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The army of more than 20,000 led by Zhu Dadian and Wu Fanhui set off from the Qingzhou capital city and marched rapidly in the direction of Weixian.

In order to cooperate with Wu Fanhui's action, the army led by Zhu Dadian will be stationed for about two days when it is about to arrive in Weixian, and according to the information detected by the scouts, the rebels have begun to march in the direction of Shahe, which is located in Weixian, preparing to block and defeat the reinforcements here.

Wu Fanhui led 2,300 people, including 1,100 cavalry and 1,200 foot soldiers.

According to the distance calculation, if you take a straight line, that is, starting from Qingzhou Fucheng, through Changle, Weixian, Changyi, Laizhou, Huangxian and other places to Dengzhou Fucheng, the whole journey is less than 600 miles, according to the marching speed at the time of operation, the cavalry can arrive within four days, and the infantry can arrive within ten days.

However, Wu Fanhui and his entourage needed to detour, starting from Qingzhou Mansion to Weixian, and then inserting into the Gaomi direction, along the direction of Jiaozhou and Laiyang, arriving at Zhifu, and finally attacking Dengzhou Prefecture, from Weixian to Jiaozhou 200 miles, from Jiaozhou to Zhifu 460 miles, from Zhifu to Dengzhou Mansion City nearly 200 miles, so that it is about 860 miles.

Of course, during this period, the army led by Zhu Dadian will fight against the rebels, and the cities of Weixian, Changyi, and Huangxian along the way are occupied by the rebels, and it will take time to attack these cities, that is to say, the battle will start on the tenth day of August, and it is expected that it will take about 20 days, and the victory or defeat can basically be seen.

Although the rebels are strong, what they lack most is concept and persistence, once they encounter defeat, they will evacuate as quickly as possible, and it is very likely that they will all be evacuated to Dengzhou in about half a month at most.

There is not much time left for Wu Fanhui, he must take the capital city of Dengzhou within twenty days, otherwise Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others will return to the capital city of Dengzhou, and all the arrangements and deployments will be in vain.

Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian have done their best, and the next thing is to see Wu Fanhui's ability.

You must know that the army led by Zhu Dadian was stationed not far from Weixian for two days, just to attract the attention of the rebels, so that all their attention was in the direction of Weixian, so that the sergeants led by Wu Fanhui could act quickly and go in the direction of Dengzhou Mansion without realizing it.

On the seventh day of the eighth month, when the army was about to arrive at its destination, the scouts reported that the vanguard of the rebels was already waiting in Shahe, and it seemed that two days later, there must be a fierce battle.

Wu Fanhui was also heading towards Gaomi and Jiaozhou in the southwest, and he led 2,300 men to set off secretly, and in the process of marching, the scouts had already marked the route, and the 2,300 men walking behind would march straight from the fork in the road.

"Lord Wu, this battle is difficult and dangerous, you must be careful, this official is waiting for your good news."

"Don't worry, my lord, the lower officials will definitely live up to their mission."

Zhu Dadian looked at Wu Fanhui, raised his horsewhip, beat the horse and headed forward.

Wu Fanhui's order was quickly issued, from Weixian to Jiaozhou two hundred miles, the army must arrive within three days, that is, when the army led by Zhu Dadian and the rebels began to fight, the sergeants under his command had already passed Jiaozhou and marched in the direction of Zhifu, this order was nothing for the cavalry, but the foot soldiers were enough.

Li Yong, Ma Jigang, Sun Kailin, Liu Fangheng, Zu Dabi, Wu Sangui, Xu Yanqi and others stood solemnly in front of Wu Fanhui, and Wang Laipin was leading the army to march rapidly at this moment.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there are more than 2,000 of us, and if we want to keep it completely secret, the possibility is not great, but time does not allow us to delay, what should we do, the decision of this official is to march boldly and advance in the direction of Jiaozhou."

"You remember, among the rebels, the vast majority are Liaodong Han people, and among you, the vast majority are also Liaodong Han people, so no one can distinguish your identity, during the march, although you speak loudly, speak the words of Liaodong, and the sergeants who do not speak the words of Liaodong, do not speak, in addition, scouts and reconnaissance, the rebels have red turbans wrapped around their heads, and all the soldiers have prepared red turbans, and they are immediately worn on their heads, and they are not allowed to stay along the way, and if anyone asks, they will say that they are sent by the marshal of the capital, Because the imperial court officials and troops came to reinforce Laizhou, it was necessary to inspect whether Jiaozhou and other places were safe. ”

Speaking of this, Wu Fanhui's eyes swept over everyone.

