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The sky is vast, and the summer breeze passes slowly. The willow catkins in the sky are rolled up with the wind. The flying catkins spread over the fertile plain like snow, adding a few poetic beauty to the night. 1(1) The night is covered with darkness, and the road ahead is dark, and only the Luoshui River that follows the road along the way is emitting a slight light...

The cavalry walked silently in the dark summer night, all wearing black cloaks, with people holding pieces, horse hoods wrapped in grass, sabers around their waists, and bows and arrows on their backs.

They bowed their heads and bent down and rushed, no one chatted and spoke. From time to time, the commands of the non-commissioned officers came from the darkness: "Follow the one ahead! Don't fall behind!" The horse's hooves trampled on the vast plain, making a rustling sound like spring nibbling mulberry.

Suddenly, some different sounds came from the slow summer wind, and the leading cavalry suddenly screamed: "There is someone on the other side!"

It was almost time to speak. Before he finished speaking, ghostly cavalry suddenly appeared in the darkness ahead, and groups of soldiers appeared in black shadows. The leading cavalry screamed: "It's the rebel cavalry!"

A tragic encounter battle was caught off guard in the darkness. The sword light was shining and the sword light was burning. Only curses could be heard. Both sides shouted "Kill!" and "Run!" but the battle didn't take long. This unexpected encounter came quickly and ended quickly.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the Hebei cavalry vanguard ended the encounter, leaving more than a hundred corpses and spots of blood on the ground, and the wounded rolling off the horse moaned in pain.

Chen Kefu turned over and dismounted. He held the Chixiao sword in one hand and stepped forward.

The new guard chief Cheng Yaojin quickly came up to report: "Your Highness, three brothers were killed, and five brothers were injured."

Chen Kefu first looked at the wounded and learned that they were all minor injuries, so it would not prevent him from moving forward.

He asked again: "Did the rebels leave wounded?"

"Your Highness, the rebels are a guerrilla light cavalry team, probably a squad of 100 cavalry. It was too dark and our forwards did not notice them. However, the brothers performed well just now. Although it was an unexpected encounter, they did not let an enemy go. Most of the opponent was killed, and more than a dozen wounded soldiers were captured."

"Take me to see."

The group arrived at the battlefield where they had just fought. Seventy or eighty rebels died lying stiffly on the ground, with their eyes bulging, and a pool of blood flowing from their wounds. *1*1* These rebels were all cavalrymen, all of whom were young and strong. They were generally tall and strong, and the equipment of these cavalry was very well-equipped. Everyone was wearing cowhide armor and black iron helmets on their heads. In addition to spears, they also had a horizontal knife and a cavalry bow and two pots of arrows.

With the slight starlight in the sky, Chen Kefu looked at the corpses all over the ground and carefully observed the mounts of these cavalrymen.

He carefully looked at their clothes and armor, as well as feathers on their hats, looked at the weapons in their hands, and even reached into the arms of the rebel leader himself to grop for a while. Unfortunately, he only found a few pieces of broken silver and a piece of black bacon.

He searched so hard and focused that the guards next to him had no way to intervene. A guard took out a fire pie and wanted to help him illuminate it. He then fired a spark and Chen Kefu suddenly shot the fire pie to the ground.

"Can't make a fire!" He raised his head and said softly but sternly: "Danger. There may be rebel scouts nearby."

Thinking that there might be countless rebels in the darkness peeking at him in the darkness, the guard shuddered.

"It's always right to be careful." Chen Kefu smiled at him, then lowered his head and looked through the corpses of several rebels intently, as if the coroner was dissecting the corpses.

Finally, he stood up, grabbed a handful of grass and rubbed it on his hands, looked up at the vast dark sky and thoughtfully. After a long time, he spoke out: "Look at the outfits of these people. They are not the Dongdu Army, nor the Jianghua Army, nor even the Wei Army. But these people are well-equipped and very brave in fighting. They are elite soldiers and horses at first sight. Know the truth, you can find a way to interrogate some details from the prisoners."

The officers looked at each other. The encounter came too suddenly. At that time, they just wanted to protect themselves and had no sense of this. When they heard Chen Kefu's words, they all felt that the sudden appearance of this army was a bit strange.

Cheng Yaojin, the new chief guard, said with some concern: "Your Highness, please forgive me for being too much. Your Highness, your safety is related to the overall situation. The son of a thousand gold cannot sit in the hall. I think your Highness should still be in Luoyang and the head of the head. As for the sneak attack on the rebels and the siege of Luokoucang, it should be handed over to the humble position. Now that we have just left Luoyang, we have discovered the traces of the rebels here, which is really strange. I think the current situation is very unfavorable to us, and you should not have too many troubles at this time. It is better to return to Luoyang immediately. As for the matter of intelligence, it is the matter of scouts and scouts, and they are responsible for this. Just give the matter of supporting Luokoucang to me and Shixin."

Chen Kefu smiled and said, "You are right. But this time Li Mi colluded with Wang Xuanying and joined forces with Huangfu Wuyi, and came in full force. Even our Marshal Li Jing was driven to Luokoucang City by these people. At present, there are more than 20 million stones of grain in Luokoucang City, which is all our food and grass. And if Li Mi and the others bypass Luokoucang City, they can go straight to the Hulao Pass. Now the Hulao line is our surround of the south bank camp where Dou Jiande goes south. If not, Li Mi's rebels can join Dou Jiande, which is the biggest trouble. Once they join, their power will be difficult to control."

