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Chapter 85 Confidence

(A big chapter with 7,000 words, please vote for me)

Xia Yuan City is sandwiched between the mountains of Ganxi and Hunan. In mid-August, although everything is green, people standing on the top of the city can already feel the coolness and the heat has disappeared.

Yuanzhou's soldiers and horses have no political status. Generals can wear battle clothes, but civil servants cannot wear court robes. Zhou Zhi is standing at the top of the city, wearing a soap shirt, looking at the surrounding mountains, his heart is very tight

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Leaving the east of the city, the front troops and horses have already entered the western foothills of Xiaoping Mountain. The post roads there are as thin as cotton threads, and the soldiers are as thin as ants. They can only be roughly distinguished, while the rear troops and horses are still leaving the city and heading east in a steady stream.

Four days ago, when Huang Binghao formulated the strategy for sending troops to Xinyu, he planned to dispatch 20,000 troops and horses to march eastward. However, before leaving, Huang Binghao made a temporary decision to send an additional 10,000 troops and horses.

With Chen Zishou and Zhang Xiongshan as the chief and deputy commanders, and his son Huang Lizhang as the military supervisor, he led 30,000 troops and horses to Xinyu. Huang Binghao only had 5,000 troops and horses left behind in Xia Yuan.

If the Yuzhang side had made decisions based on the previous intelligence, they would have seriously underestimated the strength of Yuanzhou's troops sent to Xinyu.

Huaidong only had a total of 16,000 or 7,000 infantry and cavalry in Yuzhang. After deducting the basic defensive force left behind in Yuzhang and other cities, it was possible to enter Xinyu without deploying 10,000 infantry and cavalry.

Although the Huaidong Army is extremely elite, fighting in the field outside the city, it can defeat Yuanzhou's soldiers and horses one against two, but can it still defeat one against three?

Furthermore, it is only more than 130 miles from Xia Yuan to Xinyu, and Huaidong's troops in Yuzhang have to travel 300 miles to Xinyu via Yangle in the west. Even if Huaidong is in Yuzhang

The soldiers and horses can set off one day earlier than here, and it is impossible to arrive at Xinyu City before here.

If Chen Zishou is asked to lead his troops into Xinyu City first and defend the city, no matter how elite Huaidong's soldiers and horses are, it will be difficult to defeat them suddenly. Then the plan to lure Yuanzhou's soldiers and horses out of the city to fight in the field will come to nothing...

Even though it was believed that Huaidong's overall strength was far beyond that of Yuanzhou, when it came to the upcoming encounter between Xinyu and Chongqing, Zhou Zhizheng was still worried about whether Huaidong's troops in Yuzhang could win.

Feeling worried, Zhou Zhizheng couldn't help but look back at Wu Jingze, who was standing a little further away and was dressed as his retinue and accompanying him up the tower.

Huang Binghao, who was watching the soldiers and horses setting off camp on the tower, saw Zhou Zhizheng turning back and looked back.

Huang Binghao's glance was unintentional, but Zhou Zhizheng was so frightened that his soul almost flew away. Fortunately, Wu Jingze's expression remained normal and he looked over, as if asking Zhou Zhizheng what his orders were.

Huang Binghao did not become suspicious, so he turned around and continued to watch the soldiers and horses leaving the city.

Although Zhou Zhizheng had Huang Binghao's trust and could stand side by side with Tang Shide and Huang Binghao in front of the wall to watch the troops leaving the city, Wu Jingze, pretending to be Zhou Zhizheng's retinue, could not get close to the front because Huang Binghao's personal guards were blocking the way.

Periphery.

However, Huang Binghao's personal guards were not very vigilant. Wu Jingze saw that there were only three or five people between Huang Binghao and him, and everyone's attention was attracted to the soldiers and horses marching out from the city. At this time, he drew his sword and rushed in, but still

With some certainty, Huang Binghao was killed on the city with one blow.

Although Wu Jingze's face remained as usual, seeing that the opportunity to assassinate Huang Binghao was right in front of him, he could not help but feel short of breath and dry in his throat.

After a while, Wu Jingze breathed a sigh of relief and suppressed the urge to reach out and draw the knife.

