Liu Ji led his troops south to see the movement of Dalicheng. Dali originally had more than 1,000 defenders, and later Pei Caixing Wen Chang'an, ordered the 7,000 soldiers and horses in training to be transferred north, and when these soldiers entered the city, he led the Qu battalion north to aid Tao Kan. After resting for three days in Dali, the 7,000 Jin army also left the city and headed north, because at this time there was no news that Pei and Tao's troops had been defeated and retreated to Haoyang.

Liu Ji met this Jin army head-on, lined up to attack it, the Jin army had no general to command, the command was not effective, a battle to the north, leaving more than 100 corpses, and then hurriedly retracted back into the city of Dali. Liu Ji chased to the bottom of the city, and saw that the city defense was very strong, and did not dare to attack - the attack on Xiayang a few days ago made him depressed, and it was difficult to regain confidence and courage in the short term to attack the fortified city - so he turned east and went to take the ferry near Pujin.

There are also six or seven hundred Jin troops stationed at the ferry, and they are guarded by the base. Liu Ji attacked for two days in a row, and was about to be trapped, and suddenly Liu Cang sent an order from the general, ordering him to stop the attack - leave the ferry to the Jin people for the time being. Liu Ji had no choice but to withdraw from the siege and retreat, so he plundered the Jin villages between Dali and Pujin.

The agriculture in the surrounding areas of Dalicheng is relatively developed, and the number of yeoman farmers is more than that in the north. Therefore, Liu Ji razed four villages one after another, killed and plundered more than 1,000 Jin people, and robbed thousands of grains and grass, which was used as a small supplement. But then Zhen Sui and Chen An led the army to leave Dali and came to discuss and confront Liu Ji head-on.

Chen An asked Zhen Suidao: "Our army is six or seven thousand, which is comparable to Hu Shi, but Hu's cavalry is more than twice as large as mine, and there is no danger to defend on the plain, so this battle is not easy." What is the general's plan? ”

Zhen Sui said with a smile: "Fighting after the battle, or taking danger as a defense, but it is also an ordinary thing for a mediocre general." Only on the plains, facing strong enemies, taking the lead, and driving straight in, can we see that we are different from them, and we can be the heroes of the moment! "What does he mean, what kind of formation, what kind of plan? Isn't it over if we just kill it?

The key is that Liu Ji is big, because he fought with the Jin army that came out of Dali City before and won easily, so he didn't take the Jin people in his eyes. In Liu Ji's mind, you will just defend the city, if there is no danger to defend, the plain duel, how can you be the elite opponent of my emperor and Han in a hundred battles? Therefore, he did not go down to the camp, nor did he set up a base, and ordered the infantry army to be in the middle and the cavalry to protect the two wings, and directly covered up and killed the whole world.

Zhen Sui said that since he wanted to attack us, then we can't show weakness, and then asked with a smile: "The day before yesterday, I won the battle in Jicheng, did the general disagree in his heart?" ”

Chen An hurriedly denied it: "Zhen Dou Yongli, there is no right in the world, how dare the last general disagree?" Originally, it was just an ordinary scene, but who wanted to be caught by Zhen Sui and said: "If you don't dare, it can be seen that you are not really convinced." Today is a good opportunity, I should fight with you with a real sword and a real spear, and then a fair contest - you can hand over all the foot soldiers to me; General Chen has been in Longshang for a long time, skilled in horse warfare, and the cavalry is used to pay you, and we will wait for the enemy to fight directly, and see who can get the head of the thief first! ”

What do you mean? We have more than 6,000 infantry here, less than 300 war horses, you led the big man away, give me a remainder, who can win the first rank of the enemy general in the fight, and say that it is a "fair" contest? Why are you so shameless?!

But although he was rebellious and brave in his life, he didn't dare to disobey Zhen Sui; In addition, Zhen Sui is Pei Cai's favorite general, who is the general of the fourth rank of Wuwei, and leads the middle army, which is a lot taller than himself, so it is really inconvenient to collide with him in person...... After thinking about it again, it's okay, you handed over all the cavalry to me, then once I encounter a setback, I can lead the cavalry to go first and return to Dali - anyway, you are out of the city in violation of the order, and Da Sima must not blame me afterwards.

