Standing at the head of the city and looking at the west, Liu Yansi's face was gloomy, and he was indescribably irritable in his heart.

"General, Chengzhong Lu, Liu and others want to invite adults to sit in Qintai Tower tonight,......" The attaché cautiously followed, probably knowing that the main general was in a bad mood, and whispered for advice.

"No, let them rest down for a while, and don't make trouble for me. Liu Yansi said coldly, not even bothering to reply.

"Yes, but don't you still want to discuss the donation with them? It's just ...... today" The attaché was stunned, knowing that he might touch his head, but he still had to mention that those salt merchants were not easy to follow, no matter who was in Haizhou City, they had to let them have a few points, regardless of whether he was from the Pinglu Army, or the Reform Army, or the Huaiyou Army.

"So-and-so know, today is not empty, so you tell them. Exhaling a deep breath of turbidity, Liu Yansi was also a little helpless.

He knows that these salt merchants in Haizhou City are the grass on the wall, in fact, they should also be inclined to Huaiyou's side, and now they are sycophant to themselves, but it is just because of the more than 20,000 troops stationed in Haizhou City, Yu Mingzhen has been operating in Haizhou for many years, and his prestige is not comparable to the newcomer role of the Pinglu Army, no matter what, the Pinglu Army cannot tear its face with the other party now.

Liu Yansi also knew that now was a very delicate time, the Huaiyou Army was pressed on the Yizhou line, according to the detailed work and scouts, the Huaiyou Army that entered the line of Yizhou Linyi and Yishui should have exceeded 16 armies, that is to say, it reached about 40,000 people, and the Huaiyou Army obviously did not come to enjoy the mountains and rivers, but wanted to choose the opportunity to fight.

The reason why Liu Yansi felt that they were going to choose an opportunity to fight was because these 40,000 horses and horses alone wanted to defeat Haizhou and Mizhou, and they obviously had no strength, but if they hit the army and attacked Haizhou or Mizhou, it was still a little difficult to say.

Liu Yansi is still somewhat sure that he is holding Haizhou, and he knows very well the strength of this group of sons and daughters, even if there are some unstable factors in the city, but Liu Yansi also has coping arrangements, and he is not afraid of how many waves these guys can stir up, but Mizhou is a little difficult to say.

Wang Shouxin is a little arrogant, but as the brother-in-law of the sovereign, no matter how hard Liu Yansi is, it is not easy to directly fight with Wang Shouxin, so many times he can only remind him euphemistically, but whether Wang Shouxin accepts it or not, it is not for him to decide.

The more he thought about it, the more irritable he became, and Liu Yansi didn't know why he always felt a little uncertain in his heart.

It is very likely that the Huai Right Army will directly attack Mizhou, and on its own side, it may take a diversion battle to prevent itself from reinforcing Mizhou, and it has already made arrangements to arrange the cavalry of the two armies to go north to Huairen in advance, as long as there is a change in Mizhou, the cavalry of these two armies can go north to attack the rear of the Huai Right Army, making it difficult to take care of the head and tail, and it is difficult to attack Mizhou with all its might.

It stands to reason that such an arrangement is foolproof, you must know that Qingzhou can be reinforced at any time, the Huaiyou Army was originally a guest army, and it is unlikely that it will last long, especially as long as it can be delayed until winter, the cold wind from the north will make them understand how difficult it is to camp in this wilderness, and then the Huaiyou Army itself will have to leave obediently.

But why do you still feel that something is wrong?

What's the problem?

The movements of the Huaiyou Army along the Yishui line were too big, so that the information fed back from the scouts and detailed work was quite detailed and complicated, which made Liu Yansi feel a little unbearable.

From Linyi County to Yishui County, it is almost a non-stop passing army, but from Yishui County to Mulingguan this line has not much news back, it is said that in the area close to Yishui County, Huaiyou Qing is quite strict, and even no one is allowed to leave, and the scouts have been repeatedly intercepted and killed in this area.

Why is the line from Linyi to Yishui relatively loose, but the area to Yishui County is suddenly tightened? Is it because Yishui County is the main bridgehead for attacking Mizhou? However, it stands to reason that after taking Ju County, this bridgehead should be pushed forward to the area of Ju County, but intelligence shows that the martial law in the area of Ju County has not yet reached the line of Yishui County.

There's got to be something weird here.

Liu Yansi's cold gaze stayed on the western skyline, and there was no movement for a long time.

Didn't Huaiyou want to attack the east and west, aiming at Mizhou, but in the end he raided Haizhou?

If this is the case, Liu Yansi raised his hands in favor of welcome, and he was confident that he would teach these barbarians from the south a good lesson under the city of Haizhou, so that they could taste the risks of siege warfare.

No, this possibility is very small, there are also generals in the Huaiyou Army who can fight and are accustomed to fighting, and characters like Yu Mingzhen and Lu Qiming are as calm and rational as they will not do such brainless things.

Careful preparation is the basic guarantee of victory in a war, and no one will deliberately weaken the preparation in order to deceive the enemy and scout.

Liu Yansi's gaze finally slowly went north, why is there martial law in Yishui County, not to be precise, from Yishui County to the north, all the way to Muling Pass, Muling Pass?

