"Li Xun."

Li Xun was about to mount his horse when he suddenly heard someone calling him. He looked up and saw Fan Zhongyun walking towards him from a short distance away.

"Why, you came all the way to see me off?"

"Wouldn't it be too tragic for a friend to travel far away and have no one to say goodbye?"

Fan Zhongyun said with a slight smile, and then handed a folded white paper to Li Xun.

Li Xun took the white paper and asked doubtfully: "What is this?"

Fan Zhongyun said silently: "I have some of my own thoughts about this war, which are all written on it. You can take a look at it when you have free time. I hope it will be helpful to you."

Li Xun nodded and put the white paper in his arms.

"Don't be burdened by Huang Zhu's title of mediocre general. In my opinion, this man is a brave and famous general. It's just that there are too many negative things around him that restrain his hands and feet, and he is unable to display his true talents. As a prisoner, Military Judge, if you can help him at the critical moment, you will be able to escape unscathed from this battle in Yingzhou."

In the past few years, Li Xun's selfless dedication and help have made Fan Zhongyun regard him as a true friend. When he learned that Li Xun participated in the battle of Yingzhou, Fan Zhongyun took this matter to heart. It happened that he had a good friend who worked in the Ministry of War, so a few days ago, Fan Zhongyun found this person and asked a lot of information about Yingzhou in detail. After several days of compilation and analysis, Fan Zhongyun came to an astonishing conclusion. , this battle of Yingzhou will never be as simple as it seems on the surface.

Li Xun saw the worry on Fan Zhongyun's face, and he had too many doubts that he wanted to ask. He knew that Fan Zhongyun must also have many things to say to him, but it was too late.

"Take care along the way. When you come back, I'll treat you to a drink."

Fan Zhongyun cupped his hands and said.

Li Xun took a deep look at Fan Zhongyun, nodded heavily, got on his horse, and galloped away.

Fifty miles outside the city, large armies gathered, military flags fluttered, and a murderous atmosphere filled the entire world.

Li Xun was the last one to arrive and led his horse to the civil servants on the far left. Many people did not know Li Xun. Although they had doubts in their hearts, no one dared to speak or comment in this serious scene.

There is a high platform in front, where Xiao Zheng, the right minister of the Ministry of War, is making impassioned speeches, enumerating the sins of Zheng Ze, the governor of Yingzhou, and at the same time encouraging the soldiers to kill the enemy for the country and repay the king's kindness.

After half an hour, Xiao Zheng finally finished speaking, and then immediately raised his head and shouted: "Long live my emperor."

"Long live!"

"Long live!"

All the soldiers raised their weapons and roared loudly. The scene was spectacular and the momentum was amazing. Even Li Xun was infected by this atmosphere. He raised his hands and shouted long live.

Xiao Zheng gave a tiger talisman divided into two parts to Anguo General Huang Sheng and the supervisor Liu Congxi, one half for each of them.

"Set off!"

Huang Xun clenched half of the tiger talisman in his hand, glanced at the army below, then waved his hand and loudly gave the order for the army to go out.

The army went out to fight, and the team formed a straight line, which was dozens of miles long, which was extremely spectacular.

Liu Congxi was quite polite to Li Xun and asked him to ride in a carriage with him. However, Li Xun thought that riding a horse and marching was very fashionable, and he was moved forward with the large army. He was infected by his momentum and felt extremely excited, so he politely refused Liu Congxi's offer. Invite, ride a horse and go all the way.

But Li Xun immediately regretted it.

The normal marching speed of the army, excluding cavalry, and infantry is about thirty miles in one hour. Of course, if a forced march is made, it will definitely go faster, but this is generally not done. After all, forced marching consumes too much physical strength. It was huge. If there was a sudden attack by the enemy on the way, half of the battle would have been lost. However, it was still the rear area and there would be no danger. Therefore, Huang Jian issued an order. Except for the rear army's grain, grass and baggage troops, the rest of the infantry should speed up. Forward.

The troops marched for more than four hours every day. Li Xun had never experienced such a long period of riding on horseback. Two hours later, near noon, the army temporarily stopped eating, and the quartermaster soldiers distributed flour cakes and rice porridge. .

Li Xun touched his buttocks, and after two hours of riding down, his crotch was already burning, so he went to Liu Congxi's place, got off his carriage, and chatted with him about home affairs. The troops continued on their way, and Li Xun did not continue talking, and Liu Congxi also Without pointing it out, Li Xun stayed as a matter of course in the end.

As the supervisor of the army, Liu Congxi had hundreds of guards and several chefs with him. At dusk, when many soldiers in the army were busy setting up camp and making fire to cook, Liu Congxi had already eaten hot meals, and was even more excited. Accompanied by fine wine and fragrant tea, Li Xun couldn't help but sigh, is he here to fight or just enjoy the mountains and rivers?

After dinner, Li Xun went to see Zhu Zhengguo and Yan Yi, but was refused entry into the camp. Huang Xun once laid down seventeen military regulations. Article 8 was that during the night when the camp was set up, no one was allowed to enter other camps without written orders from the general. The soldiers of the battalion were not allowed to visit the camp. Those who disobeyed the order were given thirty military sticks. Li Xun revealed his identity, but was still rejected by the guarding soldiers. Although he was a little depressed, he was not angry. At the same time, he secretly praised Huang Xun for leading the troops very harshly.

In the fifth year of Taiping, July 26th.

Taking the Anguo general Huang Sheng as the governor of Pingnan, he led an army of 50,000 and set out to conquer Yingzhou.

Huang Zhen took the left guard general Mao Anfu as the vanguard general and led 2,000 cavalry. He went ahead to inspect and repair the road conditions and patrol the enemy's situation. He took the left guard general Shanqiu as the rear general, leading 5,000 infantry and 500 cavalry. , guarding and escorting the grain, grass and baggage, Huang Sheng personally led the main force of the Chinese army, more than 40,000 people, and marched towards Xiangzhou.

August 11th.

It originally only took eight days to arrive at Xiangzhou, but it took Huang Xun twice as long. Li Xun was very low-key in the army. After observing these days, he found that Huang Xun himself was both a character and a leader. In terms of style, they were all extremely cautious. After the army left the pass, Huang Zhen immediately ordered the army to resume its normal marching speed, and sent out patrolling cavalry to patrol and investigate within a radius of a hundred miles.

Huang Zhuo's actions were immediately criticized by many generals.

The Forbidden Army has three armies: left, center and right. Among them, the situation of the right army is different from that of the other two armies. Although Huang Xu is the leading general of the right army of the Forbidden Army, he also has another position, the envoy of Jingpingguan Town. He leads the army to guard Jingping, an important town in the pass all year round. Pass, to defend against the invasion of the Tibetan Empire on the plateau, so Huang Zhuo spent most of his time not in Fengjing, but in Jingping Pass, which led to his other position, General An Guo, leading the right army of the Forbidden Army, gradually becoming a false position. Unless there is a major event that requires the right army of the Forbidden Army to go out for an expedition, and the emperor issues an edict to let him come back to lead the army, otherwise Huang Zhuo will not be able to command the right army of the Forbidden Army at all. Therefore, Huang Zhuang can be said to have the name of the leading general of the right army of the Forbidden Army. However, the prestige in the army is not high and the power of command is very weak.

At night, on the plains a hundred miles away from Xiangzhou City, a very large military camp slowly formed. In the middle of the military camp, there was a huge tent with bright lights inside and hundreds of soldiers guarding it closely.
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