Bai Wang's command has five good warriors called the five tiger generals in the thief army, the northern expedition in addition to Huang Zhengtang sitting in the De'an old nest except the remaining four people are with him along the river north to attack the city and plunder the land, at this time Wang Tizhong has surrendered to the court, Yuan Sanzhong and Wang Yien in Tongling by Wu Sangui and Ma Ke jointly beaten extremely embarrassed, and the other is Cheng Niandong who led three thousand troops to sit in Anqing.

Cheng Niandong is the youngest and most insidious of the Five Tiger Generals, which is also one of the main reasons why Bai Wang is relieved to let him stay in Anqing, although he only left 3,000 troops, it was exerted to the extreme.

Bai Wang had already analyzed the current situation before leaving, and listened to him, thinking that the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers on the other side of Wuhu who came from the north would most likely not come directly to Anqing, after all, Nanjing was heavy for them to cross the river to intercept the rebel army attacking Nanjing, so Bai Wang wanted to go to the front line on the east bank to sit in command, and of course there were surprises to gain time for the consolidation of Anqing, such as going further towards Nanjing or even breaking the city.

However, Bai Wang also told him that Nanjing is very important to the officers and soldiers, and Anqing is dispensable, but for them Anqing is an extremely important base area, and it is necessary to make a good business and a good defense, although it is unlikely that the officers and soldiers from the north will come straight to it, but it does not rule out the possibility of sending troops to contain it, so it is necessary to remain vigilant at all times, and strictly guard against it, so as not to let the officers and soldiers step into Anqing.

Cheng Niandong thought that he immediately began to arrange after Bai Wang left, and the first step was to be safe, and he convened a mobilization meeting of the rich gentry and some officials in the city, and asked them to help appease the people in the city to ask the righteous army to have a heart, and only with the righteous army can there be a future............ Anyway, all kinds of balabala's brainwashing, this is also their usual method, first wash the people in the control area, and then they can be unanimous with the outside world, and then who uses this routine.

This trick is very customary, mainly because when it was Anqing, Bai Wang did not kill and plunder after entering the city, and even after some rich gentry took the initiative to pay protection money, they did not torture again, after all, he had planned to build this place into a new base in the city.

Then Cheng Niandong sent dozens of spies to the north of the city, and the mountains and rivers in the north of Anqing were almost all over its light and dark posts, although it could not be said that any wind and grass could not hide from him, but only a large number of soldiers and horses would definitely be found when they entered.

At the same time, Cheng Niandong recruited young people in the city for military training as a reserve in case the troops were insufficient, it can be said that this young man had already sharpened his knives while running Anqing, and Huo Huo was waiting for the arrival of Gao Jie and the three.

Scattered out a large number of spies finally had a harvest, Gao Jie's three soldiers and horses were detected by the thieves near Baidang Lake (now north of Zongyang County) and sent to Anqing Mansion, Cheng Niandong was also surprised when he first heard it, but then he was confused, nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers are cavalry, what kind of trouble is this?

Because the cavalry is simply useless here!

Previously, the information given by Wang Tizhong was that there were tens of thousands of officers and soldiers on the other side of Wuhu, and nearly 10,000 came at this time, it seems that Bai Wang's inference was good, the main force of the officers and soldiers still had to cross the river to the east bank to intercept the rebels to prevent them from going north to Nanjing, and these nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses came to attack Anqing in order to contain the rebels, but these officers and soldiers from the north were stupid, thinking that this was the prairie in the north, and it was all cavalry, Cheng Niandong felt ridiculous, but he still responded with twelve points of spirit to the officers and soldiers, and he was determined to hit this officer and soldier hard.

So Cheng Niandong personally led 2,000 elite soldiers and 2,000 cannon fodder out of the city to set up an ambush.

Besides, Gao Jie and the three of them went out day and night, sneaking all the way to Anqing in the rain, intending to take advantage of their unpreparedness to directly attack the city and block it in the city.

At the beginning, the three of them still had a lot of confidence in this plan, after all, Chang Yu made such a big move on the other side to attract the attention and strength of the thief army, and the recent rain in Anqing The thief army may be careless, but when it enters the territory of Dayou Township (now Zongyang County), it feels that things are not so simple, and the scouts sent in front have encountered several bands of the thief army's probe horses and even had a fight, so that both sides know that the other party is coming!

