Outside Changyi City, there is the large tent of Taiwei Zhongjun.
Boom, boom, boom!
The sound of drums spread throughout the military camp.
Zhou Yafu was dressed in military uniform, riding on a horse, and passed by an array of thousands of cavalry who were ready to go.
In the past two months, Zhou Yafu only did three things in Changyi.
The first thing he did was to dig trenches and build camps. The entire Changyi-Suiyang line was almost built by him into a fortress that could not be captured by outsiders.
The second thing was to contact Xiuhou, Honghou and other members of the Chu clan. With the help of these two people, especially Xiuhou Liu Li, he successfully obtained the defense map and beacon map of the Wu-Chu coalition forces, and even obtained several
As a lieutenant of the State of Chu, Sima's promise was made.
Third, let the thousands of elite cavalry in front of you, drawn from Longyou and the Great Wall, complete the training of skillfully riding horseshoes.
At this time, there was a steady drizzle in the sky.
The heavy snow stopped yesterday, and now it's raining again.
In all conscience, such weather is definitely not suitable for fighting.
Muddy roads and cold weather can make marching an almost impossible task.
However, the opportunity must not be lost and will never come back again!
The heavy snow and cold made Wu Chu's army slow to react. At the same time, no one could have imagined that he, Zhou Yafu, would dare to launch a surprise attack in such weather, right?
"What time is it now?" Zhou Yafu asked the general Li Ji who was walking alongside him.
Ten days ago, Li Ji, who was supposed to guard against the Huns and Yanzhao at the Great Wall, had been ordered to come to Changyi lightly to obey orders under Zhou Yafu.
Because, at that time, the person with the most experience in commanding cavalry in combat was the Marquis of Quzhou.
"Lieutenant, it's already three o'clock in the morning!" Li Ji replied.
"Shan, it's time to set off at this time!" Zhou Yafu paid a slight tribute to Li and solemnly entrusted him: "Junhou, on behalf of your majesty, I entrust these five thousand sons to you, but I hope you will be successful.
If we succeed, we can capture Huaisi in one fell swoop. In this way, great things can be accomplished!"
Two months of confrontation, observation, confrontation, gaming, and disguise have led to this moment today.
The Wu-Chu coalition's two-month attack on Suiyang consumed too much of their strength and attention, and they inevitably lost vigilance in the direction of Changyi.
Cold and heavy snow will further reduce the search range of Wu Chu's scouts.
In addition, the Chu army, which is responsible for the defense of certain key areas, has actually been persuaded to do so anyway.
This surprise attack is almost impossible to fail!
unless……
There will be another heavy snowfall immediately!
But this is also impossible.
The heavy snow stopped yesterday. Although it is raining now, it is unlikely that there will be another heavy snow for a while.
Li Ji nodded slightly on his horse, cupped his hands and said, "Captain, don't worry, I will definitely live up to the trust of the Crown Prince and Your Majesty!"
After saying that, Li Ji reined in his horse and waved his hand, and thousands of cavalrymen began to move slowly.
Although it was raining, there was thick snow on the ground.
However, the war horse walked quite smoothly on the snow.
All this is because of the strange little iron horseshoe on the horse's shoe.
It was only now that Li Ji discovered that in addition to protecting the horseshoes, these horseshoes were also anti-slip. Although the effect was not very significant, at least there was no need to worry about having to dismount and walk due to slippery roads.
In this surprise attack, time is of the essence!
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Watching Li Ji's army disappear from sight, Zhou Yafu dismounted, turned around and faced Yi Zong, who stepped forward to lead the horse for him, and said: "Lieutenant Yidu, go and inform Li Guang that Gongsun Kunxie and Cheng Bushi should lead him."
The army goes to Suiyang to support the King of Liang!" Li sent this message. If everything goes well, we can capture the Huaisi ferry tomorrow afternoon and cut off Liu Bi's food route.
In this ice and snow, there is no food supply and no news from the rear.
Liu Bi will definitely work hard!
