Chi Shude's more than 400 cavalry have crossed the Yellow River with men and horses, Xu Ping let them follow him, and the rest of the 1,000 selected soldiers were divided into four teams by Xu Ping, and today they will lurk in the vicinity of the Ming army camp as close as possible to ambush: "Defeating the more than 10,000 Ming troops is not a good thing, only by not letting one of them slip through the net can it be considered a victory." ”

The soldiers of the armored battalion were shocked to say that some of the soldiers in this battalion were subordinates who had followed Xu Ping's attack on Guide, and they had become accustomed to seeing ten times their own officers and soldiers fleeing in front of them, and these more than 1,000 soldiers gathered in front of Xu Ping and listened to him speak: "The surrounding people have fled, this army is called the front army, in fact, it is no different from the lone army in the desert, as long as the four gates are blocked and the officers and soldiers do not slip through the net, then we don't have to worry about the news leaking at all." ”

Xu Ping still has 3,000 people who have not been able to cross the river, and there are unforeseen circumstances, no one dares to say whether it will suddenly be a storm and rain, only the 2,000 soldiers at hand are the forces that Xu Ping can ensure that he can control. If Qi Tu escaped, let Yang Wenyue know that the intrusive army had smuggled across the river, then the 100,000 army under his command would be on guard, with Xu Ping's existing 1 or 2,000 people, I am afraid it would be difficult to defeat it: "If the officers and soldiers really escape, then we can only pursue it non-stop, and if we want to eat a hot meal and sleep at noon, we must not let anyone go." Xu Ping smiled and asked all the soldiers gathered in front of him: "Do you still want to sleep?" Still want to eat? ”

"Yes!" The soldiers below let out thunderous shouts.

"That's good," Xu Ping nodded with satisfaction: "Rest now, set off after sunset, and work hard." ”

……

Jingshi, Wolf's Lair,

"My lord, Lord Hou's urgent order."

Jin Qiude opened the envelope, inside was an urgent letter sent by Zhendonghou, after seeing Yang Wenyue's first report yesterday, Zhendonghou estimated that the big thing was not good, since he could not persuade the court and the cabinet, Zhendonghou ordered the new army to be dispatched quickly.

"Your Excellency wants us to immediately send troops to assist Yang Wenyue, if Yang Wenyue discards all the baggage and ordnance to the enemy like the Yaozhou fiasco, it will inevitably cause great problems for our army's future operations." After reading the letter, Jin Qiude was very distressed, and now the available reinforcements were only a few thousand prisoners of war who had just been released by Xu Ping, and the identification work had not yet been completed; The teaching team confirmed that Henan had suffered a fiasco and had lost tens of thousands of troops, that is, it was no longer necessary to pay them salaries before training recruits on a large scale, and now this group of soldiers had just begun training, and there was no combat effectiveness at all.

In this case, Jin Qiude ordered the Xuanfeng Battalion, which was being rebuilt in Beijing, to set off immediately, and now this battalion has only 3,000 people, and the backbone is also a prisoner of war released by Xu Ping.

"How many remnants are there in the Scorching Camp?" Jin Qiude asked a staff officer.

"About four hundred." The staff officer replied that some of these soldiers who had fled back from Henan had just recovered from frostbite and had returned to the unit, and were currently staying in the Beijing Division like the Xuanfeng Battalion to wait for the recruits to receive the training team.

"In that case, take out all the soldiers inside and hand them all over to the Xuanfeng battalion." Jin Qiude asked people to inform the Xuanfeng battalion that they did not need to carry cannons, and set off for Dongming on the same day, and the Marquis of Zhendong was dredging up the relationship with the imperial court, so that the cabinet would recognize the necessity of this new army dispatch.

......The staff officers were a little hesitant, and the new battalion officer Gu Maitreya had just been urgently transferred from Fujian, and it had been less than a month since he took office, and he was busy getting acquainted with the troops during this period.

