"My lord, there is no trace of the enemy."

"Maybe they've retreated."

Subsequently, Zhu Han's cavalry battalion came back to report that it was Zhang Zhun's cavalry and had long since lost its sight. Judging from the current situation, there should be only a few squads of thief cavalry, appearing around Jinan City. The people who attacked Qingzhou Wei and Jinan Wei were them.

"Really didn't find anything?" Zhu Dadian asked gloomily.

Of course he wouldn't believe that Zhang Zhun really only sent two or three hundred people to attack Jinan City. If he really did that, Zhang Zhun would have gone crazy. However, where are Zhang Zhun's people hiding? What is the purpose of their coming to Jinan City? Also, Zhang Zhun himself, where is he at this moment?

"Perhaps, they have withdrawn......," replied the cavalry man in a less affirmative manner.

"I hope so." Zhu Dadian frowned and said to himself.

If Zhang Zhun just sent someone to Jinan City to shoot a few shots, provoking himself in a formal way, and showing the strength of the thief army, Zhu Dadian would be relieved. However, if Zhang Zhun's purpose is not formal, but has a practical purpose, his actions will be intriguing.

"Urgent! Jiyang is attacked! ”

"Urgent! Yucheng is under attack! ”

"Urgent! Changqing is attacked! ”

"Urgent! Qi River is under attack! ”

Just when Zhu Dadian thought that Zhang Zhun's cavalry might be far away, the counties around Jinan City sent a report that was completely different from the cavalry battalion. Yucheng, Jiyang, Qihe, Changqing and other counties near Jinan Prefecture all said that they had found traces of the cavalry of the Tiger Army. The cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army all shot from afar, killed a dozen defenders, and then disappeared.

Due to the sudden appearance of the cavalry of the Tiger Army, the people of various counties were greatly frightened and had to close the city gates and wait for reinforcements. At the same time, there is a large amount of gossip circulating inside and outside the counties. Most of the people are rumoring that the Smelling Fragrance Sect has made trouble again. Even some county orders wanted to get an accurate answer from Zhu Dadian, whether Wen Benjiao really got up to make trouble.

"His grandma's egg!"

"Zhang Zhun, you bastard!"

Zhu Dadian couldn't help but scold.

Although as a literati, it is very uncultivated to scold like this, however, Zhu Dadian still can't help but scold. If he didn't scold, there would be no way to vent the anger in his heart. Zhang Zhun is so arrogant that it is not enough to attack Jinan City, but also to attack the surrounding counties! Does he really regard Shandong as his own territory?

"Riding camp! Keep finding out! ”

"Summons to all counties! Close the gates! ”

"It's all some sporadic enemy riders, what's the panic?"

"The Smelling Fragrance Sect has been suppressed, and it has nothing to do with the Smelling Fragrance Sect at all!"

"For those who spread gossip, we must take effective measures to eradicate them!"

Zhu Dadian was so angry that his teeth were itching, but he had to try to calm down and slowly launch his counterattack.

While scolding these county orders for their incompetence, he must rely on them to do things. He knew that this was Zhang Zhun's conspiracy. The so-called attack on the county seat was just to increase the pressure on Zhu Dadian.

What Zhang Zhun needs most now is time. Zhang Zhun used to be in Aoshanwei and Lingshanwei, with only two counties, but now he controls Laizhou Mansion all of a sudden, and his territory has expanded several times, and he can't digest it in the short term. Therefore, Zhang Zhun should take the initiative to block the counterattack of the officers and soldiers and buy time for digesting the territory of Laizhou Prefecture.

Sending some sporadic stragglers to make a mess around Jinan Mansion was Zhang Zhun's main purpose. If he, Zhu Dadian, was entangled by these scattered cavalry and was overwhelmed, he would not have time to recover Qingzhou City. Of course, Zhu Dadian will not be fooled. Zhu Dadian concluded that Zhang Zhun's cavalry was a thousand people to death. Cavalry needs war horses, and Zhang Zhun's war horses can only be horse thieves from Laizhou Mansion, at most more than a thousand war horses.

"Order all the troops, get ready to go!"

"Goal! Laizhou City! ”

After returning to the city of Jinan, Zhu Dadian immediately issued an order to march.

