After the army crossed the Yellow River, Qin Jin did not rush to attack the Yan army under the city east of the river, but ordered to camp on the high saka in the north, and assumed a posture of long-term confrontation with the Yan army. On the one hand, a number of troops were sent to harass the rear supply lines of the Yan army in separate ways, and when they encountered a small group of Yan troops, they swarmed up to annihilate them, and when they encountered a large group of Yan troops, they scattered in a hurry to avoid their edge.

At this time, the strength of the Yan army was not enough to encircle Hedong City, so Qin Jin sent Pei Jing to enter Hedong City through the north gate without Yan troops to negotiate with Ashina Congli.

Ashina suffered a dumb loss from the ceremony, although he hated Qin Jin and wanted to die, but he couldn't smile and greet the Shenwu military generals who came here.

Seeing that Pei Jing's face was even a little boyish, Ashina Congli was even more unhappy in his heart. It is said that this kind of errand to discuss a big war should not choose an old and respectful person? How could you send this yellow-mouthed boy over? Pei Jing had already been crowned, and it was obviously an exaggeration to say that he was a yellow-mouthed child, but it was indeed a rash move in the eyes of people who did not know the truth to let such a young general take on such a heavy responsibility.

However, after hearing that Pei Jing was the chief general of the Tang Army in Pujinqiao, Ashina Congli immediately put away his contempt. Over the past few days, he has sent many people to secretly monitor this Tang army on the other side of the Yellow River, and in terms of its deployment and drills alone, it is by no means comparable to that of ordinary Tang troops.

Especially after Ashina, who has always been very self-controlled, fell into the trap of Qin Jin, he didn't dare to despise young people. He also realized that Qin Jin sent Pei Jing into the city by no means to humiliate him, but that Pei Jing and his people were capable enough to be competent for this errand.

After putting away his contempt, Ashina Congli even humbly asked Pei Jing to let him say a few kind words in front of Qin Jin, he must repel the Yan army outside the city as soon as possible, and must not let them gain a foothold north of the Yellow River, otherwise there will be endless troubles.

"Implying that the general should not worry, Qin Envoy Jun has already made up his mind, as long as General Ashina acts according to the plan, he will definitely ask Sun Xiaozhe to take advantage of the prosperity and return in defeat. ”

Ashina listened to Pei Jing's tone quite relaxed, and he was a little unconvinced in his heart. He has fought with the Khitans in the border army for more than ten years, and he doesn't dare to pat his chest in this situation until now, so that Sun Xiaozhe will return home in Hedong Road. Is it because General Qin Jin has no weak soldiers under his command, or does he brag that one is stronger than the other?

"Please also ask General Pei to make it clear!"

However, under the low eaves, Ashina has no psychological obstacle to groveling. He knew that if he didn't rely on Qin Jin, he was afraid that there would only be one way left to be crushed by the Yan army.

"Military secrets must not be easily revealed, and many deployments are not even known to Pei. General Ashina only needs to act according to the plan!"

Pei Jing's words are indeed true, all the deployments in the Shenwu Army, only the chief general who is responsible for formulating the plan knows the overall plan, and the rest are just acting on orders. Including Pei Jing, what he knows is only part of his own participation, and he doesn't know anything about the other parts that others participated in formulating.

But this fell into Ashina's ears, and another interpretation was derived. That is, Pei Jing was guarding against him, and he refused to say it easily about the deployment and movement of the army to prevent the leakage of military aircraft. Fortunately, Ashina Congli is an extremely knowledgeable person, and after being explicitly rejected by Pei Jing, he only asked his subordinates how to cooperate with the Shenwu Army to fight.

However, Pei Jing's answer was only five words.

"Defend Hedong City!"

Ashina Congli was stunned.

"It's as simple as that?"

"Yes, it's as simple as that, as long as you hold Hedong City, we're already half the winner. The battle outside the city was handed over to the Shenwu Army. General Ashina doesn't have to worry about it. ”

"Okay, since that's the case, it's up to Qin Envoy to arrange it. ”

Ashina Congli was even a little happy after the shock, if Qin Jin didn't use his people to go out of the city to participate in the big war, wouldn't it be like preserving his strength? Seeing the chaos in the world, the rewards of officials and lords are all false, and only the army in their hands is a bargaining chip that can be used.

Seeing that Ashina Congli was so well-behaved and cooperative, Pei Jing finally breathed a sigh of relief, and after discussing some details with him in detail, he hurried out of the city and returned to the army.

"There are still urgent matters in the army, and we can't delay it here, and the communication between inside and outside the city in the future will all be communicated by this person. ”

As he spoke, Pei Jing pointed to the armor behind him.

"This is Pei Jing's personal guard brigade rate. ”

Ashina immediately showed a respectful look, saying that everything was at his disposal, even if Pei Jing himself was not there, he would definitely cooperate carefully.

At the beginning, Pei Jing thought that Ashina Congli was a Turkic and had fought with the Khitans in the north for many years, so he must be an unruly person, but he was surprised when he met him.

