"That's why we have to rebel, we have to unite and overthrow this damned court together. In this process www.biquge.info sacrifice and death are inevitable. From ancient times to the present, the establishment of every new dynasty has been built on the decaying corpse of the old dynasty, on the blood and sacrifice of countless people. ”

"We follow you and are loyal to you because you are like a flash of fire in the darkness. Although small, it gives those of us who live in darkness endless hope. I know that you are merciful and do not want innocent people to die in vain in this world of great contention. ”

"But you can still remember your ideals and ambitions, you said that you want to lead all of us to overthrow the Yuan and Mongolian courts, and return the people of the world to peace and prosperity; You even said that you want to revive my Huaxia prestige, so that all the civilized clans in the world will respect the Huaxia family and practice the Chinese courtesy. ”

"Your ambitions are so big, so big that I could have imagined. However, you must know that in order to achieve your ideals and ambitions, you must pay a price and you must make sacrifices. A small amount of benevolence and mercy will usher in nothing but calamity and destruction in this troubled world. Only when you are ruthless and take all of us to put your ideals into reality regardless of sacrifice and cost, only then can your benevolence and compassion truly benefit the world, so that all the men of the Han family and their descendants in the world can live like a person in a dignified manner, not a dog. ”

"So, my lord, please be ruthless and make a decision as soon as possible!" As he spoke, Zhao Ziyu couldn't help but kneel to the ground.

And looking at Zhao Ziyu who was kneeling on the ground and Fang Cai's passionate words, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but close his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Pass on my military order......" was silent for a long time, and Zhang Shihua finally couldn't help but speak, "Mobilize soldiers, horses, and grain in Dengzhou, and half a month later, the army went south to conquer Xiangjing." ”

"Your Majesty obeys!" Zhao Ziyu, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't help but bow loudly.

And after receiving the order like this, Zhao Ziyu, who was kneeling on the ground, slowly stood up from the ground, took the lead slightly and glanced at Zhang Shihua with a deep gaze, and then couldn't help bending down to the ground and made a deep bow to Zhang Shihua.

Then he saw him bent over with his head bowed, took a few steps back, and then turned and prepared to leave.

But at this moment, the man behind him suddenly stopped him.

"Ziyu, thank you." The man whispered. Hearing this, Zhao Ziyu's nose was sour, and he couldn't help but turn around, looked at the man with moist eyes, and bent down again.

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Half a month later, the time had reached the end of April of the twelfth year.

At this time, the situation in the world cannot help but become more and more complicated and chaotic. Failures and defeats again and again have made the people of the world clearly see the incompetence and decay of the Yuanmeng court. Therefore, in this complex and chaotic chaos in the world, there are countless reckless heroes who want to fish in troubled waters.

And at this time, under the leadership of Zhang Shihua, a war that attracted the attention of the world and was enough to change the situation in the world finally broke out in the land of Xiangjing in the south.

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On April 26, the twelfth year of Zhizheng, on this day, the army, which had been incomparably large, gathered in the south of the small Shinno Castle.

At this time, the total number of soldiers and horses in this army was more than 20,000. Among them were 3,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Meng Haima, 2,000 soldiers and horses commanded by Zhang Chun, who surrendered from Tangzhou, 3,000 death battalions composed of strong captive miners from Pingdingshan and Wugang, 2,000 Touming troops formed by Yuanmeng and Semu people under the command of Jiaozha after the reorganization of the captives, and all the black-clothed soldiers under Zhang Shihua except for the 6,000 Flying Tiger Army in the north.

Today, under the order of Zhang Shihua, the privy counselor of the Henan-South Red Turban, these athletes with different purposes and even different races are all gathered here. And then, under the man's order, they will march south to conquer Xiangjing, in order to avenge the loss of Badulu's troops to the north not long ago.

