Gangneung Seongju Pastoral Mansion

Jingzhou Zhou Mu walked back and forth in the living room, stopping from time to time to look outside, crossing his hands behind his back, seeing that there was no one outside the door for a long time, Jingzhou Zhou Mu couldn't help but sigh a few times.

After such a while, the housekeeper on the side couldn't stand it anymore, and hurriedly stepped forward and said to the governor of Jingzhou

"Master, just sit down and rest, you've been going back and forth here for half an hour, and you haven't even used breakfast, and the old slave is really a little anxious."

"Lao Huang, you also know who I'm waiting for here, that one has been delayed for a long time, how can you make me feel at ease? Lao Huang, can you deliver the letter to that person's hand? ”

The old state pastor frowned, spread his hands, and waited here for half an hour, but the figure had not yet appeared, so why wasn't he anxious?

"Master, don't worry, the old slave personally handed over the letter to Zhou Dudu, and Zhou Dudu also said that he will definitely come to visit the house in an hour, so you can sit down with peace of mind."

The housekeeper Lao Huang saw that Lao Zhoumu had stopped, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand and sat on the chair with Lao Zhoumu, and picked up the teapot on the side and poured a cup of tea for Lao Zhoumu.

Even if Jingzhou Zhou Mu sat on the chair, he was a little restless, looking around, watching the housekeeper Lao Huang pour a cup of tea, but he just picked up the teacup and took a sip and put it back on the table.

"This matter is very important, this is about the lives of 40,000 soldiers on the front line, this, Zhou Dudu can't come, I really can't calm down, Lao Huang, you go to the gate again, as soon as there is Zhou Dudu's sedan chair, come back and tell me immediately."

The housekeeper Lao Huang replied, and trotted all the way out of the living room.

But it was Lao Huang who stepped out of the living room a few steps on his front foot, only to see Lao Huang come back again and say to Lao Zhoumu

"Master, Governor Zhou is here, Governor Zhou is here."

Jingzhou Zhou Mu Deng stood up immediately, simply sorted out his clothes, and after confirming that they were correct, he walked slowly to the door of the living room and looked ahead.

Slowly, in the sight of the old state pastor, a young man in silver armor and a white cloak appeared.

Looking from a distance, this man was eight feet tall, heroic and tall, and his steps were sonorous and powerful.

When this man walked in, he saw that his eyebrows were like sword stars, his lips were red and his teeth were white, his cheeks were thin, and he was dressed in a suit, which was really worthy of the title of a beautiful man.

When the man saw the governor of Jingzhou, a smile hung on his face, and then he respectfully bowed his hand, and after the salute, the tone of his speech was also very gentle, like a humble son

"Yu Gang has been delayed in dealing with some affairs in the army, and the boss has been waiting for so long, I hope the boss will forgive me."

The sadness on Jingzhou Governor's face at this time suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by a look of joy, and he walked towards the living room with Zhou Yu's white and flawed palm with one hand, and said as he walked

"Hahaha, it's okay, Gongjin, you can come, and the official didn't wait long, don't do this, don't do this."

"Then Yu overstepped."

After Zhou Yu was invited to a seat by the Jingzhou Governor, he glanced at the housekeeper Lao Huang with an unchanged face.

After the housekeeper Lao Huang felt this gaze, he subconsciously said respectfully to Lao Zhoumu

"Master, the old slave still has to check some affairs in the house, you and Zhou Dudu will chat slowly."

Jingzhou Governor nodded casually and waved his hand at Lao Huang.

After the housekeeper Lao Huang retreated, Zhou Yu slowly spoke to the Jingzhou Governor

"Boss, you suddenly wrote a letter calling Yu over today, is there something urgent?"

Jingzhou Zhou Mu smiled bitterly, then took out another letter from his arms, opened the envelope, took out a letter from the envelope, handed it to Zhou Yu and said

"This is the commander of the new army, Bai Qi, yesterday entrusted Sima Co to send it to the official mansion, saying that it must be handed over to you, the official saw that Sima Co was in a hurry, it is estimated that he rode a horse from Jinling overnight, and he felt that something big had happened, so he asked the housekeeper to go to the village in the early morning today to invite you to come over."

Zhou Yu nodded, took the letter, spread out the letter, looked at it for a long time, and suddenly his face changed, and then he muttered to himself

"The North Sea Master."

"What is written in the letter?"

Jingzhou Prefecture Mu saw Zhou Yu's face change greatly, curiosity came up, Sima Co handed the envelope to him after saying that he must hand over the letter to Zhou Dudu's hand and then left quickly, Jingzhou Zhou Mu also did not open the envelope in advance to see what was written inside, but judging from Sima Coo's dusty appearance, it will definitely not be a good thing.

Zhou Yu came back to his senses, took a deep breath, briefly described the content of the letter to the governor of Jingzhou, and said in a cold tone after speaking

"South Korea's North Sea Division, the Governor of Pontus has heard of his name for a long time."

And Jingzhou Zhou Mu gasped, his eyes were a little cloudy.

"The Central Plains coalition army moved so fast, and now it has been assembled in Xinye City, hiss, it is conservatively estimated that there are 200,000 troops, and the troops are divided into three routes, and this battle in vain is really difficult to fight."

Although he is only a state pastor and has never been on the battlefield, it does not prevent him from feeling the next dilemma that Bai Qi will face from these words in the letter.

