Wu Mingche's eyes flickered for a long time, and finally dimmed, and he waved his hand and said:

"If we really follow what you said, wait until we are fully prepared before launching the Northern Expedition, I am afraid that the fighters will have been lost...... If Shouyang and Zhongli don't take it, this Northern Expedition will be just a joke after all. ”

"General—"

Zhou Luohu was about to speak, but was stopped by Wu Mingche with a look, he froze for a long time, and exhaled lightly: "Since we invaded Jiangbei, it has always been a big victory, isn't it?" Wang Lin has been making a shrunken turtle before, what about jumping out this time? Are we afraid of him, just because he may be in danger, there may be an ambush, so we will not go forward? ”

"Where is the truth? Isn't it......" The generals were silent for a while, and everyone's faces were confused for a moment, and then gradually became firm...... Wu Mingche stood in place and said: "Recruit local people, let them prepare their own dry food, and tow our warship moored in the water to the edge of Hongze Lake, for ten days...... No, within five days, you must arrive in Xuyi. ”

"Five days? I'm afraid I can't. ”

"If you can't, you can." Wu Mingche couldn't help but say, and said categorically: "Our old rules, the soldiers are divided into four routes, Cheng Wenji and Xiao Maha led an army of 6,000 and pressed towards Jiashan, and I led the remaining main army to Jiyin and Chihe, as for Ren Zhong and Huang Fayan, they set off immediately, one to assist in besieging Xuyi, and the other to go north to take Shouyang. ”

"I'm afraid that Ren Zhong and Huang Fayan will not obey the general's orders."

"It's too late in time......"

"I know they've always disobeyed me, and I don't want them to obey. Tell them, it's a decisive battle! The winner swallows Huainan, and loses nothing, if this battle is lost, Chen Guo still doesn't know how many years he can be saved, not to mention the generals and families who are in the same dynasty and rest with the country! Wu Mingche, who had always been tepid, suddenly broke out, startling everyone present.

"Emperor Gao adopted them and allowed them to be rich and noble, this is how they repaid Emperor Gao's great kindness?!"

"I don't care how they reply, the middle army is the middle army of the imperial court, and we can't retreat! Whether it is strong or weak, you must always touch it to know. The old general's hair was all open, and his eyes were like electricity, "Throw away the confiscated property, first organize the people to complete the transportation of the baggage, rest for a day, and tomorrow Wenji and Xiao Maha will lead the army first, and wait for Wei Zai to return to the army after quelling the rebellion, so that he can quickly set off to the north." ”

People die for money, and birds die for food, this truth remains unchanged for eternity. When Chen Jun finally couldn't hold back and attacked the commoners and the rich, it was doomed that the whole situation in Huainan would become a chicken feather...... Although to tell the truth, Wei Zai's "suppression of bandits" to suppress the rebellion is far from being as tragic and bloody as the army charging into battle, but its frequency is enough to drag the veterans of a hundred battles on the battlefield to exhaustion.

Wei Zai knows that the soldiers are good at fighting, supporting more than 2,000 people, all of whom are wearing strong armor and sharp blades, but it is the two fists that are difficult to defeat the four hands, no matter how fierce the tiger is, it will take a lot of twists and turns to bite the wolves to death.

Moreover, this kind of uprising organized by the local tyrants in the township, once it appears, it is a sign of endless death, Wei Zai naturally has no good impression of this kind of "gathering crowds to rebel", but the people who have been deprived of their family business, the hatred of the local tyrants towards Chen Jun is also needless to say, when the two sides are in short contact, both sides have actually understood that this is a blood debt, which can only be repaid with blood!

So there was no room for compromise between the two sides, it was simply a life-for-life fight, and finally Wei Zai relied on the strength of the soldiers and horses, and besieged the "army" of the townsmen in a Wu Fort - this is the only remaining stronghold of the traitors in Xincheng County, and they themselves paid a tragic price, and the number of soldiers and soldiers of Chen who died in hand-to-hand combat reached more than 400, nearly one-fifth of this army!

