The meeting ended soon, but what is interesting is that the de facto commander of the four towns in Jiangbei, the current Minister of War, and the Governor of Jiangbei, Shi Kefa, seemed to have been forgotten.

Finally, Nikan said, "Shi Ke's magical soldiers are small and few, and most of them will act with Gao Jie. If you find Gao Jie, you will find him. Cough cough, Ming Dynasty has always been a civil servant to rule military generals. I want Shi Kefa to continue to lead the army."

Everyone smiled knowingly.

...

To the east of Xincai.

Xiao Alin was wandering on the Jianghuai Plain with three thousand cavalry.

"General, we are now about a hundred miles north of the Huai River. About one hundred and fifty miles east of this place is Yingzhou, which is the territory of Hu Shoujin, the deputy general under Liu Liangzuo. Yingzhou is under the jurisdiction of Yingshang and Taihe counties..."

Zhao Yingyuan is introducing him to the situation.

"Two counties?"

At this time, Xiao Alin was already forty years old and was no longer the impulsive and powerful god of death before. When he sat in his position, he also had some understanding of people's livelihood and government affairs. Moreover, he was also considering waiting for his age to become more and more old and transferred to a civil servant like Li Yangeng, or to become a governor in a foreign land.

The latter is what he wants most in his heart. Seeing that the territory of the Daxia Kingdom is getting bigger and bigger, there are more and more governors. Being a governor is much better than being a pure military officer. However, if you want to be a good governor, it is not enough to just know the government affairs system of the Daxia Kingdom.

Recently, Xiao Alin brought a book called "Daxia Tongdian" and read it in his spare time. Although he felt drowsy after reading less than a few pages, he still forced himself to read it.

When he encounters a problem he doesn't understand, he will ask the military supervisors in the brigade at any time (similar to later political commissars). Although those military supervisors were all from military academies, they were specially trained according to the model of military supervisors. In addition to military affairs, law, and government affairs, they will also teach some.

Of course, in Nikan's army, it is impossible to make such people have the status of as high as those of later political commissars. They are just talents who are good at taking the military test, studying discipline, and consulting staff. If they do well, they may be promoted to the position of commander and deputy commander. Of course, if such a person is such a person, it will be unnecessary for Nikan to train so hard.

These people were selected by Sun Chuanyu, who swears to die to the death of Nikan. These people were not Han people, and they all came from various ministries of Soren. After joining the Yinglong Society, they must make a poisonous oath in the name of Changshengtian.

Of course, the officers below didn't know all this, but they didn't know it for the time being. If it were time for a long time, they would definitely know it.

They have a title in each brigade.

Recording the military.

The position is equivalent to the commander of the regiment, and each regiment also has corresponding people. There is naturally no legion level until the battalion, but it is not guaranteed to be included in the future. From the battalion to the brigade, it is called the military officer. It is nothing more than adding the word "battalion/group/brigade" in front.

Bodun, now thirty years old, was the director of the cavalry brigade in which Xiao Alin served as the officer. He was promoted from platoon leader and company commander to the officer of the battalion, and then from the officer of the regiment to the officer of the brigade.

At first, Xiao Alin believed that Bodun had a very high military literacy and wasted his participation in the military by doing record work. He was also prepared to serve as the commander of a brigade, but was rejected by Sun Chuanyu.

This is also an important reason why Xiao Alin feels that when he is old, he will seek a position as a governor or a provincial governor. Although he has a high prestige in the army, he is not his own.

Bodun, in Soren's language, means strategy. He is the nephew of the Great Khan Gent fungus of the Soren Eleventh Division of the Aron Gent fungus. Although Nikan of the Uzha tribe replaced the previous Gent fungus, for Bodun, the talented Nikan is much better than the Gent fungus that cannot move in the Red Tower. Therefore, he is loyal to Nikan.

Joining Yinglong Club was also what he wanted.

Bodun was also one of the first people to join Chita Infantry School, and later transferred to Wuyuan Cavalry School for further study, and was also a rare figure.

When you reach the level of brigade recruiting and joining the army, you can actually replace the brigade commander or even the legion commander at any time at critical moments. Of course, there is another secret operation here. Generally, the brigade commander who comes in order will take over by the legion.

Just like the token that Sun Demao suddenly took out when he was in Yingzhou, for people like the Recording Army, the tokens they possess may be more precious than the token.

This is a later story.

When Zhao Yingyuan was introducing the situation, Xiao Alin suddenly asked, "It should not be enough for Yingzhou to support Hu Shoujin's 30,000 troops, more than 100,000 families."

Yingzhou is the city of Fuyang in later generations.

Zhao Yingyuan replied: "Yingzhou is the place of four battles. Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and the fifth camp of Ge Zuo broke into the Jianghuai several times. Dingkou on the ground was either swept away by them or ran to other places. Therefore, a large amount of land left was just cheaper. Hu Shoujin. This guy used to have a name called Shalantian and was the big leader of the King of Sweeping. He is naturally familiar with this place. Now he has arranged 5,000 households in Yingshang and 20,000 households in Yingzhou. He is good at farming and fighting, and he lives very comfortably."

Xiao Alin nodded. He looked at Bodun and then at Zhao Yingyuan, "Want to think about it, the emperor asked me to find Huang Degong, where to find such a big plain, where to find it? Is there any good way?"

