Xue Wei successfully broke through the Qi people's defense line along the Huaihe River and once again set foot on the Qi people's land.
The former Eastern Front general who had been "removed" now no longer had the responsibility to command the overall situation, so he started to fight more bravely. After he landed with the first batch of nearly 2,000 people, he did not even form an array on the spot. Instead of welcoming his comrades to cross the river, he charged straight towards the Qi people.
The soldiers behind Xue Wei also followed Xue Wei's footsteps and set foot on the Qi people's land. Then they all took out their swords and followed Xue Wei, heading towards the Qi people's position to cover up and kill them.
Zhou Shizhong, who was watching from a high place, couldn't help but frowned when he saw this. He put down the telescope in his hand and looked back at Yu Zhenzi with a somewhat unpleasant look on his face: "Taoist Master, these southerners are too weird. Logically speaking, they If you want to attack Haizhou on a large scale, after the first batch of troops land, they should form an array on the banks of the Huaihe River and use boats to take the subsequent soldiers across the river."
"But after these southerners landed, they didn't stop for a moment and rushed straight to the north."
Yu Zhenzi was also watching the battlefield. After hearing Zhou Shizhong's words, he carefully put the hard-won telescope into his arms, then looked at Zhou Shizhong, stroked his beard, and said slowly: "General , there are nothing more than two situations.”
"The first is that Shen Yi has no intention of attacking Haizhou by force. The troops sent here are mainly to test the strength of our army."
Zhou Shizhong put his hands in his sleeves and said, "What about the second one?"
The evil Taoist gaze looked in the direction of Xiangshui Camp, and said calmly: "The second situation is that there is no one in their Xiangshui Camp. The thousands of people crossing the river at this time are Xiangshui All the troops in the camp."
General Zhou thought for a while and said slowly: "Yes, they may have gone to support the Lianshui Camp on the Western Front."
He looked at Yu Zhenzi and asked, "What does the Taoist think we should do now?"
"General, the situation is now very clear."
Yaodao shook his fly whisk and said calmly: "No matter what the intentions of the thousands of troops sent by the southerners are, since they are here, the general does not need to be picky about his food, he can just eat them in one bite."
"After eating these thousands of people, my army can immediately go south and attack the Xiangshui Camp of the Southerners."
"The southerners' army is limited after all."
Yuzhenzi smiled confidently: "Even if they only eat a few thousand people, it is an unacceptable loss for them."
"Besides, your Majesty ordered the attack on Huai'an this time, and he didn't intend to win with cunning tactics."
"This time, I will use my strength to subdue the Southerners and subdue Shen Qi."
The demon shook his fly whisk and said slowly: "It is an unexpected joy to be able to kill thousands of soldiers and horses of the southerners with a trick. General, just show off the majesty of my king's division."
General Zhou nodded slowly: "That's what the Taoist said."
He turned back to look at the messenger not far away, and said slowly: "Send the order to my general and ask the brothers to prepare their formations. When these southerners advance fifty miles north, they will immediately encircle them."
General Zhou waved his hand fiercely: "Eat them!"
Hearing this, the ordering soldier quickly lowered his head: "Obey the order!"
After the messenger left, Zhou Shizhong turned back, looked at Yu Zhenzi, and said with a smile: "The Taoist Master knows things like a god. After this battle is over, I will definitely return to Yandu to ask for credit on the Taoist Master's behalf."
Zhou Shizhong was very polite to Yu Zhenzi.
Because although Yu Zhenzi did not have a position, even when he came to Zhou Shizhong this time, he came mainly as a staff officer, without any substantive authority or military command.
Even on the surface, there is no supervisory power.
However, after all, he was a close relative of Emperor Yongping. Since he was sent by the emperor, even if he had no identity, he should be treated as the emperor's imperial envoy.
Therefore Zhou Shizhong was very polite to him.
Not only was he very polite, but he also hinted that he wanted to give credit to Yuzhenzi for this achievement. This was to please this "imperial envoy" and the sick emperor in Yandu City.
