From the Makufu Mountain to the northwest, it is the territory of Xianning County, Ezhou.

Several people emerged from the valley and stopped halfway up the hill to observe the villages in the col.

The village is not large, there are more than a dozen families in the mountain col, and the shabby thatched houses are so dilapidated that you can tell at a glance that there is no oil and water to fish.

"Colonel Deng Zuo," a man dressed as a mountain man came up from the path, squatting behind the bushes with his short body, as if he was afraid that the villagers in the col would see him, and reported to the leading man in a suppressed voice, "There is another village outside the col, and there are thirty or fifty soldiers, and it will not be passed until night; Let's go back to the lieutenant governor......"

The leading man is Deng Fu, the captain of the left part of the Yuanzhou Governor's Mansion, at this time he fled from the north of the Yuan Dynasty to the territory of Xianning, and did not have a good rest for more than ten days, every day is day and night, drilling the forest and crossing the forest, the eye sockets are deep, the stubble is messy, like a lost dog, at this time they are all dressed as ordinary routs, take off the fine scale armor, replace the ordinary leather armor with a dull luster, and abscond to the mountains of southern Hunan.

Hearing that there was a cottage outside the col, Deng Fu pressed the saber on his waist and said in a deep voice: "If you want to pass through Ezhou, you must have little contact with outsiders, you must remember that no matter at any time, you must not mention the word deputy governor again......" glanced down the mountain, and led people to drill into the valley.

Walking through the steep places, there are hidden paths in the woods and bushes where one or two people are guarding the valley and leaving the valley.

Chen Zishou and the remnants have been hiding in the depths of the valley since the day before yesterday.

Chen Zishou was defeated on the way to Xia Yuan, and when he learned that Zhou Zhizheng was secretly defecting to Huaidong, he did not dare to go to Xia Yuan to join Huang Binghao, but fled to the depths of Heshan Mountain in the north. In the past ten days, Chen Zishou led the remnants to flee all the way north, and it was not until the day before yesterday that he reached the northern foot of Mufu Mountain.

Deng Fu and the others walked back, walked to Chen Zishou with a messy beard and slender cheeks, and said: "Further north, it is the border of Xianning County, between the hills and mountains, and the population is much denser. Although Hu Wenmu wanted to strengthen the defense of Jiangxia and Jingzhou, and transferred a large number of troops and horses north after May, in Ezhou to guard against Huaidong, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were still left......

Hanjin is on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and more than 300 people have traveled for two or three hundred miles day and night, which is not a big problem, but it is not easy to cross the Yangtze River without a trace.

"According to me, I simply set up a camp in the Makufu Mountains, and one after another routs fled from the south, and with the reputation of the deputy governor, it was not difficult to recruit three or five thousand people, and I had soldiers in my hands, and I was worried about him?" A black-faced general said.

"Mufu Mountain can't be stopped, and the whereabouts of the deputy governor can't be leaked out," Deng Fu said, "When Yuanzhou's troops were first defeated, the battlefield was on the north bank of the Yuan River, and the twenty or thirty thousand defeated soldiers fled to Heshan and Mengshan in the north. There were deserters all over the mountains, and the Huaidong Army had no way to clear them one by one, and our two or three hundred people were hidden among them, and they were not conspicuous, so we could escape smoothly. If the whereabouts of the deputy governor are exposed, will the East China Sea Fox Yan easily let it go? ”

Chen Zishou was accompanied by more than 300 guards, and he didn't dare to stop to collect the rout, so he successfully escaped from Yuanzhou Mansion.

"To the northeast of Mufu Mountain, it is the border of Xiushui County, Jiangzhou Prefecture, and we are now in the northwest of Mufu Mountain, which is really in Xianning County, Ezhou, and belongs to the Jinghu Military Defense Area, and the East China Sea Fox doesn't want to let us go, so what can we do?" Chen Zishou was a rebel general, mostly from Jiangzhou, and he was quite familiar with the situation in Jiuling and Mufu Mountain, and a bearded general disagreed with Deng Fu being too cautious and retorted.

Although there are only two or three hundred remnants around Chen Zishou, they are all Chen Zishou's henchmen, but there are many people who are familiar with military geography.

"In order to deal with the situation in the Jingxiang area in early summer, Hu Wenmu transferred Jinghu soldiers and horses to Jiangxia and Jingzhou on a large scale to strengthen the defense, and the garrison in Ezhou was sharply reduced, and the garrison of Xianning County at the northern foot of the Mufu Mountain was only five or six hundred people. Another general said.

