On the way back to the camp, Liu Jun asked Liu Yao: "How does the king look at Pei Wenyue?" ”

Liu Yao smiled bitterly: "I don't know what he can yet, but if my heart is strong, I will not quit Feng Yi...... I knew that today, I wouldn't have been allowed to help the emperor's brother in the first place......"

He did not regret that he crossed west again to capture Feng Yi, and he did not regret sending troops south to attack Dali, because these were all things that he had to do because of the situation. What he regrets is that he shouldn't have listened to Liu Yi's "Qingjun side" strategy, if he didn't return to the east, then Dali would not be lost, and Liu Cang could also resist Pei Gai and Zu Li in Henan with all his might, so as not to put Pei Gai in Guanzhong......

Of course, there is nowhere to dig out the regret medicine, and for today's plan, only by retreating quickly can we stop the loss. After Liu Yao returned to the camp, he immediately summoned the generals and assigned their duties.

It is not an easy thing to retreat in front of the enemy, and it is impossible to directly pull out the camp and set off, turn around and go north-especially since the Jin army in the city has not suffered any setbacks, and it may open the city at any time to kill the generals. On the one hand, Liu Yao sent a fast horse to inform Liu Xian in the west of the city and Hu Yanshi in the east of the city, as well as Song Shu in the upper reaches of the Beiluo River and Hu Yanyu in Weixi, to agree on the time of withdrawal; On the one hand, Liu Jun was asked to protect the return of the baggage to the north in advance, and the general Song Shi led his troops to break off.

Liu Jun suggested: "The traitor Beigong Chunshang is cruising outside, carrying heavy grain and straw, and should be protected by cavalry. ”

Liu Yao scratched his chin and said in his heart that this was another headache......

Beigong Chun's "Qiji Battalion" has been wandering in the south of Fengyi County these days, harassing the grain routes of the Hu army many times, looking for opportunities to rob the grain trucks of the Hu army, and three grain transportation teams have been defeated by him, losing nearly 1,000 stone of grain. Liu Yao once sent the general Yin An to lead the army to chase and suppress, but unfortunately the running speed of the "Liangzhou Horse" was too fast, and the ordinary cavalry could not catch up; Liu Jun tried to set up an ambush, but unfortunately there were too few places on the plain that could be used for ambushes, and Beigong Chun's sense of smell was very sensitive, so he refused to take the bait......

Liu Jun said: "I'm afraid that only the cavalry will be eliminated, and above the plains, it can be antagonized with the Liangzhou soldiers, but I don't know if it can be used?" ”

Cao Sui nodded and said: "Now Yiyu is in our army, he can be coerced, how can he be unwilling to obey orders?" So Liu Yao sent the general Zhao Shen to select 5,000 virtual cavalry to assist Liu Jun to evacuate the baggage materials - anyway, the virtual generals had already been served by him, and they were all secretly dug and buried alive.

Liu Jun also suggested: "Ping Xian is very brave, so that he can protect the king." ”

Liu Yao said no, I'm not a weak scholar, why bother to protect first? Aren't there enough warriors around me? "It can make Ping belong to the Song Dynasty first, and the whole army will be united."

The discussion has been decided, calculating the time for the people from all walks of life to get the news and the retreat of the whole army is set for early tomorrow morning, Liu Jun will send first, and then Liu Yao will leave again at noon, and Song Shi's broken soldiers and horses need to hold on until near dusk. Of course, the camp is not demolished, the flag is bluff, and it is best that Dali City does not realize that it has withdrawn at all, and when the news is discovered, it is too late to chase it.

But tomorrow morning, the march will begin, and this evening—" The battalions should still be on strict alert in case the Jin people come to sneak attack. ”

Yang Yi was not qualified to participate in this kind of major plan arrangement meeting, and he honestly stayed in the craftsman camp to build the "flying beam car". Later, when he got the news, he couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly ran to see Liu Yao, saying "Great King, why do you want to withdraw here?" Isn't my "flying beam car" made for nothing?

