"What?" Sun Jichang had just come to the Xiongjiagang camp from Huangpi City on a fast horse to participate in the military meeting, and walked into the big tent of Luwenzhuang, before he had time to take a breath, he heard Luwenzhuang's suggestion, and stared at him in disbelief, "Does the King of Min want me to lead my troops out of Huangpi to fight the camp of the Huaidong Army in Zhaohu Mountain?" Why? ”

"Except for Fengshan Mountain and Tiemen Mountain, almost all the soldiers and horses that can be assembled on the east bank of the Han River are gathered in Huangpi, and Huaidong's soldiers and horses in Luzhou don't seem to be mobilized," Xuan Wenzhuang stood on the hanging map with his hand in his hand, pointing to Luzhou on the southeast corner of Huaishan Mountain, "General Sun didn't feel abnormal?" ”

Sun Ji often wondered why Luwenzhuang mentioned this stubble, these years the Huaidong Army's attack on Huangpi City has not stopped, at this critical juncture, Luwenzhuang summoned him out of Huangpi City because of this incident, he was somewhat extremely dissatisfied, pulled a chair and sat down in front of the hall, untied the armor that made him a little breathless, and said: "According to the previous speculation of the King of Min, after the offensive against Huangpi was officially launched, Lin Jian should transfer his two elite units of Tang Fuguan and Liu Zhenzhi in Luzhou to Huangzhou to supplement the shortage of troops. However, the Huaidong Army's offensive against Huangpi and other places has not shown signs of weakening these days, which shows that the Huaidong Army has no shortage of troops......"

"But it is also obvious that the Huaidong Army has not been able to make a breakthrough from Baitahe, Huangpi, and Xiongjiagang!" Luxury said.

Meng Anchan, who was sitting on the side, was a little unhappy when he heard this, and said: "The King of Min supervised the battle in Eastern Hubei, gathered 120,000 people to ride the army, and the place he was guarding was less than 100 miles, and the Huaidong Army could not break through, isn't it normal?" Could it be that the King of Min thought that the Huaidong Army should take Baitahe, Huangpi, Xiongjiagang or one in Hanjin City? ”

Sun Jichang said: "As far as I can see, Lin Jian is not sure whether Hu Wenmu can hold Jingzhou in advance, so he does not put his hope that Hu Wenmu can hold Jingzhou - Lin Jian may be thinking about how to clean up the mess after the fall of Jingzhou at this time, so what good is it for him to transfer Luzhou soldiers and horses to Huangzhou?" Could it be that the Huaidong Army only had 20,000 or 30,000 more soldiers and horses in the south, and it could capture Huangpi and Hanjin? ”

Sun Jichang seemed to have forgotten that he had beaten the Huaidong Army like a dog ten days ago, and finally looked forward to coming to Luwenzhuang to lead the Shicheng reinforcements to help.

"General Sun makes sense," Meng Ancian is not a reckless man who can only charge into battle, the generals of Yanxi are headed by him, and he has his own advantages, he said, "After Prince Mu takes Jingzhou, as long as a small number of soldiers and horses are left in Jingzhou to guard, other soldiers and horses can cross the Han River to the east bank to participate in the war, and then the Huaidong Army will inevitably retreat, using several fortresses built along the river in the early stage to resist stubbornly, in order to contain our soldiers and horses." The Huaidong Army is backed by the Yangtze River along the river, and there are many tidal flats along the river, which is difficult to overcome quickly. We can only continue to consolidate the defense line in eastern Hubei, and the front of the army is directed to Huaixi. Naturally, we expect that Huaidong's soldiers and horses in Luzhou will be transferred to Huangzhou, so that when we fight Huaixi, Shouzhou will have no support - the king of Min said that Lin Jian is a person who is good at scheming, so isn't it very reasonable for him to put 30,000 elites in Luzhou and stand still? ”

Luxury Wenzhuang stood with his hands in his hands, knowing that Sun Jichang and Meng Anchan were not impressed by his vigilance, frowned, and said secretly: Is this East China Sea fox really thinking about how to clean up the mess after the fall of Jingzhou?