Paying such a heavy price to quell the riots in Nanqiao Prefecture, both the generals and the soldiers under his command have a breath of anger, if it weren't for Wei Zai's strict restraint and let them not kill indiscriminately, they would have slaughtered the old and the young a long time ago. Wei Zai saw the people's will and public opinion in his eyes, and knew that it was useless to rely on killing, and he had to pay a certain price to win over and educate.

"They were originally the people of our Southern Dynasty, but they were later taken away by the Northern Dynasty, and we are a family......"

Wei Zai said, but the counterinsurgency still depends on violent means after all, and the hatred between the two sides is getting deeper and deeper, and it is no longer something that Wei Zai can be moved by this seemingly pretentious words.

Wei Zai was also in a dilemma, but he always thought that he still had time, until Wu Mingche ordered him to lead his army north.

"The general has mercy on these people, and the lowly people can understand, twenty years ago we were also a family, but now they have forgotten about the Southern Dynasty, and they are frequently making trouble, don't believe the general, try to see, as long as the army leaves, these people will gather again to make trouble, at that time we were already on the front line, did they turn back halfway? Checkmate...... Make early decisions. ”

“…… Why is this so, why is this so? ”

In the face of everyone's hard persuasion, Wei Zai just shook his head, his face was gray and ugly:

"They are all the people of Chen Guo, why do they want to kill each other?"

The generals below looked at each other, only raised their fists, and said hardly: "They have long regarded themselves as Qi people, I am afraid that only the generals still regard them as their own people, how can they deter Xiaoxiao if they don't kill!" ”

Wei Zai didn't speak, silently looked at the large area of young and old, old and young people curled up and kneeling on the ground in front of him, they were disheveled, and their faces showed a frightened look...... Wei Zai was helpless and sighed: "Let it be." ”

Dark clouds cover the sun, the flag is half rolled, the west returns to the water, and thousands of horses and thousands of troops sweep through the fertile field...... He Ruobi stationed his horse on a mountain bag, raised his whip and pointed at the city that seemed to be shrouded in mist, and was full of spirit: "The front is Nansizhou, Fan Yi runs fast, otherwise he can tear him alive by this river!" Damn, I'm going to have to besiege the city for a while. ”

In the battle in the southwest of Macheng, He Ruobi pretended to attack head-on, and actually let the sergeant take a small boat and go downstream, and a few fires burned down the Chen army camp, although the Chen army was also stationed in the camp and could be extinguished at any time, but the Qi army ignited it with fire oil, and the fire spread very quickly...... On the frontal battlefield, He Ruobi took out the posture of a fish dying and the net was broken, the Chen army fought for a long time, and suffered heavy casualties, and the army was already exhausted, and suddenly saw the camp on fire, and it was bound to collapse!

This is a turnaround battle, and the tide of the battle west of Jiangbei has since reversed!

King Liyang also stepped forward and said with a smile: "General He Ruo is going to attack the city?" ”

He Ruobi blinked his eyes, snorted contemptuously, and said: "Surround, don't attack the city, the next most important thing is to concentrate on catching Chen Jun's desperate bet, break their delusions, and run back honestly...... As soon as they started to evacuate, we continued to surround them, cutting the flesh bit by bit, until their blood drained. ”

Jingzhou, after a light rain, the sky is like a wash. Yu Wenshu and Wei Xiangyuan captured the important town of Jingzhou in the Southern Dynasty in one fell swoop with a surprise attack. Then, Yuwen Shu said that he would not let the army fight further, so he stopped in Jingzhou, preparing to wait for work, attract the Chen army to fight, and share the pressure for Jiangbei, Wei Xiangyuan readily agreed, at this time, the Chen army stationed in the important town of Tianmen was in chaos, and there was still some time before they launched a tentative attack. In the past few days, the whole Qi army has been in a state of rest.

On this day, Wei Xiangyuan had nothing to do to find Yu Wenshu to chat, he couldn't see him anywhere, I heard a report that Yu Wenshu went to the outside of the city, Wei Xiangyuan was full of hesitation, out of the city, and happened to see Yu Wenshu hiding under the tree and holding a book of poems, Wei Xiangyuan was really taken aback: "I thought that Bertone was the same Qiu Ba as me, who would have thought that Bertone still had this kind of elegance?" ”

Wei Xiangyuan has always admired Yuwenshu's ability to fight, and he has been with Yuwenshu for a while, knowing that Yuwenshu is humble and strict, and he has never eaten alone in front of his military exploits, and he can be a man, so the relationship will get better when he comes and goes, and he can joke at will in private.

