Chapter 214 Strike

Considering that the four-way army has been defeated in the three-way battle, only He Renlong in Yuanqu County is already alone at this time. In order to keep He Renlong, the officers and soldiers on the road should not be killed by the thieves like other three-way soldiers and horses. After crying, Wu Yong had no choice but to admit this assassination. After another failure, he sent an order to He Renlong to withdraw his troops and return to Yuanqu County to guard, so as to prevent the thief's army from gathering troops against him.

After He Renlong learned that Xu Dingguo and other three officers and soldiers were defeated by the Xingtian Army, he didn't even fart. Even if he had packed up the soldiers and horses, he quickly withdrew his troops from the waist of Lishan Town, Yuanqu County, and hurriedly withdrew all the way to the city of Yuanqu County. The area east of Yuanqu County, which was finally recovered, and in an instant, Xing Tianjun, who was led by Yan Chongxi, was recaptured.

And Wu Jing did not dare to neglect it. He immediately reported the news of the defeat of Xu Dingguo, Zuo Guangxian and Hu Dawei to Hong Chengchou, who was in Shaanxi, and wrote the situation of the battle as a report, which was reported to the capital and presented it to Chongzhen for his guilt.

After Chongzhen read Wu Yu's report, even if he was furious, Chong Zhen did not expect that this little criminal army in his eyes seemed to have become a big problem in the imperial court overnight. This time, Hong Chengchou and Wu Jing used tens of thousands of troops in Shanshan, but they could not only not make this one. Xing Tianjun was completely hanged. Instead, he was bitten by Xing Tianjun. There are more than ten thousand soldiers. How can this reassure him?

So he immediately ordered to reprimand Hong Chengchou and Wu Jing again, so that they have to find a way to completely solve this group of Xing Tianjun within half a year, and never let them sit in Shanxi again.

And Hong Chengchou did not expect that so many troops would be used this time to suppress the Xing Tianjun. At the same time, he hurriedly petitioned for guilt, and hurriedly left from Yan'an Prefecture to Pingyang Prefecture to discuss countermeasures with Wu Jing.

After nearly two months of fierce fighting after the New Year, Xiao Tianjian finally led his troops to block the formation of the Xingtian army. The government successfully defeated the three-way invading officers and soldiers who had invaded them, and at the same time forced back the invading officers and soldiers all the way, and within a short time after repelling these officers and soldiers, Qinshui County A large area of southern Zezhou and Yuanqu County was recaptured, and even the territory was expanded to Yicheng, Fushan and other places again, almost taking most of Zezhou.

After this battle, Xing Tianjun was in great prestige. The news flew to all parts of Daming, many small poles and many exiles in Shanxi. After hearing the news, many people heard the news and defected to Xing Tianjun one after another.

After the news spread to Henan, Shaanxi and other places, even Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others were shocked by it. Especially after Gao Yingxiang learned the news, he was even more shocked. He regretted that he did not treat Xiao Tianjian well at the beginning, so that such a fierce man would slip away from his hand in vain.

Reflecting on the situation at the beginning, Xiao Tianjian was originally kind to him, but he was so big that the relationship between the two sides was estranged. Later, it was forced to break up with him, no longer cooperate with him and Li Zicheng, and pulled away his team alone. Unexpectedly, in just over a year, he built a piece of his territory in Shanxi. If he had known this, Gao Yingxiang would not have said anything to Xiao Tianjian anymore. Thinking about what he had done at the beginning, he couldn't help but regret it.

But regret is regret. Gao Yingxiang also knows that he has no regrets that the medicine can be taken. At present, his life is really not easy. Lu Xiangsheng is in Henan and Huguang. Now there is Hong Chengchou in Shaanxi, which is not enough. The court also transferred Sun Chuanting to Shaanxi as the governor of Shaanxi. He and all kinds of volunteers fought back and forth between Henan, Huguang, Sichuan and Shaanxi during this year. Although the momentum was quite strong, it did not change too many of their dilemmas. They were still running east and west, and there was no place to stand.

Now Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng have joined hands to mobilize soldiers and horses from seven provinces to contain them everywhere, so that he has been defeated in Chuzhou, Xuzhou and other places one after another, and has to be forced to return to the land of Shang and Lu.

At this time, Shangluo and other places in Shaanxi were already dilapidated. With so many volunteers returning to Shaanxi, they could not raise much food to support them at all. Therefore, after Gao Yingxiang contacted Li Zicheng, at the end of February of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Gao Yingxiang finally made up his mind to unite with Luo Rucai and others to come to the government in Shaanxi. A big war also took down a piece of jurisdiction under his control.

So at the end of February, Gao Yingxiang led the people of the headquarters, from Yun, Xiang to Xing'an and Hanzhong; Li Zicheng did business Luo Yun Yansui; Luo Rucai and others entered the Fang and Zhu area. A large number of rebels immediately swept through the eastern part of Shaanxi.

In this way, before Hong Chengchou arrived in Pingyang Prefecture and discussed with Wu Jing how to deal with the Xing Tianjun, he had to turn back to Xi'an and quickly arrange the appeasement of Gao Yingxiang and other road volunteers. As for the affairs in Shanxi, he had to leave it to Wu Yu to deal with the aftermath.

