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20,000 troops, with a banner of the word "Qin", roared out of the east gate of Changsha;

Qin Mu let the carriage stop on the side of the road, lifted the curtain and looked at the team moving forward, his brows furrowed secretly. After all, it's only ten days since the recruit eggs were pulled up, and it looks like the whole team is still very scattered. Commanding such an army to fight, Qin Mu really had no bottom in his heart.

Among the 20,000 people, only 500 were veterans brought out by Qin Mu from Ganzhou, and Qin Mu, who was deeply worried, had to give an order to Huang Lianshan next to the car: "Pass my general order and order Su Jin to immediately lead the cavalry south to join the official." ”

"Yes, sir." Huang Lianshan rode away in response.

In the carriage, Zhuge Min, He Liang, and Li Yuan were huddled together, discussing on a simple map, Qin Mu's style of behavior they had learned this time, the army had driven out of the city, and the route of the march and the location of the attack had not been finalized.

However, Qin Mu had his own ideas, Zhang Xianzhong threw away all his baggage, and the marching speed was very fast, and it was time to wait.

In addition, marching and fighting are often jihua unable to catch up with the changes, and slowly discussing haodejihua at home often does not work when you come out. At this time, the wisest thing to do is to lead the army to the Eastern Front first, and then draw up a detailed battle plan according to the facts found by the scouts.

Zhuge Min pointed to the map and said to Qin Mu: "My lord, although Zhang Xianzhong gave up his baggage, but after all, it is more than 100,000 troops, from Liling to the north, there are many mountains along the way, you can only take Wang Xian, Pukou, Baitu Pond, King Kong, Da Yao, Liuyang This road, from Liuyang to the west of 100 miles, is Changsha City, to the north you can reach Yuezhou. Whether Zhang Xianzhong wants to attack Changsha or go north directly, Liuyang is the place they must pass through. At our speed, we can rush to Liuyang in two days at most, but Liuyang is a small county, and the city is small and the walls are short. It is not enough to hold on, and our army is too small, once we enter the city, it is easy to be trapped to death. ”

Qin Mu nodded when he heard this, if it is a big city, Zhang Xianzhong came with a light division, and he can still say that he will be consumed by relying on a strong city, but it is just a small county like Liuyang, and he can climb up by taking a personal ladder, and entering the city to defend is tantamount to tying his hands and feet.

Li Yuan stroked his thick and black short beard and asked, "My lord." Dare to ask, is the adult planning to prevent Zhang Xianzhong from coming west to Changsha, or do you want to prevent him from going north? ”

Li Yuan's question is not untargeted, after all, Qin Mu only has 20,000 recruits in his hands, while Zhang Xianzhong has an army of 130,000, if he only prevents him from coming west to attack Changsha, Zhang Xianzhong has the north to go, and he may not be hard to wear out with Qin Mu in the case of shortage of grain and grass;

But if he wants to block even the road to the north, Zhang Xianzhong will definitely do whatever it takes. At that time, the 130,000 rebels will fight for their lives, and although Qin Mu's 20,000 recruits have a geographical advantage, they may not be able to bear it.

As soon as Qin Mu received that Zhang Xianzhong was copying the path to the north, he immediately sent troops out of the city. He really didn't have time to think about this question, but at this moment, after Li Yuan mentioned it, he pondered it in his heart, and felt that it was really a word that even the road to the north was blocked. Zhang Xianzhong is still fighting, and he may lose a big defeat.

It's just such a haode opportunity, so Zhang Xianzhong was let go north. He was not reconciled.

He Liang thought for a while and said: "My lord, and Zhang Kewang, our anti-traitor plan can only delay him for a while, and soon he will find out that Li Zicheng's army is going south is pure fiction." Regardless of whether Zhang Xianzhong still trusts him in the future, this time he will definitely go south with all his strength to respond, one is not good, we will be attacked on both sides, and we have to guard against it. ”

Qin Mu thought for a while and said: "Just let Zhang Xianzhong go north so easily, after meeting with Zhang Kewang, it must be a great increase in morale, when Zhang Xianzhong removes the twentieth army to the south, my Changsha is even more dangerous, let's not guard against the south of Liuyang first, choose a few dangerous mountain passes to be deployed layer by layer, drag Zhang Xianzhong for as long as you can, look at the morale of his army and then decide whether the whole army is on the line, if it can't be stopped, it is not too late for us to retreat to the western front, in this way, we can also buy Meng Ke them time to return to the north." As for Zhang Kewang in the north, let Ling Zhan block it first, and then let Su Jin go north to delay the enemy. ”

War is like this, and it can't always be that you have the right time, the right place, and the right people.

