Since Yang Sichang received He Renlong's report, he learned that Mei Zhihuan was leading the Chu army to fight with the bandits, and he began to deliberately slow the march. He ordered the camp just after the afternoon yesterday. Then after dawn today, he directly ordered to continue to rest on the spot for a day.

Although Yang Sichang asked He Renlong and Li Guoqi to send some troops to reinforce Mei Zhihuan, he thought that Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai had 50,000 or 60,000 troops, which must not be stopped by Mei Zhihuan with those ten thousand new soldiers in the Chu army. He Renlong and his friends only had 6,000 Shaanxi soldiers, and they had to leave most of them to guard Dachang City according to his orders. Even if they went to reinforce, they would not be able to send many soldiers.

No matter what, Mei Zhihuan will definitely be defeated. But Yang Sichang did not plan to rescue him. He even hoped that Mei Zhihuan would be defeated. It didn't matter if Mei Zhihuan was defeated. What he cared about was that Mei Zhihuan could hold the bandit army for him for some time. He needed this time, not to use this time to reinforce Mei Zhihuan, but to use this time to set up another encirclement and surround the bandits.

"Even if the tiger is powerful and as powerful as the two generals, they will quickly enter Fengjie and block the bandits' army from moving south."

"After sending someone to inform Zuo Liangyu, let him seize the city of Daning, leave some troops to guard Daning, and then lead troops to Zhuguoping to the south to guard it, echoing Fengjie and Dachang City to encircle the bandits."

With Mei Zhihuan's victory again and again, Yang Sichang already felt that the civil and military officers and generals around him had doubts about him. This question was not shown openly, but Yang Sichang could feel that the guerrillas of the governors, generals, and generals were already a bit slanderous to him, the governors, and generals.

There was a undercurrent of suspicion in the army. Yang Sichang could feel that Henan Governor Yuan Shuchu and Shaanxi Governor Zheng Chongjian were led by these two Governors. These people were secretly questioning their abilities, doubting his strategy of suppressing bandits and combat plans.

His personal soldiers even found some rumors from the army, saying that they could only talk about war on paper. Prime Minister Mei Zhihuan could use troops to fight. The basis for their words was that he predicted that the bandits would enter Shaanxi and then arranged heavy troops on the border of Shaanxi, but the bandits entered Sichuan. Just as Mei Zhihuan expected, everyone also said that he could not recognize people and chose Zuo Liangyu, who had just been defeated by the bandits, to be the general.

However, Mei Zhihuan boldly chose Liu Jun as his commander, but repeatedly defeated the bandits, captured and killed several bandit leaders, and made contributions.

"Who will laugh to the end is not sure. When Mei Zhihuan and Zhelang were defeated and died, our governor has already set up a dozen ambushes to annihilate the bandits in one fell swoop and achieve the final success. Then, let's see what you say." Yang Sichang is now hating Mei Zhihuan to the core. The Prime Minister sang against him everywhere and did not obey his orders at all.

But at this moment, Yang Sichang suddenly heard the bad news reported by He Renlong.

Mei Zhihuan fought with the bandits and bandits, not only did she not lose, but she won, but also captured Zhang Xianzhong alive!

How is this possible?

Yang Sichang was furious and wished he could draw his sword and chop the person who came to report the news.

But after careful inquiry, Yang Sichang discovered that He Renlong had not gone to reinforce Mei Zhihuan. Before He Renlong could send troops, Mei Zhihuan had defeated the bandits.

They actually ambushed Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Runan only once at the same place where Liu Jun ambushed Shuntian and Hunshiwang last time. And it was even successful.

Thousands of bandit cavalry led by Zhang Xianzhong were trapped in the valley. Luo Rucai led his troops to rescue him. The two sides fought fiercely for a whole day. More than 10,000 people died on both sides. As a result, Luo Rucai did not rescue Zhang Xianzhong. In the end, he only left more than 8,000 bodies, Zhang Xianzhong was left behind, and hurriedly fled.

Mei Zhihuan and Liu Jun's less than 20,000 Chu troops were only injured or killed or killed by about 3,000.

How is this fucking possible?

For Yang Sichang, this news was like a bolt from the blue. He originally wanted to be a fisherman, and wait for the snipe and clam to fight, and he would benefit another fisherman. He wanted to be the oriole behind the mantis stalking the cicada.

But Mei Zhihuan, a man who should have been defeated and then helped him to defeat the bandits, actually defeated the bandits and captured Zhang Xianzhong alive, and he had nothing to do with him.

Mei Zhihuan won again, much bigger than the last time. Mei Zhihuan kept winning, and he was a step later. In comparison, his supervisor was completely covered up by the Prime Minister.

Now, even if he brought all the remaining bandits, he still could not cover up Mei Zhihuan's glory and achievements. The thief leader Zhang Xianzhong has become Mei Zhihuan's prisoner. Mei Zhihuan fought 50,000 to 60,000 bandits with 20,000 soldiers and horses, severely damaged bandits and captured bandits alive, but he was able to escape unscathed.

Yang Sichang felt exhausted, and the situation was becoming more and more passive. He had to take down the bandits such as Luo Rucai, and could only take down these bandits so that he could retain some face in front of Mei Zhihuan.

Fortunately, Mei Zhihuan must have been seriously injured after the battle just now. There is no need to worry about him and his Chu army defeating the bandit again, or capturing Cao Cao alive, or beheading a certain bandit leader.

As long as he can suppress the bandits such as Cao Cao, he can also save face.

Wushan City.

