After ordering Wu Sanfu and Zhang Hu to clear out these outpost cavalry, Xu Changqing's cavalry began to block the passage to the north of Zhuxian Town.

After Xu Changqing carefully observed the topography of Zhuxian Town, he did not choose to set up defenses around Zhuxian Town, nor did he deliberately seize the Shahe Wharf, but chose to camp around a mass grave a few miles northeast of Zhuxian Town.

The terrain here is too flat, all plains, basically no danger to defend, and this mass grave is actually not the commanding height of the whole area.

However, according to the people nearby, this is the place where Grandpa Yue buried those golden soldiers.

For hundreds of years, the guilty and wicked have basically been buried here, a 'ominous' place.

But there are several small streams around the graves, and the underground water sources are abundant enough to ensure a water source, and the surrounding hills are covered with all kinds of trees, which stretch into patches, and the camp can be used for local materials.

Then cut down the surrounding trees, and almost change the firewood needs of the team in these three or two months.

In the final analysis, Xu Changqing's foundation is still too thin at this time, it seems that more than 20,000 people are huge, but in fact, the soldiers who can fight only have the foundation of the model army, and the model army itself is mostly newcomers.

In this campaign, Xu Changqing will also fully implement the determination of defense first, and naturally choose to focus on defense in everything!

During the day, Xu Changqing did not immediately go over to set up camp, but ordered the team to rest in a continuous forest on the bank of the Shahe River, and at night, it was the whole army that took the initiative and quickly occupied this mass grave.

With the main peak of this mass grave less than 100 meters high as the core, continuous fortifications are built around the perimeter.

At this time, Xu Changqing seemed to be an expert among experts on how to build fortifications and form a defense system in the shortest possible time.

First of all, with the periphery as the core, the trenches were dug and the earthen walls were piled up, and the advance was carried out from the outside in.

Because the water system here is abundant, you can see the water source when you dig down two or three meters, and many of them are small springs, so that the land is easy to moisten, and digging can be said to be twice the result with half the effort.

When the periphery is set up, it is pushed up to the interior step by step, stretching into a piece, like a labyrinth.

However, at this time, it is not as good as in the past, Xu Changqing has a large number of pikemen under his command, and he already has a certain melee ability, and between the trenches and earthen walls, there are also large areas of open space that are divided, basically forty or fifty steps, fifty or sixty steps, which can allow the pikemen to maximize their advantages.

And because it occupies the commanding heights of the surrounding area, coupled with the fortification bonus, it can overlook most of the situation around Zhuxian Town.

Coupled with the abundant manpower bonus, the fortifications took on a look early the next morning.

Standing on the hill of the mass grave and looking at the past, the situation around the entire Zhuxian Town was under control.

But it is obviously impossible to hide such a big move from the Wandering Army, and Xu Changqing, who has been looking at the north from the high platform of the mass grave post, soon found that the sentry cavalry of the Wandering Army was cruising over.

After thinking about it for a while, Xu Changqing asked Zhao Zengjin to raise his handsome flag.

Soon, several flags were raised high around the high platform, among them, Xu Changqing's 'Xu' character flag, and the red flag of the model army were particularly conspicuous.

In contrast, the splendid banner of Zhongyibo is a little inconspicuous.

"Model Army?"

"This, what part is this?"

The sentry of the Wandering People's Army was a little confused for a while, and I didn't know what the Model Army was?

But those who can act as sentinels in the homeless army are not idle people, and soon, they can distinguish Xu Changqing's banner of loyalty and righteousness and the banner of the word 'Xu', and their hairs are all raised in fright.

"Fuck me, this, this is Zhongyi Bo Xu Changqing! When did this dog crumb come here and set up camp! ”

"Quick, go back to the chief sentry!"

"Drive, drive!"

Maybe Xu Changqing's prestige is too great, these outcasts don't dare to fight, they turn around and run!

Beside him, Wu Sanfu was a little anxious, and hurriedly said: "Dashuai, do you want to take people to chase them and prevent them from spreading the news?" ”

Xu Changqing suddenly smiled: "No." Let the sons rebuild a dock from the east and leave all the space for them! ”

"Huh?"

Wu Sanfu didn't understand what Xu Changqing meant for a while, what did he want to do? Give up the initiative?

