On the spring fields, columns marched towards Nanpi. Some columns are more uniformly dressed, while others are mixed. One of the three members of the column led by Qin Mohuan was wearing steel armor, one-third was wearing scab armor, and the other one-third was a mixed uniform. Although it is not as good as the steel armor of the troops directly under the Song Army, compared to other Red Turban Army columns, it has surpassed them in an all-round way.

Qin Mohuan wanted to hurry up to Nanpi, but the speed of the troops could not be raised because of the armor piercing. Seeing those miscellaneous soldiers leading the donkeys and mules carrying the equipment and hurrying away, Qin Mohuan swallowed the words of complaint back into his stomach.

The Mongols didn't really have no man's land. The Mongols also held a number of strongholds, such as the city of Nanpi. Now the number of Qin Mohuan's troops is one hundred and twenty people, which is about the same as a year ago. However, of the 120 people who used to be able to survive now, less than 60 remain. The sixty new additions were the remaining 200 who joined in one year.

The reason why he marched in armor was because he had several experiences, and Qin Mohuan thought that he would win the next battle, so he put the armor on the miscellaneous soldiers who were responsible for transportation. Although Qin Mohuan's troops marched faster, they could not meet the enemy more effectively when they were attacked. Compared with mobility, the Mongol cavalry was much stronger than the infantry. Those Mongol cavalry relied on their strongholds to fight, and the Red Turban Army suffered a lot of losses. One of the experiences that Qin Mohuan exchanged for blood, the friendly forces of the Red Turban Army were unreliable. It is better to rely on them to give early warning.

When the troops arrived at the foot of Nanpi City, Qin Mohuan's troops, who had already established combat units and auxiliary troops in the army, were one of the first troops to arrive. These units have their own things in common, and their equipment is generally better. There are more livestock in the troops. In addition, everyone wore the iconic red scarf of the Red Turban Army around their necks.

When he arrived at Nanpi City, Qin Mohuan commanded the troops to enter the position under the guidance of the liaison officer, and he took his deputy Gongsun Fu to the Chinese army. Everyone in the direct subordinate troops of the Song Army is steel armor, and walking in the Song Army, Qin Mohuan found that his steel armor was not particularly unique. What is worthy of Qin Mohuan's boast is his steel armor, the chest and the three red bars on his left and right arms.

If the army has standard armor, how to distinguish it is a problem. The Red Turban Army is distinguished by distinctive signs. All members of the Red Turban Army wore red scarves. The captain is the squad leader, a bar. The two-bar squadron leader commands two to five squads. The one who can command a team of hundreds of people is the captain of the three bars.

After entering the big tent of the Chinese army, I saw several captains with four bars. They were all generals in the Red Turban Army who could command multiple Red Turban Army units. General Liu Chong, who was carrying the four-bar symbol, nodded to Qin Mohuan, and after Qin Mohuan nodded in return, his eyes fell on the new General Lin Dengwan. There is a small rule in the Red Turban Army, the local supreme commander of the Red Turban Army wears four bars, all of whom refer to themselves as General Lin Dengwan. Although in the war, the four bars will be damaged, but because of this system, the legend of 'Immortal Lin Dengwan' appeared.

At this time, the seats were already lined up in the big tent, and Qin Mohuan sat on the chair, looking at the four bars, and he was very longing in his heart. Although General Liu Chong told Qin Mohuan that as long as he worked hard, he would soon be able to become a four-way bar. But these things are easier said than done.

Soon, more than half of the seats in the venue were full. The hands of the clock also reached 10 a.m. As the bell rang, General Zhang Shijie walked quickly into the big tent. His armor was adorned with the emblem of the five bars on his chest and arms, the only one of the Red Turbans.

As soon as he sat down on the main seat, Zhang Shijie said in pure Hebei dialect: "Everyone, today we are attacking Nanpi. However, some of the Han defenders in Nanpi were preparing to revolt, and although they could not be believed, they should also listen to it. ”

Hearing that Nanpi could be taken, most of the people's faces showed excited looks. Zhang Shijie continued: "At this time, the imperial court has sent troops across the sea to attack Zhigu Village, and then march from Zhigu Village to Dadu. We received news that we should go north to attack Cangzhou. But I don't know which leader is willing to go north together? ”

"Somewhere to go!" Qin Mohuan replied at the same time as the other three leaders. They glanced at each other a few times, and they were sure that everyone was the closest team following the Song army.

