The 19th year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, November 4.

After three days of hasty preparations, the four armies of the former Qin Dynasty marched together and marched towards their destinations.

"There are twelve big cities in Donghai County, and there are countless small cities, and now Liu Gaozhi is stationed in Lanling City. Let's divide our troops into two ways and go straight to Lanling. ”

When the Longxi army and the Tiance army reached the edge of Donghai County, the king of Nan'an convened this temporary meeting. After this meeting, the Longxi Army and the Tiance Army will be divided into two routes and advance into Donghai County along different routes.

"The time for the southern barbarians to invade Donghai County is still short, and there must still be righteous people in the county fighting against the barbarians, and there may even be cities holding on. If we kill back a moment later, it is possible to sacrifice many more people with lofty ideals, which is also the reason why the imperial court sent troops in a hurry this time. Therefore, when our army goes out this time, we must remember to be noble and fast, kill Lanling as quickly as possible, and expel the Nanban! ”

"General Lone led the Longxi Army, marched along Tancheng, Qucheng, Licheng, Chengcheng, and Qicheng, and finally attacked Lanling from the north of Qicheng; Xiao Pei Gongzi passed through Zhuqi, Xiangben, Houqiu, Changxi, Hexiang and other places, and finally attacked Lanling from Hexiang to the east, thinking that he should be alone. Xiao Pei Gongzi, what do you think? ”

It can be seen from the route arrangement that the Longxi Army was the main force in this operation, and almost all the cities in the East China Sea were dealt with by the Longxi Army along the way. The routes planned by the Tiance Army are mostly remote towns. It's not that King Nan'an underestimated the Tiance army, it's that the number of Tiance troops is too small. With only 5,000 troops, how can he capture the big city that Liu Gaozhi has focused on? You must know that there are 50,000 barbarians under Liu Gaozhi's command.

Pei Shengqin didn't care about this, he knew very well that this arrangement was the kindness of King Nan'an, he nodded and said: "The distribution of the prince is reasonable, and the last general has no opinion." It's just that the Nanban's march this time was to attack and defend, not to open up the territory. In this way, they don't have to care about the local people, and they will be afraid that they will jump off the wall..."

The Nanban who obediently defended the city was not terrible, but he was afraid that Liu Gaozhi would not be able to defeat him, so he directly abandoned the city and left, and instead adopted a rogue-style strategy to fight guerrilla attacks with the Qin army. Although the former Qin said that he was not afraid, the people of Donghai County could not bear to toss, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty did not need to care about the people of Xuzhou, but the former Qin could not care.

King Nan'an glanced at Pei Shengqin approvingly, and said, "Little Pei Gongzi asked well, this matter has been thinking about it for a long time, and the solution to this matter is still a quick word." As long as you can enter Lanling with lightning speed, you can capture the barbarian general Liu Jiaozhi. Even if there are still remnants of barbarians scattered throughout the East China Sea, without Liu Gaozhi, those barbarians will be leaderless, and it will be difficult to cause trouble. ”

"That's very good, the prince is wise."

Pei Shengqin took a deep breath, still a little uneasy in his heart, what King Nan'an said was indeed the most reasonable strategy at this time. If the Eastern Jin Dynasty really wanted to fight guerrillas, the former Qin could only "capture the thief and capture the king first" as soon as possible, and it was impossible for you to guerrilla and I would also guerrilla. In fact, this is a very reckless way of playing, with big countries having more scruples and small countries having fewer scruples, and small countries often rely on the scruples of big countries to call out big countries. Not only the Eastern Jin Dynasty fought the former Qin, but also the small tribes and small countries of the later dynasties and dynasties all loved to use this trick to scare the Central Plains Dynasty.

"Little Pei Gongzi, when this battle is won, you and I will drink three cups in Lanling City to congratulate my country!"

King Nan'an got up and invited Pei Shengqin with his fists. This time, the Tiance Army was commanded by Pei Shengqin, and Pei Yuanluo, the official commander of the Tiance Army, was left in Xiangcheng by Emperor Qin.

This is because now that the Qin Emperor is in Xiangcheng, Fu Hong, the prince of the prison who stayed in Chang'an, does not dare to be good at it, and the Chang'an court will quickly send it to Xiangcheng to ask the Qin Emperor to make a judgment. Therefore, Xiangcheng is now relatively lacking in civil servants to deal with government affairs, Pei Yuanluo has been a Taishou, and has managed the place, so he was left by the Qin Emperor to deal with government affairs. Emperor Qin also knew in his heart that most of the strategies of the Tiance Army came from Pei Shengqin, and Pei Shengqin's prestige in the Tiance Army was not inferior to Pei Yuanluo, so it was enough for Pei Shengqin to take the Tiance Army to the battle.

"The prince is invited, dare to obey his fate?"

Pei Shengqin raised his voice and smiled, no matter what the road ahead is, let it go!

After the temporary meeting, the king of Nan'an led the Longxi army to march in the direction of Tancheng. The Tiance army marched a little later, because Pei Shengqin held a short oath meeting before marching.

"Soldiers of the Tiance Army, most of you originally lived in the Jin Dynasty, and you also know what the Jin Dynasty is like. As the so-called high-grade Wuhan Gate, many of you are elite warriors, who were not allowed to enter the Jin Dynasty in the past, and succumbed to Wang Ningzhi's waste. Those fools who are drunk and dream of death all day long, except for swallowing five stones, can only be blind and forced, just because they were born in a high gate, they can be arrogant to you, and kill and take away you! ”

Pei Shengqin spoke on the stage, and the generals lined up neatly with the soldiers of the 5,000 Heavenly Ce Army, listening silently below. Everyone doesn't know what "blind force" means, but you can guess from the tone of the childe that it probably refers to metaphysical talk.

