Zhu Cixuan sat in the central army camp, outside the guards of the Eastern Palace Guards.

Xiao Mo led the Qian General of the Right Army of the Guards, as the vanguard, as the vanguard, and opened the roads and met the water to build bridges. Having said that, Xiao Mo soon discovered that even with the dragon flag representing the royal family and holding the imperial edict, it was difficult to open the doors of prefectures and counties in various places after entering Henan.

Even if some prefectures and county officials opened the door, they often brought old gentry all over the city to deliver the supplies for the labor force, begging the officers and soldiers not to enter the city with tears in their noses. These Ming court officials had almost the same attitude towards officials and thieves. No wonder the important officials in the court were unwilling to lead troops to war, which was too painful for themselves.

"If the lonely army leads the troops, the other generals may be even more unbearable." Zhu Cilang couldn't help but sigh when he heard the news from Xiao Mo from the front.

"The people say that 'Thief passes like combs, and soldiers passes like combs' is not a false statement." Wu Qi wore a green robe and a square scarf on his head, like a student who had not passed the imperial prison. Although he was taken out of the imperial prison by the prince, he did not receive the imperial edict to restore his post. Zhu Cixuan sent someone to the Ministry of Personnel to inquire, but Li Yuzhi had to go to the outer residence of the Eastern Palace to explain, saying that this was "reinstatement but not reinstatement", just like those ministers who were waiting for assignment after their period of time.

Wu Yan didn't mind this. Although he was in an official position, he was still wearing a cloth clothes. He felt refreshed in body and mind, and his complexion improved a lot.

Not only Wu Qi was dressed randomly in the guard camp, but even Zhu Cixuan changed his clothes after leaving Beijing and often showed up in military uniform, but he did not wear a military rank on his shoulders. He originally wanted to get himself a general rank, but the rank of the East Palace was not a national system, and letting his subordinates play with it is cheap. If he joined, the censors would definitely make a fuss.

This is still suppressed by Li Banghua, otherwise it would be more than just a matter of irrelevant remarks. Changes to the ancestral system. That is something that even the emperor cannot do anything randomly.

Zhu Cixuan and Wu Di were talking when the sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded outside the central army's tent.

In any dynasty, a horse can be killed by a horse, unless there is an important military information report. Zhu Cixuan led his troops more and more slowly, and Wu Ci was also a civil servant. Both of them were a little nervous, but they both had a deep face and had no cleverness.

"Report! Good news!" A panting sound soon came outside the tent, and the movement of his boots stepping on the mud when he rolled over and dismounted.

"Come in." Zhu Cilang said loudly, turning his head to look at Wu Yan: "Did Xiao Mo meet the bandits? He started so quickly."

The fast horse that was reported outside stepped into the tent, saluted military salute, and presented a paint bucket with both hands: "Report to Your Highness, the Qin soldiers will report the victory! On the eighth of this month, the bandit general Li Yangchun surrendered. On the twelfth, the vanguard official Niu Chenghu defeated Baofeng and killed the fake officials Chen Kexin and Jiang Li. On the same day, the Qin army defeated Tang County and killed more than a thousand old camps of bandits."

Li Chuang had a rule in marching. His family, wife and daughter followed the army, but he did not set up a battalion, called the old camp. If the battle camp was not communicating with the old camp, and whenever someone dared to leave the camp to visit his family, he would be beheaded for the crime of desertion. Only when he was stationed, he was allowed to visit relatives.

Zhu Cixuan found Baofeng and Tang County location on the map, frowned and said, "Du Qin is so fast. Just count it..." He roughly measured the distance with the tiger's mouth: "It's only three hundred miles away to Nanyang."

"Didn't Qin Governor receive the official letter from the Ministry of War?" Wu Yan's voice was already filled with anger. The assistant minister looked moderate and easy-going, but when it came to official business, his temper could not stop rising.

"Obviously I didn't take it to heart." Zhu Cilang sneered: "Or it was because he knew I was coming."

Wu Qi thought like lightning, and put himself in Sun Chuanting's position to consider it, and he immediately got the answer. Everyone knows that Luoyang is located on a plain, easy to attack and difficult to defend. If His Royal Highness arrives in Luoyang, how can he protect the safety of the Eastern Palace? If the bandits know that the Prince of the Eastern Palace has actually arrived in Luoyang, they will also flock to attack to boost morale. At that time, there were less than 100,000 troops. How to resist?

The best way is to march quickly and conquer Xiangyang after the prince arrives, so that the prince has no reason to go to the front line and can wait for good news in Luoyang safely.

"But where did he get this confidence?" Zhu Cixuan raised his head and asked the whistle horse, "Where is the Central Army of the Qin Governor? Ruzhou?"

"The Qin soldiers arrived in Ruzhou on September 8th." The shouma replied neatly. His riding skills were not good enough, but he had already passed the answer.

"Chief of the Order!" Zhu Cixuan shouted.

A soldier wearing a modified big red fat jacket immediately came in and stood in front of Zhu Cilang.

"I ordered Sun Chuanting to order the Qin soldiers to rectify and retreat to Ruzhou. Those who dared to advance were killed!" Zhu Ciyang paused and said, "I ordered the Right Army headquarters to march urgently and meet the Qin governor with Ruzhou." He looked back at Wu Qian and said, "Sir, can you lead the Left Army headquarters to protect the food road in the rear?"

"A certain scholar is indeed not my ability to go to battle, but I can still take responsibility for protecting the food road." Wu Xuan was once a senior official in the Shilin circle. He came forward to negotiate with various prefectures and counties along the way, and the competition for martial arts is much more useful.

The left military headquarters has always been carrots hanging in front of everyone, making the officers feel that there is still a position for the Qiang General waiting for them so that they can work hard. This has inspired middle-level officers, but it is very unfavorable for combat. Even if a Qiang General is temporarily arranged to go over, there will always be conflicts without knowing each other.

The food industry has been the key to victory and defeat since ancient times. It is not a waste to make the left military unit turn into nothing to take care of the back.

"I personally led the Central Military Department to march urgently and also entered Ruzhou and ordered Sun Chuanting to take over." Zhu Cilong finished speaking in one breath, waved to the commander, told him to go quickly, lowered his head and looked at the inaccurate map, his brows tightened and tighter.

At this time, the Central Army was still more than 120 miles away from Ruzhou. Originally, because of the issuance of Sun Chuanting to station in Luoyang, he did not receive his objection, so the army did not move quickly, but chose a county with relatively abundant food and grass to march to ensure combat effectiveness and civilian endurance. This naturally slowed down the speed of progress. Who knew that Sun Chuanting had started so quickly and had already attacked Baofeng in a blink of an eye.

Judging from the map, Baofeng is really not a good location.

There are two roads from here to Nanyang.

One is to bypass Funiu Mountain in the east, then turn southwest to attack Nanyang, and to recover counties such as Jia, Lushan, Xiangcheng, Ye, Fangcheng and other counties along the way, which is also the direction where the main force of the treacherous army may be stockpiled.

The other is to cross Funiu Mountain from Lushan County to Nanzhao County, head straight from Nanzhao County, and the troops are heading to Nanyang.

The road seems to be much shorter, but now it is the rainy season in Funiu Mountain. Even in this year of severe drought, it is easy to encounter heavy rain. The soil and stones on the mountain are loose, and once there is rain, it will turn into mudslides, which is really not conducive to the advance of the army. Even so, you cannot leave it alone. Otherwise, if the trespass takes the side troops to Funiu Mountain, you can go directly to Ruzhou and cut off the food route of the Qin army's rear. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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