Jingkou, eighteen miles east of Nanchang City.

Jingkou is not a dangerous place. It is just one of several tributaries of Jinxi Lake. The water here is smoother than other places, and the water surface is shallow, so you can pass through even if you don’t build a bridge.

In addition, there is a rare flat land around Jingkou, which is more conducive to the army's crossing, so Luo Yongsheng firmly believes that the Ning Navy will definitely choose to use this place as a place to cross the river.

And this Ning Navy did not let Luo Yongsheng guess wrong. They did come and looked across the river with Luo Yongsheng.

"Wait until they cross the river, and attack them halfway."

There is no place to use the terrain of Jingkou, so there is no use of any strange strategies, military tactics and tactics. Therefore, Hou Bingzhong could only give Luo Yongsheng the simplest advice that is most suitable for the moment, which is to attack halfway.

First, a Song army was released to cross the river, and then taking advantage of the unstable foothold in the front and the rear was still trampling in the water to block the enemy's weakness, attacking the weak point of being unable to form a formation.

Although Luo Yongsheng has read military books a lot in recent years, he has never practiced it after all, so he did not rush to dispatch troops and generals to issue orders before the battle. He had one thing better, that is, to listen to advice.

He cannot obey Hou Bingzhong's suggestions, but he also respects them very much. After all, he has been a soldier for twenty years, and practice makes perfect, so he has to be more powerful than Luo Yongsheng.

Since even Hou Bingzhong can only think of this honest method, then use the honest method.

"Let's wait in the array."

Luo Yongsheng looked up at the sun. It was already very hot in the end of April. He put nearly fifty kilograms of armor on his body, making Luo Yongsheng sweat and thirsty.

He was hot, so how could the Song army opposite not be hot?

Ning Haijun's commander was Wen Huiliang, a veteran in his fifties. He started joining the army when the Song Dynasty destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty in his early years, and rushed to the front of the formation. He had been in war for more than 30 years.

At this moment, the old general Wen naturally saw the so-called Chu army opposite Jingkou in front of him, and was slightly frowned and unhappy.

When the news of Hongzhou's rebellion was spread to Hangzhou with Kou's order, Wen Huiliang, who had not been on the battlefield for nearly 20 years, became excited. Even if he was sixty years old in another two years, Wen Huiliang would prepare the three armies as quickly as possible and launch troops in Hongzhou.

Since ancient times, soldiers are very fast. Of course, Wen Huiliang is unwilling to give the anti-army a chance to prepare. Not only did he march by himself, he also wrote a letter to Li Xi, the commander of Xuande Army, and agreed with the latter to reach the city of Hongzhou.

As a result, he urged his troops to drive the horses to Jinghe, but he learned that Li Xi's Xuande army was still two hundred miles away from him.

What a fucking trick.

Although he was so angry that Wen Huiliang had no choice. He could not command the Xuande army. Kou Wei's prime minister or the imperial court's order was very clear. The three armies cooperated to suppress the rebels.

What is cooperation? Cooperation means that everyone has a big shoulders.

There is no order in which the head coach is the deputy coach.

Regarding Li Xi's mental calculations, Wen Huiliang has lived for so many years and was able to climb to the position of commander of the first army in the Song Dynasty. He is definitely a master of his own, so he doesn't understand what he is.

No one knows how powerful the rebels have not fought against each other yet. What Li Xi thought was to ask Wen Huiliang to give Xuan De's front-line a move.

If the rebels were about to collapse at the touch, then the bunnies of Xuande Army would be sure to run away quickly to grab military merits. If they were only a tough turtle, then let Wen Huiliang chew them first.

When both sides were in trouble, Li Xi would pick the fruits directly.

The calculation is deep.

They are all soldiers from the court and the emperor's family. Why do you have to make such a scheming plan for your fellow comrades?

Wen Hui sighed in his heart. He was almost sixty years old. Do you still expect to be in charge of the Privy Council in this life? Besides, in the past ten years, the Privy Council often serves as a member of the Privy Council. He is the highest level of military generals to become the commander of the first army.

Wen Huiliang really didn't care about his military achievements. Li Xi was a noble family with a prominent family and had no intention of competing with Li Xi.

The troubles caused by his family had caused Wen Huiliang to be quite unhappy, and at this moment, the Chu army opposite Jingkou made Wen Huiliang feel even more upset.

The escort cavalry in the army discovered a few days ago that the so-called pseudo-Chu regime in Hongzhou had less than 10,000 soldiers, which was not as good as Wang Jun, who was the pseudo-Shu regime at the time. Hearing that the imperial army arrived, they either ran away with their heads or should have defended the city to death. How dare they be so bold that they came to Jingkou to line up.

I really don’t know how to live or die!

"Supervisor Wen, the enemy is clearly in line with the array, so you cannot force it to cross."

The deputy general looked into the distance and collected all the troops who were fighting against the rebels. Seeing that the army was in a uniform manner, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this was an elite soldier.

Therefore, he advised Wenhuiliang: "Our army came in a hurry and did not bring anything to cross the river. It would be better to temporarily hold the ground and log and build ships for a few days, and it would not be too late to cross again."

How many days will you wait?

Wen Huiliang hesitated for a while and shouted, "Come and get the array map."

