Li Ding’s choice to send troops immediately was a very dangerous move, because the autumn harvest was about to come.

Even the warlords with the least strategic vision, or just a little bit, even the shortest-eyed bandits can't help but wonder when facing the crops that are about to be harvested all over the ground, whether to harvest the crops and send troops?

In this area of ​​Hebei, there were wars and chaos for nearly four years, and it was a turbulent moment. Among them, Zhang Jinliu dared to send troops on the ripe crops all over the ground, but even Zhang Jinliu was preparing to leave the Qinghe River, which was short of crops in the field due to military disasters, and went to the plain to "eat".

Then he was also promoted by Zhang Xing, Li Ding and Cao Shancheng one after another.

Therefore, there are many problems when sending troops at this time.

We must consider the morale of the military. The troops in Wu'an County are not bad. Will the soldiers and civilians in Xiangguo County be willing to leave their homeland to fight?

To consider the issue of marching, Li Ding and his military auxiliary team had only conducted a large number of reconnaissance and intelligence summary of Xiangguo County, but Zhao County only had some routine and ordinary reconnaissance cognition, and the damage to crops by marching and combat itself must also be considered.

In addition, the most important point is to pursue quick victory, because once the war is delayed and the autumn harvest is delayed, it will trigger a large number of political, military, economic, and diplomatic issues, and may even backfire to Xiangguo County, which has just swallowed the well.

However, so Li Ding chose to send troops.

Because he knew that the time was fair and the other party was in a similar way to the problems he faced. So since that was the case, the other party would inevitably be caught off guard when sending troops at this time. This is the most anticipated enemy situation in the battle. What's more, if he could quickly defeat the other party in this gap before the autumn harvest, the other party would rather organize reinforcements because of the autumn harvest, which would have won him the diplomatic and political operation range after the war.

The last and most important point, Li Ding did not say it, but Su Jingfang vaguely guessed that sending troops at this time is also a good opportunity to get rid of gang interference.

Zhang Xing's almost extreme attitude towards autumn harvest will also make Gang give up his unnecessary actions and let Li Ding do whatever he wants.

Master Li Si doesn't want to be angry with that again.

With a determined determination and taking advantage of the window period that was just a few days before the autumn harvest, Li Ding naturally would not delay it.

Su Jingfang was still responsible for stealth and reconnaissance in advance and determined the target of the attack. Li Dingze led 5,000 troops to lead Su Mu, and the three generals of Gao Shisheng were waiting for the news in Longgang Camp. Zhang Shiniang and Deputy Chief Wang Chenshi were led by two people from Wu'an to catch up with him. Fan Lihua, who had just been ordered to go to the Zongcheng, was also hurriedly recalled.

In just one and a half days, Su Jingjian heard news overnight that the five Youzhou army, led by Deng Long, the general of the Seventh Central Army of Youzhou Camp, were stationed in Yintao. The county magistrate Zhang Dunli and the three soldiers of the county were stationed in Pingji Old City, three miles south of the Zhaojun County headquarters.

Half a day later, Zhang Shiniang and Wang Chenye arrived in Longgang.

Immediately, Li Ding ordered the entire army to go north without hesitation and attack Zhao County.

This battle is like a full outing for Li Ding, a small military and political group that has just obtained the opportunity to start.

Facts have proved that Li Ding's determination still played a role.

The army suddenly entered Zhao County and rushed straight to Bai Township, the core of Zhao County, the southern core. Bai Township County was caught off guard, and the upper and lower parts were at a loss, let alone any defense.

As a result, Su Jingfang's vanguard troops entered the city under the banner of the Great Wei court and took a little control of the city gate. The city thought that this was the county reinforcement for the city defense. Then Li Ding rushed to the city and then entered lightly with Zhang Shiniang to find the county magistrate, county magistrate, and county magistrate to comfort him. He declared to Baixiang County that "Youzhou Army invaded, and he led his troops to provide support and support, which only required half a day of logistics supplies."

