"Don't be afraid, we are from the Advocate Battalion, not officers and soldiers!" The loud-voiced heralds, riding tall horses, circled around the commotion of the crowd to prevent the frightened men from rushing into formation.

This is what he has to do every day since he entered the mountain, first loudly stabilize these old and weak women and children—the young man has already fled into the mountain. Then he distributed some food from house to house, and memorized the notice written by Xiucai in the camp. Anyway, since he entered the camp, he has not encountered a village or town to resist. If some villages are tightly guarded, most of them have food in them, and they may as well requisition some of them. As long as it is a tunbao that gives food, the army will not fight, otherwise they will inevitably be told that the chickens and dogs will not be left.

This is the Advocate Camp.

That is, the king army in the mouth of the common people.

Since the establishment of Xiangyang, the original camp has been renamed the Advocate Camp, which is also the meaning of Fengtian Initiative. The military also set a military law, prohibiting indiscriminate killing and harassing of the people, and only recovering stolen goods from the homes of officials and gentry. Most of the soldiers in the battalion were proletarians, and with a brief explanation, it was easy to determine that the rich and powerful people in the world were all unkind people, and all the accumulated wealth in the family was ill-gotten gains. With this level of understanding, they do not kill the poor, which makes them have a sense of superiority in robbing the rich and helping the poor.

I don't know when it began, eating food in the camp has become a decent livelihood, even in my hometown, there is nothing unseemly. Where is like the earliest time, it is like a strong beam bandit in the family, and he was scolded by the three aunts and six mothers-in-law in the village.

A scout horse galloped from the mountain road, because his iron armor and shiny coat caused a little commotion as he passed by the crowd. Tanma glanced at the herald, who was shouting very hard, and went straight through. The herald had to look at the back of the iron armor with envy, swallowed his saliva, forced himself to turn around and continued to shout: "We are the Advocate Battalion!" It's the one who broke into the king! ”

Tanma ran away, and faintly heard two shouts. He didn't have the heart to think about other people's affairs, and he could already see the banner of the Shuai Biao Battalion in front of him. and the general flag of General Liu Zongmin. He also had to think about what he saw and heard on the road and say it in one go, otherwise he would be guilty of misreporting the military situation.

"General, in front is Liudian Village, and there are still about fifty archers in the village." Tanma returned to the camp and showed his signs. Straight in front of the Chinese military tent.

"Liu Dian?" Liu Zongmin stood up, and the iron armor on his body rattled. He pondered for a moment and asked, "How far is it from Ruyang?" ”

"General, Liu Dian is already in Ruyang County." Tanma clearly remembers that he has seen the county border stone tablet, and his words are chiseled.

Liu Zongmin unfolded the map on the table and asked the tanma to step forward and mark the current location. That Tanma used to be the night of the Xuanfu border army, and these things were done handy, and he immediately stepped forward to mark the location of the camp. He corrected slightly: "General, we are still forty miles away from Ruyang County, and it is seventy miles to Ruzhou City, and these two are one east and one west, and they are seventy miles apart, and they can be reached in one day." ”

"Is the road easy?" Liu Zongmin asked.

"Good to go," replied Tanma, "though it's raining these days." But the road was not broken. Before that, there was also a group of officers and soldiers from Ruzhou to Ruyang, about one or two thousand people. It's all foot soldiers. ”

Liu Zongmin touched the thick stiff beard on his cheeks and said loudly: "Order!" Widely send a horse scout to investigate the reality of Ruzhou! ”

The herald who was waiting on the side hurriedly responded.

Tanma secretly said in his heart: It seems that he is going to fight Ruzhou!

Ruzhou City is not easy to fight, the state city is more than three zhang high, and it is not much better than the general big city. It is also a place of thoroughfare, and the official road is smooth. If the officers and soldiers really return to rescue regardless of the immediate situation, I am afraid that these people will not be enough to be stuffed by the army. However, this kind of major event in the army is not his turn to worry about it for a small night, so naturally some generals think about it.

Liu Zongmin came back to intercept the grain and cut out the auxiliary soldiers and civilians who could not kill the enemy, and the real main force was only 3,000 horse troops. These 3,000 horse troops are handsome and personal guards. The elite of the advocacy camp. It is only used to attack cities and plunder land, but it is insufficient, and can only attack the grain road. If 10,000 people were led around according to Jihua's first, and they couldn't go fast in the mountain rain, it would be difficult to say if they were delayed.

