August 4th, noon.

At the same time that Dong Wan led his troops to block the northern return of Youzhou Tuqi in Xinshi, Zhang Dan's troops, who were pursuing straight from Sanheting, had also marched to less than ten miles away from Xinshi.

But at this time, Zhang Dan also encountered the same problem as Dong Wan, that is, because of the long-distance travel, the various departments were seriously disconnected.

At present, Zhang Dan can only control the three battalion leaders of the Chinese army, as well as his soldiers, a total of less than 2,000 people.

Therefore, at that time, Zhang Dan was more urgent to establish the command of the former enemy and get in touch with the battalion leaders under his command.

But the news from the sentinels sent out was not encouraging.

Zhang Dan released a total of ten teams of five, but in the end, he could only contact the vanguard captain's department that set off first, which was 2,000 people led by Xie Bitong, and now they have moved to a place less than five miles away, and they will soon be able to come to converge.

Along with the sentry rider was Xie Bi's deputy, Xie Kun.

From Xie Kun, Zhang Dan knew the situation and distribution location of Xie Bi's department.

In fact, Zhang Dan knows the reason for the current situation.

They set out from the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, and after two consecutive days of heavy rain, they could not take the straight road, which made most of the soldiers confused.

For example, Xie Bibu was obviously walking at the beginning, but he walked behind Zhang Dan as he walked.

And departments like Pan Zhang, Wei Zhou, Wang Zhang and others have also lost their way and don't know where they are now.

However, it is already good news that Xie Bibu can be found.

So, Zhang Dan waited here for Xie Bi's department to come closer, and at the same time asked the department to repair on the spot.

These right army officers hurriedly picked up dry food and regained their strength with cold water.

And Zhang Dan also leaned on the haystack in this noise and fell asleep.

I don't know how long it took, Zhang Dan was shaken awake, it was Luo Gang, a lieutenant of the Chinese Military Academy.

Luo Gang looked anxious and said:

"Dashuai, the killing sound in the north is shocking. Dong Shuai has already started a fight with the thief. ”

Zhang Dan woke up suddenly, he jumped off the baggage car, and immediately asked:

"Has Xie Bibu leaned over?"

Luo Gang nodded hurriedly, and while running behind Zhang Dan, he added:

"I've come over. Captain Xie was on the way to the big tent. ”

Zhang Dan ordered a soldier and directly ordered:

"Don't let Xie Bi come to the Chinese army, let him take his subordinates directly across Zishui, and let's directly surround them from the top and bottom."

After the soldier received the order, he galloped on his horse, and then waded through the muddy water to give the order to Xie Bibu who came from the west.

In order to maintain the surprise attack, Zhang Dan did not gather troops with golden drums, but released all the soldiers around him and directly brought the password.

Soon, the officers of the Right Army, who had not rested for long, packed up under the command of the person-to-person. The auxiliaries also took up the armor of the regular army and waded through the water with each team in turn.

After the whole army crossed the river, Zhang Dan ordered the whole army to put up a banner and identify himself to Dong's visiting department.

But the arrival of Zhang Danbu did not bring victory.

Before he joined forces with Dong's troops, the Youzhou Raiders finally opened a passage to the north.

As soon as the passage was opened, Gai Tong took the lead in breaking through with his department, and other departments also caught up. This passage is very narrow, and it is estimated that it is a double cavalry line.

So when the subordinates behind Dong Wan came to plug the gap tiredly, the Youzhou Assault Cavalry actually didn't have many people to break through.

After being surrounded on all sides, the remaining Youzhou Turquoise chose to surrender.

After the battle, including the corpses left on the battlefield and the abandoned wounded, the Youzhou Turks lost a total of 1,200 cavalry, and 800 prisoners surrendered. Later, another 600 were captured in the follow-up pursuit.

On the side of the Taishan army, the losses of Zhang Dan's troops were almost negligible, with only ten dead and eighty wounded. But the casualties of Dong's rear army were not small.

They lost a total of 1,200 men, most of whom were besieged in the first three ramparts.

However, Dong Wan has reason to be proud, and it is precisely because of his tenacious style that the operation of encircling and annihilating the Youzhou Turquoise Cavalry was a complete victory.

In the end, except for the remnants of more than 1,000 people, the Youzhou Turf who went south was wiped out.

……

On the afternoon of August 5th.

When Gai Tong's messengers rushed to Lunu, Lu Zhi finally learned of the fiasco of Xinshi.

After breaking through, Gai Tong did not choose to continue north to Lunu to join Lu Zhi, but directly followed Zishui and moved eastward.

Gai Tong's statement to Lu Zhi was that he had an old relationship with the heroes of Anping and Hejian, and planned to go east to recruit troops and then return to help in the war.

