While the six sons were sneaking around, Zhang Feng was hiding in his tent, reading military books. He read from "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu: "War is a matter of vital importance to the State; the province of life or death; the road to safety or ruin." all the way to "The Six Strategies" and "The General's Authority", Zhang Feng was completely absorbed in his reading, forgetting to eat and sleep.

  Especially "Li Wei Gong's Questions and Answers" is loved by Zhang Feng, the book uses the Q&A form between Emperor Taizong of Tang and General Li Jing to express military thought theory, so-called 'to reach people but not to rely on people'

  The normal and the extraordinary become intertwined, the false and the real give rise to each other. The advance and the retreat are mutually dependent, none of which is not in accordance with this purpose. Those who are skilled at using troops, everywhere they go is normal, everywhere they go is extraordinary, making it impossible for the enemy to anticipate them. Therefore, both the normal and the extraordinary can be victorious.

  Although the military books are not useful for Zhang Feng, who currently has only fifty troops, they have changed his way of thinking. Who knows what will happen in the future? Who can guarantee that Zhang Feng won't become a great general commanding an army in the future?

  "Boss! What's going on? The fish are all done! Come and eat!" Wang Ping called out loudly as he lifted the curtain.

  Zhang Feng hastily and quickly put away the books, he still remembered Xu Sheng's reminder that it was not to be seen by others.

  "Here! You eat first, I'll go right away!" After seeing Wang Ping leave, he carefully put the book away and rewrapped it in cloth. These military books were his treasures...

  "General! Our army has been resting here for five days now. Should we set off again?"

  Xu Da looked at the map in front of him without speaking, his hand slowly sliding over the map, finally pointing to a place.

  Mu Ying curiously lowered his head to take a look, and it was indeed the Lu River not far from them. He didn't know why his general was staring at this place, just as he was about to speak, Xu Da spoke up first.

  "It's here, our scouts have learned that Li Xuan, the head of the Northern Yuan Imperial Secretariat, will be passing through here in the next few days with only about a hundred men under his command. What a big fish! Xu Da nodded vigorously at the map of the Liaohe River, his eyes narrowed as if thinking about something."

  "What brings Li Xuan to pass through here, and as the Northern Yuan's Zhongyuan, why does he have so few attendants?" Mu Ying asked in puzzlement.

  "Li Xuan was sent by the Khan to contact Taishi Naha, he set off when we had just finished the Ningcheng battle, so at that time their rear was still very peaceful and naturally there were not many guards. But now our army has arrived at Bohai Sea, coincidentally Li Xuan is about to pass under our noses."

  "General! I, Mu Ying, wish to lead the vanguard battalion of my unit to launch a surprise attack on the opposite bank of the Heihe River and capture Li Xuan alive!"

  "Good! Since you have confidence, I will grant your request. You should immediately mobilize the troops and depart as soon as possible, lest we miss Li Xuan. If we can capture this Northern Yuan Zhanyuan before returning to camp, it would be another great achievement." Xu Da nodded in agreement with Mu Ying's request, thinking that using 5,000 vanguard cavalrymen to deal with Li Xuan's over 100 guards was a sure thing, the only worry being that Li Xuan might have already passed through here first, which is why Xu Da required Mu Ying to depart immediately.

  "Remember! You have only five days to succeed or not, after five days you can return here, at that time my great army will be returning to the court, otherwise the army's food and grass will be exhausted."

  "Yes!" Mu Ying bowed her head and led the order, turning around and leaving, calling out to her subordinates as she went.

  Xu Da remained, still staring at the map on the table, this time the Northern Expedition was a great victory, but it did not cut off the root of the Yuan Dynasty in the north. The constraints of food and grass made his Northern Expedition army ultimately abandon halfway and failed to reach the Golden Tent of Toghon Temür, which was a great pity.

  But these are things that cannot be helped, Xu Da looked at his own chin gradually whitening beard and couldn't help but deeply worry, not knowing whether he would see the day when the Northern Yuan dynasty was destroyed in his lifetime. Perhaps he would ultimately be unable to overcome fate and leave first, or perhaps it would be Lan Yu's young man who led people to destroy the Northern Yuan dynasty. Perhaps, perhaps our great Ming dynasty's future is a world for young people... Xu Da's eyes flashed with many people's shadows, among which was also Zhang Feng's figure...

  At this time, Zhang Feng, who was still competing with Liu Zi for food, did not know Xu Da's thoughts at the moment. However, even if he knew, he would probably just laugh it off. Who can predict the future accurately?

  Mu Ying, the adopted son of Zhu Lao Ye Zi, is currently leading his 5,000 vanguard troops to cross the Lu River on horseback, planning to capture Li Xuan, the head of the Institute, as a perfect trophy for their triumphant return to the capital.

  "General! A large number of horse tracks have been found about ten miles ahead! There are over a hundred horses!" The scout who had gone ahead came back to report.

  "Charge!" Mu Ying gave the order and the army immediately charged forward.

  "Sir! There's a large cavalry force behind us, I don't know whose troops they are!"

  "Sir! The ones behind us are clearly Ming army cavalry!"

  "Sir! The Ming army's cavalry is catching up!"

  Li Xuan listened to the successive reports from his subordinates, getting more and more annoyed. He thought to himself how unlucky he was. When he had gone out on a mission, everything was fine, but when he came back, he found out that Nai Fu had been defeated under Ning City, and the Ming army had marched north without any obstruction. This scared him so much that he hastily rushed along the road, but in his haste, he still ran into the Ming army's cavalry. What could be done now?

  "Sir! I'll escort you from that side! You few, stay behind and guard the rear!" Li Xuan's chief of guards ordered.

  "Here!" The remaining guards hastily turned their horses around and charged towards the cavalry array of Mu Ying, who looked at the dozens of people coming to die in front of her and felt amused. This scene seemed to have happened just a few months ago.

  Only to see a rain of arrows falling, the guards who were protecting Li Xuan didn't even touch the edge of the Ming army's formation before they fell off their horses and died under the hooves. Meanwhile, Li Xuan was hastily escaping under the cover of his guards when suddenly his guard leader violently rebelled, cutting down several people before the other guards could react, and then he put his knife to Li Xuan's throat.

  "Li Hu! What are you doing?! Ming Jun's men will be here soon! You'll be caught too!" Li Xuan asked his chief guard in a panic, unable to understand why they were turning on each other when the enemy was closing in.

  But Li Hu didn't respond to his words at all, and instead stared coldly at the guards standing opposite him, gripping the hilt of his knife tightly. The standoff continued until Mu Ying's cavalry arrived.

  Mujiao looked at the situation in front of her and was also puzzled, not knowing what these Beiyuan people were up to, why they had turned against each other. However, for now, it's still best to tie them up.

  Li Xuan looked at Li Hu with a puzzled and resentful expression, unable to understand why this was happening. Only after Li Xuan was subdued did Li Hu speak up: "Sir! Please retrieve the object from three inches below my waist!"

  Mu Ying waved her hand to signal her subordinates to go and take a look, and sure enough, after searching for a while, they found an iron plaque the length of a thumb. Mu Ying took it and immediately knew why Li Hu had suddenly turned against them - on this iron plaque was clearly engraved a character "jian"

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