Jinling is more than 2,000 miles from the capital, and the news is too slow.

"Daning's qi has arrived!" Master Lin sighed.

The old man was born in the eunuch world, and he was also a gentleman in the court of Daning, and now this gentleman is also a teacher and student with Master Lin.

"Isn't that right, the sooner the battle is finished, the fewer deaths you can have." The main road of the horse village.

Now when you fight, you are fighting flesh and blood.

In particular, the Chuzhou army went south, attacking cities and conquering cities along the way, and they all relied on soldiers to crush them.

After a year of fighting, the child soldiers suffered thousands of casualties, and there were only a few more under the command of each commander.

Today, the total strength of the Chuzhou Army is hundreds of thousands, but this year's attrition is also tens of thousands.

Among them, the soldiers who are disabled due to injuries have bonuses and then have placements, and they have no worries about food and clothing; Three generations of parents, wives and children who died in the war were directly cared for.

In this way, it is a significant burden.

The owner of the horse village felt sorry for the soldiers, and he was even more distressed about the silver that was spent like flowing water.

Deng Jian said: "You can prepare for war!" ”

Monk Feng counted the rosary in his hand and did not speak, but he also had a little more fighting spirit.

Xue Biao's eyes were also shining, but it was rare to have self-knowledge, and he didn't speak, as if he was thinking about something.

In addition to Shui Jin, Du Laoba is not there, he went to Hangzhou a year ago, and now he is in Hangzhou.

His identity is there, he is Huo Wu's brother with a different surname, one of the five marshals of the Chuzhou Army, and the acting Taiwei's Mansion is located in Hangzhou.

Huo Wu sat in the first seat, his heart heavy.

Daning Dynasty will tilt towards the building, and the white shirts will divide the world.

Because of the imperial court in front of them, the white-shirted soldiers everywhere restrained each other, and even if there was occasional friction, those who could be reconciled were reconciled.

But without the court, it's life and death in the blink of an eye.

Now the Chuzhou Army is not only preparing for the "Northern Expedition", but also deciding the time of the "Northern Expedition".

When the capital is in turmoil, the Bozhou Army and the Taizhou Army occupy a favorable position, and they will take a step forward in the "Northern Expedition" of the Chuzhou Army.

If the Chuzhou army follows closely, it will be able to copy the nest of the Bozhou army and the Taizhou army, and the two white shirts will return, which is the situation of the white-shirt melee, giving the court a chance to breathe; If the Chuzhou army is late, when the capital is pacified, it is impossible to say that one family will face two families, or face a Bozhou army or Taizhou army that has unified the north.

Although the north is not as densely populated and economically rich as Jiangnan, there are war horses in the north.

Steed!

The Chuzhou army has been fighting since it became a soldier, first in Huainan, and then in Jiangnan, and has never had a war horse.

But everyone who has read the book of war knows the power of cavalry.

If the Bozhou army or the Taizhou army are equipped with cavalry, the Chuzhou army will not have an advantage even if it has a large number of soldiers.

"Prepare for war...... It's time for news to come down from Bozhou! Huo Wu thought for a while and said.

When Xue Biao heard this, he couldn't help but be anxious, and hurriedly said, "What news can Bozhou have?" At the moment, I am afraid that we will drag our feet, and they will say anything good, but they are the ones who turn around and don't recognize people...... The fifth brother is benevolent and righteous, but he can't be too benevolent and righteous in this matter......"

Huo Wudao: "What good idea does Lao Qi have?" ”

Everyone looked at Xue Biao, and Xue Biao's eyes flashed: "Now Taizhou white shirts are gone...... The rest are us, Qi Chun, Bozhou Army and Taizhou Army...... Qi Chun won't talk about it, let's fight sooner or later...... You can't always watch Bozhou and Taizhou join forces, whether it is Zhang Cheng, the king of Cheng, who has the final say, or the third master is in charge, they are all our great enemies, and now is a good opportunity for Lian Bo to fight against Thailand or Lian Tai to fight Bo......"

Everyone was silent, but they all listened.

Now the Bozhou Army and the Taizhou Army, the combined strength of the two parties is not comparable to the Chuzhou Army.

If the two parties had this intention, there would not be the current situation.

It was only because of the different directions of the previous expeditions of the three parties that they did not officially meet.

