In Baoxian County, it was dark, quiet, and very depressing.
The city walls on all sides were covered with lights, and the night wind was blowing fiercely, causing the flags on the city walls to sway constantly.
The soldiers guarding the city on the city wall were strong and armed with weapons. All of them had heavy expressions and stared outside the city.
Outside Baoxian County, although it was already midnight, the lights were still bright and there was a lot of people.
Logically speaking, there should be no lights but darkness in the wilderness. However, a few days ago, this place was occupied by bandits who came all the way from Feng County in the north and used this place as the base of the camp.
This group of bandits from Feng County set up camp in the east of Bao County without any order. There were shacks and huts everywhere, and military tents and camp walls were scattered in disorder.
However, the soldiers in Baoxian County did not dare to take the initiative to attack, because there are currently less than 300 soldiers in Baoxian County, and only four to five thousand people can be gathered including the civilians who defend the city.
The group of bandits in the east, who came all the way to burn, kill and loot, numbered forty to fifty thousand in number. Their camps stretched for more than ten miles.
Without attacking Baoxian County, the soldiers of Baoxian County were already thankful to God and extremely lucky. How could they dare to provoke the rogue bandits outside the city.
Everyone in the city just closed the city gates tightly and ignored everything that happened outside the city.
Seeing that the officers and soldiers were so afraid, the gangsters outside the city became even more aggressive.
In the camp of the rogue bandits, there were many campfires and lamps everywhere, as bright as daylight.
The golden-winged Peng, who had a full beard and was wearing a red robe, had one foot bent on a large seat and the other foot on the ground, sitting at the head of the seat like this.
"Bring me the wine! Bring me the wine"
Jin Chipeng holds a wine bowl in his left hand, and holds a graceful woman in splendid clothes in his right arm.
The woman looked sad and trembling all over, but she didn't dare to resist in the slightest, and could only allow the big hands of Jin-wing Peng to roam around her body and body.
In the big tent, many bandits were sitting on the ground without any appearance, eating and drinking, making noises with each other, and even committing sexual acts in public.
The cries of women at the banquet came from the corner from time to time. Most of them were women from wealthy families and ladies of the family who were plundered from various places.
The town where they lived was broken up by rogue bandits, and everyone they relied on was massacred. They themselves were also captured by rogue bandits to vent their anger.
In troubled times, no one can survive alone...
Seeing the wine in the wine glass bottoming out, Jin Chi Peng immediately shouted loudly.
Hearing Jin-chipeng's loud shouting, several child soldiers who were waiting on the left and right immediately brought a freshly unsealed wine jar from the side and poured wine for Jin-chipeng.
The best wine was poured out from jars, and a lot of wine was poured out of the wine bowls, but no one cared.
They came all the way and grabbed a mountain of goodies. Even if they burned half of them, they still couldn't enjoy them all.
In the big tent, most of the people looked arrogant and arrogant.
They do have the capital to be arrogant, and they also have the backing to make waves.
The officers and soldiers of Feng County ordered them to kill nearly half of them, and the guards of Hanzhong Guard were beaten to the point where they abandoned their armor.
The chicken head barrier that even the big bandits in Shaanxi could not break through was broken by them, and now it is even more burned.
They fought all the way and the officers and soldiers were frightened and fled, not daring to fight them head-on.
They circled around, burning, killing and looting all the way. The officers and soldiers in Bao County City were still hiding in the city like shrinking turtles and did not dare to come out.
Why can't they be arrogant and domineering?
They have suffered from bird anger for so many years, why can't they vent it out? !
Those officers and soldiers, those government officials, those landlords, those government officials!
Those things that are inferior to pigs and dogs should all die, and should kneel at their feet and kowtow to them one hundred and eighty times.
In the big tent, most people were venting their emotions freely without hiding them at all.
But not far from Jin Chi Peng, a middle-aged man with a calm face was sitting on the chair, and he couldn't help but frown slightly when he saw this scene.
The middle-aged man wore a green four-in-one Ruyi Yunhe cloak on the outside, and a red fish scale armor on the inside, with a brocade belt around his waist and armbands (guo) on his wrists. He looked out of place with everyone in the tent.
Just beside the middle-aged man, there were two personal guards wearing frontier jumpsuits.
The two personal guards revealed a fierce murderous aura. They stood behind the middle-aged man with their swords in hand, their eyes constantly wandering around the bodies of the people in the tent.
Although Jin Chi Peng was pouring wine, he was also paying attention to the middle-aged man's condition from the corner of his eyes.
