Delong

Chapter 358 River Walk (15)

In early June, four or five days had passed since the decision to depose the Dragon Gang. In the morning, at the junction of Jiyin County and Dongping County, a medium-sized army stretching for more than a mile was taking advantage of the sun not to appear. Hurrying along the Heshui drawn from Heze, the thick dew mist and sweat made all the marchers a little irritable.

As a time traveler, Zhang Xing certainly did not lose the traditional advantages of a time traveler. At the very least, sharing weal and woe can always be done, but he personally carried a huge Zhangqiu iron pot, hung a vinegar cloth bag with a He piled up wooden spoons and marched with the crowd on foot. The yellow puma behind him also carried four or five sets of armor and two bags of salt.

However, with the cultivation base here, the so-called suffering is like this, at most it is suffering a yellow puma.

In the morning, all the dew and mist dissipated quickly, and there were no clouds overhead. The Hebei First Battalion led by Jia Yue, who accompanied Zhang Xing, gave up resting after arguing, but gritted his teeth and walked another seven or eight miles. Then arrived at the destination Jinxiang County before noon, and entered a camp next to the woods to rest.

Jinxiang is the most southeast county of Jiyin County, and further along the Heshui River, it is Fangyu County, the westernmost of the three counties in Xuzhou, the most northwest of Pengcheng County, and Fangyu County, as well as Fengxian County and Peixian County behind it. , Xiao County, is the scheduled battlefield.

"How about Ice Bear?"

Of course Zhang Xing didn't sweat, but he first cared about the accompanying warriors. "Can you adapt to the climate here?"

"Reporting to the chief... It's really a little ignorant." Bai Peixiong was sweating profusely, sitting on the ground, just languidly answering. "It's too stuffy in the morning, and it's too hot now, but it's because my cultivation is not good. It's really time to condense alchemy, so why are there so many things?"

"I'm afraid it has nothing to do with cultivation or not, it's just pure inexperience." Jia Yue, who walked over from the side, still had a few more words to the fellow. "As long as you have some experience in the field, you should know that you should save the use of true qi. In the morning, it's just damp and stuffy, so you can't help using your true qi. When it's really hot, you don't have much real qi to use..."

"It's too hot, and the horses are precious, so I can't bear it, so I walk more slowly." At this time, Xu Shiying was basically the only one who answered. "However, I estimate that Zhou Xingfan's armored cavalry battalion will arrive tonight, and the rest of the battalions will also arrive within two days."

Sima Zheng smiled and said, "Gong..."

Sima's positive expression changed again, and then he continued slowly: "I am Fang Zhen of Xuzhou, and since he asks for help, he must not sit idly by."

After walking a few hundred steps, a large group of people greeted them head-on.

"Do you have anything else to say?" Sima Zheng also asked.

"What if he doesn't move?" Xu Shiying asked again with an indifferent expression.

"It's really hard to say..." Li Shu reacted, but he was also a little dazed. Obviously, the reduction of troops was very chaotic.

"What about the most important anti-heat medicine?" These thoughts flashed through Zhang Xing's mind, and he kept asking without stopping for a moment.

According to the outline of the second army reorganization of the Dragon Gang in Hebei, a battalion of infantry is 700 soldiers, but because of the limitations of horses and horse faces, the number of soldiers and horses in the cavalry battalion is very unstable. The number of Qingqi is 1000. The cavalry is [-] to [-] per battalion, and when it comes to the battlefield, the auxiliary soldiers assigned to them are often far more than the infantry battalion.

After the troops entered the enemy's territory, it was hard to say where Shan Tonghai was, but Zhang Xing was cautious here. The whole army was divided into battalions and marched in sections, and they only marched [-] miles a day without setting up a large marching formation.

Jia Yue was speechless.

Zhang Xing was silent for a moment.

When everyone heard this, they reacted more, so no one objected, but almost all of them raised their heads and looked at the sun above their heads.

