Chen Zhibang's letter clearly told Huang Guangmao not to count on reinforcements!
However, Chen Zhibang was not under pressure from Huang Guangmao. Instead, he took the initiative to relieve him and asked Huang Guangmao to slow down and stop. Don't take the bandits in Funiu Mountain too seriously and just pretend to drive them away. There is no need to fight head-on with those thieves.
However, Chen Zhibang asked Huang Guangmao to slow down and stop, but Lushan County Zun Wang Jida was unwilling to slow down and stop.
How should I put it, the right councilor Tan Zhengling above wants to be promoted due to merit, and so does Wang Jida.
Although Wang Jida was just a civil servant in the county magistrate and seemed to have nothing to do with the military, he still had the responsibility to defend the land. If bandits appeared in Lushan County and then wiped them out, it was okay to kill a wave of bandits and get some heads.
The civil servants in the late Ming Dynasty were not just civil servants, they also led troops.
I didn't see Wang Jida coming with five hundred county warriors.
Therefore, after Wang Jida and Huang Guangmao reunited, they have been urging Huang Guangmao to advance quickly, hoping to take advantage of the rebel army's reaction to directly attack the depths of Funiu Mountain, kill them, and gain some credit for promotion.
As a result, Huang Guangmao felt particularly uncomfortable.
He would definitely be unwilling to ask him to take the initiative to fight against the bandits in Funiu Mountain, but he did not dare to ignore Wang Jida's words.
Therefore, after Huang Guangmao led his troops into the mountains, he was passive and lazy on the one hand, and on the other hand, he looked like he was marching bravely.
It made him feel tired...
And when Huang Guangmao and Wang Jida's thousands of people advanced slowly on the edge of Funiu Mountain, they also sent a large number of sentries into the mountain to inquire about the situation.
Little did they know that every move they made after entering the mountain had been exposed to the eyes of the thieves from the Funiu Mountain Baoxiang Camp.
After the bandits led by Wang Xiazi returned to Funiu Mountain, they asked the various supplies in the caravan to return to Sanshui Village first, while he himself stayed at the edge of Funiu Mountain with more than 20 bandits in order to monitor the movements of the officers and soldiers. .
Subsequently, Sun Chengli learned about the relevant situation and personally led the pro-army cavalry, as well as the left army under Lin Dongsheng and the middle army under Wang Dazhuang from Sanshui Village to the outskirts of Funiu Mountain to join Wang Xiazi.
At this time, the main force of the Funiu Mountain Baoxiang Battalion had gathered in the outer areas of Funiu Mountain. There were more than 60 elite cavalry and more than 200 new infantry.
When Huang Guangmao and more than a thousand officers and soldiers and Qing Zhuang entered the mountainous area outside Funiu Mountain, they were actually discovered by the sentry under Sun Chengli's command, and were followed all the way.
At this time, Huang Guangmao and other officers and soldiers did not know where the bandits were in Funiu Mountain and how many there were.
From the beginning, the information between the two parties was asymmetric.
However, these matters have nothing to do with Luo Zhixue for the time being. Sun Chengli led the army on the expedition, intending to delay the army's march into the mountains and buy enough time for the autumn harvest in the rear.
Luo Zhixue also knew that the situation was urgent, and he had been very busy in the past few days. He needed to manage the weapons workshop, build more weapons, armor, and arrows in a timely manner, and transport them to the front line along with subsequent grain to supply military supplies.
In addition, he also needs to prepare for the autumn harvest and subsequent grain collection.
Each of these matters is extremely important. Luo Zhixue cannot neglect it and does not dare to neglect it.
Because this is not only related to the success or failure of the Funiu Mountain Baoxiang Camp as a whole, but also related to his future.
Luo Zhixue also wants to use the banner of Funiu Mountain Baoxiang Camp to continue to strengthen his own strength.
In the past few months, Luo Zhixue has achieved initial results. He already has four cavalry under his command and 60 infantry in the baggage camp.
In addition, he added an artillery team of 20 people to his supply camp, including three artillerymen dispatched from Sun Cheng's pro-army.
It is worth noting that although these three gunners have been transferred to serve as artillery, they were serious cavalry before and can be used directly as cavalry when necessary.
The above-mentioned troop strength is the result of Luo Zhixue's hard work in the past few months. Although most of the infantry and artillery in the supply camp have problems of insufficient training and poor combat effectiveness, this is actually very inadequate. Easy.
These newly recruited soldiers in the supply camp were all personally selected by Luo Zhixue. All of them were in good physical condition and had an honest and obedient personality.
In the subsequent training, Luo Zhixue also tried his best to collect as much food as possible to supplement their nutrition, and conducted appropriate physical training and tactical training, and equipped them with basic equipment such as spears, knives, shields, and bows.
After training for a period of time, these newly recruited soldiers were naturally not very good at personal tactical skills, but at least they could form a formation and follow orders to make some simple tactical actions.
And this alone is actually enough to distance himself from the foot soldiers among ordinary bandits.
Except for a few elite thief soldiers, most of the remaining so-called thief soldiers are actually young and strong refugees who have been kidnapped. They have not received any formal training at all.
Not to mention training, many of them don't even have conventional weapons such as knives and spears.
The reason why Luo Zhixue wanted to stay in the Funiu Mountains to farm and recruit troops and serve as a military adviser to Sun Chengli was so that he could take the opportunity to build an army that truly belonged to him.
