Shen Guogong's handsome banner stood fifteen miles away, and Wang Zhixiang came to see his father dejectedly.

Zhao Wei was afraid that his eldest brother would scold his nephew, so he preemptively said: "The marshal, the young marshal took the lead, pursued the fleeing bandit army, beheaded more than 100 people, and captured more than 400 people. ”

Wang Keming had already received a report that his son was ambushed by the enemy, trapped in a rice field, and died of an arrow on his mount, several of his guards were injured, and dozens of accompanying soldiers died. Wang Keming originally planned to take advantage of this time to teach his son a good lesson, beat him with twenty military sticks to make him have a long memory, Zhao Wei heard the gong, this kid actually dared to disobey the order, if he committed it in the hands of others, this one could kill him.

With a straight face and a beard, Wang Zhixiang knew that his father was angry, so he didn't dare to say more, so he honestly knelt in front of his father and asked for guilt. Thinking of the tragic death of the mount, my heart is like a knife, and they all say that the man has tears and does not flick, but the tears can't help but fall.

Wang Keming sighed secretly, the poor son may not be a husband, his son is still a good man, but he was overly cared for by his wife, and he only went out with him when he was nearly thirty years old, even if he followed him when he went to the Northern Desert, Xiang'er would not make such a mistake. If you make a mistake today or a good thing, beat him so that he can make fewer mistakes in the future, and twenty military sticks, beating him in the son's body and in the father's heart.

After Wang Zhixiang was tortured, Zhao Wei smiled and said, "Big nephew, loosen your muscles and bones, it feels good." I thought that your father and I were going to be beaten with a military stick by Old Man Zhu for three days and two days, and I didn't feel comfortable without beating for ten days and a half months. ”

Wang Zhixiang's ass was hot, his mood was indeed better, and he smiled bitterly: "Third uncle, you don't need to comfort me, the little nephew made a mistake and deserves to be punished, but it's a pity that my red electricity is blamed on me." ”

Zhao Wei sighed: "Eat a trench and grow a wisdom, today's lesson should be remembered." Your father beating you is also heartbroken for you, you have to be clear about this reason. Okay, don't be sad, look what I've brought. ”

As he spoke, Zhao Wei pointed behind him. Wang Zhixiang saw a white horse, Jiang Anyi gave his father two horses, one red and one white, the red red electricity was given to Wang Zhixiang, and the white flying frost Wang Keming rode himself. Zhao Wei said with a smile: "Your father knows that Chidian died to save you, so let me give you Feishuang, so that you can calm down and think more, you can't be brave in battle." ”

Wang Zhixiang nodded again and again, but his footsteps walked towards Feishuang, and caressed Feishuang's neck lovingly, Feishuang snorted, and licked Wang Zhixiang's face kissingly, Wang Zhixiang suddenly felt much better, if it weren't for the fact that his buttocks were still hurting, he really wanted to turn over and ride his horse and whip up.

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Shen Guogong did not order the pursuit of the thief army, which made many ambushes prepared by Rao Qiangfeng and Dong Haoyun in advance fall into the void, and returned to Fuma County depressedly.

In the hall, the generals did not have the arrogance of the past, after defeating Ma Chenguang, the heavenly army was invincible, thinking that the official army was just a wine bag and rice bag, but attacking Xingyun Mansion, the official army met with 3,000 people, breaking 20,000 people, the heavy cavalry in the official army was simply a nightmare, these officers and soldiers who even wore armor on horses, arrows could not penetrate, guns could not penetrate, they were hit and directly touched, and there was no way to fight this battle.

