Five days later, Jing Jie and his entourage finally arrived in Hejian County, accompanied by a new army that had been expanded and trained into an army.

The cavalry battalion commanded by Chigutai has 800 musketeers, including 500 Mongolian cavalry, 300 Han cavalry, 800 thunderbolt firecrackers, and 1,000 three-eyed guns, 1,000 bird guns, and 100 Wulei Shenji from the Shenji battalion.

Li Zongze's artillery battalion of 150 people ordered only 1 Hongyi cannon, a total of 40 other small and medium-sized artillery, and countless gunpowder and lead bullets from the Arsenal Division;

Su Hongyu's drone team is fifty people, equipped with twenty drones.

After a little discussion with Jing Jie and others, Fang Yuan decided to change the name of the new army to the 'Xuanjia Army', because most of the sergeants were equipped with black explosion-proof equipment, so they were named Xuanjia.

In addition to this new-style army of 1,000 people, Fang Yuan and his entourage also had 1,000 sergeants of the Shenji Battalion, 1,000 Jinyi guards, a total of 3,000 sergeants.

Fang Yuan informed everyone that when they entered the territory of Shandong, there would be news that 20,000 Liangshan Liukou would come to raid.

Chigutai didn't pay attention to these rogues at all, and laughed and said, "What kind of bird are the rogues?" The cavalry battalion was crushed as soon as it charged. ”

Jing Jie did not have Chigutai's optimism, and put forward a cautious suggestion, "We don't know anything about the situation of the Liukou, after entering the boundary of Shandong, we must not be careless, send more cavalry to investigate, first find out the details of the Liangshan Liukou, and then formulate the corresponding battle plan." ”

The group entered Jinan Mansion in Shandong in a mighty way, and Liu Zeqing, who was guarding Shandong, reluctantly sent 500 soldiers, like surveillance and guards, to escort everyone out of Jinan Mansion.

Entering Jinan Mansion, Fang Yuan arranged for the accompanying sergeants to go south along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and ordered Qin Zhan to lead a thousand brocade guards to escort the two princes, some Francophone machines recruited by Tang Ruowang, artillery and metallurgical experts of the Ming Dynasty, and Su Hongyu's drone team, and went south along the official ship of the official government.

Jing Jie led a thousand Shenji battalions, Li Zongze's artillery battalion, and Chigutai's musket cavalry battalion were responsible for guarding the perimeter of the Grand Canal.

After ten days of marching in Jinan Mansion, Fang Yuan strengthened patrols day and night, and even sent several teams of reconnaissance cavalry out to investigate, and within a radius of 200 miles, no trace of the rogue was found.

Twelve days later, Fang Yuan and his entourage left Jinan Mansion and arrived in Yanzhou Mansion, as long as they passed Yanzhou Mansion, they could reach the boundary of Nanjing, the capital of Liudu.

As soon as they entered Yanzhou Mansion, the scout cavalry sent by Fang Yuan discovered the traces of the rogues, and there were three or five groups of dozens of rogues, hanging fifty miles behind Fang Yuan's army.

Fang Yuan was relatively unfamiliar with the combat methods of the rogues, and he didn't understand the intentions of these rogues, so he came to Jing Jie and asked, "These rogues don't fight, what are you going to do with us?" ”

Jing Jie's old Tianxiong Army has been fighting against the Liukou all year round, and he knows the Liukou's combat methods well, so he said, "Boss, the organization of the Liukou is not as good as the regular army, there is no strict establishment, usually a small leader leads a few hundred Xiaokou, scattered and looted. In the event of a strategic decisive battle, they will have a common leader to unify against the enemy. ”

After being reminded by him, Fang Yuan suddenly said, "That is to say, just like in the Water Margin, the Liukou in the entire Shandong region are actually scattered in mountains such as Liangshan, Shaohua Mountain, Taohua Mountain, and Erlong Mountain, and Li Qingshan and Liang Min are just big leaders elected similar to Song Jiang, and only when a strong enemy arrives, will they gather together to meet the enemy together." ”

The Water Margin was written in the early Ming Dynasty and has been circulated in the Ming Dynasty for a long time, Jing Jie nodded and said, "Yes, the few gangs of rogues who are following us are actually belonging to different mountains and factions, and they are here to find out our reality and reality. ”

