Sixteen miles north of the county seat of Lu County, Lijiazhuang.

At this time, Lijiazhuang became Yuan Zongdi's temporary Chinese army, and the 170,000 soldiers and horses of the thief's right battalion took this as the center, and set up a number of camps on the spot, and they had been resting here for two hours.

The place where a red big silk flutters is where Yuan Zongdi is, this is the best courtyard in Lijiazhuang, the original owner has long been gone, Yuan Zongdi cleaned out the best house in the yard, and actually had a plan to live, which made Liu Tichun, the general of Youguoyi, and the deputy mighty general Dang Shousu very anxious.

At this time, Yuan Zongdi had already received the news sent by Liu Fangliang and Liu Zongmin, and the two had already led the middle and left battalions to Lingshou County to intercept Liu Yan's troops, so that Yuan Zongdi could follow and attack north as soon as possible.

However, when Yuan Zongdi received this letter, he reversed his previous anxious state, and directly ordered the army to stop advancing, and then ordered the army to retreat to the territory of Huolu County, and began to collect the goods and baggage of Liu Yan's troops scattered around.

"General, is it really okay for us to stay here?"

Dang Shousu asked worriedly, but Yuan Zongdi said indifferently: "Don't look at the strategy formulated by Hong Chengchou is very perfect, but Hong Chengchou has forgotten a key point, that is, the opponent in this battle is Liu Yan, Liu Yan's subordinates have a large number of elites who do not collect at night, and it is too easy to explore the traces of our army's battalions." Although the battalions of our Dashun Army have been reorganized, their combat strength and discipline are no longer the same, but they are still too different from Liu Yanbu. ”

"So if you want to take the lead in Liu Yan's department, the battalions will encircle and intercept Liu Yan's department, you think you can succeed

Is it? I don't think it's going to work! ”

Yuan Zongdi said with great certainty: "In my opinion, Liu Fangliang and Liu Zongmin not only can't stop or pursue Liu Yan's troops, but they may even be led by Liu Yan by the nose until they are dragged down and dragged to death, and then it will be time for Liu Yan to lead the army to strike a thunderous blow!" ”

At this time, Liu Tichun and Dang Shousu listened to Yuan Zongdi's words and felt very shocked, the dignified general of the right battalion of the Dashun Army was actually speaking for Liu Yan at this time?

Yuan Zongdi looked at the stunned eyes of the two, smiled playfully, and said, "What, you are all surprised? I'm just telling the truth! ”

"We've fought Liu Yan several times, which time did we take advantage, and didn't we return with a fiasco every time?"

"This time, with the addition of Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui and others, it seems that the strength of our army has increased greatly, and in fact it is true, but the strength of the new army in Liu Yan's hands has not increased? I don't think so! ”

"In this battle, whether it is Your Majesty or the generals of the battalions, they are too confident and optimistic, it seems that the battalions of the Dashun Army can run rampant in the world and be invincible after Hong Chengchou's rectification. They didn't think about it carefully, if Hong Chengchou really had such a great ability, how could he defeat Xinzhou and become my Dashun's military advisor? ”

At this time, Liu Tichun and Dang Shousu's faces were very ugly, and the two of them even felt that Yuan Zongdi's words were very reasonable, so they sat down one after another and listened quietly to Yuan Zongdi's continued talk.

"That's why I made up my mind, our right battalion is now in Lu County to rest, let Liu Fangliang and Liu Zongmin lead their troops to scramble in front, let's follow behind and act at the opportunity, which can be regarded as for."

Dashun has preserved its strength. ”

Dang Shousu frowned slightly, and said, "General, why do you still send people to collect the scattered Liu Yanbu's belongings?" ”

Yuan Zongdi suddenly came to his senses and said: "That's money, it's silver for nothing, why not!" Anyway, I have to rest here, and by the way, I will get this huge amount of property in my hands, silver is a good thing, it can be exchanged for food, conscription of soldiers and horses, and building military equipment, these are all our Dashun's family background! ”

Liu Tichun said: "But we can't stay here all the time without leaving, right?" With so much belonging, the army will move slowly! ”

Yuan Zongdi laughed out loud and asked rhetorically, "Isn't it good to slow down?" ”

Liu Tichun was speechless.

