In the night, the fleet slowly came from the east, more than 200 pontoon boats began to build pontoon bridges on the Huai River, this kind of special ships are specially customized to build pontoon bridges, the front and rear of the boat are equipped with two sets of iron hooks and iron rings, hook the iron rings with iron hooks, the two ships will be buckled together, and at the same time build two rows side by side, paved with two wide planks, it becomes a solid pontoon bridge, even the cavalry and baggage can quickly pass.

In less than an hour, the pontoon boat was built, waiting for Yang Meng on the south bank of the order, 30,000 cavalry boarded the pontoon bridge, and the soldiers led the war horses to the north bank of the Huai River.

At the fourth watch, 30,000 cavalry had been assembled on the north bank of the Huai River, and at this time, they were still twenty miles away from the enemy's camp, which was the time for a meal for the cavalry.

"Let's go!"

With the order of the main general Yang Meng, 30,000 cavalry set off, whether the cavalry lights torches on the night march also depends on the specific situation, if the stars are brilliant, the moonlight is bright, and you can clearly see the scenery more than 20 steps away, then there is no need to light torches, as long as the cavalry maintains a constant speed, it can basically maintain the formation of the team.

Of course, this also requires the cavalry to have skilled riding skills and the proper feeding of war horses, all of which are indispensable, although it is only a small march, but the training level and logistical support ability of the army are fully demonstrated in the march.

A quarter of an hour later, there was a swarthy plank camp in the wilderness ahead, that is, the military camp of Zhu Junjun on the north bank of the Huai River, this barracks was built for many years, covering an area of thousands of acres, it was a small county town, the tall and two-foot board wall stood on the field, the top was up to eight feet wide, and it was completely possible to walk soldiers.

At this time, the 20,000 troops were still asleep, and there were soldiers patrolling in front of the gate of the barracks, in order to prevent Qiu Jingzhong's army from attacking south, the main general Fan Wude had sent hundreds of spies to the key places in the north and northwest to keep an eye on Qiu Jingzhong's every move, but Fan Wude never dreamed that the Jin army was coming from the south.

The 30,000 cavalry instantly accelerated, overwhelmingly killing the camp, the guards in front of the camp were stunned, and it took a long time to react, and they desperately sounded the alarm bell, "Dang!" While! While! ”

"Boom!"

The cavalry smashed the gate of the camp and entered the camp like a flood that burst the embankment........

There was no suspense in the war, and the sleeping soldiers woke up one after another, but they had no chance of survival except kneeling and begging for mercy, and even the main general Van Wude chose to surrender.

At the fifth watch, a group of surrendered soldiers were escorted and concentrated in the wilderness, and the Jin army cleaned up the opponent's camp, collected all the armor, so that the other party had no room for resistance, and the camp was changed to a temporary prisoner of war camp, and the surrendered soldiers were put back into the camp, and promised to let them return home.

Yang Meng left 5,000 cavalry to guard the enemy prisoners of war, and he divided into two roads, and ordered Ying Yanglang to lead Li Yan to lead 5,000 cavalry to the north of Xiapi County to defend the town, Xiapi County is the northernmost town in Sizhou, there is no garrison at present, but Qiu Jingzhong wants to enter Sizhou from Xuzhou, and Xiapi County is the place where his army must pass.

Yang Meng arranged the defense of Sizhou, and he personally led 20,000 cavalry to Bozhou to kill.......

After Qiu Jingzhong took Songzhou, he rushed straight to Xuzhou non-stop, and Chi Shouzhi, the captain of the Xuzhou garrison, was Qiu Jingzhong's old subordinate, and he led the army to surrender to Qiu Jingzhong without any suspense.

Not long after Qiu Jingzhong occupied Xuzhou, Gongsun Liangsi, a special envoy sent by Li Bing, arrived in Pengcheng County, Xuzhou.

In the morning, Qiu Jingzhong had just learned that the Jin army had captured Sizhou, which made him quite nervous, and it was obvious that the Jin army had a very thorough grasp of his actions, indicating that Guo Song was also paying attention to him.

Whether the Jin army will take the opportunity to destroy itself and seize Xuzhou and Songzhou is what Qiu Jingzhong is most worried about.

Of course, Qiu Jingzhong also has a staff member, his staff is called Hou Xicai, and he is also a failed scholar, about forty years old, and has been following Qiu Jingzhong for nearly ten years, mainly to help Qiu Jingzhong deal with various military affairs, and sometimes discuss major decisions with him.

Hou Xicai persuaded: "The general doesn't have to worry too much about the Jin army, he feels that Guo Song should not use troops against the general, on the contrary, Guo Song will support the general." ”

"Because of Zhu Zhu?"

