The initial location of the Inspection Department was not in Huaiyuan, but in Huaidu Village, forty miles west-north of Huaiyuan, deep in the North Ridge.
Throughout the ages, Longpu Valley, which originates from Taibaiding, has been regarded as the main source of the Huai River. During the Warring States Period, the Huaidu Temple was built in a valley beside Longpu Valley to worship the Huai God. It has been repaired in the past dynasties, and it was also the
The most spectacular temple building in Tongbai Mountain.
Huaidu Village is right next to Huaidu Temple, and there are two to three hundred families living here. However, it is more than ten miles away from the horse trail and has never been as prosperous as Huaiyuan.
More than 20 years ago, Huaidu Village was captured by bandits. The inspection company's office, Huaidu Temple and two to three hundred nearby houses were burned to ashes. The inspection department then moved to a commercial port with convenient transportation.
For the prosperity of Huaiyuan, a military stronghold was built on the west bank of Baijian River.
However, in the eyes of many traditional and old-fashioned villagers, Huaidu is the center of Tongbai Mountain.
Shibaliwu, where the Tang family lived together, was so named because it was located in the Beiling Valley eighteen miles away from the old village of Huaidu.
In the early years, there was only one dangerous trail between the old village of Huaidu and Shibaliwu.
In order to make it easier to get out of the mountains, the Tang family spent countless manpower and material resources over the years to dig roads into the mountains to make it feasible for carriages and horses; now the road is smoother and wider than the dirt road from Yuhuangling to Huaiyuan.
However, on the relatively gentle slopes on both sides of this mountain road, several camps have been built today. The camps are crowded with people and forests of swords and guns; there are also many bandits sleeping directly on the ground.
However, these bandits are not arrogant and underestimate the enemy. They do not know the importance of the camp. In fact, they do not even have the necessary axes and saws. How can they cut down the wood to build the camp?
The three major bandits, Chen Zixiao, Zhong Changqing and Gao Xiangzhong, all arrived. More than 4,000 soldiers and horses filled the valley in front of Shibaliwu, completely cutting off its communication with the outside world.
The old village of Huaidu has also become the rear camp of the coalition forces of various villages. Countless grains are being brought in by mules and horses from Yushan, Taibaiding, Mopanling and others to support the upcoming attack on Shibaliwu by thousands of soldiers and horses.
siege.
However, what the bandits never expected was that on the eve of the storming of Shibaliwu, they were stabbed hard in the butt from behind!
"Those three cowards, Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu, and Zhou Tian, are all shit eaters. Two thousand men and horses were frightened out of their wits by thirty or fifty cavalry soldiers, and more than forty heads were cut off at one time? See what Guo Junpan will do next.
You still have the nerve to boast about the divine crow bow, bah, the ghost crow bow, the dog crow bow, shame on you!"
The thieves and chieftains who have survived in Tongbai Mountain all these years certainly know how to persevere.
However, he was dragged back to the old Huaidu village early in the morning and was told that Guo Jun was sent to guard the small village on the east bank of Tiighu Beach. He suffered an unbelievable defeat. No matter how good his temper was, he would still scold his mother.
"Guo Junpuan is guarding Laoyatan, and he has been thinking about getting a pink little girl from the neighbors to play with all day long. If he doesn't work hard, he doesn't know what it will look like! I don't think he should have expected him to succeed in the first place.
, there is definitely a big mistake!"
"Pan Chenghu is also a coward. He was killed like a lost dog by Xu's reckless tiger. General, you should not have taken in such a waste in the first place!"
No matter that the people sent by Guo Junpan were still in the house, the thieves and chieftains were sarcastic and sarcastic without any scruples.
To put it nicely, all thieves and bandits are arrogant and rebellious; to put it unfavorably, they are all arrogant and arrogant, making everyone else a fool except me.
"Now is not the time to talk about this," Chen Zixiao said with a headache to calm everyone's irritable mood and stop trying to talk to Guo Junpan, "Since the Huaiyuan defenders dare to come out, what is most urgent for us right now is to
Let’s discuss countermeasures first—how to deal with such a situation?”
