Chapter 110: Reasons, Turning Eastward to Northward, the Army Split Into Two

Listening to Wang Anzi's story, Wang Chao gradually understood the whole story.

They set out in December, and when they arrived in Shaanxi, it was already January.

When Wang Chao heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and looked at Wang Anzi in disbelief.

You went to deliver the imperial edict, but in more than a month, you only crossed SX Province. This can't be described as slow. If it were a military order, you would all be dragged out and beaten to death.

Seeing Wang Chao's shocked look, Wang Anzi couldn't help but feel embarrassed. He did go too far.

However, who made him never leave the capital? Now that he left the capital, he had to have fun.

And the officials in various places he went to naturally flattered the angel in various ways, serving him with delicious food, drinks, fun and things to take.

So, he was a little forgetful.

When he was alert, he hurried on his way.

However, they had nothing to do in the first half of the journey, but soon after entering Shaanxi, they encountered a huge crisis.

That was Wang Jiayin's uprising. The eunuchs who were delivering the imperial edict were almost discovered and killed by the rebels.

If they hadn't escaped quickly and happened to encounter a group of Ming troops, dozens of people in their group would have been killed.

Afterwards, Wang Jiayin and his men wandered around, conquering cities and plundering land, so that the group of people who went to Gansu to deliver the imperial edict never found a good opportunity to leave the Liqiao camp.

Or, Wang Anzi and his men didn't dare to leave, for fear of encountering the rebels again.

It wasn't until February or March that they set out again when they saw that they couldn't drag it on any longer.

And this time, they didn't have the heart to travel around, but were focused on rushing on the road.

And when they passed Anding, Wang Anzi suddenly had an idea.

They went to Gansu to deliver the imperial edict this time, which was really delayed for too long, and they were afraid that they would be severely punished when they returned.

In this case, he thought about whether he could gain some credit, so that Chongzhen could rest his wrath for a while.

Entering the territory of the People's Salvation Army and investigating the news of the People's Salvation Army seems to be a good choice. Perhaps it can offset one's guilt and even be rewarded.

After all, because of the coverage of the national destiny, and the dynasty and the People's Salvation Army have regained the hearts of the people.

Therefore, the spies who come to the territory of the People's Salvation Army to investigate are often discovered at the first time.

The territory of the People's Salvation Army is an information black hole for the major forces outside.

They cannot obtain any useful information from it, and the spies sent have no news.

All the information is specious information from the people.

What is the leader of the People's Salvation Army, Dynasty, is the emperor of heaven who came to the world to save the suffering people.

And what is the People's Salvation Army, all of them have magical powers, and the leader can call the wind and rain, so that the people of the territory can have a bumper harvest in winter, etc.

Listen, listen, aren't these all imaginary rumors?

What emperor of heaven came to the world? The emperor or the son of heaven.

Could it be that the dynasty is still the emperor's father?

Almost no one believed this.

Although this information that no one believed was basically true.

It was this situation that the outside world knew nothing about the "real" information of the Salvation Army that gave Wang Anzi an opportunity.

If he could find out some information about the Salvation Army, the emperor would definitely forgive his procrastination and might even reward him greatly.

Moreover, they only entered quietly and explored the periphery, so there shouldn't be any problems.

Therefore, the clever Wang Anzi and everyone else made a slight turn in the north of Anding County and entered the scope of Anding County.

The group of people was not too many, but not too few.

The moment they entered the territory of the Salvation Army, countless gray-black air rose and turned into a faint, small cloud, floating on the spiritual level.

You know, although the dynasty did not prohibit the people from leaving the territory of the Salvation Army, it did not prohibit outsiders from entering.

Therefore, there are many people coming and going in the border of the territory of the Salvation Army.

However, most of them are civilians.

After seeing the living conditions of the civilians in the territory of the Salvation Army, those civilians not only have no resistance and hatred towards the Salvation Army.

Instead, they all hope that the Salvation Army will quickly occupy their place and let them live a good life.

Even if some people enter for the first time, after hearing all kinds of rumors about the Salvation Army, they may be uneasy, but no one will hate it.

In this way, those spies with two minds, isn't it obvious?

There will always be a gray and black aura in the place where they are. Even if they can't lock on to a specific person, they can be locked and arrested as long as they check it out.

That's just like lice on a bald head, it's obvious.

As for Wang Anzi and others, it can no longer be described as obvious. He told Wang Erniu, who was guarding Anding, that there was an enemy attack.

Without saying a word, Wang Erniu mobilized a sentry of soldiers to check.

After entering the territory of the Salvation Army, Wang Anzi and his companions saw that the mental state of the people here was far better than what they had seen along the way.

In other places, especially after entering Shaanxi, the people they saw were mostly ragged, pale, and with numbness and despair in their eyes.

Originally, the best farmland was completely barren, and many of the lands were cracked.

It seemed that it was already conceivable that this year would be another year of drought.

The people in the territory of the Salvation Army were completely different. Although their faces were still a little pale, they were very energetic, with smiles that could not be hidden on their faces and hope in their eyes.

All the fields were full of green seedlings, and the people were working in them, a scene full of vitality.

This made Wang Anzi sigh. This dynasty still had some governance methods. If he could serve as an official in the court, he would definitely be able to become a provincial governor or even a governor.

