Chapter 111 The best defense is attack

And this time, Xiao Tianjian asked Feng Gouzi about the right person. As soon as Feng Gouzi heard Xiao Tianjian's name, Feng Gouzi immediately stood up and replied, "General Qi, this matter is absolutely true. The humble position has just received a detailed report from Zezhou, saying that the Zezhou government has begun to take action and is being accurate. There are also large households from the area of Zezhou who prepare grain, so that they can gather villagers to go to Zezhou to obey orders and come here with the officers and soldiers to fight for us!

This time, part of the officers and soldiers were transferred from Taiyuan, and the other part was mobilized by the local guard in Zezhou. The force is about 2,000, and the army will not exceed 4,000. It is said that the team is a guerrilla surnamed Niu, which is also the largest force that can be used by the Zezhou government at present. !

As for the government in Yangcheng County, they are also instructed to organize Xiang Yong and Grain to support the army's advance and suppressing. The officials in Yangcheng County are not very interested in this matter, but under the pressure of Shangfeng, now they are also summoning Xiang Yong from several Dazhuang in the north of the county to gather in the county, which can roughly summon. It's good to have a thousand people!"

Xiao Tianjian was very satisfied after hearing this. He was very gratified by the decision to hand over the collection of information to Feng Gouzi this time. This guy is indeed more suitable for this matter.

He touched the beard of his chin and meditated slightly and nodded to let Feng Gouzi join the list. Then he glanced at his generals and smiled at them, "It seems that Gao Yingxiang and they are making a lot of noise in Nanzhili and Henan and Huguang. The army of Shanxi's officers and soldiers were recruited to Henan by Hong Chengchou after the Spring Festival. Let's go. At present, they come to deal with us, but they can only mobilize so few people. The two places add up to less than 5,000 people. It seems that it is not too difficult to repel them!"

Originally, after hearing about this, the generals were more or less nervous. They were afraid that the government would send too many officers and soldiers, and it would be difficult for them to fight. After listening to Feng Gouzi and Xiao Tianjian's words, they immediately relaxed.

Speaking of which, there are as many as 5,000 officers and soldiers. In fact, the real officers and soldiers are only about 2,000 people. Some of them belong to the guard army, and the rest are a rabble composed of some villagers and braves. Their combat effectiveness is definitely not much better. Although Xing Tianjun's troops are not as strong as them at present, if they are gathered together. At least it can gather the combat power of 2,000 people.

And these two thousand people can be said to be basically soldiers. By this time, the new barracks on the side of Shuangfengzhai have basically met the requirements of the soldiers. Some of them have been split and added to the sentry soldiers, so that the sentry soldiers have reached a full state of 300 people, and the remaining slightly weaker group of more than 400 recruits. He was assigned to Dongye Town and the mining site, responsible for strengthening the garrison there. In addition, there were also a batch of stay-behind Shuangfengzhai. These people set up a separate sentry to be responsible for the daily defense of several important places. On weekdays, they also took over the task of patrolling and setting up cards at the entrance, and liberated the soldiers to go out for food in turn. Or take a break.

Therefore, as long as Xiao Tianjian collects his troops at present, in addition to the sentry, he can mobilize as many as 2,000 soldiers.

Although it is 5,000 to 2,000, the number of people in the government is superior, but in fact, Xing Tianjun will not be a little fearing them at all. On the contrary, the combat effectiveness of Xing Tianjun will certainly be much stronger than that of the officers and army, which is also the reason why the generals relax immediately after listening.

"So that's all. Since the officers and soldiers are coming, we have nothing to say. Let's meet them and beat them back! Isn't it just that there are more than 2,000 officers and soldiers plus less than 3,000 townships? They underestimated us too much!" After listening to it, Luo Li immediately smiled and said below.

The rest of the people also smiled relaxed and agreed to teach the officers a lesson and let them know the strength of Xing Tianjun.

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Tianjian also laughed and said to them, "Brothers are right. The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth. Since the Shanxi government is not happy with us and wants to pull us out of here, then we will not be polite to them this time. We will beat them and let them know that we are good. !

At present, the spring sowing in our area has just ended. Mr. Fu, they are still busy organizing the people to repair the canal, and Dongye Town has not yet been repaired. The wall project on the side of Shuangfengzhai is also about to be finished. Since we fight, we can't let the officers and soldiers fight on our ground, otherwise it will cause great damage to us, Lao Bai The surname can't stand the toss of their officers and soldiers!