Chigutai said impatiently, "These little streams of rogue are like flies, buzzing around me, annoying and annoying, I will first slaughter hundreds of people to practice and break them up." ”

Fang Yuan stopped his impulse and said, "What if you break them up and the other rogues are scared away?" ”

Chigutai looked at him in amazement, and didn't explain, "Wouldn't it be better to be scared away?" ”

Jing Jie said with understanding, "The boss wants to use this battle to establish his power and completely exterminate this tributary." Scare them away, and we have to go to the door one by one to exterminate them. Let them gather together, and you can decide the winner in one battle! ”

Fang Yuan said, "I want to see what tricks this Liangshan Liukou Liang Min can play." Chigutai, when you send cavalry to reconnoitre, you also have to count the number of rogue soldiers gathered in order to estimate the time of their attack. ”

Fang Yuan and his party traveled for another seven days, and the cavalry sent by Chigutai to reconnoiter reported that it was indeed as Fang Yuan and Jing Jie's estimates, and then the number of rogues tracked had changed from three or five shares to more than ten shares, and the number of rogues in each unit had also increased significantly compared with before, with thousands of people in large shares and three or five hundred people in small shares.

It is estimated that there were as many as 10,000 or 20,000 displaced people on the right bank of the Grand Canal at this time.

The largest group has 3,000 people, and the banner is a big 'Liang', needless to say that the biggest team is Liang Min, the big leader elected by the Liangshan Liukou.

Fang Yuan, Jing Jie and his entourage discussed countermeasures again.

Jing Jie made an accurate judgment based on his previous experience, "Boss, I estimate that the Liukou has been assembled, and it should be about to attack." ”

Fang Yuan groaned and asked, "Now that the assembly has been completed and the big boss Liang Min has arrived, why haven't they attacked yet?" What are you waiting for? ”

Chigutai said disdainfully, "Maybe it's because I'm afraid of death, no one wants to be the first to rush up and die!" ”

Fang Yuan agreed with him, his line of work was clearly a hard stubble, and the first one to rush up must be sent to death, and it was reasonable for the rogue to hesitate.

Jing Jie shook his head and said, "Boss, nine times out of ten, the rogues are outlaws and will not be afraid of death. What's more, whoever takes the lead can be decided by drawing lots, and there is no need to delay the date. ”

Fang Yuan was slightly stunned, with Jing Jie's experience, his judgment was really more accurate, and he asked, "They haven't attacked yet, what are they waiting for?" ”

Jing Jie didn't answer Fang Yuan's words, walked outside the military tent, looked at the cloudy sky for a long time, hurriedly returned to the military tent, and reported to Fang Yuan, "Boss, there will be wind and rain in two days." Our sergeants fought mainly with firearms, which in rainy weather would lose their ability to shoot. These rogues have seen the heavens and are ready to go to war with us on a rainy day! ”

Fang Yuan was stunned for a moment, the Liukou actually studied the combat methods of the Ming army thoroughly, and could also look at the celestial phenomena, and chose to fight under the climatic conditions that were extremely unfavorable to the Ming army, and favorable to the cold weapons of the Liukou.

Chigutai drew his waist knife and said loudly, "In that case, what are we waiting for, take the initiative to attack before it rains, give me two days, and I can completely defeat these rogues!" ”

Jing Jie also agreed with Chigutai's battle plan, "Boss, strike first, strike later, you can't wait any longer, give the order to start a war immediately!" ”

Li Zongze also said, "Take advantage of the night to attack, let Lao Tzu bombard them with dozens of cannons, and blow up his personal flesh!" ”

Everyone was all in unison, and their morale was high, but Fang Yuan had a solemn expression, pacing back and forth in the military tent, thoughtful.

Chigutai was a fiery person, and seeing that Fang Yuan was still hesitating before the battle, he said impatiently, "Shaman Divine Envoy, let's go to war!" ”

Jing Jie also agreed with the idea of starting a war immediately, "Boss, the heavy rain will come as soon as it is said, and it can't be delayed any longer!" When it rains, we are beaten passively, and even if we can win, we will lose a lot. ”

In the urging of everyone, Fang Yuan stopped suddenly, pressed his hands on the handsome table of the military tent, and said in a deep voice, "Slow down, don't be impatient, I still have a way to break the enemy!" ”