In this era, 300 miles is a very ambiguous distance.

If it is placed in the vast cloud mountain where the big stone department of the seven parts of Shazhou lives, it will take at least 20 days to cross the mountains and mountains for 300 miles. If the terrain is replaced by the vast and flat Jiangbei Plain, it only takes five days for the elite infantry to march forcibly, and the cavalry can shorten the time by half.

From Raoyang, which was captured by the Qi army, to Heluo in the west, this area is just located in the Jiangbei Plain, and there is a smooth and wide official road in between.

In other words, if you put aside the Yan army stationed on this journey, Lu Shen and his elite cavalry could reach the foot of Heluo City within three days.

For a while, the wind was loud, and the people of the Beiyan Dynasty were panicked.

Many ministers discussed in private, always feeling that it was impossible for the Huaizhou Army of Southern Qi to open a second front while attacking Dongyang Road, and they were also aiming at Heluo City, which was heavily guarded by the city wall.

Xiao Wangzhi only had a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, even if he had suffered very little losses in the previous battle, how many troops could he allocate to attack Heluo?

The Jingzhou army is still blocked south of Moyang Road, and the general Niu Cunjie can still deal with it now, so the Huaizhou army can only fight alone.

Even if Xiao Wangzhi suddenly went crazy and ignored the Yan army in Dongyang Road, and instead took all his soldiers and horses to travel hundreds of miles and attack Heluo desperately, how sure was he that he would climb the city wall?

But in this world, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, and no one dares to guarantee that Xiao Wangzhi and Lu Shen will not embark on this dangerous road.

Therefore, these days there is a lot of traffic outside Zhuo Garden, and the worried ministers of the Yan State do not care about the strange eyes of the world, and come to His Royal Highness the Jing Dynasty County Lord one after another, because they know very well that in the current situation, only the tens of thousands of Jing troops stationed in the city have the ability to stop the pace of the advance of the Huaizhou army of Southern Qi.

In the face of wave after wave of uneasy ministers of Yan State, Qing Yu Huaijin's response was almost the same.

"Are you worried that the Qi army will threaten Heluo?"

Everyone nodded busily.

Qing Yu Huaijin said lightly: "Since you think that our elite can block the Qi army, I don't know what you are worried about?" More than 30,000 main forces of our dynasty are in the city, and if the Qi army dares to come, our elite can naturally drive them back. ”

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other, as if they had suddenly come back to their senses.

That's right, the main force of the Jing army is in the city, if the Qi army dares to come, will the more than 30,000 Jing troops plus tens of thousands of Yan troops still not be able to hold Heluo?

What are you worried about?

Seeing this, Qing Yu Huaijin smiled and said: "Everyone, my brother and I will stay in the city all the time, and the same will be true for my army, even if you don't open your mouth, we will guard Heluo City." Everyone, please go back, there have been rumors in the city recently, and I hope that everyone can perform their duties to stabilize the situation, and don't want the Qi army to not appear outside the city, but we ourselves are in chaos. ”

The ministers looked embarrassed and bowed in resignation.

Sending away the last group of ministers who came to the door, Qingyu Huaijin shook his head, raised his hand and pinched his tired eyebrows, and then left the Xiangwan Building and went straight to the warm pavilion behind the main hall.

“…… Little Wangye, now that the two Huaizhou armies are getting closer and closer to Heluo, and at the same time they are getting farther and farther away from the main force led by Xiao Wangzhi, can our army go east to meet the enemy? ”

Mou Lianghu's face was solemn, and when he saw Qing Yu Huaijin coming in, he turned his head and bowed his head.

Qing Yu Huaijin nodded, sat down and listened quietly to their discussion of the military situation.

