In February, while the Ming army mobilized the army, the strength of the Wei army also made major adjustments, in addition to Wang Guangtai's 30,000 troops to attack Changsha, Jin Shenghuan's 100,000 troops to attack Wuchang, the Wei army mobilized 30,000 troops and marched into Xiangyang, making Huguang's soldiers reach 160,000.

If you add the garrisons of Jingzhou, Yuezhou and other prefectures and counties, the strength of Huguang exceeds 200,000, and the strength of the Ming army has also increased from 110,000 to 170,000.

At this time, the war had just begun, and the two sides had invested their own elite troops, and the vast lands of the lake, the official roads and rivers were full of long wheelbarrows and strings of grain boats.

Hanyang City is located at the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Han Army, located in the Yang of the Han River, and Wuchang across the river.

In the past, there was no city here, but after the Wei army took control of it, it began to build a city wall, which became the front line of the two armies.

At this time, along the official road of Hanshui, a group of 6,000 black-armored cavalry, guarding the Great Wei Emperor Gao Yihuan, arrived at the Wei army camp in Hanyang.

Here gathered 100,000 troops, tens of thousands of people, the army can not be stationed in the city, camp along the river, the camp tent spreads for more than 20 miles, the camp is waving flags, the momentum is shocking.

In order to intimidate Nanming, Gao Yihuan originally wanted to claim 800,000, but later someone suggested that it was unlucky, Cao Cao, who falsely claimed 800,000 in history, and Fu Jian, who was in the former Qin, were all miserable.

Gao Yihuan's current situation is a bit of a match for Cao Cao, and his strength is better than Zhu Cihong, but Zhu Cihong also has his advantages, and it is not that there is no possibility of capsizing in the gutter.

This time, Wei Jun changed the exaggerated style of his predecessors, and told Nanming realistically, I will come to 200,000, you can do it.

At this time, Gao Yihuan, wearing a golden helmet and golden armor, rode a BMW, and when he came outside Hanyang City, Jin Shenghuan, Wu Shizhao, Zhao Zhuzi and others had already come to the outside of the city with nearly 100 civil and military forces to greet him.

A large number of Wei soldiers also stood on both sides of the road with spears and guns, and they were all wearing dense helmets.

"Minister Jin Shenghuan see Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

Jin Shenghuan was the main general of the attack on Wuchang, Wu Shizhao and Zhao Zhuzi were the deputy generals, and everyone knelt down on one knee together and saluted Gao Yihuan.

"Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!"

The Wei soldiers on both sides of the official road knelt down on one knee at the same time and shouted in unison.

In Wuchang City, Huang Degong was eating, chopsticks picked up a piece of fatty meat, was startled by the sound, the fat fell on the table, and he turned his head to look at the north in some surprise, as if he could see through the wall and see what was happening.

Outside Hanyang City, Gao Yihuan turned over and dismounted, smiled and helped Jin Shenghuan and the others up, "A few Aiqing are exempt from courtesy." ”

Then he looked at the generals behind him, as well as the tens of thousands of troops who saluted on one knee, and waved his hand heroically, "Soldiers, get up, no courtesy!" ”

Jin Shenghuan immediately turned to one side, stretched out his hand and said, "Your Majesty, please enter the city to rest." ”

At that moment, Gao Yihuan turned over and got on the horse again, and all the soldiers also turned over one after another, and then hugged Gao Yihuan into the city.

A group of people first walked through a large camp that stretched for several miles, and walked through the military tent that stretched to the bottom of the city, and the Wei soldiers in the camp saw Gao Yihuan's figure appear, where he went, where the soldiers bowed down together, three shouts of long live, and the momentum shook the heavens and the earth.

Gao Yihuan kept whipping the soldiers on the horse until he entered Hanyang City.

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Opposite Wuchang City, Huang Degong put on a helmet, draped neatly, and climbed the city tower with the handle of the knife with one hand, and found that Governor Wang was looking at the opposite bank.

"Fu Jun, what's the situation!" Huang Degong wondered.

Wang Yan said in a deep voice: "It seems that the thief has arrived!" ”

Huang Degong raised his eyebrows, and the call on the other side just now turned out to be Gao Yihuan who had arrived in Hanyang.

