Chongzhen Undergraduates

"It's nothing. I picked up a kid herding sheep on the way. That kid would recognize him and lead us out of the encirclement several times."

"However, the few teams sent out this time didn't come back on time, maybe it's more than auspicious." Li Yan sighed.

"Brother, why don't you seal the memorial to the emperor and let us retreat south!"

For more than two years, Brother Li Yan has been stuck in Shandong like a nail, always threatening the south gate of the capital.

When the Luzhong Army was the largest, there were 15 people, a full [-] cavalry, and it also occupied the entire Luzhong.

Zhu Youjian's analysis of Liu Zeqing mainly relied on this family background, and then he mobilized the most promising young forces in the Luzhong Army.

Later, in order to save the people of Tai'an and Laiwu from being massacred, Li Yan voluntarily gave up the Luzhong Plain and moved to Yimeng Mountain, and was besieged by Hauge for a long time.

Who knew that the Luzhong Army would not be able to develop and recruit troops here at all.Hauge not only controlled the main population, but also forced the Luzhong people who joined the Luzhong Army to call back their sons and husbands.

Li Yan didn't say a word of complaint, and let go of [-] soldiers.

And who knew that most of the so-called [-] cavalry and those horses had been exhausted after nearly a thousand days and nights in the mountains of Yimeng, leaving only a group of sick and disabled horses.

After another two years of hard struggle, the Luzhong Army now has only 7 to [-] people left, and it can no longer afford a life-and-death battle.

"No, the emperor is now stabilizing Sichuan. This is a big game. We can carry on in Shandong for one more day, and then we will be able to counterattack." Li Yan insisted on not retreating south, and he had already seen it with his eyes. The importance of Sichuan.

"But what we are facing now is seven or eight times the encirclement and suppression of the enemy! There is not enough money and food here, and the most important thing is that the gang of two dogs lead the way. We don't even have room to move. How can we persist?"

"Move to the north. We must go north. There are fewer people in the mountains in the north, and the people will suffer much less." Li Yan pointed to the map and said: "In case we are bitten, we will stick to the few cottages in the north. I will Just hoarding a batch of grain and grass in the north, it can last for a while."

"Brother, are you planning to go all out?" Li Nian was a little puzzled. Why did he guard this dead place when he could retreat to the Huaisi area to rest and expand the army.

"Do you know how many soldiers and horses Houjin has assembled in the north of Huaisi besides Sichuan now? A total of 100 million.

What is the use of our few people withdrawing to Jianghuai?It's better to put it in Shandong, at least a dozen to 20 of them can be contained. "Li Yan sat on a chair and looked absently at the mountain outside the door.

Li Nian shivered, but he felt chills all over in the hot weather.What kind of scene is the real army of millions, Li Nian can imagine.It will destroy everything in front of it like a flood passing through.

"Brother, is there a way out for Daming?" Li Nian asked nervously.

"I don't know either. If you only rely on the soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, it won't work at all. Do you remember that I told you the story of Dayu's flood control?

The army in the north is now like a flood, and the strategy adopted by Jiangnan is to use cities and towns to block the flood.

The soldiers in Jiangnan of the entire Ming Dynasty could not fight field battles, they could only defend the city.Therefore, the emperor did not recruit troops on a large scale in the south of the Yangtze River at all.

To defeat this monstrous flood, Daming needed other troops, troops capable of fighting in the field.And there is no sign of such an army yet. "

"Brother, didn't you say that Nanjing made a batch of new firearms? The wild boar skin was killed by cannon back then..."

"I have seen the emperor's new weapon a long time ago. It is indeed better than the current arquebus, and the cannon is also better than the current one. But it still cannot stop Houjin's large-scale cavalry. There are no horses in the south, and even if there are horses, they cannot be trained. Out of cavalry to compete with Hou Jin. You can't count on them all."

"Brother, then we..."

"We try our best to hold on until the last moment, give the emperor enough time, and hope that the emperor can find a solution to the situation. Before that, don't ask for help, don't complain, and don't let the emperor be distracted. We still continue to be a needle, stabbed Dorgon will be in pain for a few more days."

