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On the afternoon of 11 March, more than 50 miles north of the capital city of Hengzhou, an army was marching south along the official road. The long procession stretched for miles, numbering about 10,000 people. Above the team are all fiery red military flags, among which a "high" flag is the most eye-catching.

This is precisely the part of the more than 10,000 loyal battalions and horses led by Gao Yigong who went to Hengzhou to strengthen the defensive force. Yesterday afternoon, after receiving the order of Du Yinxi, Gao Yigong led the army to set off without the slightest delay, and if there was no accident, he would be able to arrive in Hengzhou by tomorrow morning at the latest.

Although he did not encounter the enemy along the way, Gao Yigong still did not slack off, and his long career in the war has made him develop the habit of always being vigilant.

Suddenly, smoke and dust rolled up in front of him, and hooves rumbled, and a team of sentry horses rushed out from the corner of a hill in the distance, until they came to the vicinity of Gao Yigong's general flag.

The leader turned over and dismounted, clasped his fists with a little eagerness, and said: "Grandpa Gao, there are a large number of Tartars coming north more than ten miles ahead!" ”

Gao Yigong was originally the lord of the Dashun regime, and he had not yet received the title given by the Ming Dynasty after the loyal battalion was recruited by the Longwu court, but some of the original old subordinates were still called "Gao Gongye" in private.

Hearing the leader of the sentry cavalry say this, Gao Yigong asked quietly, "How many people are there?" ”

"There are about 10,000 people on the dry road, about the same number as our army," said the leader of the sentry cavalry, pointing to the west, "In addition, there is a naval division on the Xiang River, and judging from the number of warships, there are about four or five thousand men. ”

Gao Yigong, who had already learned about the situation in the direction of Hengzhou, of course knew that this was the Qing army that was the first to arrive under the city of Hengzhou. Now, according to the situation detected by the sentinel cavalry, this Qing army has all returned to the north, and it is ten likely to go to meet with Duoduo.

Gao Yigong nodded: "I know, you continue to investigate!" ”

"Yes!"

After the sentry left, Gao Yigong muttered for a moment. He commanded the herald beside him, "Give the order down." The whole army moved out of the way and took refuge to the east, avoiding direct contact with the Tartars. ”

Gao Yigong's prestige in the army is still quite high, therefore. The order was given and carried out very quickly. The whole army left the avenue on which it had been walking, moved several miles east, and stopped at the back of a hill for a moment.

After settling down temporarily, Tian Hu, the general next to Gao Yigong, said, "Grandpa Gao." If it reaches the ears of those civil officials, I am afraid that there will be another excuse to make things difficult for us. ”

Gao Yigong snorted disappreciatively and said, "We were ordered to support Hengzhou, not to fight the Tartars head-on." No matter what happens on the road, as long as you arrive in Hengzhou in time, you will be considered to have completed the task. And what do they have to say? ”

Speaking of this, Gao Yigong couldn't help but smile bitterly again: "Besides, again." Those civil officials in the imperial court really want to make things difficult for us. There will be no shortage of this excuse. The number of Tartars on the opposite side is no less than ours, and whether they can beat it is another matter. Even if we can fight, we will try our best to attack the Tartars, and it will be useless to win, and there will be times when we lose. Why all the work? Let's think more about ourselves, if we all fight these old brothers, where will we still have a place in the world? I will never forget the battle in Jingzhou last year. ”

As soon as I heard Gao Yigong mention Jingzhou. Tian Hu, who also participated in the battle of the Loyal Battalion besieging Jingzhou, couldn't help but feel a little annoyed: "That battle, if it weren't for He Tengjiao's gang. How could the flanks of our army be exposed to the Tartars? ”

"I don't want to talk about the past, anyway, just remember the lessons in the future!" Gao Yigong said, "In the eyes of those Wenchen, we are always grass cowards, and we need to be on guard at all times. Hmph, if King Chuang is still here, why should we accept their recruitment? Speaking of which, among the courtiers in the court, that is, Dugong is still a reasonable person, he can see things clearly, and he also has a tolerance that others do not have, but he alone can't change the minds of all the courtiers in the court. ”

Tian Hu thought for a while and said: "What the Duke did was indeed a little different, but I'm afraid that he wouldn't be kind for no reason, and everything he did was to win over us." ”

"Of course I know this, but at least in his eyes, we are still useful people. If we are He Tengjiao or other civil officials, we are just a bunch of grass cowards, and we don't even bother to talk about using them. Gao Yigong said, "No matter what, I still admire the person who blocked the public." At the beginning of the year, in order to raise food and grass for our loyal camp, he even did not hesitate to put down his frame to discuss with the local gentry and landlords. No matter what he thinks and does in the future, at least it is good for us now, then we will know about Entu. To be honest, this time it is for the sake of blocking the public's face, so we will come to Huguang to assist the rest of the military towns in fighting. Otherwise, let He Tengjiao and Fu Shangrui's gang go and slowly consume it with Tartar. ”

Subsequently, Gao Yigong felt that he seemed to be a little excited, so he changed the topic and discussed the next marching plan and some other military affairs with Tian Hu and the rest of the generals while the army was resting for a while, until there was a loud rumbling sound like thunder on the ground in the south.