He immediately promised: "In this case, the number of cavalry I lead is small, and Governor Zhen should allow me to strike first." ”

Zhen Sui said Of course, you start, let's rush up together, your four legs must be faster than my two legs.

The two armies collided like two torrents on the plain, and fought in one place. Although Chen An had the heart to go first, but after all, when the victory was not decided, it was inconvenient to retreat, he first led 300 cavalry to go diagonally and directly took the right flank of the Hu army. Hu cavalry came to intercept, Chen An left hand seven feet long knife, right hand eight snake spear, charging forward, both hands waved, ten swings and ten decisions, no horse can go through a round under his hands.

Hu Bing also didn't expect the Jin people to be so bold and dare to hedge with their own army, and the four or five hundred horsemen on the right flank were actually penetrated by the Jin cavalry and collapsed in an instant. Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Ji hurriedly transferred infantry from the Chinese army to intercept it. Who wanted Chen An to rush through for a while, see the enemy's spears like a forest, see the approach, hurriedly flick the horse's head, lead the department to cross in front of the Hu array, and then fly away.

Liu Ji had just breathed a sigh of relief, and the infantry led by Zhen Zhen also rushed over.

Zhen Sui had already dismounted, with a shield in his left hand and a long knife in his right hand, spreading his legs and penetrating the enemy formation. Immediately behind him, the five hundred sharp soldiers who had been refined these days, all of them were short-handed, and rushed straight into the hole that Zhen Sui had broken, and then separated left and right, further tearing the gap in the Hu formation.

Liu Ji did not wait for the Jin army because he despised it, and he also hoped to be able to bite this Jin army, and after the victory, it would be convenient to chase after him, maybe he would be able to rush into Dali City directly after the defeated army. As soon as this formation is dispersed, it is a chaotic battle, Zhen Sui's department is the best at chaotic warfare, often three or five people in a small group, can face ten times their own Hu soldiers - two of them opened the enemy's spear in the upper grid, one short body from the enemy's chest and abdomen to kill the past, the long knife waved, blood splashed, and the screams continued for a long time.

Liu Ji hurriedly ordered his soldiers to move closer to the center, and ordered the cavalry on the left flank to go after the Jin people. However, he had just finished giving the order here, and before it reached the front of the army, Chen An led three hundred horsemen to go around in a circle, and then he came back from covering up, and attacked Zhen with the infantry in both directions, which made the Hu array even more chaotic.

In the original history, Chen An opposed Zhao, seized Longshang, and claimed to have more than 100,000 soldiers of Jin Rong, but was attacked by Liu Gong, the former general of Zhao Zhengxi, and Shi Wu, the king of Hutu, and then collapsed instantly, and the remaining cavalry was 8,000, defeated and fled to Longcheng, and then Liu Yao attacked Long, Chen An was forced to flee, and was captured and killed on the way. The so-called No. 1 brave general in Qinzhou, but that's it, why? Because compared to Zhen Suilai, Chen An is a real brave man, and he can be ridden by giving him a thousand horses, and he has more soldiers, but he doesn't know how to command and mobilize. Zhen Sui has been in contact with him for a few days, training together, and seeing his strengths and weaknesses, he only gave Chen An 300 horses, and it is estimated that you can't take care of it if you give too much.

Only 300 horsemen were in battle, but Chen An took his ability to ride to the extreme, focusing on the weak points of the Hu army, and clashing back and forth, killing not many enemies - and mainly killing him alone - but causing great chaos to the Hu army. Liu Ji is also a general, seeing that the situation is not good, he broke his arm in time to stop the loss, abandoned the forward, gathered the rest of the cavalry, and fought and retreated.

When Zhen Sui completely defeated the Hu army's forward, he had two generals in his hand, and dozens of enemy soldiers were killed, and then he wanted to move forward, but he saw Liu Ji in the middle from a distance, and the Hu army was wrapped in layers outside, and the formation was tight, like an angry hedgehog - in fact, it was more like a porcupine, but Zhen had never seen that kind of thing. He also wanted to hit forward, but the arrows in the Hu array were immediately fired, and Zhen Sui raised the shield to cover his face, and he felt that his arm trembled continuously, and he didn't know how many feather arrows were nailed to the shield fiercely.

He was forced to stop for the time being, regroup his queue, and confront Hu.

