Autumn is high and cool, it is suitable for traveling together, scholars and literati have always liked to climb high to write poems, lyrics near the water, Gao Yu has been supported by Confucianism, in order to show that he is a monarch with both civil and military skills, but also accustomed to vassal elegance.

However, Xuzhou City is located on flat land, there are no famous mountains and rivers around, and there are really not many good places to go, but it is difficult to moan the scribes who are not sick, and Gao Biao held a banquet in the city tower on this day, and made a literary meeting.

There were hundreds of scribes in attendance, and naturally they could not sit in the attic, so there were also two long banquet queues on the walls of the city tower to the left and right. Fortunately, Xuzhou has been a majestic city since ancient times, and the road at the head of the city is wide enough, not to mention accommodating a few rows of small cases, even if it is more than enough to play songs and dances on it.

The windows of the attic are wide open on all sides, and you can sit here to drink and write poems and talk highly, overlooking the chessboard-shaped streets and rows of house cornices, and you can see the vast fields and Surabaya soup soup outside, and you can see the forest of armor and fortifications on the left and right.

Such a scenery is enough to make people's minds stirred, and it is indispensable to write a few battlefield articles and Jin Ge poems.

Sitting opposite Gao Biao was Guo Pu, who was the highest-ranking of the Confucian scholars and soldiers, and had the best natural position and the best view under the seat—in order to facilitate the view, they built a new platform that was not short.

At this time, Guo Pu drank all the Chinese and American wine in the cup, and couldn't help but praise Gao Biao: "In the land of the four realms, the millions of troops are in full swing, and the fierce battle is in full swing, and King Wu sits firmly in the center to strategize and win the military plane, and he can still sit on a high place and discuss with the scribes in addition to military affairs, such a style is really unparalleled in the world!"

Gao Yu received such praise, his heart was full of joy, and he smiled and said modestly: "Mr. is too famous, the lonely king is also a layman, and he doesn't dare to be a comment like 'unparalleled in the world'." ”

Speaking of this, Gao Biao changed his words, and then said smugly: "But if you want to talk about the current war, the Lone King really has nothing to worry about." Even if Li Maozhen has soldiers and horses in three places, the lone king does not take it seriously. ”

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately attracted the praise of the Chinese scholars in Lou.

"King Wu is domineering, like an emperor!"

"Li Maozhen is a clown who jumps off the beam, how can he compete with His Highness?"

"Even if King An is alive, he must not be compared with His Royal Highness!"

“......”

Listening to everyone's words of praise, Gao Biao's smile became even more at the corner of his eyes, and his smug color became more and more intense.

He has reason to be proud.

Recently, Li Maozhen waved his army to the east to attack Wuning, and gathered more than 20 town troops in Guanzhong, Hebei, and the Central Plains, with more than 2 million soldiers and horses, surrounded on three sides, and the momentum was so compelling that the scribes in Xuzhou were once uneasy.

However, Gao Biao dispatched troops and dispatched troops in less than a month, and promptly contained the enemy's edge on three sides of Xuzhou.

In the first battle of Xiaoxian on the western front, Sun Ru defeated Zhao Nianci's army of more than 200,000 with fewer victories and more than 170,000 soldiers and horses, and greatly rubbed the enemy's spirit; Yang Xingmi on the southern front even commanded his soldiers and horses to take the initiative to attack, so that Liu Zhijun suffered a big defeat before he entered Suzhou, and lost tens of thousands of soldiers, so that he was so frightened that he did not dare to move forward half a step.

As for the line of Gon and Yi in the north, the soldiers and horses of the two sides were also in a period of confrontation, and the enemy army was not able to capture any of the cities of the Wu army, which had contracted the battle line in time and was heavily defended.

Overall, although the soldiers and horses of the three places led by Li Maozhen are menacing, until now, they have not even won a big victory, let alone stepped into Wuning.

Two days ago, although Shangguan Allure fought with Sun Ru in Moshan, the casualties were only thousands, which was really not worth mentioning.

In this situation, it is no wonder that Gao Biao is complacent and flattered by everyone.

Even Guo Pu felt that once there was no Taoism in the world, no one would be able to compete with Confucianism.

After a while, a True Human Realm monk came from the west and asked to see Guo Pu in front of the city tower. Guo Pu recognized that it was the monk he had sent out to support Zhu Wen with Zhang Zhongsheng, and immediately got up and came to the window.

