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Chapter 2 Enemy Situation

"Have you met an adult!" Seeing Yang Xiao brought back by Liu Sanqi, all the generals yelled.

"I'm sorry, everyone." Yang Xiao's face was full of spring breeze. Looking at his appearance, no one could imagine that he was almost dead a few days ago and was seriously injured.

"I dare not!" Everyone hurriedly said.

"Zhengnan, why are you here?" Yang Xiao saw Wang Zhengnan in the crowd at a glance. Seeing that he was pale and stood up straight, he could not hide the tiredness on his face. He hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

"I am guilty of death and wrongly convicting the enemy. I will be in danger. Please forgive me." Wang Zhengnan's expression was rigid, and he knelt on one knee, and apologized loudly.

"If Zhengnan hadn't been for Zhengnan, I would have died under the arrow in the rift, why would Zhengnan have committed any crime? Get up quickly." Yang Xiao took a step forward, held his shoulder with both hands, and comforted him.

"Thank you, sir." Wang Zhengnan knew that Yang Xiao's right arm was injured, and was afraid that he would force him to help him, so he would crack the wound on his body. He did not argue and took advantage of the situation, but his face was full of shame.

"If you survive a great disaster, you will have good fortune. Since I have come back, the bandits will suffer. Let's go back to the account and discuss the march and battle immediately." Yang Xiao raised his arms and shouted with a look of sorrow that could not be concealed on the generals' faces.

"Yes, sir!" After hearing what Yang Xiao said, everyone's aura was much higher and they said loudly in unison.

"How did the thief change in the initial state of Britain?"

In the central army's tent, Yang Xiao was in the main seat and asked Li Ying in the hall.

"Sir!" Li Ying stood up and fisted and said, "After the thief left Zhongnan, he went from Shaanxi to Henan, threatening the people of Henan. Wherever he passed, there were nine out of ten lands. The number of bandits increased wildly, reaching more than 100,000. Now he is on the periphery of Luoyang and is more and more besieged by Luoyang. Lord Hong sent an edict to order all large troops to enter Luoyang to combat the thief."

"Luoyang will not be broken!" Yang Xiao waved his hand and said in a stressful tone: "It's a little troublesome to go to another place, but I can't wait here for a long time. So according to Lord Hong's instructions, the troops entered Luoyang. But according to my judgment..."

Speaking of this, Yang Xiao smiled proudly: "Maybe before we enter Luoyang, the new instructions have arrived."

The army was very fast and simple. With Li Ying, Wang Fang and others, Yang Xiao didn't have to worry about anything. He originally thought that this was the case this time, but he didn't expect that Wang Fang came over with just as soon as the order came down.

"Sir, the army's food and grass can only be used for twenty days. Please prepare early."

Hearing Wang Fang's words, Yang Xiao took a breath of air conditioning.

Before he could ask questions, Wang Fan opened his mouth and said, "In addition to receiving funding from General Li in Hanzhong, our army had to seize a batch of grain from the bandits on the banks of the Hulu River. Then there was no supplement. His subordinates had sent people to various counties to collect grain, but the grain from each county had been requisitioned by various army. As for Lord Hong, there was no supply, so our army would solve the grain and grass on its own."

"Damn!" Yang Xiao gritted his teeth, but he did not expect that he had to solve the problem of food and grass by himself as an officer and soldier of the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing Yang Xiao's expression stern, Wang Fang gritted his teeth and then said: "At that time, the bandit suppression army collects grain on their own. If the adults agree, their subordinates also want to learn their methods."

"What's the solution?" Yang Xiao saw Wang Fang's expression and knew that it was not a good idea.

"People collect grain!" Wang Fang continued.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the hall had different expressions. Except for a hint of sadness on Wang Zhengnan's face, everyone else had no reaction, as if they heard a word that had nothing to do with him.

In fact, this is also a very normal thing. Li Ying and Liu Sanqi were Zuo Liangyu's subordinates. Zuo Liangyu was extremely troubled by the people, burning, killing, looting, and almost like thieves. Going to the people to grab grain, is just a small part of their lives before, and it is nothing at all. As for Hao Yaoqi and others, they are from thieves. The thieves are usually used to rob grain and robbing people, and such things are even more common to them, as usual.

"No!" Yang Xiao shook his head and refused flatly. Then he explained: "We are officers and soldiers. We can use the thieves' food books for ourselves, or we can seize the food of the big households for ourselves. However, we cannot confiscate the food of the hungry people like the thieves."

After saying that, Yang Xiao glanced at the audience with his eyes, but seeing that most people showed disapproving expressions, he did not force this, because he knew very well what these people were in, which showed that they would not take the people seriously. The people were like water and the officials were like boats, but almost all officials would regard the people as rivers that could be carried by them, and would not expect that this would be a flood that would capsize them.

"Let's talk about food matters later in Luoyang!" Yang Xiao then said another sentence and summarized today.

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"It's true that's not what I expected!"

When the army was about to arrive in Luoyang, a blue flag flew over. When Yang Xiao opened Hong Chengchou's edict, he couldn't help but sneer.

The development of the matter is the same as historical records. Gao Yingxiang's army was trapped in Luoyang for more than ten days, and the entire Henan was shocked. The officers and soldiers of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Chu were dispatched one after another, and Hong Chengchou even led the troops out of Tongguan in person.

At this moment, Gao Yingxiang's cavalry advanced and took advantage of the Xingyang army's rescue of Luoyang. When Xingyang was empty, he fought and gathered all the leaders of the bandits in Xingyang City.

The bandits only stayed in Xingyang for a few days, and when Hong Chengchou dispatched troops and planned to recover Xingyang, the leaders of the bandits took the opportunity to divide their troops into several routes. Each of them blocked the enemy's troops. The enemy situation that had been discovered was Ma Shiyao and Ge Liyan. The King of Zuo Jin led 30,000 troops to block Sichuan and Lake soldiers. Li Dingguo and Yu Bin led 20,000 troops to block Shanxi officers and soldiers. Ainengqi and Huntianwang led 30,000 troops to block Shaanxi officers and soldiers. Luo Rucai and Guo Tianxing led 20,000 troops to guard the Yellow River waterway. As for other routes, they have not yet explored the Qing Dynasty, especially the place where the bandit leader Gao Yingxiang was located, and the official army did not know at all. However, according to Hong Chengchou's judgment, all the troops moved at that time, and only the eastern route was few, Gao Yingxiang might go east. At the same time, Zuo Liangchen was ordered to lead his troops to guerrillas and attack the enemy's enemy on his own.

After reading the edict, Yang Xiao had to admire Hong Chengchou. These famous figures in history were indeed not given for free. Only by relying on the movements of the other bandits, Gao Yingxiang's actions could be judged. The accuracy was exactly the same as what he learned from later history.

"Can he just judge the specific target of the bandit?" Yang Xiao thought, his heart full of heat. The Xingyang Conference was held as scheduled, and then the change in Zhongdu will be!

"If I could successfully preserve Zhongdu, how would Chongzhen, whose ancestral tomb was not destroyed, express it? It's a pity that I have too few people now, so it would be a bit dangerous to face the enemy head-on with Gao Yingxiang and others." Yang Xiao thought while stroking his chin.

"Wang Fang, what day is today?"

After a while, Yang Xiao finally made up his mind and waved his hand and called Wang Fang over.

"Sir, today is the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month." Wang Fang replied.
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