Zhang Sanlang opened it and looked, he actually said that the internal servants were ordered out of Dang County to gather for Shan Tonghai's flank. As a result, as soon as the troops arrived at the city of Feng County, Feng County opened the city and surrendered, and the defenders also withdrew a day earlier.

"Is there anything else to say?" Zhang Xing asked back.

Then looking back, a person like Bai Peixiong who doesn't even know how to use his true energy is actually a field guide in Luandaoling. It's no wonder that Jia Yue was choked to death.

"Yes." Zhang Xing raised his voice. "Violent Wei has no way, righteousness is not there, and anyone who acts as a minion will die and deserve to be punished."

In the first ten days of June, Xilong's army easily captured Fangyu and Fengxian counties, and then advanced to Peixian County.

The latter had no choice but to go out and ask each other: "What does the chief mean, we have to wait for the news of Shan Datou Xilu? If he takes Feng County, there will be many depths behind us, even if Sima Zhengduan Heshui is no problem? "

But ahead, there are Liu County and Xiao County, which belong to Xuzhou's gate, but it is unlikely that they will give up so simply.

"How long will it take for the dried plums to be harvested?" Zhai Qian asked in a low voice.

The exception is Xiong Bonan, who is currently at Sikouguan, and his original intention is to be the last in the marching ranks, but he has to take on the task of recruiting soldiers and auxiliary soldiers who are resting at home.

"I don't know about Shan County, but judging from the food consumption, there should be [-] soldiers in the [-] battalions here." The ordinary leader Xu Shiying gave the answer.

Of course, this is just the advance, and most of the troops are not full. The follow-up troops will slowly catch up under the arrangement of Li Shu, Fang Yanlang, Bing Yuanzheng and others.

Bai Peixiong hesitated to speak.

What's more, even in terms of strength on paper, Zhang Xing also knows to some extent that the troops of the Dragon Gang are not considered elite soldiers in the world, especially this time, for the convenience of participating in the war, they mobilized a large number of soldiers who have never experienced the Hebei War. with reorganized troops.On the other side, although the Great Wei had already pulled over, those extremely aggressive soldiers from the eastern capital may not be unable to play a role in fighting.

"Isn't this a good thing?" Bai Yousi asked seriously. "But why are you still a little worried?"

"I mean the number of soldiers and horses." Zhang Xing emphasized again.

There are too many uncontrollable variables in war.

Plague, water and fire, people's hearts, equipment, and there is always an opponent in front. You never know which variable between each other suddenly exceeds the critical value, which leads to an all-round collapse.

Before we had time to exchange greetings, Li Shu, the leader, sighed from a distance: "Chairman Zhang, fortunately, we marched from here, and most of the marches were in our hinterland. , I'm afraid there will be annihilation of the whole army..."

As he said that, he got up, found the Huang Puma, only called Wu Jingfeng, and then went directly down the river from a shoal, and soon a rider from the opposite side came out alone, and came to the shoal down the river, but it turned out to be Sima Zheng.

The matter froze, and the three of them stood in Heshui for a moment, Wu Jingfeng almost thought that the matter was coming to an end.

This is why Throwing Dao Ridge is also known as Chaodao Ridge, and because of this, professional guides are often needed to enter and exit there.

Sima Zheng was stunned for a while, and could only respond: "That's good."

"Yes." The magistrate bowed his head tremblingly. "General Sima has an order. If Zhang Longtou... Chief Zhang arrives in person, the defenders will withdraw in advance, and the local officials will open the city and surrender. There is no need to consider other things."

"We still have to wait another four or five days to see the effect..." Bing Yuan replied seriously.

Zhang Xing went ashore, looked back, and saw that the rider was still standing in the shallows, but he didn't pay any attention to it.

"The situation is indeed too bad, and our estimation of the situation is still insufficient." Zhang Xing nodded, not feeling that the other party was exaggerating or saying something depressing.

After a while, an obvious alchemy expert crossed the Heshui in the dry season, and then sent a loud message: "My great general Sima Zheng, please join the old man for a while!"

Everyone was surprised, but Zhang Xing looked at Xu Shiying.

