Lu Ye and Dai Yuan robbed and deducted the grain and grass of their ancestors, although this move was not hidden from Sima Li, but Sima Li was young and knowledgeable after all, and he didn't understand the true meaning of the two, so he didn't stop it. ◢ With ◢ Dream ◢ Xiao ◢ .lā in Sima Qi thought about it, grain and grass are the most important in the army, I am the commander-in-chief, and I will calculate and deploy in advance, which is normal - anyway, the envoy of Zu Ti can't see the face of the king of the East China Sea, and he was beaten back at Lu and Dai.

Lu and Dai's abacus were very fine, and they were deeply afraid that Zu Ti would drive straight into Henan and advance into Henan, and maybe Sima Qi would also be welcomed to Luoyang when the time came...... But it has been burned by Liu Yao into a white field, which is difficult to defend, once the Hu army is killed, how to ensure the safety of the king? That's why they had to delay time, hoping that the Hu army would assemble in advance so that they could have a decisive battle with Zu Ti in Henan.

The decisive battle was lost, and we just turned back to Jiangdong; If he is lucky to win, then the king will go to Luoyang to sweep the mountains and tombs and snatch the fruits of victory, and the safety factor will be relatively large. Pei should be far away, and he is deeply trusted by the king, so it is estimated that he can't stop it, but if the ancestor slows down, should Pei still rush to Henan first? He only has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, so he shouldn't be so bold.

Anyway, this Northern Expedition, Director Wang had already hinted, but it was just a false story, and it was best to take the opportunity to weaken Yan and Xu's military strength, so as not to threaten Jiangdong. So whether the front line is won or lost, Lu and Dai don't care, as for how many Chinese men will be bloody and difficult to return to their hometowns, what does it matter to them? It's not a Jiangdong person, how can it be a pity?

The envoys from Qiaoxian and Suiyang returned it not only once, but finally Lu Ye gave up - it was not good to drag it on forever - and only half of the military rations were lost to Zu Li, saying that the people were insufficient, and the rest should be given in batches. Although Zu Ti felt helpless, it was inconvenient to continue to delay, so he gritted his teeth and suppressed his indignation, and led the army to leave Qiaoxian and go north. Pei Gai heard about this, so he kept pressing the speed of the march, but he didn't expect to be half a step ahead of Zu Ti......

After the battle of the gutter water, Pei should convene the generals to discuss the matter, and everyone unfortunately failed to catch Chen Chuan - that is the great enemy of the governor, Xiong Yizhi and Lu He want to capture him, no one thinks it is wrong; The big guys are all pondering, if it weren't for the bad luck of the second general, who encountered the main force of the Hu army and almost lost the army, the governor would definitely not punish him.

However, it seems that Xiong and Lu are unlucky, if they don't come out like this, they won't be rewarded by the county guard...... As the saying goes, "If you lose your horse, you don't know if you're blessed" - of course, most of those rough people don't know this story.

Liu Yetang couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity that Chen Chuan was not captured. Chen Chuan dared to lead his troops to surrender Hu, if he could be tied up to see Chen Wu, presumably even Chen Wu would not dare to protect his uncle anymore, and the governor could take revenge for Brother Lingzun, and force Chen Wu to hand over Junyi......"

Zhen Sui snorted: "Chen Chuan's surrender is real, even if he fails to capture him, he can blame Chen Wu for this." Towards Pei Gaiyi, he arched his hand: "The last general will ask for an order to fetch Junyi, if Chen Wu abandons the city and leaves, he will be counted, if he dares to resist, the old ...... So I will take it down and present it to the governor. ”

Pei Cai just smiled, but did not order.

The battle on the waterside of the gutter not only played the prestige of the Xuzhou army, but also strengthened Pei Gai's confidence. After discussing with the generals before, they all thought that their own troops were well-trained, and there should be no problem in fighting Hu Jun and two, although Pei Gaikou did not speak, he was actually a little apprehensive in his heart, and he was not sure. It wasn't until after this battle that he was convinced that his past judgment was not arrogant—

Although according to Tao Kan's report, there are many old and weak in the Hu army, and the frontal positional battle of the Di and Qiang cavalry is not very useful, and the real elite is only four or five thousand people, but isn't that exactly twice as many as the two battalions of the "martial arts"? Isn't it exactly one dozen two? Not counting the auxiliary army, I have nearly 10,000 regular soldiers, and I should have a chance of winning against the Hu army of 20,000 - and in the Hu Han army, can we come up with 20,000 elite soldiers who are enough to fight against our army? Besides, there are ancestors on the front.

