King Zhao took a deep breath and said decisively: "Pass the order down and face the battle in an all-round way!" ”

With Sheng Ze's momentum, it is impossible to make a small fight this time, and Zhao Wangjun must not admit defeat easily.

"But Lord Wang, we still have 30,000 people in Linzhou, and we won't be able to come for a while, and the troops in Chenzhou are afraid that they won't be able to stop the Northern Hubei Army......" His subordinates looked at King Zhao with sincere fear.

Linzhou's troops are indispensable to prevent the imperial court's counterattack, if they withdraw their troops now, what if the imperial court takes the opportunity to recapture Linzhou?

King Zhao looked at him coldly, "This king has raised you for so many years, do you want this king to take the idea of this matter?" ”

Soldiers, treacherous ways. He has been planning for many years, if he can't even deal with a Shengze, it is better to withdraw his troops and return to Jinzhou as soon as possible.

Seeing that King Zhao was angry, the man could only respond stiffly, and hurriedly went down to give the order.

In the next two hours, there were constantly military reports in the hands of King Zhao, and when he saw Liang Cheng leading 20,000 men to attack Caojun County in the upper reaches of the Lanjiang River, he finally couldn't sit still.

"Prepare the horses! This king will immediately go to Lanjiang to supervise the battle! ”

Sheng Ze is in Lanjiang, this is a frontal battlefield, as long as Sheng Ze is dragged down, Liang Cheng and the others will have to be captured!

At the same time, Niu Manzi was leading people to march towards the lower reaches of the Lanjiang River.

"Boss, how long will it be before we get there?" Niu Manzi's deputy general is surnamed Ma, with the rank of Qianhu, and is commonly called Ma Qianhu in the army.

Niu Manzi was short-tempered, and said angrily when he heard this: "You kid is to give Lao Tzu a good trip, why are you asking so much?" ”

The location of the crossing of the lower reaches of the Lanjiang River this time was only known to him and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, in order to prevent the army from having King Zhao's meticulous work, so as not to leak the news.

Ma Qianhu hurriedly shut up, turned around and shouted, "Hurry up and follow the behind!" ”

Their 10,000-strong team is a surprise soldier, and if they want to win by surprise, they must take it by surprise and speed up the battle to a quick victory, which can be described as a difficult task.

After walking for another half an hour, Niu Manzi suddenly stopped, pointed to the riverside and said, "Let's cross the river from here!" ”

This location is the place that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already sent someone to touch, and the river is not the narrowest position, but the water here is slow, the water is shallow, and it is far away from the villages by the river, no matter how big the movement is, it is not easy to be discovered, and it is the most suitable place for the army to cross the river.

Niu Manzi gave the order, and the soldiers in the team with simple bamboo rafts on their backs immediately assembled by the river, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the simple bamboo rafts were turned into two thousand bamboo rafts, each of which could bear the weight of six to seven adults.

The 10,000 men were all infantry, but every squad of ten men was equipped with one musket, and every fifty people were equipped with five rocket shooters, although the firepower was far worse than that of the frontal battlefield, but it was enough to deal with ordinary soldiers.

"Cross the river!" Seeing that the preparations were almost complete, Niu Manzi gave the order again, and the team of 10,000 people began to cross the river in an extremely orderly manner.

Two thousand bamboo rafts, carrying 10,000 people across the river together, the scene is very spectacular.

Unfortunately, it was the second half of the night, and most of the people were still asleep, and no one saw it.

Oh no, a father and son who wanted to fish at night saw it.

"Dad, look! Are there a lot of people coming over on the river? Shui Wazi rubbed her eyes and asked in disbelief.

When Daddy Shui saw it, he immediately became calm, pulled up his son and ran back, "Go home!" We didn't see anything about it! ”

He's not stupid, this looks like the Northern Hubei Army is coming!

But why did he tell Zhao Wangjun? Before, they said that they would keep the people fed and clothed, but what happened?