The army marched all the way, the pace was not hurried or slow, and the daily march was about 50 miles down the village.

Today's Jing'an army has won several major battles, and its morale is high; The previous large-scale drills and sufficient food made the soldiers' bodies much stronger. Fifty miles a day can still maintain abundant combat power.

Kong Ying, Meng Chang, and Jin Yan followed all the way on horseback, Kong Bi and his companions of the hundred households team walked on foot, and saw the Jing'an army marching all the way and going down to the village.

The second half of the road is mostly hills and ravines, or hovering in the middle of the mountain, or passing through dense forests, streams, and mountain streams from time to time, foxes, rabbits, pheasants, etc. are frightened and walk. Scattered households along the way saw a large army coming, and they were so frightened that they rushed into their homes and closed their doors, only asking for the blessing of the Bodhisattva. Unexpectedly, this army and horses were so strange, they did not ask for food and wages, they did not enter the courtyard, except for knocking on the door to ask for directions and inquiring about the surrounding abnormalities, the army walked silently.

Most of these people in the countryside are illiterate and cannot understand the banner in front of them. Recently, there have been many Yuan army vehicles and horses passing on this road, but the road is another Yuan army going south.

I muttered in my heart with a little knowledge, there was a thief army in the north making trouble, and I saw the Yuan army and the chariots, horses, and grain stalks pulling north, and I had never seen such a purge army marching south, could it be that there were also bandits in the south?

Remembering that the day before, a group of military horses rode across the horses, did not play the flag, and hurried south, it seemed that his conjecture was quite reasonable, and he couldn't help but boast to the mother-in-law who was silent at home, but he didn't know that he guessed the beginning and the wrong end.

The outpost scouts went back and forth like water, and told the front to investigate. The distance from Linqu to Yishui is nearly 200 miles, and they have traveled nearly 100 miles, and it will take three days to arrive at the earliest. It has been three days since the Yishui Incident, Zhao Shi led the army south to seize Ju County, Wu Side was defeated out of the city, and he was missing, and these times were enough for Shi Zebo to deal with the arrangement in the city.

Qian Zheng has the strongest friendship with Wu Side, and every time he returns from the horse, he will nervously prick up his ears to listen to Zhilong, but fortunately, there is neither the Yuan soldiers intercepting nor the Qingfeng Village ambushing the people and horses along the way, and the people and horses march faster. However, in order to prevent ambushes, whenever there is danger, Yu Zhilong will send detectives to search carefully on the left and right, and only dare to pass after it is completely safe.

In the past few battles after Yu Zhilong started, most of them were ambushes designed at dangerous places, and he fought too many battles, and he was deeply afraid of being treated by the enemy.

Back then, Emperor Wu of Wei cut off the enemy's grain route in every battle, so he attached great importance to the safety of his own grain route in every battle, and Yu Zhilong now feels the same way.

Approaching Yishui City about 40 miles, the front sentry comes to report, there is a walled fort on the side of the road in front, the area is quite large, see that there are many strong men standing on the wall, the spear and the knife seem to have the meaning of rejection, there is an apricot yellow banner erected on the walled fort, the big book is a "white" word, but the Yuan army flag is not seen.

"Is there a path to avoid?" asked Yu Zhilong.

Spy Road: Six miles ahead, there is a small road, which needs to go around more than ten miles. It's just that the roads are narrow, and it is not easy for the army to pass.

Qu Bo was willing to lead the army to attack, Yu Zhilong was still hesitating, Yu Shichang stepped forward and suggested: "The incident has been a few days, Shi Zebo is temporarily in trouble, I think it is difficult for him to have a plan, it is estimated that eighty percent of the local gentry are defending themselves according to the village." Thinking that the big households in that place are just relying on a village, there are no more than hundreds of strong men in it, as long as our army stays in a military prison, the army roars past, and the village will not dare to provoke. If the other party knows each other, as long as our army does not harm its interests, maybe the people in the village can still fund one or two, even if there is no help, it is good to listen to some news. ”

Yu Shichang has also served as a former army many times, and he still has some confidence in the psychology of the gentry who are self-protecting in these villages.

Yu Zhilong praised his heart in public. Of course, it is advisable not to go to Yishui, so he allowed it, so he ordered Yu Shichang to lead the team to the front of the village gate 100 meters to try.

The scattered households outside the nearby village have helped the old and the young, and rushed into the village in a panic, and then the door of the village was closed, and there was no sound.

There are strong men on the wall of the wall who have found that there are a large number of military horses walking along the road quickly, for a while the people in the village shouted that the dog barked, and soon many heads appeared on the wall, all holding weapons, nervously paying attention to this strange military horse.

Yu Shichang only took three or four relatives with him, and rode his horse to the front of the village more than ten steps away, only to see a silence in front of him, and the strong men on the village stared nervously at Yu Shichang's every move.

"It's just that the villagers form a village to protect themselves, and even the rebel army of the Tartars is not as good, just a small place, what a way!" Yu Shichang smiled, and a few relatives accompanied him.

