After a short rest after the meal, when the soldiers were getting ready to go, the vanguard of Li Yan's troops had arrived, and their faces were full of dust. Chang Yu ordered his subordinates to go ahead and went to see Li Yan.
Li Yan's pioneer team was traveling quickly and lightly, carrying only dry food. At this time, Chang Yu's troops broke out of camp and picked up some leftover soup to drink.
"The latest information is that Li Zicheng's army has been surrounding Baoding Prefecture for three days without fighting." The two of them went to the foot of a willow tree by the road and saw new shoots sprouting, tender and yellow. Chang Yu stretched out his hand and broke a branch with a solemn expression.
Li Yan didn't know what to say for a moment, he just looked at his subordinates who were resting in the distance, with mixed feelings in his heart, but his face was equally solemn.
"What do you think?" Chang Yu looked at Li Yan. When manpower is always limited, no matter how clever and calculating he is, he will only have one head. However, the generals around him are many powerful but few wise, but only Li Yan is more resourceful. Let me ask.
Li Yan took a long breath and thought for a while: "He is waiting."
"What are you waiting for? Waiting for the governor?" Chang Yu was startled.
"The intruder kidnapped the refugees without thinking. Although the momentum is huge, there are actually hardships to be said. No one can hold him back as he marches all the way eastward but cannot get out. He now urgently needs a battle to consume the pressure. The reason why he surrounded but did not fight may be because he was waiting for Baoding Prefecture. The people couldn't help but take action first, or wait for the reinforcements from the imperial court to fight a fierce battle, or maybe just wait for the guards of Baoding Prefecture to surrender." Li Yan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Anyway, I am waiting. I don't know what I am waiting for, but But it gave us time."
Chang Yu nodded slightly: "Reinforcements have been in Dezhou, Shandong recently. They are very close. Zhou Yuji has also arrived in Dingzhou. He is not in a hurry to take action. Either he doesn't take the officers and soldiers seriously, or he wants to make a big fight. The lion opens his mouth. We want to catch all the surrounding officers and soldiers." He said with a sneer: "I'm afraid I don't know that the governor is here again."
Li Yan chuckled: "Maybe I'm just waiting for you."
"That's a good thing for him to worry about." Chang Yu raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Yan: "General Li, can you use a good strategy to retreat the enemy?"
Li Yan lowered his eyebrows and drew a circle on the ground with his foot: "What a resemblance to the Qing army during the battle with Ningyuan."
"But there are no mountains to refuse and no dangers to defend outside Baoding Mansion. It's hard to quench the thirst for close proximity if you are far away!" Chang Yu frowned.
"But the bandit army does not have the invincible cavalry like the Tartars!" Li Yan smiled slightly: "And it is possible to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao."
Chang Yu nodded silently, Li Zicheng now has power all over the Central Plains, and he is guarding various cities. If he can besiege Baoding Prefecture, then I can remove his men everywhere one by one!
"Where is the Shenji Camp?" Chang Yu asked again.
"I guess we are near the capital." Li Yan was startled for a moment. The Shenji Battalion withdrew its troops from outside the customs and returned to the capital. Because the artillery baggage was too heavy, the journey was slower than the Red Lady. When Chang Yu left the capital and went south, they had just touched it. Calculating the boundaries of the capital, according to the speed, we can reach the capital at night, but Wu Weiying is afraid that he will not be able to enter the house, so he has to go south to suppress the thieves. Who told Chang Yu to use the magic machine camp so smoothly?
"You don't have to follow too closely or in a hurry. You can even wait for the Shenji Battalion to set up a suspicious formation in the north, bluff and wait for my orders." Chang Yu already had a rough plan in his mind.
Li Yan was extremely intelligent and knew the elegant meaning of the strings when he heard them: "Does the governor want to go deep into the tiger's den?"
"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the cub." Chang Yu sneered: "The intruder has been working with the imperial court for more than ten years, and he has never seen any kind of fighting style. The governor just played with him that is not mainstream, let him try new things, and gain insight. ".
Li Yan agreed, but thought it was too risky, and asked to go with Chang Yu, but Chang Yu refused. Shi Kefa was deeply surrounded and unable to move. He wanted to move his troops dangerously into the tiger's den, and the outer perimeter must be The only person left to strategize and control the overall situation is Li Yan.
"Your subordinates are strictly ordered not to disturb the people. Anyone who disobeys will be killed without mercy." Chang Yu warned Li Yan before leaving: "Don't forget that you are already famous as a teacher at this time."
Li Yan handed over his hand and obeyed the order. Of course, he would never forget that he was praised as a righteous teacher when he met Emperor Chongzhen. This meant that although they were born in the bandit army, they were righteous teachers by killing thieves and defeating bandits and serving the country. They were given the title of the righteous army!
How can a righteous master do that thing that disturbs the people again? What's more, when Chang Yu is clearing the name of the Ming army, whoever commits crimes will undoubtedly seek death.
