Zhou Shixian asked the convoy to keep moving and move in the same direction as the welcoming team, and at the same time asked Wu Xingye to keep a close eye on the situation in the west and north, so as not to fall into the trap and not know it.

Lu Zhenfei personally came to greet him, which made him feel a little relieved, with him, the leader of Huai'an Mansion, Zhou Shixian wanted to enter Qinghe County, and naturally there was no big problem, and then waited there for Xue Lao Er to lead his troops to meet, and then entered Huai'an, that is the chance to win.

Although Huai'an Mansion claims to have stationed fifty or sixty thousand Ming troops, the soldiers and horses that can fight, in addition to the three or four thousand elite soldiers of the four major general soldiers under Liu Zeqing, are Lu Zhenfei's patrol pacesetter battalion.

Not to mention that it is unlikely that these three parties will rebel at the same time, and they will be drawn at the bottom of the kettle, even if they will, Zhou Shixian is also confident that the three thousand soldiers and horses under his command can block them.

This is the so-called elite of the Ming army, not the elite of the Eight Banners, or the elite of the Shun army, which was transformed from the border army of Jiuzhen and fought for more than ten years.

But the problem is that Xue Lao Er has to lead his troops to converge first, otherwise it will be very difficult to deal with the six or seven thousand elite Ming troops who may rebel with only the current thousand escort troops.

After all, although these horses gathered by Zhou Shixian were already very strong in the Ming army, with complete weapons and equipment, and sufficient material supplies, they were still Ming troops after all.

Soon, a team of sentinel cavalry brought over a cavalry of more than 50 Ming cavalry, led by a middle-aged general with a burly figure and armor, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looked very fierce.

Zhou Shixian, surrounded by more than a dozen personal guards, stepped forward, Wang was stunned at first, and then immediately reacted, quickly turned over and dismounted, knelt on the ground, and said:

"The last general, Huai'an Biaoying, will supervise the king's meeting, and I've seen the horses!"

"Where's Lu Zhenfei?"

Zhou Shixian didn't look at him directly, so he asked sharply: "The holy driver is here, this old man is so bold, he dares not to come to see him, is it possible that the saint will go to see him in person?" ”

At this time, it is not the time for Corporal Lixian, the majesty of the dismount that should be had, and the majesty of the heavenly family that should be shown, should not be less at all.

"Lord Lu is afraid that there will be a mistake behind him, so he specially asked the last general to come to meet him, he has already arranged everything outside Qinghe County, just waiting for the heavenly family to be lucky." Wang Hui didn't hear Zhou Shixian ask him to get up, so he kept kneeling with a very respectful attitude.

"There is this reason, the holy car is here, Lu Zhenfei, as a courtier, dared not come to greet him in person, and there are many excuses, this person should be beheaded!" Zhou Shixian shouted violently.

As soon as he heard it, he knew that something was wrong, this was clearly the Ecstasy Array, and the so-called "Lord Lu" who was not seen by Ye Bu just now was probably fake, just to win his trust.

Otherwise, where is there a courtier to greet him, and the king is asked to see him, is this still a welcome?

Could it be that he Lu Zhenfei paid off his high widowhood, afraid that others would say that he was flattering?

"The horse is angry, my lord is also worried that Qinghe County is not well arranged, and he made such a mistake in a hurry!" Wang Hui's heart tightened, and he quickly explained.

"Now that Lord Lu has personally turned around to arrange, although the horse can rest assured, there will be no problems with this drive."

"What is it that deserves Lord Lu to leave the holy car behind and arrange it himself?" Zhou Shixian sneered: "Could it be that there are still chaotic soldiers in this Huai'an Mansion?" ”

Wang Hui was shocked in his heart, for fear that Zhou Shixian would find out something, but now that he was kneeling under the opponent's horse, he had no power to fight back at all, so he could only endure the panic in his heart and replied: "Wronged, donkey, Huai'an Mansion is very peaceful, and there is no indifference to the chaos." ”

Zhou Shixian intimidated the other party, looked around again, and didn't find any vision for the time being, and the scouts sent out didn't come back to report the news, and he didn't want to waste any more time, so he immediately ordered:

"Take your men and horses, lead the way in front, and when you see Lu Zhenfei later, this horse will personally ask him for guilt."

Wang Hui got the order, got up immediately, and did not dare to look up at Zhou Shixian on the horse, bowed his head and gave a military salute to Zhou Shixian, then quickly turned over and got on his horse and brought the cavalry he brought to the front of the convoy.

Zhou Shixian recalled the map of the surrounding area in his mind, Qinghe County was ten miles away, and the distance from them was not far, the convoy was rushing at full speed, and it didn't take an hour to arrive, and in other places, there were no decent towns.

If you fall into the plains and wilderness, you will be attacked on all sides.

Lu Jiude didn't take Zhou Shixian's men and horses in his eyes at all, he felt that he had a great advantage, so he chose Qinghe on both sides of the water, just to prevent the holy car team from breaking through and escaping.

And the magistrate of Qinghe County has also been bought by him, and he will definitely not open the city gate to let Zhou Shixian's convoy in.

