The scale of the camp in the north of Nanyang City is larger than that in the south of the city, the camp is close to ten miles, and extends to Dushan in the north of Nanyang City, and comes from Fangcheng in the north, about more than 80 miles.

Dushan is the remaining vein of Funiu Mountain that extends into the heart of Nanyang Basin, the mountain body goes from northwest to southeast, tens of miles in circumference, connects the water in the east, and is the key place to enter Nanyang City from Fangcheng to the south.

Dushan is in the heart of Nanyang, although it is only thirty or fifty zhang high, but the field of vision is broad, overlooking both sides of the water, the hinterland of Nanyang, almost unobstructed, Zhou Fanthen set the big account on the south slope of Dushan.

Luxury, surrounded by Tian Chang, Azig, Hu Zongguo and others, galloped into the Dushan camp, Ye Ji Luorong greeted each other in front of the main camp, and Luwenzhuang saluted: "The subordinate Luwenzhuang greets Prince Mu......"

"The King of Min is very polite," Ye Jiluo Rong returned the salute according to the Han system, and said, "The Holy Lord is very concerned about the King of Min in Yanjing, and knows that the King of Min has been unwell recently, so he specially sent two old ginseng ...... by fast ride."

"Thank you for your understanding of the old minister...... "Haowenzhuang bowed in the northeast direction to show his gratitude, and then straightened up and looked at Ye Ji Luorong.

Ye Ji Luorong was wearing a vermilion battle armor, with a burly figure, a beard and big eyes, a faint scar on his face from the early battles, wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, white hair grew between his temples, and his eyes were fierce after the killing.

Luxury Wenzhuang has known countless people in his life, and his vision is unique, he is called the second, and I am afraid that few people dare to call it the first, and secretly said: Beiyan established the clan and the country with war, and Ye Ji Luorong, who has been fighting on the battlefield with his father and ancestors for more than 30 years since he was a teenager, can probably be regarded as a real veteran who has experienced a hundred battles.

Although Yezier is the soul of Northern Yan, but since Yezier and below, no one in Northern Yan can stand side by side with Yeji Luorong, Yeji Duodi and Yezier's eldest son Yeji Baishi, in terms of combat performance, are inferior to Yeji Luorong, and it is no wonder that Yezier is in charge of Yanjing and will hand over hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses on the Western Front to Yeji Luorong to command.

Luxury, Wenzhuang and Zhou Fanzhu will meet one by one.

Zhou Fanyuan was the chief general of Xuanzhen, he was forty years old, he was also strong, he was born as a military general, and he stood side by side with Yuan Lishan and Chen Zhihu after the fall of Yan, but his record was slightly insufficient. Before the war, Beiyan canonized Chen Zhihu and Yuan Lishan as the princes of the county, and Zhou Fan was only awarded the title of marquis.

It is also for this reason that Zhou Fan and his generals have worked hard and worked very hard to fight Nanyang this time.

Zhou Fan piled up soil on the southern slope of Dushan to build a viewing platform, and Ye Jiluo invited Hao Wenzhuang and others to climb the viewing platform, so as to better observe the terrain and military deployment around Nanyang City.

Under the sunset, surrounded by the dense camps like fish scales, the Nanyang camp in Zhouda Bali is like a large piece of gray-toned linen attached to the west bank of the water.

Although only 30,000 soldiers and horses were stationed in the northern camp of Chengbei, in order to facilitate the 60,000 foot cavalry temporarily stationed in Fangcheng under the personal command of Ye Ji Luorong to enter at any time and participate in the strong attack on Nanyang City, the northern camp of Chengbei was built to be extra huge, extending from the southern slope of Dushan to behind the long wall of the siege outside the northern city of Nanyang.

In fact, in the camp in the south of the city, preparations were also made for the transfer to the new attached army Sun Jichang's department.

In addition to Chen Zhihu and Luo Xiancheng, who attacked Huaixi from the north and south, the Northern Yan united with the luxury family, and Ye Ji Luo Rong was able to mobilize as many as 160,000 soldiers and horses in the Nanyang Basin and the marginal areas.

And Nanyang's garrisons in Nanyang and Miyang add up to less than 30,000.

It is not a problem to take Nanyang City, the key is to take Nanyang City before Huaidong's soldiers and horses go north.

