Chakhan Timur led his troops to the north, galloped to the aid of Dadu, and it took more than half a day for the whole army to cross the river and enter the Dongping Road.

According to his original plan, he was to continue to go north without stopping. After crossing Dongping Road, it is Dongchang Road; Then cross Dongchang Road is Gaotang Prefecture; Then through Gaotang Prefecture is Hejian Road; Then cross the river road is Dadu Road. If the march goes smoothly and hurriedly, the troops can be under the capital in about ten days.

However, it is a pity that it is too difficult to "make all wishes" come true in this world. Life is unsatisfactory, nine times out of ten. Just after a short distance of Dongping Road, when the garrison Boping was temporarily resting, an urgent report from a scout came to the desk: "The Dizhou thief army suddenly left the city and marched to Dezhou, traveling a hundred miles in one day and night, has captured Deping, and will surround Ande."

Dezhou has three or four cities, Deping is in the easternmost part, adjacent to Dizhou; Ander is in the middle, also known as "Texas", and is the capital of the state. If Ande is captured, further west is Enzhou; After Enzhou, further west is Gaotang Prefecture. And Boping, where Chahan fell into the garrison, was in Dongchang Road, ,—— Boping.

Dongchang Road, in the south of Gaotang Prefecture. In other words, if Ande was captured by the Yan army of Dizhou, it would be equivalent to a threat to Chahan's road to the north.

However, after hearing this military report, Chakhan Timur did not show surprise, but smiled slightly, and said to Li Weixin and others: "Deng She'er's step is expected by the old man. If he hadn't sent the Dizhou thief army to attack Texas, the old man would have been suspicious! But he didn't ask about Ande's battle situation first, but asked, "What is the movement of the Liaodong thief army?" ”

"Chen Hu and Li Yezhu generals were stationed in Tongzhou and other places, coercing the displaced people, forcibly conscripting the people, and growing their momentum, claiming to be one million. And divided the troops into two routes, one to fight Danzhou, and the other to force Zhuozhou. ”

"Entering Zhuozhou?"

"Yes."

"It's understandable to fight Danzhou, he is afraid that the kings of Mobei will come to the rescue through this road; But what is Zhuozhou doing? There are a few elite soldiers and two good generals in the city of Zhuozhou, which are more than 100 miles away from the capital, so they definitely have no ability or courage to go out of the city to rescue. He didn't take advantage of the arrival of many Qinwang troops to attack Dadu, but divided his troops into many units, wouldn't he fall into the ground? ......, Deng Thief has always been shrewd, but how can he let it go? ”

Tsakhan Timur did not feel doubtful, and ordered someone to unfold the map, put his hand in front of him, and look at it carefully.

Li Weixin said guessingly: "The Dizhou thief army attacked Dezhou, and the Liaodong Chen thief entered Zhuozhou. Linking these two actions of the thief army together, isn't it? ”

"What does Mr. mean: Deng Thief hopes to open the way so that he can join Chen Thief?"

"Judging by his behavior, it looks like this."

Wang Baobao interjected: "The generals of Guanzhong, Polo Timur and his father all responded to King Qin and galloped thousands of miles to help, and Deng Thief must have known about this. The capital city is strong, urgent, and difficult to overcome quickly. If most of the capital cannot be captured before the arrival of the father and the generals, then the Liaodong Chen thieves will definitely fall into the danger of being embattled and helpless. ......, Deng Thief did not immediately launch an offensive against Dadu, but instead attacked Zhuozhou, perhaps out of this consideration? ”

"What the Major General said is very true. The lord and the minister also feel so. The lord is powerful in the world, how can Deng thief have no worries? Therefore, it is not surprising that after knowing that the lord went north, Deng Thief would make such a move. ”

The meaning of Li Weixin and Wang Baobao is, to put it simply: after knowing that Zhao Guo failed to keep Chahan Timur and Chahan had gone north to help, Deng was reluctant to change the current focus from attacking Dadu to meeting Chen Hu as soon as possible.

When Chakhan Timur heard this, he was quite impressed.

