Zhang Xianzhong planned to go to Ji'an to try his luck and then go west to Huguang, when he heard the report of the old camp spies, saying that the crown prince was leading a large army in the Ji'an area, Zhang Xianzhong was so frightened that he ordered to change the route of the march on the spot, and marched to Yuanzhou Mansion at the junction of Jiangxi and Huguang by taking the Wugong Mountain area.

Zhu Cihong was also speechless, he wanted to set up an ambush in the area of Rentouling and put Zhang Xianzhong in to collect some heads, but he didn't expect Zhang Xianzhong to be so cautious, and he walked directly on the mountain road to perfectly avoid the Tianwu army who were waiting for the rabbit.

No one can do everything on the march, but if you have accurate enough information, you can greatly improve your chances of victory.

In the area of Wugong Mountain, a group of dragons and nights did not accept after a while, and they effortlessly blended into the army of thieves and started their acting careers.

Due to the fact that Long Xiang did not receive a steady stream of intelligence and markers at night, the officers and men of the entire Jiangxi Province began to carry out a large-scale encirclement in the vicinity of Wugong Mountain.

In Jiangxi in August, the weather was frighteningly hot and frighteningly hot, and it was often accompanied by heavy rain for several days in succession, and floods occurred in many places, which greatly hindered the encirclement and suppression actions of the officers and men.

The bad weather conditions made Zhu Cihong deeply worried, and now all parts of Daming have formed a pattern of drought in the north and floods in the south, and the disaster is becoming more and more serious.

After a month of escaping, Zhang Xianzhong finally broke out of the encirclement of the Ming army, went all the way west into the Huguang territory, and began to prepare for the implementation of the plan to enter Sichuan.

However, at this time, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai had less than 30,000 men under them, and they were chased and killed by officers and soldiers all the way, and there was a shortage of food and grass.

Soon after, Zhu Cihong received an emergency from Huguang, Changsha Mansion and Hengzhou Prefecture, saying that the Liukou had entered the two places and had a tendency to attack, and the government of these two places continued to send people for help, and each time the crying was worse than the other.

After Zhu Cihong heard this, he was not in a hurry, Changsha and Hengzhou are both big cities, the city walls are thick, and there are not many rogue soldiers and horses, if the two places are breached, it can only mean that they are dead, and God wants to accept them.

The most important thing is that Zhu Cihong received information that Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai were not in these places, but went into Hengshan, which made Zhu Cihong very curious, what did they want to do? Encirclement for reinforcements? It's not like ah, the reinforcements of the officers and soldiers don't go to the Hengshan area.

The more Zhu Cihong thought about it, the more wrong it became, so he first ordered all the cavalry of the Tianwu Army to gather, led by Sun Yingyuan to go to Hengzhou Mansion first, and then led the army to arrive later.

In addition to the ten miles of armed cross-country training every day, the sergeants of the Tianwu Army also have to conduct long-distance training twice a month, and the long-distance training requires each sergeant to march at least one hundred and twenty miles a day when they are fully equipped, so they are very relaxed when they march in a hurry, and they do not look a little tired.

Mao Yuanyi, who was accompanying him in the army, saw the Tianwu Army marching rapidly for the first time, and he was very shocked in his heart, marching hundreds of miles every day, and not leaving behind for a few days, what a terrible thing!

Mao Yuanyi can see from the trivial matter of marching that the training of the Tianwu Army is very strict, as the head of the military tun department, he knows better, and many tuntian soldiers are also receiving training similar to the Tianwu army, once those tuntian soldiers are trained like this, what will be the scene? Roving bandits? Tartar? I'm afraid they should all wash and sleep.

Sun Kewang, who besieged Hengzhou, did not expect the Tianwu army to follow, although it was only a vanguard, but Sun Kewang did not dare to fight with the Tianwu army, so he had to immediately order the withdrawal of troops.

The forward battalion of the Tianwu Army was all cavalry, and in the face of the retreating rogues, Sun Yingyuan directly ordered to kill them!

Under the strong impact of the cavalry of the Thousands of Heavenly Martial Army, 10,000 thieves were instantly defeated, and even Sun Kewang, who had escaped, was captured alive.

Three days later, Zhu Cihong led the army to Hengzhou Mansion, at this time the four gates of Hengzhou City were closed, and it was the forward battalion led by Sun Yingyuan who defended the city, and when Zhu Cihong led the men and horses to the city, the city gate was still closed.

"The crown prince is coming, open the door quickly!" Xu Sheng shouted at the city gate.

The voice of the head of the city guard camp came from the city tower: "Please Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince later, please ask Master Sun for your humble position!" ”

Xu Sheng then shouted, "Have you seen His Highness's guard of honor?" Open the door quickly! ”

The battalion commander who defended the city insisted on asking his superiors to wait, which made Xu Sheng very unhappy.

Zhu Cihong waved his hand, so that Xu Sheng didn't have to say much, just wait here.

Mao Yuanyi couldn't help but say: "Master Marshal Sun is not like a domineering person, why are the soldiers under him like this, when they see His Highness coming, they still have to ask for instructions, could it be that in their hearts, Master Sun's prestige has surpassed His Highness?" ”

Huang Degong said: "You know a fart! This is the rule of our Tianwu Army's encampment and patrol, and without the order of the supreme commander of the garrison, anyone who comes has to wait. ”

Huang Degong has been uncomfortable since he lost to Mao Yuanyi in the last martial arts match, and he has been looking for a chance to regain face.

Mao Yuanyi frowned and said: "Who stipulated this, and the fine willow camp of Zhou Yafu can't be so ungentlemanly?" Let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wait under the city, what kind of system is this! ”

Zhu Cihong said: "This is stipulated by this palace, the state has national laws, and the army has military regulations, only by prohibiting it can it become a hundred victorious army!" It is precisely because of the obedience to the military order that the battalion commander who defends the city does not open the city gate, and if he opens the city without the permission of his superiors, it is to resist the order and not obey it! ”

Mao Yuanyi was taken aback after hearing this, on the surface, it seems that the Tianwu Army can not even listen to the words of the crown prince, and once the military general dominates the crown prince, he can't control it, but in fact, the Tianwu army can strictly implement the military order, which shows that in the Tianwu Army, only the crown prince's order is the best, because this military order is stipulated by him, and anyone's order is no bigger than his order!

The generals did not obey the orders of the crown prince and could only be killed, and it was impossible for the soldiers below to obey a military general who did not even obey the military orders themselves.

What made Mao Yuanyi feel terrible was that the crown prince actually took the lead in maintaining the authority of the generals, although he looked young, his means were not bad at all.......

When Mao Yuanyi was thinking nonsense, the gate of Hengzhou opened, and Sun Yingyuan led the army out of the city to greet Zhu Cihong.

Sun Yingyuan saluted and said: "Your Highness, the battalion commander guarding the city is not sensible, so I have kept you waiting for a long time." ”

Zhu Cihong shook his head and said: "Military orders are like mountains, everyone must abide by them, even the palace can't be excluded, once the military order loses its authority, it will have no effect, understand?" ”

Sun Yingyuan's heart froze, he stood up straight, and said, "The last general understands!" ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, looked at the battalion commander who had just defended the city, and said: "It is the responsibility of every sergeant to obey the military order, and there is no merit at all, but this palace can praise you verbally, you did a good job!" ”

The battalion commander said excitedly: "Thank you for your highness's praise!" ”