Lu Zhi knew that Gai Tong was worried about being defeated by military law, but if Gai Tong really pulled out another army from Hejian and northern Anping, he could threaten the Taishan thieves in the east.

So Lu Zhi endured this breath, even if the Youzhou Raiders who relied on Xinzhong at this time lost half, and now there are only more than 5,000 horses left.

After that, Lu Zhi did not make a noise, and held a banquet to entertain the big and small heroes of Zhongshan Country tonight as usual.

In the past few days, he has been feasting in Lunu to show the military might of the Zhenbei Army, but he didn't expect this moment to have a miraculous effect.

Now Lu Zhi has decided to recruit these powerful troops as another army to defend Lu Nu with him.

In fact, Lu Zhi was very surprised and surprised at this moment. He didn't expect that the Taishan thief would be so eager to fight, and he would take the initiative to intercept the back road of the Youzhou Tuqi.

Obviously, the troops on the other side are so weak, where does this thief have the confidence to fight him?

Lu Zhi asked the servants to continue preparing for the banquet, and he pondered under the screen of the map:

"Now the Tarzan thieves have broken my cavalry forward, making me and him not much different in cavalry strength. At this time, once the decisive battle is held, the number of infantry soldiers will become a decisive means. Although the infantry army of the northern army of our town is good, it is not the director after all. It seems that it is still necessary to absorb the halberd warriors of Zhongshan, so as to increase the chances of victory. ”

Then he looked at the map again and said secretly:

"Now the soldiers of the Tarzan thieves have arrived in the area of Xinshi, and it seems that they are chasing me. And the place where I'm in Lunu doesn't bode well. ”

Lu Nu, Lu Nu, isn't it me Lu Zhi as a slave?

So Lu Zhi set his sights on an area on the map, which was the decisive battle he had prepared.

But before withdrawing the army, he had to let these Zhongshan heroes hand over their troops first.

When Lu Zhi thought about the banquet back to the atrium after thinking, the banquet was ready. But these heroes present at this meeting have not relaxed a few days ago, and they will turn heads and ears.

Obviously, the news of Gai Tong's defeat in Xinshi has spread.

So this banquet is obviously a little different, and these heroes are looking forward to Lu Zhi's explanation or encouragement.

And Lu Zhi naturally did not disappoint these people, constantly emphasizing his determination to defend Zhongshan, and also called on the heroes to organize together to defend the township.

Lu Zhi told everyone that now he is not fighting for anyone, but for himself. If he loses this battle, he can still withdraw to Youzhou, but what about you Zhongshan clothes? Do you also want to discard the tombs of your ancestors and go to Youzhou with him to blow the wind?

The Zhongshan heroes have been agitated, and they all agree with Lu Zhi's opinion, it's time to put aside their previous suspicions and fight with those despicable Taishan thieves.

One of the strongest groups in Zhongshan is the Han Dynasty Zhu Liu. They are Anguo Liu, Weichang Liu, Wangdu Liu, and Puyin Liu, all of whom are the queens of King Jing of Zhongshan.

These royal families, who have been rooted in Zhongshan for generations, have great energy in the local area. At this moment, when life and death are at stake, they do not lack the courage and courage to fight a decisive battle.

Four of Liu's leaders took the initiative to ask for help after receiving Liu Qian, and asked to lead troops to Dingting, a key place in the southwest of Zhongshan, to garrison, where they competed with the thieves of Mount Tai.

Lu Zhi did not object at all, and also encouraged Liu Zhi to have a unique vision, knowing that Dingting was an important place for transportation and could be the gateway to Lunu.

So he asked Liu Zhen to gather Zhongshan's powerful troops to go to Dingting first, and he dispatched troops for him in the rear.

After Liu Zhen gained military power, he asked Lu Zhi to transfer the Hejian cavalry stationed in the Anxi area to him.

Now Lu Zhi was in a dilemma.

In fact, he had forgotten about this wave of river cavalry before. Now Liu Zhen suddenly asked for it in front of the court to remind him of this, this wave of cavalry was the partial army that ordered the Hejian Kingdom to aid when he went south.

He didn't care before, but now he's a little reluctant. Although I have never seen this group of cavalry troops, and I don't know the combat effectiveness of these people, but cavalry is cavalry after all, and it is never too little.

But Lu Zhi can't be stingy, just now Zhongshan Haoqiang showed such "generosity", he can't be stingy.

So Lu Zhi nodded and agreed, and transferred the five hundred cavalry of the Hejian cavalry to Liu Zhen.

In this way, Liu Zhi was satisfied with the three thousand heroic foot soldiers who had been put together and rushed to Dingting, where he waited for the five hundred Hejian cavalry.

And when this hurried banquet was finally over, Lu Zhi also began to order the gathering of troops to the battalion leaders stationed elsewhere.

