The news from Liaodong had not yet reached Chu Huan's ears, but the news from Hujin was quickly reported to Chu Huan.

Qiu Ruxue got out of Hujin, traveled day and night, and after rushing to the attached city of Wuping, Chu Huan happened to be in the interval between the exercises, and immediately summoned Qiu Ruxue.

"Xuanyuan Shao was bound to die, but he was saved." Qiu Ruxue didn't drink a sip of water, so he immediately reported the situation in Hujin to Chu Huan: "Most of the people in the post house were surrounded and annihilated, but a few people escaped, and Mei Long then sent people to search the whole city to find the whereabouts of Xuanyuan Shao and his henchmen, but they did not find the slightest trace. ”

Chu Huan nodded slightly and asked, "How is the situation on Wenpu's side?" ”

"The trap set by Mei Long wiped out the Wenpu department." Qiu Ruxue said: "Mei Long sent people to split Wen Pu's soldiers and horses into two, and his Chinese Pu section was brought into the mouth of the tiger, where an ambush had long been set up, and almost all of Mei Long's men and horses were burned to death in the valley by using fire attacks, and they wanted to break through from the valley mouth, but the exit was blocked by stones, and none of them could escape." ”

Chu Huan sighed and said, "Wen Pu naturally didn't expect to be ambushed by Mei Long, otherwise with his experience, he would never have entered the Jedi." ”

"Mei Long is worried about accidents, and both sides are starting at the same time, so that there will be no leakage of news." Qiu Ruxue said: "Wenpu thought that Xuanyuan Shao was in Zhengcheng, and the Hujin Army would never do anything to them, but he didn't expect that Meilong had been bought by us and turned his back on the Qin State." ”

Chu Huan was silent for a moment before asking, "Mei Long has already promised to submit to us?" ”

"He has no way out." Qiu Ruxue said: "Mei Long is a person who understands current affairs, and knows that there is no way out to follow the Qin State, and he has completely torn his face with the Qin State when he designed to assassinate Xuanyuan Shao, and there is no other way out but to submit to the king." However, when his subordinates left, he revealed in his words that he hoped that the king would keep his promise and not be untrustworthy. ”

"Do you mean to make him a duke and give him ten thousand households?" Chu Huan said with a smile: "As long as he is sincerely attached to him, he will naturally not break his promise." ”

Qiu Ruxue said: "My subordinates told him that since she has decided to submit to the king, in order to show her sincerity, she should come to Wuping Mansion to meet the king as soon as possible." ”

"What did he say?"

"He was a little hesitant at first." Qiu Ruxue said: "I think I still have some concerns in my heart, but he has no other choice, and finally agreed, as soon as possible, he will arrange the affairs at hand, and he will come to meet the king." ”

Chu Huan smiled and said: "Brother Qiu, this time you have made a great contribution, if you go out in person, you can make one attached, it is really a general who can defeat a thousand armies." In this way, there is no need to fight with Hujin, and it can also avoid the loss of life. ”

Hearing that Chu Huan still called himself a brother, Qiu Ruxue's heart warmed, and he said with a smile: "The king has a good reputation, if it weren't for the strong soldiers of the Northwest Army, the momentum is huge, and the king is strategizing, Mei Long will never be able to surrender." ”

"How hard you have worked this time, rest for a few days." Chu Huan said with a smile: "I won't reward it for the time being, and I will reward it again when I go back." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a voice outside: "The general has arrived!" ”

After Pei Ji came in, Chu Huan informed Hujin of the situation, and Pei Ji said with a smile: "If you go to the army and plot, you can make Hujin return to obedience without moving a single soldier, and Qiu Daxia is really a great meritorious." ”

Qiu Ruxue hurriedly humbled himself, he knew that Pei Ji was coming, and he must have something important to find Chu Huan, so he retreated first, and Pei Ji said: "Second brother, what you have been waiting for has finally been delivered, and it was delivered by Sun Zikong himself." ”

Chu Huan didn't react for a while, and said, "What? As soon as the words came out, he immediately remembered it, showed joy, and said, "Big brother, you mean!" ”

Pei Ji bowed slightly, and said, "It's the secret weapon you have been talking about, and now it has been delivered." Second brother, you've been playing with me for a long time, what's in there? ”

Chu Huan laughed and said, "Big brother, without those things, I really don't have the confidence to fight with the Liaodong Iron Cavalry." I thought that it would not be delivered until after the beginning of spring next year at the earliest, but I didn't expect Mr. Du to send things so quickly! He lowered his voice and said, "Big brother didn't open the box to see what was inside?" ”

Pei Ji said: "Since you say that it is a secret weapon, who would dare to open it easily without your orders?" ”

Chu Huan asked with a smile, "Where is Sun Zikong now?" Has it arrived? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Sun Zikong's voice outside: "Master, the apprentice is here, I haven't seen you for a long time, but I miss the apprentice." As he spoke, the monkey-like grandson had already trotted in from outside the door.

