There are more than 12,000 generals in Dengzhou Town, and the infantry army is divided into water, and the infantry battalion is less than 6,000 people.

In comparison, even if the generals of the Dengzhou Naval Division are transferred ashore, their combat strength will be stronger than that of the infantry battalion.

Qingzhou victory, for a time to destroy the enemy, capture countless soldiers, do not need Liu Yefei to add oil and vinegar, Dengzhou Town generals are also eager to try, there is a heart rate to enter Qingzhou to fight.

Among them, there are generals who are opportunistic and want to seize the battlefield, and there are also generals who have always advocated supporting Qingzhou when they see the stakes between Qingzhou and Dengzhou.

However, after several days of research, there was also the work of Liu Yefei in the center to induce, and the generals of Dengzhou Town finally made a strategy of approaching from the east flank, following the same pace, and advancing steadily, mainly to assist the Qingzhou army to recover Linzi, Guangrao, Hengtai and other places, annihilate or drive out the remnants of Chen Zhihu who entered the hinterland of Qingzhou, and threaten the main force of Yanhu soldiers and horses besieging Yangxin from the south, without directly entering from the Xiaoqing River or Zhulong River, to shake the courage and ambition of the main force of Yanhu troops.

This tactical choice made Dengzhou Town, although there were nearly 100 warships, but its role was limited to transporting grain supplies from Dengzhou to Changyi through the sea and the Jiaolai River at the fastest speed, and blocking the passage from Changyi to Laizhou.

The conservatism and prudence of the generals of Dengzhou Town gave Liu Yefei an excuse to transfer some of the sailors to the shore to strengthen the infantry camp.

Liu Yefei finally appointed Zhao Zhen, the general of the Dengzhou Town Water Division, as the chief general of the rescue of Qingzhou, and pieced together more than 8,000 troops to land and fight ashore, and sent another 2,000 sailors to transport grain and straw supplies in 40 large and small warships. Liu Yefei himself led more than 2,000 people from the Shui Bu Army to sit in the rear.

Since the Qingzhou army had recaptured Changyi, the area east of Changyi looked quite safe.

On 19 August, the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou were divided into two routes, one way the soldiers and horses went first, took the land route, passed through the low hills and mountains at the southern foot of Fuling and Kunyu Mountain, and passed directly through the north of Laiyang and Pingdu, and the speed was extremely fast, and on the 23rd they entered the territory of Changyi, arrived at the east bank of the Jiaolai River, and waited for the opportunity to cross the river.

On the 21st, the other line of soldiers and horses was mainly composed of sailors, who only set off from Daoyu Village on the 21st, carrying grain and grass supplies, and entered the Jiaolai River from the west of Laizhou by sea, and also entered the southeast area of Changyi on the 23rd, and joined the soldiers and horses of the first road at the Mage Bridge.

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Everything went according to plan, but Liu Yefei had an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart.

This uneasiness does not mean that Liu Yefei has realized that Huaidong or Jiangning has interfered, but when things are about to come to fruition, people are always inexplicably nervous.

There is not much difference from the mood when I entered the examination room at the beginning of the year and was about to enter the cave room.

Liu Yefei hoped that things could be settled as soon as possible, so that his hanging heart could also fall back to its original place, but before Chen Zhihu, a fierce tiger, pounced out of Linzi City, Liu Yefei knew that he had to be patient and could not show his feet in front of other officials and generals who stayed behind.

Since ancient times, there are few people in the world who can be generous to righteousness. When Qingzhou was in danger, the officials and generals of Dengzhou were panicked, and they had their own plans to fight, and they did not have the mind of being a thief; However, after the victory in Qingzhou, the situation had a tendency to reverse, and the hearts of the people on the Dengzhou side settled down.

Speaking of which, if Liu Yefei hadn't known about Chen Zhihu's plan in advance, he would definitely have deceived the deception of Qingzhou City - if you think about it carefully, Chen Zhihu's trick this time is just Yan Hu's old plan.

