stroked his dry belly, and said to himself: "No, I have to get a lamb to eat at night... eh , King Chuang.”
Bu Zhanni said: "I still don't understand. Even if we are old acquaintances, send someone to tell us, and then we can join forces and fight together. Why do we have to let him come over? Besides, will he come over?"
"meeting."
Gao Yingxiang said categorically. In fact, he hadn't seen him for many years. He was not sure whether he would come, but he still warned him: "I'll be here soon. Don't worry about what we say. Don't interrupt me to hurt me." It's a big deal, I came here just to join forces with him."
Huntian Monkey Zhang Mengjin said: "Why do we have to join forces with him?"
What else can I do? It’s useful!
Gao Yingxiang glanced at Huntian Monkey: "The four of us join forces... I really don't know how many of you three, calculated as seven thousand, can annihilate a guerrilla general?"
Not to mention that Gao Yingxiang didn't know, Bu Zhan Mu, Shang Tian Monkey, and Huntian Monkey didn't know either.
Even if the number of people is clearly investigated, if it is one number now, it will be another number tomorrow. It may be more or less. Emperor Zhenwu cannot tell this.
They all started the rebellion because of hunger, and relied on their material strength and luck to survive the plunders. The same was true for their subordinates. If they didn't become thieves, they would starve to death, so it was normal not to become thieves when they were not hungry.
"uncertain."
Bu Zhan Mu answered easily: "Ambush, take advantage of the unprepared artillery and muskets. I will drive the three troops to fight. When they are exhausted, they will break into the king and then use the strong armor. It will not be difficult to win."
Treating hungry people as cannon fodder is a cruel but effective tactic.
"It's not difficult to win. People who are about to die can still use their lives, but it's difficult to get them to ambush them honestly."
Gao Yingxiang didn't mean to ridicule, let alone look down on anyone, he just stated the facts.
Ambushes place higher demands on soldiers than regular engagements.
If only three to five hundred people fought a battle based on luck, it would be okay, but 30% of the regular army and the peasants would be able to take charge of the two and try to intercept them.
However, the more troops we mobilize, the larger the enemy's target is, and the larger the scope of the battlefield covered by Scout Tangqi is, the entire ambush circle will also expand accordingly.
If six or seven thousand people like them are going to ambush, the encirclement must start to shrink at least sixty miles away, avoiding sight in all directions, not being in the enemy's sight, and holding on until the enemy reaches a suitable ambush location. .
There is no need to think about what happens after the war, this alone will make people die.
"If you think about it again, Wang Daliang attacked Hanzhong, Zhou Dawang caused trouble in Wudu, Han Dynasty slaughtered Qingyang, and Zuo Guazi and Brother Wang all went to Hancheng."
Gao Yingxiang said: "Who can grab whatever they go, of course we and King Hengtian, quickly attack all the military forts on the side wall of Fugu, what will it do to the overall situation?"
"This time, we originally said that we would continue to attack the military fortress, but the news of Liu Chengzong's robbery of the post station reached the north, and we realized that without the post station express shop, the connection between Shaanxi and Yansui Town was severed, and Yan'an Prefecture was empty on the map. Like nothing.”
Bu Zhanni rolled his eyes and nodded one after another. He understood: "Being with him will allow us to live for two more years. Is this what King Chuang means?"
"Yes, not to mention that the official army in Shaanxi is powerful, and the imperial court will encircle and suppress it sooner or later. Lao Huihui was so powerful in Huanglong Mountain, but he was driven into Mobei by the official army's 200 cavalry. What can a single thief do to fight against the official army? No matter how powerful he is in eating big households They are looting thieves or mutinous rebels. No one can do it alone. Joining forces is the general trend."
Three thieves with rough backgrounds, you look at me, I look at you, the three different faces are filled with the same confusion.
Gao Yingxiang turned to look at the ignorant three people, sighed, and looked at Bu Zhanni with expectant eyes: "Do you know what the general trend is?"
Bu Zhanni knew, but he couldn't answer it. He didn't know how to describe it in words.
On the contrary, the dirty monkey with a hairy head came up to him with a ruthless look on his face: "Compare the size, the bigger one wins!"
"Yes! The general trend is that from Fugu to Jinsuoguan, we will become one. We can go in and out to plunder all directions. We can retire and recuperate. The border troops guarding the north and attacking the pass in the south will form a separatist force to confront the government troops!"
Gao Yingxiang knew where his desire to join forces with Liu Shizi came from.
The leaders of the gang around me need to be courageous, courageous and courageous, but they are not from a good background. Rebellion depends entirely on the strength of their heads and arms.
It's not that they can't achieve great things, everything is learned, and Gao Yingxiang's own background is not good, but after being a horse bandit for so many years, he has suffered a lot, and naturally has a lot to think about.
Given time, these leaders can achieve great things.
Only, they don't have that much time.
The imperial court would not give them time to grow, and the emperor in the Forbidden City would not give them time to study.
The Huntian Monkey was distracted.
He didn't understand what Gao Yingxiang said, and he wasn't interested. Anyway, he believed in Gao Yingxiang and just told him what he wanted to do. It was very annoying to go around in a big circle: "King Chuang, just say it, just arrest him, that's the general trend... …Oh, here you go!”
Several people looked up to the other side, and several of the horse soldiers they sent to deliver the message galloped back.
Gao Yingxiang looked over and saw that the leading young man had broad shoulders and a broad helmet and armor. His face was sharp and angular. He no longer looked like the fat boy in Mizhi County Prison. He laughed loudly and said, "What a great Liu Shishi. See you." Master, won’t you dismount?”
"Hey, it's not good to use your status to pressure someone when you meet them." Liu Chengzong didn't dismount. He held the red flag between his legs and was ready to retreat at any time. He smiled and said, "Where is the master who smashes the door knocker of his disciple's house?"
On the pontoon, Gao Yingxiang turned to several people and smiled and said, "I'll just say he holds a grudge."
After saying that, he turned around and asked, "I'll pay you, what do you want?"
What else could Liu Chengzong want? He said: "Food, my people don't have enough food."
"No problem, I'll pay you for the food, I don't care if you have enough to eat...but."
Seeing Gao Yingxiang's quick response, Liu Chengzong turned over and was about to dismount. Suddenly, when he heard Gao Yingxiang say something again, he paused while holding the saddle: "But what?"
"I returned the door knocker to you, so it's time for you to return my decapitated meal."
Same question, different mouth.
Liu Chengzong asked: "Then what do you want?"
"Come back to Shaanxi with me, finish what you haven't finished, and demolish all the urgent delivery shops north of Jinsuoguan Pass."
Liu Chengzong raised his face and said with a smile: "That's easy to say."
As soon as he finished speaking, he got off his horse, cupped his fists and said, "Student Liu Chengzong, pay your respects to Master Gao."
