The marching speed of the army is very fast, there will be no delay along the way, this kind of forced march, Wu Shaogang can bear it, Hao Jing is a little difficult, but in order not to delay the trip, not to delay the marching speed of the army, Hao Jing gritted his teeth and insisted, when he couldn't bear it, he even asked the sergeant to tie it on horseback. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Luzhou is far from Bozhou and other places in Huaibei, more than 3,000 miles away, 10,000 troops need at least half a month to arrive, the official road during this period is also difficult to walk, Tongchuan Fu Road and Kuizhou Fu Road and other places, mountain roads are the majority, the mountains are high and dense, after passing Chongqing Mansion and Kuizhou Fu Road, after entering Jinghu North Road, it is a plain area, but it is faced with many rivers interlaced.

However, all this, for many soldiers, can be overcome, after all, they have been trained by the devil, forced march is one of the necessary training, today's fast march, in the eyes of everyone, is just a step-by-step training.

As Wu Shaogang expected, when the army entered Jinghu North Road, the edict of the Privy Council also arrived here.

The edict required Wu Shaogang to go to Huaibei to assist Xia Gui and Li Tingzhi in the battle, and to carry some of the sergeants of the imperial army in Hezhou.

This shows that when Li Tingzhi wrote a letter to Wu Shaogang, he also wrote a letter to the imperial court.

Wu Shaogang was faintly unhappy, he thought that Li Tingzhi would wait until after his reply to write a note to the imperial court, but empathy, if he waited until that time to write a letter and waited for the Privy Council's edict to arrive in Luzhou, it would take too much time, the daylilies would be cold, and Wu Shaogang would not need to go to Huaibei.

This also made Wu Shaogang aware of another possibility, and the situation in Huaibei had just begun, and the situation in Huaibei had become extremely dangerous.

Because of the edict of the Privy Council, Wu Shaogang was delayed for half a day in Changde Fucheng.

The Edict of the Privy Council has one of the greatest advantages, that is, it is equivalent to the role of a meal ticket.

Wu Shaogang could rely on the edict of the Privy Council to ask the government along the way to provide necessary food, and if anyone did not do anything difficult, he could rely on the edict to directly punish the local authorities on behalf of the imperial court.

He would not miss this opportunity, knowing that if the army carried too much grain and grass, it would definitely delay the speed of the march.

Wu Shaogang's order to provide necessary grain and grass from Fuzhou and counties along the way was quickly spread to various places along the way through post stations.

This made the march a lot faster.

On the first day of December, the army arrived in Luzhou, on Huainan West Road, which was Wu Shaogang's hometown.

Hao Jing and the others persuaded Wu Shaogang to go home and have a look, and he wouldn't delay too much time anyway, but Wu Shaogang refused.

The army has set off for 16 days, what is the situation in Huaibei, I don't know, I can't hear any rumors and news along the way, until after Luzhou, I faintly heard that Xia Gui and Li Tingzhi may not be able to withstand it, and part of the army has withdrawn to the south of the Huai River to hold on.

This news has been confirmed in Luzhou, and the situation in Huaibei has deteriorated abnormally.

Bozhou, Xuzhou, Tengzhou, Pizhou and other places were all recaptured and occupied by the Mongol army, and the only remaining place was Suzhou.

Bozhou and Shouzhou in the west of Suzhou, Sizhou and Pizhou in the east, Xuzhou in the north and other places, all of them were Mongolian troops, they launched an attack on Suzhou from three roads, Xia Gui and Li Tingzhi's only way to retreat is to cross the Huai River, retreat to the Huainan West Road under the jurisdiction of Shouchun and Anfeng, if they continue to hold on in Suzhou, there may be a danger of annihilation.

In less than a month, the battle situation deteriorated to such an extent, which made Wu Shaogang a little puzzled, could it be said that the army led by Xia Gui did not resist at all, and chose to retreat when attacked by the Mongolian army.

You must know that capturing a city is not as simple as it says, sometimes the battle is cruel, and it may not be possible to take it for a year and a half.

If Xia Gui blindly retreated and did not make any resistance, then Wu Shaogang led the imperial army of Hezhou to come to the rescue, and he would lose any meaning, I am afraid that when he rushed to Huaibei, all places would be lost.

There is also Li Tingzhi, the loyal and brave army led by him, and the order he received was to rush to help, whether they were fighting or not, and why they were defeated so quickly.

I think so in my heart, but I can't say it.

Wu Shaogang did not stop in Luzhou, led the soldiers, and quickly headed in the direction of Shouchun.

Time has become incomparably precious, Wu Shaogang doesn't want to return empty-handed, to say that in these more than 3,000 miles, 10,000 soldiers have worked hard to come, and before they have time to fight, they will go back dejectedly, how uncomfortable.

When the army went to Shouchun, some of the retreating stragglers had already been seen along the way.

The defeat is like a mountain, and once an army loses its fighting spirit, it is a rabble.

Cai Siwei, the commander of the former army and the former army of Hezhou, has severely punished a few sergeants who harassed the people, and more sergeants have been forcibly gathered and followed the army in the direction of Shouchun.

