Outside the city of Changyi, the big tent of the Taiwei Chinese army.

Knock knock!

The sound of drums spread throughout the barracks.

Zhou Yafu was dressed in military uniform, riding on a horse, and rode past the thousands of cavalry arrays that were ready to go.

In the past two months, Zhou Yafu has only done three things in Changyi.

The first thing was to dig a trench and build a camp, and the entire Changyi-Suiyang line was almost built by him into a fortress that could not be attacked from the outside.

The second thing is to contact the Chu State clan such as Xiu Hou and Honghou, and with the help of these two, especially Xiu Hou Liu Li, he smoothly obtained the deployment map and Fengsui map of the Wu and Chu coalition forces, and also got the promises of several Chu captains and Sima anyway.

Third, it is to let the thousands of elite cavalry drawn from Longyou and the Great Wall in front of him complete the training of skillfully riding war horses nailed to horseshoes.

At this time, there was a gentle drizzle in the sky.

The heavy snow only stopped yesterday, and it was raining again at this time.

In good conscience, such weather is absolutely unsuitable for combat.

Muddy roads and cold weather can make marching an almost impossible task.

However, the opportunity must not be lost and never come again!

The heavy snow and cold made Wu Chu's army slow to react, and at the same time, I'm afraid no one could have imagined that he, Zhou Yafu, would dare to launch a surprise attack in such weather, right?

"What time is it?" Zhou Yafu asked the general who was walking next to him.

Ten days ago, Li Ji, who was supposed to be guarding against the Xiongnu and Yan Zhao on the Great Wall, had already been ordered to come to Changyi lightly and listen to orders under Zhou Yafu's banner.

Because. In the world, the most experienced commander of cavalry combat is this Qu Zhouhou.

"Captain. It's three quarters now! Liji replied.

"Good, it's time to go!" Zhou Yafu sent a slight salute to Li, and solemnly entrusted: "Junhou, these five thousand sons, I will entrust it to Junhou on behalf of His Majesty, but I hope that Junhou will succeed and capture Huaisi in one fell swoop." In this way, great things can be done! ”

Two months of confrontation, observation and confrontation, game, camouflage. For this moment today.

The two-month attack on Suiyang by the Wu-Chu coalition army consumed too much of their strength and attention, and they inevitably lost vigilance in the direction of Changyi.

The cold and heavy snow will even compress the search scope of Wu Chu's scouts.

Plus the Chu army, which was responsible for the defense of certain key areas. In fact, it has been said to be moved anyway.

This time a surprise attack. It's almost impossible to fail!

Unless......

Immediately another heavy snowfall!

But this is also impossible.

The heavy snow stopped yesterday, and although it is raining at the moment, it is unlikely that there will be another heavy snow for a while.

Li Ji bowed his head slightly on the horse, and arched his hand: "Taiwei, don't worry, the last general will definitely live up to the trust of Taiwei and His Majesty!" ”

After speaking. Li Ji reined in his horse and waved his hand, and thousands of cavalry slowly moved.

Although it was raining, there was a thick layer of snow on the ground.

But. The horses walked on the snow, but they were quite steady.

This qiē is all because of the peculiar little iron horseshoe on the horse's shoe.

It wasn't until now that Li Ji found out that in addition to protecting the horseshoe, this horseshoe can also be anti-slip, although the effect is not very significant, but at least, there is no need to worry about having to get off the horse and walk because of the slippery road.

In this surprise attack, time is of the essence!

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Seeing the army of Li Ji disappear from sight, Zhou Yafu dismounted, turned to Yi Zong, who stepped forward to lead the horse for him, and said: "Captain Yidu, go and inform Li Guang, Gongsun Kunxie and Cheng Buzhi, and let him lead the army to Suiyang to support King Liang!" "Li sent this, if a qiē shun lì, tomorrow afternoon can capture the Huaisi ferry and cut off Liu Wei's grain route.

In this icy and snowy land, there is no food supply, and there is no news from the rear.

Liu Bi will definitely work hard!

