The recovery of Leizhou was purely an accident. Since all parties were not ready, Zhao Lie did not immediately move the base camp here. He still had a lot of things to deal with. First, he had to return to Yacheng and report the details of the two battles to the court. At the same time, he persuaded the internal and external courts not to move the court to Qiongguan for the time being. Then he had to inspect the Iron House of Wan'an Army because Guo Chenggui reported that there was new progress in artillery research. Finally, he returned to Qiongguan, and then decided whether to wait for labor or take the initiative based on the trends of the Yuan army.

In this battle, based on military achievements, Zhang Ba was appointed as the governor of Leizhou and began to reorganize the new subordinate army. At the same time, according to the conditions of the negotiations on that day, Liu Xiaozhong was appointed as the commander of Leizhou military commander, which was considered Zhang Ba's deputy, and also implicitly clamp down. For a general who rebelled and surrendered again, this was also the meaning of the title. Liu Xiaozhong naturally would not say anything, and the troops that originally belonged to him and Li Shi'an's military command were also handed over to him to command. This trust also made Liu Xiaozhong very grateful.

The Leizhou troops, which were originally Li Shi'an and the part of the navy after Zhang Gui's defeat were under the command of Zhang Ba. At present, the total strength of Leizhou is more than 8,500, of which 1,000 are the new camps of the Dragon Que Army, which were originally Zhang Ba. Well, after the battle between Qiongguan and Leizhou, they can be called veterans. There are another 3,000 people, originally belonging to Li Shi'an, and more than 1,000 people in the remnants of the navy under Zhang Gui, and Zhang Ba's total strength is 5,500 people and nearly 100 ships.

The remaining three thousand men belonged to Liu Xiaozhong. Zhang Ba's troops were twice as powerful as Liu Xiaozhong. It can be said that he was eaten so hard that he did not dare to remain restless.

When Zhao Lie left, he repeatedly reminded him to be careful of Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng in Guangzhou. In fact, if Zhao Lie doesn't need to say much, Zhang Ba and Liu Xiaozhong dare not take it lightly. After all, after killing someone's son, how can we not be afraid of old age? The only comforting thing is that it is July, the temperature is hot, and it is the season when the South China Sea is frequent typhoons, so it is not suitable to send troops to fight, whether by sea or by land. Not to mention coming from Guangzhou, it is thousands of miles away.

Sure enough, until the end of July, the Yuan army in Guangzhou had no movement. According to the sent spies, the weather was the main reason for the Yuan army to remain unmoved, and the shortage of ships was also a problem. It is estimated that by October, the typhoon will be reduced and the ships will be mobilized, and the Yuan army will surely lead the troops to come.

The Dragon Crow Army received information, so while stepping up training new recruits, they rushed to produce guns.

As a bridgehead for the dynasty, Leizhou bordered Huazhou and Lianzhou. In just one month, the provocateurs encountered Yuan soldiers from the two states many times. The two sides had more than ten frictions and had a victory or defeat. However, they were both very restrained and did not expand the war. In addition, the Yuan army of Gaozhou, Qinzhou and other nearby prefectures also crossed the sea and were all repelled by Zhang Ba's reorganized navy.

Zhang Ba and Liu Xiaozhong firmly defended Leizhou.

In early August, autumn tigers were raging. In the barracks of Leizhou City, Tu Laosan brought his team of soldiers who had just finished training back to the camp. He sighed and fell on the big bunk, regardless of the smell of smell. The whole camp suddenly felt a sensation mixed with sweat and odors of sweat and various difficult-to-distinguish odors. That sourness... But these were already numb for a soldier who was about to fall apart.

Amid the soldiers' complaints, Tu Laosan snorted coldly: "You just complain less. Next month, the sergeant assessment will be held. If you fail to meet the standards of lower-level sergeants, you will be demoted to soldiers at first. At that time, you will do the most tiring work and get the least material money. If you really fight, you will be the first to be thrown away. Who can you blame?"