At this time, as long as they hold on to Suiyang and Changyi, the Wu-Chu coalition forces, which are still very aggressive, and claim to be an army of 500,000, will collapse in less than three days.
By then, he will not be able to easily complete his plan to destroy Wu!
There is a saying in the art of war: Those who are good at fighting will make the most of their situation.
Another saying goes: Those who are good at fighting have no outstanding achievements.
These two sentences were words he heard from his father on his first day in the army.
This is also the principle he has always used in using his troops.
"No!" Yi Zong nodded, looked at Zhou Yafu with reverence in his eyes, and then led Zhou Yafu's horse away.
In the past two months, following Zhou Yafu, Yi Zong learned many things that he could not learn from books before.
For Zhou Yafu, Yi Zong was treated as a teacher at this time.
Watching Yi Zong's retreating figure, Zhou Yafu clasped his hands.
Zhou Yafu is one of the generals in the Han Dynasty who likes to promote and support young juniors the most!
The current Tingwei Zhao Yu was recommended to the emperor by him.
When Dou Ying was in the army, he also took care of him many times.
He likes to support and recommend young and underachieving high-ranking officials. He is an anomaly among the important officials of the Han Dynasty.
Speaking of which, it's funny.
At this time, the higher the rank of ministers, the less likely they are to recommend young people.
Especially at the level of two thousand stones, it is even more difficult to recommend casually.
So much so that in the last twenty years of the Han Dynasty, the emperor had urged local officials to recommend talented people almost every year, and even went so far as to issue task targets and tie them to officials' performance appraisals.
Even so, sometimes bureaucrats would rather be punished than recommended.
The reason is that at this time, the recommender has to take a huge moral risk and risk his or her reputation.
If someone is not a highly regarded or admired talent, or someone who is famous in the world, officials will not want to recommend him casually.
What if the recommendation is a straw bag, or a stupid young man who pokes a hole?
Even if the court does not pursue the case, a reputation for not knowing people is equivalent to blocking one's career path.
Zhou Yafu has also been advised by many people, why risk his reputation and future for someone who has nothing to do with him?
Regarding all this, Zhou Yafu just smiled and did not respond.
At this moment, looking at Yi Zong's figure, Zhou Yafu suddenly understood why he had been so enthusiastic about supporting and recommending young people in the past.
"Because..." Zhou Yafu sighed: "Tiger father and dog son!"
He has four sons, but each one is dumber than the last.
The eldest brother is a dandy. Although the second child is smart, he caught a cold when he was born and suffered from a disease. The third child... is worse than the eldest brother. Apart from fighting cocks and lackeys, he doesn't know any other skills. At least the eldest brother still has it.
Understand some truth, as for the fourth child, he was originally the son he hoped for the most. Unfortunately, he died young ten years ago, which makes him sad to this day.
It was also from that time that he, Zhou Yafu, began to like to support and recommend young people.
Because every time he sees an outstanding young man, the image of Shiro when he was alive will come to his mind.
Especially Yi Zong.
The more Zhou Yafu watched, the more he felt that he was very similar to his fourth child who died young.
Still young, smart, clever and even a genius!
"I heard that this son lost his father in his early years. I wonder if I can adopt him as my adopted son?" Zhou Yafu thought to himself, but...
Yi Zong belongs to the prince, and it is said that his sister is also the prince's concubine.
This is a bit tricky.
"What happened here, let me find out what the prince said..." Zhou Yafu thought, and led his soldiers to patrol along the camp and trenches.
Zhou Yafu knows it very well.
In the next two days, Liu Bi will definitely go crazy and fight tooth and nail.
Hundreds of thousands of people jump over the wall in a hurry, and an unexpected fighting force will erupt.
For example, in the Battle of Julu, Xiang Yu defeated the Qin army and set the stage for the demise of the Qin Dynasty.
Another example is Han Xin, who fought against the odds and decided the winner of the Chu-Han struggle.
What he has to do now is to eliminate any possibility of Liu Bi's desperate fight. r1152