"I'm guessing, it's Sima Zheng's military order? Do you want you to give up?" Zhang Xing looked at the county magistrate in front of him and asked seriously. "Not to be held accountable afterwards?"

Everyone reacted differently, but Wu Jingfeng, Zhou Xingfan and others were all overjoyed.

Sima Zheng was stunned on the spot, even Wu Jingfeng was stunned.

Zhang Xing nodded, noncommittal, only asked the other party to stay, and then started to stay in the hall of the county government office.

"Because if this is the case, both sides should be very conservative in this battle, and then it will be a competition to see who can't hold on to the situation first and expose the flaws." Zhang Xing responded with a sigh. "And I thought the battle between me and Sima Erlong would be very exciting."

Under such circumstances, the morale of the army has improved slightly, and there has been no outbreak of disease.

After a while, he came across the river again: "Please Zhang Longtou to come out for a while! He came across the river to see you!"

However, due to the long distance between Fangyu County and Pei County, coupled with the hot weather, the troops inevitably moved slowly and conservatively.

Sima Zheng felt lost.

"That's not what I said." Zhang Xing shook his head. "After all, it is in the enemy's territory... Besides, I didn't say not to march."

The next day, the army of the Dragon Sect arrived at the city of Pei County. The defenders and officials in the city had already retreated overnight, and the remaining few local officials opened the city to surrender.

But even this battalion, after many days of marching in the hot summer, even if it was marching in the core ruling area, even if it set out as soon as possible to avoid the scorching sun, it still lost the basic marching order. In the camp, the troops collapsed in the woods next to the camp, and the entire camp was lying down, completely unable to move.

"You made a mistake when you came up." Zhang Xing looked at the other party's sincerity. "You shouldn't have called me Zhang Longtou. You've just come back. You didn't even go to see the magistrate of Pei County, so you came to stop us in a hurry? It's too hot, I have the same difficulty as you, but My army arrives first, you only have a thousand people, Pei County can't keep it..."

However, this kind of matter cannot be concealed and there is no need to conceal it. Zhang Xing put away the military newspaper, put it aside, and ordered frankly:

It must be known that Jia Yue is the big leader, and he is currently the only big leader in the battalions directly under Zhang Xing, so his battalion leader is definitely the most powerful among the many troops of the Dragon Gang, whether it is the source of troops, combat experience, or priority in equipment. The front row group, in other words, this battalion is one of the most elite battalion leaders of the Chulong Gang.

"Sixteen battalions." Li Shu blurted out.

Everyone was stunned.

"Back to Jiyin, the imperial court will not allow anyone to touch Xuzhou." Sima Zheng said seriously. "Going back now, I personally promise not to pursue it, let's stop here, otherwise, once the reinforcements from Jiangdu arrive, I may not be the one to make the decision, and it won't be anyone who wants to stop at that time."

"There are too many old friends, which one does he want to meet?" Zhang Xing, who had already begun to personally help dig the camp, sat on the pit and responded with a little impatience.

Sima Zheng didn't say anything for a while, but Wu Jingfeng opened his mouth, but didn't dare to interrupt.

"Prefect, we have changed our name." Zhang Xing interrupted the other party to correct.

"But why not march for this? We obviously want to attack Xuzhou!" Zhou Xingfan persuaded seriously.

Zhang Xing nodded, put down the iron pot and wooden spoon, took off the armor on Huang Puma's body, and then led the horse along with him.

After a while, Sima Erlong, who was neatly dressed, spoke slowly: "Zhang Sanlang, I never thought I could surpass you in strategy, it's just that it's my duty to do my best in everything... besides, this time Come to see you, I really have something important to say."

The generals below looked at each other, and in the end Zhou Xingfan couldn't bear it anymore - he wanted to fight back to Xuzhou in his dreams, of course, it would be best to fight back to Jiangdu - he came out and handed over: "Chief! Third brother! Third brother is worried about Fang Yuxian and Jiangdu. Is Pei County too far away?"

