"What?。。 There are at least seven or eight flags in the city. ”

Zhou Huaian frowned again and said.

"The previous news, isn't there only three garrisoned people? Where did everything else come from?"

"But in any case, the basic plan and the expected direction are roughly the same, and the corresponding plan of the C No. 3 will be adopted on the spot."

"Where is the cavalry camp in front?"

Immediately, Zhou Huai'an, who was standing on the high platform, categorically shouted.

"Marked in."

Liu Liumao, the commander of the horse army and the former battalion, hurried out of Lieton and said.

"Divide into two divisions along the left and right banks of the river, search for and intercept all suspicious traces along the way."

Zhou Huai'an dropped an arrow

"No."

After seeing him clench his fists and lead the way and fly away.

"Tired Wang Zuofeng. Can you lead some of the soldiers who are good at water and armed riverboats? ”

Zhou Huai'an said domineeringly to Wang Chong beside him.

"Guard the waterways outside the city of Tanzhou for me, patrol the river and cut off all traffic, and promise the right to be cheap and deposed."

"Under the order."

Without hesitation, Wang Chongba solemnly took the other arrow, and strode away towards Zhou Huai'an.

Zhou Huai'an continued to give orders to the gathered generals.

"Teach the brigade to escort the team to the shore first. Locate nearby sites to deploy equipment and conduct topographic observations. ”

"The accompanying garrison and the baggage and auxiliary brigades are ready to set up camp near the south of Jiangzuo City."

"The supplementary battalion continues to stay on the ship with bare hands, paying attention to the bullet pressure to prevent chaos."

"The new battalions have formed a separate formation. The interval is limited to a distance of one stone's throw away. Give the sword and spear hand first,"

"The old battalions on the left and right flanks went out to the upstream and landed on the shore, and fortified on the spot."

"Jumping and selecting the front, and the first regiments to break through to the outskirts of the city, waiting for an opportunity to expel and suppress the possible presence of the stationed forces."

"Set up a barrage inspection station on Niutouzhou in the middle of the river, and use the joint boat as a channel for cross-strait traffic and water transshipment."

As the arrows of different styles and marks were issued, the flying horses and swift soldiers who rushed back and forth, waving and waving rolling flags and honor guards, and the mighty army on the river also quickly went ashore outside the city and lined up.

And on the banks of the river in the distance,

"Whistle, attack."

Zhao Yin, who had already carried a sword and a bow and a light spear in his hand, and wore a neat bow, glanced at the more than three hundred horsemen behind him and said concisely

"Zhao Riding School. I'll keep an eye on you. ”

And behind him, Yu Yu, who was waiting for Chen Bei'er, also silently said in his heart that he patted the horse and followed.

"I hope you don't make a mistake at the critical moment."

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And in the city of Tanzhou,

"The sky makes up for the average, and the world is peaceful."

A group of ochre-brandished banners and ochre-colored Baotou rebels, armed with guns and signs, and bows and arrows, marched through the streets and alleys in groups, and stormed towards a fortified warehouse.

"Kill the thief anyway, add an official to the knight."

Caught off guard, another group of men and horses came out of the streets and alleys of the city, cut them into several sections, and the streets were in a chaotic battle; Then there were unprepared and unprepared ones, and in the louder and louder clamour, they killed them and retreated.

In the end, the generals who fought in the center of the Ochre Banner were shot over by a stray arrow, and fell to the ground with great morale and panic, and finally turned into a rout of the streets and alleys.

In the city of Tanzhou, where the battle was raging, Zhu Cun, the former deputy commander of the Kokang Army, commanded the battle and left, and at the same time scolded his mother loudly in his heart.

First of all, Jingmen was defeated, and he was defeated as a rearguard before he could catch up with the decisive battle. Although he was able to maintain the establishment and get away under the pursuit of the official army, the veteran generals Deng Pimple, the deputy leader Ke Shanmeng, and the military lord Xiong Xiangxun, who had always valued and promoted him, were all lost, killed in battle, or missing.

He originally stayed well in the city of Jingling (now Tianmen City, Hubei) in Fuzhou, and collected many soldiers who had fallen down; It can be regarded as restoring the old foundation of the Kokang Army after the death of the military lord Xiong Xiangxun in battle, and also taking care of their relatives and relatives with the old rate. But the good times didn't last long, these horses and territories under his command were soon defeated and retreated to Yuezhou to regroup, and Shang Rang, the commander of the middle road and the deputy head of the righteous army, was targeted.

