The sharp light was beating in Cyprus' eyes, and a giant map hung in front of them on the walls, which clearly showed the administrative divisions and terrain of the entire Huaibei region. The various small flags marked above represent the numbers of each force and its garrison.

"Is it possible that Shang Yunxi or Yao Chengtai invited Caizhou troops to enter Xuzhou?" After a long time, Su Tiecai asked casually.

"Ah, invitation?" Shi Huan was also surprised, but he woke up quickly. "Shang Yunxi is probably impossible. He and the Caizhou Army had a grudge against killing his brother. It is said that Shang Yunxi was raised by his brother when he was young and had a deep relationship, but Yao Chengtai is very likely."

"Well, I also judged it this way. Yao Chengtai was eager to jump over the wall, especially when he saw that the current situation in Xuzhou was no longer the past, and the end of the Shi family era was inevitable, so it is inevitable to find a new master. It is normal to act like this." Cycad said in a deep voice.

"But why doesn't he want to choose us Huaiyou?" Shi Huan asked in confusion: "We Huaiyou have contacted him several times."

"This is indeed a bit confusing. If Yao Chengtai is not a fool, he will not be able to see the prospects of our Huaiyou. Who knows that he will do this bad thing?" Su Tie couldn't understand it either. It was just that Yao Chengtai had never revealed what he thought to others in his heart, so he had no way to know.

"Since that's the case, then we may have to take action and not let the Caizhou army send troops to Xuzhou unscrupulously." Shi Huan's attitude was clear, "We must report to Lord Sima immediately."

Jiang Feng led a large army to fight against Qi County. The people who stayed in Shouchun were the chief secretary Chen Wei and the marching Sima Cui Shang, and the military affairs were led by the marching Sima.

"Well, this is natural. Fortunately, Junshang has already prepared in Yingshang and Xia Cai before, otherwise it would be really difficult to deal with." Su Tie nodded, "but Bozhou is probably going to start another battle."

After learning about this situation, Cui Shang made a quick decision and immediately ordered the troops in Nanyingzhou to prepare for assembly and make sure to force the Caizhou army to enter Xuzhou with all their strength.

There was a plan, and the left second army, the left third army, the right fourth army, the right fifth army and the cavalry army stationed in Yingshang and Xiacai immediately mobilized. In addition to retaining the left second army to continue to stay in Yingshang, the other armies marched towards Chengfu in two directions.

This was also considered when formulating a combat plan.

Shansang City is lonely in the southern part of Yingzhou, and its location is important and extremely vulnerable to attack. If the Caizhou army wants to send troops to Xuzhou, it is impossible not to consider the safety of Shansang City. It is inevitable to strengthen Shansang City’s defense in advance, so avoiding the real and attacking the virtual is the best choice.

Chengfu is located in the middle and is not far from all counties in Bozhou. If he can capture Chengfu, it will have greater deterrence. However, Chengfu is a little far away, especially when he attacks from Xia Cai, the distance is even further.

Fortunately, there was very little precipitation in Huaibei, but Xia Cai was close to Feishui, especially in the Feishui River. There was a large lake, swamp, Gaopi, which was adjusted, and the water volume was still acceptable. Therefore, Huaiyou's side temporarily urgently recruited a large number of small and medium-sized boats from Shouchun. On Shang Cai's general Right Fourth Army boarded the ship, went directly up the traverse, and then landed at the unavailable place. It was just right for the left third army, right fifth army and cavalry second army coming from Yingshang.

Of course, there is no problem with the Second Cavalry Army. The Third Left, Fourth Right, and Fifth Right Right Army have always had a high training intensity under the leadership of Zhang Yue. However, this is a huge challenge for the Right Fourth Army and the Fifth Right Army, which has just been formed. From Yingshang to Chengfu, it takes a rush to pass through the Qingshui River, and it is more than 100 miles away. Whether the combat effectiveness can be maintained in the emergency marching will be known after this battle.

Gu Hua stood on the top of the slope and looked at the soldiers beside him who were shouting horses neighing within a hundred steps, but he was confident.

Although the Right Fourth Army has just been formed, the foundation of the Right Fourth Army is its own old and powerful army. The number of new recruits coming in is not large, at least it is much stronger than the Right Five Army formed by Luzhou Desheng Army and the remaining soldiers of Zhongzheng Army.

Of course, Gu Hua also knew that these remnants were not simple. They could fight against Li Bian's East Hai Army and Zhenhai Army, but they never collapsed and had no combat power. However, there were too many new recruits in the Right Fifth Army, and their foundation was only more than one thousand, and most of them were new recruits. The time was so short, it depends on the ability of this commander.

It is said that the emperor always advocates training through war instead of training. He should look down on the army that only trains but has not been baptized by war, or even the army that has not been baptized by fierce battles and bloody battles, believing that the army that has not been baptized by fierce battles and bloody battles cannot be regarded as a truly qualified army. This standard is unacceptable to many people.

Even the Left Three Army led by Zhang Yue, who is said to be the friendship between him and the general leader, was second only to the First Army, the Second Army and the Ya Army, he was still skeptical, which made Zhang Yue very angry.