Since Yu Zhenzi has been in Yandu for so long, he is naturally very familiar with these twists and turns. He is also quite polite to Zhou Shizhong, and there is quite a sense of respect between the two of them.
Just be polite, no one is willing to take responsibility.
"The general uses his troops like a god. If there is any credit, it is naturally the general's credit."
The demonic Taoist bowed slightly and said with a smile: "I have to tell you what merits the poor Taoist has."
"It's just a meager contribution, and it can't be put on the stage."
Zhou Shizhong complimented him with a smile. The two looked at each other and smiled, and the atmosphere was harmonious.
Xue Wei started landing operations in the morning, and soon half a day passed and it was afternoon.
While General Zhou was still controlling the battle formation, a messenger hurriedly ran to him, knelt on the ground with a plop, lowered his head and said: "General, something is wrong!"
When Zhou Shizhong heard this, his heart skipped a beat. Without saying a word, he stepped forward and grabbed the messenger by the collar, and shouted: "What's wrong? Tell me!"
The man swallowed, lowered his head and said, "Those southerners only went north for seventeen or eighty miles, and then they stopped going further north!"
"Now, now..."
He gritted his teeth and said, "Now, they are showing signs of retreating!"
Upon hearing these words, Zhou Shizhong's face immediately turned black!
At least more than 4,000 southerners crossed the river this time.
These southerners also have scouts. Once they notice someone making their dumplings, they will definitely retreat!
And at a distance of less than twenty miles, if the enemy retreats quickly, it is impossible for them to contain it!
Even if you try to block it with all your strength, the most you can do is bite off a little bit of the enemy's tail.
General Zhou took a deep breath or two, no longer hesitated, but shouted in a low voice: "Send my general order to surround them immediately and stop them all north of the Huaihe River!"
The messenger hurriedly lowered his head: "Yes, I obey your orders!"
After that, he hurriedly retreated.
After the messengers retreated, Taoist priest Yu Zhenzi behind Zhou Shizhong sighed slightly and said in a low voice: "General, the distance between these southerners is too high, twenty miles..."
"It's like we're leaving."
Zhou Shizhong had a dark face and said coldly: "Shen Qi is indeed treacherous!"
Yu Zhenzi thought for a while, then looked at Zhou Shizhong and said: "General, Pindao thinks that if the enemy is retreating, there is no need to continue chasing at a distance of twenty miles, and it is impossible to catch up. Pindao It means that all the southerners’ ships are on the north bank of the Huaihe River.”
He looked at Zhou Shizhong and said slowly: "Perhaps we can take this opportunity to order all the kings who are close to the Huaihe River to get on the boat and go south immediately!"
"The Southerners now have no ships available, and there is no way to stop our Daqi King's Division on the Huaihe River. Taking advantage of this moment, we can use ships to quickly send a group of soldiers to the south bank. If this group of people can stand firm on the south bank heel…"
"Then the manpower we lost is worth it."
Hearing this, Zhou Shizhong was overjoyed after just thinking about it. He clapped his hands and laughed and said, "Taoist Master is brilliant!"
"If we can really cross the river quickly, there will be no difference between eating thousands of them!"
After that, Zhou Shizhong waved his hand to call the messenger and passed on his order.
As a result, before Xue Wei and others had time to completely withdraw from the ship, some of Beiqi's ships had already weighed anchor and rushed to the Xiangshui Camp on the south bank.
At the same time, Shen Yi and Su Ding were at the edge of the Huaihe River, looking at the water of the Huaihe River with binoculars.
When they saw the first ship on the Huaihe River heading towards the south bank, they looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
Because Xue Wei should be able to withdraw safely.
But they soon realized something was wrong.
"It's not Xue Wei's ship!"
Shen Yi slowly put down the telescope, his expression a little unsightly.
"It's Qi Ren's ship."
Su Ding's expression also changed suddenly, he waved his hands fiercely and said loudly: "Line up to meet the enemy!"
"Line up to meet the enemy!"
(End of chapter)
