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Chapter 226 The gangrene of the bones
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In order to reduce and avoid unnecessary casualties, during the process of the slaughtering slave army chasing the Hequ traitor Luo Rucai's defeated army, Young Master Zhang decisively issued the order to follow and expel Luo Rucai's defeated army—that is, chase after the tail of Luo Rucai's defeated army, keep a certain distance and try to Avoid going deep into the enemy's situation to fight, not aiming to kill a large number of enemies, but to drive the enemy away, forcing Luo Rucai's defeated army to flee back to Fugu and Baode. At the same time, this tactic has another advantage. You can quickly leave the battlefield and further avoid stepping into the enemy's trap.But in this way, the casualties of the slave-slaughter army, which were all equipped with good war horses, were effectively reduced. However, Fan Wencheng, the most wanted criminal in Xuanda, and Luo Rucai, the commander-in-chief of the rebellion, were also able to escape the pursuit of the slave-slaughter army. , escaped back to Baode City across the river from Fugu City.

"Damn it, I finally escaped back." When they fled into Baode City in embarrassment, Luo Rucai and Fan Wencheng, who were drenched in cold sweat, both rolled off their horses and leaned on the saddle I was panting and thankful for my narrow escape this time.Luo Rucai said bitterly: "Did Zhang Gouguan take the wrong medicine? We stayed in Fugu area for a few months, and we haven't seen him at all. As long as we don't mess with him, he won't come to beat us. Why? In the past few days, he will suddenly go crazy, and personally bring up the army to attack us? And it’s his direct slave slaughter army, is this mad dog going crazy and biting people again?”

"Zhang Haogu's little mad dog is paranoid, and he won't change his changed strategy easily." Fan Wencheng said in a tone that grew up with Master Zhang wearing open crotch pants: "This time he suddenly changed his strategy, and it's bad for you Flooded, it's..."

"Cao Cao, did that dog Jiannu Fan Wencheng come with you?" A sudden shout interrupted Fan Wencheng's bragging.Fan Wencheng and Luo Rucai turned their heads to look together, but they saw that the person who came was Qi Tianwang, the thief guarding Baode. Before Luo Rucai could answer, Qi Tianwang had already seen Fan Wencheng at a glance, and exclaimed with great joy: "Gou Jiannu, you really escaped back!" It's gone!" Then, King Qi Tian pointed at Fan Wencheng and shouted, "Come here, take this dog Jiannu down for me!"

"Prince Qi, what did I do wrong?" Fan Wencheng exclaimed in bewilderment.Over there, Qi Tianwang's personal soldiers rushed forward and pushed Fan Wencheng to the ground without saying a word.Luo Ru was a little slow to react, and then exclaimed: "Old Qi, what are you doing? I remember that you seem to have accepted the canonization of the Great Jin Empire, and now you are the prince of the Great Jin Empire. Why do you want to take Mr. Fan? "

"No way, this is the order of King Shan. If you have any objections, you can go to see King Shan with me." Qi Tianwang shrugged his shoulders, waved his hand and shouted: "Tie up this dog Jiannu and take him to Fugu Go in the city and dedicate it to the King of Shaanxi." The soldiers obeyed the order, and Luo Rucai did not dare to neglect, so he hurriedly followed with a few confidants and generals, and crossed the Yellow River to meet the big thief Wang Jiayin.

The territory of Baode is mountainous and the terrain is relatively high, so it was not damaged much by Master Zhang's flood attack, so when Luo Rucai and Fan Wencheng fled into Baode City, they really didn't pay attention to the damage that Master Zhang's water attack brought to the rebel army. However, after crossing the Yellow River on a temporary pontoon bridge and coming to Fugu, Fan Wencheng and Luo Ru were truly eye-opening.The current Fugu territory can only be described as full of devastation. The slightly lower terrain is full of muddy sewage everywhere, and there are corpses that have been soaked and swelled on the water surface. There is no stagnant water. The ground is also extremely muddy, and the muddy mud can submerge the back of your feet if you step on it casually.On the higher hills, rebel soldiers and their families were densely packed to avoid the flood, and the cries and shouts resounded all over the field.Seeing this scene, Fan Wencheng, who is extremely cunning, suddenly came to his senses, and said that these barbarians and thieves were flooded by Zhang Haogu's little mad dog, and they dared not seek revenge from Zhang Haogu's little mad dog. Blame it on me, right?
Fan Wencheng really got the idea. After Qi Tianwang escorted him to the Fugu city tower, Wang Jiayin, who was leading a group of thieves to patrol the four cities for losses, was really furious. Without saying a word, he pointed at Fan Wencheng's nose and yelled, "Dog!" Jiannu, you did a good job! Tell me, are you a secret agent sent by Zhang Gouguan to pretend to be Jiannu to trick us into fooling us and let Zhang Gouguan flood us?"

