As soon as he stepped into the county seat of Liyang County, where Hezhou Prefecture is located, Li Tingzhi met Xu Wende, the new governor who was about to go out in a hurry, looking at the latter's expression, Li Tingzhi also knew that something must have happened, otherwise his always stable cronies would not be like this.

"Handsome! How did it come so quickly, could it be that you also got the news? Xu Wende jumped off the horse, walked over to meet Li Tingzhi, "shhhh

"Don't worry, there is nothing big about Jiankang over there, so I came to your place to take a look, how can I be, what happened in such a hurry?" Li Tingzhi patted him on the shoulder appreciatively, pointed to the group of people he was about to leave, and asked.

"The military report from Luzhou City, the Tartars are attacking the Dabie Mountain Pass, Xia Shuai asked us to send troops to support, presumably other state capitals along the river have also received the news, and there are not many soldiers under the jurisdiction of the state, except for a certain one, the rest are just recruited township soldiers, so the subordinates are about to go out of the city to the military camp."

"Where's the military newspaper?" Li Tingzhi asked in a deep voice, he estimated that he should also have a copy delivered there, I am afraid that he missed it on the way.

Xu Wende took out a document from his arms and handed it over, Li Tingzhi took it and unfolded it and read it, there were not many words written on it, but it was said that the Tartar army had overwhelmed Macheng County, and there were beacon fires coming from all the passes of Dabie Mountain.

Xia Gui, what does this mean? Li Tingzhi not only thought about it, the troops in Huaixi were far greater than those along the river, and those passes were all in the mountains, so would the Tartars give up their cavalry advantage to fight with them? If that's the case, it's nothing to be afraid of, there must be something behind this that he doesn't know, Li Tingzhi shook his head and handed it back to him.

"Take your people with Ben Shuai!" Li Tingzhi immediately made a decision, what was going on, he would know after a trip, Huaixi was the top priority in his heart, and there was absolutely no room for mistakes, so he repeatedly tolerated Xia Gui's dominance.

"My subordinates obey orders, but where are we going?" Xu Wende clenched his fists and gave the order, and then asked more in a whisper.

"You guy, if Miao Zaicheng was here, he wouldn't ask this question." Li Tingzhi smiled and knocked on his helmet with a horsewhip, but did not answer his question, because he knew that Xu Wende was knowingly asking, and this kind of cleverness was only known to him.

On the way to the military camp outside the county seat, Li Tingzhi kept thinking about the situation of the garrison around him. Among the four states along the river, Zhang Shijie's Anqing Mansion has the most abundant numbers, and it is also the forefront of the enemy, and it is impossible to move lightly, and the remaining Wuwei army is not as much as Hezhou, and when Liu Shiyong went to take office, there were only five or six hundred people, but in the end, the Zhenchao army where more than 5,000 Xiongjiang troops were a powerful force. From here to Luzhou, it will just pass through Chao County, and with this part of the people, you will be able to deal with unexpected situations.

At this moment, at the Xiongjiang Army garrison next to Jiaohu Lake, the 5,000 army is preparing to go, as the name suggests, the Xiongjiang Army is actually the Jiaohu Water Army. There are more than 300 warships in the whole army, although there are no thousands of ships in the middle of the river, and the boats that control Hongfu also exceed 500 materials, which is very tall among all the ships.

Zhang Qingyun followed him aboard the ship, and behind the women's wall on the second deck, looking at the magnificent scene of the whole army competing to leave the port, a sense of pride also rose in his heart, this feeling was by no means imaginable when he was studying in the academy.

"Senator Lu, when the boat opens, it will be a little shaky, we can't compare to the big river here, when there is no wind, you can only rely on the pulp force before leaving the port, and when you reach the lake, the wheels will move together, and it will be stable at that time."

Hong Fu's voice came from behind him, Zhang Qingyun turned around and smiled at him, after dealing with it for a few days, both of them felt that it was not bad, Zhang Qingyun did not have the high shelf of ordinary literati, and Hong Fu was not as vulgar as many martial artists, both of them invariably took a step back, and they got along well.

"When I arrived in Luzhou City, a certain mission was completed, Du Tong was originally an acquaintance of Xia Shuai, of course, there was no need for a certain introduction, these days I have been taken care of, there is a lot of chatter, and I hope to bear with me. When the time comes, he will leave on his own and return to Jiankang to make a business, so he will first tell him separately here. ”

Zhang Qingyun said polite words, his fake senator can only go to Luzhou City, and if he stays for a long time, he will inevitably not be exposed, in fact, he can say that the Xiongjiang Army is going north, even if he completes the task, but he himself thinks that things must be done from beginning to end, and he is not at ease to go back if he does not see them enter the city.

Listening to Zhang Qingyun's words, Hong Fu shook his head, his smile was obviously a little reluctant, since he led an army alone, he became more and more dismissive of the old handsome, sitting all the way, and in the event of a war, he still kept urging the court to pay, otherwise he would either not make any effort or simply not send troops, but in the end he was his own master, and it was not good to say this before outsiders.

