Lei Dong is a general with extremely rich experience. It can be said that he has been fighting all his life. The Ming people's ship carried countless soldiers and moved towards the upper reaches of the Red River under his nose. He could think clearly with his butt. Because he used to do such things in the Liaodong wasteland in the past. He used his superior troops to intersperse and detour on a large scale, then wrapped his enemies within a certain range and ate them in one bite.

He would not think that because he was all cavalry, he thought that Mingren wanted to surround him with infantry, which had a great relationship with the terrain. If he was on the endless wasteland of Liaodong, Mingren would do this, he would only laugh a few times and let the other party do it, and then use his strong mobility to make his opponents be able to follow behind his butt forever. Not only would he not achieve their goals, but he would also be beaten to the point of being beaten by his ubiquitous attacks.

But it is different in the Red River Basin. There are mountains, rivers, and mudflats here. Many places are not suitable for large-scale cavalry movements at all. As long as the Ming army is stuck, it can limit its activity direction. The more key points the opponent is stuck, the smaller the scope of its activities will be. In the end, it has to follow the opponent's wishes to follow the path that it is most reluctant to take. It is obvious that on this road, the large troops of the Ming army must have been waiting for themselves with strict positions.

The problem is that I don’t know when or where the Ming people will launch a war against me. At such a moment, the mobility of the cavalry will be limited to the minimum. In front of the Ming army with airships and warships in the river, any mobility of my own will be detected by the enemy in advance.

Apart from these, I am afraid that one day I will not be able to cross the river safely and walk close to the Red River. Their gunboats will shell themselves, and even the soldiers on their boats will get off the boat to attack them, leaving with one blow. Before their counterattack began, they had already run back to the boat, but even if they were far away from the river, the airships in the sky would attack them all the time.

If I only have the thousands of cavalry around me, it would be a little better to say, but behind me, there is a main force carrying a large amount of baggage, they cannot leave just like themselves.

So after just a few contacts, Lei Dong immediately turned around and left. He ignored the counterattack of Laizhou and the orders of the imperial court. At this moment, he had ignored it. In the Liaodong wasteland for many years, he also learned the survival rules of female direct people. As long as his husband survived, he could talk about it in the future. It was not embarrassing to run away immediately when the opportunity was wrong.

His first stop was the county town of Mizhou, and then he would act again when he saw the opportunity. No matter what, he had to jump out of the big circle that the Ming army was setting up for him before he could talk about him. Cavalry requires tactical space. The more cavalry, the greater the space it needs.

Chen Zhihua never expected Lei Dong to be so alert. He originally thought that his actions angered the general of Qi and did something irrational. He did not expect that he would eventually backfire and that the other party was a loach. When he saw something wrong, he immediately turned around and ran away. Such an opponent was not a good thing for him in the Red River Basin. It seems that he would still be entangled with him in the future.

Of course, Lei Dong ran away, at most it only made Chen Zhihua regretful. The established strategy was still advancing in an orderly manner. Chen Zhihua's strategy for the Red River Basin was not to be prepared to push over like this, and the endless flow of the Red River Basin was his best weapon. Taking advantage of the advantage of empty waterways, he was ready to send his troops out from afar, adopt the leap tactic, and pick the middle one first.

Zhou Jiyun could not adopt such a tactic in the Kunling War Zone, because he could not transfer troops on a large scale like Chen Zhihua, so he could only advance smoothly with one step at a time.

Chen Zhihua's conscience was to bypass Mizhou, first defeat Yizhou, take Yizhou, and move forward, the troops could point directly to Luoyang, the back side could encircle Yanzhou, and then close Mizhou to beat dogs. Maybe Lei Dong, who was running so fast, could be locked in the house again.

Chen Zhihua is now rich and powerful. Zhou Li's Dachu combat formation was continuously transporting his support troops. These were all corps formed by retired veterans. After the war began, the Ming Dynasty court ordered these veterans to rejoin the battle without hesitation. Whether it is combat effectiveness or combat experience, they will only be stronger than other war zones.

The first batch of reinforcements arrived had as many as 30,000, and in one month, the number would double again. That's why Chen Zhihua dared to adopt such a strategy.

A strange scene appeared above the Red River Basin. The Ming army was moving forward greatly, and Leidong was also retreating continuously. Two large armies were sometimes only a few miles apart. However, one was riding a boat in the river, and the other was galloping on the shore. As for the Qi army stationed in the place, it was the responsibility of defending the territory, but they could only watch the Ming army crossed them and headed straight for Yizhou.

