Along the direction of Bianshui, more than 20,000 troops calmly moved south along the gradually chilling north wind, waving flags and advancing by land and water. Liu Chengyou's trip to the south, in addition to bringing supplementary military strength, is a large amount of military supplies, especially throwing cars, oil bombs, crossbows and other siege weapons, which took more than 50 ships to transport, intending to take advantage of the period before the Huaishui freezes to allocate materials as much as possible.

The people of Huaibei did not recruit much this time, because of the war in Huainan, more than 60,000 laborers had been recruited in the Central Plains before and after, and the army served before and after, although the people were still enough to support, but for the imperial court, the cost was too high. Especially when there is a way to save time, effort and money.

According to the suggestion of the ministers, with the permission of Liu Chengyou, in the subsequent war, it was planned to recruit people from Huainan nearby for the army, which was a direct plan to use Huainan's war potential, and it was also a matter of eliminating the advantages of the other.

Although it is strictly ordered that the army of the Northern Han Dynasty will not steal, burn, or kill, but conscription is a normal ruling behavior. After all, it is a military conquest, how can there be so much gentleness and frugality, and it is inevitable that the people of Huainan will be traumatized by war!

There are dragon boats on the water, and Liu Chengyou is in the army, taking a one-day boat and a one-day car. However, in comparison, he still likes to ride in a car, compared to the ups and downs on the water, on land, which makes him feel steady.

Although in the middle of the army, but in case of accidents, the Son of Heaven still has three cars, with a distance of 20 zhang between the front and back.

Luan is very spacious and comfortable, which can accommodate Liu Chengyou in the meantime, studying, managing politics, discussing the army, sleeping, and even ......

The virtuous concubine folded her mother, and at this time she waited in Luan's car and accompanied Liu Chengyou. The car was still warm, and the thick robe was taken off, leaving only two regular clothes, which were tight on the body, outlining a graceful figure.

Accompanying Liu Chengyou on the expedition, the lady was not happy with the emperor's favor and love, but was excited to be able to go out of the palace to see the war. is also a tiger girl, compared with the noble concubine Gao, the "wildness" on the folding lady seems to be stronger and purer. Of course, let the little lady turn into a beautiful lady and teach her husband and children quietly, and she can endure loneliness, which is the reason why Liu Chengyou loves her more and more after understanding.

Sturdy wheels, carrying heavy bodies, between the road, bumps, although in recent years, the road traffic in the Central Plains has improved, but only improved. The imperial court for the Huainan strategy, for the Central Plains states of the transportation transformation, is basically concentrated in a few water transport arteries, with the weak financial resources of the imperial court at the beginning, can only barely achieve the basic investment on the river.

As for the official road on the land route, there are only local prefectures and counties, when the farming is idle and the warehouse has a little grain accumulation, in response to the call of the imperial court, the road and ditch are repaired.

Therefore, he was almost paralyzed in the car, and walked through a bumpy period during the journey, resulting in continuous bumps, which made him drowsy. This is still the official way, and the situation is so bad, let alone anything else.

That is, there has been no rain recently, otherwise the roads will be muddy, and the army will go south, and it will be more troublesome.

His body shook and shook, and Liu Chengyou couldn't help but say to the lady beside him: "When I get out of my hand, I will definitely repair the domestic roads and make a good life." The road is not passable, the road is uneven, how can the world be rich! ”

Liu Chengyou has said similar things many times, but due to the limitations of national strength, basically, it stops at words. In this regard, Liu Chengyou is very much like a strong king.

Hearing the words on the side, the lady couldn't help laughing, handed over a winter date, and said to Liu Chengyou: "The official family has its own ambitions, but as you say on weekdays, the rice must be eaten one bite at a time, and the road must be taken step by step, so you can't be in a hurry." ”

"Am I in a hurry? I'm never in a hurry! Seeing that the little lady admonished herself with her own "quotations", Liu Chengyou frowned slightly, opened his mouth and bit the beauty's hand.

chewed the dates, very crisp and sweet, Liu Chengyou raised his eyes to look at the folding lady, her demeanor was moving, and she stopped her into her arms, and said: "I am not in a hurry for anything else, but I am in a hurry at the moment!" ”

After that, it was the desire to fold the lady, although the little lady was ashamed, but she was only blushing and red-eared......

Of course, Liu Chengyou was only temporary, and soon let go of the panting girl.

Stretched out his hand to open the curtain slightly, and looked out of Luan's car, and the soldiers of the Fengchen battalion who were closely guarding in front of the emperor were all high-headed horses, and they were strong and mighty. On the periphery of the Fengchen camp, the Iron Cavalry Army commanded Han Tong to deploy the camp and manage the affairs in front of the camp.

The cold wind in the air drilled into it one by one, cooling down and dispelling the beautiful atmosphere in Luanjia a lot. After feeling it outside for a while, Liu Chengyou immediately instructed Zhang Dejun who was driving outside the car: "Zhang Dejun, pass Tao Valley!" ”

"Yes!"

Soon, the Taoshe people, who were familiar with the national conditions of the Southern Tang Dynasty and were fortunate enough to be named to accompany the Tang Dynasty, caught up from behind, rode a horse, hurried, and panting.

There were foreign ministers, and the lady in the car folded her messy clothes early, and then put on a robe.

"I wonder what Your Majesty commands?" Tao Gu asked.