Sun Jichang and Meng Anchan's judgment is based on the fact that Ye Ji Luorong can successfully capture Jingzhou on the west bank of the Han River, and the news from the west bank of the Han River is indeed very optimistic, as long as the main force of the Huaidong Army is contained in eastern Hubei and cannot go west to aid Jingzhou, it will be a matter of time before Jingzhou is captured.

After the fall of Jingzhou, Lin Jian had to consider the nearly 1,000-mile coastline on the south bank of the Yangtze River and the defense of Huaixi as a whole, Xiangzhou and Jiangxia were still the defensive territory of Zhang Han and Hu Wenmu, Huangzhou, Qichun and other places had the Chizhou army cooperate with the Huaidong Army to nail the nails on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and the Huaidong Army mainly deployed heavy troops in Jiangzhou and Luzhou for defense.

Since Lin Lian didn't have much hope that Hu Wenmu would be able to hold Jingzhou, why did he transfer the soldiers and horses from Luzhou to disrupt his position?

It's just that Lin Bin's idea will be so simple?

Hao Wenzhuang was very skeptical about this, but Meng Anchan and Sun Jichang were extremely optimistic about the war in Jingzhou, ignoring his worries and doubts, and thought: In their hearts, they may think that they have fought so badly for the Huaidong Army over the years and can't save face, right?

Haowenzhuang originally wanted to launch a counterattack against the Huaidong Army's camps on the outskirts of Huangpi from Huangpi and Xiongjiagang in order to test the Huaidong Army, but Sun Jichang, Meng Anchan and others did not want to make any more trouble before the final victory of the Jingzhou War, and the military discussion broke up.

Sun Jichang, Meng Anchan and Ma Kuide will return to the camp one after another, and Hao Yuan looked at his grandfather with an aging face and said, "Do you want to send some secret ...... to Luzhou?"

Hao Wenzhuang nodded, but he didn't expect much.

If you want to go deep into the hinterland to spy on intelligence, it is best to find a secret spy who is familiar with the local situation and dialect to infiltrate it.

After the Jiangning War, the last batch of eyeliners laid by the Zhejiang-Fujian army in Jiangning were also uprooted, and it was difficult to find suitable candidates to infiltrate in a short period of time.

What's more, Huaidong's control over the peripheral areas of Luzhou is very tight, and after the Lianzhai is secured, it is extremely difficult for unfamiliar people to infiltrate Huaishan. Although after Haowenzhuang arrived in Huangpi, he sent a scout to Luzhou, but in the past ten days, there was no news. If he is sent again, he doesn't have much hope, but the work still has to be done......

Of course, even if the scouts who infiltrated it saw something, it would be too late for the information to reach the hands of Luxury Bunzhuang.

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In Xiangyang City, Azig was irritable and lost his temper at every turn, telling the waitress to be cautious, for fear of doing something wrong, and he would be reprimanded at every turn.

Azig's irritability was not because the war at the front was unfavorable, but because the news from the front was too smooth, which made him unhappy.

From Jingzhou to Xiangyang, the straight road is less than 400 miles, and Azig can know the battle situation in Jingzhou in time every day. Judging from the current battle situation, Hu Wenmu can last three or five days in Jingzhou City at most.

After taking Jingzhou City, Prince Mu led the main force of troops and horses to cross the Han River and march eastward, and the Huaidong Army will inevitably retreat to Huangzhou and other cities along the coast.

From attacking Wuguan to uncover the battle in Nanyang, to Huaidong fighting Huangpi to unveil the Jingxiang war, Azig didn't get a single battle, how could he be in a good mood?

He didn't want to do anything to defend Xiangyang, he wanted to go to the battlefield to fight and regain the glory he lost due to the defeat in Yannan.

