But no matter how much Huang Wanli doesn't want to see the person Cai Wenyuan placed next to him in front of him, he can't help but admire Cai Wenyuan's view in his heart, in such a situation at the moment, what is more affordable than grain and grass.

"Alright! In this case, I will give you 3,000 men and horses, but you must take Xuyi City before noon, otherwise military law will be engaged! Huang Wanli raised his head and said. Although he was convinced by Cai Wenyuan's arrangement, the feeling of being urged still made him extremely unhappy, and he naturally wanted to watch the owner beat the dog and give color.

"This ......" The general was stunned for a while, but seeing Huang Wan's expressionless appearance, he still clenched his fists and responded: "Subordinates receive orders!" ”

Although he took the errand, the generals inevitably beat the drum in their hearts, and the battle under the city of Nanjing had already exhausted the morale of the rebels.

In the past, 3,000 men and horses were more than enough to attack a small county town, but now it is very different, and capturing a city has become an unattainable luxury for everyone.

But now, even if you are worried, you have to bite the bullet, so I received the general's order, and the general immediately ordered 3,000 men and horses, and while padding a small amount of dry food, he hurried towards Xuyi City, which was a few miles away.

The general on horseback looked at the appearance of the three thousand soldiers, and he had the intention of committing suicide with a knife, how could he capture the next city with such morale.

Along the way, the generals who had been thinking hard for a long time looked at Xuyi County, which was shrouded in smoke, and looked at the soldiers with yearning expressions in the face of this scene, and finally figured out a good way to boost morale.

"Brothers, after conquering Xuyi City, General Ben promised everyone to eat for three days!" The general on horseback shouted at the top of his voice, and as he said this, he realized that his stomach was also growling, and he was really hungry.

As soon as the words fell, after a brief silence, the three thousand men and horses suddenly let out a deafening cheer, and the fatigue brought by the night of escape seemed to disappear in an instant.

Seeing this situation, the general was immediately relieved, the legendary howl had appeared, and a small county town was not yet captured.

"The rebels moved quickly, and the road to Henan was opened within three days, but this is also in our expectations, in order to defend Nanjing City, most of the soldiers and horses in the nearby state capital have been mobilized, which leaves an opportunity for the rebels to take advantage of!" Yu Jiao pointed to the topographic map and said, fighting hard for three days in a row. Although no less than 6,000 rebels were annihilated, they couldn't stand the speed of these fleeing madmen, and in addition to the cavalry being able to catch up, the accompanying foot soldiers couldn't catch up.

Shen Chongming nodded, these things were in his expectation, and the only thing that was unexpected was the same as what Yu Jiao thought in his heart, that is, the rebels were not inferior to the four legs of the cavalry with two legs.

"Lord Yu, when will the horses we mobilized arrive!" Shen Chongming raised his head and asked, in this situation, he could only pin all his hopes on the cavalry.

Yu Jiao smiled helplessly and said: "My lord, although Shandong is not far from here, it is not an easy task to mobilize 20,000 war horses at once, and my subordinates think that it will take five more days to say less!" ”

"It's not that you have to gather 20,000 war horses, you can send as many as you want now, the rebels are about to enter Henan, and the plains are suitable for cavalry groups to fight, if the horses come in time, this official will be sure to annihilate the rebels in Henan!" Shen Chongming said energetically, tens of thousands of cavalry went to battle, but it was a rare grand occasion in the Central Plains since the founding of Taizu.

"The subordinate understands, so pass on the order!" Yu Jiao nodded, and then said: "In the past few days, what means are you going to use to deal with the rebels!" ”

Shen Chongming pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Although the rebels are not making slow progress, they are already a completely tired division, so we can't leave them the slightest chance to breathe, even if the foot soldiers can't catch up, they have to press step by step, and at the same time send cavalry to keep attacking, so the rebels must be nervous, and it won't take long to break up!" ”

The officers and soldiers were pressing forward step by step, but it brought endless troubles to the rebels, especially the elusive cavalry, which made people dare not even sleep soundly, for fear that the officers and soldiers would lose their lives for no reason in their sleep.

As for Zhao Wenyi and Cai Wenyuan and other high-level officials, it is inevitable that they will stay all night for the future of these nearly 100,000 horses, and Henan will arrive in a blink of an eye, but they don't know anything about the official and military arrangements in these places.

"Strategist, how long will the grain and grass raised by the army be enough to support now!" Silent, Zhao Wenyi suddenly made up his mind that Henan could not enter.

"Sect Leader Qiqi, because the number of officers and soldiers stationed in Nanjing City during these days is not small, and most of the military rations required are also mobilized from these places, so although the army has seized a lot of cities in the past few days, most of the yamen granaries do not have much grain in stock, if they maintain food and clothing, the food on hand can probably last for half a month!" Cai Wenyuan's expression was a little depressed, and the road ahead was getting bleaker and bleaker!

Zhao Wenyi nodded. Although it was much worse than his expectations, it was quite acceptable: "It's okay, we can still raise some along the way, and it shouldn't be a big problem to support the border pass, but we can't go to Henan, presumably now Shen Chongming has arranged a lot of people in Henan waiting for us to throw ourselves into the net, so the army must turn west and bypass Henan and go straight to Shanxi!" ”

"Sect Master, this ......" Cai Wenyuan hesitated, and then revealed his formal intentions, is it too early.

The worry in Cai Wenyuan's heart was clear to Zhao Wenyi, and he could hear him explain: "Don't worry, I replied to Chen Bing Pass, presumably most of the soldiers and horses in Shanxi have been mobilized to the front line of Datong Mansion, this time we need to face not too many officers and soldiers, and the border pass is tight, even if it is Shen Chongming, it is impossible to draw troops and horses from the border pass to block us, this is not counted, Taihang Mountain crosses Shanxi, as long as we march from the mountains, Shen Chongming's cavalry will be useless!" ”

After some analysis, Cai Wenyuan couldn't help but act suddenly, and directly transferred to Shanxi, which has a lot of benefits! "Everything, but it's up to the sect master!"

With such an answer, Cai Wenyuan couldn't help but feel complacent, but even if something went wrong, the sect leader could only swallow it in his stomach, and it was impossible to blame himself at all.

"Since you have no objection, then this matter is decided!" Zhao Wenyi showed a hint of a smile, and if he was poor, he would think about change, and at this time, he would always have to be taken by surprise in order to avoid Shen Chongming's pursuers.

The rebels suddenly turned around, which was really beyond Shen Chongming's expectations.

"What do you mean, what the hell are these guys trying to do?" Looking at the topographic map in front of him, Shen Chongming was embarrassed, and it was difficult to determine the true intentions of the rebels for a moment.

"Most of the soldiers and horses in Huguang are suppressing bandits south of the Yangtze River, and the rebels do not enter Henan but march along the border with Huguang, and the front is Shaanxi!"

"Shaanxi!" Shen Chongming looked down, but hesitated: "Although Shaanxi is remote, it is not a barren place, and it makes sense to say that the rebels went to Shaanxi!" ”

Yu Jiao was about to nod in agreement, but he heard Shen Chongming exclaim: "Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shanxi!" ”

"Yes, it's Shanxi!" Shen Chongming