Huaisi Wubao because Pei Lin read out the Chen brothers' guilt and people's hearts were scattered, Chen Jian is a soldier, although he has not fought any big battles, hundreds of small battles have also been experienced several times, he immediately sadly realized: I am afraid that Wubao is difficult to defend anymore......

If he continues to resist stubbornly, and when the official army breaks the fort, it will inevitably be burned at that time, and he will end up with the same fate as his brother; So what about running away? If you think that the family business inherited for several generations is wiped out, and you can only wander around like a lost dog, struggling in the troubled times, I'm afraid it's even more tragic than dying in battle, right?! What should I do?

Chen Jian is indeed a "strong man", and he has the courage to break his wrist, especially when the situation does not allow him to consider it carefully, so he was forced to make up his mind: stay in the green mountains, not afraid of running out of firewood. ◢ Sui ◢ Dream ◢ Xiao ◢ lā The world is not unique to his Sima family, isn't there a Hu Han Kingdom now? I might as well go and take refuge in the Han Kingdom, and ask for reinforcements to come back, and then swallow my property, and you will have to wait a hundred times to repay it!

At this time, the teachings of the saints and the difference between Jin Rong and Jin Rong were all left behind, the first important thing was my life, the second important thing was the ancestral business of my Chen family, and the others were all floating clouds. Besides, the Jin people broke my house and killed my brother - if it weren't for your hard work, would I have been dizzy for a while and let go of that arrow? My brother was killed by you - this hatred is not shared, how can I be a Jin person again?!

So with several cronies, as well as the pregnant Chen concubine, he ran away and went all the way north, wanting to take refuge in Pingyang. As a result, when the genius was brightened, he found that an army had crossed Surabaya, and he saw the banner from a distance-ah, the words of daring to love Pei Lin were not lies, and there was really a Hu army to kill!

He ordered his cronies to protect Feng Shi and hide first, while he was brave enough to go and greet Hu Qi, who was a sentinel, saying that he was willing to be a guide. Hu Qi didn't say a word, he whipped him fiercely on the horseback, which made Chen Jian feel pain to the heart, fell to the ground and rolled, and then was tied up by ropes and escorted to the front of Zhi Qu Liu.

Chen Jian knelt in front of the horse and kowtowed, and asked him his name and origin, Chen Jian couldn't help but cry bitterly, and said: "The villain was originally the lord of Huaisiwu Fort, and was attacked by the Jin people to break through my dock, kill my brother and sister-in-law, and seize my property, so I came to the same place before, please ask the general to avenge the villain!" ”

Zhi Quliu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then smiled bitterly: "Can Mr. Pei really anticipate the enemy's opportunity?" actually captured Huaisiwu Fort first. The heart said that since this is the case, I should retreat quickly, but he asked more: "How many soldiers and horses are there in Huaiyin?" ”

Chen Jianyu reported: "The original 3,000 soldiers and 100 war horses, now the main force led by Zu Taishou to Pengcheng westward, only less than 1,000 people remained. ”

Zhi Quliu nodded slightly, and said in his heart that this is the case, the main force of the Jin army is not in Huaiyin, and there are less than a thousand people around Mr. Pei, so he wants to break through Huaisiwu Fort first, probably wanting to clear the wilderness and stop me from continuing to go south...... Ah, how similar is this to Zhuge Liang in Xicheng? Although I'm not Sima Yi, can I take this opportunity to attack the county seat and hit Mr. Pei off guard? Anyway, there are still six or seven days' food in the army, and I am not afraid of another day or two of delay here.

So he leaned down and asked Jian Chen: "Huaisi geography, are you familiar with it?" ”

Chen Jian replied: "The villain was born here, every hill and ravine, and even every grass and tree are all in the villain's chest, so he dares to come and ask for a guide." Then he glanced down at his chest: "The villain has drawn a map of Huaisi Township, and he is willing to offer it to the general." ”

As soon as Zhi Qu Liu's eyes appeared, a Hu pawn came to search for Chen Jian, and sure enough, he turned out a roll of paper and presented it to Zhi Qu Liu with both hands. Zhi Quliu unfolded it and looked at it a few times, well, yes, this map seems to be quite detailed.

So he turned over and dismounted, put the map on the land in front of Chen Jian, and squatted opposite Chen Jian, pointed to a few words on the side of the map with a horsewhip, and asked him, "Where is this?" ”

"It's Huaiyin County."

"So, this one is Huaishui, and this one is Surabaya?"

"Just as the general said."

"So here, when it is Rujiawu Fort, what is the situation now?"

Chen Jian couldn't stop crying again: "I'm afraid it's been burned down for the Jin army." ”

Zhi Qu Liuxin said no wonder, I said that when it was dawn, how could I see the fire from afar...... In this way, the Jin army is not far away! I couldn't help but feel refreshed, and then I carefully examined the map and observed the road from Huaisiwu Fort to Huaiyin County - "Where is this place?" ”

Chen Jian glanced at the location pointed by Ma Yuan, and immediately replied: "This place is called Jiang Jigang, and it is the only way to go to the county seat. The general is really talented, and at first sight, he knows that this is the best place to use soldiers......"