So this battle will be the key to proving their respective strength, identity and status.

The four armies, except for the second cavalry army, the third army on the left, the fourth army on the right, and the fifth army on the right, attacked Chengfu County. The garrisons in Chengfu County originally had the Caizhou army, but due to the frequent occurrence of bandits in Chengfu territory, two battalions of Caizhou army had already left the city to suppress bandits, and only three battalions of troops were stationed in Chengfu County. Moreover, with the combat style of Huaiyou, there must be Huaiyou fine works and inner ambush in Chengfu County, but it is not clear what level its ability can reach.

Chengfu County is small and the army is more than enough to station under normal circumstances. However, the defect of low city walls is a bit fatal at this time. It is hard to say whether the forces three times the Caizhou Army can hit one blow. Once it is learned that Chengfu was attacked, the Caizhou army in Qiao County and Linhuan may have a quick reinforcement. If the reinforcements fail to take down Chengfu City before the reinforcements arrive, it will be dangerous.

This is also a time difference problem. From Yingshang to Chengfu County, the entire army must advance lightly according to military orders, and even some siege equipment and weapons that must be carried must be given up, just to fight this time difference.

Gu Hua felt that his troops stationed in Xia Cai had already taken a big advantage. He boarded the ship from here and landed in the north of Gaobei to land and march, which greatly reduced the fatigue of the troops. The left three armies and the right five armies were not so lucky. They had to travel a hundred miles a long distance, and crossed the Feishui River to join their side to launch an attack on Chengfu County.

Of course, Gu Hua also knew that in this case, his Right Fourth Army and the Left Third Army would probably take the lead in attacking Chengfu County, and let the Right Fifth Army be the reserve team. The Left Third Army has been in force for a long time. His Right Fourth Army will also be tested in this battle. It is a mule or a horse, so he will be taken out for a walk.

For Gu Hua, he thought this was a good thing. If an army wants to gain a foothold in a system or even prove its position, it can only rely on its military record to prove it. In any case, everything else is only secondary. This time it is the turn of the Right Fourth Army.

Under the torches, the soldiers began to board the ship one after another.

Since it was an emergency recruitment, and the water level of Feishui is not very high now, and the large ships are too deep to enter Feishui, so the ships collected are mainly small and medium-sized ships, with as many as fifty ships gathering, which looks spectacular.

Gu Hua was the last to board the ship. More than 2,000 soldiers finally boarded the ship and sailed north with hope and courage.

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Just as Gu Hua was confidently taking the Right Fourth Army on board, the left three armies led by Zhang Yue also began to quietly set out from Yingshang with the Right Fifth Army.

In order to avoid being discovered by Caizhou Army's reconnaissance, both armies first went east, passed the Feishui River, and then quickly advanced northward along the east coast of the Feishui River.

Of course, this can only be said to be able to avoid being discovered by the Caizhou army to a certain extent, but such a large-scale military mobilization is impossible for the Caizhou army, which also pays attention to intelligence reconnaissance, to be discovered. At most, it will be delayed for half a day, allowing the Huaiyou Army to take advantage of this night to walk dozens of miles more.

Zhang Yue drove his horse to the hillside next to him, with the three armies on the left in front and the five armies on the right behind. Two long black dragons mixed with starry torches meandering forward under the hillside.

For the Zuo Sanjun, who had never really fought a few tough battles, Zhang Yue had always been a little depressed. Although he had experienced fierce battles, he did not experience a decent war after the Zuo Sanjun was formed. This is also a fact.

Erlang's judgment criteria for the army are almost harsh. He cannot be called a qualified army without experiencing hard and fierce battles. This is determined by him personally, and no one is exceptional. If anyone wants to prove himself, he must speak with his achievements.

So this battle is an opportunity.

To be precise, the scale of this war is not large. According to the information currently available, at most, there are one army in Chengfu County, and it is shown that there are two battalions of bandits outside the city. When the three infantry soldiers besieged the city, the two battalions of Caizhou troops may not be able to come back. Even if they can come back, the second cavalry army will be responsible for dealing with it.

The three armies of Huaiyou want to deal with the soldiers guarding the city in the third battalion. In Zhang Yue's opinion, this is no problem.

What Zhang Yue considered was that once he took down his father, he would face a counterattack from the Caizhou army from Qiao County and Linhuan, which was the most dangerous.

Although the observation and investigation did not clarify whether the mansion should stick to the city's father city, there is a clear requirement, that is, to delay the Caizhou army to the greatest extent and prevent it from sending troops to Xuzhou, which would take a long enough time.

This actually requires the four armies he led to defend the city's father city for a period of time.

The battle to defend the city was more familiar to Zhang Yue. The Huai Right Army was originally famous for fighting the defense battle. The two battles to defend the city in Gushi were classics and also made the reputation of the Huai Right Army. Now in Chengfu, Zhang Yue intends to take the reputation of the Huai Right Army to a higher level again.

We must let the Caizhou army truly understand that the Huaiyou Army is not afraid of fighting with the Caizhou army at any time or anywhere.
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