Subsequently, Yuan Zongdi led his troops to rest in Houlu County for more than a day, and finally at the insistence of Liu Tichun and Dang Shousu, he finally ordered the whole battalion to go north and march in the direction of Lingshou County.

However, at this time, there were already thousands of carts in the army of the right battalion of the thieves, which loaded hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and a large number of various materials, and went north with the army.

Liu Tichun and Dang Shousu looked at the slow-moving army, and the two were very anxious, so they found Yuan Zongdi together.

"General, the speed of the army is too slow, if we continue at this speed, it is estimated that the battalions in front and Liu Yanbu have finished fighting, and we are still moving slowly on the road!"

Looking at Liu Tichun, who was a little angry, Yuan Zongdi said: "Don't be anxious, I have already sent someone to the front, dozens of miles ahead is the Tuotuo River, I arranged for someone to go to the front to prepare a boat to cross the river in advance, so that the speed will be faster, and I can catch up with some time." ”

Liu Ti

Pure Qi smiled anxiously, and said: "Now that the weather is dry, the scouts have returned, and the water of the Tuo River has decreased, and the army can wade through it on foot, where can we still use boats?" ”

Yuan Zongdi smiled and didn't say anything, just rode his horse slowly.

Dang Shousu on the side said: "General, I think we will bury this batch of property temporarily, and when this battle is over, we will send someone to get it, how about it?" ”

Yuan Zongdi frowned slightly and said, "You think I'm greedy for all this money? You are wrong! I am saving money for the future of Dashun, no matter whether you win or lose after this battle, Dashun needs a lot of money and food, so no matter how difficult it is, I will not give up this batch of property! ”

Seeing that Yuan Zongdi couldn't move, Liu Tichun and Dang Shousu had no choice, at this moment, a team of people came quickly, and the first person was a captain of the old battalion, and when he saw Yuan Zongdi, he was surprised and said: "General!" It's been so many days, why haven't the soldiers and horses of the right battalion crossed the Tuo River to the north? ”

Yuan Zongdi didn't answer, but asked, "Did Your Majesty give an order?" ”

Seeing this, Nadu Wei frowned slightly, took out an order, handed it to Yuan Zongdi, and said: "General Zhi, Your Majesty already knows that Liu Yan's troops have withdrawn from Jingcheng Pass, and may raid Xingtang County, and order all battalions to immediately move closer to Xingtang County and find an opportunity to encircle and annihilate Liu Yan's troops!" ”

After reading the order, Yuan Zongdi said with a smile: "You return to Your Majesty, the soldiers of my right battalion are rushing to Xingtang County at full speed, please rest assured, Your Majesty!" ”

"Since General Zhi said so, it's best to do the same!"

Nadu Wei glanced at Yuan Zongdi with a little meaning, and then rode away with his subordinates.

Yuan Zongdi will be Li Zicheng's

The order was put away, and then he said: "All the troops of the battalion are marching towards the Tuo River!" ”

Liu Tichun said: "General, since Your Majesty has given the order, is the speed of the army speeding up?" ”

Dang Shousu also said: "Yes, now Your Majesty has led your troops to Xingtang County, if Your Majesty leads more than 400,000 family members to Xingtang County before us, then we will definitely be blamed!" ”

Yuan Zongdi looked at Liu Tichun and Dang Shousu with a little dissatisfaction, and then said, "Then you tell me, what should I do with so much property?" I still say that these belongings are my retreat from Dashun, and I must not give up! ”

"General!"

"No more talk!"

Yuan Zongdi said loudly: "The soldiers of the whole battalion continue to carry their belongings to the north, and they must not give up, and in the future, Your Majesty will blame it, and this general will bear it!" ”

The 170,000-strong army of the right battalion of the thieves marched northward, carrying a large amount of supplies in the army, and the speed of the march can be imagined.

