He Renlong rode to the ferry on horseback, and directly conveyed the order of Governor Hong Chengchou to the anxious Zhang Yuan without the need for the herald to report.

Zhang Yuan has gone through many battles at this time, and he is no longer the rookie at the beginning, and his brothers have also become the middle of this army, and the middle of the team that Hong Chengchou He Renlong has reorganized. At this time, even He Renlong began to respect Zhang Yuan when he saw him, not only did he need Zhang Yuan's support for food, but more importantly, he had an absolutely strong team.

Now Zhang Yuan no longer has the original obese, the original bucket-like waist has become standard, at this time after he has no hope of revenge, he is sleepless day and night, while vigorously expanding his own trading house, through the Mongolia, including smuggling military funds to the Jurchen Tartars, amassing huge wealth to expand his hometown.

Now with the acquiescence of Hong Chengchou, Zhang Yuan's Xiangyong, which is called Zhang Jiajun by the outside, has reached 20,000 people, which is the strongest combat effectiveness in Hong Chengchou's hands now, not only with sufficient food and salary, but also with very good equipment.

Not long after, Zhang Yuan opened his own smelter in Hongdong, Shaanxi, directly supplying his army with refined iron and making countless arrows and spears that he learned from Lu Shi.

The longbow is not a difficult weapon to learn at all, but it is even easier to pierce a gun, so now Zhang Yuan's Zhang Jiajun's equipment is completely comparable to Lu Shi's army.

"Lord Zhang, the governor has issued a strict order, tonight will not sleep, and you will continue to attack the river, Lord Zhang, how many available soldiers do you have in your hands?"

Zhang Yuan didn't speak, just watched the hundreds of sheepskin rafts that were pushed down again in the river, and a dense crowd of officers and soldiers began to grow in the fruit, and began to pedal the boat under the general shout. I don't know what's going on in my mind.

He Renlong, even if his temper was hot at this time, he couldn't rush it, and on the first day, it was Zhang Yuan who gave a death order, ordering his seventeenth brother Xiao to raid the opposing army with his strongest troops.

At that time, the opposite side of the ferry was only some garrison of the Chuang army, the number was small and there was no fortress barrier, the official army crossed the Yellow River by surprise attack, and only occupied the tidal flat position opposite the Chuang army almost instantly.

Such a raid could have been celebrated by everyone, but it was those few garrisons, with a fortress that was not dangerous at all, but they did not retreat, and blocked their most elite troops on this river beach, it has been three days, and their side is still in a steady stream of troops, and on the opposite side, new forces have also begun to appear, the two sides are on this small river beach, temporarily opened an endless tug of war, now, the official army can not help the army, and the army that adds reinforcements can not help the official army.

Isn't this ending caused by the sluggishness of the subsequent official and military actions? At the beginning, according to his own and Xiao Seventeen's opinions, he put all the sheepskin rafts in his hands into the Yellow River at one time, transported as many officers and troops as possible, and after his own Zhangjia army occupied the beachhead, even if he took the pile of people, he would pile up the small fortress opposite.

It's a pity that it was this He Renlong, who felt sorry for the subordinates he had just recruited, wanted to preserve his strength, and wanted his Zhang Jiajun to pick up a bargain after the death, but it took time, so that the thieves had time to breathe and deal with it, and let the thieves' men and horses continue to reinforce them, which is why there is such a situation today.

Looking at He Renlong, who was only starting to be anxious now, Zhang Yuan couldn't help but sigh, the official army will always be the official army, and he will always be the village brave, this class can't be erased.

Looking at Zhang Jiajun, who was still fighting to the death on the opposite river beach, He Renlong once again accentuated his tone: "Lord Zhang, this is a death order from the Governor. ”

Zhang Yuan glanced at He Renlong and said softly: "Isn't the governor's death order also for you to He Renbing?" My 20,000 troops have gone up to 8,000, and now there are less than 3,000 left on the opposite river beach, shouldn't you, General He, urge your subordinates to cross the river with all their strength to support my men and horses? ”

Now Zhang Yuan doesn't cower when he speaks, he has the full strength to fight against He Renlong, this is not only a matter of strength, but more importantly, He Renlong is the food and drink of an army composed of 70,000 recruits, all of which rely on himself, and the court did not take out a penny of silver.

"You-" He Renlong pointed at Zhang Yuan, very angry, but there was nothing to say, yes, his lifeline was in the hands of others, and the battle was almost fought by others, and an upright He Renlong really couldn't say anything.

In fact, He Renlong is not without blood this time, because everyone knows that this time it took a lot of effort to fight against Li Zicheng in the north and south, and the opportunity is only this one, and he will play such a trick again, not to mention that Lu Shi has already taken precautions, even if Li Zicheng may not cooperate with him anymore, then there will be no chance to destroy Lu Shi and establish immortality, therefore, this time He Renlong did not hide his strength, and he also went all out.

It's just that the combat effectiveness of the rogue pole recruited by himself is indeed difficult to see, although under Zhang Yuan and Zhou Ji's Zhang Luo, he can also eat two meals of gruel a day, eat a full meal, and also put on the scarlet coat of the Ming Dynasty official army, but in terms of momentum, in terms of combat effectiveness, he is not one-tenth of his subordinates at the beginning, for the attack, the shouting is earth-shattering, but no one really charges, even under his own supervision team.

"Lord Zhang, I also worked hard, didn't you see that on the edge of the ferry, the steel knives of my overseer team have been cut and curled, and the heads are almost piled up on the river beach, to put it mildly, I have killed more of my own people than the thieves on the other side." He Renlong complained in a rare low voice, but looking at Zhang Yuan, who was still pale, He Renlong's rebellious aura suddenly rose.

"Okay, since you Boss Zhang doesn't believe that I He Renlong is doing his best, then I will personally lead people across the river now, and I will show you the death in battle, and let you know that I He Renlong is not a bad seed."

At this time, the eye sockets were sunken, and the exhausted Zhou Ji rushed over to reconcile the two.

"Lord Zhang's men and horses have suffered huge losses, and General He's troops have also done their best, but seeing that there are more and more reinforcements from the thieves, and if this stalemate continues, not only will our attack strategy not be realized, but also morale will be hit again, and then our counterattack on Shaanxi will be far away, therefore." Zhou Ji, the nominal governor of Yansui, suggested: "Lord Zhang, you can increase your township Yong by 5,000 to cross the river." Then he looked at He Renlong: "General soldier He, you also organize another 10,000 officers and soldiers to cross the river, and when the time comes, you go to give an order, as long as the officers and soldiers who cross the river, I will give each person a big cake, a piece of donkey meat for each person, and I will reward each person with a hundred if they go ashore." "Think about it, "Reward two hundred copper coins." "This is already Zhou Ji's ability to take out all his family funds.

"Okay, today my Lao He will fight, even if the corpse is used to fill the Yellow River, I will definitely send 10,000 brothers across the river." He Renlong also made up his mind this time.

Zhang Yuan glanced at He Renlong, then pulled a chair from the hands of the soldiers behind him, paused on the river beach, faced the opposite side, and said word by word: "Tell Xiao Liuzi that I will sit here and let all the five thousand men and horses of his Liuzi Battalion attack, and I will watch him here and take down the fortress opposite." ”