Gao Yu nodded when he heard this, and said, "Well, but I suggest that you immediately detour to the official road, since it is the remnants of the Hui army, I think they will not dare to appear blatantly on the official road!" ”

"Okay, just according to what Brother Qianli said!" Li Zhen immediately agreed, and then walked to the ox cart and rushed to Zhao Wan, who didn't know why, with a faint smile, and said, "Wan'er, I'm afraid I'll have to wronged you to ride with me next!" ”

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At the same time, Zhang Zhifang's troops set out from Yizhou and crossed Dingzhou to just enter the boundary of Zhenzhou, but when he really went deep into Zhenzhou, Zhang Zhifang found that he was undoubtedly taking a hard job, and finding a thousand Hui cavalry on this huge Zhenzhou territory is tantamount to looking for a needle in the sea, not to mention that these Hui cavalry will not fight with him head-on at all. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In just two days, Zhang Zhifang sent dozens of scouts to various parts of Zhenzhou to find the whereabouts of the Hui cavalry, but found nothing but those villages that had been destroyed.

The whereabouts of the enemy were unknown, which undoubtedly annoyed Zhang Zhifang, who had 2,000 soldiers and horses but could not focus on it, while on the other hand, the news of the destruction of the village by the Hui cavalry was still constantly reported from all over the country, but according to these news, most of the Hui cavalry gathered in the southwest of Zhenzhou.

Previously, Zhang Zhongwu got the news that he was operating in the north of Zhenzhou, so he ordered Li Maoxun to lead a thousand cavalry from Jizhou, north of Zhenzhou, and now it is obvious that these Hui cavalry did not intend to live in a corner, but adopted guerrilla tactics to attack everywhere, which undoubtedly increased the difficulty of Zhang Zhifang's attack, and on the other hand, it also made Li Maoxun's 1,000 cavalry lose its original function.

In the camp tent, Zhang Zhifang's face was pale, he thought that he could take a few thousand cavalry in seven days at most, but at this time it seemed that it had become far away, although he had ordered someone to inform Li Maoxun to change the original battle plan, but this could not calm Zhang Zhifang's already irritable heart.

"None of the things that should have been found! What's the use of Ben leaving you?! ”

Zhang Zhifang raised his foot and kicked a scout soldier to the ground, raised his horsewhip and slapped him in the face, and suddenly the scout's face instantly had a red blood mark, but even so, the scout immediately knelt on the ground, and begged for mercy again and again: "General spare your life!" The villain is guilty! ”

Having said that, as a scout in the army, he had done his job brilliantly, but he still couldn't escape the horsewhip in Zhang Zhifang's hand.

"The general is angry, and the Hui cavalry is already ......"

At this time, a partial general really couldn't stand it, and couldn't help but dissuade him, but before he finished speaking, he only heard Zhang Zhifang scolding angrily: "Shut up, how will Ben decide why do you need to say more, if there is a next time this military law will deal with it!" ”

After hearing this, the general immediately lowered his head and said nothing, but a deep resentment crossed his eyes.

Completely different from the atmosphere here, in the southwest of Zhenzhou, a cavalry force of 300 people is advancing rapidly along the official road, and the direction of its advance is a county town on the southwest side of Zhenzhou, Jingcheng.

At Gao Biao's suggestion, Li Zhen chose to go from the official road, which was an official road, and naturally passed through more towns, and Jingcheng was the first county town that Li Zhen and others encountered in front of him.

However, what Li Zhen and the others didn't know at this moment was that dozens of miles outside Jingcheng County, an unprecedented crisis was quietly approaching.

"Brother Qianli, how long will it take for us to get to Jingcheng?" Li Zhen slowed down slightly and asked Gao Yu.

And behind Li Zhen, Zhao Wan tightly hugged the waist of her beloved man, although she was not used to the bumps and fatigue on horseback, but at this moment, Zhao Wan's heart felt extremely happy.

"I guess I'll be there before dark tonight!" Gao Yu replied.

Li Zhen nodded and said, "Then tell the brothers that they will not rest from now on, and I will invite the brothers to drink wine and eat meat when they get to Jingcheng!" ”

"Hahaha! These gang of killers have long been hungry, and Zeyuan's words must not make them all crazy! Gao Yu laughed.

"Hehe, the brothers followed me from the capital to Youzhou and haven't had a proper meal, this can be regarded as my reward for the brothers!" Li Zhen said with a smile.

Li Zhen knew in his heart that whether he bought people's hearts or sympathized with his subordinates, if he wanted others to work for him, then he must first treat others as a person, not a slave who comes and drinks at a moment's notice.

Li Zhen was born in poverty in his previous life, so he knows that he can also understand the difficulties of small people, and as the lowest level of society, what they hope for may not be high-ranking officials, glory and wealth, but more just a dignity and a full meal.

As Li Zhen expected, after hearing that Jing Cheng could have a meal of wine and meat, all the soldiers cheered, although they had to suffer from hunger all day today, but they were still grateful to Li Zhen in their hearts.

Even Gu Duoda couldn't hold back and wanted to reach the well as soon after hearing this, and under the urging of wine and meat, everyone galloped all the way towards the well.

At the same time, within the county seat of Jingcheng.

The county Wei Zhang Zuo and Bing Cao were hurriedly mobilizing the available forces in the city, and the originally peaceful and peaceful county town suddenly became noisy.

Just a few hours ago, Zhang Zuo got the news that a large number of Uighur soldiers appeared out of thin air around the county seat where he was located, and after looting all the villages around the county seat, they rushed straight to the county seat with a raging momentum.

At that time, Zhang Zuo's first reaction was that these Hui people were crazy!

Undoubtedly, although Zhang Zuo did not know where these Hui soldiers came from, Zhenzhou is the hinterland of the three towns of Hebei, with Lu Long's army in the east and north, the Chengde army in the west, and the Yiwu army in the south.

However, although it is beyond common sense, the siege of the Hui soldiers is imminent, and the number of combatable troops in Jingcheng County is less than 800, even counting the old and weak soldiers, there are only more than 1,000 people, and the information obtained by Zhang Zuo is that there are no less than 3,000 Hui soldiers outside the city.

Three thousand Hui soldiers is a terrifying nightmare for this small county town, not to mention that the city defense of the county has not been repaired for many years, and it is almost impossible to rely on the dilapidated and low city wall to resist the iron hooves of the Hui people.

However, fortunately, although Zhang Zuo was not half sure, he also tried his best to mobilize the available troops in the city and mobilize the people to strengthen the city defense, but even so, Zhang Zuo knew that if there were no reinforcements, Jingcheng would not be able to hold out for two days.

But at this moment, one of the subordinate county soldiers hurriedly found Zhang Zuo, who was directing the people to repair the city wall at the head of the city.

"Qiqi County Wei, fifty miles west of the city, found a team of cavalry!"