Chapter 124 Revenge

Contrary to the situation of other righteous forces on the road, the Xing Tianjun, which is located in the west of Henan, seems to be outside the matter. There are not many officers and soldiers coming to trouble them. The existing officers and soldiers around are deterred by the fierceness of the Xing Tianjun. They are just monitoring the movements of Xing Tianjun around, before Xiong Wencan sent a large army to come. They did not dare to act rashly, and after April, Xing Tianjun took the initiative to take a break again and entered the dormant period after entering Henan.

But this does not mean that Xiao Tianjian can take the opportunity to take a break. After Xiong Wencan's first defeat of Xing Tianjun in early April, Xiao Tianjian also suspended and continued to expand his territory in western Henan, focusing on digesting the territory of these counties that he had already got. Needless to say, in terms of civil affairs, it is still the old office in Shanxi. The law has been slightly modified to recruit drifters to divide the fields and resume production.

After the beginning of the spring, nearly 200,000 exiles flooded into several counties in the area controlled by Xing Tianjun, so that the labor force in these counties was fundamentally solved. A large number of abandoned farmland was re-cultivated in an extreme time, and the private land of those confiscated vassals and dignitaries were also allocated. The official fields, including those of the previous government, were also allocated.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xiao Tianjian recruited thousands of strong people among the refugees who poured into the jurisdiction, stationed in five counties and launched a large-scale training operation against them. There were already eight war camps in Henan, plus these newly recruited recruits, the strength is as close to the scale of 15,000 people. If If it's not because of the food problem, Xiao Tianjian can easily recruit at least tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in these five counties, but if Xiao Tianjian does this, it is estimated that Xing Tianjun will be almost the same as other volunteers.

Niu Jinxing also showed his talent at this time. As soon as the military calmed down, Niu Jinxing took over the civil affairs. He newly joined Xiao Tianjian and was determined to make some achievements under Xiao Tianjian. For this reason, he learned in detail about the policies previously implemented by Xing Tianjun in Shanxi. Some of them were put forward some revised opinions and submitted to Xiao Tianjian. After reviewing, Xiao Tianjian felt that many of the opinions put forward by Niu Jinxing were quite practical, so he even approved what Niu Jinxing said.

And Niu Jinxing, as a famous scholar in Henan, has recruited a lot of students and classmates. He has invested in Xiao Tianjian's work, which greatly alleviates Xiao Tianjian's lack of management talents in civil affairs. The implementation of civil affairs in several counties is much faster than Xiao Tianjian imagined, which is deterred by powerful force. Under this, some local forces in the jurisdiction of Xing Tianjun have no room for resistance at all. Even some young people dare not be as reckless as before, and the people have been thinking about peace for a long time, let alone fool around. Although the land they planted for the time is not under their name for the time being, they can find a peaceful life in these troubled times. In the place of life, there are fields and food. For these refugees, there is no more extravagance. Therefore, in a short period of time, agricultural production under the jurisdiction of Xing Tianjun has quickly recovered. Some of the original wasteland and abandoned farmland have been planted with grain, plus ten years of Chongzhen in Henan. It is relatively smooth. After the beginning of summer, the grain crops in farmland are quite good. At least if there is no accident in the autumn harvest, there will be no big problem.

And the performance of Niu Jinxing in civil affairs has also relieved Xiao Tianjian's considerable burden, which allows him to spend a lot of time to pay attention to the work of preparing the army.

Although because of Xiong Wencan's thought change, the main target is on other volunteers, Xing Tianjun is after all asking for life under the eyes of the government. After April, the surrounding prefectures and counties have also strengthened their troops to monitor the movement of Xing Tianjun and prevent the re-expansion of Xing Tianjun, while Xing Tianjun is stationed in Soldiers and horses everywhere often have some small-scale battles with the surrounding officers and soldiers.

