On March 20, when Mulan and her army arrived at the ferry on the north bank of the Yellow River, the forward general Liang Yi had already organized people to collect boats and build a pontoon bridge.

At this time, the Yellow River is already a time when the water flow is rapid, the water level begins to rise, it is not a small river with a shallow water depth and slow flow, a large number of soldiers and horses can not wade across the river on foot, more than 50,000 soldiers and horses, including nearly half of the cavalry, in this case, the method of crossing the river with boats and horses can only be abandoned, and a pontoon bridge must be built to provide a large number of soldiers and horses to cross the river.

Liang Yi first led the troops to build a pontoon bridge that can allow more than 50,000 soldiers and horses to cross the river quickly, he is only twenty years old this year, and Mulan asked him to be a striker to test his ability to do things, and he is also very pleased to see that he has done things so beautifully.

More than 50,000 soldiers and horses, with a large number of logistical baggage troops, all crossed the river in one day and camped in Baima County before dark.

The next day, the army continued southward under the leadership of Hua Mulan, and arrived in Zhongmu on the fourth day.

As soon as the army set up camp, the forward Liang Yi came to report to Mulan: "Report to the marshal, the last general has been connected with the black-clothed guards here, according to the information they have collected, the Southern Dynasties have changed the generals of the Western Route Army, the main general has been replaced by Jianwei General Shen Qingzhi, Liu Yuanjing is the deputy general, and there are also Zhenwei General Yin Xianzu, Fenwu General Lu Fangping, Luoyang Taishou Pang Faqi and others!" ”

"Shen Qingzhi is a famous general of the Southern Dynasty, old, senior, high-achievement, Liu Yuanjing and others are willing to be their subordinates, since Shen Qingzhi took over the Western Route Army, soon broke through Xuchang and went north to Xingyang, Xingyang resisted but five days before it was broken, at this time there were 3,000 soldiers stationed in Xingyang City, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were taken by Shen Qingzhi and others to attack the Tiger Prison, at this time the Tiger Prison was under the onslaught of the enemy, and the counties in Yingchuan and Xingyang were basically captured by the Southern Dynasty army!"

Hua Mulan spread out the map, and next to her, an officer drew a pen to indicate the situation of friend and foe, and another officer began to make a sand table.

Hua Mulan looked at the map for a while and asked, "Where is the army of the Southern Dynasty Middle Road now?" Where is their Eastern Route Army now? ”

"Back to Dashuai, according to the latest news, the emperor of the Southern Dynasty is leading the middle route army to march towards Rencheng, it seems that he is going to attack the city, and the middle route army of the Southern Dynasty is in the area of Langya County at this time!"

After hearing this, Hua Mulan said: "The city is one of the four towns in Henan Province, and it is also the easternmost town, if the army of the Southern Dynasty wants to advance all the way to the north, it must capture the city, otherwise there is a danger that the back road will be cut off, it seems that the emperor of the Southern Dynasty has a lot of appetite this time!" Someone, give me an order to Jeju Town General Wang Huilong, without the order of the commander, no matter what happens, the defenders of the city must defend to the end, even if the army of the Southern Dynasty withdraws, there will be no battle or pursuit in the city! ”

"Give an order to Yuanhe, the general of Qizhou Town, and let him send cavalry to support the city if necessary, but you must be vigilant against the tactics that the Southern Dynasty army may arrange to encircle and send reinforcements!"

"In the name of this commander, I will give an order to the black-clothed guards in all states of Henan, let them closely cooperate with our army in combat, and report all the movements and military information of the Southern Korean army to the nearest garrison!"

"Yes!"

Three successive military orders were written by the civilian officers of the army, and after being revised, polished, reviewed, sealed, and sealed, they were handed over to the messenger and sent out on a fast horse of 800 miles.

The sand table has been made, and Mulan came over after hearing the notice of the officer who made the sand table, and the situation of friend and foe on the sand table has been clearly marked.

She studied for a while, and said to Liang Yi: "Liang Yi, give you a task, find out the city that has been occupied by the Western Route Army of the Southern Dynasty and has a garrison of more than three hundred, the black-clothed guard should be able to give you some help, and Ben Shuai will get the exact news within a day!" ”

"Yes, Marshal!"

After a series of orders and arrangements, Mulan finally had time to rest, and she stepped out of the big tent to take several deep breaths in a row to dispel the depression in her chest.

Seeing that the soldiers in the battalion were resting in groups, Hua Mulan couldn't help but think of Zhao Junsheng, "I don't know what happened to Brother Junsheng!" ”

At this time, a fast horse galloped over, and Mulan saw that it was a messenger, only to see the messenger jump off his horse and run towards the messenger's tent.

It didn't take long for the envoy to walk over quickly with a battle report and a letter from home to report to Mulan: "Marshal Qiyu, the king sent someone to send a war report and a letter from home!" ”

Hua Mulan took the battle report and the family letter and turned around and walked back to the handsome tent, she first opened the battle report to see, the battle report said that Zhao Junsheng's army had captured Bogulu Town, and the homeless Xi family led the remnants to flee in the direction of Chang'an, and the army was currently moving south rapidly, divided into two routes, one route led by Chang Kun to march to Jincheng, and the other route was led by Zhao Junsheng himself to march to Chang'an.

The situation in Bingzhou became calm after Xi led the remnants to retreat to Chang'an, and Gao Xiu also freed up his hands at this time to cross the river to capture Tongwan City, and then he could continue to move south to threaten the flank of the Leopard army.

