Updated: 2014-04-22

Zheng Yunming asked: "Last year, Zhang Rou also went south, but she didn't meet our army. Where did she go?"

Wang Deng replied: "Zhang Rou did not appear on the front line of Xiangyang and Jiangling last year, but instead fought between Guangzhou, Xizhou and Huangzhou, and followed Marshal Tachaer to attack our Huaixi Jingdong line. In Guangzhou, he defeated a partial division of Zhenjiang Dutong. In Xizhou, he defeated our troops to fight and captured many people. He fought with the troops of Meng Dutong in Huangzhou, and our army suffered heavy casualties. When he retreated, he was also responsible for sweeping the hamlets that our army had set up on the border and abducted tens of thousands of people."

"There is no tough battle. It seems that the so-called No. 1 general in Hebei is just like that." Xiang Anguo said with a slight attitude. After all, the scholars joined the army and the depth of the enemy was far less clear than the generals who had been in the Rong brigade for a long time.

"You should not underestimate the enemy. This person is much more difficult to deal with than Shi Tianze, Yan Shi and Liu Yi." Zheng Yunming naturally remembered Zhang Rou's name. He and his parent-child Zhang Hongfan led their elite troops to contribute a lot to the destruction of the Song Dynasty. When Meng Gong was still alive, there were generals who could control him and his father and son. Since Meng Gong died of illness, no one in the Song Dynasty could fight against this army and horse.

"When you meet Zhang Rou's banner, be careful and try your best to slam his sharpness. Zhang Rou is the courage to garrison the south. First break his troops, and then all the troops going south are scared." Zheng Yunming's tone of speaking was much calmer than a few months ago: "Before the enemy goes south, we must send the Red Army and Han people to explore the horses to investigate first, plan the route of the army, and arrange the military supplies. We cannot make them prepare so comfortably before the war. Yesterday, I discussed with the commander and sent several surprise attack troops to Dengzhou, Tangzhou and Zaoyang to sweep away the enemy's materials stored here in advance, destroy the bridges and roads, and capture the Red Army to explore the enemy."

"The key to military strategy is to defeat enemy aircraft first. Last year, Jinghu experienced a great defeat in Luo, and its vitality had not recovered, it could send troops north to attack enemy prefectures and counties. This year, Xiao Zhao's commander took office, so he had to take the lead and teach the Hu people a lesson so that they could not arrive at the city of Xiangyang so smoothly."

Zheng Yunming held his knees with his hands and glanced at the generals under the tent: "Who dares to go north to kill the generals and seize the flag for me, and promote the power of my Jingchu army?"

The generals bowed and shouted, "I'm willing to go!"

Zheng Yunming turned his head and whispered to Bai Yijie for a while, and said loudly: "The war is imminent, and the commanders and generals of each army should not act without action. This time we let a few newcomers go, so that the Hu people can see that our Jingchu army has more than just a few people."

He shouted loudly: "Zhang Shun!"

Zhang Shun stood up.

"You and Dai Yanwo led a thousand generals to the headquarters to patrol and sweep the troops to Tangzhou. They will fight when they encounter the enemy, and if they are strong, they will leave."

Zhang Shun responded in a silence and came up to receive the general's order.

"Where is Hu Yanyu?"

Hu Yanyu threw his robe out of the line to receive the order.

"Last year, your troops had fewer meetings with the Mongolian army. Today, you will be given a chance to make meritorious service. You will select 500 people from the army of our headquarters, joining 1,000 Meng Jingzhongshun's army, and traveling to Dengzhou. According to information from the north, there are people suspected of Liu Yi and rebel general Fan Yongji here. Be careful when fighting the enemy."

Hu Yanyu also took the general order and retreated.

Zheng Yunming paused and raised his voice a little more: "Liu Zheng, Jiao Jin!"

Liu Zheng shouted happily: "I will be here!" He walked up and bowed to the order.

Jiao Jin responded calmly, following Liu Zheng forward to take the order.

He was originally one of the fifty envoys from Meng Gong's subordinates to the Tulong Army, but he was calm and quiet by nature, far less wild than Liu Zheng. Therefore, he has always been unknown in the army. However, in several battles, Jiao Jin calmly judged the situation of the enemy and us, and used his precise shooting skills and superb long spear techniques to hunt the enemy's heads, and each time he made a merit no less than Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng was too proud of his talent among these people, and Zheng Yunming needed such a person to restrain him.

Zheng Yunming drew out a general order and said, "Liu Zheng is the main general and Jiao Jin is the deputy general. You two lead your subordinates to 150 soldiers, and draw 500 soldiers from the Zhenwu vanguard army. Then we will join the militia to report victory, with a total of 1,100 people. We will advance to Zaoyang to patrol and investigate. When we encounter a large group of enemy troops, we will not fight. When we encounter a small group of enemies, we will decisively attack and annihilate them."

"The three surprise troops, each allocated fifty light cavalry to use as a white team, and another twenty people were prepared to report the news."