Liu Yansi's heart moved slightly, and he felt as if he had captured something.

Mulingguan?!

In this era, there were two Muling Passes.

One is located before Gwangju and Hwangju, and is one of the key passes from the Central Plains to Jingxiang, and its importance is no less than that of the three passes of Yiyang.

One is at the intersection of the three states of Qing, Mi and Yi, the terrain is high, overlooking the three places, controlling this Muling Pass, to the east can run Ma Mizhou, go straight down to the cities, to the south can sweep the Yishui, to the north can be under the city of Qingzhou.

Qingzhou?!

Could it be that the Huaiyou Army is bold and wants to raid Qingzhou?!

No, Liu Yansi shook his head, feeling ridiculous at his ridiculous idea, can Qingzhou sneak attack?

Not to mention that attacking Qingzhou from Muling Pass to the north needs to pass through Linqu City, even if they bypass Linqu City, Qingzhou has already been alerted, can Yidu City be easily captured as Qingzhou Prefecture?

More than 10,000 troops are the elite of the Jiedu Envoy, and if there is no 100,000 army to defeat Yidu City, it is wishful thinking.

With Huai right, he can piece together forty or fifty thousand troops, and he will be able to die in vain to fight Qingzhou, and there are Qizhou and baggage troops in the west of Qingzhou, which can easily rush to reinforcements within three or five days, even if the Huaiyou army can divide troops to intercept it, but Huaiyou's little strength, once the troops are divided, how much can be left to attack the city?

Qingzhou City is the most complete defense system in the Pinglu Prefectures, and the situation in the city is also firmly in the hands of the Jiedu Envoy, if you want to conquer Qingzhou City, it is impossible.

Liu Yansi kept denying this idea in his heart, it stands to reason that Huaiyou wants to raid Qingzhou, which is definitely the most irrational approach, but this cannot alleviate the anxiety in Liu Yansi's heart.

Jiang Feng has always been known for his boldness and recklessness, almost every battle is based on small and big, and more wins less, what if he really wants to raid Qingzhou?

There are 15,000 people stationed in Qingzhou, there are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the neighboring Qizhou and Zizhou, and there are still some town troops in Denglai and the two prefectures, all of which can be reinforced.

Although Jiang Feng is very gambling, he is not a madman, he will not do anything that has no chance, and if he can succeed, it means that he will dare to bet at least five or five, which also means that if he wants to make a move on Qingzhou, he must be prepared.

But the problem is that what exactly he did was not known.

Liu Yansi felt that he needed to do something, he had to remind Jiedu to beware of the enemy's sneak attack, and he also had to send a letter to Wang Shouxin to ask him to pay attention to the movements of Qingzhou, and if necessary, he had to reinforce Qingzhou.

Lang Ya exhaled a breath of white air, which could not be dispersed in the air for a long time, and the county seat of Linqu was ahead.

In the early winter, the land of Qilu is already a little cold, especially when marching in the field, if you walk you can still get hot, but this kind of cavalry night travel, the taste is not ordinary.

In this era, night marching is not a simple thing, even if Jiang Feng discovered this problem after taking over the garrison, he began to consciously supplement eggs, pig liver, fish soup, etc. for the soldiers suffering from finch blindfold in various armies to improve the finch blindfold of the soldiers, which did have some effect, but it was very difficult for these soldiers to quickly resume night training and reach a certain level.

Fortunately, the treatment of cavalry has always been a priority in the army, and they also deserve this treatment, whether it is the cavalry from the Taining army, or the Huaibei cavalry, there is no basic quality, the only thing lacking is regular training and military discipline, when the Sogdian merchants from the north transported the war horses to Xuzhou one after another, the Wuning cavalry army was formed before the Huaiyou cavalry.

The intensive training made these veterans shout a little unbearable, but they also knew very well that if they wanted to gain a firm foothold under the future Pengcheng County Gong, they had to show their unusual role, especially the cavalry force, compared to the combat effectiveness of the Huaiyou Infantry Army, the Wuning cavalry army was the advantage, if they couldn't show their difference in this point, there would be no place for them in the future.

So no one dared to shout that they were half tired, and no one was willing to quit.

Limited to the limited number of war horses, the Wuning cavalry only had time to form a cavalry army of four armies, and the Sogdian merchants transported 4,000 war horses in the early stage, plus the original cavalry of the Taining Army and the Reform Army were scattered and reorganized, and the cavalry soldiers and horses were temporarily represented by Wang Miao, the privy envoy and the head of the General Staff, and in fact, the person in charge of the cavalry was Hong Kui, the most powerful in the original Taining army.

The commander of the First Army of the Wuning Cavalry is also Hong Kui's left arm and right arm.

There are actually objections within the Privy Council about this arrangement, believing that it is easy to form a mountain faction, but Jiang Feng suppressed this voice, because he knew that now was the time to concentrate on forming combat effectiveness, and the secondary contradiction needed to give way to the main contradiction.

Lang Ya is the most capable of fighting under Hong Kui and the leader of the cavalry, so this commander of the first army should be the commander, and Lang Ya did not live up to expectations.