Han Yun didn't rest for another day, and the next morning he came to the Ziwei Hall of Daming Palace to meet the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother had just come from Yuzhen Palace before dawn, and she didn't expect to see the former ministers in Chang'an, which made her think of her husband, which made her heart full of sadness.

"Minister Han Huang sees the Queen Mother, I wish the Queen Mother a thousand years old!"

The Queen Mother restrained the excitement in her heart and said slowly: "Han Aiqing is exempt!" ”

"Empress Dowager Xie!"

Han Yun stood up with some difficulty, and when the Queen Mother saw this, she ordered: "Give Han Pavilion the old seat!" ”

A palace maid brought a brocade chair, Han Yun thanked him and sat down, and the queen mother said: "The mourning family heard that the king and Liu Jiedu died of unfortunate illness, which is very sad, and I also ask Lao Aiqing to take care of her health." ”

The Queen Mother's care made Han Yun's heart very sad, and he nodded, "Weichen will remember the Queen Mother's instructions!" ”

At this time, a palace maid hugged Li Wen, the son of heaven, and saw Li Wen playing with the wood in his hand with his whole body, Han Yun stepped forward and slapped his slap twice in front of him, teasing the child, but unfortunately Li Wen ignored it, as if he didn't hear anything, and he didn't raise his head.

This made Han Yun a little embarrassed, and the Queen Mother sighed and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince Regent said that this child lives in his own world, called autism, and he may be better when he grows up, he sees everyone like this, the regent talks to him, he doesn't pay attention, Han Ge Lao don't take it to heart." ”

Han Yu knew that this kid was a fool, the eunuch made the sin, but in the end, he cheapened the King of Jin, where would he be good when he grew up, which meant that the supreme power of the Tang Dynasty had completely fallen for decades.

"Queen Mother, Weichen wants to briefly report some of the situation in Jiangnan to the Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother shook her head, "It's a pleasure to see Elder Han Ge, but Elder Han Ge should report these specific things to the Regent!" The mourners were a little tired. ”

After speaking, the wooden curtain was lowered, and the Queen Mother slowly got up and left.

Han Yun stood in the main hall, and it took him a long time to react, he came all the way to meet the Queen Mother, and it was over in a few words?

Obviously, he said something that he shouldn't have said, which scared the Queen Mother.

He sighed lowly, walked out of the main hall with a heavy heart, and when he walked out of the main hall, a civil official stepped forward and said, "In Xia Lu Lun, His Royal Highness the Prince Regent is waiting for Han Ge Lao, please come with me!" ”

Han Yun was just about to say that he would come back tomorrow, but he suddenly remembered what Du You had told him, Liu Qia had died, Liu Shining had taken power, the situation in Jiangnan was critical, and he couldn't make any more temperament.

He nodded, and followed Lu Lun towards the official room of the King of Jin, the official room of the King of Jin was not far from Ziwei Palace, and after a while, Han Rong went up to the second floor, followed Lu Lun to the staff room, and walked into the room, but saw that the room was very large, but it was all a map.

Guo Song, the king of Jin, stood in front of a wooden platform, looking at the wooden platform and pondering.

"Your Highness, Old Han Ge is here!"

Guo Song raised his head and smiled: "I'm sorry, I was thinking about the problem just now, and I was rude!" ”

Han Yun stepped forward with a smile, glanced at the wooden platform, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, this wooden platform turned out to be a map, he saw the Yangtze River, cities, mountains, mountains, lakes, official roads, bridges, etc., made with various materials vividly, extremely realistic, and then look closely, this is actually a map of Liangzhejiang Road and Jiangnan East Road, including part of the north bank of Chang'an.

At this time, the seven prime ministers all came to the staff room, which was a unique debriefing, but the debriefing was changed to an introduction to the situation, without leaving a trace, and also took care of Han Yun's face.

Guo Song introduced: "This is the sand table map of Liangzhejiang Province and Jiangnan East Road, and also includes some areas of Huainan Province, we all know that Liu Shining is ambitious and is likely to launch a war against Liangzhejiang Province, so we hope that Han Ge Lao can give us an introduction to the current situation and the comparison of the strength of the two sides." ”

Han Yun nodded, took the wooden pole handed to him by Guo Song, and said slowly to everyone: "When I was in Lantian County, Du Xiangguo told me that Liu Qia died of illness, which was expected by me, and it was precisely because of this that I hurried to Chang'an, I knew that Liu Shining would inevitably attack Liangzhejiang Road, and there was no doubt about it."

He has been planning for a long time, at least five years ago we caught the spy sent by Liu Shining in Suzhou, and we knew that he had the ambition to invade Liangzhejiang Province at that time, but he was suppressed by his father, he couldn't be the master, and now that Liu Qia is dead, war will break out sooner or later. ”

"I wonder when this war will break out at the earliest?" Guo Song asked.

