Previously, Master Dao told Li Yanqing in the letter that he would send troops to support Li Yanqing at the appropriate time, when is this 'appropriate time'? How many reinforcements to send? The letter did not go into detail, and Li Yanqing couldn't figure it out for a while, until this moment, Liu Jian led 5,000 people to come to support, and Li Yanqing suddenly understood the intention of the cultivator.

Li Yanqing followed the soldiers to a clearing in the woods, where thousands of soldiers were sitting on the grass resting, at this time, Liu Jian walked forward quickly and laughed: "Brother, don't come to harm?" ”

Li Yanqing couldn't help laughing, stepped forward to hug him tightly, gave him a punch in the shoulder socket, and feigned anger: "Are you bored in the barracks and come over to rob my business?" ”

"Look at what you said, even if I want to rob, I don't have that ability, it's still the old rule, I'll be your lieutenant."

Liu Jian pointed to the five thousand troops around him and said: "This is the army handed over to you by the marshal, and congratulations on your promotion to the commander of the army." ”

At this time, Chong Lin stepped forward with several commanders, and he introduced several commanders to Li Yanqing, the commander of the first battalion, Zhu Sen, who was about thirty years old, with a burly and tall figure, a big beard, and an extremely powerful appearance.

Pei Qun, the commander of the second battalion, was polite and polite, and looked like a scholar, but Liu Jian later told Li Yanqing privately that Pei Qun was only elegant in appearance, but he was a big old man in his bones.

Gu Changchun, the commander of the third battalion, is only twenty-five or sixteen years old, but he looks very sinister, and his eyes have an arrogance that cannot be concealed.

Then there was Liu Jian, the commander of the Suzaku Battalion, who led 2,000 troops and served as Li Yanqing's adjutant general.

In front of the generals, Chong Lin read out the order of the commander of the great commander of the army, officially promoted Li Yanqing to the commander of the military capital, awarded the command of the sword, and commanded 7,000 troops, these 7,000 troops refer to the 2,000 soldiers of Li Yanqing's Xuanwu battalion and the 5,000 troops of the northern aid this time, if you include the army of Xiangzhou township soldiers and prisoners of war brought by Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing's actual commander has exceeded 10,000 troops.

The power has increased, but the responsibility has also increased, Li Yanqing is not only responsible for harassing Yunzhou, but also includes the task of killing and injuring a large number of enemy troops, weakening the strength of the Liangshan army in Yunzhou, and preparing for the final decisive battle.

Li Yanqing sat in front of a boulder, silently listening to Chong Lin convey to him the strategic plan of the handsome seed master.

"The marshal thinks that you will lead the army to invade Yunzhou this time, which will inevitably attract Liangshan reinforcements to return to the north, and the marshal hopes that you can annihilate the Liangshan army of Yunzhou as much as possible, and force Song Jiang to continue to send northern reinforcements, once Song Jiang is forced to abandon Jeju and withdraw to Yunzhou, then we will begin to take the initiative in the battle situation."

Li Yanqing nodded, he actually thought of this, the Seed Master Dao gave him five thousand elite troops, just hoping that he could open up the situation in Yunzhou.

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and said to the soldiers beside him: "Quickly order all the commanders to gather here with me, I have an important decision to announce to everyone!" ”

Not long after, four commanders, including Liu Kuang, came to Li Yanqing's side, these four commanders except Liu Kuang were all seen for the first time, although the three commanders just now all expressed their obedience to the military order, but Li Yanqing already knew that they were all from the forbidden army in front of the palace, this is the most difficult to serve in the forbidden army, these people are not the Northwest Army, they may not even carry out the orders of the teacher, let alone themselves.

The key is that he has no time to run in with these generals now, the Liangshan reinforcements have already gone north, and he must arrange an ambush as soon as possible to give the Liangshan reinforcements a severe blow.

"I know that I can't compare with you in the army, but the military order is like a mountain, since the commander appointed me as the commander of the military capital, then during the period of my appointment as the commander of the capital, each of you must obey my command, if I am defeated, I will take responsibility, and it has nothing to do with you, but if the defeat is caused by your disobedience, then don't blame me Li Yanqing's ruthless military law."

Li Yanqing stared at the four of them fiercely, and the four of them bowed down together, "I am willing to listen to the general's command!" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "Now I don't have time to train the army with you, since Song Jiang has sent reinforcements to the north, the fighter plane will be fleeting, we must seize the fighter, I hope this time we will fully cooperate and fight this battle, I will ask for credit for the generals!" ”

Although the forbidden army is well paid, the biggest problem is the difficulty of promotion, there is no war in a hundred years, the forbidden army has no chance of meritorious service, the generals can only rely on various connections in the background, squeeze their heads to climb up, a little more righteous generals will almost have no future, so on the one hand, these generals look down on Li Yanqing, who has shallow qualifications, on the other hand, they are eager for military merit and the opportunity to get promoted.

Li Yanqing grasped their weakness and highlighted their military merits, suggesting that these officers would gain military merits if they obeyed the command and obeyed the order, on the contrary, if they made small moves behind their backs, they should not count on military merits.