The Luzhong army withdrew quickly and went north overnight. Li Nian took Shanwazi to take charge of the rear.

"Shan Wazi, why do you keep holding the sheep?"

The washed mountain baby is actually very white, like a city baby, probably because of the good spring water in the mountain.The sheep in Shanwazi's arms is also very white, the smooth white wool feels very comfortable to the touch.

"It's not a sheep, it's my sister." Shanwazi looked at the person next to him seriously.

This is a mountain ridge, and the people behind Li Nian are guarding here, ready to stop the enemies who are chasing Lu Zhongjun from here.

"Shanwazi, how did you recognize the Tao?" Li Nian was very curious. It is normal to know some trails in a familiar environment, but it is not easy to find trails in an unfamiliar environment. .

"I don't know it, but it does. If I want to find the way, just ask it, and it will tell me." Shanwazi said, stroking the fur on the lamb's back.

"Hahaha!" The people around laughed, thinking it was Shanwazi talking nonsense.

Li Nian saw the seriousness in Shanwazi's eyes. He didn't know whether to believe the child's words, but he still chose to believe the way the child pointed out.

"Then why haven't you been found by those people you followed?" This is another skill of Shanwazi, he can find the way out and hide himself.

"Think of yourself as a grass, a tree, or a stone." Shanwazi continued: "Those people will only find people who move around, and if I don't move, they won't see me."

"So that's how it is." Li Nian smiled and patted Shanwazi's head.

Li Nian heard that Shanwazi rushed out from behind the stone and hacked to death the golden soldier with the handkerchief with a machete. At that time, the child's eyes were blood red.

Shanwazi chopped dozens of knives abruptly, and didn't stop until he completely chopped off the guy's head.Later, Shanwazi went crazy on the spot and ran all the way, so that Li Nian and the others almost missed.

By the time they caught up, they had jumped out of the encirclement and had thrown off all their pursuers.

"You take this knife, throw away your hatchet!" Li Nian handed Shan Wazi a machete with a curvature. It was sharp and stable. It was a hand knife in the style of a Yunnan machete. Made of steel.

Shanwazi took the knife and slowly pulled out the scabbard, a cold light reflected into his eyes.With the real killing knife, Shan Wazi felt that he had grown up.

"In the future, you can help us find the way and hide, can you?"

"Ah."

"After you take us out this time, I'll teach you to sing the Yimeng ditty." Li Nian looked around and remembered the folk song Zhu Youjian sang back then.

"Everyone says, Yimeng Mountain is great! Which mountain is in Yimeng..." Li Nian hummed softly.

"General, Jin Bing is here." Before Li Nian and Shan Wazi had a few more words, Jin Bing chased after him like a tail.

"Hide them all first, and I'll play with some big ones for them later." Li Nian dragged Shanwazi to lie behind the stone.

"General, how many bombs have been planted this time?"

"You'll find out later."

Jin Bing was very rampant, and walked over with a flag swaggering all the way holding up the flag.There is a spring on the side of the road, and the spring is the gospel for those who walk in the mountains.

A group of gold soldiers rushed to the edge of the spring, threw away their weapons, lay down on the ground, aimed at the pool and poured water. Drinking cold spring water in this hot day is equivalent to blowing on the air conditioner for later generations.

"Bang!" A big rock above the spring exploded in an instant. The explosion overturned the big rock, and the rock rolled down and directly crushed a group of golden soldiers who were drinking water. A large pile of "meat pies" appeared on the ground.

"General, your move is amazing. This explosive can't kill so many people, but it can lift that big rock. It's amazing."

Chapter 342: The Idle Man of Ming Dynasty

The No.13 Army's operations in northern Sichuan went very smoothly at first. They killed the traitors who had defected to Houjin, and attacked Houjin's food and supplies, causing chaos in northern Sichuan.

Li Laiheng is a good fighter in mountain guerrilla warfare, the number of the [-]th Army is not large, and it is still a second-class army organized by the Third Brigade.The so-called small boats are easy to turn around, referring to small units like them.

Zhu Youjian really wanted to find out what method Li Laiheng used to contact his subordinates, because he didn't know much about the Thirteenth Army. Formed.