"What about Mr. Lin? He's been gone for more than ten days, why hasn't he come back yet? Liu Guoneng asked, wandering back and forth in the big tent, looking restless.

Jin Xiong's mouth squirmed a few times, but he still didn't speak. Lin Yufei's departure this time was to leave after repeatedly urging Liu Guoneng to send troops, and he also took away more than a dozen contacts of the Runing Army brought by Lin Yufei. And when he left, Lin Yufei also threw down a sentence: "It's good to do it yourself!" Isn't that clear enough?

"Have the people sent to Huanggang come back?" Liu Guoneng asked again.

"The zuihou batch hasn't come back yet." Jin Xiong replied cautiously.

After Jiaozheng Town set out from Xinyang, the march was very fast, and it arrived at Huanggang in three days. But after arriving in Huanggang, they did not move, staring at Liu Guoneng's back like needles. It really makes Liu Guoneng feel like he is sitting on pins and needles!

Liu Guoneng had already sent three groups of messengers to Huanggang to contact, but the Runing military salute there did not accept or say anything, at most he said: "I know!" And he drove out the messenger. This made Liu Guoneng's heart more and more bottomless, and the whole person felt like he was about to go to the guillotine.

At this moment, Liu Guoneng's personal captain hurriedly rushed into the big tent, and he shouted in a hurry: "I'm back!" It's back! King! Eighth Master! The people who went to Huanggang are back! "The captain of the pro-soldier is Liu Guoneng's henchman, of course he knows what Liu Guoneng is worried about these days, so as soon as there is news, he is in a hurry to tell Liu Guoneng.

"Call him in!" Jin Xiong hurriedly commanded.

The messenger was about to kneel down and salute when he entered the tent, Liu Guoneng waved his hand impatiently and asked, "Don't come to the false courtesy, say it quickly, is there any news from General Wu Bing?" ”

The messenger hesitated for a moment and replied, "The little one has met a General Xue this time. He said to the little one: "I want to send back the old lady and the king's family...... He also said......"

"What else are you talking about?" Liu Guoneng shouted.

"And said let's feel free!"

"Grass!" Liu Guoneng kicked over the big case in the big tent with one kick, "Bang Chang Chang", and the things on the big case were scattered all over the ground.

Liu Guoneng's eyes were already red with anger, and he yelled: "Then what does Butcher Wu want to do? Is he really going to do anything to us? But we've been listening to him! If it weren't for the fact that General Wu was ...... by the imperial court, alas! As he spoke, Liu Guoneng's anger turned into grievances, and he slumped weakly on the chair, wanting to cry.

Liu Guoneng knew very well in his heart that if he really asked for his family. Not only is it impossible to succeed, but it is likely that he will send his family to Hades Road, even if Wu Shigong is trustworthy and really sends his family over, do you dare to ask for it?

Don't say that your army will be stabbed in the back of the Runing army in Huanggang immediately. Let's talk about the big and small leaders whose families are still in the hands of the Runing Army. They may immediately cut off their own heads to ask for credit. Isn't this self-defeating?

"If I knew this was the case, I wouldn't let Mr. Lin go at that time." Jin Xiong on the side muttered. In Jin Xiong's opinion. It's okay to hold Lin Yufei and these hostages in his hands.

"No way!" At this time, Liu Guoneng had already calmed down. His psychological quality is indeed first-class, and he was able to calm down quickly, "You can't do everything, it's better to leave some incense." ”

"So what are we going to do?" Jin Xiong asked.

Liu Guoneng was in good spirits again, he waved his hand to let the idle people and others retreat, and whispered to Jin Xiong: "Old eight! You're going to have a hard time. Go find General Xue again. Say to him, "We will never dare to disobey the order." It's just that the official dog in front of us is powerful, and we have been fighting fiercely for days, so we are deadlocked here. ”

"But will they believe it?" Jin Xiong wondered.

"Believe it or not! Anyway, we hit our heads on the ground. Say to him, "If you don't believe, then we'll leave the group." It's all to them, it's life and death anyway, so let them believe it. ”

Liu Guoneng can only play the scoundrel, and he has already figured it out: the reason why the Runing army did not move when they went to Huanggang, instead of killing them directly, was to give themselves a chance. And their own heads are not valuable, their own troops are valuable, if they put aside their ranks and surrender directly to the Runing Army, then their own troops will definitely disperse, which is not in the interests of the Runing Army.

Liu Guoneng just wanted to make this gesture, he stretched out his face and let Butcher Wu beat him, if Butcher Wu didn't want to do things perfectly, he would definitely raise his noble hand.

"Also, after you leave, I will immediately lead troops to fight against Hanshan's official dogs. There's no need to save your strength, make a gesture and show it to Mr. Wu! Don't go empty-handed, bring a hundred horses and a hundred pairs of armor, then Wu Zongbing is a good soldier, and we must do what he likes! Alas! After finishing speaking, Liu Guoneng still sighed.

"But...... But those horses and armor were hard for us to get, and we gave them to General Wu, so we don't have them here. Jin Xiong was a little anxious.