When Li Zhuo captured Songshan, the government and the opposition were jubilant, and they could pacify Liaodi just around the corner. Only Li Zhuo felt that the Battle of Songshan had won strangely, and it was a fraud to restore the Eastern Captives in Songshan, and refused to use troops against Liaoyang again. However, Emperor Chongguan's confidence was too inflated, and he suspected that Li Zhuo was a bandit and self-respecting, allowing Hao Zongcheng to seize his military power, and finally caused the situation in Yanji to completely collapse, and he lost half of the country at once.

The defeat of Songshan and the defeat of Qingzhou are so similar, but the people around them are as stupid as pigs, and they don't notice it - thinking of this, Liu Yefei feels that the Yuan clan is hopeless.

On the one hand, Wen Taowu, the lord of Yanhu State, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses are elite generals, and the troops are like a fire in the plains, attacking cities and plundering land, and the troops, territory, and Dingkou are increasing almost every day.

On the one hand, the Yuan clan retreated to Jiangning, the emperor was weak and the generals were arrogant, the monarchs and ministers were suspicious, and the generals and ministers were intrigued.

Compared with the two, Liu Yefei did not believe that when the Yanhu army broke through the Hehuai defense line and went south, the Yuan clan could guarantee half of the country.

Liu Yefei had some such thoughts, Zhang Xie sent someone to send a secret letter, and without much hesitation, he decided to abandon the south and surrender to the north.

Thinking of this, Liu Yefei forcibly suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and looked out, and the sunset was over the green hills. Listening to the footsteps, he looked back and saw that it was his nephew Liu Zhiyong coming over, and asked, "Zhiyong, Zhao Zhen sent someone back today to report where they went?" He agreed with Zhao Zhen that he would return to Dengzhou every day to report the movements of the soldiers and horses in Qingzhou, so that he could keep abreast of them.

"No one has entered the city yet," said Liu Zhiyong, "but my uncle worked day and night, and persuaded him to go and rest first; On the side of the stable, my nephew will personally watch it, and as soon as I get the news back, I will not delay for half a moment, and I will report it to my uncle to know......"

"The more important the event is, the more sloppy it is." Liu Yefei forgot his anxiety just now, and at this time he trained his nephew Liu Zhiyong.

"Yes, nephew knows," Liu Zhiyong nodded yes, and said, "But uncle should transfer Hu Yu'er out as soon as possible to grasp the situation in Daoyu Village......

"Hu Yu'er can't escape to the sky...... Liu Yefei said, "We have to be patient here, and we can't startle the snake." ”

Liu Zhiyong wanted to speak and stopped.

Liu Yefei said again: "As long as Zhao Zhen's troops are surrounded by Chen Zhihu in Changyi, we will have an excuse to send troops to strengthen the defense of Daoyu Village." At this time, even if Hu Yu'er was summoned to Dengzhou City and detained under the pretext of deliberations, the four or five hundred people under Hu Yu'er were not so easy to control......

Speaking of this, Liu Yefei asked his nephew Liu Zhiyong again: "Chen Zhihu should have too many troops in Linzi to surround Zhao Zhen's 10,000 people to death?" As the war book often says, Chen Zhihu has no way to hide 100,000 soldiers and horses in Linzi City. ”

Liu Zhiyong smiled at the corner of his mouth and said: "A hundred sheep are in the wild, and four or five wolves can surround them, so why use ten times as many sheep to surround them?" ”

"Oh," Liu Yefei was a little unhappy in his heart, even if Zhao Zhen's more than 10,000 people were sheep, it was because he didn't do a good job after he learned about the affairs of Dengzhou Mansion, paused for a while, and then continued the topic just now: "It's indeed the truth you said, Liu Fang's loyalty can be trusted, but his ability to lead troops is a little sparse, so we must avoid startling the grass and snakes, and avoid forcibly seizing the knife fish village." On the Shuiying side, because there are boats that can escape to the south, whether to cast Yanhu or not is completely different from the mentality of Dengzhou Mansion. Or Chen Zhihu can send a partial division to come over first, and we can also go to control the knife fish village in advance. ”

Liu Yefei sent the main force of Dengzhou Town, but there were still some remaining troops in Dengzhou City.

