Luoyang, the General's Mansion, the festival hall.

Zhang Tong, who joined the army, was conveying the latest military report to everyone: "...... After Li Boqian occupied Changyuan and Junyi County, he looted the whole city's grain, grass and wealth, set fire to the city, dispersed the people into exiles, and then led the cavalry to continue south, heading towards Yongqiu and Xiangyi. Among them, the one that needs the attention of the generals is the Yongqiu ......"

As one of the important military towns north of the Huai River, the geographical location of Yongqiu is very important, with it as the center, it can attack Luoyang to the west, threaten Xuzhou to the east, and face the famous city of Shouchun in Huaixi to the south. In another time and space, Zudi's Northern Expedition was based on Yongqiu, and the Shi Le of Later Zhao was beaten to death.

Xu You placed 2,000 troops in Yongqiu, which was guarded by Liang Xiping, a fierce general of the Chinese army and a general of Hulie. The city of Yongqiu is tall, the moat is wide and deep, and Xiangyi County is the horn of each other, as long as Liang Xiping does not make a faint move, it should not be a big problem to defend the city.

He Wei was worried that Liang Xiping was conceited and brave, and he could not be provoked, and if he went out of the city to fight Li Boqian, he was afraid that he would suffer a big loss. Zhou Shiting naturally wanted to say good things for the Chinese army robe, and said with a smile: "Liang Xiping is not a stupid person, Li Boqian can capture Junyi, which shows that he is not an easy person, and it is enough to remind him." If you are still not at ease with the sacrificial wine, you can ask Tan Sima to go to Yongqiu and strictly order him not to go out of the city, presumably it will be foolproof. ”

Tan Zhuo nodded and said: "That's the reason, I'll write later, and let him clear the wilderness, regardless of the outside world, as long as he guards Yongqiu, it will be a great achievement." ”

Xu You motioned for Zhang Tong to continue.

“…… The day before yesterday, the main force of the Wei army, 50,000, rode out of Baimajin and occupied the slipway abandoned by our army. Since our army retreated in a planned way, leaving no supplies for the enemy, the people of Huatai also moved into Xingyang with the army, and the losses were slight. However, the Wei army used the slipway as a base to build pontoon bridges and repair Yongdao, cutting off the east-west shipping of the Yellow River and blocking our communication with Qingzhou......"

Tantai Douxing interrupted Zhang Tong and asked, "Can you confirm the main force of Suo Lu this time?" ”

Dong Solstice looked solemn, his voice was low, and he said: "Wen Yu Si sneaked into Yecheng this time, and killed eleven swordfish, three silverfish, and a deputy master, and only three escaped, and some of them saw Yuan Mulan with their own eyes. ”

Tantai Douxing exclaimed: "What's the matter, the casualties are so big? ”

In the past two years, everyone has been accustomed to the powerful intelligence collection ability of the Secret Mansion, although there are still many deficiencies in the intelligence network of the Northern Wei Dynasty due to the relationship between time and time, and it is quite difficult to blend into the high-level, but in almost everyone's cognition, the foreign marquis is rough and flamboyant, and he is not the opponent of the Secret Mansion, and over time, he will be able to win completely.

I didn't expect that just in Yecheng alone, I would pay such a painful price!

It is far more difficult for the secret mansion to train a qualified manpower than to train an elite soldier, and the swordfish is not enough, most of them are grassroots personnel who are bought locally, but the sacrifice of three silverfish and a deputy secretary can be called a major failure.

"There are masters in Yecheng......"

The winter solstice is coming to an end, and everyone knows the rules of the secret mansion, so they wisely did not continue to ask. What they should know will be reported during the festival meeting, and what they shouldn't know will be guilty of the general's taboo by asking around.

Are you so interested in the work of the Secret Palace, do you plan to change jobs to work, or are you planning to sell intelligence to the Northern Wei Dynasty in exchange for glory and wealth?

Unspeakable!

