"I've found the main force of the Wei army!" Zhan Seng Zhi happily broke into Xiahou Kang's military tent.

They had been staying in this walled city for two days. On the one hand, Xiahou Kang sent scouts to investigate the whereabouts of the main force of the Wei army, and on the other hand, he asked the soldiers to cultivate here.

"Where? How many people are there? Xiahou Yan stood up and asked eagerly.

"There are about 20,000 Wei troops, and they are stationed in Li Pulting!"

"Li Pulp Pavilion?" Xiahou couldn't help but exclaim, "Hurry up and get the map!" ”

Zhan Seng Zhi immediately took the topographic map and spread it on Xiahou Yan's bookcase.

Xiahou Yan watched carefully for a while, and said with a solemn face, "Maybe this Feishui walled city is just a bait, the Wei army is building a city here with great fanfare, attracting our attention, and its real purpose is to occupy Li Zhi......"

"Xiahou Gong, how can you see it?" Zhan Seng Zhi's eyes widened and he asked puzzled.

"Li pulp in the southeast of Shouyang, east of Feishui, called Li pulp water mouth, has always been a suitable place to garrison, easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as it involves the war in Shouyang, here must be an important place! During the Three Kingdoms, Ding Feng and Zhuge Xu were stationed here to resist the enemy; Before that, General Pei Di was also stationed here. I was actually negligent in such an important point, and now that it is occupied by the Wei army, we can't besiege Shouyang at all. It's just stupid, stupid! Xiahou was so anxious that he stomped his feet.

"Xiahou Gong doesn't need to be too anxious, let's just capture Li Zhi again." Zhan Seng Zhi was relieved by this Xiahou Yan.

"It's not easy to talk about, and the Wei army has 20,000!" Xiahou sighed, "I'm not a good general after all, our army is still dredging the waterlogging, and has not yet formed a siege of Shouyang, but the Wei army has taken the lead and started to lay out." In addition to Li Zhi, I'm sure Wei Jun will have a backhand,......"

"By the way, do you know who the commander of the Wei army is?" Xiahou asked.

"It is said that it is the son of Li Xian, the assassin in Shouyang City, named Li Changjun, who came to relieve his father from the siege." Zhan Seng Zhi returned.

Li Changjun ...... I'm afraid this person should not be underestimated! Xiahou Yan said worriedly, "Where is General Wei Fang, who came to help us, now?" ”

"According to the calculation of the day, it should take up to three days to get to Shouyang." Zhan Seng Zhi replied speculatively.

"Immediately send an urgent report, asking General Wei not to go to Shouyang, immediately lead the army to Li Zhi, and join us in attacking Li Zhi Ting!"

"Yes!" Zhan Seng Zhi immediately asked the herald to pass the order, and then turned around and asked, "Xiahou Gong, is our army going to Li Zhi immediately?" ”

"This walled city is no longer useful, but it can't be kept. Let the brethren set fire to it, and then we will go back to reorganize the army, and relying on our men, it will not do anything to go to Lis. ”

At this time, the Wei army had already stood firm, digging ditches and building fortifications, and was waiting for the battle.

A samurai in heavy armor was accompanying a young man in his twenties to inspect the position.

This heavily armored warrior is the elite of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the deputy general of the Celei Army, Li Jia'er; And the young man, dressed in a gorgeous armor, with a fair and clean face, a pair of slender eyes, does not smile, and exudes an old-fashioned temperament that does not match his age.

Li Jia'er followed behind the young man, inspecting the position, and said with admiration, "This Li Pulp Pavilion is really a good place, while choking the fat water, while staring at Shouyang, and there is only this front road, easy to defend and difficult to attack, our army has seized here, Liang Jun is afraid that he will be restless!" ”

The young man didn't show any emotion, and said calmly, "The Liang army will definitely come to attack here soon, I just hope that the defenders here can last as long as possible......"

"If Changjun Gongzi is not at ease, then he will personally stay here to suppress the formation, and he will definitely live up to Gongzi's expectations!" Li Jia'er patted his chest and said.

It turned out that this young man was the chief general of the Wei army, the son of Li Xian, the assassin who was trapped in Shouyang City-Li Changjun.