Liu Yao said that it is just right, no matter how many "flying beam cars" you have built, even if it has not yet been completed, as long as there are wheels and plates, it looks like it, then all of them will be pushed out for me early tomorrow morning, and they will be placed in front of the formation, so that the Jin people in the city can see it, thinking that we are about to launch an attack - to cover up.

"Uncle Rong, don't worry, I naturally remember the merits of Qing."

There was nothing to say for a night, and the Jin people did not sneak out to attack, but just beat drums and gongs behind the sheep and horse wall, and repeatedly made noise, so that Liu Yao couldn't sleep soundly all night. As soon as the day dawned, he gave the order - "Our army also beats the drums!" Pretending to be about to attack, he pushed all the six "flying beam cars" newly built by Yang Yi to the front of the battalion, while Song Shi's broken soldiers and horses pretended to be arrayed to cover the left and right.

It's a pity that "a wise man has a thousand thoughts, and there must be a mistake", but he played this trick openly, Pei should have to report to the city and look, and immediately smiled: "Liu Yao will go today." ”

Cousin Pei Zhan asked him, "Why does my brother know?" ”

Pei Gai stretched out his hand and said, "Look, he will have ten 'flying beams' to cross the moat, and I will break it, if I want to attack it again, I will build it even more." Now there are less than ten bodies, so they pushed to the front of the camp, so they showed me that they would attack the city, but in fact, they wanted to go far away! "Ordered all the battalions to be assembled, ready to open the gates of the city and cover them out.

On the side of the Hu Han camp, Liu Jun had been gone for less than an hour, and Liu Yao had just packed his bags and had not yet left, when suddenly a fast horse came to report that "the Jin people have crossed Weiwei, and General Huyan is stumbling over them, and they must not return!" ”

Liu Yao couldn't help but be taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Where did the Jin army come from?" ”

"It seems to be a Sizhou person."

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Zu Ti had already promised to send troops to the north to protect Dalicheng, but he himself had to guard Henan, and it was impossible to leave easily, so he ordered Li Ju to be the main general, Wei should be the deputy general, and Feng Long to be the vanguard, leading 8,000 infantry cavalry to enter Hongnong County. Liang Su did not dare to stand in the way, and was forced to provide some grain and materials to send the Sizhou army to Huayin.

But before he got close to the Weiwei ferry, Lu Zhifu rode a horse to stop Li Ju and his party, and presented Pei Gai's letter. Li Ju opened it and looked at it, and the letter said that although Liu Yao was under the strong wall of the army, it was difficult to advance an inch, after all, the time was still short, and his morale was not frustrated, and it was very unwise to compete with him head-on at this time. And at present, the defense force of Dali City is also sufficient, and there is no need for the Sizhou Army to enter the city again to assist in the defense - "Please also temporarily stationed in Weinan and wait for my summons." ”

When Wei saw it, he was not angry in his heart, and said: "You have summoned me to wait, but you don't allow me to wait, what does Pei Gong mean?" If you don't need our help, you can retreat......"

Li Ju is older and has been in the bureaucracy for a longer time, so his sense of identity with authority is naturally stronger than Wei Gui's, and he shook his head with a wry smile: "No." Although we are under the jurisdiction of our ancestors, we don't have to obey Pei Gong's orders, but after all, he is the servant and the three divisions, and he has an order, but how dare he disobey it? And from his words, temporarily stay in Huayin, rest for a few days and then see. "Turned his head and asked Lu Zhifu, saying that we don't have much grain and grass, and you may have funds in Huayin County?

Lu Zhifu arched his hand and said: "The last official has prepared wine and food to entertain several generals. Huayin grain is not much, but it is more than enough to supply the needs of your army for half a month. "Li Ju said Okay, then we will wait for half a month, if there is no order to march after half a month, we will not wait, just withdraw the troops.

