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Chapter 543: The sound of war drums

The Minzhou army camp, 50,000 Minzhou troops are ready to go, plus the 10,000 Beijing guards brought by Qu Yongjie, the entire Minzhou army camp is steaming hot, extremely busy, the fast horses shuttle back and forth between the various camps, and the heralds will quickly send orders to the major camps. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, this season, sending troops is not the best choice, the soldiers' minds have flown to the annual Spring Festival, at this time to fight, the soldiers are not without complaints. Qu Yongjie is a person who has led an old soldier, how can he not know this truth, the soldiers and horses have not moved, his reward has been sent down first, each soldier is ten taels of white silver, the Minzhou soldiers are not as good as the capital guards, there is not much silver for a year, and it is only ten taels of silver. This hasn't been fought yet, and I've been earning a year's worth of silver back, and after this battle, can the reward be less than this amount? And when it comes to fighting, the soldiers have a lot of opportunities to get extra money, and they are locked in the barracks on weekdays, so there is a chance to make a fortune?

The mood of looking forward to the festival was immediately dazzled by the silver, and it was reasonable not to be able to earn back a few years of silver in a short time? The soldiers immediately screamed excitedly, and their morale was immediately boosted to the peak.

"General Zhang!" Qu Yongjie sat on the top seat, and Minzhou General Zhang Aishu respectfully accompanied him.

"The last general!"

"This time, His Majesty dispatched more than 100,000 troops to attack Yizhou, which is determined to be achieved. I left the 10,000 palace guards to you, after entering the whole state, I shook a shot and attacked Yizhou with all my might, and before Yizhou could react, I would wedge deep into the depths of Yizhou and divide Yizhou. After Li Qing captured Jinzhou, the heart of the disobedience became increasingly apparent, the Li family will gather heavy troops in Qinzhou to guard against His Majesty, in this section of the state of the army is extremely empty, this time the princess of the city controlled the overall situation of Dingzhou, the Dingzhou army suddenly withdrew, the Li flank was completely exposed, the Li family must be in a hurry, we are fighting this time difference, if we let An Guogong calmly arrange, our battle will be difficult to fight. Qu Yongjie said.

Zhang Aimin said with a smile: "General Qu is looking at Old Man Li too much, no matter how powerful he is, he is almost seventy years old, how powerful can he be?" This time, His Majesty mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to raid Yizhou, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and his days were over! ”

Qu Yongjie glanced at him deeply, and said coldly: "When An Guogong was in the limelight, you were still a big soldier, how have you ever seen his style?" How many of our generals in Dachu have not served under the command of An Guogong and listened to orders? If it is upright and upright, even if I lead an army of 100,000 against his Yizhou army of only 30,000, I dare not say that I will win. General Zhang, you have such a mentality, I am very worried, this is a major military matter, when walking on thin ice, be careful every step, ten people in Europe, ten people will win, 100,000 people against 30,000 people, but it is not necessarily that more people will win. ”

Seeing Qu Yongjie's sudden anger, Zhang Aimin was shocked, "Yes, the last general knows that he is wrong!" ”

Seeing Zhang Aimin admit his mistake, Qu Yongjie felt a little more comfortable, even if he was going to fight against An Guogong now, but in his heart, he still had respect for the pillar of the Great Chu back then.

"Yizhou heavy troops are gathered on the front line of Qinzhou, you are very empty, Your Majesty will put the heavy trust on your shoulders, I hope you will not live up to Your Majesty's expectations, I will go to Qinzhou, command Qinzhou, Xingzhou's frontal battle, your side is well fought, my side will be much easier. Only by letting An Guogong take care of one thing and lose the other, can we win steadily. In this battle, we want a quick victory, and if we fight each other, we will lose. You know, we still have a few more troubles! ”

"Yes, General Qu, the last general will definitely do his best to live up to His Majesty's trust!" Zhang Aimin's tone was sonorous.

Qinzhou, Zhou Tong has just returned from several areas adjacent to Yizhou, in fact, since Li Qing raised troops to occupy Jinzhou, has already made clear Li's ambition to seize the world, Qinzhou began to arrange heavy troops on the border line, Qinzhou 30,000 soldiers and horses, but more than 20,000 people gathered in Changling County, Chengde County, which is under the leadership of Yizhou, so that the situation in this area suddenly became tense, the two counties directly became military management areas, a large number of people were requisitioned, the city walls were heightened and thickened, and the fortresses were built.

