Not long after the army marched south, Xu Da hurriedly came to report.

"Marshal, there are about eight or nine hundred soldiers and horses marching here!" Xu Da said.

"Eight or nine hundred soldiers and horses?" Zhu Yuanzhang immediately thought of 'opening the nose and Qin Handle'.

Zhu Han also thought of them and said with a smile.

"Brother, it must be a matter of donkey brand village, let Huobi know about it, and take the initiative to take refuge."

"If this is the best, it will save us from using knives and guns!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Really.

When the march of the army met, Qin Zhangtou in front personally rode forward to report to his house.

"Villain Qin, ask to see Marshal Du!"

Zhu Yuanzhang led Zhu Hance to step forward immediately and saw the open-nosed Qin Commander who had come to take refuge in Guishun.

After some conversation, according to Zhu Han's advice, he easily accepted the military power of Qin's head.

"Leader Qin, now Haozhou still lacks a thousand households, let's recommend you to take the position!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Subsequently, a town to appease thousands of households, plus a thousand taels of silver settlement fee, let Qin hand over the military power of Toule's fart.

The two major forces in Dingyuan County were so easily taken under Zhu Yuanzhang's command.

Not only did he get nearly 4,000 soldiers and horses, but he also had more information about the situation in Dingyuan.

At this time.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han are discussing the way forward.

"Brother, there are two Tatars in Dingyuan now, one in Hengjian Mountain and one in Dingyuan City. There are about 30,000 people in Hengjian Mountain, and the main general Miao Daheng is a local regiment training soldier and horse in Dingyuan, and there are about 10,000 people in Dingyuan City, and the guard is Zhang Zhiyuan, who is basically an officer and soldier of the Yuan Court! Zhu Han pointed to the simple map and said.

All this information was provided by the rebel soldiers who had just surrendered.

The two enemy forces in Dingyuan formed a horn momentum with each other, attacking one side, and the other side would surprise from the flank.

"They have a lot of troops, with our troops, if we attack any place, we will have no spare strength to defend the rear, which is indeed a bit tricky!" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said.

"Big brother, if you want me to say let's settle Yuancheng first, after all, there are fewer troops there, anyway, we can break the city in two days!" Xu Da said.

Zhu Yuanzhang listened, shook his head and said:

"What is the situation in Dingyuan City, we don't know, if the city can't be broken in two days, the enemy army in Hengjian Mountain will be killed, but it will be the enemy on the back."

Zhu Han also immediately said: "Not only that, in case the enemy army in Hengjian Mountain attacks our rear army, even if Dingyuan City is broken, then it will not be able to continue to attack Chuzhou." ”

The materials carried by Zhu Yuanzhang's army are almost all the reserves in Haozhou City.

If it was captured and destroyed by the enemy, it would not be possible to continue the eastward crusade to Chuzhou, which was more than 200 miles away.

"Then you can only fight the enemy army in Hengjian Mountain first!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Yes, however, let's fight Hengjian Mountain, it's better not to attack." Zhu Han said with a smile.

"How are you going to fight?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Brother, let's have a night attack!"

Hearing Zhu Han's suggestion, Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da were stunned.

They had never had any experience in night fighting, nor had they thought of any night raids.

"Can this work, in the big black sky, I can't see the flag clearly, and I can't command it at all!" Xu Da said worriedly.

"That's right, we have fewer soldiers and horses than the enemy army in Hengjian Mountain, if we fall into a melee and exchange one life for another, it will be a big loss." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Regarding their doubts, Zhu Han had already been prepared.

"Brother, I have found a big problem in the past two days, those donkey brand villages and soldiers and horses with open noses, as well as many new soldiers who have joined the army, all have a disease!" Zhu Han said.

"Sick?"

"What disease?"

Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da were stunned.

They thought about it for a while, and they always felt that these soldiers were quite normal, all of them had good arms and legs, although they were all thin and pitiful, but they didn't see any diseases?

"Night blindness! That is, the finch is blindfolded. Zhu Han said.

"So that's it."

Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da both suddenly realized.

Of course, they are no strangers to blindfolding, that is, night blindness, because once people do not have enough to eat, they will be blindfolded by birds nine times out of ten, and their eyesight will be severely reduced at night, and they will not even be able to see clearly through torches.

In fact, this is malnutrition, a lack of a vitamin.

This vitamin is mostly found in fish and organ meat, such as pork liver and lamb liver, and for most people who can't get enough to eat, it's not uncommon for them to get blindfolded.

"The famine in Dingyuan in the past two years is also terrible, and the regimental training soldiers in Hengjian Mountain are basically homeless people who have no way to live, and that little food and salary is just a fool and starvation, all of them are a group of night blindness!" Zhu Han said.

Having said this, Zhu Yuanzhang was already overjoyed.

"Great, if that's the case, it would be a shame if we didn't attack at night." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Zhu Han then said.

"Brother, we can first send someone to quietly find out the situation of the enemy camp in Hengjian Mountain, and when we are ready, we will set off for a surprise attack overnight!"

"Okay, let's do it! You don't need to send someone, you stay in the camp, let's go with Xu Da to investigate! Zhu Yuanzhang said.

After all, the Hengjian Mountain military camp has a large number of troops, and Zhu Yuanzhang is not at ease if he does not investigate it personally.

Hengjian Mountain, located in the west of Dingyuan County, eighty miles.

There is a spring stream flowing from the mountains nearby, so it can be kept flowing even in times of severe drought.

Therefore, after Dingyuan Haoqiang Miao Tycoon recruited homeless people to form a group training, he was stationed at the foot of Hengjian Mountain.

Not only can it defend Dingyuan City, but it can also be cultivated on the spot.

In the military camp of Hengjian Mountain.

The Dingyuan regiment made Miao Daheng stare at the letter on the table and worry.

"Dad, what did the letter say?"

Miao Youzhen, the son on the side, saw his father's sad face, so he asked worriedly.

"Your uncle said that there is a new boss in Dingyuan, it is the original Haozhou Daluhua Chi Timur, I heard that Zhu Yuanzhang, a red scarf thief in Haozhou, led the army to attack, and asked us to lead the soldiers and horses to Dingyuan City to garrison." Miao Tycoon said.

As soon as she heard this, Miao Youzhen immediately became anxious.

"Dad, this can't be promised, if we leave, won't the business here in Hengjian Mountain be lost!"

Miao Tycoon has been operating in Hengjian Mountain for almost a year, and the cultivation of wasteland has just been slightly successful, if he leads the army to Dingyuan City, even if the red turban thief Zhu Yuanzhang does not send people to attack the Hengjian Mountain camp, the surrounding bandits and bandits will also come to fight the autumn wind.

"I'll find a way to drag it out, I don't know where Zhu Yuanzhang's red scarf thief has gone." Miao Tycoon said.

Just then, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door.

"Miao Tuanlian, the red scarf thief is here, you don't know it yet!"

The voice came from outside the door, followed by a short and fat Mongolian, as soon as he saw this person, Miao Tycoon immediately changed into a smiling face, quite flattering.

"Bilgordo, where is the Red Turban Thief?" Miao Tycoon hurriedly greeted him and asked.