Qin Yu just rested for the night and left early the next morning.

Niu Er's 2,000 men and horses were also taken away, leaving behind more than 4,000 spears and missing knives that were seized last time.

Coupled with the thousand-stone grain in the city, Luo Rucai and the other leaders were moved!

Several leaders even had the idea of following King Hua in the future.

And Luo Rucai also immediately sent someone to inform Zhang Xianzhong, and after the collegial discussion of the leaders, his eight kings were elected as the chief of the fourth righteous army.

When the Eight Kings received the letter, they were really excited, especially looking at the purple and gold crown specially made by Qin Yu, the bright yellow cloak, and the big seal that was temporarily made.

Originally, this was prepared by King Qin for himself, but now he reluctantly cut his love and took it out.

Although he was a little surprised by Qin Yu's generosity, the coveted hat of the leader of the rebel army was finally put on his head, and it was so formal, even his hatred for Qin Yu disappeared a lot.

In addition, he was really frightened in Gucheng, and the food was almost exhausted, as well as his hatred for Zuo Liangyu.

Immediately led the men and horses into the county seat, killed the county order that had just arrived, re-erected the banner, and then asked Sun Kewang to lead 3,000 men and horses to garrison, and he and Li Dingguo led the remaining 5,000 troops to rush towards Baokang.

Compared with the eight kings, there are still worries, Luo Rucai is in Fang County, backed by Zhushan, which can be regarded as worry-free.

So after receiving the reply, he placed the old and weak in the city, and also went away with more than 10,000 troops to kill Baokang.

The two sides arrived at the mouth of the Sancha River almost on the same day, and after joining forces, they rushed to Baokang County with a roar to kill.

The reason why the Eight Kings and Cao Cao are so positive is because neither of them is stupid, and defeating Baokang means that both of them have one more way to retreat.

In addition, Zuo Liangyu has suffered defeats again and again during this period of time, and his strength is extremely weak, so if he doesn't pinch soft persimmons at this time, when will he stay?

This time, Zuo Dashuai was really taken aback, 3,000 of the 5,000 soldiers and horses under his command were just recruited, and half of them were still holding bamboo guns.

If it weren't for Hong Chengchou's death order, I am afraid that they would all want to retreat to Nanzhang, so they would immediately send people to Xiangyang for help, and then prepare to defend to the death.

And when Qin Yu returned to Zhushan, the army had already been packed.

Hongying thought that she was going to retreat to Fang County, but after learning that Qin Yu had given Fang County to Luo Rucai, she suddenly exclaimed, "Are you crazy? actually gave Fang County to that Cao Cao? ”

"What else do we need in Fangxian and Zhushan? It's better to throw it to that Cao Cao, let him and the Eight Kings toss, and attract the attention of the officials and soldiers. ”

Qin Yu rolled his eyes and realized that he had absolutely made a mistake in choosing the mountainous area as his root base.

Unless he can take down more than a dozen counties and connect them together, it is absolutely not feasible to defend one or two county seats, and he has to suffocate to death.

And now in this situation, he is destined to be unable to conquer so many counties, not to mention that even if he is defeated, he will have to be garrisoned by generals.

Therefore, he plans not to use that base for the time being, because the base area at this stage is completely cumbersome and a live target.

It's better to develop and train a large army in sports warfare, just like a certain army in the previous life, it was the long march that made countless people become mature and stable from scholars.

As long as there is a strong army in hand, when the winter moon is full and the Qing Dynasty enters the customs, the southern soldiers and horses go north to King Qin, and he will fight wherever he wants to fight at that time.

"So where are we going? Do you also go to fight Baokang or go to siege the city? ”

"Baokang still has a fart, what's worth it for me to fight? In the past few days, I have already asked the hunters to find a trail in the mountains, which is the one that Liu Guo can walk last time, although it is difficult to walk, but if you repair it along the way, people and war horses can still pass. ”

Qin Yu said, spread the map he drew on the table, and pointed to a red line on it.

In fact, on the map, the approximate location of the prefectures and counties of Xiangyang and Yunyang and Nanyang is so simple that it can't be more simple, and it is estimated that Qin Yu himself can understand it.

Anyway, the red warbler can't read it, plus she doesn't know how to read, no, she pointed to a small circle at the end of the black line and asked awkwardly, "Where is this?" ”

"Junju."

"Are we going to fight Junzhou?" Where is Junzhou, the red warbler still has an impression in his mind.

"Yes, Zhuxi in the west, Baihe in the north, Yunxi, and Yunxian are all heavily guarded and heavily guarded, but Junzhou is empty, where can you fight if you don't fight Junzhou?"

Qin Yu didn't have a good airway, if it weren't for the urgent need for salt and sulfur, the military uniform and cotton armor were not complete, and there was not much food, he really wanted to hide in the mountains until the beginning of spring next year.

"Where are these counties? It doesn't look like it's far from us, are they all heavily guarded? ”

The red warbler pointed to a few black circles in the south, feeling that it was not much farther than Junzhou, and it was far away from Yunyang.

"Silly girl, didn't you see that I drew a bunch of dense hills in the middle? It's eastern Sichuan, I want to go, but Shennongjia, is that place that the army can go? ”

As soon as she heard that the hill was Shennongjia, the red warbler suddenly fell silent.

The next day, early in the morning, the whole army of more than 30,000 marched towards the east, and the scene was a spectacular.

Two thousand sappers and the personal guard battalion were the first, responsible for exploring the road and probing the enemy, and then the first infantry battalion led by Liu Hu and the first firearms battalion of Qin Meng.

Then there were more than 5,000 women, and more than 3,000 sappers, each with a horse, carrying grain, pots and pans, and other things.

Followed by Qin Yu is another firearms battalion, and the second and third infantry battalions, Niu Er with more than 10,000 heroes, is in charge of the palace.

Compared with the other rebel armies, almost half of them were old and weak, but Qin Yu's army was all young men, women and teenagers, and only thousands of concubines and literate maids were a burden.

But no matter how cumbersome it is, Qin Yu has to carry them, because without their help in calculating, more than 30,000 people will definitely have to be messed up.

What's more, a bamboo-framed chair is placed on each side of the mule and horse, and one is just right to sit on one side, and only 500 horses can pull them over the mountains and mountains.

The army only marched eastward for a day, and as soon as it crossed Liujia'ao, it turned into the mountains to the north overnight.

Almost on the night of Qin Yu's departure, Hong Chengchou received the news and immediately smiled.

"My lord, that little King Hua still can't bear to escape."

"Hehe, it's rare to confront Ben Du for more than half a month before escaping!"

"My lord, do you want to march immediately to recover Zhushan?"

"Don't worry, wait two more days, so as not to force him to jump over the wall and drill into the mountains." Hong Chengchou waved his hand.

He believed that as long as there were no pursuers, with the strength and knowledge of King Xiaohua, he would never be willing to drill into the mountains.

After all, in addition to going to Fang County, Zhushan is surrounded by lofty mountains on both sides, and once you go in, you will have to save one out of ten soldiers and horses.

If Hong Chengchou knew that Qin Yu had been thinking about how to run all day long, and there was no old or weak in the team, I am afraid that he would not think like this.

Qian Gao, a staff member on the side, smiled, he could naturally see the intention of the governor, it was clear that he wanted to drive all the thieves to Gucheng, and then force them to cross the river and surround and annihilate them.

After all, after crossing the river, you will enter Nanyang, and there will be a smooth road around, and then there will be no vast mountains, once it is surrounded, you really don't want to get rid of one.