The various cottages united together, and the number of troops swelled rapidly in a short period of time. They looked overwhelming, but Chen Zixiao knew in his heart that the problems they were facing were not only the lack of soldiers and armor, the rabble of Xinkoduo, but also the lack of food and fodder.
Scheduling, dialing in chaos.
All the thieves and chiefs are unruly and arrogant. When things go well, they compete for profits. When encountering slight setbacks, they criticize and ridicule.
Although Chen Zixiao was promoted as a general, and the coalition forces and the traitor chiefs all obeyed his orders, he knew very well that people like Zhong Changqing and Gao Xiangzhong may not really obey him in their hearts.
"What else can we do? When Shibaliwu is not fighting, of course we must gather our troops and horses to Huaiyuan at this time. We can't watch them stab us in the back!"
Gao Xiangzhong's complexion is dark and wrinkled, his face is weathered by the rocks of the mountains for many years, but his sunken eyes occasionally reveal a sinister and cold light, making people dare not ignore that he is a ruthless bandit.
Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu, and Zhou Tian were as useless as shit. Even two thousand men and horses could not stop Huaiyuan's forty or fifty horsemen from charging rampant. How could he dare to trust these three people to guard his retreat?
Over the years, Shixi Village has been able to stand tall in Tongbai Mountain. Gao Xiangzhong's life principle is to be ruthless when he should be ruthless, and never fight for his morale when he should be stubborn.
Zhong Changqing knocked down the armrest of the high chair with his fingers and said: "The coalition seems to be gaining momentum, but at this time it is actually like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. There is no two ways. Should you continue to attack Shibaliwu, or pull the troops to attack
I have no objection to Huaiyuan, but we must choose one to attack, and we must not hesitate or lose our footing."
Among the many ferocious-looking thieves, Zhong Changqing was tall and fair-faced. He was just over thirty years old at this time. If he weren't wearing iron armor, he would look more like a scholar who had traveled around the world - and young
At that time, his family was prosperous, and before he was driven out by his tribe, Zhong Changqing did study hard at a private school for several years.
He has a clearer view of the current situation of the coalition forces.
He did not intend to accuse Guo Junpan and others of being incompetent. Even if he was worried about the instability of his retreat and it was not appropriate to attack Shibaliwu again, he should immediately launch a siege on Huaiyuan instead of just taking advantage of the situation like Gao Xiangzhong did.
It was a solid excuse, but in fact they just wanted to withdraw their troops and choose a relatively safe place to hide and wait and see the situation.
If the coalition forces only have two or three thousand troops, they can retreat to defend dangerous areas and advance as fast as a hurricane without any hindrance. Of course, they can wait and see the situation patiently.
However, now that the coalition forces in various villages have almost tens of thousands of troops, the situation is completely different.
If the situation changes at this time and they want to retreat to a dangerous place, food supply will become a big problem.
And with so many people, many of whom even brought their families with them, once the imperial soldiers and horses surrounded them, it would be extremely difficult to escape quickly and find another place to open up the situation.
In Zhong Changqing's opinion, even if we have to wait and see the situation, we must choose one of the two and capture Shibaliwu or Huaiyuan first.
Only in this way can the area they control be deep enough, and the supplies of food and fodder be relatively sufficient. They can also deter Xu Jin and other surnames and prefectures and counties from taking rash actions, and thus gain time to calmly integrate and train the troops of various departments.
At this time, the coalition forces were like a boat sailing to a dangerous shoal. They were in danger of capsizing at any time in the rapid current. How could they stop?
"Guo Junpian can't be said to be incompetent. He really didn't expect that the troops from the Huaiyuan Township camp would dare to do something so rashly, so he was caught off guard and was taken advantage of by the reckless general of the Xu family." Zheng Hui at this time concluded that the Xu family was reckless.
