Chapter 114 Before the War

It was already afternoon when Ying Yi arrived at Shoushan.

If he were alone, his journey would take up to half an hour, but with Zhang Silingen following him, even though he was riding fast and lightly, he would end up being much slower.

"Lord!"

Zheng Wu stood up and beat his chest, his eyes were different from before.

Zheng Wu is the son of the Zheng family, and now he is called the lord of Ying Yi. Just seeing the enthusiastic looks of many soldiers around him, Ying Yi can't help but feel happy in his heart.

The great and magical functions of the Humanity Platform and the Humanity Ranking are most vividly demonstrated in the military.

The fighting spirit of the soldiers was clear at a glance.

Ying Yi nodded: "Go in and talk."

After entering the camp, Zheng Wu immediately reported the news of the bandit army: "There are nearly ten thousand bandits, all old, weak, sick, and disabled. They have come from Kaifeng. They will arrive in Xiangcheng before dark. General Zhu came from Xiangcheng earlier. Discuss with your subordinates that if the lord has not arrived, we will fight with the bandit army; if the lord has arrived, we will follow the command of the lord."

After hearing this, Ying Yi felt relieved. No wonder Zhu Bingkun was missing and said, "You captured Xiangcheng?"

Zheng Wudao: "My subordinates led troops here and found that Xiangcheng was an empty city, so they divided their troops and occupied it."

Ying Yi nodded: "Since it's an empty city, there's no harm in occupying it. It's just like the horns of Shoushan Mountain, so we can keep watch on each other. The thieves are approaching at night? What's the situation now?"

Zheng Wudao: "There's still about an hour until dark. I'm just waiting for the night to report."

Ying Yi said with a smile: "I led the troops north to Kaifeng Mansion this time just to have a fight with the intruders. Now that the thieves have arrived, there is no harm in giving it a try. There are only tens of thousands of old and weak people, so they can be used as a whetstone. , sharpen my blade."

Zheng Wu and all the camp generals were overjoyed when they heard this.

They are eager to fight - about the Humanity List. Although there are only 900 people in the army on the list, the news has spread throughout the world. Killing the enemy and performing meritorious deeds will increase your morale, which can be seen at every turn. No longer you are worried about being raped or on a business trip, everyone wants to fight, and everyone must perform meritorious service.

The fighting spirit in the army was fierce, and Ying Yi was delighted to hear and see it. After talking to Zheng Wu for a while, he made all preparations and then went down the mountain to Xiangcheng County.

When I arrived in Xiangcheng County, I saw only vegetation and trees all over the city, which was really depressed.

Zhu Bingkun had received the news early and came with a group of battalion generals to greet him. After entering the city, Ying Yi asked: "Where have the bandits arrived?"

Zhu Bingkun heard this and said hurriedly: "Maybe something went wrong."

"oh?"

Ying Yi's mind suddenly changed: "Is it possible that the thieves have noticed it?"

Zhu Bingkun said: "My lord is wise. At noon, I found that the traitors had arrived fifty miles away. The general estimated that they would reach Xiangcheng County before dark, and planned to ambush inside Xiangcheng. Zheng's troops would lurk outside Xiangcheng and wait for the traitors to enter the city. Halfway through, we attacked from both inside and outside. Unexpectedly, after noon, the bandit soldiers slowed down. The spy report we just received said that the bandits had stopped twenty miles away and were hesitant to move forward."

Ying Yi laughed after hearing this: "After all, it's broad daylight and there's a vast plain north of Xiangcheng. It's expected that if you don't hide at night, you won't be easily noticed."

Zhu Bingkun nodded, feeling a little regretful: "If the thieves didn't know this and were at a loss, our army would definitely win a great victory."

Ying Yi smiled and shook his head: "Although strategies are good, what's the harm in fighting them head-on? Are your soldiers not as good as a mere bandit?"

Zhu Bingkun and others all laughed.