At this time, other talents responded one after another, and about sixty percent of the leaders present expressed their willingness to go north. Song Jun was very strict about time, saying that he would hold a meeting when he would hold it. If you arrive late, you will not be allowed to enter, and you will get the results of the meeting after the meeting. Because of this, some troops were so angry that they simply broke away from the ranks of the Red Turban Army. But Song Jun did not let go of anything because of this, and still went his own way.

Looking at the attitude of these people, Zhang Shijie said with a smile: "In this case, if you are willing to go north with our army, you will not go back after you have conquered the southern skin and divided the spoils." ”

"Yes!" Qin Mohuan and the others responded loudly.

After talking about these things, Zhang Shijie talked about the means of attacking Nanpi. Although there are Han soldiers who claim to be internal responses, there is no need to fully believe them. This time, the troops first built back artillery to blast through the city walls, and then went to participate in the battle.

After assigning the task, Qin Mohuan and Gongsun Fu left. On the way back, Qin Mohuan was looking forward to the battle in the north in the future, but he heard Gongsun Fu say: "Brother Qin, why do you think the imperial court has not captured a city like Nanpi, but has been leading us to break the Zhuangzi of those Mongolian nobles?" ”

"Didn't General Liu Chong say it? That's to be able to save the Han Chinese. If the city was destroyed, the Mongols would flee to the north after killing people. Rather than this, it is better to keep the Mongol city. And we have participated in so many operations this year, and we have rescued more than 100,000 people. Qin Mohuan replied.

Hearing this, which was completely expressed in accordance with Song Jun's opinion, Gongsun Fu shook his head slightly, "Leader Qin, I always feel that there is something going on here. You think, the Mongols are engaged in no man's land, and we have to open up passages and set up traffic points in the no man's land. The Mongol cavalry searched and killed our communication points, and how many people died. If he had directly swung his army north, wouldn't he have won a long time ago? But he put us in front of him to fight. ”

Hearing this, Qin Mohuan's face became ugly, and he asked in an unhappy voice, "Gongsun Fu, what do you mean by this?" ”

Seeing that Qin Mohuan was so serious, Gongsun Fu hurriedly smiled and said, "I don't mean anything else, I just think that we have died so many people, but we just got these armors." Leader Qin, our brothers really want to fight the Mongols, but after beating the Mongols. Now everyone already thinks that the court of the Great Song Dynasty only leads us to fight, but does not promise a reward. The brothers felt in their hearts that they were not doing things properly. This has to promise some good to our brothers. ”

Speaking of this, Qin Mohuan also felt a little weak-hearted. Gongsun Fu is right, the Great Song Dynasty who fought outside the Great Song Dynasty always had to give something to these people who fought with the Great Song Dynasty. When the Mongols went south, they promised many benefits to the Han military princes. Although it was gradually withdrawn later, at least the Han army princes really enjoyed the local scenery for decades.

Although the current Song army fought fiercely, it never forced an army like Qin Mohuan to fill the pit, and the Song army never promised Qin Mohuan and others. The Great Song Dynasty was the imperial court, and after defeating the Mongols, of course they owned Hebei. But Qin Mohuan, who was originally from Hebei, what could they get?

However, these thoughts only flashed for a moment, and Qin Mohuan said loudly to Gongsun Fu: "We are fighting for the Han people, although we have not received any promises now, but the Song army is benevolent and righteous. I will never be treated badly in the future. Look at the hundreds of thousands of rescued people in Hebei, now they are living and working in peace and contentment. Just this yin virtue, we and our children and grandchildren will not be able to enjoy it. ”

Gongsun Fu was stunned by Qin Mohuan's voice, and stopped saying anything for the time being. However, Qin Mohuan knew his own thoughts, if the voice was not so loud, Qin Mohuan's heart would also be shaken.

As soon as the units of the Red Turban Army lined up in array at this time, they saw black smoke rising in Nanpi City. It didn't take long for a herald to order all the troops to slowly march towards Nanpi City. Until the army pressed under the city, there was still no movement on the city wall. Qin Mohuan had participated in the battle to attack Texas, and he was shocked, and immediately ordered his subordinates to climb to the city. The subordinates were still a little worried, so Qin Mohuan went up the ladder himself.

