Baishui County is a county town close to Pingjiang. Since Lin Haoming gathered refugees from the three counties, he has captured several county towns. Now Baishui County is the eighth county town. Next, he has to take a very critical step to cross Pingjiang. Only by crossing Pingjiang can his next plan be continued, otherwise it will not be implemented at all. For this reason, he had to take the risk of moving around a region hundreds of miles away from the besieging Weitong army. Fortunately, the besieging army did not divide its troops as expected, otherwise it would be difficult to deal with.
After attacking so many county towns, not only did the refugees begin to join, but the power of the princes who wanted to go to Zhenbeihou territory also began to join. Three days ago, there were only 20,000 people, but now it has expanded to more than 30,000 people. However, Lin Hao knew that the combat power of these more than 30,000 people was really limited. After all, most of them were refugees, and it would definitely not work if they really encountered strong enemies.
At present, a few people gathered together to discuss the matter of crossing the river. Originally, this was a matter that several people had already decided, but because some princes joined, if they crossed the river, it would be like being far away from the territory of Zhenbeihou, so there would be chaos. However, after some discussion, several people decided to cross the river. If someone was unwilling to leave, they would have to divide their troops.
Of course this is the worst plan, so you always have to find some reason to get through. The simplest thing is that the group of people took Wei Tong's order and created chaos, so just say that, seeing whether the others will leave or stay, as long as these people follow, the refugees will follow. Even if there are those who escape, there are no concerns.
After crossing the river, people from other counties will definitely be mobilized to encircle and suppress them. That is the time for the cicada to escape.
The next day, several people told the people of several princes to join. Although they were not many, their status was not low, but they were still willing to follow them after thinking about it.
The army immediately set off, and after passing Baishui County, they turned north and rushed straight to Changning County.
Changning County is also considered unlucky. Since the war began, it has been destroyed twice. Now the city wall has just been repaired not long after, when a large army of refugees has arrived.
Changning County is located on a key road and has 5,000 elite defenders, but now there are more than 30,000 refugees. Seeing so many people coming, they still dare not go out of the city to fight, so they hid in the city and planned to hold on. However, unexpectedly, after these tens of thousands of people came, they had no plans to enter the city and rushed straight to the wharf outside the city and occupied the place.
This place was originally an important dock to transport supplies, and some temporary warehouses and facilities were built here. Of course, when the refugee army came, it immediately withdrew. The refugee army was stationed here for a night, then burned everything and continued northward.
Look at their route, they have to go north to climb Zanglong Mountain and pass through the Daxia Kingdom before going back.
If these tens of thousands of people were really allowed to go back, the prince would be completely lost, so a large number of soldiers began to gather. Although they did not call on the troops to siege Wei Tong, they also drew troops from all over the country to siege and block.
Similarly, seeing that this army had already accomplished, more and more people began to defect to them, conquering two counties in succession to receive supplies, and the army had already snowballed to 50,000 troops.
At this time, in Yucha County, which borders Changping County, the army replenished and repaired again. It was not so easy to attack Yucha County not long ago. Yucha County had four or five thousand defenders. Although there were 50,000 people on his side, most of them were refugees. The men who defected to the princes could only add icing on the cake. No one did this kind of chore, but Zhu Feiling performed a miracle, burning the city gate with black oil. In the end, the city gate was burned directly, and the army rushed in. Although there were some casualties, they also successfully seized the city.
At present, six people, including Lin Haoming, are discussing the matter again, because based on information and judgment, the personnel drawn from Changping County and Wu'an County are coming. Next, everyone will cooperate separately. Some people will continue to pretend to go north with the army, and some people, or the elite in the middle, are hiding and then heading towards Ping'an Cang.
Because Zhu Feiling's status is now hard to shake, and others cannot see him will cause anxiety, so Zhu Feiling is determined to lead the army northward. Next is to go to the northwest area. Finally, he decided that Ma Fengxing and Zhou Ansheng would follow Lin Haoming, and the rest would follow Zhu Feiling.
After the final discussion, it was a secret operation, but when Lin Haoming returned to his temporary residence, he saw Chen Lifeng waiting for him here.
After following Lin Haoming for more than a month, Chen Lifeng is no longer a white and fat official, but has become a very strong middle-aged man. His three long beards have turned into sparse beards, looking a little more fierce.
"Is there anything wrong?" Lin Haoming looked at Chen Lifeng and asked.
"Sir, someone is coming to you." Chen Lifeng said with a smile.
"Traveling to me?" Lin Haoming felt incredible when he heard this.
Many people have joined the army these days, but those who have named it all join Zhu Feiling. After all, he has the highest status regardless of his identity. Now, except for a few core people, everyone knows that Zhu Feiling is the real so-called commander. When Wei Tong deliberately gave the position of commander to Ning Zhongying, he just deliberately made an excuse to confuse others.
"I am from the Zhongyong Bo Mansion." Chen Lifeng replied immediately.
"There are still people in the Zhongyong Bo Mansion?" Lin Haoming's eyes lit up when he heard this. Could it be that one of those guys came to him?
"You forgot that Ning Xuan, the seventh prince of the Zhongyong uncle, was not in Huanglangshan, but his subordinates fled here. He knew that you were in the army, so he came to join him." Chen Lifeng explained.
After hearing this, Lin Haoming felt that it was very likely. He didn't know if Fang Jie was inside, so he didn't ask about his future and immediately asked Chen Lifeng to take him to see him.
Soon Chen Lifeng took Lin Haoming to a small courtyard. After walking in, he saw many people here, totaling fifty or sixty.
"Zhongying, it's really you, just find you." Lin Haoming looked at the people in the small garden and suddenly a voice started to scream.
"Ning Zhongyi!" Lin Haoming looked at the man who was two or three years older than him and had one blind eye, and was stunned for a moment before recognizing him.
"What's wrong with you? What about the Seventh Young Master?" Lin Haoming asked.
"Young master is dead. Duke An Guo's young master comes to Huanglangshan. We met them. The young master wants us to surrender to him. The seventh master is unwilling. He also knows that the fifth master is on the side of Zhenbeihou, so he finally decided to come and join him quietly, but he was betrayed halfway. After we came out, we found out that you are here and came to surrender." Ning Zhongyi said sadly.
"Are you sure the Seventh Young Master is dead?" Lin Haoming asked again.
"I saw the young master being cut off from his head by the enemy. Not only me but also my brothers saw it. We are sorry!" Ning Zhongyi burst into tears.
Chapter completed!