On March 4, Zhou Bin and Song Wenbu rushed to Lanzhou, considering the long-distance march, Li Zicheng let them rest in Lanzhou for a night, and the next morning, after breakfast, they went to the north gate of Lanzhou, crossed the river north from the second bridge of the Yellow River in Lanzhou, and the soldiers were in front, and the auxiliary soldiers escorted grain and grass behind.

From Lanzhou through Gaolan County to Huizhou Capital, all the way are cement avenues, the march is very fast, but after passing Huizhou, there is only a small road, mostly through the mountains, it took two days to reach Luyang County.

In front of the outer wall, when Li Zi became the guard of Lanzhou, the Mongolian prisoners of war rebuilt the side wall, but soon after, the tiger cavalry and the wolf cavalry out of the fortress, in the west of Helan Mountain to establish the Hexi Governor's Palace, the outer wall also lost the meaning of existence, the Mongolian prisoners of war were moved to the Hexi Governor's Palace, to participate in the construction of the city walls of various prefectures and counties.

That night, Zhou Binbu went out of the outer wall and camped at the foot of Cuiliu Mountain, while Song Wenbu camped outside the east gate of Luyang County, which happened to block the exit of the side wall.

Out of Cuiliu Mountain, the march is only one day, it is already the edge of the desert, the pasture grass and the yellow sand are staggered, fortunately, the road is quite flat, and the march is smoother.

The army drove along the passage between the desert and the Yellow River, because there were no mountains to block it, and the speed of passage was faster because there were horizontal formations on all sides.

Along the way, although there are many Mongolian tents, but what is surprising is that most of them are old and weak, women and children, every time they see the Mandate of Heaven army, they don't even want cattle and sheep, and hurriedly hide in the tents.

When Li Zicheng asked, he learned that the Mongols were young and strong, and they were all arrested by Gao Yigong as "strong men" and went out with the army.

He couldn't help frowning, even the Mongolian strong men who had just recovered and whose loyalty had not yet been tested had gone into battle, and the three should have felt the danger of war.

Li Zicheng asked the soldiers to speed up their advance, and on the other hand, he asked the soldiers to raise the Kyushu military flag, and whenever he met Mongolian herdsmen, he asked the soldiers to point to the military flag and tell them not to be afraid.

This march at least gave the Mongolian herdsmen a good impression of the Mandate of Heaven.

The army marched to Suhai Huduge, Gao Yigong had already sent a ranger to respond, and Li Zicheng, under the leadership of the ranger, finally joined the three cavalry.

Gao Yigong, Wang Junzhuo, and Li Guo hurriedly came to see each other, turned over and fell, and bowed to the ground, "Dadu Governor!" ”

"Get up," Li Zicheng also jumped off his horse, "How is it, are the Jurchens gone?" ”

"Not yet," Li Guo shook his head and said, "Governor, the Jurchens can't figure out our reality for the time being, so they only send a small group of cavalry to harass us!" ”

"Did you engage in the war?" Li Zicheng said lightly.

"Go back to the Metropolitan Governor, take the battle," Wang Junzhuo's eyes flashed with a beast-like light, if it weren't for Gao Yigong and Li Guozai, it is estimated that he would have to fight with the Jurchens, "There are only a few hundred people, and they want to attack our camp, they are really looking for ......death."

Li Zicheng smiled: "You estimate, if you fight hard, can you win the Jurchens?" ”

"Dadu Governor, we plus the Watabu Tribe, it is also close to 10,000 people, but when it comes to combat effectiveness, ......" Li Guo hesitated for a while, but said decisively: "In front of the Jurchens, we will definitely not be ambiguous......"

Li Zicheng nodded, looking at Gao Yigong, "What about Yigong?" Think so too? ”

"Governor, subordinates estimate...... Fighting hard, we may be at a disadvantage, but in this vast desert and grassland, there is no place to borrow strength......" Gao Yigong paused suddenly, and said: "We are all waiting for the Grand Governor, all the Jurchens sent a small group of cavalry to tempt, almost all of them were annihilated, just to delay the ...... of time"

"From the perspective of the whole situation, this is what the general did," Li Zicheng's gaze swept over the faces of the three of them one by one, "However, if you annihilate the front spies of the Jurchens, the big battle will not be far away." ”

"The Metropolitan Governor ......" is incomprehensible, isn't there any fear for the Jurchens? Dare to attack with all your troops without knowing the enemy's situation?