Many people watched Qin Mohuan, who had three bars, climb up the city wall along the ladder without protection and climb over the city wall. From the beginning to the end, there was no attack from the enemy in the city. Qin Mohuan's subordinates also followed to the city, and after a while, there was a sound at the city gate, and it didn't take long for the red turban army with weapons to face the city gate to see that the city gate slowly opened.

Qin Mohuan didn't have any joy, he continued to open the city gate, and then went out of the city first to call his troops. After the others cheered and rushed in, they led everyone into the city. The situation in the city was really as Qin Mohuan expected, and the vast area in the city was full of corpses. These were the people of the city, all of whom were tied up with ropes and slaughtered. The tragic scene on the streets is no different from Texas City more than a year ago. The Mongols never really intended to run Hebei, and when they abandoned it, they were going to carry out the most ruthless slaughter.

Looking at this tragic situation, Qin Mohuan only felt as if he had fallen into a fire cave, and he was uncomfortable with the fire burning all over his body, he turned his head and said to Gongsun Fusenran, who was following him closely: "As long as I can kill all these beasts, I feel that it is worth it!" ”

Over the years, Gongsun Fu had seen many atrocities committed by the Mongols when they created no man's land, but only two such massacres were carried out, both times by the Mongols before they retreated. At this time, Gongsun Fu saw Qin Mohuan's cannibalistic expression, and suddenly recalled what Qin Mohuan said before, "Didn't General Liu Chong say it." That's to be able to save the Han Chinese. If the city was destroyed, the Mongols would flee to the north after killing people. Rather than this, it is better to keep the Mongol city. ”

In the face of this bloody fact, Gongsun Fu had to admit that what Qin Mohuan said was right. The Mongols would never leave anything to the Han Chinese.

Soon, Qin Mohuan and other leaders were called to Zhang Shijie again. At this time, Zhang Shijie's expression was extremely ugly, and he said in a hoarse voice: "I was deceived." Those so-called Han soldiers who say they want to defect to us are traitors! They agreed on a place to take refuge with us, and then the Mongol cavalry suddenly fled there. We couldn't stop it. ”

Qin Mohuan originally thought that the Han army in the city was discovered by the Mongols before the anti-water, but he didn't expect that the so-called Han army itself was a big scam.

Without waiting for Qin Mohuan and the others to speak, Zhang Shijie said in a sad voice: "Let's fight Cangzhou next, I'll talk ahead, no matter what anyone comes out to say this time." We must surround Cangzhou to the death and never let anyone escape. Did you hear that? ”

"I heard you!" They all answered with a loud voice. At this time, it was not only Zhang Shijie or Qin Mohuan whose faces were ugly, but all the generals who saw the Mongol massacre had the same ugly faces, and they were all full of anger. Qin Mohuan not only had anger but also shame in his heart, he was ashamed of his previous doubts about the strategic arrangement of the Great Song army not to attack.

Zhang Shijie nodded heavily, "Okay." Then tomorrow we will march into Cangzhou. After taking Cangzhou, we are only more than 200 miles away from Zhigu Village. When the time comes, contact with the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and they will definitely not let go of these Mongols! ”

That night, the Song army, Qin Mohuan and other troops did not enter the city to search for the loot at all. Faced with such a mountain of corpses, only a few people are in the mood to find something valuable.

Early the next morning, the troops set off again. Everyone was in a hurry, and for Qin Mohuan, leaving such a place early was a relief. If he stayed in such a place all the time, Qin Mohuan was afraid that he would have nightmares.

Naturally, the troops had to send someone to contact before they set off. At this time, Dezhou was already a firm stronghold of the Great Song Dynasty north of the Yellow River, and a cable telegraph had been laid. The cavalry rushed back to Texas, and it didn't take long for the telegram to send the news to Jinan, and then from Jinan to other places. One of the ways is to send the news to Dongying first, and then send it from Dongying to Zhigu Village.

Just before Zhang Shijie's troops went out a hundred miles and a hundred miles before they could reach Cangzhou City, Commander Zheng Jie of Zhigu Village got the news. At this time, the headquarters opened a discussion on the latest situation.

