Li Li, who was revisiting the old place on the south bank of the Yellow River, was watching the north bank with a thousand-mile mirror, but saw the flags on the other side were like forests and the camp was huge.

There is no doubt that because of his previous record of entering Ye, after taking Puyang Jin again this time, Qi State was facing a great enemy and mobilized troops to guard the Jinkou on the north bank of the Yellow River to guard against Li Li's attack on Yecheng again.

Li Li has completed his mission, which is to attract some of the Qi army to gather on the north bank of the Yellow River. In this way, the number of troops that the opponent can invest in Henan will be smaller.

It is midsummer now, and the court sent troops to fight the Northern Expedition with the goal of regaining the entire Henan area.

The Beijingzhou Army, which was responsible for the main attack mission, had set out from Mianbei, and launched an attack on the Henan prefectures and counties of Qi State through Fangcheng and the Liang army of Yuzhou.

Li Li, who personally led the army to attack, just need to wait for the best news here.

Moreover, according to the pre-war deployment, the Xuzhou army attacked would stay here until the beginning of next spring.

Footsteps sounded, and an official came over and talked to Li Li.

The man's surname was Zhu and his name was Maichen. He was named Zhu Maichen during the Han Dynasty.

Zhu Maichen is burly, has a dignified appearance, fair skin, and looks like a gentleman.

But he is a castrator.

Li Li went to the expedition this time and was appointed as the governor of the north (combat military post), and Zhu Maichen was appointed as the governor of the court.

The apparent responsibility is to handle all kinds of military affairs, but in fact it is to supervise the military.

According to the general impression, since ancient times, those eunuchs who supervised the army (the term eunuch was later used to refer to eunuchs, but actually appeared later) are not good things, and they are not enough to succeed.

However, this person is said to often lead troops to fight and is quite familiar with military affairs. He is said to be unable to talk nonsense and make all kinds of inexplicable requests.

"June, in recent years, the Yellow River has been frozen in winter?"

Zhu Maichen asked, and Li Li nodded: "Yes, let's find out clearly. In the middle of winter, the surface of the Yellow River is frozen, and the cavalry can calmly cross the river with ice."

"It turns out to be so..." Zhu Maichen sighed. "The Northern Expedition of Liu Song and Yuan Jia was unstoppable at the beginning, but in winter, the Yellow River was frozen, and the Wei cavalry roared southward and attacked to the north bank of the Yangtze River..."

"This time the imperial court used troops to Henan, and the situation was also facing Liu Song. In winter, the Qi cavalry went south in large numbers, so they had to rely on the lords to block him."

Li Li smiled and shook his head: "That's what I said, the Yellow River defense line is thousands of miles long. How can it be defended by the Xuzhou army alone depends on the joint efforts of the officials and troops of all departments."

"Your Majesty is too humble. If the Xuzhou army did not support the troops, the court would not have the confidence to defend Henan after conquering Henan."

Zhu Maichen said the truth. He believed that only Li Li's Xuzhou army in the Liang Kingdom today had sufficient confidence and strength, and was sure to win when fighting against the elite Qi army in the field.

The other official troops did not say that they could not fight, but they were not sure whether they could win a complete victory.

Therefore, the imperial court arranged for Xuzhou army to guard the Yellow River until the beginning of next spring. The Yellow River bleeds, to beware of the frozen surface of the Yellow River in winter, and the Qi cavalry crossed the river on a large scale, raging Henan and the Huaihe River.

But Li Li understood that the King of Xiangdong was also guarding against his brain and robbing Wang Sengbian of his contribution.

So letting him "nail" in Puyangjin and build a base to defend, it was really a win-win situation.

Zhu Maichen was also sent to serve as a military supervisor to prevent him from "doing random things".

Zhu Maichen was a confidant of the King of Xiangdong. He was originally an eunuch in the King of Xiangdong. Because of his talent, he was used by Xiao Yi as a talent. He even served as a county magistrate and led troops to fight wars.

Therefore, Zhu Maichen is not easy to fool. If Li Li wants to make any small moves, it will be difficult for him to bypass Zhu Maichen.

But if Li Li really wanted to do something randomly with the people brought by Zhu Maichen, the other party could not stop him.

However, once Li Li really acts randomly, he will have to bear the consequences of being arrogant and domineering: he doesn't even take the confidants sent by the vassal kings to supervise the army seriously. What do you want to do? Do you rebel?