"The weather is very cold, and it will only get colder and colder, so I plan to send it back to Tokyo, wearing more clothes, shoes and socks, gloves to keep out the cold, and coal and charcoal for heating. The soldiers are exposed to frost and wind, brave ice and snow, and fight for the country, and try to ensure that they suffer less from the cold! Liu Chengyou commanded directly.

"Yes!" Hearing this, Tao Gu hurriedly responded.

"The official family is so sympathetic, when the soldiers hear it, how can they not be kind and try their best to die!" The folding lady was beside her, and she couldn't help but sigh.

"I just do what I have to do, the soldiers are back to their hometowns, don't have flesh and blood, their lives are intersected, and they are bloodied for the country, how can I not treat them kindly!" Liu Chengyou said with some emotion, but a wry smile soon appeared on his face: "I just don't know, how long can the treasury last, and the ministers and subordinates of the three ministers in Tokyo are going to be in a hurry again......"

"Where?" Stabilizing his mind, Liu Cheng asked outward.

"Back to the official's house, there are still more than 20 miles away, and we will arrive at Yongcheng, and after Yongcheng, it will be Suzhou!" Zhang Dejun did his homework and replied in a timely manner.

Liu Chengyou looked at the sky, the sun was slanting in the west, it was still early, and said: "Order, camp in Yongcheng tonight, and open Suzhou tomorrow morning, local officials, no need to wait!" ”

"Yes!"

After the Shen time, the army went to Yongcheng, camped on the left side of the city, and the sailors carried the baggage and left the first.

Liu Chengyou personally inspected the Longqi Army, and was warmly cheered by the soldiers, after all, it is a starting army, no matter when, there is this relationship, on Liu Chengyou's side, it is a trustworthy army. For the Longqi Army, Liu Chengyou has always been gracious.

Back at the royal tent, Liu Chengyou was about to check if there was any latest news on the front line, and he got a piece of good news. Guo Rongzuo's camp, on the 24th, captured Haozhou Zhongli, captured He Yanxi, the puppet Tang Dynasty soldier and horse capital supervisor, killed 751 enemies, captured 1,230 prisoners, and captured 70 warships. Tang Haozhou's regimental training envoy Guo Tingwei led the rest of the Haozhou Navy Division to the east to throw himself into Sizhou.

Liu Chengyou was overjoyed when he heard the report, and came to report the details of the battle report. At the order of the imperial court, Guo Rong led Xu Yi's army to the west, monitoring the army of Haosi, defending the canal, and responding to the rear.

At this time, it happened that Zhao Kuangyin took the initiative to attack at the mouth of the vortex and won a big victory, and the soldiers and horses in Haozhou suffered heavy damage, and the combat power was almost gone.

At that time, Guo Rongzheng led the army, inspected in Linhuai, heard the battle situation at the vortex, and immediately moved his mind, leaving Xuzhou Jiedu deputy envoy Cheng Deqin to patrol between Huaisu and Huaisu, since the Yizhou regiment training Chen Sirang unified the six thousand army to the west, after crossing the water, the south tends to Zhongli, and wants to take advantage of the heavy damage in Haozhou, pull out the important place of the yin of Huaishui.

Guo Tingwei and He Yanxi withdrew back to Haozhou quickly, but failed to let Guo Rong catch up with the opportunity to take advantage of the situation. After understanding the enemy's situation, Guo Rong discussed with Chen Sirang, the training envoy of the Yizhou regiment, and led the soldiers of the three battalions with Chen Sirang to find shallow water to cross the Huai at night and go around to Zhongli. After the First Battle of Jingwukou, the Haozhou Navy suffered serious losses, and the monitoring of Huaishui was greatly reduced.

After Chen Sirang successfully crossed the river, Guo Rong led most of his troops to feint in the Huaiyang area northeast of Zhongli, which immediately attracted the attention of the defenders of Haozhou. Later, Guo Rong made a bamboo raft, gathered boats, created momentum, and made a shape of crossing the river, even if he hesitated, he still did not dare to be imprudent, and personally led two thousand boat divisions to intercept.

Originally, Guo Rong and Chen Sirang's purpose was to mobilize the army of Haozhou to annihilate and eliminate its living forces. However, Chen Sirang was in the south and learned that Guo Tingwei led the army to set off, and He Yanxi guarded Zhongli alone and decisively raided the state city.

Sure enough, He Yanxi was unprepared, defending the east and defending the west, that is, he did not defend the south, and was led by Chen Sirang to break the city with one blow, occupy the state government, and capture He Yanxi alive, but his people have not yet reacted. After that, Chen Sirang led the army, took advantage of the situation to capture Zhongli Water Village, and captured its camp and ship.

The next thing was logical, and when he learned of the changes in the rear, Guo Tingwei had no choice but to lead the only remaining sailor force in his hand, and went east to Sizhou, and threw himself into Sizhou to train Feng Yanlu.

Knowing the details of the battle report, Liu Chengyou was in an extremely happy mood and said with emotion: "Zhao Kuangyin won a battle at the vortex, and Guo Rong gave me a surprise in Zhongli. ”

"I look at these two battles, the key is that He Yanxi, the commander of the soldiers and horses, this person is really a lucky general of my dynasty!" Saying that, Liu Chengyou couldn't help but tease.

Wang Shu, who was accompanying him, was also smiling, and congratulated Liu Chengyou: "Good news is frequent, our army has won successive battles, conquered cities, Huainan Prefectures, and is just around the corner!" ”