As for the rest of the Dragon Gang, they also have their own arrangements. Chen Bin and Yan Qing were left behind in Jiyin City, Xie Minghe went south with Du Pozhen, and Cui Suchen and Dou Lide were asked to return to Hebei. Jiang Ling, Wei Xuanding, and Xu Shiren even went to Lu County to organize another division in the true strategic sense.

He personally led ten battalions of infantry, one battalion of armored cavalry, and two battalions of light cavalry, totaling more than [-] people, and continued down the river from Heshui.The accompanying generals included Bai Yousi, Wu Jingfeng, Wu Changzai, Niu Da, Jia Yue, Xu Shiying, Zhou Xingfan, Wang Xiongdan, Ding Shengying, Shang Huaien, Fan Bao, Liu Heimei, Xu Kaitong, Tang Bairen, Ma Wai, Jia Runshi.

"How could this be?" Zhang Xing was a little dazed. "When I arrived in Heze, I heard from them that several cavalry battalions had crossed the river. I thought they would cross the official road in the middle..."

how to say?

"That's impossible……"

Sima Zheng's words, on the surface, seem to be good-looking when they get a bargain, but in fact they make sense, because for the Chulong Gang, the biggest taboo right now is fighting bad battles and not getting rest and development.

Bai Yousi was noncommittal.

At this point, Zhang Xing wanted to rein in his horse and return to the west bank.

"Feng County has been taken down. There is no worry about the future. Niu Da and Shang Huai'en are stationed in this city. The rest of the ministries will return to their base camps and prepare to continue marching to Pei County tomorrow."

Before Wu Jingfeng came, he had saved a few words, but now he swallowed them all, and just kept silent, and then he was about to ride back.

"Then that's fine." Zhang Xing was silent for a moment before making a decision. "Two days... at most two days, no matter how many battalions there are, as long as there are enough [-] infantry and [-] cavalry in Shan County and here, they will set off immediately... Then Li Gong will stay here and continue to expand the camp here. It is both a response and a transfer, and the follow-up troops are gathered, and the materials are collected and sent to the front."

"Let's write it down from now on. In the future, the military will purchase quantitatively." Zhang Xing answered casually. "There is no tea and sour plums, so we must boil water and add some salt."

"As the chief of the Dethrone Dragon Gang, how can I ignore the rebel generals? How can I allow Bao Wei to invade the rebel territory?" Zhang Xing replied slowly. "Do you think that we are tyrannizing the Wei court? The number of officials and generals who surrendered is countless? This is the first rebellious leader of the Dragon Gang. As for Jiangdu's reinforcements, if the other generation wants to fight, then fight!" , The Dethrone Dragon Gang is supposed to eliminate Bao Wei!"

"Of course it's impossible." Zhang Xing said one thing. "I also just realized that the withdrawal here is so straightforward. The biggest possibility is that he is just like me, rushing to the shelves. He has no preparations and can only respond passively. Therefore, he really had no choice but to give up the frontline resistance. .”

Wu Jingfeng seemed to want to open his mouth to speak, but in the end he just sighed.

In short, the army is mighty, and it still insists on sending troops in the hot summer season.

However, when the time came to the eighth day of the sixth month, as Bai Yousi and Fan Bao's Qingqi battalion arrived, Zhang Xing officially issued the military order to attack.

Xuzhou and the Zhulong Gang maintain peace separately, which is the overall situation that is good for everyone.

The three of them stationed their horses in the river where the water level was only up to the thighs of the horses. Sima Zheng looked at Zhang Xing, then at Wu Jingfeng, and was speechless for a while.

In desperation, Jia Yue could only turn to Zhang Xing: "Long... Chief, several leaders are waiting for you in front, and Li Gong is also there."

During this period, a symbolic event happened, that is, Qian Yi triggered a major rebellion in the Northern Wilderness through diplomacy and bribery. The Zu Emperor immediately led the army to the north to suppress the rebellion. Although he quickly suppressed it, he returned to the north of Yanshan Mountain At that time, he suddenly fell ill. At that time, he knew that his trip to the north had given Dongchu a chance to breathe, and he had been fighting for more than ten years, and he couldn't get rid of his saddle. He was already exhausted physically and mentally, but he missed the last Opportunity, after all, it is difficult to become a hegemony in this life, and repeat the road of the four imperial powers.

