It is precisely because of this that Zhang Xianzhong doesn’t look down on the official army very much.

After hearing this, Gao Yingxiang seemed particularly cautious.

He was not an ordinary refugee. He was a horse dealer at the time. He had some wealth and skilled in archery and horses. Therefore, when he went out, he always wore white clothes and white scarfs. Among the refugees, he stood out a bit among them.

Because of horse trafficking, he is quite familiar with cavalry, he has a lot of skills and his arm strength is extraordinary.

But because he had done business, he became more cautious and cautious.

He rode on the horse, and the white towel on his head blew up, and said seriously: "But you should not underestimate the enemy. I heard that Donglin's arms are powerful, so you should not underestimate them."

Zhang Xianzhong smiled disapprovingly and said, "The government army is good at firearms. I have never seen ten thousand, and there are eight thousand. It's not that I look down on the government army. It's really these people... mostly waste. Although I heard that the Donglin army is a little different, it's still the government army after all, so what's there to be afraid of?"

Gao Yingxiang nodded and said, "I won't say much, what I want now is to be quick and catch them off guard."

The two of them had a plan.

In fact, they all have their own thoughts.

Deep down in Zhang Xianzhong, he had a very shiny complex with Li Zicheng. Although it has been rumored that the two of them were in a frenzy in the government, they were not actually that way, but they were a little dissatisfied with each other, but it was true.

What's more, Li Zicheng went to Wuchang by himself, and his popularity became increasingly great. Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong was eager to make greater achievements, such as entering the capital first, or taking the foolish monarch first. At that time, the heroes competed for him and he would have more capital.

As for Gao Yingxiang, he was originally the King of Rebellion, and most of the other bandits respected him as his elder brother.

Therefore, I hope to enter the capital first and consolidate my position as the elder brother.

Therefore, both of them hope to take action before Li Zicheng.

The vast army continued to advance immediately.

Zhang Xianzhong directly proposed to combine his old camp and Gao Yingxiang's old camp into one place, and look for opportunities to fight the Ming army together.

This proposal hit it off with Gao Yingxiang.

The so-called old camp is actually the people who started the army. They followed them to fight thousands of miles or some elite official troops who surrendered. These people are fearless and dared to act as vanguards, and they are all their own family background.

For bandits, with just a shout, countless refugees will follow them. Even if they fail in the battle, they will wander around and scatter with their own refugees. However, as long as the core of the old camp is still there, a new army can be gathered within a few months.

This is also why several major bandits will never be clean.

Obviously, this time, the two of them planned to take out all their old capitals.

They are already tired of the game where officers and soldiers catch thieves and kill thieves over the years.

Now this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity should be fought hard!

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And on the other end...

Countless materials, with the assistance of the navy, came to Handan in a vast magnitude, along the tributaries of the canal, ships of gunpowder and artillery, and countless grains were transported into Handan.

The county town of Handan is not big, so the army and horses that came one after another set up camp outside the city, and each teaching team was stationed on the outside of the county town to set up defenses.

The communicating soldiers rode fast horses and shuttled back and forth between the city, sending orders one after another, so that the whole of Handan suddenly became lively.

Emperor Tianqi was not idle either. Many of the reports sent by the scouts were delivered to his desk one by one, and he had carefully looked at them one by one.

And in the capital... many people actually realized that something was wrong, because when they found that the only way from Handan to Beijing had been blocked, they realized that His Majesty's trip to Guangping Mansion was not as simple as they imagined.

And there has been a lot of discussion in the city.

But there is a strange phenomenon.

That is... Some people have begun to realize that Guangping Mining is not reliable, so some people have begun to report that the mining industry is about to plummet.

On the other hand, newspapers like Gujing are still talking about how much His Majesty value Guangping Mining every day.

On the other hand...the stocks really show no signs of falling.

It is obvious that some people are still trying hard to raise this stock. Many major shareholders obviously do not want to see the stock price collapse directly, so they are still trying their best to repurchase.

On the other hand, there seemed to be rumors... Li Zicheng from Wuchang was preparing for the Northern Expedition.

As the news came out, there was no panic in the capital.

Because there are horns for training in the military academies in the capital every day, this sound invisibly makes people feel at ease.

Li Zicheng from Wuchang has indeed gone north.

At this time, what really interested Emperor Tianqi was the military horses of Gao and Zhang.

"Look at this situation, Gao, Zhang and the others acted like they were desperate! Their advancement was so fast, could the food and salary supply be kept up?" Emperor Tianqi looked at Zhang Jing and said.