In the end, he still decided to fight with the Taishan thieves first, no matter what his plans were in the future, the premise of everything was that the Zhenbei army still had the courage to draw their swords and point at the Taishan thieves.

If the thieves of Mount Tai are all looking north to flee north, then the morale of the army should not be mentioned.

But even if Lu Zhi wanted to fight again, he had to honestly gather the various camps scattered outside first.

Truth be told, it's not easy.

But there is one thing that Lu Zhi's Zhenbei Army is very good at, that is, it is very efficient in giving orders to the battalion leaders under his command.

This is due to the fact that Lu Zhi has a shrewd and capable commander.

Lu Zhi is a great Confucian in the north, and his protégés can reach thousands of people. Many of these people are the children of the Northland military heroes, who are already good at riding and archery, and naturally have advantages in articles, expressions, and connections.

They were eager for military merit and were willing to follow their divisions, so many of them defected to the Zhenbei Army. And Lu Zhi also specially gathered these people into a battalion, called the "gentleman's battalion".

For ordinary military orders, Lu Zhi only needed to dictate, and then the staff wrote them, and then they were passed on by the soldiers under the account. These people speak clearly and speak the local accent, so after arriving at the ministries, they are also responsible for conveying the reply orders of the battalion generals of the various ministries.

However, the generals in the army are rebellious, and in an emergency, the passwords of ordinary soldiers cannot convince these fierce generals, so at this time, the officials of Lu Zhi's gentleman's battalion are needed to transmit the military information.

At this moment, Lu Zhi went to dispatch the commanders of various departments to be these gentlemen and soldiers.

Each of them carried three fast horses, armed with talismans and edicts, and galloped at a speed of twenty miles in an hour.

Obviously, Lu Zhi also wanted to gather troops as soon as possible, and then go south to support Liu Zhen, so he used the Junzi camp as soon as he came up.

……

At this time, Li En took three northland horses and galloped on the straight. Along the way, unimpeded.

He is from the Fan Yang Li clan, and it is said that the ancestors ate after him. But whether it's true or not, he himself doesn't know. But even if he really saw the name of this ancestor on the family tree, it still couldn't change the fact that the family of Li En was poor.

In fact, Li En's father is very famous, a well-known musician in the north, named Li Yan. His father later moved to Zhuo County, and Li En had already worshiped under Lu Zhimen.

But soon, Lien's father died in prison. Lien's situation began to turn bleak.

Lu Zhi's disciples have three sects and nine streams, but in the inner door, they are clearly divided up and down, that is, depending on the background and knowledge. And Li En has nothing, and his status can be imagined.

Therefore, this time, the most difficult task is also his grace.

He was going to rush to Captain Wei Duan, who was stationed in Tang County in the north, with military orders.

The infantry captain Wei Duan's department of 2,000 people was the farthest from Lu Zhizhong's army. In order not to lose the deadline, Li En can only change horses without changing people, and he can do it for days.

As for running horses at night, he didn't dare. If you step on the air, no one will know if you are dead in this place.

So, after grinding the roots of his thighs to bleed, Li En finally entered the Weiduan camp.

When Li En first saw Wei Duan, he was impressed by this majestic general.

And Wei Duan glanced at Li En's bloody hakama and admired the chin, and then took over the military order in Li En's hand.

Just when Li En thought that Wei Duan would immediately order the troops, he heard Wei Duan say:

"The captain of this school knows, you are also working the road, go to the military tent next door to rest."

Li En didn't understand, but he could only follow the halberd who came in and left the big tent.

After that, the two halberds found a clean tent and sent some water and millet to Li En's stomach. Although Li En had a stomach full of doubts, he was too tired in the end, and fell asleep as soon as he hit the mat.

I don't know how long it took, but Li En woke up.

At this time, the trumpet outside the tent sounded in a low voice, which was the horn of the gathering troops.

Li En hurried out of the tent, and saw that many officials outside were eating leisurely. They laughed noisily as if they hadn't heard the trumpet.

Li En was very dissatisfied with their military discipline and was about to step forward to reprimand them for gathering troops.

I saw two obviously military officials staggering from side to side, obviously not lightly drunk.

Li En couldn't help but say:

"Didn't you hear the Gathering Horn? According to military law: ......"

One of the military officials laughed, pointed at Li En and said with a smile:

"Where did the doll come from, and you still talk to us about military law. Don't you know that this trumpet has been blowing for half an hour? ”

After speaking, this person ignored Li En's stick, but turned to the colleague and said:

"It's still early, why don't you go to bed?"

But the officer was very philosophical:

"If you have anything to sleep on, you may not be able to sleep for a long time in two days. How much sleep is wasteful now? Come, let's continue to have a drink? ”

After speaking, the two military officials hugged each other and smiled, and found another place to drink.

Looking at all this, Li En was full of shock, this is the world-famous infantry battalion of the Northern Army?

Astound!