"It's unlikely, the vanguard of the thief Zhang has arrived in Suizhou, and it will inevitably continue to advance eastward, of course, we can't rule out that Ainengqi will go south to Chengtianfu, but the strength of Chengtianfu should not be weak, they should choose to go east! And recently, many refugees who have fled to our Anlu County, I have also asked them, and according to their information, I also think that Ainengqi is the most likely to go east. Zhang Xiaoshe judged.

"Hmph, do you expect to show the Lingwei? Have you forgotten the mausoleum guards of Fengyang, the central capital, 5,000 people were defeated in half a day! Yang Baihu said that he knew how low the combat effectiveness of those soldiers who had never fought was low, and they couldn't even set up the basic phalanx, so they were simply vulnerable.

"Ainengchi? How is this man fighting? Qin Yiming asked.

"Zhang Thief's five people are very powerful, the military advisor Pan Duao, familiar with the art of war, very wise, scheming, won the trust of Zhang Xianzhong, Pingdong General Sun Kewang, is insidious and cunning, and brave in battle, Anxi General Li Dingguo, known as the lieutenant Chi, is also a lot of scheming, Funan General Liu Wenxiu, calm and spicy, Dingbei General Ai Nengqi, extremely brave, often with a large army to kill in front, never greedy for life and afraid of death." Zhang Xiaoshe said the information he had gathered, and he also had his own judgment.

"How many people are estimated to be thieves?" Yang Baihu asked.

"It's said to be 100,000, but according to our spies' estimates, it should be around 40,000." Zhang Xiaoshe replied.

Forty thousand, six thousand against forty thousand, what can they do but defend? At this time, everyone tended to rely on the city wall to defend, and at the same time implemented the policy of fortifying the wall and clearing the wilderness, Zhang Xianzhong led a team of 40,000 people, and he would not be able to leave after staying on the periphery of Anlu, they only needed to defend the city.

But what if you stick to Anlu County, what if you go south? Then Qin Yiming will be in danger at that time.

Qin Yiming saw everyone's expressions at this time, and also understood everyone's inner thoughts, so he opened his mouth and said: "Today I will be arbitrary, I have decided to concentrate all our forces, take the initiative to attack, and meet the thief army of Ainengqi here!" Attract Zhang Xianzhong's army to our Anlu County, and when the time comes, we will be stationed at the city wall of Anlu County. ”

Everyone looked at the position of the sand table that Qin Yiming was pointing to.

Qin Yiming wanted to take the initiative to attack, mainly under the influence of the ideology of a certain party in later generations, since there was such a lone army exploring the way forward, he would use all his strength to annihilate it and weaken Zhang Xianzhong's strength.

"My lord, but we don't have the right to lead soldiers out to war? The guard only has the right to train soldiers, but it does not have the right to lead soldiers into battle. Yang Baihu said that the location that Qin Yiming had just pointed to was beyond the scope of their De'an Thousand Households.

"Who said no, isn't Grandpa Chen here with us?" Qin Yiming said with a smile.

But then again, this aspect is indeed a problem, which reminds him of the martial arts exam, and Zuo Liangyu's contemptuous attitude towards him that day, in the Ming Dynasty, hereditary officers like him are the most despised, because the hereditary ones are some low-level officers, and they are official positions obtained without merit.

It seems that I still have to take a martial arts exam or something, and I have to come back, and there will be a triennial martial arts exam next year, so I'm going to try my luck when the time comes?

On the second day, Qin Yiming told Chen Daquan the news that they were going to send troops, and all the troops were concentrated in Pingli Fort and set off from Pingli Fort.

Chen Daquan couldn't believe that this was true, and when he repeatedly asked Ai Wannian and Yang Baihu, he confirmed that Qin Yiming was really going to send troops, and all the soldiers were in a nervous schedule.

As soon as the army was moved, Sun Shirui and the people in the city immediately became nervous, and everyone began to panic.

On the tower of the city, Qin Yiming and Master Sun looked at a pair of soldiers who went out of the city in a neat manner, mighty and majestic, not magnificent.

"Brother Qin, you must not leave, the hundreds of thousands of people in Anlu County, if you leave, what will happen to the people of Anlu County!" Sun Shirui pleaded as he pointed to the people surrounding the city.

"I will let Deputy Ma Qianhu and Yang Yanshi take their families to guard the city, and there are 20,000 people in the city to assist, it shouldn't be a big deal!" Qin Yiming said.

"The two of them together are only about five hundred, how is this enough, aren't you kidding!" Sun Shirui's face was unhappy, and he didn't give Qin Yiming a good look.

"I have to go!" Qin Yiming said, his tone resolute! Sun Shirui wanted to scold people very much, he felt that Qin Yiming was greedy for life and afraid of death, ignoring the people in the city, and he was even more angry that this sworn brother was not righteous enough to ignore his life and death.

"The husband is willing to be afraid of death, how can he enter the wall and hope to live. Besides, we have a sense of righteousness, has my brother forgotten the oath of the day? Sun Shirui was angry, and his face turned red.

Qin Yiming explained: "Big brother, don't worry, I'm not abandoning the people of Anlu County, Lord Chen is inconvenient for me to say more, you will understand in a few days." ”

When Sun Shirui heard this, his face looked much better, he knew that Qin Yiming had his own difficulties, but as long as Qin Yiming promised not to give up Anlu County, he was much more relieved.

The people of Anlu County went crazy, they took their burdens at the city gate, waiting for the city gate to be opened, and they could flee, but the city gate had been blocked by Qin Yiming's order, and they were not allowed to enter or leave, and those people made a fuss.

At this time, Xu Zhen'er appeared in front of everyone, she climbed up the city tower, and shouted to the people: "Qin Qianhu is my husband, I am here, what are you all afraid of?" "The sound was so loud that everyone's heart was shaken.

Qin Yiming was on the city tower, looking at his petite and lovely wife, with infinite love in his eyes.

Don't underestimate Xu Zhen'er's action, in Sun Shirui's eyes, Xu Zhen'er can be worthy of being a heroine, she appeared in such a high-profile manner, and her voice struggled, and the thousands of words of his county magistrate on the ground, the people of Anlu County looked at Xu Zhen'er and became much quieter.

"Miss, let's go, Ma Qianhu and Yang Yanshi can secretly let us go!" Cui'er asked.

A pair of beautiful eyes looked at the city tower, sometimes with gentleness, sometimes with envy, sometimes with jealousy......

"Hmph, Xu Zhen'er won't leave, and I won't go either! Let's go back! ”

Qin Yiming led more than 5,000 soldiers, and after a day and a half of rapid marching, he arrived at the predetermined position, which is the junction of Yingshan and Shitong River, and there is a small hill bag belonging to Yingshan next to Shitong River.

Although this is the Huguang area, but in fact, this is not a vast plain area, and the hilly areas can be seen everywhere, this Shitong River is a section of the meteorite, both sides are continuous mountains and forests, only the river valley this road is relatively flat, Qin Yiming judged, if Aiqi can from Suizhou to Anlu, normally this is the road after all, in this ancient times, the army walking the mountain road is very irrational, because the transportation of grain and baggage is very difficult, even the horse walking is quite inconvenient, so the ancients marched, generally took the original old road, There will be no other way.