Zhao Yingyuan said: "Huang Degong went north and there were not many terrain that could be used. If he went north from Luzhou, there would be continuous mountains in the east. He could use the night to travel to Fengyang. However, with his strength, he didn't need to do this at all, because the distance between the mountains was very wide, and it would be difficult to keep the secret even at night."

"Then it is Yinghuo Mountain District, and there are roads in the mountains. If you are ambushed in the mountains and suddenly break into the war, you will get miraculous results. However, the mountain area is still a long way from Bozhou. In theory, Huang Degong would not do this. If he wants to hide in the mountains, he must have ideas about Henan or Hubei."

Xiao Alin asked, "The gray-clothed guards also have a mistake, right?"

Zhao Yingyuan nodded, "We have limited staff, and there are some omissions in the huge Jianghuai Plain."

Xiao Alin said: "That's it. With Huang Degong lingering here for many years, if he could hide it from you and come to Fengyang Mansion quietly, is there such a possibility?"

Zhao Yingyuan felt a stern, "It's not impossible."

Xiao Alin continued, "But if they sneak into Fengyang Mansion, where can they hide their whereabouts?"

Zhao Yingyuan thought for a while, "I really can't imagine that the Fengyang Prefecture area is full of large plains, unless it is hidden in a city."

"What if they were to pieces and hide as people?"

"Impossible, they are all cavalrymen, how can they hide it? By the way!"

Zhao Yingyuan suddenly raised his tone, causing Bodun, who was looking around at this time, to turn his head and look at him.

Like other people in the Ghent fungus family, although Bodun and others were from Soren, they generally looked good. If they were not careful, Bodun was no different from the beautiful Han people, and his skin was relatively white. Therefore, some people privately called him "Baizhanjun".

Zhao Yingyuan patted his forehead and said, "I almost forgot that there is a good place between Yingzhou and Fengyang, near Shouzhou, called Bagong Mountain, with an area of ​​about 100,000 acres. It is the place where the Battle of Feishui occurred in the past, and it is also the source of the allusion of all kinds of plants and trees. It is really possible if Huang Degong had hidden it there after Beishan."

"After the Huaihe River reaches Bagong Mountain, it turns north and then flows east and then turns south, wrapping Bagong Mountain tightly inside. There is also fat water on the south side of Bagong Mountain, which is conducive to hiding..."

After a while, Xiao Alin asked again: "Think about it, where else can you hide besides Bagong Mountain?"

"No, as the saying goes, guarding the river must guard the Huai River. For the Jiangnan court, the Huai River is a barrier, and there is no better barrier besides that."

Bodun spoke at this time, and he knew in his heart that if he had roughly speculated about Huang Degong's hiding place, with Xiao Alin's temperament, he would definitely have to go straight in and attack Huang Long.

"Cough cough," he said, "According to Zhao Yingyuan's words, the Bagong Mountain is sandwiched between Yingzhou and Fengyang. There are 30,000 Hu Shoujin's troops in Yingzhou. Oh, now there may be no more. Most of them have been transferred by Liu Liangzuo. Fengyang is the garrison of his general Qin Dapeng. He has always been Liu Liangzuo's main assistant. Liu Liangzuo went north. The Qin Dapeng who commanded the overall situation in Fengyang Prefecture must be Qin Dapeng. His subordinates originally had 15,000 people, and Liu Liangzuo transferred at most 5,000 people, and there were still 10,000 people. However, there were no cavalry, but the Bagong Mountain was still south of the Huai River."

"Shouzhou was originally the residence of Liu Liangzuo's marquis's mansion, so how could it be unprepared? Most of them were still elite troops stationed. Bagong Mountain is north of Shouzhou. If you want to reach Bagong Mountain, you must pass through Shouzhou, otherwise you must cross the Huai River. The large ferry is near the county town or a large town, so it is completely impossible to hide your whereabouts..."

"Who said I want to hide my whereabouts?" Xiao Alin smiled, "As such a big plain, I really don't know how to hide my whereabouts. The emperor said he wanted me to go to the enemy's back to overturn them. He simply rushed into the main road with his target, Bagong Mountain!"

"ah?!"

Bodun and Zhao Yingyuan were both shocked, but Xiao Alin smiled and said, "It's okay, it's close. Apart from the 15,000 cavalry of Huang Degong, there are no more cavalry. If the infantry comes, no matter how many of them come, it's okay."

"Walk!"

Xiao Alin swung his whip and rushed forward first. Seeing this, Zhao Yingyuan and Bodun had to follow him quickly.

...

Xiao Alin determined his marching strategy, but Chen Qixin drove to the north.

The strategy they formulated was to first touch the north of Xuzhou, join the army of Akdun, and then wait for news about the Gray-Clothed Guard near Yi County. Yi County is on the edge of the Grand Canal, less than a hundred miles from Xuzhou. Once they learned the location of Gaojie's troops, they could not only move south with the military power of a brigade, but also strengthen a brigade to go south, or harass or defeat Gaojie's troops.

Although the Grand Canal was in wartime, there were a lot of ships on the river surface. In such places and industries, there were naturally no need for the infiltration of the gray-clothed guards. They just waited for news.

In fact, according to Chen Qixin's idea, there was another effect when they touched the north of Xuzhou.

"Xuzhou is two legions of Akdun. I guess the Ming army in Xuzhou and Huai'an Prefecture have known this situation for a long time. If the Shenwu Army went south alone, they would definitely think that it was Akdun's army and would definitely go out to pursue and suppress. At that time, both Akdun and Shenwu Army would have a chance."
Chapter completed!