"King of Shaanxi, don't ask, he must be the spy sent by Zhang Gouguan." The bandit head Xie Zikuai yelled: "Originally, after our 29th Route Rebel Army joined forces, we were going south to attack Shaanxi, and this is Zhang Gouguan. The agents sent tricked us into standing still, and Zhang Gouguan took the opportunity to build a dam on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and then flooded us!"

"Stop rambling, let me kill this dog spy directly!" Several thieves also drew their knives directly.Fortunately, there was also a more intelligent Luo Rucai present, who hurriedly yelled: "Wait! King Shan, Mr. Fan is definitely not a secret agent sent by Zhang Gouguan. I can vouch for him! Fugu was killed by Zhang Gou It is completely because none of us thought that Zhang Gou would be so ruthless as an official, and even came up with the ruthless move of flooding the Seventh Army, which has nothing to do with Mr. Fan."

"Cao Cao, you said that this dog Jiannu was not a spy sent by Zhang Gouguan. What evidence do you have?" Wang Jiayin, who was anxious to find a scapegoat to calm the anger, asked angrily.Luo Rucai replied loudly: "Of course there is evidence! Last night, Mr. Zhang's slave slaughter army broke through Hequ City. Mr. Fan and I escaped from the siege and fled back to Baode. If Mr. Fan is really a secret agent sent by Mr. Zhang, then he Why didn't you run away in disorder last night? You still followed me to Fugu to die? Just based on this, I dare to guarantee that this Mr. Fan is definitely the real Mr. Fan Wencheng, the chief Hanchen of the Dajin Kingdom, and he is definitely not a fake !"

Wang Jiayin and all the thieves were speechless, and after a while, Wang Jiayin hummed unconvinced: "Maybe he had expected this, so he fled back to Fugu with you on purpose, or he didn't have a chance to run away last night, so he had to Follow you back to Fugu."

"Shaanwang, don't waste your saliva." Zhang Xianzhong stood up—but Zhang Xianzhong, who had always disliked Fan Wencheng, said something fair, "Why do you do it carefully? If Zhang Gouguan really wants to destroy us, there is no need for him at all." What kind of secret agents are sent to play counter-indirect schemes! As long as his slave-slaughter army goes to Fugu City, most of our army will be scared away! In the eyes of Zhang Haogu, we are not any opponents at all. , we are not worthy of his tricks!"

Although Zhang Xianzhong's words were ugly, they really told the reality, but it was because it was the truth that Wang Jiayin, who had been clamoring that he was not afraid of Young Master Zhang, blushed, and subconsciously touched the knife, wanting to kill Zhang Xianzhong, the former subordinates.Luo Rucai, who was so clear-headed, also echoed: "King Shan, what the Eight Great Kings said is absolutely true. When Zhang Gouguan attacked Hequ and Kelan City, he charged directly onto the city wall. Still need to use tricks? King Li Jin's army can fight, and Zhang Gouguan's slave slaughter army was wiped out after only one face-to-face, isn't this a lesson?"

"Cao Cao, according to what you say, isn't Zhang Gouguan's army invincible?" Bai Jiuer asked unconvinced.Luo Rucai replied coldly: "If it is a decisive battle, Zhang Gouguan's slave slaughter army is indeed invincible! Lao Jiu, you have fought against Sun Chuanting and Ma Dengyun. Don't you know how powerful their army is? But this In the hands of Officer Zhang Gou, the army is only used to escort food and supplies, and if you want to learn from the Tatar coalition army and go to a decisive battle with Officer Zhang Gou’s slave slaughtering army, then I have no objection—but Don't pull me! In a word, in this life, I will never confront Zhang Gouguan head-on."

Bai Jiu'er was dumb, and the other weaker thieves also became dumb. In fact, Wang Jiayin, who was deeply afraid of the invincible reputation of Young Master Zhang, had a tough expression, but his tone softened unconsciously, pretending to be annoyed and shouted. : "So, after a while, Zhang Gouguan's army will come, and we will have to wash our necks and wait for death?"

"If you can't beat him, run away." Luo Rucai was not afraid of being ridiculed by others, and said directly: "Riding on Zhang Gouguan, we haven't beaten Fugu City yet, so run south quickly—we can't beat Zhang Gouguan, so why are we still afraid?" The old man Sun Chengzong from Shaanxi and that sour scholar Hong Chengchou? Besides, Fugu is now flooded like this, and we have no choice but to stay here. If we run down now, we will just have time to grab the autumn harvest in Shaanxi.”

