The news of the Yan army's southward movement spread very quickly, and the Baoding Mansion Zhending Mansion, which had been stabilized because of the peace and stability of the past few months, was in chaos, and the people fled south, and the local garrison also coincidentally moved closer to Dezhou, and in the Dezhou camp, the original preparations for the attack on Beiping suddenly became a military meeting to meet the Yan army, thanks to Xu Huizu standing up and ordering the generals to be quiet, it was considered to stop the noisy arguments and chaos.

In any case, the face of the Zhongshan Mansion is to be given, even if Xu Huizu is not the main general, his identity and status are also there, few generals in the army dare to choke with him, and Xu Huizu did not steal Li Jinglong's limelight too much, his cold gaze swept over the generals, and waited until the big tent was quiet, and then he bowed his hand to Li Jinglong: "Cao Guogong, Yan is menacing, whether to go out of Texas to meet the enemy or defend according to Texas, please make a decision early!" ”

A word woke up Li Jinglong, who was in a trance, he swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva and forced himself to calm down: "The construction of the Twelve Acropolis has not yet been completed, I'm afraid it is... I'm afraid I have to go north to meet the enemy. ”

The tone exposed his weakness and fear, but after all, it was not incompetent, Xu Huizu nodded and continued: "The army of 600,000 is difficult to arrange in the territory of Texas, and Yan Rebellion came so quickly, I am afraid that the twelve Acropolises will be built to defend Texas, so Yan Rebellion's goal must be these half-built Acropolis, if Texas becomes a battlefield, this arrangement will fall into the void." ”

"What Wei Guogong said is reasonable, since this is the case... How many troops should be used to meet the enemy? And where did Yan Wei get the 200,000 troops? In the crowd, the old and solemn An Luhou Wu Jie stroked his beard thoughtfully.

Unlike Wu Gao, who went to Shanhaiguan and was frustrated in Yongping, Wu Jie, the old marquis, followed Geng Bingwen to keep Zhending from the north, after Zhending was defeated, Wu Gao was sent to Shanhaiguan, and he continued to follow Li Jinglong in Zhending to the north, but at that time Li Jinglong was arrogant and felt that these defeated generals were useless, so he let him take care of logistics, after the defeat of Beiping, Li Jinglong was also enlightened, and respectfully lifted him up from logistics, and now in the military tent, Wu Jie is also one of the main generals of the army.

Worthy of being a veteran, he immediately thought of the most critical place, Xu Huizu nodded with satisfaction, and pointed to the sand table: "After the first battle of Beiping, Yan Hui's army has exceeded 200,000, but there is Liaodong in the east, Xuanfu in the north, and Datong in the west, how dare Yan Wei come out of the nest?" These 200,000 troops must have water, if I expected it to be correct, Yan Rebellion's strength would be more than 100,000, but there are a large number of cavalry in these more than 100,000 miles, as well as Duoyan Sanwei, so Yan Rebellion has the confidence to go south for a decisive battle. ”

In ancient times, fighting a war was such a virtue, before sending troops, the troops were always rounded up and promoted, and some would exaggerate the propaganda, and they had to scare the other side before fighting, after all, communication in this era was extremely difficult, and it was not easy to figure it out before the official start of the war, so Xu Huizu just roughly calculated Zhu Di's journey after the start of Jingnan, and judged that his troops could not be so large.

As soon as these words came out, all the generals breathed a sigh of relief, if King Yan really had an army of 200,000, it would be really difficult to fight... Because they are clear, not to mention the cavalry of the Yan army, most of the foot soldiers have also experienced wars, and in the past six months, the Yan army has to carefully screen even the defeated soldiers to surrender, just to maintain super high combat effectiveness, even if there are 600,000 troops on the side of the imperial court, but most of them are local government soldiers and defeated soldiers, even if they are doubled, they are bottomless in their hearts.

Li Jinglong nodded, only to feel that the little heart beating wildly also settled down a lot: "What I said is extremely true, Yan Wei can't make something out of nothing, that place in Beiping can't afford such an army to go out, so in this battle, the advantage is still on the side of the imperial court!" Since Yan Wei only has more than 100,000, it is better to order an army of 300,000 to go north to meet the enemy, and the rest of the army will continue to build twelve acropolis..."

Wuding Marquis Guo Ying came out of the ranks, and raised his eyebrows: "The lion fights the rabbit, and you must also go all out!" If half of the army is defeated, even if the Acropolis is repaired, it will be meaningless! According to the general, the 600,000 troops are all heading north to fight a decisive battle with Yan! ”

There are some things that cannot be said in the military council... The decisive battle with all his strength, even if he loses, he can retreat to Texas, if he wins, the twelve acropolises will lose the meaning of construction, I have to say that Yan Rebellion's timing is extremely accurate, which simply makes the preparation of the past two months useless, and the court is caught off guard.