"In the past few days, trying to attack the northern city, the combat will of the defenders of Nanyang is not firm," standing on the viewing platform, Zhou Fan introduced the plan to storm Nanyang, "The two cities in the east and west of Nanyang, standing between the water, Hexi is the main city, Zhou Bali Xu, seven or eight times larger than the small city in Hedong, but Liang Chengchong has deployed troops in the small city of Hedong in recent days, not weaker than Hexi, and it can be seen that Liang Chengchong has a back hand to break through to Miyang. As long as our army launches a fierce offensive from the south, west, and north at the same time, so that the casualties of the defenders of Nanyang exceed a certain limit, Liang Chengchong can be ordered to abandon the city and flee......"

"How many casualties can the Nanyang defenders bear?" Ye Jiluo Rong frowned and asked, "If we want to take Nanyang, how many casualties will we bear at most." ”

Luxury's secret point is that Zhou Fan introduced the plan to attack Nanyang, but the words are still vague.

Everyone knows that there is a limit to the extent to which an army can bear casualties, but there is a big difference in the extent to which different armies can endure.

Liang Chengchong is also a battle-hardened general, and the defenders under his command, although they are not very elite, but the generals are loyal to the Liang family, and they can still defend the city, and if they want to defeat and repel it, and finally take Nanyang City, it is much more complicated and difficult than the field battle.

Even if the siege tactics are improved, the defending side will still have a great advantage. If the defenders of Nanyang are determined to defend the city, even if they fight until there is only one soldier left, they will not give an inch, then the price paid for taking Nanyang City will be unbearable.

It's just that Ye Ji Luorong's question is difficult for Zhou Fan to answer. As the main general, he can only test the weak points of the defenders, and then carry out fierce attacks on the weak points, but how weak the defenders will be and how strong the offensive will be to collapse and collapse is not something that Zhou Fan can accurately answer.

However, Zhou Fan also gave a general answer, saying: "Liang Chengchong has 8,000 garrisons in Hexi, and another 20,000 people go to the city to assist in defense, according to the last general, as long as the accumulated casualties at the head of the city exceed 5,000 people, it is enough to call Liang Chengchong to withdraw......"

Ye Ji Luorong looked sideways at Haowenzhuang and asked, "What does King Min think?" ”

"What General Zhou said is reasonable," said Hao Wenzhuang, "Liang Chengyi's 30,000 soldiers and horses in Ruyang to the 3,000 soldiers and horses of Ruzhou County Wang lost their armor and collapsed the army, and if he has his brother, it can be seen that his brother may not be good, saying that the Nanyang garrison can withstand 5,000 casualties, it is also a high opinion that Liang Chengchong ......"

Ye Ji Luorong laughed, but when he turned his head to look elsewhere, his eyes narrowed, and he said secretly: It is said that Luwenzhuang is an old fox, it seems to be true. Originally, the attack on Nanyang was carried out by Zhou Fan's troops and the soldiers and horses of the luxury family from the north and south at the same time, but at this time, the luxury Wenzhuang intentionally or unintentionally mentioned Chen Zhihu's Ruyang victory, but it was not to stimulate Zhou Fan to fight Nanyang in the north of the city, so that the luxury family could pay fewer casualties.

However, it is also Ye Ji Luorong's original intention to motivate Zhou Fanmao to attack Nanyang with all his might, and the new luxury family is attached, and it is indispensable to borrow the power of the luxury family to sweep the south of the Yangtze River, and Ye Ji Luorong will naturally not break the intentions of the luxury Wenzhuang.

However, Luxury Wenzhuang keenly captured Ye Ji Luorong's slightest abnormality that others could not perceive, and there were no miscellaneous people on the viewing platform, so he asked bluntly: "Dare to ask Prince Mu, is there someone in Yanjing City who does not approve of the attack on Nanyang......

Ye Ji Luorong frowned slightly, told him frankly, and said: "It's not that Yanjing has objections, but the Qingzhou town guard Nahe Xiongqi thought that he should besiege Nanyang and lured Huaidong's soldiers and horses to attack it north, and the King of Khan sent a fast horse to deliver a letter yesterday......"

The luxury family was the first to contact the Northern Yan through the Nahe Xiongqi, and the Nahe Xiongqi was also the first general of the Northern Yan to advocate uniting the luxury family. At that time, the luxury family was still strong in Fujian and Zhejiang, and at this time it could only be born by relying on Beiyan.

Nahe Xiongqi is the general of the Northern Yan, although he was not born in the royal family, but his position in the Northern Yan army is only under a few princes and county kings, Yezier made him sit in Qingzhou, and actually commanded the military and political affairs of Qingzhou, Denglai, Linzi and other places, and controlled more than 50,000 people in the Mabu Water Army.

