(7,000-word chapter, asking for red tickets)

Lower Yuan City is sandwiched in the mountains of Ganxiang, into the middle of August, although it is full of greenery, but people stand at the head of the city, have felt cool, and the heat is gone.

Yuanzhou's soldiers and horses are not political, generals can wear battle clothes, but the scribes can't pass through the court official robes, Zhou Zhizheng is standing at the head of the city, wearing a soap shirt, looking at the surrounding mountains, a heart is very tight.

Leaving the east of the city, the front soldiers and horses have entered the foothills of Xiaoping Mountain, the post road there is as thin as cotton thread, and the soldiers are as thin as ants, which can only be roughly distinguished, and the rear soldiers and horses are still going out of the city to the east in a steady stream.

Four days ago, when Huang Binghao formulated a strategy for sending troops to Xinyu, he planned to transfer 20,000 soldiers and horses to the east, but when he was about to leave, Huang Binghao temporarily decided to send another 10,000 soldiers and horses.

With Chen Zishou and Zhang Xiongshan as the chief and deputy marshals, and his son Huang Lizhang as the supervising military envoy, he led 30,000 soldiers and horses to enter Xinyu, and Huang Binghao only had 5,000 soldiers and horses left behind in Xia Yuan.

If Yuzhang had made a policy based on the previous intelligence, it would have seriously underestimated the number of troops sent by Yuan Zhou to Xinyu.

Huaidong only has a total of 16,700 cavalry in Yuzhang, and after deducting the basic defensive strength of Yuzhang and other cities, he can enter Xinyu without transferring 10,000 cavalry.

Although the Huaidong Army is extremely elite, fighting in the field outside the city, it can defeat the Yuanzhou soldiers and horses with one enemy and two, but can it still defeat three with one?

Moreover, from Xia Yuan to Xinyu, it is only more than 130 miles, and Huaidong's soldiers and horses in Yuzhang have to travel 300 miles to enter Xinyu through Yangle to the west. Even if Huaidong's soldiers and horses in Yuzhang could set off a day earlier than here, it would not be possible to arrive in Xinyu City before this side.

If Chen Zishou is asked to lead his troops to enter Xinyu City first and defend the city, no matter how elite the Huaidong soldiers and horses are, it will be difficult to overcome them suddenly, and the plan to lure the soldiers and horses of Yuanzhou out of the city for field battles will fall through......

Even if it is believed that Huaidong's overall strength is far from being the enemy of Yuanzhou, when it comes to the upcoming Xinyu encounter, Zhou Zhizheng is still worried about whether Huaidong's soldiers and horses in Yuzhang can win.

Worried, Zhou Zhizheng couldn't help but look back at Wu Jingze, who was standing a little farther away and pretending to be his attendant and ascending the city tower.

Huang Binghao, who was watching the soldiers and horses from the city tower, saw Zhou Zhizheng turning his head and also glanced back.

Huang Binghao's hope was unintentional, but Zhou Zhizheng was so frightened that his soul almost flew away; Fortunately, Wu Jingze's expression was as usual, and he looked over, as if asking Zhou Zhizheng what he commanded.

Huang Binghao did not have any suspicions, so he turned his head and continued to watch the soldiers and horses pull out of the city.

Although Zhou Zhizheng was trusted by Huang Binghao, he could stand side by side with Tang Shide and others in front of the battlement wall with Huang Binghao and watch the soldiers and horses go out of the city, but Wu Jingze pretended to be Zhou Zhizheng's servant, so it was impossible to get close to the front and leave Huang Binghao's personal guards on the periphery.

However, Huang Binghao's personal guards were not very vigilant, Wu Jingze looked at Huang Binghao and him, there were three or five people apart, and everyone's attention was attracted to the soldiers and horses drawn under the city, he drew his sword and rushed in at this time, and he was still somewhat sure that Huang Binghao would be killed in the city with one blow.

Although Wu Jingze's face was as usual, when he saw that the opportunity to assassinate Huang Binghao was in front of him, he inevitably had a tight breath and a dry throat.

After a long while, Wu Jingze breathed a sigh of relief and suppressed the urge to reach out and draw the knife.

