Wei Yan led 20,000 Qin troops all the way to Xuzhou.

In the past few days, Xuzhou City has been besieged like an iron bucket, and Liu Bei, who has been completely cut off from outside news, has no idea that the Qin army has come to help.

The 20,000 Qin troops entered the Xuzhou territory, and did not immediately advance towards Xuzhou City, but went straight to Xiaopei.

Cao Jun had already completely grasped the movements of the Qin army, but what made Wei Yan feel strange was that the Cao army did not make any arrangements against them.

Leading the army, seeing that he was about to advance to Xiaopei, Wei Yan had a faint sense of foreboding in his heart.

This feeling arose from the depths of his heart, and he felt a cold sweat break up on his spine.

Reining in his horse, Wei Yan raised an arm and stopped the march of the army.

Since Wei Yan was a partial general who had recently joined the Qin army and had not yet made a big deal, Liu Wei did not send other generals as his lieutenants when he set out on the expedition.

Those who assisted Wei Yan were just a few partial generals.

Even so, those generals were not very convinced by Wei Yan.

They became partial generals, and they fought the battlefield with a knife and a gun, and as soon as Wei Yan joined the Qin army, Liu Wei appointed him to lead an army of 20,000 to aid Xuzhou.

In this way, it is really too kind to Wei Yan.

I was not very convinced in my heart, but those generals never showed it along the way, and every time Wei Yan gave an order, they would carry it out without hesitation.

At this time, seeing that he was about to reach Xiaopei, Wei Yan suddenly stopped the march of the army, and several partial generals couldn't help but have some doubts in their hearts when they saw him behaving like this.

A partial general finally couldn't hold back a little and asked Wei Yan, "Why did the general stop the army?" ”

Turning his head to look at the general, Wei Yan said without the slightest expression on his face: "The army is temporarily stationed, and there is a movement of Cao's army nearby. ”

"Although there are some hills here, the top of the mountain is not high, if there is Cao Jun, you can see it at a glance!" Turning his head and looking around, the general said to Wei Yan with some suspicion: "Even if the Cao army has an ambush, it will not be ...... here."

"It is precisely because the Cao army will not ambush here that General Ben wants to be stationed here!" Also looking around, Wei Yan said to the partial general: "Our army is advancing all the way towards Xiaopei, and the Cao army will definitely not be unaware of the movement of our army, if there is a Cao army intercepting along the way, this general will not feel very strange, but our army is moving too smoothly along the way, but it makes this general feel that something is wrong in his heart!" ”

Wei Yan's words were also quite reasonable, several partial generals who were ordered to assist him did not say anything more, and the partial generals who had just spoken to him even turned over and jumped off their horses, and shouted loudly while walking towards the back of the team: "General Wei has an order, the whole army is stationed on the spot!" ”

Seeing that he was about to arrive in Xiaopei, the 20,000 soldiers of the Qin army learned that they were going to be stationed here, and they were all full of wonder.

However, the general had already ordered to be stationed on the spot, and the officers and men of the Qin army, who had never questioned the order, were also busy and set up camps on the side of the road.

As the soldiers of the Qin army set up, a patch of tents appeared on one side of the road.

The tent was attached to the tent, as if a myriad of huge mushrooms had suddenly bloomed in the field.

Standing on the road where the army had just marched, holding the hilt of the long sword at his waist, Wei Yan said to a partial general beside him: "Send more scouts to investigate the situation around." Not only do you have to find out what Xiao Pei is doing, but you have to find out everywhere, and if there is a movement of Cao's army, report it to General Ben immediately! ”

"No!" Although in the Qin army, the official rank is the same as Wei Yan, but now Wei Yan is the chief general of the army, and the partial general does not dare to slack off, so he hurriedly hugged his fists and responded, and An refused to wait.

The soldiers were still camping in their tents, and dozens of fast horses had already left the barracks and scattered in all directions.

Dozens of scouts scattered in different directions, and even in the direction where the army came, there were scouts who turned back to check, Wei Yan was very cautious this time.

It is impossible to say that he is not cautious, this expedition is his first battle to serve the Qin army.

If you lose this battle, if you want to get ahead in the Qin army in the future, you will have no chance.

Liu Wei gave him a chance, but Wei Yan knew the stakes, so after feeling that something was wrong, he immediately ordered a large army to be stationed.

Wei Yan led 20,000 Qin troops and stationed them only a dozen miles away from Xiaopei, but the two Cao army generals in Xiaopei City were a little unable to sit still.

Li Dian and Le Jin, together with Xiahoudun, led the army to Xuzhou, and did not follow the army all the way to Xuzhou, but allocated 5,000 soldiers and horses to guard Xiaopei.

Xiapi was in the southwest of Xuzhou, and the Qin army captured Xiapi, which did not have much impact on this battle, but Xiao Pei was holding the retreat of the Cao army, if Xiao Pei was lost, the Cao army would be greatly restrained in the whole battle.

Both of them knew the stakes, so they didn't dare to be careless about guarding Xiaopei.