Seeing the middle-aged man frowning slightly, although he felt a little unhappy in his heart, he did not show any anger on his face. Instead, he turned around and smiled.
"The news about Zhang Shuai's great victory over Buckwheat spread throughout Hanzhong, and we, the brothers, are all very impressed. Just for this matter, we, the brothers, must give Zhang Shuai a bowl!"
Jin Chipeng was very carefree and raised his wine glass to signal for everyone to toast together.
This well-dressed, middle-aged man with an evil aura was none other than Zhang Yuan, the Black Killer Tiger who had just won at Buckwheat Mountain, defeated the officers and soldiers, and then besieged Chenggu County.
"Shuai Lu is so heroic!"
In Zhang Yuan's heart, he had no regard for Jin-chi Peng and the rabble under his command.
Zhang Yuan was born in the frontier army in Yansui Town. He served as the chief general in the army and was said to be proficient in bow and horse.
Not only did he look down on Jin Chi Peng, he even looked down on Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong.
You can be a bandit for a while, but you can't be a bandit forever.
Zhang Yuan has not read any books, but he has listened to books, including "Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin".
He didn't understand any big principles, but he knew that they were just wandering around, seemingly powerful, but they were just rootless duckweeds with not much prospects.
No matter how large the mob is, it is still a mob. Thousands of officers and soldiers can chase tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of them, and they will not be able to defeat them no matter how hard they fight.
Zhang Yuan did not want to continue escaping, so after following the large army into Hanzhong, he made excuses and led everyone directly into Xixiang, without following Zhang Xianzhong, Gao Yingxiang and others.
However, Zhang Yuan naturally did not show it. Instead, he catered to her and drank all the wine in the glass.
The purpose of coming to meet them this time was just because they had a large number of people, so they could be used as some assistance.
"This time Lu Shuai broke through the Jiming Pass and greatly boosted the morale of our army. If Lu Shuai had not entered Hanzhong, I would not have been able to take my men to attack Chenggu County."
A trace of complacency flashed in Jin-chipeng's eyes, and he was so unstoppable that he couldn't help but feel a little elated.
If these words were spoken by others, Jin Chi Peng would not feel anything at all.
But the person who said this was Zhang Yuan. You must know that Zhang Yuan is one of the leaders of the 72nd Battalion of Shaanxi Rebels, and he is also the leader of the 24th Battalion.
Just like those heroes in Water Margin, the Thirty-six Heavenly Gangs and the Seventy-six Earthly Demons, they are all stars from the sky descending to earth.
Although Jin-chipeng has not read a few books, he is not stupid.
There have been many civil unrests in Shaanxi and also in Hanzhong. He knew very well that if he fought alone, he would be wiped out by the army.
Jin Chipeng was not dazzled by the great situation at hand, but he heard that none of the millions of troops under King Chuang's command had captured Xi'an City, and seemed to have gone east again.
Jin Chipeng knew well that he had not encountered many officers and soldiers along the way, and the largest group of officers and soldiers he encountered only had a few hundred people.
The reason why he led the large army to the south was because he found out that the Black Killing Tiger and the Sky Harrier were both in the south.
The government's many years of suppression campaigns have always resulted in more defeats and fewer victories. Jin-winged Peng has made up his mind to join forces with Black Killing Tiger and Sky-Diamond Harrier.
"Zhang Shuai is in front of you. How dare you call me Shuai?"
It is absolutely false to say that he does not want to establish himself as a king and separatist power, but Jin Zhipeng knows his own abilities very well.
The victory now is only temporary, and Jin-winged Peng has no confidence that he will always be able to defeat the officers and soldiers.
He actually had a sense of luck and a certain degree of self-reliance.
But after seeing the soldiers under Zhang Yuan's command, Jin Chi Peng no longer had any luck in his heart.
He knew that the best situation now was to join Zhang Yuan's command, follow Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang, and stand with the 72nd Battalion.
Jin Chipeng's eyes swept across Zhang Yuan's body, and he seemed to suddenly remember something and said suddenly.
"Hanzhong City is just to the south. I sent a lot of people to investigate before. Yesterday I reported that a lot of officers and soldiers rushed to Hanzhong City to gather..."
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Jin-chi Peng looked troubled and turned his gaze to Zhang Yuan.
"This matter..."
The leaders in the tent also stopped making noise at this time, and looked at Zhang Yuan along with the Golden Winged Peng.
Feeling everyone's gaze, Zhang Yuan frowned slightly, but soon relaxed, Yun Danfeng said lightly.
"The guards in Hanzhong are incompetent and lack weapons. They were so frightened by the battle at Buckwheat Mountain that they did not dare to leave the city at all."