Zhang Tong put down the briefing note in his hand, picked up another one in order, and said, "...... Bu Tingshi sent an urgent military situation last night, and the garrisons of Xiangzhou, Jeju, and Jizhou in the Northern Wei Dynasty were uniting their troops, and it seemed that they were going to launch a large-scale attack on Licheng......"

There was an uproar in the festival hall, and Qi Xiao frowned and said: "With the combat effectiveness of the Sanzhou garrison, it should not pose much of a threat to the Qingzhou army, and it is more likely that he intends to suppress Bu Tian and dare not act rashly, so as not to divide his troops to support the Luoyang battlefield." ”

Tan Xiaozu looked at Ye Min, saw that he bowed his head and was silent, he estimated that he had made up his mind, and said with a smile: "General Ye, it is better for you and me to write what we think in the palm of our hands at the same time, if it is the same, it will be a good story in the future!" ”

Tantai Douxing and the others began to coax, Ye Min hesitated for a moment and looked up at Xu You. He was born in the Cuiyu Army, but now he leads the Chifeng Army, and his relationship with Zuo Yan, Qi Xiao, Ming Jing and others is not close, not to mention Tan Xiaozu's Jingzhou lineage, and he has never had any contact.

This is Ye Min's way of protecting himself, so far in the Qin and Han dynasties, how many famous generals have died in the four words of not knowing how to advance and retreat, Xu You treats him as a national soldier, and he repays him as a national soldier, that's all!

Xu You smiled and nodded, his general's mansion was different from other families, he spoke freely during the discussion, the speaker was innocent, and the atmosphere was more harmonious and casual, but when the discussion was over, no one dared to slack off.

When the two of them finished writing, they spread out their palms, and there were only two identical words in their palms: 碻磝!

Tan Xiaozu and Ye Min smiled at the same time, and there was a little sympathy for each other. Zhang Tong walked over and planted a small red flag in the position of the sand table representative of the sand table, and planted a small blue flag in several adjacent cities next to it. Tan Zhuo stared at the mountainous water around the Qiang, calculated how to deal with it, and said, "What do the two generals mean, the Wei army is attacking the west?" ”

Ye Min explained: "The Qingzhou army of 20,000 people, well-trained, sufficient grain and grass, and occupy dangerous passes, if they attack Qingzhou, Wei needs to use at least 50,000 to 80,000 people to hoard grain and grass for three to five months, with their current national strength, it is impossible to support large-scale operations on the eastern and western fronts, so ......."

Tan Xiaozu took over and said: "So the merger of the three states to form Licheng is fake and bluffing; The odd attack is real, and it has to be guarded against! ”

Tan Zhuo asked Qi Xiao, "Who is stationed at the stele?" ”

"Wu Tao!"

At the beginning, after conquering the fortification, Qi Xiao left 500 people to garrison, the guard was named Wu Tao, the fourth phase of the Huchuan Hall, the temperament is steady, few words, in the same period of the students are not outstanding, the progress is slow, and now he is still the commander of 500 people.

"Can you hold it?"

"Hold on!"

Qi Xiao was full of confidence in Wu Tao and said: "The Jeju Zhenxu army was almost wiped out at the beginning of the Western Expedition, and if the Wei army invades the south, it can only rely on the Zhenshu troops in Xiang and Hebei Prefectures. However, the Qingzhou soldiers are brave and the world knows that if they want to press the assassination history in Licheng and cannot rescue the stingers, all the Jizhou soldiers who are good at fighting and most of the weaker Xiangzhou soldiers must fight together...... That is to say, the attack on the Piercing, in fact, is only a small part of the Xiangzhou soldiers, and the people who remain in the Pier are all the elite of the Cuiyu Army, with one as a hundred, a little arrogant, but with one as ten, it is not a problem......"

Since the enemy situation was clear, Qi Xiao was the guarantor for Wu Tao, and everyone looked at Xu You, waiting for him to make a final decision.