Huang Degong was not surprised, and rubbed his hands a little excitedly, "So there is no doubt that the main direction of attack of the Wei thief is Wuchang." ”

He snorted coldly, "It's good that the thief is here!" Ben will definitely let him hit his head and bleed, so that the thief knows how powerful Ben will be! ”

Wang Yan hurriedly said: "The prince must not be underestimated!" ”

Huang Degong waved his hand, "Wang Fujun rest assured, this general is not a light enemy, but has enough confidence in the defense of Wuchang City, and the high thief is coming in person, and this general just wants to meet him for a while." ”

Wang Yan said: "In the land of Wuchang, the southeast will survive if it is gained, and those who will die if it is lost." In the past, Sun Quan built Wuchang, and Jiangdong prospered, and Jin won Wuchang and Jiangdong died. Guogong has the bottom in his heart, which is the luck of the Ming Dynasty. ”

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Gao Yihuan came to the festival hall of the marshal mansion in Hanyang City, and everyone asked him to sit down on the handsome seat, leaving only Jin Shenghuan, Wu Shizhao and Zhao Zhuzi to discuss.

Gao Yihuan sat in the handsome position and said with a smile: "Huchen, how is the situation in Wuchang?" ”

Jin Shenghuan came out and said: "Your Majesty, Wuchang City has thick walls, many artillery, and the city is built along the river, there are ships to transport grain, grass, and military supplies. ”

Jin Shenghuan paused as he spoke, and said in a deep voice: "The minister thought that if Wuchang was captured, our army would inevitably suffer heavy losses, but once Wuchang was broken and the elite of the Ming army was lost, it would be easy for the army to capture Nanjing." ”

Gao Yihuan bowed slightly, once again confirming the difficulty of attacking Wuchang, and he said in a deep voice: "I think you have also heard some rumors, this Huguang battle is not for you to make a quick decision, but to fight slowly, attract more main forces of the Ming army to the west to aid Huguang, and create opportunities for Lianghuai." Therefore, whether Wuchang can be taken or not is not particularly important, so Huchen, you don't have to be in a hurry, you can fight steadily and steadily, first sweep away the periphery, Huguang is our granary, we can afford it, and the Ming army can't afford it. ”

Huguang was chosen to hold back the Ming army, and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies was based on a variety of considerations, the most important of which was logistics.

The battle to destroy the Ming Dynasty was bound to be protracted, the Wei army could get grain on the spot in Huguang, but the grain and grass of the Ming army needed to be transported to Wuchang against the river.

Jin Shenghuan nodded slightly, relieved in his heart, and at the same time a little lost.

"Wait for it!" Jin Shenghuan and the three of them hugged their fists.

Gao Yihuan saw that the three of them were not in a high mood, so he immediately asked, "What's the situation in Changsha?" ”

Wu Shizhao said: "The scouts have news that the Ming army seems to have increased its troops in Hunan Province. ”

"Oh? Did Wuchang increase the troops? Gao Yihuan was a little puzzled.

Jin Shenghuan hugged his fists and said, "No." Chen suspected that the Ming army wanted to launch a counterattack in Changsha. ”

Gao Yihuan bowed slightly, "I just patrolled in Huguang to attract the attention of the Ming army, and I will secretly go to Huaibei in a few days." The vast battle of the lake will be handed over to you Huchen! ”

Jin Shenghuan's heart moved when he heard this, and he hurriedly clenched his fists, "The minister will live up to His Majesty's trust!" ”

At this time, Gao Yihuan stood up, walked to the map hanging on the wall, scanned the whole map, and his eyes fell on Bashu, Huguang, and Lianghuai, and finally fixed in Nanjing, hoping that Huguang could attract more Ming troops.

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The news of Gao Yihuan's appearance in Huguang slipped down and entered Nanjing City within a few days.

At this time in the palace, Zhu Cihong stood in front of the map and was distracted, in order to deal with Gao Yihuan's attack, he had expanded his troops to 400,000, but the confidence in his heart was still insufficient.

He understands very well that the newly recruited soldiers can only be filled with a number of people, and although Sun Kewang and Haoge promised to send troops, these two people are also quite cunning, and Da Ming does not show a certain strength, and the two will not make a move easily.

At this time, although there were 400,000 Ming troops, it was still a little difficult to defend the two directions of Huguang and Lianghuai, and he saw that the Wei army was gathering in Wuchang and intended to launch a local counterattack in Changsha to boost morale, so he needed troops even more.

"It would be nice if you could judge the direction of the Wei thief's main attack!" Zhu Cihong muttered in his mouth.

At this time, there was a report from the waiter outside the study, "Your Majesty, Hu Guanglai has been beaten!" ”

Zhu Cihong retracted his thoughts, "Take it in!" ”

The chamberlain put the song on the table, did not dare to disturb the emperor's contemplation, and hurriedly withdrew from the study.

Zhu Cihong stood in front of the map for a while, then walked back to the table and sat down, then picked up the song and looked at it, when he saw the song Shu said that Gao Yihuan appeared in Huguang, his face immediately rejoiced, "Spread my will, summon a few pavilion elders to meet, I have something important to discuss." ”

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