Although Liu Tichun and Dang Shousu were anxious when they saw this, they could only cry out in vain, and secretly kept urging the officers and men of various departments to go faster.

However, the soldiers and horses of the brigade were already suffering from long-distance marching, and then they had to carry a large amount of supplies, and they were already physically exhausted.

Liu Tichun and Dang Shousu's movements were naturally also watched by Yuan Zongdi, but seeing that the marching speed of the army had not improved much, he didn't bother to argue with the two of them about anything.

"Humph!"

Yuan Zongdi secretly said in his heart: "Now all battalions of soldiers and horses are attacking Xingtang County

, if you can block Liu Yanbu and defeat Liu Yanbu, there will be no shortage of one of my right battalion. But if this battle is lost again, it will be difficult for a million troops to defeat Liu Yanbu, what future will Dashun have in the future? When the time comes, my right camp will be the future of Dashun, and this batch of property will be the last hope of Dashun! ”

At this time, more than ten miles away on the south bank of the Filter Tuo River, behind a hidden dirt slope, Laidong and a dozen of his subordinates were lying here, vigilantly looking at the army of thieves marching in front.

Today's Laidong, that is, Xiaodongzi at the beginning, is already the commander of the middle battalion of the new army, so that his subordinates do not collect the sentry at night, and the perennial bloody struggle has made Laidong grow from a young recruit to a qualified grassroots officer of the new army.

"Boss, the soldiers and horses of the thieves' right battalion over there, look at that big pole, the big red, is the banner of the thieves' right battalion."

Lai Dong said in a low voice: "We came all the way from Xinle County, and we didn't find any other camps of thieves around, only the right camp is here!" The right battalion, according to the information provided by the Ministry of Military Intelligence, the general of the battalion is Yuan Zongdi, what is he doing, he is so swaggering and out of touch with the main army of thieves, is he looking for death? ”

The surrounding dozen or so night leaders couldn't figure it out, and one of them didn't collect the flag in a low voice: "Then does Sect Brother Yuan want to preserve his strength?" ”

Laidong nodded and said, "It's possible!" Yuan Zongdi probably wants the rest of the thieves' battalions to be in front of them, and he will pick up the bargain in the back. ”

"Boss, what are we going to do now?"

"Go back!"

Lai Dong immediately said: "Elder Ge has formulated a strategy, sports battle!" Now that Yuan Zongdi's right battalion is out of touch with the main force of the thieves,

It's more than a hundred miles away from Xinle County, let's go back and report the military situation as soon as possible! ”

Everyone then fell lightly on the ground and retreated, and at this time, everyone's war horses were tied to a forest dozens of steps behind the dirt slope.

Soon, Lai Dong and the others came to the woods, mounted their horses, and crossed the river by wading through a bend of the Tuo River, and then rode their horses to the north.

At the same time, the army of the right battalion of the thieves continued to advance northward, and the advance was less than ten miles away from the Tuotuo River, so Yuan Zongdi ordered the army to stop advancing, and all the troops and horses were stationed in place to rest.

"General!"

Liu Tichun and Dang Shou Su Cema found Yuan Zongdi, and then Liu Tichun looked at the high sun and said: "It's still early, the army can reach the south bank of the Filter Tuo River and camp again, why don't you leave now?" ”

Dang Shousu also persuaded: "General, let's go further." ”

Yuan Zongdi said: "The soldiers of the whole battalion have worked hard all the way, and they must ensure sufficient physical strength to guard against a possible surprise attack by Liu Yan's troops, how can they go all the way to the dark?" ”

What Yuan Zongdi said also has some truth, Liu Tichun and Dang Shousu were anxious at this time, but they also knew that they could not persuade Yuan Zongdi.

Dang Shousu immediately turned around and left angrily, and Liu Tichun said: "What the general did today, I will definitely report to Your Majesty truthfully in the future, and I hope the general will not blame!" ”

Yuan Zongdi was not afraid at all, but said: "In the future, you will know the hard work of General Ben, even if you report it to Your Majesty, General Ben will not blame you!" ”