Chapter 192 The Great Enemy Current

In a blink of an eye, it came in November, and the weather also became extremely cold. During the small glacier period, for the north, the winter temperature was very low, which was basically dripping into ice. The attack of the Xing Tianjun's three-way soldiers and horses gradually stopped due to the weather.

After two months of military use, the three people and horses of the Xingtian Army were quite fruitful. Basically, Qinshui County, Yuanqu County and the southern part of Zezhou were firmly controlled in the hands of the Xingtian Army. Even the soldiers and horses of Luo Li in the north road went out to the two counties of Yicheng and Fushan, before they stopped continuing to attack and gathered troops in late October. We tried to eliminate the hostile forces in the area under control. It turned out that several strong remaining strongholds in Zhuangbao were basically removed because of the dangerous terrain. Under the siege of various soldiers and horses, the situation within the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army began to stabilize.

The land reform work hosted by Fu Deming also progressed quickly. Almost all his experienced men were assigned to the newly acquired jurisdiction to preside over the division of fields. The fertile fields of those slaughtered families were distributed to the people at a very fast speed. Not only that, but also placed a large number of people from the outside to Xingtian. The esratic people in the military-controlled area, the people after obtaining the land, naturally immediately determined to follow Xing Tianjun, and Xing Tianjun also made an appointment at the time of the division of the land. In the first year, they can be exempted from their Tian Fu. In the second year, one Narita Fu will be collected, in the third year, two Narita Fu will be collected, and after the fourth year, three Narita Fu will be fixedly collected. In case of famine, it can also be reduced according to the situation.

Under the guarantee of Xing Tianjun and the trial precedent around Yangcheng, the people will naturally not suspect that Xing Tianjun is lying to them, so as soon as they get the land distributed to them by Xing Tianjun, they immediately live in their own fields. At the same time, a large number of Xing Tianjun retired due to injuries or excessive age. The people who came down were also placed in various places. They were responsible for organizing the people of all townships and villages to establish township soldiers in the new land in various places, and began to practice them when they were still idle. After rough statistics from Fu Deming, this expansion, the jurisdiction of Xingtian Army has more than doubled. The population has also reached nearly 267,000, and the number of township soldiers organized in various places has reached nearly 30,000. These people belong to basic militia organizations. They are usually working in agriculture and do not occupy the establishment of the Xingtian Army, nor do they need to support them by the Xingtian Army. However, they are the potential force of the Xingtian Army. Once used It can be gathered immediately, so that the strength of Xing Tianjun can grow rapidly in just two months.

As for He Renlong's coming to suppress the war, Xiao Tianjian also got the news in advance, so he was ready to collect the troops and deal with it.

However, according to detailed investigation, it was found that after He Renlong led his troops to enter Shanxi, they had been lingering. After being ordered, they set out from Shaanxi Zhouzhi and walked on the road for a whole month before entering Shanxi. At the end of October, they arrived in Xiezhou. Their actions were like snails, and they could not climb much in a day. Shaoli Road is obviously procrastinating, which makes Xiao Tianjian quite funny.

Xiao Tianjian is not nervous about this old opponent, and He Renlong's military strength is limited, but there are only more than 5,000 people. Even with the defenders of Xiezhou, there are only about 7,000 or 8,000 people. With the current strength of Xing Tianjun, he will not worry about this.

So he immediately sent an order to Yan Chongxi, so that he collected the main force of a battalion and marched west along the water river flowing through Yuanqu County. Chen was stationed in the area of Zhengjiapo, firmly guarding the only channel from Wenxi County to Yuanqu County, and transferred two outposts from the new barracks. The new recruits who had just finished the drill were sent to Yan Chongxi's battalion, bringing the strength of Yan Chongxi's battalion to 1,500. At the same time, several newly cast three-pound and six-pound field guns were also transferred to the direction of Yuanqu County to enhance the strength of Yan Chongxi's first battalion.

At the same time, he clearly told Yan Chongxi that Yan Chongxi did not have to take the initiative to attack this old friend, just guard the mountain pass. If He Renlong, who did not know how to lead the army to invade, he would beat them fiercely. If he still did not repent and was bent on leading the army to suppress the Xing Tianjun, he would let him near Yuanqu County and gather at that time. Take the army and eat him in one fell swoop,

It was not until the beginning of November that He Renlong arrived in Wenxi County, sent 2,000 soldiers and launched three tentative attacks on Yuanqu County. As a result, every time he entered the mountain, he encountered a head-on attack from Yan Chongxi's department west of Zhengjiapo. Seeing that the attack was unfavorable, He Renlong took the initiative to give up attacking Yuanqu. The county led the department to withdraw from Wenxi County, and then huddled in Wenxi County and no longer acted rashly. On the contrary, it was in Wenxi County for food and salary, which made a lot of noise. For a proud general like him, the local government of Xiezhou and Wenxi County also had no choice. Wu Yong sent people to urge He Renlong several times, but He Ren Longdu dragged down on the grounds of insufficient food and salary and poor morale.

After learning the news, Xiao Tianjian looked at the map, touched his chin and asked Fu Deming, who returned to Lianhuazhai, "This time, our old friend He Renlong led the army. Why did he move so slowly?" Just after testing in the direction of Yuanqu County, it didn't move? At least this madman is a famous general in Shaanxi. This way really doesn't look like his style!"