Hou Xicai nodded, "That's right, if Guo Song wanted to seize Xuzhou and Songzhou, he would have done it a long time ago, and with those rabble, he would be able to block the attack of the Jin army?" He felt that Guo Song was hanging Zhu Jun step by step, and now the general is the best noose, how could he attack the general? ”

Qiu Jingzhong's knot was untied, and he suddenly felt a lot more comfortable, and he smiled happily: "Then I will be much more relieved." ”

As soon as the words fell, a personal soldier reported in the hall: "General Qiqi, there is a person from outside the city, saying that he is a special envoy of the Jin army, and he is here to visit the general!" ”

Qiu Jingzhong was stunned, then laughed and gave Hou Xicai a thumbs up, "Mr. is really amazing!" ”

Hou Xicai also said proudly: "Humble to greet the envoy of the Jin army for the general!" ”

"Good! I waited at the gate of the house. ”

.........

Hou Xicai accompanied Gongsun Liangji to the Provisional General's Mansion, that is, the Xuzhou Prefecture Office, and the original state officials were driven to the county government.

When Gongsun Liangji got out of the carriage, Qiu Jingzhong immediately greeted him with red eyes, held Gongsun Lianghe's hand and said sincerely: "I am looking forward to the stars and the moon, and finally the envoy of His Royal Highness the King of Jin is coming, which makes me very excited!" ”

Qiu Jingzhong's sincerity made Gongsun Liangji also a little moved, he nodded and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin has carte blanche to entrust General Li Bing to be in charge of the war in the southeast, General Li Bing has been paying attention to the situation of the general, in order to prevent the general from being attacked by the enemy, we have sent troops to exterminate the 20,000 scattered troops in Sizhou. ”

Qiu Jingzhong was stunned, and couldn't help scolding in his heart, obviously cutting off his own back road, and speaking nicely, he was really a little helpless, so he had to laugh twice and invite Gongsun Siliang into the lobby.

The two sides sat down, and Gongsun Liangsi said: "There is something that needs to be let the general know, Zhu Zhu has transferred Bao Taowei to Luoyang, and at the same time gathered scattered troops from Bian, Cao, Zheng, Chen, Pu, Ru, Xu, Hua and other prefectures, there are about 80,000 troops, and the heavy troops are stationed in Chenliu County, so that there are about 2780,000 troops, we estimate that we will attack the general with all our might, and hope that the general can be prepared in time." ”

"Thank you for your timely reminder, in fact, I am also prepared, if ......"

Speaking of the word 'if', Qiu Jingzhong paused slightly, but Hou Xicai understood what the lord wanted to say, and desperately gave him a look, it was not yet time to make a request, but Qiu Jingzhong pretended not to see it, and continued to follow what he had just said: "If you can give a little support appropriately, I think I can resist the threat of Zhu Jun's army!" ”

Gongsun Liangji seemed to have been prepared, and he was not surprised at all by Qiu Jingzhong's request, and said unhurriedly: "I don't know what kind of support the general needs?" ”

Qiu Jingzhong was overjoyed, he hurriedly said: "I don't lack money and food for the time being, mainly armor, my 80,000 Flying Bear Army, only 50,000 troops have leather armor, 30,000 troops have no armor, and 20,000 Xuzhou scattered troops have been surrendered, their equipment is even more a mess, I hope you can support our 50,000 deputy soldiers, I am very grateful!" ”

Gongsun Liangji nodded, "The equipment of the Jin army may not be available, but we have also captured a large number of armor of the Qi army, and according to the instructions of His Royal Highness the King of Jin, we can provide up to 80,000 pairs of armor." ”

Qiu Jingzhong's plop! He knelt down to the west, kowtowed three respectfully, and shouted loudly: "Thank you for your love, Your Royal Highness King Jin, and Qiu Jingzhong will never live up to His Royal Highness King Jin's expectations!" ”

Hou Xicai sighed secretly, how could His Royal Highness the King of Jin be so kind, it was obvious that he was using the general to weaken Zhu Jun's strength, but he knew that Qiu Jingzhong was also pretending, and both sides were using each other.

At this time, Gongsun Liangji said slowly: "In addition, we have two small requirements, I hope the general can meet them!" ”

Qiu Jingzhong hurriedly said: "Don't say two, even twenty I will be satisfied, Gongsun joins the army, please say." ”

"The first request is about Bozhou, our army captured Bozhou not long after seizing Sizhou, and then took Bozhou, at present, Sizhou and Bozhou are the territory of the Jin army, I hope the general will not misjudge."

Qiu Jingzhong was stunned for a moment, he was still about to send someone to seize Bozhou, but he didn't expect to be preempted by the Jin army again.

He was furious in his heart, and said dissatisfiedly: "Is it only allowed for me to own Songzhou and Xuzhou?" ”

Gongsun Liangsi said lightly: "I have already said just now, the scattered troops from all over the country have been transferred to Luoyang, the north of Songzhou is Caozhou and Bianzhou, and then there is Zhengzhou to the north, as long as Zhu Zhu's army is defeated, these three states will all belong to the general, why is there no territory?" ”

Hou Xicai also reminded in a low voice: "General, the Jin army has defeated the scattered armies in the two places and relieved our worries, which is a good thing!" ”

He was actually hinting to Qiu Jingzhong that the raw rice had been cooked and cooked, so don't dwell on this matter anymore.

Qiu Jingzhong remembered the assistance of the weapons promised by the other party, no matter how much anger he had, he had to hold back his stomach, and he said sullenly for a while: "I don't know what the second request is?" ”