stubborn thief

Chapter 144 Gone
The news came earlier than Liu Chengzong imagined.

Fu Renxi left and returned half a day later, bringing news of Fenzhou Wei.

"General, Zhang Zhan, the commander of the Fenzhou Weizuo Station, sent someone to ask me about the situation. He wanted me to ask them for help so that the Fenzhou Weiqi Army could cross the border. What should I do?"

This news did not make Liu Chengzong happy, nor was he afraid, but brought deep doubts. He asked, "They received the news so quickly?"

He is very clear that he is not a famous general in the past, and he is not worthy to talk about strategy and tactics.

Even if there is another memory, all that memory can provide is a far-sighted vision for the future. If you really act according to that memory, you will die within two steps.

After all, it was a character who couldn't even coordinate 25 people in a dungeon.

But that memory still brought him a strong talent, calculation.

In the most basic work, a lot of complicated calculations become simple for him.

Fenzhou Guard is in Fenyang, more than a hundred miles away from here, and it has to pass through Luliang Mountain in the middle. Even if someone sees the wolf smoke and reports to the other side, it will not pass Luliang Mountain at this time. Did you get in touch with Fenzhou Wei?
Li Bei per capita?

He didn't believe it.

But he couldn't help but believe it, Fu Renxi said: "The commander of the left office of Fenzhou Guard is stationed in Shilou, and it seems that they sent people to sneak across the border a few days ago."

Liu Chengzong thought for a while, and compared this information with the information of the woman rescued from the bandits on Yatou Mountain in his heart, and matched it.

The two women went and came back, saying that their home was ransacked by thieves and then burned down by the government army. It is estimated that it was the Fenzhou guards who did it.

These people haven't left yet, they are still stationed in the stone building.

It seems to be addicted to looting.

"If they want to cross the border, you can let them cross the border with a box of gold and ask for help, but you have to ask for help from the Fenzhou Guard, and tell them that I have a lot of people, so you have to bring the entire Fenzhou Guard army over."

Unexpectedly, when Liu Chengzong said this, Fu Renxi was shocked and said: "General, this is absolutely impossible. I don't know what's going on in Shaanxi, but in Shanxi, the Banner Army of the Guard is not weaker than the Frontier Army."

Isn't the Weisuo Banner Army weaker than the Frontier Army?
is it possible?

Yang Yanchang didn't even dare to say that his banner army was stronger than the frontier army.

But Fu Renxi said so, and explained: "The general doesn't know, the Fenzhou Guard is different from other guards. It was originally just a guard house for thousands of households. In Chenghua, it was promoted to the Fenzhou Guard Center. The left and right offices were changed by the herd offices of Qingcheng and Yonghe princes' mansions, and they all have commanders, and they are still close to the east and west mansions of Fenyang until now."

"Wangfu doesn't treat them well, but they are indeed better than us when it comes to eating."

Worthless or not, the frontier army eats more than the Banner Army of the Weisuo.

Thinking this way in his heart, Liu Chengzong is not a person who is arrogant, he thought for a moment in his heart, and said to Renxi: "Then if this is the case, you send a letter to Shilou, saying that I am many and weak, easy to defeat, but He will flee in all directions and ask him to find another 800 people to help besides Zuo Suo."

Liu Chengzong stayed here because he wanted to gather some help.

His people have already investigated the road situation clearly, and there is only one road from Yonghe County to Pingyang Mansion in the east.

After passing Xizhou, you have to choose one of the three mountain roads in the north, middle and south of Luliang Mountain, leading to the Fenhe Plain.

There are many roads, but in fact Liu Chengzong has no choice.

The north road goes to Fenyang, the middle road goes to Huozhou, and the south road goes to Linfen.

Fenzhou Guard is located in Fenyang, while Pingyang Guard is stationed in Linfen.

These two guards decided not to enter Huozhou rashly, otherwise they would be attacked by the north and the south on the plain; while the road from Fenyang to Xizhou can reach Yonghe County westward; Linfen has no second mountain road to go around. behind him.

So if you want to leave Linfen, you must first destroy the Fenzhou Guard in the northeast; if you want to leave Fenyang, you must first destroy the Pingyang Guard.

It doesn't need to be wiped out, as long as most of its troops can be wiped out at one time, so that the rest of the troops dare not fight in the field, it will be done.

Needless to say, Fu Renxi is very caring, and will never consider issues for the Fenzhou Guard from the perspective of the officers and soldiers.

Four generations of Fu Renxi's ancestors guarded the border, his grandfather died outside his mouth, his grandfather died in North Korea, and his father died in Liaodong.

It was not until his generation that he finally became the general manager.

But he wants to go to Liaodong, and he doesn't want to guard this pass that no one cares about.

For a long time, Fu Renxi was confused about how to achieve his ideal.

To go to Liaodong, you must have capable soldiers. If you want to have capable soldiers, you only need to feed your subordinates, and if you want your subordinates to be fed, you must loot the people.