But he was already full of trust in Xu Changqing, and he didn't ask much, he was busy working.

……

"What?"

"Xu Changqing's milk baby is here? And set up camp in Zhuxian Town?! ”

Soon, the news reached the ears of Liu Zongmin, the chief sentinel who was in the princess's grave, and it was Liu Zongmin's calmness, and he was also taken aback for a while.

You must know that during this time, he has been arranging a large number of sentinels on the eastern and northern fronts, just to find Xu Changqing's traces, and then educate Xu Changqing well.

But I didn't expect that Xu Changqing was like a ghost, and he had come behind them quietly!

"How many of them are there?"

Liu Zongmin was not an ordinary person, he quickly calmed down and stared at the sentry probe in front of him.

The sentry probe hurriedly said respectfully: "There are about twenty or thirty thousand people, but most of them are people, and there are only five or six thousand soldiers who can fight, and at most there will be no more than eight thousand!" ”

"Are you sure?"

Liu Zongmin was still a little uneasy, so he asked again.

This sentry probe is from the old background of the Qin army under the command of He Renlong, and he only defected to the enemy when he was not welcomed, and he was very experienced, so he hurriedly said: "Chief Sentry Master, I dare to guarantee with the head of the Xiang that Xu Changqing's soldiers will never exceed eight thousand, and besides, this is the highest level of lowly position, and it will definitely be less in fact!" ”

"Hehe, that's good! Zhao Sheng, you kid has a heart! ”

Liu Zongmin patted the shoulder of the whistle probe named Zhao Sheng.

Zhao Sheng couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Chief Sentry, it is really a humble honor to serve you." ”

……

Not long after, Li Zicheng, Song Xiance, Niu Jinxing, Luo Rucai, He Yilong, Gao Yigong, Li Yan and other cores of the Wandering People's Army rushed to Liu Zongmin's big tent.

Like Liu Zongmin, they were shocked when they heard the news for the first time.

Not to mention anything else, relying on Xu Changqing's hand alone is enough to prove Xu Changqing's strength.

They are all veterans, and they don't know what size the troops will get to achieve this kind of mobility?

Even their old battalion soldiers have a hard time doing it.

However, the Wandering People's Army has not attacked the city much in these days, and only used their methods to eliminate some wounded, or old and weak cannon fodder.

Looking at the momentum, they are actually accumulating strength, preparing to deal with the main force of the official army that will come next.

Don't doubt it.

That's how the old battalion soldiers of the Wandering Army came.

Just like raising a mastiff, only the truly strong can survive, and after nine deaths, they are sucked into the old camp and enjoy treatment far beyond ordinary people.

"Let's talk about it, Xu Changqing, the milk baby, actually touched our backs silently, and his heart is punishable! It seems that the news you got earlier is true, the main force of the dog officer army wants to gather in Zhuxian Town and fight with us! ”

Li Zicheng looked at the people in the tent slowly, his eyes were very calm, calm and calm, as if he didn't take Xu Changqing in his eyes.

Liu Zongmin said with a smile: "The dog officer army is deployed to defend Zhuxian Town, this is to cut off the way to Huguang." It's a beautiful thought! Hmph, the minds of these dog officers are doomed to fail! King Chuang, my opinion is that you can try the strength of Xu Changqing's milk baby first, and then, let's deploy defenses around Zhuxian Town in advance, let them in, and wait until the time is ripe, and then close the door and beat the dog! ”

If Xu Changqing is here, I am afraid that he will also give Liu Zongmin a thumbs up.

This iron-clad man from northern Shaanxi, after all these years of struggle, has already grown into an experienced veteran!

Whether it is vision or military literacy, there is nothing to say!

Niu Jinxing also nodded with a smile: "King Chuang, what the chief whistle master said is very true." Although Xu Changqing, the loyal and righteous uncle, is famous, he is too young, even after Xungui, his rise time is too short, and his foundation is not deep. In this battle, the Ming army must still rely on Zuo Liangyu, Hu Dawei and others. According to the students' opinion, we can wait a little longer, build the fortifications first, let the officers and soldiers feel that we are not confident enough, and when the main force of the officers and troops arrives, we will use the fortifications to give the officers and troops a thunderous blow! ”

Li Yan also nodded and said: "The students also agree with Niu Ye's old strategy, we have so many manpower now, we must build the fortifications first, so that there will be more room for advancing or retreating." ”

Seeing that Liu Zongmin's face had changed a little here, Li Yan smiled again: "However, the students also agree with the meaning of the chief whistle." You can test Xu Changqing's combat power first. If he really has the ability, let's not provoke him, we can use the military to trap Xu Changqing and prevent him from coming out! If not, hehe......"

