Song Yang originally wanted to live in the military camp, but King Hongzhou was too enthusiastic and refused to let them live in the military camp.
So Song Yang had even more troubles and could only run between two ends to take charge of military affairs.
After all, King Hongzhou was not unprepared.
After checking into the palace, a military meeting was held.
King Hongzhou reported the current situation.
The thieves are indeed here, and they will arrive tomorrow afternoon at the latest.
Judging from the number of people, there were about fifteen thousand. It should be that all the thieves on the Tonggu side were dispatched.
"Have they given up the bronze drum?" Song Yang asked.
"Then I don't know, Tan Ma didn't go that far." King Hongzhou said.
Song Yang thought, if the thief gave up the Tonggu, then Wang Ran could go to the Tonggu and attack the thief from both front and back.
I originally thought of driving them away, but now it is possible to eliminate them.
So Song Yang secretly decided to send a message to Wang Ran soon and let him wait for the opportunity.
However, in fact, the thief is not that stupid.
Although they came out with 15,000 men and horses, they transferred another 3,000 men from Tanzhou to guard the bronze drum.
After all, Liu Manqing comes from a family of military commanders, and no matter how stupid he is, he will never completely give up his escape route.
"You two, how should we fight this battle?" After King Hongzhou finished introducing the situation, he looked at Song Yang's uncle and nephew and asked.
Song Yang said nonchalantly: "Just repel them outside the city. We are not trying to annihilate all the enemies now. As long as we repel the enemy's attack and let them know that Yuzhang is difficult to fight, they will naturally retreat."
"A fight outside the city? The thieves are quite powerful!" King Hongzhou emphasized.
"It doesn't matter! I am very confident in my soldiers!" Song Yang said confidently.
"Haha. I was quite confident in my subordinates in Tonggu before." King Hongzhou curled his lips and smiled.
He felt that Jiangzhou soldiers were no better than his own men.
"Your Majesty, I think the King of Jiangzhou is right. We should indeed respond to the enemy outside the city."
"Let the enemy see Yuzhang's strength and let them know that they can't take Yuzhang no matter what, and they will definitely retreat."
Shen Dan's opinion was the same as Song Yang's.
Moreover, he came with Song Yang and admired the momentum of the Jiangzhou Renaissance Army very much.
"Then...okay. Then go out and meet the enemy!"
King Hongzhou looked at Shen Dan, then at Song Yang and Song Tong, and hesitated before nodding in agreement.
In fact, he is not the only one who has the final say now.
There is no point if he stays, Song Yang will definitely fight.
If he stayed, Uncle Wang's reputation would be completely lost.
What's more, there is that guy Song Tong who is watching the joke, but you can't be laughed at by him for being timid!
The King of Hongzhou did not want to lose face, so he had no choice but to go to war.
However, after the meeting ended, King Hongzhou found Li Yujiang who was setting up defenses by the Gan River.
"Don't come forward when we go to battle tomorrow! You must protect me, you know!" King Hongzhou warned solemnly.
"Uh! Yes! I understand!" Li Yujiang was speechless.
But King Hongzhou was the leader, so he had no choice but to obey orders.
No matter how King Hongzhou tried to save his life, Song Yang would definitely attack.
His purpose was to scare the thieves and let them know how powerful the Jiangzhou Renaissance Army was.
Prepare to conquer Tanzhou in the future.
So after settling in, Song Yang's uncle and nephew returned to the Ganshui River.
This time Song Yang went directly across the river to the scheduled battlefield to check the layout of Hong Tianlei.
"Your Majesty, the arrangements have been made."
It was just after noon when Song Yang came over.
Wang Dabiao moved very quickly and had already arranged Hong Tianlei's arrangement.
Song Yang looked at the venue. There were obvious loopholes, and there was gunpowder all over the place.
This thing is only meant to fool the uninformed, but anyone who knows gunpowder cannot fall for it.
"The thief may not be hit again. So be prepared for a tough battle." Song Yang looked at Yu Ming and emphasized.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty! The Renaissance Army is ready and can defeat the enemy at any time!"
Yu Ming assured loudly.
The entire Fuxing Army crossed the river and camped on the west side of the Gan River.
Yu Ming told them that this was a real battle and they would not hide on the east side of the Gan River for defense.
Take the initiative to attack and repel the thieves head-on.
The Fuxing Army has fought against rogue bandits several times, and their confidence in fighting the bandits is very high.
After reading the arrangements, Song Yang returned to the military camp, where generals at all levels were mobilizing the soldiers before the war.
Song Yang did not publish any long speech, just one sentence and one question.
"You don't have the confidence to defeat the enemy!"
The answer was naturally unanimous from everyone.
"Yes! Yes! Yes!"
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"Third Miss, reinforcements from Jiangzhou have arrived in Yuzhang! There should be about 5,000 people!"
When Yuzhang was inquiring about the bandit soldiers, the bandit soldiers were also inquiring about Yuzhang.
Yuzhang is like a funnel full of holes, and it is impossible to block information.
Of course, Song Yang didn't think about hiding his whereabouts, so he planted the flag of the King of Jiangzhou in the camp.
The bandit soldiers scouted the horse and confirmed that Zeng Bing had arrived in Jiangzhou, and immediately reported it to Liu Manqing.
Liu Manqing looked at a map.
Their location is still half a day's journey from Yuzhang.
We can arrive at the west bank of Ganshui River tomorrow morning.
