"Whether you caught it or not, you know in your heart." Concubine Liu couldn't help muttering, knowing that she was bragging.

Li Huai didn't care what she thought, he put her down, and then, under the guidance of an adjutant, passed through the artillery position and came to the front line.

There is also a command room on the forward position, which is half-hidden underground, also camouflaged, and difficult to find with the naked eye.

The adjutant took Li Huai into a corridor, and after turning a few corners, he entered a tunnel, and after walking some distance, he entered the forward command room.

"You turtle son, see how long you can shrink, keep beating me, don't stop for a moment!"

Qi Yuanbai watched the battle situation with binoculars with a tripod while following the person next to him to give orders.

Looks like he must have made a plan.

It is being implemented.

Qi Yuanbai was too focused to notice Li Huai's arrival, and Li Huai didn't squeak, so he glanced at the mouth.

Suddenly realized.

"Do you want to flood the village?" Li Huai asked lightly.

Qi Yuanbai turned his head, and when he saw Li Huai, he was stunned at first, and after coming back to his senses, he hurriedly saluted.

"The minister sees the prince."

"No need to be polite." Li Huai waved his hand.

"Lord Wang, why did you come here, aren't you in Longxi?" Qi Yuanbai was the first to ask.

"This is a long story, let's talk about the situation on your side first." Li Huai said lightly.

"Okay."

Qi Yuanbai was not verbose, took out a map, and introduced it while pointing, "Tu Nao is in the south of Huangshui, and we are in the north of Huangshui, and Tu Nao has set up a defense on the west bank of the Yellow River, and our army cannot go around his flank, and at the same time, the enemy has also set up stragglers between the mountains and forests, and when our army attacks, these people will come out to interfere, and when our army pursues them, they will immediately retreat back to the mountains and forests, and there is a ranger cavalry, wandering near Huangshui, and most of the rest of the troops are in the earth city of Xiazhuang." ”

One of the biggest difficulties in attacking Xiazhuang is that if you attack from north to south, you have to force your way across the Huangshui, and if you attack from east to west, you have to cross the Yellow River.

It's all a natural barrier.

It's not that Qi Yuanbai hasn't attacked strongly, but Tu Nao is too cunning, and he touched the city wall several times, but he was beaten back.

And taking advantage of the melee between the two armies and the artillery fire of the Liang army could not support it, they carried out a counteroffensive, so that the losses were too great.

Qi Yuanbai changed his strategy, he switched from offensive to defensive, and scattered his forces to hold Huangshui and the skirmishers in the mountains and forests.

Then let the sappers block the water, and wait for the water to rise higher and higher, and then they can dig up the water and flood the village.

Tu Nao naturally didn't sit idly by, and also sent people out to interfere, and the Liang army blocked the water, so they dredged it.

The two armies fought over this point.

At present, the Liang army still has the advantage, as long as Tu Nao dares to send people out, the artillery fire of the Liang army can directly hit their heads.

The plan is really good.

Li Huai glanced at Huangshui with a telescope, couldn't help frowning, and said, "This amount of water doesn't seem to be enough." ”

It's cool autumn now.

The Yellow River has entered the dry season, and the water of the Yellow River is not enough, and the water of the Huangshui is naturally not enough.

"It's not enough."

Qi Yuanbai nodded honestly, "But it's enough to soak the loess softly, making it difficult for them to move an inch." ”

"But how do you attack?" Li Huai asked.

Qi Yuanbai smiled, "The minister doesn't need to attack Xiazhuang, the minister just needs to not let them come out, and then cross the Yellow River and follow the prince eastward." ”

Li Huai was slightly surprised, "You received the news?" ”

Qi Yuanbai shook his head and explained: "No, the minister is just watching the layout of the prince, and it is expected that there will be this move, so he prepared in advance." ”

Li Huai couldn't help but sigh, "We have a total of 80,000 horses and horses, and we beat 150,000 or 60,000 people. ”

"The prince is wise!"

Qi Yuanbai is not flattering, if he is put in charge, he may be different from Li Huai, but he will definitely not have a hard encounter with the Gaochang Wangbu.

"Let me tell you the truth, Tie Mu's Blood Wolf Hussar Battalion has seized the east bank of the Yellow River, and it can take you across the river smoothly."

"However, the Tu Nao Department must not come out, otherwise we will become dumplings caught in two sides."

Li Huai said.

His original intention was to take down Xiazhuang and completely cut off Chun Yuyue's back road, but looking at the battle situation, as long as Tu Nao can endure it, it is possible to fight for another month.

Then I could only temporarily change the plan, directly abandon Xiazhuang, cross the Yellow River, and march east to the battlefield in Longxi.

First defeat Chun Yuyue's main force, if the Liang army still has the strength to fight, then go west, and then turn back to attack Xiazhuang, and go straight to the hinterland of the Gaochang Wang.

It is best to cripple the Gaochang royal department at one time, so that he will not be able to cheer up for twenty or thirty years.

Qi Yuan's white eyes narrowed, and there seemed to be something unspeakable.

