266 Sneak attack on Xiangyang
Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing were really excited. If they could really have so many firearms, not to mention being invincible in the world, at least they wouldn't have to run away when they saw Li Zicheng and the others.
Yesterday they were watching the city wall. They still remember the scene of muskets, cannons and thunderstorms. If they were given so many firearms, they could beat Li Zicheng to urinate!
Not to mention, Zhu Qizhu just wants them to confront Li Zicheng.
You should know that Yichuan County is only more than 60 miles away from Luoyang, so it is definitely not possible to not stock up on heavy troops here, and Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi cannot be consumed all of them here. After all, there are other cities in Ruzhou, and as personal soldiers, there are many things they have to do.
Zhu Qizhi looked at Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing's excited expressions, and then asked: "After the reorganization is completed, if you are asked to guard Yichuan City, are you sure to withstand Li Zicheng's army?"
Is this still necessary to ask?
Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes."
That's good.
Zhu Qizhuo nodded slightly, then said to Ai Nengqi again: "Nengqi, you prepare and lead your army to Yiyang tomorrow. Although it is far from Luoyang, it is also a key road to enter and exit Ruzhou. You have to be careful to guard it."
Aineng heard this and said silly: "I will be careful, adoptive father, don't worry."
Hehe, this little guy is really stupid.
Zhu Qizhe smiled and nodded, and then said to Li Dingguo Highway: "Dingguo, you will be responsible for stationing Ruzhou City in the future and support it in the middle. Once Yichuan or Yiyang is attacked, you must lead the army to support it in time. In addition, the prisoners in Yichuan City must be escorted to Zhejiangchuan as soon as possible. You can arrange 5,000 troops to stay here and screen them. The ones who are the least injured will start to send them to Zhejiangchuan tomorrow. Send a regiment of people to escort more than 10,000 people at a time, and just escort them in four batches."
Although Li Zicheng's army was vulnerable, it did not mean that these prisoners were all useless.
They mainly followed the wrong person, followed Li Zicheng, and had a big knife, spear and hot weapon, and they were attacking the city, so they naturally had to be beaten.
If they were holding hot weapons, they would definitely not be so vulnerable.
There are so many prisoners, and those who have been on the battlefield, and those who have experienced the test of life and death, it is a pity to abandon them all.
Of course, it is not enough to keep them in Yichuan City. After all, they have been stumbling under Li Zicheng, and they must have a close relationship with the people under Li Zicheng. It is definitely not enough to put them on the front line against Li Zicheng.
Zhu Qizhu was about to take them back to Zhejiang and Sichuan, and first placed them in Daba Mountains to screen them. Those who have been tested will be kept as reserves. If they cannot be used, they can only be sent to Dongfan farming.
After Yichuan got into trouble, he hurried back to Zhejiangchuan because he vaguely remembered that Li Zicheng's capture of Luoyang was the beginning of the demise of the Ming Dynasty. Next, it was Zhang Xianzhong's turn to show his power.
At this moment, Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing were stationed in Yichuan in the northern part of Ruzhou, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi were stationed in Ruzhou and Yiyang in the central part, Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu were stationed in Lushan, Baofeng and Jiaxian. The northern gate of Nanyang was already solid, so he didn't have to worry about it. Next, it was time to consider the defenses on both sides of the east and south.
It's okay to say that the west side is surrounded by Daba Mountain and Qinling Mountains, and road traffic is not developed. There is only one road entering Nanyang. As long as you take Shangnan and strangle this road, there will be basically no threat to the west side.
The east and south sides are more troublesome. There are too many passages to enter Nanyang in these two directions, especially the south side, which is almost flat and full of roads. If you want to completely defend it, you will have to at least 50,000 or 60,000 people. At this moment, Zhejiang and Sichuan are only Li Wanxiong, Sun Hongliang and others under 40,000 people. What should I do?
Zhu Qizhe stared at the map for a few days, but decided to transfer Qi's army and the imperial guards back to prevent accidents.
Anyway, the chieftains of Bozhou, Xuzhou and Shuixi have already surrendered, so there is no need to worry at all. Chongqing has 10,000 elite white-rod soldiers and nearly 20,000 stone-rod chieftain soldiers, so it is definitely no problem to defend them.
That morning, Zhu Qidiao was watching the surrendered soldiers practice in Daba Mountain. A secret guard suddenly rode his horse and said hurriedly: "Report, the prince, the Qi family army and the imperial guard have arrived in Yanshan City."
Very good, 20,000 elite troops have finally arrived.
He immediately left the surrendered soldiers who were training and headed straight for Yanshan City.
Yanshan City is the ancestral temple built for Wei Zhongxian, but now it has been transformed into a large fortress, with rows of barracks and a huge hall inside.
This hall is the main hall of the sacred temple, but it has now been converted into a commanding place.
When Zhu Qizhe came to the conference room of the main hall, the Qi family army and the Imperial Guard generals were already neatly arranged on both sides of the conference table.
He quickly raised his hand and pressed down: "You have worked hard all the way, please sit down quickly, please sit down quickly."
This way of sitting down to have a meeting was also his first. At this moment, basically no one would let his subordinates sit on an equal footing with him. All the generals thanked him repeatedly, and then they sat down carefully.
Zhu Qidiao then asked kindly: "How is it, Xianglin, the journey is going smoothly. Have you ever encountered officers, soldiers or bandits?"
Ma Xianglin said excitedly: "The journey is quite smooth. At this moment, the main forces of the officers and soldiers are near Dazhou and Guangyuan. The bandits Zhang Xianzhong's troops and Luo Rucai's troops are also dealing with them there. Who dares to provoke us a huge army of 20,000!"
This guy is a little swelling.
Zhu Qizhe smiled and shook his head and said, "You are lucky. When you came here, you were walking on the Yangtze River waterway. If you go north by land, you may just run into the main force of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai."
ah?
Ma Xianglin was shocked when he heard this. You know, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai are not weak at this moment. The two of them have an army of more than 200,000. Otherwise, they would not have been able to deal with more than 100,000 officers and soldiers for so long without being at a disadvantage.
If they happened to meet the main force of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai on the road, it would be troublesome. After all, they only had 20,000 troops in total. If they rushed over, they would definitely suffer heavy losses.
Fortunately, they took the Yangtze River waterway when they set out from Chongqing, and did not land until Yunyang.
He couldn't help but say curiously: "Aren't Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai dealing with the main forces of the officers and soldiers near Dazhou and Guangyuan? How could they run to Yunyang?"
Zhu Qizhe shook his head slightly and said, "You are all info from more than ten days ago. According to He Jiujin's secret report, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai have led their main force to secretly pass through the southern part of Xing'an Prefecture, and travel to Zhuxi and Zhushan, and arrive in Fang County. If you go by land, wouldn't you just bump into them near Zhushan and Fang County?"
this!
Qi Jin on the side couldn't help asking: "Prince, why are they so sneaky?"
Zhu Qizhu pretended to be mysterious and said: "I guess they intend to attack Xiangyang. You must know that Xiangyang is the place where the officers and soldiers camps are located. Most of the food and salary of Yang Sichang's men are stored there, and there are also a bunch of vassal princes and princes in Xiangyang. If Zhang Xianzhong takes Xiangyang, Yang Sichang will probably have to peel off even if he doesn't die."
Chapter completed!