In fact, Li Yan had strict military orders when he was in the rebel army. He was one of the few disciplined troops under the command of King Chuang. After surrendering, he led the remaining troops from Taiyuan to outside the pass for reinforcements. During his thousand-mile journey, he passed through countless villages and towns, and they were all strictly ordered not to harass.
But after all, some people do not change their evil intentions. If they don’t steal something and make a girl feel itchy, they look for opportunities to commit crimes. After being discovered by Li Yan, he was punished with a heavy fine as a warning to others, but he has not yet beheaded. At present, the little eunuch After issuing strict orders, he made up his mind to crack down on military discipline.
Kuang Ren led fifty sharpshooters to gallop on horseback, leading the way. Chang Yu followed closely behind, escorted by Chen Wangting and more than ten cavalry. It didn't take a single stick of incense to catch up with Luotang's logistics team, and they kept running without stopping, and half a stick of incense was added. The Black Panther battalion who caught up with the rear of the palace stood side by side with Jia Waixiong.
"Lord Governor, I heard that Gu'an County is not far ahead. Do we want to rest there?" Jia Waixiong asked.
Chang Yu snorted: "Gu'an is fifty or sixty miles away from here. It will be dark at the earliest. Isn't this far?" Then he glanced at Jia Waixiong and said in confusion: "Your boy is covered with wounds. , I even went to play with women with those guys, how can I bear it?"
Cough, Jia Waixiong let out a long sigh: "You have to endure hardships to be the best..." Seeing that Chang Yu was about to get angry, he quickly said: "Hey, I won't hide it from the governor, I like ****, it doesn't take any effort."
grass! Chang Yu rolled his eyes: "Zu Lian, I'll let you sit on a nail later." After saying this, he galloped away with his attendants. Jia Waixiong couldn't help but touch his buttocks, thinking, all eunuchs like this?
Gu'an is the southernmost city of Shuntian Prefecture, so it is also called the Emperor's Foot. Further south, it enters the territory of Baoding Prefecture. After a day of galloping, Chang Yu's four battalions finally galloped hundreds of miles to get here at dusk.
Although they were traveling quickly with light equipment, the men and horses were still tired. Chang Yu ordered them to rest on the spot in the wilderness a few miles west of the city. The men dismounted and saddled the horses. The martial law was enforced for five miles, and the logistics team made a fire to make food and set up camp.
"Sixty miles to the northwest is Zhuozhou." Chang Yu pointed his finger in the wilderness and said: "Yongqing is in the southeast, Dingxing is in the southwest, and Baoding is two hundred miles away."
A group of soldiers and horses appeared outside the city, which caused panic in Gu'an. Such a small city has less than a hundred soldiers. If it encounters a powerful enemy, it has almost no resistance. Perhaps after a long look, it is found that there is no attack. Inside the city Soon, a fast horse ran out, and it turned out to be a royal guard, who was ordered to stay here by Gao Wencai.
These Jin Yiwei brought some information. For example, Octopus's grain team was currently 150 miles away from Baoding City in Dingxing County and did not dare to go any further.
It's not that the road is difficult to travel, but that there are many murderous intentions ahead. Traces of the bandits have been seen fifty miles to the north of Baoding City, and more than a hundred miles to the south and fifty miles to the east and west.
Chang Yu held a stick of hay in his mouth, looking at the night sky in the south with his brows furrowed and silent. His subordinates did not dare to say anything when they saw this. Hu Ling and other confidants had been following him for a long time and had never seen him frowning like this in thought. They knew that he Encountered unprecedented pressure.
According to historical records, when the bandit army launched its attack on Baoding Prefecture, it was obvious that the troops and cannon fodder were deployed for more than 300 miles. However, now that the scouts have discovered that there are enemy traces within a hundred miles around Baoding City, it can be seen that the historical data is not an exaggeration.
One step forward, every step is in danger, how to fight? how to spell? Although Chang Yu had a rudimentary plan in his mind, he still lacked detailed plans, so he frowned for a while.
After burning incense, Luotang arrived with his family and started to light a fire to make rice. The soldiers were busy setting up camp and feeding the horses. Chang Yu was sitting alone by the campfire outside the tent, lost in thought. Chen Ruxin came over with a roasted hare, the governor.
Chang Yu reached out and took it, motioned him to sit down, tore off a rabbit leg and handed it to him. Chen Ruxin thanked him and ate it politely: "Are you homesick?" Chang Yu asked.
"A man has ambitions all over the world, and he humbles himself to make contributions to the governor." Chen Ruxin wiped the grease from his mouth with a solemn expression.
Chang Yu chuckled: "Although it is easy to make achievements in these troubled times, it is also very dangerous. Are you really not afraid?"
"My second uncle said that heroes emerge from troubled times and times create heroes. I want to be a hero and not afraid of death!" Chen Ruxin said and glanced at Chen Suole who was walking over: "He also wants to be a hero."
Chang Yu laughed loudly, raised his hand and pointed at everyone: "You are all heroes."
Seeing that his demeanor had improved, everyone gathered around him.
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