The cold wind suddenly blows and freezes a bay of river water.

Long Thirteen's prediction was good, Hong Chengchou nearby had no ability to come to encircle and suppress him again, he still needed food and grass, and he needed more soldiers.

So, a month passed in a flash.

In early November, the Yellow River began to freeze, but it was not solid, and Long 13 had to wait patiently for another month if he wanted to cross the ice.

This is the reality, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that the thieves in Shanxi and Hebei will definitely cross the river, and they will have to wait for the Yellow River to freeze and cross the river, but they are limited by food, grass, and soldiers, and they cannot carry out a fatal blow before they cross the river.

And Long Thirteen has no choice, and they can only wait for the Yellow River to freeze.

As a result, the two sides fell into a rare period of "non-interference".

In the past month, Long 13 has not been idle, although the will of Anyi County on the side of the couch to defend the city is extremely firm, but there are still many county towns in the south of Binh Duong Province, and not all county orders and garrisons have such a firm will.

Under the coercion of the Xiaoqiang Brigade, the nearby Xia County Commander was terrified and surrendered without a fight, which allowed Long Shisan to harvest some grain and grass and young men and women.

Just when Long Thirteen was still digesting the fruits of Xia County's victory, new news kept coming from nearby:

"The big boss, according to the latest Di report, Gao Yingxiang, Luo Rucai and others have migrated to the vicinity of Chengwu County, Cao County, and Shanxian County in the southwest of Yanzhou Prefecture in Shandong, and have joined up with the Yuyuan thieves there, and it seems that they are preparing to cross the Yellow River from there to reach Guide Mansion in Henan."

According to the Di newspaper, in the process of pursuing Gao Yingxiang and other departments from Shexian County, a total of four leaders of the 36 families were killed and captured, and the property of Dingkou was not counted."

"After Zijinliang and Bu Muddy broke into Luzhou, they immediately became entangled with Luzhou Sanwei, Zezhou Wei, as well as the fierce tigers and Zu Kuan's men and horses, and are now fighting fiercely in the Changping Pass, Gaoping, and Lingchuan areas between Zezhou and Luzhou."

"It seems that Zijin Liang and the others are still preparing to go south through Zezhou to reach the bank of the Yellow River, and then break through the Tianjing Pass at the southern foot of Taihang Mountain to enter Huaiqing Mansion in Henan, and finally cross the Yellow River from Meng County and Wushe County."

"The remnants of the Shenyi Kui are still fighting in the mountains from Hancheng to Longmen, and according to the Di newspaper, they have made several trips back and forth between Yichuan and Hancheng."

"And ......"

Long Thirteen trembled a little when he heard Li Xin's voice, and he knew that the most important information was coming.

"Hong Chengchou of Pingyang Fucheng was once again demoted to the governor of Yansui for the crime of 'failing to advance and missing the opportunity', but he still acted as the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi."

"As the governor of the three sides, he naturally has a lot of affairs to deal with in Shaanxi, so we were lucky enough to intercept a messenger going back and forth between Pingyang Fucheng - Fenglingdu - Xi'an, and learned the latest news."

"According to Hong Chengchou's instructions to his subordinates in Xi'an, after entering the winter, the official army besieging Dengzhou has dug three trenches outside the city to firmly encircle the entire Dengzhou city, and Li Jiucheng, the most brave and good fighter in the rebels, died outside the city, so the official army has the energy to send some men and horses to the battlefields of Shanxi and Jinan."

"Hong Chengchou is obviously afraid that the letter will fall into our hands, and what he said is also vague, but according to the information we have, the main force of the Gyeonggi Zhuwei has been transferred to Lu Xiangsheng's command, and at present, in addition to the Tianxiong Army, Lu Xiangsheng also has a Shenji Battalion, a Jingying Cavalry, and the elite of the Zhuwei."

"The total strength has exceeded 10,000 cavalry, and it is not a problem to deal with Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai's ten troops, but Hong Chengchou said in his letter that he would transfer the Zu Dabi Division, Deng Xi's Division, and Liu Liangzuo's Department to participate in the encirclement and suppression of Gao Yingxiang, who was trapped near Cao County, etc., which is obviously unreasonable."

"What do you mean?"

"The big boss, there are 2,000 cavalry under the command of Zu Dabi's department, there are 3,000 white pole soldiers under the command of Deng Xi's department, and Liu Liangzuo has 3,000 foot cavalry, these three are obviously not here to deal with Gao Yingxiang and others, but to deal with us."

"Also, that Liu Liangzuo is the general of the Ulzhou division of the left wing of Datong, and the proportion of cavalry in Datong Town is the highest, that is, there are at least 3,000 cavalry who can be transferred to the Shanxi battlefield!"

"You take it

When did the news arrive?"

"Ten days ago, it was already the latest."

"Oh, so to speak, if your information is correct, Deng Xi, Zu Dabi, and Liu Liangzuo have already entered Zezhou?"

"It should be the same, although Zijin Liang and the others have broken into Zezhou right now, most of them are entrenched in the mountains, if these three departments came to encircle and suppress them, there should have been news a long time ago."

"What do you mean?"

"Since they came from Zezhou, then they only have one road to come, that is, the mountain post road through Qinshui County and across Wuling Mountain to Jicheng in Pingyang Prefecture, at this time, we have two choices."

"Oh?"

"One is to take the initiative to attack, from Jicheng to Qinshui County, not a mile, the officers and soldiers need to arrive at least, and they must also come to Pingyang Mansion through this post road as soon as possible, once they wait until the heavy snow covers the mountain, they will not be able to come."