Everyone understood the meaning of Li Yanqing's words, and they all nodded silently, even if there was any dissatisfaction in their hearts, they could only obediently obey the order at this time.

Li Yanqing looked at the night, and then said to everyone: "It's the first watch, everyone go back first to arrange for the brothers to rest, and we will set off on time at the fifth watch!" ”

"Obey!"

Several commanders and envoys returned to their respective teams, Li Yanqing stopped Liu Kuang, and asked Liu Kuang with a smile: "Are your cavalry still heavy armored cavalry?" ”

Liu Jian shook his head, "The marshal agrees with your judgment, and it has all been changed to light cavalry, so that I can travel a long way to the north." ”

"Then my own 1,000 cavalry will also be handed over to you, and the 2,000 cavalry will be under your command, they will be the key to breaking the enemy, and you must obey my arrangement."

"Please rest assured, I will strictly carry out the order!"

"Okay, you come with me!"

Li Yanqing took him and walked briskly towards his cavalry garrison.

.......

At the fifth watch, 6,000 officers and troops, including Li Yanqing's 1,000 cavalry, got up and set out south, and they marched south along an abandoned official road to the ambush site chosen by Li Yanqing, which was about 30 miles south of Xucheng, where the Liangshan army ambushed Yang Jian, and Yang Jian was shot by Li Yanqing here.

Although this was not the most suitable place to ambush the enemy army, Li Yanqing had no time to look for it, and this was the only ambush point he knew.

To the west is a hill that stretches for more than ten miles, with many ravines and lush trees, and a straight and wide official road just below the hills, while to the east is a large wheat field, and in the distance of the wheat field is a forest.

The time is too short, Li Yanqing has not yet been able to fully control this army, although all the commanders have expressed their willingness to obey orders, but Li Yanqing knows that if he does not show a little ability, he will not convince them, and the best way to control this army is to win.

At this time, 2,000 cavalry were lying in ambush in a forest opposite the wheat field, at least five miles away from the official road, while Li Yanqing led 4,000 infantry to lurk two miles away from the official road.

This is also an experience of ambush warfare, generally the marching team will send spies to explore the road in front to prevent ambushes on the side of the road, of course, not every army will be so cautious, but Li Yanqing still preferred to believe that the Liangshan army will send spies to go ahead.

Time passed little by little, and there was still no shadow of the Liangshan army on the official road in the morning, and at noon, while the soldiers were resting in place, two scouts rushed to this side, and they brought the latest information to Li Yanqing, about 20,000 Liangshan troops had appeared twenty miles away.

This news lifted the spirits of all the generals, but at the same time they were a little worried, after all, the other side had 20,000 troops, and they only had 6,000 men.

Li Yanqing smiled and said to the generals: "If the other party is the Western Xia army, I don't dare to make this dangerous move, but this is the Liangshan bandits, it's not that I underestimate them, Song Jiang's army expanded too fast, and it increased from more than 10,000 to 100,000 in just two years, you can imagine the combat effectiveness of these troops, otherwise I wouldn't have wiped out the 10,000 Hebei Liangshan army with 2,000 troops, everyone just let go of their hands and feet, we will win this battle." ”

Under Li Yanqing's encouragement, the army generals had confidence again, about a quarter of an hour, a vanguard scout composed of twenty cavalry was slowly moving north along the official road, they continued to release arrows into the woods, or rushed into the woods, and there were soldiers trampling on the wheat fields on both sides to prevent ambushes hidden in the wheat fields, they had limited time, it was impossible to search too far, generally within a hundred steps on both sides of the official road, that is, the range of bows and arrows.

After walking for a few miles and not finding an ambush, a cavalryman went back to report the news, and the other spies continued to explore the way north, and when this spies went out five miles away, the 4,000 troops who were in ambush two miles away began to quickly move closer to the official road, they had done exercises before, and each soldier had his own position, fast and not chaotic, and soon the ambush was in place.

Time passed little by little, and a quarter of an hour later, their long-awaited Liangshan army finally appeared, and more than 100 cavalry opened the way in the front, and they held high the Liangshan banner, and on the big flag with a yellow background in Phnom Penh, the two big characters of 'loyalty' were embroidered with black thread.

There is a general wearing a silver helmet in the cavalry, he is burly, with a big waist and a round waist, holding an iron rod that is long and long, weighing at least fifty or sixty pounds, this person is Shi Jin, the commander of the Liangshan army, and his master is Wang Jin, the head of the 800,000 forbidden army, that is, Lin Chong's father-in-law, who taught him a good martial arts.

Shi Jin's martial arts in Liangshan are also famous, and he can rank in the top seven, but he has a more impatient personality, brave and unscrupulous, Wu Yong did not agree with him as the coach, so Chai Jin, who was both civil and military, became the coach, and Shi was the pioneer deputy general.

The 4,000 officers and men who were lying in ambush a hundred paces away did not rush to make a move, but patiently waited for the arrival of the enemy's central part.