"There will definitely be people suspicious along the way, in the face of those who are suspicious, never show mercy, kill without mercy, remember to bury the corpse, don't let others find out, we will not attack any city along the way, the camping is all on both sides of the official road, the camping time does not exceed two hours a day, the cooked food we carry can last for about ten days, before we finish the cooked food, we are not allowed to make a fire to cook, be sure to save all the time."

"We only have about twenty days at most, including our march and the capture of the capital city of Dengzhou, and there are unimaginable hardships in front of us.

On the eighth day of the eighth month of August, when it was dark, the army passed Gaomi County and rushed towards Jiaozhou.

The road is very desolate, almost no one can be seen, needless to say, this is also the credit of the rebels, Wu Fanhui once saw in the twists and turns, after Kong Youde took the city of Dengzhou, he killed all the gentry and rich households in the city, and killed more than 10,000 people living near Shuicheng, in order to draw a separation belt.

And these rebels are even more cruel, in the capture of Huangxian, Pingdu and other cities, although they did not encounter much resistance, but after entering the city, they also wantonly looted and killed, I don't know how many unarmed people, died tragically in the hands of the rebels, the official road is a place strictly controlled by the rebels, all the people who appear on the official road, regardless of whether they are indiscriminate, will be killed, which leads to the official road to see no people.

Kong Youde and others believe that it will be safe in this way.

However, there are two sides to everything, there are two sides, there is no one on the official road, the rebels think it is safe, and the surveillance of these places is weakened, and the army of imperial reinforcements is about to arrive in Weixian, the main attention of the rebels is all concentrated in the direction of Weixian, but the sergeants under the command of Wu Fanhui marched unusually smoothly.

On the ninth day of the eighth month, the army was about to arrive in Jiaozhou City.

Two hundred miles, a little more than two days, the cavalry doesn't matter, and the lack has actually followed.

This made Wu Fanhui feel unusually emotional.

This night, the rest time was a little longer, after all, it was flesh and blood, and no one could bear it after a long march, even he, a man on horseback, felt sore.

At the end of the day, the army set out.

If you march along the official road, you will not enter the city of Jiaozhou.

Wu Fanhui looked in the direction of Weixian and sighed.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the army led by Lord Zhu is going to fight with the rebels today, and in the next time, we can't afford to delay in the slightest, we don't know what the battle situation is, if our trip is delayed, not to mention that all the arrangements and deployments will be in vain, all of us will fall into great danger."

This time it was Zu Dashou who answered.

"My lord, the sergeant under the command of the last general can endure hardships, and he will definitely not delay the trip."

Only two days have passed, Zu Dabi's opinion of Wu Fanhui has undergone a fundamental change, this young champion of the palace examination is by no means a white-faced scholar, but a decisive and thoughtful marshal, who can follow the army to march quickly, and can also make arrangements and deployments along the way, send scouts to investigate, and make a decisive decision according to the situation reported by the scouts, where is this young man.

The change of views means respect, and Zu Dashou's attitude towards Wu Fanhui has also changed, but along the way, Zu Dashou is very worried, afraid that the sergeants under his command will not be able to become the main force when fighting, because from the arrangement and deployment of the two-day march, the Wu family's nursing home is even harder, there are nearly 100 of them, and they have to scout around every day to find out the surrounding situation, these brothers sleep less and run more distances.

"Okay, Deputy General Zu, after passing through Jiaozhou and entering the territory of Dengzhou, the situation will become more complicated, according to the information learned earlier, there are rebels stationed in Laiyang, the number of people is unknown, Laiyang City is less than ten miles away from the official road, so we must pass through Laiyang as quickly as possible, we must not expose our whereabouts, otherwise we will face great danger, brothers may also fall into a desperate situation, as long as we pass through Laizhou smoothly, it will be easy to do."

"The last general understood what the adults meant, and the last general told the brothers that if anyone dares to mess around, disobey the command, and don't wait for the adults to do it, the last general will directly cut off his head."

"That's good, from today onwards, Deputy General Zu will select about twenty people to join the scout team, and be responsible for investigating the surrounding situation every day, this official has long said that whether the information is accurate or not is the key to our victory, the information obtained in Qingzhou Mansion City, may have changed, this official can not fully believe it, only for reference, the information detected by the scout, this official will be used as the basis for judgment."

"Yes, the last general will personally take twenty people to reconnoiter the surrounding situation."

"No, it's better for Vice General Zu to lead the army on the march, this officer emphasizes one side again, and then we pass through Laiyang, which is the most critical moment, and there can be no mistakes."

The army marched in the direction of Laiyang.

The scouts led by Li Yong set off early, scouting along the way, and the twenty people selected by Zu Dashou also quickly arrived at Wu Fanhui's side, Wu Fanhui ordered them to carefully investigate the situation on the left and right flanks of the official road, to see if anyone was concerned about the whereabouts of the army, if such a person was found, either captured alive or killed, and they must not be soft.

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