Tokyo, the Han Palace, and the Chongzheng Palace, are busy.

The people and close ministers in the palace solemnly sorted out and reported the official documents and reports transferred from the privy council and the Zhongshu door, especially the battle situation in the front camp of Huainan.

The land of Jiangbei and Huainan, a unique map, hangs next to the map of the Han Dynasty. Zhao Yanjin, Zhang Yongde and An Shouzhong, the second generation of these generals, were discussing in a whisper, and according to the military report, the battle situation in Huainan and the war situation were marked on the map.

In front of the map, according to the situation of the surrounding states and counties of Shouzhou, a sand table two zhang long and one zhang wide has been erected, although it is not so detailed, but the situation of mountains, rivers, cities and soldiers and horses within a radius of two hundred miles has jumped on it, and it is very clear.

Guo Wei of the Privy Council and Wei Renpu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, were waiting on the sidelines, reporting the latest situation on the front line to Liu Chengyou, the Son of Heaven. The Shouzhou front line is not far from Tokyo, the straight-line distance is only about 500 miles, and the urgent military report arrives almost once a day. Although Liu Chengyou did not interfere at will in the front-line operations in Tokyo, he had to keep abreast of the front-line situation, which was the bottom line.

Guo Wei held a command pole with a yellow wood dragon pattern and waved it around Shouchun City, introducing the latest situation: "According to the new military report from Huainan, the Tang lord deployed Liu Yanzhen, the Shenwu unified army, to the north, led the forbidden army of 30,000, crossed the river to the north, and supported Shouzhou. According to the report, Liu Yanzhen was stationed at Qingliuguan in Chuzhou at this time, and the land route was less than 250 miles away from Shouchun. The ministers speculated that Liu Jun might go north to Haozhou Dingyuan, and then turn west to rescue Shouchun. ”

"However, there are rumors that Liu Yanzhen is very arrogant, and he said that he can break our army in one battle if he goes north!"

Hearing this, Liu Chengyou became a little interested and asked, "Who is this Liu Yanzhen?" ”

Wei Renpu said: "I only found out that Liu Xin, the father of Liu Yanzhen, was originally a thief in the Central Plains, with courage, and then went south to join Yang Xingmi, the king of Wu, and was promoted to the envoy of the Zhennan Army. The Xu family replaced Wu and established the pseudo-Tang Dynasty, and there were many encounters. Liu Yanzhen was under the shadow of his father, came out of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty, successively served in Hai, Chu and Erzhou, and even the commander of the forbidden army......"

Liu Chengyou listened, but smiled faintly: "It turns out that he is still a famous general!" Courage is commendable, ambition is high! I'm looking forward to how he will break my army to the south! ”

Guo Wei and Wei Renpu looked at each other and smiled, and continued to say to Liu Chengyou: "The southern army has not seen the strength of our northern army for a long time, and if you fight two more battles, you should know that it hurts!" Moreover, the strength of the Tang Army in Huainan states gave Liu Yanzhen confidence! ”

Returning to the topic, Guo Wei introduced: "In addition to Liu Yanzhen's army, in Luzhou, south of Shouchun, Tang Baoxin's commander Zhang Quanyue also commanded the troops, known as 10,000, and went north along the river. However, this person was cautious and did not dare to advance, but only showed a posture of attacking. ”

"In addition, according to Wang Jun's report, the greatest threat to our army is the Tang Army. Shouzhou Sailor, after crossing the river in a battle, lost more than half of the soldiers, the remnants are now active in the upper reaches of the Huaishui Huoqiu territory, from time to time to attack my Zhengyang Fuliang. The Yingzhou regiment trained Si Chao and repelled twice. ”

"In Haozhou and Sizhou, the Tang army also had more than 20,000 soldiers, most of whom were naval troops. In particular, it is reported that Guo Tingwei had 5,000 naval divisions and more than 200 warships in the north of the city, and 3,000 naval troops in the east of Lianshui. These are just the Tang Navy on the front line of Huainan, in Jinling, Yangzhou, Chizhou and other places, there are still good sailors for Tang! ”

"Wang Jun reported, please the imperial court to speed up the allocation of food and weapons, replenish the navy, ships, the Jingjiang army has lost more than 40 warships before and after, thousands of soldiers, with its strength, if you want to completely defend the waterway of the army, there is still a lack of strength!"

Listening to Guo Wei's description, Liu Chengyou nodded, but sighed: "Hunan's calculations have involved no less than 30,000 or 40,000 Tang troops, even so, it still has such strength!" ”

"Your Majesty!" Wei Renpu also spoke: "The ministers and kings of the capital are used to guard Zhengyang and Wukou in the north and south, to protect our grain road, supplemented by Cai Fuliang. However, the greatest threat to our army is still the Tang Army Naval Division of Hao and Si, and if it advances westward, it can threaten the vortex; The division of the water can go north to cut off my Linshui channel; If you turn around and enter Bian, you can even sneak attack Fuli, which is the place where the southern army is stockpiled with food, and there is no room for loss! ”

Liu Chengyou clasped his hands in his arms and thought seriously for a long time: "Although I don't think that the Tang Army has the courage to fight back against my Han Realm, I have to guard against it!" ”

"Where is Guo Rongjun?" Liu Chengyou asked.

