Outside Chenzhou City, it was drizzling. A team of cavalrymen rushed over in rain and strangled to the city gate tower. The person in the head looked up and saw a long and thin scar as thin as a knife and axe carved under the bamboo hat. Face.

"Zhong Changqing, you are finally back!" Yue Hailou stood behind the wall and said, "Xiangcheng is only more than fifty miles away, but it's been waiting for you for a few days. It's really hard to see you! ”

After Zhong Changqing entered the city, he got off his horse and climbed up the city tower, saluted Yue Hailou and Feng Shizhao, Meng Jie and other generals beside him, and said, "Shishu sent an envoy to Xiangcheng. Changqing was at Tongbai Mountain at that time and rushed back to Xiang. When the city learned that the palace commander was summoned, he did not dare to take a breath, so he came to Chenzhou to meet him."

"Have you gone to Tongbai Mountain?" Yue Hailou frowned slightly and asked, "Did you see any old friend?"

"Changqing's family was destroyed and his people were destroyed. He launched an army to destroy the unrighteous clan. Later, he was sent to Lanzhou. Fortunately, he was supported by Shushu. How could there be any old friends in Tongbai Mountain?" Zhong Changqing smiled bitterly, "And the Yasha fox is in Tongbai Mountain, and he is very suspicious. , My men, the local accent has not changed. I wanted to pretend to be a villager and sneak in to spy on the information, but I didn't expect Tongbai Mountain to compile the list of soldiers who were originally Liu Chong's border states. If it weren't for the opportunity, I would have been captured by Chushan soldiers. Lived”

"It's so strict in Tongbai Mountain?" Feng Shizhao asked.

Yue Hailou served as a general in the Western Army and had a feud with Zheng Huaizhong. Some of the school violated military discipline. Yue Hailou personally punished the whipping, but did not want to act too ruthlessly, so he whipped the slaughter on the spot. Zheng Huaizhong encouraged the school's family to go to Beijing to sue the emperor. He also fabricated many names to frame it, causing Yue Hailou to be demoted to serve the people.

Later, Yue Hailou entrusted Cai’s mansion to rectify Cai Ying’s private troops, and on the other hand, he planned to make a comeback.

Feng Shizhao, Meng Jie and others were mostly military generals and officers of the Western Army. They were unable to gain a foothold in the Western Army because of the crime. They may have been recruited by Yue Hailou as a private general by Cai Ying as a private general.

The first northern expedition to defeat Yan, Yue Hailou assassinate Ge Boyi to blame Xu Huai for the failure, Cai Yuanyou wanted to kill Yue Hailou and silence the blame for the defeat on Yue Hailou to protect the The power of the Cai family; Yue Hailou was angry and turned against Chihu, Feng Shizhao, Meng Jie and more than a hundred people followed him.

Chihu fought fiercely in Datong, and defeated Xiaosheng with a powerful force. The main force of the Xuanwu army, Yue Hailou was awarded the marching thousands of households for his achievements, and led Feng Shizhao, Meng Jie, and Jiang Zhaode to recruit the Han army in Yingzhou.

It is precisely because of the fact that more than 100 direct confidants such as Feng Shizhao, Meng Jie, Jiang Zhaode, etc., followed by the Yingzhou Han Army, after being incorporated, soon had the combat power not inferior to that of the Cao brothers.

Yue Hailou led his troops to break through Yanmen Pass with Chihu's army. Zhong Changqing and Gao Xiangzhong were the two men in Xinzhou's military commander and surrendered with the guard Yin Chao.

Although Yue Hailou did not come in person, in order to find out the truth under the fog, in addition to the handwritten letters left by Zheng Hui, Dong Qifeng and others, Yue Hailou arranged for the actions of the people in Tongbai Mountain before and after the rise of everyone. A detailed investigation was made.

This not only made Yue Hailou first see through the connection between the people of Tongbai Mountain and Jingsheng Army and Wang Xiaocheng, but also made him have a deep understanding of the generals of the Tongbai Mountain camps and knew that Zhong Changqing was indeed outstanding. .

In addition to his excellent martial arts skills, Zhong Changqing was also good at governing military forces, and his plan and decision-making were above ordinary people.

When the bandit coalition forces in Tongbai Mountain were at its peak, they grew to more than 20,000. Zhong Changqing can be said to be the second person besides Chen Zixiao.

Before Zheng Hui died, he also admired Zhong Changqing very much.

The facts prove that Chen Zixiao is awesome. Zhong Changqing is the first bandit in Tongbai Mountain. Pan Chenghu and Guo Jun judged that if they were not relying on the advantage of relying on Xu Huai, they would still be inferior to Zhong Changqing.

Yue Hailou had long believed that the people of Tongbai Mountain would be the most difficult enemy in his life. Of course, they immediately surrendered Zhong Changqing, who was a bandit in Tongbai Mountain, and Gao Xiangzhong, and even helped them.

The people recruited old subordinates from the surrendered soldiers to be their direct subordinates, and handed over some of the surrendered troops in Xinzhou to their commander.

Gao Xiangzhong initially thought that the Chihu people might not be able to gain power, but they were wandering, but Zhong Changqing regarded this as a great opportunity. Over the past two years, Zhong Changqing led the surrendered army in Xinzhou to follow Yuehailou to fight south and north, and attacked the cities and villages.

He led the way and made many military achievements. He even surpassed Feng Shizhao, Meng Jie, Jiang Zhaode and other direct generals from Yuehailou.

Yue Hailou was appointed as the Privy Councilor of the Great Chu Kingdom, but before he also led Xuzhou, Chenzhou, and Yingzhou Jiedushi and led the main force to enter Chenzhou east, Zhong Changqing was appointed as the chief marching thousand households and Xiangcheng general manager.

