Li Chengdong left Duoduo's camp and went back with his own horses who came to report on military information.

On the way, he asked: "Have you discovered the number of troops going north?"

The spy said nervously: "Huang Degong's troops have many sentry cavalry and strong combat power. He has penetrated south several times, and they are intercepted by his sentry cavalry, so it has not been discovered."

"Useless stuff!"

Li Chengdong gave the whip and whipped the horse, then rushed to his camp again.

He knew very well that no matter how much power Huang got, he had to intercept or delay his marching speed.

After all, this was his serious first battle after surrendering to the Qing Dynasty. If he could not show his strength, he would probably not have a good life in the Qing Dynasty in the future.

As soon as he returned to the camp, his parent-child Li Yuanyun, adopted son Li Yuanyin and a group of lieutenant generals all came up to him.

Although Li Chengdong now has more than 30,000 people, because he was only the general officer in the Ming Dynasty or after he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he was the highest general in each battalion.

Because most of the soldiers inherited from Gao Jie, although the soldiers were accustomed to looting and harming the people, their combat power was still pretty good.

Among them, more than 3,000 cavalrymen in the personal barracks and more than 10,000 infantry in the central barracks led by him could be called elite troops at this time.

There are also four battalions of soldiers from east, west, south and north, each battalion with more than 5,000 people, at least they are soldiers who dare to fight.

Although Duoduo was only promoted to the tent today, yesterday Li Chengdong learned that Huang Degong had arrived in Guazhou Town, so he expected that Huang Degong would go north to rescue Yangzhou, and also expected that Duoduo would order him to intercept him.

Therefore, before he went to Duodou camp, he ordered the army to prepare for the enemy.

Now that the soldiers and generals of each battalion have been assembled, they can go out to meet the enemy with just one order.

"Father, according to the latest batch of horse-spouting reports from the back, Huang Degong's former army has arrived in Bali Town." Li Yuanyin quickly followed Li Chengdong and said.

Li Yuanyin was a young man who was abducted by Li Chengdong among the refugees in Henan several years ago. Seeing that he could read and literate, he was quick and courageous, he became a wise and courageous person, so he became a wise and adopted him as his adopted son.

Now that Li Yuanyin is twenty-two years old, he is appointed as a guerrilla in his own barracks, which has become his powerful support.

His eldest son Li Yuanyun also followed and asked, "Father, should we send troops to fight Huang Chuangzi or Yangzhou?"

Li Yuanyun is only seventeen years old this year. Because she has been with the army for several years, she is skilled in archery and horses and is quite good at fighting, but she is far behind Li Yuanyin.

It was just because it was Li Chengdong's son, and he was also appointed as a guerrilla battalion.

"Did you call Huang Chuangzi?" Li Chengdong glared at Li Yuanyun and then said, "The King of Yu issued an order to intercept or delay Huang Degong. When he sent the Eight Banners Army to defeat Huang Degong in one fell swoop.

Yuan Yin, I won’t say anything. Yuan Yun must not know that the sky is high and the earth is thick. If you encounter Huang Degong on the battlefield, try to avoid it. Do you remember it?"

"Remember." Li Yuanyun responded, but secretly curled his lips, showing a dissatisfied look.

Li Chengdong did not pay attention to Li Yuanyun's small movements. He walked into his big tent, sat down, and looked at the simple map in the tent.

During the Ming Dynasty, Yangzhou City was about thirty or forty miles away from Guazhou.

Li Chengdong's camp was chosen next to the ancient canal south of Yangzhou City, north of the three bays, only five or six miles away from the southern Yangzhou City Wall.

Last year, he had besieged Yangzhou City with Gao Jie and had already understood the surrounding terrain. Therefore, although the map in front of him was simple and extremely abstract, he didn't care.

He thought for a moment and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, Huang Degong's total troops are only 80,000 or 90,000, and he also needs to divide his troops to guard Guazhou Town to prevent being trampled.

In this way, the maximum number of troops to go north was more than 70,000, and the front army was estimated to be about 20,000.

The former army probably had passed Bali Town at this time, so we would better intercept them here."

"Yangzijin Ferry?" Li Yuanyin frowned at the map.

"Not bad." Li Chengdong nodded, "The two or three miles from the Yangtze River Ferry to Sanwan, the ancient canal is the best battlefield for us to fight against Huang Degong.

Yuan Yin, later, the father-in-chief will lead the army to the Yangtze River Ferry to arrange troops. It will take some time. You must lead your own military camp out of Gaomin Temple and harass Huang Degong's previous army."