For this kind of small fight, Xiao Tianjian is happy to see that soldiers can't support the real elite division by training alone. Only through continuous fighting can the soldiers who have seen blood be truly qualified soldiers, and can they not obey the dispatch in the face of danger on the real battlefield. Therefore, he is very much in favor of the counties and armies taking the initiative to find one. Find trouble with the nearby officers and soldiers, and temper the new recruits by waring with the officers and soldiers.

As for the equipment, after the ice floes of the Yellow River disappeared after the Spring Festival, the Xingtian military water camp resumed its operations on the Yellow River. On the one hand, they went upstream, and their tentacles even reached near the most famous Fenglingdu on the Yellow River. By attacking the merchant ships of officials and businessmen, they constantly obtained the needed materials, and at the same time, they went downstream. On the river surface around Kaifeng, in the name of merchant ships, they trafficked all kinds of Xingtian army goods back and forth on the Yellow River.

Of course, another most important task of the water camp is to escort all kinds of materials to transfer them to Henan and give them to Xiao Tianjian for the use of the Xingtian army in Henan. For such large-scale transportation, the patrol department on the Yellow River has almost nothing to do, although the official has also organized several times for the Xingtian army fleet. Blocked, but the details of the Intelligence Department under the rule of Feng Gouzi always checked the news in advance, so that the water camp was ready in advance. Yang Kunshan set an ambush on the river. Several times, the officers and soldiers who were put together by the government did not get it. On the contrary, they were beaten repeatedly defeated, and once again, even even even the ship. The leader was captured by Yang Kunshan, so when he came down several times, the government did not dare to intercept the fleet of the Xing Tian Army on the river.

In order to ensure that these materials can be smoothly handed over to Xiao Tianjian, Xiao Tianjian arranged dark piles near the river in Mianchi County after Nandu. The special department is responsible for receiving the goods and does not transport the goods. Liu Bao in Yongning will send the barracks stationed in Yongning to meet the whole process of escort back to Yongning County.

The officers and garrison stationed in Mianchi did not dare to intercept at all. They could only watch Xing Tianjun swagger a car of goods from under their eyes. Later, until June, the magistrate of Mianchi was really angry and reported the matter to Feng Yijun, the governor of Luoyang, many times. Feng Yijun learned that Xing Tianjun was so arrogant. Zhang, so he sent someone to Shanzhou and told Cao Wenyao, who was temporarily sitting at Hangu Pass, about this matter.

At the beginning of April, Cao Wenyao ate the slump of Xing Tianjun in the mouth of the official road, and retreated to Hangu Pass. For this reason, Hong Chengchou personally sent someone to scold him, which made Cao Wenyao angry to death. After April, he led his troops to re-enter the Lu family three times. As a result, he was beaten back to Hangu Pass by the Xing Tianjun this time. It was really true. Not to mention, as a fierce general, Cao Wenyao can't beat Xing Tianjun, but he really doesn't say anything when he runs. Every time he runs fast, he can escape back to Hangu Pass unscathed. He is also quite lucky.

So when he came down several times, Cao Wenyao also learned to be obedient. As long as Xing Tianjun did not fight against Hangu Pass, he would not be able to retreat and would not seek the trouble of Xing Tianjun. In this way, the northern part of Lushi County would be stable.

After hearing the news that Xing Tianjun often smuggled supplies from Mianchi County, Cao Wenyao thought that his opportunity to revenge finally came. Even if he secretly mobilized 2,000 Qin soldiers from Shaanxi rushed to Mianchi County day and night, even if the hidden stake set by Xing Tianjun by the Yellow River was pulled out, this Xing Tian The dark pile used by the army to receive transshipment materials is a village near the river. After being broken by Cao Wenyao, Cao Wenyao received a lot of ammunition and weapons from the village that the Xing Tianjun had just brought from Shanxi. Then he slaughtered more than 300 men, women and children in the village. He did not even let go of the newborn baby, and finally returned a The fire burned down the village.