Xue Biao's meaning was that the Chuzhou army would go north first.

If the Bozhou Army and the Taizhou Army want to "Northern Expedition", they must first make a choice, whether the Chuzhou Army will fight or peace.

If the two sides choose to fight, they may not be able to win.

If the two sides choose to make peace, even if they are nominally "coalition forces", they will be divided into master and slave at that time.

Xue Biao's idea was suspected of "taking advantage of the fire to rob", but the Chuzhou army had the initiative.

Huo Bao listened for a while, and said: "Where do you need to unite something, aren't the Bozhou Army and us a family?" The Qilin Emperor of Bozhou is not only the emperor of Bozhou, but also the emperor of our Chuzhou army......"

Although the little emperor is just a puppet, sometimes his reputation is also very important.

Master Lin nodded and said, "Exactly, the separation of the two armies is just an expedient measure, and it is already a ...... of the same origin."

"Haha, exactly, exactly, it is a 'family', the place where the Bozhou army is located is almost like our own territory......" The owner of the horse village also understood.

Huo Wu's eyes lit up and he looked at Deng Jian and Monk Feng.

Deng Jian was full of fighting spirit: "The battle of destroying Ning is not to be missed!" ”

Monk Feng also said: "I heard that there is an ancient temple in Beijing, and I yearn for it!" ”

Xue Biao looked at Huo Bao and was surprised: "Xiaobao is so confident? Aren't you afraid that your uncle will turn against you? ”

According to Xue Biao's meaning, it is to directly wave his army to the north, deter by force, and fight the alliance between Bozhou and Taizhou.

But when it came to Huo Bao, there was no room for Bozhou Army and Taizhou to choose.

Is this a long-term drive of the Chuzhou army that will endure the three disciples?

Huo Bao said: "Don't be afraid, now the Chuzhou army has won three points of the world, and Jinling Giant City is the foundation, and the Yangtze River is the natural danger......"

There are seven points left in the world, two points for the Qichun army, one point for Bozhou, one point for Taizhou, and three points for the imperial court.

Daning has lost most of it, and it has lost its powerlessness.

Not to mention, the imperial court poured into internal strife, which accelerated the speed of disintegration.

As soon as the crown prince dies, whether it is related to the Jin family or not, it will make the emperor turn against him.

At that time, the people and horses held by the Jin family will not only not belong to the imperial court, but also have to be guarded against.

Now that the Northern Expedition is about to "extinguish Ning", it is better for the Chuzhou Army to take the initiative and grasp the initiative than to fall behind and wait for the three disciples to unify the north and then fight a decisive battle.

As for the choice of Apostle......

He is a hero, even if he is unwilling to live under others, he will think about it.

There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Chuzhou army, with the Jinling giant city as the foundation, the Yangtze River as the natural danger, and tens of thousands of sailors.

Even if the Bozhou army did its best to fight a decisive battle with the Chuzhou army in Huaibei and achieve victory, the Chuzhou army would also have a foundation and make a comeback at any time.

In addition to allowing the Chuzhou Army to follow the "Northern Expedition", Tu San had no other choice.

*

Outside the Xuzhou Prefecture.

The wedding banquet was also eaten, and the New Year was over, and Shui Jin, who came to Xuzhou to eat the wedding wine on behalf of Chuzhou, brought his subordinates back.

The third disciple took his men and sent them to the city gate in person.

Xuzhou is closer to the capital than Jinling, and the news arrives a few days earlier.

It's just that the message is hidden.

Except for Tu San, Chen Juren, and Jiang Ping, the others didn't know.

The marriage between Zhang and Zhang has been completed, and the Bozhou Army and the Taizhou Army are barely considered a "family".

It was Zhang Cheng, the lord of the white shirt in Taizhou, who also came to Xuzhou to marry.

In this way, the two sides have a tacit understanding, and in the new year, the Taizhou army will go to Shandong, and the Bozhou army will go to Shanxi.

In recent years, there has been a severe drought in Jianghuai for many years, and there are also droughts in some places in Shandong, but it is rare for Shanxi to have good weather conditions.

Shanxi has a good wind and rain, and the population is already quite large, plus the population who have fled the famine in recent years, and now the people are rich.