Along the way, in two days, Cai Siwei, Du Xiaoqi, Qin Han and others actually accepted nearly 3,000 sergeants.

This number made Wu Shaogang a little stunned.

On the third day of the twelfth month, when Shen Shi, the army arrived in Shouchun.

Before arriving at the city gate, Wu Shaogang felt the chaotic atmosphere.

Shouchun has changed from the forefront of the weekday to the wartime logistics base, and the sergeants who have withdrawn from Suzhou must pass through here after crossing the Huai River.

The tall walls of Shouchun were rebuilt by the late Xu Jun, the commander of Jiankang, in less than 60 years.

The south gate is the most spectacular, its urn city is ten meters high, the bottom width is 22 meters, and the top width is 20 meters.

The north gate is called Dinghu Gate, close to the Huai River.

The official road in front of the Tongqi Gate is very wide, there are ten meters away from the left and right, and on both sides of the official road, there are also some wine shops and shops, but now this wide official road has been crowded with sergeants who have retreated from the north, these sergeants behave casually, without scruples, some bow their heads and go in the direction of Luzhou Fucheng, and some are walking around in place.

The arrival of the imperial army in Hezhou naturally attracted the attention of these sergeants.

Many sergeants congested on the official road consciously spread out on both sides of the road.

Wu Shaogang on horseback looked at all this coldly, judging from the demeanor of these sergeants, it was obvious that he had not experienced any fighting, and he should have followed the officers to evacuate towards Shouchun.

There were no wounded among the sergeants, nor could they see the exhaustion of the battle.

It seems that Wu Shaogang's prediction is good.

The reason why the army led by Xia Gui was able to take Bozhou and other places was purely because the Mongolian troops in these places all went to Shandong to conquer Li Pu, and there was no local defense force, so they easily occupied the city, but when the Mongolian army quelled Li Pu's rebellion and came back to recover Bozhou and other places, Xia Gui did not make up his mind to resist, but withdrew step by step.

Xia Gui did this, Wu Shaogang didn't have any idea, but he wanted to know what the loyal army led by Li Tingzhi was doing, and whether it had withdrawn in the direction of Shouchun without any resistance.

"Report to your lordship, do you want to gather these sergeants?"

Wu Shaogang looked at Cai Siwei and thought for a moment.

"It's okay to recruit these sergeants, so congested outside Shouchun City, what kind of system, in addition, find their officers and bring them to me."

Cai Siwei led some of the sergeants to collect them, and the army continued to move towards the Tongshu Gate south of Shouchun.

According to the rules of the imperial court, the army during the conquest period generally did not enter the city, and most of them were stationed in military camps outside the city, unless the city was attacked.

This is also the reason why there are so many soldiers outside the south gate, and these soldiers are not allowed to enter the city at will, otherwise the local government will not be able to restrain it at all, and the city will become a mess.

However, the generals who lead the army still have to enter the city.

When there was still a distance of about 500 meters from the Tongqi Gate in the south, an official squeezed out of the crowd, came to the middle of the official road, and saluted Wu Shaogang and the others with his fists.

"Xiaguan Shouchun County, I don't know that the person who came is the army in front of the Hezhou Emperor."

Zheng Tongwu, who was beside Wu Shaogang, opened his mouth to answer.

"Exactly, I don't know how your county arranged it."

"The county has made arrangements, the army is stationed in the barracks on the right side of the Tongqi Gate, and the grain and grass will be provided immediately, and the commander of the army is invited to enter the city to discuss the grain and grass with the county commander."

Wu Shaogang looked coldly at the county man in front of him.

"Tell your county order, come to see me in the military camp outside the city, and the stragglers outside the city, what kind of system they become, I don't know how the county order is arranged, I just heard that these sergeants and officers have all entered the city, I don't care which way they are military horses, ask them all to come outside the city, if they dare to disobey the order, I will punish them severely on behalf of the court."

After saying these words, Wu Shaogang turned his horse's head and headed in the direction of the barracks.

Behind Wu Shaogang, the sergeants of the Qin and Han organizations were gathering all the sergeants outside the city, perhaps feeling the murderous aura of the army along the way, no sergeants dared to resist, and they all stood up obediently according to the order.

When Wu Shao first arrived at the barracks, the outside of the city had gradually quieted down, and almost all the sergeants had been assembled.

"Mr. Hao, the situation is not optimistic, your and my previous speculations have been confirmed, it seems that it is impossible to rely on the Xia capital to control it, if you want to defend the state, you only need to rely on the soldiers led by us."

"My lord is right, my subordinates also see it this way, but my subordinates think that the situation has not yet reached the point of incorrigibility, but the imperial army in Huaibei has almost no fighting, and they all retreated to Huainan, which makes people feel incomprehensible, but in this way, the opportunity for the imperial army in Hezhou has come, presumably the Mongolian army is driving straight in, without the slightest vigilance, they think that the imperial army will not resist, nor will it be guarded, take this opportunity to exterminate the Mongolian army on one or even two roads, it is completely possible."

"The heroes see the same thing, I think the same, and the next thing is to ask those leading officers what the situation is in Suzhou." (To be continued.) )