Liu Manqing was already mentally prepared for the arrival of Jiangzhou soldiers and horses.
Hongzhou is the gateway to Jiangzhou. If Jiangzhou occupies Ezhou and Yuezhou, it will definitely not sit idly by and ignore Hongzhou.
"Increase the number of detective horses to find out the movements of the Jiangzhou soldiers. Don't let them make a sneak attack."
"And that heavenly punishment you mentioned, you have to find out for me! I don't believe they really know magic! If they knew magic, they wouldn't have come to attack us in Tanzhou long ago!"
The more they go into battle, the calmer Liu Manqing becomes. She doesn't have any of the coquettishness of a daughter.
He is also calm and calm when conducting.
Quite like my father.
This is also the reason why a bandit is willing to be commanded by a woman.
Liu He took the order and immediately set off with Tan Ma.
This time he wanted to check the situation for himself.
Early the next morning, Liu He's expedition horse arrived near the Gan River.
"General, there is a black anomaly in the open space here!"
Liu He told his men to pay attention to any abnormality, not only people, but also vegetation and stones.
In the end, they actually found the minefield arranged by Wang Dabiao.
Liu He hurriedly took people over to see what was going on.
"That's it! That's it!" Liu He shouted excitedly, pointing to the black land in front of him.
"General, what is this!" The younger brother stepped forward to check the black color on the ground.
"Don't go! Come back quickly!" Liu He shouted hurriedly.
Before, he wasn't sure what it was that made people fly into the sky.
Knowing that he has now seen a piece of black land with his own eyes, he has seen such black land in Xiangyin!
Almost exactly the same, with some black powder sprinkled on the ground.
There are signs of plowing on the land!
If it was a coincidence in Xiangyin, then the same situation happened here in Yuzhang. It must be the kind of thing that can blow people up into the sky.
"This thing is extremely dangerous, don't touch it!" Liu He said nervously.
"General, the little one stepped on it just now and didn't find anything wrong!"
Xiaobing pointed at some black powder stuck to his feet and said.
In order to ensure that the seal would not be broken, Wang Dabiao sprinkled some gunpowder on the land.
Because of this, it is easier to be discovered.
When Liu He saw the black powder, he was so frightened that he backed away and asked the soldier to stay away from him.
"General, do you think this thing will explode only when exposed to fire?" At this time, a thief who was hiding the black powder with Liu He asked.
He was also a former subordinate of Hou Jing, and later joined Liu He.
He was also present at the head of Xiangyin City. At that time, Niu Laosan used a rocket and the explosion occurred.
"This... seems to be using fire!" Liu He also remembered what happened that day.
"Would you like to give it a try?" his subordinate suggested.
"Not yet, wait until the general comes!"
Liu He thought for a moment and decided that it would be best to do the experiment in front of Liu Manqing.
This can also prove that he did not exaggerate about the Xiangyin incident.
Because they discovered Hong Tianlei's layout, Liu He and his group of detectives did not dare to approach the Jiangzhou Fuxing Army camp.
He just took a few glances from afar and then left.
After reporting Liu Manqing's inquiry, Liu Manqing also frowned and looked at Liu He.
"Have they made arrangements?"
"Well, I must have read it right. It is the kind of thing that can explode. My guess is that it can be ignited with and. So I plan to give it to him in advance!"
"Let's go! Go and have a look!"
After hearing about Liu He's discovery, Liu Manqing immediately led a large group of troops forward.
When they arrived at the place pointed by Liu He, Liu Manqing also discovered that the black earth was disturbed.
"Miss, let's stay away, let's try the rocket!" Liu He pointed behind.
They don't dare to get too close.
He didn't stop until he had retreated a hundred steps.
The thieves' advancing and retreating movements had long been discovered by Song Yang's detectives.
Song Yang has been sitting in the military camp for a long time.
Also present were Song Tong and Song Ying.
The King of Hongzhou originally said he didn't want to cross the river, but Song Yang and Song Tong were both in Hexi, and the Jiangzhou soldiers were all in Hexi.
If he can't cross the river, the team will not be able to lead him, and the entire Jiangzhou Army will laugh at him for being cowardly.
The King of Hongzhou had no choice but to cross the river to save his face, but he ordered Liu Yujiang to watch the clippers and flee immediately if the situation changed.
When the enemy soldiers came, Song Yang had no time to take care of King Hongzhou.
He now focuses his energy on fighting the enemy.
"It seems they have discovered Hongtian Lei." Yu Ming frowned and looked at the thieves' actions.
"Yes! There must be thieves from Xiangyin's past. They know Hongtian Lei and gunpowder." Song Yang nodded.
"Since the thunderbolt can't work, let's have a tough battle with them!" Yu Mingyi clenched his fists and said.
"Don't forget we also have explosives, they have never seen this before." Song Yang said with a smile.
When explosives were used in Xiangyin, the rebel soldiers disappeared and they did not see the explosives at all.
If you confront the enemy later, throw hundreds of explosives at them...
The sour taste will definitely cheer up the bandit camp.
Of course, Song Yang would spare no effort to reduce his own losses.
"Wang Dabiao! Organize a bomb camp immediately."
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
All the fifty people from the explosives factory were brought out. They usually made explosives and also contacted to throw explosives.
This was also the prototype of the first bombardment unit.
"Boom boom boom!"
As soon as Song Yang finished setting up, he heard a rumbling sound in the distance.