After Guo Pu listened to the other party's report, he couldn't help but smile, and after letting the other party retreat to rest, he returned to his seat and bowed his hand to Gao Biao: "Congratulations to King Wu, Zhang Zhongsheng has succeeded." ”

"Oh?" Gao Yu immediately raised his eyebrows and laughed three times. There were many people inside and outside the attic, he didn't say much, just got up and raised his glass, and said to everyone: "The big victory is in sight, we will drink this cup together!"

Although the people present don't know the details of Gao Yu's words, they can also figure out some information, after all, a real person has just brought back the news. It is not difficult to guess that this must be a certain arrangement of Gao Yu that has achieved good results, so they got up to congratulate and had a drink together.

After sitting down again, Gao Yu's demeanor became more natural, and the whole person seemed very relaxed, like a stone pressed on his shoulders before, and at this time it was finally removed, and there was no longer the slightest pretense of chic.

Guo Pu smiled and said in a voice that only he and Gao Biao could hear: "Li Maozhen's generals and elites have done their best this time, and in Dangshan and Suzhou, there are absolutely superior forces to launch a decisive offensive. Although there are many mountains in the thief army, and there must be many contradictions and calculations in each of them, after all, we are not strong enough troops, and we still have a heavy heart in the face of such an attack.

"Now that Zhang Zhongsheng's side has come to fruition, as long as Dangshan and Suzhou can hold on for some time, and when the banner over there is erected and they begin to use troops outward, attacking the city and plundering the land, the rear of the thief army will inevitably be in chaos, not to mention, those feudal towns that originally belonged to the Central Plains and Hebei, in the face of the critical situation of a fire in the backyard, will inevitably lead their troops back to protect their own territory.

"At that time, the thief army will be dispersed, and it will be the time when our army will attack on a large scale, sweep away the fallen leaves with the autumn wind, and pacify the Central Plains!"

Gao Biao bowed his head slightly, "Sir's right. ”

He laughed: "Zhu Wen's house, sure enough, is a thief who does not die, and he still wants to make a comeback! ”

Guo Pu said disapprerovitically: "After all, he has won the entire Central Plains, and Yu Wei is still there, this time with our help, once the flag is erected, he only needs to get a few states and counties, and it is easy to get momentum." For him, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. ”

Gao Biao pursed his lips contemptuously: "Things have changed, is he still the world before?" When I finish cleaning up Li Maozhen, with the little people he newly put together, I can destroy it with my backhand." ”

Speaking of this, Gao Yu let out a long sigh of relief.

He said with a smile: "This literary meeting was originally for everyone to know, even in the face of Li Maozhen's general attack, I am not afraid at all, and I can still drink and write poems." In this way, so that everyone can realize that I am confident, so that they can strengthen their own will, and deal with the next evil battle without panic and timidity. Now that the matter on Zhu Wen's side has been finalized, the Lone King is the real winner!"

After saying that, Gao Yu suddenly lowered his head and was silent.

He quickly raised his head and looked at Guo Pu solemnly: "Mr. said, with the current situation of King Lone, how does it compare with King An?"

Guo Pu smiled and replied in a matter-of-fact tone: "The former King An is not as good as His Royal Highness today. Not only the potential, but also the manners. ”

Hearing Guo Pu say this, Gao Biao's eyes were full of smiles, and he was happier than hearing the flattery of the scribes before him. He seemed to have unloaded a burden that had always existed in his heart, and said with great relief: "King An, King An, King Lone has finally replaced King An!"

He raised his eyes and looked out of the window opposite, his eyes were far away, and his expression was deep: "Li Xian, Li Ye, I am Gao Yu, I still won in the end!"

Guo Pu felt the ups and downs of Gao Yu's heart, pondered for a moment, and said: "King An is just passing by, and His Royal Highness will definitely achieve great things." In the future, His Royal Highness will be compared to Emperor Qin and Han Wu, and Li Xian and Li Ye will not be able to talk about it anymore. ”

Gao Biao was stunned, and then he was in high spirits, struck a heavy blow, raised his wine glass and said generously: "What Mr. said is right! Li Ye has passed, and it is no longer worth mentioning!"

Guo Pu smiled with satisfaction and raised his glass.