"Yes, there is only one way to go south now." Wang Jiayin was secretly moved, but he couldn't find the stairs for a while.At this time, Fan Wencheng, who was still held by King Qi Tian's personal soldiers, suddenly struggled and shouted: "Prince Shan, all princes, you must not run away, otherwise you will fall into Zhang Haogu's trap! You can only stay in Fugu, and you must not go south!"

"Damn it, do you still want us to be flooded again?" Several thieves were so angry that they cursed.Fan Wencheng didn't care about it, he just struggled and shouted at Luo Ru: "Prince Cao, didn't you just wonder why Zhang Haogu's little mad dog suddenly went out in person? Let me tell you, it's Zhang Haogu, little mad dog. I'm in a hurry! Because Zhang Haogu Gu Xiao Mad Dog has discovered that our Dajin army is going south, and his northern defense line is empty, so he personally brought the army to fight you, trying to drive you away, freeing up his hands to strengthen the defense of the northern line! If you If you fall into his trap, you will miss this great opportunity!"

"Prince Shan, all princes, you will understand this truth after thinking about it carefully!" Fan Wencheng shouted hoarsely: "It has been half a year since Zhang Haogu, the little mad dog, took office in Xuanda, and it has been four years since his governor's office was moved to Ningwu. It's been more than a month, why hasn't he attacked Fugu for such a long time? It's because he doesn't want to consume his troops, and wants Sun Chengzong's barbarians to use up your strength before picking up cheap ones, so Zhang Haogu, the little mad dog No matter what you say, he refuses to go west, as long as you don’t threaten his Xuanda, he can turn a blind eye and let you go! But now Zhang Haogu’s little mad dog suddenly sent troops, and there are floods and west He even dispatched his most elite slave-slaughter army, which just proves that he has sensed the threat from the northern front and is eager to end the war on the western front, so he will do his best! If you are scared by him If Nan leaves, then his wish will be fulfilled!"

"Shut up, I will never be fooled by you again!" Heisha, who suffered the most losses in the flood, kicked Fan Wencheng and turned him on his back.The remaining anger of the Heisha God could not be dispelled, and when he swung his knife to chop Fan Wencheng again, his arm was grabbed by Zhang Xianzhong, and the Heisha God said angrily: "Eight Great Kings, don't you hate this dog Jiannu the most? Come to stop me from killing him?"

"God Heisha, I am helping the manager and not the relatives." Zhang Xianzhong snatched the waist knife of Heisha God and said coldly: "I think what this dog Jiannu said makes sense. Zhang Gouguan a few months ago There must be a reason for ignoring us all the time, and suddenly rushing to drive us away this time! Maybe Officer Zhang Gou was really in a hurry to go north, so he sent troops to attack us."

"Eight Great Kings, I really saw you right." Fan Wencheng got up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said excitedly: "That's the reason, Zhang Gouguan must be in a hurry, so you just need to hold on a little longer, Zhang Gouguan's The main force must go north, leaving room for you to go east to Xuanda!"

"King Shan, what Mr. Fan and the Eight Great Kings said makes sense." Luo Rucai, the commander-in-chief of the 29th Route Thieves, also came to his senses, turned to Wang Jiayin and said, "Officer Zhang Gou is notoriously cunning, he never trades at a loss, and Fugu does not." It belongs to his supervisor, Xuan Da. If he wasn’t afraid that we would take the opportunity to go east, he wouldn’t be making money and making money, fighting across the border to help the old man Sun Chengzong beat us. This time he did the opposite, which just proved that he was really in a hurry. Xuan Da Flaws are about to appear in the Fenhe defense line, and he is afraid that we will take advantage of the loopholes, so he will spare no expense to drive us away."

"It makes sense." Wang Jiayin finally nodded, and said in a dilemma: "But Officer Zhang Gou is about to call, can we stop it? Besides, Fugu has been flooded to such a state now, what else do we have to hold on to?"

"Shaanxi King, we can give up Fugu and Baode, and retreat to Shenmu for the time being!" Fan Wencheng shouted excitedly: "Zhang Haogu, the little mad dog, wants to come back to help Xuanda Great Wall at any time. He will definitely not dare to go deep into Shaanxi. We just need to withdraw Going to Shenmu, he must weigh the consequences of pursuing alone! Even if he does come after us, we can still retreat to Yulin and Mizhi, always posing a threat to his Xuanda, as long as we hold on to the Xuanda border for a while, and wait for us When Da Jin's army hits the Xuanda Great Wall, he will have to turn around and head north! By then, all of Xuanda's beauties, food, silver and gold will be yours!"

