"Don't stop! The enemy is coming soon! And the only chance you can survive is to march more than them!" The two generals scolded loudly, as if the enemy was about to attack the next moment.

The crowd burst into laughter: "You can defeat the Tartars by running around like this. Is this a coaxing child?"

Lu Xunzhi saw the head general of the Tulong Army standing in an inconspicuous corner behind the crowd, listening to the noise of the crowd with a smile.

"Not everyone can understand how helpful it is to have a good foot strength to fight." Lu Xunzhi walked to Zheng Yunming: "But in the future they will always understand that this will save their lives."

Zheng Yunming shook his head and said, "It's still far from saving themselves in the war. It's a pity that the Mongols came too fast."

"What instructions do Xiangyang have?"

Lu Xunzhi said worriedly: "The situation is very bad. The Mongols are advancing towards Xiangyang. Their whistle cavalry are everywhere outside Fancheng, and some have crossed the Han River and penetrated to the south of Xiangyang. Upstream of the Han River, some people saw that the Mongols had recruited a group of warships and wooden rafts. Once they were ready, they would start to attack Xiangyang Prefecture. Or bypass Xiangyang City and go down the Han River and take straight to Jiangling."

"The commander's instructions are to ask the Tulong Army to assist in defending Jiangling, and follow the command of the deputy commander."

Zheng Yunming thought about it in his mind and said, "The enemy only took two roads, from the Han River south, or detoured through Junzhou and Fangzhou, and entered Jiangling by land. It takes many rugged places to go by land, and the possibility of this is not high. If you take the water road..."

"Where is Yang Xuan and Wang Deng?" Lu Xunzhi asked, "Get everyone together to discuss the next step?"

"Yang Yu went to Shatou City early in the morning." Zheng Yunming lowered his voice and said, "Go and make some preparations..."

"I will also send Chen Guang to Fangzhou later. We must be prepared for wars." Zheng Yunming said in a calm voice: "We are dealing with powerful enemies that have never been seen in ancient times. We have more preparation and more hope of survival."

"This is something that must be done..." Lu Xunzhi was about to continue talking when he suddenly heard a voice screaming: "Tartar! It'sTartar!"

In the distance of the road, one man and one rider rushed towards the direction of the camp. The visitor was wearing a Mongolian robe, a feathered helmet, and a bow and arrow, which was a typical Mongolian cavalry dress.

The crowd became panicked and began to run into the camp without any life. Some people stepped on straw sandals in the crowd, some were torn to pieces, and some people took off their headscarfs, and they were in a mess.

"Child!" Zheng Yunming saw a little girl being squeezed to the ground by the crowd, and before he could rush over to rescue her, the Lai family's little lady had already flew forward with a single step forward, pushing away the two men who were about to step on the little girl. He hugged the girl with one hand.

Although the soldiers on the road were all armored and weapons, they were all at a loss, with confused and nervous expressions on their faces.

Zheng Yunming rushed over and took the girl in his hand, shouting loudly: "What are you doing when you stand there! Formation! Archers are ready to shoot arrows!"

Peng Man suddenly pushed the flag forward: "Form a horizontal battle against the enemy!"

Two hundred spearmen stood in a row in panic, and the spears were all stabbed diagonally upwards. The archers took the bows and placed them on the bows. Some people threw the bows in the chaos, and some dropped the spears. Peng Man and Deng Fang shouted loudly, but they had no use at all.

The Lai family's wife Yue'er took off the silver painted bow on her back and pulled out a phoenix-tail arrow. She looked at the distance, drew the arrow, and with a whoosh, the feather arrow flew straight towards the Mongolian cavalry.

When the arrow was really like a meteor, it was about to hit the knight, the rider collapsed, took the feather arrow with his left hand, and slammed the reins with his right hand. The horse neighed and stood up.

The knight raised the feather arrow high and shouted loudly: "Long time no see you, official, is it just to use this arrow to welcome me!"

Zheng Yunming heard the voice very familiar, suddenly remembered something, and shouted loudly: "Brother Qin Wu, is it you!"

The knight took off his helmet and shoe-skinned face, revealing a bold face. It was indeed the hero Qin Wu who met on the way to take office.

Zheng Yunming rushed forward, hugged Qin Wu, who had dismounted his horse, and said happily: "You are indeed here in Xiangyang!"

"The official owes me a drink, why wouldn't I come and ask for it?" Qin Wu smiled and said, "I didn't expect that in just a few months, you will become the general who led the troops."

"It was just a coincidence." Zheng Yunming said, "Come on, I will introduce you to you!" So Qin Wu introduced everyone one by one.

But the Lai family's wife asked vigilantly: "Why did you come here wearing Mongolian armor?"

"This is exactly what I want to tell you." Qin Wu said seriously: "The Mongols have prepared their ships and are ready to bypass Xiangyang Prefecture and head straight for Jiangling."

Zheng Yunming's face became solemn: "Do you really want to get straight to your heart?"

Qin Wu said, "On the way to Xiangyang, I was all the troops that were going south by the Tartars. I had to hide my whereabouts all the way and rush carefully. Until the Hanshui River accidentally met the Tartars' whistle and cavalry on the banks of the Hanshui River, I had no choice but to kill one person and seize his armor and horse. Then I found that he had a map of the marching route from Hanshui to Jiangling. So I simply put on makeup like a Tartar cavalry and smuggled to the south to inform the officials."