Li Changjun shook his head, "No! This time, the mentor asked you to lead 3,000 thunder troops to help, and your role is not here. ”

"Changjun Gongzi, the last general is a rough man, can you tell the last general about your arrangements, so that the last general can know it?" Li Jia'er asked.

"Well, it's okay, you are an important combat force of our army, and I will explain it to General Li next." Li Changjun unhurriedly began to explain his tactical plan to Li Jia'er.

"We built a city in Feishui before, which attracted the attention of the Liang army and took the opportunity to enter Lizhi. With such an important place, the Liang army will never sit idly by, and we have 20,000 troops here, which is enough to attract the main force of the Liang army here. ”

"At present, the military strength of the Liang army has a total of three routes - Xiahou Kang, who has been fighting in Shouyang, and two reinforcements who are rushing to Shouyang. One of the reinforcements was an army of more than 20,000 led by the traitor Yuanshu, and this person was not worried; What worries Zai Xia is another reinforcement, commanded by Wei Fang, the son of Wei Hu, after all, after being a famous general, he doesn't dare to take it lightly. ”

"Wei Fangjun came from the south road, relatively close to Li Pulp, I expected that Xiahou Lao'er would definitely invite him to attack Li Pulp together. This gives us the opportunity to break through the Yuanshu Army that came from the North Road! ”

"Then what if Xiahou didn't ask Wei Fang to come together to attack Li Zhi?" Li Jia'er was a little worried.

"General Li rest assured, Xiahou Lao'er will definitely be. He knew very well in his heart that if they didn't take Li Pulp, they would not be able to encircle Shouyang, and our army could assault their backs at any time. But relying on his own strength alone, he has absolutely no confidence that he will be able to defeat Li Pul, which is guarded by 20,000 heavy soldiers, and the previous Feishui Walled City should have given him a taste, so he will definitely ask Wei Fang to help! ”

"Oh! The last general has some of it! Li Jia'er suddenly realized, "No wonder the soldiers who were stationed in Feishui City before, Gongzi carefully selected, so that the Liang army would be afraid of our army!" ”

"If you want to catch a big fish, you have to prepare some good bait, the sacrifice of these soldiers is worth it, it is by their death that Xiahou Lao'er will not dare to despise our army, so as to attract the main force of the Liang army to Lizhi." When Li Changjun said this, his face was still expressionless.

"Contain Xiahou Kang and Wei Fang in Li Pulp Pavilion, and we will go and destroy Yuanshu first?"

"Yes, the Yuanshu First Army is relatively the weakest, they came from afar, to defeat them, it should not be difficult for us with three thousand thunder troops. As long as we break through Yuanshu as soon as possible, and then immediately return to the army and attack from behind the Liang army attacking Li Pul, the Liang army will definitely be defeated! ”

"Changjun Gongzi is really like a god with soldiers!" After listening to Li Changjun's arrangement, Li Jia'er praised from the bottom of his heart, "The lord really didn't see the wrong person, the son is a general!" ”

"General Li praised it falsely." Li Changjun said indifferently, "It is an honor to be able to vote under Yang Gongmen." This time, my father was trapped, if it wasn't for the strong recommendation of my mentor in front of His Majesty, where would I have the opportunity to personally lead the troops to relieve my father's siege. The love of the teacher is beyond retribution, how dare you not do your best. ”

"So where are we going to fight Motoki? Going to the vicinity of Shouyang? Li Jia'er asked with his hands in his hands.

"Shouyang is definitely not good, as soon as there is a siege of the Liang army there, our army will inevitably expose its whereabouts when it goes to the direction of Shouyang; Second, the waterlogging in Shouyang has not completely receded, in that mud, how can your Celei army gallop? ”

"Where do I go?"

"We're going to ambush halfway along Motoki's march route." Li Changjun said, "I have chosen a good location, about 100 miles east of Shouyang, Liuyangpi, which is the only way for the Yuanshu Army. There is a cemetery for them......

The rain that fell from the sky was still endless, like fluff floating in the air, lingering and making people feel upset. Everyone is looking forward to the early stop of this dense rain, and they all begin to miss the time when the sun shines on the earth, and only the warmth of the sun can drive away the dampness and cold in the joints.

