Yu Zhilong didn't want to be cold and fell into his own momentum, he naturally knew that Zhang Shicheng would not fail so easily, but Yu Zhilong was not familiar with this historical fact, and he didn't know what changes would happen in the future of the Gaoyou War.

Seeing that the generals around him were a little frightened, Yu Zhilong then spoke: "The rise and fall of the country is not in the strength of the army, not in the gains and losses of one city and one place, nor in the merits of one or two holy monarchs and virtuous ministers. Looking at the rise and fall of the past and the present, can the Tartar court occupy one? ”

"As for the prosperity of the Tartar army, it has long ceased to be brave, and you don't see the battle of Yingzhou, known as the crowd of 100,000 officers and soldiers, even if there is the power of more than 10,000 Asu troops, it is just a piece of armor without return. Zhang Shicheng is just a salt in vain, and he can gather hundreds of thousands of people in a moment, and the Tartars are exhausted, driving the soldiers and civilians everywhere to stop at a million? So far, I can't go to the next city! Now that the official army is so weak that you have to use the rebel army from all over the country as a supplement, at this time, even if you have an army of millions, what is there to worry about? ”

The first battle of Yingzhou showed the incompetence of the Yuan army, and the Yuan court is still ashamed of it. If it weren't for the fact that the main general was the brother of Natokhtar and Timur first, just the government and the opposition could drown Timur first!

Yu Bo and Tan Ziqi knew the whole story. Hearing this, he was speechless for a while, and after a while, Yu Bocai said: "This master will be incompetent, and he will be tired of the ears of the three armies, which is not enough to rely on." ”

Timur also fought Shahe for a whole month, and did not dare to march, and the three of them, including the Privy Council, Heguo, Balchi, and Xu Zuocheng of Henan Province, but they took wine as their business, and their subordinate sergeants plundered everywhere, only as an armed trip. As a result, the camp was blown up by the impatient Liu Futong and other tentative night raids, and 100,000 soldiers and horses did not know where to go, trampling each other to attack and kill, and by dawn there was no one left that had been dispersed, and in the end, Timur brought back only 10,000 remnants.

Yu Shichang, Wan Jinhai, and Xia Houen looked at each other and smiled: I see.

Yu Zhilong continued: "Meng Yuan is arrogant and ignores the life and death of the Han people, and it has been a long time. Gaoyou, the ear of the projectile, it is still not available for more than a month, and we know it now! ”

To the twelfth year of the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan and Song dynasties continued to fight to the death along the Yangtze River, when the town of Chao Southern Song surrendered to the general Hongfu, because of the strong and brutal local Asu army of the new army, the people resented it, Hong Fu then designed to drunk the Asu army with wine, and suddenly mutinied, annihilated nearly 1,000 Asu troops from the Caucasus region, corrected the court of the Southern Song Dynasty, and caused a lot of waves on the front line of the war at that time. This battle has followed the past few decades, because it involved the elite Asu army of the Mongolian army, so there are many people in the world who know about it.

Recently, the Mongolian army and the Han army are not good, the results are not obvious, the world knows, but it is difficult to refute, only Xuzhou won a big victory in the battle of Sesame Li, but it is a pity to slaughter its city after getting rid of it, and lose the hearts of the people. Yu Bo and Tan Ziqi knew that if they cited this example, they were afraid that the other party's resistance would be stronger.

Yu Bo couldn't argue for a while, Tan Ziqi said: "Li Er in Xuzhou, Liu Futong in Yingzhou, and Zhang Shicheng in Taizhou have a wide momentum for a while, occupying the county of Zhou, but my virtuous right prime minister leads the officers and troops to disperse like sparks, and now Li Er is the head, Liu Futong is panicked and flees into the mountains, Zhang Shicheng is trapped and the beast is still fighting, and the victory of the official army is just around the corner!" Why are you obsessed with this? ”

Yu Zhilong asked rhetorically: "Since ancient times, water can carry boats and overturn boats, the Yuan room is declining, and the people of the four seas are boiling. ”

Tan Ziqi couldn't speak.

Liu Zhengfeng sneered: "The water comes to cover the earth, the soldiers come to block, I can win once, I can win twice." The so-called Tao is not the same, since everyone can't pee in a can, the two of you should go back as soon as possible! ”

Yu Bo and Tan Ziqi were helpless and got up to say goodbye.

"If you have changed your mind in the past few days, please inform Yidu as soon as possible, and the conditions prescribed by the imperial court will never change. If you don't come to your senses, as soon as the army of the court arrives, I'm afraid it's too late to regret it. Yu Bo left a message at the end, and everyone just sneered when they heard it.