Lead his troops to enter Xiangcheng County, southeast of Chenzhou, as the vanguard of the Xuanwei Army and the Tianxiong Army.

Zhong Changqing led his troops to Xiangcheng. Although he was far away from Huaichuan and Chushan, he did not dare to slacken at all. In addition to rectifying defense, he also sneaked into Zhenyang, Huaichuan and other places in person to spy on military information.

However, Xu Huai set up a township department in Chushan and Guangyang in Xinyang, and repeatedly sorted out the households in the south of Qingyiling and Zhouqiao, south of Qingyiling, and the area was far from the previous major clans.

Times can be compared.

Zhong Changqing personally led his people to sneak into Tongbai Mountain, hiding out at night, hiding in the mountains and forests at night, but he didn't have any problems, but he wanted to contact the villagers to spy on more detailed information, but he repeatedly revealed flaws and returned in vain several times.

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Of course, this is also a kind of intelligence on the other hand.

Before moving to Chenzhou, Yue Hailou focused on preparing for the offensive in Xiangcheng, and did not have much energy to take into account. At this time, he heard from Zhong Changqing that he had investigated Huaichuan, Chushan and other places during this period.

, nodded and praised: "Changqing is here, and I am always relieved to do my work very carefully!"

"Isn't this guy Xu Huai easy to use a dangerous trick? Why has he turned into a turtle now?" Feng Shizhao scratched his bearded cheeks and asked in confusion.

"Chu Shan pinched his fist back, which is actually even more difficult to deal with!" Zhong Changqing said.

"Yes, Yang Lin is good at governing the army, disciplines himself and governing the army strictly. All the generals and officials are subdued. He is a strong enemy, but he divided his troops to defend Xiping, Zhaoling, Shangcai and other cities, and deployed troops and mobilized them at a glance. We crossed the Ying River,

If Yang Lin sends troops to fight, we will be able to win or lose, without thinking too much,"

Yue Hailou frowned and said,

"But it's Chushan. It's not many elite soldiers, but they are all huddled in the inside line. In Zhenyang, Queshan, Xincai and other cities, only three or five hundred soldiers are stationed, and they look like they will give up at any time. We're very

It is hard to catch the seven inches of Chu Mountain. Moreover, if we want to attack the two wings of Yang Lin or Liu Xian, we will never know when Xu Huai will stab the knife!"

No matter how confident Yue Hailou is, he will never think that Xu Huai has shrunk his real defense line to the Qingyiling line because of his cowardly battle.

If Xu Huaizhen was a timid person, would he instigate Zhao Tuan to defend Gong County and would he catch Cao Shili off guard in Qingquangou Village?

If Xu Huaizhen was a timid man, he would lead his troops to attack Taiyuan for thousands of miles, killing Lanzhou, Taiyuan, and Xinzhou with three or five thousand soldiers and horses, causing the Cao family to be in pain, and he would destroy the Han army in Yunzhou in the north of Taiyuan City?

Yue Hailou knew very well that the second prince Wululie would use him to lead the surrendered army in Bianliang. There was a considerable factor in that he really attached importance to Xu Huai, the rapidly rising opponent.

At this time, Chihu's main force found it difficult to take into account the war on the southern front. Among the many Han generals, he knew Xu Huai, the situation of Hehuai and even the remnant Yue the most.

Yue Hailou knew that he was really careless and underestimated the enemy, and Cao Shili's fate would be his mistake.

"Since Chu Shan shook the snake's head and hid it, it was hard to figure out what way to lure them out? Xu Huai used his troops, and was quick and tactful. If he didn't lure his snake's head out seven inches, he wouldn't have really attacked Qingyi forcibly

Is it possible to cross the Huai River?" Meng Jie asked with a frown.

Feng Shizhao, Meng Jie, Jiang Zhaode and others were all figures of the same level as Guo Caoling and Dong Qifeng in the Cai Mansion. Feng Shizhao was a rare brave man in the world, while Meng Jie was good at planning and both civil and military.

They were lucky than Guo Caoling and Dong Qifeng. They followed Yue Hailou and joined the Chihu people, and were able to show their ability to govern the army on the battlefield. At this time, they were all given marches of thousands of households.

The Red Hu military system is relatively simple, and the marching ten thousand households are already the absolute general-level figure. The marshal's mansion is set up above the marching ten thousand households, which takes charge of military and political affairs in one direction.

The second prince Wululie also led the Marshal's Mansion of Zhennan Army. Except for the Deputy Marshal Na Muchi, the other generals and other generals were the highest ranks of marching ten thousand households.

Although Yue Hailou was appointed as the Privy Councilor of the Great Chu Kingdom, in addition to the 20,000 elite troops in its headquarters, he was able to recruit 40,000 soldiers from the surrendered army of Bianliang in several months, but his general rank under the Chihu King's tent was still only

There are thousands of marches in the army, but they are not qualified to Kaidu Marshal's Mansion.

Of course, if Yue Hailou can tear open the Huai Shang defense line of the Canyue and conquer Nanyang and Xiangyang this time, he will be almost qualified.

Feng Shizhao, Meng Jie and others will be qualified to become generals by then, but they are not idiots and will not greedily send troops to attack Qingyiling, which Xu Huai worked hard in the situation before it was clear.

Li Chulin, Yin Chao led tens of thousands of troops to attack Taiyuan for a year but failed. Finally, he watched the Taiyuan military and civilians ask Xu Huai to lead their troops to rush to rescue them - this is enough to prove that the defenders are determined and have sufficient reserves, and want to attack a man.

How difficult it would be to build a city with a tight system?

Xu Huai spent such a huge price to build Qingyi Lingying City in more than a year. It can be seen that he had already predicted the situation at this moment when the Chihu army first invaded the south.
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