The official barracks were empty, and many of the thieves who rushed in stepped on the blossoming mines planted by the officers and soldiers, and they cried for a while, and they did not dare to go in again to investigate the situation. He Yilong was furious when he saw this, and scolded his subordinates for being stupid, but he had no choice but to order the withdrawal of the army, but before leaving, in order to vent his anger, he burned the empty camp left by Li Xin to the ground.

He Yilong was not able to be reconciled with a single blow, and after retreating to the south bank of the muddy water, he was already in the sky, so he released scouts to investigate the whereabouts of the officers and soldiers within a radius of thirty miles, but found nothing. Later, the scouts caught the scattered fishermen by the muddy water, and only then did they learn by chance from the fishermen that the official army had marched southeast along the muddy water.

This news made He Yilong puzzled, the official army went to the southeast to run counter to the central capital Fengyang, and would go farther and farther, could it be that the purpose of the official army's trip was not the central capital Fengyang? Immediately, he was ruthless in his heart, even if the target of the official army was not Fengyang, the central capital? He He Yilong has revenge and does not take revenge, is he a big husband? What's more, once the news of last night's sneak attack failed but lost its troops and lost its generals, once it spread, where would there be any face to meet the leaders of the other battalions? I'm afraid that I won't even be able to explain to my brothers.

It is because of the fiasco in Dongchang Mansion that many brothers in the battalion have left themselves and defected to other battalions. Just when He Yilong was wandering, the brother from Hongze Lake brought him a message that was simply a fire you send carbon.

There was a fleet of more than 200 large ships along the Grand Canal across Suqian to the Huanghuai waterway, He Yilong heard the news and immediately slapped his thigh, and immediately understood why the official army marched southeast along the muddy water. They must have gone to rendezvous with the two hundred large ships, and with a fleet of ships that could pass through the waterways, neither the muddy water nor the Huai River could become a natural barrier to the officers and soldiers.

This made He Yilong have a faint excitement, he was only afraid of losing the news of the official army, and now he not only learned the traces of the official army, but also explored the intentions and goals of the official army. Because, in He Yilong's view, this is not a problem at all, since the eighth year of Chongzhen, no officer and army has been able to defeat the fifth battalion of the left battalion, not to mention that it is only a small team of 3,000 people, and his men and horses are tens of thousands, several times that of the official army, and he is naturally easy to dispatch.

"Pass the order, the whole army of 20,000 people, and follow the leader to block the official army..."

After He Yilong's troops entered Nanzhili, the number of men and horses once recovered to more than 20,000, and now there are 20,000 troops, which is almost equivalent to a dispatch of the nest, which shows that he is bound to win the battle to pursue Li Xinyi. There were 5,000 thieves left by He Yilong to guard the camp on the south bank of the Hushui River, and these were not the old, weak, sick and disabled, but the real elite in the army. After all, he has to be responsible for the defense line around the muddy water, and the whole army will be tantamount to giving up the muddy water, and will enable the Ming army to drive straight into the central capital Fengyang, which will make the army besieging the central capital Fengyang face the situation of being attacked on the back.

The military discipline of the thieves is not a little worse than that of the official army, and seeing that according to the speed of the army in front of him, he is afraid that it will be difficult to make the trip the day after tomorrow, so he categorically ordered 20,000 people to be divided into the front, middle and rear armies to march here, and He Yilong took 7,000 people to take the first step for the thousands of troops, and the remaining 13,000 people will set off in the afternoon and start in the morning tomorrow.

Under the leadership of He Yilong, the thieves of the fifth battalion of the 7,000 Ge left took a boat down the muddy water and soon arrived at Shangdian. He Yilong was pleasantly surprised to find traces of the official army camping, and judged that the official army must have passed through here. At this time, the scout reported, "Back to the big leader, the officers and troops are stagnant at the mouth of the five rivers, like, as if they are waiting for something?" ”

This made He Yilong even more convinced that what Li Xin was waiting for was the 200 big ships heading south along the Grand Canal, and it was not arbitrary to choose Wuhekou. Because, the mouth of the five rivers is the confluence of the muddy water and the Huai River, if the officers and soldiers get a big boat, there is no need to return to the muddy water, as long as they enter the Huai River waterway and go upstream, they can break through the encirclement and interception of the five battalions of the Gezuo River, and arrive at Fengyang, the central capital on the south bank of the Huai River.

Thinking of this, He Yilong laughed out loud, and then unconsciously said: "The revenge is not far away......

He Yilong immediately ordered the whole army to disembark and go ashore and march to the Huai River, which was only twenty miles to the south. After arriving on the north bank of the Huai River, He Yilong really hollowed out his mind, he had heard the joke of the iron cable crossing the river in the past, so he wanted to follow the example of the ancients to make a big iron cable across the north and south of the Huai River, so as to block the "whimsical" Li Xin. However, he soon gave up the clever plan of crossing the river with iron cables, because after asking a few old blacksmiths, he was told by the old blacksmith that if he built such an iron lock across the north and south of the Huai River, it would take at least half a month, and besides, the entire Fengyang Mansion was afraid that he would not be able to find so many idle iron tools to build iron locks.

