East Factory Governor

Chapter 418 Rescue Hancheng
Qin Shuhuai was startled, and immediately got up and said, "Hancheng was besieged? Who did it?"

Hong Chengchou said anxiously, "According to the brothers who came to report the news, Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong have both men and horses! They must have learned that the subordinate officials led troops out of the city, so they wanted to join forces to besiege and pull out Hancheng."

Qin Shuhuai hurriedly asked, "How many people are there?"

"A rough estimate, at least [-] to [-] people!"

"So many?" Qin Shuhuai frowned, and asked again, "There are only [-] soldiers left in Hancheng?"

Hong Chengchou said, "In addition to the [-] troops in the city, the nearest ones are the Kuishanwei in the west of Hancheng and the Weifeng Camp in the south. These two battalions have a total strength of [-] troops. After a few officers and soldiers in the city left the city through the secret road, they were already I went to inform them. If there are no accidents, they should have rushed to help Hancheng. As for the camp farther away, it is unknown whether they have set off now."

Qin Shuhuai fell into deep thought.

Hancheng is located at the junction of Shanxi and Shaanxi. To the west is the base of Gao Yingxiang's tribe in Shaanxi, and to the east is the area where Zhang Xianzhong's tribe is most active in Shanxi. The two bandits attacked Hancheng reasonably. It is connected with the territory of Zhang Xianzhong's department so as to "jointly defend" each other.

If Hancheng is lost, then Zhang Xianzhong can get Gao Yingxiang's effective support, and the two sides will no longer be able to defeat each other.What's more serious is that in this way Zhang Xianzhong can gain a firm foothold in southern Shanxi, establish a base like Gao Yingxiang, collect taxes and pay taxes, and his strength will be greatly improved.

Thinking of this, Qin Shuhuai immediately said, "Hancheng must not be lost! Lord Hong, you immediately lead your troops back to aid Hancheng, and I will send another 8000 people from the Wuyuan Army to go with you."

Hong Chengchou immediately said, "Thank you Shaobao! It's not too late, I'm going to leave the camp and set off now!"

At this time, Qin Shuhuai suddenly said again, "Wait a minute, there might be something wrong with this matter."

Hong Chengchou said, "Why is it wrong?"

Qin Shuhuai frowned and said, "Lord Hong, if you were a bandit, what would you do if you wanted to attack Hancheng when you knew there were two camps around Hancheng?"

Hong Chengchou thought for a while, and exclaimed, "Oh! The officials will naturally surround the reinforcements first, and planted an ambush on the only way for the two battalions to rescue Hancheng! Only by destroying the reinforcements can we attack the city with all our strength. I'm afraid Bandits will do the same! Kuishanwei and Weifengying are in danger!"

Qin Shuhuai nodded, "So the soldiers of Kuishanwei and Weifengying can no longer be counted. Mr. Hong, this operation is probably planned by Zhang Xianzhong and Gao Yingxiang for a long time. It's just that you brought troops to Taiyuan this time. They have an opportunity."

Qin Shuhuai has a basis for making this judgment.Because the old Taoist said before he came that Zhang Xianzhong wanted to form an alliance with Gao Yingxiang and worship Gao Yingxiang as the leader of the alliance.

So this time the opponent invested more than [-] to [-] troops!
If they just wanted to attack Hancheng while Hong Chengchou was away, then being able to mobilize 10,000 to 25 soldiers in just two days is already the limit.But if it was planned and prepared for a long time, then Zhang Xianzhong and Gao Yingxiang could mobilize at least [-]+ troops to participate in the Battle of Hancheng.You must know that the total strength of the two of them plus the so-called "allies" is at least [-]!

If [-] to [-] soldiers attacked Hancheng, and the other [-] to [-] were used to ambush Weifengying and Kuishanwei, then they still had at least [-] to [-] soldiers to ambush Hong Chengchou who came back to help!
If Hong Chengchou only took [-] soldiers and horses, it would be a disaster.

