"According to the time, there should be news, maybe they are on their way. Wang Xiu frowned slightly, in order to achieve the suddenness of Li Bao's fleet, except for a few people who knew, even Xuanfu Simeng was in the dark, and he didn't know the specific task, but he only knew that the guards of Shamen Island had purchased a large number of raw materials for nearly a year to refine the black medicine.

"Two, what's going on" Li Gang said with a stern expression.

Wang Xiuwan smiled and said indifferently: "My lord doesn't know, the imperial court has sent Li Zi to personally lead the army north, presumably at this time, the battle has already begun." Oh, in order to achieve the suddenness of this battle, the imperial court practiced the landing of the navy, and the imperial court did extremely strict secrecy, only the two governments and relevant officials knew, and even the officials did not know. ”

"Could it be a surprise attack on Luanzhou" Li Gang's eyes fell on Shamen Island again, he finally took charge of the Xuanfu Division for three years, and he knew the meaning when he heard the sound.

Wang Xiu didn't hide anything, and said: "Exactly, this time more than 20,000 troops were dispatched, 100 large and small warships and transfer ships, and there were more than 4,000 Tiger Wing Army. They were stationed at Shamen for a year, practicing water warfare and landing cooperation, and the whole army went to sea a few days earlier in order to annihilate the sea ships and boats of the captives. ”

"It is extremely arrogant to hear that the captives are building ships, and they also want to beat him with a water war, so as not to make them their tails. Well, Lord Wang is hiding from the sky and the sea, but it is a good move, as long as the fire starts in Luanzhou, you may be able to worry about it" Li Gang looked very satisfied, and he had a positive attitude towards the guards for the first time.

Tang Ge saw that Li Gang's face was a little anxious, and he also said with a smile: "This can also be regarded as a drill for the army to attack Yanshan from the sea, it depends on the tactics of the Tiger Wing Army." "He has no suspense about the total annihilation of the Jurchen sea boats, they are all fishermen who grow up in the water, equipped with such powerful sea boats, if they can't kill a few landlubbers, that's really a joke.

"That's exactly how it should be." Li Gang supported any strategy to attack the Jurchens, and he did not have much concept of guarding the naval army and sea ships, but he did not hinder him from shipping in the south and the north, and he was not ready to capture the captives and sea ships.

While he was talking, He Wei walked into the festival hall quickly with Guantang in his hand and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the golden plate Guantang." ”

Xin Bing hurriedly walked over, took Guantang and took a look at it, his face changed greatly, and he hurriedly handed it to Li Gang.

He Wei, the person who is about to be released, but since he has one more day, then do his duty, he glanced at Wang Xiu first, and retreated with a slight bow. The lowest here is all Chengzhi, how can he stop, he knows the importance very well.

Li Gang also looked very bad at Guantang, and said hatefully: "Xuzhou Shouchen Zhang Yandong abandoned the land and followed, Pengcheng has been lost, bastard, he is simply a coward." ”

"What, how about the Li Guojian" Wang Xiu was shocked, Xuzhou was breached, and he almost didn't dare to imagine what the Li State would be, he didn't care about Pengcheng but in Liguo.

"This Zhang Yandong, the court treats him well, he is so greedy for life and afraid of death, he abandons the land and follows. Ten thousand deaths are not enough to atone for sin. Tang Ge was extremely angry, and the last sentence was almost shouted, and his old face was flushed.

Everyone present didn't know that Zhang Yandong, who knew Xuzhou, was Tang Ge's appreciation, and under Tang Ge's recommendation, Zhang Yandong was not only in the secret pavilion, but also released the shepherd of Xuzhou County, no wonder Tang Ge was angry.

Not only did he lose a lot of face, but he also had to bear a lot of responsibility, and if he didn't become a prime minister for a long time, he would be ousted from power with a reason.

"It's just that the situation is chaotic and people are not sages, who can know people's hearts. Zhang Yandong is a cowardly person, not enough for you to be angry, the most important thing at the moment is to reinforce Xuzhou, if the country is not lost, no matter how much it costs, it is necessary to keep the country. Wang Xiu didn't want to be held responsible, Tang Ge was the prime minister in his current interests, and he could also balance the many forces in the court, so he simply sold a big favor.

As long as Li Guojian is in his hands, what can he do even if Huaibei is eroded

Tang Ge saw that Wang Xiu shirked the blame for him, so he naturally understood the other party's calculations. However, he is still very grateful to Wang Xiu, Fan Zongyin is present as a member of the imperial history, and he must be impeached for the crime of improper recommendation.

The importance of Xuzhou is self-evident, but they did not understand Wang Xiu's Cheng dù, Qin Hui said rashly: "Xuzhou has fallen, the next one is Suzhou, it seems that the battle of Huaishang is inevitable, and the first army of the former division of the palace should be transferred north." ”

Zhu Shengfei thought so, and said: "The rich land of Jianghuai, how can the captives gallop and plunder at will, I think that the guards and naval forces should quickly transfer large ships into Huai. ”

Li Gang also believes that it is not the time to entangle Tangge, at least it does not conform to the current balance of power in the imperial court, since Pengcheng is lost, it is only a matter of time before the entire territory of Xuzhou falls.

The top priority at the moment is to mobilize part of the naval army on the river to the north, and then dispatch the soldiers and horses of the front division of the palace, and gather the three armies with the cooperation of the naval army to block the Jin army's hurricane as much as possible.

The common sense that anyone with insight understands is that the situation in the art of war is changeable and unpredictable.

When the Jianghuai gateway is wide open, even if the Wushu has no intention of Jiangnan, but the battle situation has developed to a favorable stage, I believe that people will change their strategies. Although they did not admit it verbally, they all understood the destructive power of tens of thousands of Jurchen horse troops, and it was necessary to have an army formation of more than 100,000 people on the plains to be able to contain their offensive.

He frowned tightly, and said coldly: "Jingdong is already broken, it is a buffer land, Jianghuai is in the domain and the rich land, how can you allow the captives to drive at will." ”

Wang Xiu didn't care about Jianghuai, he said unswervingly: "Quickly order Wang De to give up Yunzhou, concentrate troops to reinforce Xuzhou, and order the Xuanfu Division to mobilize 10,000 people again, and reinforce Xuzhou together with Wang De, and the captives must be expelled." ”

Li Gang frowned, he heard that Wang Xiu did not hesitate to let the Jin army go through the Huai River in order to protect the country, and said unhappily: "Lord Wang, the fall of Xuzhou is inevitable, why do you have to give up the rescue of Yunzhou, you must know that if Yunzhou is lost, the captives will go all the way to the west, and the partial division may gather Hebei soldiers and horses to threaten Kaifeng." ”

Wang Xiu didn't care about Li Gang's statement, he said affirmatively: "Pengcheng was given up on his own initiative, but there is no news from Feng Yuan, I am sure that he is still holding on to Liguo, even if the entire Huaibei is lost, and the captives enter the river or are close to Kaifeng, they must also protect the survival of Liguo Prison, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, can they give up." ”

Everyone didn't understand Wang Xiu's insistence, Xuzhou's strategic position was very important, but it couldn't be compared with Kaifeng and Jianghuai. Even though Liguo is a heavy land of copper and iron, and there are many studies being done, but after all, it is just a prison city, is it for the sake of personal Wang family in Liguo, but there is a big business