Yang Kan's reply was sent to Hefei, and Pei Di was taken aback after reading it. Convening everyone to discuss, it is said that most of the Wei people have seen through the plan of the Liang army, and Li Guahua's strategy cannot be carried out again, so as not to be desperate and end up in an ambush, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Pei Di hesitated again and again, but still wrote a letter to Li Guahua to suspend the strategy of connecting the internal and external ditches. I don't want Changsun Zhi to close the city gate, and the news can't be sent in for a while, and at the same time, there is a lot of noise in the city, and the spies of the "fornication" Liang people are being arrested everywhere. Li Guahua and his gang panicked, and under the dispute, they even denounced each other, and finally sent them to prison. A torture and torture implicated more than a dozen families.

Pei Di couldn't plan, and he was depressed.

Time waits for no one, the sun is in front of you, and the reinforcements from the four routes have also been driven to Hefei City, Pei Di lifted his spirits, and together with the army, he re-set the strategy.

On October 15, the Northern Expedition began, Pei Di left 5,000 soldiers to defend Hefei, and led 45,000 Yuzhou troops to kill Hefei, not to the direction of Shouyang in the north, but to turn west. But Pei Di didn't want to attack Shouyang head-on, so as not to lose his troops in vain. His plan was to sweep the surrounding cities of Shouyang and trap Shouyang into an isolated city first.

The four reinforcements of the four divisions of Liang Qiaozhou, Shi Zhan Seng Zhi, Liyang Taishou Ming Zhaoshi, Nanqiao Taishou Yuhong, and Jin Xi Taishou Zhang Cheng totaled 35,000 soldiers and horses.

To the north of Shouyang, there was Cheng Jingjun, the assassin of Xuzhou of Liang State, who sent troops to attack the northern city of Huaibei of Wei State in Wuyang. It was a loss that Wuyang was also an important town in the frontier of the Wei State, and it had always been heavily guarded, so they attacked and defended each other, and they faced each other for a while, but they were unable to go south to support Shouyang.

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This is the area of Xincai County of Wei (the area east of present-day Gushi County, Henan), although it is not as vertical and horizontal as the water network in Jiangdong, it can be compared with the north, it is also dense with water marshes, which is good for boats and boats and not for cavalry. Needless to say, the Liang State was mainly based on foot soldiers and boat divisions, and although the Wei people were stronger than cavalry and archery, when they arrived here, they had to rely on the local Han and form a fleet of foot soldiers to compete. Therefore, the infantry was the main force during the battle of the two miles, and the war horses were rarely seen.

At this time, the horses' hooves rumbled, and a group of men and horses galloped out of the field, and if they looked closely, they were all cavalry, and I was afraid that there were not thousands of eight hundred horsemen. Occasionally, a peasant woodcutter passed by, how could he ever have seen such a scene? The bold stayed on the spot, stunned, and the timid shouted, and fled in a hurry.

This cavalry was so strange, neither did they play a banner, but each person also wore a robe in addition to his armor, a green robe of one color, and from a distance, it looked like a bush growing out of the flat ground.

At this moment, another army of soldiers and horses came from the south, but this time it was all foot soldiers. The soldiers wore leather armor on the inside and robes on the outside, half of them in black robes, and the other half in red robes.

The two armies converged, one green, one black and one red, and it was very strange to look at it.

Then the commanders of the two armies stepped forward and spoke. First, two generals ran out of the Tsing Yi cavalry, jumped off their horses, arched their hands, and said in unison: "I've seen General Chen!" ”

The leader of the black-clothed and red-clothed infantry army nodded and said, "Filial piety, loyal brother, no need to be polite." Let me ask, how are you two doing? ”

This is naturally Chen Qingzhi, Pei Guo and Yang Zhong.

About Pei Di felt that Pei Guo and Yang Zhong came from the north and were good at cavalry and archery, so he integrated the cavalry scattered in various armies in Yuzhou into one army, and got a total of 800 cavalry, all of which were allocated to him two leaders. The two newcomers suddenly got "reused", and they were sincerely afraid and did not dare to slack off. Fortunately, the two of them do have real skills, and they have fought many tough battles from Yuwen Qiu before, so they have shown, whether it is personal martial arts or the way of cavalry domination, they are all eye-catching, and everyone is also convinced.

I heard Pei Guo and Yang Zhong reply: "Hongjibao has already succeeded, fortunately not disgraced!" "I spoke briefly.

