In Linhe County, the northernmost area controlled by Dinghai Pavilion, Liu Maosheng, who had fled all the way south, finally crossed the tributary of the Wugen River with the help of the disciples of Dinghai Pavilion and reached a safe place.

"The general... Yu Deshui and Liang Yu, who were once members of the Demon Dragon Rider, looked at Liu Maosheng, who was a little embarrassed.

Liu Maosheng looked at the former recruits, and now the head of the party laughed out loud and opened his arms: "I knew you would come." ”

The three of them hugged each other tightly, and not far away, Du Xiao with a toothpick and Ma Dabao with a cane also appeared.

"Big Treasure. Du Xiao. Liu Maosheng patted the two on the shoulder, and ran over to take a photo with the two of them.

Ma Dabao sneered: "It's so embarrassing, I knew that I would let you use crutches when I pulled out the arrow." ”

Liu Maosheng said with disdain: "It's the same if you go, although Guo Dayong is not a famous general, but he is very familiar with the tactics of the Northern Plains cavalry." There are also scalpers to assist, and I almost can't come back. ”

Ma Dabao nodded, he knew the situation, Guo Dayong had 20,000 people, and Liu Maosheng was able to bring back more than 4,000 cavalry from 5,000 cavalry, and almost all the infantry withdrew to the front line of Linhe, which was already considered to preserve his strength to the greatest extent.

After the trimming, several people made it to the map again.

Yu Deshui and Liang Yu sat on the left hand side, while Liu Maosheng and Ma Dabao sat on the upper hand, followed by Shi Yan, Wei Lan, Du Xiao and Li Fei, almost the core figures of Zhou Zhe, all gathered together.

It has not been a day or two for several people to exchange information, but when it comes to the second sister-in-law Si Shengnan who is far away in Beiyuan, they are all embarrassed. If there is no second sister-in-law, they may be broken by each other, or even used by others, as a dog on a leash.

After the exchange of information, Ma Dabao was the first to ask: "What should I do next?" Liu Dasui in the south has not been able to send a single message, I guess that Qiankunmen is waiting. And the old opponent of Tianxingguan is not down-to-earth. Yu Deshui, tell everyone about it!"

Yu Deshui has been the head of the head for more than a year, and now he finally doesn't blush and stutter when he speaks, but the baby face still looks like he is eighteen years old.

"Feng Guang found a place and a place in the upper reaches of the original Tiandu, and began to build warships, which was similar to before, but a few more steps. A few days ago, there was friction with the Cao transport ship of Dinghai Pavilion. ”

Liu Maosheng squinted, frowned, and attacked from north to south, and the situation was not good: "How many warships do they have now?"

Liang Yu added: "There are nearly fifty ships of all sizes, all of which are new-style warships. As for the water army, they have been training. I sent the disciples of Dinghai Pavilion and the people who traveled to and from Cao Yun to inquire. Our Cao Yun ship is no less than 2,000, and the people who may fight are more than 1,000 disciples of Dinghai Pavilion. Relying on the abundant information of the transport ships, we have temporarily maintained the balance. ”

Du Xiao felt that Dinghai Pavilion was actually in turmoil, so he asked, "How is the situation over there?"

Liu Maosheng sighed: "Lin Tingwu took more than a dozen veterans and 10,000 Hexi troops to guard the Hexi dungeon, and the food, clothing and supplies were enough for them for ten years, but I was afraid of what happened." ”

Ma Dabao frowned and thought for a long time: "For today's plan, the only way to win is to win quickly." ”

"Quick victory?" Wei Lan frowned: "How can we win quickly? We want to win quickly, unless we cut off Su Daosan's grain route and destroy the sailors who travel to Tiandu, we can have a chance." ”

Ma Dabao smiled, took out a piece of paper, and handed it to Liu Maosheng.

Liu Maosheng took a look, his eyelids jumped wildly, and his eyes lit up even more: "Is the information reliable?"

"What's that?" Wei Lan was anxious and snatched the note.

The note reads impressively that the army's grain and grass are in Shangyu. Shangyu is a county seat, with a population of only 100,000, and it is the boundary that runs through the east of Hexi and Hexi, and the location here is not important originally, but now, a few people spread out the map and take a look, and they know that this is exactly fifty miles behind Su Daosan's Chinese army camp, and a hundred miles away from Xiaoqi Mountain.

Ma Dabao smiled: "How is it? Guess whose information it is?"

"Zhan Qili?" Liu Maosheng was almost sure.

Ma Dabao smiled and nodded: "This time, the imperial court did not mobilize the people, but used the horse team of the transport team to transport grain and grass, which is highly efficient, but the location of grain and grass hoarding cannot be hidden." After all, it was impossible for Su Daosan to let the regular soldiers transport food, and he could find out after a few checks. ”

Wei Lan looked at the map and frowned, "It's good, but how can we go over?"

Yu Deshui said with a smile: "When the information arrived before, I discussed it with the horse team, and now we have tens of thousands of Hexi infantry and their families to guard the one acre and three points of land in this Dinghai Pavilion." Even if they take our ferry, they won't be able to destroy our ships. As long as the north can settle down, when the rainy season arrives in the upper reaches of the **** month, the river is turbulent, and they can't move even if they want to. ”

Ma Dabao nodded and said: "That's the reason, we stabilize the south, you take the cavalry down the river, and then put on your back, and slash Su Daosan's back like this." Ma Dabao gritted his teeth, Su Daosan was so valued by the Hou Ye back then, and he even promoted him to be the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, and in the end, it turned out to be like this, which is really chilling.