In my opinion, the best defense is attack. I don't think we can defend the village this time, and don't wait for them to come to our ground before fighting. Let's just start first, head in the direction of Zezhou, and directly shrink them back, so as not to delay our affairs! What do you think?"

The generals nodded as soon as they heard it. For such a long time, they all met the officers and soldiers walking around. They only went to fight some Zhuangzi, and they had to pretend to be ordinary poles. It was really uncomfortable to feel aggrieved, and the training of Xing Tianjun was mainly in the field. Such tossing made these soldiers of Xing Tianjun a little unsatisfied and had wanted it for a long time. There was a serious battle, so Xiao Tianjian wanted to go up and fight head-on with the officers and soldiers. None of the generals had any opinions and said that there was no problem. They finally fought down this field, and they didn't want the officers and soldiers to come here for harm.

Xiao Tianjian saw that his suggestions and subordinates agreed, so he nodded and said, "In that's the case, it's settled. Well, that's it today. Liu Bao listens to the order!"

Liu Bao immediately stood up and answered loudly, "The last general!"

"This time I personally led the team to fight. You and Diao Zheng stayed here with the rest of the people, mainly to monitor the movement of Yangcheng County. I don't plan to let these villagers in Yangcheng County meet with the officers and soldiers in the direction of Zezhou this time. After I lead the troops, you gather the remaining 300 brothers to watch the county. If Wang Zhixian is not good. At least, if you send people to enter our territory and cause harm, don't be polite to them and beat them hard. In addition, Feng Gouzi wrote it down for me. This time, there are any big local people who send villagers to fight bravely. Let's settle accounts with them later!" Xiao Tianjian told Liu Bao.

Liu Bao and the new Diao Zheng, who was promoted from the barracks by Xiao Tianjian, quickly nodded and received the order. Although their combat effectiveness of the 300 township soldiers was not as good as that of the combat team, there was still no problem dealing with the 700 or eight hundred villagers in Yangcheng, and Feng Gouzi also came out with a smile, saying that he had arranged for Feng Xi to go. Exploring the news, if the big local family dares to send villagers to help in the war, they will definitely not be able to escape them.

Then Xiao Tianjian continued: "I haven't had a serious fight for a long time. I think you guys should be itching!" You should know that this is the first battle we want to fight with the officers and soldiers after we have arrived in Yangcheng County. If we fight well in this battle, those bad people around us who dare to care about us will be scared out!

Nothing else, let's go down and get ready. Take my orders and get ready to leave at any time!"

The generals immediately responded to their orders, and then turned around and walked out of the charity hall together, returned to their own camps, and began to greet their men to prepare for it.

Feng Gouzi was left behind by Xiao Tianjian and continued to tell him, "You have worked hard these days. Send people to keep an eye on the movements of the officers and soldiers in Zezhou. Once they begin to send troops, they will immediately report the news back. We will block them out of our jurisdiction before they arrive. It can't be too early or too late!"

Feng Gouzi laughed and said, "General, don't worry! The British post has sent more than a dozen people to Zezhou and assigned them horses. As soon as there is news, Pegasus will immediately return it! According to the humble position, at the speed of mobilization of the officers and soldiers, they will not set out for a few days. If the officers and soldiers can't get the money, they will not set out easily, and they will blackmail those large households along the way. It is nearly a hundred miles away. Even if they set out, it will take at least three or four days to reach Yangcheng County. So the general doesn't have to worry that we can't catch up with them! But this time, it seems that there is no chance to participate in the war. It's a pity to think about it!"

Xiao Tianjian patted Feng Gouzi on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Don't be cheap and be good!" I think you are doing this enthusiastically, so don't think about everything about everything! In fact, think about it, what you are doing now is much more important than what you used to do. The life and death of Xing Tianjun are almost in your hands. Don't underestimate what you do!"

Feng Gouzi laughed and said, "I know this humble job, otherwise the humble job would not have worked so hard! Ha ha! General, don't worry. I'll go to Dongye Town to get the news. As soon as the wind blows in Zezhou and the county, I will send someone to send the news back immediately! General, just lead your troops to prepare for the expedition!"