If the Bozhou army is pressed county by county, the population and military rations will be replenished.

But before the Bozhou army moved, the news of the capital arrived.

No matter how rich Shanxi is, it can't compare to Gyeonggi.

It's just that Tu San also knows in his heart that the Chuzhou army can watch him occupy Xuzhou, but they won't watch him occupy the capital.

A hundred-legged insect that dies but does not stiffen.

Even if the Bozhou Army unites with the Taizhou Army to "Northern Expedition", it will have to come out.

When the time comes, will the Chuzhou army watch?

After pondering for several days, his teeth were swollen, but he also understood that he couldn't gamble and couldn't afford to gamble.

Wanting to set aside the Chuzhou Army's "Northern Expedition" is tantamount to a fool's dream.

If the Taizhou army is still there, the Hangzhou government is still in the hands of the imperial court, and more than 100,000 horses are in town, the Chuzhou army will still have some scruples; But at present, the white shirt in Taizhou has been yellowed yesterday, and Hangzhou Mansion is also in the hands of the Chuzhou army, and Jiangnan is worry-free.

The Chuzhou army was completely free to go north.

Since you can't put it aside, the rest is to talk.

How to "Northern Expedition" and how to distribute the land occupied?

After making a decision, Tusan's teeth hurt even more, and his mouth felt like he had eaten coptis.

If there was no change in Chuzhou the year before last, the Chuzhou Army and the Bozhou Army would be one family!

Now it seems that he and Jiang Ping are still brothers, but they have long since lost the intimacy they used to be; He and Huo Wu's father and son are still relatives, and they don't have the same dedication as before.

Regret it!

I regretted it a long time ago!

But Apostus also understood that there was no turning back.

The brother-in-law stood up and laid out the current foundation, and he would not shrink back.

At the beginning, my brother-in-law was willing to give him thousands of people, but now he will not give him half of the world.

Last night, the three disciples drank water into the third watch.

mentioned the past in the countryside, as well as the difficult start in Bozhou.

In fact, Tu San knew that if the Chuzhou Army also followed the "Northern Expedition", the best commander for the Bozhou Army would be Shuijin.

Shui Jin is kind and kind, and there is no chance to turn around.

Disciple San also understood that Huo Wu would most likely not choose this way.

Whether it is ability, trust, and Deng Jian.

Deng Jian has no son, and he is also a martial artist, impatient to fight for power and profit.

But Tu San still used his drunkenness to say to Shuijin: "Now that the capital is in chaos, the destruction of Ning is imminent, looking forward to the water brothers going north, but your brothers will enter Beijing together......"

Shui Jin listened to the wine cup, and his face was full of expectation: "I'll ask for my life when I go back, how can I leave my little brother behind for such a big event?" ”

On the return trip today, along with the water entering and leaving Xuzhou, there are also Chen Juren and Wei Hai.

On behalf of the third apprentice, these two people went to Jinling to talk about the "extinguishing of Ning".

Needless to say, Chen Juren is a confidant and adviser with three weapons.

As for Wei Hai, he still has a grudge with the Chuzhou army.

If it weren't for Wei Hai's brother Wei Jiang squeezing into the water, there would not have been Jiang Ping's partiality, and then provoking Huo Bao, there would have been no Chuzhou army.

The two brothers were previously the vanguard of the three apprentices, and the other was the chief of the guard.

After the Chuzhou Incident, both of them were affected, and their closeness to the third apprentice was absent.

It wasn't until the third apprentice occupied Chuzhou that the old man Wei, who was kind to the apprentice, brought his family and family to get along, and the Wei brothers were reused.

When the Wei family entered the third back house, although the Wei brothers did not call themselves "brothers-in-law", they also gained greater trust from the third apprentice, and the two brothers also made many meritorious contributions, and now they are also among the most important figures in the Bozhou army.

Before, the Chuzhou army had many scruples, and he didn't send Jiang Ping and the Wei brothers when he encountered something.

But now it's not about relatives in the past, it's also about "cooperation".

The third apprentice didn't want to retreat again and again.

The water came in to eat and drink, and brought 10,000 guards!

The defense of the Chuzhou army is already there.

Na Weihai brought 5,000 cavalry to escort Chen Juren's "envoy", which was the attitude of the Bozhou army.