He stroked his beard and said, "You have a reasonable analysis. After looking at the map for a while, he asked Ande about the battle situation, "Who is the leader of the Dizhou thief army?" How many foot soldiers are there? How's the war going? ......, can the city be kept? ”

"It was Ji Chong who was besieging the city, and looking at the banner of his troops, it seemed to be a new army trained by Deng Thief. There are many people. There were hundreds of cavalry and more than 3,000 foot soldiers. They had not long besieged the city, and the war was raging. If there is only Ji Chong, the city should be able to hold it. But it is reported that there seems to be Chen Yutou behind him. ”

Chakhan Timur nodded, turned to Li Weixin and the others, and said, "Ji Chong is a nameless junior, don't be afraid. is Chen Rutou, known as a fierce general, not to be underestimated. ”

"Back then, the lord's father-in-law led the elite and attacked Yidu. Chen Yutou was stationed in Tai'an and fought to the death. The word 'titan' is indeed worthy of being called. I heard that he is now stationed near Dizhou, and if he is Ji Chong's backup, it will indeed be a trouble. ”

Wang Baobao frowned and said: "Once Ande falls, our army's road will be blocked. Even if we can pass through Gaotang Prefecture before the fall of Ande, the back road is cut off, which is even more disadvantageous. ”

Chakhan Timur asked Li Weixin and said, "Mr. thinks that Ji will come out?" ”

"The only priority is to keep Ande."

"It's easy to keep Ande, but I don't have a lot of soldiers and horses, once the troops are divided, won't most of them be able to catch it?"

"Earlier, the lord sent an order to all states and roads, and ordered the guards from all over the country to bring their headquarters as soon as possible to meet the lord at Boping. Troops from Dongping, Guanzhou, Daimyo, and Guangping have all arrived. ......, if it weren't for Ji Chong's attack on Deping, the troops from all over Dezhou, Enzhou, and Gaotang would have arrived. ......, in the opinion of the ministers, the current plan is that it is better to change the order of Enzhou and Gaotang Prefecture without coming to the division again, and can choose to send the elite and join the Texas defenders as a unit, and rush to Deping to rescue. ”

"Enzhou is a small state, Gaotang Prefecture is not big, and Gaotang Prefecture is close to Jinan. Therefore, this time to rush to the aid of Dadu, there were not too many people in these two places. Three or five hundred people rushed to the aid of Deping, which may not be of much use. And if there is too much mobilization, maybe the Jinan thief army will also take advantage of the gap. ”

"Yes, these two states do not have many troops stationed in them, and they can mobilize even less. But the reality of our army is difficult for the thief army to know. The lord can order him to bluff and falsely claim thousands, thinking that he is the vanguard, and he will first solve the urgent need of Deping. Then, he ordered the defenders of Baoding, Zhending, and Hejian to send a part or south to aid Deping; Or go east to Wudi and threaten Chen Yutou in Dizhou. ......, so, two-pronged, moral peace! ”

Wudi is in the north of Dizhou, which belongs to Jinan Road and Linhejian Road. Zhending and Baoding two roads, one in the northwest of Hejian Road and the other in the southwest of Hejian Road, are both big "roads".

- And these two roads are the necessary places for Chakhan Timur to go to the capital. There were only five or six thousand people brought out of Caozhou by Chahan's headquarters, and it was definitely impossible for him to bring only this number of people to King Qin's rescue, so when he was still in Caozhou, he issued a military order and ordered all the states and roads along the way to select elites to join him.

For example, Daimyo, Guangping, Shunde and other roads, people have arrived. Zhending and Baoding are far away, so the meeting place is Jizhou. Now, the people and horses of these two roads are heading towards Jizhou. Jizhou is in the north of Gaotang Prefecture, not far from Hejian Road.

Li Weixin's strategy is to use the army of Zhending and Baoding to protect Deping. In this way, there is no need to assign the elite of Chahan's headquarters, so as to lose strength; Second, it is also a convenient move, and there is no need to send the battalion head to rush to help.

Chakhan Timur pondered for a long time and said, "That's all there is to it! That is, the handwritten military order, ordering the messenger to leave the camp and go to Jizhou to deliver the order.

……

temporarily solved the crisis of Deping and kept the way forward; After waiting for all the troops on the road to arrive in Shunde and resting for a while, Chakhan Timur gave an order, and the whole army pulled out the camp and continued to go north.

This momentum is different from before.

Before, there were only a few thousand people riding on the bike, but now, there are more than 10,000. On the march, the flags cover the sky, the golden drums sound in unison, the fine armor shines brightly, and the spears are like a forest. Human feet, horses' hooves, and wheels crush billowing dust. Wherever they passed, whether they were pedestrians or residents, they all retreated.

All kinds of rumors and gossip spread.