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A Qing army of tens of thousands of people marched from the south and marched mightily on the official road. Looking at the banner, it was indeed the Manchurian blue flag and the white flag soldiers and horses who went to besiege Hengzhou a few days ago, among which there were not only soldiers with helmets and armor and a fierce face, but also Baoyi Aha wearing leather robes and escorting heavy vehicles, but the entire marching army was neatly arranged, and there was no chaos in the march, like a strong army style. However, probably because the goal was not achieved, almost all of them had a little unwillingness on their faces.

"It's a pity, if you give us some more time, the puppet emperor Zhu Yujian will definitely become a prisoner of our army! It's a pity that Prince Yu asked us to give up attacking Hengzhou to make peace with him, and we buried this great opportunity in vain! Zhengbai Banner Melle Zhangjing Zhuoluo shook his head and sighed repeatedly, and said unwillingly.

As the commander of the partial division, the blue-inlaid banner Melle Zhangjing Lanbai is more calm, which is why Duoduo chose him as the main general. Hearing Zoro's complaint, Lan Bai glanced at him. said: "Don't complain about anything anymore, Prince Yu does this, naturally he has a reason." There are 30,000 Ming dogs in Hengzhou City, and the morale of the army has been stirred up by the puppet emperor Zhu Yujian. We didn't come with the Hongyi cannons, even if we barely entered the city. There will also be a loss of many of the warriors among them. Moreover. Now that the remnants of tens of thousands of thieves have entered Huguang, our army's grain route is also in danger of being cut off at any time. Prince Yu needs to consider the overall situation, and it is reasonable for us to go north to make peace with him. ”

Dro was about to say something. A team in front of the Malay newspaper: A Ming army was found in the northeast, which seemed to be the remnants of the Chuang army that accepted the Ming court's recruitment, and the word "high" was on the flag of the main general. It was hiding on the north side of a hill, but had no intention of attacking or ambushing.

"Haha, knowing that he was invincible, he took the initiative to hide. It seems that these thieves are quite self-aware! Zhuo Luo couldn't help laughing, and then said to Lan Bai: "They don't dare to fight, we can't just let them go!" The warriors held back the fire in their stomachs and had nowhere to vent, so they just took them to the knife! ”

Lan Bai thought for a moment and shook his head: "Forget it, Prince Yu asked us to rush to meet him as soon as possible, so don't make trouble because of this little thing!" The reason why the remnants of these thieves hid aside was that they really did not dare to fight with our army, and secondly, because they did not want to die for the puppet Ming court. That being the case. Let's have more than one thing than one less, if we really fight, the losses that have been added in vain will be put aside, if the time is delayed, we will inevitably ask for a punishment from Prince Yu! ”

Listen to Lamb move Dordor out. Zoro had no choice but to give up.

The rumbling of footsteps and the rattling of horses' hooves continued. The Qing army did not stop at all, marched all the way north, and walked the road that the soldiers and horses of the loyal battalion had just walked, and the blue and red borders and pure white military flags were hunting in the wind.

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After the head of the Qing army did not return to the north. Gao Yigong left a few teams of sentry cavalry behind the palace to guard, and then ordered his soldiers and horses to continue to march in the direction of Hengzhou. Now the Qing troops under the city of Hengzhou have all returned north. There should be no more hostility ahead. But even so, Gao Yigong still maintained a minimum of vigilance, and scattered a large number of sentry horses far away around the marching army, forming a strict outer cordon.

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Gao Yigong led his soldiers and horses to continue walking south for more than ten miles, and then encountered an oncoming army. It's just that this time it was no longer the Qing army, but the Xiao Kuang Department of the Ming Army and the Xuan Department of the Huang Dynasty that set off from Hengzhou, which were personally supervised by Zhu Dadian, a scholar of the Military Department and a scholar of the Inspector University.

Gao Yigong learned that Shangshu of the military department of the dynasty was in the army opposite, so he had to temporarily put aside his previous mustard to the court and go to meet him because of etiquette.

After the meeting, Zhu Dadian's attitude towards the generals of the loyal battalion was not as bad as that of some civil officials, and he asked about the situation along the way with a kind face, and then conveyed the will of Emperor Longwu to the generals of the loyal battalion.

It turned out that Emperor Longwu learned that the loyal battalion had arrived, and saw that the Qing army outside the city had all retreated north, so he ordered Xiao Kuangbu and the Huang Dynasty Xuanbu, who had just arrived in Hengzhou, to join the armies in the north and fight side by side with them, striving to expand the results of the battle. Ma Jinzhong's troops and Chen Youlong's troops stayed behind to guard Hengzhou. Originally, Emperor Longwu considered that Zhu Dadian was too old to go back and forth, and was ready to let Yang Tinglin, a scholar of Wuyingdian University, replace Zhu Dadian as the supervisor, but under Zhu Dadian's repeated insistence and pleading, he finally agreed to let him continue to go to control the armies.

Before the army set off, Emperor Longwu specially instructed Zhu Dadian to take care of his health, and gave him another holy decree, ordering him to take full control of Xiao Kuang, Huang Chaoxuan, Pang Yue, Liu Chengyin, and the soldiers and horses of the loyal battalion, and continue to fight against the Qing army until it was forced to return to the north completely.

After listening to Zhu Dadian's propaganda and reaching the will of Emperor Longwu, Gao Yigong and others did not raise any objections, saying that they were willing to accept Zhu Dadian's moderation, so the two armies joined forces in one place, and temporarily rested on the spot and buried the pot to make rice.

In the second half of the night, that is, in the early morning of March 12, the army continued to march and hurried to Hengshan County to join Li Guo, Pang Yue and other generals.