The upper and lower parts of Baixiang County immediately "will be convinced" and opened the warehouse to make a meal of rice. Then they watched Li Ding lead the large army north, but could only sit in the city. Even though the military strength was short, Li Ding still left behind the people, led by Wang Chenye to block the city and the surrounding important roads.

Next, Li Ding, who left Baixiang and walked only five miles after crossing Baishui, faced a crossroads on the official road.

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"Su Jingfang pointed to the west intersection.

"No." Li Ding, who was fully equipped with military uniform, rode on the horse, and blurted out without looking at the west side.

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Li Ding was silent for about three or four breaths, and then replied: "Walk north, the entire army threw down his baggage, brought dry food for a day, drank water, marched, and took flat thorns!"

Zhang Shiniang, who was in a rare military uniform, didn't say a word, and she didn't even have any unnecessary expressions. Su Mu and his son looked at each other without saying a word, and Fan Lihua was even more excited.

The only obvious uneasiness was Gao Shisheng, who had just surrendered, but this man saw that the other generals were speechless, so he did not dare to make any extra discussions. After the plan was decided, the next step was to test the effectiveness of the Wu'an Zhu, which Li Ding had trained for more than two years.

See how they run long distances.

It was autumn and the weather was quite pleasant, but lightweight and long-distance raids were still a very test of people. After walking for less than twenty miles, people began to fall behind.

Su Jingfang and Fan Lihua each led dozens of cavalry to visit and inspect these fallen soldiers. If they were indeed exhausted or minor injuries caused by weight or beating, they would be placed on the spot, allowing these people to gather at the intersection, watch over each other, and continue to block the intersection while waiting for rescue.

If it is a false injury or physical disability, it will be executed on the spot according to Li Ding's requirements.

When they reached twenty miles, these non-combat scattered people were only a few, and there were no deserters among them. However, when they reached forty miles, the non-combat scattered people quickly climbed to three digits, and a total of eleven people were executed, hanging their heads beside the road. On the afternoon of that day, after the sun set west to the west, they marched for about sixty or seventy miles. After obtaining Li Ding's permission, Fan Lihua killed a team general and three gang commanders.

The remaining 146 people were drawn on the spot, and an additional fifteen people were killed on the eleven.

This is how the entire team of soldiers tried to "get lost".

But even so, the reduction in the entire army began to rise rapidly at this time, and as the sun sets westward, you can imagine that it will be dark for only half an hour. How can you stop this situation?

"Master, what if there are only two or three troops left after tomorrow?" Su Jingfang was obviously panicked. He was still a young man after all.

"It's okay." Li Ding had his own spare time in military operations as always. "You go and lead the way, go east at the intersection, pass through the fields, and cross the river before dark. Tomorrow morning, only enter north from the other side of the river.

Su Jingfang was slightly stunned, then woke up and immediately bowed and left immediately.

After the general army barely crossed the river before dark, Su Jing realized that this move could indeed effectively prevent the Wu'an soldiers from escaping at night, but it also had huge risks. If the information of the troops were discovered during the marching, they would probably be attacked by the Youzhou army and the Zhaojun County soldiers!

Of course, this risk does seem insignificant compared to the imminent night troops separation.

It was already dark. After crossing the river, Wu'an soldiers were ordered to rest on the spot along the Tiaoshui River embankment, but they were not allowed to light the fire. They just slept with their clothes, then drank water and ate dry food.

In the dark night, the resentment of the troops gradually arose, but at this time, Li Ding's rewards and punishments to the troops two years ago, including the previous killing of the entire team, also played a significant role.

No one knows whether it is resentment and shrinking to overcome discipline and trust, or whether discipline and trust overcome resentment and shrinking to overcome, so he can only wait quietly.

Zhang Shiniang was standing beside him, Li Dingku sat all night, and after listening to the low voices for a long time, he was whispering and complaining. This night, even Li Ding began to shake his troops a little, but he had no way out at this time.

, This is his army, his family foundation, and he is working hardest to strive for his ambition that has been hidden for decades.