Maybe that's one of the reasons why this person was kicked out of the Youzhou Army by An Lushan. In Pei Jing's subconscious, people who have the ability in the army must have special personalities, such as Ge Shuhan, Qin Jin, and Huangfu Ke. And Ashina in front of him is courteous, and under the conference, it is even more flattering and makes people blush, how can a really talented person be so shameless and disregard his face?

In fact, Pei Jing really mistook Ashina Congli, although he was flattering, he was not an incompetent person, and he was kicked out of the Youzhou Army by An Lushan, not because of incompetence, but because An Lushan himself hated those Turkic people who claimed to have pure blood. Therefore, as a descendant of the Turkic royal family, Ashina was naturally not welcomed, and was finally found in a wrong place and convicted.

These are all irrelevant, one thing is crucial, Ashina is so groveling and deliberately contrived, he just wants to make Pei Jing think that he is a flattering person who only knows flattery, so he will relax his vigilance against himself, and be a little less jealous.

Therefore, Ashina Congli didn't care at all that others saw him as a good-for-nothing fool. If Qin Jin and his subordinates regarded him as incompetent, it would be as he wished.

After Pei Jing returned to the army, he received the first military order from Qin Jin. He was ordered to lead his troops to move eastward, always paying attention to the Yan army gathered outside the east gate of Hedong City, and the main target was a Yan army that rushed to help.

"Our army's movements are too obvious, will the rebels find out the clues, in case they are flanked from both sides......"

Qin Jin said:

"What we are waiting for is that the rebels will be flanked on both sides, and then our army will also be flanked on both sides. With mental calculation or unintentional, we have an innate advantage!"

Qin Jin's strategy was very simple, one was to take advantage of the rebels' unstable foothold under Hedong City, there were still rebels from the north bank of the Yellow River to rush over, send a group of men and horses to harass the place they must pass, encounter a small group of people and horses to surround and annihilate, encounter many people and horses, avoid its edge. If the rebels' food delivery team is caught, they will do everything they can to reduce the essence of the fire.

This task was carried out by the old and cunning Emperor Fu Ke with 10,000 horses. And Qin Jin also borrowed 20,000 people from Huangfu Ke at his disposal. These people and Pei Jing's department together have about 30,000.

At present, the Yan army entrenched under Hedong City is only 30,000 or 40,000 at best, which can be said to be equivalent to the number of troops that Qin and Jin can mobilize. Therefore, Qin Jin's goal was to fight a victory no matter what, before the other party had a large reinforcement arrived, so that the evenly matched enemy would become weak and we would be strong.

Moreover, the arrangement of the rebels under the city of Hedong was divided into three routes, one to encircle the east gate, one to the south gate, and the last to the west gate. If it was just a siege, the dispersion of troops was not a problem, but a decisive battle with the Tang army outside the city gave Qin and Jin too many opportunities to take advantage of.

Therefore, Qin Jin pretended to expose his flaws and lured the Yan army to take the bait, as long as the other party relaxed his vigilance slightly, he could take advantage of the situation to concentrate superior forces and break them individually.

Pei Jing was ordered to lead the army eastward, and the Yan army surrounded outside the east gate really reacted, sending foot soldiers to line up and take precautions, but they had no intention of taking the initiative to attack.

This reaction was already expected by Qin Jin, Pei Jing was comparable to the centaurs, and the other party would naturally not attack rashly. Then Qin Jin made a feint from west to south with the remaining 20,000 men, making a posture of pressing step by step, in order to contain the rebels outside the two gates in the southwest.

At this time, it was already noon, Qin Jin looked up at the cloudless sky, the sun was so hot that it seemed to be able to breathe fire, he raised his hand and touched the sweat dripping down his forehead to prevent the sweat from soaking into his eyes.

In this kind of weather, being fully armed and pretending to be all is better than being punished. But in order to guard against cold arrows and cold knives, the necessary protective measures are indispensable.

Except for the face-to-face confrontation with the rebels outside Xin'an City, Qin Jin had not fought against these rebels for a long time, although he kept reminding himself before the war that he must not underestimate the enemy, and he must treat them with caution and caution. However, for some reason, Qin Jin still had a natural advantage in his heart, thinking that these rebels were just wooden clay sculptures in front of the Shenwu army.

Perhaps under the influence of Qin Jin, the Yuan Longwu Army under his command did not even take the rebels seriously. The 20,000 soldiers under the command of Emperor Du Du Fu Ke were very different, and they were more repressed and cautious than the aggressiveness shown by Long Wujun. Obviously, these people have great psychological pressure and are still a little timid in front of the rebels.

It is good to be cautious, but Qin Jin always feels that he can't do it when he mobilizes. Of course, there may also be reasons why they were not subordinate to each other in the past, and it is difficult to cooperate closely. Therefore, Qin Jin's feints did not dare to be too aggressive, for fear of having the opposite effect and even causing the situation to get out of control.

Finally, the military report came, Pei Jing really succeeded in blocking the enemy in the east, after learning the news, Qin Jin decided to make further feints to restrain the rebels in the southwest and not dare to act rashly, and then sent the cavalry of the Shenwu Army out, once they found an accident, they immediately launched an attack.