Within a few days, King Yan really captured the county seat of Peixian, and immediately led his army south to Xuzhou City. At that time, the Xuzhou official army and the forward Zhu Gaoxu's troops lost the battle and closed the city. So the northern army besieged Xuzhou and built siege fortifications.

Two days after the earthquake, the northern army did not attack the city with infantry, but used cavalry to raise food, as Zhu Gaoxu expected...... More than 200,000 troops have no military rations, don't want to drive south!

One day, Zhu Gaoxu led his soldiers to inspect the four fields, but saw a scene of busy farming. In the rice fields that have not yet had time to be harvested, many people are busy working, and there are some cavalrymen with bows and arrows scattered on the fields, who are wandering and supervising.

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but stop at the horse to watch, and he was also surprised in his heart...... Six hundred years later, the method of harvesting rice is much the same as the scene remembered by later generations. He had done these jobs when he was a child, and now that he watched them, he only felt very familiar.

In the paddy field, groups of five people take turns to work on the rice, and the two of them cut down the rice and stack it on the rice stump. The other two stood next to a wooden bucket, surrounded three sides of the bucket with bamboo mats, placed wooden planks in the bucket, and then took the cut rice and hit it on the wooden plank, turning it over and over to beat the grain into the wooden bucket.

The rest of the man tied up the straw and dried it on the ridge. At this time, not all houses were tiled houses, and there were some straw houses, which required straw to change the roof every year, and could also be used as firewood.

Zhu Gaoxu simply got off the horse and sat down on the ridge with great interest. The pro-soldiers and cavalry around them did not dismount, they still held their weapons tightly, paying attention to the movements of Siye.

A strange sense of tranquility came to his heart, and Zhu Gaoxu seemed to have returned to the depths of distant memory, those joyful companions were still by his side, and the familiar sound and smile were still in front of him. And what kind of small loans, what comparisons...... and spies, conspiracies, and battles have become illusory.

"What is the prince doing here?" Wang Bin's voice interrupted Zhu Gaoxu's musings.

Zhu Gaoxu casually pointed to the field and said: "The emperor's grandfather is from a farmer's family, and we can't forget who we are." ”

Wang Bin smiled strangely and said in a low voice: "Our men and horses, this is robbing the people's food!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu was speechless, thought for a while, and said: "When my father Wang Jing succeeds, I will write to ask for exemption from taxes in Xuzhou states and counties for several years." ”

……

Above the great river in the south, the river is slim.

Xu Huizu pressed his sword in his left hand and stood on the deck of the wheel with his head held high, the crimson cloak on his back was like a big flag, blown in the air by the river wind. The burly and majestic body did not move, and his stubborn appearance was very powerful.

The soldiers whispered about him in the back, saying that his father was worthy of being the god who had entered the temple of the city god.

The wheels of the waterwheels on both sides of the battleship spun rapidly, rolling up a few white waves, and the ship broke through the wind and waves, heading straight to the north.

Xu Huizu looked at the countless warships near and far, and the elite officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp on them were clearly dressed and armored, with swords and guns, and the military appearance was very majestic! Xu Huizu was full of ambition at this time, and only felt that the last elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty would be like a dragon entering the sea and a tiger going up the mountain in his hands!

"it!" Xu Huizu looked at the river and scolded with a hearty smile, "It's time for me to teach those rebels a lesson!" ”

The generals behind him hurriedly complimented: "As soon as the Duke of Wei arrives, King Yan will definitely be frightened." ”

Xu Huizu snorted and said, "I have to meet that nephew for a while!" ”

"What Wei Guogong said, but the king of Gaoyang?" The general asked.

Xu Huizu nodded and said: "My nephew has become a climate, not long ago, he forced the Xuzhou army into the city with 4,000 horsemen!" If I don't put on armor anymore, I have to just watch these juniors gallop across the country. ”

The general groaned: "The last general heard that the Xuzhou guard general did not suffer any big losses. ”

Xu Huizu sneered, turned his head and said, "Only those scholars in the court believe it!" The official army of Xuzhou has tens of thousands of soldiers, and there are no less than 100,000 villagers, and they were scared into the city by thousands of people.

Its guards did not rescue Peixian, and should have dragged Yan Yi for at least a month, instead of retreating into the city a day later. I estimated that the Xuzhou guard originally thought the same way, but he was only discouraged to protect himself after suffering a dumb loss.

The defenders first predetermined that the ambush was outside the city, and then the Tibetan cavalry was in the south, and the infantry formed a formation with the back of the city, luring Gao Xu to attack. If you want to flank Gao Xu's forward, first frustrate Yan Shi's sharpness.

There is nothing wrong with the idea of the Xuzhou guard, and the arrangement is also very regular; But he was wrong not to know that the striker of the Yan Division was Gao Xu! Unexpectedly, Gao Xu first saw through his ambush, almost wiped out all the ambush soldiers, and broke through the official army array. On the contrary, the officers and soldiers lost their morale and had to retreat from the city. ”

Only then did the general exclaim: "I didn't expect King Gaoyang to fight, there are so many doorways. ”

Xu Huizu's eyes were blazing, and he said emotionally: "This battle is very exquisite! I've scrutinized the process over and over again. Gao Xu is not only brave, but also very good at capturing fighters, and the timing is accurate and accurate!

He first divided his troops to attack the officers and ambushes, and brought in reinforcements to rescue; As soon as the reinforcements of the officers and soldiers moved, they were halfway through, and then flanked their formation. At this time, the blockade delayed the reinforcements of the official army, so that the ambush soldiers could not hold on to the rout. Then Gao Xu returned to the division to attack the ambush soldiers, and the officers and soldiers gathered in ambush!

