When Yuan Zhen heard this, he knew that he had fallen into someone else's trap, and he was powerless to say more, plus he was poisoned at the moment and his whole body was weak, so he turned his head and didn't look at Gao Chi.

Originally, listening to Yuan Zhen's accusations made Pei Yun have a little doubt about Gao Chi, but seeing that Yuan Zhen didn't want to argue, he thought that Yuan Zhen had acquiesced, and he also let down his guard against Gao Chi in his heart.

"Yuan Zhen, write a letter to your two sons to submit to the imperial court, then they still have a chance to live!" Pei Yun didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so he said bluntly.

"Pei Yun, Pei Yun, you have a good calculation, we know the strength of the imperial court, the soldiers and horses of Jingzhou are the strongest army in Dahuan, the emperor will not let you take away the forbidden army in the capital, I think you are not strong enough, I am afraid that you will not be able to defeat my brother!" Yuan Zhen sneered,

He has led the troops for many years, and knows that on the Yangtze River line of Dahuan, Jingzhou has the strongest troops, followed by Jiangzhou and Yuzhou, and the soldiers and horses in the capital dare not move all, and Xuzhou wants to guard against Dayan, so it is impossible to send troops and horses to the west.

Now his two sons, one is in Jiangxia and the other is in Changsha, and Jiangzhou still has to leave some soldiers and horses to guard against Yuan Tao in Changsha. Compared with his brother's army of 200,000, even if Pei Yun used all the soldiers and horses except Jiangzhou and Yuzhou, he would only have 100,000 troops at most, and he would not be able to compete with his brother at all. Yuan Zhen thought to himself that even if he died, he couldn't let them get his wish, not to mention that he was confident that Pei Yun wouldn't dare to kill him, and he was still waiting for his brother and son to save him.

As Yuan Zhen thought, Pei Yun didn't plan to kill him at all, even if he couldn't contain Yuan Kai if he kept him, he could still contain his two sons.

Pei Yun saw that Yuan Zhen was unwilling to compromise and didn't want to waste time, so he ordered Gao Chi to send someone to watch over him, and the two left.

"General, what about the other generals?" Gao Chi led Pei Yun up the steps and asked.

Pei Yun stopped, and a long shadow was reflected on the dark and cold stone wall.

Pei Yun closed his eyes and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "It's useless to keep it!" His low tone was mixed with an inaudible sigh.

As a protector general with more than 10,000 people under Dahuan, he is never willing to lose too many soldiers in the civil strife, especially the generals who have led troops in a hundred battles. But the generals around Yuan Zhen were his own generals who resisted death, and the court couldn't and didn't dare to use them. It is the mercy of the woman to keep them.

"Gao Chi understands!" Gao Chi replied in a low voice, a chuckle in his eyes. Then followed Pei Yun out of the dungeon.

Early the next morning, Gao Chi took the Jiangzhou generals to Pei Yun's camp and listened to Pei Yun's dispatch to discuss Yuan.

In the Chinese military tent, Pei Yun is dressed in armor and sits high, the left is Gao Chi and his Jiangzhou generals, and the right is Liu Ji, the assassin of Yuzhou, and the generals of Pei's faction.

"General Gao, how many soldiers and horses can be dispatched in Jiangzhou now?" Pei Yun tilted his head and asked.

"Jiangzhou originally had 50,000 soldiers and horses, but now 8,000 have been folded, and Yuan's 60,000 soldiers and horses have been reduced to zero by me and incorporated into the Jiangzhou army. As a result, there are currently 100,000 available soldiers. However, I have instructed General Ling Heng to lead 20,000 soldiers to Jingling to prevent Dayan from taking the opportunity to go south. In addition, he also let the 8,000 sailors of Xincai Taishou Jiang go to Xiyang County to garrison first. Therefore, there are still 70,000 soldiers and horses available for the general to dispatch. Gao Chi said carefully, but there was no trace of concealment.