"Report to the general!" A person rushed in from outside the door: "Heishigou sent someone to send food, wine and meat to reward the righteous army!" Two officers and soldiers were also tied up outside. ”

"Kill it if you ask which one it is." Liu Zongmin didn't mind saying that what he was worried about now was how to make the three thousand horse army disturb Sun Chuanting and make him restless. He would not worry about the Qin soldiers returning to the division in a big way, so that the main force of the righteous army would chase and kill from behind, and with the military discipline of officers and soldiers, they would definitely collapse without a fight.

The soldier who reported the news did not go out, but said: "The sons have asked, and the two officers and soldiers said that they were from the guard camp of the East Palace, and they were the ones who protected the emperor's son." ”

"The prince of the East Palace?" Liu Zongmin's thin eyes narrowed into slits: "How could the prince of the East Palace come to this place?" ”

"We don't know, but those two officers and soldiers are different from ordinary officers and soldiers." The messenger said: "General, the people from Heishigou also said that the grain and grass of the officers and soldiers are all stationed in a place called Baisha, and they have passed through their village several times. ”

Liu Zongmin suddenly felt a little happy when he was hit by the wine and meat falling from the sky.

The emperor's son probably won't come to this place where birds don't, but since it is said to be the guard camp of the East Palace, the leader of them must be a big official, maybe it is still a relative of the emperor. Most of these people are afraid of death, maybe they will lead their troops over, and if they are scared, they will be able to give up the city, and the fire in the backyard of the old thief will definitely not be able to fight.

As for that white sand, it doesn't sound like a big county, if it's really Sun Thief's grain tun, if you set fire to it in the past, you won't have to fight in front.

Which side to hit?

Liu Zongmin's heart was like two cats scratching, and he was itching and shivering.

"Probe!" Liu Zongmin shouted: "Find out how many people there are in Baisha, and what is the origin of that big official in Ruzhou!" ”

……

"Probe!"

Zhu Cihong also received a report from the horse probe, saying that it was found that there were bandits in Ruyang County, and there were many thieves in nearby villages and towns. However, there is no reliable statement about the banner and scale of the thieves, some say that there are thousands of soldiers, some say one or two thousand, and so on. This is rooted in the experience of Tanma, and it is by no means something that can be struck out in a month or two.

Chen De looked at these East Palace guards curiously, and saw that their sitting posture was exactly the same, and the fat jackets on their bodies seemed to be more briefly tied, so he was inevitably a little envious. After he showed his strong bow and strong shooting, he won the favor of the prince, not only was he allowed to participate in the military meeting of the East Palace guard camp, but also ordered the Henan soldiers brought by Chen De to enjoy the treatment of the East Palace guard camp, and all the food and salary expenses were borne by the East Palace.

Not only that, but the prince also made up for the arrears of these Henan soldiers, which made these soldiers feel very happy. Although his old Cheng Jia Ding reminded Chen De that this was the meaning of the prince to buy people's hearts and want to seize military power, Chen De did not think so. If the prince wants to seize the military power, he can sacrifice Shang Fang's sword, why spend this money? What's more, if you are in the rear, what if you seize the power of the army? Could it be that with about 300 men, he could go into battle and kill the enemy? Didn't you have to rely on the Qin soldiers and Mao soldiers in front to kill?

Speaking of which, Chen Yongfu was still very concerned about his son's safety, and sent 300 old and weak people to bring his son back to Ruzhou, and also gave his son 50 family members. These family members are the most elite soldiers in the army, loyal to the generals, although only fifty horsemen, but enough to support the façade.

If the prince wants to buy the buyer, the cost is too high, but it is useless to buy the Mao soldiers below, so Chen De does not care about the purchase at all.

"Guerrilla Chen, what do you think?" Zhu Cihong unexpectedly let Chen De, the "guest general", speak first.

Chen De was a little surprised, and once again cast his gaze on the sand table in the middle of the hall. It is said to be a sand table, but in fact, it is a large topographic map made by the prince with sand, mud, beeswax, and dyes made by the craftsman who kneaded the clay figures. This topographic map from the southern suburbs of Luoyang to the northern suburbs of Nanyang, each county has a vivid shape, including rivers, mountains, roads, but also found many locals and familiar business travel to correct, and strive to be accurate.

And this is only a semi-finished product, it is said that after completion, it is necessary to put every village, township, and even tea shop on it, so that people can be immersed.

- It's really heaven's handiwork, you can think of it, you can do it.

Chen De looked at the signs on the topographic map, and a staff officer quietly walked up to him, handed over a four-foot-long cork whip, and said in a low voice: "It can be used for instructions." (To be continued......)