Zhang Jingyi said, "Your Majesty, they obviously don't care about the supply line anymore, it's like a fight with their backs."

Emperor Apocalypse nodded, sighed, and said, "We must take them down quickly. Do you think it's good to fight them here?"

Zhang Jingyi thought carefully and said, "No need to attack, just wait for work. Since they are determined to abandon Nanzhili, there will be no other way except for a fight against the water. So they are eager to find someone to fight. The west side of Handan is full of mountains and mountains, and the southeast side is wide, which is the most suitable for all military and horses to fight. I think... this place of decisive battle is here."

"My idea is to set up fortifications in the open area outside the city now, and once the thief army arrives, they will attack without dragging on the mud."

Emperor Tianqi laughed and said, "The two sides of the southeast... are all flat. Good guys. This is a dead place in the art of war. For the defenders, directly setting up outside the city and fighting the thief army is a taboo in military strategists. There is no one who directly abandons the city wall to attack. If you encounter a thief army again, it will be even worse. The right time and place are all not on us. But it is so satisfying to fight with you. All of this can be lost in the art of war and just fight."

Zhang Jingyi couldn't help but smile and said, "Your Majesty, this is not that the military strategy is not important, but because the military strategy in the past is outdated. The Donglin Army must formulate new military strategy based on actual conditions and based on its own situation."

Emperor Aoki nodded in agreement and then said, "Just deploy like this."

"Abide by the order."

Within a few days, a vanguard of bandits arrived.

Most of these people were cavalrymen, and they were skilled in bows and horses. They were wearing armor and armor of the Ming army.

But this is not surprising. In fact... after the bandits emerged, the court sent many border troops to Guanzhong to suppress the rebellion, but... the result of suppressing the rebellion was very bad.

Because many of the food and salary of the official army were deducted, in addition to this... the civil officials who controlled them often regarded them as pigs and dogs. Therefore... a large number of official army fled, and there were countless mutinies.

Therefore, most of these official troops surrendered to bandits, among which the most soldiers were from the northwest border town.

This also caused many bandits to train cavalry, and the scale was quite large and their combat effectiveness was very considerable.

After the cavalry arrived first, they did not advance rashly, but observed the movements of the Ming army from afar. Once they saw any movements of the Ming army, they immediately retreated, as if they were waiting for the subsequent army and horses to come.

In the south of Handan City, there were countless camps standing in the endless fields. The cavalry noticed the movements of the large-scale Ming army here, but soon... they became a little confused.

So the next day, a quick horse sent the news to Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong.

"What?" Gao Yingxiang said in surprise: "The Ming army gathered in Handan?"

Gao Yingxiang seemed a little surprised.

"Handan is not a place to rush. The terrain is too wide and it is very easy to be besieged. How could so many soldiers be stationed here?" Gao Yingxiang narrowed his eyes, then suddenly opened his eyes and said excitedly: "Unless... there is a big man here, didn't Li Xiandi's letter say it before? The foolish lord was in Guangping Prefecture. He thought that so many days had passed, and the foolish lord had already returned to the capital. Who would have expected that he would still be here."

"King, their army and horses are all arranged more than ten miles outside the city, along the river channel, like a long snake. The number of people is afraid of ten thousand people, no, at least more than ten thousand people!"

Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong looked at each other.

Gao Yingxiang took the lead and said, "Brother Zhang, what do you think?"

Zhang Xianzhong said suspiciously: "Don't hide in the city, but instead set up a formation. Do you want to wait for your work? But it's not right. This is obviously a taboo in military strategists!"

Gao Yingxiang smiled bitterly and said, "I want to break my head, but I can't understand what the deep meaning of this."

Zhang Xianzhong frowned, and then muttered, "Have you ever thought that this is just that stupid king? Over the years, we have seen that the official army has done a lot of stupid things. They know the bird warship technique."

When Gao Yingxiang heard this, he thought about it and then thought, and felt that this seemed to be the only explanation.

So the two of them touched their eyes, and then their hearts became hot.

"It's so good." Gao Yingxiang, who was so cautious, couldn't help it at this time and said, "It saves trouble. I will immediately send an order to compete with the Donglin Army to teach them how powerful we are."

The morale of the bandits is greatly boosted.

Then it began to appear in Guangping Prefecture, and then on the periphery of Handan.

Countless people, like countless streams, finally slowly merged into the turbulent river. In this turbulent river, some people were nervous, fearing that the Donglin Army would take advantage of its unstable foothold to take the lead in raiding the flanks or retreats.

But... it is very strange that Donglin Jun is very quiet, a little strange.
Chapter completed!