Qin Wu said that, taking out the map from his arms and handing it to Zheng Yunming. Zheng Yunming took it carefully and found that although the painting method was poor, the troops along the way had been marked in detail, including the settlements and terrain.

"This is impossible!" Lu Xunzhi said in surprise: "There has never been a Tartar whistle cavalry in the hinterland of Jinghu Lake. How did this information be mastered by the enemy?"

"It's a fine work." The Lai family's wife gritted her teeth and said hatefully: "It's a fine work of Mongolian ambushing in Jinghu."

"No matter what, the Tartars always have to fight over this route." Zheng Yunming looked up and asked, "What should we do next when Mr. Lu thinks we should do?"

Lu Xunzhi smiled: "Since the general manager has sent Yang Xuan to Shatou City, he must have made some plans in his mind and just do what you want."

Zheng Yunming nodded, turned around and shouted, "Come on!"

A utility ran over quickly and obeyed the orders.

"The order of the tooth goalkeeper who was on duty, beat the drum and gathered the generals, and this will issue the order!"

The effect was called yes, and turned around and ran quickly towards the mountain.

"I'm sorry that I can't entertain Brother Qin for drinking." Zheng Yunming said: "When I come back from Shatou City, I will come to welcome Brother Qin."

Qin Wu smiled generously and said, "Why wouldn't it be nice to let me go to Shatou City together, drinking wine while killing the Tartars with all my heart!"

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After passing the three-way drum, the nine generals of the Tulong Army, two commanders and one commander have all put on their helmets and armor, and they stand respectfully in the lobby of the government office.

"Based on reliable information," Zheng Yunming said loudly: "The Tartars are rushing to Jiangling on land and water. The walls and fields are cleared near Jiangling Mansion. Only the area of ​​Shatou City does not have city wall defense, but there are still hundreds of thousands of civilians living here. In order to save their lives, I will lead three thousand troops to Shatou City to guard!"

Everyone dared not speak casually, but Zheng Yunming could see that many people did not agree with this order.

"Speak straight," Zheng Yunming said: "Don't hide it. Orders that cannot be understood must be strictly followed, but I can listen to your opinions."

Zhu Sheng left and surrendered and reported: "This time, the Mongolian army has launched a large army and swept across the board, and the officials are in a tight position. Our camp is not perfect. If the general manager takes away three thousand people, what should we do if the enemy attacks with large forces?"

"The possibility of our Italian camp being attacked by a large number of enemies is not high." Zheng Yunming pointed to the topographic map behind him and said: "To the north of the camp is Xiangyang Prefecture, where heavy troops are gathered, and the enemy is difficult to conquer. To the west of the camp is the continuous Jingshan Mountain, and it is difficult to attack from here. If the enemy comes from the east, the unprepared Shatou City is obviously a more attractive target than the sturdy Laoya Mountain Camp."

"Even if the enemy has chosen Laoya Mountain as the target, it doesn't take much time to return from Shatou City. The garrison troops left in the village should be enough to support us when we return to the aid."

He Dajie also came out and said: "One side of Shatou City is surrounded by rivers, and there are wilderness on three sides, and there is no city wall to support it. This... isn't this sent to death?"

"Don't worry about the city wall. Commander Yang went to Shatou City to prepare for this matter," said Zheng Yunming: "Before the arrival of the Mongols, there will be enough fortifications to deal with it."

He is a general, so naturally no one dares to question what he said. Lu Xunzhi said again: "The most taboo thing about defending the city is to have few grains and many people, and hundreds of thousands of people are crowded in a market. Even if the Mongols do not attack, the food will not last for a few days."

Zheng Yunming picked up a document from the table and said, "This is a reply from Lord Bie Zhijie, deputy envoy of Jinghu Control. I wrote to him about a month ago, asking the government to stop all the grain sold in Shatou City. Half of the grain obtained will be returned to Jiangling Prefecture and half will be returned to Shatou City storage. You know that Shatou City is one of the most important grain trading markets in Jingxiang area. All grains in Jiangling, Ezhou, Yidu, Zhijiang and other places must be bought and sold here. Now it is the harvest season. The daily grain transactions in Shatou City are not a small amount. According to the on-site investigation by Commander Yang, even if all the residents of Shatou City are besieged, the grain can last for at least one month."

Wang Deng asked: "How to compile the sequence of the expedition?"

Zheng Yunming said to Wang Deng and Ge Huai: "The two of you follow me to go out to the battle. Lu governs the camp. When we arrive in Shatou City, we send Yang Yu back to help with the defense. The battle sequences are: Zhu Sheng's vanguard camp, Peng Man's general shooting camp, He Dajie's right-wing camp, Hu Yanyu's central army camp, Lu Anguo's defeated enemy camp, and Beiwei camp led by me personally."

"The others stayed in the old camp and assisted the Lu Commander to defend strictly and face the invading enemies at any time."

Zheng Yunming looked around at the generals in the lobby and shouted, "Is there any other problem?"

Everyone bowed down and said, "Everything is based on the general's order!"

Zheng Yunming waved his hand: "Each leader of the battalion soldiers gathered in the schoolyard. After sacrificing the God of War, he immediately sent troops to target Shatou City!"
Chapter completed!