At the high-level meeting of the Northern Expeditionary Army, Wu Mingche asked with a smile: "Shiro, I heard that you reorganized the forward battalion into the forward brigade, what battalions and what companies are under it, I really don't understand why you always like to use these new and strange titles!" And you also made the Huang family's son the commander of more than 2,000 cavalry battalions, what's the matter, can this son suppress the original veterans? ”

"Changing the title means changing the establishment, so that it is easier to manage!" Xiao Yao explained and continued: "Although Huang Wenyuan is the son of General Huang, he is brave in battle, and his ability is not bad, I still believe in him very much, why, do you old guys look down on us young people leading troops?" Xiao Yao smiled deliberately.

"Haha! Young people are arrogant enough! Young people are fearless! Wu Mingche was also accustomed to Xiao Yao's rudeness, and after laughing, he became serious and said: "Everyone, after we took Shouyang, now the entire Huainan has been basically taken, and we have also planned the next stage of the battle plan, I decided to send the forward battalion, oh, the forward brigade to the north along Yingshui to attack Chenliu County; Then send Xiao Moke, the general of Zhenxi, to lead 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry, a total of 10,000 soldiers, to the north along the Rushui River and attack Runan County! The father and son of the Xiao family fought at the same time, laying two footholds for us in Huaibei, I hope you can work together as father and son to make a good start for our operation to recover Huaibei! ”

In fact, Wu Mingche didn't want Xiao father and son to fight as the vanguard of the army at the same time, although Xiao Yao was born in the forward battalion, there is no problem as a pioneer, but Xiao Moke is not, he only led the cavalry battalion to cooperate with the main force of the army before, and he has no experience as a pioneer to open the way for the army!

But since Wu Mingche killed Wang Lin, he always felt that the atmosphere in the army was depressing, and the mood of those generals was a little low, and there was no excitement and excitement at all when he had just captured Shouyang, so now Wu Mingche wanted to attack Huaibei, and he didn't dare to send these generals who felt a little absent-minded as the vanguard, and finally could only choose Xiao Moke, who had nothing to do with Wang Lin, as the vanguard of the army.

"The last general commands!" The Xiao father and son responded at the same time.

"General Xiao is old and serious, and this battle will be easily won! It's you, Shiro, who are leading a large army to attack for the first time, but you can't be careless! Wu Mingche admonished.

"Governor Wu, who is this the first time I have led the army to attack, before I only led a thousand soldiers of the infantry battalion to capture Xuyi County, and now I am leading the five thousand soldiers of the forward brigade to attack, don't Chen Liujun, even Yingchuan County I can capture it for you at any time!" Xiao Yao said arrogantly.

"Haha, what a big breath! I like it! You must know that Yingchuan County is a military town, and the strategic location is very important! If we can really take Xuchang County, there will be no threat from the Qi army in the north of our Shouyang! And there, you can retreat to Shouyang to the south, and you can enter Luoyang to the north! It provides a very important foothold for our plan to recover the Central Plains! Okay, Shiro is so confident, after General Xiao captures Runan and Shiro captures Chenliu County, you can all continue to wave your army north, and then join forces in Xuchang and take Yingchuan County, an important town in Huaibei, in one fell swoop! Wu Mingche pointed to the map and analyzed excitedly.

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Just when the Xiao father and son led their respective troops to leave Shouyang and march to Huaibei, Gao Changgong, who was in Xuzhou, had already received information on their military operations that they would attack Chenliu and Runan Counties, and then attack Yingchuan County! Of course, this information was also secretly passed on by Xiao Shilian to Chen Shubao, and then Chen Shubao handed it over to Gao Changgong.

"Chen Jun's appetite is really big enough, he just took Shouyang, and before his anger has eased, he wants to attack Huaibei, and even wants to covet Yingchuan County, an important town of our Great Qi! It's a pipe dream! Gao Changgong said ruthlessly.

"Although, with the infantry battalion in Xiao Yao's hands, it must not be difficult for them to capture Yingchuan County! What's more, now that Xiao Yao has taken over the forward battalion of the Chen army, the strength in his hands has also increased a lot! If we don't find a way to rescue, Yingchuan County will definitely be broken by them! Wei Xiangyuan said worriedly.

"We're definitely going to rescue Yingchuan County! There is an important town in Huaibei, to the east you can enter Xuzhou, to the west you can enter Xiangyang, to the south you can retreat to Shouyang, to the north you can attack Luoyang, if Chen Jun really won Yingchuan County, then his Northern Expedition will be all alive! Gao Changgong was also worried.