Pei Yun expressed his appreciation for his honesty, this should be Jiangzhou's current strength, but when he thought that Gao Chi actually ate more than 60,000 soldiers and horses of Yuan Zhen, he was even more impressed by him, it seems that this person is quite strategic, he is a handsome talent, and he can be of great use.

However, as for who Gao Chi was, Pei Yun didn't know it for a while. Therefore we must guard against him by using him.

"Okay, in this way, we have a total of 140,000 soldiers and horses, and General Ben believes that this is enough to deal with Yuan Kai." Pei Yun said.

"Exactly, Yuan Tao is far away in Changsha County, he already knows that his father is in Jiangzhou, and he should have led his troops to Xunyang through Yuzhang, and I have ordered Lord Yan to arrange troops to stop Yuan Tao from going north, and Ling Heng's soldiers and horses can not only guard against Dayan, but also resist Yuan Shu in Jiangxia County. In this way, General Pei can concentrate his forces to fight Yuan Kai! Gao Chi once again analyzed in an orderly manner.

"General Gao planned the overall situation and dispersed the Yuan family's troops, but it saved General Ben a lot of heart." Pei Yun smiled, but there was a trace of imperceptible worry in his eyes, Jiangzhou probably had no chance to intervene. He himself only brought 10,000 elite soldiers from the capital, and he also brought all the 40,000 soldiers and horses in Yuzhou, and Yuan Kai claimed to be 200,000 troops, and now the soldiers and horses in Jiangzhou have become the main force. But it's okay, it's taking this opportunity to control the soldiers and horses of Jiangzhou.

Gao Chi also replied politely: "It should be so!" ”

At this time, a soldier ran in from outside the tent, he landed on one knee, and said: "General, the sailors of the Lord of Jiang'an Prefecture have been attacked in Xiyang County and have retreated to Xisai Mountain. With that, he retreated.

Gao Chi stood up when he heard this, his eyebrows were worried, and then he looked at Pei Yun.

Pei Yun comforted: "General Gao, don't worry, this Yuan Kai has been handsome for many years, he has already arrived in Xiakou, I believe that he has laid a net of heaven and earth, just waiting for you and me to get in!" ”

"Yuan Kai asked the sailors who attacked Lord Jiang, it seems that they should already know the situation in Jiangzhou." Liu Ji also stood up and said, then he turned to Pei Yun, bowed down and said, "General, sooner rather than later, please give the general an order, it's time for us to march into Xiakou!" ”

Pei Yun nodded, and was about to discuss countermeasures with the generals, when another soldier came in and reported: "General, General Ling Heng led his troops north, passing through Jiangxia, when he encountered Yuan Shu's attack, and the two armies are currently fighting!" ”

Pei Yun raised his eyebrows, this news was more worrying to him than the attack on Jiang'an Prefecture, Ling Heng was once Yuan Zhen's old general, in case he defected, the shape would be reversed.

This time, Gao Chi was not worried, he hurriedly explained: "General, don't worry, first, most of the soldiers and horses led by Ling Heng are the soldiers and horses of the Ling family and my Jiangzhou, and secondly..." He approached Pei Yun and said in a low voice: "I have arranged for someone to follow Ling Heng, once he has something to do with the old general of the Yuan family, I will let people release the news that Yuan Zhen's capture is related to him." ”

After Pei Yun heard this, he laughed, "General Gao, the soldier is treacherous, your discordant plan is used wonderfully!" ”

Pei Yun is means of appreciating Gao Chi in his heart, in this way, Ling Heng will only be more grateful to him, one is because Gao Chi trusts him and is willing to let him lead the troops to guard Jingling, and Yuan Shu will definitely not forgive him, let alone believe him, so that Ling Heng will be even more chilled, and will follow Gao Chi wholeheartedly.

"Don't dare, don't dare, Chi is just skimming the military book, not daring to get an axe in front of the general." Gao Chi bowed and said humbly.

PS: I heard the news of an explosion somewhere in Tianjin early this morning, and I sighed in my heart, I hope my friends in Tianjin are well, waiting for your reply, friends pray with Xiaohe, I wish everyone a good day!