After waiting for another three days, Wu Sanfu still couldn't send back useful news, and the time had come to the seventh day of the third month of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen.

The solid ground, which was originally frozen, has begun to show signs of thawing, and if it drags on for some longer, spring ploughing will begin.

Xu Changqing didn't wait any longer, and directly began to dispatch troops and prepare to send troops!

Wu Sanfu can't be blamed for this incompetence.

By this time, Xu Changqing's understanding of the powerful forces in these places in the countryside of Daming was becoming more and more thorough.

If nothing else, let's talk about Fengguo Town, the towns and villages around Tiemen Pass.

With the running of Gonggong Li, the above channels have been opened, and the Lijin County Ya in charge has already agreed to this matter.

Including the people in these places, because of Xu Changqing's careful preparation these days, they also want to join Xu Changqing's command and enjoy those preferential treatments.

However, the clan elders in dozens of towns and villages jointly spoke, 'How can a civilian household become a military household?' This is to be poked in the backbone by future generations. ’

This instantly extinguished the enthusiasm of these people.

Even if they thought of Xu Changqing's command, they didn't dare to come at all!

Although these clan elders do not have any official positions, they are all Tuyan kings in the countryside, and their ancestors are general, and they have the power of life and death over their clansmen.

However, even if the sect elder has some rights, he is actually a group of uncivilized buns, how dare he openly confront Xu Changqing's power that has already shocked the world?

It is no wonder that there are literati and landlords behind them, giving them the benefit of fighting for their lives!

Xu Changqing was not in a hurry about this.

At this time, the reason why he attacked the ghost master in advance was also a means to deter these literati and landlords.

In order to hide from it, Xu Changqing did not go out during the day, but in the middle of the night.

In the middle of the hour, a procession of about 22,300 people began to board the ship one after another.

Among them, there are 150 bird gunners who have just made up 30 bird guns, 700 pikemen, 200 turtledove guns, Zhang Hu's more than 150 cavalry, and nearly 300 slingshot men led by Zhang Dagong and Li Zhu, as well as Tang Ruowang and his more than 100 students.

The rest are more than 500 small auxiliaries and more than 200 old auxiliaries selected from the children of artisan households.

Although there is no need to worry about the safety of the Haicheng camp, there are no powerful armed forces around, let alone hostile armed forces, but the Haicheng camp is Xu Changqing's lair, and Xu Changqing still left more than 600 new and old soldiers, guarded by his henchmen Mao Qun and Wang Anshan.

Although Mao Qun and Wang Anshan's pioneering ability is not strong, there is no problem at all in keeping the success.

At noon on the eighth day of the first month of March, Xu Changqing's main force successfully arrived at the mouth of the Shang River, and Wu Sanfu's people had been waiting here for a long time.

Because Ma Harrier's Zhuangzi was on the south bank of the Shang River, Xu Changqing did not choose the north bank of the Shang River, which was more sparsely populated and easier to hide.

Although the Shang River is still frozen, this freezing is no longer strong, and it is impossible to cross the river on the ice.

This made Xu Changqing and his troops only able to travel at night.

For other teams, the difficulty of night combat is much less than that of night marching, after all, there will be fire in battle, which can restrain night blindness, and night marching, many night blind people, including those with poor strength, are really blind.

But this is obviously not a problem for Xu Changqing's team.

Eating well and being nutritious is only one aspect, and people who really have bad eyesight and can't be remedied by any remedy have already been cleared out of the team.

In addition, with the old fritter Zhang Ye leading the team, there is basically no difficulty.

……

On the night of the tenth day of the first month of March, Xu Changqing's team had already approached the county seat of Zhanhua and temporarily settled in a dense forest in the northeast of the county.

In the past two days and less than three days, Xu Changqing's troops actually traveled more than 160 miles at night.

Even though there is a relationship between Zhang Ye leading the way and saving a lot of effort, you can also know the comprehensive quality of the soldiers under Xu Changqing.

Because there is a village around, it is necessary to keep it hidden, and no one can light a fire this night.

But the soldiers did not complain, they all huddled in their tents, relying on each other's body temperature to keep warm.

After these days, with the strict military discipline and Xu Changqing's careful teaching, they have already gone deep into the bone marrow of 'military orders'.

Even if the recruits don't understand, the veterans will quickly teach them what to do.

In the middle of the forest, Xu Changqing's big tent was the only existence with a faint light.

However, this is not a candle, but a special kerosene lamp.

At this time, I am afraid that Xu Changqing has the financial resources to use kerosene lamps directly without candles.

No way.

There is a large oil field under the feet, and it is a large oil field that is completely undeveloped, and this consumption is obviously a drop in the bucket.

In the tent, Xu Changqing was having a meeting with core officers such as Zhang Ye, Zhao Zengjin, Xu Xiu, Zhang Hu, Zhang Dagong, and Li Zhu.

John Tang also brought two of his disciples to observe.

Because of the unique advantages, Zhang Ye is the keynote speaker at this time.

At this time, he was pointing to a carefully drawn map of Liujiabao and analyzing the topography around Liujiabao in detail.

Even though he has worked hard for a few days, his age is almost aware of the destiny of heaven, and most of his hair is gray, but his eyes are bright, and he can't see the slightest tiredness at all, as if he has returned to the high-spirited appearance he had when he was young in Liaodi.

