The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 129
In Baoxian City, it was pitch black, quiet and very depressing.

The lights on the city walls in all directions are densely lit, and the night wind is eager, and the banners on the city walls are constantly shaking.

The soldiers guarding the city above the city wall, Ding Minzhuang, held weapons in their hands, and all of them stared out of the city with heavy expressions.

Outside the city of Bao County, although it was already midnight, it was still brightly lit and crowded with people.

It is reasonable to say that there should be no lights and only darkness in the wilderness, but a few days ago, this place was occupied by rogues who came all the way from Feng County in the north, and they used this place as the center of the camp.

This group of rogues who came from Feng County set up camp in the east of Bao County without any order.

However, the soldiers in Bao County did not dare to take the initiative to attack, because there are only less than 5000 soldiers in Bao County today, and only [-] to [-] people can be made up by counting the guards of the city.

As for the rogues in the east, they burned, killed and looted all the way. There were [-] to [-] people. The camp stretched for more than ten miles.

If they didn't come to attack Baoxian County, the soldiers in Baoxian County would be thankful, and they would dare to provoke the rogues outside the city.

The people in the city just closed the city gates tightly, and they just pretended not to see what was happening outside the city.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers were so fearful, it also made the gangsters outside the city even more rampant.

In the big camp of the rogue bandits, there were many campfires and lamps everywhere, as bright as daylight.

With a bearded face and a red robe, Jin Chipeng stepped on one of the wide seats with one knee bent, and the other foot on the ground, sitting in the head seat like this.

"Bring the wine! Bring the wine"

Jin Chipeng is holding a wine bowl in his left hand, and in his right arm is a beautifully dressed woman with a graceful figure.

The woman looked distressed and trembling all over, but she didn't dare to resist, she could only allow the big hands of the Golden Winged Peng to walk continuously on her body and under her body.

In the big tent, a group of bandits sat on the ground, without appearance, or eating and drinking, or making noise with each other, and some even proclaimed prostitution in public.

The cries of the women at the banquet came from the corner from time to time. Most of them were rich women and young ladies who were captured from various places.

The town where they lived was broken by the rogues, all the people they depended on were slaughtered, and they themselves were plundered by the rogues for venting.

In troubled times, no one can be alone...

Seeing that the wine in the wine glass bottomed out, Jin Chipeng immediately shouted in a rough voice.

Hearing Jin Chipeng's loud shout, several child soldiers who were waiting on the left and right immediately moved a jar of wine that had just been unsealed from the side, and poured wine for Jin Chipeng.

The fine wine was poured out from the altar, and a lot of wine was poured out of the wine bowl, but everyone didn't care.

They came all the way, and the good things they grabbed were already piled up like a mountain. Even if they burned half of them, they would not be able to enjoy them all.

In the big tent, most of the people looked arrogant and arrogant.

They do have the capital of arrogance, but also the support of wild waves.

The officers and soldiers of Feng County told them to kill nearly half of them, and the guards of Hanzhongwei were beaten to the ground by them.

At the beginning, the Jitouguan, which the big bandits in Shaanxi didn't break through, was broken by them, and now it has been burned clean.

They killed all the way to the officers and soldiers who heard the wind and fled in fear, not daring to fight them head-on.

They walked around in a circle, burning, killing and looting all the way, but the officers and soldiers in Baoxian City were still hiding in the city like a turtle with their heads shrunk, not daring to come out.

Why can't they be arrogant and domineering?

They have suffered so many years of bird anger, why can't they vent it? !
Those officers and soldiers, those yamen servants, those landlords, those officials!

Those things that are inferior to pigs and dogs should all be damned, they should kneel at their feet and give them 180 jingles.

In the big tent, most people were venting their emotions wantonly, without hiding them at all.

But not far from Jin Chipeng, a middle-aged man with a calm face was sitting on the seat, and he couldn't help frowning slightly when he saw this scene.

The middle-aged man was wearing a blue Sihe Ruyi Yunhe cloak on the outside, a red fish scale armor on the inside, a brocade belt around his waist, and guo (guo) on his wrists, which seemed out of place with everyone in the tent.

On the side of the middle-aged man, there were two personal guards wearing the border army's double body armor.

The two personal guards revealed a fierce murderous aura. They stood behind the middle-aged man with their knives pressed, their eyes constantly wandering around the people in the tent.

Although Jin Chipeng was drinking and pouring wine, he was also paying attention to the situation of the middle-aged man from the corner of his eyes.

