Wei Zhi almost fell off his horse, and then ordered: "Let General Chen Qi come." ”

Not long after, Chen Qi, the commander of the navy, hurried over: "What do you want to order?" ”

"General Chen Lu's 5,000 cavalry has been wiped out in Hefei Dongzhai, and the Hefei defenders are currently besieging General Gao, do you know."

"The last general has just learned." Chen Qi said: "I don't know how Master Hou plans to arrange it. ”

"Now the enemy's situation is unknown, but General Gao can't help it. If our army really has spies and wants to encircle and annihilate the 20,000 soldiers and horses under General Gao, and at the same time set up an ambush on the road, the existing men and horses in Hefei will definitely not be enough. I now order you to lead the naval army down to the south, land along Feishui, take Dongzhai in Hefei, and directly set fire to Dongzhai after capturing Dongzhai, and then quickly retreat along the waterway. ”

"The last will obey." Chen Qi took the order and left.

"Give an order to Li Ke, who is guarding Shouchun, so that he can transfer 20,000 troops from Shouchun, and after receiving the order, he will quickly set off from Shouchun and set up an ambush on the official road from Hefei to Shouchun, ready to respond at any time."

"Order General Zheng, let him lead 1,000 cavalry to General Gao's encirclement quickly, if you encounter an ambush on the road, don't care, rush over directly, if the road is blocked, retreat immediately, the Southern Qi Army should want to ambush our main infantry, if you can get to the battlefield where General Gao is, don't care, divide into two teams to cover and kill General Gao to tear a gap, let them bypass Hefei City and General Yuwen's headquarters to converge."

"Order General Yuwen, feint attack into actual attack, explore the strength of Hefei Nanzhai, if you feel that Hefei Nanzhai is insufficient, directly attack Nanzhai, and burn the village away."

"Order all the soldiers, and now those who leave the battle without permission will be beheaded directly."

After Wei Zhi issued all the orders, he looked coldly in the direction of Hefei.

A few days later, above the Chang'an court

"Your Highness, there is a military report from Huaibei today." In the main hall, Prime Minister Min Guan said.

"How's the battle going on the front?" Above the main hall, the acting prince Yuan Zhi hurriedly asked,

"The Dingnan Houshou Department failed to attack Hefei a few days ago, and the 5,000 people of General Chen's department were wiped out, and only more than 3,000 of General Gao's 20,000 people were returned. Min Guan said slowly.

"This is an unprecedented defeat, Dingnan Hou has improperly commanded this battle, and he should be severely punished."

"Dingnan is waiting to lose my Great Qin Guowei, and in just a few days, he has lost troops one after another."

There was a lot of discussion in the court, and the prince Yuanzhi was also anxious, at this time Min Guan said: "But Dingnan Hou highlighted the surprise soldiers, attacked Hefei Dongzhai by water, destroyed Hefei Dongzhai in one fell swoop, and broke the momentum of Hefei's horns. ”

Yuan Zhen nodded: "Military affairs still need to be bothered by Aiqing, Min Xiangguo should see how it should be." ”

Min Guan smiled contemptuously in his heart, but said on his lips: "Your Royal Highness first arranged for the imperial history to go to Dingnan Hou to carry out the army, so that Dingnan Hou does not have to be discouraged, and continue to besiege Hefei, now the momentum of Hefei horns has been broken, and the siege of Dingnan Hou has always been handy, two years ago, Shouchun City was known as unbreakable, and it was not captured by Dingnan Hou. This time, Dingnan Hou was eager to make meritorious contributions, and he underestimated the enemy's rash advance, which must have been a momentary negligence. ”

At this time, rumors circulated everywhere in Chang'an City, saying that Dingnan Hou Wei Zhi was overjoyed and lightly advanced the enemy, resulting in the direct loss of nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses in Daqin, including 5,000 elite cavalry.

For a while, the people of Chang'an were angry, and the spearhead was directly designated to Nanhou Mansion

Outside the city of Hefei

Wei Zhi looked at the tall Hefei city wall, and there was nothing he could do.