After seeing the two people leave, Liu Zhengfeng left the generals to discuss future actions.

Qin Zhanshan said: "For today's plan, either go north or go south." Now the Tartars have built a large camp in the south to resist, and after the defeat of the Yidu army in the north, they have blocked the road tightly, and the spy also reported that the camp is built with a deep ditch and a barrier, which is difficult to attack, and I think it is better to go north! ”

Wan Jinhai, Xia Houen, and Liu Qi agreed with Qin Zhanshan. Yu Shichang doesn't care, as long as the big guy continues to work with Tatar, everything will listen to Liu Zhengfeng.

Yu Zhilong thought about it, and it was difficult to make a decision for a while, and now there is not enough news from the north and south, and it is not enough to make the following decision. Originally, it was best to cross the river to the east, but there was no bridge on the river at all, Yu Zhilong originally wanted to collect boats and oars to temporarily build a pontoon bridge, but the Yuan army had already gathered most of the boats to the opposite bank, and the boats he could find were too few to use.

In addition, there are sailors of the Yuan army patrolling day and night in the river, and many watchtowers have been built on the opposite bank now, and torches are also planted all over the bank at night to facilitate observation, so it is extremely difficult to find an opportunity to cross the river.

Crossing the river with a large army is definitely a technical job, not only does it require a lot of boats and boatmen, but it is also a challenge to the commanders, adaptability, and discipline of the soldiers, not to mention that Qian Zheng has already found out that there are ambushes behind the other party, and he is afraid of being taken advantage of by the enemy when he crosses the river.

So playing across the river under the noses of the Yuan army, these generals of the Shuntian army had no confidence at all. The same goes for Yu Zhilong!

In contrast, the generals were more inclined to go north, bypassing the fortified city of Yidu, either east or west. It is densely populated, and most of them are grain-producing lands, and if you can stand on your feet, you will have a world.

But Yu Zhilong felt that the time was too early, Yidu Jiancheng was stuck on the road, since it could not be captured, it was necessary to detour, if the march was unfavorable, the back road was very easy to be cut off, and the north was rich, the road was relatively smooth, and the mobilization and supply of the Yuan army was more rapid.

Several people deliberated for a long time, but there was no result for a while. Liu Zhengfeng said: "That being the case, from today onwards, we will increase the exploration of the north and south, and put the exploration horses farther away, and the various departments will strengthen their drills in the past few days, and time will not wait for anyone, it is estimated that there will be more than a dozen days on the other side of the road to be ready, and we have to start first!" ”

"Brother Yu, you might as well send some scouts to explore the north and south, the most capable of the scout team is now mostly in your department, and I am the most trustworthy in Brother Zhao Shi's ability!"

"No problem, I'll go back and arrange it!" Yu Zhilong agreed.

The generals went out and went back, every man. Seeing that it was still early, Yu Zhilong returned with a horse and went directly to the military camp outside the city.

Because of the fear of disturbing the people, Yu Zhilong ordered most of the Jing'an army to move to the west of the city after the war, and the drills of each department were mostly carried out here. Before the people arrived, they saw hundreds of soldiers running in the field shouting orders, and the first person was Ma Rulong.

In terms of how to practice, Yu Zhilong mainly adopted Mingxiong's training method. In Yu Zhilong's opinion, Mingxiong is a professional after all, and his understanding of the army far exceeds his own.

Yu Zhilong mainly increased some physical fitness and queue training subjects, increased the interest and rewards and punishments, especially emphasized the subtle enhancement of the team's collaborative training during training, such as the previous log training, only all the staff of the department have completed, it is considered the end of the training of the department, the allocation of personnel is almost randomly selected, and no one is allowed to meddle in the middle process. As for how to match the personnel of each group after the distribution is something that should be considered by the brand head and the hundred households, the higher-level officers do not make specific requirements, but only strictly follow the standard assessment.

The first team of 10 or 100 households to complete the physical training of the day can enjoy a delicious meat soup with meat, and they can sleep well at night without arranging vigilance. But the last team of 10 or 100 households had to go back to clean the department's latrines, wash the toilets, wash the feet of all the staff, and there was no meat soup to eat, and at the same time be responsible for the night's duty.