By the time the 30,000 soldiers and horses were divided into three groups and set up camp and marched out of the east city, it was already past noon.

Zhou Zhizheng was worried that if he continued to stay with Huang Binghao, he would accidentally slip up and be killed, so he wanted to go back to Yuanzhou in the name of the governor.

Huang Binghao didn't doubt him either. Xu Zhouzhi was returning to Yuanzhou to supervise the transportation of the next batch of grain and grass.

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Leaving Xia Yuan City and heading west, Zhou Zhizheng was riding in a chariot. Wu Jingze was the groom, sitting in front of the chariot and driving. There were four other servants riding behind with swords in their hands to protect him. They were all domestic servants who followed Zhou Zhizheng Duozheng.

Zhou Zhizheng moved forward and asked Wu Jingze worriedly: "Huang Binghao has temporarily added 10,000 troops. If Yuzhang is not prepared, there will be problems!"

"Hezhong Prefecture has 30,000 soldiers and horses in Ruyang, and Chen Zhihu's 3,000 elite troops are attacked and defeated. Why?" Wu Jingze did not have too much worry. The two armies faced each other, and there were too many factors that affected the outcome. The number of troops was only one aspect, but

It is not the decisive factor. Otherwise, bandit leaders like Liu An'er would have taken over the world long ago. Although Yuanzhou has 40,000 soldiers and horses, in the later period, Shewenzhuang also wanted to restrict Huang Binghao, and Yuanzhou's army could not even be said to have all the soldiers.

What's more, if the generals have no fighting spirit and the soldiers have no courage, how can they fight against the elites of Huaidong?

Zhou Zhi was a civil servant and had never had much contact with the military. In order to dispel his doubts, Wu Jingze explained, "Huang Binghao has not dared to disclose his intention to defect to the Yanlu until now, so he sent troops to Xinyu to contain our Huaidong troops on behalf of the Yanlu."

How can he make his soldiers determined to fight against the elites of Huaidong? For Yuzhang, it doesn’t matter how many troops they send here. The most difficult thing to control is the time when they send troops here..."

Seeing that Wu Jingze had such confidence, Zhou Zhizheng felt a little relieved and said with emotion: "When Duke Chong first rose up, he used a small number of troops to defeat the masses in Yannan. He defeated tens of thousands of Hu horses in the field, and the world was shocked. No matter how many soldiers and horses Yuanzhou has,

It is difficult to stop the elite troops in Huaidong, but it is difficult to control the timing of dispatching troops. Huang Binghao also has spies in Yuzhang. If Yuzhang moves too early, it will definitely arouse alarm and lure the snake. However, when he goes to Xinyu from Yuan, he only has one hundred

Thirty miles, and Yuzhang to Xinyu, more than 300 miles, how could Chen Zishou's army encounter and fight in the city of Xinyu?"

Indeed, if Chen Zishou was asked to lead his troops to enter Xinyu City first and defend the city, the Huaidong Army would not be able to attack suddenly. Wu Jingze looked at the rolling mountains on both sides of the road and said: "The road from Yuan to Xinyu is short, but the road is short.

The road is narrow and dangerous, making it difficult to move quickly. With 30,000 soldiers and horses marching on the narrow road, even if they don't rest day and night, the vanguard troops and horses led by Zhang Xiongshan can enter Xinyu City before noon tomorrow, which is not too slow. And from Yuzhang along Jin

After the water entered Yangle in the west, it then went south to Xinyu from the valley road between Mengshan and Moshan. The road was relatively wide, which was convenient for the horse army to pass. Even Yuzhang's advanced troops chose to set off today, with the cavalry going first and entering Xinyu.

Chongqing’s timing will not be later than Chen Zishou’s!”

Zhou Zhizheng thought about it. It took half a day for Yuanzhou's 30,000 soldiers and horses to march out. It happened to be from Xia Yuan to Xinyu. The road was narrow and it was difficult to move quickly.

From Xiayuan to Xinyu, there are two roads, water and land.

The waterway is the Yuan River. When the Yuan River goes down to the southern foot of Xiantai Mountain, the waterway is sandwiched between the strong cliffs of Xiantai Mountain and Qigang Ridge, and is only more than ten feet wide. The Yuan River is the main river of Yuanzhou Prefecture, originating from Wugong Mountain.

