Zhu Cihong sat in the camp of the Chinese army, and outside was the arch guard of the military headquarters in the guard camp of the East Palace.

Xiao Mo led the commander of the right military department of the guard battalion, as the vanguard of the whole battalion, to open the road and build a bridge in the mountains and rivers. Having said that, Xiao Mo soon found that even if he was holding the dragon flag representing the royal family and holding the holy decree, after entering Henan, it would be difficult to open the gates of various prefectures and counties.

Even if a state and county official opened the door, he often brought the old squires who lived in the city to deliver the supplies of the labor army, and begged the officers and soldiers not to enter the city with a handful of snot and tears. These Ming court guards have almost the same attitude towards officials and thieves, and it is no wonder that the important ministers of the court are reluctant to lead troops to the battle, which really hurts their self-esteem.

"If the lone leader is still like this, the other supervisors and generals may be even more unbearable." Zhu Cihong listened to the news from Xiao Mo from the front and couldn't help but sigh.

"The folk say that 'thieves are like combs, and soldiers are like grates', which is not a lie." Wu Fu was wearing a cyan robe and a square scarf, like a student who had not reached the top. Although he was taken out of prison by the crown prince, he did not receive the holy decree of official reinstatement. Zhu Cihong sent someone to the ministry to inquire, and Li Yuzhi had to go to the East Palace to explain by himself, saying that this was "reinstatement without reinstatement", just like those ministers who were waiting for assignment after the expiration of the Ding Wei period.

Wu Fu didn't mind this, although he had an official status, he was still wearing cloth clothes, he only felt refreshed physically and mentally, and his face was much better.

In the guard camp, not only Wu Fu was dressed indiscriminately, but even Zhu Cihong changed his outfit after leaving Beijing, and often appeared in military uniform, but he did not wear a military rank star plate on his shoulders. He originally wanted to get himself the rank of general, but the military rank of Donggong is not a state system, and it is cheap to let his subordinates play, and if he joins in, those officials will definitely make irresponsible remarks.

This is still suppressed by Li Banghua, otherwise it would be more than a matter of irresponsible remarks. Mess with the ancestral system. That's something that even the emperor can't mess with.

Zhu Cihong and Wu Fu were talking, and the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded outside the Chinese army's tent.

Riding a horse in a battalion was a felony pleasing to the horse in any dynasty, unless there was an important military report. Zhu Cihong is leading the troops, and Wu Fu is also a civilian official, both of them can't help but be a little nervous, but they both have a deep face. Not the slightest bit was revealed.

"Report! Good news! Outside the tent there was soon a wheezing sound, and the sound of boots on the mud as he rolled over and dismounted.

"Come in." Zhu Cihong said loudly and turned his head to look at Wu Fu: "Did Xiao Mo meet a bandit?" Got started so quickly. ”

The fast horse who spread the news outside strode into the tent, gave a military salute, and presented a lacquer bucket with both hands: "Report to Your Highness, Qin Bing to report victory!" On the 8th of this month, the thief Li Yangchun surrendered. On the 12th, the pioneer officer Niu Chenghu broke Baofeng and killed the puppet officials Chen Kexin and Jiang Li. Same. The Qin army broke through Tang County and killed more than 1,000 thieves. ”

Li Chuang had a rule on the march, his family, wife and daughter moved with the army, but he set up a separate battalion, called the old battalion. If the camp and the old camp cannot communicate with each other during the march and fighting, anyone who dares to leave the camp to visit their families will be beheaded for desertion. Only when you are stationed in the tun. Only then are family visits permitted.

Zhu Cihong found the location of Baofeng and Tang County from the map, and frowned: "Qin Governor is so fast." Calculate ......" He roughly measured the distance with the tiger's mouth: "It's only three hundred miles to Nanyang." ”

"Didn't Governor Qin receive an official letter from the Ministry of War!" There was anger in Wu Fu's voice. This assistant minister usually looks like a mediocre and easy-going person, but when it comes to official business, that bad temper can't stop rising.

