Although the first battle of the Qi army was unfavorable, Wang Lin's footsteps did not stop there, and almost on the second day of the purging of military discipline, Wang Lin ordered 20,000 foot soldiers to go straight to the Chen army.

All the generals expressed their incomprehension, because the strength of the Chen army was a clear thing, and the governor of the capital was eager to fight, and he did not dare to be so arrogant.

Although Wang Lin's army had 30,000 soldiers, it was obvious that the people were not aligned, and the recruits were not mentally prepared.

However, Xiao Maha's reaction was even more unexpected than everyone expected, Wang Lin's army put on a clear formation and pressed over, it stands to reason that Xiao Maha, who had just defeated the Qi soldiers, should march forward, but it was at the moment when he saw that the Qi army was "coercing the general trend" to press, Xiao Maha's troops turned around and retreated without even firing an arrow......

At this time, everyone realized that not only was the Qi army instinctively afraid of Chen Jun, but Chen Jun was actually very weak when he encountered this soldier and horse that was suspected to be the main force of the Qi army.

It's not hard to see why...... Chuxian is not close to Zhongli, there are many hills and rivers on the way, which is not conducive to the movement of the army, Xiao Maha claims to be 10,000 to the outside world, but the Chen army that arrived near Jiyin at this time is only 3,000, and the rest is still in the back.

It is not so much Xiao Maha's personal reasons as it is a strategic misjudgment of the Chen army from the whole to align the army.

Judging from the performance of the Qi army in the whole process of Chen's army conquering Guangling and Hefei, the combat effectiveness of the Huainan Qi army was really weak and weak, and Wang Lin had been staying in Shouyang and standing still, sitting back and watching Hefei lose and watch Chen's army besiege Shiliang, which would inevitably make Chen Jun feel that Wang Lin was incompetent and unable to fight with Chen's army...... Wu Mingche sent Xiao Maha to the north, which was "calculated" that Wang Lin was unable to rescue Zhongli, and Xiao Maha felt the same, so he dared to swagger over so much.

So when he led the vanguard to Zhongli's territory and saw countless Qi troops coming from the north, Xiao Maha was stunned. However, there was a deep sense of trepidation.

In a hurry, he ordered the troops and horses to defeat the forward of the Qi army, and before he could find out the reality of the Qi army, there was another cavalry with strong combat effectiveness to snatch back the "waiting to die" Qi general, so that Xiao Maha was even more uncertain about the number of Qi army roads, I don't know if this is the reinforcement of the Northern Dynasty, or just the defenders of Zhongli.

Wang Lin obviously figured out his psychology at this time.

Xiao Maha was still suspicious, thinking about whether to retreat first, Wang Lin ordered 20,000 soldiers and horses, advanced more than ten miles in half a day, and directly pressed Chen's army. This time Xiao Maha couldn't sit still at all, referring to the huge number of soldiers in the Northern Dynasty, Xiao Maha predicted that the number of soldiers and horses "going south" would not be less than 50,000, or even 100,000! Three thousand against tens of thousands of elites of the Northern Dynasties, Xiao Maha not only has no advantage at all, but is completely at a disadvantage...... Then, in this case, choosing to fight hard with the Qi army is undoubtedly the way to die!

It's better to avoid the edge for the time being, send a handwritten letter to Wu Mingche, and wait for the next step.

Xiao Maha is a decisive man, he immediately abandoned Zhongli and fled south to Jiashan, Wang Lin also did enough to play, sent a team of soldiers and horses to chase after him, I have to say that cavalry, which comes and goes like the wind, is very effective even in the local war in Huainan...... Xiao Maha fled to Jiashan on the way to fight with the Qi army several times, if it were not for the elite and strong soldiers and horses, I am afraid that they would have been defeated, Xiao Maha immediately set up a camp in Jiashan, with the advantage of infantry armor and crossbows to press the Qi army, only to repel the Qi soldiers.

