In February, everything recovers, the snow melts, and half of the thick ice on the surface of the Rushui River has melted, and the river flows down the river.

At the confluence of the Rushui and Shiyang rivers, a division of 300 Gaozhen soldiers, led by Dai Jinghong, is building a camp to choke the main road from Suiping to Runing, as an outpost of the army, to monitor the bandits in Suiping.

Dai Jinghong is a strong man in Chenzhou, because he took the initiative to surrender, so Gao Yihuan gave him a brigade.

At this time, he stood in the middle of the camp wearing cotton armor, an iron helmet, and a knife on his waist, pointing to the busy soldiers, "You guys tie the fence stronger, and you guys push the cart outside, don't get in the way." ”

The sergeant of the battalion was busy, but a scout galloped back from the west, rushed straight to the camp, flew and dismounted in front of the camp gate, and then held the helmet with one hand and the handle of the knife with the other, hurriedly walked to Dai Jinghong, and knelt on one knee: "Qi Yu is in charge of the brigade, the big thing is not good, Liu Qihong led the men and horses to kill him." ”

Dai Jinghong was shocked when he heard this, they didn't go to take revenge, Liu Hongqi actually came to the door.

"How many of them came?" Dai Jinghong hurriedly asked.

"The mountains are all over the country, and the river valleys are crowded, like a rising tide, and I am afraid that there are tens of thousands of people!" The scout turned back and pointed to the west, "The bandits are still seven or eight miles away, and they will be killed soon." ”

"Tens of thousands?" Dai Jinghong took a breath of cool air, looked at the situation in the camp left and right, and suddenly shouted urgently: "Don't get it, hurry up and pack up your things and retreat with me." ”

A quarter of an hour later, the three hundred soldiers of Gao Town, discarding most of the supplies and the half-built camp, retreated south in a hurry.

Not long after Gao Zhen's soldiers left, a large number of figures suddenly appeared in the Shiyang River Valley, like a rising tide, surging over.

Liu Hongqi rode on a miscellaneous horse, holding a horse lance, riding first, bravely rushed into the camp, he saw that the camp was in a mess, all kinds of materials were discarded at will, and he couldn't help but raise his head and laugh, "Gao Yihuan, you turtle grandson, robbed Lao Tzu's Runing, and said that he wanted Lao Tzu's head, see if Lao Tzu doesn't kill you." ”

Outside the city of Runing, the high town camp.

After Gao Yihuan completed the reorganization of the men and horses, Zhao Daxian led a battalion of soldiers and stationed them in Luyi, Xiangcheng, Shenqiu and other places.

The remaining two battalions of soldiers, totaling more than 6,000 people, were concentrated outside Runing City, preparing to take turns to go into battle and train their hands with the bandits.

After everything was ready, Gao Yihuan was ready to pull out the camp, but at this moment, the outpost suddenly retreated.

In Gao Yihuan's big tent, Dai Jinghong knelt down on one knee and reported: "General, Liu Hong raised his army, with tens of thousands of people, and rushed towards Runing. ”

Gao Yihuan and the generals were taken aback when they heard this, and everyone couldn't help but look at each other a little.

After a period of silence, Gao Yihuan suddenly scolded: "Mother, this Liu Hongqi slapped Lao Tzu in the face again, Lao Tzu has to kill him." ”

Recently, the second brother has been smooth sailing, like a divine help, even Zuo Liangyu was planted in his hands, and he naturally didn't take Liu Hongqi and the thief in his eyes.

Although there are many thieves and servants, known as 100,000, I am afraid that there are only a thousand people who can really fight, and the rest are rabble, so there is nothing to fear.

If 100,000 people are elite soldiers, then there is nothing to do with Li Zicheng, and it is time for Liu Hong to take over the world.

In the eyes of the second brother Gao, Liu Hong is at the level of a small Yuan battalion, and the second brother has more than 3,000 officers and troops alone, so he will be afraid of him as a bandit?

