The rainy season begins south of the Huai River.

Near Shouzhou City, there is a misty rain, with cities, rivers, mountains, forests, and villages shrouded in rain and fog, and shadows.

"Huh..." In the city, the sound of war horses sniffing from time to time in the military camps near the city. If it is in ordinary weather, it is common for war horses to sniff after running. It is a means of self-defense by horses that sniff into their noses when running.

But at the moment, in the quiet rain curtain, the war horses suddenly began to sniff on a large scale, and there is only one reason.

The horse caught a cold.

For a moment, there were some worries inside and outside the city.

After Huang Degong came out of Bagong Mountain, he needed to cross Dongfeishui to enter the city of Shouzhou. In order to obtain water sources nearby, his camp naturally relied on Dongfeishui to set up.

However, Shouzhou City is a city built between the east and west and the west. After the two rivers merge near the city, they become Feishui and eventually merge into the Huai River to the north.

In addition to the two fat waters, about dozens of miles south of the city, it is a large area of ​​swamps caused by the flooding of two fat waters in history. After later governance, it was called Wabu Lake.

After Huang Degong set up the camp, the floating bridge between Bagong Mountain and Dongfeishui was not demolished. His idea was that once he lost, he would have the intention of rushing into Bagong Mountain and going east across Huai River to the east.

Unfortunately, the pontoon bridge was destroyed by the Hanhai Army overnight and was destroyed by the Zhuketu Legion who went south. After that, the Zhuketu Legion set up a camp at the foot of Bagong Mountain on the east bank of Dongfeishui.

After Ji Jiajie's troops arrived, they set up camp on the west side of Shouzhou City and the east bank of Xifeishui, but did not enter the city. At the beginning, Huang Degong saw that there were not many people and sent general Chang Jingong to stop them from camping, but was defeated by three thousand cavalry of Xiao Alin who left the city. That was the first battle Huang Degong fought after arriving in Shouzhou. In less than an hour, Chang Jingong, who was known as the descendant of Chang Yuchun (Shu Branch), of the Ming Dynasty, was defeated, and finally returned to less than half of Huang Degong's camp.

Huang Degong thought so at that time, "I used five thousand cavalry to harass the other party to camp. At that time, the enemy's cavalry would not exceed his own party, whether in or outside the city. Chang Jingong was a powerful cavalry general under this marquis. Even if he was not in the opposite direction, he could escape unstoppable."

Unexpectedly, a big defeat came!

Chang Jingong returned to the camp and said to Huang Degong, "Marty, don't think about it. I came from Liaodong. I have participated in several Liaodong wars and saw Jiannu's cavalry. The barbarian cavalry are all tall and big horses. The knights are extremely brave, and they are also amazingly equipped. They have firearms and their combat power is still above Jiannu. Not to mention the last general, even your servant team can't get it. Hurry up and try to retreat."

At this time, Long Kangji's war had not yet begun. Although Huang Degong gave up the idea of ​​letting his son Huang Weiming attack Ji Jiajie's army again, he did not retreat. He was waiting for news from Liu Liangzuo.

A few days later, the rainy season in the Jianghuai region came, and Huang Degong's grain and grass could only support it for three days, but there was news that made him thunderous.

Liu Liangzuo, Gao Jie was defeated!

Although he didn't know the news about Mou Wenshou's army, although Mou Wenshou had the highest prestige among the four towns, it was because he was a veteran in the army and was good at commanding troops, but his combat power was most similar to Liu Liangzuo. He was still under Gao Jie and Huang Degong, so he was most likely to be in danger.

As Zhuketu's troops set up a camp on the east bank of Dongfeishui, Huang Degong's heart became as cold as the rainwater.

Huang Degong's camp.

Forty-year-old Huang Degong sat upright in the middle of the tent. He was seen as medium-sized, but extremely majestic, with broad face and long beards and purple-tang face. At this time, a pair of thick eyebrows had already twisted into a striking "mountain". After the first heavy rain, the climate now became a little cooler, but the sweat beads on his face were still clearly visible.

His left hand was placed on the armrest of the chair, and his right hand, with thick joints, tightly held his portable weapon - an iron whip weighing fifteen kilograms. Unlike ordinary iron whip, the head of the iron whip with protruding edges is a gun cone, which shows that this iron whip can be smashed or stabbed, and is a multi-purpose weapon.

The big tent was filled with a strong smell of wine, but it was the smell of old wine on Huai Shang. When I looked carefully, it turned out that there was a huge jar of wine on a short table beside Huang Degong. The mud of the jar had already been slapped off, emitting a strong aroma of wine, and a large bowl was placed next to the jar.

This is what makes Huang Degong, the Marquis of Jingnan. He is ignorant of his eyes. When thinking about problems and facing enemies, he often uses wine to stimulate himself. The more drunk he drinks, the clearer he thinks about problems, the stronger his combat power.

When he was fighting with Zhang Xianzhong in Tongcheng, he was known as one of the eight adopted sons in Zhang Zhe Lao Camp, and his combat power was still Ainengqi. Zhang Aiguo, who was above Li Dingguo, first shot Huang Degong's left hand with an arrow. Huang Degong was about to be captured by him. Unexpectedly, he drank a skin bag and whipped it away with a whip on the spot. He escaped successfully. Then he set up an ambush to capture Zhang Aiguo, defeated Zhang Xianzhong's last elite and completely expelled him from Nanzhili.