Zhi Qu Liuyi pouted: "Although it is convenient to use soldiers, it is convenient for the Jin people to use soldiers, but it is not convenient for our army." Then he seemed to be talking to himself: "If Mr. Pei is deployed here to contain my situation, the terrain is dangerous and narrow, and it is inconvenient for the war horse to gallop, I am afraid it will be difficult to conquer ......."

Chen Jian hurriedly interjected: "The villain knows a path, which can go around to the flank of Jiang Jigang, if the general makes the villain a guide, he will definitely be able to break the Jin Division!" ”

When Zhi Quliu heard this, his eyes lit up.

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From Huaiyin County to the southwest, the straight-line distance is only five miles away, is the intersection of Huai and Si two waters, to the west is Huaisi Township, to the south is Jiangji Township, Jiangji Gang is in Jiangji Township, about three miles away from the south bank of the Huai River, Pei Cai galloped slowly, and arrived in less than two quarters of an hour.

The second battalion of "Fierce Wind" and "Robbery Fire" had already set up a position in Jiangjigang, and when they heard that Pei should be coming, Liu Yetang, Zhen Sui and several team leaders hurriedly greeted him and saluted. Pei should get off the horse and ask Liu Yetang: "How far is the thief?" Can it mean to cross Huai? ”

Liu Yetang replied: "The sentry has come to report that the enemy cavalry has entered Huaisiwu Fort, and may want to loot materials, grain, and ......" Zhen Sui pouted and interjected: "Old ...... I burned the Birddock Fort, what else can they pick up? ”

The scale of Huaisiwu Fort is quite large, with about 500 permanent residents, and each family has a certain amount of floating wealth and grain storage, and it must be unclean to loot just by spending a night on a thousand county soldiers. But after Zhen Sui set fire to the dock, even if there were goods that slipped through the net, they must have been buried under the rubble, how could they be easily dug out?

Liu Yetang glanced at Zhen Sui, and then continued to report to Pei Gai: "...... Or maybe it's just a morning meal. If the enemy cavalry has the intention of covering the county seat, it will cross the Huai before noon and arrive at Jiangjigang between noon and noon. ”

Pei Cai nodded, and then asked: "Our army is only 800 people now, and it is rumored that Hu is around 2,000, can Qing have a chance of winning?" ”

Liu Yetang smiled: "Before Zu Taishou left, he asked the envoy to line up at Jiang Jigang once he encountered the enemy, so as to frustrate his edge, and it was precisely because of the geographical advantage here...... "Headed by Zhen Sui, now the army is used to calling Pei Gai "Governor", but Liu Yetang is different from them after all, he is a serious state guard with the title, so he is called "Governor" behind his back, and he still calls Pei Gai "Envoy" in person. He then stretched out his hand and pointed: "Envoy, please see—"

As the Huaishui section of the boundary between Huaisi and Jiangji Township, it is nearly fifty miles long, and many places in spring flow slowly and shallowly, and can be crossed by horseback, and Huaiyin has only built a coastal flint on the easternmost side of Huaisi Township, so it is difficult to blockade it. Moreover, the width of this section of Huaishui was often only sixty or seventy paces, and the archers could easily shoot from the north shore to the south bank, so it was impossible to rely on a few small cruisers to stop Hu from crossing south. It was for these reasons that Zu Ti suggested that Jiang Jigang should be deployed instead of lining up by water.

From the south bank of Huaishui to Jiangjigang, it is about three miles away, all of which are smooth roads, and if you want to ride on foot in this area, it is a self-defeating road. But when it came to Jiangjigang, it was different, with Gaofu on one side and dense forests on the other, and the road zigzags through it, which was not convenient for the cavalry to gallop vertically and horizontally.

According to Liu Yetang, he will defend with spearmen and horses, and archers will respond in the rear, because the terrain is narrow, and the enemy army can only charge at most 100 horsemen at the same time, which can definitely be resisted. If the other party is too reckless, and your own side also bumps into great luck, maybe you may even reap great damage.

"Hu people are skilled in riding and shooting, as long as their speed is limited, it is not difficult to break—and the riding bow cannot reach far, nor is it as good as our foot bow. As for the thieves, they can also fight on foot, but as long as they advance and retreat correctly, it will be difficult to break through my front. The only thing I fear is the ear of the Xianbei lance cavalry......"

Pei Gai glanced at Liu Yetang, and said in his heart, have you really dealt with all the nationalities? At that moment, he raised his bamboo cane and pointed to the south: "What if they attack me after a detour?" ”

Liu Yetang said with a smile: "Let you relax, don't worry about it......"

Even with the guidance of a clever guide, the cavalry zigzagged through the lakes and swamps, and if they wanted to copy the back road of Jiangjigang, they had to walk nearly a hundred miles first—then they would have to walk for at least a whole day. Liu Yetang said that I had already arranged for my subordinates to lurk in the area of Poputang, no matter whether the enemy made a detour with the whole army or divided the troops to raid, we would be able to get the information in advance. At that time, it is a big deal to give up the position of Jiang Jigang and retreat to Huaiyin County, so that there will not be any danger.

