"My lord is wise and powerful. Let alone ten miles away, as long as the prince gives us enough food... it won't be difficult to reach the Han River in one go!"
Hearing what his subordinates said, Zhou Lixing felt very comfortable. After all, who doesn't want to be supported by others?
Of course, Zhou Lixing was also self-aware. With just him and his men, at least half of them were killed when they advanced to the Han River.
It is precisely because of the royal palace's plan that all ministries are required to act steadily, that each guard post can advance from Zhenxiguan all the way to its current position with extremely low casualties.
"Okay, don't talk nonsense. I have nothing to do this afternoon. Come with me to visit the two villages in the south!"
"yes!"
There are nearly 5,000 people in the 11th Guard, which cannot be accommodated in just one Zhuangzi. Currently, there are three thousand-household residences.
Just as the two of them were working hard on the meal, the sound of horse hooves was heard outside the village.
Zhou Lixing didn't pay much attention to this. There were too many people coming and going every day, and he didn't have that much energy to pay attention to everyone.
However, the scout who returned to Zhuangzi walked quickly and found himself outside Zhou Lixing's house.
"Sir, I have detected the enemy!"
"Enemy army? What enemy army?" Zhou Lixing became interested.
"It's the imperial army!"
"The imperial army? How many people are there? Where are they?" Zhou Lixing stood up directly.
After fighting zombies for a long time, Zhou Lixing felt tired. It would be really interesting to have a chance encounter with the imperial army.
Without waiting for the scout to answer, Qian Hu on the side replied: "Aren't all the troops and horses of the imperial court...all west of the Han River?"
"I asked you to explore the monster, but who asked you to run so far?"
Being accused by these thousands of households, the scout quickly said: "Sir... the little one was found twenty miles away!"
As expected, the imperial army crossed the Han River. Zhou Lixing was surprised and immediately asked: "How many people are there?"
The scout replied: "The terrain is flat. The little one couldn't find the high ground, so he couldn't see clearly... so he rushed back to answer!"
"You trash!" Zhou Lixing cursed and scolded: "Get back first!"
"yes!"
After the scout retreated, Zhou Lixing said: "Report this military information to the prince immediately!"
Qianhu on the side replied: "Sir, the specific situation is not clear yet, how can we report it to the prince?"
Zhou Lixing couldn't help but be stunned. He had forgotten this level.
"Leave and send more people to investigate, be sure to find out the military situation!"
Qianhu nodded, turned around and was about to arrange the manpower, but heard Zhou Lixing say: "Forget it... I'll go there myself!"
"Are you going in person?"
"What? Can't I go?"
"But sir, you should sit in the middle of the formation to stabilize the morale of the army!"
Hearing this, Zhou Lixing couldn't help but laugh and said: "Could it be that if I leave for a while, the morale of the army will be messed up?"
Yong's army has Zhao Yanxun as its backbone, and even if Zhou Lixing leaves for a while, there will be no chaos even if he dies in battle.
"You guys go, I found that there is no room left, stop talking nonsense... arrange manpower immediately!"
"yes!"
Since he couldn't persuade him, the Qianhu man said no more. At worst, he would go with him.
In fact, Zhou Lixing asked to go in person because he wanted to see what the imperial army was like.
Zhou Lixing set out, and twenty miles northwest, Li Guifang was investigating the situation.
Around him were a large number of well-equipped cavalry, killing approaching zombies.
Beside Li Guifang, fellow commander Yuan Zheng was worried and said: "Sir, we have gone too far, it's time to go back!"
Li Guifang was extremely unhappy and said: "Why are you so timid? Go back if you are afraid!"
As the commander of the Long Zhi Right Guards, Li Guifang led his men to fight many battles in the Gyeonggi Province in the past two years, and naturally he also developed extraordinary courage.
According to the order of the Governor-General's Office of the West Route Army, Li Guifang led his men across the river two days ago to conduct a thorough investigation of the situation in the north of Hexi Province.
In the past two days, they had traveled more than twenty miles, and now they were surrounded by zombies. They were traveling alone.
"Sir, it's not that you are timid because of your humble position, it's just that our army must put safety first, and the army must not allow any mistakes!" Yuan Zheng reminded solemnly.
