In fact, Pei should have been mentally prepared for Sima Bao to probably send troops eastward, taking advantage of the opportunity of Pei Gai to compete with the four counties of Yongxi, seeking to expand his territory, and even attack Chang'an. But even so, when the news came, he couldn't help but be indignant-

When Suo Qi was in Chang'an, you didn't dare to go east, so you just talked to Koji Yun for a while, but I only held Chang'an for a few months, and you sent troops to attack? You must be looking down on me too much!

Of course, he also knows very well that the current situation is like the Yangtze River, with ups and downs, the water potential is invisible, and there are thousands of changes, even if it was yesterday, there is a difference between it and today, and it is impossible to make such a simple analogy. Thinking that Suo Qi was stubbornly guarding Chang'an, a soldier did not dare to go out without permission, and the Qinzhou where Sima Bao was based was also a plate of scattered sand, and Bayi was ready to move in the south, and he was able to set up troops to cut off Longdao, and it had already taken a lot of effort. Of course, the most important thing is that if Liu Yao, Chen Bing, Feng Yi, and Beidi, Sima Bao seize the government of Chang'an, he will have to face Hu Kou, how can he have the guts?

And now that Liu Yao has fled, Bayi has completely occupied Liangzhou, and it takes time to digest it, and it is difficult to continue the northern invasion for a while, and it is said that Qinzhou has also suppressed several rebellions internally, which may be the time when Sima Bao is the weakest and his own strength is the strongest. In addition, he left Chang'an and went to conquer the four counties, perhaps this was like pouring a scoop of oil on the fire of Sima Bao's blazing ambition.

Besides, in the past, if he went east, he would also have to prevent Koji Yun from coming to help, and the counties and national parties in Yongzhou would be the same as Koji and Koji. Now it is different, he is fighting against Zhu Hui and others, so once the Qinzhou army comes east, Yongxi County will definitely stand on Sima Bao's side.

It's just that although Pei Gai had foresight, he didn't expect Qinzhou soldiers to come so quickly! In the original assumption, Sima Bao had a fifty percent chance of giving up the opportunity and still cowering, and a fifty percent chance of sending troops into Anding to rescue Jiao Song in the name of assisting Lu Shuihu - so Pei should send You Yao to contact Di, Qiang, and Xianbei to weaken Sima Bao's momentum. Why did he send troops from the south province? The news that he took Shiping and forced Yixian County by himself should theoretically not be able to reach Shangqi.

Pei Gai couldn't help but slam the table case hard, and scolded himself: "Damn, this guy is clearly coming to Chang'an!" ”

It must have been Jiao Song's distress letter to Shangqi, and Sima Bao mistakenly thought that he would definitely attack Xinping and Anding—and it made sense, because those two counties had the strongest troops—that Chang'an was empty, so he hurriedly sent troops to the east along Weishui. is really the so-called "crooked hit", he didn't save Jiao Song, but he inadvertently wanted to save Zhu Shuang......

Pei should carefully check the map, and silently calculate the time in his heart. From Luoyang to Chang'an, more than 500 miles, almost a horse Pingchuan, the Weinan road is slightly rugged, plus the time for Pei Kai to send an envoy to report the message, the fastest three days, the Qinzhou army will arrive near Yixian. First of all, no matter whether they continue to march eastward and attack Chang'an, or turn their heads to rescue Yixian, it is impossible for Pei to stay still under the city.

So he wrote a military order and sent someone to rush to Pei Kai in the rain, asking him not to contact the enemy - just a few people like him, contact is death - retreat to martial arts and gather troops to garrison. When the time comes, Pei Gai must also retreat to Wugong, and strive to use these troops and a battalion of more than 2,000 people to block the Qinzhou army under Wugong City. As for whether to transfer Pei Wei and them back to flank the Qinzhou army, or continue to attack Meiyang City, it will be decided depending on the situation.

Thinking about it carefully, Sima Bao's brazen dispatch of troops may not be beneficial to himself. In the past, there was no good excuse to attack Qinzhou - just in the name of crusading against Ko Yun, I am afraid it was not enough, so Pei Gai ruled for several months, and did not send people to Shangqi to ask Sima Bao to hand over Koji Zhongke - in this way, the name of righteousness will be there, and when you want to crusade against Sima Bao, you can ask for an order to send troops. It's just, do you do it step by step? Although our army is brave, after all, the number is limited, and it is difficult to part ways to meet the enemy, no matter how big the mouth is, no matter how open the appetite, it is impossible to swallow a cow in one bite, right?

After the military order was delivered, Pei Gai stood at the door of the tent with his hands behind his back, staring at the growing autumn rain, and repeatedly planning in his heart. Now that the ferries in Hexi have set up checkpoints, built barriers, and have been restrained by ancestors, Liu Cang should not dare to attack rashly, and if Liu Yao does not pacify the Void Division first, he will not be able to kill back in a big way, at most he will harass on the border.

It's just that there aren't many pawns available under Tao Shixing, only two battalions of "Lifeng", plus some newly attached pawns, seven or eight thousand people are up to the sky...... When you can wait for the autumn grain, count it in detail, if there is a surplus, it is time to explode the army again, at least the remaining Koji Yun and Suo Qi troops will be trained first. But most of them are old and weak, and there are a lot of soldiers, Pei should be in the past, except for Li Yi and Luo Yao, the rest have been cut off more than seventy percent, and arranged to repair the city fortifications and water conservancy facilities in Fengyi and Jingzhao counties for reclamation in the coming year; can be trained, and barely enough to apply is only four or five thousand.