The more Qin Shuhuai thought about it, the colder his back became, and he immediately said, "Master Hong, how many soldiers and horses are still outside Taiyuan City?"

Hong Chengchou hurriedly said, "He Huchen's Guguan army has already returned to Guguan in the morning, Cao Wenzhao's [-] troops have just set off, and Du Wenhuan's [-] troops are still outside the city, preparing to move out. There are also scattered Half of the small groups of reinforcements have gone back, and there are about [-] who haven't gone back yet."

Qin Shuhuai made a decisive decision and shouted outside the door, "Jingting!"

Because of Li Jingting's good handwriting, he is now half of Qin Shuhuai's clerk, so he has been waiting outside.

"My lord!" Li Jingting walked in immediately.

"Immediately give me the password to order Du Wenhuan's [-] troops to stand by. Then you send someone to bring back Cao Wenzhao's [-] troops! Hurry up!"

"By the way, there is also He Huchen. You send someone to inform him and let him lead troops to guard the south of Taiyuan City. Therefore, there is no military situation in the pass, so it doesn't matter if you don't defend."

"Yes, my lord!"

Li Jingting immediately took orders and left.

Qin Shuhuai calculated in his mind that there were 8000 soldiers in the Wuyuan Camp, 4000 soldiers from Cao Wenzhao, [-] from Hong Chengchou, [-] from Du Wenhuan, and more than [-] small groups of miscellaneous troops, plus [-] soldiers from the Jianghe Gang. , a total of more than [-] soldiers and horses, which is still a little less.

Cao Wenzhao, Du Wenhuan and others actually still had a lot of soldiers under their command, but it was too late for them to go back to the camp to summon these soldiers.Although the walls of Hancheng are high and the rogue siege equipment is relatively backward, but in the face of several times the siege of the enemy, it must not last long!
It's not too late, then we can only take these people over.

However, these soldiers and horses are the elite of the three sides, and in terms of combat effectiveness, they should be higher than the rogues.At least in this period of history, the combat effectiveness of the rogue bandits was generally lower than that of the Ming army.In addition, if you encounter government troops on the way to reinforcements, you can also integrate them, so you may be able to collect [-] to [-] yuan.

should be enough!

Qin Shuhuai originally didn't plan to go out in person, because he had just taken over the three sides after all, and he had to do a lot of things to stabilize the morale of the army and the people of the three sides, but now it seemed that he had to go out in person.

Even though the army going to Hancheng this time has the best generals and commanders among the three sides, he believes in everything, and it is safest to control everything in his own hands!

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that Qin Shuhuai's military power alone can be equal to a super strong assault team!

After more than an hour, Cao Wenzhao's soldiers and horses returned.

Qin Shuhuai immediately called Cao Wenzhao, Du Wenhuan, Hong Chengchou, Meng Hu, Zhang Xiao and others for an emergency meeting, and told everyone about the current situation.

After discussing, everyone agreed with Qin Shuhuai's opinion, that is, Zhang Xianzhong and Gao Yingxiang must be attacked by a large army this time, and they are determined to win Hancheng.And once Hancheng is lost, the trilateral situation will become even more erosive.

There is no room for loss in Hancheng!

After the brief meeting, Qin Shuhuai immediately asked Chu Fu to take out all the food reserves in Taiyuan City for the army to go south this time.As for the possible shortage of food and grass in Taiyuan City in the future, let him transfer it from the surrounding camps, and if it is not enough, he will find a solution from the imperial court.

In addition, the [-] miscellaneous troops were under the leadership of various guerrilla generals, and it was inconvenient to command them, so Qin Shuhuai divided them into three groups and incorporated them into the troops of Hong Chengchou, Du Wenhuan, and Cao Wenzhao.

After another two hours, everything in the army was ready.

Let's go!Rescue Hanseong!
(End of this chapter)