The recent expansion has caused Gao Yihuan's troops to swell sharply, and he no longer plans to continue to expand his troops in the near future, but wants to make more than 9,000 people become elite soldiers who can fight tough battles and lay a solid foundation.

If the foundation of the team is not solid, once he loses the battle, he may be like Li Zicheng, and his power will collapse immediately, so the second brother started to attack Liu Hong this time, not to capture prisoners, but for other purposes.

The second brother's main purpose is two, one is to take Liu Hong to stand up, and when he destroys Liu Hongqi, Runing's Haoqiang will not dare to have other ideas, and the second is to train the troops and turn the current people into elites.

The second brother was afraid that Liu Hongqi would not be able to achieve the purpose of training without beating, so he let out the wind, first, to tell Liu Hongqi, so that Liu Hongqi was ready to be beaten, and secondly, to tell Runing's Haoqiang, so that the turtle grandchildren could be optimistic, and see how he didn't play false, how to hammer Liu Hongqi to death head-on.

Right now, as soon as the second brother's words were released, the heroes of Runing Mansion attracted their eyes, ready to watch him show a wave of operations, and he didn't want the Tukou who should be trembling, but instead came to the door and drove his outpost back, which made the second brother's face unbearable.

The second brother has already said a lot, but now he is blocked at the door, which makes the second brother's face go anywhere.

"General, in fact, Liu Hongqi took the initiative to call the door, which may not be a good thing." Jin Shenghuan pondered slightly, then hugged his fists and said: "The official army let him occupy Suiping and did not send troops to exterminate it, mainly because Liu Hongqi's nest is in Funiu Mountain, which is not easy to encircle and suppress." Now that he left Suiping, he took the initiative to fight, and ran to the shore with the yellow eel, purely looking for death. ”

Gao Yihuan is naturally not afraid of this Liu Hongqi, but he was first robbed by this guy, and now he was slapped by this guy, and he was a little depressed.

"Huchen is right." Gao Yihuan nodded, "Lao Tzu just can't figure it out, where does this turtle grandson get his confidence, doesn't he know that he will find death again?" ”

Both of them think that the other party is a toad jumping into the oil pot and seeking death by himself, and the two despise each other, but on the whole, the second brother's contempt is still somewhat grounded, and Liu Hongqi is purely subjective.

After speaking, Gao Yihuan waved his hand, let Dai Jinghong get up, and then beckoned everyone to come to the sand table in the tent.

Gao Yihuan clasped his hands in front of his chest, looked at the sand table, and said in a deep voice: "I can't let this Liu Hongqi approach to Runing City, that will damage my prestige."

"General, then let the army meet it and set up a formation in the valley of the Ru River, where the terrain is narrow, and Liu Hongqi can't use tens of thousands of people, which is beneficial to us." Jin Shenghuan glanced at the sand table, pointed to one place, and spoke.

Gao Yihuan cast his eyes and bowed slightly, "Well, this place is good, suitable for our decisive battle." After speaking, Gao Yihuan stared at the sand table again and asked, "In addition to taking the Shiyang River Valley, is there any other way to go to Suiping County?" ”

"Yes, take the Huangyou River Valley, go upriver for more than 40 miles, it is the official road connecting Suiping and Queshan, and then walk north for half a day, you can reach the south of Suiping City. However, the valley of the Huangyou River is relatively rugged, which is not suitable for large armies to pass through. "The Left Army once followed Ding Qirui to suppress bandits in the Runing area of Nanyang, so Jin Shenghuan is more familiar with the terrain of this area.

Gao Yihuan listened and pondered for a moment, then waved his hand and ordered: "Xinghao, I will give you two divisions and stay in Runing." Huang San, you lead two divisions, go to the Huangyou River Valley, and outflank Suiping. The rest of the men and horses immediately pulled out the camp and followed the general to face Liu Hongqi! ”

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