Inheriting Wugong Mountain, Heshan Mountain, Mengshan Mountain and other mountains and rivers spanning hundreds of miles, in the summer and autumn rainy seasons, the water potential of the Yuan River in Xiayuan County becomes extremely large.

For such a large river, the total amount of rain in summer is even greater than that of the Xinjiang River, which originates from Shangrao and flows down. However, in Xiayuan County, it is pinched by the narrow waterway of the Jungang Gorge, making it difficult to discharge. Therefore, it is in the upper reaches of the Jungang Gorge and in the lower reaches.

South of Yuan City forms Jingxiang Lake with vast waters.

The lake area of ​​Jingxiang Lake changes greatly with the rain. In the summer and autumn rainy seasons, the water in the upper reaches is very large, and the lower reaches are pinched by the Jungang Canyon. The lake is more than a hundred miles wide, which also makes the water potential in the lower reaches of the Jungang Canyon change in the summer and autumn.

It became extremely ferocious, making it extremely difficult for ships to pass through.

Therefore, during the summer and autumn rainy seasons, water routes have never been an option for marching.

Directly east of Xiayuan City, on the northeastern shore of Jingxiang Lake, the valley between Bijia Mountain and Xiaoping Mountain is slightly gentle, thus forming the way out of Xiayuan City.

However, although it is a valley road, it is also narrow and dangerous due to hills and mountains on both sides, making it difficult for large groups of soldiers and horses to pass quickly.

Zhou Zhizheng was not good at military affairs, but he had traveled to various places to study and was very familiar with the geographical situation in various places in Jiangxi.

After the Shangrao War, Lin Fu did not lead an army to attack Yuanzhou immediately, but sent people to recruit Huang Binghao to surrender. The main reason was that the terrain from Xinyu to Xiayuan was dangerous and narrow, and the terrain was more open going down from Xinyu.

Although the road mileage from Xia Yuan to Xin Chongqing is less than half that from Yuzhang to Xin Chongqing, the two armies started from Xia Yuan and Yu Zhang to Xin Chongqing at the same time.

If the cavalry on Zhang's side goes first, it may not be slower than on this side.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhizheng shook his head and defended his worries by saying: "Care leads to chaos..."

Wu Jingze smiled and discussed with Zhou Zhizheng about contacting the officials and generals sent to surrender.

Since the surrender was proposed in May, Yuanzhou's army has been divided into three factions, one is for surrender, one is for neutrality, and the other is for war.

There are only a few of the warring and surrendering factions who really stand firm, and more people still sit on the fence and wait and see: even though they know that Huaidong is powerful, they are afraid of being liquidated afterwards, and they want to keep their current official positions and power.

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Since Huang Binghao is determined to fight against Huaidong, even if he cannot cleanse Yuanzhou's surrender faction for a while, he will not relax his vigilance. In addition to the soldiers and horses heading to Xinyu, he will stay in Yuanzhou and go to Yuan with nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses.

Most of them are Lord Surrender factions who need to be vigilant and monitored.

As long as the main force of Yuanzhou's army led by Chen Zishou to Xinyu is defeated, Zhou Zhizheng, if he can contact the officials and generals sent to surrender, can control the situation in Yuanzhou and lower Yuan, and coerce Huang Binghao to surrender together.

The horse drove the carriage quickly, and it was late at night when we arrived at Yuanzhou.

The grain and grass from Yuanzhou and Xiayu have been loaded into trucks and are waiting for departure at dawn.

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Zhou Zhizheng said that he was going back to Yuanzhou to supervise the grain supply, so he stopped in Yuanzhou City for half the night, and after dawn, he went down to Yuanzhou with the supplies.

In addition to being out of Huang Binghao's field of vision, Zhou Zhizheng could not be said to have made a round trip in vain. The leading captain who escorted the grain and grass was none other than Zhou Zhizheng's nephew Zhou Qichang.

Zhou Qichang was only a battalion general and was not a direct descendant of Huang Binghao or Chen Zishou. He was even implicated and suppressed in the army because of the bad relationship between Zhou Zhizheng and Huang Binghao in the early days.