Although Li Yan didn't finish speaking, how could everyone present not understand what he meant?

Liu Zongmin's face was also very good, and he glanced at Li Yan with appreciation, this poor sour, he finally knows a little about personnel.

Otherwise, if you dare to spoil his Liu Ye's big business, you have to clean him up.

Li Zicheng nodded with a faint smile, and turned to look at the little man Song Xiance: "Great military division, you calculate the amount, in this battle, are the foreheads auspicious or fierce?" ”

Li Zicheng still trusts Song Xiance very much.

The main reason is that this guy can tell fortunes, and he calculates quite accurately, so before each expedition, Li Zicheng will ask Song Xiance to count a hexagram.

Seeing that Li Zicheng talked about this again at this time, Song Xiance stroked his three-inch goatee with a smile and said: "King Chuang, my righteous army is in the right place at this time, and Xu Changqing is just a lackey of the Ming Court, and he is full of energy!" Last night, my subordinates watched the sky at night, and a comet fell! Come to think of it, this mass grave in Zhuxian Town is the place where Xu Changqing is buried! ”

"Haha, Great Military Division, that's a good point! I love to hear that! ”

Li Zicheng stroked his palms and laughed, looked at Liu Zongmin and said, "Huang Hu, in this battle, you can use more snacks to scare and scare our loyal uncle!" ”

How could Liu Zongmin not understand what Li Zicheng meant, and also laughed: "Obey!" ”

……

After all, it is a powerful collective that is flying upward, and the efficiency of the Displaced People's Army is still very fast.

As soon as the military discussion ended, Liu Zongmin began to mobilize troops, and he transferred more than 3,000 old battalion soldiers, more than 20,000 cannon fodder soldiers, and more than a dozen artillery pieces, and began to move south at noon that day.

He was accompanied by Li Yan, a military advisor who was familiar with the surrounding terrain, and Li Yan's wife, the Red Lady.

Coupled with Li Yan and the old battalion soldiers of the Red Lady, the number of their old battalion soldiers is close to seven thousand, and it is completely enough to deal with Xu Changqing's 'seven or eight thousand people'!

But the movements of Liu Zongmin's two departments could not escape the eyes of the condescending Kaifeng City.

Soon, Zhou Wang Zhu Gongyu took the lead, and Gao Mingheng, Chen Yongfu and other main generals also quickly rushed over to check the situation.

"What's going on?"

"How did the thieves go south?"

Everyone was a little confused for a while.

At this time, as the siege of Kaifeng by the exile army is getting deeper and deeper, and all kinds of fortifications are densely packed around, it is difficult to spread the news of Kaifeng City, but if you want to spread the news, you must pay a heavy price.

At this time, Kaifeng City could no longer withstand this kind of consumption.

Therefore, they only knew that reinforcements would come at this time, but they did not know when they would come and how they would be arranged.

However, they were not stupid, and as they counted the number of Liu Zongmin's two veteran battalion soldiers, they quickly reacted.

"Could it be, is it reinforcements coming?"

Everyone's spirits were lifted.

Gao Mingheng waved his fist vigorously and said, "It must be!" The direction in which the thieves went was Zhu Xianzhen! There is the key to containing Jing Chu! It is very likely that the main force of the general of the flat thief has arrived, we have been saved, saved! ”

Zhu Gongfang, the king of Zhou, was also overjoyed, "Ancestors bless, ancestors bless!" ”

But next to him, Chen Yongfu was not very happy.

Others don't know about this Ping Thief General, but how can he not understand after fighting with the Ping Thief General for so many years?

Before the main force of the imperial court comes to the future, can you count on this thief general who doesn't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles?

No kidding, okay!

However, Chen Yongfu soon became curious, if it wasn't General Ping, then who would the reinforcements be?