In the morning, the wind was sunny, and swallows were flying in the air, hovering over the former homeland.

The former home was a large fortress. At this moment, there were many soldiers gathering outside the fortress, and the fortress was crowded with people, fire was lit up, and thick smoke was rising.

The noise was very loud, so the swallows did not dare to leave and wandered around.

Finally, I had to land in the woods far away, chirping, not knowing whether to discuss what to do next or discuss what happened to my former home.

The thunder sounded, and the swallows who had just fallen on the branches were so shocked that they took off again and flew away from this dangerous place.

The thunder sounds spread to all directions, reaching miles away, and are in the ears of the soldiers who are marching.

The marching governor Wang Lin looked up at the sky and saw the sun shining brightly. He followed the sound to the west. There seemed to be a little smoke rising in that direction on the horizon.

It was a friendly army attacking a certain stronghold, but he did not receive military information, saying that there were strongholds or cities nearby that the Qi army had resisted stubbornly.

So, this is the fort where friendly forces attacked a large tribe in some place.

Wang Lin knew that the emperor wanted to clean up the local snakes in Hebei. The time to start was of course when the two armies were fighting.

In this way, a large number of damage to the fortresses and villages can be pushed to the military disaster.

Otherwise, if the court will take Hebei region under its rule and send troops to attack the local tyrant fortress, it will be "officials will force the people to rebel."

Wang Lin withdrew her gaze and continued to ride a horse.

Someone will do this kind of thing, and his troops will only fight.

Therefore, after taking Liyang again, Wang Lin led his army northward and stayed in Yecheng for a day, replenishing his horses, and continued to march northward.

According to the new combat plan, the second phase of the offensive was implemented.

Everyone in his team has horses and many horses, so the marching speed is extremely fast, and it is no problem to marches for an average of 100 miles per day.

This was unimaginable in the past.

When an army mainly uses infantry, it can only walk forty miles a day when carrying baggage. At noon, it has to rest and cool off when the sun is strong.

If there is a horse to travel, the speed of traveling is significantly faster. He did not expect that one day he would be able to lead an army with everyone to carry out long-distance raids in the Great Plains.

The ultimate goal is Youzhou.

Now, his team has crossed Zhaozhou, passed through Jizhou area, and entered Boling County. It is about 400 miles away from Youzhou. You may encounter Youzhou cavalry who are heading south at any time.

The Chu army's march was very fast, and the Youzhou army heading south would not be slow either. Therefore, the war was coming, and the scouts sent by Wang Lin were searching for the enemy's movements.

He knew that the opponent's cavalry must also be exploring the way, and now it depends on who discovers the opponent first and then takes action.

Wang Lin was riding a horse while thinking about the enemy situation.

The Youzhou area of ​​Qi State is a barrier in northern Hebei and has been fighting with the Hu people in the border areas all year round, so the Youzhou army has strong combat capabilities and many cavalry.

Dugu Yongye, the current governor of Youzhou, was always valued by the emperors of Qi. He had previously been in charge of Luoyang and had a long battle with the Zhou army. He was a long-time general.

Now, the news of Yecheng's change of ownership must have reached Youzhou. The fleeing Emperor of Qi may have ordered Dugu Yongye to lead his army south.

There are about 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers in Youzhou. Considering that people need to be kept to defend the city, Wang Lin judged that Dugu Yongye's troops heading south were about 30,000.

On his own side, the marching governor Liang Miao led his army to attack Xindu, Jizhou Prefecture. Dugu Yongye, who led his army south, must rescue Jizhou first. Otherwise, if he went south directly, his flanks would be exposed.

Therefore, Wang Lin calculated the distance and time, and felt that he was likely to encounter Dugu Yongye's army near Boye in the north of Jizhou.

That area is the battlefield for the decisive battle between the two sides.

So, how to deal with an enemy with many cavalry in the plains?

Wang Lin felt it was difficult to deal with.

Unlike the Qi army in Liyang, there is no specific city to defend. Dugu Yongye can completely spread the cavalry and consume the morale and physical strength of the Chu army by constantly harassing them.

Although there are many horses on his side and everyone has horse riding, many of them are horse-riding infantry and are not good at cavalry warfare.