Zhen Sui didn't dare to rush to the Hu array, and Chen An had three hundred cavalry under his command, and of course he refused to be unscrupulously charged-nearly a thousand cavalry outside the Hu array galloped back and forth into six or seven squads, firmly protecting the flank and rear, so that he had no gaps to take advantage of. So Chen An was forced to lead his troops to turn back and said to Zhen Sui: "Although the enemy has been frustrated and will not be defeated for a while, I should also set up a camp as a proof for another attack." ”

Zhen Sui asked Chen An: "Have you won the head of the enemy general?" ”

Chen An replied: "No." ”

Zhen Sui laughed with "haha": "This battle, but I won again!" The fate of the song showed the heads of the two Hu generals to Chen An. Chen An pretended to compliment, but he couldn't help but curse secretly in his heart: I have few soldiers, and in order to cooperate with you, I gallop back and forth, even if I kill the enemy general, how can I have the kung fu to get off the horse and cut off the head?

Asked Zhen Sui about the countermeasures again, Zhen Sui stepped on the stirrup on the horseback and stood up, and when he looked at it from a distance, he saw that the Hu array began to move, and the originally tight formation was slightly looser, and it seemed that there were many soldiers surrounding Liu Ji Daxu and were digging trenches. Obviously, Liu Ji suffered a loss, and he didn't dare to rush forward with his head covered anymore, and planned to go down to the camp and set up a village to prepare for a long battle.

Zhen Sui couldn't help gritting his teeth and said, "It's hateful, you can't defeat Liu Ji in one fell swoop." "Then I ordered, we also set up camp, but-" There is no need to consume the physical strength of the soldiers, and it is okay to pretend to dig a fortress. ”

Chen An was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said happily: "Does Governor Zhen have the intention of withdrawing the troops?" ”

Zhen Sui nodded and said: "There are no less than hundreds of Hu thieves today, and it is enough to shake his heart, but Hu Kou is also very brave, and my elite soldiers and horses have not yet been trained, so I can't go through his formation and kill Liu Ji...... If we are tied up here, reinforcements will surely arrive, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for the whole division to retreat back to Dali at that time, and the overall plan of the Metropolitan Governor will be ruined. And if you dedicate General Hu's head to Mrs. Xun, it will be enough for her to see our loyalty and bravery......"

Chen An secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart that you still have a brain-who said that Zhen Sui only knew and then didn't know how to retreat?

But then I heard Zhen Sui say: "After going back, in front of Mrs. Xun, we must have a unified voice." It is only said that Liu Ji's troops have been reinforced by Hu Kou, no less than 20,000 people, and we have outnumbered the crowd and broken the thief's momentum, but unfortunately the soldiers are tired and the casualties are heavy, so they dare not fight again, so they have to retreat. It's hateful that Wang Ze refuses to work with us and others, otherwise if the whole division comes out of Dali, he will be able to reach the city of Haoyang! ”

Chen An hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It doesn't seem like this, it's too unfair to General Wang......"

Zhen Sui glanced at him: "Are you afraid of offending Wang Ze?" ”

Chen Anxin said that is of course, I was attached to the Great Sima at the beginning, and my generals were also taken away, and the three thousand Qinzhou soldiers who had just given me lacked strict training, and they could not be regarded as their own subordinates. There is still something to say about following you out of the city to fight, if he helps you make up nonsense and puts all the responsibility on Wang Ze, won't he hate me to the bone? He doesn't dare to deal with you, but he may not dare to clean me up!

He didn't answer Zhen Sui's questions, just laughed. Seeing this, Zhen Sui couldn't help but smile and patted Chen An on the shoulder: "I have a friendship with General Chen, how can I harm you?" Thinking of that Wang Ze, he must refute, or say that the order of the governor cannot be disobeyed, or that if the whole division goes out of the city, I am afraid that Dali will lose, or he will also say that he will protect Mrs. Xun. I will argue in front of my wife, you can try to be a peacemaker, and persuade you on both sides, so that Wang Ze will not hate you, and it is not good for Mrs. to bring up the matter of saving Haoyang from the city again.

"I'll wait and say that the soldiers are tired and need to rest, and let's see if Hu Shi will come to attack Dali in a big way, so as to delay time until the smoke is lit up in the city of Haoyang."

