Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 664 Has Just Begun (Fifth Change)
Hejin County belongs to Puzhou, Pingyang Prefecture.

It is the triangle area where the Fenshui River and the Yellow River converge.

Cao Wenzhao crossed the river suddenly from Hancheng on the other side of the Yellow River.

He planned with Hong Chengchou and chose this place because of the favorable terrain.

There is one mountain (Luliang Mountain), two rivers (Fenshui, Yellow River), and three valleys (Zhemayu, Guayu, Shenyu).

Fenshui crosses the middle of Hejin County, forming a flat and fertile valley basin. The terrain is saddle-shaped from north to south, with high and high at both ends and low to low.

There are also iron mines and coal mines, which can build weapons in time, and turn Hejin County into a rear base for the government and army to attack Shanxi bandits.

And they are going to push from south to north, breaking down one by one.

At least let the hammer bandit He Jinzhao be paralyzed first, so that he doesn't come to support Gao Yingxiang, and let it pass for a few days, so as to buy more preparation time for the officers and soldiers.

Even if He Jinchao came to the south to help fight, he was not familiar with the terrain of southern Shanxi, and he didn't have the foundation of the common people. He could also lengthen his grain and grass transportation lines and give the officers and soldiers more opportunities.

Hong Chengchou also deployed troops in Shenmu County, so that he could go directly to Hequ County along the Great Wall, and then try to cross the Yellow River to attack his hometown.

Especially when more than a hundred spies were sent to Shanxi, none of them came back to report.

Aside from those who have been rebels before, there are still many officers and soldiers among them!
As a result, none came back.

Since He Jinzhao maintains a good reputation among the people in his territory, he should be pulled out to fight to reduce the advantage of the hammer bandits.

Hong Chengchou immediately decided to let Shanxi governor Xu Dingchen take his elite soldiers to try the quality of the hammer bandits.

Cao Wenzhao, a brave general, finally had a trump card in his hands, and he was reluctant to send it to fight the hammer bandits first.

After all, the last time he was attacked by He Jinzhao, Cao Wenzhao almost died.

In the past few years, He Jinzhao has played the name of Beihammer in Shanxi, so he still has to be more careful, and see if he can find an opportunity to coax him into recruiting.

Cao Wenzhao sat in front of Xue Rengui's temple, and he had just finished offering incense.

"Uncle, the bandits were defeated and fled, and our army beheaded more than a hundred people." Cao Bianjiao reported with his fists clasped.

"Well, don't rush forward."

"Have you sent someone to contact Hu Dawei, the Shanxi Deputy Commander in Lu'an Mansion, and others?"

"Back to Uncle, we have already sent someone to contact us. When we defeat the robber Gao, we will attack Linfen County, which was occupied by the robber."

Cao Wenzhao looked at his nephew: "Let's lure the intruders out to fight in the field first. It's best to let them drive us away, so that we can defeat them in the field."

Cao Wenzhao was unwilling to fight a tough battle.

The rebels are also unwilling to fight tough battles.

Even the current post-Gold Tartars are unwilling to fight a tough battle.

Because the artillery has not yet been installed in the army on a large scale.

Taiyuan city government office.

In front of the huge sand table.

As soon as He Jinzhao pointed out the location of Hejin County, He Zan said, "Commander, I suspect that the officers and soldiers want to use this place as a rear area, and then send troops to sweep the surrounding area."

"Huh?" He Jinzhao paid great attention to this general who received systematic education in the Ming army since he was a child: "Tell me about it."

"Hejin is far away from our territory. If our army wants to go on an expedition, the grain transportation will be extremely long. There are opportunities for the officers and soldiers everywhere. If I were Cao Wenzhao, I would also try to lure the hammer bandits to attack. He will do it once and for all. .