As he thought about it, Wang Lin frowned.

As long as he is willing to use his brain, there are always more methods than difficulties. He led his troops north and had discussed countermeasures with the generals before, and he had a clear idea.

It is not until now that I realize that I may be helpless in the face of the enemy.

Now he is in deep thought because Wang Lin is assuming how he would plot against his opponent if he was Li Li.

Wang Lin admired Li Li's wisdom very much. When old friends were in war, they always liked to use their brains, rather than brainless and reckless men who only knew how to run wildly.

Li Li's performance nearly thirty years ago has already made people admire him. Now he is becoming more and more cunning by raising troops....

Especially the fact that the profit of Yecheng really made Wang Lin amazed: Fortunately, I am not your enemy, otherwise I would not know how I lost until the army was defeated.

So, if Li Li personally led his troops to fight Dugu Yongye's army, how would the other party plot against Dugu Yongye?

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Boye, the soldiers and horses of Youzhou, who were heading south, camped outside the city. The commander and the governor of Youzhou, Dugu Yongye, summoned the generals to discuss matters.

Not long ago, an incredible news came: Yecheng was lost and the emperor retreated to Jinyang.

The envoy sent by the emperor asked all prefectures and counties to send troops to recover Yecheng. So Dugu Yongye, who received the order, quickly set off 30,000 troops and marched south.

As a result, shortly after leaving, Jizhou was in a hurry: the Chu army crossed the river north from the clean and crossed the river north, headed straight to Jizhou, and the troops headed directly to the Xindu, Jizhou Prefecture.

This Chu army was the raided team from the Canghuang crossed the river into Hebei. After a brief retreat, it made a comeback.

Therefore, Dugu Yongye knew that he had to save Jizhou first, otherwise if he ignored Jizhou and went to Yecheng and did not reach Yecheng, his flank would be in danger.

However, the scouts he sent out had discovered that a large number of Chu cavalry were approaching the southwest direction, and these Chu soldiers were obviously coming from the direction of Yecheng.

Therefore, if you want to go to Yecheng, you have to save Jizhou first. If you want to save Jizhou, you have to destroy the Chu cavalry that came from Yecheng first.

He summoned the generals to discuss matters, just to figure out how to fight the next battle.

"The enemy seems to have many horses, all of which are cavalry, so they should not be underestimated." A general expressed his opinion, "Our army scouts discovered their location, and their scouts also appeared outside Boye..."

"So, they must know that our army has arrived in Boye and should attack Boye with all their might. The last general thinks that our army can go south immediately, arrive in Xindu, and join the Jizhou army."

Dugu Yongye asked back: "What if they judged that our army would go south directly to Xindu, so they intercepted it halfway?"

The general replied: "Then our army will ambush halfway."

This plan is good, Dugu Yongye asked again: "How do you make sure that they will set up an ambush between Boye and Xindu?"

"The other Chu army attacking Jizhou did not seem to be in a hurry to attack Xindu, but instead led troops to plunder and attacked various forts in Jizhou. It seemed that they were plundering food. The last general thought they wanted to siege the city and attack aid."

"Siege the city and fight for help?" Dugu Yongye quickly figured out what the other party meant.

A Chu army surrounded Xindu and did not attack Xindu, and it is likely that it was hoped that the Youzhou army heading south would rescue Xindu.

Another Chu army heading north, when they learned that Youzhou army was heading south, might be inclined to adopt a steady approach: to join forces with the Chu army outside the capital of Linxin.

Otherwise, it will be easily defeated one by one by the Youzhou army.

Especially the Chu army outside the capital, it is easy to be attacked inside and outside the Youzhou army and Jizhou army.

Therefore, the two Chu troops would tend to converge and avoid confronting Youzhou troops head-on by themselves as much as possible, or find ways to defeat Youzhou troops before the Youzhou troops and Jizhou troops converge.

"The best choice for our army is to go south immediately and rush to Xindu, so that the other party can see this." Dugu Yongye said slowly, with an idea, "Our army will be wary of ambushing halfway, and they will definitely think of this."

"So, we can make plans..."
Chapter completed!