"Whether it is in Monan or Liaodong, the Jurchens have the upper hand, if even your unknown cavalry can't surrender, how can the Jurchen officers who lead the team explain to Huang Taiji?" Li Zicheng looked at the distant Wolf Mountain, but his face was extremely calm, "That's fine, like the Jurchen cavalry, we are all traveling from afar, which is conducive to a quick battle." ”

Wang Junzhuo patted his chest and said angrily: "Governor Dadu, we are not unknowns, we used to be in Monan...... Now we are tiger cavalry, wolf cavalry ......"

"Haha," Li Zicheng laughed, "but the Jurchens will not know, and the Pontus Governor hopes that after this battle, the Mongols will always remember the tiger cavalry and the wolf cavalry, as well as the cavalry of the second battalion." ”

Li Guo's second battalion, which could only be regarded as an auxiliary soldier of the tiger cavalry and the wolf cavalry, basically watched the battle on the battlefield with them, and was praised by Li Zicheng, and he was naturally happy in his heart, and unconsciously clenched his fists.

Li Zicheng is also secretly happy in his heart, when he met before, Wang Junzhuo usually called himself "Heavenly Mandate Khan", that is, he still regarded himself as a Mongolian in his heart, and when he saw it today, he had changed his name and called him "Dadu Governor", that is, like Gao Yigong and Li Guo, he regarded himself as a Han Chinese.

Maybe it's just his subconscious, but maybe after this battle, this subconscious will really become a reality......

How others call it, Li Zicheng will not force it, just like Namu Zhong, who has long been in his heart, he still calls him "Heavenly Destiny Khan", the key is their true thoughts!

Li Zicheng glanced at Wang Junzhuo, who was very unconvinced, and said with a smile: "Let's go, let's go back to the camp first, and then discuss countermeasures, since the Jurchens have come to the door, we must not let them go back easily." ”

Wang Junzhuo was overjoyed, it seems that the Governor of Dadu personally led the reinforcements to Wolf Mountain this time, and he really wanted to avenge the Great Khan, he took the lead in getting up and leading Li Zicheng to the big tent of the Chinese army.

Li Zicheng sat on the throne, and since he personally came to the front line, he immediately took over military command.

Gao Yigong, Wang Junzhuo, and Li Guo sat down opposite, and before Gao Yigong's personal soldiers could serve tea, Wang Junzhuo rushed to say: "Dadu Governor, there are too many Jurchen cavalry, what kind of strategy do we need to adopt?" ”

"This, don't worry," Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said, "Tell me first, how many cavalry are there in the Jurchens, who is the leading general, is Huang Taiji here?" ”

Gao Yigong said: "Dadu Governor, the Jurchens originally had 10,000 cavalry, plus 1,000 Mongolian cavalry brought by Tashhai and Huluke Zhaisang, but in yesterday's battle, they lost hundreds of cavalry, and now there are only more than 10,000 people......"

Li Zicheng frowned and said, "Tashhai and Huluke Zhaisang, come to lead the way for the Jurchens?" ”

Wang Junzhuo gritted his teeth and said, "The two scum of Tashhai and Huluke Zhaisang actually took refuge in the Jurchens...... He's our feud......"

"It's just 10,000 cavalry, Junzhuo doesn't need to be angry," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "If you catch them, the governor of Pontus will say it first, and then he will hand them over to you to dispose of!" ”

"The subordinates must cut these two scum with a thousand cuts...... Ao, called 'Ling Chi'...... Thank you to the Metropolitan Governor! ”

Li Zicheng said in his heart, I am also grateful to you for dealing with two tricky characters for the Heavenly Mandate Army! "Who is in charge of the Jurchens this time?"

