Li Kui asked people to unfold it, only to see that there were three words written on it, it turned out that Chao Gai heard about the achievements of Li Kui and Fan Rui, and was very happy, and immediately inscribed it to show encouragement. All soldiers who died in battle were transported back to the Jeju Military Cemetery for interment, and pensions for the wounded and dead soldiers were immediately distributed. As for the merits of war and military merits, they will all be issued after the war. In addition, a boatload of mackerel was transported from New Jeju Island, with hundreds of thousands of catties, all of which were used to reward the three armies.

There are so many supplies, Li Kui saw that so many sea fish were also difficult to eat, Li Kui said to Fan Rui: "Old Dao, we can't eat so many mackerel, it is better to take out one-third of it and send it to the people in difficulty in Xuzhou City, mainly the elderly and the disabled." ”

Fan Rui said: "This is a good thing, it should be, we are new to Xuzhou and need the people's hearts." ”

"Then you can take someone to do it, I can't mix it if my face can scare people into tears." Li Kui said.

Immediately, Fan Rui distributed 100,000 catties of mackerel, and the elderly, weak, disabled and other vulnerable groups in Xuzhou Mansion each distributed 10 catties of mackerel. Now the people can see that it is fresh, and they have heard of the distribution of grain, but it is the first time that they have heard of the distribution of mackerel. Don't look at Xuzhou, it's not far from the sea, but marine fish are still very expensive. Some elderly people were reluctant to eat mackerel when they received it, so they took it to the market and sold it and exchanged it for grain to eat slowly.

Most of the 10,000 strong men who were temporarily recruited were dismissed, but 3,000 were left behind and joined the Jeju Army Forecast Army. Receiving training every day strengthened the momentum of the Southern Route Army.

The south road is hot, but there is a problem in the middle road, and Gao Yu is stagnant. An army of 50,000 and 20,000 strong men were stationed outside Yingtianfu and no longer advanced eastward.

Chao Gai led a large army at the border of Yingtianfu, and the two armies were seventy or eighty miles apart, and they held each other for five or six days, and no one moved.

In the Jeju army, Chao Gai convened the generals to discuss the matter.

Wu Yong said: "Gao Yu led the elite of the 50,000 forbidden army, and there was artillery to help, but I don't know why I stopped moving, what do you think." ”

Niu Gao said: "Hmph, that kid Gao Yu is afraid of being beaten, he wants to preserve his strength, so he is reluctant to go east." ”

Pang Wanchun was speechless, and Yang Zhi said: "Although Gao Yu was born in the market, he has a scheming, maybe as we predicted before we sent troops, Gao Yu deliberately stopped in order to consume the strength of the Southern Route Army and the Northern Route Army." ”

"Having said that, things on the battlefield are changing rapidly, and 50,000 elite soldiers are a great deterrent, so we have to deal with it carefully, we can go over and see what he means." Pang Wanchun said.

Everyone deliberated for a while, and finally Chao Gai made a decision to lead 5,000 cavalry tomorrow to meet Gao Yu.

The next day, Chao Gailei gathered generals, in addition to his own soldiers to Luo Yun, and brought Yang Zhi, Niu Gao, Pang Wanchun, Zhou Tong, Feng Sheng and other more than a dozen deputy generals, leaving the military division Wu Yongzhen to guard the camp, and led 5,000 cavalry to open Yingtianfu.

I walked very slowly along the way, got up early and set off, and it took me four hours to reach Yingtianfu, and I stopped five or six miles away from Gao Yu's camp.

The flags covered the sky and the sun, the horns roared, and the team lined up on the two wings of the cavalry archers, with the heavy cavalry in the center. Chao Gai and other generals stood in front of the formation.

Chao Gai looked left and right and said, "Which one is going to call the formation." ”

Zhou Channel: "The end will pass." ”

"Okay, be careful." Chao Gai said.

Immediately, Zhou Tong took more than a dozen cavalry and ran quickly to the gate of Gao Yu's camp. This camp is huge, the scale is comparable to a small county town, and it can be three or four miles long from north to south, but fortunately it is winter now, and if it is summer, I am afraid it will be difficult to find a place. The battalion already knew that the Jeju cavalry had arrived, and they were heavily guarded, and the archers and pikemen were ready in the fence. The cavalry in the battalion was also gathering. Hundreds of pikemen gathered at the gate of the camp, apparently to prevent cavalry from breaking into the camp.

Zhou Tong pursed his lips and said, "This Gao Yu is so cowardly and defends the military camp so tightly. ”

It turned out that Qiu Yue's army was defeated and retreated back to Huaiyang, Gao Yu was greatly surprised when he received the news, and immediately ordered the whole army to be on alert, making the whole military camp every day as if facing a great enemy, of course, this is also beneficial, it is difficult for the enemy to sneak attack, and the disadvantage is that the soldiers are too nervous.

Zhou Tong stopped when he was about two hundred meters away, and shouted in a loud voice: "Listen, the people inside, I am Zhou Tong, the deputy general of the Jeju Army, and I came to challenge, do you dare to fight?" ”

Although there were hundreds of pikemen guarding the gate, it was up to the general to decide whether to go to war or not, and the men immediately ran to the barracks to report the matter.

It didn't take long for the barracks to open, the pikemen pushed away the horses, and the cavalry swarmed out, and in the blink of an eye, thousands of men and horses came out.

Zhou Tong and the others retreated again and again, Zhou Daodao: "I ran out so much at once, I will go to the meeting, you have a good look, the situation is not good, and immediately retreat." ”

After all, Zhou Tong came to call for the formation, and he couldn't turn around and run, so he immediately came over with a gun and shouted: "It's Gao Yu who is coming from the other side, and you dare to come over to fight." ”

The forbidden army looked at Zhou Tong like a monkey, and a general sneered: "Is Captain Gao a mountain village man like you who can see him, and you little thief is also worthy of fighting with Captain Gao." ”

Zhou Tong was not angry, and said: "Oh, you are a mountain village man from Tokyo, or you, come up and eat me." ”

The general is also a commanding officer, and his rank is not low, seeing that Zhou Tong looks down on him, he urged the horse to come up, and the two armies fought in front of the formation. Zhou Tong, this kid, don't look at Langdang, but in fact, there are two brushes, a big gun is used to fly up and down, and the strength is also great, so he came to be careless, and fought for more than a dozen rounds, so that Zhou Tong smashed a gun under the horse.

Zhou Tong won, turned around and went back, shouting as he ran: "My Jeju army will wait in front again, and those who are not afraid of death will follow." ”

Although Gao Yu is also in the army, after all, as the commander of the three armies, he is a civilian official, so he will not lead his troops to kill him for this small battle. Leading the troops out is Gao Yu's confidant and favorite general, and Zhou Ang is also.

Zhou Ang is Wang Jin's colleague, but his official position is much higher than Wang Jin, the official worships the general of the chariot cavalry, is the main general of the middle route army, Chao Gai led 5,000 Jeju before Zhou Ang received a report, Zhou Ang immediately gathered 5,000 cavalry, ready to go out of the camp for a battle. But there was a Gao Yu above him, Zhou Ang went to ask Gao Yu, and he was delayed for a while, just when Zhou Tong called for battle, Zhou Ang got Gao Yu's order, and then he came out.

Zhou Tong won the battle and ran away happily like a monkey, and Zhou Ang didn't take it seriously, leading the team to follow unhurriedly.

The two armies stopped at a distance of only a few hundred meters and looked at each other from a distance. This week, Zhou Ang wore a dazzling armor, rode a red fire dragon horse, carried a huge battle axe, and carried a bow and arrows on his body.

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