Hao 13 moved in Shouzhou for a few days, in the early morning of the fifth day of the seventh month, the east just showed the white of the fish belly, Hao 13 said goodbye to the two ladies and Shouzhou Taishou and garrison, with more than 1,000 Chinese army guards, and three soldiers Luo Ben, Yu Dechen, Liu Bowen, took advantage of the night to quietly go out of the city. chose this time to leave Shouzhou for fear of causing panic in Shouzhou City, and only Yang Zhiyu, Wang Mengchen, Mu Youcai, and Song Ke knew the news of Hao Shisan's departure.

Yang Zhengtai heard that Hao Shisan was going to fight a big battle, so he personally brought two thousand elites and came to meet Hao Shisan halfway: "The virtuous son-in-law is so outside, fight a big battle, and don't forget that your father-in-law still has elite soldiers to help!" ”

"How so!" Hao 13 saluted his father-in-law on the horse: "Thirteen dare to go out on a heavy army, thanks to my father-in-law's army to take care of the west, you are in the elite army, you can't be easily mobilized, Shouzhou is the blood vessel of the Qingfeng army, Shouzhou can't have a little mistake!" ”

Yang Zhengtai was told by Hao Shisan, as long as he had to lead the soldiers to return to Anfeng. Before leaving, he repeatedly told Hao Shisan: "Don't be too strong, safety first, and I will send someone to relieve Wanshi's military rations to Luzhou to support later!" ”

"So much the best!" Hao Shisan hugged his fist and said goodbye to Yang Zhengtai.

On the eighth day of the seventh month, early in the morning, Hao 13 rushed to Luzhou, and the civil and military forces in Luzhou came out to meet him, and there was no need to talk in detail, and there were two more armies in Luzhou.

Hao 13 was planning to fight a big battle, afraid that his army would not be enough, so he once sent three letters to nearby friendly troops, inviting the other party to send troops to help the war.

All the way is the old department of the original Xuzhou sesame Li Er, led by Peng Da and Zhao Junyong, and now occupies Liuhe, which is east of Chuzhou, and belongs to the Yingzhou Red Turban Army, and I don't know how to take care of the face of Hao Shisanming's master, or look at the face of Liu Futong's sworn brother, or look at the face of the cannon, and assign a general named Mao Gui, who brought three thousand spear army elites to help the war.

All the way is the Haozhou Sun De Cliff Department. Sun Deya ran out of food in Haozhou, and he was always afraid of Guo Zixingxing's troops in Chuzhou to attack, so he simply abandoned Haozhou, took more than 10,000 people, and went directly to Hao Shisan to eat food. Let's talk about the war, now that there are people to shelter and a place to eat, why not do Sun Deya.

Hao 13 had guests in Luzhou, and held a banquet in the Taishou Mansion to entertain the two allies who came to help in the war.

During the banquet, Mao Gui said straightforwardly: "Hao Dudu, I'm afraid that according to the soldiers and horses in our hands, I am afraid that it will not be possible to fight and the state!" ”

The available troops in Luzhou now are only 2,500 people in Hao Shisan's front army, 3,000 in the middle army, 1,000 in the rear army, and 1,400 guards in the governor's mansion, with a total strength of less than 8,000 people.

And how many troops are there in Hezhou? More than 100,000 more than Hao Thirteen's army!

"General Mao, don't worry, you and Sun Dashuai don't have a vicious battle, as long as you and I contain the enemy!" Hao 13 comforted.

"Mao Gui is also the elite of the Xuzhou Red Turban Army, and he only expects to take the lead with Hao Dudu, and he can't lose the prestige of the Xuzhou Army. It's not that Mao Gui is timid, it's just that there is a huge disparity in strength at the moment, and there is no chance of winning! Mao Gui said bluntly.

"I still have the left army, the right army has not been built, and my eldest brother Liu Futong's army has not arrived, as long as you wait for a while, their army will definitely arrive!" Hao Shisan understated, and said to Shi Nai'an: "Mr. is the Taishou of Luzhou, the closest to Hezhou, let's make a simple geographical summary of Hezhou!" ”

Luzhou Taishou Shi Nai'an hurriedly put down the wine glass, hung a map on the wall, and pointed to the Hezhou Road on the map: Hezhou is 'Huainan to rush, the river surface is sheltered, cross the river and quarry, Jichukou and go to Jinling', is a strategic place, is the place to use troops in the south, cross the Yangtze River, and capture Jinling. Historically, those who used troops to cross the river south along this road included Sun Ce, Cao Cao, Fu Jian, Han Baohu, Du Fuwei and others. ”