It was impossible for him to follow Zhang Shiniang like he did five or six years ago, and just two people held hands and escaped from Yang Shen's camp.

So, what Yu Guan was thinking, at least on the surface, Li Dingdu was very calm, so calm that Zhang Shiniang looked at him with eyes shining.

At the fourth hour, the sky began to light up slightly. Li Silang ordered the troops to get up, eat and drink for two quarters of an hour, and then the entire army continued northward, and must arrive at Pingji, twenty-five miles away before noon.

Before the troops were about to set off, Su Jingfang rode over and told his mentor: "Master, there are still five thousand soldiers!"

Li Ding was very calm in his heart. He knew that he had already made three points in his hand in this battle.

But soon, another small twists and turns occurred - some soldiers could not help but go to the river to get water against military orders last night and drank the river water, which caused some of them to have diarrhea. This made the Wuan generals below Li Ding worry about whether this phenomenon would expand, because they really didn't know how many people went down the river.

Of course, in the end, the facts proved that this was just a false alarm. After the troops set off, only a few people were left to guard the riverside. Most of them completed the raid with the main general Li Ding in the morning and arrived at the foot of Pingji City.

Similar to Longgang, Pingji, the old city located three miles south of the county seat, actually became a sub-city outside the new city, and actually assumed the role of a military fortress. Whether it was Chen Prefect of Xiangguo County or Zhang Prefect of Zhao County, they all chose to summon county soldiers after realizing the military crisis and hid in it.

As for Li Ding's Wu'an soldiers, they were discovered when they were five miles away from Pingji City, and then they were quickly transmitted to Zhang Dunli, the county magistrate who was in Pingji City.

After breakfast, Zhang Dunli, who was checking the army's military in Pingji City, was stunned for a moment, and immediately concluded from the direction of the march that the Youzhou army was causing trouble. They might feel that this support delayed the autumn harvest and wanted to compensate, so there was a stir and riot.

This is an extraordinary thing, especially the government military system under the equal-field system. Over time, it is full of village party members, and it is easy to be helped by officers. Even if the superiors have local military advantages because of their cultivation, they are not good at using force.

In the Youzhou Army, which has a lot of heads and a lot of people, such incidents are the most common and frequent.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Dunli, wearing official uniform, immediately twisted his beard and frowned and said, "You go and tell these Youzhou soldiers that if you want to get the reward, you must return to Hentao first. Then go find General Deng Long and Deng for me. If you find it, please ask him to talk to the city. If he doesn't want to leave the army, then ask me what's going on? Why did this happen suddenly? Even if you want a reward, you should wait until after the autumn harvest. Now the treasury is so clean, what should you give him? Don't you know that he doesn't know? Have I treated him badly? And if you can't find him, you must come back and report quickly."

In this way, the military order was ordered, and immediately set off, took the initiative to meet, and then left without returning. At the same time, the "Youzhou Army" did not stop at all and continued to move northward.

About three miles away, other subsequent whistle cavalry came back and told the strangeness of this army that the horse was not clamoring or robbing along the way, but instead rushed straight to the city. Not only that, although the total number was right, there were also cavalrymen, compared with the 3,000 cavalrymen in Youzhou, the proportion of cavalry was too small.

Zhang Dunli, who had returned to the lobby of the old government office in the city, started to wear armor, immediately buzzed his head, but he immediately explained in the hall: "This must be the Youzhou army pitying the war horses, and sending people to tell the other party that I am willing to give private money and give a little reward."

I don't know who to explain it to.

The second round of messengers will be dispatched and will never return.

Soon, the officers in the city came to report and informed the troops that were constantly and had a strict formation, and had already appeared in the sight of the city. It was not like the Youzhou army coming to ask for rewards.

Zhang Dunli was silent and said nothing more. He was half wearing his armor and stopped there - the upper body of the full set of Mingguang armor was already in place, but the armor skirt was not installed yet, which made Zhang Fujun sitting there look a little funny.

But no one asked him, nor did anyone urge him, because like him, the people in Pingji City were at a loss, and no one knew what was going on? In fact, riots had spread from the north of the city to the city.

