Zuo Liangyu led the army to rest in Gucheng for one night, and on the second day, after breakfast, the army marched up the river mightily.

However, Zuo Liangyu did not send elite cavalry to raid Baokang.

Instead, the cavalry was placed in the middle, and only more than 1,000 people were sent to explore the road, ten miles away from the army.

Qin Yu set off last night.

With 400 young soldiers, 200 guards who had just been collected, and four bandit teams, they roared with torches and returned to Baokang overnight.

As for Fang County, let Niu Er garrison with his five thousand men and horses.

At this time, Qin Yu was also a little panicked in his heart, because the situation was too different from what he expected.

His original plan was that the Eight Great Kings would occupy Gu City, at least to block Zuo Liangyu for a while, so the north would be worry-free for the time being.

Hongying led people to garrison Baokang, training troops while guarding against possible reinforcements from the direction of Xiangyang.

And he himself took Niu Er to recruit troops after capturing Fang County to deal with the officers and troops coming from the direction of Yunyang.

In his opinion, the officers and troops in the direction of Yunyang are definitely faster than Xiangyang, because Baokang and Fangxian are under the jurisdiction of Yunyang, and after receiving the request for help, the governor of Yunyang will definitely send troops to rescue as soon as possible.

Most of the soldiers who came were still guards, and after he defeated the Yunyang official army, he turned back to collect the reinforcements in the direction of Xiangyang.

After defeating the two official armies, he also stood on his feet, and at this time, even if Zuo Liangyu crossed the river to fight, he was not afraid.

But he never expected that the first to attack was Zuo Liangyu's army, and it came so quickly.

After he captured Fang County, he didn't even have time to recruit soldiers and horses, let alone train, compared to the two official armies in Xiangyang in the northeast and Yunyang in the northwest, Zuo Liangyu's army in the north was several times more threatening.

First, Zuo Liangyu has been fighting for more than ten years, and he has been killed by various anti-thieves, and he has rich experience in the battle array.

Second, Gucheng is upstream along the river, there are avenues feasible, and the terrain is far less complicated than the other two roads.

The journey of more than 100 miles from Fangxian to the mouth of the Sanchai River, nearly 4,000 people and horses, traveling lightly, arrived on the afternoon of the second day.

One by one, they were already exhausted and yawning, and more than 3,000 bandits and thieves were complaining.

"You're finally back, Zuo Liangyu's army has set off this morning, not only cavalry, but also artillery..."

Seeing that Qin Yu and the centaurs finally arrived, Hongying immediately slapped his horse to meet him, saying this, he was also surprised in his heart, they were so fast.

Qin Yu waved his hand, gasping for breath, while looking at the fortifications they had built not far away.

I saw that the ten-meter-wide official road was completely blocked by stones and wood, at least more than two meters high, with a steep hillside on the inner side and paddy fields on the outer side, which extended to the river, only about a mile.

After Qin Yu finished reading it, his breath was even out, and he couldn't help scolding: "Dog, that Zuo Liangyu is quite diligent this time, and he didn't stop and only rested for one night." ”

"By the way, how many troops do they have, have you found out?"

"This... There are so many people, where can the sisters count? Anyway, there are more people than us, the team stretches for more than 20 miles, and there are still a large number of soldiers and horses left in the city. ”

Red Oriole was slightly embarrassed, then explained.

"At least you have to give me an approximate number, right?"

"Should... There should be tens of thousands. ”

The red warbler thought for a moment and gave an approximate number.

"Thirty or forty thousand is also tens of thousands, and seventy or eighty thousand is also tens of thousands, alas! Forget it, I'll see for myself when they come! ”

Qin Yu was so angry that he rolled his eyes, and in the end he could only wave his hand helplessly.

I also know that I can't blame them, a group of illiterate girls, who don't collect it that night, can find out these news in time and come back, and they have already burned high incense.

"King Xiaohua, are you sure to stop them?" The red warbler secretly looked around, then leaned into his ear, lowered his voice and asked in a low voice.

"I'm afraid it's not enough to block it alone, we have to defeat them, otherwise the two official armies of Xiangyang and Yunyang are also coming, and we don't have the strength to stop them." Qin Yu's face was solemn.

"What then? They have nearly a thousand elite cavalry, and the army also has knives and guns, if you want to defeat them, you can only take the initiative to attack, can you win? ”

Hongying glanced back, the more than 3,000 heroes who were paralyzed on the ground, and then looked at the nearly 600 teenagers on the side, I really don't know how to defeat Zuo Liangyu with this little bit of people?

"Let's keep it for two days first, they are too slow to move, and they have to wait until the afternoon of the day after tomorrow at the earliest, you take someone to make some more horse rejection stakes and put them in the field, and arrange some more rolling wood and thunder stones on the hillside, I'll go sleep first."

Qin Yu waved his hand, and he also didn't have the slightest confidence in his heart to defeat Zuo Liangyu, because Zuo Liangyu came too fast, so fast that he didn't have the slightest preparation.

According to the news that the red warbler came back from the inquiry, the other party's march was very cautious, even if it was very difficult and risky to ambush, it was difficult and risky, and one of them had to get into it if they were not alone.

"Alright then, you guys rest first."

The red warbler nodded, and took the people to continue to work.

But not long after Qin Yu fell asleep, Qin Feng came with a few young people in a simple manner, and he almost scared Qin Yu to death.

"Qin Feng, why are you here? Is there something wrong with the cottage? ”

"Mountain... The cottage is fine, chief, three days ago, more than 10,000 troops were driven from Xiangyang, rushing to Nanzhang, and four days ago, Liu Guoneng returned to Nanzhang again with his men and horses, and Madame was worried that he was here to fight you, so he sent me to take the trail to report the news. Qin Feng gasped and hurriedly said.

"What? The officers and troops of Xiangyang set off three days ago? How could it be so fast? What the fuck is this. ”

Qin Yu was really in a hurry this time, Baokang was broken to less than half a month today, and the two armies of the imperial court were about to come to the city, when did the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty have such a high efficiency?

"King Xiaohua, what's wrong? What's going on again? Hongying also saw Qin Feng and a few people who came in a hurry, and hurriedly walked over.

Qin Yu didn't hide it from her.

After hearing this, Hongying was also shocked, and then took a deep breath and said: "Why don't I take the cavalry and the Ox Team and the Tiger Team to block the officers and troops in Xiangyang, and wait for you to defeat Zuo Liangyu and then come to support me?" ”

"This kind of passive defense is a dead end, maybe the officers and troops of Yunyang are also on the way, and then we will become enemies on three sides, the troops are too scattered, and we will defend everywhere, and in the end, we will not be able to hold on to one side."

Qin Yu waved his hand and stopped her ridiculous suggestion.

If 800 young people have firearms, 1,000 new young people are also trained, and more than 3,000 heroes are obedient to him, he is 50% sure that he will defeat Zuo Liangyu.

But those heroes are good at fighting alone, and when they get together, they will become a rabble, so they have no confidence at all.

Even he didn't have the confidence to win Zuo Liangyu's way, not to mention that Niu Er and Hongying could win the other two ways, and the 1,000 teenagers in Black Mountain Village had just practiced shooting and assassinating.