And on the opposite side of them, the general who confronted Yizhou is the famous Weiyuan Hou, the father of Zhenxi Hou Li Muzhi, Li Muzhi was in Weiyuan Fortress, fighting with the barbarians, riding out of the city alone, picking seven barbarian generals with an iron spear, the prestige is spread far and wide, and such a general is against each other, as a new general, Zhou Tong did not dare to have the slightest neglect, most of the time, but stayed in these two places, always on guard.

Today, Zhou Tong was summoned to return, and the herald said that this time the commander of the army, Qu Yongjie, had arrived in Qinzhou, and the Xingzhou soldiers had also begun to assemble one after another. Back in Qinzhou, although the saddle horse was tired, but Zhou Tong didn't care about the mud and sour gas all over his body, and hurriedly came to meet Qu Yongjie, this period of time Changling and Chengde, he had found that the troops on the opposite side began to move frequently, so there was only one point, that is, the war was about to begin.

"Meet the General!" Zhou Tongyi stepped into the hall, and before he could finish a sentence, he froze, and there was not only Qu Yongjie inside, but also the Emperor of the Apocalypse, God, sweat broke out on his head all of a sudden.

Apocalypse, he has only seen it once, that is, after defeating Xiao Yuanshan, Apocalypse personally met with him, Jin Feng He came to Qinzhou General, I didn't expect that His Majesty the Emperor actually went to Qinzhou in person today, it seems that His Majesty attaches great importance to this war, but he is not neatly dressed, and his body is sour, originally General Qu Yongjie was an old acquaintance, an old boss, and a soldier, and he didn't care much about these things, but His Majesty is a figure above the ninefold, and his own body is too disrespectful.

"Your Majesty, the last general does not know that Your Majesty has arrived, please forgive Your Majesty!" Zhou Tonglu fell to the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

Tianqi sat on the top, looking at Zhou Tong, who was a little haggard and a little haggard on his body, but his eyes showed a look of appreciation, such a person is a person who does things, Zhou Tong is under the command of Qu Yongjie, and is quite valued by him, not only because Zhou Tong is the same as Qu Yongjie, from a poor family, but what is even more rare is that this person is heavy with soldiers, but when he takes risks, he will never hesitate to fight for his life, and swear to fight to the death. After all, you are a figure like Li Muzhi, and the entire Great Chu can't count how many people.

"General Zhou, please, General Zhou is diligent in state affairs, does not hesitate to work hard, and I am very relieved, how can I blame you!" Tianqi even stood up and walked in front of Zhou Tong and personally helped the young general up.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Zhou Tong burst into tears with excitement, "The end will start from the cold, valued by His Majesty, the grace of heaven is mighty, I don't know how to repay it, I am willing to go to the soup for Your Majesty, and I am willing to shed the last drop of blood for Da Chu!" ”

Tianqi nodded slightly, "General's mind, I know that the state affairs are difficult, it is precisely because of General Qu Da that you have a talent like General Zhou Tong that it will not be out of control!" ”

Zhou Tong choked up and said: "The pillar of General Qu's country, how dare the last general Qu be side by side, I never dare to be the praise of Your Majesty." ”

Apocalypse laughed and returned to his seat and sat down, "You returned from the front line, can you see what movement is on the other side?" ”

"Your Majesty, the last general is trying to return to General Qu about this matter, in the area of Changling and Chengde, the Yizhou army moves frequently, and it seems that a large number of troops have left this line, and the last general is suspicious of deception and does not dare to act rashly."

Tianqi and Qu Yongjie glanced at each other, and both nodded, it seems that the impact of the sudden withdrawal of the Dingzhou army from Jinzhou on Yizhou has begun to appear, and the other party can only mobilize reinforcements from here and urgently go to the west to help, but now, is it too late? Zhang Aimin's Minzhou army should have entered Jinzhou at this moment and is preparing to launch a surprise attack on Yizhou, right?

"Your Majesty, please immediately mobilize troops against Yizhou, do your best to Qinzhou, Xingzhou's troops, and press into Yizhou with the momentum of Mount Tai, forcing the other party not to send troops to the west to help, and give the greatest support to General Zhang Aimin's actions in Jinzhou."

Apocalypse nodded, "It's time, Zhou Tong!" ”

"The last general!" Zhou Tong replied loudly.

"I ordered you to be the vanguard general, and immediately lead the Qinzhou troops to launch an attack on Yizhou, and I will come to the front line in person, and when you launch an attack, I will personally beat the first war drum for you!"