Seeing the middle-aged man frowning slightly, although he felt a little unhappy, but there was no attack on his face, instead he turned his face and smiled.

"The story of Zhang Shuai's great victory in buckwheat has spread throughout Hanzhong. My brothers and I are all in admiration. Just for this matter, we must respect Zhang Shuai's bowl!"

Jin Chipeng was careless and raised his wine glass to signal for everyone to toast together.

This well-dressed, malevolent middle-aged man was none other than Zhang Yuan, the black murderer who had just won the victory at Buckwheat Mountain and besieged Chenggu County after defeating the officers and soldiers.

"Shuai Lu is heroic!"

In Zhang Yuan's heart, he looked down on Jin Chipeng and the mob under his command.

Zhang Yuan was born in the frontier army of Yansui Town, and he served as the commander-in-chief in the army, so he was adept at bow and horse.

Not only did he look down on Jin Chipeng, he even looked down on Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong.

To be a rogue for a while is to be a rogue forever.

Zhang Yuan has not read any books, but he has listened to books, including "Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin".

He doesn't understand the big reason, but he knows that it's just running around, it looks like a huge force, but it's just rootless duckweed, without much prospect.

No matter how many mobs there are, they are still mobs. Thousands of officers and soldiers can chase tens of thousands, or even tens of thousands of them, and they cannot be beaten no matter what.

Zhang Yuan didn't want to continue to escape, so after entering Hanzhong with the large army, he led the people directly into Xixiang under excuses, and did not follow Zhang Xianzhong, Gao Yingxiang and others to act together.

But Zhang Yuan naturally didn't show it. Instead, he catered loudly and drank the wine in the cup in one gulp.

This time they came to meet, but only because of their large number, they can be used as a boost to some extent.

"Lu Shuai broke the Jiming Pass this time, which greatly boosted the morale of our army. If Lu Shuai hadn't entered Hanzhong, I wouldn't be able to take my men under my command to attack Chenggu County."

A trace of self-satisfaction flashed in Jin Chipeng's eyes, and the momentum along the way made him feel a little smug.

If these words came from someone else's mouth, Jin Chipeng would not feel anything at all.

But the person who said this was Zhang Yuan. You must know that Zhang Yuan was one of the leaders of the 72nd Battalion of the Rebel Army in Shaanxi, and he was also the leader of the 24th Battalion.

It's like those heroes in the Water Margin, 36 Tiangang, 76 Disha, they are all stars from the sky descending to earth.

Although Jin Chipeng has not read a few books, he is not stupid.

There have been many civil uprisings in Shaanxi, and there have been riots in Hanzhong. He knows very well that if he fights alone, he will be wiped out by the government and the army.

Jin Chipeng was not dazzled by the great situation at the moment, but he heard that King Chuang's army of millions had not captured the city of Xi'an, and he seemed to be heading east again.

Jin Chipeng knew it well, he didn't meet many officers and soldiers along the way, and the largest group of officers and soldiers he encountered was only a few hundred people.

The reason why he led a large army to the south was because he had heard that the Black Shahu and the Zhutian Harrier were all in the south.

The government's years of campaigns have always resulted in more defeats than victories, and Jin Chipeng's plan in his mind is to join forces with Black Shahu and Zuantian Harrier.

"Zhang Shuai is in front, how dare I call him Shuai."

It is absolutely false to say that he does not want to become a king on his own, but Jin Chipeng is very aware of his abilities.

The victory now is only temporary, and Jin Chipeng has no confidence to keep defeating the officers and soldiers.

In fact, he still had a hint of luck, and he still had a certain idea of ​​self-reliance.

But after seeing the soldiers under Zhang Yuan's command, Jin Chipeng didn't have any luck in his heart.

He knows that the best situation now is to join Zhang Yuan's command, follow Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang, and stand on one side with the 72nd Battalion.

Jin Chipeng's eyes swept across Zhang Yuan's body, as if he suddenly remembered something, and said suddenly.

"Hanzhong City is just to the south. I sent a lot of people to investigate before. It seems that many officers and soldiers rushed to gather in Hanzhong City..."

Jin Chipeng looked troubled, and turned his gaze to Zhang Yuan.

"This matter..."

All the leaders in the big tent also stopped making noise at this time, and looked at Zhang Yuan along with Jin Chipeng.

Sensing everyone's gaze, Zhang Yuan frowned slightly, but soon relaxed, and said calmly.

"The guards in Hanzhong don't have any skills, and they don't have enough armaments. The battle at Buckwheat Mountain was frightened, and they didn't dare to leave the city at all."

