Cycad's eyes danced with a sharp light, and the huge map hanging on the wall in front of him showed the administrative divisions and topography of the entire Huaibei region at a glance, and the various small flags marked on it represented the number of each force and its garrison. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

"Is it possible that Shang Yunxi or Yao Chengtai invited the Caizhou army to enter Xuzhou?"

"Ah, invited?" Shi Lian was also taken aback, but quickly came to his senses, "Shang Yunxi is afraid that it is impossible, he and Caizhou Jun have a grudge against his brother, and it is said that Shang Yunxi was raised by his brother when he was a child, and his feelings are very deep, but Yao Chengtai is very likely." ”

"Well, I also judge so, Yao Chengtai jumped off the wall in a hurry, especially when he saw that the current situation in Xuzhou was not what it used to be, and the end of the Shijia era was inevitable, so it was inevitable to find a new master, and it was normal to have such a move. Cycad said in a deep voice.

"But why is he unwilling to choose our Huaiyou?" Shi Jian asked puzzledly: "Our Huaiyou has also contacted him a few times." ”

"This point is indeed a bit puzzling, to say that Yao Chengtai is not stupid, he will not fail to see the prospect of our Huaiyou, who knows that he will make such a decision?" Su Tie is also incomprehensible, but this kind of thing Yao Chengtai has never revealed to others what he thinks in his heart, so there is no way to know.

"That being the case, then I'm afraid that our side will have to take action, and we can't let the Caizhou army send troops to Xuzhou unscrupulously. Shi Lian's attitude was clear, "You have to report to Lord Sima immediately." ”

Jiang Feng led a large army to attack Qi County, and those who stayed behind in Shouchun were Changshi Chen Wei and marching Sima Cui Shang, and the military affairs were led by the marching Sima.

"Well, this is natural, fortunately, Jun Shang has been prepared in Yingshang and Xia Cai before, otherwise it will be really difficult to deal with it. Su Tie nodded, "It's just that this Bozhou is afraid that there will be another war." ”

After Cui Shang learned of this situation, he immediately made a decision and immediately ordered the garrison of Nanyingzhou to make preparations for assembly, so as to force the Caizhou army to enter Xuzhou with all its might.

The Left Second Army, the Left Third Army, the Right Fourth Army, the Right Fifth Army and the First Cavalry Army stationed in Yingshang and Xia Cai were immediately mobilized, and in addition to retaining the Left Second Army to continue to stay in Yingshang, the rest of the armies marched towards Chengfu in two ways.

This was also taken into account when drawing up the combat plan at that time.

Shansang City is isolated in the south of Yingzhou, the location is important and very vulnerable to attack, if the Caizhou army wants to send troops to Xuzhou, it is impossible not to take into account the safety of Shansang City, and it is inevitable to strengthen the defense of Shansang City in advance, so it is the best choice to avoid the real and attack the false.

The city father is located in the middle, and the distance from the counties of Bozhou is not very far, if the city father can be captured, the deterrent effect is greater, but the city father is a little farther away, especially from Xia Cai, the distance is even farther.

Fortunately, there is very little precipitation in Huaibei Su Ri'an, but Xia Cai is close to the river, especially in the upper reaches of the river, there is a large lake and marsh Xue Ze in the upper reaches of the river, and the amount of water is acceptable, so the Huai right side temporarily urgently requisitioned a large number of small and medium-sized ships from Shouchun, and the fourth army on the right in Shang Cai will go on the ship, directly from the river, and then land in the place where it cannot go up after passing Gaopi, just in time to catch up with the left third army and the right fifth army and the second cavalry army from Yingshang.

Of course, there is no problem with the Second Cavalry Army, the Third Army on the Left, the Fourth Army on the Right, and the Third Army on the Left in the Fifth Army on the Right under the leadership of Zhang Yue, the training intensity has always been very high, and there is no problem, but this is a huge challenge to the Fourth Army and the Fifth Army of the Right that have just been formed.

Gu Hua stood at the head of the slope and looked at the soldiers who were shouting horses and neighing a hundred steps away, but he was sure in his heart.

Although the Fourth Right Army has only been formed for a short time, the foundation of the Fourth Right Army is still the foundation of its own old probationary army, and the number of recruits who have been added is not large, at least it is much stronger than the Fifth Right Army formed by the remnants of the Luzhou Desheng Army and the Zhongzheng Army.

Of course, Gu Hua also knew that this group of remnants was not simple, and they could fight with Li Yu's Eastern Navy and Zhen Navy all the time, and they never collapsed, and they couldn't do without a little combat effectiveness, but there were too many recruits added by the Right Fifth Army, and their old foundation was only more than 1,000 people, and most of them were recruits, and the time was so short, it depended on the ability of this commander.

It is said that the monarch has always advocated training by war, and he should look down on the army that only has training and has not undergone the baptism of war, and even the army that has not gone through the vicious and bloody battles, and thinks that the army that has not gone through the baptism of the vicious war and the bloody war cannot be regarded as a truly qualified army, and this standard makes many people unacceptable.

Even the Third Left Army led by Zhang Yue, who is said to be a friend of the commander-in-chief, is second only to the First Army, the Second Army and the Tooth Army in terms of the founding time, he is equally skeptical, which makes Zhang Yue very angry.