The distance is the same, and you can even play a close attack and a long distance, so as to provoke our relationship and let us sit back and watch Gao Chuang Wang lose, so as to achieve the benefit of the hammer bandits occupying the entire Shanxi. "

He Zan felt that the operation of the officers and soldiers was a matter of course, because most people wanted to be officials, not thieves!
Who can guarantee that future thieves can become officials?

Most people don't have this kind of vision, so when they have a choice, most people will choose "present official".

"How is the ship built?"

Hearing He Jinchao's inquiry, Dang Shousu, who was in charge of logistics, immediately reported: "Marshal, now we have eleven Cangshan boats in Hequ, 43 river boats, and only [-] river boats in Taiyuan. In Taiyuan, we still need to recruit fishing boats."

"Well, I have been hiring people with boats along the river to transport food, and I forgot to build boats in Taiyuan City."

He Jinzhao nodded, but it would be good to hire these people to help with transportation, at least it would save a lot of skilled workers.

"Pass my order and ask if there are any boatmen who are willing to join the auxiliary army. They can sign up voluntarily. They will go to the battlefield in the future."

"Yes."

Qiu Zhitao, who was making meeting minutes at the side, responded, and then asked the little official beside him to finish writing the announcement quickly, and handed it to Yang Yuqing in front, so that he could hurry up and do the errand.

"Marshal, when are we going to march?" Liu Erhu asked.

"Don't worry, wait until my elder brother Gao takes the initiative to defeat, lures the enemy into deep, and the officers and troops report frequent successes, and then Hong Chengchou leads the army into Shanxi, the Hequ ships will be useful."

He Jinzhao pointed to the long Yellow River and said, "The dog officer wants to defend me on land, so I will stab his chrysanthemum on the water, so that he can only flee in Shanxi and cannot return to Shaanxi. "

"How is the situation in Henan?"

Qiu Zhitao opened the book and said: "Shanxi general Zhang Yingchang, Zuo Liangyu, Deng Qi, Wang Pu and others are working together to encircle and suppress Zijinliang. The governor of Henan is blocking the road from Jin to Henan, and only a few troops are sent to pursue Li Zicheng and others. , There is no tendency to enter Jin Dynasty.

If Zijinliang, the leader of the alliance, can persist in Henan more, then Henan's official army will definitely not enter Shanxi. "

He Jinzhao nodded slightly. Since Li Zicheng and the others were not in charge of the officers and soldiers, they were destined to make bigger troubles. As long as there was chaos in Henan, the court would have to spend a lot of energy.

Hong Chengchou lost a lot of help.

"Have the officers and soldiers in Lu'an Mansion become more honest?"

"Well, I have been very honest. It seems that I have finished eating the food of the wealthy merchants in Jiexiu County, and started to eat the food of King Shen." Qiu Zhitao opened another booklet: "My lord, what we need to pay attention to is Xu Dingchen, the governor of Shanxi. People have been making troubles all the time, and they have already caught the spies he sent."

"Huh?" He Jinzhao looked in the direction of Datong: "I heard from Jiang Xiang that Xu Dingchen suddenly had a few more troops in his hands. It is said that these people are quite capable of fighting."

"According to the spies, they are all Maoyan soldiers from Henan. They are suitable for fighting in Shanxi." Qiu Zhitao finished all the information he had.

"It seems that our first battle is to fight this Xu Dingchen." He Jinzhao groped his chin and said:
"It would be great if he could leave Yanmen Pass with troops. Let's take advantage of the situation to occupy Yanmen Pass. From now on, we can leave the pass whenever we want, and we don't have to be passive all the time."

"Commander, I heard from Wang Chengyin's soldiers that there are gold mines in Fanzhi County behind Yanmen Pass. If we occupy the gold mines, Daming won't be able to collect the gold. They will definitely be furious."

"Heh." He Jinzhao curled his lips in disdain and said, "Even if Fanzhi County is in Daming's hands, the Dog Emperor won't get a few taels of gold. Xu Dingchen should be the one who should be furious."

(End of this chapter)