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"Lord Wang, did the Duke of Zhongguo smell something?" Wei Da, the governor of the rebel Left Army, had worked with Wang Bin for many years, and he believed that Wang Bin would not lie about this matter, so he groaned for a while and said to the king of Han.

In just over half an hour, the elite of the 5,000 rebels was wiped out by the ambushed Ming army, although there are many factors in this, but the fierceness of the opponent's combat effectiveness is beyond doubt.

Otherwise, with the elite military quality of the five thousand rebels, it is enough to defeat the ordinary Ming army that is two or three times larger.

Hearing this, the rebel generals at the scene couldn't help but glance at each other, if Zhang Hao's main force was in Texas, then only the troops under Zhou Zheng of Zhending Mansion had the fierceness that Wang Bin said.

"Zhongguo Gong is now entangled by Wei Guogong, and he doesn't have the heart to pay attention to the battle situation in Shandong, and besides, he is not an immortal, how can he know about our army's actions this time?" King Han shook his head when he heard this, although Zhou Zheng was powerful, he didn't dare to take it lightly in the face of Lu Zhongqian, and it was impossible to know his plan to go north this time, so those ambushes could not be Zhou Zheng's people.

"Lord Wang, will it be the Ming army in Qingzhou?" Veda hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and said tentatively.

From the geographical point of view, the only one who can intercept the Han King in Heiniu Town is the Ming army in Qingzhou, that is, the Ming army under Li Yuntian.

Moreover, in Wei Da's opinion, Li Yuntian is sophisticated and cunning, and he is very talented, so he may not be able to see through King Han's intentions, and then rush to Heiniu Town in advance to ambush.

"The surname Li is just a 'milky' kid who has never experienced a war, and his subordinates are some rabble, how can he be the opponent of our army?" When a general heard this, the corners of his mouth showed a trace of contempt. [35615671 Ruling the Ming Dynasty Ruling the Ming Dynasty] 356 Ruling the Ming Dynasty 359

"Don't forget, Yang Dudu was defeated by Li Yushi not long ago."

Wei Da didn't think so, and after glancing at the general, he looked up at the King of Han, and said in a deep voice, "Lord Wang, I heard that the Xiaowu Army formed by Li Yushi is composed of the strong people in the vanguard army led by the defenders of Jinan and the Marquis of Yangwu, and its strength cannot be underestimated. ”

Yang Dudu naturally refers to Yang Yong, the governor of the Houjun Governor's Mansion, the unlucky Yang Yong was defeated by Li Yuntian twice in Qingzhou City and Donglin County, and now he has become a joke in the mouth of the rebel generals, and even Li Yuntian, a yellow-mouthed child who led a group of rabble, couldn't deal with it.

In fact, Yang Yong's heart was full of bitterness, when defending Qingzhou City, the city wall collapsed inexplicably, and besieging Donglin County, Chen Lang's 30,000 army was easily annihilated by Li Yuntian's 10,000 Xiaowu army, and as a result, Li Yuntian freed up his hand to sneak attack him, in the final analysis, this should be Chen Lang's fault.

Wei Da had a good relationship with Yang Yong, and when he accompanied Yang Yong to drink alcohol, Yang Yong complained to him, telling him that Li Yuntian's Xiaowu army was definitely not a rabble, and when he was in Donglin County, he once led his own soldiers to meet him, but he was quickly defeated by those fierce Xiaowu soldiers, and his combat effectiveness far exceeded those Ming troops he had seen before.

Originally, Wei Da thought that Yang Yong's words were exaggerated, but now that Wang Bin was unexpectedly ambushed by the Ming army outside the town of Heiniu Town, and returned defeated, he had to consider Yang Yong's words again and began to face up to the strength of Li Yuntian's troops.

"How many people ambushed you?" King Han felt that Wei Da's words made some sense, Yang Yong and Wang Bin were both generals under him, if they were defeated under Li Yuntian's men one after another, then it would not be accidental, leaned over and checked the distance between Wu'an County and Heiniu Town, where Li Yuntian was located, on the map, and looked up at Wang Bin who was kneeling expressionlessly.

