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In the fine house where Lin Jian stayed, Song Jia was sitting on Lin Bin's lap, slowly opened a map, looked back at Lin Bin, smiled coquettishly, and said: "If Gong Wenzhuang sees this map, he may vomit three liters of blood!" ”

Lin Jian hugged the fragrant and warm beauty in his arms, and saw that her skin was like mutton fat jade, like a waterfall with crow hair shining under the lamp, and said with a smile: "This plan is also very dangerous, but in order to end the war as soon as possible and return a bright future in China, sometimes I have to take some risks......" hugged Song Jia's body, feeling a touching feeling of plumpness from the fragrant and wonderful people, and had to calm down and deduce the development of the next battle situation on the map.

Although the trap has been set, whether or not we can destroy more of the enemy's more vital forces depends on whether we can grasp the best opportunity.

Compared with the map shown to Yue Lengqiu and Zuo Chengmu in the Ming Hall, the route of the Huaishan Plank Road is clearly marked on this map, which is only half the size of a long case.

In order to ensure that the construction of the Huaishan plank road would not leak out in advance, after the summer of last year, nearly 30,000 mountain people were forcibly relocated from the mountainous areas of western Luzhou and the upper reaches of Motan River in the name of Lianzhai Baobao.

Only by looking at this map can we understand Lin Bin's true intentions.

"Zuo Xiang is here!" At this time, the Irie clan, who had grown into a beautiful girl, came in and said goodbye, and saw Song Jia sitting in Lin Bin's arms, her snowy face flushed, as if she was sitting in Lin Bin's arms.

"Oh, please come in." Lin Jian stood up, straightened his clothes, and asked Song Jia to stand aside to welcome Zuo Chengmu in.

Zuo Chengmu came to Qichun here, on the bright side of the court, he was still worried that Huaidong would pit Jinghu - there was a precedent in Nanyang, Hu Wenmu and Zuo Chengmu were worried that Lin Lian might continue to pit Jinghu.

Zuo Chengmu walked in, and there was no Meiji Concubine standing by Lin Bin's side, so he said: "Chongguo Gong missed the night to summon each other, what happened?" ”

Zuo Chengmu is in the deputy prime minister, and he is at the same level as the privy envoy, but Lin Jian is a national prince, and Zuo Chengmu has to salute first.

"Zuo Xiang is polite," Lin Lian smiled, "I have a good picture in my hand, I want to invite Zuo Xiang to taste it together......"

Zuo Chengmu caught a glimpse of the map spread on the long case, but only Lin Lian and the two beauties on the left and right, not only did he not see Yue Lengqiu present, but he also did not see Fu Qinghe, Gao Zongting, Song Fu and others from Huaidong present, Lin Lian was looking for himself, how could it be to discuss military affairs?

The doubts in Zuo Chengmu's eyes, Lin Jian naturally saw it in his eyes, and invited him to sit on the case.

In the early years of Yongxing, Emperor Yongxing ascended the throne in Jiangning, inheriting the unification, he gave up the local power and entered the dynasty as the prime minister, he still hoped to be able to rejuvenate the imperial family at that time.

Zuo Chengmu and Chen Xiyan at the beginning of the tacit understanding, but also made the situation in Jianghuai also greatly improved, until the Yongxing Emperor was stubborn for his own use, did not listen to the persuasion of the ministers, insisted on using Xie Chaozhong to send troops to Huinan, and finally led to the defeat of Huizhou and Jiangning all the way, Chen Xiyan died of exhaustion after the recovery of Jiangning, and Zuo Chengmu was also disheartened.

After returning to Jiangning, Huaidong was in charge of the Jiangning government alone, although Zuo Chengmu did nothing, but than Cheng Yuqian and others, he was still able to speak upright, although he could not get Huaidong's trust, and did not have the intention of taking refuge in Huaidong, but with the Yongxing Emperor and the Empress Dowager and other officials, it was also increasingly estranged, and had no intention of joining them......

Of course, Zuo Chengmu's influence in Jinghu is irreplaceable by others, including Hu Wenmu and a series of Jinghu civil and military officials, many of whom were picked up by Zuo Chengmu.

Lin Jian once considered letting Zuo Chengmu go back to Jinghu to divide Hu Wenmu's power, but Zuo Chengmu was not moved by the power, but he was a hard one, even if he was in Jiangning and had nothing to do, he would not return to Jinghu to disturb the situation.

In terms of character, Zuo Chengmu is more worthy of affirmation and trust than Yue Lengqiu.

This map on the long case, Lin Jian won't show it to Yue Lengqiu, and there is no need to show it to Yue Lengqiu, but he can't show it to Zuo Chengmu.

The key to the whole plan is to absolutely make Yan Hu and Lu and Luo unaware of the existence of the Huaidong Plank Road, and the other is to Hu Wenmu to be able to defend Jingzhou.

