On the east bank of the Taizi River in Liaoyang, in the Beigong Imperial Garden, the cold snow covers the sky, and the winter willows and Xiao Suo branches are lying on the frost and snow.

There is a dark furnace burning charcoal under the Wangyue Pavilion, and the pavilion is as warm as spring.

As soon as he rode in, he did not slow down when he got close, and the guards outside the imperial garden were all on guard.

When the horse galloped closer, the black-clothed rider on horseback dismounted, shouting: "Songshan Express...... "Three or four urgent letters from Songshan will be sent directly to the Khan King a day, and the guards have become accustomed to it, so they will take the sealed letters in the lacquered box, check the imprint, and send them to the Wangyue Pavilion.

The Jade Concubine Nakh took a silver knife and opened the lacquer box, took out the letter and handed it to the Khan King Yezir. Ye Zier read the letter and said with a smile: "Li Zhuo, such an old fox, is finally willing to move, this cold day, this soldier of the Great Yue Dynasty is really not easy!" ”

Nahe Xiongqi sat at the bottom, and waited for Prince Yu Ye Ji Luorong and Prince Mu Ye Ji Yingge to read the letter first, only to know that the northern army led by Li Zhuo hesitated on the front line of Ningjin for nearly ten days before pulling out the camp and marching north.

"Do you want the third brother to withdraw the soldiers?" Ye Jiyingge asked.

"No," Yezier categorically rejected the proposal to withdraw troops from Datong, and said, "Datong is going to fight, and it is going to be pressed up and ...... fighting" Seeing the doubts on the faces of everyone present, Yezier explained, "Just like Li Zhuo led his troops out of Liaoxi and wanted to make the main force of our western front withdraw from Datong; The third child should fight more carefully in Datong, forming a situation where I want to break through on the Western Front and force Li Zhuo to lead his troops to retreat......"

"Well, we'll have to get them to bite the bait deeper!" Ye Ji Luorong said, he took a sip of tea, habitually swallowing tea leaves into his mouth and chewing them.

Na He Xiongqi frowned slightly, he could understand King Khan's intentions, but he was worried about whether he would be able to support a large-scale siege battle on the Western Front while defending against Li Zhuo's troops to attack Liaoyang.

Due to the depth of the attack on the periphery of Datong in the previous two years, this time 100,000 soldiers and horses were gathered on the periphery of Datong, and the supply range had to be two to three times deeper than the last time to meet the daily consumption.

However, once the troops are gathered under the city of Datong and the siege war is fought, on the one hand, the number of soldiers and horses directly used for siege and siege increases, and on the other hand, the number of men and horses that can be used to plunder decreases.

"The third prince pressed the soldiers and horses to the city of Datong, I am afraid that I will have to supply some grain and grass from here to be enough," Na He Xiongqi said the worry in his heart, "Liaoyang has to lure Li Zhuo in, the pressure will be very great!" ”

"Since the founding of the country, in every major war with the Southern Dynasties and with the surrounding forces, which time have we not given it a go?" Ye Ji Luorong was not worried about the huge pressure he was about to face, and said, "There is no need to shrink back at this time!" To say that it is difficult, the Southern Dynasty is even more difficult than us at this time, and we must not let them slow down! ”

Compared with the siege and raid on Datong that lasted for more than half a year the year before, this siege of Datong only needs to last another two or three months. If, by the beginning of the spring of next year, the situation on this side is not clear, there will be no need for the war on the Western Front to drag on any longer. As long as two or three months of centralized replenishment of the Western Front is carried out, it should be able to carry it through gritting teeth.

"The Southern Dynasty is not unclear to everyone - Li Zhuo dragged his refusal to advance north, just to delay the situation until after the spring of next year, but the fighting on the Datong side was fierce, so he had to spit out the letter and maintain a threat to Liaoyang from Liaoxi," Ye Zier said, "You must see that Li Zhuo is nominally the commander of the Northern Army, but many things are not his turn." He doesn't want to go north, but not everyone has such patience - judging from the current situation, we must follow Li Zhuo's wishes, send men and horses from Songshan to fight, delay his pace to the north, and Liaodong must carry out fuller mobilization! ”

"The old minister asks to go to Shouta Mountain!" Na He Xiongqi said.

