Chapter 165 Response

After the New Year's strike, Xiong Wencan and Yang Sichang mobilized almost all the forces that could be mobilized. Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang, Jiangbei, Nanjing, Shandong, Zhejiang, Sichuan and some Beijing battalion officers and soldiers began to gather towards Henan.

Chongzhen issued an order to pacate the criminal army for three months during the year, which was under considerable pressure on all parties. Although the generals did not want to fight, the civil servants were scared to death, because they knew the current emperor Chongzhen's temper. If they did not work hard, once the battle was lost, it must be them. Officials, so these people tried their best to raise salaries and support the army's actions, so that at the end of February, a large number of officers and soldiers gathered around the area controlled by the Xingtian Army, forming a situation of encircling the Xingtian Army in Henan.

In this way, looking at the posture, it seems to be a little bad for Xing Tianjun. It seems that so many officers and soldiers have made a thunderous momentum to completely crush Xing Tianjun into powder, which is really scary.

Correspondingly, the war machine of the Xingtian Army in the west of Henan has also been completely started. In addition to the three divisions, teaching battalions and cavalry battalions, as well as a battalion of Dongshan Tiger, the reserve battalions were also mobilized to prepare for the attack.

Xiao Tianjian was not willing to have such a large-scale decisive battle with the officers and soldiers at this time. The reason is very simple, that is, it is now the beginning of the spring festival, and it is about to start the spring broadcast. Once they fight with the officers and the army, they will use a large number of reserve battalions to hire strong labor, and they are not careful. It is possible to miss this season, so in the second half of the year, there will definitely be a serious shortage of food supply in his jurisdiction.

But this battle is not that Xiao Tianjian won't fight if he doesn't want to fight. After all, he has now become a thorn in the eyes of the court. If he doesn't get rid of it, he won't be quick. Chongzhen has made up his mind to destroy his Xing Tianjun through this battle. It is impossible not to fight this battle, so Xiao Tianjian can only fight and make a decision. If you want to fight, you can end this huge battle as soon as possible and smash the imperial court's purge of him this time.

But this battle is not necessarily a bad thing, because Xiao Tianjian has realized that by this time, the elite army in the hands of the court has been consumed very fiercely in the repeated suppression of bandits over the years. Not to mention other rebels, in the past few years, there have been a lot of officers and soldiers completely defeated by the Xing Tianjun. As for the complete establishment of officers and soldiers like Zu Dale and others, although the government later reorganized some officers and soldiers, the quality of these officers and soldiers is due to the complexity of personnel, lack of equipment, shortness of military service and insufficient training, resulting in a rapid decline in the combat effectiveness of a large number of officers and soldiers. At present, except for a small number of officers. In addition to the military's combat effectiveness, many officers and soldiers are basically not far from the combat effectiveness of ordinary civilian troops.

So this time, the imperial court mobilized more than 100,000 troops to completely eliminate the Xing Tianjun, but Xiao Tianjian and his generals were not very nervous about this, but arranged the defenses everywhere in an orderly manner.

On the morning of February 26, in the Xingtian Army camp outside Ruzhou, dozens of generals of the Xingtian Army gathered. The big guys gathered in Xiao Tianjian's big tent. Among these people are not only generals at the level of Luo Li, Li Shuanzhu and Liu Bao, but also many rising stars like Liu Yaoben, as well as Niu Jinxing and Li Jin. Such a counselor as De, of course, is also inseparable from Luo Bin, an officer in charge of logistics. All of them stand in the big tent with bright armor and neat clothes, surrounded by a huge map of Henan Buzheng Department, and several maps of the surrounding Buzheng Department are hung side by side with this map.

And Xiao Tianjian stood in front of the map and said to the generals who arrived today, "There are words in the art of war. If you know yourself, you can be invincible. This time, everyone is here to tell you that don't look at the rise of the government this time. In fact, there is nothing terrible! You don't have to worry too much about anything. The reason for you to come is to let you know the layout of the officers and soldiers.

Look here, Luoyang City! Everyone has also seen that Luoyang City has actually become a lonely city. It's up to us to decide when you want to fight. Last year, we didn't fight because we were not completely ready. In addition, Luoyang City is also a bait. If you accept it, you can't attract more officers and soldiers!

