218 The Two Armies Confront
"The newspaper is Xinle County in front of it."
Sitting on the horse, looking at the boundless head, listening to the horse's report, Zuo Liangyu had a sneer on his face, and immediately turned to Hou Xun and said, "That young boy is indeed a young man. He is really trembling in leading the army to fight!"
"Haha, this is natural!" Hou Xun heard this, stroked his forehead and said without surprise: "The imperial army is only a little bit of people. How can he not be nervous? If we defeated him, even if he escaped, he would definitely be attacked by his political enemies. The emperor would blame him for losing his troops and losing his generals. Maybe his status would be lost and he would be punished by the prison."
Zuo Liangyu nodded when he heard this, and sneered again, "At the beginning, this fierce attack really scared me. Haha, a general was incompetent and exhausted the three armies. Just because he had no hair, he still wanted to destroy me? Humph!"
After the Baoding side had resigned, he immediately responded and also led the camp south to fight.
At the beginning, the court's official army did not accept the night, and it was like they didn't need money, which made Zuo Liangyu's provocateurs retreat one after another. The fierce momentum made Zuo Liangyu a little overjoyed.
As a result, before he could start his arrangement, just two days ago, the court's official army failed to stop and retreated like a tide. As one went up and down, Zuo Liangyu's prodding horse began to force him to see the reason.
After the imperial government army set off the camp, Xiao Yuan camp and the imperial court were racing to lead their troops south as if they were racing. It was obvious that they were all trying to win the credit. However, the Duke Xingguo was soon scared and immediately ordered them to stop, then reintegrate the various divisions, and then go south step by step.
In this regard, Zuo Liangyu and Hou Xun both realized that the Xingguo Duke was afraid of the army's mistakes, so he hurriedly blocked the wild horses and marched with the so-called camping step by step and steadily.
What Zuo Liangyu said just now was actually an angry word. What he liked most was that the court official army came to grab the credit, rather than just taking steady steps in front of him. Because he also knew that if his troops were in a tough position with the court official army, he would most likely lose in the past ten.
"Military advisor, at this speed, we will probably meet that young boy near Dingzhou. I think we'll play in this new music, right?" Zuo Liangyu thought for a while, then consulted Hou Xun's opinion.
After hearing this, Hou Xun frowned and asked, "What the Grand Marshal means is to beat the new song?"
"Let's take a look first. If you can beat it, it's best. It doesn't matter if you can't beat it!" Zuo Liangyu pointed his hand in front and said, "I plan to lure that young boy over and then attack the Dasha River in front of me halfway."
"The general is wise!" Hou Xun said in a compliment against his will.
In the past, this kind of words was usually said to him by Zuo Liangyu.
After half an hour, they arrived outside Xinle County.
This Xinle County is right next to Dasha River. The city is not particularly tall, but the people and heroes inside are all on the top of the city and are ready to fight.
Zuo Liangyu was old at military affairs. When he saw it, he shook his head and said hatefully: "Damn it, if you want to fight, it seems to take a few days!"
If there are no garrisons around ordinary county towns, most of the people guarding the city are Minzhu yamen runners. Of course, at this late Ming Dynasty, even if there are garrisons, the army of the garrisons would be useless, which is basically the same as those of the garrisons.
However, people resisted the city and guarded it, even if they were a civil servant, they were not so easy to fight.
Thinking of this, they used the old method again.
Hou Xun stepped forward, and then someone called the door, "Governor Hou is here, why don't Xinle County Magistrate open the door to greet him quickly?"
I hope that Xinle County has lost its news and can use its original identity before it has received the imperial decree.
The magistrate of Xinle County was on the top of the city. After hearing this, he immediately shouted loudly: "The court has an order, Hou Xun rebelled and his crime is unforgivable. How dare he come to the city to destroy it?"
As soon as he heard this, Zuo Liangyu knew that there was no chance to use the same trick again. He didn't care much. He didn't have time to argue with the Xinle County Magistrate, so he immediately started crossing the river and continuing northward in the shallow water section that had been explored by the previous Explore.
Standing on a high hill far outside the city, Zuo Liangyu shouted loudly: "Ma Jinzhong!"
"The last one is here!" After hearing this, Ma Jinzhong immediately stepped out and held his fists and waited for his order.
Zuo Liangyu looked at him and said coldly: "Your troops are the vanguard of the army. You are allowed to lose but not win. Temptation them to go south quickly!"
Speaking of this, he paused and reminded him: "Remember, mainly seduce Xiao Yuanying."
"The last one will obey the order!" After hearing this, Ma Jinzhong immediately clasped his fists to take the order.
When Hou Xun heard this, he spoke and added: "Turn more miscellaneous soldiers up, well, the elderly, weak, women and children are the main ones. If they dare not take action, they have advantages to take advantage of them, and they will kill them for a while. If they don't do it, they will be more effective!"
"I will obey the order!" Ma Jinzhong understood and replied immediately.
Zuo Liangyu then assigned several subordinates, and the tasks were basically the same, which was to stimulate the imperial army and lure them to pursue them.
Seeing his subordinates taking the orders one by one, Zuo Liangyu looked at Xinle County in the distance and said, "It's not easy to ambush here, but it's almost the same with those miscellaneous soldiers."
After following his eyes, Hou Xun looked at Xinle County, frowned and suggested: "Master General, although Xinle County is dominated by the strong people, the one who led the army this time was the powerful Duke Xingguo. To prevent Xinle County Magistrate from curbing Xingguo, it is best to leave an army to prevent Xinle County from coming out to make trouble!"
If the general commander led the troops, he had no such concern yet. But Duke Xingguo is different. Now he is powerful. If he can hold Duke Xingguo's thighs, he will be just around the corner. He judges others by himself, and he believes that as long as it is possible, people in the officialdom will definitely not miss this opportunity.
After hearing this, Zuo Liangyu turned around and stared at Xinle County, then looked at the area where the army crossed the river, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, just follow the words of the military advisor!"
He was still very careful when fighting.
So, the army continued to go north. The old thief surrounded the people and marched all over the mountains and fields like driving away sheep.
Zuo Liangyu and Hou Xun occasionally pointed at the road conditions along the way and deployed their subsequent actions.
Two days later, the rear troops of Zuo Liangyu's troops had not yet crossed the river. Their front troops had already appeared in Dingzhou and began to contact the vanguard of the imperial government army.
Dingzhou is also like Xinle County, with the whole city closed. The whole city is strong and the people are strong, so they watch the battle at the top of the city.
Chapter completed!