And it was not just agricultural policy, but also military governance, and even the residents could be treated as one family.

You see in front, an army is galloping, and the people in the surrounding fields are not like other places, hiding in panic. Instead, they stand up and watch, and some even put their fists in front of their chests, as if they were saluting.

Army, army.

Instantly, Wang Anzi and others reacted violently. That was the army of the rebels. They must not be discovered.

However, when they reacted and looked at the army again, they had already come close.

A group of murderous soldiers rushed towards them quickly, as if they wanted to hack them to death.

At that moment, facing the impact of the iron-blooded murderous spirit of the Salvation Army, Wang Anzi and others peed directly.

Needless to say, they were captured without any resistance.

After listening to Wang Anzi's story, Wang Chao knew the whole story. After a slight hesitation, he continued to ask.

"Do you think that Chongzhen will send the eunuch to deliver the imperial edict again if you haven't delivered the imperial edict for such a long time?"

"It is very likely that he will."

Wang Anzi answered uncertainly.

Hearing Wang Anzi's uncertain answer, Wang Chao frowned, and then after asking some more questions, he waved his hand and asked someone to take them away.

Wang Chao did not mean to make things too difficult for these eunuchs.

As eunuchs of Prince Xin's mansion, they probably did not have much chance to do evil.

The most important thing is that with their status, even if they did evil, the victims would be the court ministers.

Wang Chao naturally did not care about this, and had no idea of ​​seeking justice for them.

Let this team of messengers live normally like other people.

Of course, they will not be allowed to leave the city of Lintao Prefecture in a short time.

After everyone left, Wang Chao fell into deep thought.

Anyway, if it were him, if the messenger did not return within the normal time, he would definitely send it again.

And with Chongzhen's character of being diligent and hardworking, comparable to Taizu, he would probably send someone again.

And this time, the team of messengers might not pass through the territory of the Salvation Army.

Therefore, he probably could not attack eastward and capture Pingliang Prefecture and Fengxiang Prefecture.

He needs to withdraw troops to the north to guard against attacks from Shaanxi Xingdusi and Lanzhou.

It would be best to capture them and completely solve this problem.

Looking to the east, Wang Chao silently apologized to Wang Jiayin and others.

It's not that I don't want to help you completely solve the imperial army, but I need to guard against the Ming army from Shaanxi Xingdusi to save the people.

Although, Wang Jiayin and others don't want him to help like this.

Wang Chao sent troops to occupy Pingliang Prefecture and Fengxiang Prefecture, and the officers and soldiers really didn't want to encircle them.

However, if Wang Jiayin and others want to go west to occupy more places, they will have to face Wang Chao and others directly.

At that time, the two sides may not necessarily break out in conflict.

After all, if Wang Chao occupies more territory, it will suppress the survival territory of other rebel forces, unless one side surrenders to the other.

And that is obviously impossible.

As for expansion to other places.

They are the Great Wall Frontier Army in the north, and no matter how stupid they are, they know that they can't easily provoke them.

To the south, if Wang Chao occupied Pingliang and Fengxiang, the Ming army led by Li Qiao would inevitably turn to the south and still firmly block Wang Jiayin and his men.

To the east, they would enter Shanxi, which would inevitably attract the encirclement and suppression of the Shanxi army.

Li Qiao in Shaanxi alone would make them exhausted. If the Shanxi army was added, they would really have no choice but to be defeated.

Moreover, after Shanxi, it would be Shuntian Prefecture, which was too dangerous for the Ming court. It would inevitably lead to the court sending more troops to encircle and suppress them, and they would really die.

So, what they wanted was for Wang Chao to send troops to contain the Ming army, rather than for Wang Chao to occupy more territory.

However, Wang Chao obviously didn't think so.

Well, if he occupied more territory, the Ming army would have less territory, so wouldn't that solve their crisis?

Anyway, no matter what they thought, Wang Chao thought so.

It's a pity that Wang Chao and his men now have no way to send troops eastward. He needs to turn his troops around to deal with or even occupy the Shaanxi Xingdusi.

After leaving some of the Salvation Army in Qinzhou and other places to guard against the Ming army, Wang Chao began to mobilize the army and headed towards Lanzhou and Shaanxi Xingdusi.

Today's Salvation Army is roughly divided into two parts, one is the field army that is the main battle and attack, and the other is the local army that guards the local area.

The local army has about 10,000 to 20,000 people, scattered in various prefectures and counties.

The field army has about 30,000 to 40,000 people, with Wang Dahu, Wang Erniu, Wang Shi, Li Shu, and Li Yu each leading 5,000 soldiers.

The Central Guard directly under the Dynasty also has 5,000 soldiers, and they are also currently field troops.

Basically, the Central Guard of the Dynasty will not increase in number for a long time.

However, the teams led by others will inevitably increase in number as the territory expands.

As for whether it will become too big to be eliminated.

The Dynasty has never worried about this.

In the world where extraordinary magical powers are revealed, the great power has always belonged to oneself, and the world is suppressed by one's own strength.

Not to mention, the extraordinary magical powers mastered by everyone are all given by him.

With just a thought, they can be quickly suppressed, so that they can't use any magical powers, or even take back their magical powers.

Even if they control a million troops, the Dynasty is only one person, and they will never be able to resist.

Therefore, the Dynasty has never worried about being too big to be eliminated.