At noon the next day, Xu Shiji was looking at the map in the camp of Tengxian County, thinking about the best strategy against the enemy, he had not been born since the day he was ordered to go north, he had been building fortifications on the front line, training the army, and rarely set foot in Pengcheng, as the big war was coming, time was consumed on the defense of Tengxian County. But he wanted to lay out with peace of mind, but Wang Bodang wouldn't.

The open and secret battle between him, Shan Xiongxin and Wang Bodang is an open secret of the whole army, and in the final analysis, it is still reckless, and there is no room for two tigers in one mountain.

Wang Bodang is Li Mi's righteous brother and apprentice, he has followed Li Mi from birth to death since he was a child, loyal, and his relationship with Li Mi is unmatched in the world, even Fang Xuanzao, who participated in Yang Xuangan's rebellion, is far inferior. Therefore, it is reasonable for Wang Bodang to be able to serve as the general of Zuotunwei and the king of Wujun.

And Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji have strong qualifications in the Wagang army, and their prestige in the army is extremely high, plus they supported Li Mi's restructuring several times at critical moments, and made great contributions to Wagang's transformation from bandits to the officially built Wei State.

Shan Xiongxin and Wang Bodang, who are known as the first generals of Wei, are both county kings, but they have a high level in their official positions, both of them are generals of Tunwei, but there has always been a saying that the left is up and the right is down, so Wang Bodang is half a chip higher than Shan Xiongxin, which is actually the difference in intimacy.

But because he was so high, Shan Xiongxin was called a general, but in fact he became the third person in the Wei State/Army, which made him extremely unconvinced.

Relatively speaking, Xu Shiji has a general understanding, takes the overall situation into account, and is generous, and can plan well every time he commands a march and battle. It is opportune to respond to the enemy. When you plan with others, you can discern between good and bad, and when you hear that others have good plans, you listen to them. Most of the rewards and merits received were distributed to his soldiers. Therefore, the soldiers were willing to serve him to the death.

He knew that the foundation of the Wei State was unstable, far from the time of infighting, and he had to work together to get through the difficulties, so he became a peacemaker, but no one understood his hard work, not only Shan Xiongxin was unhappy, Wang Bodang also felt that he was a villain who was left and right, but also because he and Shan Xiongxin were friends of life and death, and were very hostile to him.

At the beginning, Li Mi originally arranged for Xu Shiji to be Sun Changle, Wenren Sui'an, and Le Botong as deputy generals, but because Sun Changle was Wang Bodang's person, he did not dump Xu Shiji's account, so he replaced Chen Zhiluo.

Xu Shiji's mood is also very heavy now, the day before yesterday came the news that Du Fuwei did not go south to assist Zhang Zhenzhou, but shook a shot, taking advantage of the emptiness of the army, occupied the coastal Donghai County, at the same time, Wei Chigong led 30,000 iron cavalry to cross the Huaishui and invaded Xiapi County, these two counties were in the heart of the inner county when the river was not lost, and there were almost no decent soldiers, so when the second future attacked, there was almost no battle, and everywhere he went, the county officials abandoned the city and fled.

Judging from the situation in front of them, they were completely contained by the Sui army, and all of them were in danger of becoming lonely, according to Xu Shiji's idea, it was best to take advantage of the fact that the Sui army had not yet completed the division and encirclement, and simply abandon Pengcheng, which was in the land of the four wars, and join forces in one place, and stick to Liang County, Qian County, and Huaiyang.

"General, it's not good, it's not good."

Suddenly, a personal soldier with another dusty soldier quickly appeared in front of Xu Shiji.

Xu Shiji turned around and asked, "Why are you so panicked?" ”

The soldiers who were brought said breathlessly: "General, the report from the direction of Liangjun is that at dawn, Song City was broken by Sui generals Pei Xingyan and Gao Yaxian, and Chen Zhiluo, Chen Shao, Liu Zhi and other civil and military forces were all killed. ”

"What?"

When Xu Shiji heard this, his hands couldn't help but tighten, and he knocked over the four treasures of the study on the table.