Chu Huan saw Sun Zikong and looked at it a few times, although Sun Zikong was still as thin as ever, but he was full of energy and looked full of energy, but he didn't have the tiredness of a long journey, he patted Sun Zikong on the shoulder and said with a smile: "It's the road, how is the situation over there in Shuoquan?" ”

Sun Zikong smiled and said, "Don't worry, master, everything is fine at home." Mr. Du knew that the master was in a hurry, and he was worried that if there was a delay, it would miss the master's major event, so since we received the master's order, we have been working day and night to secretly step up production. It could have been sent half a month in advance, but some of the manufacturing problems occurred, and Mr. Du said that these things could not be barely improvised, and they must be done to the best of their ability, so they stepped up the system, which delayed some more time. ”

"I've been surprised by your speed." Chu Huan said with a smile: "According to my estimate, if you want to complete the task, it should be after the beginning of spring, which has been at least two or three months in advance." ”

"What the master explained, we naturally dare not slack off." Sun Zikong smiled and said, "A total of fifteen thousand pieces, which can be used at any time, have been temporarily sent to the warehouse." ”

Chu Huan said: "You have also worked hard along the way, take the brothers who transport the goods to have a good meal, and then rest, I will order someone to prepare food for you." ”

"Thank you, master." Sun Zikong was praised by Chu Huan, and his heart was happy, and after retreating, Chu Huan asked Pei Ji: "Big brother, you are proficient in astronomy and geography, and now you really have something to help you with." ”

"Oh?" Pei Ji smiled: "What's the matter?" ”

Chu Huan walked out of the door and looked up at the sky, although there has been no heavy snow in the past few days, but the light snow continues, it is difficult to have sunny weather, at this time, the sky and the earth are also gloomy, Pei Ji walked to Chu Huan's side, saw Chu Huan staring at the sky, a little strange, and was about to ask, but Chu Huan had already said: "Marching and fighting, the time and place are favorable, big brother, this day is very important, can you see how long it will take to be clear?" ”

"Looking at the sky?" Pei Ji was stunned, "Why does the second brother ask like this?" ”

Chu Huan smiled and said: "I just want to know, when will the sun come out, I haven't seen the rising sun for a long time, and I really miss it very much." ”

Pei Ji couldn't guess what kind of medicine was sold in Chu Huan's gourd for a while, but seeing that he was very concerned about the time, he said: "Observing the celestial phenomena, I can probably see the cloudy weather within a few days." However, it should not be sunny in these days, and even if it does, it will be possible in five or six days at the earliest. ”

"Five or six days?" Chu Huan groaned slightly, and then asked, "Big brother, do you think the Liaodong Army has been slow to move, what are they going to do next?" ”

"It's nothing more than going south or west." Pei Ji said: "I'm afraid even they themselves are hesitant. However, they did not move for the time being, it should be that the logistics baggage has not been in place for a long time, if the logistics baggage is sufficient in place, they have a large number of soldiers and horses, and naturally they will not stand still. ”

Chu Huan thought for a moment before he said, "Big brother, I'm going to transfer troops to Gucheng!" ”

"Gucheng?" Pei Ji was a little surprised, he naturally knew that Gucheng was more than a hundred miles east of Wuping Annexed City, in the middle of Baoma City and Wuping Mansion City.

Gucheng is only a county seat, but it has a long history, has a history of hundreds of years, and the scale of the general county town is larger, and although the city is not as majestic as the city of Wupingfu, it is also a solid city, called it a solid city, not because the city is strong, but is located in the territory of Guxian, but is the county seat of Guxian.

When Guxian was the most prosperous, there were forty or fifty thousand people in the city, which was already a large number for the northern county, but now Guxian is already sparsely populated and cold.

When the barbarian army attacked the attached city of Wuping, it collected grain and grass in a radius of about 100 miles, and the surrounding area of Guxian County also became the hunting area of the barbarian army.

In today's Guxian City, there are only the old, weak, sick and disabled people and people who can't get out, adding up to only a few thousand.

According to the previous strategic deployment, once the Liaodong Army arrived, the Northwest Army would retreat and lengthen the battle line of the Liaodong Army, but Pei Ji didn't know why Chu Huan suddenly changed his mind, instead of preparing to retreat, he wanted to move his troops and horses forward to Gucheng.