But soon, Zhang Xing gave his own answer:
"The reason couldn't be simpler. We Dethrone the Dragon Gang are the leaders of the rebel army in the world. They save the people from the fire and water. It's different from the violent Wei. So whether you Sima Zheng comes to say it or not, or whether you start the war and say it later, we will Qiu committed no crimes, did not plunder, did not massacre the city, and we also have our own discipline, and the surrendered soldiers must be slaughtered according to their deeds. On the other hand, you are only accumulating virtue for yourself by violently attacking Wei officials and troops. If you commit crimes, we will only draw one out of ten. If the looting is excessive, we will draw one every two times. It's not from the Sima clan, let alone from the Violent Wei Cao clan, but Xuzhou from Xuzhou people!"

But after only saying one word, his expression suddenly changed.

As the saying goes, when Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived, at this moment, Jia Runshi suddenly entered and delivered a military report almost soaked in sweat.

Of course, according to the description, the mountainous area in the northern part of Yanshan Mountain that went deep into the northern border was not so much thrown by someone with a knife, but as if it had been cut by more than a dozen knives madly, so that the cliffs and deep ravines were as vertical and horizontal as knives.

In this way, Zhang Xing camped in Jinxiang that day, and for the next two days, he basically tried every means to help the soldiers resist the scorching heat, control hygiene, take turns going to the river to take a bath, insist on boiling light salt water, and allow the troops on duty to switch to leather armor. The cavalry has more leisure time to take care of the horses.

"Of course not." Zhang Xing sighed. "It's impossible for him to set up a set for me... One is that the matter of Langya itself was initiated by us, which is a sudden chain reaction, and the other is that I became the chief, which is essentially my personal determination in a short period of time... Sima There is no reason to predict this in advance, and then set up a trap to wait for me to drill, unless Xiong Tianwang secretly lowered him."

The general of the Ningdan army was obviously taken aback, and immediately turned back to the east bank.

If you come down with a knife, you won't die just because you are a rebel, but he will die if he is a tiger.

Sima was looking at each other from behind, and suddenly came to ask: "If this is the case, Zhang Sanlang, if it is according to what you say, I will fulfill my duties, protect the people and protect the environment, comfort the innocent, honor my parents, be loyal to the country, and work hard to live up to anyone. Is it for nothing?"

The leader didn't "follow the chief order", but Zhang Xing didn't care about it, and neither did the rest of them... Without him, it's too hot, and the state of the troops is too bad.

In other words, that day when the ancestor emperor marched eastward, he rushed all the way, and when he came to the Central Plains, he encountered the Eastern Chu Kingdom and the pair of dragons and phoenixes that had reorganized the remnants of the monster race. , the south also tried to go in from Huainan, but it was still unable to capture Dongchu, which was supported by two supreme beings and controlled by a pair of peerless double prides. In the end, both sides were five tuberculosis and seven injuries, and each was exhausted. Cultivate temporarily and confront it.

But even so, the red-bottomed dismissal flag successfully arrived at Fangyu County two days later.

"Yes." Bing Yuanzheng immediately agreed.

"First of all, I didn't provoke this battle, but you persecuted the Langya clan too much, which caused dissatisfaction in the county, and even yourselves dethroned the Dragon Gang's descendants..."

"The tea should be paid according to the par price." Zhang Xing had one more focus, and he always deviated slightly from the others. "Don't ruin your reputation."

If strength on paper really determines everything, Dongyi should have surrendered to the Great Wei Bahui long ago, let alone the rebellion of the grassroots, making the whole territory out of control.

Don't look at Zhang Xing who didn't forget to tell jokes to the people around him when he was marching, and even just now he didn't forget to care about and tease his subordinates, but in fact, he had already started to panic in his heart... This panic was not because of fear of the enemy, but because of his fear of the enemy. It is the fear of the weather and doubts about the true combat effectiveness of one's own troops.

