In order to hurry up, as soon as Hu Guozhu left, Qi Liang immediately summoned Chen Zhengcheng, Liu Shengming, Yang Songling, Ma Gensheng, etc. to explain the relevant matters, and he concisely ordered: "My father has an order, let me return to Yuezhou as soon as possible, Chief Chen will follow me, Dr. Yang and Mr. Ma will take others to follow General Hu Guozhu's army, and Deputy Chief Liu will protect everyone's safety on the way!" ”

Everyone nodded, not knowing what was happening, but they all looked solemn. Qi Liang turned back to the little seventh son who was standing aside and said, "Little seventh son! You also go with Dr. Yang! ”

Xiao Qizi hurriedly said: "How can the master be done without anyone waiting?" ”

Qi Liang said: "It's all marching and fighting, what else do you have to wait for?" ”

Xiao Qizi said: "Slaves can also march and fight!" ”

Qi Liang smiled: "Can you eat your bones all the way to gallop all the way?" Follow Mr. Ma honestly! ”

Xiao Qizi still had to ask again, Qi Liang had already stood up, and said resolutely: "Everyone hurry up and prepare, I am also going to set off soon, we will meet at Zhaoli Bridge!" ”

Everyone bowed and said goodbye: "Take care!" ”

Outside the city, the Sanchong Guanning Iron Cavalry and the additional hundreds of cavalry were already ready to go, each of them hung a pot of water on their waists, stacked dozens of baked cakes, and prepared food for five days. Qi Liang came out of the city in the clan support of Chen Zhengcheng and his guards, and Lu Huixiang hit his horse to meet him: "The troops are ready, please give the order of the prince!" In the sun, his face was like a dehydrated orange peel, and many people glanced at the sky at a glance.

Qi Liang waved his big hand in the air: "Let's go!" ”

Lu Huixiang was good at marching and fighting, and Qi Liang ordered his generals.

Raising the yellow dust in the sky, 2,000 cavalry galloped away, and at the intersection of Shangmei fork fifty miles to the southeast, Lu Huixiang said goodbye to Qi Liang: "Take care of the prince!" Humble! "He led a thousand horsemen to the mountains,

Qi Liang asked, "Lu Qianhu still remember my orders?" ”

Lu Huixiang said: "Keep the humble duty in mind: you can only attack by surprise, you can't attack by force, you can't do anything, and you will never force it." ”

Qi Liang nodded with satisfaction and advised: "Lu Qianhu be more careful, go ahead!" ”

After Lu Huixiang beat the horse and left, Qi Liang shouted: "Zhengcheng! You take a few people to follow Lu Huixiang! ”

Chen Zhengcheng arched his hand: "Yes!" ”

Qi Liang asked meaningfully: "Zhengcheng knows why you let you follow Lu Qianhu?" ”

Chen Zhengcheng replied without thinking: "But spy on him?" ”

Qi Liang shook his head, and Chen Zhengcheng thought sideways: "But recruiting talents from the mountains?" ”

Qi Liang nodded: "I heard that there is a very famous blacksmith in Tongshan, named Hong Tong, you have to find a way to bring him back!" ”

Chen Zhengcheng said firmly: "We will not disgrace our mission!" ”

Qi Liang reminded: "You tell Lu Qianhuming, don't let him have a misunderstanding!" ”

"Humble and saved!"

"That's it! Go ahead! Lu Qianhu, they are far away! After Qi Liang finished speaking, he also beat his horse and rushed to Chongyang.

In Xianning City, Hu Guozhu also began to lead the army south after making some arrangements. Xianning City was handed over to Qin Guilin to be responsible, and 4,000 soldiers and horses were left for it to defend.

On the way, Hu Guozhu always looked at the southeast direction uneasily, he didn't believe that the prince could lead 2,000 cavalry to capture Tongshan and Chongyang, and he was worried that the prince would fall in love with the war and return to the south by mistake? After walking for a whole afternoon, it was getting dark, and the spring cold came up, and he was worried about the urgent military situation of the generalissimo's camp, and saw that the mountains in the distance were still visible, and felt that he could still catch up with a few miles, so he decided to walk another twenty miles and set up camp again. A fast horse flew in from the south and reported: "General! Tang Qianhu reported that Puqi City has been captured? ”

Hu Guozhu was pleasantly surprised: "So fast? How was it captured? "It's only been two days.

The herald said: "Tang Qianhu let two generals enter the city to persuade them to surrender, and escorted five hundred soldiers outside to show the public, supplemented by beating gongs and drums to strengthen the momentum, the Puqi defenders were terrified and surrendered the city!" ”

As expected, he defeated Zhu Manpuqi and surrendered without a fight. Thinking of the seemingly simple arrangement of the prince in Xianning County that day, but it was a stroke of genius that he didn't want to, Hu Guozhu couldn't help but secretly admire. "Pass the order down, camp on the spot, and leave tomorrow!" He's in a good mood.