"Zhang Biao has been doing his best, and Brother Gu can basically lead the team." During this period, Zhang Biao has been holding his breath to avenge He Ma and other old brothers, so he soaked in the barracks every day. Zhang Biao's recent efforts are commendable, but another task given to him by Jin Qiude: to carry out reform with the Xuanfeng battalion as a pilot project, and the work of reorganizing the new military camp in imitation of Xu Ping's structure and military regulations has not gone smoothly. The officers of the Xuanfeng Battalion were very resistant to this work, and they were very disgusted with learning Xu Ping's orders, and since they were so reluctant, the effect was naturally very bad. Obviously, let the Xuanfeng battalion be dispatched, then this reform order can naturally be temporarily stopped, Jin Qiude felt relieved, Zhendonghou's order made him feel very unhappy, and now he can't carry it out because of objective reasons, so he is also faintly happy: "Let Brother Gu come to the General Staff Department, I have something to explain to him in person." ”

……

After Gu Maitreya arrived at the staff battalion, Jin Qiude said to him straight to the point: "Brother Gu must not fight with Xu Pingzheng on this trip. ”

Since the Marquis of Zhendong was worried that Yang Wenyue would suffer heavy losses, the task given to Gu Maitreya by Jin Qiude was to respond near Yang Wenyue: "Brother Gu must be prepared to help Yang Wenyue suppress the rebels, let the Xuanfeng battalion stay on guard for twelve hours, and once the Zhili army mutinies, immediately dispatch to suppress it so as not to give Xu Ping an opportunity." ”

"Don't worry, Lord Jin, the last general must be careful and vigilant, if Yang Wenyue plans to cross the river, then what should the last general do?"

"You are monitoring this side of the river, no matter what, you can't be persuaded by Yang Wenyue to cross the river together, the new army must not lose the battle again, we can't afford to take this risk." At present, the new army has mobilized all its propaganda machines to put the responsibility for the defeat on the Jia Ming River and Puguanshui, and in addition, it is desperately emphasizing the weather reasons, so Jin Qiude can't bear to fail again, and it will become very unfavorable in terms of propaganda: "Brother Gu firmly remembers, your task is to deal with Yang Wenyue, if the Zhili army is defeated, you help hold the pontoon bridge and don't let the rout pull the bridge out, if Xu Ping has the intention of crossing the river to pursue, you will put on a face to meet the battle and let him retreat...... Oh, also, don't engage in any half-crossing schemes, I don't need Brother Gu to attack Xu Ping, just scare him......"

Jin Qiude carefully explained the task for a long time, in short, it was to avoid fighting with the breaking army: "If you can persuade Yang Wenyue, of course, it is the best, as long as he does not move Xu Ping, he has to leave troops on the south bank to guard against him, so that the pressure on Kaifeng City can be less, and Xu Ping's army to maintain the confrontation will also have some costs, if he is short of food and grass to relieve the siege on his own, it is the best." After Jin Qiude finished speaking, he also felt that this calculation was too good: "Also, Brother Gu must seize the time to familiarize himself with the troops, and this time the troops will be regarded as training the troops." There is also the establishment of military stations along the way to test the new regulations of the Hou Ye......"

This military station along the way was naturally learned by Xu Ping from Zhendonghou, but now because Xu Ping already has mature rules, Zhendonghou ordered to copy it directly and use it, so that Jin Qiude could find an opportunity to experiment with how feasible it is.

But this also caused dissatisfaction in the new army, and after listening to Jin Qiude's words, Gu Maitreya replied: "Lord Jin, at present, the army always says that the defeat is careless and a climate problem, but listening to the meaning of the Hou Ye, is it possible that the regulations of our army are more backward than Xu Ping?" ”

"Of course not!" Jin Qiude categorically retorted: "We are much stronger than Xu Ping, and we were defeated because of bad luck and Brother Jia's pride and underestimation of the enemy, this is not to calm the hearts of the army, but it is true." ”

"The last general also sees it this way, but in that case, why does Master Hou want us to learn Xu Ping's rules?"

"This is not Xu Ping's rules, these are all Hou Ye's regulations, he stole it, and he used it on the thief's side before we did."