Having said that, this village regulation is not small, and the wall is also as high as two zhang, all of which are built with large bluestones, each of which is about four feet long and half a foot thick. The two huge gates are all made of brass, and it is difficult for two or three strong men to push.

This village is set up next to the avenue, taking advantage of the nearby higher terrain, just the tiger is on the main road, and if the army wants to pass along the road outside the village, it is under its surveillance. Fortunately, at this time, the Yuan court had strict control over folk bows and crossbows, and Yu Shichang did not find a large number of archers on the wall, and there was a row of people on it, and there were only a few people with arrows.

One of his eyes pointed to the traces of the wall and the surrounding ground, and said, "General, look! ”

Yu Shichang took a closer look and found that the yellow-brown dirt around him was full of dark brown spots.

At this time, the autumn sun is shining, the warm sun shines on the armor and clothes, everyone still feels a refreshing warmth straight to the heart, and the spirit is extremely comfortable under the lazy winter sun, but with a breeze blowing, suddenly feel a faint bloody breath faintly into the nose.

Yu Shichang took a slight look and saw that this was the vomiting of the bloodstains left on the ground after a bloody battle. Although the bones had long since been cleaned, there were patches of blood on the ground. Judging by the color of the soil, it should have just happened in the past two days, and the battle seems to be fierce.

Zhuang Ding on the wall of the wall saw that he was not afraid of arrows, and actually led his relatives to probe in front of him, and he couldn't help but look at each other left and right, because he didn't get the order, he didn't know the details, and no one dared to let go of the arrows or scold.

Although I don't know who is below, the strong men in the village can then see that thousands of people and horses are coming in line behind them, and there is a solemn anger in the army. Seeing that the people who came were marching in an orderly manner, and the banners were clear, even a fool knew that this was a well-trained army.

In a short time, thousands of people arrived, but not a single one made a noise.

Yu Shichang shouted: "The Jing'an army passes through this realm, please answer the people in the village!" ”

Just now, the small school that has been probing came to report that the name of this village is Baijiazhai, and there are large families surnamed Bai who are in charge, and there are no less than three or four hundred households in the village. The head of the Bai family is a well-known gentleman here, and there are no less than thousands of acres of fertile land around him, and the mountains and forests are also wide.

In the past few days, there have been military rebellions in Yishui City, many people in the city, large households have gone out of the city to avoid trouble, two days ago a Biao chaotic soldiers have come to attack Baijiazhai, and finally there are many casualties, and they retreat in vain.

Outside the village, there are natives who have not had time to escape and are held by the scouts of the Jing'an army, and whenever there is an inquiry, they dare not answer, so they know it.

Although Yu Shichang is often excited, but he is not a reckless person, although he is alone in danger, but he can also see that there is some panic in this walled fort, and he does not dare to provoke himself, so with thousands of well-known military horses behind him, he simply stepped forward in a high-profile manner.

There was some chaos on the wall, and a leader laughed loudly: "Who are you waiting for, dare to lie about the Jing'an Army?" Can you know that Li Kui's brother is Li Ghost? ”

"If you borrow the road, let you go!" The crowd laughed again.

Yu Shichang was furious, raised his whip and reprimanded: "Ignorant rats, An dares to speak falsely!" He turned around and commanded: "Count the flags and open the eyes of these rats!" ”

A person responded to the sound of the battle, and in a moment, a standard-bearer and two guards rode forward, and the standard-bearer untied the strap that wrapped the flag, and faced the autumn sun, and shook the flag away with a bang.

Yu Zhilong and others traveled all the way, without sounding the golden drum or playing the flag, and all the flags were tightly tied with cloth belts.

Zhuang Ding on the wall of the wall is illiterate, only to see a red flag with the word Douda, and then see Yu Shichang in a bright armor, erect waist, press the knife and glare, the heart is a little weak, and they all turned back and shouted: "Come and find someone who can read!" ”

Talking up and down here, Yu Zhilong had already arrived with the brigade, and saw that he did not dare to fight in the village, and his subordinates were already slightly tired from marching, so he ordered all the departments to stay along the road in sections, set up guards, and only look at Yu Shichang's negotiations.

A spy had already told Yu Zhilong about the situation in the village. Seeing that this walled fort is quite large and the terrain is high, if there are more strong men in it, it is really not easy to attack in a hurry.

Jing'an Army scouts Yang Le and Wang Yi are both natives of Yizhou, and they had introduced to Zhilong earlier that the Yizhou border is mountainous and small, the food is scarce and the people are poor, and there are often bandits attacking and harassing, and the households outside the city have to rely on the local gentry to form a village to protect themselves. Although these walled forts have close contacts with the government, their strong men are neither righteous nor imperial court officials, and in Yu Zhilong's opinion, their combat strength is not as good as that of local regimental training, and if the two armies face each other, they will not be their opponents. However, if it is based on favorable terrain and stubbornly defended, it is not easy to take it.

Yu Zhilong remembered the captured Yuan army Qianhu Yan Shun also briefly described the geography of this place. This Yan Shun followed Zhao Shi and Wu Side to Yishui, and he didn't know whether he was dead or alive now.