Zhang Xing squinted his eyes, set up an awning with his hands, and looked towards the lower reaches of the He River. After looking at it for a long time, he turned his head and said, "Sima Erlang, do you know that I just became the chief of the Dragon Clan about ten years ago?"

"The army will consume much less food if they don't go out of the country." Fang Yanlang explained seriously. Obviously, he thought that the other party was worried about the most terrible food consumption problem.

Sure enough, the supply line of the Dragon Army was stretched.

At the same time, Shan Tonghai, as a partial teacher, led four infantry battalions and one armored cavalry battalion, about [-] people, starting from Shanfu County in the southwest and marching along the Bian River.His accompanying generals included Liang Jiading, Meng Yigui, Chang Ling, and Huang Junhan.

"I tried my best to prepare, but it's still not enough..." The answer was Bing Yuanzheng, who had just been transferred to the prefect of Dongping. "However, if we can wait a little longer and buy the sour plum pickled by the people, it may be even better. According to the experience of the past two days, sour plum soup with herbal tea is the best, and tea is sold in large quantities. Yes, after this order, they have been directly purchased in various big cities and entry gates. There are two types of sour plums, one is green plums, which are large in quantity and in stock, but difficult to store, and the loss on the way to transshipment is too great; the other is green plums. It is pickled dried plums, which are rare and scattered among the people, but they are convenient to transport and supply with the army."

In fact, on the [-]th of June, Shan Tonghai failed to attack the city in Xiao County, and the scouts of the Dragon Clan also brought news that all the troops of the Xuzhou Camp were gathering here in Xuzhou.

In fact, one only needs to look around at Jia Yue's battalion leader to know that Zhang Xing and Li Shu are not talking nonsense.

"There's only one." Xu Shiying replied with raised eyebrows. "Shan Dalang crossed the river before the decision was made, and Shanfu County is his hometown, so he went early."

Hearing that the army had arrived, Fang and the [-] remaining defenders in the city had already withdrawn a day earlier, and the county magistrate led the county officials to open the city and surrender.

And on June [-]th, at dusk, when the troops were about [-] miles away from Pei County and were about to set up camp, a light armored cavalry unit of about a thousand men suddenly appeared on the other side of the Heshui River.

"Well, let's not talk about this matter, there is one more thing, I hope to make a gentleman's agreement with you." Sima Zheng spoke again. "The armies on both sides should abide by military discipline, commit no crimes, try not to loot, let alone massacre cities... What conditions do you have, just tell me?"

Wu Jingfeng also turned around: "Chief, don't worry too much... Sanhui's lord, never said that we feel hot and Sima Zheng is not hot. Fang and Peixian are separated by more than 100 miles, and the road is difficult. Not bad, but what about Sima Zheng and his Xuzhou army? If he wants to cross Heshui to outflank the rear, if he starts from Peixian County, he will not be able to hide from our scouts. There are also seventy or eighty miles, which is not shorter than our distance."

The banner of the word Sima fluttered high, which aroused the vigilance of the whole army of the Long army.

To be honest, this came a little faster than Zhang Xing imagined.

Zhang Xing held the letter with only a few lines of words and read it for a long time without moving. He didn't know what was up or down, so it happened that only Bai Yousi squinted from the side to see clearly, so it was hard to say much.

Zhang Xingmo did some calculations, and based on the fact that a battalion is full of 2000 people now, the full-staff ratio of the troops has dropped to almost [-]%. How many cavalry battalions are there in six battalions?"

"What are you kidding?" Sima Zheng said helplessly. "Li Wenbai has already gone to Jiangdu, and Linyi has also been dispatched by the court as an official... As the general manager of the Xuzhou camp, how can I hand over a big city like Linyi to someone who is rebelling?"

Dahong who was standing next to him came to laugh: "Jia Yingtou doesn't know, his job in the north is to lead people in Chuodaoling, and he claims to be the best in the field!"

