The next day, at the gate of the capital of Chuzhou.

Huo Bao, Shui Jin, and General Yin were opened at the same time.

There are 2,000 people here in Huobao, 1,000 child soldiers, and 1,000 state soldiers assigned by the owner of the horse village.

The water went into three thousand.

Silver generals 2,000 people.

The day before yesterday, 100 carts of fried rice brought back from Binjiang were distributed and made into marching rations for 7,000 people.

The fathers and elders in the city came to see each other off, and this scene was more lively than when the main force of the Chuzhou Army went south on August 16.

It's just that the last time everyone pulled out suddenly, they didn't ask the soldiers to inform their families in advance.

This time, Shui Jin led the crowd back, but he gave the soldiers a day off.

The fact that the imperial army was trapped in Bozhou cannot be said, and the unified statement that the soldiers knew was that the white-shirted troops in Huangzhou and Huai'an stood up, and the Chuzhou army went north to congratulate.

The people didn't know any big reason, they only knew that the white-shirted army was having a good time, there was no constant tax increase, and life was peaceful day by day.

But they are also afraid of repetition.

It's good that it's all messed up, and if you are in a group, you won't be afraid of the court messing up.

As for why the two places went to the three routes?

Needless to say?

If the people and horses want to transit through Bozhou, how can they not visit Marshal Liu and the third apprentice?

The little generalissimo must be visiting relatives.

The people have their own speculation, and when they bid farewell to their soldiers, they are less sentimental and more lively.

Most of the 3,000 people under Shuijin's command are locals of the state capital.

It was Huo Bao's command, and the 300 people who were recruited in early June were also many children of the state capital.

The people sent off, and the gentry came to see them off.

There is no way, every family has children in the army.

Nowadays, no one in the entire Chuzhou decent family can say that they are innocent.

Mr. Guo has parents and children under the command of Shui Jin, and he is even more polite and thoughtful, and asks someone to carry ten jars of wine and ten pickled pigs to pay the army.

Guo Sanye is good at fighting, and in June and July, he stood out when he entered Duliang Mountain to suppress bandits.

"San'er, I don't ask you to make contributions, I just hope you are safe and sound!"

"Don't worry, follow General Shui, we haven't lost a battle!"

"Three, the knife and gun have no eyes, my father is really scared, when I come back this time, I will transfer to logistics, and I can also come out on the side of Ma Liuye."

"Dad, please forgive my son for being unfilial...... The son didn't want to be a cook...... Son is alive and well now! It's really fun! ”

Guo Sanye's eyes lit up.

Perhaps for others, the world is difficult, and they hope for peace.

But in his eyes, such a troubled era is his biggest opportunity.

Master Guo looked at his son, who had been reborn, closed his eyes, and stopped persuading.

“……”

Second Master Song also brought his young nephews over.

His eldest son is a staff officer of the Scout Army, and he will not join the army this time, but his nephew Song Qianzhi is among the expeditions.

"Qian'er, whether you go out to see and see, you should also understand what your real strengths are, don't play up your weaknesses and avoid your strengths! Perceptibly! ”

Second Master Song looked at his nephew with a bow and arrows on his back, showing a little helplessness.

Because his son became a staff officer, Song Erye also knew the difference between staff officers and officers.

A staff officer is a civilian auxiliary officer similar to joining the army.

The children of the gentry enlist in the army, this is not a good way out, they can give full play to their strengths, and they don't have to fight directly on the front line.

The nephew is the companion of the little marshal, and he started better than others, but he took the initiative to give up the civilian job, and would rather start to work in the military service.

Isn't this a fool what?

Song Qianzhi held his head high: "Second uncle, in this world, scholars are useless, and the heroes who can shelter the people everywhere are all swordsmen!" ”

Second Master Song was speechless, patted his nephew on the shoulder, and sighed heavily.

……

Thousands of soldiers and horses were drawn in the reluctance of the local people.

Majestic, high-spirited!

The support of the people of Chuzhou for the Chuzhou army, and the gratitude of Marshal Huo when he mentioned it, made General Yin puzzled.

The military situation of the Chuzhou army made General Yin even more puzzled.

Until he was getting farther away from the state capital, he still couldn't figure it out, so he asked Le Ma to find water: "How will the people support the Chuzhou army?" Love the fifth master? ”

As for why not ask the hobo next to him?

Let the son evaluate the father, it seems rude, and the answers he gets are easy to be biased.

Shui Jin said proudly: "The Chuzhou army guards the stability of the place, why don't the people support it?" The fifth master ordered to open canals, borrow grain seeds, help summer ploughing, and ensure the autumn harvest, so that the people of Chuzhou after the drought resumed production and life. ”

General Yin frowned: "My senior brother is giving porridge and medicine in Bozhou, and he has done no less than the fifth master for the local people, but ......"

