Chapter 87 It is well-founded

In the past ten days, Xiao Tianjian has not been idle in addition to paying attention to the siege. The training of the new barracks in Xingtian's barracks is in full swing, because the recruits are all honest farmers. After the previous experience of training new soldiers, the new barracks instructors have also accumulated rich training experience. , so that these recruits adapt quickly and complete the basic training of the queue in a short time. If they are not allowed to take charge of the main battle, these people can basically use it to assist the soldiers in the battle.

For the siege of Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng, Xiao Tianjian is not familiar with the history of the Rebel Army, so he does not know whether Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng can attack Longzhou City in the future. However, from the current situation, he is also less and less optimistic about this attack on Longzhou City, so he keeps sending scouts to the surrounding area. Exploring all kinds of information within the range, I began to make other plans in my mind.

"General, the consumption of grain and grass in the army during this period is very strong. Originally, most of the grain we brought from Tianlongzhai has been consumed so far, and the rest is only enough to support us for another ten days. If it is consumed here, I'm afraid there will be another ten days, and we will be no food and grass! Why don't you reduce the rations everywhere during this period of time? In this way, you can hold on for more days!" Jinfuzi frowned and found Xiao Tianjian that day and said to Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian is naturally clear about this matter. It has been nearly a month since they came to Longzhou City in the blink of an eye. Although his troops have not been consumed because of several battles, the consumption of grain and seedlings have to attract his attention. The most taboo thing in marching and fighting is the shortage of grain. How many generals in ancient and modern times, in the end, is because of the lack of the army. The grain and grass are broken and the halberd sinks into the sand, so he asks about the reserves of grain every day, and naturally he knows the current situation.

"I know! You don't have to worry about this matter. I have my own determination! Don't reduce rations everywhere for the time being. The training intensity of new recruits is very high, let alone deducting their rations! They chose to follow me just to have a meal? If they can't even fill their stomachs, won't they follow the wrong person? That's it. You go down and do something!" Xiao Tianjian shook his head and ordered to Jin Fuzi.

Jin Fuzi shook his head and came out of the tent. He muttered with a wry smile, "I don't know how expensive firewood is!" But how can it be done to sit and eat the mountain like this!"

"Mr. Jin! What are you muttering about? Just in front of Xiao Tianjian's account, Fu Deming heard Mr. Jin's mutter, so he asked him with a smile. For Mr. Jin, Mr. Xing Tianjun knew that he was a good man and was quite kind to people, so the whole army also respected Mr. Jin. Most people no longer open their mouths and call him Jin Fu now. Instead, he changed his name to Mr. Jin, and Jin Tong was also happy to accept it.

"Oh! So it's Mr. Fu! Ha ha! Nothing! I'm just here to talk to the general about the grain! I'm going back to work!" Dr. Jin was afraid that Fu Deming thought he was saying bad things about Xiao Tianjian behind his back, so he quickly explained, and then arched his hand and trotted towards the back camp.

Fu Deming looked at the back of the faraway Jin Fuzi and shook his head and smiled slightly. During this period, Fu Deming has been completely integrated into the Xing Tian Army. Everyone in the army knows that he is Xiao Tianjian's think tank, so he has become much more respect for him, which makes Fu Deming feel quite good. .

Fu Deming gave his plan to Xiao Tianjian twice, which made Xiao Tianjian win a big victory against the officers and soldiers, so the status of Fu Deming, a poor scholar, also rose, and he walked a lot more casually in the army. The generals who did not like him became kind to him. A lot.

During this period, Fu Deming was also impressed by Xiao Tianjian's courage and tenacity. Just in terms of bad female sex, he admired it very much. Last time Gao Yingxiang gave Xiao Tianjian a beauty, Xiao Tianjian happily accepted it. Originally, Fu Deming was worried that this woman would affect Xiao Tianjian and make him indulge in female sex. But now it seems that he is completely overly worried about this matter. Xiao Tianjian has not stayed in the women's camp for one night since he came to Longzhou City. This kind of patience is basically impossible for most men.

Therefore, Fu Deming felt that Xiao Tianjian was a person who could do great things, so he devoted himself to planning for Xiao Tianjian.

After Gao Yingxiang led his troops to Longzhou City during this period, Xiao Tianjian led his troops and Gao Yingxiang to stay away, always maintained a certain distance, and trained new soldiers in the camp, which made the backbone strength of Xing Tianjun expand a lot. At the same time, he also saw the crisis in it, so after careful calculation, Come to Xiao Tianjian to discuss future actions.

As soon as he saw Fu Deming enter the account, Xiao Tianjian immediately waved to Deming and said, "You're just right here. I'm going to ask you to come and discuss it!"

After Fu Deming gave Xiao Tianjian a gift, he walked to Xiao Tianjian and looked at the map on the table. He smiled at Xiao Tianjian and asked, "General, you have to find someone to discuss where to go!"

"Mr. Fu who knows me! Not bad! It's for this!" Xiao Tianjian took a look at Fu Deming with admiration on his face.

"Yes! Since Fu followed the general, he naturally had to think about the general! If you can't guess what the general is thinking, then it's a dereliction of duty! Ha ha! Can the general lose confidence in the attack on Longzhou City? Fu Deming looked at the map a few times and asked Xiao Tianjian.

"Not bad! At present, it seems that Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng led their troops to besiege Longzhou City this time, which is likely to be a miscalculation! I'm afraid Longzhou City will not be as easy as they think! So if we continue to stay here at the present, just a matter of grain will make our Xing Tianjun unable to fight!