After hearing this, Li Yuanyin clasped his fists without hesitation and said, "Son receives the order!"

"Listen to me," said Li Chengdong, "I still need to leave a thousand riders for backup, so I can only give you two thousand riders.

If you encounter a small enemy's horse, you will eat it; if you encounter a large number of cavalry, try to lead it elsewhere. Never get too close to the enemy's original formation.

In addition, no matter what the situation is, you will come to Sanwan before the sun is on the verge of the sky. Do you remember?"

Li Yuanyin clasped his fists again, "Son remember."

"Then lead the troops immediately."

"yes!"

···

In the "Huang Degong Front Army" that Li Chengdong made for the horse search, Huang Degong himself rode on a strong dark horse.

The entire front army had more than 30,000 people marched north along the ancient canal.

The left wing, which is the west bank of the ancient canal, was led by the general Huang Ming, and it is actually more than 10,000 people.

The central army he led was composed of 8,000 elite soldiers in the personal army led by deputy general Xu Chong, and 5,000 people led by guerrilla Zhang Jie.

Zhang Jie's troops originally had eight thousand people, of which 3,000 were left by Huang Degong to defend the city in Yizheng.

The central army walked completely close to the canal, and there were some warships with less than 400 materials in the river, all of which were from Huang Fei's navy.

On the east bank of the canal are more than 8,000 right-wing soldiers led by the general Chen Xiance.

Although he only received more than 30,000 people, and even with the navy assigned by Huang Fei, there were no more than 40,000 people, Huang Degong was not at all panicked.

Not only because he had confidence in the combat power of his soldiers, but also because he understood that his 30,000 to 40,000 people were just front-line troops to go north this time.

Behind his left, there is the second town of the border defense army led by Zeng Ying; behind on the right, that is, the east bank of the ancient canal, there is the third town of the border defense army led by Yang Zhan.

Between the two, there is the central army led by Zhu Mei-seok, which is composed of the Imperial Guards and the Second Town.

There are also thousands of warships and civilian ships led by Li Zhanchun, carrying the First Town of the Yangtze River Navy, which can also go ashore to fight.

One or two miles later, the fifth town of the Imperial Guard led by Ainengqi.

By counting this, there were about 100,000 troops heading north this time, of which 60 to 70% were elite.

With such a backing, he had no reason to panic.

"Brother, a cavalry of about two thousand people appeared in front of us, and ate our two teams of horse exploration."

When Huang Degong heard this, he couldn't help but touch the eight-edged nine-section iron whip hanging on the horse, feeling itchy hands, but he had never drunk this morning, and finally suppressed the idea of ​​taking action himself.

"Xu Chong."

"The last one will be here!"

"This cavalry must have been sent by Li Chengdong, the god of damn, to harass us. You take Sanqian cavalry over and drive them away. Remember, don't chase them too far, come back if you exceed three miles."

"I will obey the order!"

Huang Degong's eight thousand personal soldiers were composed of three thousand light cavalry and five thousand armored soldiers.

Xu Chong took away three thousand light cavalry, and only hundreds of whistle cavalry left in the front army, and it was difficult to cover the battlefield, but Huang Degong didn't care.

This time they were not going to attack, but to defeat the enemy in front of them and rescue Yangzhou.

After Xu Chong left, Huang Degong thought about it, took out the walkie-talkie and reported to Zhu Mai.

"I reported to the supervisor of the country that the front army was harassed by two thousand light cavalry sent by Li Chengdong, and I have sent three thousand light cavalry to drive it away.

I think that since Li Chengdong made such arrangements, he probably wanted to intercept our army between Yangzijin and Sanwan."

In the past one or two years, Huang De Power Unit has been stationed in Yizheng for a long time and has many frictions with Gao Jie's unit.

With this experience, as a general who has fought for decades, he naturally knew the terrain of Yangzhou.

Therefore, when he saw Li Chengdong sticking out his butt, Huang Degong roughly guessed what he was going to fart.

"How many people are there in Li Chengdong's army?" The sound of Zhu Ma's clear questioning came from the intercom.

Huang Degong said: "Based on the news collected by spies recently and my past understanding of Li Chengdong, there are about 30,000 people. However, there should be no more than half of them."

The other main players are also on this intercom channel.

Hearing this, Zeng Ying's words came from the walkie-talkie.

"I report to the state supervisor. I think Li Chengdong's more than 30,000 people are not worth worrying about, but I must be wary of other Qing troops, especially the Eight Banners Army, attacking our flanks during the battle."
Chapter completed!