Guo Wei replied: "Your Majesty, Guo Rong has already gone south with Cheng Deqin, the deputy envoy of Xuzhou Jiedu, and more than 10,000 soldiers of the Heyi Prefecture Army have gone south, and they have reached the mouth of the mill, and they are looking at Huaiyin!" ”

"Guo Rong's movements are not slow!" Liu Chengyou said, looking at Guo Wei: "Tell Guo Rong to let his troops and horses move westward, show me the Hao and Sitang armies, and defend the rear of the army!" ”

"Yes!"

Liu Chengyou looked at Wei Renpu again: "Command Wang Pu, conquer the grain and equipment of the Huai army, and open up another channel from Bo and Ying, and transport it to the front line through Xia Cai!" ”

Following Liu Chengyou's gaze, Wei Renpu immediately understood Liu Chengyou's intentions and nodded.

"Your Majesty, Wang Jun still has something to report!" Guo Wei glanced at Liu Chengyou and showed a little hesitation on his face.

Seeing this, Liu Chengyou frowned and stared at him: "What's the matter?" ”

"Wang Jun asks for help, I hope that the teachers of Xu and Yi can be handed over to him and coordinated the transfer to take care of the overall situation!" Guo Wei replied as unemotionally as possible, after all, it was about his son Guo Rong.

"Hehe......" Liu Chengyou smiled directly, so that people couldn't see any emotion, and he didn't answer for a while.

After being silent for a few breaths, Liu Chengyou asked abruptly: "Wang Jun can have a report, how to break it for the Tang reinforcements?" ”

"Your Majesty, Wang Dushuai has not reported!" Wei Renpu replied.

As soon as he raised his finger, Liu Chengyou said directly: "Send an envoy to tell Wang Jun and let him focus on unifying the army and breaking the enemy." He is on the front line, I don't care how to fight, as long as I have the result, it will be to break the Tang army at the smallest cost! ”

Although he did not directly answer Guo Wei's request to report to Wang Jun, Liu Chengyou's attitude is actually obvious.

Wei Renpu and Guo Wei retired successively and returned to their government offices to handle military affairs. Liu Chengyou, on his side, stayed in front of the sand table for a while, beckoning Zhao Yanjin, Zhang Yongde, and An Shouzhong, the three generals, to inform them of the latest situation on the front line, and then asked: "If you are in Huainan to unify the army, how to deal with the Tang army?" ”

Facing the examination of the Son of Heaven, Zhao Yanjin, who believed in himself, said directly: "Your Majesty, the ministers should concentrate their forces and take Shouchun down first, so that our army can firmly gain a foothold in Huainan, and then deal with the reinforcements of the Tang army!" ”

"What if you can't take it in a short time? Soldiers fortify the city, dampen morale, and soldiers do nothing! ”

"There are thunderbolts, fierce fire oil and other sharp weapons for attacking fortifications, can't you still take down the mere Shouchun?" Zhao Yanjin asked.

Liu Chengyou said: "Wang Jun reported that the Fengguo army has already carried out a tentative siege, and thunderbolts and fire oil bombs have been used, although there are casualties and weak enemy morale, but there is still a distance from breaking the city." The guard general He Jingzhu is on guard against my fire oil bombs, and prepares more sand, soil and bamboo rows in the city! ”

Zhao Yanjin smiled, and the youngest An Shouzhong said: "The ministers will leave an army, contain the Shouchun defenders, and lead the infantry to meet Liu Yanzhen, in terms of field warfare, the Tang army is by no means the opponent of our army!" ”

Liu Chengyou asked: "In Shouchun City, there are still more than 10,000 defenders, and if they come out, they will be threatened." When how many soldiers and horses are left to monitor it, and if there are too many left, the troops to meet Liu Jun are insufficient, how to ensure that they will be able to break it? ”

"This ......," An Shouzhong pondered.

Zhang Yongde finally said: "The advice of the minister and the loyal is almost the same, but when we give full play to the advantages of our cavalry, go south to attack and disturb it, exhaust it, consume its energy, and confuse its military morale." And then wait for work and find an opportunity to break it. With the elite of our army in the south, and the famous commanders and fierce generals, there are only 30,000 Tang troops, there is no need to worry, our army has a great chance of winning! ”

"It's kind of interesting!" Liu Chengyou said softly: "However, this move shocked the Tang army, so that it did not dare to go north, turn to the waterway, advance by land and water, and disturb my rear?" ”

"I don't know what Your Majesty thinks?" Zhao Yanjin couldn't help but ask.

Hearing this, Liu Chengyou spread his hands: "Battlefield battles, when the situation changes, the opportunity to decide, the front-line battle situation, ever-changing, I am far away in Tokyo, how can I say it?" ”

Liu Chengyou's words are very reasonable, and the three people who were tested suddenly suddenly realized that this is the correct answer......

Seeing the expressions of the three of them, Liu Chengyou couldn't help but let out two relaxed laughs and said, "However, this talk on paper is not without benefits. Go and bring the wargames, and we'll deduce the deduction! ”

"Yes!"

Liu Chengyou's side, said that as long as the result is achieved, no matter how Wang Jun fights on the front line, but I let him go and don't ask, it is impossible.