Zhou Tong was taken aback, glanced at Qu Yongjie, and saw that the other party shook his head slightly, and immediately plucked up the courage to say: "Your Majesty, it is the duty of the minister to fight for your majesty, but the last general heard that the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, the front-line soldiers are fierce and dangerous, Your Majesty is the great Chu mountains and rivers, and you must not come to the front line in person, Your Majesty only needs to sit in Qinzhou, just wait for the good news of the last general!" ”

Tianqi smiled and said: "You kid, I have the same tone as Qu Yongjie, but this first war drum, I must beat it, this is the first step for our Dachu to rejuvenate, after beating this war drum, I will return, how about it?" ”

Zhou Tong hesitated slightly, in fact, the identity of the apocalypse was embarrassing, there was Emperor Zhaoqing in Luoyang, although everyone knew that he was just a puppet sitting on the throne, but no one could stab this window paper, as for the ordinary soldiers and ordinary people, the Emperor of the Apocalypse had already returned to the west, at that time, the identity of the Apocalypse was unknown, and he went to the battlefield to beat the war drums, how could he explain to the soldiers, but when the Apocalypse said so, he had paid attention, and his heart couldn't help but tremble, His Majesty should not be ready to let the little Emperor Zhaoqing abdicateCan you sit back on it yourself?

Wei Yuanhou Li Muzhi and his youngest son Li Feng stood on top of a high mountain, standing here, and the several barracks around the opposite side were clear at a glance, "Do you see what's coming?" Li Muzhi asked Li Feng with a hint of comparison.

Li Feng held the horsewhip in one hand and gently tapped his palm, "Father, although the other party is trying his best to cover up, it can still be seen from the clues that the opponent's strength has suddenly increased on a large scale, the flag has not increased, and the camp has not increased, but there are really many soldiers, their cover-up work is not in place, and the flags and horns that convey orders have obviously come out in the past few days, and it seems that the Xingzhou soldiers are also coming!" ”

"Not bad, not bad!" Li Muzhi said happily: "Being able to make a correct judgment from these, it seems that you have indeed grown." ”

"Father, I've grown up!" Li Feng said with high spirits. "These clowns also want to offend my Li Clan's Tiger Might, hehe, when the fight starts, I'll let them see the Li Clan's Iron Horse!" In the past few years, with the strong support of Dingzhou, the number of cavalry under the command of Li Feng has expanded to 10,000 people, although it cannot be compared with the main cavalry of Dingzhou such as the Changsheng Battalion Whirlwind Battalion, but in the cavalry team in the Central Plains, it is an out-and-out strong army.

"This battle is not easy to fight!" Li Muzhi sighed, "The number of soldiers on the other side is far better than mine, and we have to delay as much time as possible, and we can't even win, but we have to lead them to the interior of Yizhou step by step, damn, in this life, I haven't fought this kind of battle, Li Qing, this bastard, actually wants Lao Tzu to defeat the battle, and if he loses the battle without showing a trace, I don't understand that if the other party enters Yizhou, I don't know how many people will suffer!" ”

Li Feng glanced at his father sideways, "Father, this is something that can't be helped, back then, the eldest brother sacrificed the people of the two counties in Dingzhou in order to lure and annihilate the elite cavalry of the Blue Department and the Red Cavalry, but after that battle, the Blue Department and the Red Department were almost half crippled, and sometimes they had to pay a huge price for victory." ”

"You're listening to your big brother more and more?" Li Muzhi snorted.

Li Feng smiled slightly, knowing that there was still a knot between his father and eldest brother that had not been opened, he couldn't help but shrug his shoulders, the knot between himself and his eldest brother had been opened, but the two of them were still like this, but they were just relying on themselves to be Lao Tzu, and if they were wrong, they would be wrong, what can you do to me? The other is more stubborn, and now he is in a high position, and he will not take the initiative to communicate with his father, but it makes the relationship between father and son become different, and every time the two of them live together, Li Feng on one side feels uncomfortable.

"The war will start with us first!" Li Muzhi said: "If the other party wants to hold back the pace of our western aid and let the Jinzhou side smoothly break through the territory of Yizhou, hmph, but we didn't think about going to the western aid, okay, let's have a good fight here, and then retreat to the core defensive circle, Li Feng, you lead five thousand cavalry to take the first step!" ”

"Dad, the big war is about to break out, how can I leave at this time?" Li Feng shouted.

Li Muzhi poked the other party's forehead, "You, you just praised your growth, why are you stupid again, we have to transfer troops to the west, who will be faster, of course it is the cavalry under your command, if you are still there after the war, what will the enemy think?" Will you be suspicious? Don't just go into battle with your brain, don't use your brain, look at your eldest brother, he has laid down a large territory, how many battles have he personally fought in? ”

Li Feng smiled embarrassedly, "I really didn't expect this, but I can't start this first battle, it's a pity in my heart!" ”

Li Muzhi snorted, "There is still a fight in this battle!" Will that be over in a while? ”