"Nanyang is more suitable for cavalry to kill in the wilderness, and to the south of Hanshui, all the way to Jingzhou, hundreds of miles in between, the network of ditches and rivers is relatively dense, and there are restrictions on cavalry operations," said Lu Wenzhuang, "General Nahe advocated besieging Nanyang and sending reinforcements, which is indeed a ...... strategy."

In addition to Chen Zhihu and Luo Xiancheng, two troops with a total of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses attacking Xinyang from the north and south, on the periphery of Nanyang, Ye Jiluo Rong was able to mobilize 160,000 soldiers and horses.

In addition, Sun Jichang had 20,000 soldiers and horses in Shangzhou (Wuguan), 20,000 infantry soldiers of Su Tingzhan's department and 5,000 cavalry of Azige's department in Xiangyang and Fancheng were also stationed in Fancheng, and Luo Xiancheng also had 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses in Suizhou. In Hanjin and Qichun, Chen Hansan and Yang Xiong had more than 30,000 soldiers and horses.

In the entire Nanyang Basin, except for the two cities of Nanyang and Miyang and the Tongbai Mountain east of Miyang, other areas, especially the peripheral Fangcheng and Wuguan and the military strongholds such as Xiangyang and Fancheng in the south, are under their control, and the main force of the Huaidong Army really dares to come to the aid of Nanyang, and Nanyang is indeed a battlefield that is extremely conducive to their battle.

"It's a good strategy to encircle the point and send reinforcements," Ye Ji Luorong said with a smile, "It's a pity that Lin Jian is not a person who enters the palace easily, how could he go to the northern foot of Huai Mountain to come to Nanyang?" ”

The Huaidong Army wants to aid Nanyang, but it can't come from the south, even if the Huaidong Army takes Hanjin and Qichun, along the north of the Han River, it will still block the big city of Xiangyang from the Nanyang battlefield. The main force of the Huaidong Army wants to aid Nanyang, and the only way to aid Nanyang is from the northeast of Huaishan, from Xinyang in Huaixi, and through Tongbai Mountain to aid Nanyang.

Hao Wenzhuang said with a smile: "Prince Mu is really wise, unless the East China Sea Fox is a good person who is willing to let the main force of the Huaidong Army enter Nanyang to risk a death battle, and ask Dong Yuan to sit and enjoy his success in Huaixi, otherwise he will not ask the main force of the Huaidong Army to borrow from Xinyang to help Nanyang." The situation has reached this point, and it is already very obvious, and Lin Jian has no intention of calling the main force of the Huaidong Army to aid Nanyang at all. ”

Azig was employed by Nahe Xiongqi, so in the Western Route Army, he was one of the few generals who supported the siege of Nahe Xiongqi, listening to Ye Ji Luorong and Hao Wenzhuang all refuted this policy, and asked: "If Lin Jian opened his head, he didn't think about aiding Nanyang, but in July, he went to Luzhou to reinforce 30,000 elites, what did he do?" ”

"As the last general can see, Luzhou and Shouzhou are dependent on each other, and Luzhou is the center of gravity of Huaixi, and the East China Sea Fox is increasing troops to Luzhou, which means abandoning Nanyang and protecting Shouzhou, only Shouzhou is not lost, Huaidong's defense line in Xu Si and its fundamental place Huaidong will expose its flanks," Su Tingzhan, who came to Nanyang with Luwenzhuang to meet with the generals of Beiyan, said eagerly at this time, "Now Huaidong's water camp in Shanyang has also moved westward, although it has not entered the Haoshou region, but it is also ready to support Haoshou at any time." To put it bluntly, the military deployment of the East China Sea Fox in Luzhou and other places is not to aid Nanyang, but to prevent us from taking advantage of the situation to attack Huaixi after we take Nanyang......"

Ye Ji Luorong nodded and glanced at Su Tingzhan with great attention.

Seeing that Su Tingzhan had the intention of joining the new master, Hao Wenzhuang was gloomy, but he also voted for Yan as a minister, so Su Tingzhan wanted to break away from the luxury family and set up another door in Beiyan, and he had no way to stop it, I am afraid that Tian Chang and Yang Xiong would also have such thoughts.

is also a slave, how many people are willing to be slaves of slaves? How many people don't want to fight for the status of one person below and above ten thousand?

Ye Ji Luorong motioned for Su Tingzhan to continue.

"Except for the transfer of Tang Fuguan and Liu Zhenzhi's troops to Luzhou in July, the rest of the Huaidong Army's troops and horses have not moved," Su Tingzhan said, "It can be seen that Lin Jian had already decided to abandon Nanyang before July." While protecting Huaixi, Lin Jian was more interested in holding the four counties of Jiangnan firmly in his hands first. At this time, Yuanzhou was down, and the land of Jiangxi fell into his hands. At this time, in Lin Lian's heart, instead of risking the north to aid Nanyang, it is better to plan the rule of Jiangzhi......"

