"Hahaha, there really is a Taoist priest in Xiong'er Mountain who changed his career and became a copycat king!"
The land of Zhongzhou was changing, and all kinds of people appeared on the scene, but the master Puxiang who occupied the mountain as the king still left a deep impression on Li Laiheng. After teasing him for a while, he led the troops to Xiaogu with Gao Yigong and others.
At the foot of the mountain, the peaks of Xiaogushan are smaller than those of Gushan, but they are equally steep and majestic. At the foot of the mountain, the rocks are steep and rugged, making it difficult to walk. It is not a comfortable and safe place to live.
But both Li Laiheng and Bai Wang also knew that Gao Yigong was not developing well in the Xiong'er Mountain area, and it would be difficult for him to find a flat and difficult-to-defend valley as a base for his troops. He had to deal with Dazhong's attack and also defend against it.
For a sneak attack by villagers in the mountains, it is natural to find a place to camp in a terrain that is easy to defend, difficult to attack, and steep.
Seeing that the mountain road was difficult to navigate, Hao Yaoqi got off his horse. Upon seeing this, Zhang Pixuan and other knights of the Little Tiger Squad also dismounted and led their horses on foot.
Hao Yaoqi looked at the rugged peaks of Xiaogushan, thinking of the mountainous areas in Yunxi, and sighed: "There are many ditches in our hometown in northern Shaanxi, but there really are not so many mountains. Since our army left Shaanxi, it seems that
I have no idea what it has to do with these mountains. From Yunxi to Shangluo, from Yiling to Henan, I have been circling in the mountains all day long, which makes me very upset."
Li Laiheng smiled and said to Hao Yaoqi: "Then you go and stay outside the mountain! Even if our army has developed a lot now, how many capable soldiers can we have? Compared with last year, of course there are more capable soldiers.
It is much stronger, but it only has more than 3,000 soldiers! You run to Luoyang, go to Kaifeng, and other open and flat places, and there are 12,000 officers and soldiers. No matter how brave and skilled you are, you can resist it.
Can’t live.”
"Okay, I think everyone should go to Yigong's village to rest first, and then we can discuss it further." Bai Wang pointed to the direction under Xiaogu Mountain and said, "Brothers, go all the way from Xiaohu Village in Funiu Mountain to Luanchuan Town.
It was very hard to come here, so let’s ask everyone to rest first and then talk about Li Hao and Yu Dazhong.”
"It's natural."
Li Laiheng nodded in agreement, and ordered all the cavalry to dismount and walk. The firearms of the cannon team and the weapons and armor of the spear team, which were relatively bulky and delicate, were first carried on the horses.
Gao Yigong's village at the foot of Xiaogushan Mountain is naturally much shabbier than Li Laiheng's Xiaohu Village. There is a small flag hanging outside the gate of the village with the word "Gao", so let's call this village Gaojiazhai. The Gao family
The walls of the village are low, and they are made purely of bamboo and branches. They do not have earthen walls like those of the Little Tigers. The area enclosed by the walls is more than double that of the Xiaohus, so it is barely worth it.
The only thing to mention is that there is a three-story watchtower built on the high ground in the middle of the village, which looks quite impressive.
It seems that Gao Yigong's development in Xiong'er Mountain is indeed difficult.
Everyone walked into the village gate and saw a lot of injured soldiers as soon as they entered. Fortunately, although the overall morale was not very high, the brothers in Gaojiazhai did not relax in their training because Gao Yigong was absent.
At this time, there are more than twenty people practicing military formations in the open space of the school grounds. It is called a dojo in a snail and lion shell. Although Gaojiazhai is small, it has all the internal organs. In terms of planning, it is not far behind Xiaohuzhai.
Gao Yigong himself felt a little uncomfortable. He knew that compared with the prosperity of Xiaohu Village, the low and depressed atmosphere here in Gaojiazhai was really disappointing. He blushed slightly and said embarrassedly: "Lao Bai and
The little tiger managed everything so well, but it turned out to be like this when he came to me. I'm really surprised. The grain storage in Gaojiazhai is also relatively limited, so I'm afraid I won't be able to entertain the brothers of the little tiger team well."
Li Laiheng patted Gao Yigong's shoulder hard. He didn't think Gao Yigong handled the matter badly. Instead, he praised him and said: "Yigong, Yu Dazhong is one of the three major bandits in Henan. That's great."
He is as famous as the old commander. You have been in a stalemate with him for so long. Although you are at a disadvantage, you still built Gaojiazhai without much loss of troops. I think that although the morale of the brothers is not high, the military formation drills are not at all
Relaxation, this should be because you are usually strict, right?"
Bai Wang, who was walking at the front, also turned around and comforted Gao Yigong. He turned the conversation back to normal and suggested that everyone go to the inner house to discuss how to unite with Li Hao to jointly deal with Pingfeng Village. Li Laiheng asked
Hao Yaoqi and Zhang Pili stayed behind and asked them to control the five hundred brothers of the Little Tigers. Gao Yigong arranged for his deputies, Lu Yingbiao and Feng Yangzhu, who were also old brothers from northern Shaanxi, to help arrange the soldiers and horses of the Little Tigers.