Standing on the city wall of Xiaopei, looking at the direction in which the Qin army was stationed, although Li Dian and Le Jin couldn't see the Qin army at all, they knew that the Qin army must be there.

"Report!" Looking at the direction in which the Qin army was stationed, Li Dian and Le Jin were waiting for the Qin army to appear in their sight, and a soldier quickly ran behind them, clasped his fists and bowed to the two and said, "Qi Qi two generals, the Qin army is stationed ten miles outside the city!" ”

"What?" As soon as he heard the soldier's words, Li Dian turned around sharply and asked the soldier, "Is there a real investigation?" ”

"It has been investigated, and the Qin army is really stationed ten miles away from the city!" Maintaining a fist-hugging and bowing posture, the soldier repeated a message that had just been reported to Li Dian and Le Jin.

Knowing that the Qin army was stationed ten miles outside the city, Li Dian and Le Jin glanced at each other, and a puzzle appeared on their faces.

"Could it be that Qin Jun found something?" The soldier who reported the news waved his hand, and after the soldier left, Le Jin and Li Dian looked at each other and muttered.

"How is that possible!" Before Le Jin's words fell, Li Dian waved his hand and said with a look of disbelief: "The military advisor has always made a plan, and it has always been considered to be true, this Qin army is just a partial general leading the army, how can it be so powerful?" ”

Nodding, Le Jin didn't say anything more, but when he looked out of the city again, his face was a little more solemn.

Guo Jia had already made a plan for the battle of Xuzhou, and he expected that when the Qin army entered Xuzhou, he would definitely capture Xiaopei first, and wait until the Cao army rescued Xiaopei and intercepted it halfway.

It was precisely because he expected that the Qin army would fight like this, Guo Jia did not wait for the Qin army to besiege Xiaopei before deploying, but ambushed an ambush outside Xiaopei City in advance.

As long as the Qin army arrives at the foot of Xiaopei City, the ambush soldiers outside the city will take advantage of the night to kill, and the Cao army in the city will only need to respond from the inside, and the Qin army will definitely repeat the mistake of losing the Battle of Shouchun.

He had already opened his pockets and was just waiting for Qin Jun to jump into the trap, but Qin Jun stopped his progress before he was about to jump into his pocket.

Guo Jia didn't count this change, and Le Jin and Li Dian, who guarded Xiaopei, didn't expect it.

He led the army to be stationed in the wilderness ten miles away from Xiaopei, and the tents set up by the soldiers were next to each other.

Standing on the edge of the barracks with his hands on his waist, Wei Yan frowned slightly, looking in the direction of Xiao Peicheng.

It is still far away from Xiaopei, standing outside the barracks, and you can't see Xiaopei's city wall at all.

But looking in that direction, Wei Yan had a feeling that this attack on Xiaopei would definitely lead to a tragic battle.

None of the scouts sent out have returned, and the situation around them is still very unclear.

If the scouts never responded, Wei Yan would definitely not order the army to advance.

"General!" Just when he was looking in the direction of Xiao Peicheng and thinking about how to fight this battle, he rushed into the barracks on a fast horse, and the knight on horseback was still more than ten steps away from Wei Yan, so he grabbed the reins, turned over and jumped down, ran quickly in front of him, hugged his fists and bowed down and said: "Fifty miles to the south, there is nothing unusual!" ”

Finally waited for a scout to come back, although the scout did not bring back useful information, Wei Yan was not much disappointed.

There were dozens of scouts sent out, and it was impossible for every scout to bring back useful information.

Waving his hand at the scout who reported the news, Wei Yan did not speak, but continued to stand on the edge of the barracks, looking in the direction of Xiao Peicheng.

The setting sun was gilded with an orange yellow light on the edges of the clouds, and it was seen that dusk had arrived and night was approaching.

The scouts sent out returned one after another, but none of them brought back useful information.

Looking up at the sky that had been reflected red by the setting sun, Wei Yan's brows finally twisted.

At the age of fifteen, although he had shown caution in this march that did not match his age, he still felt a little irritated in his heart when he could not wait for the return of the scouts.

"General!" Just as he was looking up at the sky, wanting to take advantage of the vastness of the sky to soothe his heart a little, a voice came from behind Wei Yan.

Glancing back behind him, what appeared in front of him was a partial general who had gone out with him.

Since joining the Qin army, Wei Yan has rarely had contact with the partial generals in the barracks, but the partial general in front of him is an exception.

This person's surname is Li Mingji, three years older than Wei Yan, and he was also a partial general at a young age, but he is different from Wei Yan, he followed Liu Wei earlier, and became a partial general with his combat courage and accumulated military achievements.

However, because he was too young when he was a partial general, in the barracks, other partial generals were not very close to him.

A few days ago, when Wei Yan just joined the Qin army, Li Ji was still secretly happy that he finally had a partial general of the same age as him.

It is for this reason that after Wei Yan entered the barracks, Li Ji also deliberately befriended him, and although the two were not irreversible, the relationship was still good.

Seeing that it was Li Ji, Wei Yan grinned, looked much more relaxed and asked, "Why did General Li come here?" ”