Ye Ji Luorong and Hao Wenzhuang said with emotion: "Zhejiang and Fujian have had many handsome men since ancient times, and the name of General Su has long been heard of by this king......

"Ting Zhan is indeed a famous general, a commander and a talent." Seeing that Su Tingzhan had completely spoken to Ye Ji Luorong's heart, Haowenzhuang could only praise it in passing.

Ye Ji Luo Rong laughed and said, "It should be said that there are many talents under the command of King Min......

Even if he wants to win over Su Tingzhan, he will not show too much, in fact, the two sons of Luwenzhuang have died on the battlefield, and they are also old and decrepit, so they have no ability to suppress Su Tingzhan, Tian Chang, Yang Xiong, these brave generals.

This is also the fundamental reason why Emperor Mandate of Heaven canonized Haowenzhuang as the king of Fujian and allowed him to cut off Fujian land and stand on its own in the future. If one of the extravagant bears and extravagant tigers is alive, then the extravagant family cannot be given a chance to return to Fujian.

Ye Ji Luorong said to Su Tingzhan again: "General Su, you go on. ”

"Lin Jian planned the rule of Jiang, and the focus of his plan was not in Nanyang, but in Jingzhou and Hanjin," Su Tingzhan said, "Although Jingzhou is under the jurisdiction of Hu Wenmu, Hu Wenmu is still a minister of the Yue Court after all. Moreover, when our army goes south, Hu Wenmu wants to hold Jingzhou, and he must borrow Huaidong. If our army delays in Nanyang for too long, Hu Wenmu is asked to complete the deployment in Jingzhou, and Huaidong is asked to gather the main force of troops and horses in Jiangzhou, or even go further, replace the Chizhou army, cross the river from Jiangzhou, enter the eastern Hubei region, threaten Qichun, Hanjin, and even take Hanjin, and the trend of dividing the river will become ......"

Jingzhou is the geographical center of the two lakes, guarding the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and is equal to Xiangyang and the north and south of Jingxiang.

And Hanjin is the mouth of the Han River into the Yangtze River, if the main force of the Huaidong Army is called to take Hanjin first, then the Northern Yan still wants to attack Jingzhou, and the entire flank will be exposed to the main force of the Huaidong Army.

At present, Haowenzhuang uses Chen Hansan to guard Qichun, and confronts the Chizhou army led by Deng Yu and Yue Zhi in the eastern Hubei region. The Chizhou army did not have a naval army, so it could not cross Qichun to attack Hanjin.

Luxuryzhuang used Yang Xiong to defend Hanjin and block the Hanshui Pass, but the Huaidong Army stationed an elite water battalion in Jiangzhou, with a large number of warships and ferries, and the main force of the Huaidong Army Infantry Battalion could directly cross from Jiangzhou to the north bank to attack Hanjin.

In fact, even if the Huaidong Army did not fight Hanjin, as long as tens of thousands of elites were inserted between Hanjin and Qichun, Yiyangzijiang would be able to destroy their plan to capture Jingzhou in one fell swoop after taking Nanyang.

How will the situation of the north-south confrontation develop next, the key point is not in Nanyang, and it is simply impossible to lure the main force of the Huaidong Army to come to the aid of Nanyang and fight with it in Nanyang, and the key points of the north-south confrontation are in Jingzhou and Hanjin.

For the Northern Yan, it is necessary to capture Nanyang as soon as possible, and the main force of troops and horses should quickly move south, and while strengthening the defense of Hanjin, encircle Jingzhou, and finally take Jingzhou, so as to share the geographical advantages of the Yangtze River with Huaidong and grasp the initiative in the future confrontation between the north and the south.

Once Hu Wenmu strengthened his defense in Jingzhou, and the Huaidong Army crossed the Yangtze River and directly threatened Qichun and Hanjin, they would have to go to the Hanjin line to reinforce troops and horses to confront them, and they would lose the opportunity to attack Jingzhou in one go, and the initiative would fall into the hands of the Huaidong Army.

When the battle situation in Jingxiang is stabilized, and when the Huaidong army breathes a sigh of relief and frees up its hands and feet, Northern Yan will have a headache for Huaidong's offensive against Yanliao and other places launched by sea.

For the Northern Yan, it was to take Nanyang before the main force of the Huaidong Army had time to complete the assembly in Jiangzhou, quickly cross the Han River and move south to attack Jingzhou. The time I stayed in Beiyan was only about a month.