Yuanzhou had 40,000 soldiers and more than 200 generals above the rank of camp captain. Zhou Qichang was simply inconspicuous. Even when everyone in Yuanzhou was arguing over his surrender, there was no room for Zhou Qichang to express his position.

Zhou Qichang had more than 400 soldiers under his command, 1,560 of whom were descendants of the Zhou clan or fellow villagers.

Although this small force was not very conspicuous before and could not play a key role, Chen Zishou led the main force of the Yuanzhou Army to Xinyu. Huang Binghao's garrison in Xia Yuan City was only 4,000, and the remaining garrison in Yuanzhou City was only 2,000.

, if these four or five hundred people could completely obey Zhou Zhizheng's orders, the meaning would be completely different.

The carts were transporting grain and grass. In addition to the escorting troops and horses, there were also more than 500 forcibly recruited civilians. Naturally, they could not go very fast. It took them half a day to reach less than 30 miles. Zhou Zhizheng looked at the scorching sun and talked with him.

Zhou Qichang, who was walking on horseback wearing armor next to him, said: "The sun is hot, Qichang, please tell me to go down and rest for an hour to look at the sun before leaving."

After listening to Zhou Zhizheng's words, he reined in the reins and stopped the carriage, then looked back at Zhou Qichang.

"This batch of grain will go directly through Xia Yuan City to Xinyu," Zhou Qichang said, wiping the sweat from his forehead. "If we take an hour's rest at this time, I'm afraid we won't be able to pass through Xia Yuan City before nightfall tomorrow...

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"Chen Zishou leads his troops first. The soldiers have five or six days of dry food. After arriving in Xinyu, we can also raise food from the local area. We are not afraid that we will be one or two days late - just go ahead and give the order," Zhou Zhizheng said

, "Besides, you summoned Qisheng and Zhou Xiu, the disciples of the Zhou family. I haven't been with you juniors for quite some time."

Although Zhou Qichang was puzzled, he still followed Zhou Zhizheng's instructions and asked the team to stop and rest.

Even if Zhou Zhi's official position in the Yuanzhou Governor's Mansion was not mentioned to be much higher than Zhou Qichang's, Zhou Zhi's status and reputation in the Zhou clan would not cause Zhou Qichang to contradict him.

When Huang Binghao first organized and trained Jiangzhou, he mainly focused on local braves, so it was inevitable that the position of lieutenant general would be in the hands of local tyrants and children of wealthy families. At the same time, Huang Binghao also wanted to use the cohesion of the clan and the village to increase the combat effectiveness of the battalion.

We can only allow the generals to gather and organize in units of villages and clans, forming a situation in which soldiers serve as generals and clan interests are paramount.

Although Huang Binghao could still control most of the Yuanzhou Army's troops at this time, in front of the 400 to 500 soldiers in front of him, the battalion generals and small commanders were either Zhou's children or Zhou Zhizheng's fellow countrymen and juniors, Huang Binghao's words may not be as effective as Zhou Zhizheng's.

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"The last time the Privy Council sent people to Yuanzhou to solicit surrender, he said that Yuanzhou must capture Xinyu before it can be safe, and there was no room for concession. Before the deadline given by the Privy Councilor, the governor sent Chen Zishou to capture Xinyu," Zhou Zhizheng

After getting off the car, he walked to a huge stone beside the road and sat down. He asked Zhou Qichang, Zhou Qisheng, Zhou Xiu and other Zhou family descendants, "What do you think of this matter?"

Zhou Qichang, Zhou Qisheng, and Zhou Xiu were all stunned for a moment: Zhou Zhizheng specifically warned them not to discuss this matter casually before, and Zhou Zhizheng also had a neutral attitude on this matter. How could Chen Zishou lead his troops to Xinyu? The matter was a foregone conclusion.

Did you discuss this matter in the clan after that?

"At this time, the Luo and She capitals surrendered to the Yan captives and jointly used troops against Nanyang, and Huang Binghao also wanted to follow suit. The purpose of sending troops to Xinyu was not to support Yuanzhou's independence, but to contain the Huaidong troops in the hinterland of Jiangxi on behalf of the Yan captives in Yuanzhou.