Although Xing Tianjun won a great victory in this battle, he was really not happy for Xiao Tianjian. After all, this was a big battle for them. Although he finally defeated several officers and soldiers, for his Xing Tianjun, the material consumption of reserves was also very huge.

After this battle, the original battalions of the Xingtian Army and the two battalions of township barracks have suffered great losses. In a short period of time, it is impossible to continue to use troops on a large scale. Especially in order to cope with the large-scale campaign of the officers and soldiers, the Xing Tian Army had to adopt a strategy of strengthening the field, so that the officers and soldiers ** In the hinterland of Yangcheng, the food crops planted by many good fields in various places before the New Year were almost completely destroyed by the officials and soldiers. For the foundation that did not have a solid foundation, it was also quite serious.

Moreover, after entering the control area of the Xingtian Army, the officers and soldiers almost coincidentally adopted the burning policy. Where they passed along the way, whenever they met villages, the officers and soldiers could not grab the supplies, so they took the people's homes to vent their anger. After this battle, many villages were almost burned into ruins by the officers and soldiers. The wound to Xing Tianjun is full of scars.

In this way, and with the large-scale use of troops for more than two months, the consumption of grain and ammunition stored by the Xingtian Army is also quite huge. In addition, it also needs to help the people with some food, the surplus food of the Xingtian Army is a little overstretched.

Especially after the defeat of the officers and soldiers, the people returned to their villages and looked at the fields that had been scourged. They were all about to cry without tears. Xiao Tianjian had to stop the attack and turned to the work of reorganizing the jurisdiction.

And Fu De's estimate before next year has also completely become a reality. Since last winter and October, there has been no decent rain and snow in Shanxi. Until the beginning of March, the drought in various parts of Shanxi has shown signs, and there has been serious drought in farmland in many places. In this way, the drought has become an inevitable situation in the future.

Now the Xingtian Army can no longer be compared with ordinary rebels. The Yangcheng area has become a base that the Xingtian Army must ensure. It is not only the people who support them, but also has become the weapon supply base of the Xingtian Army. To a large extent, the Xingtian Army has played its combat effectiveness on the battlefield. They don't open the weapons and equipment they have now, which is one of the reasons why they have been facing the repeated advances of the officers and soldiers in the past year, and they have won more with less.

So no matter what the situation is, there must be no loss around Yangcheng. Otherwise, his Xing Tianjun will be no different from other rebels. There is no more refined military policy, and the safety of the base of Yangcheng depends largely on the local people, so how to solve the drought under the jurisdiction of Xing Tianjun. The problem of disaster has become the primary problem that Xiao Tianjian has to solve. Otherwise, the current fields they have managed are likely to make their efforts in disproble because of this great drought!

So after Xiao Tianjian led the army to expel the invading officers and soldiers from their jurisdiction, he took the initiative to collect the front, temporarily stopped continuing to expand, and took back the soldiers and horses of the battalions. He began to eliminate the scattered remnants of the local officers and soldiers in the jurisdiction, and gradually re-stabilized the situation in the jurisdiction.

Like Xing Tianjun, it was the Shanxi official. The hard-won large-scale battle of suppression finally ended in failure. Whether it was the official or the Shanxi military, the attack was very serious. For a while, although the court was furious and the imperial edict to solve the Xing Tianjun within half a year, Shanxi officials did not They closed their noisy mouths and never mentioned the reinsurance of Xing Tianjun again.

At present, through the cruel reality of losing most battles in a year, many officials in Shanxi have realized that Xing Tianjun is not as easy to deal with as they think. If they can't mobilize more officers and soldiers, they are no longer the opponent of Xing Tianjun alone. Since they can't beat them, then No one wants to touch the moldy head of Xing Tianjun again. Let some useless people shout. When they see that Xing Tianjun took the initiative to stop the expansion operation, the Shanxi officials also collectively used the ostrich policy and shrank their heads. They did not want to take the initiative to fight with Xing Tianjun anymore. Every time they fight, they can't be eliminated or Weakening the Xing Tianjun, on the contrary, made the Xing Tianjun more expanded.

Therefore, after the Xing Tianjun took the initiative to stop the attack, the Shanxi government also stopped, and was happy to be calm and temporarily stopped, which formed an inexplicable temporary balance between the official and Xing Tianjun. However, the state and counties in Shanxi also took much more precautions against the Xing Tianjun. All places are setting up checkpoints at the intersection leading to Xing Tianjun to strictly check the passing pedestrian materials, especially for salt tea, grain and other things. They want to strangle Xing Tianjun by this means. In this way, it has caused a lot of trouble for the business between Xing Tianjun and the Fan family.

(In order to issue a heavy chapter today, I decided to discipline myself. Today, I also posted what I just wrote, which is an apology to everyone! Damn it! In addition, I have read the message in the book review area, and I will accept these comments! Thank you for your supervision and advice! Update as usual tomorrow! It will not reduce the number of updates!)