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Chapter 496

Xingshan County, located in the west of Huguang, is under the jurisdiction of Guizhou.

It got its name because "the city is surrounded by mountains, and the county government rises in the mountains". This place is also the hometown of Wang Zhaojun, the concubine of the Ming Dynasty in the Han Dynasty.

Xiangxi River, also known as Zhaojun River, is a tributary of the north bank of the Yangtze River. It is called Xiangkou River in "Shui Jing Zhu".

Xiangxi is a very beautiful creek. It originated in the Shennongjia mountainous area, flowed through limestone cracks, filtered and precipitated through caves. The clarity and turbidity are distinct, forming an interesting contrast.

This is a place Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai are familiar with.

Just over half a year ago, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai were persecuted by Yang Sichang's chasing and suppressing army. As a last resort, they entered Eastern Sichuan one after another from here.

At that time, Zhang Xianzhong could almost be described as a wolf rushing to a hog. Although there were some small victories, they did not change the overall situation. Because he was the mastermind who surrendered and rebelled, Yang Sichang regarded him as his deadly enemy.

He mobilized a large number of officers and troops to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong with all his strength, and set up a pocket in eastern Sichuan, forcing him to go. Once he entered, he would tighten the pocket and wipe him out.

As for the other groups of thieves, they mainly focus on appeasement, so as to reduce the pressure of chasing and encircling and suppressing, so that they can free up their hands and feet to deal with Zhang Xianzhong's thieves. Recruit them.

It was under this situation that Zhang Xianzhong became more and more difficult. Although he used the erratic tactics of "controlling the enemy by walking" and "avoiding the real and attacking the false" to deal with the officers and soldiers, he was still defeated by Zuo Liangyu and others one after another. , In the end, there were only a few thousand people left.

This situation did not change until he walked out of Xing'an and joined Luo Rucai's men and horses between Wushan and Dachang.

In just over half a year now, the situation has changed drastically. Yang Sichang's entire strategy of encirclement and suppression has been almost completely destroyed. A chicken fly egg beat.

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Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's troops were stationed near Zhaojun Village in the south of Xingshan County. He didn't go to attack Xingshan County, but he wanted to hide his strength and prepare to give Yang Sichang a heavy hammer!
Zhang Xianzhong and Xu Yixian, his most trusted military adviser, were standing on a stone platform by the bank of Xiangxi not far from the old camp to talk.

The water is so clear that it hits the boulders in the stream, splashing silvery waves, and then over the boulders to pour down, making the sound of a small waterfall.

In front of the stream and behind the stream, high mountains overlap, and there are many trees. Although it is cold winter, there are also birdsongs coming from the depths of the forest, and several slender fish are swimming in the unfrozen stream.

Xu Yixian seemed to guess what Zhang Xianzhong wanted to discuss with him, but he didn't take the initiative to point it out. He looked at the stream in front of him and said with a smile: "This place has beautiful water and beautiful mountains and green mountains. No wonder there is such a beauty as Wang Zhaojun!"

But Zhang Xianzhong scolded with a smile: "You are an old shameless fool! Don't learn from Cao Cao. When he is not fighting, he doesn't think about any big things. He only thinks about pretty girls!"

"Hahaha……"

After he finished speaking, he laughed again, and the cold wind blew his long beard and reflected it in the water.

"Dude, we managed to get back to Huguang from under the watchful eye of Yang Sichang, the son of a bitch. Tell me, where should we fight next?"

Xu Yixian already guessed Zhang Xianzhong's plan in his heart, but he wanted to wait for Zhang Xianzhong to say it himself, so he tilted his head and asked, "What do you think?"

Zhang Xianzhong took a look at his face, and then said in a low voice: "Since we want to punish Yang Sichang, we simply don't do it, and we don't stop, just make him a big one.

You see, can we just go and poke his bastard's old gang of thieves? "

Xu Yixian didn't think about it, he quickly replied: "Yes, if you want to fight us, fight Xiangyang!"

Zhang Xianzhong nodded, and asked again: "Old Xu, how do you think you should fight?"

Xu Yixian thought for a while, and then said: "Xiangyang City is strong and well-defended, it is not conducive to a strong attack, so we can only take it out of our wits. Before Xiangyang City doesn't know that we have left Sichuan, plan a surprise attack, and it may succeed."

Zhang Xianzhong said excitedly: "Yes, yes. You old fox are thinking of going with me."

Xu Yixian said with a sneer: "If Yang Sichang loses Xiangyang and falls into feudal vassal again, he won't be able to do it just by crying. I'm afraid his head will have to be replaced."

Zhang Xianzhong slapped his thigh violently, and said, "Old Xu, that's what we're going to do. Force Governor Yang into the capital city! Old man, why do you think we two came up with an idea?"

Xu Yixian said with a smile: "I am your military adviser, not an idiot."

The two of them looked at each other and laughed happily.

Zhang Xianzhong then asked again: "Old Xu, since we came out of Sichuan, we have also found some news, saying that Zicheng entered Henan in September, and now has more than 20 horses. He also said that he broke Yongning not long ago. They killed King Wan'an, and recently they broke Luoyang and killed that old guy, King Fu.

Do you think the news is reliable? "

Xu Yixian sighed first, and replied with a little regret in his heart: "According to my observation, among all the rebels, only the commander-in-chief and Zicheng are the leaders.

Since there is news that Zicheng started his career in Henan, I think it is quite possible. However, if he has more than 20 horses now, I don't think so, at most it is around [-].

Nowadays, drought and locust plagues are raging in Henan, especially in the west of Henan. Even if he broke down some cottages and opened up some prefectures and counties, it would be difficult to support 20 troops. I think half of them are women and children who accompanied the army. "

Zhang Xianzhong nodded and said: "Damn, it's better to have a thorough analysis by the military advisor!"

He then scolded: "Damn it, we were chased by that old man Yang Sichang for half a year, dragging tens of thousands of officers and soldiers to Shu, and we were so exhausted that Zicheng jumped out and picked a big Cheap."

Xu Yixian also said with great regret: "The commander-in-chief must stop and return to the mountain. If he had adopted Yixian's proposition at the beginning, why would he regret it today!"

Zhang Xianzhong said: "At that time, I couldn't bear to do evil things, because loyalty was the most important thing."

Xu Yixian said unwillingly: "My 'six-character mantra' does not include the word 'loyalty'."

Zhang Xianzhong said a little awkwardly: "Now that he has full wings, what else can we do?"

Xu Yixian saw that Zhang Xianzhong was already regretful, so he quickly took the opportunity to cheer him up and said, "If we can defeat Xiangyang, kill King Xiang, and take the food, grain and wealth in the city, we can be evenly matched with him.

As for the general trend in the future, it is still difficult to predict today. The most important thing is that we should pay close attention to expanding our team. "

(End of this chapter)