"It prevents him from crossing the river to join the war," Zhou Zhizheng said. "Huang Binghao is stubborn. He has made up his mind and it is difficult for others to change it, so I have to submit to it. Although we have to temporarily submit to it, I still want to understand the truth behind it."

Let me tell you clearly..."

"If you don't do good things, you have to be a dog." The rugged-looking Zhou Xiu couldn't bear his temper the most. Since Zhou Zhizheng expressed his dissatisfaction, they, the Zhou family's descendants, naturally had no need to act like a government official anymore and just cursed.

Come, "After leaving Yuan Dynasty, there is a trail between Mengshan Mountain that can lead to Yangle. From what I see, we don't care about those ghosts. Let's burn these baggage and go directly to Yuzhang..."

"Don't talk nonsense," Zhou Qichang stopped Zhou Xiu and said in a lowered voice, "You left so easily. What will happen to the wives and children in Yuanzhou City?" When he said this, he looked at Zhou Zhizheng's side cautiously.

Wu Jingze glanced at him.

Wu Jingze quite appreciated Zhou Qichang's vigilance.

Zhou Xiu had nothing to say when he scolded Zhou Qichang. Their families and children all lived in Yuanzhou City. Zhou Zhizheng was the eldest member of the Zhou clan. Not counting servants, he had more than thirty wives, concubines, nephews and other relatives living in Yuanzhou City. How could he do all the work?

Abandoned and fled to Yuzhang alone?

Zhou Zhizheng would not explain everything in one go. He just patted Zhou Qichang and pretended to sigh helplessly.

The Zhou family's children were all very depressed and helpless.

At this time, several fast horses galloped up from the east. They approached and reined in the horses. The leader said directly to Zhou Zhizheng: "Master Zhou, I have an order for you to supervise the grain and grass to move quickly. There will be no delays on the road!"

The person who came was Huang Binghao's personal guard. He rode on horseback and conveyed Huang Binghao's orders to Zhou Zhizheng. He showed his contempt for Zhou Zhizheng, a civil servant, and Zhou Qichang and other Zhou family members saw it.

Very dissatisfied.

Zhou Xiu couldn't hold back his anger, and his face was filled with gloom. If he hadn't been frightened by Huang Binghao's remaining power, he would have stepped forward, pulled the man off his horse and beaten him.

Zhou Zhizheng was not angry either. He knew that Huang Binghao would not send his confidants just to collect food supplies, and asked: "Your Excellency asked General Chen to come over to collect food supplies, but what happened over there in Xinyu?"

"There's a fight with the Huaidong Army over in Xinyu," the colonel said nonchalantly, "General Zishou can't enter the city in Xinyu for a while, so he can't raise food from the local area, and you have to go fast, Mr. Zhou.

Some."

"..." Zhou Zhizheng suppressed his racing heart and asked calmly, "How could it be possible? How could the Huaidong Army come so fast?"

Zhou Zhizheng's heart was beating wildly, and his fingers could not suppress the trembling. However, the small school noticed that Zhou Zhizheng was afraid of the Huaidong Army, and he looked down on these courageous civil servants more and more, and said: "Should be

It is the envoy sent by Yuzhang to propose surrender. There are only more than 600 people. Although there are more people than the last envoy, they are deliberately coming to Yuanzhou to show off their power and power, just in time to sacrifice the flag to General Zishou! Why are Master Zhou so panicked?"

"Ah!" Zhou Zhizheng couldn't suppress the disappointment in his heart. He tried not to look at Wu Jingze and asked him what was going on. He forced himself to be calm and said, "That's good, that's good. But don't let anything bad happen."

Understood the governor’s plan!”

"It can't be broken," the Guards Primary School said with an arrogant smile, "Huaidong's soldiers are also flesh and blood, not made of iron. General Zhang Xiongshan alone has the courage to fight one hundred against one, and has more than 600 cavalry. Even sacrificing his clan is not enough.

. Even if this is the case, if Huaidong’s spirit is dampened, the morale of Yuanzhou’s soldiers and horses will definitely be boosted!”

The Huaidong Army beat the She family's elite like dogs, and Yuanzhou's generals themselves were defeated by the She family. The Huaidong Army's troops were approaching, which naturally made Yuanzhou's people breathless and unable to resist.