By the time 30,000 soldiers and horses set up camp in three groups and marched out of Dongcheng, it was already past noon.

Zhou Zhizheng was worried that if he continued to stay by Huang Binghao's side, he would accidentally miss the horse's feet and cause death, so he wanted to go back to Yuanzhou in the name of supervising grain.

Huang Binghao did not doubt him, Xu Zhouzhi was going back to Yuanzhou to supervise the next batch of grain and grass.

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Leaving Xia Yuancheng and heading west, Zhou Zhizheng was in a car, Wu Jingze was a groom, sitting in front of the car and driving, and four other Hu were riding horses with swords and following behind to protect, all of whom were servants who followed Zhou Zhizheng and Duozheng.

Zhou Zhizheng moved forward and sat down, and asked Wu Jingze worriedly: "Huang Binghao has temporarily added 10,000 soldiers and horses, if Yuzhang is unprepared, I'm afraid there will be a problem!" ”

"Hezhong Mansion has 30,000 soldiers and horses in Ruyang, and Chen Zhihu has 3,000 elite troops to attack and defeat, why?" Wu Jingze didn't have too much to worry about, the two armies were facing each other, there were too many factors that affected the outcome of the victory, and the number of troops was only one aspect, but it was not a decisive factor, otherwise, Liu An'er, these bandit leaders, would have already taken over the world, although there were 40,000 soldiers and horses in Yuanzhou, but in the later stage, Luwenzhuang also had the intention of restricting Huang Binghao, and the Yuanzhou army and armor were not all complete, not to mention that there would be no fighting spirit and no soldiers, how could they confront the elite of Huaidong?

Zhou knew that he was a civilian official and had never had much contact with the military, so in order to dispel his doubts, Wu Jingze explained, "Huang Binghao didn't dare to disclose his true intention to surrender to Yanyu and send troops to Xinyu to contain my Huaidong soldiers and horses for Yanyu, and how could he make his soldiers determined to fight against the elite of Huaidong?" For Yuzhang's side, there is no big problem with how many troops will be sent here, and the most difficult thing to grasp is the time to send troops here......"

Seeing that Wu Jingze had such confidence, Zhou Zhizheng felt a little relieved, and said with emotion: "When Chongguo Gong first started, he used troops to outnumber the people in Yannan, and defeated Hu Ma more than 10,000 in the wild, and the world was shocked. No matter how many soldiers and horses there are in Yuanzhou, it will be difficult to stop the elite of Huaidong, but it is difficult to grasp the timing of this dispatch. Huang Binghao also has eyeliner in Yuzhang, and if Yuzhang acts too early, it will inevitably cause vigilance, and it will be difficult to lead the snake; However, Yuan went to Xinyu, only one hundred and thirty miles, and Yuzhang went to Xinyu, more than three hundred miles, how could Chen Zishou's army meet and fight in Xinyu City? ”

Indeed, if Chen Zishou was asked to lead his troops to enter Xinyu City first and defend the city, it would be difficult for the Huaidong Army to attack it suddenly, Wu Jingze looked at the rolling hills on both sides of the avenue, and said: "The road to Xinyu is short, but the road is narrow and dangerous, and it is difficult to go quickly. 30,000 soldiers and horses are walking on the narrow road, even if they do not stop day and night, it is not slow for the vanguard soldiers and horses led by Zhang Xiongshan to enter Xinyu City before noon tomorrow. After entering Yangle from Yuzhang along Jinshui to the west, and then going south to Xinyu from the valley road between Mengshan and Moshan, the road is relatively wide, which is conducive to the passage of the Ma army. Even if Yuzhang's vanguard soldiers and horses chose to start today, the cavalry went first, and the time to enter Xinyu would not be later than Chen Zishou! ”

Zhou Zhizheng thought about it, it took half a day for the 30,000 soldiers and horses in Yuanzhou to be pulled, and it was precisely from Xia Yuan to Xinyu that the road was narrow and narrow, and it was difficult to go quickly.

From Xia Yuan to Xinyu, there are two roads of water and land.

