It’s just that the morale of the military is available, but the road to Jianzhou is really difficult to walk, especially the Abudaligang has a radius of dozens of miles high and dense forests. Often, one or two miles of flat roads have to climb up one or two hills.

There was a heavy rain a while ago, which made Liu Zhen's army extremely slow even if they were eager to fight. The daily marching was only twelve or three miles in the previous two days.

In addition, although Jiannu did not dare to attack Liu's troops head-on, his small group of troops attacked when the Ming army was unprepared. After these Jiannu succeeded in the attack, they used their familiarity with the terrain to escape, which made the Ming army unable to catch up.

After several rounds and turns, Liu Jing was furious and ordered his subordinate Zu Tianding, Zhou Wen and others to search and suppress the elite troops of various sects along the way, but they found that they would slaughter them all without caring about the soldiers and civilians.

Unfortunately, Jiannu in the surrounding area had long been away, leaving behind only blind and lame men with limited mobility. These people died and helped Jiannu solve the problem.

In addition to these troubles, most of the Ming troops of Liu Zhen were southern soldiers, and the cotton coats they wore were quite warm in the south, but when they arrived at this bitter and cold place outside the pass, they could not help keeping cold, especially since the recent return to the cold, many soldiers were frostbite.

After careful calculation, the journey to Jianzhou and killed more than 200 Jiannu, but the casualties were seven or eight hundred, and the losses of our enemies and us were 1 to 4, which really made the Ming army not happy.

The army was Niumaoling, which I only arrived yesterday. This place is a higher place in Abu Daligang. Walking further forward is Jiahazhai forty miles away. After passing Jiahazhai, it is Jiannu’s old nest Heituara.

Judging from the map of the Liaodong Dusi in the 23rd year of Jiajing, Heitu Alah is less than 80 miles away from Niumaoling, but with the current speed of Liu Ji's army, these 80 miles may have to go for at least four days. This is based on the premise that Liu Ji had to abandon some of the baggage, otherwise, it would take at least five days.

Considering that he had already gone three hundred miles deep, he still had not encountered the main force of Jiannu, and the troops were also tired, Liu Jing ordered a camp in Niumaoling to rest for two days.

At the same time, Liu Jing sent people to contact Li Rubai's troops on the southern route from Yagu Pass. According to the pre-war deployment, the troops should be at Wuji Pass 30 to 40 miles west of Liu Jing's troops. This gateway is located on the west bank of the Tohelun River and is a transportation portal between Liaodong and the Jianzhou Jurchen area. The terrain is extremely dangerous. If Li Rubai had already captured Wuji Pass, he could become the Dusong Teng's troops and the Dusong Teng's troops sent troops from Fushun.

The pre-war strategy manager Yang Hao hoped Du Song could meet with Liu Jing and Li Rubai in Sarhu, so Liu Jing had to get in touch with Li Rubai, otherwise he would find it difficult to know what the situation in the Northwest War.

The military supervisor Kang Yingqian hoped that Liu Jing could directly lead his troops to attack Heituara, burned Jiannu's nest and then went south to Sarhu, and attacked Du Song from north to south.

This plan is very attractive because Liu Jing was not intercepted by Jiannu throughout the journey, and all signs indicate that the main force of Jiannu should have been attracted by Du Song. In that case, he would have a great chance of winning.

However, when Liu Yan thought of the strict orders of the governor Yang Hao to meet with Yu Sarhu, he was hesitant in his heart. He wanted to learn about Du Song's situation from Li Rubo before making a decision.

However, the envoy sent to Li Rubai's army had not returned yet, and the Jinzhou guerrilla Shang Xueli, who was responsible for the escort of food and supplies in the rear army, urgently reported that Jiannu was discovered on the north side of his army to find a horse.

"The first number of cavalry, then dozens of cavalry, and then hundreds of cavalry, there are yellow flags and blue flags, which may be the Jiannu team."

After Shang Xueli reported, he ordered his son Shang Kejin to lead his troops to chase and kill Jiannu and capture a prisoner alive. When interrogating, he learned that a Jianzhou general Hu Erhan led more than 10,000 troops to move in the northeast of Abudaligang.

This information attracted the attention of Liu Jing, so he ordered Zhejiang soldiers to lead thousands of Zhejiang soldiers to search the enemy east, but did not find the Huerhan tribe called by Shangxue's Ministry of Rites, and only killed a few Jiannu's detailed works.

The military supervisor Kang Yinggan analyzed that there might be any military activities in the northeast direction of Jiannu, but it may not be the more than 10,000 people reported by Shang Xueli, and there may be only a few people. Just like the Jiannu Tuifu Department that the army had encountered before, it was just a suspicious soldier sent by Jiannu to sluggish the Eastern Route Army.

"If Hu Erhan had more than 10,000 troops, he would have been a commander to attack. How could he be as respectful as a thief and dare not show up?"

Kang Yinggan's analysis is very reasonable. Liu Jing also believed that the four armies of the imperial court were forcing Jianzhou, with most of them being nearly 30,000 and as little as 20,000. Even if the slave chief Haci knew how to use troops, he would gather the main force to wait for the opportunity to fight and would not divide the troops out of four.

