Captain Hailixi was overjoyed when he heard this, and was about to speak, but he saw his father glaring at him fiercely, and hurriedly swallowed his words back.

Guolai strode to the sheepskin map behind Nahachu, pointed to a city on the map, and said in a deep voice: "My subordinates are willing to take 30,000 elite soldiers to defend Gyeongju, and Lord Taiwei will lead a large army to cruise near Jinshan, echoing each other, inducing the Ming army to go deep into the bitter cold land of Liaodong, delaying time, and then I will wait for the opportunity to sneak attack its grain army." Our Beiyuan Chang has a lot of horses, and after the water and grass are abundant, and the horses are fat in autumn, we will fight back. ”

When he said this, not only the Tai Lieutenant Nahachu, even the Zuo General Guantong couldn't help but bow slightly, although this delaying tactic is simple, but 170,000 of the 200,000 yuan army under Nahachu are cavalry, as long as they are uncertain, whether they fight or withdraw, the initiative is all in their own hands, if the Ming army dispatches hundreds of thousands, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the bitter cold land of Liaodong for too long. When the autumn is high and the horses are fat, the combat strength of the 170,000 cavalry has increased greatly, and the chances of victory are much greater.

Seeing that Ping Zhangguo had already planned to make a big move against the Ming army, Nahachu was determined in his heart, stood up Teng, and shouted: "The generals will listen to the order." ”

The generals led by Guantong and Guolai hurriedly stood up and bowed down in unison to obey orders.

Nahachu had a murderous aura on his face, and the wine just now seemed to have completely disappeared, and he said with a calm face: "Ordered Ping Zhangguo to come, lead all the infantry troops under the command of this marshal, a total of 30,000 troops, and enter Gyeongju, build city walls, hoard grain and grass, and defend Gyeongju." If there is a mistake, come and see you. Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and then shouted: "Wanfu Changhaili Creek, leading 20,000 elite light cavalry, stationed outside Gyeongju City. Unless Gyeongju loses, if not, no matter how fierce the Ming army's attack is, it will not be allowed to step into Gyeongju. If you encounter most of the Ming army, you must not fight to the death, they will advance and I will retreat, and they will retreat. As long as the guerrilla Ming army is not given to encircle Gyeongju, it is a great achievement. "Nahachu originally wanted to send the cautious Guantong to lead the army to flank the Ming army near Gyeongju, but he was afraid that he and Pyeongjangguo, who was defending Gyeongju, would hinder each other and affect the overall situation, so he still sent Guolai's son Hae Lixi to serve in this position.

Seeing that Guolai and Hailixi bowed down to receive the order, Nahachu turned to Guantong and the rest of the generals and gave an order: "The rest of the troops must be strong, collect grain and grass everywhere, prepare weapons, and lure the enemy deep with their own commanders. ”

A month later, Zhu Quan followed Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song, to Tongzhou, which was not far from Dabu.

Outside the city of Tongzhou, the cold wind is howling and the clouds are dense. When it was evening, the sky was covered with goose feathers and snow. Zhu Quan stood on the city wall of Tongzhou, looked at the endless camp tents outside the city, and the lights that were constantly lit, and suddenly thought in his heart: The scene of more than 100,000 people camping is really spectacular, and after being immersed in the scene, I felt that in the movies and television I watched before, hundreds of thousands of people were acting, and it seemed so ridiculous to claim to be an army of 100,000. Thinking of this, he led Xu Ying, Ma Sanbao, Jing Jun and Sima Chao down the city wall, out of the city gate, and back to their tents.

Zuo Hong, who was at the gate of the tent, was leading a team to inspect the vicinity where King Ning lived, and when he saw Zhu Quan and his party coming, he hurriedly stood aside.

As soon as Zhu Quan entered the camp where he lived, he smelled a burst of aroma in his nose, and he couldn't help but move his index finger, and when he looked up, he saw Qin Zhuofeng wearing the costume of his palace guard, sitting on a chair with a golden knife, and a game in his hand, steaming hot, was feasting. An old pedant next to him looked at him with a wry smile, it was his teacher Jing Kun.

Qin Zhuofeng saw Xu Ying enter the tent, his mouth was silent, he reached out and took a game wrapped in oil paper on the side, raised his hand and threw it to her, and said vaguely: "Girl, eat it while it's hot." After that, he lawlessly picked up the gourd and poured a large sip of soju.

Xu Ying pretended to be a guard in the army, the food she ate was coarse and unbearable, and she was already impatient, seeing this delicious food, she smiled happily, tore the hare in half, handed half of it to Zhu Quan, and then sat down by the fire beside Qin Zhuofeng, chewed it slowly, and said while eating: "Master, your old man still has a way, and you can get the hare to eat on such a cold day." ”

Qin Zhuofeng was about to speak, but he heard two people coming from outside the tent, and he hurriedly dodged into the back tent, and Zhu Quan avoided the place where he was sleeping, it turned out that he was also pretending to be the guard of King Ning Zhu Quan, but he didn't want to show others such a lawless behavior in front of King Ning.

Zhu Quan and the others were surprised when they saw him doing this, but they heard a person outside the big tent say loudly: "Subordinate Zuo Hong, I have seen the big handsome, General Lan." Then the curtain was lifted, and two figures walked in. The gray-haired man was the marshal of the Northern Expedition, Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song, and the young man with an indifferent face on his side was the vanguard general Lan Yu.

Seeing the arrival of the coach, Jing Kun hurriedly stood up and saluted.

