Chapter 164

"That old thing really has more than 20000 troops?"

"Yes, chief, the brothers count according to the method you taught. They should not be wrong. According to their speed, they should arrive the afternoon the day after tomorrow at the latest."

"Hum, I've searched enough and rested almost. The old dog just came now. Do you think I'll fight him again at the bottom of the city?"

Qin Huan sneered. He would have rested for another month or two, but the old dog wanted to fight him. Naturally, he would not be happy.

As the saying goes, when the enemy advances, I retreat, I chase, and when the enemy is tired, I fight... I don't remember one more sentence, but it doesn't matter. These three sentences alone are enough to kill old Hong dog.

So he immediately ordered the battalions to pack up and get ready to run.

The next day, the army marched westward. Although the number did not increase much, the number of mules and horses increased to 13000.

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"My Lord, the thief army fled and went west this morning. The target should be Shangnan county."

"How can this be? If the governor doesn't move, they don't move. If the governor moves, they escape. It's really hateful!"

Hong Chengchou punched cotton and felt like swallowing a lump of shit. It was very uncomfortable.

"Supervisor, why don't you lead the iron cavalry to pursue and intercept it?" Cao Bianjiao was also angry and hugged kungfu.

"No, although there are official roads from Xichuan to Shangnan, this is a mountainous area after all. You rashly lead cavalry to pursue. Once you encounter an ambush, the governor's rescue will be too late."

Hong Chengchou quickly waved his hand. Their more than 20000 step cavalry were careful, not to mention the cavalry chasing alone?

These three thousand guanning iron cavalry are his mace, so they will never take any risk.

"But the inspector, the detective horse returned. The thief army fled in a hurry. The team is in a mess. The opportunity can't be missed!"

"Hum, how dare you show off such small tricks in front of me? Do you really think I'm Zuo Liangyu's vulgar martial artist?"

Hong Chengchou sneered.

"The supervisor's meaning is that the Xiaohua King deliberately fled in such a panic, trying to lure me to lead the cavalry to pursue?" Cao Bianjiao was surprised.

"Yes, it must be that the thief saw the power of Guan Ning's iron cavalry last time. Now I'm afraid he has regarded you as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh. He wants to pull it out and then quickly."

Hong Chengchou nodded. If Cao Bianjiao's three thousand guanning cavalry were damaged, he was really not sure with his current strength.

Hong Laogou guessed right. King Qin really racked his brains to kill Guan Ning's iron cavalry of Cao Bianjiao.

So when he learned that there were no cavalry to catch up, he also yelled at him. After all, if he didn't get rid of the 3000 cavalry, he would have to wander around the mountain all the time. How could Qin Huan not be annoyed?

If he had not been afraid of the 3000 cavalry, he would not go west, but northeast into the plain this time.

Hong Chengchou was in a hurry. Qin Huan didn't attack Shangnan county this time, but passed around the city directly.

The people in the city looked at the overwhelming thief army outside the city, closed the gate and hid in the city. They were trembling, so it was even more impossible to go out of the city to intercept.

Two days later, Hong Chengchou hurried to Xichuan city. Looking at the ruined county seat, he was so angry that his nostrils smoked.

In fact, more than a dozen big families were copied. The head of the county magistrate was hung at the gate of the city. The bandit stronghold in the territory disappeared. Most of the ordinary poor had some money and food in their pockets.

But when he learned that the thief army had passed Shangnan county this evening, the old dog almost fainted with anger.

Gnashing his teeth, he roared, "that is to say, they ran out for more than 120 miles in two days, and we only walked 80 miles?"

"Yes, sir, this Xiaohua king is different from other thieves. His men and horses are almost young men and women and a few teenagers. They never coerce the old and weak, and don't want heavy and useless things. The surplus food and silver are distributed to the local people."

Qian Gao sighed helplessly. It was ironic that he pursued the thief army farther and farther.

"We must speed up the March tomorrow, or the thief will attack the city again in a few days."

Hong Chengchou hammered on the book case and obviously knew that if he continued to chase like this, it would be a joke.

But at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Pianpian was an era of jokes. The anti thieves ate three meals a day, but the officers and soldiers ate two meals a day. They even didn't have enough to eat.

Where can you beat the anti thief?

As the governor to suppress bandits, Hong Chengchou was worried about military pay and food. When he went to the county yamen, the warehouse was empty. Before he opened his mouth, the gentry in the territory scrambled to cry.

As a result, as soon as king Qin arrived, although the warehouse was empty, the county magistrate and all the officials were fat and oily.

The grain in the granary of those poor gentry families was moldy, the silver in the cellar was blackened, and the number of beautiful wives and maidservants in the family was almost countless.

As a result, King Qin's silver is used as a stone. If he can't take away the food, he should give it to the people. There are not enough beautiful women to pull mules and horses.

You can do whatever you want.

One side is tied up, a little out of line, there will be countless people jump out and stand on the moral commanding heights to impeach you.

The end of the Ming Dynasty was really the best era of rebellion.

Half a month later, Hong Chengchou was led by the nose by King Qin, running from Nanyang to Xi'an, and from Xi'an to Henan. More than 20000 troops were tossed with complaints and exhausted.

Finally, they had to stop in Lushi County to repair, otherwise the army would have to mutiny.

At this time, although King Qin was tired, he had run to Song County 300 miles to the East.

After a fierce attack with more than 10000 cannon fodder, they went to eat and drink spicy food in the city.

When he learned that Hong Laogou had stopped, Qin Huan also stopped to continue recruiting and training soldiers, and refining young soldiers with bandits and mountain thieves in the territory.

When Hong Chengchou saw that he had a little breath, the other party attacked Song County. He was angry and shouted, but he had nothing to do.

The cavalry are afraid of being ambushed, intercepted, and broken by each other. The guards everywhere are like paper paste. They can break at one touch. They not only do nothing, but help and rebel to increase the strength of each other.

"My Lord, why don't you let governor sun lead the troops out of the pass and join forces with the supervisor to encircle and suppress!"

Qian Gao knew that with more than 20000 troops in the supervisor's hands, he might be able to defeat the Xiaohua king, but it was a joke to encircle and suppress others. In the end, he was afraid he would have to be encircled and suppressed by others.

But Hong Chengchou didn't think so. He waved his hand and said, "no, Shaanxi has just stabilized. Once sun Boya leads the troops out of the pass, I'm afraid there will be peaks and smoke in the northwest. At that time, the situation will only worsen. Although Xiaohua Wang is cunning, he always only dares to wander around in the mountains, and the impact is limited. The governor should see who can consume who."

Obviously, although Hong Chengchou was very angry and disgusting, he never lost his mind.

That's true. No matter what Qin Huan did, the old dog just didn't divide the troops and didn't let the cavalry get involved in danger.

Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, was led by the nose by the king of China in the mountainous area at the junction of Northwest Henan.

Yang Sichang, the Minister of the Ministry of war, was tortured to death by the eight kings and Cao Cao in the mountainous area at the junction of Huguang and Sichuan.