"Do you want the whole army to rest here for a while? Or just stay here?" At this moment, Fang Yanlang, the prefect of the county, suddenly made a suggestion after wiping off his sweat. "The army gathered at the border can force Sima Zheng to move his troops to confront him, right?"

But it doesn't make everyone relax a little bit, because this is the core ruling area of ​​the Dragon Clan, and they can rely on supplies for marching, and no one knows what problems will arise after encountering a battle once they enter the enemy's territory.Especially because the weather was too hot, the scouts had to go back and forth very hard, and they couldn't penetrate deeply at all. They could only rely on a few alchemy masters to focus on reconnaissance, which made the situation of the enemy troops ahead blurred.

"No." Zhang Xing turned around and answered. "Good things are always good, but it doesn't prevent you from doing bad things... However, according to your mind, we think it's good to say bad things in your eyes, right? So, As far as we are concerned, someone should die without regrets, but for you, it should be death without regrets."

Fang Yanlang was obviously confused.

"How many soldiers are there at the front line now?" Zhang Xing was silent for a moment, but still made a decision in his heart, so he came to ask. "Not only here, but also the Shan County on the west side of the Bian River."

"It has to be like this." Li Shu agreed very simply.

"It's more than 100 miles away." Zhang Xing simply admitted. "With the current summer heat, it takes five days to go... what's worse, the logistics line has also been extended for five days, and the water in Heshui has become much shallower due to the heat. If we go forward, Jiancheng, Pei County, Sima Zheng What if they suddenly cross the river in the middle and cut us off?"

Everyone was stunned for a while, Wu Jingfeng hugged his arms and sneered: "Who would have thought that pickled plums would be military supplies, and the most important military supplies?"

In grief and indignation, his men threw knives at Yanshan Mountain, splitting the north and the south.

But Chief Zhang immediately shook his head: "There is no condition to talk about, anyway, I don't agree."

However, Zhang Xing was only silent for a moment, and without waiting for Wu Jingfeng to say anything, he took the initiative to tell: "I can retreat, but I have to return Linyi, the head of Li Wenbai."

"Naturally." Li Shu said again from the side. "I still expect these people to continue to deliver goods to us."

Throwing Dao Ridge, also known as Luan Dao Ridge, is said to be another obvious evidence of the change of geography by a master of practice outside Hongshan, Hanshui, and Baidi City. It is also an important evidence that some people think that the ancestor finally became a dragon and left. .

As soon as these people left, Bai Yousi went straight to the point: "What was Sanlang thinking just now? Was he worried that Sima was setting a trap for you? Why do I think your reaction is a bit strange?"

"That's good, you say." In the sparkling lotus water, Zhang Xing let go of his protective Qi, and let the warm water flow through his legs, as if he didn't care.

"Indeed." Zhang Xing had already reacted. "What if he doesn't move? So we still have to continue marching, and we can't stop, we can't put on a hesitant posture, we can move slowly, but we must resolutely step into the territory of Pengcheng and approach Xuzhou, so that we can truly force the opponent to come back and achieve our goal. .”

That’s not to mention, Zhang Xing followed this army from Heze, marched together for two days, and knew very well in his heart that the infantry battalion with a full strength of 500 people came from Hebei, and when they crossed the river, they gathered less than 2000 people. During the next four or five days of marching, hundreds of troops were dropped due to the heat and lagging behind. By this time, the actual number of troops arrived was only more than 1000.

"And then?" Zhang Xing asked. "What do you want first?"

"What if he doesn't move?" Xu Shiying, who had only lowered his head from the beginning, exuding a faint vitality and did not speak, suddenly raised his head and asked back.

"Hezhong, let's meet together!" Zhang Xing immediately called back. "I'll bring someone with me."

However, as the sour plums were transported to the front line, the Dragon Gang's own soldiers and horses began to recruit one after another.

The heavy troops from both sides gradually gathered in the triangular area of ​​Bianshui and Heshui.

The military confrontation that the coaches of the two sides hate the most seems to have happened inevitably because of the heavy troops and the heat that is really not suitable for a decisive battle.

PS: Happy Lantern Festival.

(End of this chapter)