Then he frowned, as if talking to himself, and said: "I'm afraid that the governor is too confident, thinking that he will be able to guard Haoyang for a long time, and the smoke will not burn for a long time...... I can't say it, I have to find a chance to go out of the city again to meet Hu Kou again......"

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When the two sides fought fiercely, it was already early afternoon, and soon after they stood up, the sky gradually became dark. Liu Ji was also afraid that Zhen Sui would attack his camp at night, so he would inevitably assign generals to guard it closely, who would have thought that there would be nothing to do all night, and when he got up the next day, he saw that there were only a dozen big flags standing on the opposite side, but there was no trace - Zhen Sui had already taken advantage of the night to withdraw!

hated Liu Ji so much that he pointed to the heavens and the earth, and the scolding was endless.

Liu Ji sent a horse all the way down to the southwest, and just after reconnoitering that the Jin army had all withdrawn to Dali City, he immediately received reinforcements sent by Liu Cang - Liu Cang made Jin Kang and others lead 20,000 troops to the south, wanting to defeat or even annihilate Zhen Suisuo's troops in a battle. After the two armies met, Liu Ji wanted to attack Dali, but was stopped by Jin Kang and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's intention was to besiege Haoyang and lure the Jin people to come to the rescue, so he destroyed it on the plain. However, since they have returned to Dali, and the city of Dali is strong, the king of Xiyong and his 100,000 people cannot be defeated, but they are defeated, not to mention that we ......."

Jin Zhun said that when Liu Yao's 100,000 people went to attack Dali, and there were also troops from the Void Division, Pei should defend the city with 30,000 or 40,000 people, which could support it for so long, and finally turned defeat into victory; Now that we are only 30,000 together, it is estimated that the city defenders are more than 10,000, are you sure that you will go down in one go? Remove our soldiers and horses, there are less than 50,000 soldiers under the city of Haoyang, what if Guo Mo takes advantage of the situation to attack and attack inside and outside? Will we be able to rush back in time to help?

Don't think that you can easily come and go by attacking the enemy city with superior forces. Once we retreat, the Jin people will open the city and rush out—they are condescending, and it is difficult for our battalion to hide from the eyes and ears of the other party—if we ignore it, we will suffer heavy losses, and maybe even the whole army will collapse; If you are reflexive and fighting, then you will be stumped again, and you will not be able to withdraw in a short time.

"The Jin people defend the land, and the grain and materials are easy to raise, although their number is small, it is not weaker than one-third of our army, so if the troops are divided to attack Haoyang and Guo Mo and Zhen Sui, I am afraid that it will be difficult to overcome it for a long time, and the grain and straw will not continue. It was His Royal Highness that gathered his strength under the city of Haoyang, wanting to lure the enemy to come, so as to destroy them one by one......"

Liu Cang also saw Pei Jun's courage near the mountain pass, for fear that his strength would be scattered and he would not be able to break the enemy quickly. If you divide your troops to attack Pinyang and Dali, that is the opponent's home field, and there is a city to rely on, no one can guarantee that you will be able to take it within ten days and a half. That's why I wanted to lure the Jin people to the plains for a decisive battle, and even directly attacked the camp of the Hu army under Dali City, and when the time came, the host and guest changed forces on the local battlefield, and there was hope that the enemy would be broken in the short term, and even a large amount of grain and grass materials could be captured.

Therefore, Jin Kang suggested: "For the sake of today's plan, the king should stay here for the time being, and return to His Highness, please ask for instructions." ”

Liu Ji had no choice but to follow his words. He didn't dare to turn defeat into victory, but he didn't dare to tell the truth to his brother, not only did he break his own losses in half, but also said: "Zhen Sui is indeed brave, and the number of our army is similar to it. However, the thief couldn't move forward, and was forced to retreat to ......" Liu Cang was misled, and couldn't help but pause: "It's hateful, I should have sent a message to the general, pretended to be defeated, and lured Zhen to come with him to save Haoyang." Now that he has been frustrated, what will he do if he refuses to come back? ”

had no choice but to recall Liu Ji, Jin Kang and others, but turned his eyes to the west, and according to what Wang Yan said before leaving, he set a trap to lure Guo Mo to leave Pinyang and go to the plains to fight with the self-army.