Kicking the dismounting stone four to five feet away, Zhu Biao became furious: "Qu Wutong is useless! The guard of Donglang Gate deserves death!"
The eunuch who came to deliver the news remained silent and made a turtle with a shrunken neck along with the four guards behind him.
The King of Song was also furious in his palace, howling to kill Qu Wutong. But how to clean up the mess? The King of Song's incense could only burn in front of Zhu Biao's door.
"Dou Bing, Shang Pingnan."
"The humble duty is here."
"Assemble the cavalry and prepare to go!"
"promise."
Zhu Biao went without the infantry, which would have been too time-consuming. Moreover, Qu Guantong's newspaper did not mention that the Quanzhou Army outside the pass had increased its troops. There were at least 30,000 troops in Jinniu Pass, plus 10,000 cavalry, which was enough. .
"Follow me to see King Song!" His eyes glanced at Feng Enjiang on his right, and Zhu Biao got on the horse with a gloomy expression.
"Drive, drive..." Feng Enjiang waved around twenty soldiers, and the group galloped out of the campus.
Before he arrived at the palace, Zhu Biao saw a crowd of people in the dark in front of the palace. When he arrived, he saw clearly that the King of Song had personally greeted him at the gate and was waiting for him.
"I am ashamed of myself, I am ashamed of myself. I have to trouble Zhu Shuai again..." Looking at Zhu Biao who came in a hurry and his expression calmed down again, King Song felt extremely embarrassed. He had only had two days of leisure, and he was already in trouble again. They went on an expedition.
"Your Majesty, you're welcome. This is a matter of duty, and Zhu Biao dare not postpone it." Zhu Biao made his request clear to the King of Song. He did not need to send infantry troops, which would save time and trouble. He would only lead 10,000 new cavalry troops.
The King of Song agreed. He had absolute faith in Zhu Biao, and he would do whatever Zhu Biao wanted to do. Song Jun's own failures had long wiped out all the ambition and confidence in his heart. The King of Song was now seriously worried about his own troops, and only Zhu Biao's intervention could make him truly feel at ease.
"Trash, a bunch of trash!" After sending Zhu Biao away, King Song returned to his palace and cursed again.
Zhu Biao rode back to the school field. All 10,000 cavalrymen had assembled and rushed out of Yongxing City. The morale of the troops was not very high, only ranging from 67 to 73. It is no wonder that the army's two-month journey came to an end. After only two days of rest, he felt so comfortable that he set out again. In fact, even Zhu Biao's fighting spirit was not very high. He never knew that he would get tired of fighting one day, but the fact is In this way, he really doesn't want to fight now.
Tired of heart and mind!
In the afternoon and the whole day of the next day, the army and horses arrived at Danjing County, which is a short distance away from Dong'an County. If nothing happens, it will not be a problem to reach Jinniu Pass before noon tomorrow!
"Commander, Commander, there is an urgent military situation in Dong'an County. General Qu led his troops to attack Dingshan the day before yesterday and returned with a huge defeat. Nearly half of the 40,000 soldiers and horses were lost!"
The troops were stationed and a camp was hastily set up. Zhu Biao's mood had not improved yet. As soon as the camp was set up, he went straight in and lay down, feeling a little bored. As for other chores in the army, Feng Enjiang and Dou Bing were responsible for it. , Shang Pingnan and the other three looked at the cooking.
But when Shang Pingnan broke into the camp with this 'breaking news', Zhu Biao no longer had the intention to be bored.
Thousands of thoughts passed through Zhu Biao's mind at lightning speed. After a while, Zhu Biao, who was shocked by the news, sighed feebly: "Qu Wutong, he is such a pig!"
The house leaked and it rained all night. Just when Zhu Biao was thinking about whether to break out of camp and rush to Dong'an overnight, the fast cavalry from Yongxing finally caught up.
"Inform Zhushuai, the King of Jin sends another 200,000 troops, together with 100,000 Sizhou troops, to attack the royal city from the north and east. The King of Song has issued an edict, please Zhushuai to return to Yongxing as soon as possible..."
There was no need to hesitate anymore about whether to raise troops and break camp. Zhu Biao sighed. Now he had to go on the night journey. But the direction was no longer south, but back north.
It was a day and a half journey here, and a day and night was enough to leave. Although when Yongxing City was in front of us, the 10,000 cavalry army was already a completely exhausted army.
"With the general here, I feel at ease!" King Song looked at Zhu Biao with eager eyes. Create another miracle, create another extreme... Both eyes seemed to be able to speak.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured and I wish Biao will do his best!"
"In matters concerning the military formation, the king will give all his services to Zhu Biao. I just don't know which side of the enemy army Zhu Biao intends to take first?" The King of Song Dynasty failed to hear a reliable word from Zhu Biao, and he was in a state of confusion.
Zhu Biao immediately smiled bitterly when he heard this. Which enemy army should we take first? The Jin army has 200,000, the Sizhou army has 100,000, and the Song army in Yongxing City is all mixed up. How many are there? Is there 100,000?
?Also 'take first'...
"The Jin army is the courage of Sizhou. If the king can trust Zhu Biao, Zhu Biao is willing to ask for 60,000 infantry and cavalry to move to Linshui to wait for the Jin army!"
The Jin army suffered too much last time, so they retreated in large strides, leaving the entire area south of Linshui to the Song army.
Now, the Jin king's troops have been mobilized to gather in Linhe and have not officially marched south. Linshui, a relatively good line of defense, is still in the hands of the Song army.
