On November 1, the seventh year of Xuanhe, on the north bank of Fengzhou, a battle had just ended.

The scale of the battle was actually not large, Luo Guang sent his henchman Qu Shuai, thousands of people on one side, less than 5,000 people, from the south bank to the north, after successfully going ashore, and the Fengzhou defenders on the north bank were engaged, because the number was inferior to the other party, the defeat died.

"General, I captured three Fengzhou Army scouts." A lieutenant came over on horseback and reported to Wan Zhen, the commander of the canal who had come ashore from the north bank.

"I'll try it now." Wan Zhen Lingdao.

Wanzhen is an old man who followed the Heavenly Master Luo Guang, he was originally a Taoist boy of the Taoist Temple, followed Luo Guang all the way to the north, and after occupying the entire northland, Luo Guangda was rewarded, and he also got the position of Qu Shuai, and he was one of Luo Guang's most trusted henchmen.

As the vanguard of the raid, in the case of the main forces of the two sides, he led more than 4,000 people of the horse infantry army to sneak across the river, expelled the possible Fengzhou official army, and covered the main force of the Heavenly Master to cross the river from the north bank.

In the afternoon, Luo Guang, the leader of the Heavenly Division, together with two Dafang Qu Marshals, led 50,000 foot soldiers to cross the river in turn, and Wan Zhen stepped forward to pay respects.

At this point, the entire north bank of Fengzhou was completely occupied by the Tianshi army, and more and more Qu Shuai led the troops under his command to go ashore from the north bank in turn, and in less than three days, captured the four major cities of Fengzhou.

The prefect of Fengzhou, the defense envoys, and the Zhonglang generals who had been supported by the imperial court before were all besieged by the Heavenly Master Army.

Luo Guang did not order a strong attack, but surrounded them with a large army, driving the other party to surrender.

During the siege, Luo Guang even had the heart to ask how the situation of King Qin's army was.

Fengzhou was able to send spy clothes to infiltrate Qingzhou, and Luo Guang had already sent a large number of followers of the Heavenly Master Sect to the south.

Therefore, even if the tentacles of the Heavenly Master Army have not yet reached the south, they still know a thing or two about the news of King Qin's army.

Qu Shuai, who was in charge of intelligence, said: "The spies in front have just come to report, with the support of the Liang family, the army of King Qin has conquered Hedong and Hexi, and in the entire land of Hedong, there are 100,000 army of King Qin, Xu Guozhong's army has been defeated and retreated again and again, and there has hardly been a victory, and it will not be long before King Qin's army can reach Tianchuan." ”

Luo Guang sneered: "Xu Guozhong is not a member of the royal family, and he can't mobilize the energy of the underground dragon veins at all, once King Qin's army hits Tianchuan, Xu Guozhong will be defeated." ”

Luo Guang knew that once Xu Guozhong was defeated, no matter who was in charge of the subsequent imperial court, anyone who had the ambition to dominate the world would inevitably target the Heavenly Master Army.

And the current strength of the Heavenly Master Army is not the opponent of King Qin's army at all, so Xu Guozhong cannot be defeated, at least not so quickly.

He had to put some pressure on King Qin's army.

On November 5, Luo Guang began a strong attack, and on this day, completely annihilated the main force of Fengzhou.

On the evening of 6 November, the wives and concubines and daughters of the Fengzhou prefect and the defense envoy and other officials of the fifth and sixth grades were escorted to the camp of the Tianshi army.

On November 10, Luo Guang dispatched a large number of soldiers and soldiers from the southern line to form an assault battalion, which passed through the Huai River and attacked Huaizhou, the base camp of King Huai, to put some pressure on King Qin's army.

Because there were ships to help transport baggage, grain and grass, the Heavenly Master Army moved very quickly, and on the evening of the 18th, the Huaizhou scouts learned of the intentions of the thief army and hurriedly sent people to inform the King of Huai.

Although there were enough troops left behind in Huaizhou, for the sake of safety, an elite army was dispatched to escort Princess Huai and other family members to Jiangnan to avoid trouble.

November 25th.

When King Huai learned that the base camp had been attacked, he hurriedly withdrew a large number of soldiers and horses from the eastern front to help.

Seeing this, Xu Guozhong immediately dispatched a large army and took the initiative to start a war with King Qin's army, achieving a preliminary victory and recovering several counties in Hedong.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and many forces have temporarily stopped.

Toyosu.

"Who is Chen Mo?" Heavenly Master Luo Guang pointed to a battle report and asked.

"Heavenly Master, you forgot, it was the seventeen-year-old general who was rewarded by the whole army last time, and he was a general under Yang Minggui." The adviser replied.

"Oh, it's him." There have been too many things that have happened recently, and there are also a lot of things that he is busy with, which made Luo Guang forget a little, and remember it again, Luo Guang hurriedly picked up the battle report submitted by Chen Mo and read it.

The more he looked, the tighter Luo Guang's brows wrinkled, and after reading it, the battle report slapped on the table in front of him with a bang, and said, "What a Liang Song, it's the poor Dao who underestimated him." ”

He not only underestimated Liang Song, but also underestimated Chen Mo.

In his opinion, even a seventeen-year-old general can hit Liang Song hard, and he thinks that this Liang family's pride is nothing more than that, so he only sent one generous and three small parties to support, and did not send a main force to go.

But it didn't come to pass, all the Qu Shuai of the Quartet were killed, and there were no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses left.

"Heavenly Master, what's wrong?" Seeing Luo Guang slapping the table, the faces of the people under the tent changed slightly and asked.

