Chapter 1036: The Frontline

Naturally, he would not stay long in the river, and soon planned to go to Zhongshan.

Before leaving, Yuan Xi deliberately said more.

"Hey, by the way, you pay attention to the people of the Zhen family, the Zhen family is a big family in Hebei, a wealthy family, don't kill the people of the Zhen family, leave a living mouth, it will be of great use to us."

Yuan Xi admonished Bunton, but Ratun didn't know if he heard it or not, and after waving his hand, he quickly withdrew from the camp.

Yuan Xi made a slight move here, and the brocade guards who had been ambushed here before were able to quickly pass on the news.

The action of the ton is still very fast.

After all, it's going to Zhongshan Country to rob, and it's fast for anyone.

What he lacked most at this time was grain and grass.

He ordered 30,000 soldiers and horses, of which 10,000 were Yuan Xi's infantry, and the other 20,000 were the cavalry of Karasuma's various divisions.

Holding a scimitar, he rushed towards the boundary of Zhongshan Kingdom.

When the soldiers and horses of Badon arrived here.

The soldiers of Jinyi Wei had already arrived in Zhongshan County in advance and told Zhen Yao the news.

Zhen Yao also ran away on horseback a day ago, ran directly from Zhongshan to Changshan County, and then walked Changshan back to Yecheng, and then passed through Yecheng and went south to Yangzhou.

At this time, although there are still some people in Zhongshan, most of them know about the affairs of the river, and some people have already made a lot of noise, and the grass and trees are all soldiers.

Some people also got the news in advance and went south with their families.

Only some spies secretly ambushed by Liu Zheng here did not withdraw in time, and there were some garrisons stationed in various county towns, and they were ordered to be stationed here to resist the enemy army.

Once you escape, it is a capital crime to escape, and as a military general, you will not leave so easily.

Although Zhongshan is very close to the river, because someone has revealed the news in advance, there are not many people left here to loot the Karasuma people like Bunton.

Their speed is very fast, after all, they are cavalry, and it will only take a day and a half to rush from Hejian County to Zhongshan Kingdom.

And after Zhen Yao's side evacuated in advance, there were only some county towns left, and there were many people and horses, although there were a lot of people, but it would definitely take time to attack various cities.

Not much to say, if you fight a small county, a day or two of hard work will definitely be needed.

In this Zhongshan country, although there are not many small counties, if you want to completely occupy Zhongshan country, it will definitely not work without ten days and half a month.

And after Badun sent troops, Xu Huang and Tai Shici of Bohai County also got the news at this time.

In Bohai County, Xu Huang has already brought his 20,000 soldiers and horses, ready to fight at any time.

Just waited for the news to come from the river, when the news of the Jinyi Guard's departure from the river reached the Bohai Sea.

Tai Shici and Xu Huang were immediately overjoyed.

The plan finally made Yuan Xi scheming.

"Great, Yuan Xi's gang really made a move against Zhongshan Kingdom, and thanks to the people of the Zhen family, they didn't evacuate, which will definitely make Yuan Xi unbearable."

After the news came, Tai Shici immediately became excited, said a word to Xu Huang, and wanted to lead the soldiers and horses to attack Hejian with Xu Huang.

Although Hejian County was occupied by Yuan Xi's men, they had just conquered Hejian County and it was not yet solid, and if they counterattacked back at this time, it was very likely that Hejian County would be beaten back.

The loss of Hejian County is equivalent to going south to attack Jizhou this time, and Yuan Xike will be busy in vain.

After hearing Tai Shici's words, Xu Huang also nodded solemnly.

"Ziyi, that's right, now we will lead the cavalry to take Hejian directly, and see if we can directly kill Yuan Xi in Hejian County."

"General Gongming is slow, our army only has more than 30,000 soldiers and horses here, this manpower wants to attack Yuan Xi, but I am afraid that it is not enough, why don't you wait for the arrival of the main attacking army to make plans?"

It's not that Tai Shi Ci doesn't trust Xu Huang enough, but for the sake of prudence, they really don't have much chance of winning if they rush forward with this little manpower, after all, although Yuan Xi sent some troops and horses to leave, there are still tens of thousands of people stationed in Hejian County.

is defense-oriented again, and it is not easy for Xu Huang to attack strongly.

It is better to wait for Liu Zheng's main force to arrive before making plans.

"Lord, now the soldiers and horses are still in Qingzhou, and it will take at least two or three days to get here, we can afford to wait, but Yuan Xi and those people may not wait for us."

Xu Huang hesitated for a moment and said his plan.

Time waits for no one, and the fighters on the battlefield change rapidly.

If you want to wait for Liu Zheng here, although the number of troops has increased, it is indeed better to recapture Hejian County.

However, if the fighter plane is delayed, when Liu Zheng's main force arrives here, the news will definitely be known by Yuan Xi, and maybe Yuan Xi will send someone to transfer these soldiers and horses back, and then a tug-of-war situation will be formed.

When he said this, Tai Shi Ci frowned.

"Then let's do it, general, you first lead the cavalry to the river to surround Yuan Xi under Lecheng County, I am here waiting for His Majesty's headquarters to arrive, and then gather a large army to support you, what do you think?"

The soldiers and horses under Tai Shici were only more than 10,000 people here at this time, and they were mainly infantry, even if they wanted to go to Hejian County, they couldn't keep up with the speed of these cavalry under Xu Huang, and it was good to stay here and wait for Liu Zheng's main army.

When Xu Huang heard Tai Shici's opinion, he also felt that it was okay, so he nodded.

"Okay, then according to what you said, I will lead the cavalry to entangle that Yuan Xi first, and then come over to support!"

After that, Xu Huang and Tai Shici had a clear division of labor, one led 20,000 cavalry to Hejian County first, and Tai Shici stationed in Bohai County, waiting for Liu Zheng's headquarters army to arrive.

At this time, after a long journey of more than ten days, Liu Zheng gradually rushed from Yangzhou to Jizhou.

After walking for several days, the army had just passed Guangzong City and reached the Bohai Navy.

After all, his command is dominated by infantry. There weren't many cavalry, and even if there were cavalry, they were all infantry, and the speed couldn't be much faster.

It's not about support. It's just that the battle against Yuan Xi will be a protracted battle, so the speed of the army is not the main thing, the main thing is whether the baggage team in the rear can arrive quickly.

Only the grain transport officer in the rear will transport the grain and grass to Jizhou first, and Liu Zheng's army can gradually keep up, otherwise the army will arrive in Jizhou without enough grain and grass to deal with, which is also a very terrible thing.

Now he has assembled 20,000 troops from Wenpin in Guangzong, as well as 20,000 horses from Zang Baguanhai, plus more than 10,000 people left behind by Sun Ce and Zhou Yu.

Counting Liu Zheng's own headquarters, the army has exceeded 60,000 horses at this moment.

With such a large number of troops, the amount of grain and grass consumed in a day is huge.