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Chapter 143 Julu, Jia Zhuang?
Zhang Cheng accompanied Lu Xiangsheng to accept the villagers brought by the old man Yao Dongzhao, and the grain left behind, although not a lot, was a deep friendship from everyone.

The two walked towards the army tent, and Zhang Cheng tentatively said: "Minister, the sentry cavalry has reported back recently, and the slaves are erratic. It seems that there are several captive cavalry around, but they are far away from our army, so we should be cautious." For."

Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng hadn't spoken, he boldly continued: "From the point of view of the general, Mr. Yao's proposal is indeed the best policy. Our army will turn here and head west, pass Tangshan County, and then turn south to fight with the senior supervisor. The army converged to support,

Although it will take some time to go to Jize by detour, the initiative is in my hands, and I can replenish some food and grass between Guang and Shun, so that the soldiers and horses can rest, and when the time comes, they will fight against the captives again. Wouldn't the odds be greater. "

Lu Xiangsheng stopped in front of the Chinese army's tent, turned around, sighed, and said to Zhang Cheng: "I didn't know that this strategy was available, but the Gao Jianjun is already in Jize. If he receives the letter, he will lead his troops to march northward." As for me, but I was broken by the Eastern captives, our crimes are not limited to abandoning the corpse in the West Market?"

He stood there, looking up at the dark sky, not seeing a ray of light. After a long time, he said again: "The current plan is to go south, pass the giant deer, go to Jize, and gather with the high supervisor's army. Maybe you can fight against the slaves, but there is no other way."

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In the early morning of the second day, more than ten thousand soldiers had a full meal and hurriedly pulled out of the camp. The more than twelve thousand armored troops accelerated their marching speed. Guan Ningjun, everyone is enthusiastic.

One is, if you arrive at Jize, the two armies will join forces, and there will be [-] people, and it will be relatively safer to fight against the captive cavalry; A full meal.

Their thoughts are too simple. Nowadays, eating a full meal is already the biggest luxury of these armored soldiers!

However, Zhang Cheng is clear that this extravagant wish is destined to never be realized by Gao Qiqian.

As soon as the army entered the territory of Julu, Zhang Cheng double sent out sentry cavalry, and ordered them to search as far away as possible, so as to find out as many slaves as possible.

At Chenshi, the army marched to Julu County, Julu had already been breached by the Qing army, and there were still puffs of black smoke rising from the city, which had been burning for days and nights, but now there was no fire, only scattered columns of smoke remained.

The outside of Chen Nei City was empty and extremely dilapidated, and the only wells were all blocked. The army did not stay here, and only sent some sentry cavalry to search the city, but found nothing.

Going south for a few miles, through the weeds shaking electricity, I saw a village castle not far from the southwest of the official road, which seemed to be very large, and the village wall was relatively intact.

There is a dirt road next to the official road, leading to the village fort. From a distance, there is no life in the village fort. At the junction of the official road and the dirt road, there is a stone sign: "Jiazhuang".

Yang Guozhu's vanguard walked along the official road, just over two miles past Jiazhuang, and saw billowing smoke and dust on the official road to the southwest, the sound of hurried horseshoes trampling the ground could be heard faintly, and there seemed to be dozens of knights on the horizon, galloping on horseback.

At the same time, in the field east of the official road, there was also a puff of smoke and dust. From a distance, it could only be seen that there were not many people and horses, no more than fifty horses.

Yang Guozhu knew that if he was a Tartar, he would not gallop towards his brigade like this. This must be the message sent by Ye Buhui who went out to spy.

Since Gaoyang, they have not been able to fight the slave bandits again. At the beginning, everyone didn't take it seriously, but since the army turned south at Shulu and headed towards Julu, the slave bandits became more and more strange.

Although Luqi deliberately concealed his whereabouts, it is difficult to completely conceal the whereabouts of the army. At present, it is known that there are about [-] Qing troops in the counties around Julu.

At this moment, the sentry cavalry rushed back, and Yang Guozhu's vanguard became agitated. Yang Guozhu, the commander of Xuanzhen Town, immediately ordered the whole army not to move, and anyone who violated it would be beheaded.

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The army temporarily stopped near Jiazhuang, each battalion was in full formation, and the cavalry in the battalion scattered around the official road in small groups, guarding the surroundings.

All the generals rushed to Lu Xiangsheng's central army, and Yang Guozhu hurried to Lu Xiangsheng's side, saying: "Minister, there are reports for sentry cavalry, there are more than a thousand captive cavalry in the southwest direction, and nearly [-] captive cavalry in the southeast Guangzong direction." I'm coming."

Beside Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei, Zhang Yan, Jiang Mingwu, Zhang Cheng and other generals gathered together. Lu Xiangsheng's relative Chen An took out a newly drawn map and spread it on a table.

Zhang Cheng stepped forward to take a look, and was immediately stunned. This map, which is said to be a map, is completely inconsistent with the reality. It is said to be a picture, but it does not have much aesthetic feeling.

He secretly made a note in his heart that when he formed an army in the future, all maps must be redrawn, and all officers above the team officer must be able to draw and understand maps.

He focused his attention on the picture in front of him again, and saw a square in the middle with the word Julu written on it, surrounded by a bunch of large circles and small squares, each with small characters written on it, a few thick lines and thin lines. I don't know if it is a road or a river.

From Zhang Cheng's point of view, it's just that the donkey's lips are wrong, and it's completely divorced from reality. With this picture, it's strange to win the battle!

I just listened to Chen An's report: "According to the reports from the sentries of various ministries, now in Nangong and Xinhe to the north of Julu, Guangzong to the east, Ping Township to the south, and even Longping and Renxian to the west, large Stock captive riding trail."

Yang Guozhu clasped his fists and said: "Minister, the intention of these Tartars is already very obvious. Such an arrangement of troops is aimed at our army."

Zhang Cheng took a step forward and said: "There is a flat river around Julu. There is really no danger to defend. The barbarians are surging. Duchen, Yang Junmen, Hujunmen, we must take precautions early."

Lu Xiangsheng was also nervous, but he quickly calmed down, and said with a sneer: "Since the first battle in Gaoyang, the slaves have been avoiding fighting. Our army has rushed hundreds of miles, seeking a battle, but it turned out to be in Wait here for me, no matter what, today I will fight the slaves in Julu."

After all, Yang Guozhu has been in the army for a long time, and since he entered the guard, Xuanda's army has been victorious in successive battles. Although there are traces of the Qing army on all sides, he is not nervous. In the meantime, it was like a sudden wind and rain, if he wanted to fight with me, it is expected that within one or two days, the captives would gather."

At this moment, another sentry cavalry reported back, and in a short while, Chen An came back to report: "The governor, just after receiving the whistleblower report, there are nearly [-] captive cavalry from the direction of Nangong, rushing to our army to chase them."

Zhang Yan said at this time: "Minister, the slaves and thieves are attacking from three sides, and I am afraid that most of them will be behind. Our army will rush to Jize to join the high supervisor's army. I am afraid it will not be possible. For the current plan, I will choose a good one." The terrain, wait for work with ease, so as not to be caught off guard when facing the enemy."

(End of this chapter)