The next day, at the gate of Chuzhou Prefecture City.

Huo Bao, Shui Jin and General Yin were launched at the same time.

There are two thousand people, one thousand child soldiers here, and one thousand state soldiers assigned by the horse camp leader.

Three thousand people entered the water.

General Silver has two thousand men.

The 100 trucks of fried rice brought back from Binjiang the day before yesterday were distributed and made 7,000 marching rations for 7,000 people.

The elders in the city came to see him off, and the scene was even more lively than when the main force of the Chuzhou Army headed south on August 16th.

Just because everyone was suddenly driving out last time, the soldiers did not ask the soldiers to inform their home in advance.

This time, Shui Jin led the crowd back, but gave the soldiers a day off.

The imperial army was trapped in Bozhou, and the unified argument that the soldiers knew was that the white-soldiers stood in Huangzhou and Huai'an, and the Chuzhou army went north to congratulate.

The people don’t know what the big truth is, they only know that the White-Shirted Army lives a better life, and they do not keep increasing taxes, and their lives are peaceful day by day.

But they are also afraid of repetition.

It’s better to be in chaos. If you join forces, you won’t be afraid of the court going in chaos.

As for why three people went to the two places?

That's more to say?

The troops were about to pass through Bozhou, how could they not visit Marshal Liu and Master Tu San?

The little marshal must have visited relatives.

The people have their own guesses, and when they bid farewell to their soldiers, they are less sad and more lively.

Most of the three thousand troops under the command of the Shuijin were locals in the prefecture.

It was Huo Bao's command, and there were many children of the state prefecture who were recruited in early June.

The people were deported, and the gentry also came to see him off.

There is no way, every family has children in the army.

Nowadays, no one can say that their family is innocent and innocent.

Mr. Guo had his parents and children under the water, so he was even more polite and considerate. He asked someone to carry ten jars of wine and pickle pigs to the army.

Mr. Guo is good at fighting. In June and July, he stood out when he entered Liangshan, the capital to suppress bandits. He was already the leader of the word, and he was the leader of the word.

"San'er, I don't ask you to make achievements, I just hope you will be safe!"

"Don't worry, we have never lost a battle with General Shui!"

"Three, I have no eyes on my sword and gun. My father is really worried. When I come back this time, I will switch to the logistics department and I can also stand out from Master Ma Liu."

"Dad, please forgive me for being unfilial... My son doesn't want to be a cook... I'm very happy now! It's really happy!"

Mr. Guo’s eyes lit up.

Perhaps for others, the world is difficult and we hope for peace.

But in his eyes, such a chaotic time is his greatest opportunity.

Mr. Guo looked at his son who had been reborn and closed his eyes and stopped persuading each other.

“…”

Mr. Song also brought his young nephews over.

His eldest son was a scout's staff member, but he did not follow the army this time, but his nephew Song Qianzhi was on the ranks of the expedition.

"Qian'er, you can go out to see and see, and you should understand what your real strengths are. Don't try to show off your weaknesses and avoid strengths! You will get half the result with twice the effort!"

Mr. Song looked at his nephew with a bow and arrow on his back, showing a little helplessness.

Because his son became a staff member, Mr. Song also knew the difference between staff member and officers and soldiers.

The staff officer is a civil servant like joining the army.

The gentry's children join the army, isn't this a good way out? If you can play your strengths, you don't have to fight directly on the front line.

My nephew was the companion of the little marshal. He started better than others, but he voluntarily gave up his civil servants and would rather start with the military soldier.

What is this not a fool?

Song Qianzhi held his head up and said, "Uncle Second, scholars are useless in this world. The heroes who can protect the people in various places are those who hold swords!"

Mr. Song was speechless, patted his nephew's shoulder and sighed heavily.

...

Thousands of soldiers and horses drove away in the reluctance of local people.

Majestic and proud!

The people of Chuzhou support for the Chuzhou army and the gratitude of Marshal Huo when they mentioned Marshal Huo, General Yin puzzled.

The Chuzhou Army's military power made General Yin even more puzzled.

Until he was getting farther away from the prefecture, he still couldn't figure it out, so he pulled his horse to search for water and asked: "How will the people support the Chuzhou army? Do you love the fifth master?"

As for why not ask about Huo Bao next to him?

If your son is rude to evaluate his father, he will easily become biased.

Shui Jin said proudly: "The Chuzhou army protects the stability of the land, so why don't the people support it? The Wu Ye ordered the opening of canals, borrowing grain to help with summer farming, and ensuring autumn harvest, so that the Chuzhou people will resume production and life after the drought. Even the people in the city will receive more favors from the Wu Ye, so why don't they love it?"

General Yin frowned: "My senior brother gave porridge and medicine in Bozhou. He did not do less for local people than the fifth master, but..."

