On Liu Chengyou's side, the army cut down the trees indiscriminately and built a stronghold near the mountains. They had already formed a camp. The overall appearance was a bit random and not as strict and orderly as the usual Han camps.
"Brother Zhongxun!" In front of the imperial tent, Pan Mei, who was on duty, stood with a sword in hand, looking very heroic. A soft call attracted his attention.
His sharp eyes like an eagle glanced at the incoming person without losing his alertness. Only when he saw the incoming person clearly did he relax. The person who came was a strong-looking military officer, extremely young, Pan Mei's good friend, Ma Renyu, from Fengchenying Primary School.
Stepping forward to stop him, Pan Mei noticed that Ma Renyu was holding several notes in his hand. Pan Mei asked, "Renyu, why are you here?"
"Please inform Your Majesty that I have urgent military information to report!" Ma Renyu said.
"Huh?" Pan Mei said with suspicion flashing in her eyes, "What's your military background? Do you want to surpass General Li?"
The Li Du General in Pan Mei's mouth is Li Jixun, the current commander of Fengchen Camp. He was promoted by Liu Chengyou after Wang Yansheng and Shi Yanchao were transferred to the guard army. Li Jixun, who needs no further introduction, was one of the "Ten Brothers of the Righteous Society" of Zhao Kuangyin in history.
After hearing the question, Ma Renyu said: "The matter is urgent and I don't have much to worry about. Besides, didn't His Majesty say that Fengchen Camp is his imperial guard and you can directly face the king!"
"wait!"
In the tent, Liu Chengyou put down the ink pen in his hand that was approving military affairs. He looked at Ma Renyu, who was burly and resolute, with a childish look on his face. He chuckled and said, "You, the Tiger Lieutenant in Fengchen Camp, do you have any urgent military requests to see me?"
After hearing the question, Ma Renyu held the pieces of paper in both hands, presented them, and said: "Your Majesty, I took the lead in commanding the battalion soldiers to cruise beside the Tang camp. About half an hour after the Ma army went south, there were people from the Tang camp. A dozen flying pigeons flew out. The soldiers and I bent our bows and shot at them, and shot down five. I found these notes tied to the pigeons' legs.
The young general took it apart and found that it was Chen Jue, the commander-in-chief of the Tang Army. He sent it to Xu Wenzhen's army to remind him to be careful about being robbed and killed by our Han cavalry! I think about this time,"
After listening, Liu Chengyou became interested. He took the note, read it for a while, and said: "I never thought that the Tang army also had carrier pigeons! The general's love was conveyed to this beast. It seems that Chen Jue , I’m also anxious!”
Immediately, Liu Chengyou's interest seemed to have gone astray, his eyes were bright, and he looked at Ma Renyu: "This flying pigeon is small and agile, and you can shoot it, which shows that your shooting skills are high, and it lives up to my reputation as Fengying! "
Facing the emperor's praise, Ma Renyu grinned, then realized something was wrong, and said to Liu Chengyou: "Your Majesty, I have not shot down all the flying pigeons. If the remaining beasts are allowed to send the warning, The enemy's troops are well prepared, which may affect our cavalry's robbery and killing!"
"No rush!" Liu Chengyou still acted calmly and signaled to Pan Mei: "Zhongxun, what do you think?"
Pan Mei thought for a while and said: "People raise carrier pigeons. To send messages, the flying pigeons need to be familiar with the terrain and climate. Now that spring has just begun, Chen Juejun is heading north. I am afraid that the carrier pigeons he brought have not had time to familiarize themselves with the environment. Furthermore, like Your Majesty, In other words, using flying pigeons to convey military information was an omission, so it was doubtful whether these letters could be successfully delivered to Xu Jun.
In addition, how to chase after not all of them have been shot down. Xu Wenzhen is nearly fifty miles away. If our cavalry spares no effort, we can attack in an hour. The troops are already here. We can cover the attack with the force of breaking bamboos, let them rest, and prepare in a hurry. There is no need to worry too much.
Therefore, we only need to wait for the good news from Murongdu Yuhou to arrive! "
Liu Chengyou looked at Ma Renyu, and there was a hint of love in his words: "Did you understand what Zhong Xun said?"
Ma Renyu nodded, couldn't help but shook his head, and then he realized what he was doing and muttered: "In this case, wouldn't the general's efforts be in vain?"
"That's true!" Liu Chengyou waved his hand: "At least you have allowed me to see your shooting skills, and coupled with your sense of strategy, you can become a general in the future!"
Hearing what Liu Chengyou said, Ma Renyu suddenly became happy and smiled. Liu Chengyou slowly rolled up the papers and ordered Zhang Dejun to return them to him, saying: "Take these papers, return to the camp and give them to Li Jixun, tell him the story of this matter, and let him mark your merits!"
"Yes!" A trace of confusion flashed in his eyes, and Ma Renyu responded obediently.