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Young Master Zhang's intention was finally guessed by Fan Wencheng once. When Young Master Zhang's army rushed south to Baode City, when he found that the rebels had abandoned the empty Baode City and Fugu City and went south, Young Master Zhang really stopped the pursuit. They just sent people to burn down the already dilapidated Fugu City to prevent the rebel army from returning, and at the same time sent out scouts to scout the movement of the rebel army.And two days later, when the news came that the main force of the rebel army had been stationed in Shenmu, Young Master Zhang immediately understood that he had met a master this time! ——The enemy has understood his intention to eliminate the threat from the western front, so he sticks to the Xuanda defense line and always poses a threat to his Xuanda flank, hoping to change.

"Damn it, cross the river and fight!" Although he said that the Yellow River is no longer his jurisdiction, but in order to free up his hands quickly, Young Master Zhang gritted his teeth and gave the order to pursue across the river.Give an order, on June 200th, the main force of Xuanda's army, more than [-] people, crossed the Yellow River across the board and began to attack the main force of the thieves entrenched in the Shenmu area. The whole line crossed the Yellow River, and the main force of the rebels quickly gave up on Shenmu. Without giving Xuanda's army a chance to fight, they turned south and fled to Yulin City, which was farther away from Xuanda.Moreover, they sent troops to continue going south to strengthen the control of Mizhi and Jiazhou in the south, assuming that they might go south at any time to hide and seek with Young Master Zhang.In this way, Young Master Zhang is really dumb-eyed—even if he wants to chase him, he can’t chase him. Yulin is more than [-] miles away from Fugu. Even wanting to come back is difficult.

Not counting these, there is another thing that makes Master Zhang depressed and angry. The Shaanxi army, which has moved its main force to Yan'an Prefecture, is still standing still. It's a sticky brown candy. ——Of course, this piece of brown candy is just sticky to Master Zhang, but it may be a pack of hungry wolves to the Shaanxi army, so Sun Chengzong and Hong Chengchou are not stupid either. He and Hong Chengchou are absolutely not interested in using their own army to feed the stomachs of hungry wolves first.

"Xiantai, let's divide up the troops." Seeing Young Master Zhang's embarrassment, Sun Chuanting offered to propose: "Let the lower officials lead the Datong army to chase down the main force of the rebels, and Xiantai's slave-slaying army will return to Ningwu to sit in town. Even if the declaration of the Great Wall is true If something goes wrong, the slaughtering slave army can quickly go north, as for the west, please let Zhang Xiantai hand it over to the subordinate officials."

Young Master Zhang was silent, and after a while he moved his lips lightly and said a few words, but unfortunately Sun Chuanting's nickname was Sun Deaf, so he could only ask: "Zhang Xiantai, what did you just say? I'm sorry, I have hearing problems. I can hear Zhang Xiantai's admonition."

"I said I was worried, your troops are insufficient!" Young Master Zhang raised his voice and said seriously: "The Fen River defense line is more than 940 miles long, and the bandit army has hundreds of thousands of people. If the bandit army attacks from multiple directions, with your strength It is inevitable that you cannot take care of everything! And your army has a major flaw, that is, the composition of the troops is simple and lacks mobility. Your train soldiers are good in field battles, but the trains are too heavy and have extremely high requirements for roads. Long-distance raids and mobile operations are bound to be full of loopholes, so I can't take care of them! So if I entrust the western front to you, I can't rest assured for the time being!"

If someone else spoke to Sun Chuanting like this, it might be difficult for Sun Chuanting, who has a strong self-esteem, to accept it, but when Young Master Zhang, who is recognized as the number one in Ming Dynasty, commented on himself, Sun Chuanting was discouraged and also a little guilty to accept it.After hesitating for a long time, Sun Chuanting asked: "Then what should we do now? Zhang Xiantai, your slave slaughter army can't go too deep into Shaanxi, and there is no way to quickly drive away the main force of the rebels entrenched on the Xuanda border. If the Great Wall defense line appears at this time If there is a problem, we will lose sight of the other.”

"Don't panic, wait a little longer." Young Master Zhang tried his best to keep himself awake in the current predicament, and counted the time with his fingers, "Song Xiance has already arrived in Chahanhaote for a while, Regardless of whether he succeeds or not, it will take a few days before the news comes. That is to say, we still have a little time, let me think about it and see how to get rid of these gangrene, clingy Nougat."

(End of this chapter)