Chapter Seventy-Eight: Xiangyang and Nanjing XIX

Naturally, Zilharan refused.

Zhang Xuan's arrangement did not hide much, and the movement of the army could not be concealed if he wanted to.

Zilharang came out of Fancheng, but only a few miles, he had already received information.

Zilharan was silent, and his hand holding the whip was loose and tight, tight and loose, and let the countless soldiers around him either ride horses or drive the carriage past him.

Fulton was a little breathless and said, "Amma, what should we do?" ”

Jilharang smiled lightly and said, "You remember, I told you when I was a child, the old things about Emperor Taizu. ”

"Yes." Fulton said, "But you don't know what Amma is talking about? ”

Zilharang valued Fulton, the eldest son, the most, so he was educated by his side since he was a child. The way of education is naturally to tell the stories of various dynasties.

Zilharang said: "Naturally, let them come from a few places, and I will go all the way." Although this statement is shallow, it is a wise saying of soldiers. Zhang Xuan underestimated me too much, and wanted to surround me on three sides, but he didn't want to, he came with the whole army, so I naturally didn't dare to fight with him. The distinction between strength and weakness is very clear. And he divided his army into three, and among the three armies, any army should be weaker than our army, isn't it a godsend? ”

Fulton said: "Amma, the thieves are only a few miles apart, and they can echo each other from afar, and they can respond to one and two. Amma's plan, isn't it too risky? ”

Zilharang smiled and said, "My son doesn't know anything, I can naturally let them hear each other's voices, but they can't reach it." He paused slightly, and said to Fulton: "Go, call Zu Runze to me." ”

"Wow." Fulton said.

However, such a trivial errand will naturally not be the little prince of Fulton. Naturally, someone came out.

After a while, Zu Runze came.

When Zu Runze saw Ji'er Harang, he immediately saluted and said, "The slave has seen the prince. ”

The ancestral family has been listed in the banner of the Han army, and speaking of which, it is also a banner person, so there is no need to be called a minister, and he has the qualification to call himself a slave.

Zilharan said, "Get up and speak, I have not yet rewarded you for your merit in carrying grain and grass and repelling the thieves. Do you have any grievances? ”

Zu Runze was slightly sweating on his back, how dare he say a "grievance" at this time. Immediately said: "The slave does not dare." ”

Zilharang said: "Meritorious service will be rewarded, and there will be punishment for mistakes, it is the principle of the imperial court, and it is your merit that is indispensable to you, some messy words, don't think about it." ”

"Thank you for your support." Zu Runze said.

He certainly knows that the so-called "some mess." What do you mean? It's the words of some Mongols. The Mongols who fought together suffered heavy losses, but Zu Runze enjoyed great merit, so they naturally did not want to, so this reward never came down.

Zilharang smiled slightly and said, "Now there is an opportunity to make a contribution, and I want to support you." But I don't know if you dare? ”

"Where is the prince, as long as the prince commands, the slave will go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, and don't say a 'no'." Zu Runze said impassionedly.

"Okay." Zilharang said. He immediately asked Fulton to tell the situation in front of him, and said: "Xu Du, I heard the Eight Kings say that the original battle of Dahongshan, sacrificing life and forgetting death, was also a hard stubble, and Deng He's generation was just a mediocre talent. Don't listen to what the record is. In today's battle, I want to defeat Deng He, and use Deng He's head to let Zhang Xuan see the power of my Qing Dynasty Iron Cavalry. However, in this way, someone needs to block Xu Du for me. ”

Zilharang didn't say it explicitly, but the meaning couldn't be clearer. Zu Runze didn't understand.

This is not a good errand, Zilharang has already said that Xu is not easy to deal with, so it is naturally not easy to deal with. But what Zu Runze understands better is that Zierharang has already talked about this, and he naturally has no possibility of prevarication.

Zu Runze's heart was dripping blood, he didn't know how much of his ancestor's capital would be left after this battle, but he still said generously: "Please rest assured, as long as my ancestral son is here, Xu Du will be a heavenly soldier and a general, and he can't cross the official road one step." ”

"Okay." Zilharan said, "I will give you my back." ”

Zilharang arranged Zu Runze. and called Nikan.

