"In terms of the current situation, we need to concentrate our limited forces on the Miaoshan Islands at the mouth of the Bohai Sea, and there are not too many troops to extend into the depths of the Bohai Bay, and Jinwei Island should also be temporarily abandoned!" Lin Jian summoned everyone to Xingyuan to discuss the latest situation of the battle at Miaoshan in early February.

During the battle of Miaoshan, Nahe Xiongqi used fishing boats to transport soldiers and horses from Dengzhou River Bay to the sea to raid the south island closest to Dengzhou City in the south of Miaoshan Islands. It was very close to the shore of Nandao, and after the Dengzhou soldiers went to sea, although Yang Yihang reacted quickly and sent warships from Nanhuangcheng Island, the main camp of Miaoshan, the Dengzhou soldiers landed on the beach and landed on the Nandao before the Huaidong warships arrived. Although the Huaidong warships subsequently sank more than 40 fishing boats that had organized the landing of the Dengzhou troops, it also caused the annihilation of about 300 guards on the South Island and the destruction of the island-guarding facilities.

Nahe Xiongqi is one of the few veterans in Yanhu who has a deep understanding of Huaidong, and he should not be underestimated.

Jinwei Island is closer to the land, after the battle of Miaoshan, Yang Yihang sent additional troops to Jinwei Island to prevent Yeji Baishan in Jinhai from following Dengzhou, but Jinwei Island is finally too far away from the main camp of Miaoshan, hanging deep in the depths of Bohai Bay, and is in danger.

"Jinwei Island is the adult's eternal food, and it has been in business for several years, building dock forts along the island, investing a lot of manpower and material resources, and then giving up, it's a pity," Hu Yu'er, who rushed to Xuzhou from Miaoshan to meet Lin Tie and present the details of the Miaoshan battle in detail, felt that it was a pity to give up Jinwei Island at this time, "At this time, there are two battalions of elite defense, and the island is also strong, even if the enemy army in Jinhai wants to follow Dengzhou, it can't be ...... without paying three or five times the price."

Hu Yu'er was originally the general of the Dengzhou Naval Division, Liu Yefei defected and was killed, the Dengzhou Naval Division and most of the Dengzhou defenders at that time were lured to Pingdu by Chen Zhihu's deceitful strategy, and then surrendered to the enemy in Pingdu, and Hu Yu'er led the remnants of the Daoyu Village to Huaidong.

Huaidong later appointed Hu Yu'er as the commander of Miaoshan and Jinwei to join the army, and assisted Yang Yihang with Chen Enze, occupied the islands of Bohai Sea, and was responsible for raiding Denglai, Hejian, Jixi, and Liangliao coasts......

"There is no pity that the Miaoshan and Jinwei tribes can disturb the coast of Bohai Bay, relying on the fleet's long-distance navigation ability in various conditions, not on one or two islands occupied near the shore; Even on the southern front, after the capture of Yizhou Island, the first water battalion is also qualified to be stationed on the near side of eastern Fujian, but it is a pity that there is no big island around the Bohai Sea that can be comparable to Yizhou Island as the main camp of the garrison," Lin Jian shook his head and said, "Since the disadvantages that have not been considered before have been revealed, we must be determined to correct them, and we should not suffer from gains and losses and indecision......

"Not only Jinwei Island, but even the issue of withdrawing from Miaoshan must be considered," Gao Zongting touched his chin and thought, "At least before the autumn, we must ensure that we can gather the maximum number of troops on the southern front, and also ensure that the southern front does not have to worry about what problems there will be on the northern front......

Lin Jian will not wait for the luxury family to completely gain a foothold in Jiangxi before making a move, the attitude of the Song family is clear, or Dongyang County or from Pingyang, Hengyang and the north and south of the Song family to attack Jin'an, the time is ripe.

Considering that the East China Sea will enter the season of frequent storms after May, and the big war on the southern front will be launched before May, there will not be much time for planning and preparations, so it will have to be delayed until after the beginning of autumn at most.

The war on the southern front may be protracted, so it is necessary to first adjust the deployment of the Xusi defense line; first, to ensure the stability of the Xusi defense line, and second, to mobilize as many troops as possible from the northern front to the south, so as to ensure the smooth implementation of the war on the southern front.