"Lin Tie is a privy envoy, in charge of the military and political affairs of the world, although Jinghu is headed by Hu Wenmu, but nominally under the jurisdiction of Jiangning, Lin Tie is a privy envoy to transfer troops into Ezhou, there is nothing to do, especially Lin Tie beat us like that in Yuanzhou, Hu Wenmu is even more unlikely to openly resist Lin Tie," Deng Fu said, "Take 10,000 steps back and say, once the deputy governor leaks his whereabouts in Ezhou, Hu Wenmu doesn't want Lin Tie to have an excuse to transfer troops into Ezhou, and he will definitely not sit idly by and ......ignore the deputy governor."

"This won't work, that won't work, you can say a way," the bearded man said negatively, "We can't defeat the Huaidong Army, can't we even beat the Jinghu Army?" ”

"Lin Tie is in Xia Yuan at this time, there is no sign of going north, Huaidong's main force in Yuanzhou, mainly Zhang Xiongshan's department besieging Xinyu City, and it is not possible for Gu Xiao to escape into the rout between the mountains in northwest Jiangxi for a while," At this time, a young general squeezed in from the periphery and said, "In addition, the fall of Nanyang is imminent, and to deal with the crisis in Jingxiang, after Lin Tie takes Xinyu, he should quickly transfer the main force of soldiers and horses in the hinterland of Jiangxi to the north, instead of scattering his troops and horses among the mountains in northwest Jiangxi to pursue those routs." Similarly, it is precisely because the fall of Nanyang is imminent, and the two families of Hao and Luo are about to join forces with the Northern Yan army to attack Jingzhou in the south, and we stay in Mufu Mountain to contain Hu Wenmu's soldiers and horses in Jingnan, which is more useful, rather than two or three hundred people rushing across the river to flee to the Hao family. is also just like Colonel Deng Zuo's judgment of the army, if Daddy's whereabouts leak out in Mufu Mountain, Hu Wenmu is likely to transfer troops from Ezhou to fight us, but then again, Hu Wenmu's soldiers and horses in Ezhou, can't we still beat them? ”

The young general is Chen Zishou's son Chen Tong, who has been fighting with Chen Zishou in the camp since he was a child, and this time he was able to escape together, and did not stay in Yuanzhou to be liquidated by Huaidong.

"The mountain of Makufu Mountain is also dangerous, even if you can gather three or five thousand people and horses, but what about military food?" Deng Fu asked.

Chen Zishou led the remnants to flee all the way north, not daring to reveal his whereabouts, not only did he not dare to contact with other rout troops along the way, but he also did not dare to fight the cottages with defense forces, and the villages living in groups were not easily looted, but they just caught some birds and beasts along the road to satisfy their hunger, and the eyes of two or three hundred people were hungry and green for more than ten days.

"Fighting two or three big villages, even if the mountain is closed, it should not be a problem to persist for half a year," Chen Tong said, "Half a year later, Jingzhou has fallen, and Yan is riding and drinking on the north bank of the Yangtze River, maybe Hu Wenmu will also descend to Beiyan at that time." At that time, we will have three or five thousand soldiers and horses in our hands, so that we will not give people a low look! ”

Further north, it is the territory of Xianning County, which is densely populated between the hills and mountains, and it is also the central area of Ezhou in Jingzhou.

Deng Fu's plan was to send a few people across the river first, contact Yang Xiong, who was guarding Hanjin, and make an appointment to ask Yang Xiong to send a boat to the south bank to pick them up to cross the river. However, the practical problem, there are more than 300 people around Chen Zishou, and how can he be taken seriously when he crosses the river to Hanjin?

However, it is not reliable to stay in Makufu Mountain.

The 40,000 Yuanzhou army was defeated, and there were almost more than 10,000 soldiers and horses who surrendered, and Lin Jian quickly issued a pardon order in Xia Yuancheng to the remaining defeated soldiers who fled to the northwest of Jiangxi, allowing them to return to their hometowns on their own.

Within the prescribed time limit, the defeated soldiers return to their original places of origin and surrender their soldiers' armor, that is, they will return to their hometowns as citizens, and they will not be prosecuted for their previous crimes.

Deng Fu was very unsure whether they could attract three or five thousand men and horses in the Mufu Mountains. In addition, everyone fled north in a hurry, and many people threw away their armor, even if they could win over three or five thousand people, the armor would not be complete.

Moreover, even if the two families of Luluo and Northern Yan united to take Jingzhou in one go, it is unrealistic to further cross the river and take Ezhou in a short period of time. They will stay in Makufu Mountain, and they will be far more than half a year of perseverance.

Everyone couldn't decide whether to flee or stay for a while, and looked at Chen Zishou, who had not said anything.

"Let's wait and see the situation at Mt. Makufu." Chen Zishou only calmed down at this time.

