After Pei Yun led the troops away, he still left 20,000 soldiers and horses for Gao Chi, Pei Yun was cautious after all, Jiangzhou is now his big rear, and the rear must be stabilized, and this army of soldiers and horses can also be prepared for emergencies. Moreover, there were not many soldiers in the elite, and after he calculated the soldiers and horses, he still left some weak soldiers for Gao Chi.

The soldiers and horses of the eastern and western routes of the Pingxi army have been set off for a few days, and Pei Yun's Chinese army has also sailed north. Along the way, the big ship went upstream, riding the wind and waves, and had a good momentum.

"General, in front of you is Sisseji!" A personal guard entered the cabin to report.

Hearing this, Pei Yun put down the silk picture in his hand, got up and looked out of the cabin, and saw a towering mountain standing in the middle of the river from a distance, with thousands of walls standing on the wall, and it was magnificent, "It's really a dangerous place!" Pei Yun praised.

"Exactly, general, when Yuan Zhen went south, he asked people to hold Xisai Mountain, so that Yuan Kai could lead his troops down the river, but he was quietly annihilated by the Jiangzhou army that was ambushed on the side early." Yu Chihun said while raising his hand to block the sun's rays.

After Pei Yun set off, in order to understand the situation in Jiangzhou and Jingzhou, he asked Tian Zigeng and Wei Chihun to discuss with the ship. Pei Yun is not a narrow-minded person, although the soldiers in Jiangzhou are not as good at fighting as Yuan Kai's soldiers, but they are also a leader. Jiangzhou's people and horses, how much can Pei Yun use,

"Xisai Mountain is a place that must pass through Jingjing, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and now the iron cable across the river, it is even more difficult to break, and Rao is a mighty general like Gan Ce is helpless." Yan Sui also answered, unlike the others who were armed, he was wearing a small white jade crown and a dark green robe, the river wind was blowing, his clothes were fluttering, and his demeanor was outstanding.

"Gan Ce actually came up with the trick of burning the molten iron chain with fire, which is really a clever plan, but unfortunately the south wind suddenly rose that night, but it burned dozens of his ships and fled." Tian Zigeng laughed after speaking.

Pei Yun still put his hands behind his back, silent, he was not worried about the safety of Xisai Mountain. Gao Chi is sure to let Yuan Zhen go south, and he must be sure to hold Xisai Mountain.

However, the two cities of Xiyang and Echeng that he was worried about, Xiyang City is in Jiangbei, and Echeng is in Jiangnan, if these two cities can be taken, it will be easy to point the sword at Xiakou. It's just that these two cities will definitely help each other, and it is not so easy to capture, how can we find a breakthrough, Pei Yun has been standing on the bow of the ship and pondering.

Slowly, the boat was approaching the ferry. Pei Yun breathed a sigh of relief.

"Give the order to go down and camp and rest at the West Saiji Ferry!" Pei Yun commanded, turned around and went back to the cabin, and Yan Sui and Pei Yun, the two personal generals, also followed him in. Tian Zigeng and Wei Chihun led the soldiers and began to prepare to build a camp.

After Pei Yun and the others entered the cabin, a soldier came to report, saying that Xin Cai was too guarding Jiang'an Prefecture and Chu Yutang asked to see him.

When Pei Yun heard this, he immediately let them in.

"Xincai Jiang'an Prefecture meets General Pei!" As soon as Jiang Anzhou came in, he immediately smiled and saluted.

Pei Yun hurriedly greeted him and said with a smile: "Lord Jiang has worked hard!" Gan Ce is not easy to deal with, and it is really a great achievement for Lord Jiang to be able to defend Xisai Mountain! ”

"How dare you, how dare you, thanks to the Lord who sent General Chu Yutang to help, otherwise Anzhou would be struggling!" Jiang'an Prefecture and Gan Ce have been fighting for many days, and now they have finally waited for the army to come to help, and their hearts are also a lot more steady. After all, he hasn't done it alone with Yuan Kai.