Yu Zhilong watched carefully as he walked, and a group of soldiers or wielded weapons to practice assassination, slashing, or array transformation, or various physical training. Because Zhao Shi and Mingxiong urged tightly, and the generals were unwilling to be reluctant, most of the soldiers led by them did not dare to be lazy and slippery, and the roar on the drill field shook the sky, which attracted many old and weak villagers in the vicinity to come over from time to time to take a look. If you see someone who hears the wrong order and makes a fool of yourself, and there are bursts of laughter, the soldiers who are ashamed of the mistake are red-faced, and the faces of the hundreds of households in their subordinates turn blue with anger.

Just watching, a group of more than a dozen soldiers lowered their heads and raised their eyebrows to carry six or seven large wooden barrels, swaying over on the edge of the martial arts arena, causing the soldiers who were practicing to laugh.

Not far away, I smelled a foul smell, when yesterday I don't know which toilet was carried out and washed.

This pair of soldiers is naturally the last team of soldiers to be evaluated this morning.

The head of the sign was originally walking around in a hurry, not wanting to bump into Yu Zhilong and his party who came in front of him. The head of the brand suddenly turned red and his neck was thick, and he quickly put down the barrel, and expected Ai Ai to kneel down on one knee and salute: "The subordinates have seen the general, the small one has collided with the general, and the small one is guilty, so retreat!" ”

"Don't worry, what are your crimes? It's just a loss, you should be diligent in practice, and win it back another day. The men of the Jing'an Army stand up upright wherever they fall. Yu Zhilong didn't care.

The head of the brand said ashamedly: "The general taught a lesson." He saluted Zhilong just now, and a dozen or so sergeants under his command followed closely behind, putting down their poles, barrels, etc., one by one, and kneeling down to salute.

Yu Zhilong looked at the face of the head of the brand and said: "I remember that you were originally a member of Hou Ying's subordinates, and after the war, you were promoted to the third class and promoted to the head of the brand, but your surname is Zhou Mingji?" ”

The head of this brand said happily: "The cheap name is ugly, and it insults the general." Today, he can't lead his subordinates to win the championship, but he falls behind, and the small ones are really ashamed to be cultivated by the generals! "This Zhou Jiben is a pawn, that day in the front line and the Meng rebels bloody battle, made some contributions, there is his name in the credit book, Yu Zhilong has read it repeatedly, and has some impressions of it.

"Shame and courage, when for our generation, you have become the head of the army, you should take care of your brothers to work together, there are two or three thin people in my team, is it because of this?" Yu Zhilong's eyes swept through the team and found that there were several thin soldiers inside.

Zhou Ji Haoran said: "However, these two people are young and frail, whether they are assessing running and jumping weights, or wielding weapons, they are all the last, which drags down the evaluation of the whole team. It's just that the Shangguan assigned soldiers to come, and his subordinates couldn't, so they had to be incorporated into the team. Zhou Ji said this, the two of them looked ashamed, and one of them knelt down again and said: "The good general knows that although the little one is weak, he is never afraid of death, and Zhou Tou usually supervises it tightly, and the small one does not dare to slack off, just want to practice his skills and kill a few more Tartars on the battlefield to avenge his family!" ”

Zhou Ji explained: "These two people also work hard, but their bodies are thin, and they need to be beaten to get on the battlefield. ”

Yu Zhilong nodded and asked, "What's your hatred?" ”

The soldier said: "General Hui, the small one is a native of Binzhou, but the family is occupied by the old wealth of the Tartars, the circle is a horse farm, the family has no way to make a living, but to wander around, the father is weak, a few days ago died on the road, the sister has already sold people, and now only the mother and a young sister are left, fortunately the Shuntian army took them in, so they came to join the army." ”

Another frail soldier said: "The little one was originally a Laizhou fisherman, but because of the hurricane the year before last, the boat was destroyed, his father and brother died, and the little one was also injured and sick, so he did not recover." The lamb's interest borrowed at home for the funeral, this interest rolled, borrowed eight taels at the beginning, and still owed nearly twenty taels so far, and the creditors urged as quickly as a spark when the year was approaching, and had to flee to this place with the old mother, wife and children. ”

Yu Zhilong sighed: "They are all fallen and suffering, just to make a living. ”

Zhou Ji asked: "The little coach has no way, and the tired brother will be punished." It's a shame. Although the general can rest assured, he will not fall behind again when he takes the school exam tomorrow! ”

As soon as his words fell, another soldier behind him raised his head and said: "I really don't blame Zhoutou, the brothers in the team have tried their best, only blame the small arm the day before yesterday to make the strength of the force, these two days of redness, swelling and pain, the small yesterday when the small competition, the negative wood run, a moment of failure, the team fell, so it fell to the end." ”

"Oh, since you have an injury, you should rest and heal, how can you continue to participate in the exercises?" Yu Zhilong frowned.