The waterway is the Yuan River, when the Yuan River descends to the southern foot of Sendai Mountain, the waterway sandwiches the cliffs of Sendai Mountain and the Gang Ridge, and it is only more than ten zhang wide. Yuan River is the main river of Yuanzhou Mansion, the source of Wugong Mountain, undertake Wugong Mountain, Heshan, Mengshan and other mountains and rivers that are hundreds of miles long, and in the summer and autumn rainy season, in the territory of Xia Yuan County, the water potential of Yuan River becomes great.

Such a large river, the total amount of rain in summer, is even larger than the Xinjiang River that flows from the source of Shangrao, but in the territory of Xia Yuan County, the narrow waterway of the Zhangang Gorge is sandwiched, and it is difficult to discharge, so in the upper reaches of the Qigang Canyon and in the south of Xia Yuancheng, the vast Jingxiang Lake is formed.

In the summer and autumn rainy season, the upstream water is very large, and the downstream is sandwiched by the Gang Canyon, the lake is more than 100 miles wide, and the water potential of the downstream of the Jargang Canyon becomes extremely vicious in the summer and autumn, and it is extremely unfavorable for ships to pass.

So in the summer and autumn rainy season, waterways are never an option for marching.

In the east of Xia Yuan City, on the northeast shore of Jingxiang Lake, the valley between Bijia Mountain and Xiaoping Mountain is slightly gentle, so it becomes the road to the east of Xia Yuan.

However, it is said to be a valley road, but it is also narrow and dangerous to sandwich the hills and mountains on both sides, which is not conducive to the rapid passage of large groups of soldiers and horses.

Zhou Zhizheng is not good at military affairs, but he has traveled to various places early and is very familiar with the geographical situation in Jiangxi.

After the Shangrao War, Lin Jian did not immediately lead the army to attack Yuanzhou, but sent people to recruit Huang Binghao, the main reason is that the terrain from Xinyu to Xia Yuan is dangerous and narrow, and the terrain is only open up when Xinyu goes down.

Although the road mileage from Xia Yuan to Xinyu is less than half of that from Yuzhang to Xinyu, the two armies from Xia Yuan and Yuzhang to Xinyu at the same time, the first soldiers and horses on the Xia Yuan side are mainly soldiers, and the cavalry on the Yuzhang side is first, which may not be slightly slower than this side.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhizheng shook his head, excused his worries, and said: "If you care, you will ...... mess."

Wu Jingze smiled, and discussed with Zhou Zhizheng about contacting the officials and generals of the main delegation.

Since the surrender in May, Yuanzhou's army has been divided into three factions, one faction for the main surrender, one faction for neutrality, and one faction for the main battle.

The main battle faction and the main surrender faction with a firm stance are in the minority, and more people still have the idea of riding on the wall and waiting: even if they know that Huaidong is powerful, they are afraid of liquidation afterwards, and they want to keep their current official position and power.

Since Huang Binghao is determined to confront Huaidong, even if he can't purge Yuanzhou's main surrender faction for a while, he will not relax his vigilance, except for the soldiers and horses who went to Xinyu, most of the nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses who stayed in Yuanzhou and Xia Yuan were the main surrender faction that needed to be vigilant and monitored.

As long as Chen Zishou led the main force of Yuanzhou's army to Xinyu to be defeated, if Zhou Zhizheng could contact the officials and generals sent by the main army, he would be able to control the situation in Yuanzhou and Xiayuan, and coerce Huang Binghao to surrender together.

The fast horse dragged the cart and rushed to Yuanzhou late at night.

The grain and grass that Yuanzhou will transport to Xia Yuan and Xinyu have been loaded into trucks and are waiting for the dawn to be pulled.

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Zhou Zhizheng said that he was going back to Yuanzhou to supervise grain, so he stopped in Yuanzhou City for half the night, and then went down to Yuan with the grain after dawn.

In addition to getting out of Huang Binghao's field of vision, Zhou Zhizheng can't be regarded as running back and forth, the leading captain who escorted the grain and grass is not an outsider, it is Zhou Zhizheng's nephew Zhou Qichang.