As a general, the normal military deployment will be in echelon configuration - only the longer Jingzhou is defended, and the more fierce Huaidong fights on the eastern side of Hubei Province, it is possible to gradually attract the main forces of Northern Yan, Lu, and Luo to the front line.

Obviously, Hu Wenmu will not hand over Jingzhou to Huaidong to defend, but rely on the strength of the Jinghu Army itself, how long can he hold Jingzhou, and whether he will give up Jingzhou and withdraw after Yanhu's fierce attack, Lin Jian is not absolutely sure at this time.

Once Yanhu is asked to take Jingzhou, and after September, the large wheat fields around Jingzhou enter the autumn harvest period, the whole plan will be greatly discounted, and it will be difficult to achieve the desired effect.

At the moment, those who can persuade the people of Jinghu to stick to Jingzhou as much as possible also say that Zuo Chengmu has come. Of course, Huaidong also has to take practical actions to strengthen the determination of the Jinghu people to hold Jingzhou.

Lin Jian stretched out his hand and asked Zuo Chengmu to look at the map.

Zuo Chengmu knew the military and politics, and quickly saw the difference between this map and the large map they had seen in the Ming Hall before dark. This look was not shocking, with the cultivation of Zuo Chengmu, he was also startled, and with a shake of his hand, he knocked down the copper oil lamp on the table.

The fire was extinguished, but the hot lamp oil splashed on the instep of Irie's foot, and the girl screamed.

Lin Jian waved his hand and called the pawn who rushed in to go out, picked up the copper oil lamp, and asked Song Jia to take it and light it again.

Fortunately, there are a lot of candles in the room, which does not affect the lighting, Lin Jian looked at Zuo Chengmu and said with a smile: "What does Zuo Xiang think about this strategy?" ”

Only then did Zuo Chengmu calm down and look at the map carefully, in fact, there was not much difference from what he saw during the day, but in the Huai Mountain, a tortuous road connecting the northwest of Luzhou and the southeast of Suizhou was marked.

Zuo Chengmu gasped, looked up and asked Lin Lian: "Dare to ask how many troops can be sent on this route?" ”

"Three or five thousand people!" Lin Jian didn't tell the truth to Zuo Chengmu completely.

"Enough!" Zuo Chengmu didn't think much about it, and said, "There are three or five thousand dead soldiers who have infiltrated the heart, as long as the timing is right, it is enough to cut off their food routes!" Now Xiangsui and other lands are seriously short of grain, Yanhu's army went south, twenty or thirty soldiers and horses consumed a huge amount of grain, and could only rely on transporting grain from the rear. Chongguo Gong can send dead soldiers to infiltrate his heartland, even if he intercepts and burns a batch of grain and grass in Yanhu, it can make it difficult for Yanhu's soldiers and horses to continue on the front line, and the siege of Jingzhou is not difficult to solve! ”

Of course, Zuo Chengmu would not have thought that Lin Xiancheng had already built a passage in Huaishan to send troops, he could imagine that Luo Xiancheng's subordinates had already asked Lin Jian to buy it, thinking that the three or five thousand elites were lurking in Suizhou through Huaidong in batches, waiting for the opportunity to move.

"That's what I mean," Lin Jian said, "but this plan is too dangerous, and if the news leaks slightly, it will not succeed, but it will kill thousands of people, so although I hope that Jingzhou can hold on, I can't disclose this plan to the people ......of Jinghu."

Zuo Chengmu nodded, frowned and thought for a moment, and asked, "Will the Chai Mountain Shou be the king of Changle Bandit and Zhong Rong?" ”

Lin Jian nodded, secretly feeling that although Zuo Chengmu was in Jiangning, he did not ignore the situation in the world at all.

"With the king helping Huaidong, why don't you send troops at this time to fight Fengshan?" Zuo Chengmu said.

Lin Jian secretly felt a headache, and if he told a lie, he had to cover up the lies of a hundred people, especially a well-informed and quick-witted person like Zuo Chengmu, but he couldn't completely reveal the truth to him.

Lin Jian said: "Wang Xiang and Chen Hansan are not on good terms, so it is difficult for the Chai Mountain division to attack Fengshan at close range. Shibayama's partial division can only be used once, and if it can't be struck, this strategy will fail. Instead of taking the risk of attacking Fengshan at this time, it is better to wait for the enemy to be negligent and cut off his grain route! ”

Zuo Chengmu weighed it, and felt that what Lin Jian said was reasonable, and it was obviously more in the interests of Huaidong to intercept the grain route and mess up the position of Yanhu's army after it was concentrated on the southern front.