The camp shop suddenly became quiet. After a while, someone said, "Brother Tu, we are not complaining. This training is a bit harder and can still bear it. It just makes people panic."

"Yes, yes." Many soldiers agreed.

Tu Laosan spread his hands: "What can you do if you don't bow your head?"

The soldier was speechless and said for a while: "Also, Governor Zhang has a musketeer under his command. Why are there no subordinates in our commander? This is too unfair."

Tu Laosan frowned and said, "What do you know? He followed him and said... That musket soldiers were the old subordinates of Governor Zhang, who followed him from Yacheng. After conquering Leizhou, all our brothers were recruited. Even if he was following Governor Zhang, wouldn't he have fired a gun?"

The soldier said, "According to this, it is obvious that he can't trust our Leizhou Army."

“That’s it…”

"I've said less. Haven't you seen the department have supervisors and training officials? I've been targeted for you to feel good." Tu Laosan waved his hand irritably, and the sound in the camp slowly became silent.

In the Battle of Leizhou, Tu Laosan became a prisoner gloriously. This time the prisoner was confused. Before the knife was sheathed, he became a prisoner before he was fired. Then in a blink of an eye, he became a soldier of the Song Dynasty. Now his waist card was changed to a team general, which corresponds to the head of the sign. Of course, the errands at Guancheng Gate were naturally lost. He entered the military camp again and was assigned to Liu Xiaozhong's subordinates, becoming a general in a team. The training was so painful.

The sound disappeared when the camp shop, but suddenly there was a rapid drum sound outside the shop.

Tu Laosan jumped up from the bed: "Get together, emergency gathering."

Half an hour later, a group of soldiers drove out from the north gate of the barracks, with chariots and horses flying, flags floating, and the dense spear heads of spears as dense as forests emitted thousands of dazzling bright lights under the scorching sun.

In the middle of the team, Liu Xiaozhong, who was wearing a helmet and armor, with a sword and gun, rode a black war horse, and his sharp triangular eyes were full of murderous aura.

Just an hour ago, a spy monitoring the direction of Huazhou came from a military newspaper. A cavalry and infantry army of about a thousand people set out from the east gate of Huazhou, as if they were going north. But then the spys in Lianzhou reported news that the team of soldiers turned a corner and suddenly turned around and ran to the southwest. The southwest was in the direction of Leizhou.

After urgent discussions between Zhang Ba and Liu Xiaozhong, they decided to face the attack. The two generals clearly divided the labor and the attacks from the sea were cleaned up by Zhang Ba, because the Leizhou Navy and all the sea ships were in the hands of Zhang Ba. The attacks from the land were handled by Liu Xiaozhong.

The only one bordering Leizhou on land is Huazhou, and Huazhou has not many soldiers, only more than 2,000 people. Self-protection is insufficient, and it is almost impossible to attack. Therefore, some time ago, various conflicts with the Leizhou Dragon Que Army were at most, and there were only a team-level team-level scale, and small-scale fights. At present, Huazhou suddenly dispatched thousands of people, which was almost a full-length out. Zhang and Liu Generals analyzed that it was mostly supported by Yuan troops such as Yulin and Rongzhou north of Huazhou.

The two generals did not dare to take it lightly. Liu Xiaozhong led 2,000 troops to Suixi Town, which was located at the junction of Leizhou and Huazhou, and used the favorable terrain there to block the Huazhou army. Zhang Ba sent all the navy to patrol to prevent other prefectures from taking the opportunity to raid. At the same time, he was in charge of Leizhou and maintained a first-level alert. Once Suixi needed it, he would immediately support it.

Liu Xiaozhong is full of confidence in his home battlefield. This is his first battle after he returns to the Song Dynasty. He must fight well and cleanly remove the invading enemy. Fortunately, the future official left a good impression.

"Glory, wealth, and kindness to descendants, and the battle begins!" Liu Xiaozhong roared fiercely in his heart, and ordered, "March quickly, and you must enter Suixi before the Huazhou army!"
Chapter completed!