Zhang Yuan looked contemptuous, Han Zhongwei's guards were weak, and he didn't look down on them at all.

"It's just a group of waste that can only shrink in the shell of a turtle. When an army is gathered and surrounds the city several times, it will not be able to defeat it?!"

Jin Chipeng glanced inconspicuously to the left and right, and a young man in blue clothes standing beside him understood, and immediately stepped forward and said.

"Yesterday, an army entered Hanzhong City from the west. It doesn't look like a guard..."

"It's like..."

The guard in blue pretended to hesitate, and continued to speak.

"It looks like the battalion soldiers I saw in Feng County last year."

Zhang Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and then he turned his eyes suddenly, looking at the blue-clothed guard standing beside Jin Chipeng.

"The battalion soldiers in Hanzhong are all in the Xing'an area. Some time ago, the Zhuantian Harrier sent me a letter. Now the sons under my command are all in Chenggu County. Could it be that they came with wings?"

The Hanzhong Mansion used to have only a guard, but in the seventh year of Chongzhen, it suffered a military disaster. Zhu Changhao, the King of Rui, sent a memorial in tears to ask for protection.

Chongzhen felt that it was not easy for King Rui, so he ordered people to recruit soldiers in Hanzhong and set up a guerrilla.

Hanzhong is not counted as a town, it is only called a battalion. The Hanzhong battalion was initially set at 2000 troops. Now that more than 2000 people have already rushed to the direction of Xing'an to suppress the Zantian Harrier. How could they come from the west?

Zhang Yuan's eyes were pressing, and the blue-clothed guard lowered his head involuntarily, and a sense of fear rose slowly from his heart.

"I don't dare to lie to the commander. It is indeed an army from the west. There are about 5000 to [-] people. They are currently stationed in the west of Hanzhong."

"I have dealt with the guards in Feng County and Jitouguan, and that army doesn't look like the guards."

The blue-clothed guard forced himself to suppress the fear in his heart, and trembled.

"By the way... many people in that army rode on horses. A total of more than 100 of us went to investigate. Five or sixty people were killed by them. The rest escaped by watching from a distance. robbery."

Zhang Yuan's expression was slightly stern, and a serious look appeared in his eyes.

Jin Chipeng and their interests are the same, the purpose is also the same, there is no need to use such information to deceive him.

Then the situation is probably the same as what they investigated. An army of about 5000 people entered Hanzhong City.

As for the specific information, Zhang Yuan didn't trust the bandits and bandits under Jin Chipeng's command. He was going to send his Jingqi to investigate the details.

Zhang Yuan's face was solemn, and he carefully recalled all the things that happened during the day, and then suddenly remembered one thing.

The spies he sent to Hanzhong City once reported something. It seemed that something was going on in Mian County and there was a war.

Is it...

Zhang Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, and he remembered a key piece of news.

At the end of last month, it seemed that a cavalry force of about 500 men passed through Hanzhong from the west and went north, and then returned to Hanzhong more than ten days ago, and went west after returning to Hanzhong.

Could it be that something happened to the west of Hanzhong Mansion, a battalion of the Ming army went to suppress it, and then stayed near Mian County.

"5000 people..."

Zhang Yuan clenched his fists. If a battalion really came to Hanzhong City, they might have to re-plan all the previous arrangements.

His vision of taking Hanzhong City would become impossible.

"There shouldn't be so many..."

Zhang Yuan clenched his teeth and murmured in a low voice, he finally waited for this opportunity.

The Hanzhong guerrillas are now entangled by the Zhuantian Harrier and cannot return to help. The northern part of Hanzhong is a mess, and the addition of the Golden Chipeng has greatly increased their power.

Hanzhong City only has the last two or three thousand guards. Those guards are so weak that they might be able to take down Hanzhong City in one go...

I heard that there are countless gold, silver and jewels in the Narui Palace. If Hanzhong City is captured and the Narui Palace is broken, he will be able to have inexhaustible gold and silver.

If you use those gold and silver to recruit troops and find craftsmen to make weapons and armaments, you can train a large number of troops in just a few years.

Hanzhong Mansion is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and it only needs to get stuck in a few checkpoints to block a large number of officers and soldiers.

Separate one side, crack the soil and seal the marquis...

Zhang Yuan's eyes swept across the people in the tent, and finally stayed on Jin Chipeng's body.

"There are only 5000 people in the area, and our two families have a combined army of [-]. Even a spit from one person can drown them all."

Zhang Yuan stood up, with a cold look in his eyes, and said coldly.

He didn't want to let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

(End of this chapter)