Xu Huai, who was the chess piece controlled by Yaksha Fox behind the scenes, stood up and said, "The Huaiyuan Township Camp is doing something so recklessly. It must be people like Deng Gui who know for sure that we are going to attack Shibaliwu and want to use this method to defeat the coalition forces."
The main force is to be diverted back to break the siege of the Tang family - how can we still fall into his scheme even though we know it is like this?"
"Then let me ask Mr. Zihui, what can we do if we don't want to fall into the trap? Four to five hundred Xu clan soldiers sneaked to Huaiyuan overnight. Deng Gui now has seven to eight hundred capable soldiers in his hands. If he is determined to come from Huaiyuan
Yuan came out in a big way, can idiots like Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu, and Zhou Tian resist?" Gao Xiangzhong had looked at Guo Junpan twenty or thirty years ago, and Pan Chenghu didn't like them, thinking that they were not qualified to fight with him in Tongbai Mountain.
Keep pace with each other.
"This is also where I am confused,"
Of course, Zheng Hui, Dong Qifeng and others would not show their true colors to the public in the Zhuzhai Allied Forces. Instead, they would fake other identities as guests invited by Chen Zixiao to get along with everyone and participate in the integration and command of the allied forces.
Of course, their apparent status in the allied forces of the various villages cannot be compared with that of Gao Xiangzhong, Zhong Changqing and other traitor chiefs who consider themselves generals. Therefore, when he spoke, he could only make suggestions and said,
"However, just as General Zhong said, the coalition forces are sailing against the current at this time, and they have to choose one of Huaiyuan and Shibaliwu to have more room for maneuver. Why did the Xu family brazenly send troops to Huaiyuan to accept Deng Gui's arrangements?
, we can’t figure it out for the time being, but just so, if we return to attack Huaiyuan, the chance of winning is even lower. In my opinion, the only way to conquer Shibaliwu as quickly as possible, and to open up Taibaiding, Yushanyi, and Zhongjia
The blocking points between the villages have connected the area we control in the western part of Tongbai Mountain. When the time comes, if we need food and land, we can also recruit tens of thousands more young people to clean up the Huaihe River.
Source, already in an invincible position..."
Zheng Hui certainly guessed that everything that happened in Huaiyuan at this time was controlled by Yakshahu hiding behind the scenes. This also made him more certain that Chen Zixiao, Gao Xiangzhong and others could not be allowed to withdraw from Shibaliwu at this time.
Instead of attacking the internally divided Shibaliwu, Zheng Hui turned around and attacked Huaiyuan or Yuhuangling, where the Xu family and the Inspection Department had completely joined forces. How strong was Zheng Hui's view on the ragtag army of the Zhuzhai Allied Forces?
Do you have confidence to suggest this?
However, many secrets could not be revealed to the bandits. Zheng Hui was secretly anxious at first, worried that Chen Zixiao might not be able to convince the other bandits.
Unexpectedly, Zhong Changqing had such foresight. Of course, Zheng Hui stepped forward without hesitation. Based on Zhong Changqing's discussion, he further persuaded the bandits to continue their attack on Shibaliwu with firm confidence...
Yes, Zheng Hui was shocked when he heard that Guo Jun's troops were killed by Xu's reckless tiger and lost all their armor. He was also shocked that his hands and feet were cold, and even then he felt bitter in his mouth.
However, Chushan Yakshahu's intention to attract the attention of the coalition forces was so obvious, how could he be easily fooled?
In fact, even if Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu, Zhou Tian and others were temporarily driven out from the east bank of the Baijian River, the coalition forces would definitely capture Shibaliwu.
If they can't win Shibaliwu, they will most likely lose everything!
Yes, even if the coalition army is about to have tens of thousands of troops, how could Zheng Hui, who has been in the army with Cai Qing for many years, not see how fragile this ragtag army actually is?
How could he not know how dangerous it would be for this ragtag army to attack Huaiyuan, where morale and the people's support were available before it really became a force?