"The battle in Yuzhou was lost, Lu Yonggang was killed, Liang Song used the heads of our Tianshi army to build a Jingguan in Yuzhou's Falling Horse City, and the five-party army was almost wiped out." Luo Guang said in a deep voice.

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

You must know that the Heavenly Master has sent 130,000 or 40,000 troops to attack Yuzhou, but first Yang Minggui's troops were defeated, almost all the army was wiped out, and now they are almost completely annihilated.

"Lu Yonggang is dead, is the young general still alive?" Youqu Shuai asked.

"Not only alive, but also alive and well, and rescued nearly 10,000 remnants of the army in Falling Horse City, and has now withdrawn to Tianshui Town, asking us to send reinforcements." Luo Guangdao.

Zhongqu Shuai took a breath of cool air, Lu Yonggang, who was a fourth-rank martial artist, was killed in battle, and a junior general of a six-rank martial artist was still alive.

Wan Zhen's eyes rolled, and said: "Now that we have crossed the river, if we rush to support, it will take more than a month, and now it is winter, the end of the year is approaching, and the war will start again, I am afraid that it is not appropriate, it is better to let him withdraw to Qingzhou to prevent Liang Song from going north." ”

When Marshal Duo Qu heard this, he hurriedly agreed, and said: "Marshal Wan Qu is reasonable, the weather is cold and freezing, and it is not suitable for fighting." ”

They finally hit Fengzhou, sat down, and didn't have a good rest for a while, so they didn't want to go to Yuzhou in this winter.

Luo Guang didn't know what the people below thought, and immediately said: "On this battle report, Chen Mo intends to recruit the nearly 10,000 remnants of the army as the commander, I don't know what you think?" ”

Thirty-six square Qu Shuai, Luo Guang has long decided, if there is a Qu Shuai who dies in battle, the remaining Qu Shuai must sit down together to discuss, who will take over.

"No, he is only sixth-grade, and I am the best Qu Shuai, and the lowest strength is also fifth-grade, and his qualifications are still low, and he is young, not enough to master a large army."

"The difference in this statement is precisely because he is young, which shows that he has great potential in the future, and he was able to kill 5,000 enemies and capture 6,000 enemies last time, and he was able to escape Liang Song's pursuit, which shows that he is brave and strategic, as for his low qualifications, who of you did not grow up in one battle after another."

"That's right, besides, we have all crossed the river, and the remnants of the army really have to be commanded by someone, and there are currently many Qu Shuai killed, and someone has to make up for it."

“……”

Zhongqu Shuai, you say a word to me, each with its own opinion.

More comments were agreed.

The main thing is that they don't look down on this remnant army, and they are far away, so it is better to sell personal favors.

Luo Guang looked at Wan Zhen, who didn't speak, and asked what he thought.

Wan Zhen asked: "Yang Qushuai is also generous, what about others?" ”

"Yang Minggui has complained to the poor road, saying that he is sick and needs to recuperate for a period of time." Luo Guangdao.

"In this case, Qingzhou needs someone to be in command, and his subordinates also agree that Chen Mo is the commander." All truths.

Luo Guang's fingers tapped lightly on the table, and then said: "In this way, then the poor Dao intends to order Chen Mo to accept the position of Song Niu's little Fang Qu Shuai." ”

……

On November 28, Chen Mo rushed to Pingting County with more than 100 horsemen and all the war horses.

After withdrawing from Tianshui Town, he withdrew to Quanyang County with his army and stationed in Quanyang County, where they were still in Yuzhou, and Chen Mo hid his whereabouts, so it was not considered an escape.

and asked Geng Songfu to transport winter clothes from Pingting County and distribute them to the Eighth Battalion.

Seeing that there was still a month to go before the New Year, and there was no reply from the above, Chen Mo took it upon himself to take more than 100 Shen Yongwei and go back to Pingting County to have a look.

Sun Meng, Liu Ze, Shao Jinneng, Su Wu and others were left in Quanyang County to guard.

……

Pingting County.

"Master, bring me a candy man."

Yi Shiyan was wearing a thick cyan cotton coat, the hem of the cotton coat was the same as the skirt, and the fox fur was draped over her shoulders, and said to the vendor in front of her.

Yi Shiyan is already married to a concubine, and she is not a girl who has not left the cabinet, so even if she shows her head outside, it is nothing.

"Sister-in-law, do you want it?" Yi Shiyan turned her head and glanced at Han Anniang beside her.

Han Anniang, like Yi Shiyan, is wearing a thick cotton coat, because Yi Shiyan's figure is too petite, and Han Anniang is plump, even if she is wearing a thick one, you can see her gourd-like figure, plus she is dressed maturely and steadily, the two stood together, I don't know, I thought the two were mother and daughter.

Han Anniang shook her head: "I don't eat, it's cold outside, my uncle has a letter, I should be back in the next two days, let's hurry up and buy some New Year's goods and go back." ”

"Hmm."

Yi Shiyan paid the sugar man's money, and the two walked to the "Fuze Building".

The so-called Fukuzawa Building is a grocery store that was moved from Fukuzawa Village to the county seat.

Under Geng Songfu's drastic reform, the grocery store became a building, so it was simply named Fuze Building.

In the Fukuzawa Building, the first floor is a department store that sells miscellaneous goods.

The second floor is to sell clothes and rouge.

The third floor is a high-end store, where perfumes, fine salt, and dried meat can be purchased.

The fourth floor is the place to eat.

If you want to open a store in the Fukuzawa Building, you have to pay rent and a deposit to the owner of the Fukuzawa Building.

Outside the building, there are many hawkers selling goods around the building.

Today's Fuze Building has obviously become the commercial center of Pingting County.

(End of chapter)