morning.

After Zhu Yuheng attended the temporary pre-war meeting in Jiangzhou Hall,

After paying homage to King Xunyang, he took the fish talisman and went out to the military camp outside the city to order troops for the expedition.

Traveling with him, there were also female military officers selected by Rong Zhen to follow him.

This time Jiangzhou's front army dispatched forward troops totaling 1,500 soldiers.

They were all surrendered pawns who had defected with Zhu Lingxu and his son. In a sense, they were regarded as the private army of Zhu Lingxu and his son. They were led by Zhu Yuheng and went out as the vanguard, which was a kind of example.

As a veteran on the battlefield, Zhu Lingxu, with more than 8,000 former soldiers and horses, did not march out of the city in one go, but also in order.

Moreover, when the army is dispatched, food and grass go first.

With so many soldiers and horses, just slap on the head and send them all, the corresponding logistics required are simply explosive.

The food, equipment, soldiers and horses needed by the former army were all complicated and complicated, and it was also a cumbersome project.

The forward army led by Zhu Yuheng was more convenient. They went into battle lightly and went out to explore the route first.

Zhu Lingxu's Chinese army tent temporarily stayed in Xunyang City to continue training the remaining 6,500 soldiers. After the training, they have been dispatched one after another in the past few days...

The so-called training means that after the generals and other personnel have been arranged, the marching troops sent by the military governments from various places will be disrupted on a team basis and reorganized according to the marching system.

To prevent the government soldiers gathered from various places from forming gangs, there are many hills.

This work takes a little time, but Zhu Lingxu understands the importance and implements it strictly.

This made Ouyang Rong take a high look.

Zhu Lingxu is worthy of being an old guy. His military style is very traditional and old-fashioned. His main focus is to be steady and impeccable.

It is suitable for head-to-head battles involving large armies, where surprise troops and night attacks are not important.

Make it difficult for enemies on the frontal battlefield to take advantage of the loopholes.

A head-to-head decisive battle, the competition is the war potential of all parties.

In this way, the party with the advantage will naturally win easily.

However, the steady and steady style of this kind of classical and old-school general also means that almost every subsequent command and action is traceable and not difficult to guess.

Ouyang Rong participated in these several pre-war meetings, and after figuring out Zhu Lingxu's leadership style, he could almost tell how the old guy would take the next few steps with his eyes closed.

For example, forward Zhu Yuheng is currently taking the lead in the battle, which has long been expected...

No matter what, at the moment, everything is proceeding in an orderly manner according to the arrangements discussed at the pre-war meeting.

Li Xian, Ouyang Rong, Wang Lengran and others sent Zhu Lingxu and his son to the city gate.

"Your Majesty, please stay and go to the city gate. Yu Heng has already understood the prince's wishes. Haha, let him go on his own for the rest of the journey. He must be responsible for it all on his own."

Zhu Lingxu bent down to salute and stopped everyone with a smile.

Zhu Yuheng nodded. He was wearing chainmail today. He saluted Li Xian and then bowed his hands to Ouyang Rong, Wang Lengran and others.

However, when his eyes passed by Ouyang Rong, he looked past him as if he was ignoring him.

Ever since Zhu Lingxu and his son came to Xunyang City, Ouyang Rong and Zhu Yuheng, who had attended Li Zhengyan's banquet together in the past, had not spoken to each other again, and they were like strangers.

After a while, Li Xian took the lead and symbolically poured Zhu Yuheng a glass of practice wine and exchanged pleasantries.

Drinking break.

Ouyang Rong, who was standing quietly not far away, looked at Zhu Lingxu and his party.

In order to facilitate military affairs, Wang Lengran arranged for Zhu Lingxu to rest in a large house in the city for the past two days, close to Jiangzhou Hall, and Zhu Lingxu began to enter the city every day with great swagger.

Today, Zhu Lingxu still only brought with him the ten personal guards strictly prescribed by someone before when he entered and exited Xunyang City.

It's just that in the past two days, the ten personal guards around Zhu Lingxu have changed, and they have become a little different.