As a result, less than ten days later, Lu Zhifu took Pei Gai's herald to the Sizhou camp and reported to Li Ju and Wei Gai, saying: "Pei Gong has an order, saying that Liu Yao can't defeat Dali and is about to flee north, because his qi has been taken away by me." At this time, your army happened to cross north, with the Bohu army on its side. ”

Although Li Ju garrisoned Huayin, he was not unaware of the Weibei incident, and he also sent people to secretly go to the vicinity of Dali many times to investigate, knowing that Dali City was indeed very well defended, and the Hu army attacked for more than half a month, but even the moat could not be filled...... In this case, it is very likely that Liu Yao plans to flash people. Immediately rejoiced: "Since Pei Gong's order, I will attack Wei Wei tomorrow - and ask Lu Ling to prepare ships to help me cross north." ”

Coming out of the south gate of Dali City, crossing the North Luoshui, then crossing the Weishui, and arriving at Huayin, it is only more than 50 miles away, and the fast horse does not take a day, and the order can be transmitted to the Sizhou army; Then the Sizhou army prepared to prepare and send troops to the north, which is estimated to take about a day. Therefore, Pei should have pinched the date, so he promised Liu Yao to meet in front of the city three days later.

On the opposite side of Weixi, 5,000 soldiers and horses led by Hu General Hu Yanyu were ordered to block the ferry and prevent Sizhou reinforcements from entering Feng Yi. On the evening of the previous day, Hu Yanyu also received an order to retreat, so he packed his bags - in fact, he had been here for a few days, the camp was not yet complete, and there was nothing to clean up - and when it was dawn, he would return to the north. It's just that the sky is just dawning, and Hu Jun has not yet set off, when he suddenly sees countless ships on the Weishui River breaking through the waves. Hu Yanyu didn't care at first, and beckoned to the soldiers: "Let's repel the Jin people first, and I'll wait before it's too late." ”

Because in the few days that he was stationed in Weiwei, there would often be ships sailing from the south coast, firing arrows at the shore and harassing the self-army camp - all of them were temporarily recruited Huayin soldiers under Lu Zhi's father, and the number was not much, only five or six hundred.

Hu Yanyu was ordered to prevent the Jin people from crossing north, and Lu Zhifu was also ordered to prevent the Hu army from crossing south from Weiwei, but although he had few soldiers and horses, he had Huayin City as a basis, and he came relatively early and was well prepared, and through the help of Liang Su, he collected a lot of ships - basically, there was not a single boat left for the Hu army east of Dali until the bend of the Yellow River, which is also an important reason why the Hu army tried to break through Weiwei but failed.

Hu Jun's attempt to cross to the south was still at the beginning of Liu Yao's attack, and he sent thousands of people to lead thousands of people to Hongnong from Weiwei, but because he couldn't find a boat, he was harassed by Lu Zhi's father by boat, and failed to make a contribution. Later, in the battle under the city of Dali, the Hu army was repeatedly frustrated, and then the camp outside the east gate was also ended, Liu Yao really did not have the energy and confidence to open up the second battlefield, so he took the initiative to withdraw the army. Then this time he sent Yanyu again, the main purpose was only to defend, and he no longer tried to attack.

Lu Zhifu naturally did not know about this, and when he saw that the Hu army was arriving on the other side, he repeatedly sent a boat to harass him, so as to attack instead of defend and prevent the Hu army from crossing south. In fact, he doesn't have to be afraid at all, there are still 7,000 Sizhou troops in Huayin, but since Pei Gai has given him the heavy responsibility of guarding Huayin, it is better to be able to solve the problem by himself than to ask Li Ju and Wei Gai for help again.

Huayin's fleet had to go to the north shore once or twice a day, and the time was uncertain, whether it was morning or noon, or even close to dusk, Hu Yanyu was used to it. Therefore, he did not care, and only sent bows and arrows to line up on the north bank of the Wei River, preparing to shoot at the Jin ships.