When he was ordered to take a batch of money and grain to Yueyang City to meet the other party, he was left to discuss the follow-up military affairs and delayed for a few more days, and when he came back, he found that his troops and territory had been divided. The Kokang Army, which originally occupied most of the territory of Fuzhou and claimed to be tens of thousands of troops, has also become the new general of the three counties of Jingling, Chuyang, and Jianli.

Of course, he is also the acting commander of the Kokang Army. But there was nothing else to use under his command except for the thousands of people who never left him; And those self-reliant former subordinates even couldn't wait to divide up the belongings he collected, and gave his related people and other "gifts". And placed on the shore of Fuling Lake on the edge of Yunmeng Daze, in an abandoned military village used to patrol the water bandits.

It was also his most depressed day, and his subordinates even had to go to the nearest lake to fish, and catch water chestnuts and lotus roots as a supplement for their stomachs. After a long time, some people fled one after another, or they were simply secretly dragged away; He could only gather and scatter those angry tribes, and personally come forward to give them a ride.

He also rejected the secret advice of the tribes to send the old and weak women and children to fend for themselves, and sold his mounts, saddles, and tents, and exchanged some miscellaneous food from the neighborhood to barely survive.

More than once, he also dreamed from the shabby bamboo couch in the middle of the night to the days when he was in Lingnan drinking wine and eating meat, and then was woken up by hunger. Then he secretly regretted and sighed in the dark, knowing that he was so why he had to keep up with this big bad man; It's better to ask yourself to stay in the south of Guangfu at the beginning, whether it is Xunzhou or Shaozhou, just by helping the virtual monk's involvement, you can get a steady stream of benefits from the other party, and live a good life.

Fortunately, a few days ago, Mr. Shang really thought that he was giving up his face, and ran to Yueyang City to jump up and down and make trouble; In addition, his brother who was far away under the command of the Yellow King made a meritorious service, and at the same time showed his face and said a few words to him; So in the name of the commander of the Chinese army, he was sent to Tanzhou to recruit troops and raise money and food.

Then, Zhu Cun found that there were already several rebel generals who had the same purpose and intention as his own family; Among them, the highest-ranking is a new general who leads the two armies, and the lowest is at least a deputy army commander in charge of several battalions; The only common characteristic of them is that their subordinates have suffered a lot of losses, or they have just taken up a new position, and most of them have serious shortfalls.

Zhu Cun is already the latest and the most shabby and shabby one, and he can't even make up the head and honor guard as the military master; was even regarded as a group of people who came to defect by the small leader of the city gate, and the five people and six people scolded for a while. However, to his disappointment, there was not much soup or leftovers left, and no one even looked at the banners that had been erected on the streets.

He was obviously cheated by the head Shang before he left, maybe this was not his original intention; But for this old and unknown Zhu Ada, all kinds of impatience and unwillingness to see him are obvious.

If this is the case, it would be enough, but he has already heard that the territory in Tanzhou is very large; In addition to the vicinity of the state capital, the other six counties also have large areas of territory that are self-reliant or occupied by the remnants of the government. He could have taken some more territory and population from it and brought it back as a resource for his own army to repair and replenish; At least for the seven or eight hundred people who are still unswervingly following them, it is completely easy to build a mud village or market town.

But He Huaizhong and He Junhou, one of the three military masters in Tanzhou City, are a dog in front of him and behind his back; On the one hand, he entertained them with hospitality and did not lose the number of courtesies, but on the other hand, he could delay their requirements as long as they could, and he refused to make great efforts anyway; For Zhu Cun's request for self-reliance, it is even more undeniable, but it is secretly awe-inspiring and strictly restricted.

Then, these two didn't know when they had secretly hooked up with the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, and planned to use the generals of the various righteous armies gathered in the city as a tribute to their own family's promotion.

As a result, ten years ago, He Junhou, the lord of the Hengjiang Army, on the grounds that the concubine gave birth to a son, wantonly drank wine for several days and invited guests and friends to celebrate his birthday; After five days of drinking with cups and plates, almost all of them let their guard down and relaxed their armaments; On the sixth day when everyone got together, they played the trick of hiding a knife and axe behind the wall board and mobilizing their cronies to isolate themselves from the inside and outside;

Then, when a kind of general drank wine and was drunk in singing and dancing, he suddenly took out the commission and complaint issued by the imperial court, and vowed to lead everyone to this rare rich future. He also slashed and killed another military lord Liu Huaizhang, who had not yet conspired and scolded on the spot, as a sacrifice flag and deterrent on the spot.