"But we don't have enough troops right now! Although Pi Jinghe brought back 30,000 elite soldiers, now the weapons and equipment in Xuzhou City can only be used by 10,000 soldiers, that is, we can only lead 10,000 elite soldiers to rescue Yingchuan County! Wei Xiangyuan still frowned.

"Yingchuan County is a military town, and they have already garrisoned tens of thousands of troops there! Moreover, there are also a lot of defenders in Chenliu and Runan counties, even if they can't block Xiao Yao's siege, as long as they can withdraw in advance and return to Yingchuan County, then we have enough troops to stop Xiao Yao's attack, and even eliminate them! Gao Changgong analyzed.

"Could it be that the prince already has a plan in mind to deal with it?" Wei Xiangyuan asked.

"Before, in Xuyi County, we didn't know Xiao Yao's whereabouts, but he suddenly appeared and caught us off guard! But this time it's different, all his actions are under my control, and his actions will definitely show flaws, and then we will hit him with one blow for this flaw! Pass my order, in the name of Pi Jinghe, immediately order 10,000 elite soldiers to set off to reinforce Yingchuan, but this time it was personally led by my Gao Changgong, and Pi Jinghe let him stay here in Xuzhou to defend the city! Gao Changgong said coldly.

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Xiao Yao's forward brigade attacked Chenliu County in two directions, Huang Wenyuan led the cavalry battalion as the vanguard and attacked by land, while Xiao Yao led the artillery battalion and firearms battalion to attack by water.

Two years later, when Xiao Yao came to Chenliu County, he found that it had been broken by Huang Wenyuan! Rightly, it should be scared! Because when the defenders of Chen Liujun heard the news that Chen Jun was going to attack, they were already frightened and their legs trembled, and then they heard that the attacking troops were actually famous, and the infantry battalion led by Xiao Yao and Xiao Shilang was even more frightened!

You must know that this Xiao Shilang can capture Xuyi County, which has 20,000 garrisons, with only 1,000 people, and listen to Xiao Yao's infantry battalion has now increased to 5,000 troops, while the defenders of Chenliu County are less than 10,000 people, how can they resist Xiao Yao's siege? So the general who defended the city discussed with the county prince and decisively chose to abandon the city and flee!

Just when Huang Wenyuan led his cavalry team to Chenliu County, all the Qi soldiers defending the city had already withdrawn, leaving only the open city gate and the frightened people in the city, and then Huang Wenyuan led the cavalry team to enter the city with high spirits and take over Chenliu County.

"Commander, I can't imagine that the name of our infantry battalion can already scare these Qi troops defending the city into abandoning the city and fleeing, so that we can take Chenliu County without a single soldier! I'm ready to show my skills and use the hooves of our cavalry battalion to break through their gates!" Huang Wenyuan, who became the supreme commander of Chenliu County, still said with an intoxicated face.

"If you really want to attack the city, with your cavalry battalion, I'm afraid you won't even be able to get close to this city gate! However, I still want these defenders to stay here and fight us, because if they escape, they will either flee back to Yingchuan County or flee to Runan County, and the defenders in both places will increase, and it will be more difficult for the pair of father-in-law to attack Runan County and when we attack Yingchuan County! Xiao Yao said helplessly.

"Then we will set off now immediately, march to Yingchuan County, and then quickly break it, and then wave our army south, attack Runan County, and support General Xiao!" Huang Wenyuan blurted out.

"Can you go through your mind before you speak? Do you think the defenders of Yingchuan County are still the remnants of Xuyi County? A few shots can scare them away? And I received an urgent report that Gao Changgong of Xuzhou has personally led 10,000 elite soldiers to reinforce Yingchuan! Gao Changgong is a sinister and cunning person, scheming, he was just beaten by us in Xuyi County and fled, but now he is not hiding in Xuzhou, but boldly ran out to reinforce, he must have some conspiracy! Xiao Yao analyzed.

"No matter what his plot is, no matter how many men he leads to reinforcements, we can easily defeat him! Commander, don't worry, I will definitely capture Gao Changgong alive this time! Huang Wenyuan didn't care about the authenticity.

Xiao Yao shook his head and said nothing, but he always felt a little flustered in his heart, and sighed: "I hope so!" ”