Beigong Chun was ordered to ambush at the southern foot of Shangyan, he once surrendered to Hu, and the deputy general Liu Guang himself was a Hu person, and most of them knew something about the enemy generals, so they gathered together to discuss and said: "Liu Yue, the forward of the Hu army, Liu Yao is also a younger brother, and his people are very brave, and they often rush to kill in front of the four-foot knife formation; However, he was quite arrogant in temperament, and was accustomed to plundering, and refused to restrain his soldiers. ◢ With ◢ dream ◢ small ◢.lā now out of the valley into the original place, there are two or three villages, the people have not run away, or there is accumulation, then Liu Yue will go to rob. I took the opportunity to attack quickly, and I could win. ”

So more than 1,000 "Liangzhou horses" roared straight towards Liu Yue. Sure enough, as expected by the second general, Liu Yue was worried that the army would not have enough food and grass, coupled with his fierce and arrogant nature, so he sent many small troops to the nearby villages to loot. Beigong Chun first slaughtered a team of more than 100 people to grab grain, and ordered Liu Guang to tie up the old and weak women and children in the village and escort Da Li.

The cavalry of the "Qiji Battalion" came too fast, causing Liu Yuesa to send out the patrol post to fail to come back in time to report the news, he had just ordered the army to be listed as a formation to receive the enemy, and the military order probably had not been conveyed to each squad, and the enemy cavalry had already arrived in front of him. Liu Yue drew his sword to defend against the enemy, but when he saw several flags painted with white horses on a red background, the two big characters "Beigong" were faintly revealed, and he couldn't help but lose color and said: "Could it be that Beigong is pure here?!" ”

In the suburbs of Luoyang and near Chang'an, he had twice suffered the loss of the Liangzhou cavalry of Beigong Chun's department, and since Beigong Chun surrendered to Hu, he also sighed that there was no chance to take revenge. Not long ago, I heard that Beigong Chun returned to Jin, Liu Yue also patted his chest and let go of the big words, saying: "It is necessary to capture this repeated villain in front of the battle, and a thousand knives will be cut to eliminate the hatred in his heart!" But now that I meet him head-on, I can't help but have my heart beating wildly.

If he occupies the favorable terrain and arranges the array in advance, Liu Yue is confident that he will face the "Liangzhou Horse" in the face, but this time the incident started in a hurry, Beigong Chun almost stabbed him in the soft underbelly, and Liu Yue immediately judged: This victory is slim......

Liangzhou area Qiang, Hu mixed dwelling, and through the Western Regions, has always been out of the fine cavalry, since the end of the Han Dynasty, the spear cavalry is famous all over the world - at the beginning of the Guanzhong generals Han Sui, Ma Chao as the head, set off the anti-flag, even Cao Cao was forced to personally lead the army to attack, several defeats on the Weishui, all by making the discord plan to defeat it. Although the Liangzhou cavalry is ordinary, it is not a light cavalry in the real sense, they can shoot the enemy with a strong bow from afar, and they can break the formation with a spear at a distance, and when it comes to the combat effectiveness of the open ground, I am afraid that the world is second only to Tuoba Xianbei - even the Tu Ge headquarters may not be able to match it - although Liu Yue's department is also the elite of the Hu army, and the number is far greater than the "Qiji battalion", but in a hurry, how can it be good to go?

The battle ended in just half an hour, the Hu army was defeated, and his cronies fled with Liu Yue in the desert. Beigong Chun pursued until the end of the plain, and then Ming Jin triumphed. Liu Yue fled back to Haoyang and came to ask Liu Cang for guilt, Liu Cang has always doted on him, and he didn't blame him deeply, but said: "I thought that Beigong was purely owned by Zu Li, and I didn't want to fall into the hands of Pei Gai...... and then smiled: "The reason why Liangzhou was given to me this day?" If this person can be born and included in his command, it will not be difficult to calm Liangzhou in the future. ”

In fact, Liu Cang did not dare to slack off at all, and turned his face to ask the generals, saying that who else dared to replace Liu Yue as a pioneer and lead his troops to the plains to collide with the "Liangzhou Horse"?

