"Bang......" Bai Feng, the main general of the defenders of Huaipu City, was pressed in, and was forcibly pressed by the Yanzhou sergeants of the two passes, and he knelt on the ground.

Huaipu City was broken by Xu Qing's division of the Yanzhou army, and none of the 6,000 defenders in the city escaped, all of them were killed or captured. And the guards of Huaipu City are no exception.

"Okay, how can you treat General Bai Feng like this? Untie it, please take a seat! Xu Qing sat on the main seat where Wei Gang and Bai Feng had sat in the past, and said with a smile.

After "Hmph......" was released, Bai Feng said angrily, "General Xu Qing, I really didn't expect that General Ben kindly let you enter the city to rest, but I didn't expect that a group of hungry wolves would come in. You and I were originally allies, and now you are doing this, is it reasonable? Could it be that your lord has decided to go to war with my Xuzhou army? ”

Xu Qing smiled and said lightly: "Good intentions? General Bai Feng, are you really kind? Besides, you invited General Ben into the city, but it wasn't because General Ben came from afar, let alone for what you said, you want to go south with General Ben tomorrow, right? ”

"Good intentions? Then why did you place two thousand troops around General Ben's barracks in the first place? Why are secret agents arranged around General Ben's barracks to spy on General Ben? ”

Bai Feng opened his mouth, his face was ugly for a while, and then he said coldly: "Okay, even so, this is not a reason for you to attack. General Xu, you are responsible for your actions last night. The two armies went to war, which is not something that a general can afford. What's more, the east and north of Huaipu City are all the land of my Xuzhou, and tens of thousands of troops can be summoned at any time, and at that time, General Xu will wait to pay the price for the dead soldiers of my Huaipu City. ”

"Haha......" Xu Qing laughed, his face suddenly turned cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Bai Feng, don't think too highly of yourself." Now, you are a prisoner of my Yanzhou army, not the defender of Huaipu City. In addition, General Ben can sue you that General Ben can take any responsibility for last night's actions. Now, General Ben can say unceremoniously that from last night, Huaipu City and the five surrounding counties will be under the jurisdiction of our Yanzhou Army. ”

"You ...... You are here to attack Huaipu City on purpose? Do you really want to start a war with my Xuzhou army at this time? Bai Feng was shocked and said urgently. Although Bai Feng knew that Li Chi was also trying to weaken the Yanzhou army, it was only a preparation to use the hands of the Qi army, not a direct conflict. But now the Yanzhou army wants to directly start a war against Xuzhou, which really makes him stunned.

Xu Qing said in a deep voice: "Of course not! The actual situation is that Wei Gang, the lord of Huaipu City, learned that the Qi army of Quyang City wanted to escape, so he led the main force of the defenders of Huaipu City to capture the city. The defenders of Huaipu City have already been bought by the Qi army, and after the defenders in the city have left most of the city, they are ready to take the city. At this time, our Yanzhou army arrived and was asked for help by Bai Feng, the deputy general of the defenders. Therefore, our Yanzhou army entered Huaipu City and gathered and annihilated the rebels. ”

"Nonsense! You don't want General Ben to make lies for you. Bai Feng's face was pale, and he trembled by Xu Qing's words.

Xu Qing said lightly: "Really? If General Bai Feng is unwilling to be used by us, then it will be you Bai Feng who was bribed by Murong Cheng, the king of Qi, and betrayed the rebel general who was gathered and annihilated in Xuzhou. As for the soldiers in the city, there are not a few who surrender with you, and they will also become traitors to the Xuzhou army with you. ”

"When the time comes, you will be remembered as rebels once and for all. Your family members will all be sinners. Bai Feng, do you want these soldiers to die with you? Do you want your join to die with you? Besides, if you die or not, it doesn't mean anything to Li Chi. Even if you die here, Li Chi will not give you any praise. It's that General Ben has released you now, and the charges you bear can be explained, but you can't avoid losing the guilt of Huaipu City. ”

"By the way, General Ben will tell you again that Quyang City is already my Yanzhou army, and the 8,000 troops sent out by your Huaipu City are afraid that the whole army will also be killed at the hands of the Qi army. Therefore, in the territory of Huaiyin Mansion, the Xuzhou Army will be gradually annexed by the Qi Army, and will soon become the jurisdiction of my Yanzhou Army, so for the sake of yourself and your family, my Yanzhou Army is the most suitable place for your allegiance. ”

Suddenly, Bai Feng was stunned by Xu Qing's words. At this moment, he understood that the Quyang City Qi Army in the other party's mouth was only afraid that it was the Yanzhou Army. In other words, the Yanzhou army will pretend to be the Qi army and feel Wei Gang's department.

"Could it be that Huaiyin Mansion was the target of the Yanzhou Army from the beginning? In addition to wanting Yuzhou, they even want to take a bite of my Xuzhou army? Bai Feng suddenly trembled, and he couldn't touch the actions of the Yanzhou army.

"Bai Feng, General Ben hopes that you will think clearly, time is pressing, General Ben is going to take over Huaipu City and the surrounding counties. Therefore, I hope to get the help of people who are familiar with Huaipu City. It's a rare opportunity, think for yourself. Surrendering to us is equivalent to helping the people of Huaipu City and the surrounding counties. Otherwise, it is not known how many people have suffered because of this. Xu Qing pressed forward step by step.

"Now your boss has gone and has no return, and the situation in Huaiyin Mansion is clear. Li Chi wanted to cut off the road of the Qi army to the south, let the Qi army return to Yuzhou, and fight to the death with our Yanzhou army. And he led the Xuzhou army and was attacking Yangzhou at the moment. Now that the Qi army is desperately going south, this Huaiyin Mansion will first break Quyang City, and then Huaipu City. Two of the three important cities in Huaiyin Mansion are already in the hands of my Yanzhou army, and you should also know what the situation is. How to choose, General Bai Feng, you should understand. ”

Bai Feng fell, and among the defenders in the city, more than 3,000 people were killed, and the rest became prisoners of the Yanzhou army. In addition to being partially dismissed, more than 2,000 of them were incorporated into the Yanzhou Army.

Subsequently, Xu Qing asked Bai Feng to personally lead people to take over the surrounding counties, so that the people of the surrounding counties understood that they were now subordinates of the Yanzhou Army. Of course, in these places, in addition to the replacement of civil and military officials, there is also the new policy of the Yanzhou Army that makes the local people happy.

As implemented by the Yanzhou Army in Yuzhou, here, Xu Qing immediately arranged for people to post notices to implement the new policy. Of course, Xu Qing at this moment did not raise the banner of the Yanzhou Army. It's just that a local county has a spy of the Qi army as an excuse to change the local officials. As for the new policy, it is natural that there are new officials who have arrived to implement it.

This is also what Zhao Xun did in order to make the people in these places return to their hearts, after all, even if Li Chi wants to take it back in the future, it must be able to tolerate the new policies here, otherwise, how can the people here continue to accept Li Chi's rule?

As for the mutation of Huaipu City, Wei Gang, who had been marching for two days and was already a hundred miles away from Huaipu City, naturally did not know. At this moment, he was rushing to Quyang City with 8,000 soldiers, wanting to take Quyang City before the Yanzhou army.

The spring breeze blew, the war horses neighed, and the army of more than 8,000 people, stretching for miles, marched unhurriedly to the south. Although it was already spring, the morning was still a little cool, and the newborn sunshine was sparsely scattered on the earth, giving the earth a warm ......

Yunfeng Canyon, both sides are high mountains, is the most dangerous place on the official road leading from Huaipu City to Quyang City, because the canyon extends for nearly a thousand meters, and there are clouds and mist on the highest peaks on both sides, so this place is called Yunfeng Canyon.

At this time, Wei Gang and his army were coming from a distance, and the road was here.

Suddenly, a fast horse from the rear of the army rushed to the front, and the knight on the horse shouted loudly: "Everyone move quickly, you are about to reach the Yunfeng Canyon, everyone will rest after passing the canyon." A few of you, take some people to inspect the top of both sides of the pipeline to prevent someone from sneaking up, hurry up! As he spoke, he whistled away.

Several soldiers who were named immediately spit on the ground and scolded: "Damn! Sneak attack, this Yunfeng Canyon is surrounded by the jurisdiction of Huaiyin Mansion, all of which are our territory, where will the enemy come to sneak attack? Oh yes! These non-fighting heralds still have horses to ride, but we have to walk here and watch them play majestic, fox and tiger, damn! ”

"Less nonsense, there is an order above, and you have to obey the order, you are a soldier, don't you even understand this?" One of the veterans smiled helplessly, as an old pawn, he naturally understood that such an arrangement was beneficial to him.

However, these soldiers did have some dissatisfaction. After all, they marched for two days, and had to make a detour to another county to transport grain in the middle, so it can be said that they were stepping up the new army. Be careful within this own territory, how can they be dissatisfied?

Wei Dong stood quietly on the edge of the cliff on the side of Yunfeng Canyon, with several captains behind him, Wei Dong held a clairvoyant in his hand, monitoring the movements of the approaching Xuzhou army from a distance.

"It slowed down, but it didn't stop." Wei Dong opened his mouth lightly and handed the telescope in his hand to the guards beside him, with a hint of joy between his words. When the rest of the lieutenants heard this, they were also secretly happy.

The reason why he was happy was because he had already arranged 10,000 soldiers here, and he had planted a fatal killing situation in this Yunfeng Canyon, once the 8,000 Xuzhou troops entered the canyon, what was waiting for them would be a devastating blow. In dangerous places, the situation is clear at a glance with more against less, with strong against weak......

What made Wei Dong happy was that the other party only slowed down, but did not stop. This shows that the other party did not care too much about this dangerous place, and the other party did not expect that he would arrange a large army to set up an ambush within their jurisdiction. Then, your own arrangement here can be successful.

That's right, Wei Dong's 10,000 troops did not enter Quyang City, nor did they slowly rush to Quyang City to put pressure on Wei Gang. But as early as the first time the Yanzhou army informed Wei Gang, he had quietly sneaked here. You must know that in order to lurk here quietly, Wei Dong spent several nights. Of course, the soldiers under Wei Dong are now pretending to be Qi troops. The armor and banners of the Qi army captured from Yuzhou finally have a place to use......

As soon as he thought that if he eliminated those enemies below, he would be able to completely solve the Xuzhou army in Huaiyin Mansion, Wei Dong couldn't help but feel excited. This Huaiyin Mansion, which was mainly used to defend Yuzhou, was finally cut from Xuzhou in his own hands.

I think Li Chi will be very angry when he hears this! Wei Dong couldn't help but think.

The murderous aura is constantly diffuse, and it seems to permeate the entire heaven and earth. The wind, blowing slowly, blew the bushes in the canyon, driving a loud noise, and in the shadows of the trees, there seemed to be a murderous lurk. The eyes hidden behind the bushes showed a sinister gaze, and then disappeared without a trace.

In the distance, there were several sentinels who were exploring the way, and they looked a little tired and impatient after two days of rapid marching, and at this time they were boredly waving their war knives in their hands, slashing at the small trees that blocked the way, complaining that they were sent by the wind and into the ears of the ambushers, in exchange for a more salient killing opportunity.

"Captain, why don't we take a rest here now, here is surrounded by the territory of my Xuzhou army, where is the enemy? There are no mountain bandits around, and besides, we have 8,000 soldiers here, even mountain bandits, and they don't dare to attack us. As...... Let's just rest here for a while, and then go out and report casually. A lazy soldier said with a lazy gesture and sat down on the ground.

"Yes, yes!" This mention soon gained the support of the majority of the people, and most of the dozen or so soldiers quickly sat down, and the rest also sat down.

The team leader was also unable to lift his spirits, and when he saw that his subordinates were all sitting down, he waved his hand helplessly, and said, "Okay, you guys can sit here for a while, and I'll go over there to have a look." As a veteran and officer, he still has some professionalism in his heart. Carefully walk in the heart of the canyon, shuttling around, with a sentry in his mouth. As soon as an enemy is nearby, the sentry will immediately issue a sharp call to alert its own people to the ambush.

In the early spring morning, it was still a little cold, but as time went by, the warm sunlight gradually became a little warmer, shining on the body, which was extremely comfortable, and the heart of the team gradually relaxed with the search all the way.

Seeing that there was no one around, and he and his subordinates were all sitting lazily on the ground and chatting, the team leader finally lost his spirit, and he was no longer willing to go to the bushes alone to investigate. Then he turned and left, to join his lazy subordinates, and prepared to turn back.

"Let's go, it's safe, let's go back!" The team leader said with a smile.

"Captain Yingming, there is no enemy here, he shouldn't have come in the first place."

Yunfeng Canyon is a long, narrow canyon that stretches for a thousand meters, with winding roads, treacherous terrain, and steep mountain walls on all sides, which are conducive to ambushes and not resistance. If the army wants to cross such terrain, it must be extra careful and guard against surprise attacks, otherwise, the slightest carelessness may lead to the total annihilation of the army.

In addition to sending a large number of sentries to explore the terrain and find out if there are ambushes, the most important part of the normal march is to send forward troops to pass through the valley first. Hold the key passes. Both the entrance and exit of the valley must be guarded by special warriors, so that the army can be allowed to pass through guò.

When marching and fighting, the vanguard army and the tanma can be said to be the most responsible teams in the entire army, and the so-called opening roads in the mountains and building bridges in the water refers to this kind of survival guarantee for the army as much as possible in the Jedi situation.

In the war of the cold weapon age, mountains, water, and cities. These advantages are usually the most commonly used ambush tactics in warfare. When encountering a towering mountain, be careful of your opponent lurking in it. Attack from a high vantage point, and be careful when crossing a river. And when you encounter a dangerous Jedi like Yunfeng Canyon, you have to be even more careful, careful and careful.

When the forward sentinels advance, they must not only open the route for the main force to advance, but also occupy the commanding heights on both sides of the road that can be seen within a certain range, search for possible ambushes such as dense forests and peaks, and find out the enemy army that may be lurking or clear out small groups of harassing troops. In the event of an encounter, they must notify the rear as soon as possible, and at the same time engage the enemy immediately.

In ordinary wars, it is often the Tanma of both sides that fight first, followed by the outposts and forward battalions. Once the outpost of a certain side is strong. After defeating the opponent's forward team, it can even take measures such as anti-ambush, counter-charge, and twisting the enemy's formation, so as to win a chance for the attack of the rear army.

This kind of set contacts to detect the enemy and guard against surprise attacks. It can be said that the task of engaging the enemy head-on and transmitting messages in one task can be said to be extremely difficult and challenging, requiring a high level of tactical literacy and a fearless fighting spirit.

Therefore. All the forward battalions responsible for the search and alert mission are not only mostly responsible for cavalry, but also have to be elite veterans in the team, not only experienced, even the best soldiers in the army. They are an all-round extension of the Sentinel, synonymous with the elite forces of the group. Relatively speaking, the scout horses and forward battalions in an army are all elite, which is equivalent to a modern reconnaissance company.

But because of this, the Prospect Horse and the Forward Battalion are the most tired teams. Therefore, in this own territory, these scouts, who are more new and old to ordinary soldiers, march for two days and inspect for two days, which also makes them a little impatient. After all, this is its own turf.

Therefore, although Wei Gang of the Chinese army knew that this Yunfeng Canyon was located in his own jurisdiction, he had not been subjected to any unexpected military information recently. However, he still had people give orders to the forward battalion and prepare them to inspect the situation. And the captain of the forward battalion also asked the herald to give the striker's probe horse an order to inquire about the situation.

Several teams of scouting horses turned back and reported the results of the investigation to the officers of the forward battalion. Here, though, the scouts didn't find much.

However, the Xuzhou army did not directly enter the army. Instead, a forward battalion of 1,000 men was the first to enter the valley, and through the gorge to the mouth of the valley, where it inspected the situation outside the valley and set up a defensive formation to wait for the rear army to enter through the valley.

"Yes, most of these 8,000 Xuzhou troops are veterans stationed in Huaipu City, no wonder the Qi army that can resist Yuzhou many times has returned in vain, and has failed to attack Xuzhou from Yuzhou." On the top of the mountain beam, watching the march of the Xuzhou army, Wei Dong couldn't help but sigh.

"What about the old pawn, one negligence can lead to the collapse of the whole situation. This time, this veteran has not fallen into the hands of the general. Lieutenant Yi put down his clairvoyance and couldn't help but sigh.

"Yes, there must be no carelessness on the march. We can't help but keep in mind the lesson of the Xuzhou Army. Wei Dong said lightly.