Qing Yu Zhongwang asked unhurriedly: "Do you think Lu Shen is carelessly advancing with the Rui Shi Battalion and the Lai'an Army?" ”

Mou Lianghu hesitated: "Lu Shen may make this kind of mistake, Xiao Wangzhi will definitely not be so rash, there may be a large number of troops hidden behind the Rui Shi Battalion and the Lai'an Army, just waiting for our army reinforcements to appear." Little Wangye, the last general is just worried that as the Huaizhou army approaches step by step, the people in this city will be in turmoil and difficult to suppress. Although our army has more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, there are more than 100,000 residents in the city, and there are countless nobles and nobles. ”

As the mastermind of the Battle of Lei Ze, Mou Lianghu has always been obsessed, and if he could count one step more than Lu Shen and put all the troops in his hands into the battlefield, the final victory or defeat was still unknown.

After suffering a big loss, he will definitely not despise the young military general of Southern Qi again, now the other party is leading 20,000 troops westward, and it is getting closer and closer to Heluo, even if Mou Lianghu thinks about it with his toes, he knows that there must be a conspiracy here.

However, as he said later, if the Huaizhou army is left alone and allowed to enter Heluo, the biggest problem is that it may lead to chaos in the city.

Qing Yu Zhongwang bowed slightly, then turned his head to look at Qing Yu Huaijin and asked, "Sister, what do you think?" ”

Qing Yu Huaijin muttered: "Judging from the current situation, although the undercurrent in the city is surging, it can generally maintain stability. However, I also agree with General Mou Lianghu's judgment that if the offensive momentum of the Huaizhou army is allowed to be unchecked, the people's hearts in the city will change very quickly, so I think it is necessary to make some targeted measures. As for how to deal with it, this is not what the little sister is good at, and it is all up to the elder brother to decide. ”

"Naturally, I have to deal with it, but I'm curious about one thing now, is Lu Shen alone?"

Qing Yuzhongwang's eyes were calm, and his tone was calm.

Mou Lianghu and Qing Yu Huaijin glanced at each other, and both of them had puzzled looks in their eyes.

It is difficult to determine the true intentions of the enemy, but at least one of the most basic logical criteria can be followed, and that is to see if the opponent can benefit from it.

Under the premise that the magnates of the Yan State and even the Jing Dynasty have given up the Dongyang Road, if the Huaizhou army just wants to guard against the Jing army, then they only need to garrison troops in Ningling City and Fengfu City to hold the main road, and no matter how bad it is, they can also send troops to garrison it in the east of Qingliu Pass.

In fact, Lu Shen's behavior of leading his troops to capture Qingliu Pass was unnecessary in the eyes of Mou Lianghu, perhaps because the other party was too cautious, lest the main force of the Jing army enter Dongyang Road again.

But then the Huaizhou army continued to advance westward, which shows that Lu Shen wants to induce the main force of the Jing army to leave Heluo and fight them again in the field, so it is enough to show that there must be ambushes behind the Ruishi battalion and the Lai'an army, otherwise it is meaningless for him to go deep alone.

Besides, Lu Shen wasn't afraid that Jing Jun would go out of the city in a moment of enthusiasm? If he hadn't prepared at this time, the 20,000 elites would have suffered heavy casualties.

Based on the above, Mou Lianghu thought that it was impossible for Lu Shen to go deep alone, he raised his eyes to look at Qing Yu Zhongwang, and said cautiously: "Little prince, Lu Shen has no reason to do this. ”

"On the surface, that's right."

Qing Yu Zhongwang bowed slightly, and then said faintly: "But now I have a very strange feeling, Lu Shen and Xiao Wangzhi may have guessed my thoughts." ”

Mou Lianghu was slightly stunned, and Qing Yu Huaijin asked, "Brother wants to go out of the city to fight the enemy?" ”

Qing Yu Zhongwang shook his head and said indifferently: "I never thought of taking the initiative to give up Dongyang Road, as early as when I went south, I had already asked people to secretly go to Ruyin to inform Li Shouzhen that his task was to be crucified in Ruyin City, and other places could be strategically abandoned, but Ruyin couldn't." As long as he can hold on for two months, I will ask His Majesty for credit afterwards. ”

After hearing these words, the other two people couldn't help but feel a shock in their hearts.

