Counterinsurgency is like fighting a fire, and if the rebellion is not resolved sooner, then the uprising will be like a spark that can start a prairie fire. King Ruyang has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, so he naturally understands this truth. Therefore, the next day after receiving the holy decree, he hurriedly set off for Jiangnan with 100,000 soldiers and horses.

The imperial court's response was already expected by Li Xiaoye. Li Xiaoye also sent a small force early to cooperate with the people of the various rudder divisions of the Ming Sect to constantly harass and attack the troops of the King of Ruyang. Its core feature is one word, drag. The general sent to carry out this task was none other than the famous general of the early Ming Dynasty - Chang Yuchun.

Before leaving, Li Xiaoye had told Chang Yuchun early. He told Chang Yuchun the famous 16-character policy of modern warfare: the enemy advances and we retreat, the enemy is stationed and disturbs me, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I pursue. In short, it is to delay time, to delay the complete occupation of Jiangnan by a large army.

Chang Yuchun is worthy of being a famous general in the early Ming Dynasty, and he has implemented the policy set by Li Xiaoye very well. During the day, roadblocks were constantly created on the route of the march of the Ruyang Palace, so that the Ruyang King had to constantly send people to clear the roads to facilitate the passage of the army. And at night, Chang Yuchun would also send people to shoot rockets in the distance near the granary of the imperial army. Or send a suona team to suddenly blow suona in the middle of the night, so as to affect the rest of the imperial army.

Although the imperial army did not suffer much loss in the past few days, the whole army was extremely tired, and red-eyed soldiers could be seen everywhere in the barracks. King Ruyang didn't have a good way to do this, and Zhao Min also designed to let Chang Yuchun throw himself into the net, but how could the famous generals in the early Ming Dynasty be ordinary? discovered Zhao Min's trap early, and retreated in time, so that the imperial army pounced.

The king of Ruyang had no choice but to send people to take turns to monitor every move outside the barracks day and night, and then send more scouts to investigate the road ahead and whether there was an ambush. But this is only a passive defense, and it does not cure the symptoms. So much so that the morale of the entire army was low, and the road that would have taken about 10 days to reach was forced to walk for more than a month.

And in this month, Li Xiaoye's main force has basically completed the sweep of the Yuan and Mongolian forces in the Jiangnan region. Li Xiaoye had already clearly known the march route of the imperial army, so he sent the first army, which had expanded to 100,000 people, to be stationed on the red cliff of the Yangtze River, looking across the river from the Yuan and Mongolian army.

When King Ruyang arrived on the north bank of Chibi, he had already seen that the south bank of Chibi was full of military camps, and black military flags were neatly planted in the military camps. In the middle was a black dragon flag with a big 'Li' character written on it. Could it be that their leader's surname is Li?

Sure enough, it's you, Li Xiaoye. You even flew the dragon flag, do you want to be the emperor? This is actually Zhao Min's mistake, Li Xiaoye just feels that he looks more handsome with a black dragon printed on his handsome flag. I didn't expect Zhao Min to misunderstand that he wanted to be an emperor, although he now has the idea of wanting to be an emperor, but he is still a little far from this goal, so he is not in a hurry.

"Minmin, you see, the military camp opposite is neatly and orderly, and the person leading the troops is definitely not a simple person. Moreover, he sent a small force to constantly block and harass us, and the tactic of delaying time was really clever, so that they had enough time to come to Chibi to set up a water village, and requisitioned a sufficient number of large ships to cross the river. ”

King Ruyang paused for a moment and continued: "Right now, we are at a disadvantage, we don't have enough ships and bows and arrows. These take at least seven days to prepare. Besides, His Majesty has only given us half a year, and our time is very tight, so we must defeat the enemy as soon as possible. Minmin, do you have any ideas? ”

"Dad, I haven't thought of any good way for the time being, let's first send someone to dispatch the big boats of the navy and the large fishing boats of the nearby fishermen to cross the river, and then send some soldiers with excellent water skills to the south bank to inquire about the truth and ......."

Just as Zhao Min was about to continue, he was interrupted by a soldier who came up to tell the news: "Lord Wang, a small boat came to the water village opposite, and it stopped on the river, and it seems that he wants to say something to us." ”

"Just shoot away the arrows, what do you have to say to these chaotic parties." King Ruyang waved his hand, signaling not to bother him with these little things.