The two talked for a while, and Zhu Maichen asked about a lot of things. Seeing that the building construction site not far away was very busy, he asked Li Li: "This building construction is not a small scale?"

Li Li replied: "Yes, after all, I have to defend for more than half a year. Moreover, if the court recovers all parts of Henan, this place will be a new border stronghold."

Zhu Maichen had no doubts about Li Li's ability. This time, the court used troops to Henan, so Li Li needed to attract some of the opponent's troops, and defended against Qi when the Yellow River was frozen in winter.

Once the war is unfavorable, Li Li's Xuzhou army has to support it to ensure the safe retreat of the Northern Expedition army to the south.

Moreover, when Li Li burned the Taimiao of Qi, Emperor Qi must have hated him to the core. This person was standing by the Yellow River. In the eyes of Qi, it was as conspicuous as the only light in the darkness.

When Li Li saw Zhu Maichen leave, he looked at the north shore again.

He made a detailed work in Yecheng, using flying pigeons to deliver a letter, and sent back a message: Emperor Gao Yang of Qi had already led the army to Henan in person and led a large army to come.

The news of Zhou's army crossing the river to attack Bingzhou also spread in Yecheng.

Therefore, Gao Yang faced Liang, Zhou Teguo attacked at the same time and quickly responded: defending the west and attacking the east.

This time, Gao Yang led his troops to southern Henan, but did not come to Puyang to settle the score with him. There is a high probability that he could see the flaws in the Liang army's layout.

This flaw does not seem conspicuous because in the eyes of most people in the Liang Kingdom, it is not a flaw.

But Li Li felt that it was a flaw. Once it was effectively used by Qi State, it would be bad.

This involves how the center judges the strength of Qi Jun.

The most capable royal family in Qi State, Gao Yue, the King of Qinghe, encountered a night attack while rescuing Xuzhou, and was defeated and captured.

Duan Shao, the new generation leader of the Jinyang Wuxun Group, who was the most capable of fighting in Qi, was attacked by water while rescuing Xuzhou, and his entire army was wiped out, and his army was defeated and "dead".

Emperor Gao Yang of Qi personally led the army to besiege Hanshan, but he nipped his teeth and withdrew his troops in disgrace.

A group of generals from Qi led their troops to attack Xuzhou, and suffered various defeats.

So, Qi Jun is just a bunch of garbage?

Li Li, who was crazy about Qi Jun's heads, dared not say that Qi Jun is a fisherman until now.

However, the big guys in the center seem to be too optimistic. I am afraid that they have already decided that Qi Jun is the weak: You Xiao Li can beat Qi Jun's leader, why can't Lao Wang and Lao Chen do it?

This optimism also affected the people around Li Li, such as Liang Sen, who did not think that the court's arrangements were flawed.

As a result, an extremely dangerous situation of "Tian Ji's horse racing" emerged.

Gao Yang personally led the army to Henan and brought elite troops to fight, which must have come for a strategic decisive battle, so Qi State became Tian Ji.

And Liang State became King Wei of Qi.

Li Li never confronted the most elite Qi army in the field. He used defensive operations to trick the opponent.

In other words, he, the "Shangsi" of Liang State, had no certainty in winning against the "Shangsi" of Qi State, because the cavalry was weak unless it was used with artillery.

Then, it is probably very difficult for other Liang troops, which have no artillery and no cavalry to fight the real elites of the Qi army on the Great Plain.

......

In northern Yuzhou, outside Hulao, the Qi army heading south camped here. Because the emperor personally led the army, the team was huge, but the elite front army had already rushed to Zhengzhou to the south to lift the siege of Yingchuan.

The Liang army in Mianbei and Huaixi had already surrounded Yingchuan, and the defenders were in a hurry. At the same time, the Liang army in Xuzhou went north, passed Juyeze, entered the Puyang boundary, and occupied Puyangjin.

This was the offensive of Liang State, and the old rival of Qi State, Zhou State, had already sent troops to attack Bingzhou through Hedong, and the target was undoubtedly Jinyang.

The Zhou army attacking Luoyang was obviously a partial division.

In the imperial tent, Emperor Gao Yang of Qi was listening to Tang Yong, a so-called son of the Secretariat, analyze the situation of the battle.