Li Guifang said impatiently: "I know safety is the most important thing, but you underestimate the brothers too much!"
"If you want to talk any more, just go back and stay in the town behind!"
The so-called town behind has a thousand-household station stationed there, and will be used as a basis for annihilation, so this place is now a safe zone.
I only heard Yuan Zheng say solemnly: "Sir, being humble does not mean being greedy for life and fearing death, but speaking out of a public conscience!"
"Three years ago, there was chaos in the northwest. The Forbidden Army had twenty guards, and seven of them were lost in the northwest..."
As soon as they disagreed, Yuan Zheng opened up old scores.
"Although the imperial court has rebuilt the Seven Guards, it has lacked training after all. Now it can only station troops in the southeast, and work with the remaining soldiers of the Northern Guard to stabilize the southeast defense line of the capital!"
Yuan Zheng said more seriously: "What the imperial court can really rely on is the remaining Thirteen Guards Imperial Army!"
"Your Excellency, in charge of Long Zhiyouwei, is responsible for the safety of the imperial court. How can you not be more careful?"
"Do you think the imperial court can rely on the remaining soldiers from the north or those drawn from the south?"
"Although there are many of them, they are just a bunch of losers. We are grateful to God if they can do a good job of supplying military supplies!"
After hearing what Yuan Zheng said, although Li Guifang felt impatient, he also knew that what the other party said was reasonable.
So Li Guifang solemnly apologized: "Lao Yuan, I apologize to you. I said something harsh just now. Don't be offended!"
They have experienced life and death, so naturally they will not be angry because of this.
As the boss, Li Guifang took the initiative to submit. Yuan Zheng, as the deputy, could not say more. The smart people would stop immediately.
Pointing to the front, Li Guifang said: "There is Zhuangzi ahead, let's go there!"
In fact, Yuan Zheng wanted to persuade Li Guifang to return.
Of the five thousand households in Long Zhi's left guard, only two are currently following Li Guifang, and the other three are either in the rear or scattered on the sides and rear.
Living in the front, Yuan Zheng felt that it was too prominent and it would be safest to return.
When Yuan Zheng hesitated, Li Guifang said: "Don't forget, we are here to destroy monsters. Isn't this job easy?"
At this moment, there was a loud noise in front of them, but it was Long Zhiwei's cavalry who were surrounding and killing the zombies that were charging towards them.
A group of hundreds of zombies were attacked by cavalry, and they were defeated in two or three rounds.
"The order is passed down. We must not be careless in eradicating the monsters. Yuan Tongzhi will not be lenient if all the members of a hundred households take advantage of it!" When he said this, Li Guifang glanced at Yuan Zheng.
"yes!"
As a result, two cavalrymen from Qianhu Station rushed five miles ahead.
The food they carried on their horses was enough to last them more than twenty days, so they didn't have to worry about supplies for the time being.
Although they have experience in killing zombies, some soldiers still failed during the journey to Zhuangzi.
For these scratched and bitten soldiers, only death awaits them.
Such casualties were unavoidable, and Yuan Zheng could not scold his men for it. He only wanted to minimize the casualties as much as possible.
The zombies in Zhuangzi are also easy to eliminate.
They first lured the zombies out of Zhuangzi, and used the old method to attack them several times, and they were able to smash the zombies into pieces.
These elite cavalry are already familiar with this.
Half an hour later, hundreds of zombies in the Zhuangzi were eliminated, and a team of nearly two thousand people crowded into the Zhuangzi.
"Build the fortifications first, don't let monsters take advantage of them!"
After hearing Li Guifang's order, Yuan Zheng couldn't help but ask: "Do you want to use this as a basis to eradicate monsters from outside?"
"Isn't it possible?" Li Guifang asked.
Yuan Zheng gave his own opinion: "I still think that we are too far forward. It is a taboo to go deep alone!"
Li Guifang said in a deep voice: "Slow, steady, what's the difference between here and the town behind?"
Crossing the Han River, there are dense zombies here. There may be danger anywhere, and it makes no difference whether you kill zombies anywhere.
However, in the land west of the Han River, zombies are not the only threat.
The probing horse of Long Zhi's right guard has not yet detected Yong's army, so Li Guifang made an unwise decision.
