After receiving the news from Li Jizhong, Lin Jianyue knew that the Hu people had prepared for him to attack Huangdao Town, and it was impossible to sneak attack again, but it was still necessary to fight, and he didn't know how to fight in his heart, so he immediately summoned Li Shangxin and the generals of each battalion to discuss.

Lin Jianyue first said: "Now the beggar army has nearly 6,000 cavalry, 4,000 backer battalions, 5,000 Shenwu battalions, 3,000 Shengjie battalions, plus my guards a total of about 20,000 troops. The enemy has more than 10,000 elite cavalry, and the total number of Han troops guarding Huangdao Town is close to 20,000. The training time of the beggar army is not long, and the combat experience is not comparable, and it is definitely not an opponent in frontal combat, let alone attacking a baggage battalion with fortifications. But after the start of the war on the Western Front, if we want to win, we must take Huangdao Town to cut off the logistics of the Hu people to be possible, and how to fight still needs the advice of the generals. General Li Fei, your Rao cavalry battalion is the main force in this operation, and you have the most combat experience in our beggar army, so you can talk about it first! ”

The comparison of military strength is put there, and it is necessary to attack, and the mobility ability is not as good as others, in fact, it is very difficult to fight.

Li Fei thought for a while before he said: "Judging from the deployment of the enemy's forces, they don't know that we have such a strong force, and the combined efforts of the beggar army can defeat the enemies of Runan Town and Huangdao Town respectively, which is our only advantage. After the big battle, the 8,000 cavalry of Zodiac Town needed to escort grain and grass along the way, and it was impossible to keep an eye on us all the time, this was the opportunity. How to do it will need to be decided on the spot. ”

Li Shangxin is not good at military formations and has no experience in the army, so he naturally can't say anything about the specific strategy, but just said: "The armor and weapons of each battalion are all ready, the bows and crossbows are enough for use in the big war, and there is enough food and forage hidden around Jiaxian County to be guarded by special personnel. ”

What other generals said is also inseparable from this.

Lin Jianyue knew that he would definitely not be able to decide on a specific strategy now, so he asked everyone to go back and think again, but Li Shangxin did not leave.

Li Shangxin was a little worried that once the attack on Huangdao Town failed, he would be retaliated against, and the eastern front of Ruzhou would no longer exist, so he could only flee to Tangzhou over Funiu Mountain. The enemy's cavalry is fast, not to mention whether he can escape or not, I am afraid that my uncle will be in danger, and everything I have done before is useless.

"Uncle, Li Fei's veteran of the battlefield, has fought many big battles, and he can command in front for his uncle. Uncle can be in Lushan... Or Longxing County remote command, there is no need to personally lead the troops to fight! ”

Lin Jianyue shook his head and said: "The beggar army is only a grass creation now, it has not fought any major battles, and its members are also very complex, and the cohesion is far from enough. If the main general is greedy for life and afraid of death now, what do the generals and soldiers of the following battalions think? To put it mildly, if I am not there, my combat effectiveness will at least drop by more than half. Uncle Li, the beggar army is still very weak, and I need to take everyone to fight together from birth to death, so that we can become a strong army in the future. ”

"The beggar army is gathered because of me, and it must be strong because of me, such a beggar army is my Lin Jianyue's beggar army!" Lin Jianyue secretly thought that the knife must be held in his hand.

At the end of July, the long-prepared Hanhu War finally broke out on the land of Ruzhou.

Under the city of Songxian, the dense army is constantly attacking the city, including the Han people, the Hui people, the Khitan people and even the Western Xia people, and the siege is all Menghu's subordinate army. Not far away, the Menghu cavalry lined up, just waiting for the city gate to open and enter the city to slaughter.

As a stronghold of long-term confrontation, the city defense of Song County is extremely strong, and the artillery carriages are complete with stones and gold juice bows and crossbows. The besieging forces had killed and wounded thousands, but they had not even reached the top of the city.

Su Hedai brought 80,000 elite cavalry and 50,000 attached troops this time, and the goal was to capture Nanyang City, the center of gravity of the Jingnan Road, and control the entire area north of Hanshui and west of Huaishui.

Although he was now attacking Song County, Su Hedai's eyes were fixed on Tie Qingfeng's nearly 60,000 troops in Nanzhao.

Liu Zhenghe was the chief general entrusted by Su Hedai to be in charge of logistics, and assigned him elite soldiers and strong generals. However, Liu Zhenghe knew that he could not fully command these Menghu cavalry, such as the Kuhe Thorn stationed in Runan Town.

The city of Songxian has been in a stalemate for almost a month, and the daily consumption of grain, grass and ordnance is very amazing. Now there are only 3,000 permanent cavalry left in the camp of Huangdao Town, and the others are Han troops with weak combat effectiveness, and Liu Zhenghe is very worried about the beggar army that is close at hand.

At the beginning of August, Liu Zhenghe received an urgent report from Jiaxian that thousands of beggars had captured Jiaxian again, and there were signs of an attack on Huangdao Town. Liu Zhenghe was shocked that Huangdao Town must not be lost, so he hurriedly sent a letter asking Hu He to leave Runan Town and move closer to Huangdao Town.

Lin Jianyue rode a big black horse to patrol on the north bank of Rushui, behind him was a dense beggar army of foot soldiers, and Li Fei's Rao cavalry camp was on standby more than ten miles north behind the foot soldiers.

After the start of the battle, when he learned that the cavalry of Huangdao Town began to decrease, Lin Jianyue had already decided to defeat the 5,000 Menghu cavalry of Runan Town head-on with superior forces in the open field on the north bank of Rushui.

When he received Liu Zhenghe's letter for help, he felt that Liu Zhenghe was too timid, and nearly 10,000 people in the camp of Huangdao Town were holding on, how could he capture it with less than 10,000 beggars? As long as the beggar army dares to go, they can completely annihilate it in the wild.

However, Ku He did not dare to disobey Liu Zhenghe's request, after all, Marshal Du had given him a strict order before leaving, and he must listen to Liu Zhenghe's dispatch to ensure the safety of Huangdao Town.

Kuhe Thorn was preparing to set off in a hurry, but received a report from the scouts that thousands of foot soldiers had appeared in a formation on the north bank of Rushui for more than ten miles, intending to block the way of the army.

He was furious, and thousands of foot soldiers wanted to stop my elite cavalry, but the beggar army couldn't come, so he decided to directly lead his troops across the river, without even thinking about making a detour to Zodiac Town.

This was Lin Jianyue's plan, to arrive at the decisive battle site no longer hidden, but to make a big show, using the arrogance of the Menghu cavalry to attract the enemy to fight a decisive battle at the designated place, and not to attack halfway by the water. Otherwise, the terrain in this area is so open, how can two legs catch up with four legs? The Rao cavalry battalion alone could not defeat the 5,000 elite cavalry of the Hu people.

Looking at the smoke and dust in front of him, Lin Jianyue breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that God was still favoring him. If this elite cavalry made a detour to Zodiac, they would have no chance to capture the Zodiac's camp.

With a beggar army of less than 20,000 people, it can still be regarded as a new army, how much can it do in such a big war? can only wait for the defeat of the Hu army when it sweeps over, or flee to Tangzhou and other places, and everything you did before is meaningless.