With the shift of the Han army's goals and the bias of the focus of the battle, the soldiers in the camps who were ready to fight and attack the city were somewhat depressed. Especially like Sun Li, Wang Yansheng and other generations, they couldn't hold back, and asked Liu Chengyou to fight several times, and were reprimanded by Liu Chengyou, when Liu Chengyou became stern, no one dared to respond anymore, and he immediately became honest.

The waiting horses continued, and the detectives came north to report Chen Juejun's movements. Counting the twists and turns, Hefei is far less than 200 miles away from Shouchun, Chen Jue took a full five days to get close to Shouchun, and he also walked slowly, strictly guarding against the surprise attack of the Han army along the way, which can be said to be extremely cautious. It's a pity that the expression was in vain, and the Han army had no intention of attacking.

On the day of the Shangyuan Festival, the Son of Heaven issued an edict, feasted on meat, rewarded the whole army, spent the festival together, and rewarded the soldiers for the hardships of the war.

In the imperial tent, the generals congratulated, and Liu Chengyou, the son of heaven, delivered a congratulatory speech from Shangyuan, encouraging the generals to eat together, and after the feast, they were in a mess and directly discussed the army.

It was still Murong Yanzhao, who first explained the enemy's situation: "The Tang Army of Hefei was divided into two routes, the main general Chen Jue led more than 30,000 soldiers and 20,000 servants, and Xu Wenzhen, the capital supervisor, led 20,000 soldiers and civilians to escort food and equipment to the rear, and went north along the waterway.

The Tang Army in Hefei is still dominated by infantry troops, except for the Cai War, the Tang Dynasty was transferred to the north, and the Tang Army was transferred back from Chu, which had a little combat power.

This time, the Tang army marched particularly cautiously, traveling only thirty miles a day, and sent all the horse troops to widely distribute sentinel cavalry. And the army carried a large number of chariots, horses, shields, and spears. According to the Military Intelligence Department and the Martial Arts Division, there were 5,000 large and small bows and crossbows carried by them, and 500,000 arrows. To sum up the situation, it is to prepare for the surprise attack of our army, as well as to worry about our northern iron cavalry!

With such a slow pace of the Tang army, two days after tomorrow, the army will be east of Shouchun! ”

"If you want to say that the Tang Army does not have a long lesson, but judging by its cautious march and full military preparations, it is the word 'stable'; if it is said that it has learned a lesson, do you think that with its army, such steady advance, it will be able to relieve the siege of Shouchun!" Liu Chengyou commented.

Wang Quanbin expressed contempt and said; "The Tang army is so careful, but it is deeply intimidating Your Majesty's heavenly power and our army's combat strength. Although there are many car shields, they can resist my iron horse, but they are tantamount to tying their hands and feet! ”

There is no way, on this Huaiqi Plain, in terms of land warfare, the Tang army, which is short of cavalry warfare, is naturally at a disadvantage. If you want to enter the army and resist the threat of Han cavalry, you can only choose such a dull and passive tactic.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have decided to put aside the hard bone of Shouchun for the time being, lead the army south, eat the fat of Chen Juejun, and then go back to the division to break the city!" After a little silence, Liu Chengyou slapped the table and said with a solemn expression: "I have always liked to form a tough village, fight in a stupid battle, bully the widow with the crowd, and bully the weak with the strong!" But this time, I'm going to be outnumbered again! ”

"As for the soldiers and horses going south...... Liu Chengyou looked around, and all the generals present subconsciously puffed up their chests, and then ignored the expectant eyes of Sun Li, Li Chongjin, and Wang Yansheng, and said directly: "I personally led the five armies of Fengchen Battalion, Tieqi, Longjie, Longqi, and Fengguo to go, and the Protector, Xiaodi, Jingjiang Water Army, Huaibei Prefecture soldiers, and Minfu strictly guarded the camp!" ”

Liu Chengyou directly confronted Sun Li and the others: "To meet Chen Jue, I will transfer most of the camp foot cavalry, and I will definitely reach the emptiness of the camp." However, I have to levy Huai's baggage, Tai half hoarded here, this interruption can not be lost, garrisoning the camp, is also a heavy responsibility, related to the lifeblood of the army, you must not be careless, so as not to be taken advantage of by the defenders in the city! ”

Seeing that Liu Chengyou said seriously, several people did not dare to slack off, so they could only respond to orders. Liu Chengyou's gaze swept over, stopped on Wang Jun for a moment, quickly trance, and said: "The big camp is guarded, and the generals are ordered!" ”

looked at Wang Jun again: "Wang Qing went out with me for consultation!" ”

Xiang Xun was a little surprised, and solemnly assured that many times, key things, key tasks, Liu Chengyou can always think of this Xiang Xingmin. Wang Jun was indifferent, his expression was cold, and he responded to the order.

"Hantong!"

"In!" Hearing the Son of Heaven point to himself, Han Tong's eyes suddenly widened, and he looked at Liu Chengyou expectantly, his voice was high.

"You lead the Iron Cavalry Army, go south first, first kill all the Tang Army's Sentinel Cavalry Army, and close their eyes and ears first!" Liu Chengyou ordered.