Han Rong pondered for a while and said: "There is a custom in the area of Jiangnan Dongdao, no military affairs are allowed during the period of filial piety, most of Liu Shining's subordinates are locals, they all respect Liu Qia, I think Liu Shining should follow this tradition, but the period of filial piety is divided into large and small, the big period of filial piety is three years, the small period of filial piety is three months, Liu Shining will not wait for three years, then three months after the most likely." ”

"Please tell Elder Han Ge about the comparison of the forces of the two sides!" Pan Liao said on the side.

Han Yun smiled bitterly and said: "The strength of the two Zhejiang provinces is 30,000 people, or the previous militia soldiers, distributed in various states, peacetime for agriculture, wartime for soldiers, training, equipment, and combat will are relatively weak, in addition, we also have a 6,000-strong naval army in Runzhou, with nearly 300 large and small warships, which we are much stronger than the other party." ”

Guo Song suddenly became strongly interested in Han Rong's water army, but he didn't interrupt Han Rong's words and let him continue.

Han Yun continued: "At present, Liu Shining's troops are about 50,000 people, of which 20,000 are distributed all over the country, and 30,000 are concentrated in Jiangzhou, these 30,000 people have followed Liu Qia for many years, and their combat effectiveness is very strong. ”

After speaking, he looked at Guo Song earnestly.

Guo Song didn't reply immediately, he looked at the map carefully and said, "I looked at the map just now, it seems that Liu Shining has three offensive routes, right?" ”

"Your Highness is right!"

Seeing that Guo Song did not express his position immediately, Han Yun was slightly disappointed in his heart, so he had to fight his spirit, pointed to the sand table with a wooden pole and said: "There are indeed three routes, the first northern line is to attack along the south bank of the Yangtze River, that is, to attack Jiangning from Xuanzhou.

The second middle line started from Raozhou and attacked Jiande and Tonglu along Zhejiang, and the third line was the southern line, which also started from Raozhou and attacked Quzhou from Yiyang along Yushui.

Among the three routes, the central route and the southern route are both mountainous areas, and the river is not suitable for navigation, the march is inconvenient, and the logistics and transportation are also inconvenient, so we all think that the northern route along the Yangtze River is the most likely. ”

Guo Song pondered for a moment and asked, "How many troops can the grain in Jiangnan support?" ”

Han Yun's spirits perked up, and he hurriedly said: "At present, there are more than 800,000 stones of grain in Changzhou, Suzhou and Hangzhou alone, and if all the states of the two Zhejiang provinces are combined, the grain should exceed 1.5 million stones, the copper coins are estimated to be 2 million yuan, and the cloth is about 800,000 horses." ”

Guo Song was taken aback, "Are there so many?" ”

Han Yun nodded, "We transported 500,000 stone of grain to Bashu the year before last, and then it was not shipped the year before last and last year, so the taxes and official fields accumulated so much. ”

All Xiangguo's eyes were eager, looking at Guo Song, Guo Song was also completely moved, he sneered repeatedly: "The rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, how can you let a despicable villain like Liu Shining occupy it, please rest assured that Han Ge Lao, I will definitely send an elite army to Jiangnan and fight to the death with Liu Shining." ”

Guo Song's statement has changed slightly, no longer to save Jiangnan, but to send troops to Jiangnan, no longer to help, but to take it for granted, in fact, when Han Rong arrived in Chang'an, Jiangnan was already in Guo Song's bag, whether he wanted it or not.

Guo Song sent someone to send Han Rong back to rest, and he continued to discuss the details of taking Jiangnan with the seven prime ministers.

"I now have two routes to Jiangnan, one is from Jiangxia and goes to Jiangning, but the problem is that I don't have enough ships to transport troops and goods, if I send ships from the Yellow River, we will inevitably pass through Zhu Zhu's territory, we just broke out the battle of Xiangyang with him, and we are in a hostile state with each other, so this road is not very realistic."

Du You said: "Your Highness, just now Han Envoy Jun said that their 6,000 naval army and 300 large and small warships can be used, and then collect some ships from Xiangyang, it is enough to transport troops, and as for logistics food, they have enough food on their side." ”

Guo Song shook his head, "Han Rong's navy is a lot of small boats, according to the information I have gotten, they have eighty warships of more than 1,000 stones, one can fit 100 people, and at most 8,000 people, as for Xiangyang, there are no big ships, I was interested in the navy just now, because I thought that I could use this navy to deal with Liu Pi's navy in Jingnan, and it has nothing to do with transportation." ”

Guo Song said to everyone again: "Then I'll talk about the second way to transport troops!" ”