Wei Fang, who had been marching in the rain, received an urgent report from Xiahou Kang on the way to Shouyang before he arrived in Shouyang.

Wei Xun, who was walking side by side with Wei Fang, asked puzzledly, "Didn't you say that you want to encircle Shouyang?" Why did you suddenly let us attack Li Pulp? ”

Wei Fang thought about it for a while, and said to Wei Xun, "Xiahou Gong said in the urgent report that the Wei army has been stationed in Lipul, and this Wei army is extremely brave, relying only on his strength, I am afraid that it will be difficult to take it, so I hope that our army will go to help." ”

"Is it necessary to combine the strength of our two armies to attack a Li pulp?"

"Xiahou Gong has always been cautious, and besides, Li Zhi is indeed an important land, and he must have his own reasons for letting us help each other. Anyway, Shouyang City can't run away, so let's turn around immediately and go to Li Pul! ”

Wei Fang's army began to advance in the direction of Li Zhiting. And the Yuan Shujun who came from the north road still followed the established plan and headed towards Shouyang.

Nominally, the commander of this army is Ye Wang Yuanshu, but it is actually Chen Qingzhi who is actually responsible for commanding.

Before leaving, King Ye said to Chen Qingzhi sincerely, "General Chen, this time to go to Shouyang, the responsibility is heavy, Xiao Wang does not dare to repeat the mistakes in Xuzhou, so I hope you can command the whole army." ”

Chen Qingzhi was puzzled and asked in surprise, "What does His Royal Highness King Ye mean?" Is it because you are afraid of responsibility? ”

"Where, General Chen misunderstood!" King Ye hurriedly explained, "Although Xiao Wang is the commander, Xiao Wang still has self-knowledge - Xiao Wang is not a person who is good at leading troops, and if you want to talk about marching and fighting, I am afraid it is not as good as General Chen." But His Majesty handed over such a heavy task to Xiao Wang, and Xiao Wang could not live up to His Majesty, so he asked His Majesty to let General Chen and his army go with him, firstly, to ask General Chen to fight, in order to repay the grace of saving his life in Xuzhou, and secondly, out of selfishness, hoping that General Chen would escort him and let Xiao Wang live up to his mission. This is Xiao Wang's sincerity, and I hope General Chen can agree! ”

"His Royal Highness King Ye is so sincere, how can he not accept his life." Chen Qingzhi bowed and said sincerely, "As long as we are handsome, we will be able to achieve the goal of this battle!" ”

Chen Qingzhi took over the command, but he was also well aware of his heavy responsibility. Therefore, this march is cautious and always ready to deal with unexpected situations.

The drizzle began to get thinner and thinner, and the long rainy season seemed to be finally coming to an end. When the army came to Liuyangpi, the rain disappeared, and through the gap in the thick clouds, there was even a trace of sunlight through.

A straight road passes through Liuyangpi, and on both sides of the road are small soothing dirt slopes, which are not very undulating, but they are layered and crisscrossed. Standing still, you can't even know what's going to happen behind a small dirt slope.

"It smells so good!" Hui Ze took a deep breath.

"You mean the smell of earth?" Xu Jin also took a deep breath, "I also like this taste." ”

"I'm afraid something is wrong...... "Hui Ze licked his fingers, and then raised it in the air to probe the direction of the wind, "It's the smell floating from the front!" ”

Hui Ze hurriedly hurried a few steps and ran to Chen Qingzhi's side, "Brother Chen, I'm worried that there will be an ambush ahead." ”

Chen Qingzhi was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Hui Ze, how do you know?" ”

"Just after the rain, if there are many people walking, there will inevitably be a lot of new mud on the soles of the feet, this smell is very familiar to me, when I was a child and the master walked, we relied on this to avoid the rogue bandits." Hui Ze wrinkled his nose, "The smell of this new soil is so fragrant, there must be many people walking around in front of it!" ”

"Could it be the dirt that our own feet have turned up?" King Ye beside Chen Qingzhi said.

"No!" Hui Ze was quite sure, "We are at the forefront of the team, judging from the direction of the wind, the little monk is sure that the smell is wafting from the front!" ”