"Shall we send a force to pick it up? After all, the Red Turban Army didn't have any siege means, and when would it be able to break through the city wall by relying on that return cannon. ”

"But the cavalry of the Mongolian army has blocked the reconnaissance cavalry of our army, and there is no intelligence, how can we fight."

The two factions went head-to-head, and it was clear that the one that did not go forward to answer had the upper hand.

Zheng Jie was unhappy when he heard it. The so-called insiders look at the doorway, the laymen look at the excitement, and those who don't know how to do it don't know anything. So far, the new Song army has also appeared many generals who believe or recognize themselves as capable of fighting. Everyone also often discussed Supreme Commander Zhao Jiaren's concept of war, and even discussed Supreme Commander Zhao Jiaren's talent for war in private.

On the whole, the higher the level, the more they know that the Zhao Guanjia is a difficult enemy to deal with. Sun Tzu's Art of War said, Therefore, those who are good at fighting are invincible, and they will not lose the defeat of the enemy. Therefore, the victorious army wins first and then seeks battle, and the defeated army fights first and then seeks victory. Those who make good use of soldiers, cultivate the Tao and protect the law, so they can be the government of victory and defeat.

Supreme Commander Zhao Jiaren has undoubtedly achieved the height of 'cultivating the Tao and protecting the law', but in terms of talent and talent, everyone doesn't think that Zhao Guanjia, a guy who fully uses his equipment and training advantages to crush the enemy, has any invincible talent in the world.

Zheng Jie also agrees with this view, the war with the Zhao official family is difficult to win, but it does not mean that it will be defeated. Therefore, before losing hundreds of scout cavalry, Zheng Jie himself felt that the Mongols could be easily defeated.

After losing hundreds of reconnaissance cavalry, Zheng Jie understood that the Mongol cavalry had a huge numerical advantage over the Great Song cavalry, and the Great Song cavalry was good at fighting, as long as the back route was cut off, it would only be killed or captured. In order to make the reconnaissance force more combative, Zheng Jie could only let the cavalry attack on a larger scale and shorten the reach. But Zheng Jie's cavalry was limited after all, and the horses were easily frightened, and the roar inside the steam car ship made the horses unbearable, and there were cases of madness to hit the wall, and finally broke their legs or even died. Even if it can be transported, it wilts. In such a situation, Zheng Jie has no freedom to investigate.

Thinking of this, Zheng Jie interrupted everyone's argument, "We can't continue to divide our troops now, but we have to go all at once." Everyone knows that in the Battle of the Yellow River, we approached Huaxian County, where the Mongolian camp was located, and the Mongolian army, which had hoarded a large amount of military rations and baggage in Huaxian County, could only fight a decisive battle with us. We crushed the Mongols in one fell swoop on a frontal battlefield. This time it should be the same, as long as we attack Dadu all the way, we can force the Mongols to fight a decisive battle with us. Even if we don't contact the Red Turban Army attacking Huaxian, we can contain the main Mongolian force, and they can successfully attack Huaxian. Just tell them to march all the way to Zhigu Village. We will not lose Zhigu Village no matter what. ”

Zheng Jie found that although he could question the military talent of the Zhao official family, he could not question the military ability of the Zhao official family. All the plans of the Zhao official family are prosaic, but they go straight to the core. Just like the logic that the Zhao family requires all officers to learn. Logic, which is about cause and effect. As for how the army fights, Zhao Guanjia has a very logical saying, "If you don't know where to shoot to win the war, then shoot the enemy in the chest."

Looking at it now, the enemy's chest is Dadu, and as long as you advance to Dadu, you will definitely be able to engage the enemy.

Soon, Marshal Boyan, who was in charge of commanding the defense, got the news. The Song army continued to build military stations in the direction of Dadu, and the distance between the former Song military stations was thirty li, and the current Song army commander shortened the distance between the military stations to ten li. In addition, the Red Turban Army was marching towards Cangzhou.

After listening to the report, Marshal Boyan turned his head to Zhang Shijie and said, "Marshal Zhang, are you willing to fight your brother?" ”

Hearing this order, Zhang Shijie stood up and responded loudly: "Please give the order!" ”