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"Soldiers, warriors!" In front of the battle, Zhang Shihua rode on a tall horse and roared, "In order to avenge the blood feud of the day, in order to change the status quo that you do not hide, and even so that you can get rewards and booty that satisfy you from my hands from the hands of the enemy!" ”

He scanned everyone with a pair of sharp eyes, then drew the sword at his waist and shouted angrily: "Then listen to my military orders and follow me south!" I assure you, you will win the glory in this battle! Will win the fortune! He will completely wash away the sins of the past and become a free man! And all that I have promised you! ”

"So, soldiers, warriors! What are you waiting for, show your courage. This decaying dynasty is already vulnerable, and we must achieve the great cause of changing the heavens and the earth, and we must win the greatest victory. For the sake of the country and the world, Wansheng! Mighty! ”

"Wan Sheng! Mighty! ”

"Wan Sheng! Mighty! ”

"Wan Sheng! Mighty! ”

For a time, tens of millions of people were infected and roared in unison, the roar was like thunder, thrilling, and shocking.

Seeing this, Zhang Shihua grinned slightly, and couldn't help but turn the horse's head, the sword guided, and roared angrily: "The whole army listens to the order and sets off for the march!" ”

"The privy council has an order, and the whole army is leaving!"

"The privy council has an order, and the whole army is leaving!" A herald with a banner on his back roared to the sound of war drums in the sky. And under such a roar, these thousands of black-clothed soldiers couldn't help but press towards the south in a posture that covered the sky and the sun.

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Because of the Funiu Mountain and the Qinling Mountains, in the south of Nanyang Province and the land of Xiangjing, there are many rivers and dense water networks.

So in these places, the waterway is actually far more convenient than the land route. For example, on the side of Xinye City, Xinye City can actually take the waterway of the Bai River and the Tang River, and then enter the Tang Bai River, where the two rivers meet, and go all the way south from the northeast to Xiangyang City.

However, Zhang Shihua has not been raising troops for a long time, and his foundation is weaker after all. Therefore, Zhang Shihua did not have so many boats and boats to organize a sailor to transport soldiers, so these rivers did not bring him other convenience for Zhang Shihua and the black-clothed army, except that they could easily transport some grain and straw by waterway.

But compared with Zhang Shihua and them, the answer to the Badulu side is the opposite. The Badulu side, which occupied the land of Xiangjing, had a very strong naval force, and the number of their boats and warships was several times more than that of Zhang Shihua.

Therefore, for Zhang Shihua, there is actually no advantage in the land of Xiangjing in the south. But it is precisely because of this that Zhao Ziyu is so eager to persuade Zhang Shihua to march south as soon as possible, in order to maximize their advantage of taking advantage of the victory and pursuit.

After all, it is not difficult for Badulu, who occupies the land of Xiangjing, to recover his vitality with such a rich land of fish and rice.

So when he knew that Zhang Shihua would raise all his troops to attack him in less than twenty days, Badulu, who was sitting in Xiangyang City, couldn't help but fall into fear.

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"Sir, sir, you are here. Sir, you see, according to the latest news from the spies from the north, Zhang Shihua's thief chief has already raised all his troops and horses, and has come south to attack me with more than 20,000 men. Sir, 20,000 horses, our army has been bent on reorganizing these days, and it has just given those 20,000 volunteers a formal identity as officers and soldiers. ”

"Now, in terms of troops, we really don't have any advantage over the black-clothed thief. In such an emotional situation, how can we resist the victory of the black-clothed thief? "Xiangyang City, in the general's mansion where Badulu was staying, Badulu, who was worried and panicked, couldn't help but ask Song Yanjie in his study.

"Don't worry, marshal, let me think twice." Suddenly hearing the news that the black-clothed army was moving south, even Song Yanjie, who had already been mentally prepared, couldn't help but panic a little. So after comforting Badulu like this, and quieting down Badulu, Song Yanjie cranked the folding fan in his hand and couldn't help but ponder.

"Marshal, this black-clothed thief has taken advantage of the victory, and his morale is high, and he must not be able to confront them head-on. So at this time, if we want to win, we must temporarily avoid the edge, and then attack the other's shortcomings with our own strengths, only in this way can we have the possibility of winning. ”

"Avoid the edge for the time being, and hit the other with your own strengths. Please also ask the gentleman to teach me explicitly. In the past few days, after such a series of affairs, Badulu couldn't help but become obedient to Song Yanjie. So in such a situation, Zhang Shihua, who was beaten by Zhang Shihua and his self-confidence, lost Badulu, and couldn't help but subconsciously ask Song Yanjie for advice after encountering problems.