Zhou Qichang is only a battalion general, and he is not a descendant of Huang Binghao and Chen Zishou, and even because Zhou Zhizheng and Huang Binghao did not have a good relationship in the early days, he was implicated and suppressed in the army.

With 40,000 soldiers and horses in Yuanzhou, and more than 200 generals above the rank of battalion captain, Zhou Qichang was not conspicuous at all, and even when the people in Yuanzhou were arguing about the surrender, there was no room for Zhou Qichang to express his position.

There were more than 400 soldiers under Zhou Qichang's command, of which 1560 were all children of the Zhou clan or fellow villagers.

Although this point of strength was not inconspicuous before and could not play a key role, Chen Zishou led the main force of the Yuanzhou army to Xinyu, Huang Binghao's garrison in Yuancheng was only 4,000 people, and the remaining troops in Yuanzhou City were only 2,000.

Carriage to transport grain and grass, in addition to the escort of the soldiers and horses, there are more than 500 people who are forcibly requisitioned, the speed of the line is naturally not fast, half a day to walk less than 30 miles, Zhou Zhizheng looked at the hot sun, and Zhou Qichang, who was wearing armor and walking across the horse, said: "The sun is hot, Qichang, you order to go down, rest for an hour to see the sun and then go ahead." ”

Listening to Zhou Zhizheng's words, he first pulled the reins and stopped the carriage and glanced back at Zhou Qichang.

"This batch of grain will go directly through Xia Yuan City to Xinyu," Zhou Qichang wiped the sweat on his forehead and said, "If I rest for an hour at this time, I'm afraid I won't be able to pass through Xia Yuan City before nightfall tomorrow......"

"Chen Zishou led his troops first, and the soldiers all prepared dry food for five or six days, and after arriving in Xinyu, they can also raise food from the locality, and they are not afraid that we will be a day or two late—you go and order us to do so," Zhou Zhizheng said, "In addition, you summoned Qi Sheng and Zhou Xiu's Zhou disciples to me, and I haven't been with you juniors for a few days." ”

Although Zhou Qichang was puzzled, he also told the team to stop and rest according to Zhou Zhizheng's instructions.

Even if it is not said that Zhou Zhizheng's official position in the Yuanzhou Governor's Mansion is far higher than Zhou Qichang's, with Zhou Zhizheng's status and prestige in the Zhou clan, Zhou Qichang will not resist him.

Huang Binghao originally organized and trained Jiangzhou, focusing on the township bravery, so it was inevitable that the position of lieutenant general in the army should be controlled in the hands of the township tyrants and the children of the big clans. At the same time, Huang Binghao wanted to use the cohesion of the clan and the township to increase the combat effectiveness of the battalion, and he could only connive at the generals to gather and organize the army in the township and clan units, forming a situation in which the soldiers were the generals and the interests of the clan were paramount.

Although Huang Binghao could still control most of the soldiers and horses of the Yuan Zhou army at this time, in front of the four or five hundred soldiers in front of the battalion generals and junior colonels who were either the children of the Zhou family or the juniors of Zhou Zhizheng's fellow villagers, Huang Binghao's words might not be more effective than Zhou Zhizheng.

"The privy envoy sent someone to Yuanzhou to recruit surrender last time, saying that Yuanzhou must cede Xinyu to be at peace, and there is no room for concession. Before the deadline given by the privy envoy, the governor sent Chen Zishou to seize Xinyu, "Zhou Zhizheng got out of the car, walked to a boulder on the side of the road and sat down, and asked Zhou Qichang, Zhou Qisheng, Zhou Xiu and other Zhou children, "What do you think about this?" ”

Zhou Qichang, Zhou Qisheng, and Zhou Xiu were all stunned for a while: Zhou Zhizheng specially warned them not to discuss this matter casually, and Zhou Zhizheng's attitude on this matter was also neutral, how could he discuss this matter in the clan after Chen Zishou led his troops to Xinyu and the matter was a foregone conclusion?

At this time, Luo and Hao both surrendered to Yanyu and jointly used troops against Nanyang, and Huang Binghao also intended to do so. He sent troops to Xinyu, not for Yuanzhou to stand on his own, but to contain Huaidong's troops in the hinterland of Jiangxi for Yan Lu in Yuanzhou, so that he could not cross the river to participate in the war," Zhou Zhizheng said, "Huang Binghao is stubborn and self-serving, he has made up his mind, and it is difficult for others to change it, and I have to submit to it." Although we have to submit to it for the time being, I still have to explain the truth to you......"