Shui Jin had been in Bozhou City and glanced at General Yin: "What else can it be?" What's the use of doing so many good deeds? One person's praise is not worth ten people's slander! There are many people who slander it, and it is not white, I am afraid that even the people who have received Feng Ye's favor will only act as Feng Ye's deliberate attitude and invite fame with money! I can't say that I have to be picky about whether the porridge is not thick and the medicine is not thick...... I felt that I had suffered a big loss, and I made Feng Ye earn a reputation in vain! ”

Otherwise, with 6,000 fully armed men and horses, Monk Feng couldn't compare to Marshal Sun, who held the officers and soldiers in his hands, and Marshal Liu, who was all peasant soldiers?

General Silver was dumbfounded.

What Shui Jin said is true.

Huo Bao was listening, and he knew in his heart that the biggest difference between Chuzhou and Bozhou was that his father had the final say.

Even if the gentry and merchants were disobedient and were cleaned up for two rounds, they didn't dare to make it bad.

With false rumors, white can turn black.

According to word of mouth, this ordinary person can also be a sage.

Monk Feng and his junior brothers, I don't know if they were too upright because of the simplicity of their past living environment.

Such a man is not afraid to be an enemy, because he is calculating and goes into the ditch.

On the Bozhou side, Marshal Sun and Marshal Liu only wooed and did not swallow Monk Feng, they should know his background and don't want to offend the Feng family.

……

Eighty miles of marching.

That night, everyone was stationed at the junction of Chuzhou and Bozhou.

The ten cavities of pigs sent by Mr. Guo were all stewed in a cauldron.

Tomorrow we will divide our troops, and the less baggage we have, the better.

Lonely in the wilderness, the fragrance wafts for ten miles.

That's a recipe for hunger!

The soldiers had a full meal.

The 2,000 new recruits have a better impression of Chuzhou.

Chuzhou is so good, voted for Marshal Huo, there is meat to eat!

……

The next day, the three of them divided their troops.

There are four counties in Bozhou, Zhongli County, the state capital, and Dingyuan County, Jiashan County, and Zhaoyi County.

Before they went south, the officers and soldiers had already divided their troops one after another to recover the counties of Bozhou.

General Silver took it to aid Jiashan.

Shuijin went all the way to the north, passing through Zhaoyi County to Huangzhou.

Huo Bao's people are responsible for reinforcing Dingyuan County, which is the closest to Chuzhou.

Dingyuan County and Lingshui County are opposite each other across the Linghe River, only fifty miles away from the border of Bozhou and Chuzhou, and now the defenders are Liu Biao, the nephew of Marshal Liu.

The scout team has been dispatched.

The small leaders who traveled with Huo Bao this time included Huo Bao, Hou Xiaoming, Li Yuan, Zhu Gang, Qiu Wei, Wu Yuan and others.

It was Liang Zhuang who stayed in the state capital to train the four thousand seven recruits, and Gao Yue was responsible for teaching the three hundred staff officers.

As for Zhu Qiang and Shi San, they assisted Liang Zhuang in training recruits as white.

The reason why Li Yuan was put forward to temporarily act as the captain of the auxiliary forces, and the logistics of the prime minister's march was also because Li Qiang was temporarily unavailable.

After traveling twenty miles, Huo Bao ordered him to go down and set up camp.

I don't know how many officers and soldiers have come down to recover Dingyuan, and they can't act rashly.

Wait until the afternoon, and the scout brings back the news.

Five thousand officers and soldiers have surrounded Yuanyuan for five days.

The Dingyuan guards have opened the city gate several times to call for battle, but the officers and soldiers have never responded to the battle.

The officers and men did not know what news to wait for, and sent people to contact the state capital several times a day.

"Uncle Bao, are the officers and soldiers waiting for reinforcements?"

"Bao Ye, do you want to send scouts north to find out the news of reinforcements?"

Huo Bao and Hou Xiaoming both thought of this.

Huo Bao nodded and sent the scout down.

I'm afraid of this!

If there were no follow-up troops for the officers and soldiers, and only these 5,000 men, the child soldiers would still be able to harass the enemy, send letters into the county seat, and defeat the officers and soldiers.

If there are follow-up officers and soldiers, then their own 2,000 people do not need to deliver food.

In the evening, the scouts from the north came back to deliver the letter.

The heralds who captured the officers and soldiers knew why the officers and soldiers surrounding Dingyuan City did not attack Dingyuan.

Waiting for news from Jiashan County.

It turned out that the officers and soldiers of the bandit suppression sent three groups of men and horses out to "recover" Jiashan County, Dingyuan County, and Zhaoyi County.

Among them, the one sent to recover Jiashan County, which is closest to the capital of Bozhou, is the nephew of the chief general of the suppression of bandits, and the vanguard officer of this crackdown on bandits.

This pioneer official is jealous of the virtuous and capable, and he can't see others stronger than himself.

