In the lobby of the Shaanxi Governor's Office, there were generals wearing helmets and armors on both sides of the hall. Zhou Yuji, as the newly established Qin army general, stood first in the right hand, and the military discipline officers sent by the Ministry of War and the Jinyiwei stood one or two in the left hand hand.

"Governor is here!"

With a majestic shout, Sun Chuanting, wearing a big red crane robe, a jade belt, and thick-soled official boots, a tall and burly Sun Chuanting turned out from behind the screen behind the hall, and Xie Renxing, wearing a Confucian robe, followed closely behind. After standing still, Sun Chuanting glanced at the generals under the hall with sharp eyes. The buzzing sound of the generals talking to each other in the hall stopped immediately, and the entire hall was silent in an instant.

Sun Chuanting nodded with satisfaction, Kuo walked to the chair behind the big case, while Xie Renxing stood behind him.

Then the generals, led by Zhou Yuji, sang loudly in turn cān     bài.

Since receiving the urgent report from the Hanyin magistrate, Sun Chuanting and Yang Mingsheng, Cui Shisheng, Xie Renxing and others urgently discussed it, and judged that Gao Yingxiang wanted to attack Xi'an Prefecture in one fell swoop when the official army gathered in northern Shaanxi and the troops in southern Shaanxi were empty, so as to expand the strength of the camp and gain greater fame.

Sun Chuanting knew that if nothing unexpected happened, the Sichuan army had already arrived in Hanzhong. After Gao Yingxiang captured Hanyin, Shiquan County was no longer protected. However, if the camp continued to attack Hanzhong Prefecture, if he saw that Hanzhong had heavy troops guarding and could not be violated, he would choose a way north to attack Xi'an.

Yang Mingsheng and others suggested defending Xi'an and then maintaining contact with the Shaanxi-northern government troops. When the bandits attacked Xi'an for several days, the senior soldiers of the army were exhausted, the elite troops of Shaanxi-northern government troops would be able to annihilate Gao Yingxiang in one fell swoop.

Sun Chuanting is a arrogant and arrogant person. Now he is holding a heavy army and is about to show his skills, how could he adopt such a conservative strategy? Isn’t you Gao Yingxiang the strongest among the thieves? Isn’t it that if you are not Hong and Lu, you can’t stand you? Well, let me Sun Chuanting meet you!

After checking the map, Sun Chuanting focused his attention on Heishui Valley in the southeast of Zhouzhi County, west of Xi'an.

He believed that Gao Yingxiang would definitely leave Ziwu Valley from Shiquan north.

Ziwu Valley is located in the north of Shiquan, with a river in the middle called Ziwu Shui. It is located in the west by Heishuiyu. There is a path that can lead to Xi'an. If you want to catch Xi'an off guard, this path is the best route.

Considering that the Qin army was first established, although the Qin army was sufficient food and wages, high morale, and they were trained every two days, and they were also led by powerful generals like Zhou Yuji and Luo Shifang, they were actually new recruits who had not been in actual combat. Although they had also killed several bandits, most of them were hundreds of people and a large number of thousands of people, and they had no experience in dealing with tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of large bandits. So they wrote to the governor of the five provinces, Hong Chengchou, requesting to dispatch elite troops to aid.

Hong Chengchou has been in northern Shaanxi for nearly a year and has led more than 20,000 troops to fight with more than 100,000 people including the thief Scorpion Tuoyangkun and the eighth team general Li Zicheng. He has won and lost each other, but he has not hurt the root cause.

Although the number of bandits is huge, there are very few elite troops. The terrain in northern Shaanxi is complex, with deep and high ravines, which is not conducive to cavalry pursuit. Every time the bandits retreat, the official army always fails to catch up. Therefore, neither side can do anything to each other and the battle situation is in a stalemate.

After receiving the news from Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou thought about it again and again and sent out two guerrilla Xu Zhong and Liu Yingjie, the deputy general of Shaanxi, under He Renlong.

These two men are famous thorns among the border troops in Shaanxi. They have never adhered to military discipline. Their subordinates are invincible when fighting with the wind. Once the war is intensified, they will try every means to run away.

He usually harasses the people and does a lot of robbery of property, and even kills good people and takes credit for his achievements.