"Haha... Master Jiang sat down quickly and discussed the next battle arrangements with General Ben. Pei Yun then sat on the main seat, Yan Sui sat on his side, and several other generals sat on both sides.

Pei Yun beckoned everyone to drink a few glasses of wine before discussing the military.

"General, Xiyang and Echeng need to go down to the city first, according to the spies, the defender of Echeng will be Xing Yunwen, and Gan Ce has retreated to Xiyang City after yesterday's defeat. Why don't we take advantage of the victory to pursue, and then send troops to take Xiyang in one fell swoop. Jiang'an Zhou's expression was flying, and he said decisively, after all, he was also the first general among the generals to fight against the Jingzhou Tiger General, and he had an inexplicable confidence in his heart.

"Exactly, the general, the last general is willing to go to assist the three generals of Jiangzhou and work together to capture Xiyang." Pei Yun personally replied to Xia Wei.

Chu Yutang pondered for a while, and then said loudly: "The heavy army of the Yuan clan seems to be located on the south side of the Yangtze River, so we might as well seek progress in stability and take Xiyang first." ”

Pei Yun seemed unmoved by the generals' construction, he glanced at Yan Sui and wanted to hear his thoughts.

Yan Sui understood that this was indeed a difficult problem, he sighed slightly, and said: "If you take Xiyang first, and Gan Ce is currently in a state of shame and courage, he will definitely make every preparation to be ashamed." If you go to Echeng, Echeng is heavily guarded and is not easy to break. ”

Pei Yun smiled and nodded, the soldier is important to know himself and the other, and when he moves, he will move. pondered in his heart, Yuan Kai knew that he had always been steady and steady, and he didn't dare to take risks, so today he would do the opposite and see how he felt.

After Pei Yun figured it out, he ordered: "Chu Yutang led eight thousand elite soldiers to march to Xiyang in the starry night, bypassing Xiyang, surround Xiyang from the north, and at the same time block the communication between Xiyang and Xiakou, but you don't need to attack, just quietly set up a pontoon bridge at night to facilitate crossing the river." ”

"The last general commands!" Chu Yutang responded.

"Lord Jiang took your 8,000 sailors up the river and waited in the south of Xiyang and Echeng, waiting for the dispatch."

"Order!"

"Xia Wei led 10,000 cavalry from Jiangzhou to Echeng overnight, bypassed Echeng, ambushed on the hills west of Echeng, prepared flammable torches, and waited for orders."

"Command!" Xia Wei retired, but he had some doubts in his heart, the arrangements of the two people in front of him went to Xiyang, and now he ordered himself to lead his troops to Echeng, I don't know whether General Pei wants to attack Echeng or Xiyang.

"Good! The group will go back to rest first, Xia Wei and Chu Yutang need to march overnight, you two go and prepare! Pei Yun dismissed everyone, leaving Yan Sui alone.

Pei Yun paced to the map, silently looking at the location of Echeng and Xiyang.

"Does the general want to feint to attack Xiyang, but actually attack Echeng?" Yan Sui asked softly, when Pei Yun had just deployed his troops, he had already sensed Pei Yun's intentions.

Pei Yun turned around and said with a smile: "You still understand what I mean, Yuan Kai thinks I will attack, so I will not attack." The art of war often says that the fear of the army will win, and Gan Ce's army is full of strength to destroy the prestige of the Western Army, so we will not touch this brow. And the defenders of Echeng will inevitably be slackened, and we will seize this opportunity to take Echeng. ”

Yan Sui arched his hand and smiled: "The general can only win by surprise, since this is the case, I will quietly send a letter to Hao Zhanwei, so that they can deal with Gan Ce and make the illusion of attacking Xiyang." ”

"Exactly!" Pei Yun nodded. Yan Sui immediately went out and sent a letter.

After Pei Yun's army rested for the night, they still marched north the next day.