However, as soon as the troops were engaged, they felt that the situation was not right, and the arrows flying from the Jin ship were more than twice as many as before; And the ships were not close to the shore, and after firing at each other for a while, they flew away, but this time they braved the rain of arrows of their own army, and moved forward tenaciously, and they saw that they were about to approach the north shore. Hu Yanyu realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly went out of the camp to watch, only to see that the Jin ship was full of the flags of the Sizhou Army, and in the middle of it, it was written: "Champion General Henan Yin Li." ”

Hu Yanyu hurriedly mobilized the infantry cavalry to form a formation to resist, and said in his heart, how can it be so coincidental, I was just about to leave, and the reinforcements of the Jin people arrived-he didn't know that Pei should have ordered it at the right time, and Li Ju and Wei should have been dormant in Huayin for nearly ten days, and people were fighting, so they launched an attack early in the morning regardless of it-It was a beat slower, and several ships of the Sizhou army had already landed on the north bank, and a long knife in his hand jumped up, and bravely killed the archers of the Hu army, which was the original "begging" general Feng Long.

To tell the truth, it is not so easy to land in front of the enemy, if Hu Yanyu took strict precautions, neither planned to leave, nor mistakenly thought that the Jin people were just harassing, the Sizhou army might not be able to rush to the north shore so quickly.

Hu Yanyu saw that the Jin army was coming, and knew that it would be difficult to block it in Weishui again, so he had to restrain his troops to retreat slowly, relying on the former camp to resist the enemy, and at the same time hurriedly sent fast horses to the north of Dali City to report to Liu Yao. When Liu Yao heard the report, he couldn't help but be taken aback, so he asked Cao Sui: "Why are the Jin people rushing to help the army at this time?" "Is this a coincidence? It's not a coincidence, is it......

Cao Sui replied: "If it is Suo Qi and Lu Yun's soldiers and horses, it will be enough, since it is the department of Sizhou Zu, it will be brave, I am afraid that Hu Yanyu will be difficult to resist." For today's plan, he had to postpone the withdrawal of troops, and urgently ordered the east of the city to call Yanshi to help, and the king should transfer another army and horses, and refuse the east of the city. ”

Liu Yao thought for a while and shook his head slowly: "I was mistaken-it must be yesterday's meeting under the city, Pei should see that I have already retired, so I urgently ask Zu Yi to send reinforcements to tie me up...... "Thinking about it again, it seems that time is not right...... No matter - "Today's grain and baggage have been carried out, and the military order has been issued, if you stay and do not retreat, I am afraid that the morale will fall even more, and there will be no luck." The so-called 'when the interruption continues, but suffer from the chaos' - I have to abandon Hu Yanyu and protect the main force. "Immediately ordered, according to the original plan, the main force quickly retreated.

It is impossible to set off quietly in the mighty daylight, no matter how well disguised it is, as long as the other party is prepared in advance, it is not difficult to detect the clues. Therefore, Liu Yao's main force moved, and Pei should have seen it in the city, and immediately ordered: "Get out of the city and pursue!" ”

In fact, he wanted to chase for a long time, but Tao Kan reminded: "Liu Yao, the general, will not move lightly, those who go this morning will be their baggage team, if I chase it, I will encounter its main force, and it is inevitable that there will be a vicious battle." It's better to wait for its main force to move, and then it's not too late to chase it. "That's why I've been waiting until now.

Pei Cai was dressed neatly, went down to the city, stepped on the war horse, and suddenly saw his wife Xun Guanniang leading a group of domestic slaves standing on the side. Pei Cai asked: "The army is about to go, what is the reason for the Qing Dynasty?" Xun Guanniang smiled and replied, "I have come to do a great job for my husband." Then he took a glass of wine from the hand of the house slave, and offered it to Pei Gai with both hands: "I only hope that the horse will succeed and step on the thief!" ”