Gao Yigong said: "Back to the Metropolitan Governor, the leader is called ...... Dolgon, and Yueto, Sakhalian, Hauge, ......"

Wang Junzhuo hurriedly said: "Metropolitan Governor, Sakhalian is just right, Dolgon is the owner of the white flag, Yue Tuo is the owner of the red flag, Haoge is not only the owner of the yellow flag, but also the eldest son of Huang Taiji......"

"This time there are three banner masters, it seems that the Jurchens are bound to win," Li Zicheng naturally knew their identities, in later generations, their names were calloused, "Even this Sakhalian is not simple, he is Yue Tuo's younger brother, the third son of the Great Belle Daishan!" ”

"It turns out that the Metropolitan Governor knows that they ......" Wang Junzhuo originally wanted to ask for some credit, but he didn't expect it...... He was slightly disappointed.

"The governor of Pontus has long been looking forward to avenging Hutuketu Khan, so he naturally has to pay attention to the Jurchens," Li Zicheng patted the Sauron knife left by Lin Dan Khan on his waist, and said loudly: "Is the information you got accurate?" ”

"Don't worry, the message is true," Wang Junzhuo said: "In yesterday's battle, many of the wounded soldiers were Tashhai's subordinates, and their subordinates were confirmed by many people......

Gao Yigong said: "Also, we have dressed up as Mongols on rangers and quietly blended into the Jurchens, and the same is true for the rangers......"

Li Zicheng nodded, this is indeed a method, "However, you can send rangers to spy on the information of the Jurchens, won't they send rangers to us and blend in with the cavalry?" Don't the Jurchens know everything about us? ”

"Don't worry, the Jurchens can only be sent to the battlefield to spy head-on, and the people around are all Watabun, and they have already submitted to us...... Thankfully, the Governor told us not to kill innocents...... The remaining strong men of the Watabu tribe also joined the Tiger Cavalry and the Wolf Cavalry......"

Li Zicheng secretly scolded, I just said this, did I really stop you from slaughtering? Knowing that you are thirsty for killing, I made you the commander of the wolf cavalry......

Naturally, he couldn't say such words, and he said softly: "These Watabu people have just returned to obedience, can they be trusted?" ”

"Don't worry, the Metropolitan Governor must be reliable," Wang Junzhuo lowered his head and said with a smile: "The women, children, and cattle and sheep of the Watabu Tribe, all under our control......"

"Haha......" Li Zicheng laughed, it turned out that Wang Junzhuo was not stupid, and he learned his moves so quickly, "The Wata Bu Gang is familiar with the terrain, and with their help, our victory rate will be greatly improved." ”

"Metropolitan Governor," Wang Junzhuo found that Li Zicheng had not yet made any operational arrangements when he said that he had not yet made any operational arrangements, and hurriedly said, "Sooner or later, the Jurchens will attack us, what arrangements will we make......

Li Zicheng didn't answer, but asked rhetorically: "Junzhuo, Yigong, do you know why the Jurchens came to our territory?" ”

"Aren't you here to rob the grassland pastures?" After Wang Junzhuo finished speaking, he felt that something was wrong, but he really didn't know what else the Jurchens could look at besides this reason.

Li Zicheng shook his head, "No, Junzhuo, the Jurchens are far away in Liaodong, this may be the first time they have come to Wolf Mountain, can they control such a long distance?" ”

"The Governor ......"

"After Hutuketu Khan returned to heaven, there was a guard in Sifujin Badma, named Donikuluk, who took advantage of the chaos to escape from Yonggu City, he must have defected to the Jurchens like Tashhai and Huluk Zhaisan......"

"This ......" Wang Junzhuo still doesn't understand, what can a guard do if he takes refuge in the Jurchens?

"Huang Taiji received the news of Hutu Ketu Khan's return to heaven, so he sent three banner masters, under the guidance of Tashhai and Huluke Zhaisang, all the way west, to Wolf Mountain," Li Zicheng said: "They must want to take advantage of the chaos to absorb the Chahar Department!" ”