The night was shrouded, the soldiers of the Fengzhou Army who had trained for a day had dinner and rested early, and there was silence in the camp, only the patrol sentries walked in formation, only the Chinese army tent was still brightly lit, the commander Yang Yuanqingzheng and Sima Li Jing, the chief secretary Xie Sili, the recorder of the army Pei Jin, and the generals Yang Sien, Pei Xingyan, Su Dingfang and others discussed the military situation.

This afternoon, Yang Yuanqing received an eagle letter from Shanyang City, convinced that Liu Wuzhou was mobilizing 200,000 troops to the north for a decisive battle, and the intelligence also included the news that Liu Wuzhou's army was disheartened and that a large number of soldiers had fled, which showed that his Fenyang Palace wedge had played a role and had stabbed Liu Wuzhou in the weakest point.

"Everyone, for the plan of Liu Wuzhou's army, I still plan to maintain the original plan, surrender the army without a fight, and use all kinds of means to weaken his army as much as possible, now his military spirit has been shaken, but it is not enough, I still need to continue to disintegrate his army, everyone can speak freely."

Yang Yuanqing's gaze looked at everyone one by one, and finally his gaze fell on Su Dingfang's face, and when he saw that he wanted to speak and stopped, he smiled and said, "General Su just said." ”

Su Dingfang hesitated and said: "Humble consideration should still start with grain and grass, he has an army of 200,000, food is the lifeblood of his army, if you can cut off the food and grass of the opponent's army, then they will collapse without a fight, this is just the initial idea of the humble position, because the humble position does not know the other party's grain and grass allocation, so he dare not speak falsely." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded and said with a smile: "The idea is very right, I don't know the other party's grain and grass situation, we can use scouts to investigate, and there are also us in the other party's army, the situation should be easy to understand, and then we can prescribe the right medicine, in addition, I have another idea, let's refer to it in detail, that is, to abandon Yulin City and lure the enemy deep." ”

Li Jing shook his head. "Chief, I think Liu Wuzhou may occupy Yulin City, but he will not continue to pursue us deeply, he should understand our strategy. The humble post suggested that it was better to stick to Yulin City and confront the other party, and then wait for the news of General Qin and General San Lang, and the humble post thought that if Shanyang City was lost, Liu Wuzhou would inevitably withdraw his troops in a hurry. ”

At this time, Xie Sili said cautiously: "Li Sima, if the confrontation takes too long. I'm afraid that Li Yuan in Guanzhong will free up his hands, in fact, now we are indirectly helping Taiyuan and reducing their pressure, Liu Wuzhou has already withdrawn the army surrounding Taiyuan, if we drag it out any longer, then Li Yuan will have time to deploy calmly, which is not good for us in the future. Humble officials do not approve of confrontation. ”

"The confrontation doesn't take long, maybe it will end in three or five days, the key is that we have to create opportunities for General Qin. Frankly speaking, we only have 30,000 troops, but the other side has 200,000 troops, even if we finally defeat the other side, we will suffer heavy losses, this is not worth it, the governor means, to defeat the other side with the minimum cost? ”

However, Li Sima could not guarantee that General Qin would be able to capture Shanyang County, if he could not take it, and a confrontation had formed here. In the end, you can only wait for the other party to run out of food and retreat, then the time is difficult to say, twenty days, a month is possible, and Li Yuan has already completed the deployment in Hedong at this time. ”

Li Jing and Xie Sili had different opinions, and gradually there was a dispute. Yang Yuanqing waved his hand to stop their dispute, and said with a smile: "Don't fight, let's do it according to my deployment first!" Abandon Yulin City and lure the enemy deeper, I believe that the strange troops I deployed will play a role. ”

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Yang Yuanqing issued an order to withdraw the army, and thousands of residents of Yulin City also evacuated to the west, this is the second evacuation of Yulin City residents this year, but compared with the first large-scale withdrawal, the number has been reduced by more than half, the first evacuation of more than 10,000 people, many families have moved to the five counties of Hetao and do not come back, this time the evacuation is only more than 4,000 people, most of them are young men and women, they also have their own houses in the five counties of Hetao, and the old people and children are placed there, within one day, Yulin City has become an empty city.

The Fengzhou army was stationed fifty miles away from Yulin City, and at this time it was already dusk, the soldiers were busy burying pots and cooking, and Yang Yuanqing was also sorting out his paperwork in the big tent.

At this time, a personal soldier reported outside the tent, "Chief, General Xu asks to see!" ”

General Xu is Xu Shixian, he has been in the Fengzhou Army for less than ten days, Yang Yuanqing has only talked to him once, Xu Shiyun is low-key, and he is also very taciturn, and he never expresses any opinion on the military situation and the current situation in peacetime.

Yang Yuanqing also knew that he was not Cheng Yanjin, and he needed a process of slowly getting used to it, so he never bothered him, but he didn't expect him to take the initiative to find him.

"Let him in!"

After a moment, Xu Shiyun hurriedly walked into the big tent, and he stepped forward and bowed, "See the manager!" ”

Xu Shixian's low-key is also reflected in his attitude towards other generals, at present, Yang Yuanqing's general level for Xu Shiyun is the level of deputy overseer, and Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin are the same level, half a level lower than Su Dingfang and Pei Xingyan's overseers, one level lower than Pei Renji and Yang Sien's governors, but one level higher than Cheng Yanjin's Ying Yanglang generals, and in the system of the Fengzhou army, he can rank in the top twenty.

