The strong wind swept across the world and froze to the core.

The news of Gao Changgong's surprise attack on the Zhou army and the successive victory spread, which greatly boosted the morale of the Qi army. The Qi army marched south to Deng County. Immediately, Gao Changgong transferred 10,000 troops into Fengzhou, Xun County, and strengthened the city defense and built military camps to prevent the Zhou army. He pinched the Zhou army's access to east to aid Xiangyang, making the rear of the Qi army as solid as a rock.

Gao Changgong did not forget the front battlefield. After receiving the full support of the emperor, millions of stones of grain and grass and a large number of siege equipment and supplies were continuously transported from Luoyang Cang Mansion to the front line. Time was tight, and the civilians alone would never be able to transport the food and grass on time. Almost half of the Qi army was the military force, playing the role of civilians. Finally, when the Zhou army gathered and the Zhou army in Xiangyang and other places were ready to move, they then used the occupied territory to build military camps and forts on site, and pushed them step by step. The Qi army was preparing for a great battle.

The Zhou army gathered more and more west of Fengzhou, and the whole army was clamoring to turn the spearhead. They first removed the miscellaneous fish and then went south to attack Xiangyang. Gao Changgong rejected this idea, and the number of troops sent to the Fengzhou line did not increase. On the contrary, Gao Changgong ordered Fan Zigai and others to take the opportunity to block most of the Zhou army. At the same time, Gao Changgong also distributed 10,000 troops and transferred them to the Zhejiang line.

The troops were divided into two lines, and the Qi army was already in a difficult position. The pressure that the Qi army could put on Xiangyang on the front battlefield was even weaker. The generals expressed difficulty in understanding this. Gao Changgong tried to disagree and summoned all his confidant generals to plan secretly for half a day. Then, Gao Changgong issued a series of orders: the soldiers who had been tired after a long battle retreated to the second line for rest, and the subsequent troops rushed to the front line, and were transported to Nanyang and Luyang for cultivation. He sent heavy troops to guard important military camps respectively.

At the same time, Gao Changgong stopped the fortifications, resources and supplies in Deng County tilted towards the army on the western front, and ordered the army on the western front to build beacon towers, fortresses, dig deep trenches, and stockpile food and grass. Then, Gao Changgong sent 20,000 troops back to Nanyang with the reason that Deng County was small and not enough to accommodate tens of thousands of troops. Seeing that Xiangyang was just under his nose, the general gave up the attack and chose to defend, which was very puzzling. But if a discerning person carefully connected his layout, he would find that Gao Changgong was actually planning ahead.

"There are pursuers in front and tigers and wolves in the back," Gao Changgong described his situation this way at this time. In the past few days, the Zhou army launched an offensive against the Qi army on the front line of Fengzhou. Various military newspapers and official letters followed one after another, and the sentry cavalry were constantly commuting. Although there has been no news of the defeat of the Qi army so far, such dense intelligence bombing still made people feel nervous and uneasy.

"It would be better for the general to mobilize some troops to rush to the west... The pressure on the west is too great, but there are enough soldiers in Nanyang. Anyway, they are idle, so it is better to mobilize and reinforce the west, which can relieve their pressure."

Several deputy generals discussed it and then proposed to Gao Changgong.

Gao Changgong sat tiredly after the handsome desk, rubbed his eyebrows and said, "No, let them continue in Nanyang. Without my warrant, no one is allowed to mobilize soldiers and soldiers to go out..." He spoke softly, but had an aura that was absolutely unchangeable. The generals breathed, looked at each other in a row, and then bowed and asked, "I don't understand... how the general was thinking, can you tell me a little bit?"

If the division of troops is too scattered, it is clearly a sign of defeat. How could he not understand with Gao Changgong's good fighting?

Gao Changgong only answered, "There are pursuers in front and tigers and wolves in the back." The generals were puzzled and said, "General, don't worry, General, Yuwen Zhi has been killed by us. Before reinforcements arrive at the city of Xiangyang, he will never dare to confront our army. Our army only needs to block the Zhou State's front line in Fengzhou."

Gao Changgong shook his head and said, "It would be great if it was that simple. In fact, what I am most worried about is not Fengzhou. Although the Zhou army is powerful, the orders of several reinforcements are different, which is no different from the scattered sand. Our army is very prepared. What I am worried about is that Zhou Guohui sucked the cold and stabbed us from the back...