Hua Mulan was a little relieved after reading the battle report, the current situation is extremely unfavorable to the Northern Wei court in Chang'an, several directions have been attacked, the attack is already inadequate, and it must gradually turn to the defense, and the offensive and defensive momentum of the two sides is reversed.

Hua Mulan put down the battle report and sent someone to call the generals and colonels of the army to come over after dinner, and then she opened the family again, which was written to her by Zhao Junsheng himself.

The last part of the letter is to let her let go of her courage and hands and feet to command, and not to have any psychological baggage.

The next day, Hua Mulan led the army to attack the west to attack Xingyang, which was captured by the Western Route Army of the Southern Dynasties.

Xingyang is an important town, and the 3,000 garrisons of the Southern Dynasty West Route Army in Xingyang can be regarded as paying more attention to this position, which happens to be on the way to the westward march of Mulan's southern expeditionary army, and if you want to attack the South Korean West Route Army that is attacking Tiger Prison Pass, you can't ignore the Southern Dynasty garrison in Xingyang.

The spies on the Southern Dynasties side were not vegetarians, and they quickly detected the movements of Mulan's army.

Shen Qingzhi, the general of the Western Route Army of the Southern Dynasty, was very self-aware, with less than 20,000 people in his hands, during this period of time, he lost several thousand in a row, and it was impossible for the remaining 15,000 or 6,000 people to repel more than 50,000 cadres, so he ordered Yin Xianzu, who was stationed in Xingyang, to hold on and add 2,000 troops to Xingyang.

It's a pity that the vanguard army of the cadres arrived in Xingyang one step ahead of the reinforcements of the Southern Dynasties.

The cavalry of the 3,000 cadres rushed over, kicking up the smoke and dust in the sky, and the defenders of the Southern Dynasty on the Xingyang city wall could see it clearly from a distance.

When the military flag of the cadres appeared, the general on duty on the upper floor of Xingyang Dongcheng immediately shouted: "Quickly pull up the suspension bridge, close the city gate, and report to General Yin!" ”

With the sound of creaking, the moat drawbridge was pulled up by the noose of the defenders on the city tower, and the city gate was quickly closed.

In the Xingyang Taishou Mansion, Yin Xianzu looked at the boxes of gold, silver, treasures and copper coins piled up, and his face bloomed.

A general next to him flattered: "General, these are all searched from the homes of rich families and officials in the city, this is only half of the search, and there is a large amount of grain, and someone has been found to pile it up in the warehouse and pack it, and it can be shipped at any time!" ”

Yin Xianzu was very satisfied, and casually clicked five boxes with his fingers: "You take these five boxes back and distribute them to the brothers!" ”

The general immediately showed a grateful look and clenched his fists: "Thank you, general, the last general and the brothers are grateful for the five!" ”

"But you remember to me, this matter must be kept secret, if there are any rumors from the outside world, you will be the only one who asks!"

"Rest assured, the general will control the brothers well, and they must not be allowed to leak a word to the outside world!"

At this moment, a soldier quickly ran into the Taishou Mansion to Yin Xianzu'er, panting and reporting: "General Qiyu, the soldiers and horses of the cadre army have appeared, just outside the East City Gate, there are about 3,000 horsemen!" ”

Yin Xianzu's face changed: "It's so fast!" Go, follow me to the East City Gate! ”

Guarded by dozens of soldiers, Yin Xianzu came straight to the east city gate and remembered halfway through, "It's not good, General Shen sent 2,000 people to reinforce and hasn't arrived yet, but the vanguard cavalry of the cadre army arrived first, isn't the 2,000 cavalry reinforcements very dangerous?" ”

The head of a guard next to him said, "General, did you send someone to report to the reinforcements?" ”

Yin Xianzu immediately ordered: "You take a few people to ride fast horses to the direction of the tiger prison to inform the general who led the reinforcements, let him not rush into the city if he goes to the vicinity of Xingyang, hide nearby, if the enemy attacks the city, let him lead the army to attack the enemy from behind, then the general will lead the army out of the city, give them an internal and external attack, and will definitely be able to break the enemy." If this is not possible, continue to hide, wait until late at night, let his army reach the unsealed gate, and shake the torch three times as a signal, at which point Ben will order the city to be opened and let them in! ”

"Subordinates obey!" After agreeing, the chief led a few people in the direction of the west city gate.

"Hopefully it's still too late!" Yin Xianzu watched a few people ride in the direction of the West City Gate, sighed, and then continued to rush to the East City Gate with his soldiers.

Soon arrived at the east city gate, Yin Xianzu quickly climbed the city gate tower under the escort of his own soldiers.

Still walking on the stone stairs, I heard a large number of horses' hooves and extremely noisy sounds from outside the city, and when I reached the city tower, the general on duty came up and hugged my fists and said: "General, you are here!" ”

Yin Xianzu looked at the defenders and defensive measures on the city wall in an orderly manner, he was very satisfied, nodded and asked, "What is the situation outside the city?" ”

The general on duty immediately introduced the situation and said: "It should be the vanguard cavalry of the cadre army, about 3,000 people, under the banner of Liang, and among the famous generals of the cadre army, I have not heard of anyone surnamed Liang!" ”

"Surname Liang?" Yin Xianzu thought for a while and said: "According to the detailed work that we have planted in the Qianguo, there is a minister surnamed Liang named Liang under the account of Zhao Junsheng, the king of the Qianguo, who seems to be a friend of Zhao Junsheng's father before his death, could it be that the general surnamed Liang is him?" ”

The general on duty frowned: "What the general said doesn't seem right, the last general looks at the vanguard general of the cadre army under the city and seems to be a young general!" ”

"Oh? Could it be his son? ”

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