After thinking about it, Fu Deming said to Xiao Tianjian, "As a humble position, although this He Longding is known as a madman, he is not a reckless person. He must have learned the strength of our army and is not sure that he can eliminate us. He is afraid that the lonely army will rush into the end of the first two officers and soldiers, so he should It's time to use the dragging formula to try not to fight with us to the end! If you want to drag on, wait for Hong Chengchou to send more soldiers and horses before sending troops!"

Xiao Tianjian nodded slightly and said, "So what kind of result can he drag out if he drags down like this? Will Hong Chengchou mobilise more soldiers and horses to come here?

Fu Deming can't answer Xiao Tianjian's question for the time being, but one thing is certain is that sooner or later, Hong Chengchou will mobilize more troops to deal with their Xing Tianjun, but more specifically, he can't tell when and how many soldiers Hong Chengchou will send! After all, now his main focus is on civil affairs, and Feng Gouzi is now responsible for intelligence matters, so he doesn't have much say in this regard now.

Xiao Tianjian then laughed and said, "I don't know what Feng Gouzi is busy with these two days. This guy should have some news. If he comes, it will be easy to figure out about this matter! He Renlong's performance is obviously a little abnormal. We don't know what tricks there are!"

While the two of them were discussing why He Renlong behaved so shrively, it was said that Feng Gouzi came and asked to see Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian smiled and said, "It's a good time for this guy to come back!" Ha ha! Let him in!"

In a blink of an eye, Feng Gouzi hurried into Xiao Tianjian's room. After saluted Xiao Tianjian, he said, "General, there is news from Shaanxi that Li Zicheng, Man Tianxing, Lao Zhang Fei, King of Gong Gong and other righteous troops. Half a month ago, they once again rushed into Henan from the south of Shang and merged with Wang Gao Yingxiang. First He failed to attack Nanyang, and then his where he went was unknown. At present, the large-scale volunteers in Shaanxi have basically been driven out of Shaanxi by Hong Chengchou. I'm afraid it's not good for us!

In addition, Taiyuan also sent news, saying that Shanxi is also dispatching troops and generals to raise soldiers and grain. It seems that there will be a big move. The number of troops on the side of Fushanwei has increased day by day in the past few days, and the officers and troops on the side of Pingyang Prefecture also have also moved, including the direction south of Zezhou, the Shanxi general Hu Dawei, also led 4,000 officers and troops to enter the station. In Lu'an Mansion.

It seems that the government is going to be serious about us this time!"

After hearing this, Xiao Tianjian and Fu Deming were suddenly shocked. Originally, according to Xiao Tianjian's idea, Li Zicheng and other rebels should be able to delay Hong Chengchou in Shaanxi. In that case, they could contain a large number of officers and soldiers under Hong Chengchou's command, but they didn't expect this guy to suddenly come again. He turned around and ran back to Henan.

In this way, all the rebels basically gathered around Henan, but Henan should now be under the jurisdiction of Lu Xiangsheng, so that is to say, Hong Chengchou can take a breath now and free his hands to deal with him. After all, Hong Chengchou supervises the northwest and the two provinces of Shaanxi, and the rebels in Shaanxi almost ran away. So among the two provinces under the responsibility of Hong Chengchou, there is only a relatively strong Rebel Army like his Xing Tianjun.

And the news brought by Feng Gouzi is also very important. Combined with He Renlong's performance this time, it can basically be concluded that the government wants to take this opportunity to completely solve his Xing Tianjun. In this way, the matter becomes serious.

If there is only He Renlong's officer and army, there is absolutely no problem for his Xing Tianjun to deal with it. Even with the defenders of several surrounding states and counties, together, with the number of soldiers of the three battalions of the Xingtian Army, it is estimated that he has a great chance of winning.

But if Hong Chengchou sends more heavy troops, plus the local border troops in Shanxi, then the soldiers and horses of the Xingtian Army are really nothing. In this way, I'm afraid that the Xing Tianjun will immediately encounter the most serious crisis when they become an army. If they can't stop the officers and soldiers in this battle, then in the past two years All his efforts and hard work will be in the end. If he escapes by chance, he will have to start all over again.

In the face of such a situation, Xiao Tianjian also had to pay attention to it. He put away his relaxed expression and turned to the front of the map. He looked at the map carefully and immediately turned around and said, "Feng Gouzi's news was brought back in time!" It seems that we are really in a bit of trouble this time! The government has exhausted its patience, and it must be planned to catch us in this area this time!"

Fu Deming also nodded worriedly and said, "The general is right. It seems that the government is going to be serious this time! We need to get ready as soon as possible!"

Xiao Tianjian turned around and asked Feng Gouzi, "What else did the news from Taiyuan say? You see, how many officers and soldiers may the government mobilized to suppress us this time?

Feng Gouzi frowned and replied, "I didn't say much else. Taiyuan just said that we should plan early. This time, the government really made up its mind to completely eliminate us, and the worst thing is to expel us from here!" Go somewhere else to be a thief! I guess that if several officers and soldiers work at the same time, then at least more than 30,000 soldiers will be transferred this time, and most of them are elite soldiers who have often fought with all kinds of Rebels in the Shanshan and Shaanxi area over the years!"