The magistrate naturally didn't know that it was the holy car inside, he only knew that it was a thief from the north, who wanted to attack Huai'an in the name of the holy driver.

In Nanzhili, Lu Jiude is a figure with hands and eyes, and his words, the petty officials in these places will naturally not doubt it, and they dare not believe it.

But what Lu Jiude didn't expect was that Zhou Shixian wanted to go with him, and he also wanted to go to Qinghe, which was also facing the water on both sides, and there was a city as a backing.

Compared with being attacked from all sides, Zhou Shixian hopes to face the enemy on one side, and then cooperate with Xue Laoer's department, inside and outside, and attack on both sides to defeat this gang of chaotic troops.

In other words, if you have the mentality that you can't beat and break through, Qinghe is definitely the worst situation. But if it's in the other direction, Qinghe is the best place nearby.

Different purposes and judgments of the forces of the enemy and the enemy made the same choice between the commanders of the two armies on opposite sides.

It can only be said that this is the wonder of war.

The convoy continued to march, and Zhou Shixian summoned Zhu Maozhen, Wang Chaodong, Wu Xingye, Sun Hu, Weng Dajie, and another Jingying Qianzong Li Daxi to his side, and immediately arranged tasks for them.

Wang Chaodong led his troops to attack as a vanguard, and as soon as there was a change, he quickly killed Wang Hui in front of them.

Zhu Maozhen led his troops and the right guard of the Wu/Wei battalion to escort him, while Sun Hu and Weng Dajie followed Wang Chaodong as the main force of the Chinese army, while Wu Xingye's cavalry was responsible for breaking the rear.

Zhou Shixian guessed that Lu Jiude's soldiers and horses would soon attack from the north and east to compress the encirclement, and use the superior soldiers and horses to attack the escort troops in the pursuit, weakening Zhou Shixian's strength, and when the time came, the battle would be ended faster.

Moreover, once the magistrate of Qinghe County saw the two armies fighting, it was even more impossible to open the city gate.

Now, it has been determined that the south side is Lu Zhenfei's patrol standard battalion, and the north and east sides should be Lu Jiude and Liu Zeqing's soldiers and horses, and Lu Jiude will inevitably leave blocking troops in the north in order to prevent Xue Lao Er from leading troops to meet peace.

And the fact is roughly the same, the scouts sent by Wu Xingye quickly shrank back, they found a group of soldiers and horses in the north, more than 1,000 people, and a larger one in the east, with the canal in the west, and in the south, the so-called "Yingjia" Lu Zhenfei's department has almost firmly locked the holy car.

However, they all kept a certain distance from Zhou Shixian's convoy, as if they wanted to wait until their pockets were tightened a little tighter before they moved.

Wang Hui realized the danger and asked his subordinates to quietly look back, and after finding that the army under Zhou Shixian's command had quietly changed its deployment, he deliberately distanced himself from the other party.

You must know that the reason why Lu Zhenfei was able to organize tens of thousands of villagers in a short period of time was because of his assistance, and Lu Jiude also valued his ability at the beginning, so he recommended him to Lu Zhenfei.

These people were originally on the same front, and they were the only ones in the Ming Dynasty who could be counted on two hands to do practical things, but now they are turning against each other.

The convoy continued to move, and both sides picked up speed, and there was silence along the way, except for the dense sound of horses' hooves and the dust raised on the road.

The convoy was soon less than five miles away from Qinghe County, and Lu Jiude and Ma Huabao's men and horses had already approached five or six miles from the convoy.

Inside the car, Emperor Chongzhen, Empress Zhou, Princess Kunxing and several ministers had already known the news of the imminent outbreak of the battle, and they were all ready.

Coming all the way, Princess Kunxing's face was no longer afraid, except for Xiao Zhaoren holding her sister to death, she still cried when she heard the sound of gunfire.

Wang Chaodong got Zhou Shixian's order, and quickly stepped forward, only followed by thirty or forty people, he and Wang Hui kept a certain distance, but there was a faint meaning to sandwich them in the middle.

Well, with thirty or forty people pinching Wang Hui's more than fifty horsemen, it is Wang Chaodong's style.

Wang Hui also noticed that there was a general behind him who led dozens of cavalry to pursue, and he was very nervous, not because someone was chasing behind him, but because he knew that he was hijacking, and once the matter was revealed, this would be a serious crime for the Nine Clans.

And the soldiers around him didn't know about it, they only thought that they were luring the Shun army, but because their backs were exposed in front of the enemy, they couldn't help but show horror on their faces.

In such a tense atmosphere, two groups of men and horses marched two more miles, and at this time there were only three miles left from Qinghe County, and the army of Lu Jiude and Ma Huabao was left six miles away by them.

Wang Chaodong received the order, whipped it violently, and immediately hit the horse forward, and the dozens of cavalry around him saw this and hurriedly followed.

Wang Hui soon heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from behind, and when he looked back, he saw that Wang Chaodong had quickly caught up with the cavalry, and the distance between him and him was quickly narrowed to within 100 steps.

"Quick, the thief has found us, go back to Qinghe to set up a formation!"

Wang Hui shouted at the soldiers beside him, and then clamped his crotch hard, and the horse that sat down sped out.