However, his subordinates who ransacked the people were no longer capable soldiers. There was a precedent set by Zhang Honggong, and even if they were full to the capital, they would still mutiny.

Fu Renxi lay flat, there was nothing he could do until Chengyun called him to close the door that night.

The two exchanged cups, which were filled with coarse tea foam, but what Chengyun said opened a new door for him.

Officials and soldiers can't rob rich families, even if they rob people, they still won't have enough to eat, but thieves can.

The bandits snatched some of his points, including half of the food and grass allocated by the court, wouldn't his soldiers be full?
It's just that this will make him confused, so what should I do?

People can't just live for their appetites. Although it is important to have enough food, Fu Renxi has always been able to eat enough. It's just that his soldiers don't have enough to eat, so they don't have ideals. He has.

He doesn't fight thieves either, just eat enough and rest for a lifetime, so what's the point of returning to his hometown to live idle.

Carrier said: Isn't this simple?
The Liu family has experience in this kind of thing.

They even put out one, two, three, four, first, knock down the local administrative agencies; then knock down the post shops for communication;

Isn't that the human head? Is the human head a problem?

Fu Renxi never dreamed that the problem that troubled him throughout the winter was easily explained away by a young man from Yan'an Mansion.

If you want to go to Liaodong, I will send you as a general.

If you become a general, you can't go to Ji Town for a while?
I can't stop the chance to fight Donglu.

Fu Renxi thinks it's okay, and he has been displeased with Mr. Huo for a long time.

Which of my sergeants is not more valuable than your vegetarian meal?Why are you a bastard, rich and well-clothed? It's just that he can't afford it.

no way.

Now that someone wants to provoke someone, Fu Renxi will add to the fire by saying anything.

In Shilou County in the north of Yonghe County, the Banner Army from Weizuo Thousand Households Office of Fenzhou in Huangcun was stationed in four villages.

Zhang Zhan, the commander of the left office, is lecturing the thousand and one hundred households under his command.

Each of the three offices of Fenzhou Guard has a commander. Zhang Zhanzu was the highest commander of the Shanxi capital during the Chenghua period. Later, he was reported for serving as a military companion and was demoted to become the commander of the left office. .

After so many years, the commander of the left office has always been their Zhang family.

No more mistakes were reported, and no more meritorious service to the court.

Make do with it.

But in recent years, I can't make do with it.

In fact, it is the same as Fu Renxi's reasoning. If you can't make do, you have to find someone to rely on. The stones of other mountains can be used to attack jade. If you can't solve it yourself, others can solve it.

At the same time, you can also solve things that others cannot solve.

For example, in the expansion of the farmland of the Wangfu, the landlord does not want to sell the land while he is alive, so is it okay if he dies?

In order to survive, did the bannermen under his command tremble like ghosts?

Not shivering.

But these two days, Zhang Zhan was very angry.

He lost contact with Yatou Mountain's men.

They were a group of outsiders from the Fenzhou Weizuo Institute. People like them, Zhang Zhan had a few more under his command.

Composed of idle thieves, bandits, robbers, and hooligans from all over the place, although they are real mobs, they all have a handle in Zhang Zhan's hands, which is very easy to use.

Their biggest advantage is that they are tight-lipped. Even if they are caught by the government, they dare not reveal their connection with Fenzhou Wei.

They, Fenzhou Wei, and Qingcheng Prince's Mansion formed a huge spider web entrenched in Fenzhou Mansion.

This matter has changed since last winter. Many reinforcements who entered the guard fled back and formed various bandit groups to operate in various places in Shanxi.

It stands to reason that these bandits should create greater convenience for Fenzhou Guard's actions, but Zhang Zhan doesn't care, and the local government has no threat to him.

On the contrary, these bandits would rob them of their food and even pose a threat to the Wang Zhuang of Qingcheng Palace.

The soldiers he sent to Yatou Mountain to observe the situation ran back, but failed to bring back the information on Yatou Mountain. Instead, they brought back the news that Huojiazhuang was besieged by bandits and lit a wolf smoke.

Master Huo of Huojiazhuang... Zhang Zhan has a little impression. He has been an official in Yangzhou for several years. When he returned to his hometown, he didn't like this or that.

Why do you come back if you don't think you have the ability?Just stay in Yangzhou.

He's quite an idiot, anyway, Zhang Zhan doesn't like such things.

This meeting did not find any news about Yatou Mountain, and it is not bad to get information about the siege of Huojiazhuang.

After all, he was an official in Yangzhou for several years, and the money saved at home was indispensable.

The thieves may not be able to destroy him, but Zhang Zhan can!

"Listen to me. When you arrive at Huojiazhuang, get rid of the gang of thieves who came out of nowhere. When you go back, tell the flag soldiers under your command to restrain them all."

Zhang Zhan glanced at the hundreds of households under his command with majestic eyes: "Don't show the virtue of being more like a robber than a robber, and let Master Huo know that the Fenzhou Weizuo Office will not commit any crimes."