I'm really afraid of what's coming, once Song City is lost, there will be no city in Liang County that can stop the Sui army, if the whole line is lost, then the consciousness of Pengcheng is only a very small and very small north belongs to the Wei army, once Wei Chigong and Du Fuwei enter Pengcheng, then he really has no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the ground.

The partial general Le Botong arched his hand and said: "General, please give the last general 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the last general will immediately go to rescue Song Cheng."

"It's too late, it's too late!" Xu Shiji shook his head and said: "Pei Xingyan is a veteran general in the Sui army, the big battle launched by Yang Tong has never been absent, and he has been leading the troops alone all these years, how can he give us a chance to rescue?" And they come and go like the wind, I think Yucheng has also fallen for a long time. ”

"There are five thousand defenders in Yucheng, it won't fall so quickly, right?" Lebotong didn't believe that Pei Xingyan would be so fast.

"General Le doesn't know, the Sui army commander is very domineering, and he admires Yang Tong's 'blitzkrieg' very much, it is normal to travel hundreds of miles a day, Pei Xingyan is an apprentice brought out by Zhang Xutuo, and he is also a domineering and urgent son, if the defenders of Yucheng do not surrender, he will definitely order the siege of the city, how can he give us rescue time? What's more, Yucheng is just a small city, and it can't hold on for long at all. ”

There is another sentence that Xu Shiji did not say, that is, the Wei State is in danger, the day is precarious, how can the soldiers who have lost the control of the main general be buried for the Wei State?

Wen Rensui sighed, and said with a sad face: "I have heard that the Sui army has no foot soldiers, and the whole county of Pengcheng has no danger to rely on, if the Sui army is surrounded on all sides, we are afraid that it will be difficult to hold out for long." ”

Although their army claims to be 100,000, after being divided into various places, there are very few troops that can be used as a mobile army, and because Yang Gongren has too many troops, they can't even draw troops. If the Sui army is pressing forward step by step, they can be consumed to death by fighting and consuming, and they don't have to fight.

The problem in front of Xu Shiji was not to rescue Liang Jun, but how to lead Pengcheng's army out of trouble.

Since Liang County has fallen into the hands of the Sui Dynasty, it is almost impossible to recapture it, if you send troops over, it is less to send people and meritorious services to Pei Xingyan, and there are more soldiers and horses, what should Yang Gongren, Wei Chigong, and Du Fuwei do if they suddenly attack?

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if Liang County is recaptured, there is no strategic significance, Pei Xingyan's soldiers and horses are all cavalry, coming and going like the wind, where can he not settle down?

If there is no food, he can go to Yingchuan, he can go to Xingyang and Jiyin, or he can run to join Yang Gongren.

The key is that there are a lot of soldiers and horses, and the possibility of recapturing Liang County is negligible, besides, if he Xu Shiji sends troops in a big way, will Yang Gongren, Wei Chigong, Du Fuwei and Xie Yingdeng of Yingchuan still sit back and watch the excitement?

Needless to say, Pei Xingyan's purpose of occupying Liang County must be to cut off Pengcheng's connection with Qiaojun and Huaiyang, so how to get through the contact with Huaiyang and maintain the connection between the two has become the biggest problem at the moment.

Facing the Sui army, which has many generals, well-equipped, and high morale, Xu Shiji felt powerless in his heart, and finally realized the ups and downs of Li Tang over the years.

The generals were all silent, thinking about how to solve the problem.

Wenren Sui'an suddenly proposed: "Since ancient times, a long time to defend will be lost, according to the last general's opinion, it is better to give up the north of Pengcheng, lead the army to retreat into Pengcheng, defend the Sui army on the south bank of Bianshui, at the same time, set up camp in Xiao County, send soldiers and horses to station, so that you can threaten Liang County Dangshan, Xiayi, retreat can ensure that the county is not lost, as long as Xiao County is in hand, our connection with the Holy Shang will not be broken." On the contrary, because the defense range is narrowed, the support between each other is much closer and more convenient. ”

As soon as Wen Ren Sui'an's suggestion was spoken, a partial general immediately objected: "The Sui army is all riding, even the infantry and logistics soldiers have war horses to transport siege equipment, if we retreat on all fronts, how can we prevent the cavalry coming along the official road?" Even if it can be prevented, who will break it? ”