Zhang Polu, the commander of the Chinese army and the Luzhou march, walked forward, pointed to the map and said: "The one responsible for defending Hezhou is Mengyuan, Henan, Jiangbei, Pingzhang and Timur, and there are 50,000 defenders in Hezhou, plus Hanshan, Chaoxian, and Wuwei on the periphery of Hezhou, and Timur can mobilize more than 100,000 troops, as well as the imperial court's volunteer soldiers Chen Yexian and other militia 10,000 households, stationed in critical villages, in my opinion, Hezhou can only be outwitted, not forcible to take it!" ”

Sun Deya only cared about eating and drinking, and didn't ask anything about the war, Mao Gui asked again: "It's good to outwit, but the key is how to outwit?" ”

After all, Zhang Poyu had little experience in the battle formation, and was stopped by Mao Gui, scratching his head and saying: "Anyway, it's outwitting, I want to know how to outwit, and I have to wait for the governor to come, and I will lead the army myself to take Hezhou!" ”

Hao Shisan had hope in his heart, and also counted on the arrival of Fu Youde and Liu Futong's army, smiling as if he had a bamboo in his chest: "Now we understand the enemy first, and bring the army to the fullest, we are doing calculations, and we only eat and drink today!" ”

Hao 13 and everyone were in the Taishou Mansion in Luzhou, waiting anxiously, until the sun had set, they saw the two generals, sweating and running into the Taishou Mansion.

"The last general, Fu Youde (Wu Liuqi), see the governor!" The two men fell to their knees and bowed.

"What day is it?" Hao Thirteen asked.

"Back to the governor, today is the eighth day of the seventh month, and it is the day to join forces with the governor!" The two generals did not dare to slack off when they saw that the thirteen things were not doing well.

"What time do you think it is? It's getting dark! ”

"The subordinates are guilty, please punish them!"

"Pull it out, cut it!" Hao Shisan's eyes were as wide as cowbells, and blood was oozing from his eyes.

Everyone saw that Fu Youde and Wu Liujiu were only half a day late, and Hao Shisan was about to kill the general, and they all changed color.

Wu Liujiu, the governor of the Governor's Mansion, is Wu Liuqi's younger brother, and Zhang Poyusu, a thousand households in the Chinese army, is friendly with Fu Youde, how can Hao Shisan kill the two like this.

Under the leadership of the two, everyone knelt on the ground and begged for forgiveness.

There is even more Mao Gui, when he was in Xuzhou Sesame Li Li Er, he recognized this Fu Youde, but at that time, Fu Youde and Mao Gui were from different factions.

Mao Guinai was one of the eight people who originally raised troops with Sesame Li Li Erxiao County, Fu Youde and Li Xixi were originally bandits in Dangshan, and they took refuge with Li Xixi, Li died in World War II and took refuge in Liu Futong, Liu Futong refused to be reused, and then transferred to Hao Shisan's men.

Mao Gui also refused to see an acquaintance, who was killed because of this trivial matter, and knelt down to beg for mercy for the two generals: "Governor, kill the general in battle, I'm afraid it will be disadvantageous to the army!" ”

"Before leaving, how can I talk to the two generals, 'Don't fight for small profits, be sure to come and meet the governor of Pontus before the eighth day of the seventh month', how many things will be delayed if I am half a day late?" Hao 13 questioned the two generals earnestly.

"The subordinates are guilty, and the subordinates are the marching managers of the governor, only because the subordinates are not careful, and they never thought that on the way here, they met a group of bandits, and the two leaders of the thieves are quite good at kung fu, and they are also greedy for merit, and they want to accept the two for the governor, and they fought hard with the thieves for two days before they surrendered. If the governor punishes the crime, please only treat the sins of one person, please forgive Wu Liuqi Qianhu! Fu Youde only asked himself to bear the blame.

Wu Liuqi refused to exonerate himself, and also said: "The subordinate is Fu Jiangjun's deputy, and the subordinate has nothing to do with the escape of this crime, please punish the governor together." ”

"That's it! That's it! Hao Shisancai was reluctant to kill his general, he just wanted to establish his prestige in front of the two friendly armies, and when he saw that everyone came to beg for mercy, he said: "It all depends on General Mao's face, spare the two for the time being, and those who violate the orders of the governor of Bendu will be killed, and they must not beg for mercy!" ”

"No!" One should be the general, and the brush will be the order.

Sun Deya, who was eating and drinking on the side, was stunned, and said in his heart: "It seems that it is not so easy to eat Hao Shisan's grain for nothing!" ”