When he put down the wine glass, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said silently in his heart: "Cui Keli, it turns out that you chose the wrong person." You don't respect the teacher's order, you don't believe in the choice of Confucianism, you go against the trend, and you are doomed to fail from the beginning......"

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Ten mile pavilion outside the city of Songzhou.

Li Maozhen stood outside the pavilion, looking at the marching army in front of him with his hands, his eyebrows and eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, he didn't say a word for a long time, and his body was like a substance.

Li Ye came to him from the pavilion, also looked at the dusty official road, and after a while, he turned his head sideways and asked, "King Qi really wants to go into battle in person?"

After a long time, Li Maozhen snorted two cold air from his nostrils, and his sharp eyes were like three-foot Qingfeng, which was extremely compelling: "Zhao Bingkun has been going to Suzhou for almost 20 days, and he has fought dozens of battles with the Wu army, and only now he has captured two counties, not to mention, the loss of soldiers and horses has been tens of thousands, it is simply unreasonable!"

Mr. Li did not comment.

Yang Xingmi used treacherous soldiers, and the soldiers and horses under his command were obviously mainly foot soldiers, but they were often able to run for hundreds of miles, appearing in places where it was absolutely impossible to appear, and giving Zhao Bingkun a surprise blow.

These days, through military reports, Li Ye and Li Maozhen saw that the Wu army used the strategy of being elusive and dividing troops to attack together, and defeated a large army in a radius of 100 miles so that it could not be found in the north.

Although the scale of the Wu army was only a few thousand in each operation, and there were very few more than 10,000, and the damage caused was not large, it could not help but accumulate a lot. Often, in a single day, marching troops and garrisons in multiple places were attacked at the same time.

The tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under Zhao Bingkun's command are just like this.

Even the two counties captured by Zhao Bingkun looked like Yang Xingmi deliberately threw them to him, because since Zhao Bingkun occupied these two counties, after the battle line was lengthened, the number of attacks was more, and the damage was greater.

This situation lasted for nearly twenty days, and the army was exhausted and almost exhausted.

Li Ye knew very well that if effective measures could not be taken in time to stabilize the situation, if this continued, it would not be long before the will of the army would collapse, and then it would not be a matter of losing tens of thousands of people.

Such a war situation made Li Maozhen so angry that he was about to go crazy, and even did not hesitate to send someone to question Zhao Bingkun, who is the master of the soldier family between him and Yang Xingmi!

was played as a monkey on the battlefield, and Zhao Bingkun, the master of the soldiers, was humiliated to the extreme. He wanted to be brave and diligent, and directly attack Suzhou City to fight a decisive battle with Yang Xingmi, but hundreds of thousands of troops were attacked and injured by divided units and lands, and they could not gather quickly.

Li Ye even suspected that even if Zhao Bingkun gathered troops to Suzhou, Yang Xingmi might directly throw Suzhou City to him, and then on the battlefield for hundreds of miles, he would eat away at Zhao Bingkun's army by attacking grain roads, raiding counties, barracks, etc.

Li Maozhen continued to complain: "If this king doesn't go, Zhao Bingkun won't be able to defeat Yang Xingmi in the cold winter, and when the time comes, how will this battle be fought? Do you have to wait until the beginning of spring tomorrow?"

It is naturally impossible to wait until tomorrow when spring begins.

Of course, Li Ye knew that once the cold winter came, the war could not be carried out effectively, and if the situation was still deadlocked at that time, the soldiers and horses of all towns would have to return to the army. This is not only the reason why the army of the feudal town has become the end of the crossbow, but also the supply of food and straw for millions of troops will be problematic.

This is tantamount to saying that the battle is lost.

Seeing that Li Maozhen shook his horsewhip heavily, turned over and was about to leave, Li Ye couldn't help but remind: "The reason why Yang Xingmi's soldiers and horses are elusive is definitely inseparable from the dense Huai Surabaya network between Ying and Su. In addition, I suspect that the main force of his army is probably not in Suzhou, but scattered and hidden along the route.

"King Qi went to the front, even if he couldn't solve the Wu army's water division, he would have to search a radius of hundreds of miles inch by inch. It is best to disperse all the monks under your command and guard the open areas with a clear line of sight, such as key road crossings and hills, so that there may be unexpected gains. ”

As soon as Li Ye said this, he felt Li Maozhen's sword-like gaze nailed to his face!