After April 20, the rain in Lingbei stopped, and Liu Yu hurried to go south before the rain arrived, but his advance was still very slow, and he even traveled more than ten miles a day.

The southern expeditionary army of the Shun Dynasty mainly used simple wooden carts, in order to achieve a fence step by step, forcing out the hidden rebels in the mountains and forests.

In this context, the army did not receive reports of encountering the main force of the rebels, and the only few skirmishes ended with the victory of the imperial army, with the convergence of Liu Yu and Zhang Wuzhu, Liu Yu had entered the hinterland of Lingbei, and it was also close to Yuzhou City.

After Huo Ill went south, it had been two months since Zhang Wuzhu set off to come to the rescue, and in these two months, Zhang Wuzhu was obviously a lot haggard. Liu Yu sensed the hardships of this war from his demeanor, for a professional soldier who took winning the battle as his own responsibility, he was not afraid to kill the enemy before the battle, but he was afraid of the bitterness of being surrounded by people and catching the blind, after arriving in the south, Zhang Wuzhu and Huo Yi encountered unprecedented problems, that is, the tricks they used to use on the battlefield to defeat the enemy and win were all out of order here, whether it was their regular way or the wild way, it was dwarfed by the way of these rebels.

"King Lin, let's go and rescue the boy from Huo Sick as soon as possible, I Lao Zhang can't support him anymore, these days, that kid has never been out of the city, but the group of wild ducks go to Yuzhou all day long to make trouble." Zhang Wuzhu mentioned the rebels, and his teeth itched with hatred, and he also knew that he had no choice but to hope that Liu Yu could help him complete the task as soon as possible, that is, to rescue Huo Disease.

"It doesn't hurt to let him suffer a little." Liu Yu looked at the topographic map around Yuzhou and picked his teeth. "He didn't come out because he wanted to play tricks. The walls of Yuzhou City are thick, and he also has spears as a backing. How could the rebels easily bypass the walls and cause trouble for him? Just listen to him talking nonsense with you, he is putting pressure on you to send reinforcements sooner. ”

Zhang Wuzhu listened to Liu Yu's analysis, and realized that he had been tricked by Huo's disease. Huo Yi was not as desperate for reinforcements as he imagined, and it was possible that the situation in Yuzhou City was even better than his side.

"Oh, this bastard, isn't he talking nonsense?" Zhang Wuzhu slapped his thigh, "I am worried about this kid day and night, and I have lost a lot of people who want to open up the official road in the middle." When I saw him...... You have to peel him off. ”

Liu Yu said with a look of disdain: "His skin is very slippery, leave him alone." Just as there is no point of Yuzhou City on this map, let's advance little by little, with Yuzhou City as the center, and start the next battle. ”

Liu Yu has seen the topographic map of Lingbei, in Lingbei, Yuzhou City is the most solid fortress, although the city is not big, but further south, to the land of southern Xinjiang. The city was more "pocket-sized", and at this time, the cities in southern Xinjiang were classified by Liu Yu as "hostile forces". So that Liu Yu thought about it, this Yuzhou City became the best city of the imperial court garrison, and all the wars were ready to be carried out with Yuzhou City as the center.

In this context, the official road leading to the hinterland of the Central Plains, that is, the Jiangyou region, is very crowded, and several small cities around it also need to be garrisoned by the military.

"Cultivation?" Hearing Liu Yu's arrangement, Zhang Wuzhu looked puzzled.

"Yes, repair slowly, it's normal to repair for ten days and half a month, let's settle down and repair the road, don't be too panicked."

Although Zhang Wuzhu said that he was deceived by Huo Disease, how can he say that Huo Illness is also a fierce general, and he is also the one who is better in his group of brothers, mainly because Huo Illness is like a naughty child next door, Zhang Wuzhu takes good care of him on weekdays, and the two of them are an old brother and a little brother. Zhang Wuzhu said something angry and said that he wanted to get rid of Huo's skin, but just to say that he was still very urgent to go to the rescue. Who knew that the coach of Lu Dao Liu Yu seemed to be indifferent, and he actually wanted to cultivate the Tao first, and this back and forth, I am afraid that Huo Yi will hold on to Yuzhou City for half a month or even more than a month.

"The military order is like a mountain, Lao Zhang." Liu Yu gave Zhang Wuzhu a shot of strength, "The imperial court wants to completely solve this disaster in the south, this road can't be repaired, after this road is repaired, and the Zhongnan Road leading to Meiguan in the south of Yuzhou City must be repaired, if it can't be repaired, how can the materials from the north be transported to the south of Xinjiang?" How do we start this counterinsurgency? If we encounter some obstacle in front of us, how can we withdraw the army? ”

What Liu Yu said seemed to be very reasonable, Zhang Wuzhu didn't understand the situation in the south, Liu Yue explained to him the small war theory from a big strategic aspect, Zhang Wuzhu was confused, but there is no doubt that the transportation of materials is usually needed to fight a war, which means that Liu Yu did nothing wrong in the matter of cultivation. As for the question of how to carry out counterinsurgency and whether to withdraw or not, it is too early to say so.

"Then I, Lao Zhang, will arrange people to cultivate the Tao, do you still want to mobilize the surrounding villagers?" Zhang Wuzhu asked.