"Good people don't do it, they want to be dogs," the rough-looking Zhou Xiu couldn't bear it the most, since Zhou Zhizheng expressed his dissatisfaction, they naturally didn't need to be a city government anymore, and scolded directly, "Wait for Yuan, there is a trail between Mengshan Mountain to go to Yangle." As far as I can see, we don't care about those ghost fishers, we will burn these baggage and go directly to Yuzhang to get the ......"

"Hugh has to talk nonsense," Zhou Qichang stopped Zhou Xiu, suppressed his voice, and said, "You are walking well, what about the wives and children in Yuanzhou City?" When he said this, he also glanced at Wu Jingze beside Zhou Zhizheng vigilantly.

Wu Jingze quite admired Zhou Qichang's vigilance.

Zhou Xiu reprimanded Zhou Qichang so much that he had nothing to say, their families were all in Yuanzhou City, Zhou Zhizheng was a major sect of the Zhou family, not a servant, and his wife, concubines, nephews and other relatives had more than 30 people in Yuanzhou City, how could they abandon it and flee to Yuzhang alone?

Zhou Zhizheng will not explain it all at once, but just patted Zhou Qichang and pretended to sigh helplessly.

The children of the Zhou family were very frustrated and helpless.

At this time, there were a few fast horses galloping in the east, and when they came closer, they restrained their horses, and the first person said directly to Zhou Zhizheng: "Lord Zhou, your lord has an order, you supervise the grain and grass to move quickly, and there must be no delay on the road!" ”

The person who came was Huang Binghao's guard, and he rode on horseback to convey Huang Binghao's order to Zhou Zhizheng, revealing his contempt for Zhou Zhizheng, who was a clerk, and made Zhou Qichang and other Zhou children very dissatisfied in their eyes.

Zhou Xiu couldn't hold his breath the most, his face was very condensed, if he wasn't afraid of Huang Binghao's aftermath, he would have stepped forward to pull the man off the horse and beat him.

Zhou Zhizheng was not angry, he knew that Huang Binghao would not send his henchmen to go just to urge food, and asked: "My lord asked General Chen to come over to urge food, but what happened in Xinyu?" ”

"Xinyu is fighting with the Huaidong Army over there," Xiao Colonel said indifferently, "General Zishou can't enter the city in Xinyu for a while, so he won't be able to raise food from the locality, and you need Lord Zhou to go faster." ”

"......" Zhou Zhizheng forcibly suppressed his beating heart, and asked calmly, "How could it be, how could the Huaidong Army come so quickly?" ”

Zhou Zhizheng's heart was beating wildly, and his fingers couldn't help but tremble; However, the little colonel saw it in his eyes, and only when he knew that he was afraid of the Huaidong Army, he looked down on these courageless scribes more and more in his heart, and said: "It should be the envoy sent by Yuzhang to discuss the surrender, there are only more than 600 people, although the number of envoys is more than the last time, and he deliberately came to Yuanzhou to show off his might, just to give the flag to General Zishou!" What is Lord Zhou panicking about? ”

"Ahh Zhou Zhizheng couldn't hold back the disappointment in his heart, and forcibly didn't look at Wu Jingze to ask him what was going on, and forced himself to calm down and said, "That's good, that's good, but don't have any accidents that ruin the governor's plan!" ”

"It's not bad," Colonel Qinwei smiled arrogantly and said, "The Huaidong soldiers are also flesh, not iron, only General Zhang Xiongshan has the courage of one enemy and a hundred, more than six hundred horsemen, and the sacrifice clan is not enough." It's good to be like this, if you frustrate the spirit of the east, the morale of the soldiers and horses of Yuanzhou will inevitably be greatly boosted! ”

The Huaidong army fought the elite of the luxury family like a dog, and the generals of Yuanzhou themselves were defeated by the luxury family, and the Huaidong army soldiers pointed out, which naturally made the people of Yuanzhou breathless and unable to resist.