When the previous attack on Xuzhou, when everyone divided their troops to "recover" the county seat, there was a deputy general who succeeded in one day, obstructed this person's eyes, and slandered the main general's uncle and went forward, so that the deputy general was charged with "colluding with bandits", was stripped of his official position, and was detained for questioning.

The bandits will be taken as a warning, and they will not dare to contend with them in anything.

The deputy general who came to Dingyuan County could only wait for Jiashan County to "recover" before attacking the city, so as not to repeat the mistakes of the past.

Huo Bao, Hou Xiaoming and others looked at each other.

Hobb wasn't surprised.

If the generals of the imperial court are clear, then what else is going on with everyone?

However, Dingyuan County is three hundred miles away from the capital of Bozhou, and the supply is also a problem, so this deputy general is afraid that he is also in a hurry, so he will send a few people to the north every day.

Huo Bao drew a simple map on the ground, and said to Huo Bao and Hou Xiaoming: "These defenders have been down for a long time, even if the grain and grass continue to be extinct, it is almost the same, and they can only be forcibly requisitioned on the spot...... Each of you brings a song, with Dingyuan County as the center, blocking the east and the north, and waiting for the officers and soldiers to come back from collecting grain, waiting for work at leisure, and defeating the grain transportation team...... Don't seek full merit, save the lives of soldiers for ......"

To the south of Dingyuan County is the Ling River, so there is no need to stay.

As for the west, there is also the main force of 1,000 child soldiers led by Huo Bao to guard it.

Three bread copy, surrounded the officers and soldiers outside Dingyuan County, even if they couldn't close the door and beat the dogs, they could cut off the supply.

Huo Bao and Hou Xiaoming received the order and left with 500 people each.

Huo Bao instructed Qiu Wei again: "Send someone to keep an eye on the garrison camp over there and find out where the grain and grass are as soon as possible!" ”

Everything must be prepared with both hands, and if the grain and grass are rich, then find a way to make it not rich.

Qiu Wei responded, and went down to arrange for people not to mention it.

The next day, Huo Baoba's camp advanced ten miles, only twenty miles away from the county seat of Dingyuan.

Since he knew the number of officers and soldiers outside Dingyuan County, he had a lot less scruples in his heart, and he vaguely understood the mood of Zhu Qiang and Shi San a few days ago.

There is not much difference between the number of enemies and us, and the enemy is clear and dark, and there is no intention, what should I do if I want to sneak attack?

Bear with it!

Before the scouts could find out where the food and grass were for the officers and soldiers, the three Scouts had their own captures.

To the east where Huo Bao is located, a team of 100 people is ushered in.

When he came out, the Scouts hid and let go, and when they came back, they cut it off.

In the distance, a team of 100 people slowly came.

The first few men rode horses, and the soldiers behind them walked.

The officers and men did not have anything empty in their hands, or they were leading cattle or driving pigs, and some of them were directly carrying chickens and ducks in their hands.

Huo Bao pressed the formation and ordered Zhu Gang and Qiu Yuan to lead a song of men and horses to ambush.

The archers have been trained for more than three months, and their accuracy is limited, but they can also show their power when strafing indiscriminately.

After two rounds of bows and arrows, dozens of officers and soldiers were wounded.

"There is an ambush, run!"

"Ah, mother!"

"Whew!"

The few people on horseback shook their whips even harder.

Two horses were shot wounded, pouted their hooves, and overturned the horses.

The other horse, but he was half-armoured, and was not shot by a bow and arrow, and was about to carry people out of the ambush circle, but he was hit by something flying in front of him, and the horse's neck twisted, and he fell heavily to the ground.

The man on horseback was crushed by the dead horse, his face was pale and he wailed.

Huo Baoze immediately stepped forward and picked up the gong on the ground and put it away.

Eighty-seven were killed and sixteen were taken prisoner.

Two were seriously wounded and 25 were lightly wounded.

Many child soldiers are in the first battle, and they will only be injured when they are timid.

Twenty medical personnel accompanied by medical staff have bandaged the lightly wounded, and the seriously injured have been put on stretchers.

From the archers firing their bows, to the swords and spearmen going into battle, to the auxiliary soldiers cleaning the battlefield, it took a quarter of an hour before and after.

Weapons and armor were all cleared out.

Under-armed Scouts are immediately equipped.

In addition, three oxen, one donkey, twelve pigs, and ninety-three chickens and ducks were harvested.

Huo Bao looked at these livestock and poultry and didn't move for a long time.

He has lived in Nanshan Village for more than ten years, and of course understands the importance of cattle and pigs to farmers, and knows that these chickens and ducks are important assets of farmers.

However, when he gave the order, he did not ask his subordinates to directly intercept the officers and soldiers who went out to plunder, but asked his subordinates to ambush the officers and soldiers after the harvest.

War is war.

There has never been such a thing as a "righteous teacher"!

。 Sogou