Since the efforts to fight to the north of Shaanxi still need to rely on the various troops to fight to the death, Hong Chengchou, in addition to sternly admonishing He Renlong to restrain the two troops, was helpless to the two. He also wanted to find the right opportunity to cut off the heads of the two, but he knew that the Shaanxi soldiers valued the friendship between the village party, and the military-China relations were inconsistent and colluded with each other. One careless person might cause a mutiny. If this leads to the flood of bandits in northern Shaanxi, Hong Chengchou would not redeem it. It happened that Sun Chuanting was short of troops, and the governor of the five provinces sent the two.

Xu Zhong and Liu Yingjie each led 1,500 men to Xi'an. On the first day of arrival, Sun Chuanting immediately paid the two ministries at one tael of silver for each person, and Xu Zhong and Liu Yingjie each had ten taels of rice. This move really worked. Both of them were very happy and praised the governor for his ability to be a human being.

The generals had finished singing the title, and Sun Chuanting spoke in a deep voice: "I received an urgent report. The thief led his troops from Yunyang Prefecture to Shaanxi. Now he has conquered Xing'an and Hanyin counties. Shiquan is probably no longer protected. The thief will find a way to attack Xi'an north!"

After hearing the news that Gao Yingxiang had returned to Shaanxi, the generals below expressed different expressions, some were excited and some were worried.

Zhou Yuji, the general of the Qin army, took a step forward and said with a sigh: "Reported to Lord Futai, I have heard of the name of the trespass for a long time. They all say that they are strong and difficult to control! I am not talented, and I am willing to lead the Qin army to meet the enemy! I am humble and have to see if Gao Chuang is so powerful in the rumors!"

Luo Shifang, who had been promoted to the Qin army general, also loudly reported forward: "Master Futai, I heard that the thief horse team is very elite, I am willing to lead the horse team as the forward to compete with him!"

The middle and senior generals in the Qin army were all promoted from the Yongwei camp team brought by Luo Shifang, so they naturally wanted to climb up with their military achievements. Seeing that their chief generals asked for battle, they all came out to agree. For a moment, the atmosphere in the lobby was warm and the generals were extremely eager to fight, but Xu Zhong and Liu Yingjie looked indifferent.

Sun Chuanting looked at the generals in the hall with satisfaction, and felt secretly proud: The morale of the army is available! The new army he had worked hard to build finally had a chance to show his skills. This battle will make his reputation widely circulated throughout the world!

He raised one arm and pressed it down. The generals immediately stopped talking and stepped back and stood up.

Sun Chuanting ordered majesticly: "I believe that the thieves must have the intention of sneak attack! Therefore, this official will place the place where the decisive battle with the thieves is located in Heishui Valley, southeast of Zhouzhi County! After the generals return to the camp, they will immediately send orders to collect their troops and bring five days of military rations. After one hour, the entire army will be sent to Heishui Valley! If there is any delay, the military discipline officers can be killed!"

When Qin Liangyu led his troops day and night to reach the land ten miles west of Shiquan County on the third day, the horse exploration team sent in front of him to report the four gates of the county town were wide open, and the bandits had broken through the city and were robbing the city. The bandits set up roadblocks outside the west gate, which was obviously guarding against reinforcements from the Hanzhong direction. Hundreds of bandits were guarding the open outside the west gate.

Qin Liangyu ordered the army to camp on the spot and set up a hundred-step roadblock on the road facing the west gate of Shiquan to prevent the bandits from charging.

The official road leading to Hanzhong in Shiquan is very narrow, with mountains and rivers on both sides of the road. Qin Liangyu ordered two hundred white-sling soldiers to climb the cliffs of the north road, search for thick wood and huge rocks, and throw them down when the enemy attacks. She does not intend to attack the bandits, because the force difference is too large, and the bandits also have a cavalry team. The white-sling soldiers attack the open land under the city and are easily attacked by cavalry.

The terrain here is very conducive to defense. Apart from this official road, there is no other road leading to Hanzhong. Unless the bandits want to cross mountains and ridges, what should I do if more than 2,000 cavalrymen want to attack Hanzhong? This is the only way to go.

The camp retreated all the way, and its morale had fallen to the bottom. However, after entering Shaanxi, it broke into Xing'an, Hanyin and Shiquan, and captured a large amount of gold, silver, cloth, and food, forcing the people who had no spare family to join the team. The originally declining morale was wiped out, and the number of people expanded to more than 30,000. Gao Yingxiang and a group of bandit leaders rekindled their fighting spirit. They believed that the only ones who could control the camp in the Ming Dynasty were Lu Xiangsheng and Liaodong cavalry, and the rest of the official army were not afraid at all. After a while, they fought back to the hometown of Chuangwang in northern Shaanxi and recruited more warlike men from the frontier area where the people were always fierce, the camp would definitely be able to restore its original strength.