With a neat sound of the trumpet, the wrestlers on the side of the ship on the first floor began to shake the heavy long pulp vigorously, there were dozens on each side, under their vigorous shaking, the big boat began to move slowly, Zhang Qingyun's attention was also attracted to the past, those specially selected wrestlers are tall and strong men, most of them only wear a short brown, revealing oily and thick muscles, with the neat and uniform movements, the picture is full of primitive beauty.

From here to Luzhou along the Jiaohu Lake is not the fastest, if you ride a horse, you can get there in half a day by taking the official road, but it takes nearly two days to take the waterway, of course, the benefits of the waterway are also obvious, and the soldiers do not have to bother. Zhang Qingyun listened to the cheers from the surrounding sergeants from time to time, the morale of this team was not bad, and he was not timid when he heard that he was going to fight with the Tartars.

Until now, Hong Fu still thought that they were ordered to support Xia Gui's department, and they were also Huai soldiers, and there was no need to mobilize to defend their hometown, and when all the warships sailed into the lake, with the signal on the main ship, the entire naval army discharged a long marching column, the sails were wide open, the wheels were rolling, and the lake was stirred out of white lines, heading towards the front quickly.

Huaining County, where Anqing Fuzhi is located, is the farthest place in terms of straight-line distance, but because there are wide official roads along the way, the military newspaper sent by the fast horse arrived almost at the same time as the adjacent Wuwei Army.

Judging from the map, the breakthrough selected by the Tartars is above Anqing Mansion, and once it is broken through, the first person to bear the brunt is his Anqing Mansion, except for An Fengjun. Zhang Shijie rubbed his head irritably, and saw that his cronies were busy, so he waved his hand and called their leaders over.

"Where's the front? How far is it from Sumatsu. Zhang Shijie leaned on the back of the chair with his eyes closed, this personal soldier named Zhang Ba had followed him for many years, and even his surname was with him, so he took care of most of the foreign affairs.

"The news sent back yesterday has entered the county border, this will have already entered the city, there are no Tartars stationed there, it should be very smooth, if the governor's office is in a hurry to listen to the letter, a certain will go down to make arrangements, and send people over immediately." Zhang Ba didn't know his intentions, so he had to speculate secretly.

"It's okay, let someone take a message, that place is too close to Qizhou, the scout might as well go farther away, if there is news to report in time, tell them, every day the officer must get a military report, even if there is no abnormality. The repair of the county town should also be paid close attention to, once the war breaks out, it is the first to receive the enemy, how to hold on until the arrival of reinforcements, if there is no money, go to the big households to raise donations, this is the war preparation does not need to be polite to them. ”

Zhang Shijie passed a series of orders one after another, Zhang Ba nodded while remembering, and when he was finished, he hurried down to carry it out. Zhang Shijie sat on the chair in a daze, the 30,000 troops under his command were basically along Huaining County, where Anqing Prefecture was located, Taihu County, a little farther away, and Susong County, the most marginal county, each of which was only half a day away from each other, so as to ensure that reinforcements could be sent in time if something happened.

It should be said that the geographical location of Anqing Mansion is still quite good, Dabie Mountain extends from top to bottom to Susong, covering the entire western part of Anqing Mansion and becoming a natural barrier. Therefore, what Zhang Shijie is thinking about now is how to support Huaixi, and it is not necessarily the best to lead the troops directly, what if Chen Bing is pressed on the front line of Qizhou in Susong? He thought of a seemingly more straightforward approach.

Martial law in the city of Luzhou was basically lifted in the early morning, except that the city gate was still closed and people were not allowed to enter and exit, the guards who searched in the city all night went back to their respective barracks, only the area around the marshal's mansion was still heavily guarded, and even the main street in front of it was sealed to prevent people from passing, which attracted the people who did not know why to look sideways.

Ma Lao Wu, who had been haunted by his heart and had not slept all night, finally got the news that the marshal had passed away from Wang Dutong, who had always been a good friend, and after comforting Wang Dutong, who was not very affectionate, he couldn't care about being tired and hurried back to his ground.

was stopped again, but Ma Lao Wu had no complaints, he was secretly sighing all the way, fortunately he didn't have any other thoughts, otherwise he would probably die without a place to be buried. As soon as the marshal dies, the city will definitely change hands, and then he may be the mastermind who assassinated the marshal.

Jin Ming, who took off his black clothes, walked out of the warehouse in his regular clothes, and saw the scar-faced man standing there with a smile on his face from a distance, knowing that he was here to report the news, Jin Ming did not show impatience, nodded and said hello, and stood in front of him waiting to hear what he said.

"Master Jun, the little ones have inquired clearly, the city is no longer searching, at most at noon, the city gate will be opened again, and when the time comes, the little ones will personally send the military masters out of the city." Ma Lao Wu ~ had to take this risk, he is now an accomplice, just do good things to the end, he believes that sooner or later someone will honor such a big favor.

"Oh, is the news true? Why are they not searching anymore? Jin Ming looked at Ma Lao Wu's eyes, trying to tell if there was a fake in this.

"They say they've caught the Assassins, and they've heard that they're all Tartars who have infiltrated the city disguised as merchants." Ma Lao Wu deliberately lowered his voice, and said mysteriously, Jin Ming pretended to know "um", at noon, the time to get to the town in front of him was a little tight, but unfortunately there were no horses, otherwise it would be much faster. R1058