It turned out that the two of them belonged to Chen Qingzhi, so he had always followed Chen Qingzhi's subordinates, and today he was ordered to break away from the main force and assist another Yuzhou army to capture Hongji Fort occupied by the Wei people.

The number of the Yuzhou army was small, and the Wei army in Hongji Fort felt that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, so they opened the gate of the fort and came out to kill. Halfway through the battle, Pei Guo and Yang Zhong rushed over with their troops, chopping melons and vegetables, and killing the Wei army. Where did the Wei army expect that the Liang army would actually form a cavalry to come out? On the way to escape, he didn't notice it for a while, and he actually asked Pei Guo to chase into the fort gate with a gust of wind. How brave is Pei Guo? Picking up the knife and slashing, killing the doormen, the Liang army poured in, and then won Hongji Fort.

The Yuzhou army cleaned up the mess, and Pei Guo and Yang Zhong continued to go west non-stop, and it was here that they met with Chen Qingzhi's main force.

After hearing this, Chen Qingzhi twisted his short mustache and said with a smile: "The envoy will mobilize the knights of each army to form an army and hand it over to the two of you." Although the whole army did not say anything, in fact, there were voices of discord. Now it seems that the envoy is indeed a chess player, and the two of you can be called a miracle soldier! ”

Yang Zhong was a little proud, and pretended to be modest for a few words. Pei Guo frowned and said, "Uncle brings the heart, how can I not know?" It's just that there are many mud and swamp waterways here, which is actually not conducive to cavalry traffic. Today, Hongji Fort was taken by luck, and it was because the Wei army in the fort attacked carelessly. I came all the way, and the Wei people did not come out of the fort, and my cavalry was useless. ”

Chen Qingzhi laughed: "Xiaokuan is too worried. The two of you are the first to lead the cavalry, one is to promote the two of you, and the other is to run in the cavalry and make some preparations for the decisive battle in Shouyang in the future. If you two can not travel to the pool, it is a pass, not to mention that you have already won Hongji Fort in one fell swoop today? As for Xincai here, the envoy has already made a plan, and I don't expect that in five or six days, the whole county of Xincai will be flat! ”

Pei Guo and Yang Zhong glanced at each other, and their hearts were a little relieved. At that moment, Pei Guo took a step forward and said, "I was about to ask General Chen, what is my uncle's plan?" The art of war is cloudy, if the winning soldier is called Eridium Baht, and if the defeated army is called Eridium by Baht, in this way, he should concentrate his forces and strike a thunderous blow. But as soon as my army entered Xincai, it was divided into more than ten or twenty branches, and so... Is the force too scattered? ”

Chen Qingzhi shook his head: "The art of war is also cloudy, the soldier is established by deception, the advantage is moved, and the one who is divided and combined is also the changer." How can we generalize about the so-called impermanence of soldiers? It is time to judge the situation and see the enemy's situation. ”

After a pause, Chen Qingzhi continued: "The interior of Xincai County is complex, and the Wei people rely on the rivers and mountains to build cities and forts everywhere, all over the county. Therefore, although there were not many new Cai Wei troops, they were scattered all over the county. Our army is indeed outnumbered, and it is easy to attack any fortress, but if you want to uproot the Wei forts in Xincai County one by one, how long will it take? ”

Pei Guo and Yang Zhong were thoughtful.

"As soon as the army moves, countless expenses are wasted, and a quick victory is the best policy. What's more, the main force of our army is exhausted, Hefei is empty, in case the eldest Sun Zhi and Yuan Chen in Shouyang City find out the truth and launch a ruthless attack on Hefei, or copy the back road of our army, wouldn't it be dangerous? Although there were four reinforcements to feint to attack Shouyang, they finally felt that the troops were insufficient. Just in case, it is only right that the Shouyang Wei army should take advantage of the fact that the Wei army in Shouyang has not time to react and take down Xin Cai first. Therefore, the king divided the army into multiple roads, and each took one road, precisely for the sake of a quick battle. ”

Pei Guo was still a little hesitant: "But once the troops are divided, I am afraid that the troops on each side will be a little insufficient." I looked all the way, the Wei people castle is solid, and it is not easy to fight. ”

Chen Qingzhi laughed louder and louder: "This will fall on you and me, the black robe, red robe and green robe." ”

Pei Guo and Yang Zhong looked stunned: "Black robe? Red robe? Green robe? ”

"Yes!" Chen Qingzhi said leisurely: "Could it be that the two of you think that you are joking to ask the army to dress up like this and dress in different colors?" ”