At the end of the day, Yanqilou's secret letter arrived in Yidu, saying that Yu Zhilong did not know where to go, and the Shuntian army did not know what to do, and many of them were thieves. The Military Intelligence Department immediately reported to Ye Xian, and he was also shocked, dressed up directly, and went to the Yiwang Mansion to buy slaves, and at the same time informed Gu Kai and Zhuo Sicheng overnight, and sent scouts to investigate if there was any abnormality around Yidu.

The slave had already fallen asleep, but when he heard about it, he immediately became sleepy, and then summoned Gu Kai, Zhuo Sicheng, Yu Bo and others to discuss.

"Yu Xiao Thief is brave and treacherous, he is the pillar of Liu Thief, as long as this wolf is destroyed, Liu Thief will lose his arm, and he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort to conquer the bandits in the south again!" Let's start with the first remarks.

"What the general said is that although I see that the thief is still young, he is full of talent, and he has a hidden generation of heroes. This son's ability to govern the army and lead the troops is outstanding in all parts of the Liu thief, and he has great ambitions and good words, the reason why Xie Lin of the former county is willing to surrender to the thief is that he was impressed by this son, but it is a pity that Xie Lin's talent for governing the government was stained by the thief. In return, Linqu County has gathered tens of thousands of people in chaos so far, and Liu thief has nearly 10,000 elite soldiers, as for the families of the thieves, they all divide the fields and livestock, and build more houses, which is a big collection of the hearts of the people, which is really not to be underestimated. Yu Bo continued.

"If there is no thief, the court will not lose Linqu County, and there will be no defeat last time, if there is no Xie Lin, his thief's den is afraid that there will be civil unrest long ago, and the disaster of Liu thief is definitely not today's fierce." Gu Kai twisted his beard slowly.

"Now that you know the thief's actions, what can you do?" Zhuo Sicheng couldn't stand the nagging of these two people, and just wanted to know how Yidu should respond.

"Lord Zhuo, don't worry, a certain has ordered the scouts in the city to go out to find out whether the thieves are heading north, and the soldiers and horses of all departments have been ready to standby, and at the same time ordered all the troops in Hedong and Shanxi to strengthen their vigilance and strictly prevent thieves from crossing the river and attacking or escaping into the mountains." Also explained first.

"Have you sent a messenger to the Juxian camp?" Buying a slave is not at ease.

"The road to the south was blocked by the Liu thief, and the last general had already sent a messenger to the east of the river, and galloped to the camp of the department. I think it will be there in two days! ”

"Two days is too long, it is difficult to ensure that this thief will go straight to the camp in Ju County, since the report has been reported for a few days, the elite of the thief army has been gone, in case he goes south, I am afraid that the news will not be delivered in time." Gu Kai was a little worried.

"Hey, I don't know where this thief went, and if he went north, I don't know? I don't know what the countermeasures of the Propaganda Envoy are? The slave said impatiently. Finally gathered the army again, just waiting for the opportunity to go south in one fell swoop, but was woken up by his subordinates in the middle of the night, and suddenly knew that the thief had a preemptive strike, and what was worrying was that he still did not know what happened.

"Back to the prince, the last general thought that the greatest possibility of a thief was to go west into the mountain, find a trail and then turn north or south, it is possible. Therefore, all the departments of the mountain pass have been strictly ordered to hold the main road, do not need to take the initiative to fight, once the thief trace is found, just immediately report to the Xuan Comfort Division, and drag the thief army as much as possible. He replied first.

"How did the general know that the thief would not directly cross the river to the east or go directly north?" Gu Kaiqi said.

"There are only 2,000 thieves, and they sneak out of the camp, which must be the precursor for most of them, and the main purpose is to open a passage. To the north can be said to be a flat river, there is no danger to defend, and there is no dense forest and mountains to cover, our army has been stationed here in a number of large camps, and widely spread eyeliner and scouts, if the thief army goes north, it is impossible to completely hide the traces, there is no scout news in the past two days, indicating that the direct northward journey will not be what Linqu thinks. ”

"If you cross the river in the east, you will need a lot of boats, and it is difficult to make all kinds of things in a hurry, and our army is extremely strict in patrolling on the river today, if there is a small group of thieves crossing the river, you can still get away with hiding the officers and soldiers, and the movement of these thousands of men and horses is very large, and it is completely impossible to cover their movements." Let's go on first.

There were also many years of military service, and it was expected to be basically not bad.

"If you go south, it is a way, but the pass has been occupied by our official army, and the surrounding mountains are undulating, the mountains are rugged and precipitous, and if you forcibly attack, you will lose your troops and lose generals, and you will lose your precious opportunity, and once you are entangled, you will definitely fall into a predicament that is difficult to take care of."