Dong Haoyun raised his voice: "Generals, victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, although our army has made small losses

Advantage, but the advantage is still there, and the officers and soldiers do not dare to pursue. ”

The gloomy atmosphere in the lobby loosened a little, and Hua Lizhu asked, "Military Division, what's the matter with the officers and soldiers who are also armored, how come I have never seen this kind of officers and soldiers?" ”

Dong Haoyun explained: "That is the heavy cavalry army of the government, there are only about 20,000 in the entire Dazheng, mainly used to fight against the Northern Desert people, and a few are equipped with sixteen guards in Beijing, but I didn't expect Wang Keming to bring the heavy cavalry army to the south this time." However, judging from the number, it is only about five hundred horses, this kind of heavy riding has a large impact and is difficult to resist head-on, but the heavy riding speed is not fast, it is difficult to attack far, it is afraid of climbing, and the maneuvering is not effective, as long as it does not meet in the plains, the heavy riding is easy to crack. ”

If you want to rebel, of course, you have some understanding of the arms and ordnance of the court, Rao Qiangfeng and Dong Haoyun spent a lot of effort to collect information in this regard, and even heard about the new catapult in Huazhou. But knowing is knowing, if you want to imitate it, there is no way, not only the problem of financial resources, but also technology, take the chopping knife as an example, Dong Haoyun ordered people to create several according to the pattern, but the strength is not enough, it will be dull without a few strokes, and it cannot be used. As for the heavy cavalry, neither of them planned to try, there were not many war horses in the Heavenly Army, not to mention horses that could wear armor, as well as horse armor, you must know that the Mo people did not lack war horses, and they did not have the ability to organize a heavy cavalry team, and the court had emptied the silver of the treasury in order to build 20,000 heavy horses.

"Shame and courage", Dong Haoyun said loudly: "Generals, the officers and soldiers are not local chickens and dogs, if everyone does not step up their training, a catastrophe will come." ”

Rao Qiangfeng took over and said: "Pass on my order, the troops who collect grain from all over the country will assemble within five days, form a camp on the line of Fuma, Zhuping, and Panshui, build fortifications, and fight a decisive battle with the officers and troops. ”

Soon after the order was handed down, Cao Chengduo's troops brought back the news of their defeat, Rao Qiang's front was like iron, Cao Chengduo was his brother, although he said that he had been prepared from the day of the rebellion, but it was still difficult to accept the news of Cao Chengduo's death.

"Fang Zhizhong, Rao will break your body into ten thousand pieces." It took a long time for Rao Qiangfeng to squeeze a few words out of his mouth.

Dong Haoyun frowned and said: "The court ordered the vassal kings from all over the country to command the troops to defend the imperial state, judging from the battle between the soldiers and horses of Renzhou and Cao Chengduo, Fang Zhizhong only dispatched five hundred soldiers and horses, and the combat strength of these five hundred soldiers and horses far exceeded that of the government army, so it seems that the strength of the guards of the palace is very strong. ”

Rao Qiangfeng was full of hatred, gritted his teeth and said: "The Anyang Palace's mansion is only a thousand guards, and my army can beat him into powder by raising his hand to avenge Cao Chengduo." ”

Dong Haoyun sighed and said, "General, I know that you are sad about General Cao's death, but the military situation is like fire, and I hope that the general can calm down." ”

After Rao Qiangfeng calmed down, Dong Haoyun continued: "There are only a thousand guards in the Anyang Palace, and I am afraid that there are more than that in secret. The general raised troops to Renzhou in a big way, and Renzhou was sure to stick to Anyang Mansion to wait for reinforcements, and it was almost impossible for the Heavenly Army to break through Anyang Mansion in a short time. Wang Keming's army is behind him, once he leads the army to chase him, the inside and the outside should be combined, I am afraid that the army of the heavens will not be far from destruction. ”

Rao Qiangfeng said: "According to the opinion of the military advisor, how should I act? ”

"Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood", Dong Haoyun stroked his beard and said: "The strength of the Heavenly Army is not strong, and it is not a last resort to fight with the official army

Don't stay long. ”

Rao Qiangfeng said with some surprise: "Didn't the military advisor say that the army should be assembled and build fortifications in Fuma, Zhuping, and Panshui to fight a decisive battle with the officers and troops?" ”