Zuo Chengmu told him sincerely, and said: "Jingzhou is still the root of Jinghu, and Jiangxia and Ezhou are all crippled if they are not guarded, Wen Mu is worried, and he is worried that Chongguo Gong has two strategies to attack Ezhou, since I know that Chongguo Gong has ambushed soldiers in Chai Mountain, I will persuade Wen Mu not to worry too much!" ”

"Everything still depends on the left minister's words." Lin Jian said, and after talking for a while, he asked Zuo Chengmu to leave and go back to the post house to rest.

Lin Jian couldn't rest yet, so he still sat down and studied the map.

"Why don't you use the left phase?" Song Jiayi came over and asked.

"This old man is too straight, but it's not a good thing," Lin Jian said with a smile, asking Song Jia to sit on his lap again, look at the map together, point to the direction of Suizhou City, and say, "Don't look at Luo Xiancheng's nest in Suizhou over the years, he hasn't done much, but his strength is not to be underestimated!" ”

Luo Xiancheng was as famous as Liu An'er in his early years, crisscrossing the Central Plains and Hunan and Chu, and beating local officers and soldiers to abandon their armor.

When Liu An'er led his troops into Huaisi, Huaidong joined forces with the Changhuai Army and the Liang family, and fortunately lured Chen Hansan to turn back, so he successfully booby-trapped Liu An'er outside Xuzhou City and disintegrated the Huaisi Liumin Army.

For a long time, in addition to Jinghu, whether it is Huaidong or Huaixi, or the soldiers and horses of Luzhou, they have not been able to free up their hands to enter the nest Luo Xiancheng, relying only on the soldiers and horses of Jinghu, they can only fight with Luo Xiancheng's troops on both sides of Eastern Hubei and Hanshui.

For a considerable period of time, although the Jinghu Army occupied Hanjin, Huangpi, Huangzhou and other cities on the north bank near the Yangtze River, most of the eastern Hubei region was reduced to a buffer zone between Jinghu and Luo Xiancheng, and was reduced to a remnant land.

From the southern foot of Dahong Mountain to Tieshan Gate, as well as to the front line of Jijun Mountain and Qishan, they all became Luo Xiancheng's outer defense line to defend the Jinghu Army and control Suizhou. Luo Xiancheng recuperated behind this line of defense in the early days, and his strength in the past two years has surpassed that of the Huaisi Liumin Army in its heyday.

The Qichun and Huangmei in the southeast corner of the eastern Hubei region are far away from the central area of Suizhou, and Luo Xiancheng deliberately turned this completely into a wrecked land, until Chen Hansan led his troops to enter, and only slightly recovered some vitality.

After the luxury family crossed to the north, in addition to controlling the remnants of Qichun, Luotian, and Bahe in the eastern part of eastern Hubei Province, they also captured Hanjin, Huangpi, Huangzhou and other cities from Jinghu, so as to completely occupy the eastern Hubei region.

This time, Chen Hansan gave up Qichun and Huangzhou's cities close to the Yangtze River, and he was afraid of the strong attack power of the Huaidong Army relying on the water camp to attack along the river, and it withdrew hundreds of miles to the northwest, in fact, the eastern line of eastern Hubei retreated to the defense line of the Jinghu Army before Luo Xiancheng, there is the current defense village to use, the terrain is also steep, there is the hinterland of Suizhou behind it can be relied on, and it also opens up the depth with the Yangtze River to avoid being directly attacked by the Huaidong water camp.

However, at the western end, the cities of Hanjin and Huangpi that the luxury family seized from Jinghu were intact and undestroyed, so they did not retreat to the southwest foot of Dahong Mountain, but used the nearby landscape topography of Hanjin and Huangpi to block the Hanshui mouth and the key point of entering the Hanshui River valley at the western foot of Dahong Mountain from Huangpi.

Hanjin (now Hankou, Wuhan) is an alluvial plain formed by the flow of Han water into the Yangtze River, where the lakes and rivers are vertical and horizontal, and the sand is accumulated, and the water situation is extremely complex.

The luxury family has no intention or courage to compete with Huaidong on the Yangtze River with an army, but it is still possible to scuttle boats and sink ships, drive hidden piles, and block the main channel from the Yangtze River to the Han River.

If the luxury family did not defend Hanjin, as long as the Huaidong army infantry could enter both sides of the Han River, it would take ten days and half a month at most to clear the obstacles at the mouth of the Han River, open up the waterway, and enable the Huaidong warships to enter the Han River to fight—this was obviously not what the luxury family and Yan Hu wanted to see.

Therefore, to block the river, it is necessary to build forts near the shore to hold on. The luxury family blocked the waterway at the Hanshui Mouth, and Hanjin City was the place where the luxury family must defend. Otherwise, the Huaidong warship could directly hit Xiangfan through the Han River.

