When Cao Yun's verbal metaphor was still running on the road, Guo Xiancheng had already sent a cavalry team in Luzhou and had already attacked. After all, Guo Xiancheng was a figure who had been the Grand Marshal of Qi and had much more political sensitivity than ordinary people. When the Ming army's airship flew over Luzhou, he understood that the other party's target must be Chang'an, the capital of Qi. Now Chang'an does not have much protection against airships at all. In fact, for now, the entire Qi State had no way to do with such air attacks. Xu Junsheng used the method of Kongminglantern to fight against such airships in Laizhou, but it was only the first time that he had achieved some results in unexpected situations. Next, the record was terrible.

Of course, in Luzhou, Guo Xiancheng actually prepared a lot of such Kongming lanterns. It would be impossible to expect them to attack, but at least they still have a certain effect in defense. No matter what, he can threaten the enemy from the air. If they can blow up the enemy's artillery positions during the war, it would be better.

What else can the Qi Kingdom do in addition to exchanging sacrifices for a certain degree of victory?

The result of the Ming airship bombing Chang'an was obvious. If the Ming army's airship could not be left behind, the Qi army would have to counterattack in other places. No matter what the result of this counterattack, the Qi people would have to do it.

He chose Bian Wenzhong.

As Bian Wushuang's son, this person has experienced many battles and has rich military experience. He also has been stationed in the six counties in the eastern part of the former Chu State centered on Kunling County for many years. He is quite familiar with the terrain there. More importantly, this person has a deep hatred for the Ming State and his desire to take revenge is stronger than anyone else.

Since Bian Wenzhong arrived in Luzhou, he has been planning to avenge revenge all the time. There were more than a thousand people in the Bian clan who followed him to Luzhou. Among these more than a thousand people, there were many women, children and children, and there were less than 500 real soldiers, but these five hundred people were the last elites of the Bian clan. Of course, in the Ming Dynasty, the Bian clan still remained, but in Bian Wenzhong's eyes, those traitors were no longer the Bian clan. If they were allowed to encounter these traitors and not cut them into pieces, how could they vent their anger?

In Luzhou, Guo Xiancheng gave him considerable trust and the power to independently form a cavalry team. Bian Wenzhong took these 500 people as the core and formed a cavalry team of 5,000 people after several years. He practiced hard day and night, thinking about taking revenge.

Now, his chance has come.

Bian Wenzhong led three thousand of the most elite soldiers to attack, but he did not bring all his troops. First, because this attack was a typical swagger, not the more people, the better. What he needed was a strong team, and second, the families who stayed in Luzhou also needed people to protect them.

When he was in Luzhou, although Guo Xiancheng cared about him very much, it did not mean that all the Qi people were very friendly to them, and they were malice and bullying everywhere. Without a tough fist, the Bian clan people would have a hard time.

Bian Wenzhong was very familiar with the terrain of the six eastern counties, so he naturally would not choose Kunling County and Wanzhou to touch some hard nails. He chose Xiangzhou as his breakthrough point.

Unlike the local area of ​​Ming Dynasty, the six eastern counties rarely snow. The occasional scene is enough to make the people here ecstatic, but if it doesn’t snow, it doesn’t mean it’s not cold. The six eastern counties are wet and cold, the air is extremely humid, and the wind makes you almost feel warm. It’s almost the same feeling as if you are in an ice cellar.

Bian Wenzhong sat on the saddle, chewing hard on the hard bread, and took a bite, and put it in his mouth and slowly soaked it with saliva before he could swallow it.

After finishing the bread with some difficulty, he took out the water bag, took a sip of cold water, Bian Wenzhong stood up, installed the saddle on the horse's back, and the three thousand cavalrymen who followed him were also silently following him to do these things.

Burn the fire, burn a little hot water, it is impossible, any fireworks may expose their location.

At this time, they were less than ten miles away from the border of Ming Kingdom. Next, they might encounter the Ming Kingdom's patrol soldiers at any time, and they might break out at any time.

The equipment of these Qi cavalrymen was very elite. When Bian Wenzhong left Luzhou, he brought huge wealth. After a few years, the wealth was shrinking rapidly because he devoted most of them to this army. His five thousand cavalry not only received the military pay from Qi, but also received the subsidies given by Bian Wenzhong himself, which made them a relatively special army in Luzhou, which of course was even more eye-catching. However, Guo Xiancheng didn't care and even admired Bian Wenzhong's approach. At this time, it was worth encouraging to be willing to spend all his family's wealth to arm the army. No matter what, a strong army like this would fight for Qi, so why would he not do it?