The imperial court sent not only Kou Yan's prime minister's order, but also the formation map of the Privy Council.

I took the array map from left to right and spread it out, and saw a terrain of Jiangnan Road and a city map, and there were several lines drawn with thick ink.

This is the marching route planned by the imperial court for the Ning Navy.

What is war according to the map? Even how to march according to the formation map must be followed.

Otherwise, it is a private military order, which means that the general will not accept the orders outside the king. This is a big taboo.

In addition to the marching route, there is also a line of small characters marked at the bottom corner.

Before the first day of May, the three armies must meet at the city of Hongzhou.

Specify time, route, and results.

It is impossible not to do anything without doing it.

As long as the three rules are implemented according to the formation diagram, it will be fine if you lose the battle. At most, you can be dismissed from office and exiled, such as Lei Yousheng, who suppressed the rebellion in the southwest.

He fought according to the chart, and even his deputy general was killed after losing, but the court was able to allow him to commit crimes and make meritorious service.

He added 50,000 to 60,000 reinforcements to Lei Youzhong and sent a new formation map.

Well, the fact is that the second time Lei has a great victory, and he was awarded the title for his merits.

But if you don’t fight according to the picture, you will win without success and lose with beheading!

Representative figures are Pan Mei and Yang Ye during the Northern Expedition of Yongxi.

The former was an obedient marching, while the latter was unwilling. When the army was finally defeated, Pan Mei ordered Yang Ye to cut off the rear and said to him: "The general was defeated and returned to Beijing, and was afraid it would be a dead end."

Lao Linggong Yang Ye had to join his son Dalang to kill Lituo. He was killed on the battlefield. Until his death, Pan Mei did not send a support force to help.

With so many lessons learned from the past, Wen Huiliang and others dared to be disobedient.

It is said that we will arrive before the first day of May, and we must arrive before the first day of May. We can arrive early but not late.

And now, it is April 27th!

"Today, I will force my way to cross Jingkou tomorrow."

Although he was anxious, Wen Huiliang still suppressed his restlessness and ordered the camp to be put in.

"The Song army has set up camp."

Zhou Bai took a group of whistle riders and came back to report: "It seems that he wants to log wood and build a raft."

"Then let's camp, bury the pot and cook, and get water."

Luo Yongsheng turned over and got off the horse, hid under the horse's belly and started to catch a cold: "They are not in a hurry, so don't be in a hurry."

The anti-rebellion army really dared to stop. The two armies were facing each other, so they started to take off their helmets and armor to cook. They even threw the big banners with the characters Chu embroidered with the characters "Chu" to the side of the road. There was no way, the big banners were too heavy.

And this kind of virtue made Wen Huiliang across the river laugh.

"I still think of what a strong army he is. The traitor is a traitor. He is just a look on his face, but his inner body is still a group of farmers who put down their hoes. Under the scorching sun, it cannot be maintained for a long time."

After saying that, he waved: "No need to build a ship. Jing's saliva was too low. The whole army forced the traitor to cross the country and caught him off guard."

This scared the deputy general and repeatedly advised him: "No, Mr. Wen, if the traitor attacks our army halfway, what should we do?"

"What can I fear if I can't beat five thousand, and our army is 40,000?"

Wen Huiliang insisted on his own opinion: "Besides, if our army is attacked by rebels after crossing the river, then there will be an enemy attack before and there will be a river blockage afterwards. Just like Han Xin fought against the water, the three armies will naturally fight hard, and even if the lineup is not uniform, they will burst out courage."

Seeing that the deputy general was still trying to persuade him again, Wen Huiliang was arbitrary: "You have only been reading military books for a few years, and this general has been immersed in many years. He once followed Taizu to pacify Jiangnan and made great contributions in front of the battlefield.

This method of using troops is profound and profound. When adapting to the times, you will not be able to grasp it even if you are young. Let me teach you how to do it.”

The deputy general was helpless and sighed and took the order and retreated.

In an instant, the drums were loud in the Song army's formation, and the horns were connected to the camp. The Song army, which had originally begun to camp and log, had to put down their work, pick up swords and guns, and then, with the wave of the flag, rushed into the water of the Jingkou River in one go with the capital.

The water at Jingkou is indeed not deep, it is barely beyond the knees, and it is still far from the waist.

But was it water slowing down the speed of the Song army's advance. The river surface of more than ten meters wide was enough for them, wearing forty or fifty kilograms of armor.

Nearly two quarters of an hour passed from the assembly of the Song army to the crossing of the river.

Luo Yongsheng has gathered his boss here for a while.

Now I still have leisure time and chat with Zhou Bai and the others.

"You said that if the armor is put into water, how much pounds will it increase with the inner cloak?"

Zhou Bai and Hou Bingzhong looked at each other and shook their heads.

"No matter how slow the water flows at Jingkou, the speed of the live water will increase resistance. Song Jun jumped in like dumplings, and walked slowly like shrimps and crabs. When they climbed ashore, we should set up the formation."

Luo Yongsheng frowned and pointed at the horse whip: "Why is the commander of the pseudo-Song leader so short and wise?"

Such marches and wars are not like playing house.

"Your Majesty, the Song army has crossed the heart of the river."

"Shoot the arrow."

"promise."
To be continued...