Zhang Yuan showed contempt. The Hanzhong Guards were so weak that he looked down upon them at all.
"They are just a bunch of trash who can only huddle in their turtle shells. When they gather a large army and surround the city several times, they still worry about being unable to defeat it?!"
Jin Chi Peng glanced to the left and right, and a young man in blue standing next to him understood, and immediately took a step forward to speak.
"Yesterday, an army entered Hanzhong City from the west. It didn't look like a guard..."
"It's more like..."
The guard in blue pretended to hesitate and continued.
"It looks more like the camp soldiers I saw in Feng County last year."
Zhang Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly, then suddenly turned to look at the blue-clothed guard standing next to the Golden-winged Peng.
"The troops in Hanzhong are all in the Xing'an area. The Sky Harrier sent me a message some time ago. Now my men are all in Chenggu County. Did they come here with wings?"
Hanzhong Mansion originally had only a guard post, but it suffered a military disaster in the seventh year of Chongzhen. King Zhu Changhao of Rui wrote a memorial in tears asking for protection.
Chongzhen felt that it was not easy for King Rui, so he ordered people to recruit troops in Hanzhong and set up a guerrilla.
Hanzhong is not considered a town, it is only called a camp. The Hanzhong camp was initially set at 2,000 troops. Now more than 2,000 people have already rushed to the direction of Xing'an to suppress the Sky Harriers. How could they come from the west?
Zhang Yuan's eyes were pressing towards him, and the blue-clothed guard couldn't help but lower his head. A feeling of fear slowly rose from his heart.
"The young man dare not deceive the general. It is indeed an army from the west. There are about four to five thousand people. They are now stationed in the west of Hanzhong."
"I have dealt with the Guards in Feng County and Jitou Pass. That army does not look like the Guards."
The blue-clothed guard suppressed the fear in his heart and said tremblingly.
"By the way... there were many people in that army riding on war horses. A total of more than a hundred of us went to investigate. Fifty or sixty people were killed by them, and the rest escaped only by watching from a distance. A calamity."
Zhang Yuan's expression was slightly stern, and a solemn look appeared in his eyes.
Jin Chi Peng and theirs had the same interests and the same purpose, so there was no need to deceive him with such information.
Then the situation may be exactly what they detected. An army of about 5,000 people entered Hanzhong City.
Regarding the specific information, Zhang Yuan could not trust the bandits under Jin Chi Peng, so he planned to send his elite cavalry to investigate the details.
Zhang Yuan looked solemn as he carefully recalled everything that happened during the day, and then suddenly remembered something.
The spies he sent to Hanzhong City once reported something. It seemed that there was something going on in Mian County and a war was going on.
Could it be...
Zhang Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, and he remembered a key piece of news.
At the end of last month, it seemed that a cavalry group of about four to five hundred people passed through Hanzhong from the west and headed north. Then it returned to Hanzhong more than ten days ago. After returning to Hanzhong, it headed west.
Could it be that something happened to the west of Hanzhong Mansion? A Ming army camp went to suppress it and then stayed near Mian County.
"Five thousand people..."
Zhang Yuan clenched his fists. If a battalion of soldiers really came to Hanzhong City, they might have to re-plan all their previous arrangements.
His vision of capturing Hanzhong City would become impossible.
"There shouldn't be so many..."
Zhang Yuan gritted his teeth and murmured in a low voice that he had finally waited for this opportunity.
The Hanzhong guerrillas are now entangled by the Sky Harriers and unable to return for reinforcements. The northern part of Hanzhong is in a mess. The addition of the Golden-winged Peng has greatly increased their power.
Hanzhong City only has the last two or three thousand guards. Those guards are extremely weak. Maybe they can capture Hanzhong City in one go...
I heard that there are countless gold, silver and jewels in Prince Narui's Mansion. If he takes Hanzhong City and destroys Prince Narui's Mansion, he will have endless gold and silver.
If you use the gold and silver to recruit troops and find craftsmen to make weapons and armaments, you can build a large army in a few years.
Hanzhong Mansion is surrounded by mountains. It only needs to block a few checkpoints to block a large number of officers and soldiers.
Separate one side, split the soil and enfeoff the feudal lord...
Zhang Yuan's eyes swept across the bodies of everyone in the tent, and finally landed on Jin-wing Peng.
"There are only four to five thousand people. Our two families combined have a hundred thousand soldiers. Even one person can drown them with a spit of spit."
Zhang Yuan stood up, his eyes flashed coldly, and he said coldly.
He didn't want to miss this golden opportunity!