Now that there is a chance to eat a small group of soldiers and horses in Huaidong and boost morale, Zhou Zhizheng can imagine Huang Binghao's excitement.

Zhou Zhizheng knew that the Huaidong Army had more than 4,000 cavalry in Yuzhang, and sent troops from Yuzhang to seize Xinyu City before Chen Zishou, so it shouldn't be less than 3,000 cavalry!

But when he heard that Huang Binghao's guard colonel said that Zhang Xiongshan's vanguard only encountered six or seven hundred soldiers and horses from Huaidong outside Xinyu City, Zhou Zhizheng's heart kept sinking, only when something unforeseen happened to Yuzhang.

In order to take Xinyu by surprise, Huang Binghao used Zhang Xiongshan as the vanguard general, and the 3,000 pioneers led by Huang Binghao were all Huang Binghao's personal soldiers; and Chen Zishou led the main force of the Chinese army of 20,000 people; Huaidong only sent six or seven hundred vanguard soldiers and horses, even if they rushed to Xinyu first, how could they resist Chen Zishou from entering Xinyu City?

Zhou Zhizheng forcibly sent Huang Binghao's personal guard colonel back to Yuancheng first, and then he couldn't suppress the worry in his heart, pulled Wu Jingze aside, suppressed his voice, and asked worriedly: "Why are the vanguard soldiers and horses sent by Yuzhang only so little?" ”

Wu Jingze said with a smile: "Huang Binghao and Chen Zishou asked Huaidong Ruhu, this move is their desperate bet, how can they not be cautious?" Chen Zishou led 30,000 soldiers and horses to Xinyu, and it was impossible not to send a large number of scouts to monitor the movements of Yangle and Yuzhang between Mengshan and Moshan in the east and north of Xinyu. Without the cover of extreme weather such as the polar night, heavy rain and fog, it was difficult for the Huaidong Army to ambush by surprise. If Chen Zishou had discovered in advance that three thousand elite cavalry in Huaidong had suddenly appeared in the north of Xinyu, wouldn't it be to scare him away? ”

Wu Jingze pulled Zhou Zhizheng to squat down again, drew the terrain of Yuanzhou on the ground, and analyzed it for him, "From Xia Yuan to Xinyu, the road is narrow and narrow, and the two wings are steep mountains, so it is difficult to sneak attack from the flanks. Zhang Xiongshan took the lead in the front, while Chen Zishou's central army and rear had not even left the Yuan County border. If after our department engages with Zhang Xiongshan, Chen Zishou will lead the main force to turn around and flee to Yuancheng, and our department will inevitably defeat Zhang Xiongshan completely, so that we can pursue the main force led by Chen Zishou again, and there is no possibility of outflanking - I think Yuzhang will send a small number of soldiers and horses first, one is to prevent Zhang Xiongshan from seizing Xinyu first, and the other is to lead the main force of Chen Zishou's department to the vicinity of Xinyu City, so as not to give Chen Zishou a chance to escape back to Xia Yuancheng! ”

"Oh," Zhou Zhizheng didn't know about military affairs after all, and when he saw Wu Jingze so calm, he was not so panicked, but he was not at ease, and said, "The three thousand soldiers and horses who followed Zhang Xiongshan first are the elite who have followed Huang Binghao for many years, and Zhang Xiongshan has the courage of one enemy and one hundred, and Yuzhang sent six or seven hundred people to go first, can you drag them down?" ”

Wu Jingze said with a smile: "The three thousand soldiers and horses who followed Zhang Xiongshan first were the elite of the Yuanzhou army, but I think the six or seven hundred people sent by Yuzhang should also be the elite of the Huaidong army." I don't know if the elite of the Yuanzhou army is more powerful, or the elite of the Huaidong army is more powerful - however, the main purpose of the advance troops and horses on Yuzhang's side should be to delay Chen Zishou's main force from entering the remnants of Xinyu, and it is not so easy to eat. ”

"If you care, you will be chaotic, and if you care, you will be chaotic." Zhou Zhizheng laughed at himself, think about it, Lin Tieren is in Yuzhang City, if the soldiers and horses who go first are the elite of his personal guards, they are selected from the 300,000 Huaidong Army, and they are the elite of the elite who have turned to the world. And Huang Binghao's personal guards are just selected from Jiangzhou, Chen Zishou and Zhang Xiongshan are difficult to meet opponents in Jiangzhou Mansion, but in the world, they may not be able to be famous.