"Li Zhuo led 60,000 soldiers out of the pass, and this poisonous snake only spit out the letter, and it will retract at the slightest disturbance," Ye Zier frowned, and had no intention of sending Nahe Xiongqi, who was good at guarding the city, to the front line of Songshan, and said, "It's even difficult for us to see his seven-inch point, we have to let him in deeper......"

"Let him come in from Matsuyama?" Ye Ji Luorong is known for daring to fight dangerous battles, and is the leading brave general in Donghu, and when he heard Ye Jier's intention to let Songshan Pass, he was also very puzzled, and said, "If the Songshan side opens an opening, Liaoyang will be directly exposed to its soldiers." Li Zhuo has been training in Jibei for more than two years, and he dared to choose to send troops in the bitter cold season, because he was very confident in the combat strength of his soldiers and horses. Matsuyama opened an opening, afraid that it would be a little risky. ”

"If Li Zhuo occupies Songshan and doesn't move forward, it will also be a headache!" Nahe Xiongqi didn't expect that King Khan would have the idea of giving up the Songshan line as bait, and said, "You can't destroy Songshan City before Li Zhuo takes the city!" If Li Zhuo survives the thawing of the sea ice next year, things will be even more troublesome! ”

After the sea ice thaws, the sea vessels gathered in the Tianjin Sea can sail directly to the bottom of Liaodong Bay. The performance of the Goryeo naval army was not satisfactory, if the Huaidong warship went north, even if this side sent troops to cut into Liaoxi, it would be difficult to completely seal Li Zhuo's troops on the Songshan line.

"Looking ahead and looking ahead, don't take a little risk, it's always not good," Ye Zier was full of confidence and said with a smile, "You are worried that the Southern Dynasty will eat the incense bait but not bite the hook, but if you want the Southern Dynasty to bite the hook, you must be willing to scatter the incense bait first...... Besides, I just said that many things are not Li Zhuo's turn to call the shots! Looking for Chinese people to carry out activities in Yanjing and let the news out, they said that as long as the Southern Dynasty was willing to pay 500,000 taels of silver, it could be exchanged for Datong to withdraw from the siege - see how the Southern Dynasty would react. In addition, Nahe stayed in Liaoyang, and the fourth went to Songshan ......"

There are not many generals in Donghu who are good at defending the city, and Na He Xiongqi is counted as one. Since he intended to lure Li Zhuo to Liaoyang City to fight, He Xiongqi should stay in Liaoyang to help organize the defense; Attacking from Songshan is more about harassing, delaying and exhausting the Northern Army, and confusing the judgment of the Northern Army, Ye Jiyingge is just right in the past.

The people in the Wangyue Pavilion were waiting, but they were not afraid that Li Zhuo would take the opportunity to delay and not move, nor did they expect many actions to hide from Li Zhuo's eyes, but more to disturb Yanjing's sight - the news from Yanjing's internal line, Emperor Chongguan was becoming more and more impatient with Li Zhuo's delay.

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On 26 October, Zhang Gou returned to the Shengsi Islands with the southern raid fleet to rest and recuperate, and with them returned Liu Wenzhong, Zuo Guangying, representatives of the resistance forces in southern Zhejiang, who had come from Yueqing to request support.

Because Zhejiang and Fujian shrank their heads as turtles on the Eastern Front, they never saw the possibility of fighting in the East China Sea. Under the condition that the naval division of eastern Zhejiang and the naval division of Nantai Island still maintained a complete establishment, the southward raiding fleet was more likely to disturb the coastal areas of eastern Fujian and southern Zhejiang, and could not forcibly enter the water systems of the Minjiang River, Qianjiang River, and Yongjiang River, and deeply attack the hinterland of eastern Fujian and eastern Zhejiang.