Dong Haoyun smiled slyly and said: "These words are for the spies of the official army, and there are many people who plan to defect to the official army. I asked the general to say this to paralyze Wang Keming, and only sent a small number of soldiers and horses to blask here, and the army quickly moved south, leaving the battlefield and flying away. ”

Rao Qiangfeng pondered for a moment in his heart, although there are many people in the Heavenly Army, it may not be possible to win if it really fights with the official army, and the longer it is entangled, the more officers and soldiers come to reinforce it, and the Heavenly Army can only rely on fighting all the way and coercing the people to grow. Rao Qiangfeng gritted his teeth, even if he died, he would toss to the bottom.

His eyes fell on the map on the table, there were two ways to leave Fangzhou, one was to learn from Wu Yanhao to float on the Yuanhua River, there are eight states on both sides of the Yuanhua River, and there are seven options in addition to Fangzhou; First, after crossing the Yuanhua River, the army went south to Renzhou or Huangzhou, and it was difficult for the court to send a large army to besiege them for a while.

Dong Haoyun came to the table, pointed to the map and said: "Walking along the river, we don't have so many boats, and when Zhu Jinfeng cleared Wu Yanhao, he set up a lot of military towns by the river, and there are catapults in the military towns, which pose too much threat to the army, and the heavenly army can only go south." ”

Rao Qiangfeng never forgot to avenge Cao Chengduo, and said: "Since you are going south, you will simply enter Renzhou and avenge Cao Chengduo." ”

Dong Haoyun smiled bitterly: "General, I have already said that the strength of the Anyang Royal Mansion in Renzhou is not weak, and it is difficult for the Heavenly Army to win in a short time, and Huangzhou does not have a vassal king, so it is relatively weak, so I suggest going south to Huangzhou." ”

Seeing Rao Qiangfeng's stupid face, Dong Haoyun had an idea, and said: "General, Zhang Zhicheng, the assassin of Huangzhou, is Jiang Anyi's friend, and Fang Zhizhong, who hurt General Cao, is Jiang Anyi's brother-in-law. ”

One sentence turned up the new and old hatred in Rao Qiangfeng's heart, and Rao Qiangfeng said hatefully: "Yes, this Jiang Anyi is indeed Rao's old enemy, but it's a pity that he is far away in Huazhou, otherwise Rao will kill him if he dies." ”

Dong Haoyun said with a smile: "General, that Jiang Anyi is a native of Pingshan Town, Xinqi County, Dezhou, and the general Xingshi went south into Huangzhou, and then went straight east to Dezhou. Jiang Anyi is a famous gold pointer, the Jiang family is rich, the general might as well destroy the Jiang family and take his family's ill-gotten gains, and the Jiang family produces famous wine, gold and jade liquid, and there are not a few stored grains, which can be filled with military rations. ”

Rao Qiangfeng smiled cruelly: "Yes, Rao is a little impatient." ”

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On the second day of the first month of August, Rao Qiangfeng left Huang Sanben to lead 5,000 people to garrison in Fuma County, and 40,000 troops crossed the Yuanhua River into Huangzhou in three days. Zhang Yucheng, the assassin of Huangzhou, had already prepared, and the grain harvest in the territory had already been completed, and he ordered the people to enter the city nearby or scatter in the remote mountain villages.

Wang Keming, the Duke of Shenguo, had already noticed that Rao Qiangfeng's army was far away, and on the sixth day of August, he broke through the headquarters of Huang San, and successively recovered Fuma, Zhuping, Panshui and other counties, and the territory of Fangzhou was basically calmed. Wang Keming let the assassin Shi clean up the aftermath, and led 5,000 troops to cross the river in pursuit, and the eighth army entered the territory of Huangzhou in early August. At this moment, Rao Qiangfeng has already led the army to prepare to enter Texas.