Now that he had the opportunity to eat up Huaidong's small army and boost his morale, Zhou Zhizheng could imagine Huang Binghao's excitement.

Zhou Zhizheng knew that the Huaidong Army had more than 4,000 cavalry in Yuzhang. He sent troops from Yuzhang to seize Xinyu City before Chen Zishou. There should be no less than 3,000 cavalry!

But when he heard from Huang Binghao's personal guard that Zhang Xiongshan's vanguard had only encountered Huaidong's six or seven hundred troops outside Xinyu City, Zhou Zhizheng's heart sank, thinking that something had happened over there in Yuzhang

Unpredictable big things.

In order to take Xinyu by surprise, Huang Binghao used Zhang Xiongshan as the vanguard general, and the three thousand pioneers he led were all Huang Binghao's personal soldiers; Chen Zishou led the main force of the Chinese army of 20,000 people behind him; Huaidong only sent six to seven hundred

Even if the vanguard troops and horses arrive at Xinyu City first, how can they resist Chen Zishou from entering Xinyu City?

Zhou Zhizheng forced himself to send Huang Binghao's personal guards back to Yuancheng first. Then he couldn't suppress the worry in his heart and pulled Wu Jingze aside. He lowered his voice and asked worriedly: "The Yuzhang sent

Why do we only have so few vanguard troops?"

Wu Jingze laughed and said: "Huang Binghao and Chen Zishou asked Huaidong Ruhu, this move was a desperate move for them, how could they not be careful? Chen Zishou led 30,000 troops to Xinyu, and they were in the Mengshan Mountains to the east and north of Xinyu.

In the mountains, it was impossible not to send a large number of scouts to monitor the movements in Yangle and Yuzhang. Without the cover of extreme weather such as polar night, heavy rain, and fog, it would be difficult for the Huaidong Army to ambush unexpectedly. If Chen Zishou had been called in advance,

I found that three thousand elite cavalrymen from Huaidong suddenly appeared in the northern border of New Chongqing. Are you trying to scare him away?"

Wu Jingze pulled Zhou Zhizheng to squat down again, drew the terrain of Yuanzhou on the ground, and analyzed it for him, "From Xia Yuan to Xinyu, the road is narrow, and there are steep mountains on both sides, making it difficult to sneak attack from the flanks. Zhang Xiongshan took the lead.

In the front, Chen Zishou's central army and the rear have not even left the border of Yuan County. If after our troops engage in battle with Zhang Xiongshan, Chen Zishou leads the main force to turn around and flee to Yuan City, our troops will definitely attack Zhang Xiongshan.

Only after a complete defeat can we pursue the main force led by Chen Zishou, without the possibility of outflanking - I want to send a small number of troops to Yuzhang first, firstly to prevent Zhang Xiongshan's advance troops from seizing Xinyu, and secondly to seize Chen Zishou's troops.

The main force was drawn around Xinyu City, leaving Chen Zishou no chance to escape back to Xia Yuan City!"

"Oh," Zhou Zhizheng didn't know anything about military affairs after all. Seeing Wu Jingze being so calm, he was not so panicked, but he was still uneasy and said, "The three thousand soldiers and horses who followed Zhang Xiongshan are the elite who have followed Huang Binghao for many years, and Zhang Xiongshan

Also, with the courage of one against a hundred, Yuzhang sent six or seven hundred people to go ahead, can we hold them back?"

Wu Jingze smiled and said: "The three thousand soldiers and horses who followed Zhang Xiongshan were the elite of Yuanzhou Army, but I think the six or seven hundred people Yuzhang sent ahead should also be the elite of Huaidong Army. I don't know if the elite of Yuanzhou Army was more powerful.

The elite of the Huaidong Army is still more powerful - but the main purpose of Yuzhang's advance troops should be to delay Chen Zishou's main force from entering the remaining city of Xinyu, so that they will not be easily eaten."

"Care leads to chaos, care leads to chaos." Zhou Zhizheng laughed at himself. Think about it. If Lin Furen were in Yuzhang City, if the soldiers and horses who went ahead were all his elite personal guards, it would be from 300,000 Huaidong.