There are still four or five hundred sailors on the side of Daoyu Village, although they are also controlled by Liu Yefei, but there is no convincing excuse, and Liu Yefei cannot transfer the last four or five hundred guards of Daoyu Village. Liu Yefei was even less confident, and directly used the two battalions of foot soldiers under his control who were all his henchmen to forcibly seize the Daoyu Village.

At this moment, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves outside the front yard, Liu Yefei turned his head to look at the sound of horses' hooves, and said to his nephew Liu Zhiyong: "Maybe there is movement in the west......" and Liu Zhiyong walked directly to the outer hall.

The scout, whose face was covered with blood, helped the officials in, knelt in front of the hall, and said: "When General Zhao led his army to cross the Jiaolai River, an enemy army raided Changyi, and there were about 2,000 soldiers and horses crossing the river at that time, all of whom were route......d by the enemy cavalry."

"Good!" Liu Yefei was waiting for such news, clapping his thigh with his hand and shouting loudly. When Liu Yefei came to his senses, not to mention that the scouts kneeling in front of the hall were full of surprise, and the officials on the left and right were also shocked and suspicious: Obviously, one of their Dengzhou town army was defeated by the thieves, how could Lord Liu shout?

Liu Yefei coughed lightly twice, hiding the panic in his eyes, and thinking vigorously in his heart: At this time, I can't panic, I can't be chaotic, and I can't show my feet...... smoothed out the wrinkles of the official robe folded in front of his knees, and then said, "This official is worried that the enemy army will not come out in Linzi City, haha, all the generals and officials, General Zhao has led the snake out of Changyi today, and a great victory is just around the corner......"

Except for a few henchmen, the other officials didn't think about what was hidden behind Liu Yefei's gaffe.

Liu Yefei slowed down and continued to ask the scout: "Does General Zhao have any ideas to transfer all the soldiers and horses across the river?" A small setback in the first battle is not a big deal......"

"When the little one came, General Zhao had just ordered the large army to withdraw to Pingdu, but the enemy army had a light cavalry around Baibu and crossed the Jiaolai River to Dengzhou. General Zhao asked Lord Liu to prepare early, and this cavalry may be able to reach Dengzhou City in another day......" The scout with a bloody face replied.

Liu Yefei and several henchmen who knew the inside story were ecstatic in their hearts, and the other officials heard that a cavalry of the enemy army was coming from Dengzhou, and they were immediately panicked and panicked, not knowing what to do.

However, two or three officials didn't care about the decency, and crossed the willow leaf and asked the scout in unison: "How many soldiers and horses are there on the enemy horse?" ”

"About two thousand men, all men and horses, marched very ......quickly," replied the scout.

Liu Yefei hid the ecstasy in his heart, reprimanded everyone loudly, and said: "What is the panic, but two thousand cavalry are coming, and there are no siege equipment, we can win them outside the city, and we have no confidence in defending the city?" ”

Liu Zhiyong took the opportunity to echo in the hall: "The strength of the Daoyu Village is insufficient, and it is necessary for the Fuzun to send troops to strengthen the defense of the Daoyu Village, so don't give the enemy soldiers the opportunity to seize the ...... of the Daoyu Village."

"Very much," Liu Yefei sang and harmonized, and said, "Quickly ask Liu Fang to order a battalion of infantry armor, and Zhiyong will personally go on my behalf to strengthen the defense of the Daoyu Village, and wait for the enemy division to ......arrive."

Before Liu Zhiyong shouted the order, another official led people to run in, and said: "The envoy of Jiangning has just arrived at Daoyu Village, saying that there is a secret decree to show to the generals of the Fuzun and the Dengzhou Navy......

Liu Yefei was like a thunderbolt: How could you have thought that when a big event was about to be accomplished, Jiang Ning would send a special envoy to come?