Zilharang didn't have so much nonsense about Nikan, and said directly: "Zhang Xuan is chasing very quickly, you go and call me, you don't need to do anything, just make Zhang Xuan stop." ”

Nikan said, "Uncle Wang, my nephew understands. ”

In front of Fulton, Zilharang made various adjustments to the army and prepared for a big battle. Zilharang is worthy of being a general, and all kinds of adjustments are appropriate, and it seems that unconsciously, the Qing army has been transformed from a marching sequence to a battle sequence.

Not to mention anything else, this method of quietly adjusting the army is not something that some generals under Zhang Xuan's command can do.

After all the preparations were made, Zilharang asked Fulton, "What do you think?" ”

Fulton seemed to have some thoughts in his heart, but it was difficult to say it, and after a long time, he gritted his teeth and said, "What Amma did was like pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth." ”

"Not bad." Zilharang said: "The great cause is difficult, where is there no risk in the war, the tiger's mouth should be extracted, the tooth must be extracted, since the tiger tooth can be extracted, the tiger's minions are gone, and if you want to slaughter the tiger, it will be much simpler." ”

The first wave of fighting between the two sides was launched by Nikan.

Nikan led a large group of cavalry, like a tornado, and rushed towards Zhang Xuan's army.

However, even when Zhang Xuan was on the march, he was very well guarded. Zhang Xuan's headquarters were guarded in the middle, front and back, left and right, all advancing in battle formation, and there were also scouts from all walks of life around the periphery, Nikan rushed over, and it was not to the point of a sudden attack.

Faced with a rigorous phalanx of infantry, Nikan could only come and go abruptly, not daring to engage or stay for a long time.

Almost swept in front of the army, and then fled from sight.

This back and forth seems as if it were useless.

But it is not really useless, first of all, the marching speed of Zhang Xuan's troops has slowed down.

From a marching sequence to a defensive sequence, from a marching column to a tightly knit phalanx. From marching on the official road to completely occupying the fields near the official road.

In such a situation, it is not necessary to think about a fast march at all.

In such a situation, how could Zhang Xuan not see that the intention of the Qing army was at least to delay Zhang Xuan's march time and divide the Xia army. The intent is all too obvious. Not only Zhang Xuan can't see it badly, but also generals with a little combat experience.

Zhang Xuan smiled lightly and said to the generals beside him: "Dongyu has poor skills, and they do this just to attack General Xu or General Deng, but the two generals are both generals, and they have at least thirty or forty thousand horses in their hands, how can they conquer it for a while." ”

"Since he wants to act, I'll accompany him."

"Someone, pass the news here to the two generals."

Zhang Xuan asked again: "That general is willing to be the vanguard and lead the eastern captives to attack?" ”

As soon as Zhang Xuan's words came out, many of the generals below asked for battle.

Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "If Ma Sanbao is here, why do I have to do this? He handed over all the cavalry in his hand to Luo Dai. Now all the cavalry in the entire army are gathered together, and there are less than 1,000 cavalry, and they are all in important posts, so they must not be transferred.

If the heralds, scouts, Zhang Xuan's personal guards, etc.

This feeling of being controlled by others made Zhang Xuan very uncomfortable, and he turned his eyes and chose Wang Guangen.

Zhang Xuan's people have a lot of local troops in Xiangyang, and among the local troops in Xiangyang, Wang Guangen and Wang Guangtai brothers are the most well-known. However, Zhang Xuan had only heard about it, and had not seen the performance of the Wang Guangen brothers on the battlefield.

I'm going to try it out today.

Wang Guangen said loudly: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the minister will definitely defeat the current enemy for Your Majesty." ”

After Wang Guangen was instructed, he immediately led his headquarters to advance beyond the crowd and became the vanguard of the army. Even as the leader of the army, they were not slow to march, and in such a situation, Nikan had to make a move.

Nikan led his men and horses to attack Wang Guangen's army.

Wang Guangen's headquarters was on the march, and the queue was naturally not too rigorous, but it was also prepared, and the two sides did not fight fiercely, which can be said to be very dull.