Li Huai also saw it, and said, "Uncle Qi, if you have anything to say, don't be blunt." ”

Qi Yuanbai said what he thought in his heart, "Lord Wang, if my army doesn't cross the river completely, can we encircle the main force of Chunyu Yue?" If all my troops cross the river, how can we stop the Tu Nao Division? ”

You can't have both!

This is a very real problem.

The heavier of the two.

It can only let all the Zhenguo troops cross the river and encircle the main force of Chun Yuyue, which is the most critical part of the pocket array.

"How much time can we have?" Li Huai asked.

"After our army crosses the river, we need to march urgently and rush to Longxi within two days, so that we can have one day, and on the fourth day, Tu Nao will definitely be able to catch up." Qi Yuanbai replied.

Other words.

They want to wipe out Chun Yuyue's main force in one day, which is nearly 100,000 horses.

Even 100,000 pigs, it is estimated that they will not be slaughtered in a day.

Li Huai needed to calm down, he thought about it, no matter how he budgeted, a day was definitely not enough.

It will take at least two to three days to scrap the main force of Chun Yuyue.

Note!

It is to scrap, not to eliminate.

It won't work if it drags on.

Chun Yuyue's main force of grain and grass is not enough, and it is precisely because he does not have enough grain and grass that he will definitely jump over the wall in a hurry and break through at all costs.

The little person he left for Yan Gaoyang couldn't last too long.

There's one last option.

Withdrawal!

Li Huai withdrew the Zhenguo army to the east bank of the Yellow River, deployed defenses to prevent Tu Nao from crossing the river, and then withdrew the Liang army in Longxi.

Chun Yuyue doesn't have much grain and grass, and he definitely doesn't want to stalemate anymore, so he must rush back and get out of the way when the time comes.

Let him cross the Yellow River and return to the west bank.

The two armies were at peace, and everything was back to before the battle began.

That...... This battle was not fought in vain!

If you come from, you will be buried!

"I can't cross the river now, I have to fight with Tu Nao, and then I can go to support Longxi!" Li Huai clenched his fists and said.

can only let Yan Gaoyang support it for a while.

I don't have a choice.

"Wait for the prince's dispatch!" Qi Yuanbai directly obeyed military orders.

"Pass my order, cross the river tonight, and the whole army will return to Longxi." Li Huai gave the first order, although it was a bit puzzling.

Obviously said that he couldn't cross the river, why did he have to cross the river again.

But still do what is told.

Moreover, Huangshui is not wanted, let it be given to Tu Nao!

After the military order was transmitted, the Zhenguo army immediately retracted its formation and moved closer to the Yellow River, all of which was not hidden.

Right under the noses of the enemy.

"General, the Liang army is going to cross the river to support the Longxi battlefield." A general said to Tu Nao.

Tu Nao frowned, the Liang army was ready to dig the river, why did he suddenly give up, and now cross the river and go east.

It's too presumptuous.

"Don't be careless, be careful of the enemy's deception, but we must also be prepared, as long as the Liang army crosses the river, we must catch up, otherwise the king will be in trouble." Tu Nao commanded, and also asked the whole army to prepare to cross the river at any time.

The Liang army proceeded according to the plan, and after dinner, they immediately abandoned their positions and crossed the river in an orderly manner.

In the early hours of the morning, the whole army crossed the Yellow River and then marched east.

The march was slow.

Tu Nao didn't say a word, leaving a small number of troops to maintain the transit station of Xiazhuang, and also crossed the river with men and horses.

The Liang military walked less than thirty miles.

"Pass my orders, turn back, and cross the river to the west." Li Huai gave the order again.

Liang Jun immediately turned around.

Start walking back.

Tu Nao had just crossed the Yellow River, and when he heard the news, the secret way was not good, and he expected that the Liang army was going to attack Xiazhuang.

Immediately cross the river and go back, retract back to Xiazhuang.

Soon.

The Liang army returned to the old place and began to set up camp and prepare to set up camp.

Halfway through.

"Cross the river, go east!" Li Huai ordered.

Tu Nao did not let his guard down, and when he learned that the Liang army was crossing the river, he immediately asked people to prepare to cross the river, always chasing the Liang army.

This time, Tu Nao crossed the river halfway, Li Huai turned back, he could only return to Xiazhuang, but Li Huai did not cross the river to the west bank.

After reaching the east bank of the Yellow River, he turned around and headed west.

As soon as Tu Nao returned to Xiazhuang, he immediately took the men and horses, crossed the river again, and followed the footsteps of the Liang army.

After such a constant repetition, both armies were dissatisfied, and they didn't know what they were going to do, so they couldn't fight a good war?

What about shopping?

Li Huai returned to the west bank again, but did not enter the position, and immediately gave the order to cross the river and march eastward.

There is almost no stop.

And this time is different, after crossing the river, the Liang army threw down a lot of baggage and advanced lightly, and the speed was extremely fast.

Tu Nao didn't have time to investigate the position of the Liang army, so he immediately sent an order to follow.

I think this should be the last time.

It is indeed the last time.

Just halfway through Tu Nao's crossing of the river.

Rumble! Rumble!

On the position of the Liang army on the west bank, the sound of artillery shelling sounded!