I often say that King Yan is good at backing in a roundabout way, but now looking at it, his son Gao Xu is more flexible and subtle with cavalry. ”

Xu Huizu clenched his fists and said, "This is my opponent!" Wouldn't it be boring to use a knife to cut down those nameless people? ”

Xu Huizu was very excited at this time, and finally won the opportunity to go out to fight, just waiting for a big fight, the stronger the opponent, the happier he was.

Xu Huizu raised his head and sighed: "I think that back then, my ancestor defeated 600,000 Yuan Tartars with tens of thousands of horses, and he really swallowed mountains and rivers!" How can I insult my father's prestige? ”

He looked as if he wanted to swallow all the more than 200,000 people of King Yan in one fell swoop.

Unexpectedly, Xu Huizu had just crossed the river, and before he could stand firm after getting off the boat, a small boat came over. A scribe in a cloth robe walked down from above, stepped forward and whispered, "Huang Zicheng has returned to Beijing." ”

Xu Huizu's thick eyebrows trembled, and his smug expression disappeared, and it took a while for him to calm down: "I fight my battle, no matter what he is!" ”

…… That night, Xu Huizu camped in Jiangbei, and he consulted the Tang newspaper overnight to familiarize himself with the military situation against the map.

Xu Huizu believed that since Xuzhou was closed and defended, and there were officials and troops approaching from the north and south, the Yan division would never storm Xuzhou City. King Yan besieged the city with only one purpose: to raise food!

The real big war is definitely not done in Xuzhou. If King Yan let Yan Shi be under the city of Xuzhou and form a situation of being attacked from inside and outside, he would not be King Yan and would not be able to fight Xuzhou!

Xu Huizu tapped his finger heavily on the location of Suishui on the map, and made two "knocks".

The Ping'an Department came from the north, and he Xu Huizu and He Fu joined forces from the south to Suishui, and the two armies attacked Yan Rebellion on the front line of Suishui, which would be a big battle that put Yan Rebellion in a dilemma. As for what kind of defense, it is not Xu Huizu's style, he just wants to use the elite soldiers of the Beijing camp to cooperate with the people and horses of Ping An and others, and go straight to the Yan Division!

Xu Huizu deliberated and calculated in detail again, and planned properly, and then remembered...... He's not the boss of this fight! Just the chief officer of the Jiang Beijing battalion.

The next day, just after dawn, the trumpet sounded in the barracks. Xu Huizu was working hard to write, he wrote two letters in a row, wrote his thoughts in detail, and then sealed them.

When the pro-army came, Xu Huizu said: "Two letters, one was sent to Sheng Yong immediately; One was sent back to Jingshi and handed over to Qi Tai. ”

The two of them received the letter separately, clasped their fists and saluted: "Little leader!" ”

When Xu Huizu saw the messenger coming out of the account, a smile appeared on his face again.

Sheng Yong is the "General Pingyan", and his military power on the front line is extremely great. Xu Huizu and Sheng Yong have always had a good relationship, this is not the point, the key is that he believes in Sheng Yong's judgment of the battle situation very much. Sheng Yong will not refuse this strategy.

There is also Qitai, the former military department, and Sheng Yong has little contact with him. But two months ago, Qi Tai came up with a strategy of "attacking up and down, attacking and defending in the long run", which made Xu Huizu look at him with admiration...... This is not very clever, but there is no problem, that is because Qi Tai has a full understanding of Yan Shi's movements. In this way, Qi Tai is not quite different from other civil officials.

Xu Huizu rarely agrees with a civil official in today's imperial court, and ponders that his "Suishui policy" is consistent with Qi Tai's strategy, and Qi Tai should not object. At this time, although Qi Tai had stepped down from his position as the secretary of the Ministry of War, he was still an important minister who was very trusted in front of the saint.

Xu Huizu walked out of the big tent, and the tiredness on his face immediately dissipated because of the magnificent military camp scene, and he was energetic again.

The vigorous horn is the most beautiful rhythm in Xu Huizu's ears. In the hazy morning, the vigorous figure of the soldier is imprinted in the sky, which is the most moving Danqing.

The footsteps of the "Titicaca ......" infantry army are inspiring. Xu Huizu narrowed his eyes and admired the neat queue. The cavalry in the distance was gathering and running, and the rumbling hooves of horses were full of power.

Xu Huizu took the reins from his own soldiers, his body was taller and burlier than everyone around him, but he was very flexible and easily turned over his horse. A group of horsemen followed him on horseback, patrolling the wide barracks.

He looked up at the military flag with the word "Ming" written on it among the people, tracing that this flag had swept Kyushu...... Someone asked Xu Huizu why he killed his relatives in righteousness and why he was loyal to the court, but he couldn't explain it, but it was hard to explain!

Xu Huizu rode his horse and rushed through a large array of foot cavalry and shouted: "The soul of the Ming army is immortal, and the Ming army will win!" ”

Shouts came from all sides, "Victory!" The shouts of "Victory ......" shook the heavens and the earth, one after another, and the battle was very magnificent.

The officers and commanders of the Beijing camp drove north, and the soldiers and horses were well raised, fat and fat, the armor and weapons were very sophisticated, and they carried countless new firearms. There is also Xu Huizu, the eldest son of the Chenghuang God, who is handsome, and his morale is very strong for a while.

…… At that time, the Heian army was moving south from Jining; He Fujun marched north from near the Huai River, and Xu Huizu also quickly marched to arrive. The Yan division has become a situation of encirclement in Xuzhou, and the war is getting closer and closer.