It is not that easy to lead a team of 300,000 people. Moreover, the practice of the rebel army has also damaged the idea of ​​unified leadership. Gao Yingxiang deeply understands this.

When the rebel army was active, they were all battalions, and they had no affiliation with each other. They had more than ten leaders of all sizes. At their peak, there were even more than twenty leaders. These leaders led their own teams to oppose governments in various places, killing the rich and helping the poor. Due to the needs of the situation, they later joined together. Especially after the rise of the Jiangning Camp, the activities of the rebel army fell into a low point and had to unite and fight for survival. However, from the time of unity, there were constant contradictions between them. This is no wonder that everyone was the boss in the past, kept their words, and united together. They had to obey other people's arrangements, and everyone was a little dissatisfied.

Several years have passed. Since Zijinliang was killed by the court, Gao Yingxiang has become the nominal leader of the rebel army, but he has suffered many challenges, from all aspects, and even from his nephew Li Zicheng.

This time, leading troops out for battle and colliding with Jiangning Camp head-on was also a helpless move.

I'm afraid no one would agree to ask other leaders to go out for war, including Luo Rucai and Li Zicheng. Although the idea is good, everyone knows that the fierceness of Jiangning Camp is clear. No one is sure whether such a conquest can achieve the expected results. Besides, if another leader leads troops out for war, if he really wins, his status will definitely rise significantly, and even threatens the status of his leader.

After so many years of rebellion, Gao Yingxiang has accumulated a lot of experience in fighting. The soldiers under his command are also the most outstanding among all the teams, and the strongest.

There are not many soldiers with 300,000 truly combat power, no more than 100,000. These people come from all directions, not necessarily from Shaanxi, and nearly 200,000 people who do not have much combat power are mostly local.

Because of the need for survival, the rebel army also adopted the method of farming. The army also had to farm and needed to support the wandering immortals themselves. When going out to rob, the money and food they could obtain were getting less and less.

Over the years, most of the gentry, wealthy households and merchants in Shaanxi have moved away or fled, especially in the areas of Hanzhong Prefecture and Fengxiang Prefecture. There are almost no rich people, which has greatly restricted the supply of the rebel army. For some time, the rebel army has also begun to collect taxes from the people.

The views raised by Li Zicheng at the meeting were actually very targeted.

Gao Yingxiang had no choice but to make the decision to collect taxes. 300,000 people had to survive. There were also many families. If these people had no food to eat, the team would soon collapse.

The rebels did not have a particularly fixed base, and they changed the place to another shot. On the one hand, they were under pressure from the government and on the other hand, they were also a need for survival. However, over the past year, the rebels' activity locations were basically fixed in Hanzhong Prefecture and Fengxiang Prefecture. They did not occupy the city. Most of the time, they spent moving in the countryside, backed by mountains to facilitate mobility.

Fortunately, Sun Chengzong only defended the large city and did not have the intention of encircling and suppressing it in full. This made Gao Yingxiang and the rebel army feel a little more comfortable.

The news of the conquest of Jiangning Camp is top secret and must not be revealed. Otherwise, the person who is seeking death and knows about this matter is the leader of each department. This meeting held by Gao Yingxiang is very confidential.

But he wanted to take 100,000 soldiers out, and the army entered Xi'an Prefecture in two groups. He personally led the way from Foping to Chaijia Pass, and the king of sweeping Li Yichuan, and entered Wugong County from Fengxiang Prefecture Fufeng County. The two groups of troops gathered in the county under the jurisdiction of Xi'an Prefecture and gave a sudden attack from Jiangning Camp.

Such a large action cannot be without any movement, and it is very difficult to keep it confidential. Fortunately, the rebels are used to mobile combat, so they can naturally think of many ways to hide their whereabouts.

Gao Yingxiang took great pains to mobilize those battalions, and the debate at the meeting was also very large. In the end, the opinions were unified. Gao Yingxiang led 40,000 troops from the headquarters, plus 30,000 people led by the sweeping king Li Yichuan, 20,000 people from Liu Guoneng to shoot Li Wanqing in the sky, a total of 10,000 troops. Among them, Li Yichuan and Liu Guoneng were all distributed in Fengxiang Prefecture, and were temporarily led by Li Yichuan, and Li Wanqing's 10,000 soldiers were led by Gao Yingxiang himself.

Therefore, during this expedition to Jiangning Camp, Li Yichuan, Liu Guoneng, Li Wanqing and other leaders all followed the army to conquer.

