Three hundred and seventieth eight chapters anxious mood
Miao Yi successfully persuaded the two sisters Liu Manqing and Liu Yuhua, and the group finally set foot on the road to Tanzhou.
It's also their good luck.
Not long after they left, Gao Huaipei chased after him with more than 3,000 cavalry.
"Sir, they should be heading east, should we chase them?"
Among the people brought by Gao Huaipei were members of the Jiu'an tribe. They were all hunters who grew up in the mountains and were best at tracking prey by reading marks.
This person could easily determine the whereabouts of Liu Manqing and others.
"To the east? To the east is Tanzhou. Are they going to throw themselves into a trap?"
"I know! You must think that we don't dare to chase eastward!"
"Hmph! Let's go! Let's chase them. I can't find those two girls! Let's see if Tan Zhoujun catches them first or we do it first!"
…
Jiangzhou, so here we also get the news from Chenzhou.
Liu Jinpeng died, and Liu Manqing and Liu Yuhua fled.
Song Chengwang immediately rushed to Chenzhou.
"Uncle Wang! Yuhua escaped! There must be a lot of danger now, I have to save her!"
Song Yang was silent for a moment and said: "Go! You will be the vanguard and conquer Chenzhou with me!"
"Personally conquered?"
Song Chengwang was stunned. He was supposed to go there, but it turned out to be Song Yang's own expedition?
"Jiu An has just swallowed up Liu Jinpeng's forces. He needs time to integrate. Let's attack now and take advantage of their unstable military morale to catch them off guard."
Now those who can lead troops have gone to the Northern Expedition. There are no suitable candidates for the Western Expedition, so Song Yang can only go on his own.
"This...makes sense! Uncle Wang, let's go now?"
Song Chengwang was extremely anxious and wished he could fly to Chenzhou right now to be by Liu Yuhua's side.
"How to go now, no one is ready yet!" Song Yang said angrily.
That afternoon, under Song Chengwang's urging, Song Yang began to think about his military strength.
There are still more than 20,000 Jiangzhou Renaissance Army, but they can no longer move.
After all, someone needs to stay at home.
Lin Yong, a soldier from Ezhou, took away 25,000 yuan a few days ago, and the rest must be guarded at home.
Among the soldiers currently available to Song Yang, only Yuezhou soldiers and Fengzhou soldiers have considerable combat effectiveness.
There are few soldiers in Yuezhou. Lin Yong took away 5,000 before, so giving out another 5,000 is not a problem.
Niu Laosan should be able to come up with about 30,000 yuan.
This will bring about 35,000 troops and horses.
In addition, Song Mao still has 30,000 to 40,000 Tanzhou soldiers and horses.
There are still state soldiers in Yongzhou, Shaozhou and other places, but they are not strong enough in combat, but there is no problem in logistics.
Together they totaled nearly 100,000 troops.
It should be enough to recover Shannan East Road.
Song Yang checked his manpower and saw that he had enough to fight.
"We will set off tomorrow afternoon. I will only bring two hundred personal guards. In terms of equipment, I will prepare a hundred artillery pieces of various types and a thousand muskets."
Song Yang was about to go on an expedition and asked Gongsun Qi to prepare supplies.
"Your Majesty, I would like to join you in the Western Expedition." Gongsun Qi requested.
"No. You can't go. Someone must be in charge of Jiangzhou. Ma Cheng can fight on water, but he is not good at fighting on land. Only if you stay and cooperate with him can I rest assured."
Gongsun Qi didn't go in the end because the family really didn't have enough manpower, so he had to stay.
"Your Majesty, what about Biaoxia? Biaoxia wants to go too!"
Wang Dabiao was responsible for the preparation of firearms. Knowing that Song Yang was going to conquer the army himself, of course he wanted to follow him.
He hasn't participated in a battle for a long time.
"You can't leave! If you leave, the supply of gunpowder to the front line will be cut off!"
Song Yang refused angrily.
In the end, Song Yang only took Song Chengwang with him on this trip.
As for the other generals, just pick up Niu Laosan and Wang Yongning.
In the evening, Tong Qian and Shen Xiaowan already knew that Song Yang was going to fight.
When national affairs are at present, they will not say anything not to let them go.
I just wish Song Yang a safe return.
"Your Majesty! You must be safe. We and Steamed Bun are waiting for your return!"
Steamed Bun danced and said: "!@#￥%......&"
"Don't worry, they are not just barbarians. They are much easier to fight than rogue bandits." Song Yang reassured.
In fact, barbarians are more difficult to deal with. They are difficult to find if they hide in the mountains and forests.
Song Yang didn't want his family to worry.
At night, Song Yang put in extra effort and allowed the two girls to sleep peacefully.
On the morning of the next day, all kinds of materials were loaded on the ship on time, and Song Yang discussed the next work with Lao Fang, Ma Cheng, and Gongsun Qi.
"The dispatch department will make the decision regarding the northern front operations."
"If anything happens in Jiangzhou, you three will make your own decision."
"As for the reports of various battles, don't report small things to me. Send them to Chenzhou for big things."
In fact, there is nothing to explain. The three armies on the front line all have strong autonomy.
The main work in Jiangzhou has always been handled by Lao Fang.
Song Yang left and left.
One more of him is not too much, and one less of him is not too much.
…
"Can you just sit down for a while? The shaking makes me have a headache!"
After getting on the boat, Song Chengwang became more and more dishonest and kept walking back and forth in front of Song Yang.
"Uncle Wang! I'm so anxious! I don't know what's going on with Yuhua!" Song Chengwang said with a grimace.
"Ji people have their own destiny, don't worry, Yuhua will be fine."