At noon on the second day, he arrived at Puqi City, and in order to rest here for the new Puqi city, Hu Guozhu urged the troops to hurry up at dawn the next morning, and he wanted to make up for the time wasted yesterday in the afternoon. This time, only 100 people were left in Puqi City, and Tang Daomu's headquarters soldiers and horses also returned south with him.

Four days have passed, there has been no news of Qi Liang, Hu Guozhu is becoming more and more worried, looking at Zhao Liqiao, who will soon reach the junction of Hunan and Hubei in front of him, he can't help but secretly regret that he shouldn't have agreed to the prince that day.

"General! There is a large group of people in the first five miles! "The former expedition horse returns.

Hu Guozhu asked casually: "But my Zhao Liqiao's garrison came to greet you?" "He wasn't worried at all that it would be the Qing army.

Tanma said: "Exactly! ”

"Herald! Speed up! Go to Zhao Li Bridge and everyone have a good night's rest! Hu Guozhu commanded. Although he said early that he would not wait for Qi Liang, he could not rest assured if he did not wait.

The two armies soon met, and a few horses rushed in front, and a loud voice said: "General Hu has worked hard all the way!" ”

Hu Guozhu's eyes widened in disbelief: "Shizi? "Spinning and jumping horses: "Humble and respectfully invite the prince Jin'an!" Everyone knelt down: "Respectfully invite the prince Jin'an!" ”

"Everybody, get up!" Qi Liang held Hu Guozhu with his hand and said to everyone.

"Shizi! What the hell is going on? Why did you get so low? Hu Guozhu couldn't help but be curious, and couldn't wait to ask.

Qi Liang laughed and said: "The general is not in a hurry, I will tell you slowly after returning to the camp!" ”

Hu Guozhu, is there a hurry? Eagerly said: "Shizi! Tell me what the hell is going on? Shizi, are you okay? ”

Qi Liang rolled his eyes, what words? Can I still run to meet you in high spirits? He no longer adjusted Hu Guozhu's taste, and said with a smile: "General Hu, don't worry, everything is going well!" ”

Hu Guozhu didn't believe it and asked: "Tongshan and Chongyang Shizi have taken it down?" ”

Qi Liang nodded heavily: "Hmm! ”

Take two counties in four days? And still use cavalry, Hu Guozhu still shook his head in disbelief, even if it takes four days to run from Xianning-Tongshan-Chongyang, not to mention attacking the city and capturing the pool!

Qi Liangzhi Hu Guozhu didn't believe it, and said with a smile: "General Hu, don't believe it, I will let the general see two things after I enter the camp, and the general will believe it!" ”

Entering the camp, the guards presented two large seals, respectively Shutongshan and Chongyang, Hu Guozhu had to believe that this was the truth, and respectfully saluted: "The son of the world is a god and a man!" ”

Qi Liang shook his hand and smiled: "General Hu praised it falsely!" ”

Hu Guozhu asked curiously: "What method did the prince use, and how did he take the two cities of Tongshan and Chongyang so quickly?" ”

Qi Liang said: "It's very simple, Lu Huixiang Qianhu led a thousand cavalry to attack Tongshan, the first fifty sergeants disguised themselves into the city, and suddenly attacked at night, captured the north gate, and passed the mountain into my hands!" ”

"What about Chongyang?"

Qi Liang said: "Then it's even simpler, Xiao Wang led another thousand cavalry to the outside of Chongyang Gate, shot a letter of surrender inside, and then the Chongyang City Gate was opened, and I led my troops into the city!" ”

"It's as simple as that?" Hu Guozhu was stunned.

Qi Liang was serious: "It's as simple as that!" ”

Hu Guozhu opened his eyes and stroked the two huge county seals on the table again, he couldn't believe that this was not true.

The actual situation is really as simple as Qi Liang said, and the thrill is no less than a real bloody battle. seized Tongshan, Lu Huixiang personally disguised himself into the city, and deceived all the people with a terrifying pockmarked face like Zhong Kui, killed the general of the Tongshan defenders, and captured the north gate; To seize Chongyang, Qi Liang's five guards Huang Qi and Liu Dexiang infiltrated the city to kidnap the magistrate and his family, and then Qi Liang shot into the letter of surrender, and the magistrate was forced to surrender the city.

"General Hu! The two county seals will be handed over to you, and I have a hundred people in Tongshan and Chongyang, so you can send someone to receive them! ”

Hu Guozhu admired: "Let's arrange it!" ”