These two old brothers, who often worked together under Gao Yigong, performed a very ironic show in later history.
When the Qing army went south, Lu Yingbiao, who was responsible for staying in Xiangyang, left Feng Yangzhu in Xiangyang and went to Yunyang himself to try to join forces with Wang Guangen to fight against the Qing Dynasty. As a result, Lu Yingbiao was betrayed by Wang Guangen and Feng Yangzhu, and he was trapped in Tucheng and was killed by the Qing army.
However, not long after Feng Yangzhu surrendered to the Qing army, he was humiliated by the Manchus. He refused to shave his head. He raised his troops again when Li Guo and Gao Yigong joined forces with the Southern Ming minister Du Yinxi to counterattack Jingzhou, and he died in the battle in Jingzhou.
The pair of two lieutenants, Gao Yigong, who fell in love with each other and eventually died at the hands of the Qing army, were still close friends from the same hometown. Both of them were very good at work, and Lu Yingbiao was very independent and thoughtful.
Feng Yangzhu is a rare talent in the army who is good at managing chores and logistics.
But from this point of view, even the "talent echelon" under Gao Yigong is stronger than that of Li Laiheng. Except for Fang Yiren, who has great talent but dare not use it lightly, Li Laiheng has people like Hao Yaoqi, Uncle Qing,
People like Zhang Pizhu are still unable to take on major responsibilities for the time being.
Li Laiheng, Gao Yigong, and Bai Wang, who were in charge of the military aircraft, agreed in the inner house that Gao Yigong's troops, who were familiar with the local geography, should be the vanguard, with the strongest Little Tigers as the main force, and Bai Wang's troops could be used.
Yu stayed behind in Gaojiazhai. As for Li Hao, everyone felt that the relationship was important. Considering that the situation in Xiong'er Mountain was tense and the situation was turbulent, it would inevitably arouse Li Hao's displeasure and vigilance, so he decided to ask Gao Yigong to send a few envoys to Dajia first.
Gu Shan went to ask Li Hao for his opinion, and Li Hao chose the venue and time for the alliance.
"I think this arrangement is more appropriate. I have tried to take into account all aspects of the situation. What do you think?" This set of action plans was formulated by Bai Wang. As expected, he is cautious and thoughtful, and can always arrange such details.
Li Laiheng was very impressed by how well organized he was.
Li Laiheng praised and said: "Humanity is everything. Lao Bai is careful and considerate in doing things. I can rest assured that you will do things. I think it will be settled like this. Once done, without further delay, we will contact Dagushan as soon as possible.
Let’s see what kind of cooperation the village leader Li Hao wants to do? By the way, I also want to take a look at what this person you say has the character of an ancient hero looks like.”
Gao Yigong didn't say anything else, and everyone settled the matter in a few words. Originally, the expedition to Xiong'er Mountain was supposed to be centered on the local Gao Yigong, but because the Little Tigers were much stronger than Gao and Bai, the decision-making authority was unclear.
It has fallen into the hands of Li Laiheng.
In fact, since the Battle of Yiling, Li Laiheng's decision-making ability has been convinced by everyone in the camp. His status has gradually been higher than that of ordinary team leaders, and closer to Tian Jianxiu, Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Fangliang and others.
Among the generals.
Li Laiheng made the final decision, and after making up his mind, the three of them went out of the inner house. The troops of the Little Tiger Team and Bai Wang's command were all arranged by Lu Yingbiao and Feng Yangzhu. Even Bai Wang, who was always good at logistics and battalion affairs, was very careful.
He admired Gao Yigong's two lieutenants and repeatedly praised them for their talents as generals.
"You have so many characters in your pocket!" Li Laiheng exclaimed, "We have only a thousand brothers from northern Shaanxi who have joined the army, but among them there are no fewer than dozens of people with the qualities of a general. Shaanxi
As expected, the northern frontier fortress has been home to the best soldiers and generals in the world since ancient times."
In fact, it is not surprising that dozens of generals emerged among the Thousand Old Brothers who broke into the army. After all, when Li Zicheng was at his peak in Shaanxi, he controlled tens of thousands of people. The current Thousand Old Brothers are just these tens of thousands of people.
The essence that remains after many battles and tragic defeats.
Among the tens of thousands of people, dozens of generals emerged, and among them there were relatively bastard generals like Tian Mianxiu, which was normal.
Gao Yigong said with a smile: "Then let Lu Yingbiao go to Dagushan to greet Leader Li. Our three teams combined have a strength of seven to eight hundred people. We are not afraid of any accidents."
He called Lu Yingbiao and ordered: "Go to Dagushan Village and tell Master Li that the soldiers and horses of the intruder army have arrived. We are all eagerly waiting to meet Master Li to swear an alliance and give Pingfeng Village a good look.
.Chuangjun’s style of doing things has always been open and honest, never secretive, and the location and time of the alliance will be left to the leader Li to choose."