The army of Zhongchu was distributed according to the counties, and the northern border was plagued by war all the year round, so nearly 150,000 troops were deployed, which were scattered in the neighboring counties in peacetime, and gathered in wartime.

The same is true for the rest of the troops, after all, except for Shangjing, there is no place that can support more than 100,000 troops.

In addition to the Northern Longcheng Military Region, there are 50,000 troops stationed in the surrounding counties of the Banlun Mountain Range, 100,000 Beijing troops guarding Shangjing, and then there are battalion troops scattered in various counties and counties, adding up to 70,000 or 80,000.

Feng Xu took with him this expedition the Beijing army that usually guards Beijing, that is, the Gyeonggi Battalion and the Forbidden Army. The forbidden army is divided into two parts, one is the Imperial City Forbidden Army, with a total of about 10,000 people, and the other part is in Gyeonggi, which has almost 60,000 troops, and the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army and the Gyeonggi Battalion are one south and one north, responsible for the defense of the entire Gyeonggi area.

The commander of the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army was Feng Sheng's former subordinates, and Feng Xu naturally had no trouble taking over.

And the Gyeonggi battalion was involved in the following crimes because of Liang Shi's rebellion, and almost all the generals above the rank of commander were involved, but the law did not blame the public, and Kuang Yue also promised to pardon their crimes and only punish a few battalion generals.

The change of battalion commanders had a great impact on the combat effectiveness of the troops, and in addition to the bad reputation, it greatly affected morale.

The process of taking over the two armies was very easy, Feng Xu was a capable person, the army of 100,000 people did not have the slightest confusion in his hands, the entire army was in good order, and the order was prohibited.

Being able to do this is inseparable from Feng Sheng's teachings and his personal ability.

Feng Xu led the troops with his own set of rules, he did not treat the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army and the Gyeonggi Battalion differently, but disrupted all the formations, and then reorganized them with the battalion as a unit, and then appointed three generals to command the three armies.

This was done to prevent the two armies from secretly competing for credit, which would lead to inefficiency. After all, such examples are not uncommon in previous wars, and some people are busy grabbing merit when they see that victory is imminent, deliberately dragging their allies back, or acting slowly, or not supporting, and finally leading to the loss of the war.

The entire army was divided into three armies, Feng Yuan, the commander of the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army, and Cheng Rui, the commander of the Gyeonggi Battalion, each led one army, and the other two armies were filled by a general brought by Feng Xu.

When Feng Xu led the three armies to Qianwei County, the flames of war had already burned to Wuyang, the county capital of Qianwei.

Chen Guo's army has completed the encirclement of Wuyang, Hong Jian has not slept well in the past few days, and every time he closes his eyes, there will be a battle report.

Qianwei County is a large county in the south of Central Chu, and half of the sixteen county towns in the county have fallen under the attack of Chen Guo.

Chu'an, Nan'an, Wuding, Fujie, Zhangqiu, Zizhong, and Yandao were occupied one after another. He could only transfer the army to Wuyang, with Wuyang City as the last line of defense, and hold Wuyang to wait for reinforcements.

Hong Jian learned that the general who led Chen Guo to invade Qianwei County this time was called Gu Liang Yangbo, a member of Chen Guo's Gu Liang family.

The Gu Liang family is one of the three major families of the Chen State, the Chen State is different from the Central Chu, although the four major clans of the Central Chu are the most powerful nobles in Shangjing, but this is also based on the acquiescence of the Emperor of the Central Chu.

But Chen Guo is different, the three major families of Chen State, even the Emperor Chen State are afraid of three points, and the royal family and the three major families are intertwined, and the relationship is very complicated.

This Gu Liang family is the head of the three major families of Chen Guo and the most powerful.

Gu Liang Yangbo, the second heir of the Gu Liang family, grew up in the army since he was a child, fought for more than 30 years, and experienced more than hundreds of battles, and is a veteran of the battlefield. Hong Jian's ability is naturally not enough in front of him, which also reflects Chen Guo's importance to this operation from the side.

Gu Liang Yangbo can be called an old way of using soldiers, he knows that there are at most 10,000 defenders in Wuyang City, so he did not stuff all the troops in Wuyang City, but like Feng Xu, the soldiers are divided into three ways, he led the Chinese army to surround Wuyang, all the way out of the road, to the west to attack Lingui and Jiangyang, and the other way to attack the eastern Yuejun.