"It has been some time since you crossed the sea with my father and son and returned to Qin. What I have seen and heard along the way, I will be rewarded and punished, only looking at merit, not asking about the family. A few days ago, you also heard His Majesty's holy decree with your own ears, and the Chang'an Ministry of Rites is preparing a reward for you, and the reward will be issued in a few days. If this is in the Jin Dynasty, I am afraid that the military exploits will be divided by the children of the Gaomen long ago, where can you get the reward of half a penny? ”

Because most of the low-level soldiers of the Tiance Army were from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Pei Shengqin did not call the Eastern Jin Dynasty a Southern Barbarian at this time.

"If you are asked to go back to the Jin Dynasty to live, are you willing?"

"I don't want to!"

The soldiers of the 5,000-day army roared in unison.

"Your family members have all returned to Qin with our army, and now they are settled in Linyi County, Xuzhou, and Xuzhou is also your homeland. The Jin Dynasty now wants to invade your homeland and hurt your family, are you willing? ”

"I don't want to!"

The roar of the Tiance Army became louder.

After mobilizing his morale, Pei Shengqin was a little satisfied, and said, "Since this is the case, then let's fight and drive the Nanban out of Xuzhou!" ”

"Fight! War! War! ”

With a roar, the morale of the Tiance army reached its peak. The foundation of the Tiance army is good, and there are the generals in the state water division and the elite of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The Tiance Army was originally composed of elites, and when it was first formed, due to the lack of running-in, there was a period of low combat effectiveness. However, after such a long time, the Tiance Army has already recovered the combat strength of an elite army.

Pei Shengqin paid for himself, even if the current Tiance army was not as good as the Beifu soldiers, but it must be not much worse. According to the intelligence, Liu Gaozhi did not have many Beifu soldiers on hand, and at least 40,000 of his 50,000 soldiers and horses were recruits who had just been transferred from the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Pei Shengqin's only fear of this battle is Liu Yu.

"In this battle, I also prepared a divine object for the soldiers."

Pei Shengqin clapped his hands, and Shi Yue commanded a team of men and horses to push many carts and distribute the things on the carts to the soldiers of the Tiance Army.

Each person was given a fire fold and two small jars the size of a palm.

"Is this what Childe said about the fetish?"

"What the hell is this, this little jar is dead, I don't know what's in it, and it's still sealed."

"It's strange, it's the first time I've seen a thing, and there's a thin hemp rope sticking out of the mouth of the altar, I don't know what it's for."

The soldiers shared this strange novelty, and they all discussed it left and right, but none of them knew what it was for.

"This thing, I call it a grenade!"

Pei Shengqin spoke loudly, immediately attracting the attention of all the soldiers.

I saw Pei Shengqin holding up a small jar, opening the fire fold with one hand, and leaning over to the mouth of the altar to light the fine hemp rope. Then, Pei Shengqin casually threw the small jar to a large stone on the side.

There was a "boom", accompanied by a loud smoke, and half of the big stone was shattered, and some small pieces of iron fell sporadically on the ground. Seeing this, Pei Shengqin shook his head slightly in his heart. The time was too tight, the gunpowder was hastily dispensed, it was not pure enough, the sealing of the altar mouth was not too good, and the power was really limited. Fortunately, Pei Shengqin mixed iron sand in the gunpowder, and after being hit at close range, even if the gunpowder could not kill people, the red-hot iron sand could kill people if it was shot into the human body.

Time was limited, Pei Shengqin did not dispense much gunpowder, each person could only get two grenades, and there was no extra gift to King Nan'an for the time being. This is Pei Shengqin specially made out to guard against Liu Yu, I heard that you Jin Ge Iron Horse is like a tiger? Grenade to understand?

Pei Shengqin was not very satisfied with this batch of grenades, but the soldiers of the Tiance Army below did not think so. In this day and age, firearms are almost miraculous!

"I'm not mistaken, this small jar shattered half a big stone?"

"Oh my God, even if it's a two-stone strong bow, one arrow can't break that stone, right? This little jar is more powerful than a bow and arrow? ”

"That loud bang just now, I thought it was Thor descending to earth!"

"The grenade, as expected, is it worthy of its name, isn't this the thunder in your hand!"

The soldiers of the Tiance Army whispered, and looked at Pei Shengqin's eyes as if they were looking at immortals.

"This item is a secret of our army, and it is not allowed to be leaked, two pieces per person, and it must be carried with you, and it must not be wet. You can't use this thing when you're idle, but when you're in danger, you can use it to kill the enemy and save your life! ”

Pei Shengqin also explained some precautions for using grenades, due to the small number, naturally he couldn't throw them whenever he wanted. This thing is used to save your life, and if you can't fight with the enemy, or you can't escape if you are targeted by the enemy general, then throw a grenade over and come to a surprisingly winning Jedi counter-kill.

Shi Yue, Yong Jianlan and other senior generals looked at each other, and they were all shocked. A few days ago, they helped Pei Shengqin purchase various materials, and helped Pei Shengqin prepare gunpowder together. At that time, they were still a little dissatisfied with Pei Shengqin's "baby who can win the battle". They never thought that some messy things could be so powerful when they were ground into powder and then packed in a small jar?

"Childe, you are really a god!"