"Tian Ji and King Wei of Qi were divided into three grades: upper, middle, and lower."

"Tian Ji got Sun Bin's advice, and the following fours are against the top four of King Wei of Qi, and the above fours are against the top fours, and the middle fours are against the top fours, and the lower fours are against the top fours, winning two in three games, winning one loss, winning the horse race."

"Now, the Xiao family regards the upper four of the Li thief as a partial army, so our army will confront the lower four of the prefectures and county soldiers across the river."

"The Xiao family's four horses surrounded Yingchuan, and our army responded with the Henan garrison."

"The opponent uses the middle horse to fight for help, and our army will use the elite imperial guards to defeat him. When Xiao's middle horse and lower horse are annihilated by our army, Li thieves will naturally withdraw their troops."

"The Liang army's offensive collapsed, our army attacked Shanzhou in the west, and the Western bandits could not attack Jinyang, so they naturally withdrew their troops."

Gao Yang pondered: "Can't you lead the Li thief here? For example, after defeating the Liang army in Yingchuan, the Xiao family will inevitably send Li thief to rescue him. This way..."

"Your Majesty clearly understands that Li Zhe does not seem to be trusted by Jiankang. I am afraid that he will make excuses to delay and refuse to save him when he dies."

After Tang Yong finished speaking, he laughed: "But if he really doesn't help him, you don't have to worry about your Majesty. Jiankang will kill him sooner or later."

Gao Yang believed in Tang Yong's judgment because Tang Yong was indeed capable, especially at military affairs and performed extremely well.

It is precisely because of this that Gao Yang decided to follow Tang Yong's advice, lead the elite main force to Yingchuan, Henan.

Yitian Ji's horse racing story, resolved the offensives between Liang and Zhou.

The offensive between the two countries is indeed amazing. Once it is improperly dealt with, it is easy to cause trouble. Tang Yong discovered a problem based on the attack arrangement of the Liang army:

Why, among the Liang army, the strongest Xuzhou army, actually attacked Puyang?

Does the other party want to achieve the result of a surprise attack on Yecheng again?

This is impossible because after the lessons learned last time, Qi State has strengthened its vigilance.

Therefore, the arrangement of the Xuzhou Army of Liang State as a partial army made Tang Yong suspicious.

Although he was not sure about the specific situation of the Liang State Central Committee, based on his intuitive judgment, he believed that the meaning behind this move was more like the Liang State Central Committee wanted other generals to win the first merit, so he asked Li Li's Xuzhou army to take action.

Li Li stepped aside, which led to flaws in Liang's arrangement.

Gao Yang believed in Tang Yong's judgment, so he made the next arrangement. He mobilized a large number of elite troops into Henan and rushed straight to Yingchuan without hesitation.

Without delaying time, he directly used the power of a tiger to pounce on the sheep and used superior cavalry to annihilate the Liang army besieged Yingchuan and the waiting to attack reinforcements.

To this end, Gao Yang also brought the elite imperial guards, Baibaoxianbei, to give Liang a surprise.

As for Li Thief whom he hated, he kept the other party in Puyangjin for a breath of wind.

If, as Tang Yong judged, the prime minister of Liang State was suspicious of Li Li, then Li Li would be ruined sooner or later, and Qi State would not even have to spend one soldier or another for this.

Of course, in order to avoid Li Li's sneak attack and attacking the imperial camp, Gao Yang also made corresponding arrangements.

After all, the distance from Puyang to Hulao is only more than 400 miles. If he is not careful, he will repeat the mistakes of Gao Yue, the King of Qinghe.

While talking to Tang Yong, several generals were asking for a meeting outside the tent.

Gao Yang summoned the generals to the tent, salute and wait for their orders.

The important minister, Huluguang, the eldest son of the Grand Secretary Hulujin, was ordered to lead elite cavalry to the expedition this time, and Gao Yang had high hopes for him.

A young man beside Huluguang is Gao Yang's nephew, Gao Xiaoguan, the Duke of Leshan, whose courtesy name is Changgong, is 18 years old this year and has a beautiful appearance. He has just joined the army to go to the army for training.

Gao Yang also had high hopes for his nephew and transferred some of the hundred and five preservatives to his nephew to lead him.

"I only have one request." Gao Yang looked at the generals and issued an order: "Use the iron hooves of your mount to smash the heads of the Southern Army!"
Chapter completed!