Gu Maitreya didn't believe in this kind of rhetoric very much, in fact, almost no one in the new army believed it: "Lord Jin, the last general has the courage to ask: Is Xu Ping a personal disciple of Hou Ye?" Outside, it was rumored that he was a disciple of Master Hou. ”

"No," Jin Qiude continued to deny: "Hou Ye has never been partial to him. ”

"The last general doesn't believe this kind of rumor, but since that's the case, how did Xu Ping know about the Hou Ye's art of war?" No one in the new army could answer similar questions, and Gu Maitreya was also a little puzzled in his heart: "I heard that Hou Ye once told Lord Jin and Lord Yang that these things were the secrets of his old man's family, and they were written in a secret book, because Xu Ping was talented, and Hou Ye loved him deeply, so he passed them on to him." ”

"Master Hou has never said such a thing, he and Xu Ping have never said a word or met once." Jin Qiude had no choice but to continue to deny it to the end: "Hou Ye has definitely not given any books to Xu Ping, and he is by no means Hou Ye's disciple." ”

"Then how can Xu Ping's methods be Hou Ye's?" Gu Maitreya became more and more dissatisfied: "The last general wondered, is it that Master Hou is afraid that we don't want to learn, so he deliberately said this." ”

Seeing that Jin Qiude didn't say a word and his face was gloomy, Gu Maitreya suddenly woke up to the fact that the other party would think that he was setting up a trick, so he hurriedly apologized and said: "Lord Jin, the people under the last general are very unconvinced, obviously we are just unlucky, why should we be arrogant, the last general is also worried that he will hurt the morale of the army, so he has to dare to say it to Lord Jin." I also hope that Lord Jin will go to the Hou Ye, we will definitely fulfill our duties and never disappoint the Hou Ye's hopes, but I also ask the Hou Ye to trust us, just like twenty years ago. ”

After Gu Maitreya left, Jin Qiude sighed, there were many old people of the Funing Army in the new army, and after the two defeats, the remaining elites of the Funing Army with combat experience were withdrawn, these people were inevitably a little unfamiliar with the Zhendong Hou for many years, and now there are rumors in the army that the Zhendong Hou lacks trust in them. "Let's hope it's a rumor." Jin Qiude felt in a dilemma, he decided to go to Beijing immediately and ask to see the Marquis of Zhendong again, and there was one more thing to do before leaving: "Let the Zhiwei be ready for battle, and if necessary, they must be ready to go at any time." ”

"Will there be a need for Naoe to be dispatched?" Jin Qiude's staff officers were surprised when they heard this order, now there are no more field troops with combat effectiveness near the Beijing Division, and if the Zhiwei is discharged from the Beijing Division, it will be completely empty, and it is difficult for them to imagine what kind of emergency situation will make the imperial court allow the Zhiwei to be dispatched.

"Be prepared." After Jin Qiude finished speaking, he changed into his official uniform and hurried into Beijing.

……

Before dawn, Xu Ping and his troops cautiously touched the vicinity of Qitu's camp, and those who crossed the river first were the ones who had the best eyes in advance, especially the hundreds of soldiers he was now bringing with him, who were even more time-tested warriors. The soldiers lay silently beside Xu Ping, and without saying a word, it seemed to merge with the silent earth, so that Xu Ping had the feeling that his men were all asleep, and that only when he saw the little light reflected from the soldiers' eyes could he dispel this illusion.

When the first glimmer of morning light came out of the horizon, Xu Ping looked into the trench of the Ming army, and he knew that the assault team he had arranged was ambushed inside, but there was no movement at all, and the sky was not very bright, Xu Ping looked at it for a long time and did not find any movement.

The gate of the camp of the Ming army slowly opened in the morning light, and out of it came a few people who looked like horses, just as the army had observed in the past two days, they were planning to make a routine inspection in the direction of the Yellow River crossing. At this time, a group of human heads suddenly poured out of the trench, and the Ming army sentries on the watchtowers on both sides of the camp gate were stunned to see these people emerging from under their noses, and before they could raise the alarm to the people at the camp gate, the assault team of the armored battalion rushed to the door, and the camouflage on their bodies had not had time to throw it off.

"Make an appointment with the princes," Xu Ping pulled off the grass wrapped around the horse's feet while seeing the assault team dispatch, revealing the farriers underneath, and while he was busy restoring the mount's normal mobility ability, he also said quickly: "Destroy this morning eclipse." ”

Before Xu Ping's words fell, Chi Shude shouted and rushed out first: "I'm dying of hunger, brothers kill!" When Xu Ping was still concentrating on observing the actions of the commando, Chi Shude had already untied the shackles on his horse, and before Xu Ping had time to get on the horse, Chi Shude had already taken the lead in killing.