Yu Zhilong is not afraid that these big villages will openly challenge in the wild, or protect themselves according to the village, but he is worried that if he does not take it and continue to move forward, if these fortresses become enemies with each other in the future, it will be troublesome.

I went to solve Wu Side's problems, but I didn't want to go on the front foot, and the back road was cut off.

Yu Shichang stepped forward to answer, in line with Yu Zhilong's mind, take a look at the attitude of these walled forts along the way, if you can not use the sword soldiers, it is best to use them as backup.

Yu Shichang was impatient, and finally another wave of people poured out of the wall, and one of the men saw Yu Shichang and said with great joy: "But is General Shichang in the army?" ”

Yu Shichang was stunned for a moment, raised his eyes, the person on the wall of the wall was familiar, and was thinking, that person had seen the big flag behind Yu Shichang and the Jing'an army on the road in the distance, and said happily: "God is pitiful, we are finally looking forward to General Fei's men!" General Yu waited for a while, and we will inform the owner of the village and open the gate of the village! ”

After speaking, he called for helpers loudly, found the owner of this village, and explained the identity of the comer, as long as the door was opened.

The owner of the village heard that there was a big support from the Jing'an army in the house, and he was suspicious in his heart, he heard that there were soldiers passing by in the house, and he was frightened in his heart, worried that the soldiers and horses of the Yuan Court had changed when they heard that the water had changed, and they came to sweep it. In the past few days, the situation in Yishui City has changed abruptly, and there are many gentry in many places inside and outside the city.

Although the day before yesterday repelled the enemy's attack, but still panicked, many old people and family members complained that they chose the wrong master, hugged the wrong thigh, and even those people who were taken in in the village began to not give a good face, eating and drinking and other greetings were also lazy, if it weren't for the family's beloved daughter still tried to maintain and try to be thoughtful, I am afraid that these people who were taken in would have been used as a meeting gift for the enemy.

The lord of the white village is nearly fifty years old, the beard is gray, although the mental and physical strength of these days is extremely exhausted, I heard that there is a large army outside today, or quickly ordered to sound the gong in the village first, gather all the Zhuang Ding, and go to the wall to guard. Some trusted relatives and fallen gentry and other figures also followed, wanting to see what was going on.

The owner of the village was waiting for him to walk halfway, and a Zhuang Ding ran to him and said: Someone recognized it as the Jing'an Army of Linqu, please ask for instructions on whether to open the door to greet him.

The owner of the white village was first happy and then surprised, and then suspicious. Baijiazhai has fallen into the wind and rain, and suddenly there is help coming, he feels strange, and he is worried that the bamboo basket will be empty.

The lord of Baizhai hurried to the wall, and a person had already rushed over and said: "Lord Baizhai, outside is General Yu Shichang of my Jing'an Army. Please also open the door of the village to accept! ”

Before the owner of the white village could speak, everyone behind him hurriedly said: "Wait, how can this matter be so coincidental?" There must be fraud! Brother Bai, wait a minute, let me wait and see! ”

"The day before yesterday, Zheng, Zhou and other dog thieves returned with feathers, and the bloodstains outside the village have not dried, aren't they using tricks to trick me?"

"You are only a junior colonel in the first army, how can you make a decision on such a major matter? It's better to go back to the house and summon the black general to take a look and then talk about it! ”

"The black general is already seriously injured and bedridden, and he can't walk, how can he come?"

"Who said he couldn't move, I heard him shout yesterday that he wanted to rectify his subordinates and return to the county seat! If it weren't for the hard work of the Bai family's daughter, how could it stop? ”

"Why is Brother Fan so angry at this time, now that the dust has settled, since Miss Bai has the intention of falling flowers, why should Brother Fan still be bitter? Besides, Brother Fan has passed the age of establishment, and he is not a good match for the Bai family! ”

"You eat so much, you say it lightly! Brother Zheng, you are just marrying a wife for the kid in the family, but Fan is continuing the string for himself, Brother Zheng's family has three concubines and maids to wait, how do you know that Fan is lonely and cold in the middle of the night? ”

"How can the inner room of my family match the color of Miss Bai, the world praises her talent and virtue, if you can get her wife, the blessing of the Zheng family! Besides, Miss Bai and Xu, how many people are staring at it, and now that it is cheaper, how can it not make people sigh! ”

"It's really a full man who doesn't know how hungry a man is hungry!" Those with the surname Fan ridiculed each other.

"You two are still talking crazy things at this time, you are not ashamed! If it weren't for the Bai family's thousands of acres of fields, countless cattle and sheep, and only Miss Bai's beautiful appearance, how could she attract you so coveted! Another person surnamed Yan interjected.

"Brother Yan, don't think that you have passed the county school, and you can be wanton if you have fame. Fan also donated the book hall and repaired the bridge! ”

The person surnamed Fan immediately changed color and counterattacked.

"Brother Yan is a scholar, he can ask for jade and millet from the sages and sages, we are all secular people, and we are addicted to all kinds of skin, so we should not be allowed to enter the eyes of Brother Yan!" The surname Zheng also said angrily.