After Zhao Erdonkey heard the news from the scouts, he learned that a large number of officers and soldiers had left Zezhou, and when he was only more than fifty miles away from Beiliu, he really felt a little nervous, he had less than 400 troops at hand, and Beiliu was a place that was not conducive to defense, and the officers and soldiers came this time with 3,000 people, although he was very confident in the combat effectiveness of the troops of the Xingtian Army, but after all, there was a huge disparity in strength, if the battle was unfavorable, he would not even have a chance to retreat.

I want to give up Beiliu and retreat to the front line of the Qinhe River, but I am afraid that Xiao Tianjian will blame him for being cowardly and afraid afterwards, and convict him of escaping from the battle, and engage in military justice against him, but if he does not give up Beiliu, if a large number of officers and troops come to attack, Beiliu will be easily besieged by the officers and soldiers, and even if he wants to withdraw, he may not have a chance.

Just when he was in a dilemma about this, someone came to report that Xiao Tianjian had sent someone to give him an order, so Zhao Erdonkey didn't dare to slack off and hurriedly came out to receive the order.

A herald walked quickly to Zhao Erdonkey and saluted him, and then said to him: "The general has an order, considering that Beiliu is not suitable for stubborn defense, if the official army comes to attack, allow Zhao Whistle to temporarily abandon Beiliu Village, temporarily retreat to the east bank of the Qin River, choose a place to contain the official army, and wait for the general to lead his troops to come to help!" But the general has an order, so Zhao Whistle will not let you let a large number of officers and soldiers cross the river! If there is a violation, the general will not take it lightly! ”

Zhao Erdonkey hurriedly nodded and received the order, and then hurriedly asked the herald: "I said brother, has the general already returned to the Yangcheng realm?" ”

The herald immediately nodded and said: "Yes, after the general heard that the official army was going to invade Yangcheng in the near future, he immediately led Luo Sentinel to rush back to Lotus Village in the starry night, and then sent the little one to give you an order!" ”

After hearing that Xiao Tianjian had returned to Yangcheng, Zhao Erdon suddenly felt that he had a lot more confidence in his heart, and his courage was suddenly much fuller, so he continued to ask, "Then why didn't the general immediately lead his troops here?" ”

The herald said with a smile: "The general did not delay for a moment, now the general has led the crowd to Hexi Village in the north of the county, where is it, the little one heard it on the way here, saying that the officers and soldiers of Qinshui County have started in advance, and the general plans to solve the officials and troops of Qinshui County first, and then rush to support Brother Zhao You, please Brother Zhao will be here for a while!" The general should be coming with his troops soon! ”

After Zhao Erdonkey heard this, his heart became much more steady, and he immediately arranged for someone to take this herald down for dinner, and then recruited several of his team generals to the front, and conveyed Xiao Tianjian's order to them again.

Several team generals and his deputies immediately nodded in agreement, feeling that Xiao Tianjian's arrangement was indeed very appropriate, Zhao Erdonkey saw that his generals had no objections, so he immediately ordered: "Send scouts to find out the news of the official army, and immediately notify the villages east of the Qin River, order them to immediately close the gate of the village, gather the township troops to strengthen the imperial guard of the Zhuangzi, and inform the villagers of those small villages that if they can't hold it, they will go to the nearby village fort to take refuge, and the things that should be packed and taken away will be packed up and taken away by Lao Tzu." , nothing can be left for the officers and soldiers! If we forget about this, let the officials and soldiers harm the people on the east bank of the Qin River, and the general will have to peel off our skins when he turns back! ”

The generals nodded yes one after another, because they all knew that Xiao Tianjian was very good to the people, since they let them come here to garrison, then it was equivalent to handing over the safety of the people in this area to them.

And Zhao Erdonkey, although he has a lot of shortcomings, and his courage is sometimes a little small, but he still considers the problem more comprehensively, if he is replaced by Luo Li, he will forget about this matter if he can't get it right.

So the Xingtian army in Beiliu Village immediately got busy, and groups of people were sent out, and quickly rushed to more than 20 villages and forts controlled by the Xingtian Army on the east bank of the Qin River, and informed the security chiefs of each village of the news of the attack of the official army, and after hearing the news, the village security chiefs immediately gathered the township soldiers in their villages, and immediately withdrew some of the people scattered outside the village to take refuge in the Zhuangbao, and at the same time strengthened the garrison of the Zhuang Fort with the township soldiers, and at the same time began to prepare various imperial guards, ready to resist the attack of a small group of officers and troops at any time.

Zhao Erdonkey, on the other hand, had been paying close attention to the movements of the officers and troops from Zezhou, and had sent people from the Beiliu Village garrison to two strong village forts near the Qin River, and was also ready to meet the enemy.

The officers and troops who came over from Zezhou this time, they were very careful along the way, and they constantly sent out the night to search for the movements of the Xingtian Army along the way, and the last time Niu Tai suffered a big loss in the first battle in Beiliu, they were afraid that they would follow in the footsteps of Niu Tai again, so they were very careful along the way, but it slowed down the speed of Chaoyang City's advance.

Fifty miles of road, when they arrived at Beiliu Village, they did not find any large force of the Xingtian Army, and the night sent out did not collect reports that Beiliu Village had been empty and had become an empty camp, so the garrison that led the troops to come was a long sigh of relief.

In the current situation, the tension that pervades the official army has been completely alleviated, originally after they set off from Zezhou along the way, they have been worried that they will be attacked head-on by the Xingtian Army, after all, the lesson of Niu Tai last time was too painful, so this is what they are most worried about.

And it is not a secret that the Xingtian Army sent people to garrison Beiliu, since Niu Tai's defeat and beheading, Zezhou has regarded the area west of Beiliu as a forbidden place, and does not dare to provoke the Xingtian Army easily, this time the troops are also a last resort, so whether they can take down Beiliu Village is a suspense for this official army.

What they didn't expect was that after they came, the Xingtian army in Beiliu Village actually smeared oil on the soles of their feet in advance, so this suddenly boosted the morale of this officer and army.

When he learned that the Xingtian army in Beiliu Village had retreated in advance, he was overjoyed, thinking that the Xingtian army must have been frightened by them, and this time they officially sent troops to Yangcheng, and the main force of the Xingtian army was still in Yuanqu County, and it must be that the remaining troops here are insufficient. It is said that after a hard battle, they defeated the thief army in one fell swoop in Beiliu Village, won a great victory, and killed hundreds of enemies.

As for whether anyone believes it, he is not worried about this, anyway, this time out of a team like him, the government did not send any supervisors, everything is based on him, not to mention that when they came from Zezhou along the way, they killed some homeless people on the way, cut off their heads and brought them to the army, these dozens of heads can be used as military merits, so he is not worried that his lie will be exposed.

After taking Beiliu Village, Ma Liancheng learned from where he learned that many villages and forts on both sides of the Qin River had been attached to the forces of the thief army, so he immediately sent two sentry men and horses to start plundering on the east bank of the Qin River. It's not the most important thing to come, it's important not to come in vain.

Therefore, after taking Beiliu Village, Ma Liancheng sent people to search for the traces of the Xingtian Army and began to plunder on the east bank of the Qin River.

At this time, Zhao Erdonkey led his subordinates to hide in a ditch only more than three miles away from the official road, watching the actions of the official army.