"There is no movement from them at the moment, if they are not still in the middle of the way, or they have already arrived, they are resting somewhere in Wuling Mountain in the east of Jicheng, not far from the east of it, at the western foot of Wuling Mountain, is a series of hills and plains, and it is also a place suitable for agriculture and animal husbandry."

"Like Wucheng, there is a Longhua Town here, which is said to have been set up by Yuwen Yong of the Northern Zhou Dynasty during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, which happened to be stuck on the post road, and there were many merchants, if I guessed correctly, these three are obviously resting near Longhua Town!"

"In the following sense, once the three departments arrive, Hong Chengchou's department will also go south, so it is better to ......

"Take the initiative?"

"Yes, once Hong Chengchou's department and Deng Xi's three departments all arrive near Anyi County, it will not be me who is in a hurry, they will definitely not take the initiative to attack, the siege is enough, and we must attack, once we attack, we will show flaws."

"How do you strike?"

"Big boss, I'll wait for four brigades, in addition to the third brigade guarding Pinglu County, there are three brigades around me, just send one to the vicinity of Longhua Town, and then the rest of the brigades will stand by."

Long Thirteen pondered for a long time before finally saying, "No, although we have two large battalions here, and once the main force is dispatched, there will be 10,000 young men in the camp to defend it, but the time for young and strong people to practice is too little, and it is difficult to resist the attack of the elite of the official army."

"What's more, if my guess is right, this time, they must have carried a large number of firearms, maybe there will be cannons, if they keep firing cannons at my camp, the young men have never seen such movement, can they still hold the camp in fear?"

"Therefore, we should not adapt to all changes, just wait here for them to arrive, and when they arrive, we need to set up a large camp, and we can attack from the side, even if they have three thousand horsemen, we are not bad, and if they have two horses, we can fight......

"Does the big boss mean to beat them and have an unstable foothold?"

"It's pretty much the same, but they obviously expected this, and they would definitely not set up the camp near Anyi County, so they had two choices, one was Xia County in the northeast of Anyi County, and the other was Linyi County in the northwest, both of which were about ten miles, and they could arrange the camp calmly."

"As you said, it is us who are in a hurry, not them, if we don't fight a decisive battle with them, we will definitely swarm when we cross the river, so we must take the initiative to attack Xia County or Linyi County."

"Since Xia County has been occupied by our army, they obviously will not choose, and Xia County is between Anyi County and Pinglu County, once the war starts, in addition to our first, second, and fourth brigades, we will also face the third brigade that can go north through the Yuhan Ancient Road at any time."

Li Xin's eyes lit up, "Then it will definitely be stationed in Linyi County!"

Long 13 nodded, he pointed to the map and said, "After starting from Jicheng, they can get supplies in Purple Mountain-Jishan, Quwo County, Jiangzhou, Jishan County, and Wanquan County north of Gushan, all four of which are north of the above-mentioned mountains, so they will not be disturbed by our army, and they can also get supplies in Daxian."

(Purple Mountain, Quwo County South Mountain, Ji Mountain, Jishan County South Mountain, Gu Mountain, Wanquan County South Mountain; Jiangzhou, Xinjiang County, Wanquan County, Wanrong County)

"They will definitely take this route, and then go south from Wanquan County to Linyi County, at this time

, they have received supplies, and they are free from the harassment of our army, and they can arrive there in peace."

"What do you mean by being a big boss?"

"There are two more roads from Wanquan County to Linyi County, one is between Gushan and Jishan, guess their minds, it is very easy to set up an ambush between the two mountains, it is estimated that they will not go here, of course, they may also go here with a partial division, attracting us to go" qδ.o

"And the brigade took the post road west of Gushan Mountain, and from there it went straight to Linyi County."

"In any case, according to the reconnaissance range of our army's reconnaissance cavalry, the most ideal place to block the attack is between Wanquan County and Linyi County, at this time, they must have carried a large number of people and baggage, the team is very long, and they have to divide part of the military force to protect the baggage, so the force of the advance will not be too much."

"At this time, the news of Zu Kuan's defeat must have reached Zu Dabi's ears, Zu Kuan, is the most courageous general of Zu's army, even Zu Kuan has been defeated, Zu Dabi will definitely be cautious."

"Also, when they arrived in Quwo County, they must have already converged Hong Chengchou's men and horses, that is, Yang Jiamo and He Renlong, and they would add up to a horse ride, of course, if they made a desperate bet and transferred Wang Chengen's department in Puzhou and Bai'an department in Jicheng, then there would be as many as 8,000 steps to ride."

"With the addition of Deng Xi's three people, it is estimated that it will be close to 20,000."

"Once they successfully arrive in Linyi County, the Bai An Department of Jicheng will quickly move south into Zhanxia County, and the Wang Chengen Department of Puzhou will enter the vicinity of Xie Zhou, presumably at this time they have figured out that our Xiaoqiang Brigade is all stationed in Anyi County and Pinglu County, and only Ma Shouying and other troops occupy Xie Zhou, so that they can surround our troops from all sides, and at this time, they can sit back and relax."

"I estimate that when its main force goes south, if Hong Chengchou's department and Deng Xi's department do converge in Quwo County, then when it goes south from Wanquan County, Jicheng's Bai'an, Hong Chengchou's department, and Deng Xi's department will go south at the same time, and Hong Chengchou's department and Deng Xi's department will go south through the east and west sides of Gushan at the same time, so that our army will be unable to defend against it."

"Because the lonely mountain is too small, if our army sets up an ambush, the other will arrive soon, so the ambush will lose its meaning, Hong Chengchou's old woman is cunning, and Deng Xi is also a famous general in Sichuan, so she won't think about this."

"Then I'll ...... it."

Dragon Thirteen picked up the teacup,

"Naturally, it is to attack its weak points, and then surround the enemy to send reinforcements"