Except for the six former personal guards who Ouyang Rong had seen often before and remembered, the other four were very unfamiliar.

These four people,

a monk,

together,

Two people.

The leading monk is old and hunched, wearing dark black monk's robes, with extremely long earlobes and low eyebrows.

The Taoist priest is young, in his twenties or thirties. He wears a Hunyuan scarf, has a frivolous expression, is wearing a dirty yellow and white Taoist uniform, and carries two long swords on his back. He looks like a Taoist priest traveling in the north.

As for the remaining two people, one is tall and the other is short. They are dressed in gray and have dreadlocks. They look like brothers.

However, Ouyang Rong recognized this look, and he must be from Xianbei. Qiu Shenji used to dress similarly.

There were four more strange guards around him. This change happened after King Lengran informed Zhu Lingxu that day that King Wei sent people to protect him.

Presumably these four people are the masters selected by King Wei.

Ouyang Rong nodded lightly.

When the monk came together, he couldn't see many clues for a while.

However, Ouyang Rong, two tall and short Xianbei men, had caught a glimpse of a trace of spiritual energy circulating not long ago.

Light red aura.

Seven levels of cultivation, two seventh levels.

As for the remaining monks, at least they are on the same level.

A certain cold girl in palace attire also came to the city gate with everyone today.

She sent one of her old-fashioned female officers out of the city to follow the vanguard and act as a supervisor.

As for Rong Zhen himself, as the military supervisor, he naturally followed the Chinese army's tent that was temporarily staying in Xunyang City.

Ouyang Rong noticed that Zhu Lingxu tilted his head slightly towards the four strange guards behind him.

The two big Xianbei men immediately mounted their horses and followed Zhu Yuheng closely.

Obviously, he went out with him to protect him.

Ouyang Rong suddenly saw from the corner of his eye,

The sword-carrying Taoist priest behind Zhu Lingxu seemed to find the scene of greetings and toasts in front of him boring. He looked around, turned his head, smiled at Rongzhen and spoke to her.

Rong Zhen didn't even look at him.

At a certain moment, he turned his cold eyes and glanced at the Tutu monk whose breath was dead and had no sense of existence.

After a while, I finished the farewell wine.

"Then I will wish Zhu Duwei a victory when the news comes. When we return to Xunyang City, the palace will hold a banquet and invite Manager Zhu and Zhu Duwei to have a celebratory drink."

Stay away from leisure with a smile.

"Haha, Your Majesty, you're welcome." Zhu Lingxu waved his hand.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness." Zhu Yuheng, who was standing on the horse, had no expression on his face and bent down slightly.

Zhu Lingxu never forgot to turn around and tell his eldest son:

"Your Majesty and the princes are watching. This time you are leading the army on your own, and you must not be impulsive... The soldiers must be quick and arrive at Fushui County on time. No military orders are delayed."

"yes."

Today it happens that Chen You is on duty at the west city gate, guarding the city gate.

Just as Li Xian was chatting with Zhu Lingxu, Zhu Yuheng and his son, Ouyang Rong went to talk to Chen You and happened to be standing at the gate of the city.

At this moment, with the practice over, Zhu Lingxu and his son were preparing to leave the city.

Chen You immediately led people to open the city gate.

Ouyang Rong, who stayed where he was, stood under the bridge in front of the city gate and turned around.

Zhu Lingxu, his father and his son, and ten personal guards rode forward and stopped under the bridge in front of the city gate.

The latter has many people, tall people and big horses.

When he came towards us, Ouyang Rong's position seemed to be somewhat blocking the main road.

So, he turned slightly and moved out of the way of the main road.

Except for Zhu Lingxu, Zhu Yuheng, and the black-robed Tutu monks who did not squint, other guards such as the frivolous Taoist priests looked sideways.

The two groups of people were in the darkness of the city gate bridge.

Ouyang Rong, with a slender figure and a thin shirt, was isolated from the horse and squeezed to the edge.

Others were riding on tall horses, looking down at the figure of the frail scholar.

The atmosphere is silent.

With the sound of creaking iron chains rolling, the city gate was slowly opening.

"laugh--!"
To be continued...