Some say that Chakhan Timur gathered the defenders of all roads and claimed to be 100,000. Some say that the generals of Guanzhong and Polo Timur have also led their troops over Wutai Mountain and are about to reach the Zhending Road. Some people said that the kings of Mobei and King Qin rescued him, and he also sent 100,000 troops, who had already left Lingbei and entered Monan, and would arrive in Dadu in a few days.

There are all kinds of things, some true and some false. For a time, it spread all over Hebei and Shandong.

……

At this time, in the city of Dizhou, Chen Youtou, who was praised as a "fierce general" by Chakhan Timur, was standing respectfully in front of a person.

But when I saw this person, he was no more than twenty years old, dressed in brocade and black armor, sitting on a chair. Although he is not very old, he has his own bearing; Although there is a smile on the corner of his mouth, between his eyebrows and eyes, he is flowing with essence and killing. But who is it not Deng She?

Chakhan Timur's plan to go north, Hong Jixun's strategy of "leading the snake out of the hole" can be said to have reached a critical moment, whether it can be successful, it depends on the moment!

After spending so much time, he made a big move, not only mobilized all the people of Yidu, but also used the elite soldiers of Liaodong. If it is successful, it will be all in the bag from this north, and if it is defeated, Haidong will be greatly injured.

It is a matter of luck and luck, of course, Deng She can't stay stable in Yidu, and only command remotely. As early as three days ago, before Ji Chong attacked Deping, he had quietly come to Dizhou.

"After gathering people from all walks of life, Chahan has left Boping City and continues to go north."

"I heard that he claims to be a hundred thousand horses?"

"In a hurry, where did he get so many horses? Lakh? It would be nice to have 20,000. ”

"Chahan is a veteran soldier, even if there are only 20,000 horses, he is a strong enemy. It's a pity that this attack Boping failed to divide his main force to rescue. ......, how is the Boping war? ”

"According to the decree of the lord, Ji Chong surrounded but did not fight, hoping to attract more Tartars."

"Then preach the military order and teach him to be careful. Don't capsize in the gutter and be pecked by a bird instead of a bird. ”

"Yes."

"......, is there any news of Chen Shuai?"

"The troops surrounding Zhuozhou and other places today are all auxiliaries. The main force is divided into two roads, one led by Li Ye, and has sneaked to the area of Flying Fox and Lingqiu. Flying Fox and Lingqiu were once occupied by Yang Cheng, and many of the common people believed in the Holy Religion. With such a foundation, it must not be difficult for Li Ye to gain a firm foothold. The other route was personally led by Chen Xiangshuai, bypassing Zhuozhou, taking small roads, and traveling at night, and was already about to reach Qingzhou. ”

Flying Fox and Lingqiu are in the west of Dadu and northeast of Wutai Mountain. Li Ye is known as the "iron wall", according to the city is his forte, this campaign, his task is: to block the way of the generals of Guanzhong and Polo Timur, so as not to affect the decisive battle with Chahan.

Cheongju belongs to Hejian Road, in Haijin Town, that is, south of Tianjin, and not far from the east is Bohai Bay. To the south of Qingzhou is Cangzhou, and these two cities were originally occupied by Wang Shicheng, and after Deng She received the capital, he also received them. ——There was also a fierce battle with Wang Shicheng in Qingzhou that day.

Later, Chakhan Timur attacked Yidu, and these two places were lost for a time; After the withdrawal of Chakhan Timur, Dunsha recovered it.

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At this time, after listening to Chen Rutou's report, Deng She bowed slightly, stood up, pressed the knife with his left hand, and paced to the door. Outside the door, the sky is clear and cloudless.

He looked at the southwest for a while, and said leisurely: "The mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the rivers and mountains are beautiful. Chahan, Chahan, you don't die, I'm like a man's back; I don't die, and I think you feel the same way. The chess pieces have been laid out, and now they are just waiting for the king to enter the urn. Whether you die or I live, it only seems that Japan is in battle! ”

He pointed to the world outside the door and asked Chen Yutou: "Generalissimo Chen, the mountains and rivers are magnificent, and countless heroes are bent over. Yuan lost its deer, and the group chased it. When you look at this world, who do you think will die in the end? ”

"A few days ago, I listened to Xiucai's lecture, and one of the sentences made a lot of sense. The last general, please dedicate it to the lord. ”

"Oh?" Deng She asked with interest, "What words?" Can it make Generalissimo Chen feel reasonable? ”

Chen Yutou said respectfully: "Those who are virtuous live in it." ”