The key is that the population of Yongzhou is too small, because of repeated soldiers, most of them were scattered to Qinzhou and Liangzhou and even Liangzhou, especially Fengyi and Jingzhao counties are the most dilapidated. Although the Chinese peasants were relocated in peace, once they were lost, they had to return to their hometowns overnight – the Ba Yi was able to coerce the displaced people from Guanzhong and Liangzhou to seize the land of Shu. Although once Pei Gai settles down on Quanyong and stabilizes the situation, he should be able to form enough suction for the diaspora, but with the speed of information transmission in these years, it will take two or three years before Tai and a half return.

Zu Shizhi roughly re-established the ruling order in the three prefectures of Si, Yan and Henan, and it took three days to send troops to Jiangbei to pull people in order to make some people willing to return to their hometowns. The main reason is that the poor are different from the rich, even if they want to return to their hometowns to cultivate and weave, they must have enough plate money, as well as the food and seeds harvested until the next season, before they dare to move.

Rainy days always make people feel uncomfortable, and Pei Gai is more and more depressed because of this. However, he also tried his best to adjust his mind, forcing himself to think more about the good aspects - the burden on his shoulders was too heavy, and if he was depressed, the generals and tens of thousands of soldiers under his command would be affected. What's so good about it? Sima Bao took the initiative to give me a handle, and there is ...... The scope of this rain should not be small, maybe it can delay the eastward advance of the Qinzhou soldiers and let them come to Yixian a little later, right?

It's a pity that God always has to be against people, Pei Cai just thought of this, and watched the dark clouds disperse, and the rain gradually thinned. Looking down at the ground, it is still full of mud and stagnant water, it can't be solved today, I hope that tomorrow the sun is shining, and the road can be slightly easier, so whether you resist Zhu Shuang's attack, or successfully retreat to martial arts, it will be more convenient...... Let's not consider the Qinzhou soldiers for now, anyway, they still have two or three days to reach the nearby area.

Who wants it to be a cloudy day the next day, although there is no rain, the air is still very humid, and the ground is still muddy. Pei Gai was feeling bored, and suddenly the school came to report: "Yixian has opened the east gate!" ”

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This rain covered a large area, half of the Fufeng country and the Shiping country were affected by it, when the rain, Pei Wei led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses just set up camp - in order to avoid people's eyes, they left the city of Yixian when it was dark, but the soldiers could not all be accustomed to night walking, so they set up camp and rested less than twenty miles east.

When I got up the next day, the rain was still raining and the road was muddy. Pei Wei was worried about this, and convened the generals to discuss, Xie Feng said: "This battle is urgent, and it can't be slowed down, in this case, when the elite is selected first, at least Zhu Hui can be tied up in Meiyang City, so that he does not dare to covet Chang'an. ”

Zhen Sui took the opportunity to stand up and ask for an order, so Pei Wei appointed him as the vanguard commander, Xie Feng as the deputy general, and selected 2,000 strong foot soldiers from each battalion to take the lead - seventy percent of them were "fire robbery battalion" soldiers. Zhen Sui was elated, dressed in a robe, and stepped on the muddy water on the road, but it was not until the evening of the same day that he gradually approached Meiyang City—half a day later than originally planned.

According to Xie Feng's plan, the forward went straight to the city of Meiyang, and then put up multiple banners, pretending to be an army to attack, which made Zhu Hui puzzled and did not dare to divide his troops to attack Chang'an. However, Zhen Suilin promised well before sending out the troops, and when he approached Meiyang City, he called Xie Feng over and said: "I want to attack the city directly, what do you want?" ”

Xie Feng was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly dissuaded: "Zhu Hui is known to be able to fight, and there are more than 5,000 generals in the city, I wait for these soldiers and horses, and I am tired from afar, how can I win?" ”

Zhen Sui pouted and said: "Zhu Hui can fight, it's all what you say, but the master doesn't believe it - if he can really fight and dare to fight, why didn't he send troops to reinforce Dali in the past, and let us fight Hu Kou alone?" You said the day before yesterday that it is better for the lord to attack the city than to fight in the field, so today I will attack the city and show you! ”

Xie Feng repeatedly dissuaded, Zhen Sui just didn't listen, and ordered to tie up all the banners that were prepared, don't show them casually, let's just 2,000 people, all the way to Meiyang City in the rain to camp, and we will attack the city early tomorrow morning.

Xie Feng had no choice but to agree for the time being. In his mind, now that the rain is quite heavy and the sky is about to get dark, it is estimated that even if our army hits the city wall headlong, Zhu Hui will not dare to rashly go out of the city to attack under the premise that the enemy situation is unknown. Then set up camp and rest for the night, and wait for tomorrow day...... Maybe the rain will stop, and the reckless man's head will be sober, and then he can stick to the camp and wait for Pei Changshi to lead the army to join.

So what if Zhen Sui's head is still dizzy tomorrow? Anyway, I want to attack the city and let him attack it, but I only restrain the headquarters and do not move - I will follow him to hit the wall when he is sick!

Zhen Sui has always shown himself as a brute and brave, so Xie Feng still thought that his head was really damaged by the rain, and dared to take 2,000 people to attack the city, in fact, Zhen Manzi was sober, he had other plans......