However, in this regard, Song Yanjie was not arrogant, he still clasped his fists with both hands and bowed respectfully to Badulu, and then explained to Badulu word by word: "Marshal, this is to avoid the edge for the time being, that is, don't start a war with the black-clothed thieves on land, and don't try in vain to prevent them from going south." ”

"After all, the soldiers and horses of the black-clothed thieves are their elite, and the road from Xinye to our Xiangyang City is a horse and Pingchuan, and there is no dangerous terrain to rely on. Therefore, it was obviously impossible to rely solely on Tang Baihe to resist the black-clothed army's southward movement and prevent them from coming to Xiangyang City, which would only increase casualties. ”

"So if we want to win this battle, we must defend and lead the attack, mobilize all the sailors and horses to the Xiangyang area, and clench our soldiers and horses into a dead fist. Then we are taking advantage of the geographical advantage of the Han River, using this as a line of defense, cutting off all the ferries, collecting all the boats on the north shore, fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness, and fighting a protracted battle with them. ”

"Fortify the walls and clear the wilderness, and fight a protracted war." Hearing Song Yanjie's words, Badulu scratched his chin and couldn't help but ponder.

"Someone, get me the map." After pondering for a moment, Badulu couldn't help but command in such a loud voice.

"Yes!" Hearing his command, one of the guards in the study sang a fat promise, and couldn't help but present the map to the lost Badulu as soon as possible.

"Come here, sir. You see, this river that has made a big bend and encircles the east, north, and south sides of Xiangyang City is the Han River. At this bend in the northeast of the Han River, the river that flows into the Han River from the northeast is the Tangbai River. ”

"So sir, what you said about attacking with defense should be on the river for more than 30 miles, on the only ferry around this with a naval army."

"The marshal is wise. As you know, this Han water is hundreds of paces wide, and it is obviously impossible for the black-clothed thief to swim across the river at this time. So knowing that we only need to focus on the naval army at this ferry, then the black-clothed thief will not be able to come over unless he has a pair of wings on his back. ”

"Yes, in this way, unless the sailors of the black-clad thieves can defeat our sailors head-on, they will only have to fight a protracted battle with us. But do they have a sailor? Saying this, the two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

Yes, in their minds, as long as the battle is fought into a protracted battle, then this battle, they are already equivalent to winning.

After all, everyone knows that a rebel army like the Black Clothes Army is simply unable to fight a protracted war with officers and soldiers, because the foundation of these people is too weak. The black-clothed army had 20,000 soldiers and horses going south this time, but the more soldiers and horses, the greater their consumption of food.

But what they didn't know was that when they were discussing like this, on Zhang Shihua's side, on the way to the army, Zhang Shihua was also discussing the issue of breaking the enemy with Zhao Ziyu and them on the road.

"Ziyu, you said this time, how are we going to break through Xiangyang City?"

"Lord, it is probably not easy to break through Xiangyang City this time. If the expectation is good, this time they will definitely not confront us head-to-head if they lose Badulu, he will definitely use the method of defending and attacking, fortifying the wall and clearing the wilderness, gathering all his soldiers and horses in Xiangyang City, and then fighting with us with the help of the geographical advantage brought by Hanshui. ”

"After all, as long as this battle is fought for a long time, then our hope of victory is extremely slim. You know, our military rations are only enough for us for more than a month. ”

"Yes, we don't have enough food, so we have to fight quickly. But, I'm afraid that the Tartars have been avoiding us and won't give us the slightest chance to fight! Zhang Shihua sighed lightly and couldn't help but say so.

Hearing Zhang Shihua's words, Zhao Ziyu nodded silently, and couldn't help but say: "Yes, we must find the place where the Tartars must be saved, and seize the initiative in this battle into our own hands. ”

"Attack the place where the Tartars will be saved, but where is the place where the Tartars must be saved?"

"This ...... Your Majesty doesn't know, but since we have already sent troops at this time, then we must go step by step, maybe it will be different when we walk. After all, this time is already the most favorable time for us. Shaking his head, Zhao Ziyu couldn't help but say so.

Hearing what he said, Zhang Shihua nodded silently and didn't say anything more.