Therefore, Zhou Yiming led Zhejiang troops back to Niumaoling, and each unit was given more warnings.

Today, it is the second day of camping in Niumaoling. If you cannot contact Li Kebai today, Liu Jing will prepare to march towards Jiahazhai tomorrow.

Yesterday, a strong wind suddenly blew down many Ming military camps. After inspecting the camp, Liu Jing ordered his personal soldiers to carry out his iron-fired sword. This sword made him famous in the martial arts examination and was very powerful all over the world. However, he was rarely used in the battlefield since then. The reason was that he could not bear the horses he said to the generals. But it was not what he said that he had never used them. This sword had drunk a lot of blood during the infantry battle.

Liu Jing took out the iron sword, but he wanted to compete with the generals to improve his morale. This move was indeed wonderful. A group of generals came forward to try to raise the sword. They could lift each one, but they could dance.

Yao Guofu, the chief minister of the Sixth Camp of Nanjing, waved a few times and felt very tired.

"I haven't used this knife for many years!"

Liu Jing laughed, took off his armor and took the knife. After a few rounds, he had no breath. But after all, the 70-year-old man's face turned flushed.

"I'm old, old."

Liu Jing put down the knife and sighed to the military supervisor Zhou Yinggan: "The sword is not old, but the man is old. It seems that after fighting this battle, I will really abandon my armor and return to the field."

"The general is better than Su Dingfang!" Zhou Yinggan praised.

"Haha, I can't compare my military achievements, but I can compare my age."

Liu Jing smiled and raised his hand and stood in front of the tent with his knife. "You have never left you any good things in your life. This knife will belong to you from today."

"Thank you, my father!"

After saying that, Liu Zhaosun went up to carry the knife. He looked very relaxed and stunned all the generals present.

Liu Jing asked Zhou Yinggan proudly: "What about my adopted son? The military supervisor knows that he can kill a tiger even with bare hands."

"So awesome!"

Zhou Yinggan was both surprised and happy, "The old general is really a successor!"

"Haha, if not, I can give him a knife!"

Liu Jing laughed again and looked at his adopted son with high hopes: "In addition to the knife, I also gave you a name. After fighting this battle, why don't you give me a grandson? I have nowhere to be here!"

"Father!"

Liu Zhaosun blushed amid the laughter of the generals. He was extremely powerful and had a high martial arts skills, but his face was very thin.

Liu Jing stopped joking about his adopted son, looked to the north and said solemnly: "But I don't know how Du Song is going? This man is brave and is not inferior to me. He will never fail in his life. If he plays steadily, I am not worried, but I am just afraid that he will underestimate the enemy."

"General Du came out of Fushun, with Malin in the west and Li Rubai in the east. His troops were the most elite among the four routes, with the most weapons and firearms. Even if he could not retreat to the enemy, he would have no trouble protecting himself." Kangying Gan Road.

"I hope,"

Liu Jing touched his beard, "If Du Song could hold Jiannu, our troops would be able to directly attack Huanglong as the military commander said."

"General, our troops have gone too far, and the food and grass are not good. I have only broken a few small villages these days. If I don't have any income, it would be better to break the Hei Tuala first..."

Kang Yinggan really hoped that Liu Jing could enter Heituara directly. It was not entirely because he wanted to take this credit, but because the army consumed too much food and grass and basically had no supplies along the way.

If we go to Sarhu and Du Song to join forces as planned before the war, the pressure on food and grass would be too great. Then Heituara is also the old nest of Jiannu. If it is broken, it will be more seized. Then there will be no need to worry about shortage of food.

As he was speaking, the guards came to report that it was the Jinzhou guerrilla Shang Xueli who asked for a visit to the important matter.

"What's wrong with him? Did he discover that Huerhan?"

Liu Jing was not very impressed by Shang Xueli, and only met one or two times. Because Shang brought few soldiers in Jinzhou, he was asked to take on the task of escorting food and grass.

But I was impressed by the East Village that came from Pi Island, because this East Village was actually a Japanese. Liu Jing had more than 400 Japanese soldiers he brought back from North Korea.

Shang Xueli did not come alone. The one who came to meet Liu Jing with him was Shen Shikui, the captain of the Qianhuo, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty's personal army.

"Imperial Army?"

After reading the handwritten letter from Wei Liangchen, the admiral and eunuch of the Ming Emperor's personal army brought by Shen Shikui, Liu Jing and Kang Yinggan were really confused at first. They really didn't know which god this imperial army was.

"General, wait!"

Kang Yinggan remembered something and hurriedly returned to his account to get a document sent from Chenyang for more than half a month.

This official document is not an important part. It is just a document on the handover of food and grass by the governor of Liaodong. However, at the end of the official document, the governor of Liaodong said that the emperor's new internal minister Wei Liangchen was the eunuch of the governor of Liaodong. This eunuch of Wei had a personal general under the Imperial Horse Prison and participated in the suppression of the rebellion with the Korean army.

Kang Yinggan was a civil servant and naturally did not catch a cold about the eunuchs in charge. In addition, he had set off with Liu Jing at that time, and there was no clear whether the Korean soldiers and the personal army were fighting with his Eastern Army, so he did not pay much attention to this matter.
Chapter completed!