The Qi army didn't seem to take this bit of meat seriously, and after paying a certain amount of casualties, he retreated directly, and was worried about Chen Jun, who was about to make a big move for the Qi army, for most of the day...... After all, this is a life-and-death battle, and this kind of perfunctory attitude towards businesswork cannot help but arouse suspicion...... Although Xiao Maha had already sensed that something was wrong, for the sake of prudence, even if the follow-up troops came one after another, they still stayed where they were and did not dare to fight.

I waited for a few days and still didn't move.

That's a little wrong, right?

The army of the Qi people has arrived, why don't you hurry south and rub here?

Xiao Maha couldn't help but send a sentry to investigate, and after knowing the truth, he almost regretted not hitting his head against the wall, "Wang Lin...... It's too much of a deception! ”

Wang Lin, who fiddled with Xiao Maha, didn't take this matter to heart.

"Xiao Maha, although I haven't met a few times, but I still know a little, this person has low eyes, brave and strategic, but he is just a reckless man who fights in battle, let him charge into battle I will scare him for three points, but once he encounters this kind of battle, this person must be in chaos...... Wu Mingche didn't know what I was waiting for, and thought that my destruction was imminent, so he dared to let this puppet who also didn't know my reality come to take Zhongli with a partial teacher all the way, and the momentum of being a tiger skin was far less than me, how could he dare to collide with me? ”

Wang Lin was talking and laughing on the city pass, and he was obviously in a good mood, after this incident, not only the hearts of the old subordinates fell back into their stomachs, but even the assassins were also convinced.

Wang Lin is still the same Wang Lin after all, not to mention anything else, he still has the ability to fight...... Everyone was at ease, and the dignitary Wang took the opportunity to ask:

"What does the Metropolitan Governor mean, is it just sitting in Zhongli and waiting for the rescue of the soldiers of Huaibei?"

In the past few days, the Qi army has built several ravines outside Zhongli City, and everyone has speculated that it is impossible to fight Chen Jun head-on, so it is better to strangle Zhongli and prevent Chen Jun from cutting off the north-south passage. They also thought they were reasonable, but Wang Lin shook his head and said:

"Staying in Zhongli is also waiting for death, we have to take the initiative to attack, at least, push the front line to the line of Jiyin and Jiashan to have a chance of winning...... The reason why I set up defenses in Zhongli is just in line with the idea of 'not worrying about victory, thinking about defeat first', thinking that if the army is defeated, I can retreat to Zhongli and win some respite, and actually trapping Zhongli is the best plan. ”

Wang Xiangui and the others looked at each other, although they were puzzled, they obviously understood the caution in Wang Lin's expression, so they asked carefully: "What does the Metropolitan Governor think?" ”

Although Wang Lin doesn't look down on Wang Xiangui and other colleagues who can't help, but now they are trapped in the same city, and there is no need to hide their secrets anymore.

"Now the thief is strong, and he will die if he leaves the city, but if we defend the city alone, and it seems safe, when he cuts off the surrounding cities one by one, it will not last long. So, I want to wait a few more days...... First of all, the forefront of the pond water (Chihe, Huai River branch) was snatched, the various passages were choked, and through the Huai River water system, Jiyin and Xuyi were contacted, and then plans were made. ”

The look of inquiry in Wang Xiangui's eyes became more and more obvious. To be honest, he didn't understand Wang Lin's layout, and not only Wang Xiangui, but also Wang Lin's old subordinates didn't understand either, and they all looked dazed.

is also leading troops to fight, why some people can become famous generals for a while, but most people can only become reckless men, this is the reason.

The strategic level they think about is completely different...... Wang Lin was depressed, and only waved his hand and said:

"The likely decisive battle is near Jiyin...... Forget it, then you will understand. ”

As soon as Wang Lin finished speaking, someone outside suddenly hurriedly broke in and fell to the ground on one knee...... Outside Zhongli City, Xiao Maha picked up a bloody head with a long lance, and shouted at the crossbowmen who were waiting on the wall: "Tell Wang Lin that Xiao Maha has come to visit him, and he only brought 3,000 soldiers and horses!" If he were a real man, he would go out of the city to fight me!" ”

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