After April 20th, the rain in Lingbei Yi stopped. Liu Yu seized the time to take advantage of the continuous rain to move south, but his advancement speed was still very slow, and he could only travel more than ten miles a day.

The southern expedition army of Shun Dynasty mainly used simple wooden carts, trying to make one fence step by step and force out the rebels hidden in the mountains and forests.

Against this background, the army did not receive reports of encountering the main force of the rebels, and the only few skirmishes ended easily with the victory of the court army. With Liu Yu and Zhang Wuzhu, Liu Yu had entered the hinterland of Lingbei and was close to Yuzhou City.

After Huo Bing went south, it had been two months since Zhang Wuzhu set out for rescue. During these two months, Zhang Wuzhu was obviously much haggard. Liu Yu realized the arduousness of this war from his expression. For a professional soldier who took it as his mission to win a battle, he was not afraid of killing the enemy in front of the battlefield, but was afraid of being surrounded and caught by others. After arriving in the south, Zhang Wuzhu and Huo Bing encountered unprecedented problems, that is, the tricks they used to defeat the enemy on the battlefield failed here. Whether it was their regular or wild paths, the more wild paths they encountered were pale in comparison to these rebels.

"Linwang, let's go and rescue Huo Bing as soon as possible. I, Old Zhang, can't support him. These days, that boy has never left the city. Instead, the group of wild ducks go to Yuzhou to make trouble all day long." Zhang Wuzhu mentioned the rebels, and he was so angry that he knew that he had no choice but to hope that Liu Yu could help him complete the task earlier, that is, to rescue Huo Bing as soon as possible.

"It's no harm to let him suffer." Liu Yu looked at the topographic map around Yuzhou and said with his teeth. "He didn't come out because he wanted to be fooled. Yuzhou City has a thick wall and he has a long spear as a backing. How could the rebels easily bypass the city wall and make trouble for him? Just listen to him being careless with you. He is putting pressure on you and hope you can send reinforcements as soon as possible."

After listening to Liu Yu's analysis, Zhang Wuzhu realized that he had been fooled by Huo Bing. Huo Bing was not as urgent as he thought he wanted to get support from reinforcements, and it was also possible that the situation in Yuzhou City was even better than that in his side.

"Oh, this guy is talking nonsense?" Zhang Wuzhu slapped his thigh, "It's a good thing that I, Old Zhang, have been worried about this guy day and night, and have also damaged many people. I want to open up the official road in the middle. When I see him... I have to skin him."

Liu Yu said with disdain, "He is very slippery, don't worry about him. Just pretend that there is no point in Yuzhou City on this map, let's move forward bit by bit, and start the next battle with Yuzhou City as the center."

Liu Yu looked at the topographic map of Lingbei. In the middle of Lingbei, Yuzhou City was the last solid fortress. Although the city was not big, it went south to the southern border. The city was even more "pocket-small". At this time, the cities in southern border were classified as "hostile forces" by Liu Yu. After much thought, Liu Yu thought about it. This Yuzhou City became the best city for the imperial garrison. At that time, all wars were ready to be carried out with Yuzhou City as the center.

Against this background, the official road leading to the heartland of the Central Plains, which is the Jiangyou area, seems very crowded. Several surrounding small cities also need military stationing. Before rescuing Huo Bing, Liu Yu was preparing to "open the way" and open mountains, chop stones, log wood and practice roads, and build the originally narrow official road into a smooth road with military supplies.

"Practice Tao?" Hearing Liu Yu's arrangement, Zhang Wuzhu looked puzzled.

"Yes, it's normal to practice it slowly. It's normal to do it for ten days and half a month. Let's calm down and build the road. Don't be too panicked."

Although Zhang Wuzhu was deceived by Huo Bing, Huo Bing was also a powerful general, and the better of his brothers. The main reason was that Huo Bing was like a naughty child next door. Zhang Wuzhu took good care of him on weekdays, and the two were one brother and one younger brother. Zhang Wuzhu said something angry and wanted to slap Huo Bing, but just said that he was still very urgent to go to rescue. Who knew that Liu Yu, the head coach, seemed indifferent and actually had to practice Taoism first. After a few days, Huo Bing would have to stick to Yuzhou City for half a month or even more than a month.

"Military orders are like a mountain, Lao Zhang." Liu Yu gave Zhang Wuzhu a shot of a cardiotonic agent. "The court wants to completely solve the disaster in the south. This path cannot be repaired. After completing this path, and the Zhongnan Road leading to Meiguan in the south of Yuzhou City, all of them must be repaired. If it is not repaired well, how can the materials from the north be transported to southern Xinjiang? How can we launch this rebellion? If we encounter some obstacles in front, how can we withdraw the army?"

What Liu Yu said seemed to be very reasonable. Zhang Wuzhu didn't understand the situation in the south at all. Liu Yu explained the small war theory to him from a big strategic perspective. Zhang Wuzhu was confused when he heard it. However, this usually requires material transportation in wars. In other words, Liu Yu did not make any mistake in practicing Taoism. As for how to suppress the rebellion and withdraw or not, it was too early to say this.

"Then I, Old Zhang, will arrange for people to practice Taoism. Do you also need to mobilize the villagers around you?" Zhang Wuzhu asked.

