I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 331 Shocking news
By the time everyone in the Zhenwu Army had finished resting, it was already Chen hour. It was already dusk, the sun had already set, and the bright moon was floating in the sky, shining on the Zhenwu Army's camp.

"I led three thousand cavalry to set off first, followed closely by the Yongyi Battalion. Finally, I gathered all the cannons together and handed them over to the Shenji Battalion and the Yongwei Battalion for escort.

remember!The soldiers are very fast, especially the Yongyi Battalion. They must keep up. If they cannot surround Xujiazhuang in time and let Xu Hongru escape, then all the previous efforts will be wasted. "

In the Chinese army's tent, Jiang Lin gave instructions to everyone one by one.In particular, Huang Degong was highly valued this time and asked the Yongyi Battalion to follow the cavalry.

First, time is tight. Although the cavalry is fast, its disadvantage is that there are few people, and the infantry still needs to keep up. Second, Huang Degong's Yongyi Battalion is the most disciplined and most powerful in the Zhenwu Army, so he and his cavalry are allowed to come. It is most suitable to be the main attacker.

When Huang Degong heard this, he also knew that this was the opportunity given to him by Jiang Lin. When he heard Jiang Lin's instructions, he immediately accepted it.

"Please rest assured, Commander-in-Chief, our Yongyi Battalion will definitely follow up in time, and we will definitely win this first prize."

Seeing that Huang Degong was so confident, Jiang Lin nodded with satisfaction.

"Hahaha, good job."

Then he looked around at the generals of the Zhenwu Army and said righteously:

"Your Majesty's restructuring of the Beijing Camp gave us the opportunity to perform. Our Zhenwu Army has always been the strongest in the Beijing Camp. Although Tan Mian's Yaowu Army often competes with us, after your Majesty's arrangements this time, Who is strong and who is weak is decided.

When we go south this time, we not only want to wipe out the rebels, but also attack the chieftains.Today is the first battle I have been waiting for. If we fight well, we will be rewarded continuously. If we fight poorly, it will really shame us.When we meet Yaowujun and others in the future, our faces will be shameless, so tonight, please be very energetic and finish your work in one battle to annihilate the traitors! "

Upon hearing this, General Li Siwu of the Yongwei Battalion immediately stood up and said loudly:
"Please rest assured, Commander-in-Chief, we will do our best in this battle and will not bring shame on our Zhenwu Army."

"Okay, I'm relieved. Let's go!"

After hearing what everyone said, Jiang Lin knew that the army was ready, so he boldly led everyone out of the Chinese army's tent, mounted his war horse and prepared to set off.

At this time, on the wall of the east gate of Dingtao County, many Yamen were assigned by Prime Minister Li to patrol the wall while observing the movements of the Zhenwu Army camp.

"what sound?"

A yamen on the city wall suddenly looked at his companions, his voice full of curiosity.

"What sound?"

His companions looked at him inexplicably. In front of him, there were only a few stars from the Zhenwu Army camp in the distance, and everything was dark and silent.

"No, listen carefully, it sounds like the sound of galloping war horses, not good!"

The yamen officer was curious at first, and then his companion also listened. When the two of them listened attentively, they became more and more frightened.

As the sound of the Zhenwu Army cavalry falling to the ground became louder and louder, and the deafening sound of iron hoofs became closer and closer, the lights in the entire Zhenwu Army camp suddenly lit up, and instantly turned into a fire dragon, heading east.

"No, please report it to the county magistrate quickly."

"Send someone to Xujiazhuang first."

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Seeing the Zhenwu Army heading east, those in the Yading who believed in the Eastern Mahayana religion immediately understood the purpose of the imperial troops.Secretly shouting that something bad happened, he called for people to report to the county magistrate, while thinking about how to report the news to Xujiazhuang.

"It's too late. The imperial army is well prepared. The leader is in danger."

This was not only the thought of these yamen, but also the psychological state of Xu Hongru's spies placed in the Zhenwu Army camp. As soon as they saw the army rushing towards the east, they knew that it was too late to report the news.

Jiang Lin led the cavalry battalion in the lead, with the Jin Yiwei at the front leading the way. As long as he walked along the main road, he would not get lost at all.He knew that Xu Hongru's spies would be watching them, so he planned to rush all the way without stopping for a moment, and even if they saw it, he would not give them a chance to report the news.

"This is the main road. As long as you walk along the avenue, you can reach Xujiazhuang in half an hour."

Jiang Lin took advantage of the moonlight and looked at the avenue about one foot wide in front of her, feeling reassured.Although this road is a dirt road, it is relatively smooth, and it has not rained in Dingtao County. Presumably the Shenji Battalion will have less bumps in the process of transporting the artillery.

"Tell Huang Degong that he must follow me and wait for him for half an hour when I arrive at Xujiazhuang. If he can arrive, it will be considered a great achievement. If he dares not to come, he will engage in military law."

"As ordered!"

Jiang Lin nodded when he heard this, and then without thinking too much, he immediately rode his horse and followed the cavalry camp.Later, Huang Degong showed no expression after receiving the military order, and immediately ordered the Yongyi Battalion to prepare and move forward at full speed. If anyone dares to hold back, then don't blame him for his military law practice.
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Just as the Zhenwu Army was marching rapidly towards Xujiazhuang, Xujiazhuang was extremely quiet at this time.