How far can an army go in a day? Ordinary people travel at a constant speed, about five to six kilometers per hour, and if you calculate it in eight hours during the day, you can walk about forty-five kilometers, which is about 100 miles in the Jin Dynasty. However, when the army marched in formation, it was necessary to maintain a certain formation, and it was necessary to drag a large number of heavy supplies, and the speed must be greatly discounted. Besides, you always have to set aside time for rest, eating, defecating, and camping - the army can be attacked at any time, and the soldiers must maintain a certain amount of physical strength, and it is impossible to walk for a long time, otherwise once they are caught by the police, the big guys' legs will be weak, and they will not be able to rush, and they will not be able to rush, and then they will definitely lose?

The French army in Napoleon's time was famous in Europe for being good at marching fast, and the general marching speed was about 20 kilometers a day, but it must be taken into account that there were more heavy weapons in those years, which slowed down the march to a certain extent - the French army was famous for being good at artillery. In the army of the cold weapon era, there were few marches with a large number of siege equipment, and they were generally killed under the city, and then temporarily cut down trees to build, so the marching speed could be relatively fast, and it was only thirty kilometers a day to die, which was equivalent to sixty or seventy jinli.

Of course, if you encounter too much baggage, or low organization, you can either march like Wang Yan and walk the rest of the army, and you can walk thirty Jin miles a day.

Therefore, it is also necessary to consider the condition of the road, as well as the ability of the generals to command. Cao Wei's famous general Xiahou Yuan was good at running on the road, and there was a song in the army at that time that said: "Xiahou Yuan, the captain of the military academy, five hundred in three days, one thousand in six days." That is to say, if you travel more than 150 miles a day, even if there is exaggeration and moisture, you should barely be able to reach the speed of 100 miles a day on the Great Plain of Kansai. It's just that the generals and the army under their command are rare in all dynasties, otherwise Xiahou Miaocai would not have enjoyed the name alone.

If it is a pure cavalry unit, or even one person, two horses or even many horses, it can be transferred, and the marching speed will of course be relatively fast, but it is generally difficult to reach a hundred miles a day. This is because war horses are actually more delicate than soldiers, and even if they maintain a slow gallop state, they cannot last, otherwise they will inevitably lose weight, and when they are in battle, it will be difficult to exert their power.

Therefore, Liu Yetang predicted that if the Hu army made a detour, it would definitely not be able to reach the south of Jiangjigang today, and it was a big deal that our army would escape at night, and it would not be so easy to be bitten by the enemy's tail. Besides, the ground around the pond was soft and swampy, and the cavalry walked only slower than the infantry, and I am afraid that they might not be able to catch up with it all day tomorrow.

This is also the reason why Zhi Quliu led the cavalry troops to chase a group of ordinary people, and even chased for so many days with only a few bites on his tail - anyway, Xuzhou is also an enemy territory, and he does not dare to gallop boldly. He is not Cao Cao in Changsaka, "light cavalry traveled more than 300 miles in one day and one night" (there must be some exaggeration), that is in a hurry to take Liu Bei, regardless of the loss, so Zhuge Liang also said, "Therefore, the art of war is taboo, and it is said that 'the general must be killed'".

"And the enemy is far away, there will not be much food, and if the Huai Siwu Fort is destroyed and there is no help, then if you take a detour, I am afraid that you will go under the county, and the grain will be exhausted, and it will not be difficult to break." If you ride someone right away, how much more food can you carry? If you carry a baggage cart, you will march at the same speed as an ordinary infantry army. After all, there are three horses in one person and three horses in these years, and when you sleep with your eyes closed, you can still run, and the demonic army of Mongolian cowardice Xue who can maintain physical strength by drinking a little mare's milk has not yet been born, besides, if you put the Mongols in the hinterland of the Central Plains, he can't run so fast due to the influence of the terrain.

Liu Yetang explained in detail, and the more Pei Gai listened, the more relieved he became, and patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "In this case, I will watch Qing break the thief." "He said that I am not good at commanding in battle, since Zu Shizhi recommended you to me, then I will hand over all the responsibility of command to your shoulders, and you will not be restrained, you can act boldly. Liu Yetang bowed down and thanked him, and then said: "Please make the envoy stay behind the formation for the time being, and watch me defeat the enemy." ”

Pei Gai smiled: "Although I don't generalize, I can't retreat to the back of the battle - the lord of a state, if he is cowardly, then the soldiers have the will to fight?" "Now there is no need to play the role of a gentleman, and on the contrary, even if Pei Gai is not yet a qualified commander, he must show his fearless courage in front of the soldiers.

He stretched out his hand and pointed to the back of the spear array: "That is, I will stand my big silk and umbrella cover here, I will not retreat, and the army will not retreat, if there is anyone who retreats behind me in the front formation, military law will be engaged!" ”