"Yes!"

On the side of the generals of the Northern Han Dynasty, when they were thinking about aiding the Shoutang army and were eager to open their fangs, the Southern Tang army had steadily advanced to the southeast of Shouchun forty miles and east of Weishui.

There are more than 50,000 soldiers and a lot of cars and animals, but they are also mighty. But as the chief general of the Tang Army, Chen Jue became more and more nervous, and the closer he got to Shouchun, the more he had to be careful.

It was not very late, just after noon, in the marching array, Chen Jue had no intention of advancing again, pointed to the left of the army, a huge shallow water, and directly ordered to temporarily stop marching and camp on the shore.

It took nearly two hours for a staggered canine barracks to be erected. After a few days of marching, the Tang army was already accustomed to it, and basically every time they arrived at the garrison site, they would immediately rest in the village.

In the tent of the Chinese army, Chen Jue was on top, with the demeanor of a Confucian general, and the generals were seated, and said: "Everyone, nearly 100,000 of my army were ordered to go north, and now it is almost spring, and the Han army camp is forty miles away. Do you have any suggestions on how to do it next? ”

Below Chen Jue, the highest military rank is the veteran Xian Shilang, as the general of the South and the North, Xian Shilang mixed well in the Southern Tang Dynasty and was reused by Li Jing. With the side pickaxe Pingchu, because of the worship for the festival, although not a few months, he returned in embarrassment. Most of the blame for losing land was attracted to Bian Hao, and Xian Shilang continued to be his senior general, and because he was familiar with the northern soldiers, he lined up for the march in the reinforcement army.

At this time, hearing Chen Juezhi's question, Xian Shilang looked solemn and said: "Chen Gong, our army has started from Hefei and has come all the way north, and its momentum is like a tide. When the raw material Han army heard this, when the army was sent to intercept and attack, but now it is close to the Han base, and there is still no movement of the Han army. From a certain point of view, I am afraid that there is fraud in it, and you should be careful! ”

"This matter will also be considered. Think about it, if our army has a large number of soldiers and horses, sufficient ordnance, and proper preparations, while the Han army has few soldiers and the siege is still reluctant, seeing that I have already been vigilant, I dare not move lightly! Chen Jue said.

In the scholar's opinion, Xian Shilang secretly said in his heart, thought about it, and said: "I think that our army is fully prepared for this march and has prepared enough grain, grass and ordnance. At present, it has reached the outskirts of Shouchun, and the Han army will inevitably respond. However, no matter how it responds, we just need to fight steadily and steadily, and do not give it a chance to take advantage of, and the Han army is not too jealous!

My tens of thousands of troops, flat to the side of the Han army, even if there is no fight, sharpen the army to threaten its side, there are Shouchun City defenders echoing, the Han army will also be at a disadvantage. The longer it drags on, the better the situation will be for our army, and worse for the Han army. ”

"The words of the salty envoy are deeply in line with my wishes!" Regarding Xian Shilang's words, Chen Jue seemed to agree very much: "If the Han army does not move, I will not move either, send orders to the three armies, strengthen the barracks, and hold the wall, and wait for the enemy situation to be investigated, and then make a district." The Han army has been fortified for a long time, and now our tens of thousands of troops are circling outside, and the Han army will not dare to attack the city again. I'm not in a hurry, it's the Han Army that should be in a hurry!

Ordered Xu Wenzhen, the rear army, so that he didn't have to worry, according to the general's arrangement, march steadily, and go north to join me! ”

"Yes!"

Speaking of which, Chen Jue has a large army in his hands, and he has a little confidence in his heart, but if he really wants him to fight against the Han army, his heart is still empty, and with the warning of Emperor Li Jing, he will come steadily and go intimidatingly. If you ignore the details and only look at the surface, as far as the current situation of Shouchun is concerned, the Tang army is indeed superior.

The Tang army has a large number of soldiers, once the grain road is opened and Shouchun is linked, it can play an internal and external echo effect, and it also has a home advantage...... On the contrary, on the side of the Han army, the expedition of thousands of miles, the veteran soldiers of the division are tired, and it has become a situation of being attacked on both sides.

Later, Chen felt that he reported that when he heard that the Tang army was heading north, the Han army had stopped attacking the city and was holding the camp, and there was a lot of joy in the camp, celebrating the Shangyuan Festival.

Hearing this, although Chen Jun was surprised, he also subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, thinking of the beauty of Shangyuan, the soldiers were struggling with the march, and also ordered to reward the soldiers with rice and meat.

And Liu Chengyou learned that the Tang army's move to swallow troops in Dongdong was more relaxed, and smiled with the left and right: "If Chen Jue can be more bold, he will go down to the village in the first twenty miles, and he will also worry about the back attack of the Shouchun defenders." Now, hehe......"

On the seventeenth day of the first month of the fifth year of Qianyou, on the morning, the Shouchun Han army, which had passed the festival in peace, after adjusting the defense, Liu Chengyou personally led more than 20,000 foot horsemen, crossed the floating beam of the river, turned to the south, and faced Chen Jue.