Recently, there has been a shortage of grain in Gaoli's camp. They divided their troops to sweep the nearby villages on all sides to get food. We only have less than a few days left. Gao Yingxiang also sent someone to me yesterday and wanted me to give them part of the food aid. I have refused. If it goes on like this, I'm afraid we will soon. Gao Yingxiang will be incompatible, so I think it's time for us to leave here!" Xiao Tianjian said to deal with Deming behind his back to deal with Deming in the big account.

Fu Deming nodded and said, "What the general said is extremely true. All kinds of scouts have begun to pass on the surrounding situation. Now it has been revealed that the officers and soldiers are now fighting against Zhang Xianzhong and other troops in Hanzhong in the south, and there is still a fierce battle with Luo Rucai in the north. In addition, the news received is that Hong Chengchou is currently in Xining. At present, only Zuo Guangxian's officers and soldiers are left, and his where is still unknown. If his subordinates expect it is good, the importance of Longzhou, for Chen Qiyu or Hong Chengchou, Longzhou is the place they must save. Therefore, if his subordinate is Chen Qiyu, he will definitely adjust Zuo Guangxian's troops and come to He Ren. The dragon is relieved!

In this way, Zuo Guang will definitely lead his troops to come here in the near future. If Gao and Li don't want to fight to the death with the officers and soldiers here, then they can only get out of the siege.

And there is no shortage of supplies in Longzhou City. With the ability of He Renlong, there is no problem to withstand the siege of Gao Li and others for at least a month. Therefore, since we have known the subordinates of the officers and soldiers, we don't have to stay here anymore. It can be said that it is time for us to leave here!"

Xiao Tianjian turned around and walked to the table with the map. He looked down and saw that many places on it had marked the location of a large number of officers and soldiers. Compared with when they just left Tianlongzhai a month ago, it can now be said that they are no longer as black as before. Through various channels, he We have basically grasped the basic movements of a large number of officers and soldiers in Shaanxi at present. Except for the fact that they have not yet investigated the soldiers and horses of Zuo Guangxian, the rest basically know what they are doing. In this way, this also lays a good foundation for Xiao Tianjian's next action, and there is no need to worry about being alone on the road and encountering a big stock. The officer was eaten by the officer.

"What you said is very true, Mr. Lao has been there during this period! We followed Gao Li to Longzhou this time. It seems that the cooperation is not as pleasant as we thought. The day before yesterday, Gao Yingxiang's men came to our camp and asked us to give up this place and let them station. It's really annoying!

Gao Yingxiang's patience is getting less and less. He squeezed me so much. In fact, he still wants to force our Xing Tianjun into his command. In this way, if we don't leave, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to leave!" Xiao Tianjian's face showed indignation when he spoke.

After Gao Yingxiang led his troops to Longzhou this time, he was very polite to Xiao Tianjian and Xing Tianjun on the surface, but secretly limited their space for their activities. They all belonged to the Rebels. Originally, everyone's food depended on attacking Zhuangbao around and getting food from rich people for a living, but Gao Yingxiang relied on his military strength. He attacked everywhere and almost swept the Zhuangbao within 20 miles, but on the side of Xing Tianjun, he refused to allocate the food he had received. Xing Tianjun went out to fight for food, but he had to be restricted by him.

Two days ago, Gao Yingxiang sent someone to Xiao Tianjian and asked Xiao Tianjian to distribute some more grain for his generals. Xiao Tianjian firmly refused his request on the spot, so Gao Yingxiang changed his method, saying that at present, there were too many troops under his command and the camp was not enough, and the camp originally occupied by Xing Tianjun had With sufficient water, he asked Xing Tianjun to vacate this camp and move to a place in the distance to camp again. Such a means made Xing Tianjun despised, and the relationship between the two sides has become increasingly tense these days.

And the mountain tiger, who once had a quarrel with Xiao Tianjian, led a group of people to camp directly near the Xing Tianjun camp, and took a group of people out all day long, with a provoking posture.

In order to take care of the overall situation, Xiao Tianjian had to restrain the subordinates of the Xing Tianjun to temporarily endure. They had to leave the camp. For the time being, he did not want to have a direct conflict with Gao Yingxiang's men, but he also issued a strict order. If someone dares to break into the camp without authorization, he should take it directly and never serve in front of Gao Yingxiang. Soft.

Gao Yingxiang's move can be said to be very sinister, that is, to slowly exhaust the grain of Xing Tianjun, so that Xing Tianjun had to finally be soft to him because of the lack of food and turn to him under his command.

As soon as Gao Yingxiang used it, he was seen through by Xiao Tianjian and Fu Deming, so these days, they have been secretly plotting to leave here. By now, they have basically understood the general situation of the officers and soldiers. If they stay here again, they will wait for Gao Yingxiang to be put on a rope around their neck. Slowly tightened until they finally had to soften.

"So the general has thought that we will leave Longzhou City this time, but where are we going?" Fu Deming raised his eyebrows and asked Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian's angry face relaxed after listening to Fu Deming's question and said to Deming, "I've already thought about it. We must not be like Gao Li and others who have been operating for so many years and only be a bandit. If we want to be strong, we must have a basis that belongs to us. The ground is good!"

"The base? Wonderful! This name is very good. Only with roots can there be evidence, but without roots can only be a piece of duckweed, and it can't grow into a big tree! Yes, the name of the base place is wonderful!" After hearing Xiao Tianjian mention that he wanted to find a place as their base, Fu Deming tasted the meaning of the three words base and immediately stroked his palm.

After listening to Fu Deming's words, Xiao Tianjian was slightly stunned, but immediately realized that he inadvertently proposed a new noun, because the term base is a concept put forward by later generations, and in this era, no one has used this noun, so after saying it from his mouth On the contrary, Fu Deming was very surprised.