Warships with the ability to sail in the open sea and withstand strong storms have extremely high requirements in the manufacturing process, and Yanhu does not have this ability at all, and is far from being able to compete with Huaidong in the East China Sea and the Bohai Sea, but the Miaoshan Islands are too close to the land of Dengzhou, and the farthest islands are only more than 120 miles. Even if the newly built sea ships of Nahe Xiongqi in Dengzhou are not enough to compete with the Huaidong Water Battalion in the East China Sea, it is not difficult to concentrate a large number of soldiers and horses on the Miaoshan Islands for island warfare.

Dengzhou built a large number of sea ships in a short period of time, which could be used for short-distance transportation of troops.

Those seagoing boats made of wood that have not been dehydrated will deform after being immersed in water for a long time, but there will be no big problems in a short time.

Lin Jian decided to raise troops on the southern front after the autumn, and the main force of the Jinghai battalion might be unable to get away because of the war on the southern front.

In addition, the existence of the Miaoshan and Jinwei departments was that when the defense line of Xusi was not stable last year, a certain amount of Yanhu soldiers and horses could be contained along the coast of Bohai Bay, so as to weaken Yanhu's offensive against Xusi.

If Chen Hansan successfully dedicated Xuzhou to Yanhu, Lin Jian would even deploy more troops in Miaoshan and Jinwei to reduce the military pressure on the front of the Huaisi defense line.

However, Xuzhou has fallen into the hands of Huaidong, and the Xusi defense line has become complete, so whether it is necessary for the Miaoshan and Jinwei departments to exist, the initiative is in Huaidong.

Strengthening the deployment of troops on Miaoshan, Jinwei and other islands, and containing more troops from Yanhu along the coast of Bohai Bay, actually reduced the frontal military pressure on the Xusi defense line, and also reduced the military pressure on Dongyuan in Huaixi, Liang Chengyi in Hezhong, Liang Chengchong in Nanyang, and even Cao Yiqu in Guanzhong.

From the perspective of driving away the tiger and devouring the wolf, Huaidong should take the initiative to abandon Jinwei Island and Miaoshan Islands at this time, so as to prompt Yanhu to draw more troops from the coast of Bohai Bay and use troops on the western front......

Lin Jian frowned and thought for a moment, and said: "At least before autumn, we can't let Yan Hu prepare for the use of troops on the Western Front, give up Jinwei Island first, even if you want to give up the Miaoshan Islands, you have to wait until after the summer - before autumn, Nahe Xiongqi can't pose much threat to Miaoshan in Dengzhou!" ”

The main camp of Miaoshan is more than 100 miles away from the land of Dengzhou, and the defenders of Jinwei Island will be withdrawn, and the troops guarding the Miaoshan Islands will have 4,000 people, and they will not be afraid of Nahe Xiongqi attacking the main camp of Miaoshan in a short time.

Ye Junan said: "Before September, Dong Yuan and Liang Chengyi's life was quite comfortable......

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Although Huaixi is a defense area that stands side by side with Huaidong, it uses Wuyang as the outer defense line, and the enemy is narrow. In addition, Vortex Yang is in the southwest direction of Xuzhou and Huaiyang, and when Xuzhou protrudes out of the terrain to form a salient against Henan and Luxi Yan soldiers, Vortex Yang is actually the flank of Xuzhou, and the military pressure is very low.

Haozhou, Sizhou and other hinterlands in Huaixi are located directly south of Huaiyang and Xuzhou, and are actually on the inner side of the Xusi defense line.

In this situation, Dong Yuan was in charge of all the armies in Huaixi, including the Huaijun of Tao Chun's minister, Xiao Kui'an's Voryang Army, and the armies of Dongyang and Luzhou, all of which were controlled by him, and the total number of soldiers and horses under his command exceeded 100,000, but the number of troops stationed on the outer defense line of Voryang was only more than 30,000 people.

Shouzhou in February is also an early spring weather with a cold spring.

Compared with Xuzhou City, Shouzhou is more dilapidated.