Zhang Zhun wanted to use the purpose of harassment to obstruct the counterattack of the officers and soldiers, and buy time to completely control the Laizhou Mansion. Zhu Dadian was determined, ignoring these scattered cavalry, and marched directly to Qingzhou City, smashing Huanglong. As long as he takes Qingzhou City, he can continue to march to Laizhou Mansion and march to Zhang Zhun's hinterland. At that time, he didn't believe that Zhang Zhun still dared to wander outside.

Zhu Dadian expected that it would be impossible for these cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army to attack the city, even if it was impossible to attack the smallest county seat. The top priority is to concentrate the main force of the army and recover Qingzhou City. Since there is no danger in the various towns, what else is he hesitating about? The soldiers are fast, and Zhu Dadian understands it very well.

"Shao Jinguang!"

"Meng Xiangjun!"

"Straighten out your troops and horses, and set off immediately!"

Zhu Dadian shouted angrily.

Under his command, there are a total of four chief military officers, Liu Zeqing and Song Degang are among them. However, for Liu Zeqing and Song Degang, Zhu Dadian is distrustful. The relationship between these two people and Zhang Zhun is somewhat ambiguous. Even if they have no intention of defecting to Zhang Zhun, when the two armies face each other in the future, the two may not go all out. Moreover, both of them seemed to have been shocked by Zhang Zhun, and they didn't have the courage to fight against Zhang Zhun, the battle had not yet begun, and half of their morale had gone.

Therefore, Zhu Dadian decided to use two other general troops to attack Qingzhou City, these two general soldiers were Shao Jinguang and Meng Xiangjun. At the same time, Zhu Dadian also ordered the transfer of some troops from Liu Zeqing and Song Degang. Although Liu Zeqing and Song Degang were unwilling, who was willing to hand over the military power in their hands, but in order to clear up their relationship with Zhang Zhun, they finally had to agree. Therefore, although there were only two commanders, the strength of Zhu Dadian's command was still maintained at more than 40,000.

After sending his cavalry to patrol the surroundings of Jinan Mansion, the cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army disappeared for the time being. When the various units were preparing for battle, the city of Jinan was not disturbed by the sound of gunfire. However, Zhang Zhun's worries were temporarily resolved, and the troubles among the officers and men came again.

The soldiers led by Zhu Dadian had just returned from Fengyang Mansion and were expecting to rest for a while, and when they heard that they were going to fight again, they were naturally not very happy. What's more, the reward for the battle of Fengyang Mansion has not yet been finally issued. The meritorious soldiers have not yet received the silver. The soldiers were purely recruited, and a large part of the purpose of everyone's battle was to look at the face of money. If you don't have money, whatever you say, it's all fake.

The guards who were forcibly mobilized to join the battle were full of complaints. In normal times, they don't have their share of the money and food at all, and no one cares about starving to death, and they have to follow them in a war, so they are not thousands. So, some people simply went into hiding, and they didn't know where they were going. In the end, it took a lot of effort for the two guard commanders and ten thousand households to mobilize less than 3,000 people, most of whom were the commanders' own families.

There was no way, Zhu Dadian had no choice but to take out 50,000 taels of silver and send the sacrifice reward of the Fengyang Mansion Battle for the imperial court to stimulate everyone's morale. The guards also mean something. Fifty thousand taels of silver is actually not much, and the officer in the middle has to routinely deduct a part of it, and in the end, the soldier gets it, that is, less than one tael of silver. However, this is already the limit of Zhu Dadian. After all, he was not the governor of Caoyun, and he didn't have that much silver in his hands.

As soon as the mood of the troops was calmed and stabilized, Zhu Han sent someone to report that the cavalry under his command was attacked by the cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army during patrolling, losing more than 100 people, and the war horses were also snatched. The other cavalry, fearing that they would be attacked by the cavalry of the Tiger Army, hurriedly withdrew. Therefore, it is not too clear how many cavalry there are and where they are distributed. The general feeling is that there may not be less cavalry from the Tiger Ben Army who arrived this time. Perhaps, all the cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army have all arrived.

"What about the Tiger Cavalry you caught?" Zhu Dadian asked unexpectedly.

"I didn't catch it..."Zhu Han replied ashamedly.

"You pig's head! You are a cavalryman, and he is also a cavalryman! Why are you the only ones who are beaten, but not them? "Zhu Da Pawn is really angry, I really want to strangle this nephew of mine. A person who usually looks shrewd and martial arts, how could he drop the chain at a critical moment? More than a thousand cavalrymen went out of the city and walked around, and not a single thief or thief was caught?

"We ......" Zhu Han felt very wronged, but he didn't know how to say it.