However, the farther south they farthered, the greater the restrictions on the cavalry, and the role of the infantry battalion and the naval army became more and more significant.

In addition to Nahe Xiongqi's water army in Dengzhou, Prince Mu also had a large-scale expansion of the water army in Xiangyang, Shicheng, and Hanjin on the basis of the luxury family's surrender to the water army, and eventually had to compete with the Huaidong water camp for control of the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

In the next battlefield, how many opportunities are left for him to lead the iron cavalry?

Azig even hoped that the landing of the Huaidong Army in Jingzhou would cause Prince Mu to suffer some setbacks, and he was ordered to defend Xiangfan, but he deployed 6,000 elites of the 8,000 defenders to Xiangyang on the south bank of the Han River, hoping to have the opportunity to reinforce the Jingzhou battlefield, but unfortunately the main force of the Huaidong Army was contained in Huangpi, and the troops in Prince Mu's hands were enough to defeat Jingzhou two or three times.

Azig was in an unhappy mood in the house, with indescribable irritability, feeling that he was peeping inside, he stood up and opened the door suddenly, but it was the companion slave Sixizi who stood in the corridor sneakily, frowned, and asked unhappily: "What is it that sneakily doesn't dare to come in and say?" ”

"Is the master in a better mood?" Sixizi asked, "The master is in a bad mood, Sixizi doesn't dare to talk nonsense?" ”

"If you have a fart, let it go, if you don't let it go, be careful to reward you with twenty sticks."

Lord Shen sent someone over to say that he occasionally found four girls singing songs, looked at Shui Ling, and asked the master if he was in the mood to listen to the music. Sixizi was supposed to go back for the master, but I heard that these four girls who sang the song were really smart, and it was not difficult for Lord Shen to go over......"

"What's going on!" Azig has not yet reached the age of indulging in women, and he doesn't like Shen Haobo's flattering methods, so he asked Sixizi, "The information from Jingzhou has just arrived, I have seen it, is there anything I should know about the north bank today?" ”

"It doesn't matter," said Sixizi, "the people of Xiangyang have all been sent to Jingzhou, and Xiangyang, Fancheng, Xinye, and Nanyang are all short of manpower. The king of Xiangyang transferred three thousand Ding Zhuang from Chaishan, and also transported a batch of grain and grass, I heard that Chaishan sent two thousand soldiers to escort it, Sixizi heard this from Lord Shen just now, and thought it was strange......

"What's so strange?" Azig said disappreciatively, "The young and strong people in the hinterland of Suizhou have been evacuated, and now they want to transfer people, so they can only transfer ...... from the east."

In order to attack Jingzhou, almost 20,000 soldiers and 40,000 or 50,000 people were consumed under the city of Jingzhou, which made the logistics and auxiliary siege soldiers seriously insufficient. In order not to delay the war in Jingzhou, Ye Ji Luo Rong could only transfer manpower from Xiangyang at the earliest, which caused the collapse of Xiangyang's manpower, and Nanyang in the north had just been slaughtered, so he could only find Luo Xiancheng from the east to find a way......

At this time, Luo Xiancheng sent people to escort thousands of people from Chaishan and a batch of grain and grass, and Azig felt that there was nothing strange about it.

Sixizi said: "There are more than 600 miles from Chaishan, how can it be said that you can transfer people?" Lord Shen guessed that it might be that Luo Xiancheng transferred people from Chaishan to Suizhou, and when he heard that there was a shortage of people here, he came here first. But Sixizi is strange again, didn't Luo Xiancheng also complain about the lack of manpower to harvest the rice and wheat in the field some time ago, and also complained that this year's harvest was disrupted by the war, and there was a shortage of food. ”

"It's a little strange," Azig nodded and said, "You go to the north shore for me to have a look, don't ask Luo Xiancheng to take some old and weak women and children and some old grain to make up the numbers!" ”