Just when He Yilong regained his foothold on the south bank of the muddy water with apprehension, Li Xin's subordinates took hundreds of large boats and sailed upstreams along the Huai River waterway. In fact, as early as when He Yilong returned to the south bank of the muddy water, Li Xin's fleet had already crossed the mouth of the five rivers and turned from the muddy water to the Huai River. And the fact that there was such a mighty army in the not very wide waterway was able to hide its tracks, thanks to the thieves, who either carried all the people away wherever they passed, or burned and looted, and slaughtered the county towns that dared to resist at every turn.

Therefore, after the thieves ravaged Fengyang Mansion, all the people who escaped with their lives were evacuated to other provinces, and it was as if there were hundreds of miles along the muddy water and the Huai River, and there were almost no people. This may be in response to the sentence of being cocooned and self-bound, He Yilong's scouts were in the area of dozens of miles along the muddy water, and they did not find the slightest sign of the Three Guards moving south.

At this time, of course, Li Xin didn't think about He Yilong's state of mind, and he turned this person around with a few tricks, which naturally had a surprise effect, but the reason was that He Yilong was too light on the enemy, and he didn't take his three thousand people in his eyes at all. In fact, in the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left, He Yilong was not the only one who despised Li Xin's 3,000 people, but the leaders of the other battalions were all like this. Therefore, Ma Hui reprimanded He Yilong for not doing his job properly and playing a game of cat and mouse with the three thousand officers and soldiers.

This point once made He Yilong feel and cry and laugh, where was he playing cat and mouse, in fact, he was playing with his life to annihilate Li Xin's 3,000 people, but the 3,000 officers and soldiers were like a loach that couldn't slip their hands, and they had no way to start, and in the end, they were led by the nose by the other party and suffered one big loss after another. But this kind of powerless dilemma, in He Yilong, who is extremely faceless, will never mention it to Ma Shouying.

The rain in the past few days has caused the water level of the Huai River to rise sharply, which is also very rare in the early winter of Jianghuai, but the soaring water level has made the fleet led by Li Xin like a fish in water, and since turning into the Huai River waterway, it has been dozens of miles a day.

When the boat passed over the floating mountain, it saw a lot of wooden stakes nailed to both sides of the river, and some thick hemp ropes of the forearms that had been soaked by the river were also helped. The people of the Three Guards were very curious about this, and the people of Fengyang Mansion were really strange, they had placed so many hemp ropes on both sides of the river, could it be that they had no money to spend?

Niu Jinsong pointed to the riverbank and pouted repeatedly, but Li Xin was moved, thinking that He Yilong had wanted to annihilate his fleet here before, but people are not as good as heaven, and he also had the same thoughts, but he made this thing suffer a big loss. The so-called "iron rope across the river" tried to stop the big ship in this way, but although this hemp rope was the thickness of a small arm, it might not be able to withstand the hard blow of the big ship carrying dozens of healthy soldiers.

Li Xin used the trick of advancing by water, and the cavalry lined up on the south bank of the Huai River, and the fleet in the river advanced to Fengyang, the central capital. Originally, Li Xin was worried that there would be thieves chasing and intercepting him along the road, but he unexpectedly went straight into a no-man's land, and not only did he not see the shadow of the people along the way, but he did not even encounter half of the shadow of the thieves.

This time, his target was Linhuai, which was only twenty miles away from Fengyang on the south bank of the Huai River. What Li Xin thought was that if Linhuai was still in the hands of the official army, then it would just merge with the defenders of Fengyang, the central capital, and then find an opportunity to defeat the thieves gathered near the central capital. If Linhuai has fallen, then the shape shì is extremely unfavorable to the central capital Fengyang. The strategy will change accordingly, and the road ahead will become extremely uncertain as a result.

In the end, Li Xin's worries became a reality, and when the fleet arrived at Linhuai City, he saw that what was floating on the city wall was not the scarlet battle flag of the Ming army, but a chaotic array of colorful flags. This is the style of the thieves, who are eager to put all the colors on the walls. But I saw that among the colorful flags, one of the black flags had a big congratulatory word on it. Li Xin's heart moved again, it was He Yilong on the south bank of the muddy water, so at the moment, I am afraid that it is He Jin in Linhuai City.

Seeing this, Niu Jinsong's face was full of disappointment, "Is our Ming army capable of this?" Can't beat the Tartars in the north, and the thieves in the south? This, this Ming Dynasty is thousands of miles away, but what should I do..."

"What to do? What else can I do, the soldiers will block, the water will cover it... The herald went ashore and attacked Linhuai City by surprise..."

Hearing that there was a battle, Niu Jinsong's eyes suddenly lit up, and in response to the promise, he commanded the infantry battalion that was slowly approaching the shore to wade ashore. However, Li Xin played a small trick when he attacked Linhuai City. Only 500 people were sent to the city in Dara, in order not to alarm the defenders in the city, just put a musket indiscriminately, and then circled around Linhuai City in a chaotic manner.