Zhou Zhizheng said again: "Mr. Wu is so familiar with military affairs, why don't you lead the troops to fight?" ”

Zhou Zhizheng saw that Wu Jingze knew geography, hydrology, generals, and strategy, so he was a rare general. With such a character, the Huaidong Army is not used to block one side and lead the army to fight, but it is a pity to use him to lurk in Yuanzhou.

Wu Jingze laughed and said: "There are many generals in Huaidongliang, Jingze's ability is slight, and he is really unable to lead the troops...... He has the opportunity to stay in the third town marshal of the Changshan Army to Yu Wencheng as his deputy, but the matter on Yuanzhou's side is also very important, and Lin Jian temporarily transferred him over.

However, in the Huaidong Army, Lin Jian attaches great importance to the work of the Military Intelligence Department, and Wu Jingze and they will not feel neglected.

Wu Jingze said again: "Since we have made sure that Yuzhang has sent troops and horses to Xinyu, then we must speed up the pace on our side......

"Oh," Zhou Zhizheng asked, "why?" ”

"I estimate," Wu Jingze said, "the main force of the cavalry battalion on Yuzhang's side will arrive at the Xinyu battlefield by tomorrow afternoon at the latest, and this is almost the time when Chen Zishou will lead the main force to attract Xinyu and cannot retreat." The main force of the infantry battalion on the Yuzhang side will arrive in Xinyu one day later, but Chen Zishou may turn around and flee after the main force of our cavalry battalion arrives. Calculate the time, we should pass through Xia Yuan City before nightfall tomorrow, and stop the convoy at the mouth of the gorge at the northeast foot of Xiaoping Mountain before noon the day after tomorrow! ”

"Do you want to block Chen Zishou's escape to the west?" Zhou Zhizheng asked.

"We don't have to block it completely, when the time comes, we can just throw away the cart and run away." Wu Jingze said with a smile.

There are only four or five hundred people here, and they may not all be able to obey Zhou Zhizheng's orders, and they themselves are used by Huang Binghao as a grain soldier, and their combat power is limited. If Chen Zishou led his troops to flee to Yuan, and blocked the road with these four or five hundred people, he didn't know how many would survive in the end - if Huaidong was elite, he could do this for the sake of the overall victory, but Wu Jingze did not expect to be able to convince the children of the Zhou family, who were still in the dark at this time, to work so hard for Huaidong.

Wu Jingze said that the gorge at the northeast foot of Xiaoping Mountain is the narrowest and most dangerous mouth between Xia Yuan and Xinyu, the most dangerous place is less than ten zhang wide, and the cliffs on both sides are high, and hundreds of wagons full of grain and mules and horses pulling carts are thrown at that mouth, causing chaos, at least the Yuanzhou army that fled down to Yuancheng can be blocked outside the gorge for half a day.

As for whether it will work in the end, you need to be prepared in advance.

Wu Jingze explained the plan to Zhou Zhizheng in detail, and Zhou Zhizheng said lightly. When Chen Zishou led his troops to flee, they threw away their baggage and fled first, even if Huang Binghao would be angry, he would not think of going elsewhere.

Although Zhou Zhizheng made up his mind to join Huaidong, he did not have the intention of throwing away the lives of the children of the four or five hundred township clans to fight for wealth. The reason why he voted for Huaidong is that Huaidong is so powerful that people can't fight against it, and more importantly, it is to protect the villagers.

If it weren't for this, Zhou Zhizheng would have been plotting with Huang Binghao for Yanhu's wealth. Yan Hu Xu Huang Binghao was crowned king, and the few civil and military generals at the core of his subordinates were naturally indispensable to the feudal princes. Zhou Zhizheng didn't think that Huaidong would give him the wealth of a prince, and he was not so greedy.