Gao Xu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said to Zhao Junsheng: "King, if the generals of the Southern Dynasty who went north this time are all suffering from night blindness, wouldn't it be very simple for our army to carry out a night attack, and it would be easy to attack the city!" ”

Zhao Junsheng listened to this and said, "It's a good idea. In this way, you send someone to interrogate the captives and see if the generals of the Southern Dynasty generally have this kind of night blindness! ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Junsheng also ordered Guo Yi to let the secret agents of the Black Guards investigate the situation of night blindness in the Southern Dynasty troops in various places, and quickly report the news they found.

The army rested for only two hours in Zhu'a City, and after eating and drinking enough, it continued to set out south.

That night, when the cadres were camping on the way to Licheng, Guo Yi received a report from the black-clothed guard, and he reported to Zhao Junsheng: "King, more than 10,000 troops of Jeju Du Chao are stationed in the area of Lu County, beware of our army!" ”

"Lu County?" Zhao Junsheng was stunned for a moment, picked up the map and looked at it, and found that Lu County was close to here, and asked, "What is the composition of his more than 10,000 troops?" ”

"Four thousand cavalry, more than six thousand foot soldiers!"

Zhao Junsheng put down the map and touched his chin and said, "How many soldiers and horses does he have in a small Jeju in total, and he actually pulled out more than 10,000 people at once to guard against our army?" This king wants to know where Du Chao's confidence comes from, he doesn't cower in the city, but pulls people out, thinking that these 10,000 horses can prevent me from tens of thousands of iron horses? ”

Guo Yi reminded: "Great King, although Jeju has four counties and twelve counties, but the territory of each county is not large, and the population is not large, and his total strength is less than 20,000 people. Now that Du Chao's father and son have long stopped treating the king as their own person, and they want to kill him quickly, instead of always guarding against their father and son, it is better to attack them first! ”

Zhao Junsheng looked up at Guo Yi and asked, "Do you know what you do?" ”

Guo Yi's heart sank, and he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Your Majesty has spoken too much, and he is willing to be punished!" ”

Zhao Junsheng stared at Guo Yi for a long time, and said slowly: "I will give you a big demerit and a fine for half a year!" Your duty is to spy on intelligence and gather information, not to participate in politics. ”

"Yes, yes!"

After Guo Yi left the tent, Zhao Junsheng frowned.

Hua Mulan saw his expression and persuaded: "Guo Yi just wants to show it in front of you too much, this is human nature, no matter what, he is also one of the first people to follow you!" ”

Zhao Junsheng sighed: "Over the years, I have invested countless money, manpower and material resources in intelligence, if it wasn't for me personally guiding and putting a lot of effort into building a framework, how would I be in this situation?" But Guo Yi just hasn't grown at all, he hasn't done anything well here, but he still uses his mind elsewhere! It seems that the black-clothed guard can't let him be the leader anymore, since his mind is on government affairs, then let him be an official, Lao Lu! ”

Lu Xuanbo stood up with his sword in his arms and bowed down and said, "Here!" ”

Zhao Junsheng took out a token from his bosom and handed it to him: "This is the token of this king, and it has the highest authority over the black-clothed guard." From now on, you're in charge of the Blackguard. The black-clothed guard is an espionage organization, its importance is very important to this king, there are many people who are promoted and appointed by Guo Yi, you can't take everyone over overnight, this king gives you three months to completely control the black-clothed guard, but it can't be detected by Guo Yi! Three months later, this king will officially transfer Guo Yi and appoint you as the leader of the black guards, and then this king will take back this token! ”

Lu Xuanbo took the token and hugged his fist and promised: "Obey!" ”

Zhao Junsheng shouted to the outside world: "Come on, call Dongfang Chen, Cui Hao and others!" ”

After a while, Dongfang Chen, Cui Hao and others walked in.

Zhao Junsheng said to a few people: "I just received the news, Du Chao's Jeju army of more than 10,000 troops is stationed in the border area of Luxian and Qizhou, it seems to be guarding against our army, and it is only a day's journey from here. ”

Cui Hao frowned and said: "Du Chao seems to have gone too far, if he doesn't want to be an enemy of our army, isn't he afraid of causing the king's misunderstanding?" If this is a joint ploy between the Southern Dynasty and Du Chao's father and son, their purpose is only to disperse our troops! ”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a moment and looked at Dongfang Chen: "Dongfang, what do you think?" ”

Dongfang Chen thought for a while, and said to Zhao Junsheng: "King, it is impossible for us to turn a blind eye to Du Chao's more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, if our army continues to march south, this 10,000 Jeju army will become a big trouble in our rear at any time!" Regardless of whether Du Chao's father and son have colluded with the Southern Dynasties, and whether this is Du Chao's unilateral decision, according to normal thinking, our army must divide its troops to keep an eye on these 10,000 people, and it is not good if the divided forces are less. Does the king feel passive now? ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded.