But soon, someone came to report again, and he was the first messenger sent out.

This seemed to make everyone in Pingji City feel relieved, as did Zhang Dunli and Zhang Fujun.

"Mr.

The envoy was just riding a horse and traveling back and forth for several miles, but he was panting and collapsed in front of the hall, but he spoke very smoothly. "Mr. Li, Wu'an County, asked me to bring a word to the Lord of the Fu. He would attack the city a quarter of an hour after he arrived at the city and surrendered at this time, and he would have the friendship of his colleagues. Although the Lord of the Fu returned home with his family or lived in peace, the soldiers in this place could also be safe. If he met the Lord of the Fu again after siege, he would not leave any other people, and the soldiers of the county would also kill and demonstrate. Please think twice!"

Zhang Dunli had vaguely guessed that it might be Li Ding, but he still didn't dare to believe it or was unwilling to believe it. At this time, he knew that he should have reacted, but he was still full of confusion, shock and fear, so he couldn't speak for a long time.

But after people around realized what had happened, they could not allow the mansion to continue to lose their composure.

"Mr., no matter what, go up to the city and take a look."

Qi Ze, the commander next to him, tried his best to persuade him. "If the enemy comes from afar and is exhausted, then guard it. The last general must do his best. If the enemy is strong and the Duke is unwilling to resist, the Duke is willing to devote his efforts to protect the Duke's family and prevent the other party from doing a breach of trust."

Zhang Dunli nodded and stood up hard. The guards around him supported him. He went straight to the north of the city regardless of whether the mansion was not wearing armor. When they arrived on the wall of the north city, Li Ding's five Wu'an soldiers also happened to arrive, but they were lined up in the north of the city.

Zhang Dunli looked at the battlements, and saw that the other party was obviously lacking a golden drum. This was of course. It was impossible to carry so many heavy objects in such a long-distance raid, but the flag insisted on carrying it. At this time, it was unfolded, of different sizes and colors, but it was only dancing or standing in the morning sun.

With the continuous operation of the flag and without any golden drums, the five thousand men arrived along the official road, and formed a neat and large square array under the city. The soldiers in the square array either stood or sat, which was an outer defense, and took the opportunity to rest in the inner, with leather armor, and long spears, swords, shields, bows and crossbows arranged in an orderly manner, with clear front, back, left and right. A smooth internal passage was also formed between the small and medium square arrays inside.

Then Zhang Dunli saw the central flag slowly gathering with horses, and the huge word "Li" swayed continuously along the light breeze in the autumn morning.

"What can I do?" Zhang Dunli turned pale and turned his head to look at Qi Ze beside him.

"It's all the Dukes. "Although helmets are covered, the Duke Qi Ze, who witnessed the scene under the city, also turned pale. "But I must tell the Dukes one thing Li Fujun said that he launched an attack a quarter of an hour after he arrived at the city. It was definitely not a false statement. Such discipline and military formations were neat. In a quarter of an hour, as long as a master breaks through the city gate, the Wu'an army can enter the battle, and even directly hangs around the city... If the Dukes want to defend, now they will order people to put down the thousand-pound pendant of the city gate directly, and then the entire army will be well-dressed on all sides!"

Zhang Jiaoli opened his mouth and wanted to speak.

At this time, there was a commotion in the city, and Zhang Qi and the others rushed to see it. But they saw Li Ding moving forward, and then a general wearing bright light armor and wearing a big red cloak rode a maroon horse, and came straight to the city in front of the formation under the escort of a female general in leather armor.

After arriving in a moment, the two sides only took dozens of steps. Zhang Dunli could see clearly that it was Li Ding, the governor of Wu'an County who had met several times before. As for the woman next to him, although she was amazing, she didn't care about watching it.

Seeing the latter coming to the city, Qi Ze whispered again: "Mr. Fu, ask him where he came from? Did he detour from Xindu? Was Shou Tao surrounded by Hejian Army?
To be continued...