Guo Mo once said to Yin Qiao that the Xuzhou army was "between Si and Yan, and it could run rampant", and now Pei Gai has similar thoughts, and he deeply feels that he has acted too well-behaved and cautious before. What are you worried about now? Even if there is no matter of Chen Chuan's reduction to Hu, what can he do if he just calculates the previous accounts, incorporates Chen Wu and even tramples on it? As for Zu Shizhi, did he contradict himself for the sake of Chen Wu?

But "begging", dragging the family with a mouth, there are not many people who can fight, there are many old and weak, if you really take it down, I am afraid that it will not be easy to digest...... A few days ago, Pei should be temporarily incorporated in Waihuang is a "begging work", which is Liu Rui's department, which had fought Wang Mi viciously, and then was defeated by Shile, and fled to Qian County, and then was broken by the nearby Wubao Zhangping, Fan Ya and others, Liu Rui died in battle, and the rest of the troops rushed to the Waihuang area. Pei should enter Waihuang, select more than 1,000 usable pawns from them, and send the rest to Xuzhou Tunken. For this reason, he hurriedly lived for several days, if he painted a scoop according to the gourd, and then annexed Chen Wu, not only would he be greedy and afraid that he would not be able to chew it, but he would definitely delay more precious time......

Besides, the terrain near Pengguan is precipitous, and the peach leopard was defeated because of this, although he has the confidence to take it, it will not be a day or two of work, and then the Yuzhou army will come. Of course, Zu Ti would not quarrel with him because Pei should attack Chen Wu, but what if someone was sent to make peace? Do you say that Pei should agree or not?

Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, it is better to ignore Chen Wu for the time being - "Since our army has turned from Bianshui to Jishui through the gutter, and will move forward to Yangwu, and then turn back to attack the dredging instrument, it is not the best policy." ”

Pei Wei agreed with what Pei Gai said, and immediately pointed out: "Guo Mo rumored that Li Ju is in Jingxian County and has conquered Xingyang, so we should rush forward to collect it - please think, Li Ju and beggar, according to Xingyang and Junyi, which is better?" ”

So the army immediately pulled out the village and set off, crossed the ditch water, and went to Yangwu, and Guo Mo opened the city to welcome it. Pei should rest for another day in Yangwu, and at the same time write a letter to Zu Ti to inform him of his itinerary, and then send a letter to Shujing County, asking Li Shihui to immediately lead his division to greet him. When he set off again, he planned to still garrison Yangwu by Guo Mo, but Guo Mo paid tribute to follow the "Governor" and enter Henan together, so Pei Cai signed Guo Mo's brother Guo Zhi as the Yangwu Order, leaving to defend the city, Guo Mo selected a thousand soldiers and horses, and held the "soap bottom thunder flag" that had just been embroidered, and officially joined the ranks of the Xuzhou army.

Not long after the journey, a sentinel came to report that the Wuwei general Wei should ask for a meeting. Pei Gai personally went to meet Wei Gai, met him peacefully, Wei Gai bowed to the ground, and even said "don't dare", Pei Gai said: "I am not Jingqing's name, but Jingqing's uncle's loyalty and bravery." ”

Wei Gai's uncle Wei Jun, starting from Yongzhou officials, Yongjia last official to Yangwei general, Pingyang Taishou. After the fall of Luoyang, he led his troops to camp in Shiliangwu in northern Luobei and swept the surrounding dock forts - "those who attached the thieves were first explained, saying that the Great Jin Dynasty was a primate, and the line had been established, and there were many people who returned to it", "Those who were far away from obeying their orders were sent to ask for it, obeyed it, and did not invade it", Liu Kun signed it as a fake Henan Yin. When Liu Yao heard the news, Liu Yan and Guo Mo came to the rescue, but they were all ambushed by Liu Yao, and Wei Jun was defeated and was captured and killed by Liu Yao. Wei Gai led the remnants of Wei Jun and obtained the Xun Domain as the general of Wuwei, so he formed an alliance with Li Ju and Guo Mo to reject the thieves.

A Liu Kun, a Xun Fan, regardless of background, only look at interests, wantonly reward officials, in fact, there is not much real gold content, Wei Gai naturally knows this, he, the general of Wuwei, is injected with water, and he can't raise his head in front of Pei Gai at all. Pei Gai was bent on wooing Wei Gai, but he was also embarrassed to say with a shy face that I respect your name or talent, so I can only admire Wei Jun's name - people are martyrs and martyrs after all, and they are worthy of my tears of admiration.