The strategy of the two intrigued Liu Maosheng, and his hand measured it on the map

"One day, two days... ”

Liang Yu added: "Let's go down the river, although it will be very fast, we can reach the boundary of Dongyang County in half a day, but if your whereabouts are exposed. ”

Liu Maosheng raised his hand: "Day and night." But we can't have one man and one horse, two thousand people, one person and two horses. We don't seek to conquer the city, but we want to succeed in one blow, otherwise if we drag on, the situation will only become more and more unfavorable to us. ”

Ma Dabao nodded: "Have you thought about it?"

Liu Maosheng nodded: "I think about it." I only take 500 people with the Demon Dragoon, and the rest of the people are selected from the Hexi Cavalry, and you place the remaining Demon Dragoons in the more than 30,000 Hexi Army, and their officers are basically dismissed by the killing and dismissal of our killing. In this way, combat effectiveness can be quickly formed. ”

Ma Dabao smiled: "I can't ask for it." But if Feng Guang's old boy really dares to go ashore, he will be able to drink a pot. ”

After setting a strategy and repairing for only one day, Liu Maosheng hurriedly set out on the road, because time was pressing, and no one knew what moves Su Daosan in the north would make to deal with Lin Tingwu. Moreover, it is not only about the life and death of the brothers, but also about the overall situation.

The matter was divided into two ends, and since the golden sword guards failed to deploy a formation to capture Lin Tingwu that day, Su Daosan did not attack again.

There are two reasons, one is that the counterattack by the demon dragoon has greatly damaged morale, and the fighting spirit of many soldiers who have been forcibly aroused was directly shattered in that battle. A few hundred people, a phalanx of 10,000 people fighting is a mess, how can it not make people afraid?

Second, all the ballistae were lost, and there was no fire suppression, and even if the infantry in front dared to charge, they could not withstand the ballista formation in the Hexi dungeon. What are you kidding, the world's arsenal is now exhausted in Hexi, saying that others may be short of supplies, but in the Hexi dungeon, Su Daosan knew before he came that they would not be able to use it up for ten years.

Trimming, or trimming, coupled with the occasional summer rain, made Su Daosan's mood very boring.

The superior forces, but fighting like this, no one expected. Even Guo Dayong thought that it was impossible for Lin Tingwu, who was fighting alone, to resist Su Daosan's onslaught, but the reality was in front of him, and he still didn't believe it.

Guo Dayong repaired in the mountain pass, and his life was not easy, because of a problem, supplies.

He was far away from Su Daosan's army camp to repair, naturally he had his ideas, he wanted to make a meritorious service, and then bring back the cavalry of the Northern Plains intact. Therefore, he found an excuse to prevent Liu Maosheng from attacking again, and set up camp in the mountain pass. But the supply has become a problem, the supply from the northern plains has been pursued day after day these days, and most of it has been consumed, and most of it has been discarded, and there is no supply, he can only meet with Su Daosan, or, which city to go to.

Guo Dayong thought of a way to get supplies and looked for Feng Xun. Feng Xun is one of the deputy commanders of the Hexi garrison, and now he is stationed in Linxi City with the 5,000 escaped Hexi Army and a regimental training in Linxi. The food in Linxi City is sufficient, and it is all the belongings accumulated by Lu Douya Xiao Gui Cao in the past few years. He sent an order to Linxi City.

However, what made him angry was that Feng Xun refused on the grounds that he was afraid of being taken advantage of by the enemy.

got the reply, and Guo Dayong scolded his mother as soon as possible: "This guy, if there is a turtle shell, it is estimated that he will get into it as soon as possible." ”

But none of the generals present took this as a joke, because if they didn't join Su Daosan, they would really run out of ammunition.

Guo Dayong thought about it carefully, he really can't blame Feng Xun for this, he Feng Xun is a brainless person, and he is as timid as a mouse, so he naturally doesn't dare to open the city gate. But if he has to be smarter, he won't give grain and grass, because who is Feng Xun? Feng Guang's godson! Feng Guang knows that he has a lot to do with the eldest prince and the second prince, so what can he, Feng Xun, do against his old son? Obviously not.

"Do you really want to go to a state capital to repair and make way out of the mountain pass first? Although there has been no trace of Liu Maosheng's cavalry for several days, what if he turns back?"

Suddenly, Guo Dayong thought of two people, or rather, the Xishan Sect and the Flying Sword Villa. These two factions, relying on trade with the North Plains every year, make a lot of money, and it is already not what it used to be. Now, Beiyuan is the head of the three princes, Yan Fucheng is the house, and the younger brother of the head of the house is here to fight the autumn breeze, and a small request should not be refused!

Thinking of this, Guo Dayong's heart was hot, and before he could send his cronies to contact the two factions, Hua Zan, who received the news of Guo Dayong's stationing, arrived in person with the disciples of the two factions.

Hua Zan's idea coincides with Guo Dayong, and the income of their two factions is sticky to Beiyuan! If the two factions want to make a fortune, they can't bypass Li You, the third prince of Beiyuan, Guo Dayong is Li You's confidant, how can he be lazy.

Pigs, horses, cattle and sheep, grain, everything, were directly sent to the door by Hua Zan, and they said beautiful things

"General Guo is fighting for Hexi, how can we be lazy. ”

Guo Dayong laughed, sure enough, it was good to enjoy the shade under the big tree.

In addition to sending food, Huazan even sent beautiful women, I have to say, it is very intimate.

In this way, the imperial army in Hexi, united but not united, divided but not divided, all thought that the victory was in hand, and they had their own small calculations. They didn't know that Liu Maosheng at this moment had already gone down the rootless river, arrived at the east of the river, and was ready to get off the boat in the evening and go north, stabbing them fiercely in the grain and grass.