The Central Plains coalition forces have always threatened Nanli with numbers.

Although the number of coalition troops this time is greatly reduced compared with the one more than ten years ago, there is only one new army that can be mobilized in Bai Qi's hands, and Zhou Dunyi more than ten years ago can mobilize all the troops and horses up and down in the south.

Even so, Zhou Dunyi's tactical policy back then was to cede a large area of northern territory, lengthen the supply line of the Central Plains Coalition Army, and finally make the huge army of the Central Plains Coalition Army gather together and break through it in one breath.

However, the current Bai Qi is unable to replicate Zhou Dunyi's tactical policy back then.

Because now if he wants to replicate Zhou Dunyi's tactical approach back then, he must first solve the two problems in front of him.

First, because Zhou Dunyi was away from the power given to him by the emperor, he could throw out a large area of territory without any distress, and let the Central Plains coalition army go directly to the distance of only 100 miles from the capital Jinling in the south.

Now Bai Qi, does he have this power?

Even if he has the power to put the conservatively estimated 200,000 Central Plains coalition army into Nanli, then this time the Central Plains coalition army will not approach Jinling as much as it did more than ten years ago, the first thing they have to do is to cut off the supply lines between Nanli and the eastern and western states, because in that case, the army under the command of Zhou Dunyi and the old marshal of the Bai family in the east and west will also directly face disadvantages, as long as it drags on, it will inevitably be broken through the defense line by the armies of Dongxun and Xikun and killed in Nanli, at that time, Nanli will face an even more dangerous situation than it was more than a decade ago.

Therefore, this first problem alone is impossible to solve.

As for the second problem, that is, although the last Central Plains Coalition Army had a decision to divide troops in the early and middle stages of the campaign, because of the huge number, it could completely cover the gap after the division of troops.

But this time, the Central Plains Coalition Army was very simply divided into three routes, all the way was the same road of the Central Plains Coalition Army more than ten years ago, and all the way directly to the waters of the Yangtze River, and the rest of the way Jinyiwei did not find out the information movement.

This makes Bai Qi, who only has about 40,000 troops in his hand, how to copy Zhou Dunyi's tactical policy?

The army is divided into three routes, and the strength of each road will not be lower than the total number of troops that Bai Qi can drive at hand now.

But if Bai Qi divides the troops, let alone three roads, not even two roads, if he divides the troops into two roads, either way may face the consequences of being directly defeated and broken through the battle line.

"Boss, Yu also received a letter like this a few days ago, but the one who wrote the letter was Lord Zhou, who was in charge of the eastern battlefield."

"Lord Zhou? Lord Zhou, why did he ask Gongjin for help? ”

Jingzhou Prefecture Mu was stunned for a moment.

In Shangzhou, the area defended by Zhou Dunyi, the river is not the main road, so it stands to reason that there is no need to ask the water army to go to support.

However, next, what Zhou Yu said made Jingzhou Governor a little dumbfounded.

"Lord Zhou, in the letter, he only asked Yu to transfer the strength of a partial division, and as for the arrangement of this partial division, it is in Yueyang County."

Looking at Jingzhou Prefecture's face after hearing the word Yueyang, Zhou Yu also smiled bitterly a few times and continued

"As you think, Zhou Wangye's move, Yu has not understood it so far, but Yu can be sure that Zhou Wangye and the army under his command should not be in Shangzhou now, Yueyang County, that is a place that is close to Tianzhu Mountain in front of the Yangtze River and backed by the Yangtze River trunk road, and the sailor is stationed in this place for me to leave the south, and it is only possible to enter the territory of Dongxun along the Yangtze River trunk road."

Jingzhou Zhoumu's face twitched for a long time, and finally smacked his lips and said with some emotion

"It is worthy of it, Lord Zhou, he actually gave up the defensive fortifications of Shangzhou and directly broke into Dongxun, the territory, it is really worthy of it, Lord Zhou."

Zhou Yu raised his eyebrows and said loudly

"This Bai Qi is inevitably a little childish, the Beihai Sea Division, the Governor of Pontus has added a partial division to his two armies, my Jingzhou Navy will fight if it wants to, what is it to defend against it, this Bai Qi, who can't believe me Zhou Gongjin?"

Jingzhou Governor came back to his senses from Zhou Dunyi's bold arrangement, and after hearing Zhou Yu's words, a smile finally appeared on his face.

However, Zhou Yu said in an unclear tone

"Boss, do you think that His Majesty in Jinling will hand over that legion to Bai Qi again?"

When the governor of Jingzhou heard this, he began to think, frowned, and replied with some uncertainty

"It stands to reason that the legion itself is under the command of Bai Qi, not to mention that the opponent that Bai Qi is facing this time is far more powerful than him, if the troops are divided at this time, the strength will be even more stretched, at this time it is most suitable for His Majesty to hand over the command of that legion to Bai Qi again, however, Your Majesty's vigilance against Bai Qi, according to me, should not have slackened for half a point."

"Yes, such a position as the commander of the new army was handed over to an enshriner who had never fought before, and after hesitating again and again, he would use Bai Qi, this majesty of Jinling, in Yu's opinion, is too conservative."

Jingzhou Governor nodded, and also agreed with Zhou Yu's point of view.

"Then that's the case today, Yu first told him to return to Shuizhai to draw troops and go north immediately, please stay, my lord."