Twenty thousand white clothes camped by a river, surrounded by forests, the mountains were gentle, the terrain was uneven, only by the river there was a narrow river beach, the soldiers were already exhausted, drank a few river water, ate some dry food, wrapped themselves in blankets, fell to the ground and fell into a deep sleep, not even a tent was built, the river was noisy, the ranks were chaotic.

Nearly 100 white-clothed soldiers patrolled the vicinity, and one of them, a burly white-clothed lieutenant, was looking for something nearby, he found a large stone, quickly stuffed a roll of things under the large stone, drew a mark on the large stone, and quickly left.

In a forest about a hundred paces away from the team, two scouts were carefully inspecting the top of the tree, counting the number of people, observing the equipment and training of the team, they saw the movements of the white-clothed captain, the two of them descended from the tree like apes, found a scroll of information from under the boulder, and ran into the depths of the forest.

Then about ten miles away from the river in a dense forest, at this time lurking the black pressure army, there are tens of thousands of people, and the white-clothed army is poorly equipped and scattered in action, this full body armor, calm demeanor, although there are tens of thousands of people, but always quiet, showing their well-trained, each silently drinking water and eating dry food, they are also a long journey, the leader of the general is Zhang Yannian.

Zhang Yannian is the eldest son of Zhang Chongjun, is the commander of the Xiliang Army, commanding the most elite 5,000 cavalry of the Xiliang Army, he has experienced a hundred battles, and has accumulated rich practical experience in the war of the Xiliang Army against the Qiang people, he not only inherited his father's calm and calm and commanding ability, but he also has a kind of adventurous spirit that his father did not have.

Zhang Chongjun never makes dangerous moves in war, he likes to take the camp step by step, and advances the battle in a very calm way, but Zhang Yannian prefers to surprise soldiers, he advocates being based on the positive, complementing each other with the odd, which is the same as the strategy of the Emperor Fu Wujin, and the tactics of the odd, and the same withdrawal, so Zhang Yannian was deeply trusted and reused by the Emperor Fu Wujin, and appointed him as the deputy governor of Chuzhou, in charge of 100,000 soldiers in Chuzhou.

This time to encircle and suppress the white-clothed soldiers, Zhang Yannian understood the strategy of Huangfu Wujin, nominally to encircle and suppress the white-clothed soldiers, but in fact, he took the opportunity of encircling and suppressing the white-clothed army to master the Chuzhou government soldiers, which made Zhang Yannian deeply admire Wujin's means, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to serve as the chief general of the South Road, and led 80,000 soldiers to the west.

His troops were divided into two routes, one way to Liyang County to enter Hefei, echoing the Huangfu Wujin on the northern line, and the other 40,000 people led by himself, inserted from Xuancheng County, intercepting 20,000 white-clothed soldiers from Tong'an County to the north.

At this time, Zhang Yannian was sitting on a big rock, and there were seven or eight military generals standing around him, listening to the scout's report.

"The white clothes are camped and rested by the Lushui ten miles away, 20,000 people, stretching for about five miles, they have very few horses, it is observed that there are no more than 300, they are poorly equipped, and they have also obtained the information that should be left behind."

The scout presented the information that the white-clothed military captain had left under the boulder to Zhang Yannian, who opened the information and looked at it, and then handed it to the generals behind him.

He asked the scouts, "Are they camped?" Is there a pot to cook? ”

"Returning to the general, I found that they didn't bring baggage, no camp tents, and no cooking pots, they didn't seem to have traveled a long way."

Zhang Yannian nodded, "It's hard work, go down and rest first!" ”

The two scouts saluted and retreated, and Zhang Yannian smiled at the generals at this time: "What do you think?" ”

The generals were gossiping and asked for battle, "General, a group of rabble, can be defeated in one battle." ”

Zhang Yannian waved his hand to everyone and said with a smile: "Your Highness has been in control of the white-clothed army for a long time, and has laid a lot of eyeliner in the white-clothed army, and you can say that you know the situation of the white-clothed army well, of course you know that they are a rabble, but Your Highness has other ideas, everyone, please listen to me." ”

Everyone gradually quieted down, Zhang Yannian said again: "These white-clothed people are basically farmers in the Huaibei area, because Huaibei has suffered disasters for many years, so they have to drag their families and flee south, so that Huaibei has a tragic phenomenon of thousands of miles of red fields, 80,000 white-clothed soldiers, together with their parents, wives and children, there are hundreds of thousands of people, the reason why His Royal Highness encircled and suppressed them is not like destroying them, but he does not want them to go to Shuzhou, hoping that they will return to their homes, unload their armor and return to agriculture, and restore the vitality of Huaibei, not only these white-clothed soldiers, but also the recruited Huaibei soldiers, In fact, I also hope that they will return to their homes, which is His Highness's idea of governing the world, and I hope everyone can understand. ”

The generals were silent, they were not fools, they understood the mind of His Royal Highness King Liang, and a general asked: "Then how should this battle be fought?" ”

Zhang Yannian shook the information that should be brought out by the white-clothed army in his hand and said with a smile: "Everyone has also read this information, it is written very clearly, this time I went to Shuzhou, the white-clothed soldiers were completely concealed, they thought it was just a marching exercise, and their parents, wives and children were all in the manor, and they went to the army to plot and create their civil strife first, and tonight was the opportunity." ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Yannian said to another general: "You can lead 5,000 troops to the rear to take a small road, capture the white-clothed troops who escaped and escaped one by one, don't hurt them, and finally wait for me to fall together." ”

．．．．．．．．． More than a hundred small tents have been erected on the river beach, which can only accommodate a few people at most, and these tents have no meaning for the army of more than 20,000 people, mainly for the rest of officers above the rank of lieutenant.

