Pei Yun looked at Gao Chi and sighed slightly, such a talent really made him both love and hate. However, he is also very clear about the current situation in his heart, he can only attack Yuan Kai wholeheartedly first, and after sitting in Jingzhou in the future, if Gao Chi can obey him, it is best, if not, I am afraid that he can only deal with it quickly.

Gao Chi didn't care what impression he left on Pei Yun, nor did he care how Pei Yun would deal with him, as soon as Yuan's fell, I believe that Pei's will not be far away.

After Pei Yun and Gao Chi finished politely, they began to consider the matter of entering the army. Immediately, he said to his military advisor Yan Sui: "Lord Yan, you can introduce the situation of the Yuan clan's soldiers and horses to the generals!" ”。

Yan Sui once served as the West Pavilion of General Yuan Kai's Mansion to sacrifice wine, and then because of his free and straightforward temperament, he had a slight disagreement with some of Yuan's staff, and was quite excluded, and was transferred to Beijing by Pei Yun five years ago.

"Yes!" After Sima Yansui of the General Pei Yun Mansion responded, he paced into the tent and said: "Yuan Kai has two third-grade generals, namely Pan Changzai and Rong Jie, and four fourth-rank tiger generals: Xu Xiaoyuan, Bao Zhizhi, Gan Ce and Xing Yunwen. These six people are all brave and good at fighting, Yuan Kai moved to Xiakou, should let Pan Changzai take his youngest son Yuan Chao to guard Jiangling, Yuan Kai has asked Xu Xiaoyuan to go to Jingling to replace Yuan Zhen, then several other generals should be in Xiakou, Xiyang and Echeng. ”

When Yan Sui introduced, all the generals in the tent were thinking about it while feeling that Yuan Kai's strong generals were like clouds, not to mention experienced old generals like Pan Changzai and Rong Jie, only the four five-grade tiger generals were all brave and good at fighting, and the generals on Pei Yun's side were younger than Yuan Kai's generals, and their combat experience was much less, so the confidence in everyone's hearts was not very sufficient.

Pei Yun, who had been crawling in the court for many years, immediately noticed the looks of the generals and knew that they were timid.

So he chuckled and said: "Rank generals, there are not many soldiers, although the Yuan family has many soldiers and good generals, but there are talented people in the country, and the generals are also in high spirits, they should face the difficulties and destroy the prestige of the Yuan family, if even Yuan Kai is afraid, how can he resist Dayan's iron cavalry in the future?" ”

As soon as Pei Yun mentioned Dayan, the blood on the faces of the generals rose, and the alien race trampled on the Central Plains, making Dahuan a corner of peace, and the people of the Central Plains were looking forward to Dahuan's Han army day by day, and Dahuan's generals took the mission of recovering their homeland in the Central Plains in the north of Wang Shibei.

Every time Dayan was mentioned, everyone was indignant, and then they thought of the civil strife in the Yuan family, and they felt even more angry.

Although Gao Chi knew Pei Yun's method of agitating generals, what he said was the fact that Da Huan was facing, and he was even more determined in his heart to encourage the generals to unite to defeat Yuan Kai and stabilize Jingxiang.

Seeing that the time had come, Pei Yun asked, "Generals, what do you think about attacking the Yuan clan?" ”

Liu Ji got up and said: "General, the first priority now is to hold Xisai Mountain, and we should immediately send troops up the river to assist Lord Jiang in choking the Xisai Ferry." ”

Pei Yun and Gao Chi both nodded in agreement, Xisai Mountain is dangerous, dangerous peaks across the river, when the river side, under the cliff, the river swirls like boiling, and the Xisai mountain wall stands in the heart of the river, which is the gateway to the southeastern provinces, and is the fortress that the soldiers of all dynasties must fight.

Jiangzhou Guo Shoucheng also said: "General, if you want to seize Xiakou, you must first control Echeng, now Echeng is in the hands of Yuan Kai, and Xiyang is opposite Echeng, so you can let an army cross the river from Xisaikou, capture Xiyang first, and then map Echeng." ”

"General Guo's words are true!" Pei Yun praised,

"The generals will obey!" Pei Yun got up and said loudly, he began to order the generals. Pei Yun gave an order, and all the generals got up to listen to the order.