Since it's not dark enough, then don't pretend to be it, and kill it directly to the city! The three of them made a decision after a little deliberation. Thinking that the main force of the thief army had been lured by Chang Yu to the Anqing Mansion on the other side, there should not be many soldiers and horses left behind, and with a force of nearly 10,000 people of three people, it should not be difficult to kill the city openly.

The day before yesterday, the three-person army went to Sturgeon Town, which is actually a big fishing village but also a three-way intersection, this fishing village is next to the Yangtze River in the east, and Shitang Lake in the west, there are two roads from here to Anqing, one is a narrow road between the Yangtze River and Shitang Lake, because the two sides are river beaches and lake beaches are overgrown with weeds and muddy, and the other is to walk a few miles west from Sturgeon Town and then stick to Dalong Mountain and Shitang Lake to walk the mountain road, which is bumpy and thorny and full of rocks.

But no matter which road to take, there is no advantage for the cavalry, and even it will become a drag oil bottle, Gao Jie and the three of them discussed by the river for a while, and finally chose to take the road by the river, the reason is very simple, since the thief army has found out, there is no need to sneak around so far to take the mountain road, and the mountain road has a great constraint on the cavalry, just marching is already inconvenient, if the war is even more fueling.

Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, these three people are all well-known figures in the current Ming Dynasty, all of them are warlords who hold military power, and Liu Zeqing should be the most powerful in terms of strength, after all, he is the master who dares to resist the will of the family, followed by Liu Liangzuo, this guy doesn't seem to be very obvious, but it is actually the kind of slippery head that makes a lot of money with a muffled voice, on the other hand, although Gao Jie is brave but less resourceful, why is he not a little bit of the city, and is often used as a gunman, but he is the weakest of the three, but he is also the person who dares to fight a tough battle, at this time, the three of them are headed by him, He is the only one.

Why did the weakest one become the talker?

The reason is still very simple, the combat effectiveness of the war is not better than the family, and the other one is whose backer is bigger, Liu Liangzuo has not officially boarded Chang Yu's ship, Liu Ze is on the ship, but it is not as good as Gao Jie's brotherhood.

So Gao Jie said, Lao Tzu said, and the remaining two will not fight for him. What's more, the two also know that although the person who said the matter is majestic, he has to resist lightning if there is a leak.

After deciding to take the east road, Gao Jie ordered the whole army to enter the battle mode, because it was only fifty or sixty miles to Anqing, although it was possible to start a war, and because the road was too narrow and muddy, the cavalry was not able to deal with the war, Gao Jie let Liu Zeqing's more than 1,000 people abandon the army as the vanguard of the foot, and he was in the center of Liu Liangzuo's palace, this arrangement made Er Liu secretly scolded Gao Jie in his heart for being too treacherous and selfish, especially Liu Zeqing was very unhappy, you two have been fighting in this surrounding area for many years, and you are familiar with geography and the tactics of the thief army are not at the forefront. Just let me, a foreign monk, chant the scriptures first, isn't this Nima a bully?

However, although he was angry in his heart, Liu Zeqing also knew that it was not appropriate to tear it up, don't rebel in his nest before the fight started, and he should obey Gao Jie's arrangement and command before, plus he also has the heart to make meritorious contributions, so he buried it in his heart at this time and was silent.

But Gao Jie put him at the forefront, is it really selfish?

Of course not, at least not all!

He's just helping Chang Yu do things.

If it is a mortal person, of course it must be used on the blade.

The march on a cloudy day is cool, but the river embankment is narrow and long, the east side is the rolling river, the river beach is littered with stones, people and horses are difficult to walk, the west side of the lake is sparkling, you can't see the edge at a glance, the lake is overgrown with weeds and mosquitoes, the narrowest place only allows three horses to ride together, plus the rainy days and the river embankment is muddy, walking for more than half an hour, it is only less than five miles, but this muddy road sandwiched between the rivers and lakes has more than 20 miles, seeing that the sky is getting dark, if it is blocked here, it is very bad.

As for why it is not good, everyone knows in their hearts, but no one wants to be the crow's mouth to say that unlucky word.

However, some things should come and will always come, and he won't come because you don't say it, just when Gao Jie was about to go to the front of the people to urge him to speed up, he reported urgently: Ten miles ahead, I found that the thief army had thousands of people blocking the way!

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