Dantu County of Runzhou is a big county, where shipping is developed, there are many warehouses, all kinds of large and small shops are dotted in the county, and most of them wholesale products from all over the south of the Yangtze River.

There is a shop that deals in rice paper near the west gate of the county, rice paper has just been invented for decades, and the rice paper is tough, smooth and clean like jade, not moth-eaten and not rotten, and the characteristics of ink rhyme are ever-changing, and it enjoys the reputation of 'millennium paper'.

Although it was invented for decades, the production of high-grade rice paper was not high, and it was mainly used by the imperial court to write edicts, while this shop dealing in rice paper mainly dealt in low-grade paper, and the name of the shop was also simple, called Xuancheng Paper Shop, which also dealt in pens and ink in addition to rice paper.

At noon, a man trotted back to the store, and when he entered the door, he shouted, "Shopkeeper, something is wrong!" ”

When Liu Qia was in power, he did not set up intelligence points in various places, and under Liu Shining's constant request, Liu Qia began to set up intelligence points in Chang'an, Luoyang, and Chengdu, and later gradually expanded to Hefei, Yangzhou, Dantu, Wuxian, Xunyang, Jiangxia and other places to set up intelligence points.

This paper shop has been set up for five years, collected a lot of information to provide to Liu Shining, and made a lot of achievements, because it is relatively hidden, the paper of the Runzhou government is still provided by it, and the Runzhou government has never found out that it is actually Liu Shining's intelligence point.

The shopkeeper's surname was Qian, and the man's shouting made him glare fiercely, "What nonsense are you talking about?" ”

"Shopkeeper, it's really a big deal!" The guy looked at both sides, and stopped talking.

The money shopkeeper got up and made a look, and the man hurriedly followed him to the inner courtyard, and when he walked into the courtyard, the money shopkeeper said, "Say it!" What's going on? ”

The guy hurriedly said: "There are a lot of troops coming up at the Yangtze River wharf, there are tens of thousands of people, I heard that it is the Jin army that came to support Liangzhedao." ”

"Nonsense! Where did the army come out of nowhere? ”

"It's true, all the big boats of the Liu family came, and I heard that they came from the east."

The money shopkeeper was stunned, the east is the sea, did you come from the sea?

After a while, he said again: "You are indeed tens of thousands of reinforcements?" ”

"I did inquire, the shopkeeper doesn't believe it, you can ask the internal response in the official office."

The stakes are very high, the money shopkeeper really can't believe it, he immediately found an excuse to send paper to settle the bill and went to the state office, they used a lot of money in the state government to bribe a law Cao in charge of the prison to join the military, not long after, law Cao joined the army Ma Yingliang came to the restaurant opposite the state office, found the money shopkeeper by the window on the second floor, he sat down opposite the small table.

The money shopkeeper poured him a glass of wine and asked in a low voice, "I heard that something big happened today?" ”

Ma Yingliang nodded, "The 30,000 Jin troops arrived at the Runzhou Wharf this morning, led by General Li Bing. ”

The money shopkeeper gasped, the intelligence turned out to be true, and he asked again: "Where did the reinforcements come from?" ”

"I heard that it came by sea, and I don't know where it came from, but I deduce that it can only be Hebei."

"Estuary Port?" The money shopkeeper blurted out.

"Very likely, I heard that the Liu family has hundreds of big ships moored over there, and it happens that the Liu family's ships are transporting reinforcements today."

The money shopkeeper didn't have the heart to sit down anymore, he settled the account, hurried back to the paper shop, and after half an hour, a carrier pigeon fluttered and flew up, circled in the sky, and flew in the direction of Xuancheng County.

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At this time, Liu Shining was preparing for war in Xuancheng, he was originally guarding his father's spirit, but he got the information from Chang'an, Han Rong entered Beijing, Liu Shining immediately realized that Han Rong was likely to go to Beijing for help.

Liu Shining didn't care about his filial piety, and immediately mobilized 20,000 troops to gather in Xuancheng, preparing to attack the hinterland of Jiangnan from Xuanzhou, but Liu Shining did not do it immediately, on the one hand, he was waiting for his father to be buried, according to custom, he must ask the monk to chant the scriptures for 7749 days before he could be buried, on the other hand, he was also waiting for news from Jiangxia.

That was the latest time for him to send troops, as long as the Jin army boarded the ship in Jiangxia, regardless of whether his father was buried or not, he would lead the army to attack, and occupy Runzhou, Changzhou and Suzhou with a blitzkrieg, forcing the reinforcements to be unable to dock at the dock and had to return.