The news spread to Yongning. Xiao Tianjian was angry. Cao Wenyao did this, and it was clear that he was to retaliate against Xing Tianjun's repeated defeats. Therefore, he immediately led the soldiers of Liu Bao and other three battalions, gathered two companies of Situ Liang's cavalry battalions, plus the barracks and engineering battalions, and sent troops to the pool.

When Xiao Tianjian led his troops to Mianchi, Cao Wenyao had already led his troops back to Shaanxi Prefecture in advance. Xiao Tianjian could not catch Cao Wenyao, so he vented his anger on Mianchi County. He even pulled out the three officials' villages outside Mianchi County, and killed the families of the three officials, and sent troops to Mianchi County. These more than 100 heads were thrown into Mianchi County.

The defenders of Mianchi County and Zhixian County were so scared that they closed the city gate and did not dare to fight. After Xiao Tianjian led his troops to make a good noise outside the city, he did not attack the city. He turned around and went eastward with lightning speed. Suddenly, he captured Xin'anyi, east of Mianchi County for the second time, and included Xin'anyi was under the control of Xing Tianjun. Below.

In this way, Xiao Tianjian is equivalent to cutting off the connection between Mianchi and Luoyang, and Xin'anyi is also the west gate of Luoyang City. Once it is controlled by Xing Tianjun, Xing Tianjun can appear under Luoyang City in less than a day. For such actions as Xing Tianjun, Luoyang is even tight. Zhang Wanwen hurriedly sent someone to ask Xiong Wencan for help.

However, without waiting for Xiong Wencan to react, after sweeping Xin'anyi, Xiao Tianjian wrapped up the obtained property and food and took the initiative to give up Xin'anyi and retreated to Yongning County.

Xing Tianjun's action shocked the government and the officers and soldiers in Luoyang. Even Feng Yijun was a little regretful that Cao Wenyao should not be involved in this matter. If Cao Wenyao did not slaughter the hidden pile of Xing Tianjun, Xing Tianjun would not report so much. Xin'anyi was almost razed to the ground by Xing Tianjun. Dazhuang in Mianchi County have been broken several times by the Xing Tianjun. If there will be such a thing in the future, the officials in Mianchi County would rather be blind than dare to trouble the Xing Tianjun again.

With the current force of Xing Tianjun, Mianchi County is actually a piece of meat on their cutting board. As long as Xiao Tianjian is willing, he can take Mianchi County at any time. However, because the geographical location of Mianchi County is the same as that of Shaanxi Prefecture, once the Xing Tianjun captures Mianchi, it is bound to attract the government's full attack. Now the autumn harvest is obtained. Before the adequate supply of food, Xiao Tianjian did not want to be a starting bird, so although he was angry with Cao Wenyao's behavior, he only punished Mianchi County in the end, but did not occupy Xin'anyi for a long time. He took the initiative to retreat and gave up the north-south channel that the government attached great importance to.

However, the retreat does not mean that Xing Tianjun is weak. After sweeping Mianchi County, in order to ensure that the north-south traffic will not be cut off by the officers and soldiers, Xiao Tianjian sent a battalion of soldiers in the area of Xiangping Mountain from Yongning to Shaanxi Prefecture, and set up a Xingtian Army camp to hold it. The mountain pass from Shaanxi to Yongning.

If you go out from Xiangping Mountain, if you are a cavalry, it only takes half a day to drive outside the city of Shaanxi. At the same time, standing on Xiangping Mountain, you can also monitor the official road from Shaanxi to Luoyang and look down to the Yellow River. In this way, it is equivalent to putting a knife on the neck of Shaanxi, if Cao Wenyao moves again. The words will soon be discovered by Xing Tianjun and can threaten Shaanxi at any time.

After this demonstration, the officials of Mianchi County no longer dared to provoke Xing Tianjun. Before long, the secret operation of Xing Tianjun in Mianchi County began to start again, and all kinds of north and south materials began to recover through Mianchi County.