This division of troops caused the entire southern Chu to be in flames, and one after another requests for help flew to Feng Xu's camp.

In the camp, the generals stood opposite each other, Feng Xu sat in the handsome position, looked at the letter full of requests for help on the case, and asked everyone: "Wuyang City is besieged, Lingui and Jiangyang are in danger, and now Yuejun is being attacked and disturbed, what are your good plans?"

Everyone looks at me, I look at you, they didn't speak, the matter is serious, and they need to be given a time to think.

Feng Xu was also thinking, and his index finger tapped the seat regularly.

"General, my subordinates think that the troops should be divided into three routes, all the way to help Lingui and Jiangyang, all the way to clear the enemy army in Yuejun, and the last way to advance lightly and quickly to relieve the siege of Wuyang. Seeing that no one spoke, Cheng Rui was the first to stand up and express his thoughts.

Feng Yuan also nodded, and added: "Wuyang is surrounded, and it really needs to be attacked quickly, so that it can give the enemy a little pressure, at least to ensure that Wuyang is not lost." As long as the other two armies surround it, they can form an encirclement of Chen's army, and then they can completely annihilate the enemy army. ”

After listening to Feng Yuan's words, everyone nodded in agreement.

After listening to the opinions of the two, the handsome Feng Xu was thoughtful.

"Well, the two are right. First of all, we have not yet figured out the reality of the enemy, and it is inappropriate to hastily divide the troops when the enemy's information is unclear. Secondly, the enemy army besieges Wuyang, if our army is forced to advance, the enemy army may speed up the pace of siege, and when the time comes, Wuyang may have been lost, if the enemy army is defending Wuyang City, it will be unfavorable to our army. ”

Everyone listened to Feng Xu's analysis and fell into thought.

Feng Xu continued: "Chen Guo's attack this time is obviously prepared, judging from their attack route, the target is definitely not only Qianweijun. ”

Speaking of this, Feng Xu stretched out his hand and waved his hand at the map.

"In my opinion, they want to start from Qianwei County and absorb the entire Chunan. ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked.

Feng Yuan asked with some confusion, "How could the general have such an idea?"

After all, the territory of Chunan is very large, and Zhongchu is not a persimmon that is easy to pinch, and the loss of Qianwei County is just a temporary negligence, but with Chen Guo's current combat strength, it is a little reluctant to take down the entire Chunan.

Feng Xu pointed to the map on the wall, "You see, Qianwei County is located in the southeast of southern Chu, stuck in southern Chu, dividing the entire southern Chu into two, and the western part is the rich Nanyang County, which is rich in products and densely populated. The east is Yue County, sparsely populated, weak troops, and mountainous areas, but connected to Shang County, they divide their troops not to Nanyang County as the goal, but to attack Yue County, the purpose is to connect with the Chen army of the Eastern Chu vassal state, and then it will be able to connect the passage of the two places, with the Qianwei County and the Eastern Chu subject country as the support point, forming a horn trend, trying to plot the entire southern Chu. ”

After listening to this analysis, everyone was shocked and sweating, Chu Nan is the granary of Zhong Chu, if Chu Nan is lost, the entire Zhong Chu will be clamped, which is simply a disaster for Zhong Chu.

"General, what do you say?" Cheng Rui asked respectfully.

To say that before, he just felt that Feng Xu had some ability, but it was not too powerful, after listening to his analysis today, he admired Feng Xu from the bottom of his heart, an excellent commander must have a unique analysis of the situation and make the most correct command.

"The enemy's targets this time are mainly Wuyang and Yuejun, as for Lingui and Jiangyang, as long as Wuyang is worry-free, the enemy will naturally retreat. Duan Rui, you lead the troops to Yuejun, remember, just delay Chen Jun, don't confront Chen Jun head-on. ”

"Ordered. ”

This middle-aged man named Duan Rui received the order and hurriedly went to transfer troops. He is the general brought by Feng Xu, he has been in the army since he was a child, step by step to his current position, and was finally looked down upon by Feng Xu and brought over.