"Launch, why don't you launch, all the young and strong villagers who come out to cultivate the Tao will be subsidized according to the military salary, four hours a day, let's repair this road well."

It was the first time that Zhang Wuzhu had heard of the regular army's salaries for ordinary people, and these villagers could not be compared with the regular army in terms of strength and discipline, not to mention that this group of villagers would be lazy and slippery, and would slack off on their duties as soon as no one supervised them. Zhang Wuzhu didn't call on the experience of the people, and then wanted to say something, Liu Yu waved his hand and said, "You just do what I arranged." ”

Zhang Wuzhu came out of the big tent of the Chinese army and saw that there were already a group of people outside preparing to go outside the city to open mountains and split roads, which means that Liu Yu had given an order in advance. Zhang Wuzhu actually wanted to ask Qi Fang's opinion, after all, the two were old comrades-in-arms who shared weal and woe, and they rose together in Weimo, and now Qi Fang is richer than him, but the two often discuss military opinions.

Zhang Wuzhu heard that Qi Fang was going south, but he did not see him in the army.

In the evening, Zhang Wuzhu asked Liu Yu about this, and Liu Yu smiled faintly and said: "My brother-in-law has something to do, and he will come over in a few days. ”

Liu Yu just said it half-jokingly, and Zhang Wuzhu remembered that Qi Fang had married Liu Yu's sister Liu Jue, and now they are a family, which is closer than their relationship with him.

On April 23 and 24, Zhang Wuzhu and his people repaired the road for two days, and found that this road was much more difficult to repair than expected, and there were many mountain roads along the way, and many places were narrow enough to allow only one carriage to pass through, and it may not be possible to build a "broad road" between the mountains and dense forests. Waiting for Zhang Wuzhu to report these to Liu Yu, Liu Yu held a book review book in one hand, and rolled up his sleeve with the other arm to let Qu Ning diagnose the pulse and said: "If this road is spacious, why build it?" It is precisely because this road is not easy to walk that we cannot cut off the back road. ”

Zhang Wuzhu sighed, it seems that Liu Yu has some complaints about Huo Disease, so he doesn't care much about rescuing Huo Disease. Zhang Wuzhu had a lot of opinions about Liu Yu's road repair, but he had to obey the commander's order, so he could only watch the army only thirty or forty miles away from Huo Yuan, but he didn't go to the rescue. The rebels have been cornered, how can they be stable in Yuzhou City now?

When Zhang Wuzhu went back, the people under his command suggested to Zhang Wuzhu: "General Zhang, let's just send some people to save Yonghou first." ”

Zhang Wuzhu stood up in shock and said, "No! ”

Seeing that Zhang Wuzhu was nervous and had such a reaction, his subordinates couldn't help asking, "General Zhang is worried about Yonghou, why don't you save him?" ”

"Do you understand the military order? King Lin's arrangement must have his reasons, if you and I act rashly and ruin the king's major affairs, you and I still have the face to stand in the army? ”

The subordinate said with some disdain: "What big deal can it be?" ”

Zhang Wuzhu sighed, in fact, he didn't know what Liu Yu was doing. But according to his previous understanding of Liu Yu, the more calm Liu Yue is, it means that Liu Yue is brewing a storm, and Liu is becoming more and more ruthless, even he Zhang Wuzhu can't ask himself, and he Zhang Wuzhu is just a brave and unscrupulous general in the final analysis, and Liu Yu's ability to lead troops is mainly reflected in wisdom.

"It's Lao Qi......" Zhang Wuzhu thought for a long time, and finally had a clue, "King Lin is waiting for Lao Qi to come over." ”

The men under him asked, "Who is Lao Qi?" ”

"Regardless of your business, continue to build the road according to the instructions of King Lin, we can't disobey the order to build the road, we can only hope to open up this road as soon as possible, and when the road is repaired more than halfway, it will only be one or twenty miles away from Yuzhou City, and the predicament of Yuzhou City can be solved without help."

Zhang Wuzhu figured out that the matter might be related to Qi Fang, and immediately went to find out Qi Fang's whereabouts, but this matter seemed to have become the highest secret in the army. Zhang Wuzhu asked some people from the military office, as well as the army commander Shi, who had no news. As soon as he inquired about many people, Liu Yu immediately learned and called him to the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Lao Zhang, do you have something to do with my brother-in-law?" Liu Yue asked angrily.

"I didn't ...... It's fine. Zhang Wuzhu was a little bit of a thief, "It's just that I haven't seen him for many days, and I miss it a little." ”

"Hey, you tell the truth openly, aren't you afraid that my sister will cut you with a knife?"

Zhang Wuzhu hurriedly said: "That's not what I ...... to mean."

"I also know that you don't mean that, just kidding you." Liu Yu took the book and read it with relish, "Look at the Li family Xiaolang in Shu, take a sky-opening axe, and you can guard the main road in Shu." That's really a lot of work, and you can't open it......"

"At the moment, that kid also has this ability......

"If you have the ability, you have the ability, so have you been to Zhongnan Road in the south? Do you know how steep it is? If someone is guarding there, can this kid be killed by Huo Disease? If there are 10,000 rebels guarding there, do we need a million troops to kill them? ”

Zhang Wuzhu was asked a question from Liu Yu. (To be continued......)