Luzhou is relatively in the inner line, and Lin Tingli will not let Dong Yuanwo in Dongyang at all, Haozhou to Huaiyang, Xuzhou wo on the inside, the terrain is far less important than Shouzhou, Dong Yuan can only set up the line in Shouzhou, the remnant city.

Not only did Dong Yuan set up the remnant city in Shouzhou, but the palace of the king of Chu also moved to Shouzhou a year ago, and Liu Tingzhou's Huaixi military commander Yamen was also located in Shouzhou, and Liu Tingzhou was not only responsible for Huaixi's grain and ordnance, but also responsible for supporting Liang Chengchong's headquarters that entered Nanyang.

Shouzhou is located between Vortex Yang and Luzhou, located in the south of the Huai River, the vortex does not come from the north, flows into the Huai River from the east and west sides of Shouzhou, and the Huaishui comes from the south, flows into Huaikou from the territory of Shouzhou, since ancient times, it has the name of "the north chokes the vortex Ying, the south is the nest in the south", it is the key place for Huaixi to resist the enemy in the north.

Facing the north wind that was still cold, Dong Yuan, accompanied by Liu Tingzhou, Tao Chun, Xiao Kuian, and other generals, and Yuan Hancheng, the king of Chu, climbed the Kip Stone Mountain on the south bank of the Huai River, looking at the land of Shouzhou, the Huai River Haotang, and flowing from west to east for eternity.

"Since the Li Army, there is a difference between defending the territory and defending the enemy. Guanhuaidong stationed troops in Xusi, with Xuzhou, Peixian, and Guangqi as the outer line, stationed 30,000 soldiers and horses to defend, and also gathered more than 30,000 soldiers in Siyang and Shanyang on the inner line to think that the inner line - echoing inside and outside, so as to make the Xusi defense line stable," Dong Yuan pointed to the mountains and rivers, and said, "The idea of Huaixi's defense is also like this, with Wuyang as the periphery and Shouzhou as the inner line, but unlike Huaidong, we are still facing severe tests on the western front......"

The western line of Shouzhou is the Huai Mountain, which stretches for thousands of miles, and the remnants of Chen Hansan fled into the Huai Mountains a few years ago, stirring up the chickens and dogs in the counties at the northeast foot of the Huai Mountains, and in Suizhou and Xiangyang in the southwest of the Huai Mountains, Changle Bandit Luo Xiancheng is even more known to have 200,000 soldiers and horses, and Jiangning has repeatedly sent envoys to Zhao'an, but they have not succeeded—so Dong Yuan said that the western front of Huaixi is facing a severe test.

Although Chen Zhihu has entered Henan, the military pressure on Wuyang is not large, and in comparison, Luo Xiancheng in the west is a greater hidden danger.

Yue Lengqiu set up troops and horses from Hanghu and Huinan to Jiangzhou to supervise the battle, but after the luxury family entered Jiangxi, the soldiers were very sharp, and the momentum had not been curbed.

Once Dong Yuan loses his battle against Luo Xiancheng, Huaixi's defense line can only rely on Huaidong's soldiers and horses, which is definitely not a situation that Jiang Ning wants to see.

Liu Tingzhou glanced at Dong Yuan, saw that his cheeks were tense and his expression was serious, knowing that he had made up his mind to attack the Changle bandits.

Liu Tingzhou is not a conservative official, taking advantage of Yanhu's temporary inability to go south, the main pressure of guarding the Huai defense line still needs to be supported by Xuzhou, if he does not take this opportunity to suppress the Changle bandits, and work with Liang Chengchong to recover Xiangyang, when will it be?

Once it is necessary to clear the remnants of Chen Hansan who fled into Huaishan, and then use troops against the bandits of Luo Xiancheng's minister, it will involve the question of who will defend Wuyang and who will fight on the Western Front.

Yuan Hancheng looked at Tao Chun and Xiao Kui'an, the two armies of Dongyang and Luzhou could not be mobilized, and the two armies of Dongyang and Luzhou could not be mobilized, and they could only be entrusted by Tao Chun and Xiao Kuian.

"The last general is willing to lead his troops west to fight Luo and dedicate it to recover Xiangyang for the imperial court!" Tao Chun took the initiative to ask Yingdao.