After receiving a report from an official army coming to Shiquan from Hanzhong and now blocking the road, Gao Yingxiang summoned the generals to discuss countermeasures.

Guo Tianxing said, "King Chuang, I have checked it out before. The official road to Hanzhong is very narrow, with mountains and rivers on both sides. There is no other way to do this, what should I do?"

Hun Hundred Wan asked: "I don't know which official army is blocking the road? How many people are there?"

Gao Yingen, who was in charge of the wài escort, replied: "I heard from the boys that this official army has thousands of people from afar. What's strange is that the weapons used by the official army are different from ordinary officials. They are all long white wax poles and there is an extra hook on the gun head!"

Gao Yingxiang frowned and said, "Is it that the white-rod soldier who fought with Jiannu, who was not successful?"

After the Battle of Hunhe, the reputation of the Baigang soldier spread all over the world. After being processed and polished by the people, the Baigang soldier became a heavenly soldier and general who would die if he was stabbed by a three-meter-long white soldier gun. Gao Yingxiang, who traveled south and north to sell horses, had heard many people talk about it. Although he did not believe in the rumors of those foolish men and women, he also admired the Baigang soldier from the bottom of his heart.

If the Baigang soldier was in front of him, although there were many people on his side, it would be difficult to get it, not to mention that the other party had the advantage of geographical advantages.

Guo Tianxingqi said: "Does the King of Chuang know the origin of this official army?"

The bandits and capitals were all from Shaanxi farmers and had little knowledge and had never heard of the name of Bai Gan Bing.

Ma Tianlang said: "No matter which official army it is, it is not easy to fight. I have seen it with Guo Tianxing. The terrain over there is too dangerous. As long as the official army is blocked there, we can't get through at all, and we can't fill it with human lives!"

Hunten said: "But if you go north to Xi'an, you have to conquer Hanzhong first and then go north from the plank road. There are mountains to the north of Shiquan, and there is no way to go!"

Gao Yingxiang frowned and said nothing. For a moment, everyone was at a loss and couldn't think of a way out. The atmosphere in the tent became extremely dull.

"King of Chuang, I know there are paths that can lead to Xi'an! You don't have to go to Hanzhong!" A weak voice suddenly sounded.

"Is there a little way? Is this true?!" Guo Tianxing's eyes lit up and he asked anxiously.

The person who spoke was Liu San, a local dilapidated native in Shiquan, who was over 20 years old and had no job. He usually gathered a group of rascals to hang up in the city, specializing in cheating and extortion.

When the camp attacked Shiquan County, he encountered stubborn resistance in the city. The magistrate Mongolian called on the wealthy families in the city to pay for food and money, and raised all the young and strong men in the city to defend the city. After the camp was damaged by hundreds of people, he did not break the city.

Just when Gao Yingxiang gave the death order to break the city within half an hour, Liu San, with dozens of city spoils, took advantage of the city's defenses being concentrated at the east gate and the south gate, killed more than a dozen civilians guarding the north city, opened the north gate and sent someone to inform the leader who was preparing to attack the east gate of the camp. The leader immediately reported the news to Guo Tianxing, and then Guo Tianxing personally led his people into the city from the north gate, and Shiquan declared his loss.

After breaking the city, Liu San led the way, Zhu Tianxing and his subordinates plundered the warehouses of large households in the city, and obtained a large amount of grain, salt, medicinal materials and other materials.

Afterwards, Gao Yingxiang rewarded Liu San, gave him a seat with a whistle, and assigned two thousand people to him, and returned to Guo Tianxing. Liu San transformed from a gangster to a general who broke into a camp.

Originally, he was not qualified to participate in major discussions. Guo Tianxing saw that he was smart and had a wink, and he was a local, so he might be useful, so he brought him into Gao Yingxiang's tent to participate in the discussions.

"When I was a young teenager, I worked as a shopkeeper in the city for a year. When I followed the shopkeeper to Xi'an to sell goods, I walked through that path. I walked into Ziwu Valley not far to the west. There was a valley called Heishuiyu, which was much closer than from Hanzhong to Xi'an. Many vendors traveled to Xi'an from that road!"

"Can the army pass through that road? How many days will it take?" Gao Yingxiang stared at Liu San and asked.

Liu San replied confidently: "If you go back to the prince, Heishui Valley is not wide, but the pack horses that go to and from the caravan can travel! You can reach Xingping County in just three days!"
Chapter completed!