Liu Yao also has his brothers Liu Yin, Liu Shu, and Liu Xian, all of whom were awarded the title of general, and they are his right-hand men, Liu Yin immediately stood up and asked for his life, saying: "Although the Liangzhou cavalry is brave, there are only a thousand people left, as long as the march is cautious, all the way is vigilant, and not attacked, how can there be a reason for defeat?" The last general is willing to unify the 7,000 departments, arrive at the city of Dali first, and take Pei's head to offer the king. ”

Liu Yao shook his head: "What Qing said before is sincere...... "You said that as long as your vigilance is high enough not to be attacked by the Liangzhou cavalry, you can be safe, this is right, but-" Naiyun took Pei's head, and he was still a light enemy. I have warned many times that Pei Gai is probably not comparable to Lu Yun and others, that is, he is not as good as Jia Yandu, and he is not under Suoqi—and his soldiers and horses are majestic, and they are even more powerful than the defenders of Chang'an. The task of the vanguard, in order to occupy the plains first and force the Jin people to retreat to Da Li'er, who wants Qing to kill Pei Gai? In the army of 10,000 horses, how can you kill it after the strong wall? If I have this ability, why should I be frustrated in Haoyang and wait for the grain to arrive, so as to prepare for a long-term fierce war? I had already ordered Qing and others to attack Dali, and I went around to Weibei and threatened Chang'an......"

Therefore, Liu Yin, you can't go - he was about to appoint Liu Shu or Liu Xian as the vanguard, and Changshi Cao Sui stood up and said: "Wen Pei should have been in Xufang Tunken, and ordered the Northern Expedition for Sima Rui, I am afraid that he will take the opportunity to seize his Xuzhou foundation." Now that he has entered the customs, he does not live in Chang'an, but he is against the two counties in the north, and he will also be squeezed out by Suo Qi and Ko Yun. Our army is large, Xuzhou is only twenty or thirty thousand people, the soldiers have been away for many years, they must miss their hometown, and I am afraid that Pei should also be in a dilemma. I am willing to go and persuade him, even if he cannot be made to defect and surrender, but I can also ask him to retreat outside the border, and the king promises not to chase him, or he may have a chance of winning. ”

Liu Yao groaned for a while, and bowed his head slightly: "Qingyan is also...... However, this matter is in danger, and Qing cannot go. One pointed to Liang Xu, who joined the army: "Qing and Pei should be in the same county, you can talk about it." ”

This Liang Xu is also a member of the Liang clan in Xie County, and his seniority is higher than that of Liang Zong's brothers, he voted for Hu six years ago - Liu Yuan was not dead at that time - because he was smart and eloquent, and he was good at writing, so he was cited by Liu Yao as a confidant.

Henchmen are confidants, but henchmen are also divided into grades, Cao Sui and Liu Yao met in the end of the micro, and they also followed Liu Yao to North Korea to avoid trouble, the relationship between the two is like Liu Xiuzhi and Yan Guang, Liang Xu must not be compared. So Cao Sui came up with the idea, and in the end it was Liang Xu who took the risk to carry it out.

Liang Xu had no choice but to accept the order, take Feng Liu Yao's handwritten letter, and leave Haoyang City under the escort of dozens of cavalry, and go south. Sure enough, as soon as he stepped into the plain area, he was blocked by the "Qiji Battalion" pawns, but the practice of "the two countries compete, don't kill to make it" - if you want to kill, it will not be the turn of the generals and small soldiers to kill - so Beigong Chun sent someone to escort Liang Xu and sent him to Dalicheng.

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In Dali City, Pei Gai was so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground, and he couldn't close his eyes properly for three consecutive days. The reason why he ordered Lu Yan to empty the treasury of Haoyang - in fact, he also let Gao Le empty the Xiayang grain storage, but Gao Le had no chance to execute it at all - and made Beigong Chun lead the cavalry to wander outside, and he also knew that this could not stop the main force of the Hu army, but he just wanted to delay a little time, so that it would be convenient for him to consolidate the city defense of Dali.