"According to the lowly position, at least 10,000 people." Wang Bin thought about it carefully, and replied in a deep voice, if it weren't for the strength of the Xiaowu soldiers, the vanguard army under his command would not have been defeated so quickly.

King Han frowned when he heard this, according to the information he had, the Xiaowu army now has more than 20,000 people, and if the Ming army that ambushed Wang Bin is the Xiaowu army, then Li Yuntian is in Heiniu Town.

And when Li Yuntian comes, the 20,000 Xiaowu troops will definitely follow him, which means that there are at least 20,000 Ming troops in Heiniu Town, and they are all brave people, enough to fight with the elite of the rebels in his hands.

For this sudden situation, King Han was very surprised in his heart, he didn't know how Li Yuntian saw through his clever plan to repair the plank road openly and secretly Chen Cang.

"Lord Wang, please give 10,000 people to the lowly position, and the lowly position is to fight to the death to capture Black Bull Town!" Seeing that King Han fell into silence, Wang Bin, who was kneeling on the ground, arched his hand at him and said with a resolute face.

"Get up." King Han knew that now was not the time to punish Wang Bin for his defeat, so he waved his hand at him, and then said in a deep voice to the generals in the house, "Pass on the order of the king, the whole army will rest on the spot, and attack Heiniu Town at three o'clock tomorrow morning!" ”

"Send someone to inform the defenders of Cangzhou and ask them to send troops to come and attack Heiniu Town before and after!" With that, the King of Han turned to Veda and instructed with a stern expression that he would defeat the Ming army in Heiniu Town in one fell swoop, and then clear the passage to Cangzhou City.

Regarding the situation in front of him, King Han had two choices, one option was to bypass Heiniu Town and go to Cangzhou City, but this would take more than a hundred miles. [35615671 Ruling the Ming Dynasty Ruling the Ming Dynasty] 356 Ruling the Ming Dynasty 359

In ancient times, roads were not well developed, and there were usually fixed paths between cities, and outside of these paths, there were either country roads or wilderness, which was not conducive to the march of large armies at all.

Another option is to wipe out the Ming army in Heiniu Town, and go to Cangzhou City from Heiniu Town to Guò.

In the eyes of King Han, the second option was the best solution, because if he made a detour, not only would he increase the time, but he would also be disturbed by Li Yuntian's attack, and the march process would inevitably be affected.

What is particularly important is that with the arrogance of King Han, how could he "run away" in front of Li Yuntian, a yellow-mouthed child? If Zhou Zheng was to guard Black Bull Town, he might consider taking a detour to avoid losing both sides with Zhou Zheng.

At this moment, King Han would never have thought that there were only less than 10,000 Xiaowu troops in Black Bull Town now, and if he ordered to storm Black Bull Town now, then it would be absolutely difficult for Xiaowu troops to resist the elite rebels who had the advantage in numbers.

It was precisely because Li Yuntian concentrated his forces to eliminate Wang Bin's vanguard army and gave the King of Han a blow to the head, which made the King of Han cautious, and then gave Li Yuntian a chance.

At dusk, Wang Jian finally led the follow-up troops to Black Tiger Town.

The town had prepared a steaming meal for them, and the tired and hungry soldiers devoured it to their heart's content.

Li Yuntian, who had been in a high state of tension until this time, breathed a sigh of relief, he was really afraid that King Han would let the rebels storm Heiniu Town in the afternoon, and the 10,000 Xiaowu troops on his hand alone would not be able to stop the menacing rebel elite no matter what.

Fortunately, King Han was "confused" and "confused" by the ambush battle at noon, and did not act rashly, which gave Li Yuntian precious time and made him wait for Wang Jian.

The 10,000 new Xiaowu army and 5,000 Ming army brought by Wang Jian were quickly assigned to the four major battalions, and they would enjoy the same treatment as the Xiaowu army.