After defeating the Nanjing Jingying this time, Liu Guoneng's troops captured a lot, but no matter how many they captured, they did not have as many people as their own. Besides, in times of war, horses and armor are the most valuable, and sometimes there is no place to buy them if you have money, so Jin Xiong is extremely reluctant.

"We're all going to sell to General Wu, are we still reluctant to have some horses and armor? Go for it! Liu Guoneng was also helpless.

"But what did the Eight Kings and Cao Cao say?" Jin Xiong asked again.

After Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's coalition army came to Anqing, they immediately contacted Liu Guoneng and wanted to join forces to attack the east together. If it is possible, it is better to lay down a few big cities in the south of the Yangtze River, and then you can make a lot of money.

But Liu Guoneng was unwilling. Although he was a little half-hearted about Wu Shigong, he didn't want to rebel again, so Liu Guoneng politely declined Zhang and Luo's invitations. So Zhang and Luo retreated to the next best thing, and they offered to exchange excess supplies.

Because of the great victory, Liu Guoneng had no shortage of military supplies in his hands, but he stayed in Wuwei County for too long, sat on empty food, and was supported by the Runing Army, so the food was a little insufficient.

The combined forces of Zhang and Luo conquered several large cities along the way, and there was no shortage of food and other materials, but there was a shortage of military supplies. So Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai wanted to communicate with each other.

Liu Guoneng thought about it for a while, and then said: "Send them horses and armor 100 each!" You can't cut off the incense. But be careful, arrange some proper people, and don't leak out. ”

At the beginning of August of the tenth year of Chongzhen, Liu Guoneng once again led the army to take the initiative to attack the Ming army in the area of Hanshan and Hexian. After exchanging a batch of materials, the combined forces of Zhang and Luo crossed the Yangtze River, crossed Tongling and Kenanling, and captured Wuhu.

In front of the Zhang and Luo coalition forces, Lu Jiude and Liu Yuanbin led more than 10,000 people and horses of the Yongwei Battalion to join Liu Liangzuo, with a combined army of 22,000, and under the command of Lu Jiude, blocked the eastern attack of the Zhang and Luo coalition forces. And behind the combined forces of Zhang and Luo, Zuo Liangyu's 17,000 men and horses were also in hot pursuit. The Runing Army in Huanggang, the Zhu Dadian Army in Fengyang, and the Ming Army in Nanjing were all temporarily watching from the wall. Thus, the Wuhu melee began.

Huang Degong held a water bladder in his hand for a burst of cow drink, and the water bladder was filled with spirits, almost a bucket. But Huang Degong drank it all without care, and then smashed the empty water bladder to the ground.

"Little calves, learn a little and see how grandpa fights!" After Huang Degong finished speaking, he rushed out first, and nearly a thousand Ming troops behind him, either on horseback or galloping, also rushed forward with Huang Degong.

After Lu Jiude left with the Yongwei Battalion, only the border troops in their early 1,000s were left for Huang Degong, plus Huang Degong's personal soldiers, and there were only 1,500 soldiers who had seen blood and could fight. And the rest of the 7,000 Ming troops left behind were all Nanjing Beijing camps with empty shows.

Therefore, Huang Degong is also very grateful to Liu Guoneng for holding his troops, which gave him time to practice those rookies. However, as soon as he practiced, Huang Degong almost vomited blood, because Huang Degong was depressed to find that whether it was individual combat skills or overall tactics, the Nanjing Jingying was no worse than the border army, and even better in some places.

So Huang Degong had no choice but to deal with these shiny dung balls. This combat skill can be practiced, but that courage can't be practiced! After thinking about it for a long time, Huang Degong could only use the difference in rank to stimulate these soldiers.

Huang Degong selected 1,500 soldiers from the Beijing camp in Nanjing, and then mixed them with the border army, and trained them strictly every day, but they also served them with good wine and meat, so that they could be used to bring the old and the new to train a core army as soon as possible.

And although the rest of the soldiers were full, they were only coarse tea and light rice. Although they also have to practice, the intensity of the practice has decreased a lot.

However, this is not that Huang Degong is playing with a careful eye, it is just that the supply of this Ming army is indeed difficult, and Huang Degong was forced to take this method.

When the river was divided into two battlefields, the supply of the rear of the Ming army must have a tendency, and the side of Lu Jiude, the eunuch guarding Nanjing, always took advantage.

And Huang Degong is illiterate, short-tempered, and looks like a Qiu Ba. But he is a rare general in the Ming army with strict military discipline. Therefore, the troops he led did not disturb the people at all, so there was nothing to levy on the spot, so his supplies were all supplied from the rear.

But anyway, because of Jiangnan, it is still possible to eat well, but how good is it to eat? That's also impossible. Therefore, Huang Degong can only guarantee that elite.

And after Huang Degong trained those soldiers roughly, Liu Guoneng's department, which had not moved for a long time, began to act, so Huang Degong immediately led his troops to intercept it, and the prologue of the Wuhu melee began from Hanshan and Hexian in Jiangbei. (To be continued......)