Xu Ying saw Lan Yu and Feng Sheng coming, but she secretly screamed in her heart that something was wrong, so she quietly stood up and wanted to shrink back to the back. It turned out that she was hidden in the army, but she deliberately avoided Feng Sheng, Zhu Di, and Lan Yu and others, so that until this moment, Feng Sheng and Lan Yu did not know that the beloved daughter of Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, also followed the army to Liaodong.

Lan Yu also heard about this matter "accidentally" in the mouth of Yan King Zhu Di today, and he and Feng Sheng came to check, at this time, seeing Xu Ying wearing the outfit of a guard, his face couldn't help twitching slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Sister Ying, you are really messing around, how can you follow the army here?" ”

Xu Ying was about to escape, but heard a voice shouting: "Stop, turn your head to Ben Shuai." "It turned out that Feng Sheng was originally going to inspect the camps today, and accidentally came to the camp where Zhu Quan was resting, so he walked in, and he didn't notice this guard in the tent of His Royal Highness King Ning, but when he heard Lan Yu's question, he was suspicious in his heart, so he immediately drank Xu Ying.

Xu Ying saw that the matter had come to this, so she had no choice but to turn around and salute Feng Sheng: "Little nephew Xu Ying, I have seen my uncle." ”

Feng Sheng saw that Xu Ying was calling himself uncle, and seeing Xu Ying's rather familiar face again, he turned his head and asked Lan Yu, "Who is this?" ”

Lan Yu said abruptly: "She is the eldest daughter of Marshal Xu of Wei Guogong, Xu Ying." ”

Feng Sheng heard Lan Yu's words, and suddenly realized, remembering that the girl in front of him dressed as a man was Xu Da's daughter, Xu Ying, who was the same age as his beloved daughter Feng Xuan, couldn't help but move her hair angrily, and said angrily: "Nonsense, we are in the military camp, but what are you doing here as a woman?" Are you an uncle who is the first time to visit the mountains and rivers? He was so angry because the army was so particular about a mountain of military orders, and the army was not allowed to carry family members from himself as a marshal down, from the generals to the soldiers. Such a girl mixed in the army, but she committed a taboo in the army.

Zhu Quan was also silent on the side, he followed the army all the way, and under the influence of his ears and eyes, he also deeply understood the importance of military orders for an army, at this time, he and Xu Ying were at fault, and there was no way to defend it.

Seeing Feng Sheng's angry expression, Xu Ying rolled her eyes, came to Feng Sheng, stretched out her hand to grab his sleeve, and said softly: "Then ask your uncle to escort Ying'er out of the tent, and the military law will be involved." ”

Feng Sheng saw that Xu Ying was wearing the clothes of a guard, and she was acting like this little child in front of her under the clothes of a man, so she couldn't help crying and laughing, and said with her sleeves: "You girl really doesn't know the height of the sky, that's it, that's it." His anger subsided at this time, he glanced at Zhu Quan, and said in his heart: If you are not Xu Da's daughter, he is not His Royal Highness King Ning, it would be strange if I didn't cut off the heads of the two of you.

Feng Sheng had the heart to order Xu Ying to leave the barracks to respond to the sky, but he was in trouble in his heart, and said: This place is thousands of miles away from Yingtian, in case this girl has three long and two short on the road, but it is not easy to explain to Xu Shuai, thinking of this, he said helplessly: "You girl, my uncle can't do anything about you, okay, you will stay in this camp obediently, and you must not walk around, if you show the face of your daughter's family in front of the army, your father will complain about me, and you have to take your military law." ”

Feng Sheng said this, but his eyes looked at Zhu Quan who was standing on the side, smiled slightly bitterly in his heart, and said in his heart: Your Majesty asked me to take King Yan and His Royal Highness King Ning on an expedition with the army, but it was a big problem for Lao Feng. His Royal Highness King Ning didn't do anything more, and even brought Xu Ying's girl to the army, it seems that he has to give the two of them a little warning, so as not to cause any chaos in the army, but it is not easy to clean up, thinking of this, he turned his head and smiled at Zhu Quan and said: "Your Highness, please go to each battalion with this commander to check." ”

Zhu Quan knew that Feng Shengnai was the commander of the expeditionary army at this time, and every word and deed was an order, so he hurriedly bowed down to receive the order, and led Zuo Hong, Sima Chao, and Jing Jun to follow Feng Sheng.

Feng Sheng led everyone to inspect a few places where grain and grass were stored, and after weapons were hoarded, he turned around and came towards his Chinese army tent.

At this time, there was still goose feather snow in the sky, and everyone's armor had accumulated a white layer. The tents around were brightly lit, but they were all silent, and it seemed to be silent.

A moment later, everyone came to the open space in front of the big tent of the Chinese army. I saw a row of torches made of butter on each side of the flickering in the cold wind, and more than ten zhang in front, there were two burly figures walking towards the tent. Wearing a general's costume, just because his back is facing everyone, he can't see his face. On the left side, the slightly higher shoulder is still resisting a thick weapon, and Shi Shiran is walking.

The man on the right who was slightly shorter said in a low voice: "Big brother, let's go quickly, according to the military order, we should have gathered here yesterday, and we just came today, but I don't know if we will punish the marshal?" ”

The big man on the right chuckled and said, "When did our Master Mao be afraid of people?" There was a smug tone in his tone. At this time, the two of them could already hear the footsteps of a group of people behind them, but they thought that they were the personal soldiers who were in charge of inspecting the big tent of the Chinese army, so they didn't care at all.