Shui Jin stayed in Bozhou City and glanced at General Yin: "What else can it be? What's the use of doing many good things? One person praised it, but it's not as good as ten people slandering it! If there are too many people who have slandered it, it's probably because even the people who have received the favor of Mr. Feng just pretended to be Feng and spent money to invite fame! He might as well be picky about the fact that the porridge was not thick and the medicine was not thick... I felt that he had suffered a great loss, so he made Mr. Feng's reputation in vain!"

Otherwise, with the 6,000 troops in full armament, Monk Feng could not compare with Marshal Sun, who held the recruited officers and soldiers in his hand, and Marshal Liu, who was all peasant soldiers?

General Yin was silent.

What Shui Jin said is true.

Huo Bao listened and understood in his heart that the biggest difference between Chuzhou and Bozhou was that his father had the final say.

Even if there are disobedient people and those who are punished for two rounds, they will not dare to make trouble.

By spreading rumors, white can turn black.

According to word of mouth, this ordinary person can also become a sage.

Monk Feng and his junior brothers, I wonder if they were too upright because of the simple living environment in the past.

Such people are not afraid of being enemies because they are easy to plot into the ditch.

In Bozhou, Marshal Sun and Marshal Liu just wanted to win over and did not swallow Monk Feng. They should know his background and did not want to offend the Feng family.

...

March for eighty miles.

That night, everyone was stationed at the junction of Chuzhou and Bozhou.

The ten-collar pigs given by Mr. Guo were all stewed in a big pot.

Tomorrow we will divide our troops, the less baggage, the better.

In the lonely wilderness, the fragrance spreads for ten miles.

This is really satisfying!

The soldiers had a full meal.

The two thousand newcomers who have joined the group have a better impression of Chuzhou.

Chuzhou is so good. I have to bid for Marshal Huo and I have meat to eat!

...

The next day, the three of them divided their troops.

The four counties of Bozhou, Zhongli County, the prefecture of the prefecture, Dingyuan County, Jiashan County and Zhaoyi County.

Before they went south, the officers and soldiers had already divided their troops to recover the counties in Bozhou.

General Yin took him to help Jiashan.

The water goes north and passes Zhaoyi County and goes to Huangzhou.

Huo Bao's troops were responsible for reinforcements of Dingyuan County, which was closest to Chuzhou.

Dingyuan County and Lingshui County are opposite the Ling River, only fifty miles away from Bozhou and Chuzhou. Now the defender is Liu Biao, the nephew of Marshal Liu.

The scout team has been sent out.

The young leaders who traveled with Huo Bao this time include Huo Bao, Hou Xiaoming, Li Yuan, Zhu Gang, Qiu Wei, Wu Yuan and others.

Liang Zhuang stayed in the prefecture to train 4,77 new recruits, and Gao Yue was responsible for teaching 300 staff members.

As for Zhu Qiang and Shi Sanliang, he assisted Liang Zhuang in training recruits as a white person.

Li Yuan was proposed to temporarily act as the auxiliary captain, and the Prime Minister's marching logistics was also because Li Qiang was temporarily unavailable.

After walking twenty miles, Huo Bao ordered to go and camp.

I don’t know how many officers and soldiers who came down to recover Dingyuan, so I can’t act rashly.

Wait until the afternoon, the scout brought back the news.

Five thousand officers and soldiers surrounded Dingyuan and had been surrounded for five days.

The Dingyuan guards opened the city gates several times, but the officers and soldiers never responded to the battle.

The officers and soldiers didn't know what news they were waiting for, so they sent people to contact the prefecture several times a day.

"Uncle Bao, are the officers and soldiers waiting for reinforcements?"

"Master Bao, have you sent a scout north to investigate the news of reinforcements?"

Huo Bao and Hou Xiaoming both thought of this.

Huo Bao nodded and sent a scout to continue.

I'm afraid of this!

If the officers and soldiers had no follow-up troops, only these 5,000 people, the child soldiers could still disturb the enemy, send letters to the county town, cooperate inside and outside, and defeat the officers and soldiers.

If there are follow-up officers and soldiers, then these two thousand people will not have to deliver vegetables.

Wait until evening, the scouts who went north came back to deliver the letter.

After arresting the commanders of the officers and soldiers, we knew why the officers and soldiers surrounding Dingyuan City did not attack Dingyuan.

Waiting for news from Jiashan County.

It turned out that the bandit suppression officers and soldiers sent three groups to "recover" Jiashan County, Dingyuan County, and Zhaoyi County.

Among them, the one sent to recover Jiashan County, which is closest to Bozhou Prefecture, was the nephew of the bandit suppression commander, and the vanguard of the bandit suppression this time.