Cheng Yaojin hesitated and said, "Li Mi and his group have more than 200,000 people surrounding Luokou Cang City. Your Highness, we only have 20,000 people. If we break in, we are afraid that we will be outnumbered. What's more, Your Highness, you are also taking a big risk to lead the army to send troops. I think that there are Marshal Li Jing and Marshal Zhang Zhongjian in Luokou City, and these two generals are in charge of Luokou. No matter how powerful Li Mi and the others are, I believe Luokou City will still be as solid as a rock."

Luo Shixin also advised, "Yes, Your Highness. I think it's better to stay in Luoyang City. As long as there are three or five days, we can draw enough troops from all over the country to encircle and suppress the rebels. Your Highness is really not worth taking this risk."

"Where are there any soldiers and horses to draw?" Chen Kefu looked solemn and shook his head.

A few days ago, 50,000 troops were transferred across the Hebei River and went north to Hedong. Now they are racing against time to seize the counties in the southeast of the Hebei River. In a short while, these 50,000 troops were impossible to draw south. Although 200,000 troops have gathered on both sides of the Yellow River in Jijun, Hebei, there is now a gathering of 200,000 troops. However, these soldiers are encircling Dou Jiande's nest. They finally copied Dou Jiande's nest and forced Dou Jiande to the Tongshan Mountain in Jijun. It was already the most critical time. At this time, Chen Kefu could not break the deployment and draw troops from it.

There are no troops to adjust in Hedong and Hebei. Although the troops in Huainan have just achieved successive victories and occupied the counties in Huainan, at this stage, the troops in Huainan have to be busy clearing the places, appease the places, suppressing bandits and safeguarding the people. They have to be busy arranging defenses along the north bank of the Yangtze River to prevent the counterattack of the Southern Chen army.

At present, Li Mi and Wang Xuan responded to their counterattack, but Chen Kefu suddenly had no soldiers to use.

On the entire chessboard of Chen Pojun, the move played by Li Mi and others at the moment is likely to change the situation in Henan. When Henan chaos occurs, it will even cause a doubly-bonded card effect on the entire situation. Chen Kefu does not want to take this risk, and he has always felt a little doubt about the rebellion of the Dongdu Army. Huangfu Wuyi is just a fence-between, and the wind has always blown both sides. At this time, Chen Pojun still has the greatest advantage. With Huangfu Wuyi's courageous character, he is unlikely to suddenly rebel against himself in a high-profile manner.

Duan Da of the Dongdu Army was found in the intelligence that the Special Service Department had Duan Da was dead. Huangfu Xiren was actually the fundamental reason for the rebellion of the Dongdu Army. Huangfu Wuyi was just a superficial puppet. Chen Kefu felt that as long as he found a way to raid the Dongdu Army's camp and kill Huangfu Xiren, then with the personalities of the Dongdu Army's master soldiers and the fence-bearer Huangfu Wuyi, he would have a great chance to regain control of the Dongdu Army.

As long as the Dongdu Army reverses the situation, Li Mi and Wang Xuanying will be at a disadvantage immediately. As long as they can completely deal with Li Mi and Wang Xuanying, it would be okay for him to bear the capricious generals of Huangfu Wuyi and the Dongdu Army for the moment.

However, it is not easy to rely on their 20,000 troops to raid the camp of the Dongdu Army, and to kill Huangfu Xiren and force Huangfu Wuyi to turn against each other again. This matter is related to the situation in Henan. Chen Kefu has no longer had enough generals to stand alone. Originally, Qin Qiong was a good choice, but Qin Qiong had already been transferred to Hedong by him. The remaining Cheng Yaojin, Luo Shixin and Zhang Jin were more brave, but he still lacked experience in pointing at the same army.

It was of great importance, and Chen Kefu had to wear armor in person.

"Your Highness, the question has been made clear. This team of cavalry is the Huainan Army led by Du Fuwei. They are the Huainan Army scouts Qing Cavalry." A guard rushed over and reported loudly.

There was silence, and the sound of the wind whistling could be heard, and strange expressions appeared on the faces of the soldiers. The Huainan Army was the Southern Chen Army, and Du Fuwei was the General of the Southern Chen. According to the information, the Huainan Army led by Du Fuwei should still be in Yingchuan County at this time. However, a team of hundreds of cavalry scouts from the Huainan Army appeared here, and the meaning of this was expressed without any explanation.

Du Fuwei is a famous general in Southern Chen, and the Huainan army is an elite army in Southern Chen. Although Lu Shishen defeated the Huainan army in Yingchuan not long ago, Huainan, which is only a hundred miles away from them, had 90,000 troops. Now that the Huainan vanguard scout has arrived here, has the Huainan army defeated Lu Shishen and headed north to Luoyang?

The scout of the Huainan vanguard arrived, and the famous general Du Fuwei of Southern Chen would not be far away. If Du Fuwei really went north, would the army of Southern Chen come back and kill him again? For a moment, all the generals stood at a loss in the darkness. (To be continued...)


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