Now that the plan has been initially formed, what is needed in the future is steady expansion.
However, the officers and soldiers entering the mountain may have Luo Zhixue's plan!
It is obvious that once the officers and soldiers are sent into the mountains, let alone directly attack Sanshui Village, even if they cannot reach Sanshui Village and just go to the hinterland of Funiu Mountain and harm the villages around Sanshui Village, then it will be safe to say that The continued expansion of rural camps will result in the loss of vital food foundation.
As part of the Baoxiang camp, the expansion of the supply camp will also be greatly affected.
Luo Zhixue was absolutely unwilling to see this, so he strongly supported Sun Lili in leading the expedition.
He hoped more than Sun Chengcheng himself to keep the officers and soldiers out of the mountains.
For this reason, Luo Zhixue was very considerate when raising and transporting military supplies such as ordnance and food, but did not hold back Sun Chengli and others in the slightest.
And Sun Chengli did not live up to his expectations.
About ten days after Sun Chengli led his troops out, Luo Zhixue received news from Sun Chengli.
According to the news, Sun Chengli had already led some people to spread suspicion, and deliberately exposed some clues to attract the officers and soldiers to the mountains to the west.
Sun Chengli was still very clear-headed and did not directly fight with the officers and soldiers in his head. After all, there were thousands of officers and soldiers in the attack. Even if there were only a few hundred of them who could really fight, they were still in the thousands. Where are the officers and soldiers?
The total strength of Sun Chengli and others is less than 300, of which more than 200 are newly recruited infantry who have not been trained for a long time.
The ones who can really fight are actually the old team in the Baoxiang Camp, the sixty or so cavalry. However, in the mountains with complex terrain, it is actually difficult for these cavalry to take advantage of the cavalry. Maybe they have to be used as bows and arrows. Hands, used by infantry.
Whether it is a strong attack or an ambush, the risk is very high. This risk does not mean victory or defeat, but that the more than 60 cavalry may be damaged after a real fight.
This kind of elite cavalry cannot be easily replenished nowadays. Losing three or five of them will make Sun Chengli feel heartbroken for a long time.
Sun Chengli chose not to resist forcefully, but to lure the officers and soldiers away, which made Luo Zhixue feel relieved. He was also worried that Sun Chengli would get hot-headed and directly fight with the officers and soldiers.
But now it seems that Sun Chengli still has a brain.
Now that Sun Chengli has led the officers and soldiers to the west, Luo Zhixue can initially relax and start the autumn harvest and grain collection.
Now that the grain has gradually matured and begun to be harvested, Luo Zhixue personally went into battle in Sanshui Village, coordinating and commanding the prisoners of war in the supply camp and the prisoner of war camp to carry out the autumn harvest.
The right army that originally stayed in Sanshui Village, more than 50 people from the right army led by the old farmer Xu He, set out in advance to collect grain from the surrounding villages.
This kind of grain requisition was simple and direct. When the mountain people in the surrounding villages harvested grain, part of their grain was confiscated to serve as "food for rural protection."
Luo Zhixue came up with this idea of protecting the countryside, and the proportion of food requisition was not too high, only about 30%.
This ratio of 30% is actually not as high as the land rent outside the mountains. There are many tenants outside renting land from landlords. It is common for tenants to rent 50%, and it is common for 60% to 70% to encounter unscrupulous landlords.
At the same time, in addition to paying rent to the landlord, tenants also had to bear various corvees and taxes from the government.
These days, even tenants who have no land have to pay taxes and corvee, etc. This does not mean that if you don't have land, you don't have to pay taxes.
But here in Funiu Mountain, the Funiu Mountain Baoxiang camp in Sanshui Village will not do so many messy things. It only collects 30% of the Baoxiang grain, and there is no other corvee, capitation tax, etc. .
At the same time, the land of the mountain people is basically cleared and cultivated by themselves, and there is no big landowner to exploit them.
Therefore, even if they farm in the mountains, the yield is not good due to factors such as barren land, difficult irrigation, and unfavorable agricultural tools. However, after paying 30% of the rural grain guarantee, the remaining grain is still enough for them to support their families, and they can even have some surplus for sale. Give it to the caravan in Sanshui Village in exchange for some supplies such as cloth, salt, ironware, etc. that they cannot produce on their own.
This kind of life is actually much better than that of the poor people outside the mountains.
At least, you won't starve to death!
Luo Zhixue felt that the title of grain protection for the countryside was formulated and the soldiers who collected grain were required to strictly abide by the regulations and no additional grain collection was allowed.
Although they are rebel thieves, they cannot directly rob food like ordinary thieves, and they still rob it all.
Not only must they be famous, but they must also ensure that the mountain people can survive after the food requisition is over.
Even Sun Chengcheng agreed with this.
Even Sun Chengli knew that they were now entrenched in Funiu Mountain, which was different from before.
In the past, they were rogues who would often rob and run away. As long as they were not overtaken or blocked by officers and soldiers, they would act without any scruples.
But now, they have become bandits, and they hope to stay in Funiu Mountain for more time, get more food, and recruit more soldiers.
Naturally, they will not be like the Earth-turning Dragons before. When there is no food, they will directly massacre the village to grab food and engage in the depletion of fish.
And this is a good thing for the mountain people in Funiu Mountain!