"Why not start? Any young and strong villagers who come out to practice Taoism will be subsidized according to military pay. We will practice this Taoist well for four hours a day."

It was the first time Zhang Wuzhu heard that these villagers could not compare with regular soldiers in terms of strength or discipline, let alone these villagers would be lazy and slackened in their business as soon as no one supervised them. Zhang Wuzhu did not have the experience of calling civilians, and wanted to say anything, Liu Yu waved his hand and said, "Just do what I arranged."

Zhang Wuzhu came out of the Central Army tent and saw that there were already a group of people outside preparing to go outside the city to dig the mountain and cut the road, which meant that Liu Yu had already issued an order in advance. Zhang Wuzhu actually wanted to ask Qi Fang's opinion. After all, the two were old comrades who shared weal and woe, and they rose together at the slightest point. Now Qi Fang is richer than him, but the two often discuss military opinions.

Zhang Wuzhu heard that Qi went south, but he did not see him in the army.

In the evening, Zhang Wuzhu asked Liu Yu about this. Liu Yu smiled faintly and said, "My brother-in-law has something to do and will come here in a few days. My sister is not very happy to have your idea of ​​hitting my brother-in-law."

Liu Yu just half-jokingly said, and then Zhang Wuzhu remembered that Qi Fang had married Liu Yu's sister Liu Jue. Now they belong to a family, which is closer than their relationship with him.

On April 23 and 24, Zhang Wuzhu and his men worked together for two days and found that this road was much harder than expected. There were many mountain roads along the way, and there were still many places that were so narrow that they could only accommodate a carriage. It might not be possible to build a "Hangzhuang Avenue" between the dense forests of Chongshan. After Zhang Wuzhu reported these to Liu Yu, Liu Yu held a review book in one hand, rolled up his sleeve with his other arm and asked Qu Ning to diagnose the pulse: "If this road is spacious, why do you still need to repair it? It is because this road is not easy to walk, so we cannot cut off our own back."

Zhang Wuzhu sighed. It seemed that Liu Yu was a little complaining about Huo Bing, so he was not very concerned about the rescue of Huo Bing. Zhang Wuzhu had a lot of opinions about Liu Yu's road construction, but he had to obey the commander's order, so he could only see that the army was only thirty or forty miles away from Huo Bing, but he did not go to rescue the situation. The rebels had been forced into a desperate situation. How could the Yuzhou City be safe now?

When Zhang Wuzhu went back, the people under his command suggested to Zhang Wuzhu: "General Zhang, let's just send some people to rescue Yonghou first."

Zhang Wuzhu immediately stood up and said, "No!"

Seeing that Zhang Wuzhu was nervous and reacted like this, his subordinates couldn't help but ask: "General Zhang was worried about Yonghou, why not save him?"

"Do you understand the military orders? There must be his reason for King Lin to make this arrangement. If your and my rash actions ruin the great affairs of King Lin, will you and I still have a foothold in the army?"

The subordinate said a little disdainfully: "What big deal can happen?"

Zhang Wuzhu sighed. In fact, he didn't know what Liu Yu was doing. But according to his previous understanding of Liu Yu, when Liu Yuji was calm, it showed that Liu Yuji was brewing a storm. Liu Yuji became ruthless. Even Zhang Wuji couldn't ask about it. After all, Zhang Wuji was just a brave but not a wise general. Liu Yu's ability to lead troops was mainly reflected in wisdom.

"It's Lao Qi..." Zhang Wuzhu thought for a long time and finally nodded, "King Lin is waiting for Lao Qi to come."

The subordinates asked, "Who is Lao Qi?"

"No matter what you do, continue to build the road as directed by King Lin. We cannot disobey the order to build the road. We can only hope to open this road as soon as possible. When the road is halfway through, it will be only 10 or 20 miles away from Yuzhou City, and the dilemma of Yuzhou City will be solved without rescue."

Zhang Wuzhu realized that the matter might be related to Qi Fang, so he immediately went to inquire about Qi Fang's whereabouts, but this matter seemed to have become the highest secret in the army. Zhang Wuzhu asked some people from the military office and the army chief and his subordinates to find out the news. As soon as he inquired, Liu Yu immediately learned about it and called him to the central army tent.

"Old Zhang, is there anything wrong with you when you look for my brother-in-law?" Liu Yu asked angrily when he came up.

"No... it's okay." Zhang Wuzhu said guiltily, "It's just that I haven't seen each other for many days, and I miss you a little."

"Hey, you're telling the truth openly. Are you not afraid that my sister will know and chop you with a knife?"

Zhang Wuzhu quickly said, "I, Lao Zhang, don't mean that..."

"I know that's not what you mean, I'm just kidding you." Liu Yu read the storyteller with relish, "Look at this Li family in Shu, you can guard the important road in Shu with a Tianqi Axe. That's really a man who can be a pass and ten thousand men can't open..."

"That kid Huo Bing also has this ability..."

"If you have the ability, you have the ability. Have you ever visited Zhongnan Road in the south? Do you know how steep it is? If someone guards it there, can Huo Bing kill it alone? If a man is a pass, he will not open up. If there are ten thousand rebels guarding there, will we need a million troops to kill it?"
Chapter completed!