Among Zhang Xianzhong's eight adopted sons, Heisha, who had the strongest combat power, died at the hands of Zuo Liangyu, and Zhang Aiguo was captured by Huang Degong again. Now there are only four left, and these four live until the end.

On the side of the big tent, his son sat respectively, which was actually his wife's nephew Huang Weiming, a 20-year-old boy and another big and thick man, who was Chang Jingong.

There was silence in the tent, leaving only the sound of drizzling rain outside.

Seeing that Huang Degong was still hesitant, Huang Weiming said: "Father, you can't hesitate. Liu Liangzuo and Gao Jie were defeated, and Mou Wenshou was alone and could not support him. Most of them ran back to Xuzhou. Now that the rainy season is approaching, the barbarian firearms are useless. Moreover, the horses in the north are not as good as those I have been raising in the Jianghuai area for a long time. This combat power will definitely be greatly reduced. If you don't take advantage of this moment, you may regret it too late!"

"Breakthrough?" Huang Degong had already picked up the jar that could usually hold twenty kilograms of old wine with one hand. He was about to pour it into a big bowl, but probably felt that there was not much old wine, so he poured it directly into his mouth. After filling it, he slapped the jar on the ground and smeared his mouth slightly with his sleeves and said.

"Where to break through?"

Huang Weiming was stunned.

After the Zhuketu legion advanced south, he defended the east bank of Dongfeishui with two cavalry brigades, and sent two cavalry brigades to go south. After crossing Dongfeishui, he set up a camp on the only official road in the swamp thirty miles south of Shouzhou City, blocking the road that could not escape from Luzhou. At present, there are enemies on the east, south and west sides, only in the north, but there is the Huai River with increasingly large water.

After drinking the last bit of old wine, Huang Degong's Zi Tang's face turned red. Perhaps the bowl of wine had squeezed out some excess water in his body. His face was covered with sweat, and he wiped it casually and stood up.

"It is natural to break through, but it is definitely not possible to break through all the things."

"The last one will be willing to cut off the rear!"

Chang Jingong stood up, but Huang Degong smiled and said, "Old Chang, I know what you are trying to do. I'm afraid of you in this battle a few days ago."

Chang Jingong quickly knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "The loyalty of the Ministry of Judicial Affairs to the Ming Dynasty can be seen by the sun and the moon!"

Huang Degong ignored him and said to himself: "About ten years ago, I met Na Nikan near Tianjin. That time, I did not see their combat power. In the end, both Zhou Yuji and I were defeated, and Nikan was wiped out."

"I didn't expect that after a few years, they destroyed Jiannu and entered the pass to seize the three places in Hebei. In this section, I, Lao Huang, have nothing to say. They took it from the thieves, but they destroyed Jiannu first and then defeated the thieves. This combat power must not be underestimated. Don't worry, I know this very well."

"After they seized the three places in Hebei, they did something similar to that of the thief. The difference is that Nikan clearly pays attention to the common people and despises officials. This section is different from the thief, and naturally it is completely different from the Ming Dynasty. It reminds me of the incident when the Ming Dynasty was just established and Taizu was in power."

"It has been three years since they were in the country to restore people's livelihood. After three years, they don't have to compare with our Ming Dynasty. Even if they are in conflict, they are much better than the thieves. Now you go north to conquer the three places, I'm afraid the first person who refuses to agree is the common people and merchants in the country."

"I, Lao Huang, also yearn for such a country..."

"Father!"

Huang Weiming shouted loudly.

Huang Degong waved his hand, "Where have you thought about it? I, Huang Chuangzi, was a farmer from Liaodong, and I was poor and helpless. If the emperor had not been kind to him, how could I sit in this position now? No matter how unbearable the Ming Dynasty was, I, Huang Degong, would have to fight to the last soldier to repay the country's kindness!"

"Liu Liangzuo, Gao Jie and Mou Wenshou's three tribes were defeated. Among the four towns in Jiangbei, only one tribe was left alone. At present, the wisest choice is to retreat to Jiangnan and leave the land in Jiangbei to them. According to their past practices, it will take some years to stabilize the territory. Compared with the three places in Hebei, it will take at least three years. The Jianghuai land is far more complicated than the three places in Hebei. There are also the nearby Henan, Shaanxi, and Hubei lands. There may be more than three years. In this case, it will be left for me at least five years for the Ming Dynasty."

"In five years, if the Ming Dynasty is well prepared, if the bandits in Jiangnan can be eliminated and half of the country can be used to deal with the barbarian bandits, the victory or defeat is still unknown."

"What's more," Huang Degong looked at Chang Jingong and Huang Weiming coldly, and thought to himself: "You think this marquis is a brave general who only knows fighting. You are wrong. Judging from the military strategy, ten Gao Jie is not as good as my Huang Chuangzi!"

"After Mou Wenshou and others were defeated, most of the remaining troops retreated to Wuhe. If Shibutang was sober, he would quickly reach a peace agreement with the barbarians and retreat the remaining Ming army to Jiangnan smoothly. Otherwise, if they were attacked into the Yangtze River by their navy, they would probably die in the four towns in Jiangbei and would not have a place to bury them!"

"Now..."
Chapter completed!