"Commander Zhu, do your best!" After the Yongxing Song Army deducted 60,000 infantry and cavalry, there were only 30,000 troops left. King Song had no doubts in his heart, but he understood better that his only hope was to keep Zhu in mind.
In Biao's case, he knew very well the principle of not being suspicious when employing people and not being suspicious of people who were not using them.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhu Biao was shocked. King Song really had high hopes for him and believed in himself. In this case, what if he gave it a try?
Not to mention resting that night, the next day, that is, in the early morning of May 18th, 60,000 cavalrymen slowly drove out of Yongxing City and headed north to Linhe.
"Ta-ta-ta..."
On the night of the 18th, the drizzle came as expected. After Zhu Biao put on his raincoat and inspected the campsite, he did not immediately go back to his tent to rest. Instead, he looked up at the dark night sky. This rain came well, and the rain was very strong.
!
His feeling told him that tomorrow's weather would still be 'rainy' or moderate rain.
During the night, it rained heavily for a while, then gradually subsided, and when it weakened to moderate rain, it stopped moving again.
"Zhu Shuai is so awesome. He can actually tell that it's going to rain tonight, so he specially looked for a high ground to camp." One night, the originally sluggish morale changed, jumping from 64 to 65 to 70.
"Haha, how strange is it for a general to know the weather and geography?"
At dawn, Liu Zhuo, who came to see Zhu Biao wearing a raincoat, couldn't help but sigh. Zhu Biao was so pretentious. He secretly said in his heart: "If it hadn't rained these days, I wouldn't have done it."
Let’s look for trouble with the Jin army first!”
It was because of the rain and because there was a dividing line between the armies of the Song and Jin Dynasties that Zhu Biao thought of coming to the north first to look for opportunities.
It is already midsummer, and there is abundant rain, so the water volume in Linshui will inevitably increase sharply. If the Jin army really piles up 200,000 troops to Linshui, it is hard to say that there is no chance of defeating the enemy one by one...
Sixty thousand cavalry marched in the mud and arrived at Linshui on the 21st. Zhu Biao saw that the water surface of Linguo had suddenly surged and the flow of water increased greatly. The Jin army on the other side was quite unexpected. According to Zhang Nan's report,
In the past few days, the scouts have seen one after another Jin troops entering Linhe County, but none of them reached Linshui.
Zhu Biao frowned when he heard this. Why? The Jin army clearly gathered troops but stood still. Aren't they afraid that they would first repair the Sizhou army that had already reached Yongxing?
After such a five-day stalemate, one hundred thousand Sizhou troops, led by Xiahou Muyan, actually attacked Yongxing City. This Xiahou Muyan was also the grandson of Xiahou Dechao.
"Closely monitor the movements of the Song army in the direction of Linshui, and the rest, proceed as planned!" Outside Yongxing City, all traces of the last Jin army's attack on the city seemed to have been wiped out. But it doesn't matter, Xiahou Muyan has a 'plan'.
The only thing he worried about was Zhu Biao, who had 60,000 troops and was stationed on the south bank of the river.
After the last Battle of Kaizhou, who dares to really look down on this young general from a small country in the Northern Han Dynasty? That is asking for death!
The bloody facts are the best proof of Zhu Biao. One victory after another, a true general will achieve great success!
Therefore, the imperial army, which has regrouped and returned to fight this time, has changed its previous strategy. Why do they have to compete with Zhu Biao for a living? It is the right way to vent Zhu Biaojun's energy and then drain the fire from under the cauldron.
No matter how powerful Zhu Biao fought, he could not change the fact that he was a Han, not a native of the Central Plains. As long as the Song Dynasty was gone, Zhu Biao would have an army of millions, which would be nothing but green grass on the water and no roots.
Perhaps when the King of Tang makes his official appearance in the future, he will still be a tough nut for the court to crack, but as far as the King of Song and Kaizhou are concerned, he is not yet a 'Tao'.
"Commander, the Sizhou Army deployed 10,000 people in the area north of the county to prevent our army from raiding. Then 90,000 troops surrounded the Yongxing Royal City on three sides and opened the north gate. Now they are digging trenches and rushing to control the city.
, transporting various siege equipment..."
"Go down!" Zhu Biao tapped the commander's case with his fingers. The method used by the Sizhou Army was the old routine of the Jin Army, except that the surrounding three and one missing were moved from the south gate to the north gate.
But in general, Zhu Biao still couldn't see clearly the route of the imperial army and horses. Could it be that Linhe County's 200,000 troops were just here to consume him?
"I wish you the best. Why don't you send a few small elite troops across the river to sneak attack on the Jin army's outpost to test its movement?" Zhang Nan suggested. Such a 'confrontation' between the armies made him feel really unreasonable.
His proposal was not really to test the movements of the Jin army, but because he couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to 'explode'. In any case, 'killing the enemy' is better than sitting in peace, right?
"Okay. General Zhang can select 3,000 elite troops from the army to act independently. Within two days, all five outposts in the middle section of the river must be eradicated."
"But if you encounter a large force of the Jin army, you must not waste your strength. You must know the opportunity and return. It is important to preserve your strength."
"The last general takes orders." Zhang Nan said excitedly, clasping his fists.
Two days later, Zhang Nan not only wiped out the five outposts in the middle section of the north bank of Linshui, but also advanced fifty miles inward, capturing seven patrols of the Jin army and nearly a thousand troops.
Zheng Guoxiong looked at the map and frowned. What did Zhu Biao want to do? Raise his troops and kill him? (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