Chu Huan naturally saw Pei Ji's doubts, and said softly: "There are hundreds of thousands of people in Wuping Mansion City, if we leave them when we leave, even if the Liaodong Army will not slaughter the people, in this cold winter season, half of the people will die here, and the Liaodong Army will not have enough food and herbs, and it is hard for me to believe that they will distribute military food to the people." ”

Pei Ji bowed slightly, and Chu Huan continued: "If we withdraw and bring them, in such weather, the speed will not be fast at all, if the Liaodong Army knows that we are withdrawing troops from Wuping Mansion with the people, they will definitely pursue from behind, and when the time comes!" His expression became grim, and he paused slightly before he said: "If this winter passes, it will naturally be much easier to evacuate here, but the Liaodong Army is afraid that it will not be able to wait for that time." ”

Pei Ji naturally knew in his heart that although the overall strategy of the Northwest Army enemy coming and retreating was beneficial to him, but when he joined the hundreds of thousands of people in Wuping Mansion City, things were not so simple.

The Northwest Army is well-trained, and when the enemy army is attacking, it will retreat when it is said to retreat, simply and neatly, but the people in the city are dragging their families with their families, there are many old and young, and there is no possibility at all if they want to retreat with their whole body in winter.

Pei Ji proceeded from the overall strategy and considered the military strategy, but in fact, he intentionally or unintentionally ignored the life and death of the people of Wuping Fucheng.

"The second brother moved the soldiers and horses to Gucheng to buy time?" Pei Ji asked.

"Since the Liaodong Army is well-trained and experienced in combat, they will naturally pay close attention to the movements of Wuping Fucheng." Chu Huan said: "We don't move, they naturally don't dare to act rashly before the grain and grass are replenished." But if he finds out that we are beginning to withdraw our troops, he will never miss the opportunity, even if the food and grass have not arrived, he will rush to attack! ”

"If they hold the fortified city, with this layer of defense, they will naturally not dare to attack the city of Wupingfu, and even if the city of Wuping wants to evacuate at that time, the defense of the fortified city can also block them for a period of time to buy time for evacuation." Pei Ji said softly: "But has the second brother ever thought that once this happens, the defenders of Gucheng are likely to fall into the encirclement of the Liaodong Army, they are outnumbered, even if we transfer all the soldiers and horses of Wuping Mansion City to Gucheng, we will not be able to keep up with their troops, once they are surrounded!" ”

Chu Huan said with a smile: "Big brother, if you are the commander of Liaodong and see that the Northwest Army is advancing instead of retreating, what is your first reaction?" ”

Pei Ji thought for a moment before he said: "Most people will think that the Northwest Army is preparing to take the initiative to attack the Liaodong Army. ”

"I guess that's the same." Chu Huan said: "If I were the commander of Liaodong, I would also think that since the Northwest Army dares to take the initiative to make an offensive posture, it means that the Northwest Army has its own support, and if you don't figure out the situation, you naturally can't act rashly." He smiled faintly, "If it was Red Refining Electricity, we might not be able to hide it from him, but the commander of the Liaodong Army is not Red Refining Electric now." ”

Pei Ji groaned slightly, and then said: "Even so, it is still very risky!" ”

"Big brother, don't worry, I won't defend the city." Chu Huan said: "If I want to evacuate, I can do it at any time, and I may not really need to evacuate at that time!" ”

"Second brother is saying that you personally led the troops to Gucheng?"

Chu Huan nodded and said: "Yes, big brother, the rear will be handed over to you, I will lead the cavalry to Gucheng, with this cavalry, no matter whether they advance or retreat, the speed will not be below the Liaodong Army, and there are hundreds of miles from Gucheng to Wupingfu City, even if the Liaodong Army really wants to fight with all its might, I can also rely on the terrain along the way to stop them." ”

"Nope." Pei Ji immediately said: "Since I am a general, it is naturally my duty to charge ahead." Since the second brother is determined to stop the enemy in Gucheng, I will not dissuade him, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and your choice may not be wrong, but leading the troops to fight, but you still have to let me go. ”

"Big brother, don't fight anymore." Chu Huan smiled and said: "Big brother knows, I still have a secret weapon in my hand, which can come in handy when the time comes, don't worry, I know what to do and know what to do." ”

Pei Ji stared at Chu Huan, saw that Chu Huan's eyebrows were full of confidence, and nodded: "Since the second brother knows it in his heart, I won't say more." Even if you lead the troops, I'll do the rest!" ”