Although Xu Hongru has been worried about the attack from the Beijing camp, without enough evidence, he will not easily mobilize everyone. He just asked Hou Wu to take more than 500 close guards to guard with knives to strengthen vigilance and be careful. That’s it.

"Lululu"... A sound of horse hoofbeats sounded from the west gate of Xujiazhuang and stopped urgently outside the west gate.

"who?"

Hearing something strange happening under the city wall, the guards guarding the city wall called for Hou Wu to come over and looked down with torches.As soon as he finished speaking, a panting voice was heard from under the city wall.

"I am the messenger sent by Yu Hongzhi of the Bangchui Society. I will open the city gate immediately and let us in. I have important matters to see Master Xu."

And the believers on the city wall were told by Hou Wu early in the morning that they were not allowed to open the city gate tonight, even if the king of heaven came, it would be useless.Now I saw that the man below was panting, saying that he had something important to do to call the leader. Although he was confused, he still shook his head and said:

"There is an order from above that the city gates will not be opened to anyone who comes tonight. If you enter the city, you can rest under the city wall for a night, and you will be allowed to enter the city early tomorrow morning."

When the people under the city wall heard this, they became furious and shouted loudly:

"I came here from Zhending Mansion for two days and one night without even a single sleep. It's because we, the incense master, said that this matter is very important to you, so we came here to report the news.

Now that I finally got here, I can't even get through the door. I'm really pissed off.You hurry up and report the news. This matter concerns everyone. If anyone asks what is going on, just tell them that there is news about Hejian Mansion. "

The guard on the wall heard the man below say this and wondered what he meant.But from what he said, I learned that the matter was indeed important, but they didn't dare to make their own decisions, so they could only ask him to wait until Hou Wu came.

"What did he say?"

Hou Wu, who was still patrolling in the city, immediately became suspicious when he heard that someone was about to enter the city from the west gate. He thought it might be an official soldier, so he immediately asked the reason.

"I don't know. He only said that he was sent by Yu Hongzhi from the Stick Club of Zhending Prefecture and that he had news about Hejian Prefecture."

Hou Wu was shocked when he heard this.He knew that Xu Hongru was very concerned about the news about Wang Haoxian at this time. Wasn't Wang Haoxian in Hejian Mansion? He thought to himself, could there really be news about Wang Haoxian?Thinking of this, he immediately led his people and rushed towards Ximen, wanting to confirm it himself.

"Brother, you said you have news about Hejian Mansion, but who is it about?"

The big man under the city wall waited for a stick of incense, and he was already anxious and impatient.Suddenly I saw someone finally coming up above. I originally thought that I would enter the city soon, but I didn't expect to be questioned again, and I cursed in my heart.

If the news he wanted to say was not too important and might shake the morale of the army, he would really want to reveal everything he knew here.

"It belongs to Leader Wang. Let me get up quickly, otherwise you will be in danger."

Hou Wuyi on the city wall immediately felt at ease when he heard the name "Wang Haoxian".Immediately, he waved his hand and asked someone to lower the hanging basket and pull the man up.

"Take me to see Master Xu quickly. Hurry, something big has happened in Hejian Mansion."

The big man didn't even have time to breathe as soon as he came up, so he grabbed Hou Wu's arm and asked him to take him to see Xu Hongru.Hou Wu is also a straightforward person. When he heard that something big happened in Hejian Mansion, he guessed what it was.Without saying a word, he asked everyone to be on guard and led him towards the Xu Mansion.

The lights in Xu's mansion were brightly lit, Xu Hongru did not fall asleep, and kept chanting sutras in the sutra hall. Everyone accompanied Xu Hongru and silently chanted sutras.

"Teacher, Leader, there is news about Leader Wang."

At this moment, a shout came from outside the sutra hall. When they heard the three words "Wang Haoxian", everyone in the sutra hall paused, opened their eyes and looked out the door.

With a creak, the main door of the Sutra Hall was opened by Hou Wu. As he spoke, he walked inside. Everyone looked intently and found a middle-aged man following behind him.

"Hou Wu, the leader is still reciting sutras. Is there anything we can't talk about after reciting sutras? Do we have to wait until now?"

Seeing Hou Wu being so rude, a sitting incense master from the Eastern Mahayana Sect became angry and scolded him immediately.But Hou Wu didn't care. He walked directly in front of Xu Hongru, pointed at the big man behind him, bowed and said:

"Leader, this is the person brought by Yu Hongzhi from the Stick Club. He said that he has news about Leader Wang and that he has something important to report to you."

Only then did Xu Hongru notice the person behind him. Just when he was about to speak and ask questions, he saw that the middle-aged man had no time to say hello, so he bowed and said:

"Report to the leader, Master Yu Xiang asked me to come over and report to you. It is said that Datong general Yang Zhaoji led his men to make a sudden attack in Wuqiao County on the pretext of supplying food and grass. Leader Wang and others have all been arrested. Now arrests are being made throughout the county. No one from your sect will be spared, and no news will be spread.

After our incense owner learned the news, he sent me to deliver the message quickly. He said that the imperial army went south under the pretext of going to Guizhou, but in fact the real purpose is you.

He also heard that the Beijing army would also pass through Dingtao County, so he asked me to work day and night to remind you that you must make plans in advance. "

(End of this chapter)