With the investment of money, the equipment of this army is much better than the original Qi army. At least they are all complete in cold protection equipment. During the Ming Dynasty's conquest of Chu, the Bian family cooperated with the Ming Dynasty for many years, and they are not unfamiliar with the equipment of the Ming army. Therefore, this cavalry, cotton coats, cold protection masks, combat gloves, etc. are all extremely complete.

As he turned over the horse, Bian Wenzhong waved at everyone, "Let's go!"

Three thousand cavalry followed Bian Wenzhong tightly and advanced rapidly towards Xiangzhou.

In this battle, they would not attack the toughest and try to avoid fighting with the main force of the Ming army. All they had to do was to destroy it. Try to cause panic in the area they passed through to revenge the Ming army's bombing on Chang'an.

Xiangzhou border, Guyang County, Niushou Town.

Although it is connected to Qi Realm, it is relatively remote and mountainous. Even when Qi and Chu were confronting each other on a large scale, this place was relatively calm because large-scale troops were not allowed under geographical conditions, but also a loss-making transaction of ten to ten. These places really have no military value.

Remote and poor are not important points, and the economy is underdeveloped. In peacetime, it is naturally a place that is not popular. However, during wartime, the fate of such places is much better than that of those usually prosperous and prosperous places. At least, their lives will be very peaceful and rarely affected by the war.

In this place, the Chu people collected taxes, and later the Qi people came to collect taxes. In the end, the Bian army sent people to collect taxes. Now, the ruler was replaced by the Ming people. The Ming country did not collect taxes from the farmers here, and there was no corvee service, but it still sent officials to come here and formed a real management of the place.

In the past, Niushou Town was managed by local big families. In fact, the entire town lived in the family surnamed Niu, and everyone was considered a clan. After the Ming Dynasty officials arrived here, they easily suppressed the big families here. In the Ming Dynasty, no clan law was allowed to be greater than the national law. The Ming Dynasty has always been committed to cracking down on clan forces. The saying that imperial power did not go to the countryside was a joke in the Ming Dynasty. With the popularization of education, Emperor Qin Feng's imperial edict could reach every village, so that everyone knew what the court was going to do and what they wanted to do.

In the past, neither the Chu people nor the Qi people did it, but it was not complicated for the Ming people to do it, because the Ming court collected very low taxes on the peasants and there was no corvee service, which almost deprived the power used by the clans to control the local people in the past, leaving almost no remaining ones.

As Ming officials completely took control of these places, rural policies that had been proven to be effective in the Ming country began to be launched one by one, re-measurement of land, divided land into households, opened schools, and built roads. The originally poor Niushou Town gradually became richer. Although it was still a big gap compared to other places, it had earth-shaking changes compared to the past. Good days are always expected, because in the visible future, there are better days waiting for them.

A year ago, a small army began to be stationed here. At first, the people in Niushou Town were still very scared and worried. In their concept, soldiers and bandits seemed to have always been compared together.

But soon, this army of only a few dozen people completely relieved the people of Niushou Town. Because they did not enter the town at all, they stationed on a high ground bordering Qi, ten miles away from Niushou Town.

Next, the people of Niushou Town made a small fortune because of their arrival. Because this small army was going to build a watchtower on this highland.

Although the builders of the watchtowers were also some guys in military uniforms who came from behind, it still required a lot of labor to excavate soil and stones. After the construction was completed, dozens of people lived there, so they naturally had to eat and drink, and they all purchased from the town. In addition, the purchasing power of Ming soldiers has always been strong, so these people did not blink when they used the money.

And what is most popular is that these soldiers do not bully others.

On this line, the Ming army did not station the army, but only placed a small post to take charge of daily vigilance. Even in Guyang County, there were only one thousand lieutenants stationed.

But Xiangzhou's territory is actually quite large. Compared with Wanzhou, Xiangzhou's territory is almost twice as large, but because it is not as flat as Wanzhou, it has much smaller populations and its wealth cannot be compared with it.
Chapter completed!