Anyi, the official residence of Gaoshun.

"General, Lord Chengying asks to see you!"

As soon as Gao Shun returned to the mansion, a personal soldier came to report.

"Cheng Ying?"

Gao Shun was stunned and ordered: "Hurry up, please!" ”

"Yes!"

The soldiers led the order and left, and after a while, they strode in with Cheng Ying.

Cheng Ying was dusty, and when he entered the hall, he arched his hand to Gao Shun, "General Gao Shun!" ”

"Lord Chengying!"

Gao Shun returned the salute and invited Cheng Ying to sit down before saying, "Why did you come to Hedong?" ”

Cheng Ying said: "Don't hide it from the general, discuss with General Zhao Yun below, if you can lead away the main army of the Huns, and then General Zhao Yun will lead a small force of cavalry, and after rounding around to the side of Meiji, you only need to attack Shan Yuting, but the Huns can be broken, and the Hetao can be determined." However, if General Zhao Yun led the army to attack Shan Yuting, there would be no one to command the troops, so he came to ask General Gao Shun to help. ”

Gao Shunse changed his words: "Private granting military power is taboo for people and ministers, how to make it!" ”

Cheng Ying hurriedly said: "We are only for official business, and we are not selfish, even if there are occasional trespasses, it is also for the great cause of the Lord." It was only because the lord went to the Central Plains that he could not ask for his life in time, so we waited for this expedient measure. The Lord is wise and judgmental, and forgiveness will not be condemned! ”

Gao Shun groaned: "This move is very inappropriate, let a good student think about it!" ”

Cheng Ying said again: "If the lord blames him, he will bear it in the next step!" ”

Gao Shun said angrily: "If a person is not afraid of things, how can he be afraid of taking responsibility, but he just doesn't want to break the law." ”

Cheng Ying laughed dryly, knowing that he had accidentally said the wrong thing, and hurriedly said: "General Gao Shun is loyal and righteous. Naturally, the general is well understood. But the testimonies are dead, and we should be improvised. The lord has also said more than once that things urgently need to be in power. As long as you do the right thing, you shouldn't stick to the rules of death, what else does General Gao Shun have to hesitate about? ”

Gao Shun pondered for a long time before he said, "My lord, let's talk about the details first!" ”

Cheng Ying had no choice but to tell the details of the situation and everything, and tried her best to persuade Gao Shun.

Gao Shun is in a dilemma, this method is indeed feasible, but privately granting military power is really taboo for courtiers, so he has to be cautious.

Although the lord is good and judgmental. But this kind of thing can't be done lightly.

Even if the lord will not blame him afterwards, the other generals and advisers may not be like this.

What others will see will only be that they and Zhao Yun privately grant the right to receive soldiers, but not look at the results. This is a matter of principle, once this is opened, will the generals of the army in the future not have to compete to follow suit, this is not a good thing.

After thinking about it again, I still feel that I can't start this way.

However, he couldn't bear Cheng Ying's hard persuasion, and finally had to reluctantly agree.

But. In order to minimize the impact, both of them wrote a letter of self-incrimination, and sent them to the Central Plains to submit a march, preparing to ask for punishment afterwards. lest this wind rise sharply, so that other commanders and generals will also rush to follow suit.

Now that he has made a decision, Gao Shun will not hesitate.

After making a little arrangement for all things in Hedong. With more than 100 family names, he and Cheng Ying left Anyi and went straight to Shangjun.

Kaifeng North Gate. The city gate was opened, and the Xiliang cavalry was surging into the city.

Luo Zheng just led the army to Kaifeng City. Just ordered 5,000 cavalry to walk around the city and shouted a few voices, which frightened the bureaucrats and gentry in Kaifeng City, and the farts and urine surrendered to Kaicheng.

After the army entered the city, hundreds of soldiers in Kaifeng City were immediately driven to the barracks to be detained.

Under the escort of Xu Chu, Luo Zheng strode up to the top of the city, looking at this magnificent mountain and river from afar, and felt proud.

In the sound of hurried footsteps, Jia Xu hurriedly climbed to the top of the city and waved his hand to Luo Zheng, "Lord! ”

Luo Zheng waved his hand and asked, "Wen He is exempt, where is Cao Ren's army now?" ”

Jia Xu said: "It's time to Junyi!" ”

Luo Zheng's spirits perked up, and he said, "Cao Ren, this guy is coming so fast!" ”

Jia Xu said: "According to the report of the scouts, although Cao Ren went south under the starry night, he reprimanded the scouts for exploring a radius of twenty miles, and the precautions against our army were very tight, and if the lord wanted to lead the army to raid, I am afraid it would be impossible." ”

Luo Zheng said in a deep voice: "Does Wenhe have a clever way to break the enemy? ”

Jia Xu said loudly: "No matter how cautious Cao Ren is, but he is a foot soldier, our army is cavalry, and he occupies the initiative. There is a plan below, which can break Cao Ren's army! ”

Luo Zheng said happily: "Wenhe, please speak!" ”

Jia Xu treacherously knew: "It's very simple, the lord only needs to leave hundreds of soldiers and horses, and then plant flags all over the city of Kaifeng to confuse the Cao army scouts." At night, the lord could personally lead the main army out of Kaifeng and go around to the flank of Cao Ren's army. Cao Ren sent all the scouts to the front, and the rear must guard against the weakness of the army, just wait for him to lead the army south, and the lord can take advantage of the situation to kill! ”

Luo Zheng said in a deep voice: "If our army does not move, Cao Ren may not lead the army south." ”

Jia Xu thought for a while, and then said: "This is easy, the Cao army is all foot soldiers, as long as it moves, three thousand cavalry can break it." The lord can leave 2,000 soldiers and horses, and then coerce the soldiers and the people in the city to fill the cavalry, and then go south to Xuchang from Kaifeng early tomorrow morning. Our army has the advantage of horses, as long as you go slowly, you will not make a mistake! ”

Luo Zheng pondered for a moment, and said categorically: "That's it, just according to Wen He's opinion!" ”

The sun soon set, the four doors of Kaifeng were closed, and smoke rose from the cooking.