Xu You said: "The two places are thousands of miles apart, and it is too late to send troops or warn." When I left Xuzhou, I talked to Bu Tian that he was solely responsible for the war between Qing, Yan, and Xu. There is no doubt about employing people, I don't think we need to worry too much. ”

The Qingxu Yan battlefield is not the main battlefield of Wei Chu, and the victory or defeat cannot affect the overall situation, Yuan Mulan just wants to attack the Xuanqi with surprise soldiers, and then disturb Huaiyou and cut off Xu You's grain route. But now Xu You is not short of grain, the grain in Guanzhong is enough for March, and Luoyang has also hoarded tens of thousands of stones, if it is still not enough, it can be transported from Jingxiang, as long as Xuchang is not lost, the grain is endless.

He Wei said with a smile: "What the general said is extremely true, Bu Tian is brave and strategic, has been fighting with the Northern Wei Dynasty for many years, knows the enemy's methods, and will not easily lose the foundation on which he has a foothold. Our current focus is still on the battlefield of Luoyang, Li Boqian led 3,000 light cavalry to approach Yongqiu, there is Liang Xiping, I am not afraid of him attacking the city, but I am afraid that he will bypass Yongqiu and approach Xuchang ......"

When the Wei army set up the carriages and horses in the direction of Licheng and the mountain rain was about to come, a cavalry of about 5,000 people crossed the Yellow River and quietly appeared under the city.

Unexpectedly, Wu Tao had received a handwritten letter from Bu Tian in advance, asking him to be careful of the possible surprise attack of the Wei army, so he had already prepared. He deliberately opened the north gate, and there was not a single soldier patrolling the city wall, but in fact, a whole pot of boiling oil was hung above the city gate hole, and pine firewood was piled up on both sides.

Seeing this, the Wei army was overjoyed, and rushed into the gate on horseback, and waited for hundreds of horsemen, Wu Tao ordered the troops to light the boiling oil, pushed down the firewood, and suddenly burned a raging fire, blocking the inside and outside of the city gate.

The cavalry who entered the city found that the roads around them were full of rejecting horses, and a hundred crossbowmen were half-squatting on the uneven roofs.

The cavalry outside the city were frightened by the fire on the horses in front of them, and they collided with each other in front and back, and they were in disarray. Two hundred men suddenly appeared on the horse face of the city wall, formed an angle, and shot wildly with a repeating crossbow, three rounds in succession, with almost no pause in the middle, and shot more than 300 horsemen.

The Wei army retreated more than ten miles in a hurry, losing nearly 800 men and horses, suffering such a big loss, and its morale was frustrated, and it did not dare to attack the city again for a while!

Wu Tao expected the enemy first, calculated the enemy later, acted steadily but did not lose his strategy, no wonder Qi Xiao praised him.

It's a pity that there are no cavalry in the city, otherwise take advantage of the situation to go out of the city to chase and kill, maybe you can lay a victory.

"The town lord, according to the Egret official's report, there are only five hundred defenders in the city, and we were careless before, so we were taken advantage of by the enemy, as long as we fight with great spirit, this city can be broken overnight."

"Yes, the town lord ordered, the last general is willing to be the first to lead five hundred warriors to attack the city!"

The leader of the town was Qu Hong, an old friend of the Cuiyu Army, who was originally a consultant to Jeju and fled back to Xiangju with the remnants of the army after the defeat of Chi Yu, the town chief's captain. After Yuan Mulan arrived in Yecheng, she talked with Qu Hong a few times, and appreciated him very much, and knew that the defeat was caused by Yu Chiyu's refusal to listen to dissuasion, so he was promoted to be the new mayor of Jeju.

This time, the town soldiers of Ji, Xiang, and Hebei were gathered, the plank road was repaired, and the surprise attack was the idea put forward by Qu Hong.

Wherever he wants to fall, he will get up, but the Cuiyu Army seems to be the nemesis of his life, giving him a head start, and completely waking up the dream of a quick victory.

"The whole army is encamped, and no rash advances! Wait for the ladder and the flying tower and wooden curtain to be created, and then start the siege! ”