Gao Yingxiang knew the dissatisfaction of Li Yichuan and others. A leader once proposed at the meeting that the soldiers belonging to each battalion would draw some out and form a 100,000 army. However, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng denied this suggestion. People are selfish. The leaders of each battalion all want to preserve their capable forces. If the soldiers are drawn like this, perhaps the team formed will be mostly old, weak, sick and disabled. Not to mention attacking Jiangning Camp, it would be great if they could go to Xi'an Prefecture.

Faced with the conflicts between the rebel army, Gao Yingxiang once thought about whether to understand each other in a unified way and tell everyone the truth that their lips and teeth are cold. If everyone thinks about themselves, it will not be far from the time of destruction, but he always finds it difficult to make up his mind. If the rebel army can win several major battles, there will be no big problem with such unified understanding.

In this regard, Li Zicheng is more cruel than him. Gao Yingxiang once revealed such concerns to Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng's suggestion was very straightforward. For the unwilling leader, he could carry out a purge. The understanding of the army must be unified, and there can only be one leader, otherwise they will do their own affairs and will not be able to form a strong combat power.

Gao Yingxiang also had this idea. No matter what the result was, he would start to clean up the team after he came back.

The departure time is coming soon.

Su Tiancheng and Jiangning Camp, as well as from the capital and Henan Prefecture, had no time to wait for anyone. They had to launch a surprise attack while Jiangning Camp was not yet firmly established in order to achieve success.

The night before departure, Li Zicheng came.

Gao Yingxiang knew that Li Zicheng must have something important to come at this time. He didn't talk much and spoke directly.

"Is there anything that happened?"

"Uncle, there is a bit of unstable in the rebel army. I'm very worried about the latest chapter of the best landlord brother."

"Oh, then tell me what's going on."

"This time the campaign against Jiangning Camp, the morale of many leaders was not very high. The meeting clearly required that this matter was not allowed to be discussed, so as not to reveal the secret. However, some people still discussed it privately, mainly expressing dissatisfaction with the situation of the withdrawal of sergeants."

Gao Yingxiang's expression began to be serious. Over the past few days, he had been concerned about the situation of his war. He did not notice it. This was also a big mistake. If the soldiers who went out to fight had their own thoughts, what else could they fight?

"It was mainly Li Wanqing's discussion. At the same time, He Yilong also had the intention of agreeing. The two of them mainly discussed that they were dissatisfied with the transfer of sergeants this time. Needless to say, Li Wanqing's own soldiers were transferred 10,000, and there were only a few thousand left. As for He Yilong, there were many soldiers under his jurisdiction, because they could not be transferred, and even suspected that this conquest was to rob property in disguise."

Gao Yingxiang's expression began to become cold.

"I made my own, do you know other comments?"

"I heard of it, but it's not very accurate. It's mainly Li Yichuan and Liu Guoneng. All the soldiers who belong to them have been drawn, and I'm still a little dissatisfied."

"It is normal for the sergeant to be dissatisfied with his heart. Needless to say, is there any other statements and ideas in addition to this?"

Li Zicheng paused for a moment.

"There are indeed other statements. I vaguely heard that some leaders believe that Su Tiancheng and Jiangning Camp came to Shaanxi Province. This conquest was to seek hardships. It would be better to find a way earlier and surrender to the court, not to make unnecessary struggles, and to kill the lives of the soldiers. Moreover, this kind of rumors seemed to have appeared among the soldiers."

Gao Yingxiang showed a smile on his face. Such a smile was even worse than crying.

"As expected, it seems that this conquest is life and death, and it must be successful. Otherwise, the rebel army will probably collapse and be self-constructed. It seems that your proposal a few days ago is correct. The rebel army must unify its thinking, and always have some unfavorable remarks and discussions, which greatly affects the morale of the army."

"Okay, according to my uncle's opinion, when will this matter be processed?"

Gao Yingxiang pondered for a while and finally made up his mind.

"I will take the sergeant to fight. After I set off, you can take action. It must be kept confidential. At the same time, you must remember that they are all your own brothers. When you move, you should still consider the specific situation and not be too fierce."

Li Zicheng nodded, with few expressions on his face.

"You are directly responsible for this matter. At the last meeting, I had already entrusted Luo Rucai to take charge of the family affairs. So when you are doing things, if necessary, ask Luo Rucai's opinions. Stability is the first priority. You must not mess up the team because of unified thinking."

"Uncle, don't worry, I will deal with it properly."

Gao Yingxiang would never have thought that Li Zicheng had already had such an idea. He used some special means to cleanse dissidents and achieve the goal of completely mastering the army. There were too many leaders in the rebel army and they were all in charge. If this situation continued, there would be no hope in the end.
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