"Apparently I didn't take it to heart." Zhu Cihong sneered: "Maybe it's because I know I'm coming." ”

Wu Fu's mind was like electricity, and he put himself in Sun Chuanting's position and considered it, and came up with the answer in an instant. Everyone knows that Luoyang is located on the plain, easy to attack and difficult to defend. In case His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrives in Luoyang, how to protect the safety of the East Palace? In case, the thieves knew that the prince of the East Palace had arrived in Luoyang, and they would also flock to attack in order to boost morale, and there were only less than 100,000 men and horses at that time. How to defend against it?

The most haode way is to march as fast as possible, and take Xiangyang after the arrival of the prince, so that the prince has no reason to go to the front line, and can wait for good news in Luoyang safely.

"But where did he get that confidence?" Zhu Cihong raised his head and asked the sentry horse, "Where is the army of Qin Duzhong?" Ruzhou? ”

"The Qin soldiers arrived in Ruzhou on September 8." The whistle replied cleanly. His riding skills weren't good enough, but he was already up to scratch in answers.

"Herald!" Zhu Cihong shouted.

A soldier wearing a modified big red fat jacket immediately reported in and stood still in front of Zhu Cihong.

"Order Sun Chuanting, order the Qin soldiers to rectify, retreat to Ruzhou, and behead those who dare to trespass!" Zhu Cihong paused, and then said: "Order the right army headquarters to march urgently and meet the Qin governor with Ruzhou." He looked back at Wu Fu and said, "Sir, you lead the left army to protect the rear grain road, can you?" ”

"It's really not up to me to go into battle as a certain scholar, but the responsibility of taking care of the grain road can still be filled." Wu Fu was a scholar in the university and belonged to the high-level in the Shilin circle, and he came forward to negotiate with the prefectures and counties along the way, which was much more useful than a military general.

The Left Military Department has always been a carrot hanging in front of everyone, making the officers feel that there is still a position waiting for them, so that they can work hard. This certainly motivates mid-level officers, but it is very detrimental to combat. Even if a thousand generals are temporarily arranged, the generals do not know each other, and there will always be contradictions.

The grain road has been the key to victory or defeat since ancient times, and it is not a waste to let the Left Military Department turn the whole into pieces and take care of the back road.

"The lonely family led the Chinese military department to march urgently, and also stationed in Ruzhou, and ordered Sun Chuanting to take over." After Zhu Cihong finished speaking in one breath, he waved his hand to the herald, told him to go quickly, looked down at the inaccurate map, and his brows tightened more and more.

At this time, the Central Military Department was still more than 120 miles away from Ruzhou. Originally, because Sun Chuanting was stationed in Luoyang, he did not receive his objections, so the army did not march quickly, but chose to march in counties with relatively abundant grain and grass to ensure combat effectiveness and civilian endurance. In this way, the speed of travel was naturally slowed down, who knew that Sun Chuanting would start so fast, and in the blink of an eye, he had already hit Baofeng.

Judging from the map, Baofeng is really not a good location.

There are two roads from here to Nanyang.

One is to bypass Funiu Mountain in the east, and then turn southwest to attack Nanyang, along the way to recover Jia, Lushan, Xiangcheng, Ye, Fangcheng and other counties, which is also the direction in which the main force of the thief army may be hoarded.

The other is from Lushan County through Funiu Mountain to Nanzhao County, from Nanzhao County straight south, the army is in Nanyang.

It seems that the journey is much shorter, but now it is the rainy season in the Funiu Mountains, and even in this year of severe drought, it is easy to encounter heavy rains. The soil and rocks on the mountain are loose, and once there is rain, it will become a mudslide, which is really not conducive to the march of the army. Even so, it can't be left alone, otherwise if the thieves go to Funiu Mountain with a partial army, they can go directly to Ruzhou and cut off the grain route behind the Qin soldiers. (To be continued......)

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