"Although the mountain road is rugged, there is not a mountain road, if the thief army enters the mountain and escapes far away, avoiding the pass, what can I do?" Gu Kai asked.

"A certain has inquired about the mountains and mountain roads near the camp in Juzhou, where the mountains are steep, except for a narrow mountain road, there are almost no mountain roads around, even if it is difficult to climb the mountain to cut firewood, Yu Thief and his party carry more war horses, and it is difficult for people to walk, let alone horses?"

However, just in case, Wang De has been ordered to set up more police posts in the surrounding mountains and dangerous places, and if there is a trace of thieves, he will respond. If the thief goes south without being detected, he will need to detour at least hundreds of miles of mountain roads, and the grain and grass alone will exhaust him! "I'll state them one by one.

"So the thief is running into Shanxi, it is very likely to follow Meng Qing's old path?" Zhuo Sicheng pondered.

"Quite possibly! After all, the mountain road to the west is much easier to walk than to the south, and Liu Thief fled from the west mountain in the first place, so they are more familiar with this place. Even if it is not this road, but the direction should not be bad, Liu Thief Bacheng still wants to cross the Qingshui River to the north. "I'm not sure, but I'm more sure of that.

Gu Kai saluted the slave and said: "Lord Wang, although the lower officials are not familiar with military affairs, since ancient times, the confrontation between the two armies has either been dignified and upright, or the soldiers are treacherous, or the two are mixed. Since neither the north nor the east is possible, it seems that the west and south should be the focus of prevention and blockage. ”

"What Lord Gu said is that the order is to strengthen vigilance everywhere, and send more detectives, especially in the west and north of Linqu, to tell them that the thieves may also go." Mai Nu thought for a while, and said to Zhuo Sicheng: "The people of the Military Intelligence Department are trying their best to investigate, the thief has moved, and presumably its main force will follow, this time, as long as there is an opportunity to report the internal report, we must take advantage of the gap and catch him off guard!" ”

"Obey the king's orders!" Zhuo Sicheng hurriedly stood up. The Military Intelligence Department is subordinate to the East-West Propaganda and Comfort Department, which is one of its responsibilities to investigate the military situation.

Yu Bodao: "No matter where the thieves go, the elite of this thief army has gone, and the strength of the thief's den camp has been greatly weakened, which is a good opportunity for the imperial army to launch. ”

"The enemy situation is unknown, don't act rashly, who knows if Liu Thief deliberately set up a situation to lure me in?" also frowned first and said, "But the last general asks the prince to order all the troops to prepare, once the order is given, you can set off immediately!" ”

also said proudly: "The subordinate soldiers are already waiting for the military order!" ”

"Let's wait for daylight." Mainu finally said.

After everyone discussed, it was not long before dawn, because there was no news for a while, they all returned to their own offices to handle chores.

On the second day, just after Shen Shi, Yanqilou sent a secret message again, this morning Liu Qi invited Liu Zhengfeng and other heads of departments to a banquet, and Yu Zhilong was really missing from the banquet, as well as Zhao Shi and Yu Shichang, two important generals. Someone inquired about Liu Zhengfeng, and only replied that the three of them led the team away because of the practice of foot riding, and the content and itinerary of the drill were no longer clear.

In addition, Yanqilou found out that the thief actually went north, turned to the south sixty miles, and then went into the mountain. The source of the news was heard by the Jing'an Army and his gang when they were chatting with their companions, and after several oral transmissions, it entered the ears of Yanqilou.

Yidu City got these news, and finally could determine that the direction of the thief was south, and it had been three days since the calculation of the day, but the camp of Juxian County was still safe the day before yesterday, and I don't know if he had encountered the enemy in the past two days?

Mainu immediately ordered to mobilize troops and horses to prepare for the southern attack at night, and ordered the Military Intelligence Department to immediately notify Neiying to prepare for action and receive the Yuan army into the city. The Yuan army in the east of the river was now 2,000 people, and at the same time, they would also concentrate at the ferry, preparing to cross the river at that time.

He was also ashamed and angry, and misjudging the enemy's situation was tantamount to giving him a resounding slap in the face, and after receiving the order, he immediately summoned Li Zhenxiong, Meng Qing, Tian Hui, Jia Daozhen, and other troops to draw up arrangements. For a time, the army of Yidu City rode out in all directions, and people in the military camps everywhere shouted and neighed, and there was a tense atmosphere before the war.

The situation in Yidu has taken a sharp turn for the worse, but there is a stalemate outside Gaoyou City in the south.

Since the commander took off and gradually captured the surrounding counties, in the end Zhang Shicheng could only be trapped in the lonely city. In more than ten days, Zhang Shicheng had passed the letter several times and begged to surrender, at first he also wanted to cancel the Chengwang bandit, and asked for a position of Xuanfu Tongzhi, and then the more urgent the offensive became, with the continuous surrender of the request for surrender, the official position was getting smaller and smaller, and finally only asked for a management of the army and ten thousand households.