So this battle will be the key to proving their strength, identity and status.

The four armies, in addition to the second cavalry army, the left third army, the right fourth army, and the right fifth army, attacked Chengfu County, and the Chengfu County garrison originally had the first army of the Caizhou Army, but due to the frequent bandits in the Chengfu area, two battalions of the Caizhou Army have gone out of the city to suppress bandits, and there are only three battalions of troops really stationed in the county seat of Chengfu, and with the combat style of the Huaiyou side, there must be Huaiyou in the city of Chengfu County and an ambush in the inner side, but it is not clear what level its ability can reach.

The county seat of Chengfu County is narrow, and an army stationed in ordinary circumstances is more than enough, but the defect of the low city wall is a little fatal at this time, and it is difficult to say whether the strength of the three times the Caizhou army can be attacked in one blow, once it is known that the city father is attacked, the Caizhou army of Qiaoxian and Linli may be quickly reinforced, if the reinforcements arrive before the failure to take the Chengfu City, it will be dangerous.

This is also a matter of time difference, from Yingshang to Chengfu County, according to the military order, the whole army must advance lightly, and even some siege equipment and weapons that must be carried must be abandoned, that is, to fight this time gap.

Gu Hua felt that his garrison Xia Cai had also picked up a big bargain, boarding a ship from here, and the ship was transported north of Gaopi before landing and marching, which could greatly reduce the fatigue of the troops, while the left third army and the right fifth army were not so lucky, they had to travel a hundred miles, and they had to cross the river to join their own side and jointly launch an attack on Chengfu County.

Of course, Gu Hua also knew that in this case, it was estimated that his right Fourth Army and the left Third Army would be the main force in the attack on Chengfu County, and let the Right Fifth Army serve as a reserve, and the Left Third Army had been an army for a long time, and his Right Fourth Army would also be tested in this battle.

For Gu Hua, he felt that this was a good thing, if an army wanted to gain a firm foothold in a system, and even prove its status, it could only rely on its combat achievements to prove it, and everything else was only secondary, and this time it was the turn of the Right Fourth Army.

The sergeants, illuminated by torches, began to board the ship one after another.

Because it is an urgent collection, and the current water level of the river is not very high, the draft of the big ship is too deep to enter the water, so the ships collected are mainly small and medium-sized boats, as many as 50 boats gathered, which looks magnificent.

Gu Hua was the last to board the ship, and more than 2,000 soldiers finally boarded the ship, carrying hope and courage to the north.

Just when Gu Hua was full of ambition and boarded the ship with the Right Fourth Army, the Left Third Army led by Zhang Yue and the Right Fifth Army also began to quietly set off from Yingshang.

In order to avoid being detected by the Caizhou army, both armies first went east, crossed the river, and then quickly advanced north along the east bank of the river.

Of course, this can only be said to be able to avoid being discovered by the Caizhou army to a certain extent, but such a large-scale army mobilization is impossible for the Caizhou army, which also pays attention to intelligence reconnaissance, not to be discovered, at most it is to delay it for half a day, so that the Huaiyou Army can take advantage of this night to go out of dozens of miles.

Zhang Yue drove his horse up the hillside next to him, with the left third army in front and the right fifth army behind, two long black dragons mixed with dotted torches, winding forward under the hillside.

For the Left Third Army, which has not really been able to fight a few tough battles, Zhang Yue has always been a little depressed, although he himself has experienced a vicious battle, but after the formation of the Left Third Army, it is true that he has not experienced a decent war.

Erlang's criteria for judging the army are almost harsh, and it cannot be called a qualified army without experiencing bitter and bloody battles, this is determined by him personally, and no one can be an exception, whoever wants to prove himself must speak with his achievements.

So this battle is an opportunity.

To be precise, the scale of this battle is not large, and according to the information currently available, at most there is a military horse in the county town of Chengfu, and it shows that there are still two battalions outside the city to suppress bandits, and when the three armies besiege the city, the two battalions of Caizhou Army may not be able to catch back, and even if they can be rushed back, there are also two cavalry armies responsible for dealing with it.

The three armies of Huaiyou have to deal with the three battalions of soldiers guarding the city, in Zhang Yue's opinion, this is not a problem.

Zhang Yue considered that once he took the city father, he would face a counterattack from the Caizhou army from Qiaoxian and Linji, which was the most dangerous.

Although the observation embassy did not make it clear whether it would stick to the city father city, there was a clear requirement, that is, to drag the Caizhou army to the greatest extent possible, so that it could not send troops to Xuzhou, and the time would also be long enough.

In fact, this is also a disguised requirement for the four armies led by him to hold the city father city for a period of time.

The city defense war is more familiar to Zhang Yue, the Huai Right Army was originally famous for fighting the defense war, and the two city defense battles at the beginning of the year can be called classics, and it also started the reputation of the Huai Right Army, and now in the city father, Zhang Yue intends to make the reputation of the Huai Right Army to a higher level again.

It is necessary for the Caizhou Army to truly understand that the Huaiyou Army is not afraid of fighting with the Caizhou Army at any time and in any place.

There was a sound of horses' hooves behind him, Zhang Yue didn't turn around, and Ge Chong's deep voice came from behind: "Ziyue, we can keep up." ”