After the Chu army returned to Wushan, they left wounded soldiers and asked Yuan Jixian to lead his own battalion of Fubiao to stay in Wushan City. Then the entire army boarded the river boat and quickly rushed to Fengjie. Liu Jun's probation horse was staring at the tens of thousands of bandits led by Cao Cao. The bandits were rushing towards Fengjie along the mountain by land.

Fortunately, the bandits had to walk on the mountain road, and they took the boat directly, so they could still return to Fengjie first than the bandits.

"We have left a batch of ammunition in Baidi City. In addition, Wushan and Fengjie each have a Fubiao battalion. Although they are all new recruits, they are still some new forces." Mei Zhihuan stood at the bow of the ship and pointed to the map and said, "The various troops led by Yangge's troops have arrived. We only need to defend the front line of Fengjie and persevere for another day or two to wait until the army arrives and annihilate the thieves here in one fell swoop."

Liu Jun said with some concern, "We are fighting in Lannigou. He Renlong, who is eighty miles away, led thousands of Shaanxi soldiers, but they just sit back and wait and stop. I'm afraid that we will fight to the death here, blocking the swords and guns of the thieves, but some people are watching from behind, deliberately trying to see our defeat."

“It won’t be like this.”

"Teacher, you must be careful." Liu Jun reminded Mei Zhihuan that on the battlefield, for those who are untrustworthy, of course, they would just leave their backs to protect them, otherwise they would not know how they died. Although Liu Jun also believed that the bandits must be blocked now, if only they were working so hard and friendly forces did not cooperate, it would be too stupid and dangerous.

After a big battle, several battalions of Chu troops were a little injured, but the bandits still had more than 40,000 troops. Liu Jun was still a little selfish. He had won three consecutive victories and captured Zhang Xianzhong. He did not want to continue fighting with the bandits. He did not want to waste up the team he had finally established here little by little.

The battle of Lannigou Nine-headed Birds reduced their number by more than 500, and there were still other battalions in front of them. Now the other battalions are all disabled. If they fight again, the nine-headed Birds will have to bear the number by themselves. The last time they reduced their number by 500, would they have to reduce their number by 1,000 this time, or even more?

But Mei Zhihuan was unwilling to miss such a great opportunity.

"The bandits came southwest in Lannigou, and there were only two roads to walk. One was to walk along the north bank of the river. You must pass Baidi City when you walked this road. The second road was to walk in the mountains and pass through Tangjiawan. The bandits could cross the Damei River south to Fengjie, or go west along the Damei River. Therefore, as long as we guard Baidi City and this Tangjiawan, the bandits would have nowhere to go."

"But the trapped beasts become more and more cruel." Liu Jun hesitated. If they blocked the way of tens of thousands of bandits, they would not have to fight to the death.

"We might as well send a group to guard Baidi City, and then the rest of the troops retreat to Fengjie. We just need to guard Fengjie and wait for the various troops and horses of the commander Yang to join." Liu Jun was ten thousand of them who didn't want to fight hard anymore. Even so, the thieves might march northwest and not necessarily go to Fengjie.

The river ship quickly approached Baidi City, and the fleet docked, and wanted to collect a batch of weapons, firearms and food from Baidi City. However, as soon as it drifted, Liu Jun and the others received unexpected good news.

General Qin Liangyu, the general of Zhendong, led the 5,000 white-rod soldiers, and led the two-thousand white-rod soldiers. This was simply great news, and Liu Jun was also very surprised.

The elite white-rod soldiers can fight and are well-known all over the world. It would be great if they could get such a new force.

"Please ask the general of Zhendong to immediately bring troops north to Tangjiawan on the north bank of Damei River to meet with our troops!" Mei Zhihuan excitedly called his personal soldiers and sent him to Fengjie to invite Qin Liangyu to lead his troops north to intercept the bandit army.

"Youqing, please sit in Baidi City and guard the baggage. Jiye and I rushed to Tangjiawan immediately to join the Baigan soldiers."

Li Changgeng did not argue and nodded, "Okay, then I will be responsible for guarding the baggage." Baidi City is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Li Changgeng took his Fubiao camp to guard Baidi City's baggage, which made Liu Jun and Mei Zhihuan feel at ease. As long as the thieves are not stupid, they will not force the Baidi City.

Li Changgeng just needs to guard Baidi City. Even if the bandits pass by the city, it doesn't matter, because they have to pass Tangjiawan in the end. Liu Jun doesn't have to worry that the bandits suddenly turn south, or march towards the south bank opposite the river, and head to Wushan to the east. They can only turn back from Lannigou and then to Wushan City. Not to mention that Yuan Jixian is guarding Wushan, and even if they arrive at Wushan, they can't cross the river without ships. The same is true for going to the south bank of the river. There is 50,000 or 60,000 people and 60,000 people without ships, they cannot fly over.

Therefore, in the end, the thief could only come to Tangjiawan, which was a must.

After replenishing gunpowder, slingshots, arrows, food, and grass in Baidi City, the Prime Minister set out again by boat, and this time he went upstream, but there was no need to go to Fengjie City. Just go to the mouth of Dameixi River, take a boat, and then go to Tangjiawan on the north bank to get ashore.

After the Prime Minister's quotation, the Sixth Battalion reduced the dead and the wounded, there were nearly 15,000 people. However, many of the soldiers were still injured, but everyone's morale was very high.

River boats were loaded with soldiers slashing the waves on the Yangtze River, riding the wind, and the sky gradually darkened.

"Tomorrow will be a good weather, there will be no rain!" Mei Zhihuan looked up at Huitian and said to Liu Jun.
Chapter completed!