After dinner, the sergeants of the four major battalions of the Xiaowu Army rested in the empty houses in the town, leaving only a small number of alert troops outside the town.

The residents of the town have been concentrated in the north of the town by Li Yuntian, and the King of Han is bound to win the town of Heiniu, and a fierce offensive and defensive battle will break out in the town of Heiniu Town, and these townspeople will only die in vain if they stay in the town, and then the red-eyed rebels will not be killed regardless of whether it is the Ming army or the people in front of them.

Therefore, Li Yuntian prepared to let the townspeople leave at midnight and go to Cangzhou City for refuge.

In his opinion, since the King of Han did not launch an attack on Heiniu Town during the day, he would definitely raid at night to open the way to Cangzhou City, and the time of the attack was likely to be the time when the people were most tired in the early morning, that is, around midnight.

In order to prepare for the battle at night, Li Yuntian ordered the Ming army in the town to seize the time to sleep, recuperate, and meet the battle at that time.

At night, the hall in the front yard of the Wang family compound was brightly lit, and Li Yuntian summoned Li Daniu, Wang Jian, and military attachés at the level of more than 1,000 households to discuss the military situation.

According to Li Yuntian's speculation, the King of Han would definitely let the rebels of Cangzhou City come to Heihu Town, and the rebels led by the King of Han would flank the Ming army in Heihu Town, which meant that the Ming army had to fight on two fronts.

"Wang Dudu, this official will give you 10,000 Xiaowu troops, go to ambush the enemy in the direction of Cangzhou when you are ugly, you must annihilate it!" After Li Yuntian introduced the current situation to everyone present, he said to Wang Jian in a deep voice.

The combat effectiveness of the rebels in Cangzhou City is not as good as that of the Xiaowu army, and they rushed to Heiniu Town overnight, so if 10,000 Xiaowu troops go to ambush, it is enough to annihilate the rebels in Cangzhou City.

Without the threat of the rebels in Cangzhou City, Li Yuntian could concentrate all his forces to deal with the rebels led by the King of Han and fight to the death in Heiniu Town.

Li Yuntian has calculated, he must hold on to Heiniu Town for at least three days, then he can wait for reinforcements from the direction of Jingzhou, and if necessary, he will hold on until the fourth day.

"Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely annihilate all the rebels!" Wang Jian knew the strength of the Xiaowu Army, and when he heard this, he got up, bowed his hand at Li Yuntian, and replied in a deep voice.

"Li Qianhu, you lead an army of 10,000, and set up an ambush outside the town at the right time, if the rebels come, you must give it a head-on blow!" Li Yuntian pressed his hand down on Wang Jian, then turned to Li Daniu, and said with a stern expression.

"Obey!" Li Daniu stood up and bowed his hand to Li Yuntian and replied loudly.

Li Yuntian transferred Li Daniu not only to make him meritorious but also to rely on him to lead the army.

The thousand households and deputy thousand households of the Xiaowu Army are all instructors and deputy instructors of the martial arts hall, and they are all equal to each other, and it is difficult to choose one person from them to rule the others, so Li Daniu has become an excellent candidate to command them.

First of all, Li Daniu is a member of the Li family, and Li Yuntian served in the Li family before he was admitted to the Jinshi, so he won the trust of Li Yuntian, and there was an extremely strong relationship between the two.

Secondly, Li Daniu is the deputy thousand households of the Economic Governor's Mansion from the fifth grade, and the instructors of the martial arts hall are only the seventh grades, so Li Daniu has overwhelmed those instructors of the martial arts hall in terms of smashing the rank.

When planning the Wutang Beijing suburb camp, Li Yuntian had already thought about letting Li Daniu take charge of the Beijing suburb camp, after all, such an important position must of course be firmly in his hands.

After Li Yuntian finished arranging military affairs, Li Daniu, Wang Jian and others said goodbye and left, and returned to the camp to prepare for related matters.

Now that what he should have done has been done, all that remains is to wait, to wait for the outcome of tomorrow's war