This pioneer official is jealous of the virtuous and capable, and he is the most shameful person who is more than him.

When they attacked Xuzhou, when everyone divided their troops to "recover" the county town, a deputy general succeeded in one day, which hampered the man's eyes. He slandered the general in front of the chief uncle, causing the deputy general to be charged with "collusion with bandits", was dismissed from his official position, and was detained for guilt.

The generals who suppressed bandits took it as a warning and dared not compete with them in everything.

The deputy generals who came to Dingyuan County could only wait for Jiashan County to "recover" before conquering the city, so as not to repeat the same mistakes.

Huo Bao, Hou Xiaoming and others looked at each other.

Huo Bao was not surprised.

If the imperial generals were Qingming, what else would happen to everyone?

However, Dingyuan County is 300 miles away from Bozhou Prefecture, and the supply is also a problem. This deputy general is afraid that he will send a few people north of the country a day.

Huo Bao drew a simple map on the ground and said to Huo Bao, Hou Xiaoming: "These defenders have been in a short time. Even if the food and grass are constantly extinguished, they are almost the same. You can only force the levy on the spot... You two each bring a song, centered on Dingyuan County, block the east side and the other on the north side. When the officers and soldiers come back from collecting grain, they will wait for their labor and defeat the grain transport team... If they do not seek full results, it is necessary to save the lives of soldiers..."

To the south of Dingyuan County is Linghe, so there is no need to stay behind.

As for the west, there are a thousand child soldiers led by Huo Bao to guard the main force.

Surrounded by three sides, surrounding the officers and soldiers outside Dingyuan County, even if they cannot close the door and beat dogs, they can cut off the supply.

Huo Bao and Hou Xiaoming took the order and each brought 500 people away.

Huo Bao ordered Qiu Wei again: "Send someone to keep an eye on the camp there and find out where the food and grass are located as soon as possible!"

You must always prepare both ways. If you have rich food and grass, you can find a way to make it less prosperous.

Qiu Wei responded and went down to arrange for people not to raise them.

The next day, Huo Baoba went forward ten miles, only twenty miles from Dingyuan County.

Since he learned about the number of officers and soldiers outside Dingyuan County, he has been much less concerned and vaguely understood what Zhu Qiang and Shi San were feeling a few days ago.

The number of enemies and ours is not very different, and the enemy is open and secret, and we are determined and unintentional, and we really want to attack them. What should we do?

Bear with it!

Before the scout could find out where the officers and soldiers were food and supplies, the three scouts had their own achievements.

To the east of Huo Bao, a team of 100 people is welcomed.

When he came out, the Scout was released and he was cut off when he came back.

A team of 100 people came slowly from afar.

The leaders of several people rode horses, and the soldiers behind them walked.

The officers and soldiers had no empty hands, either holding cows or driving pigs, or holding chickens and ducks directly in their hands.

Huo Bao defeated the formation and ordered Zhu Gang and Qiu Yuan to ambush him with a song of men.

The archers trained for more than three months, and their accurate heads were limited, so they showed power when shooting without any difference.

After two rounds of bows and arrows, dozens of officers and soldiers were injured.

"There is an ambush, run!"

"Ah, mom!"

"Ao!"

The few people riding the horse shook their whips even harder.

Two horses were shot and injured, with their hooves sticking out, and overturned the horse.

Another horse was wearing half armor and was not shot by a bow and arrow. It was about to carry people out of the ambush circle, but it was hit by something flying in. The horse twisted its neck and fell heavily to the ground.

The man on the horse was pressed by the dead horse, his face pale and howled.

Huo Bao rushed forward and picked up the mace on the ground and put it away.

Eighty-seven people were killed and sixteen were captured.

The child soldiers seriously injured two people and twenty-five people slightly.

Many child soldiers are injured when they are in the first formation and are timid when they are in the front.

Twenty medical soldiers accompanied him had bandaged the slightly injured, and the seriously injured were on a stretcher.

From archers to archers, to swordsmen, pikes, to auxiliary soldiers to sweep the battlefield, it takes only a quarter of an hour to complete the battle.

The weapons and armor were all cleared out.

Scouts with insufficient military equipment will be equipped immediately.

Three cattle, one donkey, twelve pigs, and ninety-three chickens and ducks were harvested.

Huo Bao looked at the livestock and poultry and did not move for a long time.

He has lived in Nanshan Village for more than ten years, and of course he understands the importance of cattle, pigs, and animals to farmers. He knows that these chickens and ducks are important property of farmers.

However, when he gave the order, he did not ask his subordinates to intercept the officers and soldiers who were robbed directly, but asked his subordinates to ambush the officers and soldiers who had been harvested.

War is war.
Chapter completed!