It is very risky to cross the river from Ezhou Mansion to find a boat, and if two or three hundred people cross the east to join the luxury family, how can they pay attention to the luxury family? If Chen Zishou was a person who was at ease just by surviving, he might have followed Huang Binghao all the way to the black.

Makufu Mountain is the northern vein of the Luoxiao Mountain system, even if it is not advantageous to gain a foothold in Makufu Mountain, there are Jiuling, Heshan, Mengshan, Wugong Mountain and other mountains to the south.

Chen Zishou smashed his fist on the rock, and the battle of Yuan made his heart drip blood, and in addition to heartache, there was an unspeakable humiliation. fled all the way north, perhaps because he was getting farther away from the soldiers and horses of Huaidong, and the fear in his heart gradually disappeared, but this humiliating feeling of being defeated and fleeing became more and more stinging in Chen Zishou's heart, making him almost unbearable.

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The news that Lin Lianqin led the Huaidong elite to capture Yuanzhou soon spread to the north bank.

The horse galloped, went all the way north from Hanjin, changed three times along the way, and ran into Xinye City in one go, not to mention stepping off the mount, and the post soldier who delivered the letter almost foamed at the mouth.

Hu Zongguo opened the letter, and after reading it, he walked to the long case of the letter of review in Luwenzhuang, and said: "Huang Binghao is so useless, nearly 40,000 horses are so devastated, Luxi also fell four days ago, it seems that Zhang Han will also bow to Huaidong in Tanzhou......"

"Is there any news of Chen Zishou?" Hao Wenzhuang looked up and asked.

"Chen Zishou wants to escape from the deep mountains and old forests in northwest Jiangxi, and he has to find a boat to cross the river through Ezhou, how many soldiers and horses can be pulled out?" Hu Zongguo was not interested in whether Chen Zishou could escape.

"If Chen Zishou crosses the river, it doesn't make much sense," said Lu Wenzhuang, "his use is to stay in the Jiuling and Mufu Mountains, and he ......can't worry about Jiangzhou and Ezhou."

"Chen Zishou is a native of Yangxin County, Jiangzhou, located at the eastern foot of Jiuling Mountain, and most of his descendants are from Yangxin County, and he is very familiar with the place. ”

Hu Zongguo said this, Hao Wenzhuang sighed lightly, Yuanzhou's soldiers and horses were so useless and so quickly defeated the Huaidong Army, which was less than half of its troops, to be honest, he was also a little surprised. At the beginning, Luwenzhuang also counted on Huang Binghao to drag the main force of the Huai Eastern Army in Yuanzhou for a while.

In almost less than half a month, all the counties of Yuanzhou Prefecture were called Huaidong.

"Huang Binghao's troops came out of Xinyu, and he asked the Huaidong army to stop the attack, is the timing a little coincidental?" Hao Wenzhuang looked up and asked Hu Zongguo.

"Didn't the Metropolitan Governor assert a long time ago that the East China Sea Fox would abandon Nanyang and settle Jiangxi first?" Hu Zongguo said, "Since Zhou Zhizheng secretly defected to Huaidong, it can't be an accident that the East China Sea Fox can know Huang Binghao's timing of sending troops in advance and send troops to intercept in advance......"

"Everything is so normal that it makes people feel a little unsure." Hao Wenzhuang sighed lightly.

Hu Zongguo will not say that Luwenzhuang is worrying, and dealing with Huaidong over the years has forced them to have more eyes. The more normal things are on the surface of Huaidong, the more likely it is that there are tricks hidden on the back.

Moreover, when using troops to the level of luxury Wenzhuang, sometimes intuition is very important.

Haowenzhuang had such a strong feeling of uneasiness at this time, which made Hu Zongguo gasp. Hu Zongguo sat down, sat down against Haowenzhuang, and carefully deduced the battle situation from the beginning, but nothing happened.

At this time, someone walked into the hall and said, "General Azig, the envoy of Yan, ask to see the governor." ”

"Hurry up, please." Luxury said.

Nahe Azig walked into the Ming Hall, and the blade was not solved, and he arched his hand towards the luxury Wenzhuang and said: "Yuanzhou is down, Huaidong soldiers and horses will soon go north, and our preparations for attacking Nanyang are ready, Prince Mu sent me to Xinye, and asked the Metropolitan Governor to go to Nanyang to supervise the battle......"

"Okay." Luxury said.

After Zhou Fan's troops attacked Xiacheng, Haowenzhuang sent Tian Chang to lead troops to cooperate with Ye Ji Luorong and Zhou Fan to besiege Nanyang. Because Huang Binghao was so useless, he couldn't hold off the Huaidong Army for half a month, and they couldn't wait until Nanyang ran out of food before attacking the city......