The soldiers selected by the army to fight in hundreds of battles are the best among the best who have gone to fight in the world. Maybe any small school has the courage to defeat a hundred. And Huang Binghao's bodyguards are just selected from Jiangzhou. Chen Zishou,

It is difficult for Zhang Xiongshan to meet his opponents in Jiangzhou Prefecture, but in the world, he is not bound to be ranked high.

Zhou Zhizheng added: "Mr. Wu is so familiar with military affairs, why doesn't he lead the troops in battle?"

Zhou Zhizheng saw that Wu Jingze knew geography, hydrology, soldiers, and strategies. He was a rare general. With such a character, the Huaidong Army did not use him to stand alone and lead the battle, but used him to lurk.

It is somewhat of a pity that Yuan Zhou is the one in charge.

Wu Jingze laughed and said: "There are so many good generals in Huaidong. Jingze has little ability and is not worthy of the important task of leading troops..." He had the opportunity to stay as the third commander of the Changshan Army and serve as Yu Wencheng's deputy, but Yuanzhou's side

The matter was also very urgent, so Lin Fu temporarily transferred him here.

However, in the Huaidong Army, Lin Fu attached great importance to the work of the Military Intelligence Department, and Wu Jingze and the others would not feel that he was being ignored.

Wu Jingze added: "Since we have ensured that Yuzhang has sent troops to Xinyu, we must speed up the pace..."

"Oh," Zhou Zhizheng asked, "Why?"

"I estimate," Wu Jingze said, "that the main force of the cavalry battalion from Yuzhang will arrive at the Xinyu battlefield by noon tomorrow at the latest. This is about the time when Chen Zishou leads the main force to attract Xinyu and is unable to advance or retreat. Yuzhang side

The main force of the cavalry camp will arrive at Xinyu one day later, but Chen Zishou may turn around and flee to Xia Yuan City after the main force of our cavalry camp arrives. Calculating the time, we should pass through Xia Yuan City before nightfall tomorrow.

Before noon the day after tomorrow, park the convoy at the mouth of the gorge at the northeastern foot of Xiaoping Mountain!"

"Should we block Chen Zhishou's escape to the west?" Zhou Zhizheng asked.

"There is no need to completely block it. When the time comes, we can just abandon the carriage and run away." Wu Jingze said with a smile.

There are only four to five hundred people here, and they may not all be able to obey Zhou Zhizheng's orders. They are used by Huang Binghao as food escorts, and their combat power is limited. If Chen Zishou leads his troops to escape to Yuan Dynasty, these four to five hundred people will block the road.

, I don’t know how many of them will survive in the end - if the elites of Huaidong can be so willing to sacrifice their lives for the overall victory, but Wu Jingze has no hope of convincing the Zhou family’s children who are still in the dark at this time to do this for Huai

Dong fights hard.

The gorge entrance at the northeastern foot of Xiaoping Mountain that Wu Jingze mentioned is the narrowest and most dangerous entrance between Xiayuan and Xinyu.

The cart and the mules and horses pulling it were all thrown into the gap, causing chaos and at least blocking Yuanzhou's army, who was fleeing to Yuan City, outside the mouth of the gorge for a long time.

As for whether it will be effective in the end, it must be well prepared in advance.

Wu Jingze explained the plan to Zhou Zhizheng in detail, and Zhou Zhizheng whispered that it was wonderful. When Chen Zishou led his troops to flee, they threw away their baggage and fled. Even if Huang Binghao was furious, he would not think of going elsewhere with suspicion.

Although Zhou Zhizheng made up his mind to surrender to Huaidong, he did not sacrifice the lives of four to five hundred rural people to fight for wealth and honor. The reason why he defected to Huaidong was that Huaidong was so powerful that people could not resist.

More importantly, it is to preserve the villagers.

If it weren't for this, Zhou Zhizheng would have long ago plotted with Huang Binghao to make Yanhu rich. Yanhu wanted Huang Binghao to be crowned king, and the core civil servants and generals under his command were naturally indispensable. Zhou Zhizheng did not think that Huaidong would give him a prince.

Although he is rich and powerful, he is not that greedy.


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