Liu Shining was about forty years old, just in the prime of life, and at the height of his ambitions, the corrupt rule of the eunuch party made him see an opportunity, if he could unify the south of the Yangtze River, he would become a third force that could confront Guo Song and Zhu Jun.

Liu Shining's first goal is Liangzhejiang Road, which has a vast area, from the Yangtze River in the north to Fuzhou and Jianzhou in the south.

In fact, when the Jin army captured Xiangfan, Liu Shining realized that his time was running out, and at this time, his father, who had been opposed to his plot to seize Jiangnan, died of illness.

In the room, Liu Shining was discussing the details of the troop with his staff Fan Hong, although Fan Hong advised him to capture Huzhou and Changzhou first and seize the largest granary, but Liu Shining thought twice and decided to seize Runzhou first.

"The armies of the two provinces are all militias, poorly equipped, and poorly trained, and I can defeat them in one battle, but their naval army is quite sharp, so I want to consider using blitzkrieg, first attack the naval camp, capture their warships, and then turn back to collect the other armies."

"I'm afraid that as soon as the lord sends troops, he will be discovered by the other party."

Liu Shining smiled slightly: "I have already considered this point, I don't take the official road, I don't march during the day, I use the night to cover the march, day and night, they can't find it, and then use the night to raid the naval camp, and three hundred warships will fall into my hands." ”

"The lord's plan is actually not bad, but it is a little risky."

Liu Shining laughed, "I'm not afraid of taking risks, it's better to be a tiger's den, and I can get a tiger!" ”

At this time, a guard said outside the door: "Lord Qi, Runzhou emergency pigeon letter!" ”

"Bring it in!"

The guard walked in quickly and presented a red letterbox, Liu Shining was stunned, it turned out to be 100,000 urgent information, what happened?

A bad feeling welled up in his heart, and he hurriedly opened the letterbox and slowly unfolded the folded note, with only one sentence on it, "The 30,000 Jin troops have arrived in Runzhou by sea, and the main will be Li Bing!" ”

Liu Shining's eyes widened suddenly, and for a long time, he's 'ah! With a loud scream, he jumped up and kicked the table over.

Frightened, Fan Hong, a staff member, hurriedly retreated and asked urgently, "Lord, what happened?" ”

Liu Shining sat down dejectedly, raised his head and sighed: "I made a mistake in judgment, and it is too late to regret it!" ”

Fan Hong picked up the note from the ground and looked at it carefully, he was also startled, what was going on? 30,000 reinforcements had arrived in Runzhou, and when he saw the sea route, he immediately understood that he must have set off from Hebei and went south by sea ship to arrive in Runzhou so unknowingly.

They all thought that the reinforcements would come from Jiangxia, but Guo Song repaired the plank road and secretly Chen Cang, and actually came by sea, and they did make a mistake in judgment.

At this time, Liu Shining suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "They just came to Runzhou by sea ship, they must still be recuperating, they have no time to deploy, we still have a chance." ”

Fan Hong was speechless, this was simply an adventure, but he also understood Liu Shining's mood, and he had been preparing for five years, but he was preempted by the Jin army, how could he swallow this breath?

"It's still too risky, please think carefully!"

Liu Shining snorted coldly, "I just lost the opportunity because I was too cautious!" ”

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Xuanzhou is a big state in the south of the Yangtze River, mainly in a large area, many mountains, it borders Runzhou, Changzhou, Huzhou in the east, Liu Shining has a very clear goal, sent 10,000 troops to attack Jinling County, Changzhou.

Liu Shining knows all the cities in the south of the Yangtze River very well, the city wall of Jinling County is tall and wide, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are 200,000 stones of grain reserves in the city, which is a city that can be held for a long time.

Moreover, Jinling County just held the only way to the south, once the Jin army was contained in Jinling County, his army could occupy Suzhou, Huzhou, Hangzhou, Yuezhou and other large areas.

Although the Jin army took the lead and arrived in Runzhou first, they needed time to recuperate and recuperate, which gave them a late-mover advantage.

At the same time, Liu Shining changed the time of his father's coffin from 49 days to 21 days on the grounds that the body was perishable in hot weather, and asked his father's coffin to be buried within two days.

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In the mountains west of Taihu Lake, an army of 10,000 people, under the command of the general Li Qingyang, was rushing towards Changzhou.