In Dali City, now it is a mess, in addition to the return of various soldiers and horses, as well as the thousands of residents in the original city, thousands of people have moved in from Haoyang and nearby villages at once. At first, Pei Cai planned to leave the young and strong as labor, protect the city defense, and drive all the old and weak women and children to the south of Weishui, which was both worry-free and economical to save food, but was categorically stopped by Pei Wei.

Pei Wei reminded: "The people's return to Dali is because they think that Wenyue can control Huye, if they drive it to the south, people's hearts will inevitably be shaken, and Yu Wenyue's reputation will be greatly damaged." and stay in the city to garrison, if the parents, wives and children are there, they are willing to fight to protect their relatives; If parents, wives and children are not there, who are they guarding the city? How else can it be used? There is grain in the city, temporarily served, and has been sent to the ancestor of Sizhou, when I must collect the grain of Henan and Hongnong to help me, why should I expel the people? ”

Pei Gai frowned and said: "Even if I am not afraid that they will consume military food uselessly, I am also afraid that the old and weak will be weak, and when the enemy comes, it will shake the morale of the army, and there will be a mistake in defending the city......"

Pei Wei smiled: "The soldiers and civilians of the city are guarding the city, can they work together to resist the Kou, and whether the guards will be able to rule the law." The "Mozi City Guard" written silently to me before the text covenant was written, and there were strategies to restrain the people and jointly defend and secure, so that rumors could not arise and the enemy could not enter. If the text is complicated and cannot be restrained, this responsibility will be handed over to a certain person. ”

Pei should say okay, then it will all depend on his uncle. So the civil affairs in Dali City were entrusted to Pei Wei; As for repairing the city defense and arranging soldiers to guard it, Tao Kan was in charge. As for Pei Gai himself, he stayed in the artisan camp all day long, studying various city defense equipment with Xu Yu, and when Hu envoy came, the tribe found Pei Gai in the artisan camp and spread the news to him.

Pei should immediately rush to the government office to meet Liang Xu. Liang Xu presented Liu Yao's letter, Pei should open it and take a look, the content is nothing more than showing off the strength of his army, intimidating Pei should not use his mantis arm as a car, and at the end he also said: "Jinqing led Xu Fang's soldiers, came to Guanzhong to rebel against the king's division, and went on an expedition of thousands of miles, the soldiers must want to return, and the army that wants to return may not be available." If Qing wants to go, I won't stop it, but I can immediately stop the labor of military service and homesickness, and return to Xu Fang with my whole body, isn't it good? ”

Pei Gai couldn't help but secretly praise that Liu Yao is really a character, and this sentence can be regarded as a weakness of mine.

The problem of homesickness does exist in Xuzhou. At the beginning of the Northern Expedition, Pei should use national righteousness to inspire them, and tempt them with meritorious service awards, so that he could pull this army to Zhongzhou in one go. However, it was originally said that Hu Kou would be expelled, the old capital should be restored, and the mountains and tombs should be swept away; When he arrived in Henan, he said that he would enter the customs to protect the Son of Heaven, and the generals had no objection to this. But Chang'an does not live, the Son of Heaven does not guard, but he ran to the front line of Weibei in one breath, what is this going on? It is impossible for the soldiers to discuss this without doubts and in private.

If it's just a solid garrison in the two counties of Weibei, it's okay - anyway, all the way forward, after the victory, there will be wine and meat rewards, and the big guys won't think too much - but it is reported that the Hu army is 100,000 surging south, and their own foothold is not stable, and they are forced to shrink all lines and stick to Dali, so what are the chances of winning this battle? And even if you can win, how long will it take?