Thanks to the defeat of the Beiping army, Li Jinglong has changed a lot of his temperament, if according to the arrogant temper before his defeat, Guo Ying dared to jump out and deny his words, he would have been annoyed and angry and pressed down with the majesty of the coach, but he only paused at the moment, looked at the other generals, and found that most of the generals and even Xu Huizu had a faint look of approval on their faces, so he nodded: "Reasonable, then where to meet the enemy?" ”

The dignified coach turned out to be an echo worm... Xu Huizu was extremely helpless, but he was also relieved by Li Jinglong's self-knowledge, he strode to the front of the sand table to take a closer look, and then summoned the post guard to ask the Yan army about the movements, and after a while, he suddenly pointed to a place on the sand table:

"Right here!"

"Baigou River!"

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On the seventh day of the second lunar month, the Southern Army sent troops.

Since it was no longer possible to rely on the city and the acropolis to block the Yan army, the decisive battle in the field naturally became the only option, and after several days of continuous discussion, Li Jinglong finally issued a military order, in addition to the army hoarded in Dezhou, Guo Ying, Wu Jie and other generals stationed in Zhending and other places each divided their troops with him in three ways, marched together, and attacked the soldiers and horses of the king of Yan.

This field decisive battle is no better than the last attack on Beiping, there are more troops, so it is natural to divide the troops to give full play to the advantage of crushing the troops, Guo Ying and other troops have moved, Li Jinglong naturally also ordered the army all the way out of Texas all the way to the north, in order to strengthen the momentum and boost morale, he also learned the method of King Yan, propaganda along the way, 600,000 claimed to be million, and went straight to the Baigou River.

According to the usual practice, there is always a vanguard in the opening of the army, and this time the vanguard of Li Jinglong's department is Ping'an.

Ping'an, formerly known as Ping Bao'er, his father Pingding followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight in the south and the north, and then died in battle with Xu Da when he attacked the capital of Yuan, and then Ping Bao'er was accepted by Zhu Yuanzhang as his son, renamed Ping'an, and inherited his father's position.

Probably because he has followed Zhu Di for many years, he is more good at using cavalry than the starting soldier and Ping'an, so this time the vanguard of the southern army is mostly composed of cavalry, and thanks to the rapid movement of the southern army, only on February 15, Ping An led the army to arrive at the Baigou River in the starry night, and took the lead in the Yan army.

The forward did not have more than 10,000 troops, but it was enough, but the first time he arrived at the Baigou River and did not meet the footprints of the Yan army, Ping An sent a horse to scatter and go north, while he rode to a high slope by the river, looking at the river with an uncertain expression.

According to the deduction of several days in the military tent, this is the best place to meet the Yan army, not only is the Baigou River all under the control of the imperial court, but most importantly, there is enough battlefield for 600,000 troops to deploy.

The Baigou River is not wide, but it is the only way for the Yan army to go south, the army wants to cross the bridge, there are only two places, one is the Sujia Bridge upstream, and the other is the Yang Bridge in front of the southern army, as long as you occupy these two places first, you can take the lead, in addition, the nearby steep mountain terrain can greatly hinder the Yan cavalry charge advantage.

Once Li Jinglong was not stubborn, the generals in the Southern Army immediately showed their value, and some ridiculous mistakes would not be made again by the Southern Army.

looked up at the sky, and calculated the time in his heart, the army behind him would get here, it would take about two days, and the Yan army...

"Report! Fifty miles upstream, traces of the Yan army were found at the Sujia Bridge, and there were a lot of them, so they should be camping here! ”

The scout rushed up the hillside, Ping An didn't expect that the Yan army in his heart was actually under his nose, if he was a day late, maybe he would collide with the Yan army on the south side of the Baigou River, and he couldn't help but rejoice and snorted: "The general knows, explore again!" ”

"Yes!"

A figure walked up the hill: "What are you going to do?" ”

Ping An turned around and saw Qu Neng's hideous face.

He knew it wasn't for him... He had already heard about Beiping, and he admired this governor who took those siege soldiers to defend the camp and repel several Yan attacks after the commander fled south.

He nodded: "King Yan arrived quickly. ”

"It's not fast, it's too fast," Qu Neng stood under the horse and looked up at him: "How far is it from Texas to here?" How far is it from Peking to here? King Yan arrived faster than us, we are cavalry! ”

Ping An was silent, he understood what Qu Neng meant.

Marching day and night, these 10,000 forwards only arrived at Baigou River, even if King Yan had to march earlier, it was unlikely that he would appear in this place.

Moreover, although King Yan's army of more than 100,000 cavalry is multiple, it is only relative to the southern army, and there must be a large number of foot soldiers in his army.

According to that person's character... There is only one way that this can happen.

He seemed to be asking Qu Neng, and as if asking himself: "Could it be just a striker?" ”

Before the words came out, he denied it again: "No, there are too many troops." ”

Qu Neng said loudly: "This place is not far from over there, and the scouts under King Yan's hands, you and I both know how powerful they are." ”

Yes, his own scouts can spot them, and even if they are vigilant first, his scouts should be about to find their traces.

Ping An smiled: "Do you want to play with your life?" ”

Qu Neng also smiled, the smile was a little hideous, he looked in the direction of the upper reaches of the Baigou River, as if he saw the high-spirited Yan Wang after fifty miles: "No, I just don't want to lose again." ”

"Coincidentally," Ping'an turned his horse down the hill and said lightly, "Me too." ”