The contest a few days ago, although it destroyed Hefei Dongzhai, but also let Wei Zhi see clearly that Hefei is not something he can break through, originally according to Wei Zhi's idea, he should directly return to Shouchun to prepare, but an edict gave Wei Zhi a direct headache, let him continue to besiege Hefei, be sure to conquer.

Ten days have passed since receiving the edict from the imperial court, the hot weather has made the soldiers miserable, and the momentum of the siege is getting weaker and weaker day by day.

Wei Zhi turned around and walked towards the tent, as if he had left an endless sigh behind him.

Chang'an City Prime Minister's Mansion

"Why is my father so happy today?" As soon as he got to court today, Min Shichuan hurriedly found his father Min Guan, but he couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Min Guanxi.

"The father's plan is now half of the success, how can you not like it?" Min Guan was in the study, writing hard. Then he took out another letter, compared it, and then threw the two letters to Min Shichuan: "My son will take a look, the difference between these two letters can be seen." ”

Min Shichuan looked at the two letters and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The handwriting of the two letters is exactly the same, and it is difficult for children to distinguish them." ”

Min Guan couldn't help laughing and said: "Now Wei Zhi is difficult to ride a tiger, His Royal Highness ordered him to storm Hefei, but now the soldiers are not enough, and I have delayed the time of grain and grass on the grounds that the weather is hot and the land route is slow, and the army's mind has changed, and Wei Zhi is afraid that he can only stop the army and return to Shouchun." ”

Min Guan then said: "According to his father's original plan, Wei Zhi should be trapped in Hefei steadily, but he didn't want to fight in this weather, so he took the risk of trying to sneak attack the two camps outside Hefei. If the sneak attack fails, he can also use the excuse of writing to stop the army. Sure enough, it is a generation of famous generals. ”

Min Shichuan looked at his father, who was full of praise for Wei Zhi in front of him, and also covered his head for a while, but saw Min looking at the map and said: "But who would have thought that the Nanren would have spies in Wei Zhi's army, this was not expected by my father, but it was also the finishing touch, although Wei Zhi was ambushed when he attacked the camp, but he actually bit back and took the opportunity to pull out the Dongzhai located in Feishui," and then Min Guan pointed to the location on the map, "Chuan'er, this was originally a reason to withdraw the army, but it became an excuse to continue fighting." Wei Zhi occupied the Feishui coast and camped, and built a pontoon bridge between the two banks, which could be attacked and defended, and even his father had to rejoice, if he really attacked Hefei after the autumn harvest, then maybe he really succeeded. ”

"But my father said that he wanted to completely destroy the Wei family, and now even if Wei Zhi conquers Hefei and leads the troops back to Shouchun, this is not a crime of stealing the family and destroying the clan, and there are few generals in the court who can replace Wei Zhi to guard the front line of the Huai River. Wei Zhi won't be affected much," Min Shichuan said hurriedly.

"So I made a proposal to His Royal Highness today, and once again sent the imperial history to the labor army, and limited Wei Zhi to conquer Hefei within a month, otherwise he will engage in military law and replace him to take over the defense of the Huai River." Min Guan said with a smile: "Although His Highness is young, he is not stupid, and he naturally knows the importance of Wei Zhi to the defense of Lianghuai, so he naturally refused at first, but I said that this is just to let Wei Zhi step up the siege of the city." I really can't attack it and I am retreating, and I will punish him and reprimand him, so His Royal Highness agreed to this edict. ”

But seeing Min Guan said: "With this edict in hand, Wei Zhi is about to enter the set, have you spread the news that I asked you to find someone to spread in Chang'an City." ”

Min Shichuan nodded: "I have already done what my father wanted, but why did my father defile himself?" Now the people of Chang'an have a lot of resentment towards their father, and the children dare not go out at will. ”

Min Guan turned around and did not answer the question. Instead, he picked up the two letters on the table, and after constantly comparing them, he said to himself: "Wei Zhi, Wei Zhi, I don't know how you will deal with yourself after what happened." ”