The scouts of the Cao army were divided into several groups, staring at the four gates of Kaifeng, changing them every half an hour, and reporting the latest movements of the Luo Zheng army to Cao Ren's army in time to avoid being attacked by the Xiliang cavalry.

After dark, torches were lit at the head of Kaifeng City.

The ten cavalry scouts were separated by a mile, and from time to time they circled around the four gates of Kaifeng.

At this moment, the four gates of Kaifeng suddenly opened, and fifty cavalry each came out.

"It's not good, Xiliang soldiers are out, let's go!"

Seeing this, the Cao Jun scout cavalry turned around and ran away without saying a word.

This kind of chase battle happens almost every day, as long as the Xiliang army stops and rests, it will drive away the Cao army scouts, but the Cao army's scouts are very clever, always hanging far away, and will flee as soon as they find something wrong.

The Xiliang army chased several times, but only killed more than ten cavalry Cao army scouts.

After chasing and fleeing, the Cao army scouts quickly fled away.

Soon, the four gates of Kaifeng rushed out of more than 100 horsemen again, and launched a carpet-style sweep around the periphery. Kaifeng is surrounded by flat plains, and even if the Cao army scouts want to bury the secret, they have nowhere to hide.

After confirming that there was no detailed work by Cao Jun, Wang Fang immediately reported the news to the city.

Not long after, three thousand Xiliang cavalry rushed out of the south gate and soon escaped into the night.

After the Xiliang cavalry chased out for ten miles, they gave up the pursuit and returned to the city.

The Cao Jun scout also reluctantly turned around and followed, following far behind.

The soldiers on patrol walked back and forth on the city, stretching their necks to shout a few times outside the city from time to time, or shoot a few arrows, as if they were very impatient with the sentry of the Cao army scouts.

"Head, it doesn't seem like there's a problem!"

A scout soldier stared at it for a while, then turned his head to Shi Chang, who was leading the team.

Shi Chang didn't see anything abnormal, so he waved his hand and said, "Let's go, stay away, lest the Xiliang thief chase him out again." Hold on for another hour, and it's time for the shift change, so keep a fucking eye on it, don't have any problems. ”

"Don't worry, head!"

A scout soldier said: "According to the villain, these Xiliang cavalry are also soft-footed shrimp, and they have been handed over a few times, and they can't help us." If it weren't for the large number of them, the villain wouldn't be afraid of these Xiliang thieves! ”

"That's it!"

The rest of the scouts all nodded in agreement, thinking that the Xiliang cavalry was nothing more than that.

"Less fucking hubris!"

Although Shi Chang also felt that the Xiliang cavalry did not say that they were brave and good at fighting, they couldn't see the wings and tails of these turtle sons under his command, so he casually reprimanded a few words, so as not to suffer a big loss under carelessness.

The scouts didn't think so, but they didn't dare to refute it, so they had to keep their mouths shut.

The night is getting deeper, and the Xiliang soldiers who patrol the night at the head of the city change their shifts every two hours, and the night is normal.

The scouts of the Cao army saw it clearly, and every other hour, they sent fast horses to report the news to Cao Ren's army.

When the sky slowly brightened, the four doors of Kaifeng opened again.

"Let's go!"

The scouts of Cao's army, who were wandering outside the city, didn't say a word, but turned their horses and left.

The Xiliang cavalry routinely chased ten miles, and then turned around and went back to the city.

The scouts of Cao Jun also had a tacit understanding to follow, and from a long distance, they saw hundreds of cavalry rushing out of the south gate of Kaifeng with a group of war horses, rolling south, because they were too far away, they couldn't see how many war horses there were.

Until the sun rose, a group of Xiliang cavalry came out of the south gate of Kaifeng, and after a little formation, they went south along the official road, but the speed was slightly slower than the normal march of the cavalry.

The Cao Jun scout immediately retreated a few miles away, and no longer dared to lean forward lightly.

After following for more than 20 miles, the speed of the Xiliang cavalry to the south gradually increased.

In front of the cavalry formation, Wang Fang did not urge, and while letting the war horse run slowly, he looked back from time to time.

A junior colonel looked at Wang Yan's face and couldn't help but complain: "General, this is also too slow, and it is about the same speed as the infantry marching, why does the lord want to arrest so many people, it's all a burden!" ”

"Less nonsense!"

Wang Fang glared at the junior colonel fiercely, and said angrily: "The lord does this, naturally there is a reason for the lord, you kid have more mouths, look at those people, don't make a mess is serious, don't fucking complain here." ”

Xiao Xiao shrunk his neck, didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly ran to the back.

Wang Fang couldn't help but look back again, two thousand cavalry guarded more than two thousand people on horseback in the middle, although there was no problem for the time being, but he didn't dare to be careless at all, lest he expose his horse's feet.

Fortunately, with the help of horses, although these people who were wrapped up could not charge on war horses, it was not a problem to catch up with sleep at a uniform speed, and after a long time on horseback, they slowly mastered a little skill, and the speed gradually became faster.

The Cao Jun scouts didn't notice anything unusual, and still only followed from a distance.

It is difficult to see that even if the five thousand cavalry is a few hundred less. (To be continued......)