"Dashuai, my lords, after several years of operation of this horse harrier, the fort wall has increased a lot, and it is close to three zhang. Outside the fort, a moat nearly ten zhang wide was dug, and there were more than a dozen towers around it, and there was only one gate at the south gate! If we want to attack, I'm afraid it won't be easy, and we must plan carefully. According to the humble opinion, we can first surround Zhuangzi, trap them for ten days and eight days, and constantly put pressure on them to cause civil strife, so that we can save a lot of strength to break through the fortress. ”

Everyone nodded, cherishing the opportunity to learn from Zhang Ye's old fritters.

Xu Changqing also nodded again and again.

After all, Zhang Ye is an old fritter, and his personal quality and military quality are not to be said.

His method, in fact, is also a common method used by the Qing army to deal with the Ming Dynasty, besieging but not attacking, or calling the encirclement point to send reinforcements, using power to oppress the enemy and produce chaos within the enemy, so as to form the best effect.

However, to others, this earthen fort may be very sturdy and difficult to fight, and to Xu Changqing, it is not even an appetizer.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Xu Changqing smiled: "What Zhang Ye said is right, this is indeed a good way." However, Master Zhang, Ben Shuai has some secret weapons, maybe there is no need to be so troublesome, and after the time is over, the team can set off and directly surround Liujiabao! It is expected that as soon as it dawns tomorrow, Liujiabao will be taken within half an hour! ”

"Half, half an hour?"

Zhang Ye was speechless for a moment, and looked at Xu Changqing almost incredibly: "Dashuai, this, how is this possible?" ”

Everyone else was speechless.

The scale of the defense of Liujiabao is by no means weaker than that of ordinary county seats, and it may even be better than ordinary county seats.

Even Tang Ruowang was a little surprised, waiting for Xu Changqing's explanation.

Only Zhang Dagong and Li Zhu glanced at each other, both smiling and silent.

They have polished the essence to the present, how can mortals understand?

Xu Changqing smiled: "Well, this is a secret for the time being, and it needs to be kept secret first." Master Zhang, everyone, what we need to discuss now is how to prevent the people and dogs in the fort from jumping off the beam and escaping after surrounding this fort! ”

Zhang Ye and Tang Ruowang were a little helpless, Xu Changqing actually sold Guanzi at this time, however, they were soon led away from the topic by Xu Changqing and began to converge on new issues.

It's a much simpler problem than how to breach the fort.

Although Liujiabao is not small, with a circumference of only ten miles, because of the defense, its high walls are thick, which effectively improves its fixed defense at the same time, but also creates great difficulty for the people inside to escape.

What is the concept of a three-zhang high wall?

This is nearly ten meters, which is taller than the ordinary three-story building of later generations.

If you jump down from above, it is equivalent to jumping down from the floor on the fourth floor.

Even if there is a moat underneath, but the moat has not completely thawed at this time, jumping on this kind of ice that has begun to thaw, even if you don't fall to death, there is a chance that eight times out of ten. Nine was also drowned alive by falling into the river.

When the time comes, all that is needed is Zhang Hu and his cavalry, patrolling around.

It was the more than 1,000 defenders of Zhanhua City who wanted to pay attention.

However, this problem is not a big deal.

The pattern of Liujiabao has only one gate, so Xu Changqing does not need to maintain too many troops in front of Liujiabao.

It's okay if the defenders of Zhanhua City don't come, but if they dare to come, Xu Changqing doesn't mind teaching them how to behave again.

……

At the beginning of the ugly period, the troops moved quickly.

The only sound in the huge camp was the sound of Suosuo's tent packing and footsteps, and almost no one spoke.

Even half of the auxiliaries know when to keep their mouths shut.

This forest camp is only more than thirty miles away from Liujiabao, and according to the speed of Xu Changqing's children, this is almost an hour or more.

Soon, the team was on the road quickly and orderly without any firelight guidance.

Of course, Xu Changqing could not rush to send troops without any reason.

Not surprisingly, at this time, Wu Sanfu should be ready to escort the prison army Li Gonggong.

Early tomorrow morning, they will set off from Zhanhua City and go straight to Liujiabao, which has formed a definite encirclement!

Because everything was well planned, the troops were going very well.

A little more than the first moment, the team successfully arrived at Liujiabao.

The cavalry led by Zhang Hu was the first to spread out and explore the terrain, while Xu Changqing and the main force were at the main gate and quickly began to build defenses.

It is no wonder that Zhang Ye would be so cautious in assessing Xu Changqing's defense of Liujiabao before, and at this time, he really stood in front of this fort, and Xu Changqing understood.

The moon is not very good tonight, and the visibility is only a few tens of meters.

Standing in Xu Changqing's position at this time, looking over, the Liujiabao in front of him was like an unfathomable giant monster in the dark.

On the city wall, there are many orderly and vigorous fires, like this monster grows eyes and watches you.

Even if he couldn't see the details clearly, Xu Changqing also understood that if he attacked Liujiabao according to the ordinary siege method, without paying the lives of dozens or even hundreds of people, he really couldn't do it.

However, what are they bandits, Xu Changqing's choice of this time is extremely vicious, just when people are most tired, although the fire on the city wall is very bright, but there is no human figure.

To this extent, Xu Changqing was actually not afraid of being discovered by the people of Liujiabao at all.

When the troops successfully arrived at Liujiabao, the fate of that horse harrier and his minions was already doomed!