A horse galloped in, rolling up a yellow dust all the way, and the distant city tower had already seen the rider, and the sentry next to the suspension bridge whistled to signal the suspension bridge to be lowered quickly. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After riding across the suspension bridge, he almost fell off his horse, and the officers who looked like they were all in the city gate cave looked concerned, and when they saw the scouts who were almost off their horses, they hurriedly held on: "Erzhu, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I met a few scouts from the probation army, fortunately, a certain reacted quickly, shot and killed one of the other party, and I also ate an arrow, fortunately, I didn't hurt the vital point. ”

Jumping off the horse, the scout grinned and held his thigh, and sure enough, the arrow was still on the armor, and the blood had already soaked the entire thigh robe, and a strong bloody breath came to his nose.

"The reformers are a bunch of miscellaneous people, they have to pay the price in this battle, let them understand how many eyes Ma Wang Ye has!"

"Ten miles at most. The pain was so painful that cold sweat flowed all over his body, and the scout gasped, "Master Du, do me a favor and let someone hurry up and send someone to Master Mei, and I want to report the situation quickly." ”

"Okay. The surname Du saw that the other party was not lightly injured, and he had already arranged for his subordinates to beckon a few masters to come over with a stretcher, and then carried the other party on the stretcher, "Hurry up and report, I will let someone call Lang Zhong here, and when you finish reporting, Lang Zhong will immediately treat your injuries, Lord Mei and Lord Qin They are all on the city tower, and Lord Luo and Lord Tian are still patrolling." ”

A few masters came and carefully lifted the stretcher, and went up the stairs up the city wall except for the urn city, and then from the urn city.

The Huaiyou Army also learned a lesson, and had already demolished the temporary stairs in the urn city early to prevent a situation like that of the probation army.

Mei Kuang and Qin Han were looking into the distance from the city gate tower.

They had already seen the scouts when they entered the city, in fact, they didn't need to report to the scouts, they also knew that the army of the reformers was not far away, and a big war was about to begin.

News also came from Qi County, the main force of the Huaiyou Army has surrounded Qi County, and the war is also about to break out, the battle is divided into two battlefields in the north and south, the north is the main force of the reform army to attack Fuli, and the south is the main force of the Huaiyou Army to pull out the nail of Qi County.

"Report!"

"Say!"

"The enemy has approached the county ten miles away, and some of them are coming along the embankment of the old lake, and the main force is advancing along the post road, and it is expected that they will arrive in an hour. ”

"Hehe, I didn't expect Shang Yunxi to be quite cautious, so Pai Lake Embankment also sent an army to search along the line. Mei Guo smiled slightly.

"It is reasonable, so the pai lake embankment is dozens of miles, and the reeds along the coast are overwhelming, and Huaibei seems to be afraid of our Huaiyou naval army, and is deeply afraid that we will ambush and attack. "Qin and Han are also a topic that caters to the plum situation.

Both are working together for the first time, but both know each other well.

Mei Kuang knew that Qin Han had fought in the Pinglu Army for many years, and he was also a strong general, if it weren't for his identity, he would have become the chief general under Wang Shouxin long ago, and his martial arts level was even extraordinary, comparable to the sovereign, and even higher than himself, which also made Mei Kuang very admirable.

Qin and Han are also no strangers to Mei.

Shouzhou's number one master, the number one person in Huaishui, this period of contact down, Qin Han felt more deeply, the number one person in the sailor, his level is definitely not only the navy, for foot combat as skilled, the two have discussed many times, are quite experienced, very sympathetic feeling.

"That's too exaggerated, we are all about this little soldier, and the wise man who divides the army is not for it. Mei said disdainfully: "Shang Yunxi, this has become a frightened bird." ”

"They don't dare to be unprepared. Qin Han said indifferently: "This battle can be regarded as a life-and-death battle for them, once they lose, then everything will be over." ”

"Lao Qin, for us, this battle is not allowed to be lost, the battle of Xuzhou is related to the next big plan of the king, you should know that the king's mind is not only limited to Xuzhou Huaibei. Mei Guo waved his hand and motioned for others to retreat, leaving only two people, "As soon as the battle of Xuzhou is over, we may get a period of recuperation, but I think this recuperation period may not be as long as many people think, and the king's vision is by no means limited to the Central Plains hegemony,......"

Mei's words made Qin Han think for a while, and after a while, he said slowly: "Could it be that the king is worried about the Khitans?"