Yu Wenshu threw the poetry collection aside, and chuckled helplessly:

"I'm a fighter, but I always like to do something elegant and elegant, which makes Brother Wei laugh."

"What's so ridiculous about this, who doesn't want to be in the picture?" Wei Xiangyuan found a dry place to sit down, "According to me, with Brother Yuwen's ability, it is a matter of time before the marquis is crowned." The world has not yet been unified, and Brother Yuwen has a lot to do. ”

"Unification, that's only a matter of time." Yuwenshu turned his back, greeted the spring light, squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, where there was a small village. Bamboo houses face each other, more than a dozen farmers drive water buffaloes, deep into the wetlands where rice has been harvested, the air is filled with the fresh aroma of grass seedlings and wild grasses, and there is a faint sound of teenagers frolicking.

After looking at it like this for a while, Yu Wenshu suddenly said, "I'm going to attack the Heavenly Gate." ”

Wei Xiangyuan's face froze, he looked at him in surprise, and then calmed down: "When will you leave?" ”

"Tonight."

"Isn't it too hasty, the details haven't been explored yet. You're a long-distance traveler, and you know the risks are different from what you've done before. Wei Xiangyuan looked embarrassed.

"If you don't go, I'm afraid it's too late...... Always give it a try. ”

Wei Xiangyuan hesitated, and then nodded.

Wang Lin stayed in Jiashan for more than a month, until the men and horses and grain and grass were all in order, and then began to discuss the preparation for battle, Pi Jinghe brought 20,000 troops, plus the county soldiers under his control, the people brave, a total of nearly 60,000 or 70,000 horses, after integration and streamlining, divided into three battalions, each battalion of more than 20,000 horses, after a lot of drills, rest, this army began to establish a certain combat order.

Three battalions of soldiers and horses, Wang Yan led a battalion, Zhang Pingzhai led a battalion, Wang Lin himself led a battalion, in addition to the water division, each battalion has a standard configuration of 300 cavalry, 12,000 spearmen, Pu Dao hands, 2,000 shield array light armor infantry, 2,000 crossbowmen, stone-throwing chariots, spear throwers, more than 2,000 auxiliary soldiers of the baggage battalion, and a cavalry alone outside, totaling more than 1,600 people.

The highlight is that the Huainan Naval Division, 372 Huanglong Clippers, 43 Wuya Ships, and hundreds of Iron Ships, which are only slightly smaller than the Wuya Ships, with hideous shapes, real killing weapons, the Metropolitan Governor Wang Lin called it a wild boar ship, the reason why it is called this name is that it is said that before every battle, if the enemy can be defeated, this battleship will let out a wild boar-like roar.

At this time, the wild boar ship went upstream, waded over Jiashan, and sure enough, the wild boar roared, and the whole army was excited, Wang Yan looked at this scene with a smile, turned around and asked Wang Lin quietly: "Grandpa, where did you find this kind of talent, this pig is too similar." ”

Wang Lin glanced at him, and said in an unkind tone: "I didn't understand what you said, next time I will talk nonsense about Lao Tzu and deal with it directly by military law, and I will kill you!" ”

Wang Yan hid to the side in a daze, Wang Lin turned his head away from him, and muttered to himself: "As long as you can win, what is it to pretend to be a ghost...... Now everything is ready, just waiting for Chen Jun to come to the door. Wang Lin stood straight, his eyes flashing with sword shadows and sword lights.

On this day, a scout came to report that the Chen army was heading north, less than forty miles away from Jiashan, Wang Lin only said lightly that he knew, so he asked Wang Yan to go down and prepare, waiting in front of the Chen army, it was the first round of blocking led by the Qi army...... Stepping on the end of the spring flood, the decisive battle expected by Wang Lin came as scheduled!