Qing Yuzhong got up and walked to the west wall, raised his hand to draw a line on the map hanging on the wall, and went east from Heluo City, along the official road through Shenze City, Anxian, Yaoshan Pass, Gongcheng, Raoyang City, Qingliu Pass, and then entered the territory of Dongyang Road.

After he finished drawing this line, he turned around and said: "From the very beginning, I have been showing the enemy weakness, so that Xiao Wangzhi misjudged that I would give up the Dongyang Road, and when he put the vast majority of his forces into attacking Ruyin City, I will lead the main force to quickly advance eastward along this road, and reach the decisive battle between the main force of Ruyin and Xiao Wangzhi." At that time, the inside and the outside should be combined, and I have at least 60% certainty that the enemy army will be crushed. ”

Mou Lianghu quickly calculated in his heart, and hesitated: "Little Lord, our army currently has nearly 20,000 foot soldiers and more than 16,000 cavalry in the city, is this force a little insufficient?" ”

"Don't forget, we still have a team of soldiers and horses in the north of Dongyang Road."

Qing Yu Zhongwang raised his hand on the map and said lightly: "In order to guard against the Seven Star Army in Baotai Mountain, when Li Shouzhen withdrew the 20,000 Yan troops to Ruyin, we sent 5,000 foot soldiers to the eastern front of Fengqiu. ”

Mou Lianghu did not forget the 5,000 people, but he subconsciously thought that this army of soldiers and horses had to stay in the original earthquake to deter the bandit army of Baotai Mountain, and now he obviously realized that Qing Yu Zhongwang was planning to complete the battle.

Qing Yu Zhongwang continued: "But Lu Shen led his troops to continue to advance westward, and it seemed that he saw through my thoughts, and instead set up a problem for me. So I'm curious now to know if he's bluffing, or if he's just ready to wait for me to lead his troops into battle. ”

Mou Lianghu said: "Little prince, or we can test the reality of the enemy's army." ”

This is the proper meaning of the question, more than 30,000 Jing troops are stationed in Heluo City, and they will not be frightened by the 20,000 Huaizhou troops and dare not move.

Qing Yuzhong looked at his head and said: "I also plan to do the same, you immediately send 3,000 cavalry, go east to approach the Gongcheng to Raoyang, don't fight with the Qi army, just keep an eye on their movements." ”

Mou Lianghu got up and said, "The last general is ordered!" ”

After he stepped back, Qing Yu Zhongwang looked at the melancholy on Qing Yu Huaijin's face and smiled: "Don't worry, I have my own plans in my heart." ”

"Well, my brother will definitely be able to defeat the enemy."

Qing Yu Huaijin responded softly.

When the subjects of Yan were nervous, the cavalry of the 3,000 Jing army left Heluo City in the east, and one man and two horses quickly advanced and arrived to the west of Gongcheng in the afternoon of the next day.

The next morning, these three thousand elite horsemen appeared outside Raoyang City, and they looked at the banner of the Qi army fluttering on the top of the city from a distance, like a group of silent beasts staring coldly at their prey.

On the city wall, Duan Zuozhang said calmly: "Brother Lu, Qingyu Zhongwang should not be able to sit still. ”

Lu Shen smiled slightly, a cold color flashed in his eyes, and he said slowly: "He wants to test our hypocrisy, so let's continue to march into the army." ”

Duan Zuozhang said excitedly: "Okay! ”

In the afternoon of the same day, the Huaizhou army continued to advance westward, and the 3,000 cavalry of the Jing army did not dare to come forward to attack and disturb, so they had to retreat to the west until they reached the periphery of the city.

The cavalry of the Rui Shi Battalion and the cavalry of the Jing Army went toe-to-toe, and a large number of elite agents of the Weaving Department covered the front line under the personal command of Su Yunqing, and did not give the cavalry of the Jing Army and the spies of the Prosecutor's Office the slightest opportunity to investigate, it seems that the Rui Shi Battalion and the rear of the Lai'an Army are hiding unspeakable secrets.

The fog obscures the sky and the sun, making it difficult to distinguish the real from the fake.

At this moment, Heluo City is shrouded in an almost suffocating atmosphere.

(End of chapter)