But the leaders present were not fuel-efficient lamps, although they were stronger than others for a while, they all bowed their heads; But these two dogs used their lives and wealth as coercion and temptation, and threatened individuals to write pleadings or press their handprints on the letter of surrender to correct their names, but some people took the opportunity to have a seizure.

It was Wu Laowolf, who was known for his bravery, jumped out and tore things up, and also knocked over several swords and axes on the spot and held He Junhou hostage, so that everyone beckoned his subordinates outside to rush out together. Although most of the casualties were killed and injured in the scuffle on the spot, and Wu Lao Wolf, who was the first bird, was also pierced by arrows and died on the street, he at least created a moment for the rest of the people who escaped from the government to escape.

It is inevitable that these fish that have slipped through the net will find their troops in the city and start a counterattack with their ability. However, unfortunately, He Huaizhong and He Junhou, who are the side that turned their faces, are prepared for a long time after all; As soon as the men and horses were assembled in the camp, they began to suppress and attack the rebel troops of various parts of the city according to the map.

The rebel generals who fled and returned were scattered in the city or simply cut off from the city. Although there are several great names in the military order, they can only fight separately and cannot echo and join forces, and there are even many people who are intercepted or arrested on the way back.

In particular, the new party leader Guo Hanzhong, who was also a brave general of the Yellow King's personal account, was killed by his own anti-water deployment when he fled back to his residence to prepare for a counterattack, and his head was hung on the archway of the observation embassy. The troops that were easily gathered upon hearing the news were scattered in a hurry or fell into infighting on the spot

Therefore, compared to those other rebels who joined the chaos in the city in waves; Zhu Cun was the weakest because of his small number of soldiers, but he was ignored and fled back to his own tribe without danger. But for the current situation in the city, he can only sigh and despair; Compared with the direction of the inner city government where the rebels set fire to it, all of his hundreds of people threw themselves into it, and there was not even a blister or sound.

Therefore, his only plan for the moment is to take the rest of the people and think of protruding from this chaotic city, and wait until he reaches the place to make plans. But after he gradually gathered some of the routed rebels along the way, he also got into new trouble; They were targeted by a rebel army that came down from the city gates to support.

After fighting and retreating for a day and a night according to the terrain, they defeated the opponent's momentum and the several reinforcements that they gathered one after another; But the people in Zhu's existence can also be said to be tired and sleepy; For a long time, they had to slaughter a few animals to quench their thirst and eat raw meat, without even a break in the cooking of the fire.

But he also successfully went around the outer city and came to the vicinity of Xiaowu Gate, one of the nine gates of the outer city.

"Zhu Ada, we have always been well water does not interfere with river water."

There was a cry from the top of the city

"What are you doing when you bring people here, because I'm a good bully?

"Didn't you say okay, I won't trouble you, but don't get in my way. The two are irrelevant. ”

"Of course I'll come over and pull your brother for a hug."

Zhu Cun shouted loudly without showing weakness.

"For the sake of the past. We can't watch you die. ”

"What are you talking about?"

The louder the people in the city became, the more their momentum subsided.

"You've got to give me an explanation today, or you won't want to go back from here."

"Could it be that you didn't pay attention to the outside of the city?"

Zhu Cun continued to bluff

"My good brother has already brought troops to the rescue. Why don't you open the door and let me go out to rendezvous, do you still want to be caught in it and smashed? ”

The city gate tower was a little silent for a while, and then it fell completely silent as the figure who disappeared from the gatehouse hurriedly walked down. Then Zhu Cun's heart and eyes lifted.

At this time, an earth-shattering shout suddenly sounded outside the city:

"Heaven makes up for the average, and recreates peace."

I saw that at the foot of the Miaofeng Peak and many hills of Xishan and Yangmei Mountain in the south of the city, the blue-gray array of troops sparkling like a forest forest was like a flood tide that had flooded the suburbs; Shaking the spear banner that made people's hair numb and breathing sluggishly, it brought up the smoke and dust in the sky and swept towards the city.

"Good boy."

The gatekeeper was dumbfounded, and then he turned and shouted inwards under the walls.

"Master Zhu, Brother Zhu, can you do a good job, and ask me for personal favors later."

(End of chapter)