If you can't make a plan, He Yilong has another plan, the iron lock can't be successful, and the hemp rope should always be okay. But it was also poured cold water by the craftsmen in the army.

"I'm afraid that the big boss's idea will not come true, although the hemp rope is strong, but after being soaked in water, it will decay in a few days, and the strength may not be able to withstand the big boat of dozens of people......"

He Yilong this time tried to disagree with the public, no matter how his subordinates poured cold water, they insisted on replacing the iron lock with hemp rope, anyway, the officers and soldiers came over for a few days, and the time should be enough, as for the strength, one is not enough, use two, and if two is not enough, use three, in short, as long as it can withstand the impact of the big ship.

Folk iron tools are not common, but common things such as hemp rope abound, and thieves can easily make a bundle of hemp rope. At the same time, the remaining 13,000 people also rushed to the banks of the Huai River one after another, and fortified them according to He Yilong's command and deployment, and almost most of them were ferried to the south bank by ferry, so as to hide their whereabouts and avoid the scouts of the officers and soldiers, leaving only a small group of cavalry on the north bank for reconnaissance.

In order to increase his chances of victory, He Yilong specially brought in two iron cannons captured from the hands of the officers and soldiers, and set them up on the north and south banks of the waterway respectively. In the past few days, he has fought with the officers and soldiers, and he has also learned the powerful taste of firearms, so He Yilong is also one of the leaders of the fifth battalion of the Revolution who pays less attention to firearms. But in any case, in their hearts, firearms are the icing on the cake after all, and the tough battles have to be filled by the brothers' real swords and guns, and there is no luck at all.

At the mouth of the five rivers, this place is the confluence of the Huai River and the muddy water, Li Xin led his men and horses to this place and stationed on the spot, just waiting for the fleet to arrive. The Grand Canal flows through Huai'an Province, which has not been disturbed by thieves and is relatively safe, so he is not worried that the fleet will be hijacked by a large group of thieves on the way south.

Sure enough, Li Xin only waited for a day, and the fleet came slowly along the Huai River waterway. At the same time, Li Xin had also detected the news that He Yilong's subordinates were following south, and it was said that after arriving at Shangdian, he disembarked and landed ashore, and disappeared.

If there is a scout, it will be reported that He Yilong's department is likely to go up the river along the north bank of the Huai River and go to Fengyangzhongdu. Li Xin did not think so, and after studying the map of the Jianghuai River, he concluded that the reason why He Yilong's department disappeared along the Huai River was probably an illusion deliberately created by this person. Then, the purpose of He Yilong's move is obvious.

Their idea must be to set up an ambush along the Huai River, in order to annihilate these 3,000 people, which can be regarded as revenge for the previous few arrows, once in Dongchang Mansion, and once in the empty camp of Guzhen, leaving him some greeting gifts, but it has been raining for several days, the ground is damp, and I don't know how many flowering thunders have successfully detonated in the end.

Niu Jinsong rubbed his hands and asked Li Xin to give the order to send troops, but he was greatly surprised after Li Xin gave the order.

"General, why is that? We now have these two hundred big ships, which can just go all the way west along the Huai River, break through the blockade of the thieves, and enter the central capital Fengyang...... This, why is this going north along the muddy water? ”

Li Xin slapped Niu Jinsong in the face, "You can imagine that the best way for us is to go north along the Huai River, how can He Yilong, who followed us all the way, not think of it?" Presumably, he already knew that the purpose of our coming to the mouth of the five rivers was to rendezvous with two hundred large ships..."

After hearing this, Niu Jinsong was worried, "This, how can this be good?" Let's cross the Huai River, abandon the boat, and go south from the shore to Fengyang, the central capital, and surprise the thieves to relieve the siege......"

Li Xin did not take Niu Jinsong's opinion, every soldier of the Three Guards Army was precious, he did not want to make unnecessary consumption in land battles, it was He Yilong's behavior that gave him an excellent inspiration. Since He Yilong was going to attack the Three Guards in the Huai River waterway, why didn't the Three Guards take the opportunity......

"The herald ordered to divide fifty big ships to the mouth of the five rivers, and the rest set off immediately after dark to go north along the muddy water..." Li Xin also decided to personally lead the cavalry to march from the road, so as to advance by land and water. So, after dark, nearly a thousand cavalrymen wrapped their horses' hooves in rags, and marched in the darkness only in the faint moonlight on the horizon.

"The big boss really expected things to happen, the big boat of the official army has arrived at the mouth of the five rivers, just waiting for them to go up the Huai River, the brothers will send them a surprise..."

"Don't be complacent, give me some spirit when the order goes down, and if there is any change in the officers and soldiers, come and report it immediately..." Although He Yilong also felt that the hope of winning this battle was very great, he still beat his subordinates to prevent them from getting carried away.

"The big boss thinks too much, I personally went to Wuhekou today to investigate, and I saw with my own eyes that the 100 big boats of the officers and soldiers were densely parked at the Wuhekou wharf, I estimated that the officers and troops did not move tonight, and there will definitely be movement tomorrow......

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