If there are 2,000 elite soldiers in Ganzhou, Qin Mu is ninety percent sure that Zhang Xianzhong's 130,000 horses will not be able to pass Liuyang, but these 20,000 untrained recruits, once they are put into battle, it is difficult for the gods to predict what will happen, and now there is only one step at the moment.

Red clothes, red pants and red cloak, even the color of the horse sitting down is red, which makes the red lady look like a burning flame, she led a group of subordinates to follow Qin Mu's army out of the city, the ghost jumped and hesitated for a long time, but still couldn't help asking: "Sister Hong, what are we going to do?" ”

When the red lady heard that Qin Mu led the army to stop Zhang Xianzhong, she subconsciously followed out, and was asked by the ghost three jumps, she couldn't help but be a little dazed, yes, what are you doing with it? Zhang Xianzhong has already suffered a setback, and it will be impossible to occupy half of Jiangnan for a while, so it is said that her goal here is also achieved, so why should she go with her?

The red lady looked at the big flag with the word "Qin" on the side of the road, the black flag and her red dress formed a strong contrast, "Qin Mu likes black" The red lady thought of this, and her heart was inexplicably melancholy.

She silently stopped the war horse, and the team behind her also stopped, Xing Lao Qi glared at the ghost three times, and then said with a smile: "Sister Hong, it's all out, why don't we go and have a look, I've been in Changsha City for so many days, it's good to let the brothers go out and have a little fun." ”

"Yes, yes, yes, we're all getting sick, Sister Hong, let's go and have a look."

The red lady looked back at Xing Lao Qi and Ghost Sanyue and the others, sniffed and asked, "Do you really want to go?" ”

"I really want to go, Sister Hong, let's go, let's hurry up."

"Then you go, I don't want to go." The red lady said and turned the horse's head. Xing Lao Qi's eyes were like knives, and he glanced at the ghost three times, and hurriedly stopped: "Sister Hong, if you don't go, how can we go?" Hey, then Qin Mu is here. ”

Everyone turned their heads to look, and sure enough, they saw Qin Mu get out of the carriage, jump on the war horse, and rush over to this side. Xing Lao Qi coughed twice and said, "Sister Hong, you and you will talk first, and my brother and I will rest next to me for a while." ”

"Yes, yes, yes." The ghost jumped in agreement, and ran away with a group of subordinates with a hula and a horse.

The red lady was left stunned in place, and she was a little overwhelmed for a while.

When Qin Mu arrived, he couldn't help but smile dumbly when he saw her trying to keep a face.

"What are you laughing at?"

"I'm laughing, you're young, is it necessary to learn how to do facelifts?"

Although the red lady didn't understand the specific meaning of the puller for a while, her intuition told her that Qin Mu must have nothing good to say, and as soon as she saw Qin Mu's smiling face, she had an inexplicable anger in her heart, and she wanted to beat him up before she was relieved.

"Don't you, yours, the war is urgent, I forgot to inform you before, you came just in time, let's go, let's go and take a look, this battle is full of recruits who have just been pulled up, there is really no certainty of victory, I have to rely on you to save my life when the time comes." Qin Mu said with a straight face.

"What does it matter to me whether you live or die? You whore, you are clean when you die! ”

Qin Mu was stunned, as if he didn't understand how the red lady could say such a thing, and after looking her up and down, Qin Mu sighed gloomily: "Since you said so, I can't help it, okay, you go back to the city, I can't stay for a long time, don't let it go." ”

As soon as Qin Mu turned the horse's head, the angry voice of the red lady came from behind him: "Why should I go back to the city, you won't let me go, I'm still going, drive!" ”

A red shadow swept past Qin Mu's side, and the iron hooves splashed mud and flew to his face, making him can't help but close his eyes, and Li Shi and Niu Wanshan next to him pretended not to see anything, and pinned their faces to the side one by one.

The 20,000-strong army marched eastward, from Changsha to Liuyang, most of the distance was relatively easy to walk, and the speed of the army's march was not slow.

Liu Meng was still urging back and forth, although Qin Mu came in person, the specific marching, camping and other matters were delegated to him, and it was the first time for him to command so many troops, he felt a great responsibility, and did not dare to be negligent;

If you can arrive a moment earlier, you can build a defense line a moment earlier, and you will have a better chance of winning, 20,000 against 130,000, and most of your subordinates are recruits, and you have no bottom in your heart!.

(To be continued......)