Dongfang Chen continued: "The march and combat must not be passive all the time, if you want to turn the situation around, we must turn the passive into the active, we can't be led by the other party, Du Chao wants to contain part of our army's strength, does our army have to do it according to his ideas?" Chen thinks that we and Du Chao and his son seem to be in the same camp, and they are still under the banner of Dawei, in fact, they are already on the same page, rather than worrying about Du Chao and his son all day long, it is better to simply strike first! We don't have an excuse to send troops, but we can make excuses, it's not hard! Maybe the Southern Dynasty, Du Chao and his son, and even Sima Chuzhi thought that we were sending so many troops to rescue Qizhou this time, but why did we do what they thought? Sima Chuzhi's Licheng will not be breached for a while and a half, and our army can attack it unprepared, turn the gun and take Xiangzhou and Jeju first, and then go all out to deal with the Southern Dynasty general Tan Daoji! ”

Zhao Junsheng looked at the map, it was not far from Licheng, only one day's away, and it was not far from Lu County, where the Jeju army was stationed, which was also only a day's journey.

"Someone, send scouts to Licheng to investigate, see if Tan Daoji's army is attacking the city, go and return quickly!"

"Yes!"

After dawn, Zhao Junsheng did not give the order to pull out the camp and go to Licheng, he was waiting for news.

At that time, the detective cavalry detective came back, "King Qiyu, Licheng has been surrounded by the army of Tan Daoji and is attacking!" ”

Zhao Junsheng narrowed his eyes, thought about it, and quickly issued an order: "Send an order to Cao Jiao, order him to leave 3,000 people to guard the ferry, and lead the remaining 17,000 people to go straight to the city!" Order the whole army to prepare for the march, and in an hour the whole army will be ready! ”

The messenger was sent to the ferry port on the north bank of the Yellow River, although the weather was bad now, but Zhao Junsheng had ordered someone to build a post station on the way here, and he could meet the post station every thirty miles to change horses and get food, and he only needed to convey the order to Cao Jiao before noon, but Zhao Junsheng's order to Cao Jiao was obviously more than that.

Bai Jinguang received a notice, and he came to Zhao Junsheng.

"Give you a task, take the 3,000 whirlwind army to Lu County in the west to keep an eye on the 10,000 Jeju troops stationed there, if the Jeju army does not move, your army will keep attacking; If the Jeju army retreats to the city, your troops will follow and block the Jeju army in the city, especially the thousands of cavalry in Du Chao's hands, and the king will be stared to death! If there are other orders, the king will send someone to inform you separately! ”

"Yes!" Bai Jinguang clenched his fists and agreed to pick up the three thousand whirlwind army and leave.

Among the six armies established by Zhao Junsheng, the Whirlwind Army was the light cavalry, the army with the largest number of troops, and this army had 28,000 light cavalry. Zhao Junsheng is not short of horses, and he is not short of money for the time being, since there are conditions, it is natural to be more likely to form enough cavalry, of course, this does not hinder the construction of infantry.

Before the main army advanced in the direction of Licheng, Zhao Junsheng finally issued an order, ordering the military of Duding, Hebei and Hebei, and Zhang Xing, the general of Dingzhou Town, to send troops to attack Xiangzhou.

As Dongfang Chen said, since it has long been on the same page, it is better to completely tear the skin and strike first.

Zhao Junsheng did not expect Zhang Xing to be able to solve Du Gui in Xiangzhou in a short time, he only hoped that Zhang Xing could contain Du Gui's forces, as long as his side could repel Tan Daoji's Southern Dynasty army, he would be able to return to the north and completely solve the two stumbling blocks of Xiangzhou and Jeju.

Tan Daoji is now attacking Qizhou with an army of 80,000, Sima Chuzhi of Qizhou is very dangerous, Licheng has long been beaten to pieces, Zhao Junsheng can imagine how tragic the situation in Licheng is now.

Therefore, he ordered the whole army to advance at full speed, including the infantry, all on horseback, at the expense of horsepower, he did not lack horses, and the horses ran to death, but once Qizhou was broken by Tan Daoji, he would lose his trust in Sima Chuzhi.

What's more, Tan Daoji can face the battle with his back to Licheng after capturing Licheng, Zhao Junsheng's cavalry will not be able to give full play to its greatest advantage, and it is unlikely that it will win, and the final result can only be to retreat.

Originally, it would take a day to reach Licheng at a normal marching speed, but Zhao Junsheng's whole army advanced at full speed, sparing no horsepower, and the super endurance of the tough and strong Mobei horse finally played its greatest role, and the day's journey was completed in only half a day.

At dusk, the army of 80,000 Southern Dynasties besieged Licheng for three days, and the generals on both sides suffered heavy casualties.

"Marshal, Zhao Junsheng's army has arrived, the main force of 60,000 horses is only twenty miles away from here, and the vanguard of 5,000 light cavalry is only ten miles away from our army!"

Tan Daoji, who has a long beard and is in his fifties, has a change in his face.

His son Tan Yi anxiously clenched his fists and said: "Dashuai, there is only the last breath left in Licheng, give the last general a moment, and break through Licheng within a moment, otherwise the last general will come to see you!" ”

Tan Daoji glanced at his son and ordered: "Order, Mingjin collects the troops, and the whole army retreats!" Where is the high progress? ”

Gao Jinzhi is Tan Daoji's henchman, he hugged his fists and said: "The last general!" ”

"After giving you 3,000 cavalry, you must be leisurely, it is not easy for my Great Song Dynasty to form cavalry!"

"Don't worry, the last general will be saved!"

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