But now it seems that the court has been completely hurt by us. This time, it has taken out all the strength of breastfeeding, and it has been transferred troops and sent generals. It is clear that it is going to have a duel with us..."

Speaking of this, Xiao Tianjian paused slightly with a smile, which immediately caused the generals to laugh. The pre-war tension in the big tent was suddenly swept away, and everyone became much more relaxed.

Xiao Tianjian nodded and raised his hand to stop everyone's laughter. Then he pointed to the map and said, "It seems that there are a lot of officers and soldiers gathered around Luoyang City. Up to now, Luoyang soldiers, Kaifeng soldiers, and soldiers and horses from Mengzhou during the Spring Festival have surrounded Luoyang City, with more than 30,000 people, but These 30,000 people are just decorations. Except that the officers and soldiers from Mengzhou have not suffered our big losses, Luoyang soldiers and Chen Yongfu's Kaifeng soldiers are our defeated generals. They do not dare to take the initiative to attack us around Luoyang. Therefore, even if thousands of Mengzhou soldiers come, it is still useless. Now these two or 30,000 The officers and soldiers formed a group in Luoyang, pretending that dead pigs were not afraid of boiling water, and were ready to lie down and be beaten!

You may still remember what I said last year. Although the blessed king in Luoyang City is rich in the world, he is a miser and will not take out money to reward the officers and soldiers. Now Luoyang's detailed work has been transmitted back. Sure enough, although Luoyang has gathered a lot of officers and soldiers, Henan is If they can't afford money and food to support them, the King of Fu is even more unlucky. Now these officers and soldiers can't get military salaries outside the city. They are full of complaints, and they are not in the mood to fight with us at all! It's easy to eat them!

But you guys, don't worry! Let's not hit them first this time! Just let them lie down and wait for us to free up before we clean them up!"

After listening to the generals in the big account, there was another burst of laughter.

Xiao Tianjian cleared his throat and then said, "This time we won't fight Luoyang first, but we can't wait for other officers and soldiers to beat us, because once so many officers and soldiers come together, it will definitely make the people in our jurisdiction suffer, so this time we still have to take the initiative to attack according to our old habits!

Let's talk about the officers and soldiers first! This time, Xiong Wencan made great efforts to transfer Zuo Liangyu, the general of Huguang, to Nanyang, and Li Guoqi, the general of Shaanxi, was also transferred to Nanyang, gathering more than 20,000 officers and soldiers. Looking at the situation, he wanted to fight against us from the south, while Xiong Wencan transferred Huang Degong and General Sun Yingyuan's 15,000 officers to the east. In the area of Runing Mansion, Liu Zeqing from Shandong also has signs of moving towards us. At the same time, he is also mobilating troops from Nanjing, Zhejiang to Henan.

And in our west, Shaanxi, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting can't sit still. During the Spring Festival, they broke up Li Zicheng in the Hanyin area. Now Li Zicheng and a few soldiers under his command will not know where to go. They must find a mountain to hide. As for other activities in Shaanxi. The Rebels, who are now surrendering and scattered, are basically suppressed by Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting. Therefore, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting finally pulled out their hands and began to transfer troops towards Tongguan. According to detailed investigation, this time there are our old opponent He Renlong and our opponent Zu Dani, whom we have never met. Their two soldiers and horses are moving towards Tongguan. It seems that they are planning to go out of Tongguan to form a momentum to attack us.

In addition, this time, there are also officers and soldiers moving towards Henan in the direction of Damingfu. It depends on the situation that we will open a net on all sides and beat us all!

This is the situation of the officers and soldiers at present, and I will teach everyone to understand it!"

After listening to Xiao Tianjian's words, the generals were a little nervous, because there were too many officers and soldiers this time. There were officers and soldiers running in almost every direction in the east, west, north and south, and the number far exceeded them. They were not sure how to fight, so they kept silent and just waited for Xiao Tianjian. Order.