According to the descriptions of his subordinates, the cavalry of the Tiger Army, who were also vicious, hid in the shadows and ambushed small groups of officers and soldiers. If they meet a large group of men and horses from the cavalry camp, they immediately flee away and run away. The officers and cavalry did not dare to chase too far, and finally had to give up. However, as soon as you give up the pursuit, they quietly turn back and hang behind your ass, looking for an opportunity to attack.

I don't know what kind of weapon the cavalry of the Tiger Army uses, the range is long, and the accuracy is powerful, if a few official cavalry encounter the cavalry of the Tiger Army, the consequences will be absolutely tragic. After a burst of gunfire, these officers and cavalry were about to finish. The cavalry of the Tiger Army then came over, stabbed each of the cavalrymen, and then pulled the horses and ran. Even a dozen officers and cavalry encountered them, and they were often beaten to pieces.

Zhu Han felt that the cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army was not coming to Jinan City at all, on the contrary, they were coming to the cavalry camp. They were not at all interested in the weapons and other equipment of the cavalry of the officers. The only thing they wanted was the horses of the official cavalry.

Intermittently, hundreds of horses disappeared from the cavalry camp. There was no way, he had to order a large cavalry force to concentrate on action. However, in this way, the agility of the cavalry was lost, and it was impossible to reconnoiter too large a place.

"You didn't kill a single person from Zhang Zhun?" The more Zhu Dadian listened, the more uncomfortable he became, and said angrily.

"No ......" In front of his uncle, Zhu Han didn't dare to lie, even if he was ashamed, he had to say honestly.

"You, you, you...... You're so mad at me! Zhu Dadian really wanted the other party to make up a lie for himself to comfort and comfort his fragile heart, but Zhu Han was still so honest, it really made him feel uncomfortable.

"Uncle, I'm worried, let's go to Qingzhou City all the way, I'm afraid these people will not be gone! If they follow us all the way, what shall we do? After Zhu Han was scolded by his uncle, he cautiously raised a fatal question.

Recovering Qingzhou City is a goal that officers and men must achieve. This meant that the officers and men had to set out from Jinan City and travel 300 miles to Qingzhou City. Along the way, if these cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army were like ghosts haunting them and constantly harassing them, they would not have an effective way to deal with them at all.

From Jinan City to Qingzhou City, there is a distance of almost 300 miles, and the infantry army has to walk for three to four days, and if the movement is slow, it even takes six or seven days. If there is a harassment by the cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army day and night, Zhu Han is worried that he may not be able to reach Qingzhou City after walking for half a month. In order to march smoothly, it is necessary to eliminate these cavalry of Zhang Zhun in advance. The problem is, he Zhu Han doesn't have this ability! As soon as the cavalry camp left the city, it became the prey of the cavalry of the Tiger Army.

"The plan remains the same!"

"Let's go!"

Zhu Dadian said with a pale face.

No matter what kind of machinations Jang Joon uses, he must attack.

His net worth and life are all maintained on Qingzhou City, and it is nothing to lose a little people.

North of Jinan City, Yantou Town.

It is only less than thirty miles away from Jinan City, and the cavalry can reach it with a single impact. Due to the relatively high terrain here, standing here, you can see the movement around you.

At this moment, on the desolate slope, there was a red war horse standing alone, looking down and gnawing on the grass that had just sprouted on the ground. Zhang Zhun stood next to the war horse, holding a clairvoyant mirror and looking around. On both sides of the war horse, there is a tiger ben and two eagle eye dysprosiums. All the snipers around him have gone out, and he is the only one left here.

It was quiet, dead silence, and there was no figure in sight. There is no life in the surrounding fields. March was originally the season of spring ploughing, and in Laizhou Prefecture, people who were busy preparing fields could be seen everywhere, but there was no trace of spring ploughing here. This is the periphery of Jinan City, on the edge of the Yellow River, the terrain is flat, the land is fertile, it stands to reason that it should belong to a relatively wealthy place. But unfortunately, Zhang Zhun is here, and he can't feel this at all.

The long-term dry morning, as well as the turmoil of the Smelling Fragrance Sect, led to the abandonment of a large amount of land. The Yellow River behind him has always been cut off. The fields on both sides of the river, which depend on the water of the Yellow River, are naturally uncultivable. When he came along the way, Zhang Zhun also found that most of the water conservancy and irrigation facilities in the fields were in disrepair and no longer functional.