The defender in the city is really He Jin, since he lost the battle with He Yilong in Dongchang Mansion, his status in the fifth battalion of the left has changed subtly, although his strength is still far stronger than He Yilong, there is still a sense of crisis of being marginalized.

Five out of ten meetings of the battalions had not been called to him, and his brothers had not been called to participate in once. Only when he thought of this did he feel a little comforted in his heart.

This Linhuai is far away from the Ming army, and it is on the south bank of the Huai River, under normal circumstances, there will be no war to fight, and even a small battle may not be able to catch up.

He Jin spent his days in the city of Linhuai in a daze, and when he was bored on this day, he suddenly had a personal soldier report: "Chief, there are hundreds of officers and soldiers outside the city, and it seems that they have lost their way, and they have crashed into our territory..."

Hearing this, He Jin's eyes suddenly lit up, he was worried about the lack of fighting, for the thieves, no fighting is equivalent to no benefits to fish, and no benefits to fish. Although there are only a few hundred officers and soldiers, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat...

Thinking of this, He Jin didn't have to wear a helmet and armor, he only took the steel knife he carried with him, and shouted: "The whole army, the whole army, go out of the city with Lao Tzu to rob the official army..."

Hearing that there was something to grab, He Jin's pro-soldiers were highly conscious and excited, and they hadn't opened meat for several days, since there were unsightly officers and soldiers who bumped into each other, don't blame them for being ruthless.

He Jin was not a reckless person, he specially climbed the city wall before leaving the city, carefully observed the situation outside the city, and saw that there was a group of officers and soldiers who were like flies outside the city, and put a few muskets.

The officers and soldiers who can be equipped with muskets are the armies of the generals of the DPRK and China, and unlike those officers and soldiers who are temporarily recruited, they are all veterans, and they are ruthless enough to fight, but they are no worse than thieves in snatching up the people.

He Jin immediately grinned, hehe Zhile, and scolded: "Who is going to catch these five hundred broilers for Lao Tzu and put them in the pot?" ”

The reason why the official army is called a broiler is because the thieves once cooked the rich people for food when they captured the city, and called the steamed people a broiler. Now, He Jin calls these officers and soldiers broilers, not intentionally cooking them as military food, but to boost the morale of the thieves under his command. What's more, since they came to Fengyang Mansion, the central capital, they have never lacked food, so why should they eat human flesh anymore? After all, eating human flesh is against heaven and harmony, and it is okay to do it occasionally when you have to do it, but how can you do it all the time? used to be known as eating human flesh, but it was just a boast to scare the Ming army.

There was a lot of water vapor on the river in the distance, and He Jinji glanced at it a few times, but he couldn't see any abnormal movement, so he resolutely ordered to send people out of the city to defeat the officers and troops who didn't know whether they were alive or dead under the city. But the leader under his command figured out the thoughts of his own leader, so he said instigating: "Why don't the big boss take the officials and soldiers as prey and take his brothers to a hunting show?" ”

He Jin was already sitting bored in Linhuai City, and when he saw hundreds of fat sheep outside, he was already eager to try. Before the leader's words fell, he saw that He Jin couldn't wait to go straight to the city gate along the corridor on the city wall.

Two thousand elite soldiers have been gathered in the open space inside the north city gate, He Jin looked at it and felt that there were not enough people and horses, since it was a hunt, the scale and movement should be made larger, so that it would be interesting to play.

"Go... Gather another 8,000 men, and make up 10,000..."

He Jin couldn't wait for the leader under his command to mobilize manpower, but took the first step to take the 2,000 people who had been assembled to go out of the city, He Jin had no cavalry, almost all cavalry, so he had no impact advantage over the infantry. But the thieves are used to fighting with the wind, as long as the men and horses are several times the number of the officers and soldiers, they dare to go on a rampage and fight fiercely against the officers and soldiers. This time was no exception, He Jin took the lead, and when he was less than twenty paces away from the official army, he was suddenly a little surprised. Why did these people not retreat, but formed a formation and prepared to fight back?

As soon as this thought popped into my head, I heard the sound of firecrackers one after another. Then there was a sharp pain in the shoulders and thighs. He Jin subconsciously thought that he had been hit by an arrow, and wanted to reach out to break the shaft of the arrow that was in the way, but his right hand grabbed an empty one. Only then did he suddenly realize that he had been shot by a firecracker. I couldn't help but sink in my heart, and I shuddered when I thought of Lang Zhong, who was with the army, in order to pick out the gun in the thief's body, and blurred the flesh and blood of the wound.

It's just that when it comes to the end, He Jin can't take care of a lot, and above the battle array, he relies on a bang, if he, as the chief general of an army, retreats, this battle will not be able to be fought...

"Rush... Give it to Lao Tzu, go back to these broiler bags to drink..."

Originally, the officers and soldiers set off a firecracker, and the morale of the thieves was hindered, but under the roar of the big leader He Jin, the morale of the thieves suddenly soared again.

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