After a few words of greeting, he immediately inquired about Li Ju's news. Wei Gai said: "General Li has been invited by his ancestor Xuzhou to lead his division south to respond, and a certain town of Xingyang has been left to welcome Pei Gong, and Xuan should also follow him - since the death of his uncle, General Li has treated a certain person very well and can't bear to turn his back. As he spoke, he deliberately glanced at Guo Mo, who was standing beside Pei Gai.

Guo Mo turned his face away and pretended not to hear anything.

Pei Gai was calm and light on the surface, but he was actually quite depressed in his heart - he missed Li Shihui, and he was preempted by Zu Li.

But this is also to blame himself, he didn't have the idea of leading the army to gallop to the Central Plains, so he just pondered the idea of farming in Xuzhou to finance Zu Li's Northern Expedition, so he also deliberately searched for the memories of reading history in his previous life, and told Zu Li that Li Ju and Li Shihui under the command of Xun Fan were a talent, and Zu Jun could try to return with him...... What he thought at the time was that I wanted to get talents, but Li Ju was too far, farther than Shao Xu, I definitely couldn't get it, so it was better to give it to Zu Shizhi.

If I had known that there was today, I wouldn't have talked to Zu Yi if I killed him!

Thinking that Zu Ti listened to his words, he must have been in contact with Li Ju for a long time, so as soon as he entered Xingyang County, he sent someone to summon Li Ju, and Li Ju immediately dressed up and went to Yingyu, which was reasonable. It's a pity, although Guo "thinks about it", he missed Li Shihui, hunted a fox and walked a bear......

As for Wei Gai, he is also a character, but although Pei Gai wants to accept it, his heart is not very sincere - because this person has a short life span and there are not many deeds in the history books - so ah, if you want to get out, get out.

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Li Ju only left a small number of soldiers and horses to garrison Xingyang and Jingxian, and almost the whole division went south to welcome Zu Li, but Chen Wu of Junyi was different, he was afraid that Pei should wave his army to seize his city, so he let Zu Ti summon him, but he didn't move. It wasn't until he heard that Pei Cai's main force had left Xiao Huang and went north and went straight to Jishui, that he sent Feng Long, a general who was eager to fight, to lead 800 elite soldiers to meet Zu Ti - anyway, the meaning will come true.

Feng Long happily ordered his troops on the road, and before he left the gate of Junyi City, he heard someone calling behind him, turned his head and looked, and dared to love Chen Chite, the son of Chen Wu. Feng Long hurriedly dismounted and asked, "Why did Gongzi come?" "Is it that Chen Wusheng was afraid that Zu Ti would blame him, so he sent his son out to go south with him?

Chen Chite replied: "Daddy ordered me to send the general." ”

Feng Long was quite moved, and repeatedly made a left flank gesture: "General Duocheng values it, and he actually sent his son away, how dare he be restrained?" Immediately, Chen Chite poured three glasses of wine with his own hands, handed them to Feng Long, and wished him a victory and meritorious service under Zu Yuzhou. After Feng Long finished drinking, he persuaded Chen Chite to return to the city, so that he could continue on the road. Before Chen Chite left, he suddenly asked: "When I am young, there is something unclear, I don't know if I can ask the general?" ”..

Feng Long said, Childe, if you have any questions, just mention it.

Chen Chite said: "I don't know why Li Tou died in the past? ”

Feng Long blurted out: "It's Chen Chuan'......" and immediately reacted, cut off the conversation, but asked Chen Chite suspiciously: "Who made Gongzi ask this?" Chen Chite replied: "I think of it occasionally...... Don't doubt it. ”

After all, he is a child, and his acting skills are insufficient, which is obviously insincere. Feng Long immediately bowed down and said: "Please return to the general, a certain general is favored, and he refuses to carry it!" "Actually, I was thinking in my heart, what a special Chen Wu is suspicious of me...... If I make a mistake and turn back in the future, I may be poisoned by Chen Chuan! In fact, Li Tou was killed that day, Chen Wu may not have known about it in advance...... That's it, that's it, you're not kind, I'm unjust, if you have the opportunity, what if you just vote for Zuyuzhou!

Here Chen Chite "sent off" Feng Long to leave, but over there Chen Wu suddenly got a report, saying that Chen Chuan had come back and was waiting for him outside the city......