Sun Yuan almost couldn't help but respond: "'Those who know me, their only thing is "Spring and Autumn"! Those who sin against me are the only ones in "Spring and Autumn"! ”

After thinking about it, he only smiled and didn't speak again.

Starting from the north bank of the Yangtze River in Nanjing, the Ningxiang army hurried day and night, and it was the third day since they entered the belly of the hilly area of Langxi Mountain. Thousands of troops and horses marched forward, and they had already trampled on the abandoned official road that Zhu Xuanshui had found, and it was extremely difficult to take one step and two steps back.

The wind whistled past the hilltops and valleys, blowing the low pine trees with a shrill whistling sound. The snow was still falling, and it was like broken feathers flying in the wind, and it was gradually impossible to see the road ahead.

More than a thousand horses only lowered their heads, and the snow creaked under their feet.

This official road is said to have been dug in the early years of Hongwu, and it was built by Taizu's northern expedition to facilitate the transportation of grain to the north. The road was wide, six meters wide. However, because it has been abandoned for 200 years, it has been overgrown with withered grass, and it has been baptized by countless flash floods, and there are no roads at all in many places.

The Ningxiang army had already abandoned the cart transporting supplies, and ran forward empty-handed, the dry food on his body and the drinking water in the kettle had already been eaten, and he would run out of food in another day.

For this campaign, Sun Yuan emptied his entire family foundation, and until now, he doesn't even know where to get next month's military salary.

He had already planned to take the peasants' forward headquarters first and use their military funds for his own use. Sun Yuan had been a master in Liu Zongmin's army before, and he was in charge of secrets, so he naturally knew that the peasant army was very rich after robbing Fengyang. With just one step to defeat the peasant army, this year's military spending will be available.

However, the precondition is that the peasant army must come to attack Chuzhou as promised in real history, otherwise...... There is no otherwise. At that time, what Sun Yuan should think about most is where to go in the future?

The end of the Ming Dynasty was the Xiaoice River period, and after hundreds of years of development in the southeast region, the mountain trees in this area have long been cut down, and from here, there are bare and gentle hills everywhere, like a bald man with dysentery, and after watching it for a long time, it makes people feel irritated in their hearts.

By the fifth day, it was estimated that we were almost at our destination. If nothing else, they will soon be able to make contact with the forward units of the peasant army.

But there was silence in front of me, except for snow and snow, but it was so lonely that people's hearts were empty and there was nowhere to land.

Seeing that the soldiers were tired and their faces turned blue, Sun Yuan pulled the team to a leeward place to rest, and found a secluded place to gather the officers above the general flag for a pre-military meeting.

In fact, the team has been working so hard in the past few days that it has exceeded the scope of training the team, and everyone has a vague feeling that something is going to happen.

Originally, after hearing the order that the team was about to enter the battle, Sun Yuan thought that the officers would be in a state of flux, or they would be excited. But when Fei Hong finished talking about the matter, everyone didn't say a word of nonsense, and nodded at the same time: "Obey the order, the last general will go to the pre-war mobilization now." ”

"Wait, General, I haven't seen a single enemy yet, so it's too early to mobilize. Moreover, the thief army came to attack my Chuzhou, but it was the general's speculation, what if they didn't come? A general flag asked in a whisper.

"If the enemy doesn't come, where will my Ningxiang Army go in the future?" This sentence flashed through the hearts of the officers at the same time, and everyone showed a worried look on their faces.

They are not traversers, and all this is just Sun Yuan's speculation, not afraid of 10,000, just in case.

"No, no, it will come." Sun Yuan shook his head: "The so-called use of soldiers, no matter who it is or what era it is, has its own laws. The current thief army has been compressed by our imperial army in the southwest corner of Henan. The space for maneuver was small, and the land was barren and poor, not enough to feed so many troops. If the thief army is not stupid, it will naturally come east desperately. Chuzhou is a key point in the southeast, as long as it is occupied, it will be considered invincible. ”

His voice became louder: "The thief army can develop into its current scale in a few years, and it is definitely not a stupid person." As long as it's not stupid, they'll come over. This one, my Sun Yuan will win, I will definitely win! ”

At this moment, two spies came panting and fell to their knees on the snow, with long white breath spurting from their mouths and noses. The expressions of the two were excited and excited: "Thief army, there are many thief army!" ”

"What!" All the officers stood up at the same time.

Sun Yuan's heart seemed to jump out of the cavity: "Hurry up?" ”

Fei Hong also asked urgently: "Thief army, can you see clearly?" ”

The two spies said in loud voices: "The little one has seen clearly, it is the thief army." Coincidentally, six miles away from here turned out to be Qingliu Pass. As soon as the little one passed, he saw a lot of flags covering the sky and the sun. Looking at the appearance, there are quite a few people. ”

Sun Yuan: "You can see the banner clearly, which battalion of thieves is it?" ”

The two spies looked anxious, sweat oozed from their foreheads, and they said in a trembling voice: "The little ones are illiterate, so naturally they can't recognize them." ”

Sun Yuan's face sank, and he was about to have a seizure, when a spy hurriedly said: "General, don't worry, the villain sneaked over, and after eavesdropping for a long time, he didn't understand." There is no doubt that they are outsiders, and they are all with a nephew's accent, not the army of my court. ”

Sun Yuanen sighed: "It seems that it must be a thief army, let's go, let's take a look." ”

Six miles, that is, three kilometers, not far, but it is still extremely difficult to walk, and after half an hour, Sun Yuan and the others will stand on the top of a mountain, holding a pergola and looking ahead.

The snow has stopped, and the hills stretch here, to the end. Suddenly, there was a big open space in front of me.

But in the distance, a shining river was meandering and rushing. Although it shows that the weather is very cold at the end, but the south is warm, such a heavy snow day, the river is still not frozen, if you don't guess wrong, it must be the first big river in Chuzhou, Qingliu River.

From the river to the foot of the mountain, there are camps everywhere, and the tents are densely packed, looking at the system and the military tent that Sun Yuan saw in the Fengyang warehouse last year.

One banner after another sounded in the cold wind, and the big word "Chuang" on it swaggered unscrupulously.

"It's really a place where you don't meet in life!" Sun Yuan laughed dumbly, although he was mentally prepared to be able to encounter the camp here, but he was still a little excited when he really saw the enemy.

Speaking of which, the peasant army was really able to fight only the troops of Zhang Xianzhong, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai. The forward, which is the head of the first army, naturally has to fall on the heads of these three battalions.

"Won the bet!" With a sigh, Sun Yuan punched the pine tree beside him hard, and at this moment he just wanted to laugh out loud.

It's been half a year, half a year, I'm accumulating strength little by little, isn't it today?