Xiao Tianjian glanced at the generals' faces and didn't see anyone showing fear. He was just a little nervous, so he nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good! Brothers don't seem to be scared by the officers and soldiers! In this way, I have a lot more confidence in my heart!

Everyone must be waiting for me to give orders! All right! I won't sell it anymore! Everyone has listened!"

When the generals heard Xiao Tianjian's order, they immediately retreated from both sides of the queue and waited for Xiao Tianjian's order.

"Liu Bao listens to the order!"

"The end will be!" Liu Bao immediately stood up and answered loudly.

"This time, Vice Commander Luo will personally lead your three divisions and the reserve camps of Lu Shi, Yongning and Mianchi, and be responsible for He Renlong's headquarters and Zu Dabi's headquarters in the direction of Tongguan! In a word, give Vice Marshal Luo and you a month to take down Shaanxi Prefecture, and also take down the Hangu Pass for me. What should I do? You can discuss with Deputy Marshal Luo. In short, the officers and soldiers can't enter the official road to enter the territory of Lushi County. If there is a loss, only you two of you will ask!" Xiao Tianjian raised his hand and pulled out two arrows from the arrow pot and threw them down.

Luo Rucai also immediately got up and stood with Liu Bao to take the order loudly. This time, Xiao Tianjian asked Luo Rucai to lead his troops to resist the officers and soldiers from Shaanxi. Xiao Tianjian discussed with him in advance, and Luo Rucai was also very happy about this. At least Xiao Tianjian didn't treat him as a decoration here now, and Xiao Tian The reason why Jian used Luo Rucai is that Luo Rucai has been fighting with the officers and soldiers for nearly ten years. He has more strategic grasp than any of his generals. Moreover, Luo Rucai also participated in the whole battle against Lu'an Prefecture during the Spring Festival. He has understood the combat mode of the Xing Tianjun and does not use people like Luo Rucai. Obviously, it is a waste of resources.

After Luo and Liu received the order to retreat, Xiao Tianjian continued to shout, "Li Shuanzhu listens to the order!"

Li Shuanzhu immediately stood up and responded loudly.

"You lead the three divisions under your command to sit in the middle of Ruyang for me. Yiyang, Songxian, Ruyang, Lushan, Baofeng, plus Ruzhou and other places, I will be in charge of you! In a word, you lead the three divisions under your command and ten reserve battalions in these places, plus the battalion of Dongshan Tiger, to keep an eye on my home, and also keep an eye on the 20,000 or 30,000 officers in Luoyang. Once they take this opportunity to make a move, they will beat them vigorously! In a word, we should find a way to keep an end to these places, and we can't let the officers and soldiers enter our jurisdiction!

I know your army is a little overstretched. With so many places to guard, it will be a little difficult for you! But you still have to think about it and try your best to do what I asked you to do! Whenever necessary, I will ask Vice Marshal Luo and Liu Bao to support you. Do you understand?

After hearing this, Li Shuanzhu immediately nodded and said, "I received the order! Don't worry, commander-in-chief! As long as I, Li Shuanzhu, will keep these places with our lives!"

Xiao Tianjian nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Luo Bin, "Luo Bin is at your command!"

Luo Bin also put on a gray-blue military uniform specially made by the officers of the Xingtian Army today, which looked heroic. When he heard Xiao Tianjian clicked at him, he also strode to receive the order.

"You stay in Song County, and in terms of logistics and materials, you should ensure the supply of Vice Marshal Luo and Li Shuanzhu. Once they lose the battle because of materials, I'm the only one who asks!" Xiao Tianjian ordered Luo Bin in a rare stern tone.

After listening to this, Luo Bin nodded quietly and saluted, "The last general got the order! Don't worry, General!" Not much to say, but it is very calm, which makes people feel at ease.

Speaking of this, the rest of the military generals who were not arranged laughed and vaguely guessed what Xiao Tianjian was going to order next.

So Xiao Tianjian glanced at the generals and said with a smile, "Don't laugh at the rest!" You all follow me. If you can't fight well, then don't blame me for being rude to you! If this military stick is beaten, it's also you guys who will be beaten first!"

After listening to this, the rest of the generals immediately responded loudly and retreated with an excited salute.