In the fields of spring, columns advanced towards Nanpi. Some columns had uniform uniforms, while others had mixed uniforms. One of the three columns led by Qin Mohuan wore steel armor, one-third wore wart armor, and one-third had mixed uniforms. Although they could not compare to the Song army's direct troops, they had surpassed them in all the steel armor compared to other Red Turban Army columns.

Qin Mohuan wanted to hurry to Nanpi, but the troops could not raise their speed because of armor piercing. Seeing the miscellaneous soldiers struggling to drive with donkeys and mules carrying equipment, Qin Mohuan swallowed the complaints back into his stomach.

The Mongolians’ no-man’s land is not really without anyone. The Mongolian army also occupied a lot of strongholds, such as cities like Nanpi. Qin Mohuan’s troops now have 120 people, which is about the same as a year ago. However, among the 120 people in the past, less than sixty people can be left to the present. The 60 new people are the remaining 200 people who joined within a year.

The reason why he marched in armor was because he had several experiences. Qin Mohuan thought that he was sure to win the next battle, so he took the armor by the miscellaneous soldiers responsible for transportation. Although Qin Mohuan's troops' marching speed increased, he could not meet the enemy more effectively when he was attacked. Compared with his mobility, the Mongolian cavalry was much stronger than the infantry. Those Mongolian cavalry fought on their strongholds, which caused the Red Turban Army to suffer a lot of losses. One of Qin Mohuan's experiences with blood was that the Red Turban Army's friendly forces were unreliable. It would be better to rely on themselves to rely on them for early warnings.

When the troops arrived at Nanpi City, Qin Mohuan's troops, which had already established combat troops and auxiliary troops in the army, were one of the first troops to arrive. These troops all have their own common points and are generally better equipped. There are many livestock in the army. In addition, everyone has the iconic red scarf of the Red Turban Army around their necks.

When he arrived at Nanpi City, Qin Mohuan commanded his troops to enter the position under the guidance of the liaison officer and took his deputy Gongsun Fu to the central army. Everyone in the Song army's direct troops were steel armor. Walking in the Song army's central army, Qin Mohuan found that his steel armor did not look particularly unique. What Qin Mohuan deserved was the three red bars on his steel armor's chest and on his left and right arms.

If the army has standard armor, how to distinguish it is the problem. The Red Turban Army uses obvious signs to distinguish it. All members of the Red Turban Army wear red scarves. The squadron leader is the squadron leader, one bar, and two bars squadron leader commands two to five squads. The one who can command a team of hundreds of people is the squadron leader with three bars.

After entering the central army tent, we saw several generals with four bars. They were all ranks of generals in the Red Turban Army who could command multiple Red Turban Army units. General Liu Chong, who had the four bar signs, nodded to Qin Mohuan. After Qin Mohuan nodded and returned his greeting, his eyes fell on the new General Linden Wan. The Red Turban Army had a small rule. The local commander of the Red Turban Army wore four bars, all claiming to be General Linden Wan. Although the four bars would be damaged in the war, the legend of "Immortal Linden Wan" appeared because of this system.

At this time, the seats were arranged in the big tent. Qin Mohuan sat on the chair and looked at the four-bars, and felt very excited. Although General Liu Chong told Qin Mohuan that as long as he did his best, he would soon become four-bars. However, such things were easy to say and difficult to do.

Soon, more than half of the seats in the venue were full. The clock's hand also reached ten o'clock in the morning. As the bell rang, General Zhang Shijie quickly walked into the tent. The chest and arms of his armor were decorated with five bars, which were also the only five bars among all the Red Turban Army.

As soon as he sat down on the main seat, Zhang Shijie said in pure Hebei dialect: "Everyone, we will attack Nanpi today. However, some of the Han defenders in Nanpi are preparing to revolt. Although they cannot believe them, I will listen to it for now."

When everyone heard that they could take down Nanpi, most of them showed an excited expression on their faces. Zhang Shijie continued: "The court has sent troops across the sea to attack Zhigu Village, and then marched into Dadu from Zhigu Village. We received the news that we wanted us to go north to attack Cangzhou. But I don't know which leader is willing to go north together?"