At this time, as long as Suiyang and Changyi are held, the Wu-Chu coalition army, which is still violent, and the army of 500,000 is known as 500,000, will collapse in less than three days.

At that time, he will not be able to complete the plan to destroy Wu lightly!

The art of war is cloudy: those who are good at fighting will be guided by their strength.

Youyun: Those who are good at fighting have no outstanding achievements.

These two sentences are the words he heard from his father on his first day in the army.

It is also the principle that he has always used soldiers.

"No!" Yi Zong nodded, glanced at Zhou Yafu with reverence, and then led Zhou Yafu's horse away.

In the past two months, following Zhou Yafu has allowed Yizong to learn a lot of things that he couldn't learn in books before.

For Zhou Yafu, Yizong at this time is regarded as a teacher.

Seeing the back of Yizong going away, Zhou Yafu pinched his hands.

Zhou Yafu is the most favorite general of the Han military generals to promote and promote the younger generation, there is no one!

The current court lieutenant Zhao Yu was recommended by him to the Son of Heaven.

When Dou Ying was in the army, he also took care of him many times.

Like him, he likes to promote and recommend young and backward high-ranking officials and dignitaries, in the sequence of important ministers of the Han family, he is an outlier.

It's hilarious when you talk about it.

At this time, the higher the rank of the minister, the less likely he is to recommend young people.

Especially at the level of two thousand stones, it is even more light that you will not recommend it casually.

So much so that in the past 20 years of the Han Dynasty, the Son of Heaven has urged local officials to recommend talents almost every year, and even did not hesitate to issue task indicators to tie them to the performance evaluation of officials.

Even so, bureaucrats sometimes prefer to be punished rather than recommended.

The reason is that, at this time, the referrer is taking a great moral risk and gambling his reputation.

If it is not a person who is very optimistic or admires or a talent who is famous in the world, the officials do not want to recommend it casually.

What if the recommendation is a straw bag, or a stunned young man who pokes a hole?

Even if the court does not pursue it, a reputation that does not know people is equivalent to blocking one's own entry steps.

Zhou Yafu has also been persuaded by many people, why bother to gamble on his reputation and future for the sake of irrelevant people?

Regarding this qiē, Zhou Yafu has always just smiled and did not respond.

At this moment, looking at Yizong's figure, Zhou Yafu suddenly understood why he was so enthusiastic about promoting and recommending young people in the past.

"Because ......" Zhou Yafu sighed: "Tiger father and dog!" ”

He had four sons, but one was dumber than the other.

The eldest is a gentleman, although the second is smart, but when he was born, he caught a cold and fell into a disease, the third ...... It's worse than the boss, except for cockfighting and lackeys, there will be no other skills, at least the boss still understands some truth, as for the fourth, originally, he hopes for the biggest son, but unfortunately, he died young ten years ago, so he has been smothered to this day.

It was also from that time that he, Zhou Yafu, began to like to promote and recommend young people.

Because, every time he sees an excellent young man, his heart will pop up with the appearance of Shiro when he was alive.

Especially the righteous column.

The more Zhou Yafu looked at it, the more he felt that he was very similar to his fourth child who died young.

Just as young, smart, clever and even genius!

"I heard that this son lost his father at an early age, I don't know, can I adopt him as a righteous son?" Zhou Yafu thought in his heart, but he just ......

Yizong is the prince's person, and it is said that his sister is also the prince's concubine.

That's a little tricky.

"It's here, let's explore the prince's mouth......" Zhou Yafu thought, and took his soldiers to patrol along the camp and trench.

Zhou Yafu is very clear.

In the next two days, Liu Bi will definitely go crazy and desperately.

Hundreds of thousands of dogs jump off the wall in a hurry, and they will burst out with unexpected combat effectiveness.

For example, in the battle of Julu that year, Xiang Yu broke the cauldron and sank the boat, so he defeated the Qin army and set the prelude to the fall of the Qin Dynasty.

Another example is Han Xin, who fought against the odds and decided the winner of the Chu and Han hegemony.

What he has to do now is to wipe out any possibility of Liu Bi breaking the kettle and fighting against the water. (To be continued......)