However, Tokhtar ignored this, and at first saw the envoy in the city, and later directly beheaded him, and hung the head of the envoy in front of the two armies, and directly declared to Zhang Shicheng that he would never accept the surrender of Zhang Thief.

Gong Bo and others privately persuaded that since Zhang Thief had no intention of resisting Wang Shi, he might as well allow him to say that at least the lives of countless soldiers during the siege of the city could be saved. If it doesn't work, you might as well deal with it, and after defrauding Gaoyou City, you can take advantage of its unpreparedness and take it down in one fell swoop.

It's just not allowed.

Gaoyou City is close to Gaoyou Lake, the lake is mighty, and there are many low and humid places outside the city, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

There is a favorite general under Toto, named Shipu, because of his meritorious service in Xuzhou, the head of the relocation department, and soon after being promoted to the governor of the Privy Council. This person was originally a scholar in the fifth year of Zhizheng, it can be said that he can be literate and martial, because of the resumption of the imperial examination, Shi Pu had the opportunity to enter the office, so Shi Pu has always remembered the five feelings of the detachment, and he is loyal to it. Later, due to Gaoyou's war service, he was given the right to Shandong volunteers and ten thousand households, and was ready to recruit people in Shandong to do it. However, the enemy of the central court, Ruzhong Bai, was instructed by Hama to secretly obstruct and deliberately reduce his army by half.

The war was tense and there was no time to delay, so Shi Pu had no choice but to lead the army south.

A few days ago, when Shi Pu led the army to attack the north gate of Gaoyou, because the lone army went deep, he fell into Zhang Shicheng's army, and he could not get out of the repeated killing. Yan Chi, the cavalry general of the detachment emergency, led the Yuan cavalry to respond from outside the formation, but due to the unfavorable terrain and many tidal flats, it was difficult to give full play to the advantages of the Yuan cavalry. The Goryeo army, which was closest to Shi Pu outside the formation, was slow to move in the face of Zhang Shicheng's army, and the attack was ineffective, so it was not a brave battle in the early stage. Even if he was ordered to go to support, he only made some momentum, and he made hasty contact with the opposing enemy and withdrew after a battle, without much actual action.

Poor Shi Pu was unable to escape from the enemy formation, and finally died in battle with his troops. Afterload: After a long bloody battle, the sword shouted: 'The big husband should die for the country, if you don't enter the former, behead!' 'He went straight into the thief formation, and there were only thirty followers. To the west, the aid was extinct, the horse was broken, and the number of repeated battles was combined. The thief benefited, and the thief pointed out: 'This must be the leader, and it must not be escaped, but must be born.' Pu Qi said: "Dead thief slave, I am Shidushi, the leader of He Yun!" 'The left flank was in the middle of the thief's spear, and he held his spear in his hand, and killed the thief. The thieves gathered guns to stab Pu, and both Pu and the servants fought hard and died.

The loss of Shi Pu was painful, but the Goryeo army did not listen to the general's orders, and he couldn't punish him for a while, after all, these Goryeo troops came from Goryeo, and they said that they were reinforcements, but they had a lot of autonomy. Goryeo was able to send reinforcements, mostly because the Yuan court was in urgent need of troops, and because of the lack of feelings, although the special letter of detachment ordered Goryeo to help, among which the Qi clan played a big role.

The Qi family lives in the middle palace, it is the time to be favored, she is inextricably linked with the Goryeo Kingdom and the Goryeo army, and now Tokhtar has made too many enemies in the court, and she can't tear her face with the forces of the harem at this time.

In his anger, he found a few excuses for his ineffective combat and beheaded a few Han army households, which made his mood somewhat calmer. At this time, Tokhtar did not realize that the mountain rain was about to come, and the wind was full of buildings.

As for the slaughter of the city, he had his own considerations. Zhang thief is cunning and capricious, today's army is here, he sees that the mountains and rivers are exhausted, he has to surrender, he returns to the imperial army, he has no constraints, and his ambitions will inevitably rise again. What's more, Jianghuai is everywhere, and all the anti-thieves are watching each other, if we can't completely exterminate the Zhang thief today, so as to set an example, I am afraid that the other anti-thieves will be even more arrogant.

"Back then, Xuzhou slaughtered the city, so there was the stability of today's Central Plains, and today Ben Shuai will slaughter Gaoyou again to deter the thieves in the south and north of the Yangtze River!" Tokh finally did not accept Gong Bo's words, so that the guards behind him galloped horses and ordered all departments.

"The commander has an order, not subject to the surrender of the thief, slaughtering Gaoyou City, entering the city with assets, and the army has its own income!" The guards held the trumpet flag, galloped and announced loudly, half an hour later, the whole army knew about it, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted.