In view of the fact that Chang Yuchun has not made some contributions, Deng Yu temporarily named him Captain Weiyuan, and ordered him to recruit more than 2,000 young men based on the people of Flying Tiger Village, and set up a Flying Tiger Battalion with 3,000 troops, and trained day and night, striving to form combat strength before Zhang Shicheng's attack. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In addition, according to Li Ke's suggestion, Deng Yu also recruited displaced people, built Lingbao in Xuyi and Sizhou counties, and stationed troops to 'expand' the strategic depth.

While Deng Yu was actively preparing for war, Zhang Shicheng spent three months to wipe out the Yuan army around Gaoyou Mansion, and then he turned his attack to his old rival Deng Yu.

In order to ensure that the war against Deng Yu was foolproof, Ye Dexin, the chief strategist under Zhang Shicheng, advised Zhang Shicheng to unite with the Haozhou Righteous Army, and the Zhou army attacked Xuyi and Sizhou, and the Haozhou Righteous Army attacked Dingyuan.

Zhang Shicheng adopted Ye Dexin's suggestion and sent his adviser Huang Jingfu to Haozhou, and after being received by Guo Zixing, Sun Deya, Zhao Junyong, Peng Da and other leaders, Huang Jingfu immediately expressed his intentions.

When Guo Zixing heard that Zhang Shicheng wanted him to send troops to attack Deng Yu, he was immediately shocked, Guo Zixing only wanted to keep the one-third of an acre of land in Haozhou, and did not want to offend Deng Yu, a strong neighbor.

Just when Guo Zixing hesitated, in view of Zhang Shicheng's great strength, Sun Deya, who had the intention of climbing Zhang Shicheng, stepped out of the ranks, and said in a condensed voice: "Deng Yu's wolf ambition and occupation of Dingyuan are for the evil neighbors. ”

"What Sun Dashuai said is very reasonable, Deng Jun's soldiers and horses are far away, sooner or later they will plot against Haozhou, and now King Cheng intends to send troops to conscript, we might as well help King Cheng to eradicate this evil neighbor!" As soon as Sun Deya's voice fell, Zhao Junyong immediately echoed.

Guo Zixing and Peng Da were very moved by what Sun Deya and Zhao Junyong said, at this time, Huang Jingfu hit the railway while it was hot: "The four marshals don't have to worry, my king has prepared a large number of soldiers and horses, ready to wave troops to attack Xuyi and Sizhou at any time, the battle together, the main force of the Deng army is contained by our army, how can we take care of Dingyuan, when the time comes, if you can help the king of my family to destroy Deng Yu, in order to avenge the killing of my brother, the king of my family is willing to give up Xuyi, Dingyuan, Sizhou three places, support the four marshals as the king of one side!" ”

The five words 'for the king of one party' were like five sledgehammers hitting the chests of Guo Zixing, Sun Deya, Zhao Junyong, and Peng Da, and the eyes of the four of them flashed, and they asked in unison: "Is this true?" ”

Huang Jingfu sneered in his heart, secretly thinking that even characters like you also want to be the king and hegemon? When King Cheng exterminates Deng Yu and the army presses the border, an edict can make you bow down.

Although Huang Jingfu was thinking like this in his heart, he replied seriously on the surface: "The king of my family is the lord of a country, you need to know that the king has no jokes, and the four marshals don't have to worry too much!" ”

The Haozhou Righteous Army made the choice of conquering Dingyuan, Huang Jingfu retreated, and rushed back to Gaoyou on the same day to see Zhang Shicheng, Zhang Shicheng heard what Huang Jingfu reported, but there was no accident, and said loudly: "Everything is ready now, and I hope that all the princes will work together to kill Deng Yu's thieves and avenge the king's brother, and the king has thanked the princes here!" ”

After Zhang Shicheng finished speaking, he actually bowed down to the civil and military forces under his command in the lobby, and the Zhou army and civil and military immediately knelt down one after another, and shouted in unison: "We will not hesitate to live and die, kill the Deng thief, avenge General Zhang, and rest until death!! ”

Ten days later, Zhang Shicheng raised 30,000 troops and quickly attacked Xuyi.

The war was about to break out, Zhang Shicheng and the four marshals of Haozhou each raised a large army, wanting to attack Xuyi, Sizhou, Dingyuan and other places, but they didn't know that they were falling into the net of heaven and earth under Deng Yu and Li Ke step by step.

At the same time, a team of scouts was rushing to Xuyi City, these scouts had been hiding outside Gaoyou City half a month ago, and when they found out the news of Zhang Shicheng's troops, they immediately hurried non-stop and reported quickly.

"Report! Marshal, Zhang Shicheng led an army of 30,000 and is heading towards the border of Xuyi! ”

Several scouts rushed to the General Mansion, came to see Deng Yu to report, Deng Yue heard the news, but did not see the slightest panic, his face was calm, his eyes were shining, and he ordered loudly: "Pass the commander's order, inform the generals of all departments to rush to the ambush site within three days, there must be no mistake!" ”

"Yes!" The scout officer gave the order and hurriedly retreated.

Deng Yuduan sat in the lobby, and a shocking killing intent suddenly erupted from his body, as if he was planning a shocking killing game, and once this killing situation came, blood would be spilled in all directions, corpses were everywhere, leaving countless unjust souls!

Zhang Shicheng marched quickly, only five days, led the troops into the Xuyi border, the Zhou army went all the way, rarely encountered obstacles, captured two towns and three Lingbao in successive days, the remaining soldiers of the broken army had no intention of fighting, only a little resistance, and fled in panic.

Zhang Shicheng took two cities and three forts, and ordered his army to rest for a day before marching to attack the surrounding towns and Lingbao.

After that, the Zhou army was like a bamboo, and in three days, it successively captured five towns and seven Lingbao.

However, after that, Zhang Shicheng slowed down the pace of the march, in his opinion, there is a gap of four days, as long as Deng Yu does not want to be captured, he will inevitably react, and the ensuing battle is likely to be extremely difficult, and it is inevitable to march cautiously.

After Zhang Shicheng captured seven towns and ten Lingbao in Xuyi, he left 6,000 soldiers and horses to guard on the spot to ensure the smooth flow of grain routes, after all, to continue to march is to go deep into the hinterland of the enemy, the march and combat are ever-changing, the situation is unpredictable, in order to be just in case, Zhang Shicheng naturally has to leave a way to retreat.

Zhang Shicheng led more than 20,000 elite soldiers to continue to march, and a group of Zhou soldiers won consecutive battles, and it was the morale that was like a rainbow, Zhang Shicheng wanted to take advantage of the victory to attack, and hit Xuyi City in one go.

Two days later, Zhang Shicheng led the army to a narrow valley road that stretched for nearly two miles, Ye Dexin saw that this valley road was precipitous, and couldn't help but look at it, and admonished Zhang Shicheng: "King Cheng, this valley road is narrow and long, if Deng Yu lays an ambush here, our army will be destroyed when it enters the country, and King Cheng will not order the army to make a detour!" ”

Zhang Shicheng narrowed his slightly feminine eyes, took a closer look at the terrain of the valley road, and then laughed: "The two sides of this valley road are more than fifteen zhang high, and it is steep and difficult to walk, it will take at least a day or two for ordinary men to climb up, not to mention, there is no vegetation on the top of the valley, there is no food and drinking water, if you don't make arrangements in advance, there will never be an ambush here!" ”

"And it has only been six days since our army raided and attacked Xuyi, except for the time it takes to convey the news and gather troops and horses, how can Deng Yu have time to lay an ambush here? Unless he calculates in advance when our army will send troops, and he can finely calculate the speed of our army's march, however, such a god-like figure, this king has never seen it, although Deng Yu has the talent to command the army, but he is not a god! ”

"What's more, if you make a detour to march, you will have to delay at least two or three days, and the gap between these two or three days is enough for Deng Yu to gather troops and horses, and deploy heavy troops in the remaining Lingbao and Xuyi counties to deepen defense, which is a great disadvantage for our army. Wei Zhang doesn't need to worry too much, he can make the soldiers march calmly, according to calculations, there is absolutely no ambush here! ”

Zhang Shicheng looked confident, and talked eloquently on the horse, Ye Dexin felt quite reasonable after hearing it, and immediately stopped persuading each other, and ordered the soldiers to move forward according to the order.