Li Shouzhen wanted to know the next step of the Huaizhou Army, so he did not hesitate to use the high-level internal response of the Prosecutor's Office in Nanqi, but the distant water could not save the near thirst, and he made this decision too late.

In the half month after the Battle of Wanting, Xiao Wangzhi had completed the finishing work of the first phase of the Northern Expedition.

The Pingshan Army was divided into two, 7,000 people stayed in the Lai'an defense line as a backup, 5,000 people were stationed in Qingtian City, and the personal guard battalion directly under Xiao Wangzhi was stationed in Yongquan Pass. These two places are now hoarding a large amount of grain and grass prepared by the imperial court for a year, providing smooth and timely logistical support for the various armies in Huaizhou outside the northern border.

The Zhenbei Army is still stationed in Tongshan City at the northern end of Yongfeng Road, the strongest army protects Qingtian City at the southern end of Yongfeng Road, firmly guarding the only two main roads from Huaizhou to Dongyang Road, and the other road is naturally Yongquan Pass guarded by the Governor's Guard.

To the north of Guanwai, the Lai'an army was stationed in Gushu City, and the Guangling Army and the Taixing Army had already cleaned up the area east of Gushu during this time, laying a solid foundation for the next Northern Expedition.

Except for the disappeared Feiyun Army, the rest performed their duties in an orderly manner.

The spring is closed, and the flag is unfurled.

In the temporarily renovated festival hall, many tiger generals of the Huaizhou Army gathered together, and their faces were full of excitement.

Xiao Wangzhi looked around at everyone, cleared his throat and said: "Everyone, the first phase of the Northern Expedition has been completed, and then our army will launch the second phase of the offensive. ”

"Please give me instructions!"

The generals responded in unison, and the momentum was majestic.

Xiao Wangzhi said: "You need to keep in mind that the strategic focus of the second phase is different from the first phase. In the first stage, we mainly conquered the cities and passes on the border, while in the second stage, we had to change our minds, and all the foreshadowing was aimed at annihilating the enemy's most powerful forces in mobile warfare. ”

Pei Di, the commander of the Zhenbei Army, moved in his heart and muttered: "The Metropolitan Governor refers to the main force of the Jing Army stationed on the front line of Lei Ze? ”

Xiao Wangzhi said approvingly: "You are right, our army has only one goal in the future, and that is to eat the 10,000 Jing troops near Lei Ze." After this battle, the pseudo-Yan Dongyang Road will become a real Jedi, and Li Shouzhen will become a turtle in the urn. ”

As soon as these words came out, all the generals were gearing up.

The first merit of the Northern Expedition was taken away by Lu Shen and Pei Di, and others will not be clearly jealous, and they are not unconvinced, who doesn't want to make contributions and become famous all over the world?

Although Jing Jun also participated in the past wars, as Xiao Wangzhi said to Lu Shen, those Jing Jun were just leftovers in the sequence of Jing Dynasty's army, and would not affect the invincible prestige of Jing Jun.

Now the 10,000 Jing army stationed in Lei Ze is the real main force, and there are 2,000 Jing Lian iron cavalry with all the armor, if you can eat these 10,000 people, the Qi army in charge of the main attack will definitely become famous.

"The Grand Governor, the last general will ask for battle!"

Kang Yanxiao, the commander of the Taixing army, was the first to stand up, and the rest of them were willing to live behind the others and stepped forward one by one.

This kind of scene looked a little chaotic, but the smile on Xiao Wangzhi's face became thicker, because he didn't want the generals he brought out to be cowardly and timid, and it was better to rush to be the first than to be silent.

"Don't be in a hurry, the governor has his own arrangements."

Xiao Wangzhi's words quieted everyone down, and then said: "Zhenbei and Lai'an Second Army, each leave 4,000 people to garrison Tongshan and Gushu City. ”

Pei Di and Duan Zuozhang responded in unison.

Xiao Wangzhi said again: "The two armies of Guangling and Taixing advanced to Gaoyuan City along the official road north of Gushu City, which was already an empty city, and Li Shouzhen could not replenish his troops to defend it in a short time. You remember, if Li Shouzhen dares to send troops south, he must solve the other party with the power of thunder, and let him stay in Ruyin City honestly. ”

Zhu Yuyou and Kang Yanxiao glanced at each other, got up and said, "Obey the order of the Grand Governor!" ”

Xiao Wangzhi nodded slightly, looked at Pei Di and Duan Zuozhang again, and said, "You lead the main force under your command to take Ningling City first, and then enter the position of the 10,000 Jing Army stationed in Lei Ze. ”

"Obey!"

The tone is sonorous and loud.

After this military discussion, the Huaizhou army was divided into two roads with lightning speed, and the Guangling army and the Taixing army pierced into the heart of the Dongyang Road of Yanguo to the north, and for a time the emergency military situation flew to the general's mansion in Ruyin City like snowflakes.

"General Yu, Gaoyuan City has been captured by the Qi army, and the other party is attacking Fengfu City!"

"General Yu, Fengfu City has fallen, and the vanguard of the Qi army is only a hundred miles away from Ruyin City!"

"General Yu, the Qi army is divided into two divisions and attacks on the east and west sides of Fengfu City!"

For several days in a row, one bad news after another fell into Li Shouzhen's ears, he was as restless as an ant on a hot pot, looking at the Qi army on the sand table that was getting closer and closer to Ruyin every day, and the uneasiness and panic in his heart became stronger and stronger.