"For example... Will the Zhou army go southeast of the Hebei region and attack our army's rear? As long as we break Zhejiang, we can hardly find anything to stop them all the way east. We will be flat and we will go a little further, and it will be Nanyang..." Gao Changgong pointed to Nanyang, Luyang, Nanyang, and Deng County in the north of Deng County. The veins of this path are very clear. "Once the Zhou army succeeds, we will cut off our back and cut off our food and grass. Our tens of thousands of troops will be swallowed in one bite, which is equivalent to the fish on the chopping board, and we can only slaughter."

Wei Xuan is not very famous, but anyone who knows it understands that this is a fierce man, a general who has defeated Dugu Yongye and Huluguang one after another. Gao Changgong once attacked from Funiu Mountain and took Zhejiang Province at the first time, which was also a little more consideration. No one would want such a powerful general to enter and exit the rear of his country, right? The generals suddenly realized, "That is the general who sent General Wei and... to hold his troops still?"

"...You should be glad that Yuwen Zhi was afraid of us. Now he is hiding in Xiangyang. If Wei Xuan really comes to cause trouble for our army, he will lead his army to fight our army at this critical moment... Our army is unpredictable..." Gao Changgong picked up his pen and drew a big circle on the picture, surrounded by southeast, west and north, as if the army was already in a situation of entanglement on all sides. The atmosphere at the scene was very solemn.

"hiss……"

The generals looked at each other and shook their heads repeatedly. The more they thought about it, the more they became more and more scared. They touched the sharp stubble on their jaws and asked: "It is not easy for our army to safely defend it in such a dangerous situation. We have to take Xiangyang again... I'm afraid it's not possible. At this time, if we can still have a large army, it will become the key to breaking the deadlock!"

"Yes, yes..., it would be great if there could be a large army to share the pressure for us..." Someone said this, and then, he seemed to wake up from a dream, and suddenly looked at Gao Changgong with great enlightenment, "The General is standing here, is he waiting for Governor Wang to break the deadlock?"

The window paper was pierced, and everyone's heart was much brighter. They talked happily, "Yes, there is Wang Lin, why did we forget him?", "It would be great if Wang Lin could come... This situation will be resolved!" Of course, there were some disharmonious voices, "It took Wang Lin less than half a month to attack Anzhou, and it took a lot of money to take down Yichuan County. At his speed of climbing like a turtle, it was already summer to fight to Xiangyang... Hey, the Han people are Han people. He was lucky enough to get the favor of His Majesty and burned Gaoxiang. He actually led his troops to fight. He was overestimating his ability..."

“…”

As soon as these words were said, the tent was silent, and they all looked at the general who was not in a silence. The atmosphere was strange. Since the present day, they have vigorously promoted the status of the Han people, emphasizing that the Xianbei and Han are family and are not allowed to bully or discriminate against Han people. As soon as his words came out, they were a cause for a loss. His face turned red for a moment, and he was embarrassed and didn't know what to say.

Gao Changgong stared at him and asked:

"You also have many Han heroes under your command. Could it be that you will treat them differently when marching and fighting?"

The general stammered, "No...no..., my men are all heroes who are willing to fight tough battles. When they face them, I... don't care about this..." If he said yes, he would not want the head on his neck.

"Go down and take twenty military sticks." Gao Changgong's tone was calm and he couldn't hear it. He immediately took the general down, and a few personal soldiers immediately took the general down, and the crisp sound of beating a board sounded outside the tent.

Gao Changgong thought hard at the map for a long time.

"I didn't expect much from Wang Lin. Yuwen Zhi asked Tian Hong to help Suizhou and Anzhou. He was also fighting a tough battle. If the winner was won and lost...

"It should win..."

He tapped the table lightly and said, "If Wang Lin fails, we will concentrate our troops to repel the reinforcements from Zhou State first. There is no news of his failure yet, and... our food and supplies are sufficient...

"Just... let's do it first."

The final result is done.

As Gao Changgong expected, on January 6, 3rd year of Wuping, Northern Qi, Wang Lin went north and the road to attack Xiangyang was about to be opened. Zhou general Tian Hong led Wang Lin to fight in the countryside of Suizhou. At the same time, Wei Xuan of Zhou led his army south to raid. The deputy commander of the Qi army Xiangyi was defeated in Zhejiangyang County, and suffered thousands of troops to fight in Zhejiang. The south of the Funiu Mountains, which had been regarded as the backyard by the Qi army, set off a huge battle...
Chapter completed!