The rest of the people responded in an uproar, they had all followed Chi Shude to prepare just now, and after hearing the leader's decree, everyone galloped, scrambling to follow Chi Shude towards the Ming army camp. Xu Ping hurriedly jumped on the horse, and when he drew his sword in his hand, there was already a cloud of smoke and dust in front of him, and only a few henchmen were left by his side. Xu Ping hurriedly whipped and chased after him, but he was not left behind by his subordinates. When Xu Ping rushed into the Ming army camp with his guards, he heard the chorus of the cavalry who broke into the camp shouting in front of him: "Those who sit will not die!" ”

Most of the Ming troops in the camp have not yet come out of their tents, and a small number of people who have come out are either scurrying around or sitting on the ground with their heads in their hands. When Xu Ping rushed to the middle of the camp, the cavalry of the Chuang Army, who had arrived early, had already subdued the few resisting Ming soldiers, and before Xu Ping could order the war horse, he saw Chi Shu coming out of the Ming army's central military tent, dragging a person in his hand. The person who was dragged out by Chi Shude was not wearing clothes and armor, and his hair was unkempt on his head and shoulders, Chi Shude pushed this person down in front of Xu Pingma, and shouted: "This is Qi Tu!" ”

Qitu was awakened from his sleep, and before he could ask what was going on outside, he saw a big man rushing in front of him, and then he was pulled out of the warm bed. Dizzily outside the camp, he was suddenly awakened by the morning breeze, and then the neckline suddenly tightened and the man rushed forward, and then there was a strong force on his back, and Qi Tu involuntarily lay on the ground, and the flying dust blew his head all over his face. After Qi Tu got up a little and let his face off the ground, he didn't think much of his head shouted at the horse's hooves that were close at hand: "The king, the king, the last general has never provoked the king, this is all Yang Wenyue's gang forced me to come." ”

"I'm not a king, I'm Xu Ping." Qi Tu, whose eyes were at the level of the horse's hooves, heard a voice above his head, and Qi Tu's heart tightened after hearing Xu Ping's name.

"General Xu...... General! General! Zitu withdrew his gaze from the horse's calf, put his hands on the ground and shouted hoarsely, "The last general has never violated the general's grass and trees, and the general must know this." ”

A man jumped from his horse's back, and Zitu kept his face on the ground, staring at the shoes with his spare eyes. The tip of the shoe was not facing him but at his side, and Zitu saw that the shoe suddenly lifted off the ground, and the man walked past him and walked straight to the tent behind him. Qi Xiang adjusted the direction of his stomach on the ground like a crab, and he felt that if he didn't shout desperately at this time, he might not have a chance to speak for a while: "General! General! It's been more than half a year, and the last general has never sent a scout horse to Henan! The last general swore that he had no intention of being an enemy of the general. General! If there is a word of falsehood in the end, the sky will thunder! ”

There was another force on his back, and Qi Tu suddenly had a feeling of soaring through the clouds.

After Xu Ping turned over and dismounted and walked into his camp tent, Chi Shu grabbed Qi Tu and dragged him back into the tent and threw him on the ground: "General, how to deal with this guy?" ”

Zitu was about to continue screaming, but he heard another sentence from the upper of his shoe in front of him:

"Let the soldiers eat first, I must keep my word."

There were people around who shouted loudly, sounding like guards and other people, these people passed the order to eat out of the tent, Qi Tu maintained a five-body posture, lying motionless, and no longer made a sound in his mouth, so as not to anger the owner of the shoes in front of him, at least from the command just now, Qi Tu felt that the other party seemed to have no killing intent.

The people in the tent exchanged questions and answers, and they seemed to be about to eat, and in a moment someone brought something into the tent, and Zitu heard another guard or something say:

"This is the breakfast this guy prepared for himself."

"It's hearty, enough for us to eat together." Zitu heard a comment from the owner of the shoes in front of him, and then there was a chewing sound all around, and a shout seemed to be made by the big man who pulled himself out of the bed:

"I want this drumstick!"

"General Qi," a fairly soft voice came from above Qi Tu's head, "Are you hungry too, get up and eat with us." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, where is the position of the last general in front of the general." Qi Tu almost pressed his face to the ground: "General, please use it slowly, the last general is not hungry, not hungry at all." ”

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