"I'm willing to go!" Qin Mohuan and the other three leaders replied at the same time. They looked at each other a few times and were sure that everyone was following the tightest teams of the Song army.

At this time, other talents responded, and about 60% of the leaders present expressed their willingness to go north. The Song army had strict requirements on time, saying that when the meeting was held, they would be held. Those who were late would not enter the venue, and they would get the results after the meeting ended. Because of this, some troops were so angry that they simply left the Red Turban Army's team. However, the Song army did not let it go and still did their own way.

Seeing the attitude of these people, Zhang Shijie smiled and said, "Since that's the case, I am willing to follow our army north to capture Nanpi, and after the spoils are distributed, don't go back first."

"As for your order!" Qin Mohuan and others replied loudly.

After talking about these things, Zhang Shijie talked about the means of attacking Nanpi. Although some Han army claimed to be an insider, there was no need to believe them completely. This time the troops would build Hui Hui cannons to break through the city walls first, and then go to participate in the battle.

After assigning the task, Qin Mohuan and Gongsun Fu left. On the way back, Qin Mohuan was looking forward to the future battle to go north, but heard Gongsun Fu say: "Brother Qin, why do you think the court has not conquered a city like Nanpi, but has been leading us to destroy the villages of those Mongolian nobles?"

"Didn't General Liu Chong say that? That's to save the Han people. If the city is destroyed, Mongolia will probably kill people and flee to the north. Instead of doing this, it's better to keep the Mongolian city. Moreover, we have participated in so many operations this year and rescued more than 100,000 people." Qin Mohuan replied.

After hearing this, which was expressed completely in the Song army's opinion, Gongsun Fu shook his head slightly, "Captain Qin, I always feel that something is wrong here. You think that the Mongolians set up unmanned areas, and we want to open up passages and set up traffic points in the unmanned areas. The Mongolian cavalry searched for our traffic points, and how many people died. If they were to directly rush to the north, wouldn't they have won long ago? But they put us in front of fighting."

Hearing this, Qin Mohuan's face turned ugly. He asked in an unhappy voice: "Gongsun Fu, what do you mean?"

Seeing Qin Mohuan being so serious, Gongsun Fu quickly smiled and said, "I don't mean anything else. I just think that so many people have died, but I just exchanged them for these armors. The leader of Qin, our brothers do want to fight the Mongolians, but after fighting the Mongolians, now everyone thinks that the court of the Song Dynasty only leads us to fight wars, but does not promise rewards. The brothers think that they are not authentic in their work. This must be promised some benefits to our brothers."

After saying this, Qin Mohuan felt a little guilty. Gongsun Fu was right. The Song Dynasty, who fought outside, always had to give some advice to the people who fought with the Song Dynasty. When the Mongols went south, they promised many benefits to the Han Army Marquis. Although it was gradually taken back later, at least the Han Army Marquis really had a glory in the local area for decades.

Although the Song army is fighting fiercely now, it never forces an army like Qin Mohuan to fill the pit, and the Song army never promised anything to Qin Mohuan and others. The Song Dynasty was the court, and after the Mongolians were defeated, they of course owned Hebei. But what could Qin Mohuan and others get, who were originally from Hebei?

However, these thoughts flashed for a moment, and Qin Mohuan said loudly to Gongsun Fu: "We are fighting for the Han people. Although we have not received any promises now, the Song army is benevolent and righteous. We will never be treated unfairly in the future. Look at the hundreds of thousands of rescued people in Hebei, now they are all living and working in peace. With this kind of good deed, our descendants can't enjoy it all."

Gongsun Fu was stunned by Qin Mohuan's voice and stopped talking for the time being. However, Qin Mohuan knew his own concerns. If the voice was not so loud, Qin Mohuan's heart would be shaken.

The Red Turban Army had just arranged the array and saw black smoke rising in Nanpi City. Not long after, a messenger ordered the troops to slowly head towards Nanpi City. Until the army forced the city to reach the city, there was still no movement on the city wall. Qin Mohuan participated in the battle to attack Dezhou. He was shocked and immediately ordered his subordinates to climb up the city. His subordinates were a little worried, so Qin Mohuan went up the ladder himself.