He first instructed his personal general Chu Yutang and said: "Chu Yutang, you quickly lead five thousand elite soldiers to Xisai Mountain to aid Jiang'an Prefecture." Then he handed him the talisman and instructed him to send troops immediately, and Chu Yutang took the order and left.

"Where are the three generals Hao Zhanwei, Xu Liang, and Guo Shoucheng?"

"The last general!" The three generals walked to the tent and waited for Pei Yun's orders.

"General Hao Zhanwei is the vanguard general of the Pingxi army, and the two generals Xu Liang and Guo Shoucheng are the vanguard left and right generals, and they will each take 10,000 soldiers and horses to Xisaiji immediately on the same day, and after crossing the river, wave their troops to Xiyang."

"We are commanded!" Say retreat to the side.

"General Liu Ji!"

"In!"

"Early tomorrow morning, you will take 30,000 soldiers and horses from Yuzhou to Echeng from the south bank of the Yangtze River."

"Order!" Liu Ji replied.

"General Gao," Pei Yun's voice slowed down and looked at Gao Chi, "If you want to stay in Jiangzhou, how many soldiers and horses do you need?" "He's testing Gao Chi.

Gao Chi raised his head to look at Pei Yun's visit, and replied with a firm look: "10,000 soldiers and horses are enough, Gao Chi will guard Banzhou and Xunyang for the general." "The demeanor is chic and natural, full of confidence.

Pei Yun saw that he was so relaxed and had an excellent mentality, but he didn't mind that he took away most of Jiangzhou's troops. However, Jiangzhou is now the rear of the Pingxi army, and there is one thing that he has to let Gao Chi do, otherwise it will be a waste of his wisdom.

"At the same time..."

"And..."

The two spoke at the same time, and after being stunned for a moment, they looked at each other and smiled, Pei Yun motioned for Gao Chi to speak first.

Gao Chi then continued: "Gao Chi is also willing to supervise the transportation of grain and grass for the general!" ”

Pei Yun laughed when he heard this: "Okay! General Gao is really fast-talking. But he was a little surprised in his heart, Gao Chi didn't blame himself for leaving him behind, and actually took the initiative to ask Ying to do a good job in the logistics of the army, this person is really becoming more and more unpredictable.

"Let General Gao do the logistics work, doesn't General Gao feel condescending?" Pei Yun asked deliberately.

As soon as these words came out, the Jiangzhou generals under Gao Chi were a little unbearable on their faces, thinking that Pei Yun would let him lead his troops to Jingzhou to help quell the rebellion for Gao Chi's sake, but he didn't expect that Pei Yun would want to transfer the generals around Gao Chi away, and let him guard Jiangzhou alone, and in the end, he actually let him supervise the transportation of grain and grass, which is simply a bit deceitful.

But Gao Chi still had a flat smile and said loudly: "Gao Chi is willing to follow Xiao He and be a good backing for the army!" ”

Pei Yun glanced at him deeply, not surprised by Gao Chi's favor, and admired it to a certain extent. Unexpectedly, Jiangzhou is actually the land of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and it seems that he has lived in the capital for a long time, but he has missed a lot of good talents.

"That's going to be hard for General Gao!" Pei Yun walked down the steps, gently held Gao Chi's shoulders and said. His tone was sincere, which made the Jiangzhou generals a little puzzled.

Then Pei Yun instructed, "The ranking general will return to the camp to reorganize the army first, and the other generals will go to Jingzhou by boat with this general early tomorrow morning!" ”

"Yes!" The generals said in unison, and then rushed out and returned to their respective camps to regroup their troops.