Song Yang stood up, walked to Song Chengwang, patted him on the shoulder and said comfortingly.
"Alas! Why is there no news at all? I don't know where they are now..."
"Beep beep~ beep beep~ beep beep~"
"Beep beep~ beep beep~ beep beep~"
Before Song Chengwang finished speaking, a whistle sounded faintly outside the cabin.
This whistle sound is very rhythmic and is Jiangzhou’s secret signal.
"Your Majesty, there is a ship coming upstream, please come closer." Feng Yue said outside the door.
Feng Yue is the youngest soldier in the Jiangzhou Guard Station. Because of his young age, he has never been sent to work outside.
He has been doing military training in Jiangzhou, and now he has also joined the general banner.
Song Yang went west this time and took him out as the escort leader along the way.
"Let them come over and see where the boat came from." Song Yang responded.
After a while, the hull swayed slightly and the two ships came close to each other.
"Your Majesty, this is an urgent report from His Highness the Crown Prince of Tanzhou. Please read it."
After a while, Feng Yue came with a letter in his hand.
"Uncle Mao has a letter? What did you say? What did you say?"
When Song Chengwang heard the news about Tanzhou, he immediately came over.
"Don't panic!" Song Yang pressed Song Chengwang and said.
He took the letter, tore off the paint, took out the letter paper and unfolded it on the table.
Song Chengwang's brain immediately came over.
The uncle and nephew stared at the letter.
As a result, Song Chengwang's face became more and more happy the more he looked at it.
"Haha! Yuhua has arrived in Tanzhou! She has arrived in Tanzhou! Uncle Wang! She is safe!"
After reading the letter, Song Chengwang shouted excitedly.
"Haha. How about it? Uncle Wang is right! Good people have their own destiny!"
"Yeah, yeah! Uncle Wang Jiyan!"
"Okay. Your Yuhua is safe this time. It's time for you to worry about it."
"I would be relieved if I could see her! How about we hurry up?"
"Quick ass! You must keep your composure! Who would like you if you are such a frizzy prince?"
"Uh... what Uncle Wang said makes sense, I have to be more prudent and focus on the key points!"
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Three days ago, under the leadership of Miao Yi, the sisters Liu Manqing and Liu Yuhua successfully led more than a hundred confidants into Tanzhou.
While patrolling, a group of Anhua Renaissance Army discovered more than a hundred people who were being chased.
The leading captain was a veteran of Song Mao's army, and the outfit of the group looked like Liu's traitors.
"The thieves are coming! Quick, prepare your muskets!" The Renaissance Army had already raised their muskets.
Miao Zi saw the musket pointed at him from a distance, and was so frightened that he shouted wildly.
"Captain! Don't shoot! It's me! One of our own!"
The Renaissance soldiers heard the shout and looked at the squad leader.
The team leader was stunned, there were so many of his own people over there?
More than a hundred numbers?
Jiangzhou sent a lot of spies to Chenzhou, and there were about a hundred spies together.
But there are more than 100 people who came back at once, and I have never seen them before!
"Hold the gun first, don't be careless, wait until they get close and then judge!"
"Captain, they are being chased by others!"
"It's okay, if they are our own people, then we will fight the ones at the back!"
The squad leader commanded with determination, and the musket in his hand was steady.
"Beep beep~ beep beep~ beep beep~"
When Miao Yi saw that the Fuxing Army on the opposite side had no intention of putting down his gun, he hurriedly took out the whistle from his arms and blew it violently.
"Hey! You are really one of our own!" The squad leader heard the special whistle.
This voice is the special contact signal for the spies.
"One group, two groups! Aim the muskets at the pursuers behind! Three groups and four groups, continue to target these people. Don't relax until the crisis is resolved!"
"yes!"
This team leader is extremely experienced and divided the four groups into half.
This way, if there is fraud, there is room for reaction.
Miao Yi felt relieved when he saw that the Renaissance Army in front separated into two groups.
At least they won't open fire on themselves.
After giving way to the Renaissance Army, Gao Huaipei also chased after him.
"Huh? Why didn't these Tanzhou soldiers attack them?"
"General, they may want to capture you alive!"
"Hmph! There are only forty or fifty people! How dare you compete with us! Rush over and kill them!"
Gao Huaipei raised an army with five hundred troops. When he saw forty or fifty Renaissance troops, he immediately planned to annihilate these forty or fifty people.
"Speed up! Rush over and crush them to death!"
Gao Huaipei shouted cruelly.
On the other side, Liu Manqing saw that the forty Renaissance Army soldiers were divided into two groups.
One team faced themselves, and the other team faced Gao Huaipei's cavalry.
His brows suddenly furrowed.
It's reasonable to doubt one's identity, but with just twenty people, facing five hundred cavalry, isn't this looking for death?
"Brothers! Take up arms! Fight against the traitor Gao Huaipei! Our lives do not need to be exchanged for other people's lives!"
Liu Manqing reined in the reins and said sternly with a steel knife in his hand.
She didn't want these Tanzhou soldiers to help her hold Gao Huaipei down.
"General Liu! Don't be impatient! They have a solution!" Miao Yi hurriedly pulled Liu Manqing and said.
"Is there a way? Is there any way? Twenty versus five hundred? Or fifty versus five hundred!"
Liu Manqing stared angrily, thinking that Miao Yi was afraid of death.
"Bang bang bang!"
Before Miao Yi could answer, a fight started over there.
At a distance of one hundred meters, the Renaissance Army soldiers had already opened fire in advance.
In the first round of 20 gun volleys, seven or eight cavalry were killed.
The overturned cavalryman tripped the horse behind him.
At one time, he knocked down more than a dozen riders.