The battalions are in the army, the problem is not too big, they are professional soldiers who are almost completely out of production, even if they are thousands of miles, they can follow the governor all the way to kill - it is the norm for soldiers to wait for a few years and not return home; There is no problem with the surrendered Hu pawns and the soldiers in Henan and Guannei. But the nearly 10,000 auxiliary soldiers, who are not out of production at all, are thinking that spring is coming, it is time to plow the fields and plant, we will not go back, there are more old and weak women and children left in Xuzhou, can they get so many fields? Once the harvest fails, what to eat next year? What will be the end of this battle?

Before Pei Gai plunged into the artisan camp, he was busy inspecting the camps for several days, improving morale and respites the homesickness of the soldiers. Fortunately, he still has a certain ability to grasp the hearts of the people, and his prestige in the army is high enough, and the soldiers are quite happy to listen to the governor's speech. Moreover, for soldiers from different backgrounds, Pei should prescribe the right medicine, and the focus of the preaching is not the same because of the psychology of the counterpart. Zhengbing said, as long as Lu He is an example, saying that he used 2,000 people to fight tens of thousands of Hu troops, and now we have 20,000 people, can't we still defeat these 100,000 Hu troops? What is there to fear?

- Anyway, whether Liu Yi's soldiers can be compared with Liu Yao's, the command ability and the quality of the generals on both sides are higher or lower, so the ordinary soldiers can't tell the difference, so Pei should deceive and brag.

For the soldiers, especially Hu Bing, Pei Gai said to them: "I heard that Liu Cang hates you and others very much, since Yun Zi Xingbing, he has never surrendered to the Jin Dynasty without Hu, but he wants to be a family of Ru and others, only Pingyang is infighting, and the situation is unstable, so he will stop for the time being." If you break the thief from me now, you will be killed back to Pingyang in the future, and you will be able to reunite with your wife and children; If our army is defeated and the thief is stable, I am afraid that you and others will not be able to return to their parents. And if you refuse to serve before the battle, I will kill them, and you will not be allowed to wait for Hu! ”

It happened that Liu Guang was escorting the people back, so he asked him to show up and help him. Liu Guang is not an unknown person, he has been demoted, if he wants to turn back, unless he beheads Pei Gai, or makes an equal amount of meritorious service, Liu Dan will never spare this former adopted son. However, in the Jin army, unless Liu Guang is willing to die with Pei Cai, how can he succeed? Not to mention retreating. Therefore, Liu Guang basically has no way out, and based on the habitual mentality of human beings, he doesn't want his peers to have any way out......

For the auxiliary army, on the one hand, some of them will be upgraded to the regular army, so that they do not have to go back to farming, they can seek food in the army, and they still have the opportunity to climb up; On the other hand, Pei Gai instigated them and said: "Most of you and others are from the Central Plains, and they have been displaced to Jiangbei because of indiscriminity, and they have been harvested by me, but the land and climate of Huainan are not used to them, and how much effort did you spend on farming that day?" If you can defeat the thief from me, the Central Plains can be safe, and you and others can also return to their hometown with their families. Where the ancestral tomb is, are you willing to give it up? ”

After all, the so-called Xuzhou army is actually a hodgepodgepodge, everyone has it, the real Xuzhou people, especially the Huainan people, only account for a small proportion, Pei should return to his hometown, and can be given fields as bait - the land of Si, Yan, and Yu, I will go to ask Zu Ti for it, Qing, Hebei and other places, you wait for me to personally fight down in the future - temporarily suppressed the hidden danger of unstable military morale.

The main thing is that this Northern Expedition was basically smooth sailing, and it was only a short period of more than four months, and the joy of victory easily overwhelmed the resentment of Jiushu. Therefore, there is homesickness in the Xuzhou army, but it was not serious before, and it can be said that it has basically been solved at this time - no matter how Liu Yao opens his eyes on the other side, he may not be able to understand it.

But Pei Gaizhan looked at Liu Yao's letter and said in his heart, is this an opportunity? Can I pretend to be a soldier, show the enemy weakness again, and wait for Liu Yao to drill the next trap?