The generals of Jiangzhou followed Gao Chi back to Xunyang City, after Yuan Zhen's battle, Hao Zhanwei had admired Gao Chi so much that he threw himself to the ground, and now he saw Pei Yun squeezing out Gao Chi, and he was dissatisfied, he had always been outspoken, and he couldn't hold back his anger, "General Gao, you are already the history of Jiangzhou, but he asked you to guard the city and supervise the transportation of grain and grass, which is too much!" ”

Gao Chi turned to look at him and said with relief: "With me in the rear, you can march steadily on the front line, and besides, I already have the merit of Jiangzhou, are you afraid that the court will not reward me?" ”

Hao Zhanwei saw that he didn't care, so he had to nod slightly, but Gao Chi's personal lieutenant was still sullen.

Tian Zigeng and Yu Chihun still had cold faces, as if they were unwilling to follow Pei Yun to Jingzhou. Only Li Li was indifferent, Pei Yun was fortunate that he didn't let him go to Jingzhou with the army, after all, Banzhou was the gateway to Jiangzhou, and he didn't want to lose the right to defend Banzhou.

Gao Chi saw the reaction of the generals, and was quite worried in his heart, so he said sharply: "Generals, you are going to Jingzhou, not for him Pei's family, but for the imperial court, Yuan Kai is immortal, the imperial court is uneasy, I hope you can obey General Pei's command and work together to quell the rebellion for the imperial court." ”

He pondered for a while and continued: "I stay in Jiangzhou, firstly, Yuan Zhen is still in my hands, and secondly, I can also make Pei Yun not interfere in Jiangzhou affairs. ”

The generals were finally moved by him, "Follow the general's orders!" ”

"Well, General Hao, General Xu and General Guo will quickly organize their troops and go to Xiyang." Gao Chi commanded.

"Yes!" The three generals immediately mounted their horses and went to the places where their soldiers and horses were stationed.

Then Gao Chi took the two lieutenant generals and Li Li back to the general's mansion to arrange the march, Tian Zigeng and Wei Chihun needed to go to Jingzhou with Pei Yun, Li Li still guarded Banzhou, and Gao Chi was only ready to leave Tai Chu and Shangguan Xian in Xunyang.

After Gao Chi and the others left, Liu Ji still stayed in the Chinese military tent, and Pei Yun turned his back to him and was looking at the map.

"General, why don't you let Gao Chi go with you?" Liu Ji asked, what he was puzzled about was that Pei Yun could completely let Gao Chi go to the front line to lead the troops, and take the opportunity to let his own generals guard Jiangzhou, so as to form a fait accompli and force the imperial court to recognize Pei Yun's arrangements for Jiangzhou.

When Pei Yun heard this, he didn't turn around, still looking at the map motionlessly,

Liu Ji continued: "Let him stay in Jiangzhou, it is tantamount to acknowledging his status as a assassin, we have lost Yuzhou, why not take Jiangzhou?" ”

Pei Yun sighed, he didn't expect Liu Ji to be worried, but he had his concerns.

He finally turned around, walked to Liu Ji's side, and said meaningfully: "It's impossible for you to finish your work in one battle, Gao Chi must be a bargaining chip used by the imperial court to balance me, he only used three strategies to swallow Yuan Zhen bloodlessly, such wisdom and ability, how can ordinary people reach?" If he is allowed to lead his troops to Jingzhou, then Jingxiang will not be able to guarantee that he will not be eaten, Jiangzhou is more important than Jingxiang, you know in your heart. ”

He paced to the side of the map, pointed to Jingzhou and said: "You see, if you can control Jingxiang, you can plot against Tang Shu in the west, you can resist Dayan in the north, and go south to strangle all parts of the southeast and lower reaches, the whole Dahuan will survive, and if you lose, you will die, as long as we take Jingzhou, he will go down the river one day, and Jiangzhou and Yuzhou will be just around the corner!" ”

Liu Ji nodded heavily, and his heart finally brightened, he really understood the meaning of Pei Yun's abandonment of Yuzhou and Jiangzhou at this moment, it turned out that he wanted to concentrate his forces to control Jingxiang in order to occupy the favorable terrain in the upper reaches of Jiankang.