"Lao Qin, you have been in the Pinglu Army for many years, so you should have a deeper impression of the Khitans. Mei Guo nodded slightly," I heard the king say that Li Tang's loss of the country brought not only the chaos of the Central Plains, but gave the Hu people in the north a great opportunity, a little careless, maybe it will make us fall into the same tragic situation as the five chaos four or five hundred years ago, then we will be sinners in history, so he said that he will never allow that kind of situation to happen, you see why we Huaiyou continue to chase and expand, sometimes we all feel that we can slow down, but the king said that it can't be slowed down, maybe one step behind, and we will have to pay several times or even dozens of times the price in the future。 ”

"The king is so jealous of the Khitans?" Qin Han frowned, "I have lived in the Pinglu Army for many years, it is true that the Khitans are very rampant in Heshuo, and they are also showing off their power in Pinglu, and what is even more troublesome is that those poor Khitan men who can't get along in the north have gone south, and the contradictions with our Han people are intensifying, and the local government is afraid of angering the Khitans, so they always tolerate or favor the Khitans, which adds to the arrogance of these Khitans, but if you want to say how amazing these Khitans are, it is not necessarily." ”

"No, the king said, what we see is only the appearance, we have to see the essence through the appearance, how can the Khitan nobles not know about such a large-scale southward movement? Not only did they not stop it, but on the contrary, they provided convenience for these poor Khitan men to go south, on the one hand, they were eager to take the lead, and on the other hand, they could also act with cameras. Mei Guo has always admired Jiang Feng's vision, and many times it is only after tasting it carefully that he can slowly realize the truth.

"The camera acts?" Qin Han chewed on the word, as if he had a realization: " On the one hand, they can take advantage of the situation to occupy the fertile land of our Han people, which is a policy of encroachment, so that our Han people can not live in peace, and they are also dissatisfied with their own government, causing public security problems, on the other hand, the Khitan people can use this dissatisfaction to undermine the prestige of the government, if the government disposes of the Khitans a little, they will have an excuse to intervene, look for opportunities to cause trouble, and even cause wars, as long as the opportunity is ripe, they can take the opportunity to provoke at any time。 ”

"Yes, the king also means this, these Khitans are extremely cunning, they have been living in the poor wasteland for a long time, so that they have a rough and cruel character, and they take pleasure in fighting, we Han people are indeed inferior in these aspects, if we do not prepare as soon as possible, it will definitely become a big trouble for us in the future. Mei Guo Huo Ran said: "The king also saw this, so he had to rush north, otherwise we can safely sit and watch Li Yu and the ant thief fight you to the death, and then clean up the mess." ”

Qin Han wanted to understand this truth, and he was also greatly impressed, this is the gap, whether it is Pinglu Wang Shouzhong or Wu Di Li Yu, or Da Liang and Caizhou Yuan, how have they ever thought about these truths, they only know that they are fighting for their own interests, but they have never considered the future of the entire Han people.

Although Jiang Feng has only risen for three or four years, he can win the trust and love of his subordinates from all over the country and the ministry, not for no reason, a strong person like Mei Guo is not a person who can be convinced by interests alone, and now he is so loyal to Jiang Feng, it naturally makes sense.

The two of them were thinking about it, but they saw Tian Chunlai on the city wall walking quickly, "Chunlai, how is the situation at the south gate?"

"It's all ready to stop, just wait for the probation army to taste it. Tian Chunlai said with a smile: "However, the focus of our defense is still at the north gate, and I estimate that the south gate is at most a feint attack by the probation army to contain our strength." ”

"That's exactly what we want, then look at the supernatural powers of each family and try the Tao!" Mei Guo said proudly: "Our Huaiyou Daozang has never been afraid of anyone in this regard!"

Seeing the generals talking and laughing and high-spirited, the soldiers around them were also infected by it, and the original nervous mood was slowly relaxed, and self-confidence was unconsciously established.

It can be seen that when a bunch of black dots, slowly appearing on the horizon, the enemy finally appeared.

A pile of black dots, gradually turning into a black line, then into a mass, expanding along the post road, like a point of heavy ink on the ink drawing, and then smeared into a piece.

The cavalry began to appear on both flanks, still cautious, and the scouts ran back and forth as far as the eye could see, whistles coming and going, but soon the black lines stopped.

The enemy is about to start camping, and the fact that they are so close before they begin to stop also shows the enemy's determination to fight this battle, but in their opinion, this is nothing more than a kind of psychological warfare, and they have been waiting for a long time.

The 1st and 2nd Naval Corps were deployed at the North Gate, with the 1st Naval Army as a reserve and the 2nd Naval Corps responsible for patrolling the South Gate and other parts of the city wall, ready to enter the battle at any time.

According to common sense, when the probation army has sufficient troops, most of them will choose two or three places as breakthrough points to attack, but due to the majesty of Fuli City, there are not many weaknesses to break through, and of course, the two gates in the north and south are more suitable for attacking, especially the north gate.

If you want to do it in the way of one force down ten meetings, of course, it will be better to choose the north gate as the main attack point.

The Reforming Army is no exception.