He stood up and glanced at the staff and generals standing in the lower head: "Just as I have repeatedly emphasized before, the enemy's first attack last year was just a test of our army's defense capabilities. This time, the enemy understood the strength of our army, the geography and soil of Jinghu, and would use all his strength to destroy all resistance measures in this defense zone, in order to cross the Yangtze River near Jiangling and take straight to Jiangnan. But what they didn't understand is how much our Jinghu army has grown in the past year. In the next few months, we will show our strength and perseverance to the Hu people! Shock the enemy and make a name for the world, and start with this pre-war raid!"

"I'm waiting for you to return victoriously!"

In the stable of the Dutongsi, Han Feng took out his mount. This was the first time he had his own mount. This was a beautiful yellow horse. He was short and strong, with neat mane. It was a typical Mongolian war horse. This horse was also the spoiled war in last year's war. It was originally a meeting ceremony assigned by the Mongols to the Changde rebels. Unexpectedly, in the Battle of Wulipo, its owner was shot to death by the archers of the Tulong Army and fell into the hands of the Tulong Army.

Although Han Feng had not experienced regular cavalry training, under Zheng Yunming's strict requirements, he had followed Qin Wu to learn riding skills since the end of the war. Now, not to mention that he could control the mount to advance and retreat freely, he could at least ride on it and fight on the battlefield for seven or eight rounds.

He carefully washed the horses several times, and then began to put saddles on the horses. According to the experience of veterans of the Northern Army who had been cavalry, if the saddles or bridles were loose on the battlefield, they would almost be captured by their opponents. To become a qualified cavalry, start by tying the saddles.

In order to save their own physical strength, the Tulong Army's pedestrian reconnaissance post carries extremely limited things. Apart from a small amount of dry food, there are only basic portable weapons and things needed for reconnaissance.

The White Cavalry is completely different. Because it is a cavalry, it is very difficult to hide in the mountains and fields. Therefore, the White Cavalry is a hard probe and has to fight the enemy's vanguard or ranger at close range. A standard White Cavalry not only has complete armor, but also has to be equipped with bows and arrows, spears for cavalry, traps and sticks for heavy armor. However, the Mongolian horse's carrying capacity is limited, and the White Team must ensure a certain amount of maneuver power, so it is impossible to use any heavy equipment.

Taking Han Feng's armor as an example, the leather armor he wore was also taken from the Mongolian cavalry who died in battle, and then the shape was modified by the government's craftsmen. Although it was light and had a tough texture, it was far less useful than iron armor when dealing with heavy arrows and blunt objects that were shot at close range. This was a little protection that had to be sacrificed to ensure speed.

Han Feng carried weapons, dry food and supplies on Huang Piao's horse, and quietly walked towards the back door of the yamen with his war horse. Now the deputy governor was conducting a pre-scheduling review of the surprise attack troops on the school ground in front of the yamen. As a member of the yamen, he did not want to walk out of the yamen gate so arrogantly.

He gently pushed open the back door and found that Lai Ruyue and Shi Wenhu had been standing outside the door.

Lai Ruyue walked up to check the outfits of the war horse and Han Feng, and used her hand to force the ribbon tied to him.

"The things must be tied up! Otherwise, the two horses will be caught by the enemy when they are intertwined!" Ruyue's earnest teachings were like a brother in the military reminding her little brother who was fighting for the first time.

"Don't be afraid when encountering an enemy cavalry, rush towards him. The Mongolians are used to retreating and shooting while shooting. They must pay attention to using the terrain and teammates to force them to an inconvenient area to move." Lai Ruyue frowned slightly. Han Feng was allowed to act as a dangerous role as a cavalry team for the first time, and Zheng Yunming's risky adventure was a bit big.

Han Feng nodded silently, bowed to Shi Wenhu, stepped on the stirrup on his left foot and prepared to get on his horse and leave.

"Slow!" Shi Wenhu shouted, and he took a few steps and handed a thing wrapped in black cloth into Han Feng's hand. Han Feng sank his hand, and when he took off the black cloth and watched, he realized that it was an ancient iron whip.

"This is a weapon passed down from the Yue family army back then. It is said that it is the favorite thing of Dong Xian, the general of the vanguard army." Shi Wenhu said: "The Tartars have many guys with iron armor, which are quite difficult to deal with. If you take this iron whip, you will definitely be useful."

Han Feng nodded gratefully. The heroes never slandered. The heavy feel of this iron whip was Shi Wenhu's loyalty to him.

Lai Ruyue and Shi Wenhu watched him turn over and trot out of the back alley, running towards the gathering ground of the Ximen Tiaobai team.

"Uncle Wenhu, the days of peace are so beautiful, but unfortunately they are always so short." Ruyue sighed leisurely.

Shi Wenhu felt a sense of pride in his heart: "What are you talking about? The next fight is the moment when my son-in-law shows his heroic appearance!"
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