When the Ming army landed in Yizhou, Mizhou was completely blocked. Lei Dong once tried to launch an attack when the Ming army landed, but under the cover of the powerful firepower of the gunship and airship, the Ming army landed in an orderly manner. When they formed a lineup and when they dragged out a black-hole cannon, Lei Dong turned around and left.

In Lei Dong's view, as long as they get ashore, he always has a chance, and he doesn't believe that the Ming army will never reveal any flaws.

Zhu Ruofan, who was in Guanzi City, was in trouble. His troops had already shown signs of instability. Xu Junsheng was destroyed too quickly. Before Zhu Ruofan made up his last idea, Xu Junsheng disappeared in just a few days. At this time, Zhu Ruofan could no longer regret it.

He had to leave Guanzi City immediately, because the next target of the Ming army would inevitably be him.

He thought so, but to his surprise, although the Ming army had endless reinforcements landed from Crab Bay, they did not add one soldier to him. In front of him, there was always only a unit of five thousand people monitoring him. The Ming army who came to the rescue came hurriedly and boarded the ship and left in a hurry.

Soon, he knew the movements of the Ming army. Chen Zhihua's strategy stunned him. Chen Zhihua really ignored him, but directly stabbed him into the heart of the Honghe River Basin, and boldly left his army with more than 20,000 people in Guanzi City.

Whether to counterattack Laizhou or retreat into Yanzhou, two roads were placed in front of Zhu Ruofan. After thinking about it, he decided to retreat into Yanzhou because there was still a Qi army of 20,000 people stationed in Yanzhou. The two troops joined forces and had the power to fight with the Ming army.

It was not until he issued an order to retreat to Yanzhou that he realized that something was wrong. His subordinates found various reasons to delay the retreat. He did not take it seriously once or twice, but after a few days, he finally realized something was wrong.

Many of his subordinates had signs of contact with Ming people.

Before he could respond in time and resolve the crisis, a mutiny had already occurred in Guanzi City, and his subordinates were acting much faster than he thought.

Sitting alone in Guanzi City City Guardian, only more than 500 personal soldiers were left beside him. In the entire city, there were people shouting and neighing horses everywhere, and countless people stepping on the ground and the crisp sound of horse hooves, quickly approaching the city Guardian.

"Why is this?" Zhu Ruofan sighed and glanced at his pale wife and his trembling son. He stood up, stretched out his arms, hugged the two of them heavily, untied the sword on his waist, and walked out of the city guard palace with bare hands.

The entire city guard house was surrounded by mutiny soldiers. The leaders were all the robes that Zhu Ruofan had fought side by side with him to his most trusted subordinates.

The burning torches illuminated the city guards. Whether it was the leading generals or ordinary soldiers, they stood quietly under the steps. On the steps, dozens of Zhu Ruofan's personal soldiers, although their faces were pale, still held the swords and guns in their hands tightly.

In just a few short steps, no mutiny officer and soldier stepped on it.

The door opened with a loud bang, and Zhu Ruofan walked out naked, stood on the steps, and looked at the dense rebels on the street with red eyes.

"General Zhu." A leading general knelt down suddenly.

On the street, all the soldiers knelt on one knee.

"General, the situation is over. We don't want to fight again, and we don't want to leave our hometown. We want to go back to Laizhou. When we think of our relatives together, please take us back. The Ming people have already agreed to us that as long as we go back, we will not blame each other." The general's voice was a little sad.

Zhu Ruofan's eyes slowly slid across everyone's faces, and wherever he passed, the soldiers all lowered their eyelids. He suddenly laughed.

"Everyone, I know your thoughts, but everyone has their own ambitions and cannot force them." His voice was low, "Are you going to kill me today?"

"General Zhu, how could we hurt you? We just want you to lead us back to Laizhou." The leading general said quickly.

"There is only one choice for me to take you back to Laizhou, that is, counterattack Laizhou, rather than surrender." Zhu Ruofan shouted loudly. His eyes stared at everyone again: "So, are you going to kill me now?"

No one answered.

Zhu Ruofan sighed.

"Since you don't want to kill me, I won't follow you to surrender to the Ming army. Then, please let me leave!" Zhu Ruofan's voice said sadly.

"General Zhu, we leave Xu Junsheng and leave Laizhou, and now we join the Ming army again. If you leave us and go to Yanzhou, the court will not let you go." The general exhorted loudly.

"Life and death are fate. If the court wants to cure my sins, it is my fault." Zhu Ruofan said lightly: "I will not regret asking for benevolence."

The whole audience was silent, and only torches were left behind in the wind that made a crackling sound.

When it was dawn, Zhu Ruofan and his wife had hundreds of personal soldiers. Under the gaze of his original 20,000 subordinates, he left Guanzicheng without looking back and headed towards Yanzhou.
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