At present, he only has two choices, either to hoard heavy troops in Ruyin City, use this fortified city as the last fortress, and gamble that the Qi army will not be able to attack for a long time and automatically retreat, or before the Qi army completes the siege of Ruyin City, take the initiative to find a chance to win.

The answer is obvious.

After Jing Jun determined that he would not support Ruyin, Li Shouzhen quickly made up his mind and said in a cold voice: "Order Wu Xinzhang to lead the army to Ruyin City within three days, otherwise military law will be engaged!" ”

The general took the order and left.

Li Shouzhen sat in the handsome seat dejectedly, his eyes bloodshot.

"Your Royal Highness the County Lord, since you have other plans, the last general can only defend Ruyin City for you, and I am afraid that there is nothing else you can do."

He muttered to himself, his face full of desolation.

As Li Shouzhen expected, after a period of silence, the Huaizhou army burst out with enough power to make the world look sideways.

Under the premise that the troops were divided into two routes, the Guangling army and the Taixing army achieved a lot of results in the north, while the Zhenbei army and the Lai'an army to the west were also menacing.

This urgent report for help was not sent to the Great General's Mansion in Ruyin City, nor was it the court magnates of Heluo City, but the Jingjun garrison more than sixty miles west of Ningling City.

Inside the handsome tent, Lu Huan, the handsome woman of the Jing Army, held the emergency report, but there was no fluctuation in her face.

Compared with Mou Lianghu's fierce appearance with a face full of flesh and flesh, although the female Lu Huan has a standard name of the Jinglian people, her appearance has a bit of the characteristics of the same person.

He was born with a round face, big ears, a straight nose and a square mouth, and a beard on his cheeks, just looking at his eyebrows and eyes are indeed somewhat similar to Qi people.

The reason is that the female Lu Huan's father is from the Jinglian tribe, but her mother is a native of Yanguo Henan Road.

All the fierce generals in the tent looked at the female Lu Huan, and one of them, a thousand men named Wu Ye, said loudly: "Da Shenyin, now that the Qi army is besieging Ningling, should we go to the rescue?" ”

Shen Yin is the military position of the commander of the first army in the military system of the Jing Dynasty, which is roughly equivalent to the commander of the Qi army. However, the structure of the Jing Dynasty army was not as strict as that of the Qi army, so the number of troops under the command of a detailed commander may be 10,000 or more than 20,000, and the situation is slightly complicated and cannot be generalized.

"Why did you go to the rescue?"

The female Lu Huan threw aside the urgent report for help and looked at the commander with cold eyes.

Wu Ye was stunned: "Da Shenyin, our army's mission this time is to aid Dongyang Road-"

The female Lu Huan directly interrupted him: "Then let me ask you, why did the Huaizhou army of Southern Qi stop for a while after taking Gu Shu?" ”

Wu also said cautiously: "Prepare for war? ”

Nu Lu Huan sneered and said, "This is only the most insignificant reason for it. The Huaizhou army has been fighting hard for so many years, could it be that a mere battle of Wanting has caused them to lose their strength and have to stop advancing? The reason why they did this was very simple, it was nothing more than to find out the overall strength of the Yan army on the Dongyang Road, as well as to find out the situation of our army. ”

After these words came out, the generals in the tent looked at each other, and another commander named Fu Yan said in disbelief: "Da Shenyin, do you mean that the real target of the Qi army is our army?" ”

"You think that's incredible?"

The female Lu Huan's face was full of sarcasm, and she looked at the servant Yan and said, "In all the battles in the past two years, the fact that the Yan army's combat strength is low has been clearly demonstrated. If you are Xiao Wangzhi, in the face of such an army that is about to collapse at the touch of a button, why is it necessary to stop and be extremely cautious? In other words, if it weren't for the fact that our army was stationed here, the Huaizhou army would definitely go straight to Ruyin in one go. ”

Fu Yan said ashamedly: "The last general understands. ”

The female Lu Huan said again: "Under normal circumstances, our army should go to rescue Ningling City, but because His Royal Highness the county lord has already seen through the enemy's thoughts, we want to make the Huaizhou army arrogant and arrogant, and create a feeling that our army is afraid of moving forward." After they take Ningling, they will continue to the west in the next step, in front of our army's formation, and that will be the moment of the real decisive battle. ”

His tone was very flat, as for the life and death of the four thousand Yan troops in Ningling City, not only did he not pay attention to it, but the generals in the tent also didn't care.

In the eyes of these Jing army generals, the Yan army was originally a servant army that could be abandoned at any time, and their only role was only to fill the battle line, and there was no other value worth paying attention to.

"Now the Huaizhou army is divided into two routes, the two armies on the northern front are mainly to deter the soldiers and horses in Li Shouzhen's hands, and the Zhenbei army and the Lai'an army on the western front can be called their main force, and they are also the fierce enemies that our army is about to face. Guys, do you have the confidence to resist the first wave of the enemy's onslaught? ”

The female Lu Huan's cold eyes swept over everyone, and in response to him was a roar.

"Our army will win!"

The female Lu Huan nodded, got up and walked outside the tent, staring at the gloomy sky in the east, facing the cold wind of winter, and gradually feeling the long-lost blood.

After many years of silence, it's time for those Qi people in the south to feel the true strength of the main force of the Jing Army.

(End of chapter)