The news that Jiang Ningying had come to Pingyang Mansion spread quickly.

Everyone seemed to have taken a reassuring pill, and the situation in Pingyang Fucheng quickly stabilized.

The storytellers in the teahouses and restaurants don't know where they got the jokes, and the stories of the Jiangning camp capturing Zijinliang alive, forcing the old man to return to suicide, defending the central capital of Fengyang, and exterminating more than 100,000 Liukou, the people who listened to it were drunk, and they couldn't wait to join the Jiangning camp and experience the joy of killing the enemy. This storytelling is naturally exaggerated, and no one will pursue them.

It's just that the storyteller's general Liukou is too vulnerable, which makes everyone feel that it is not enjoyable.

Su Tiancheng did not stay in the official post.

After consulting with the prefect of Pingyang Prefecture, he immediately went out of the city, the vanguard of the Jiangning battalion and the scout battalion had arrived at the official road outside the city of Pingyang Prefecture, according to Su Tiancheng's arrangement, the Jiangning battalion would not enter the city, but went directly to Yueyang, after arriving in Yueyang, day and night, rushed to Wuxiang County in Qinzhou, where they waited for the large army of Liukou.

There is one more thing that needs to be done, and that is a large-scale build-up. The Jiangning battalion wants to throw out an illusion, that is, the Jiangning battalion will be stationed in Yueyang, observing in the center, and monitoring every move of the rogues at any time.

Su Tiancheng and the prefect of Pingyang Prefecture had already discussed the matter of building momentum, of course, it was impossible for the prefect and officials of Pingyang Prefecture to know the specific arrangements of the Jiangning Battalion, and they thought that the Jiangning Battalion would be stationed in Yueyang.

The Jiangning battalion's marching route and operational plan were absolutely secret, and it was impossible for outsiders to know about them.

The momentum of the Jiangning camp shocked the people of Pingyang Mansion.

Countless people flocked to the outside of the city to watch the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion passing by the official road, with bright military flags and neat military appearances. Including many firearms, this is a scene that ordinary people rarely see.

Su Huawen and the Wang family already knew that this time Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning camp to Shanxi to exterminate the Liukou, and the prefect came to visit the mansion. didn't talk about Su Tianran's matter, it can be seen that Su Tiancheng did what he said, and did not ask Su Tianran to go home, and the two of them were finally relieved.

The color on Su Tianran's face quickly became brighter, and the twenty sergeants of the Inspection Division who followed him out to investigate, after returning to the Inspection Division, nothing happened, after the prefect came to the mansion. also specifically said that in the future, there is no need for the government to send people to investigate the movements of the Liukou, and when the Jiangning battalion comes to Pingyang Mansion, the scouts will go to investigate the situation.

When I went to work in the mansion, the colleagues around me looked at Su Tianran, and they were very affectionate, which meant it. Lord Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning battalion and returned to Pingyang Mansion to suppress the bandits. How powerful the Jiangning camp is, the Liukou will definitely be finished this time, and when the time comes, the imperial court will reward Lord Su Tiancheng, and the Su family will also follow suit.

Fortunately, Su Huawen reprimanded Su Tianran fiercely and warned him to go to the mansion and definitely keep a low profile. Don't talk nonsense, so Su Tianran's mouth didn't say anything out of the ordinary.

The speed of the march of the Jiangning battalion was slightly slower, from Linfen to Yueyang. However, one hundred and fifty miles, according to the previous marching speed of the Jiangning battalion, it must have to be arrived within one day, but the army walked for two days.

The magistrate of Yueyang County has long been waiting for the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion.

The magistrate brought some grain and grass to condolence the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, but Su Tiancheng did not refuse.

When they arrived in Yueyang County, the Jiangning battalion set up camp more than ten miles away from the county seat, and asked the sergeants of the Yueyang County Inspection Department to guard the periphery, and ordinary people were not allowed to approach, otherwise they would be killed.

Although the magistrate felt strange, it is said that the Jiangning battalion should be stationed not far from the county seat, because of the large number of people, it is unlikely to be in the county seat, but there is still no problem in the suburbs, but this is a confidential matter of the Jiangning battalion, and he can't ask more, not to mention that the Jiangning battalion is brave and good at fighting, and the arrangement of the people is naturally reasonable.

At night, the Jiangning battalion was again divided into three parts: the front army, the middle army and the rear army, the front army and the middle army each had 10,000 people, and the rear army had 5,000 people, and they set off in batches, the front army set off first, and the middle army and the rear army set off every other day to keep in touch with each other, and the army met at a place called Qiyue Mountain under the jurisdiction of Wuxiang County, which was the place where the Liukou had to pass.

This time, Su Tiancheng set off with the rear army, the front army and the middle army were led by Sun Chuanting and Bi Maokang respectively, Xiong Zijian followed the front army, and most of the grain and grass in the Jiangning battalion were carried by the front army.

Zhang Xianzhong led the rogue to break through the encirclement of the official army and entered Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi Province for a long time.

He is very familiar with many states and counties in Pingyang Prefecture, and he has often been to this generation in the past few years, and he has been to many places, and when he entered the area under the jurisdiction of Pingyang Prefecture, Zhang Xianzhong thought of the next move.