Many people watched Qin Mohuan climb up the city wall without any protection and climb over the city wall. From beginning to end, he did not encounter any attack from the enemy on the city. Qin Mohuan's subordinates also followed the city gate. After a while, a sound came from the city gate. Not long after, the Red Turban Army members holding weapons to the city gate saw it, and the city gate slowly opened.

Qin Mohuan was not happy at all. After he continued to open the city gate, he left the city and called his own troops. After the others rushed in cheerfully, he led everyone into the city. As Qin Mohuan expected, the city was covered with corpses. These were the people in the city, all tied up by ropes and massacred. The tragic situation on the street was no different from the Dezhou City more than a year ago. The Mongols had never planned to actually manage Hebei. When they abandoned this place, they would carry out the most ruthless massacre.

Looking at this tragic situation, Qin Mohuan felt as if he had fallen into a fire trough, and his whole body was so uncomfortable that he turned to Gongsun Fusenran who was following him, saying, "As long as I can kill all these beasts, I think it's worth it!"

Gongsun Fu has also seen many Mongols committing atrocities in the past few years when they were unmanned lands, but they only saw such massacres twice. Both of them were the massacres carried out by the Mongols on the cities they once occupied before retreating. At this time, when Gongsun Fu saw Qin Mohuan's expression of being stolen, he suddenly recalled what Qin Mohuan said before, "Didn't General Liu Chong say that? That's to be able to save the Han people. If the city is destroyed, Mongolia will probably kill people and flee to the north. Instead of doing this, it's better to keep the Mongolian city."

In the face of this bloody fact, Gongsun Fu had to admit that Qin Mohuan was right. The Mongols would never leave anything to the Han people.

Soon, the leaders of Qin Mohuan and others were called to Zhang Shijie again. At this time, Zhang Shijie looked extremely ugly. He said in a hoarse voice: "I was deceived. The so-called Han troops who said they wanted to join us are all traitors! They first agreed to a place to surrender to us, and then the Mongolian cavalry suddenly fled there. We couldn't stop them."

Qin Mohuan originally thought that the Han army in the city was discovered by the Mongols before the rebellion, but he did not expect that the so-called Han army itself was a big scam.

Before Qin Mohuan and others could speak, Zhang Shijie said in a deep voice: "Let's attack on Cangzhou next time. I will talk about it first. No matter who comes out to say anything this time, we will surround Cangzhou and never let anyone escape. Have you heard it?"

"I heard it!" Everyone answered loudly. At this time, his face was ugly, not only Zhang Shijie or Qin Mohuan. When all the generals massacred by the Mongols looked ugly, they were also full of anger. Qin Mohuan was not only angry but also ashamed. He was ashamed of his previous questioning that the Song army had no strategic arrangements for the attack.

Zhang Shijie focused on the key point, "Okay. Then tomorrow we will march into Cangzhou. If we take Cangzhou, we will only have more than 200 miles away from Zhigu Village. When we contact the imperial soldiers, we will definitely not let these Mongolians go!"

That night, the Song army, Qin Mohuan and other troops did not go to the city to search for spoils. Faced with such mountainous corpses, only a few people were in the mood to find valuable things.

The next morning, the troops set off again. Everyone was in a hurry. For Qin Mohuan, leaving such a place early was a kind of relief. If he had been staying in such a place, Qin Mohuan was afraid that he would have nightmares.

Before the troops set off, they naturally had to send people to contact each other. At this time, Dezhou was already a firm stronghold of the Song Dynasty north of the Yellow River, and wired telegrams had been laid. The cavalry rushed back to Dezhou, and not long after, the telegram sent the news to Jinan and sent it to other places. One of them was to send the news to Dongying first, and then from Dongying to Zhiguzhai.

Just before Zhang Shijie's troops walked out for a hundred miles and a hundred miles to reach Cangzhou City, Commander Zheng Jie from Zhigu Village received news. Now the headquarters discussed the latest situation.

