The beggar emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Zuo Liangyu took the army to rest in Gucheng for only one night. On the second day, after breakfast, the army marched up the river mightily.

However, Zuo Liangyu did not send elite cavalry to attack Baokang.

Instead, the cavalry was placed in the middle, and only a thousand people were sent to explore the way, ten miles away from the army.

Qin Yu set off last night.

Bringing four hundred young soldiers, the two hundred guards who had just taken in, and four bandit teams, they hurriedly returned to Baokang overnight with a torch.

As for Fangxian, Niu Er was stationed with his 5,000 troops.

At this time, Qin Yu was also a little flustered, because the situation was too different from what he expected.

His original plan was for the Eight Great Kings to occupy Gucheng, and at least they would block Zuo Liangyu for a while, so there was no worries to the north for the time being.

The Orioles took people to garrison Baokang, while training troops, while guarding against possible reinforcements in the direction of Xiangyang.

And he himself took Niu Er to take Fangxian and recruited troops to deal with the officers and soldiers coming from Yunyang.

In his opinion, the official army in the direction of Yunyang is definitely faster than Xiangyang, because Baokang and Fangxian are both under the jurisdiction of Yunyang. After receiving a request for help, the governor of Yunyang will definitely send troops to rescue as soon as possible.

Most of the soldiers who came were from the guards. After he defeated the official Yunyang army, he turned around to pack the reinforcements in the direction of Xiangyang.

After defeating the two groups of officials, he stopped. At this moment, even if Zuo Liangyu crossed the river to fight, he was not afraid.

But he never expected that Zuo Liangyu's army would come first and come so quickly.

After he captured Fangxian County, he didn't even have time to recruit soldiers and horses, let alone training. Compared with the two groups of officers in Xiangyang in the northeast and Yunyang in the northwest, the threat of Zuo Liangyu in the north was several times greater.

First, Zuo Liangyu has been fighting for more than ten years, and he has been fighting against thieves from all walks of life. He has rich experience in battle.

Secondly, it is Gucheng going upstream along the river, there are avenues, and the terrain is far less complex than the other two.

It took more than a hundred miles from Fangxian to the mouth of the Sancha River, and nearly 4,000 men and horses travelled lightly, and arrived in the afternoon of the next day.

One by one was exhausted and yawned, and more than 3,000 bandits and thieves were complaining.

"You are finally back. Zuo Liangyu's army has already set off this morning. There are not only cavalry but also artillery..."

Seeing that Qin Yu had finally arrived with the horses, Hongying immediately patted the horse to greet him, and said that, he was also surprised at how fast they were.

Qin Yu waved his hand, gasping for breath, and at the same time looked at the fortifications they built not far away.

I saw that the ten-meter-wide official road was completely blocked by rocks and wood, at least two meters high, with a steep hillside on the inside and paddy fields on the outside, extending to the riverside, only about one mile.

After reading it, Qin Yu was breathing well, and couldn't help cursing, "Gu Ri, then Zuo Liangyu was very diligent this time. He didn't stop and only rested all night."

"By the way, how many troops do they have, have you figured it out?"

"This... how can you count so many people? Anyway, there are more people than us. The team stretches for more than 20 miles, and there are still a lot of soldiers and horses in the city."

The Oriole was slightly embarrassed, then explained.

"At least you have to give a rough figure?"

"Should... there should be tens of thousands."

Hongying thought for a while and gave a rough figure.

"Three to four thousand are also tens of thousands, seven to eighty thousand are also tens of thousands, oh! Forget it, let me see when they come!"

Qin Yu rolled his eyes with anger, and finally waved his hand helplessly.

I also know that they can't be blamed, a group of girls who don't know how to write a lot of words, they don't receive it that night, and if they can find out the news in time, they are already burning up.

"King Xiaohua, are you sure to block them?" Hongying looked around secretly, then leaned to his ear and asked in a low voice.

"I'm afraid it won't work to block the light. I have to defeat them, otherwise the two official army of Xiangyang and Yunyang will also come. We don't have the strength to stop it." Qin Yu looked solemn.

"Then what to do? They have nearly a thousand elite cavalry, and all of them have knives and guns. If you want to defeat them, you can only take the initiative. Can you win?"

Hongying glanced backwards, the more than 3,000 heroes who were limp on the ground, then looked at the nearly six hundred teenagers on the side, really don't know how to defeat Zuo Liangyu with this little man?

"Let’s keep guarding for two days, let’s talk about it. Many of them are slow to move. You have to wait until the next afternoon at the earliest. You can take people to make some horse-riding stakes and place them in the fields. You will also put more rolling wood and thunder stones on the hillside. Go to sleep."

Qin Yu waved his hand, and also didn't have the slightest confidence in defeating Zuo Liangyu, because Zuo Liangyu came too fast, so he didn't have the slightest preparation.

According to the news that the red ying inquired back, the opponent's march was very cautious. It was very difficult and risky to ambush, and anyone who was not good had to go in.

"All right, you guys rest first."

The Oriole nodded, and went on to work with others.

But not long after Qin Yu fell asleep, Qin Feng came with a few young men and women, and almost immediately scared Qin Yu to death.

"Qin Feng, why are you here? Is something wrong with the cottage?"

"Mountain... The cottage is okay, the leader, three days ago, more than 10,000 troops drove from Xiangyang to Nanzhang, and four days ago, Liu Guoneng returned to Nanzhang with his troops again. Madam worried that he was here to beat you. , Just send me to report on the trail." Qin Feng said quickly, panting.

"What? The Xiangyang army set off three days ago? How could it be so fast? This is really the fucking hell."

Qin Yu was really anxious this time. Baokang was breached until today and it was less than half a month. The two armies of the imperial court were about to come down. When did the Ming Dynasty civil and military officials be so efficient?

"Wang Xiaohua, what's the matter? What's wrong?" Red Ying also saw Qin Feng rushing over and hurried over.

Qin Yu didn't lie to her either.

After the Orioles listened, he was shocked, and then took a deep breath and said, "Why don't I take the cavalry and the Bulls and Tigers to stop the officers and soldiers in Xiangyang, how about supporting me when you defeat Zuo Liangyu?"

"This way of passive defense is a dead end, maybe Yunyang's officers and soldiers are also on the way. By then, we will become enemies on three sides, our forces are too scattered, we can defend everywhere, and finally we can't defend one side.

Qin Yu waved his hand to stop her absurd suggestion.

If eight hundred teenagers have firearms, a thousand new teenagers can also be trained, and more than three thousand heroes are all obedient to him, he is 50% sure to defeat Zuo Liangyu.

But all those heroic guys are good at fighting alone. If they get together, they will become a mob, so they don't have any confidence.

Even he didn't have the confidence to beat Zuo Liangyu, not to mention that Niu Er and Hongying could beat the other two, and the thousand teenagers in Hei Shanzhai had just practiced shooting assassination.