Chongzhen's victory at the end of the fifth year, now thinking about it, are very proud, captured the state city, not only got a lot of supplies, but also gave the imperial court a great shock, this time, can easily break through the defense line of the official army, for what can not re-demonstrate the glory of yesterday.

In fact, when he set off, Zhang Xianzhong thought of the route of the march, but he didn't tell anyone.

Zhang Xianzhong was a little depressed when he learned that it was the Jiangning battalion that entered Shanxi, relying on the 50,000 soldiers he led, it was obviously difficult to fight against the Jiangning battalion, but the tactics were properly arranged, as long as the Jiangning battalion could not hit himself, everything was easy to say.

Zhang Xianzhong was very cautious and sent many scouts to Pingyang Mansion to inquire about the news.

Everything was similar to what he expected, and the Jiang Ning battalion went directly to Yueyang and was stationed in Yueyang.

Zhang Xianzhong's judgment on the Jiangning camp was also like this, stationed in Yueyang, waiting in the center.

After finding out the situation, Zhang Xianzhong no longer delayed, asked the army to speed up, quickly advance towards Fenxi, and directly enter Qinzhou, his ultimate goal is to enter Liaozhou, attack the state city of Liaozhou, as long as the fastest speed can be maintained, the Jiangning battalion learned the news, and it was too late to rescue.

The Jiangning battalion's fanfare action was also expected by Zhang Xianzhong.

The imperial army fights, they all like to come to this set, he used to work in the border army, when the imperial army moved, the momentum was very loud, earth-shattering, as if to show the grandeur of the king's army, in fact, it was stupid to do so, but after all, the Jiangning battalion is the army of the imperial court, and it must be in accordance with the above meaning.

In this regard, Zhang Xianzhong felt that he had a great advantage, and he would not care about the things on face at all, the purpose of the war was to achieve victory, and the rest was not important.

The strategy adopted by Zhang Xianzhong was also to march day and night, and the army marched all the way to Fenxi, taking as few official roads as possible, not disturbing the people, and not attacking the city, and advancing at the fastest speed.

For two days in a row, nothing happened.

Zhang Xianzhong was very happy, his plan was about to succeed, and the scouts sent to Lu brought back the news that the Jiangning battalion had arrived in Yueyang and was stationed.

He carefully studied the next move of the Jiangning battalion, and when the Jiangning battalion found out his traces and chased to Qinzhou, he had already left Qinzhou and rushed to Liaozhou.

In this operation, Zhang Xianzhong also thought of other methods, storming the city of Liaozhou is one aspect, and he can also pretend to be a soldier of the Jiangning battalion, enter the city of Liaozhou at night, and take the city of Liaozhou in one fell swoop.

Although he predicted the route and trajectory of the Jiangning battalion's operation, Zhang Xianzhong was still very careful, the situation was changing rapidly, and if he was not careful, everything could be reversed, so in the process of marching, he also deliberately spread the news that the rebel army was going to advance in the direction of Yicheng, avoid the Jiangning battalion, and directly enter Zezhou.

Such news soon spread through certain channels.

Although Zhang Xianzhong is unruly, but in terms of combat, there is still a hand, over the years, it is because of his outstanding achievements, step by step to become the leader of the rebel army, if it were not for the rise of Li Zicheng, he should now be one of the most important leaders of the rebel army, Zijin Liang and Lao Huihui were killed, except for Gao Yingxiang, should be his seniority.

In the rebel army, if you want to establish prestige, you still rely on your achievements and strength.

Su Tiancheng received this information.

In the Chinese military tent, he looked at the map alone, Sun Chuanting, Bi Maokang and Xiong Zijian had already set off and went to Wuxiang County, he would lead the rear army of 5,000 people, set off in the evening, and then the purpose of the drill was directly inserted into Wuxiang County.

The camp of the army is still located in Yueyang County, which is a way to confuse the Liukou.

If there is a mistake in judgment, Zhang Xianzhong suddenly interspersed with Yicheng and prepared to enter Zezhou, he will be passive, a thrilling war of annihilation will become an out-and-out pursuit war, not to mention the consumption of energy, and may not be able to achieve a major victory.

But now, the information gathered from all sides has made him feel gratified, Zhang Xianzhong also underestimated his wisdom too much, thinking that the Jiangning battalion is still an army under the direct command of the imperial court, doing things at a glance, since Zhang Xianzhong revealed the news of entering Yicheng, it means that he must be going through Qinzhou and preparing to attack Liaozhou.

Indeed, the human mind is fixed.

Liu Tiehan entered the Chinese military tent.

"Liu Tiehan, send scouts, inform the front army and the middle army, don't delay along the way, don't wait, go directly to Qiyue Mountain in Wuxiang County, and ambush in Qiyue Mountain, think about Zhang Xianzhong has already started to act, the soldiers are fast, he won't waste time, this time, I want him to have no return."

When Liu Tiehan turned around and was about to leave, Su Tiancheng waved his hand.

"Tie Han, as soon as you go to contact the magistrate of Yueyang County, you will say that the Jiangning battalion has obtained information, and the Liukou is preparing to enter Zezhou from Yicheng, and the layout of the Jiangning battalion may be adjusted. (To be continued......)