Zhao Min suddenly thought of something and said, "Dad, let's go and take a look, maybe those chaotic parties came to surrender." It's not a good idea to just meet them and talk to them. ”

King Ruyang pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, Minmin, you go, let Master Ku accompany you to protect your safety." ”

"Thank you, Dad." Hearing that his father agreed to his request, Zhao Min's heart couldn't help but have some anticipation, wondering if it was Li Xiaoye's hateful person sitting in that small boat.

Zhao Min and Master Ku took a small boat to the middle of Chibi, preparing to meet the envoy of the rebels on the other side.

After the boat leaned in, Zhao Min couldn't help but look into the cabin. I only heard a burst of laughter from inside: "Since the county lord has come from Yaxing himself, let's get on the boat and talk about it." ”

Listening to the voice, it was really Li Xiaoye, and he couldn't tell why Zhao Min's heart was a little happy at the moment. Did he come to see me? So he opened his mouth and said, "Master Ku, you wait for me here, and I will come when I go." ”

Jumping on the boat opposite, Zhao Min found a man and a woman sitting in the cabin, who were the two who went to Luliuzhuang that day, Li Xiaoye and Xiao Zhao. Li Xiaoye smiled at Zhao Min: "County Lord, please take a seat." Xiao Zhao, serve tea to the county lord. ”

"Yes, Childe." Xiao Zhao replied lightly, and began to boil tea. Looking at Xiao Zhao with a smile on his face, Zhao Min was faintly jealous in his heart, but then he was indifferent. He now represents the army of the imperial court, and he can't show the appearance of a little woman, which makes Li Xiaoye look down on him.

After taking a sip of tea, Zhao Min spoke: "I don't know why Sect Master Li invited me here?" If it's okay, then I'll leave. ”

"Actually, I'm here to talk to the county lord about a deal." Li Xiaoye opened his mouth and said softly.

"Business, what business?" Zhao Min was a little puzzled, this will start to fight immediately, what business is there to do?

Li Xiaoye smiled mysteriously: "Naturally, it is the business that keeps the county lord and the king of Ruyang alive." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zhao Min instantly straightened his face and asked.

"It's not interesting, but I heard that your emperor seems to be a little dissatisfied with your father slapping him in the face, and deliberately gave you a difficult task to complete. Of course, in my opinion, this task is impossible, because with me in our Ten Thousand Worlds Alliance, we will not lose. Of course, even if you seize the opportunity to win, presumably your life back in Dadu will not be very easy, and sooner or later you will be squeezed out to death by the emperor. ”

"This ...... How do you know? Zhao Min was a little surprised, he really didn't know how Li Xiaoye learned about these news from the court. None of this is logically possible.

"I naturally have my channels, and no matter how this battle ends, you won't end well, so it's better to choose to cooperate with me." Li Xiaoye said confidently.

"What kind of cooperation method is it to cooperate with you?"

"The two of us only need to fight back and forth on the surface, and one of my armies will secretly cross the river behind the scenes, and you can pretend not to see it."

"Could it be that you want to surprise the capital?" Zhao Min suddenly lost his voice and said.

Li Xiaoye glanced at Zhao Min with admiration and said with a smile: "Yes, the county lord is really Bing Xue smart, Xiaosheng admires it." ”

"Hmph, it's far worse than you, Sect Master Li. Don't you know what good it will do us if we do this? ”

"The first advantage is that you don't have to die, and the emperor is gone, and the lord who wants to persecute you is gone. Second, when we destroy the imperial court, I will set up your Mongolian steppe as the Mongolian Autonomous Region, and your father will be the head of the autonomous region. Mongolia is still ruled by you, but the original land of China will return to China. This third, hehe, when I ascend the throne, I can make the county lord a concubine, I don't know what you think of the county lord? ”

The first two points were okay, but as soon as the third point came out, Zhao Min's face turned red all of a sudden: "Okay, you are a disciple, you dare to tease me." ”

Li Xiaoye directly ignored Zhao Min's words with his cheeky skin, and gently grabbed Zhao Min's hand. Zhao Min broke free a few times and didn't break free, so Li Xiaoye took his hand, and could only comfort himself in his heart and said: He is strong in martial arts, I can't break free, it's better not to break free.