Ying Yi waved his hand: "Since I formed the army, although I have won great victories, I have always been lucky. This time I fought with the intruders, it is the time to test the soldiers. This bandit army is hesitant to come, and the mountain will not help me, so I will go. Mountain. There is no need to be in a hurry, I have a good rest tonight, and I will break camp tomorrow to meet this bandit and eat it."

Since Ying Yi seized power, he has won many great victories. He lost about 80,000 soldiers and horses, including bandits and contracted officers and soldiers. But the decisive factor was not the army, but Ying Yi himself.

But after all, we cannot rely on just one person to conquer the world. The quality of the army needs to be tested through practice. This time the troops were brought south. Ying Yi decided not to take action if he could, and left the war to the army.

Those who happened to come were old, weak, sick, and disabled. They wanted to try their hands first, dip some blood in them, and sharpen the blade.

"When we go out in full force tomorrow, there will be no worries behind us, nor will we be afraid of losing our first mountain." Ying Yi said, "Hurry up and ask someone to tell Zheng Wu."

...

Li Yan stationed troops twenty miles north of Xiangcheng because he found some clues.

Although Ying Yi stayed up all night to hide his whereabouts, as Ying Yi said, it was broad daylight and the plains were flat, how could it not be noticed by others?

Li Yan has eight thousand soldiers and horses under his command. Although they are old, weak, sick and disabled, he has a standard camp with only a hundred people, but they are elite and different from the old and weak.

Li Yan was born in Juren, and his family was originally a wealthy family. When he surrendered to the intruders, he brought with him a hundred trusted servants. Although he is not put in high regard by the intruders, unlike Hao Yaoqi, Liu Zongmin, Li Guo and others who have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses at their disposal. If there is a war, they are all deployed temporarily, but these hundred people are relied on and trained by him. If you add, the bandit army is no worse than the old camp.

It was Li Yan's servant who noticed that Ying was not there the next night.

"The officers and soldiers came very quickly."

Li Yan saw the clues and did not dare to advance rashly, so he stationed his troops on a hill. He and the red lady stood on the top of the hill, looking down from a high position, and Weiran sighed: "I hurried and took my time, but I didn't expect that the officers and soldiers were still one step ahead of me."

"Are you sure they are officers and soldiers?" Red Lady said, "Maybe they are refugees."

Li Yan shook his head and laughed: "It's clear that the officers and soldiers are not gathering at night, so where are the refugees? If my servant hadn't been sharp-eyed, they would have been concealed. With such caution, they couldn't be refugees. I think the officers and soldiers have already occupied Xiangcheng by this time. How many of our troops are old and weak? , we will definitely suffer losses if we advance rashly. I have asked people to return to Kaifeng and ask for help from King Chuang. I only hope that King Chuang will dispatch his troops as soon as possible, otherwise..."

There was a hint of worry in his expression.

Li Yan is a smart man, and he has vaguely noticed something bad in his heart. Niu Jinxing told him that the Ming army Ding Qirui's troops were coming from the south and asked him to garrison Xiangcheng and guard the main route to the north. But now that I think about it, it's obviously a little unusual.

He didn't say anything - half of his hundreds of servants were sent out as a spy. In the past half day, there was no news from more than twenty people.

where it goes? Most likely dead.

He had many battles with the Ming army, but the Ming army's Ye Bu Shou was probably not that powerful.

A glimpse reveals the whole leopard. Are these soldiers coming from the south really Ding Qirui's Huguang soldiers?

He didn't even have high expectations for asking Chuang Wang for help - when the news came back here, the first person to know was not Chuang Wang, but Niu Jinxing. Will Niu Jinxing immediately report to King Chuang and send him more troops?

His heart was heavy.

"Maybe I'm really wrong..." He sighed secretly in his heart: "A thief will be a thief after all, and his thief nature is deep and cannot be changed. Well, since I have embarked on this road, I will never look back. So I fought for this As a reminder, I only hope that Niu Venus can focus on the overall situation..."

He thought that if he could delay here for a few days, or even die in battle, to let Niu Jinxing know how powerful the enemy was and deal with it earlier, it would not be in vain for him to surrender to the King of Chuang.