Wen Ren Sui An said in a deep voice: "From the current point of view, the Sui army will soon be killed from all directions, and our only way out is to give up the vast land north of Bianshui in the shortest possible time, otherwise, it will only be eaten away by the Sui army step by step, in addition to this method, what do you say should be done?" Is there any other way? ”

When the generals heard this, they fell silent again, as Wen Ren Sui'an said, their current situation is that they can't hold for long, and they can't fight and fight, and the only way is to admit and retreat. In addition to hearing people's peace, even if they racked their brains, they couldn't think of a better way.

Xu Shiji muttered: "The Sui army is numerous, and they are all cavalry who come and go like the wind, and if you want to defend it, you can't prevent it. Even if they don't come to attack the camp, they only need to cut off our food routes, and the army will be crushed without a fight. Now the plan can only be cut through the chaos quickly and retreat to the next best."

"Settle for the next best?" The general asked suspiciously.

Xu Shiji nodded: "I mean to empty the camp and retreat south overnight, and the Lanling defenders retreat to the intersection of Liangcheng and Weishan to meet the army; At the same time, the defenders of Feng County were notified to enter Xiao County to prevent Pei Xingyan from entering the country. ”

"In addition to the logistics and heavy troops retreating southward with all their might, the main battle division was divided into three divisions and covered alternately. The wall of Pengcheng is three zhang high, there is Bianshui as the moat outside, there are still more than 200,000 stones of grain and grass in the city for the army to eat, plus the tens of thousands of stones we brought back, the worst is enough for us to hold on for a year. ”

The generals listened to Xu Shiji's analysis and nodded one after another: "Now the plan can only be like this." ”

Seeing that the generals agreed, Xu Shiji ordered: "General Wenren is brave and wise, good at improvisation, you will lead an army of 10,000 to escort the baggage soldiers, and now you can organize the baggage equipment to get on the car, and you can go south at night." Remember, try to be careful not to let the Sui army on the opposite side find out. ”

"The last will obey." Hearing this, he surrendered his hand.

"General Le."

"The end will be." Lebotong hurriedly got up.

"For the second road, you led 20,000 soldiers to set up an ambush in the jungle thirty miles north of Changshu County, and cut off the rear army. As for the remaining 30,000 troops as the rear army, I will lead it myself. Xu Shiji said.

When he heard this, he hurriedly said: "The general is the commander of an army, and his personal safety is related to the life and death of the army. ”

Xu Shiji is a person with a very charismatic personality, and after getting along for more than half a year, he was convinced by people such as Sui'an, Lebotong and other later generals.

"Don't worry." Xu Shiji smiled happily and said heroically: "I don't just retreat, I won't give the camp to the Sui army in vain, if the Sui army wants to take it, it must pay the corresponding price, and let them know that the soldiers of the Great Wei Dynasty are not weaker than others." ”

Wen Ren Sui'an asked, "Does the general plan to ambush the Sui army?" ”

"Not bad." Xu Shiji showed a smile on his face and said: "The Sui army has never been defeated in these years, in this short period of time, Yang Dongqi attacked Jiangdu and won a series of victories, and Pei Xingyan took Songcheng today. They have won many battles, and they are determined to be proud, and once people are proud, they will be paralyzed and careless. And the confrontation with our army is the Sui Dynasty Shangshu left servant shot Yang Gongren, although this person is a soldier who knows the army, but after going to Qingzhou for so long, he has never achieved a little success, and it is inevitable that he will not be able to get over his face, which will inevitably have the heart of victory. Coupled with the fact that retreat was the only option for our army, and there was no way to deal with the cavalry, he must have thought that we were in a hurry to leave by night, and would not have thought that the battalion would still be left behind. ”

"The general is resourceful, and the general admires it." The crowd will be convinced.

"Let's go down and make arrangements, be sure to do your duty, and don't slack off."

"No!" The generals were ordered to retreat.

When the generals left happily, Xu Shiji couldn't help but let out a long sigh.