Of course, Hanjin is not the only place where luxury families can block the lower reaches of the Han River and block the river.

From Hanjin to the northwest of 300 miles of Shicheng (now Zhongxiang), is also the east bank of the Han River, and is located at the foot of the Dahong Mountain, and has the role of blocking the Hanshui River Valley.

However, Jingmen on the other side of Shicheng is the key point in the north of Jingzhou, between the eastern foot of Jingshan Mountain and the west bank of the Han River, and is the peripheral pass to defend Jingzhou.

Considering that Jingmen may not be able to be defeated very smoothly, the main force of Yanhu's soldiers and horses wanted to bypass Jingmen Pass and go directly to Jingzhou, so they could not block the Hanshui channel near Shicheng in advance.

After taking Nanyang, the Northern Yan would next directly attack Jingzhou, and build a defensive line to protect the flanks on the line of Hanjin, Huangpi, Tiemenshan and Fengshan, which Lin Jian and they could predict in advance.

And this time, Lin Xiancheng's most fundamental purpose is to make Yan Hu attack Jingzhou at the same time, and attract more soldiers and horses from his department to Eastern Hubei with the Hao family and Luo Xiancheng - Luo Xiancheng will also keep a part of the soldiers and horses north of Tongbai Mountain to cooperate with Chen Zhihu's department to contain the Huaixi Dong Yuan department - in this way, the three armies of Yan Hu, the luxury family and Luo Xiancheng with a total strength of 400,000 troops will actually form a pattern of concentrating in the north and south and the central area is empty.

Not only will Luo Xiancheng's garrisons in many cities in the heart of Suizhou be greatly reduced; After Yanhu moved south, as long as he did not realize that his flanks would be threatened, it was impossible to leave many troops to defend in Xiangyang, Fancheng, Xinye, Nanyang and other cities.

From Chai Mountain to the west, through Lishan, Suizhou, Zaoyang, all the way to the hinterland of Xiangfan, an area of almost six or seven hundred miles in depth will become a hollow area without soldiers.

The Huaishan plank road can send tens of thousands of Huaidong elites stationed in the northwest of Luzhou to this hollow area directly through Chaishan.

Everything is well planned, and the worst result, even if Suizhou City cannot be taken, a force of tens of thousands of elites suddenly kills from the flank and cuts off the back road, which can also cause chaos among the enemy troops who have entered the defense line in eastern Hubei. Coupled with the main force of the Huaidong Army and the Chizhou Army to fiercely attack the eastern Hubei defense line from the front, it will become easy to defeat the enemy soldiers who have entered the eastern Hubei defense line.

Of course, Lin Lian's expectations this time are greater, and he wants to ask Yan Hu to also plant a big heel in Jingxiang to reverse the balance of power and pattern of the confrontation between the north and the south in one fell swoop.

Of course, if the main force of Yanhu did not fight Jingzhou after taking Nanyang, but all the soldiers and horses came directly to eastern Hubei and wanted to fight with the main force of the Huaidong Army, it would be even more like a forest binding.

The main force of Yanhu attacked Jingzhou, and its grain route was on the west bank of the Han River, and the grain route was relatively short and straight. Unless the soldiers and horses of Luzhou can directly take Xiangyang and Fancheng, it is possible to cut off their grain routes; The main force of Yanhu went straight to the east of Hubei Province, and the grain road was on the east bank of the Han River, which was straight and long, and it would be easy for the Luzhou soldiers to cut off their grain routes.

Huaidong and Chizhou Army are also hundreds of thousands of giants, guarding the river, even if Yanhu pours out 400,000 soldiers and horses to go south together, if you want to eat the 100,000 elites of Huaidong, it is not something that can be done in ten days and half a month; And the main forces of Yanhu have gathered in eastern Hubei, once the grain road is broken, it will be extremely difficult to think of holding on for ten days and half a month.

Considering that it was not easy for Yanhu to transport grain to the south, and the food that the hinterland of Suizhou could collect for them was extremely limited, and the Huaidong army fought along the Yangtze River, which could advance or retreat, Lin Jian believed that Yanhu could not be stupid enough to go straight to eastern Hubei and seize Jingzhou.

Even if there is no Huaidong plank road to surprise troops, if Yanhu concentrates his forces and goes straight to eastern Hubei, the Huaidong army will shrink to the Qichun and Huangmei lines, and Yanhu will definitely be able to return in vain.

Lin Jian and Song Jia were seriously deducing the battle situation, and at this moment, Gao Zongting broke into the room, and he couldn't avoid suspicion, and said breathlessly: "Nanyang City is broken, Liang Chengchong led his troops to break through to Miyang, and defeated it in the north of the Tang River, I don't know if I live or die; Ye Ji Luorong ordered the slaughter of Nanyang City for three days the day before yesterday! ”