Despite this, Xu Shiyun was very polite to almost everyone, whether it was an overseer with a higher rank than him or a general with a lower rank than him, he would take the initiative to salute and respect each other, which was completely unexpected, he was once the third person in the Wagang Army.

Yang Yuanqing can understand Xu Shiyun's mentality, and behind his respectful and humble self-humility hides a kind of unconfidence in his background, perhaps with a trace of inferiority.

"General Xu, please take a seat!"

Yang Yuanqing invited Xu Shiyun to sit down, and said with a slight smile: "You have heard about Cheng Biting Jin outwitting Fenyang Palace!" ”

Xu Shiyun nodded, "I know, but I'm not surprised, he will definitely succeed." ”

"Oh? Tell me, what do you think of Cheng Biting Jin? Yang Yuanqing asked curiously.

Xu Shiyun thought about it and said with a smile: "His rudeness is just the surface, he is actually very high-minded, I know if he wins the Tiger Prison, and he once used the story of his brother's separation to publicly accuse Li Mi of being ambitious, he also knows his own risks, when he found out that Li Mi and Zhai Rang were about to clash, he immediately hid outside the city, and when he heard that Li Mi succeeded in seizing the throne, he escaped in time, this person's mind is beyond the reach of ordinary people, and the manager can reuse him." ”

"That's right, did he tell you about the fact that he relied on the house money and wine money back then, and in the end, I helped him pay the bills."

Xu Shiyun had a funny expression on his face, and couldn't help laughing: "I mentioned it, but he said that it was the chief manager who relied on the wine account, and he came to pay for the general manager to solve the difficulty." ”

Yang Yuanqing laughed, "This bastard! If you dare to turn the facts upside down, I must teach him a lesson. ”

Xu Shiyun couldn't help laughing, and with this smile, the atmosphere in the big tent immediately became relaxed, and the tension in Xu Shiyun's heart slowly disappeared.

"Chief, this time to deal with Liu Wuzhou's army, there is a suggestion."

"You say!"

At this time, the soldiers brought two cups of tea, Xu Shiyun picked up the teacup and said in a deep voice: "I want to ask the governor first, the reason why the governor set the strategy of surrendering the army without a fight is that he intends to force Liu Wuzhou's army to the south of Taiyuan and make him a thorn in Li Yuan's thorn?" ”

Yang Yuanqing secretly praised that this real purpose was only known to him, Li Jing, Yang Sien and Xie Sili, but he didn't expect Xu Shiyun's eyes to be like a torch, and he could see it, worthy of Xu Shiyun.

"Really?" Yang Yuanqing did not deny it.

"In this case, I suggest that the governor can use Song Jingang to replace Liu Wuzhou, Liu Wuzhou's destructive power is too great, he does not produce, to plunder and raise the army, he will sooner or later turn Hedong into a thousand miles of red fields, and Song Jingang is more strategic than him, he knows how to raise the army with the people, he will not destroy Hedong too much, and he can fight against Li Yuanjun for a longer time."

Yang Yuanqing pondered and asked, "How do you know Song Jingang?" ”

Xu Shiyun smiled and said: "Last year, Song Jingang brought more than 1,000 people to join Wagang, Li Mi ordered me to send someone to understand Song Jingang's old background, so I know him better, and this person is extremely ambitious, bent on rebelling and ascending the throne, Li Mi also found that he was too ambitious, and refused to accept him, although this person is ostensibly to assist Liu Wuzhou, but if there is a chance, he will definitely kill Liu Wuzhou to stand on his own, why doesn't the manager take advantage of Song Jingang's ambition?" ”

"So how do you do that?" Yang Yuanqing already roughly understood.

"It's very simple, I heard that Liu Wuzhou divided his troops into two ways, and the chief manager might as well use a counter-strategy."

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Liu Wu Zhou's soldiers went north in two ways, one was led by himself, with a total of 150,000 troops as the main force, and ordered Song Jingang to lead 50,000 troops as the rear, and the governor went after the grain and grass.

In the evening of that day, Song Jingang's army arrived thirty miles away from Yulin City, and news had come from the front that the Fengzhou army had abandoned Yulin City and evacuated westward, and Liu Wuzhou's main force occupied Yulin City.

This news made Song Jingang a little nervous, this was obviously Yang Yuanqing's lure of the enemy to go deeper, once the army moved westward, and Yang Yuanqing counterattacked to cut off the back road, the army was very likely to suffer the collapse of the enemy.

Song Jingang immediately sent someone to deliver the letter, telling Liu Wuzhou not to go west again.

The letter was sent out, and Song Jingang's letter calmed down a little, and at this time, a personal soldier came to report that his fellow Song Wulun wanted to see him.

Song Jingang was slightly stunned, this is Song Wulun He knows that he is the son of his brother Song Xiang, he hasn't seen him for several years, how can he suddenly appear now?

He ordered, "Bring it in!" ”

In a moment, two soldiers brought in a young man, although he hadn't seen him for five or six years, Song Jingang still recognized it at a glance, it was Song Wulun, the nephew of Jean's clan.

Song Wulun knelt down and kowtowed, "Nephew Wulun sees the third uncle!" ”

"Get up!"

After all, it was his own nephew, a smile appeared on Song Jingang's cold face, and he sat down and asked, "Where have you been all these years?" ”

"Back to the third uncle, my nephew joined the army in Youzhou, and later went to Fengzhou."

Song Jingang's face changed, and he waved his hand and ordered several pro-soldiers: "You all retreat!" ”