Bai Yongluo pondered for a while and said: "But you still have to gather troops, but you can't press them all, otherwise the other party will wait for work, we have fewer people and more cavalry, and we will suffer a big loss when the time comes, you and I are cavalry who come and go freely, you can fight or run, don't worry too much, your main infantry will first assemble and rest for two days, and then advance to support us on the whole line." ”

Zhu Jianwen's eyes lit up and said: "Very good, once they are surrounded, and then see that our reinforcements are numerous, full of spirit and approaching calmly, they will definitely be cowardly, and when the time comes, they will be afraid of our troops, and it will ensure the safety of my father even more. ”

"That's the case, with the king as a hostage, we will not forcibly attack the city, without the king, we will definitely kill into the city with red eyes, we are mostly cavalry, the attack is naturally not good, but they dare not go out of the city, after the infantry on the flat ground after the city meets the cavalry, that is, looking for death, only need to surround them, and when the people and horses gathered on your side arrive, it is estimated that the lord should also come, and when the time comes, the soldiers will not allow them not to let go, the army will besiege the city, even if they have the ability to fly hard, who will come to the rescue that is better, There is no reason not to eat by throwing yourself into the net. Bai Yong smiled proudly as he spoke,

The team set off, and the two went to Yueyang and Jingzhou separately, but there was no trace of Zhu Qipai, and the soldiers and horses of the two sides gathered together and marched towards Jiujiang together, even if Zhu Qipai was not there, Jiujiang Mansion could be recovered, after all, this is the location of the guarantee of money and grain logistics,

Everyone was cautious along the way, because Jingzhou and Yueyang were not heavily guarded, as if they were two empty cities, could it be that Zhen Lingdan was defending Jiujiang, where was he going to have a duel, no, Zhen Lingdan was definitely not so simple, he might set up an ambush on the road, Bai Yong thought so, the team was on guard everywhere, and the marching speed was greatly reduced for a while, but the wind and waves were calm along the way, nothing happened, and the scout spies did not find a single soldier of the other party, could it be that Zhen Lingdan disappeared out of thin air, and he didn't let people go, There is no ambush yet, what is he going to do,

When the team walked to the outside of Jiujiang Mansion, they could already see the flags fluttering on the city wall, and it was estimated that there were not a few soldiers on the city wall.

Suddenly, the city gate was opened to kill a group of infantry, Zhu Jianwen hurriedly ordered the cavalry to meet in three columns, breaking through the two wings in the middle to cover the killing, the cavalry roared and galloped out, the momentum of the three columns was not yet unfolded, under the floating soil between the places, there were a lot of iron thistles, the cavalry in front was caught off guard, and suddenly stepped on the iron thistle, some horses fell to the ground, the cavalry followed and fell, and some horses raised their front hooves and kept jumping, the cavalry was thrown off the horse, in short, the trampling continued to kill and wound, The lucky one was inserted into the thistle terrestris and died on the spot, but unfortunately it was trampled to death by the panicked war horse, and the cavalry behind saw this situation, and hurriedly reined in the horses, although the loss was not large, but the attack stopped,

The enemy soldiers who rushed out of Jiujiang Mansion laughed and mockingly insulted the Ming army, Zhu saw that the situation was not good and ordered the withdrawal of the army after a short discussion with Bai Yong, for fear of being tricked by the enemy, but at this time, hundreds of cavalry appeared in all directions, and their horses were wrapped in huge quantities, with the bumps of the horses, the cracks of the package spilled out a lot of sharp things such as thistles or small iron nails, and in the blink of an eye, the Ming army was covered with a large number of thistles, the number was wide, and it was a headache.

Bai Yong scolded viciously: "Damn, I have been tricked, I have an order, I will dismount, send someone to sweep the thistle terrestris in front with an iron gun, and the people behind are not allowed to lift their feet when they dismount, and they are not allowed to move forward, there are many small sharp objects on the ground, do not be careless, cover with big shields on both sides of the march, the front team becomes the rear team, the back team turns to the front team, and withdraw two miles." ”

Dozens of sergeants walked out of the team, using long iron spears to sweep the surrounding thistles back and forth, trying to sweep a safer passage, while the soldiers and horses behind were moving their feet forward without leaving the ground to prevent those small iron nails from hurting themselves.

At this moment, a large number of sergeants poured out on both sides, holding bows and crossbows, shooting at the Ming army, and the cavalry that rushed out of the city gate just now also separated from the formation, revealing ballistas and cannons behind them and constantly firing at the Ming cavalry, in short, the neighing of horses, the angry roar of people and the loud sound of solid cannonballs were mixed together, which seemed chaotic,

There are obstacles under the feet of the Ming army, and the front and rear are full of long-range weapons of the enemy, and they can't raise their heads when they are beaten, but fortunately, Bai Yong arranged a big shield guard in advance, except for the crossbow and artillery with strong lethality, the rest of the bows and crossbows did not cause huge casualties, and the Ming army withdrew two miles in a panic, and then stopped moving, not daring to attack rashly,

As soon as they met, the Ming army lost more than 100 people and wounded 3 or 400 cavalrymen, although the damage was not too heavy, but compared to the enemy's results of no casualties, it was really a bit of a nest, and the morale was low, and the cavalry were silent, and their hearts were full of anger and endless fear.

The riders stopped, and Bai Yong asked, "What are you going to do next, Shizi?" Zhu Jianwen replied: "I wanted to lure them out of the city, and then use cavalry to sweep away the infantry, but we underestimated Zhen Lingdan, and now we have not killed or injured the enemy, and we have also damaged our own morale, and we have not even found out the whereabouts of my father, so we will either station here and monitor them closely, and prevent them from fleeing Jiujiang without waiting for our reinforcements to arrive, so that we can continue to carry out your plan to encircle and send reinforcements." ”

"No." Bai Yong shook his head and said, "If they come out of the city to fight, we can kill and injure the enemy with the sharpness and speed of the cavalry, but now the morale is low, and the terrain after the withdrawal is not conducive to cavalry combat, the opponent's strength is far superior to ours, and we will be counter-encircled, I think now they may have driven us into an ambush circle, the calm along the way is a conspiracy, for the sake of today, we can only fight outward, but whether we can fight out depends on the situation, if it really doesn't work, then according to what you said, Stationed here to defend strictly, but in this way, if our news can't be delivered and is still surrounded by counter-surrounding, we will become a point of encirclement and reinforcement, which is really a headache. ”