On the second day of the fifth month, the fourth day when Lin Zhan led his troops out of the city, his soldiers and horses left Jiangdu for only more than 160 miles, and there were still more than 100 miles away from the ships carrying grain from the Southern Qi.

When the Southern Qi Dynasty brought grain over, Jiang Du originally sent soldiers and horses to protect it, and mobilized local garrisons, adding up to one or two thousand soldiers and horses.

Coupled with the 8,000 soldiers and horses brought by Lin Zhan, there were nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses responsible for transporting grain this time.

In the eyes of outsiders, Jiangdu also spent a huge amount of manpower and force to ensure the smooth flow of this grain route, but no one expected that the actions of the Beiwang cavalry were also very fast, but in ten days, from getting the information to sending troops south, all the way to the south of Jiangdu, this grain road has been choked, so that the ships transporting grain can not go north.

Afraid of the military might of the Qi Dynasty, the Northern Wang Army did not dare to rashly start a war with the Qi Dynasty, so even if they knew that the Qi Dynasty soldiers and horses responsible for escorting grain and grass were only less than 500 soldiers, the Northern Wang Army also stopped and watched, only waiting for the grain to be transported outside the Jiangdu before acting.

But at this moment, Lin Zhan's 8,000 soldiers and horses arrived, and a fierce battle seemed inevitable.

On the evening of the second day of the fifth month, the first small battle began. A small team of about 100 cavalry sent by Lin Zhan encountered about 600 cavalry of the Northern King Army.

A massacre that happened on the bank of the river, and only two of the cavalry of the East Wangfu returned alive.

Originally, Lin Zhan led his troops to walk more than forty miles a day, but at this time, he also had to order to be stationed, because if he went further south, he would come into direct contact with the regular army of the Northern King's cavalry.

After this small battle, in the camp of the forward battalion of the Northern King Army, Lian Chengju was arranging the next arrangement. When he got the news, he immediately dissolved the meeting. He hurriedly wrote a letter to the commander Lin Musk, who was forty miles away, to inform him of the incident.

It was an unexpected battle. Originally, for the Northern Wang Army, a strategy had been formulated to first make head-on contact and then feign defeat. And Liancheng brought this way of soldiers and horses to play this scene. But this small encounter seemed to change the tide of the battle, Lin Musk had more than 2,000 cavalry under his command, and they came to converge in three directions, and the soldiers and horses that encountered the cavalry of Dongwangfu were one of them.

Lin Musk realized that although such a small battle was inconspicuous, it would make the Dongwang Mansion suspicious and hinder its advance.

Sure enough, he sent a letter to Lin Musk Deer in Lianchengju the morning of the next day. He got the news that the 8,000 cavalry from the Dongwangfu who had come to support the grain route had been stationed, and there was no intention of going south for the time being.

Lian Chengju couldn't help but be annoyed when he heard this, it was a good plan, his two thousand cavalry, even if he feigned defeat and retreated, would not lose a soldier or a general, and he was very confident in the soldiers under him. He has always looked down on Jiangnan people and thinks that these Jiangnan people are weak. And in yesterday's battle, his 600 cavalry fought 100 cavalry and achieved total annihilation. Although this is not a big achievement, it also reflects that Jiangnan people are indeed vulnerable.

With this in mind, he was also ready to lure the enemy deeper. But he knew that Jiangnan people were very timid. Even if he lost a hundred soldiers and horses, he did not dare to continue the march.

And at this time. The convoy of the Southern Qi transporting grain also stopped.

Due to heavy rains, the river has swelled, and many sections of the river have become impassable. In this case, the ships can only temporarily dock in two or three county towns along the river, and these grains are enough to hundreds of thousands of loads, and Lian Chengju knows very well what changes these grains will bring to the war situation after they are transported to Jiangdu.

"General Lian, if those bastards in the East Prince's Mansion withdraw to Jiangdu like this, how can we win in one fell swoop?" At the military meeting, his subordinates asked Liancheng directly.

When Lian Chengju sent troops before, he vowed to bring his men out to make meritorious contributions, and he even thought that with his 2,000 cavalry, it was not impossible to completely annihilate the 8,000 soldiers and horses of the Eastern Palace. Feign defeat and retreat, you can act without going to the encirclement.

But now, the credit in hand is almost lost because of a small change, how can he not be angry.

"To change the plan, I will ask General Lin for instructions, and we will change the temptation to attack the enemy camp. When the time comes, take advantage of the chaos to kill him by surprise. ”

The subordinates felt that there was nothing wrong with even mentioning the city.

Now Lin Zhan's troops are clearly cowardly and do not dare to march and are stationed, at this time, when the soldiers and horses of the Dongwang Mansion are panicking, attacking is the best plan.

The generals will not be subject to the orders of the army abroad. Lianchengju is now considered to have made an "appropriate" response according to the changes in the war, and it is also very reasonable in the eyes of the generals.

"General Lian's word, we will attack the camp tonight."

"In that case, you should go back and prepare first, and at noon, the whole army will attack."

Lian Chengju had a mouthful of blood in his heart, since the generals of the East Wangfu were so bad, he wanted to let the people of the East Wangfu see the brave and good fighting of the Northern Wang's army. These subordinates of his, like him, live on horseback, so to speak, they are nothing without horseback. Now that there is such an opportunity to make contributions, no one will miss it lightly.

At this time, the 2,000 cavalry of Lian Chengju was about forty miles away from Lin Zhan's Chinese army camp.

According to Lin Zhan's marching speed, he had to march for a day. But for the soldiers and horses raised by Liancheng, one afternoon is enough.

Despite the bad weather, despite the bad road conditions, they know how to steer the horses and how to get on horseback without exerting too much physical effort.

By the end of the night of the third day of the fifth lunar month, the 2,000 cavalry of Lianchengju were already less than five miles away from Lin Zhan's Chinese army camp.

Because of the bad road conditions, Lian Chengju felt that it was unlikely that there would be a large number of scouts in the Dongwangfu military camp. But out of prudence, he still sent a lot of people to investigate the situation around the Dongwangfu military camp.

He planned to spend the first half of the night investigating the situation and then launching a military operation in the second half of the night. Although Lian Chengju is conceited, he is also very cautious, and he has also learned a lot from Lin Musk Deer over the years, and it was Lin Musk Deer who taught him to first understand the enemy's situation and know himself and the enemy when fighting.

In two hours, a lot of news came to him.

Judging from the intelligence, outside the Jiangdu military camp, only two or three miles of defense were deployed. Although the scouts involve a range of four or five miles, there are not many people, and the formation is very scattered, so it obviously does not have the efficiency and ability of regular scouts.

Lian Chengju knew very well that there were no large number of formal bases in Jiangdu City now, and Lin Zhan's 8,000 soldiers and horses were also improvised pieced together. It is not easy for such soldiers and horses to come out in formation, how dare they dare to expect them to be able to deploy at night, or in such a harsh environment?

Lian Chengju gathered all the generals under his command overnight and held a brief mobilization meeting before the war.

In his opinion, this war must be fast, and it should not be too rushed. Be sure to hit the soldiers and horses of the East Wangfu by surprise. (To be continued......)