When the ship entered the inner harbor of Qingxi Bay, Liu Wenzhong, Zuo Guangying and other representatives of the resistance forces in southern Zhejiang, arranged for people to receive them on Daheng Island and went to rest for a while; Zhang Gou followed Zhao Qingshan, Han Caizhi and others to the Walled City Hall to see Lin Tie first.

Fu Qinghe, Zhou Tong, Zhang Jiheng and others were also present and listened to their detailed reports on the results of the southern attack.

Returning from the southern line, sailing at sea for nearly three days, the gains and losses of the southern attack, Zhao Qingshan, Han Caizhi, Zhang Gou and others made a summary on the ship, and came back to the official hall to report the results, but it was very smooth.

"It's not surprising that the extravagant family can't avoid the war......" Lin Jian frowned slightly, this was his habitual expression when thinking about the problem, not that he was dissatisfied with the results of this southern attack.

The capture of the cities of Yongjia and Yueqing, and the complete destruction of Pingtan Island, Dong'an Island and Sanshawan have exceeded the set goal. In addition, nearly 1,000 craftsmen and Zhejiang and Fujian gentry who had close ties with the luxury family were captured, and there was nothing unsatisfactory about such a result.

If such a result can be achieved every time, and it lasts for more than half a year, it will be able to reduce the resources that the luxury family directly received from eastern Fujian and southern Zhejiang to support the war on the Western Front by more than 30%.

Lin Jian looked up at everyone and said, "...... But the more this is the case, the more cautious we must be, and we must be careful not to let them fight out coldly, and give us a ruthless - Luxuryzhuang can dominate Eastern Fujian for more than ten years with half a county, and it is not easy to deceive. ”

"Next, I think I still have to adjust the deployment, and first insert it from Changguo and Mingzhou Mansion!" Fu Qinghe said.

Lin Jian thought for a moment, nodded, and approved Fu Qinghe's suggestion.

Sandwiched between Daishan, Changguo Islands and Mingzhoufu, it is integrated with the relatively open lower reaches of the Qianjiang River, approaching the inner line of the defense of the Eastern Naval Division of Zhedong, and is also just south of the Shengsi defense line.

The warships of the Jinghai Battalion wedged into this sea area, and even advanced westward from the mouth of the Qianjiang River, harassing the two prefectures of Mingzhou and Huiji—the two most important prefectures in the newly expanded land of luxury, and also the focus of the defense of the Eastern Zhejiang Naval Division—which would inevitably use the shore and beach terrain to resist.

Although the shoal operation was not conducive to the Jinghai Division's superiority in warships, if the generals of the naval battalion who had won the battle could maintain sufficient vigilance, they should not be allowed to fight a tailwind battle all the time, and it would always be beneficial to touch a nail along the eastern coast of Zhejiang or into the Qianjiang River. It is also necessary to take advantage of the low-intensity coastal naval battles and river battles to constantly consume the strength of the eastern Zhejiang naval division.

Although the losses in this southern attack were not large, it was still necessary to recuperate. In particular, the generals of the water battalion have not disembarked for nearly a month, eat and sleep in narrow cabins, and the sea is also very windy and rough, and they are seriously uncomfortable when they first land, and they need time to adjust.

Zhang Gou thought that the luxury family would inevitably adjust their deployment in eastern Zhejiang, and then formulate a detailed harassment plan after the reconnaissance was clear, but he was afraid that he would have to wait for a month, but he didn't know where the Huaisi war was going, and he didn't know whether the girl in the red jacket had resisted Chen Zhihu's attack in Huaiyang, and he didn't know what the idea was in the heart of the pole master......

Zhang Gou returned to Huaidong, and he had no intention of repeating it in his heart, but many of his colleagues who were born and died together in the past were still in the Red Jacket Army, so he couldn't ignore it.

With his current status, it is inconvenient for him to contact Sun Zhuang or other former colleagues who have not yet returned to Huaidong, and he thinks that when he returns to Daheng Island, he can know some of the true situation of Huaisi from many Tang copies and letters.

"......" Zhang Gou was distracted, realizing that Lin Jian had called him, and hurriedly responded, "The end will be!" ”

"You go in person and invite people from southern Zhejiang!"

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