The army began to rest in the afternoon, and after dusk, the soldiers had no motivation to march, and they asked to continue the march tomorrow, and even many low-level officers asked to end the training and return to Tong'an County, but the Zhang brothers clearly refused the request to return, and made it clear that this was the order from above, and all armies must go to Hefei County for unified training, but Zhang also made concessions and agreed to rest for one night and set off again tomorrow morning.

From the evening, a news quietly spread in the camp that this time the army was transferred to Shuzhou and would not return, this news spread more and more, and began to cause panic in the army.

Next to a tent, more than a dozen lieutenants are sitting together, discussing the authenticity of this news, the leader is a burly lieutenant, his name is Liang Ying, early thirties, he is the Mei Blossom Wei sent to the white-clothed army Nei Ying, in the Mei Blossom Wei he is the school captain, that is a really capable person, strong martial arts, has a strong appeal.

Most of the captains of the white-clothed army are selected from the homeless people to serve as some powerful people, and the gap between them is too far away, not only the captain, but even the Zhang brothers are not as good as him, just because Liang Ying has only joined the white-clothed army for less than two months, and his qualifications are too shallow, so he was temporarily wronged as a captain, despite this, Liang Ying quickly established prestige in the army, his surname is heroic, generous, and helpful, and more than a dozen captains are willing to follow him.

"Brother Liang, the brothers are very scared, whether the news is true or false, whether they can't go back to Tong'an County, everyone's parents, wives and children are all in Tong'an County, this is not a joke."

A lieutenant said in a panic, his concern resonated with the other lieutenants, and everyone said to Liang Ying: "Brother Liang, just analyze it, is it a rumor?"

"Listen to me, everybody!"

Liang Yingpu waved his big hand, everyone quieted down, he glanced at everyone, and then said in a deep voice: "I think this rumor should be true....."

Before he finished speaking, everyone suddenly made a noise like an explosion.

"Everyone, be quiet! Hear me out. ”

Liang Ying raised his voice, and everyone gradually quieted down again, and he said slowly to everyone: "Everyone must know the news of the two emperors standing side by side, think about it, who are we?" It is Uncle Shen's private soldiers, Uncle Shen is far away in Yongjing, and we are in Chuzhou, of course he wants to transfer us to Yongjing, go to Yongjing either go to Hanzhong, or Luoyang, or Shuzhou, the first two roads are blocked, we can only go to Shuzhou first, and then go north to Guanzhong, so I think it is really to transfer us away, and will not go back to Tong'an County. ”

"I'm gone!"

A lieutenant stood up angrily, shook his hands and left, his old mother, wife, and three children were all in Tong'an County, and they depended on him to feed, if he left, the whole family would starve to death.

"Brother Mao, wait a minute!" Liang Ying called out to him.

The lieutenant surnamed Mao turned to him again, "Brother Liang, you give everyone an idea, I won't go to Shuzhou if I am killed." ”

Everyone said, "Yes! Brother Liang, you can give everyone an idea! ”

Liang Ying saw a total of fifteen lieutenants, according to the three hundred people in one battalion, this is 4,500 people, which is a very strong force, and he secretly thought in his heart: "The time should be ripe." ”

"I can give you ideas, but if you don't want to listen to me, you can leave now, we are still brothers, if I say it, who will sue again, then don't blame me Liang Ying turned his face and killed people."

He looked at everyone with blazing eyes, and everyone nodded in agreement, "Brother Liang, we are not willing to leave our hometown, I am willing to listen to you." ”

"Good! Everybody heard about me. ”

Liang Ying beckoned, beckoned everyone up, he lowered his voice and said: "Although I am a northerner, I have a few friends in the Jiangning Mansion soldiers, two days ago I got the news, His Royal Highness King Liang is also recruiting Jianghuai soldiers, three taels of silver and one stone of rice per month, and the captain is ten taels of silver, which is much higher than ours here, and after the war, each person can also divide the field in Jianghuai, I heard that each soldier is at least twenty acres, and he can score more points if he has military merits, anyway, he is a soldier to earn money, why should we leave our hometown, abandon our family, and stay in our hometown as a soldier, I can still earn more money and food to feed my family, are we stupid? ”

The lieutenant surnamed Mao was the first to say: "Brother Liang is right, we are all from Huaibei, what are we going to Yongzhou and Shuzhou to do, so that the family will starve to death?" I have decided to go home today and take my old mother, wife and children back to Huaibei to enlist. ”

"You fool, if you run alone, you will be killed by the deserters, if you want to go, everyone will go together, if you can trust me, you will obey my command, our fifteen battalions, 4,500 people will rebel together, kill back to Tong'an County, everyone will do it!"

Liang Ying's voice was very stern, looking at everyone, "To do it or not to do it?" ”

"I'll do it!"

"I'll do it too!"

"Fuck it!"

．．．．．．． More than a dozen lieutenants have agreed, all made up their minds, Liang Ying poured a bowl of wine, bit his fingers, and dripped a drop of blood, Huaibei men have always been brave and brave, dare to act, everyone followed suit, each dropped a drop of blood, mixed the blood and wine, one person drank a sip, everyone was emotional, as if to do a rebellion, and finally Liang Ying dropped the bowl, and everyone said, "Now everyone goes back to the camp, Hai Shizheng, everyone brings their brothers to the south, we gather together, remember, each person wears a black belt on his left arm." ”

The lieutenants returned to the camp separately, Liang Ying stabilized his mood, called another Meihuawei sergeant, and whispered to him: "Go ten miles to the east, find our army, and tell the leading general that tonight, I will launch a white-clothed army infighting, and my men wear a black belt on their left arm and are distributed in the south." ”

Sergeant Meihuawei agreed, and then left the camp under the pretext of patrolling, and headed east to find the Chuzhou army.

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(To be continued)