After saluting, he exited the tent. Looking at the strong tiger posture, Liu Chengyou said to Pan Mei: "What a young hero, Fengchen Tiger Warrior! This Ma Renyu is only eighteen years old now!" Aiwei
When she was on duty under Guo Rong, Pan Mei was as close as a brother to Ma Renyu and took good care of him. At this time, hearing Liu Chengyou's words, she said: "When he was thirteen or fourteen years old, he touched Ma Renyu in the military camp. I worked hard, but rarely had the opportunity to fight. After being transferred to the Forbidden Army, I gained His Majesty's attention and was promoted to Fengchen Camp, where I learned literature and martial arts, and honed my combat skills. Now, like a sharpened sword, its sharp edge is revealed. , now on the battlefield, eager to make contributions..."
Looking at Pan Mei, Liu Chengyou had a better impression of her. In addition to being a general, he was humble, benevolent and a gentleman in life.
"Not only Ma Renyu, but you, Pan Zhongxun, are not a peerless sword in my eyes?" Liu Chengyou stared at Pan Mei with bright eyes.
Slightly surprised, Pan Mei still expressed her humility respectfully: "I don't dare to accept this!"
"You really don't dare to take it?" Liu Chengyou said playfully: "When I heard about it in the countryside, I told the villagers that today is the time for a man to work hard and make achievements to shine on his family. If you don't have the ambition and spirit to be the first, how can you do it? Make meritorious deeds?"
Seeing the emperor mentioning the inspiring words she had said in the village, Pan Mei was surprised and couldn't help but bowed: "I thank your majesty for your honor!"
"You and Ma Renyu have been in the Forbidden Army for nearly three years, right?" Liu Chengyou said.
Pan Mei replied: "That's right. I came to Beijing on the recommendation of Guo Shijun in the second year of Qianyou's reign!"
During the question and answer, Liu Chengyou's eyes were deep and his tone gradually became solemn: "There are too many young heroes like you two in the Forbidden Army, and they are outstanding generals. After three years of sharpening the sword, it will eventually need to be unsheathed. This southern expedition will be able to It’s time for you to forge ahead with determination and drink blood to make achievements!”
Listening to Liu Chengyou's words, Pan Mei's eyes flashed with enthusiasm and determination, and she clenched her fists.
...
When the sun set in the west, the sky was getting dark. When he walked out of the imperial tent, Liu Chengyou blew in the cold wind. Mi Dun's mind suddenly sobered up a lot. He looked at Tangying in the southwest and frowned.
While stretching, Wang Quanbin, the commander of the Fengguo Army, came to report: "Your Majesty, the Tang army has still not made any move. It seems that it has no intention of leaving the camp to fight. This Chen Jue, who is so cowardly and sitting on a large army, took this opportunity to attack Indifferent!"
"That's it!" Liu Chengyou raised his hand: "Remove all the soldiers who set up an ambush. We will work hard for a day and let everyone rest well!"
"yes!"
"Although Chen Jue is timid, his heart is unpredictable. When camping at night, you need to be careful. In case Chen Jue's mind suddenly changes and an attack on the camp comes, you must not be unprepared!" Liu Chengyou warned.
Wang Quanbin said calmly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured!"
For Wang Quanbin, who has rich combat experience, at his level, setting up camp and preparing for the war is the most basic quality.
In fact, Chen felt lucky that he had remained "cowardly" to the end and was not tempted by Xian Shilang's suggestion. On Liu Chengyou's side, he synthesized the enemy's situation with Wang Jun, Murong Yanzhao and others and made a decision to attack Xu Wenzhen's army in the south first.
There are two main considerations for attacking Xu Wenzhen's army: first, they have few soldiers, a mixture of good and bad, and their combat power is slightly low; second, they carry too much weight, their march is slow, and they are far behind, which is a good opportunity to divide and annihilate them.
Although Chen Jue didn't understand, Chen Jue's arrangement was not to gather all the troops and supplies together, but to respond to them dozens of miles apart. But there was no reason why the monarchs and ministers of the Northern Han Dynasty would not seize the opportunity presented to them.
In one day, the Han cavalry had cut off the connection between the two Tang armies, and they rushed Murong Yanzhao and Han Tong to personally lead the cavalry and Long Jie's eight thousand cavalry to quickly go south to rob and kill them.
Of course, Chen Jue still has a plan. It was planned that the Tang army would take advantage of him to divide his troops and attack with heavy troops. At the Han camp, baits had been set up and bags had been laid, but it was a pity that the wait was in vain.
However, although Chen Jue was in the future, Liu Chengyou did not have too many regrets. After all, the main force of the cavalry was missing. With the remaining more than 10,000 cavalry, even if he could defeat Chen Jue, it would be difficult to achieve full success, and it would require the sacrifice of soldiers. The cost of casualties will not be small.