Hundreds of households asked: "General, Duqiu has done nothing wrong, so why does he care about Huojiazhuang? I heard that Mr. Huo is very stingy, even if he is not a thief, he can't give us anything."

Zhang Zhan was deeply worried about the minds of his subordinates: "What do you want? No one has committed any crimes, the high wall of the Huojiabao, don't expect people to let me in, you use your head to break the castle for me?"

After saying this, the hundreds of households suddenly realized that what the commander said was not that Zhenqiu had no crimes, but that Qiu had no crimes for the time being.

Counting the time, Zhang Zhan slept in the village until half the night. Chen Qianhu, who came from Fenzhouwei, arrived with his troops, and his troops reached more than [-]. After that, he asked the hundred households to distribute the persimmons to the Banner Army. .

Persimmon cakes are something that the people of Xizhou used to sacrifice to the Stove Lord during the New Year, and they happened to snatch them.

Perhaps in this complex historical period, every leader of the army has his own self-confidence.

For Zhang Zhan, he never considered the strength of the bandits besieging Huojiabao in his heart.

He has participated in the martial arts competition in Shanxi, and he also knows something about the Xuanda frontier army. The food of those frontier army is worse than his banner army. It is not 01:30 points.

In combat, discipline and morale are the most important, but these two are only worth mentioning when you are full.

These days, if you can think about these two things, it is already very powerful.

Thieves, can thieves be full?

Thieves can talk about discipline?
Zhang Zhan didn't believe it.

Before dawn the next day, the [-] banner troops from Fenyangwei put away their flags and set out on the road. They were sixty miles away from Huojiazhuang, but they were not in a hurry.

From Zhaiyuan through Sishili Mountain, walked Gejiahe into Yonghe County, and robbed a village along the way.

This time they didn't set fire to it. They killed all the men the day before, slept all night and killed the women the next day.

Hearing people screaming and fleeing, Zhang Zhan felt a pity in his heart. Facing the bloody corpse, he said, "If you want to blame it, blame the Huojiabao thieves. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't have come."

After a night's rest, the morale of the whole team was high, and they continued to march towards Huojiazhuang.

Although Zhang Zhan was very confident in his heart, he was still very careful on the way to approach, and sent out sentries at intervals of thirty miles, but he didn't finally see the thief sentry until he was five miles away from Huojiazhuang.

The thieves and sentries didn't dare to fight them, so they threw their helmets and flags and ran to the valley to the south west.

After receiving the report from the sentry, Zhang Zhan looked at the red lacquered helmet with the word "Yong" captured by the sentry, and smiled with confidence.

on this level?

The army immediately split into two groups. Chen Qianhu led his army from the flank mountain path to attack the bandits' rear path, and sent them on foot to climb over the mountain to contact Fu Renxi, the guard of Yonghe Gate, and then personally led his headquarters to slowly press up towards the valley from the front.

"General, the main force of the Fenzhou Guard has passed the hidden mountain pass of the front post, and is heading north to the rear post. It dispatched a partial division to go around the mountain north, where the middle post guards the mountain pass."

Tangqi captain Wei Qian'er suffocated, and reported to Liu Chengzong on the mountain: "My people have all retreated, and they killed all the villages in the north."

Wei Qian'er's Tang Qi traveled fifty miles forward, sending information to Liu Chengzong of Huojiabao all the time, including last night.

Although the members of the Tang Cavalry Team were not from the frontier army, their opponents were the Weisuo Banner Army. They were fearless and had experienced the battle with Li Bei.

Recently, Zhang Zhan's sentry set up a sentry in the mountains. Wei Qian'er had a pond soldier at the foot of the sentry before he could withdraw.

Zhang Zhan's troops were almost completely exposed to Liu Chengzong's eyes.

They were walking into the valley step by step, Yang Yao led his troops at the back, Wang Wenxiu led his troops in the middle, Feng Ru and Cao Yao were waiting for them at the end.

Liu Chengzong was planning outside Huojiazhuang, gesticulating back and forth against the sketches he had drawn, and finally came to a conclusion: "It seems that the enemy's partial division will collide with the middle post first, and then pass through the ambush of the rear post. Wei Qian'er went to pass the order .”

"Let Chengyun be optimistic about Yonghe Pass. Commander Feng leads troops to support Commander Wang. Fight with the officers and troops in advance, destroy the main force first, and then outflank the partial divisions."

He turned his head and said to Gao Xian who had been waiting for a long time: "Brother Gao, it's up to you to block the old Huo's enclosure first."

Afterwards, he led the Ding team and Cao Yao to move to the mountain south highland, where the sergeant of the battalion artillery post was hiding.

It is a dangerous place where you can bombard the valley, and you can also have a panoramic view of the entire battlefield.

Soon, three miles away to the north, there was the sound of troops fighting.

Liu Chengzong and Cao Yao looked at each other, and they could see the excitement in each other's eyes. The Zuo Suo of Fenzhou Guard... was gone.

　Good night, I've had a good night's sleep.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)