"We'd better send a force to pick it up? After all, the Red Turban Army has no means of siege. When can it break through the city wall with the Hui artillery?"

"But the Mongolian cavalry has blocked our army's reconnaissance cavalry. Without intelligence, how can we fight?"

The two factions faced each other in a tit-for-tat way, and it was obvious that the faction that did not go to meet up had the upper hand.

Zheng Jie was unhappy when he heard this. The so-called expert reads the tricks, the layman watches the excitement, and those who don’t know anything. So far, the new Song army has also appeared many generals who recognize themselves or are generally recognized as able to fight. Everyone often discusses the war philosophy of Supreme Commander Zhao Jiaren, and even discusses the war talent of Supreme Commander Zhao Jiaren in private.

Overall, the higher the level, the more people know that the Zhao Guan family is an intractable enemy. Sun Tzu said that those who are good at fighting will stand in an invincible place without losing the enemy's defeat. Therefore, the victorious soldiers will first win and then seek war, and the defeated soldiers will first fight and then seek victory. Those who are good at using soldiers will practice Taoism and protect the law, so they can be the policy of victory and defeat.

Supreme Commander Zhao Jiaren undoubtedly achieved the level of "practice of Taoism and protecting the law", but in terms of talent and talent, no one thinks that the Zhao Guan family, who makes full use of equipment and training advantages, has any invincible talent in the world.

Zheng Jie also agreed with this view that the war with the Zhao Guan family was difficult to win, but it did not mean that they would definitely be defeated. So before losing hundreds of reconnaissance cavalry, Zheng Jie himself also felt that the Mongols could easily be defeated.

After losing hundreds of reconnaissance cavalry, Zheng Jie understood that the Mongolian cavalry had a huge numerical advantage over the Song Dynasty cavalry. The Song Dynasty cavalry was good at fighting. As long as the rear was cut off, they would have the fate of being killed in battle or captured. In order to make the reconnaissance troops more combat-effective, Zheng Jie could only let the cavalry attack on a larger scale and shorten the reach. However, Zheng Jie's number of cavalry was limited after all, and horses were easily frightened. The roar in the steaming car ship made the horses unable to bear it. There were examples of crazy hitting the wall, breaking their legs and even losing their lives. Even those who could be transported were also depressed. In such a situation, Zheng Jie had no freedom to reconnaissance.

Thinking of this, Zheng Jie interrupted the debate among the crowd, "We cannot continue to divide the troops now, but we must do our best. Everyone knows that the Yellow River Battle is approaching Hua County where the Mongolian camp is located. The Mongolian army, which had stockpiled a large amount of military rations and supplies in Hua County, could only fight with us. We defeated the Mongolian army in one fell swoop on the front battlefield. This should be the same. As long as we attack Dadu all the way, we can force the Mongolians to fight with us. Even if we don't contact the Red Turban Army that attacked Hua County, we will restrain the main force of Mongolia and they can attack Hua County smoothly. Just tell them to march towards Zhigu Village. We will not throw away Zhigu Village anyway."

Zheng Jie found that although he could question the military talent of the Zhao Guan family, he could not question the military capabilities of the Zhao Guan family. All the plans of the Zhao Guan family were dull, but they were directly at the core. Just like the logic that the Zhao Guan family required all officers to learn. Logic tells the relationship between cause and effect. Regarding how the army fights, the Zhao Guan family has a very logical statement, "If you don't know where to shoot to win the war, then shoot at the enemy's chest."

Now, the enemy's chest is Dadu. As long as you advance towards Dadu, you will definitely be able to fight with the enemy.

Soon, General Boyan, who was responsible for commanding and defending, received news. The Song army continued to build military stations in the direction of Dadu. The former Song army stations were thirty miles apart, and the current Song army command shortened the distance between military stations to ten miles. In addition, the Red Turban Army was advancing towards Cangzhou.

After hearing the report, Marshal Boyan turned his head to Zhang Shijie and said, "Marantor Zhang, are you willing to fight with your brother?"
Chapter completed!