Gucheng County.

The ferry port more than ten miles upstream of the county seat, early in the morning, people shouting and neighing endlessly, looking around, hundreds of large and small boats, coming and going on the river, countless people on both sides of the river, are crossing the river.

It took only one day for more than 20,000 troops to cross the Han River, which shows that in the past half a year, Zuo Liangyu has made full preparations although he has not moved in Guanghua County.

And that's exactly what happened.

In the past six months, Zuo Liangyu has been wantonly scraping, begging for rewards and food, and recruiting troops and horses.

In just half a year, not only did the number of soldiers and horses double, but the elite cavalry reached a scale of 1,000.

It can be said that compared with other generals in the late Ming Dynasty, Zuo Liangyu was definitely the most willing to smash the silver on his own troops, rather than on the house and land.

"Father, the eight kings have already given up the valley city and retreated to the foot of the Heavenly Wolf Mountain twenty miles away, and they also sent people to send ten beauties, ten thousand taels of silver, and a box of jewelry."

"Humph! Count him as the eight kings, Lao Tzu will let him go for the time being, tomorrow you will take 10,000 horses to garrison Gucheng, and go to Baokang for your father for a while to meet that little Huawang. ”

Zuo Liangyu snorted coldly, if it weren't for Xiong Wencan's urgency, the eight kings would have surrendered to the court and let Gu Cheng out, so that he couldn't find an excuse, he had to kill the eight kings first.

The day before yesterday, Xiong Wencan had just allocated a batch of money and grain to him, and Baokang was attacked by a new wave of anti-thieves.

At this time, he did not fight Baokang, but went to fight the eight kings of the Guishun court, and the person surnamed Xiong would definitely write a letter to impeach him.

Now that all the anti-thieves have been eliminated, the army of thieves from all walks of life in the court has freed up their hands, and he no longer dares to disobey the yin and yang as before.

So even if Xiong Wencan doesn't give him money and food, he will cross the river to attack, and the key is that there is no oil and water left in Guanghua County.

And the eight kings who were nesting in Tianluo Village, after listening to the report of the people who came back, were really taken aback by Zuo Liangyu's strength.

1,000 elite cavalry, 20,000 horses all holding blades, half of them still have cotton armor, this strength, even if he was in his heyday, it is not enough to see!

Similarly, the red warbler, who was training soldiers and horses in Baokang, was also scared half to death.

"You read that right? Are you sure it's the army of the imperial court? ”

"Sister Hong, we are absolutely not mistaken, it must be the army of the imperial court, not the thief army of the eight kings, the men and horses of the eight kings evacuated Gucheng yesterday and went downstream."

The two female soldiers who galloped all the way back from Gucheng to report the news hurriedly replied with sweaty heads.

"How many people are on the other side, do you see clearly?" The red warbler looked solemn.

Both women shook their heads in unison.

Then one of them said: "Anyway, there are many, so many that I can't count them, from morning to afternoon, we have been crossing the river, and when we come, there are still soldiers and horses crossing the river in a steady stream." ”

"By the way, there seems to be cavalry." Another female soldier added.

"And cavalry, how many?" The red warbler breathed tightly and said urgently.

"Should... It shouldn't be less than us, they all ride tall horses, and they all have armor. ”

"It's broken, that means there are nearly a thousand riders at the minimum?"

The red warbler's face changed drastically.

If that group of officers and soldiers really came to fight them, the 1,000 cavalry would probably be in the city at noon tomorrow at the latest.

"What about Sister Hong? Those officers and soldiers must have come to fight us, or let's run away. ”

"Yes, before the cavalry arrives, let's walk the trail overnight and run back to the Black Mountain Village."

The two women were anxious and flustered, apparently frightened by the boundless battle of the official army when they were in Gucheng.

"That kid is still in Fang County, what should we do if we run away from him?"

The red warbler didn't have a good air, and then shouted outside, and a pretty female soldier walked in.

"Xiaocui, you take your three sisters to Fang County immediately to report the news, one person and three horses, you must arrive before dark, don't cherish the war horse, you know?"

"Yes, Sister Hong."

"Hmm..."

Hongying explained to her again, and the woman named Xiaocui left in a hurry.

And it wasn't even an hour before it got dark.

Immediately, Hongying called Liu Hu and Wang Daniu and the other three young captains over, intending to discuss.

The three captains are still young, and Qin Yu used to do whatever he said, and Liu Hu and Wang Daniu were even more croppers.

When the five of them heard that a large army was coming, they all panicked, where did they come up with any ideas?

In the end, Hongying had to decide to take two hundred young soldiers and a team of cattle to ambush the opponent's cavalry at the mouth of the Sancha River overnight.

In any case, the opposing cavalry cannot be allowed to kill under Baokang City tomorrow, as for whether to fight or leave, we have to wait for Qin Yu to come back before deciding.

The five people naturally have no opinion, at the moment they are all six gods and no masters, what the red warbler says is what it is, in fact, the red warbler also doesn't know what to do.

"By the way, the news of the attack by the officers and soldiers must be kept secret, and no one else can be told for the time being."

As soon as the five of them got up to go down to work, the red warbler slapped his forehead and said.

……

One hundred and twenty miles, the army walked for three days, but Xiaocui took three female soldiers, changed horses and did not change people, and it only took more than an hour to rush to Fang County.

By this time, it was just getting dark.

If it is in the plains, it is normal, but in the hilly areas, it is extremely terrifying.

If it weren't for the short stature of the four women, who were only about eighty pounds, and three horses, I am afraid that they would die of exhaustion if they were not on the road.

Even so, after arriving, the war horses under the crotch of the three of them still fell to the ground foaming at the mouth due to the long high-speed running.

At this time, Qin Yu was drinking with Niu Er in the county office's room.

One by one, the two of them hugged the two concubines of the Wu County Order, pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and had a lot of fun.

And the Wu County Commander was trembling and was in charge of pouring wine on the side, obviously having lost the slightest bit of backbone after being concocted.

It wasn't until Qin Tie hurriedly walked in and whispered a few words in Qin Yu's ear that Leader Qin's face changed greatly.

Then he adjusted and said with a smile: "Brother Niu, you drink first, my brother has something to deal with, just come when you go." ”

"Oh, brother, go and come back quickly, my brother is waiting for you." Niu Er was having a good time, he didn't notice the change in his face just now, waved his hand and smiled.

Qin Yu hurriedly walked out of the room, came to the hall, and looked at the embarrassed four girls and suddenly said urgently.

"Xiaocui, what happened?"

"Xiaohua... Huawang, oh no..."

Xiao Cui hurriedly said what the red warbler had explained.

"How is that possible? How could the Eight Kings give up Gucheng and let Zuo Liangyu's army cross the river? ”

"I understand, it must be the Eight Kings' Bloody Submission to the Imperial Court."

Qin Yu was also shocked, and then he slapped his forehead and came to his senses.

Although the eight kings in history also submitted to the imperial court at this time, it was because their strength was weakened to the extreme.

And after he was reborn, he not only ambushed the two Ming armies and won a complete victory, but also wiped out the bandit cottage cleanly.

Therefore, the strength of the Eight Kings is definitely several times stronger than that of this period in the previous life, and they have never had the idea of returning to the imperial court, and they even want to fight Zuo Liangyu more than once.

However.

A while ago, he co-opted Niu Er, attacked Sun Kewang, and beat the Eight Kings back to their original form in one fell swoop, and also beat them back to their original ways.