Li Ze looked at Liu Ruyan on the opposite side dumbfounded.

This is not in the bedroom of the two, but in Li Ze's public hall. There are not only husband and wife in the hall, but also high-ranking officials from various ministries. Liu Ruyan is not a casual home, but is wearing the military attache robe of General Qianniuwei on her right.

"You're going to Yangzhou?" Li Ze asked again with some surprise. Liu Ruyan did not discuss this matter with him in private, but directly raised it at such a serious meeting.

"Yes, I'll go to Yangzhou." Liu Ruyan nodded and said: "The layout of the Yangtze River Basin is very important, and now, they have all reached an extremely critical moment, and whether it is Ding Jian or Qian Biao, they have now reached the most critical moment, if they can't withstand it, then several years of hard work will inevitably be ruined, and it is almost impossible to operate the scale that exists." ”

Today's discussion is how to support Yueyang, Jingnan and other places.

Sending a reinforcement army over there was the consensus of everyone here, but no one thought that Liu Ruyan would go in person.

"Why should the princess go in person? Just send a general. Cao Xin subconsciously objected directly. There are many talented people in the army, and there is no shortage of good generals. ”

"But none of them have my status!" Liu Ruyan retorted: "There, there is a need for someone with a high enough status to get them back motivated." Who else but me? Count carefully, from west to east, Tu Lichun, Wang Sili, Shi Zhuang, Tian Ping, my brother Liu Chenglin, You Yong, which one can get out? ”

Everyone couldn't help but be silent.

Tu Lichun, Wang Sili's troops and horses are the next to attack Chang'an's sword, Shi Zhuang, Tian Ping, Liu Chenglin, You Yong, are the next to attack Henan, and then attack Luoyang, attack Chang'an's frontal troops, the imperial court can not transfer them at this time, Shen Congxing is staying in Cangzhou, but this person lacks the ability to stand alone, and this to go to Jiangnan, what is more needed is a decisive character, he can't do it, count and count, everyone can't find a more suitable person than Liu Ruyan, of course, This is regardless of his identity as Mrs. Li Ze.

Liu Ruyan is not only Li Ze's wife, but also the general of the right Qianniuwei, and more importantly, she is also a general of the three armies.

The south needs a person of sufficient weight to go to the town scene to cheer up Yueyang and Jingnan. Let those who are desperate see hope, and also let those who are already wavering at both ends of the rat be shocked. From this aspect, as Liu Ruyan, he can indeed maximize this effect.

"If I go, I can effectively integrate Jingnan, Yueyang and Yangzhou, and at the same time, I can also make Gong Yunda, who has been wavering, make up his mind. Only the promise given by my identity will Gong Yunda be convinced. Only if I go, can I let western Zhejiang, Xuanzhou and other places be attached as soon as possible. Liu Ruyan's tone was sonorous, and he looked at everyone and said loudly.

Li Ze pondered for a long time, "But when we go to Yangzhou, we can't send too many troops, with the current transportation capacity, three thousand people is already the limit, and they can only be foot soldiers." ”

Liu Ruyan said with a smile: "When I left from Chang'an, there were only 3,000 people under my command. At that time, the situation was much worse than it is now. Now that we have opened up the situation in the Yangtze River Basin, this is just a matter of expanding the victory. ”

"I support the princess!" Gongsun Changming raised his voice and said: "As the princess said, once the princess lands in Yangzhou, Gong Yunda of Huainan may fall to us, and once he falls to us, Zhu Youzhen will have to sit on wax, which will inevitably force this person to shrink his forces, and Yueyang's crisis will be solved." Once Yue Yang eases up, he will be able to vigorously support Jingnan. After taking western Zhejiang and Xuanzhou, Yangzhou will be as stable as Mount Tai. ”

"Now Jin Mantang's fleet is still anchored in Haixing, if all of them are requisitioned, plus Pan Motang's sailors, they should be able to transport five thousand elites over." Although Cao Xin is a secretary of the ministry, he is also a veteran of the battlefield, and as soon as his eyes rolled, he thought of a way to increase the transportation capacity: "Counting the soldiers and horses in the early stage, we have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Yangzhou, which is enough to deal with any enemy." ”

Sending additional troops and horses to Yangzhou is, of course, not only to stabilize the front line of Yangzhou, Yueyang, and Jingnan, but its biggest purpose is to compete with Xiang Xun for territory.

Now in the south, with Xiang Xun uniting with the Fujian Observation Envoy, the Rongguan Economic Strategy Envoy, and the Guiguan Economic Strategy Envoy, they have won most of Jiangxi, and the next target will inevitably be the Hunan Observation Mission, with Xiang Xun's current strength, I am afraid that Hunan Observation Envoy Liu Chonghui will directly choose to reverse Xiang Xun. Because the imperial court is in the south, except for Ding Jian, who still has some weight, the others are far from being able to compare with Xiang Xun in terms of strength and status.

Therefore, the imperial court needs to have an existence in Yangzhou that can compete with Xiang Xun. This is also a place where the princes in the hall are embarrassed, and there are powerful generals, but now they really can't send them out.

But if Liu Ruyan goes, it will be completely different.

The differences between Xiang Xun and Li Ze, as long as they are a character, can be seen clearly, once Liu Ruyan arrives in Yangzhou and leads the front line of Yangzhou Yueyang Jingnan, then Hunan Observation makes Liu Chong weigh it carefully.

Li Ze thought about it, and it seemed that only this plan was the most suitable.

"In that case, then there is Mrs. Law." Looking at Liu Ruyan, Li Ze said: "Let Li Mi step down as the Shaoqing of the Weiwei Temple and be your personal guard commander!" 5,000 elite soldiers were selected from the right thousand Niu Wei and the floating boat went south. ”

A month later, Haixing, led by Liu Ruyan himself, 5,000 elite soldiers of Niu Wei boarded the ship one by one, and the huge fleet stretched for dozens of miles and sailed south.

At the same time, in Huai'an Lianshui, a big war also kicked off.

Gong Yunda's sailor was destroyed, and after his son was captured alive, he immediately became a shrinking turtle, no matter how Zhu Youzhen persecuted, it was only Yang Fengyin who violated it, and asked for military food and military salaries, he would never delay, and it would be delivered in time, but if he wanted to march to Yangzhou with all his might, he pushed back and refused to do his best, Zhu Youzhen was also helpless, but he didn't dare to persecute too much, after all, now he still needs a large amount of grain and grass in Huainan to help, and he really wants to force Gong Yunda to repeat again, but the loss is greater.

But the nail in Yangzhou must be pulled out. pulled out Yangzhou, and also cut off Gong Yunda's other thoughts, so as to completely tie him to the chariot. When Gong Yunda refused to send troops, Cao Bin, who was stationed in Wuning, led 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack Yangzhou.

However, Yangzhou was not to be outdone, after learning in advance that Wu Ning would send troops, it turned out to be a preemptive strike, and Ren Xiaoan gathered 5,000 troops in Yangzhou, took the lead in attacking, and seized Huai'an Lianshui.

Lianshui is one of the most important salt farms in the south of the Yangtze River, and now it is one of Zhu Youzhen's important tools to collect money. Moreover, Huai'an is the intersection of the Grand Canal and the Huai River, which is related to the continuation of the Cao Yun pivot, and the salt transportation must be rushed, and the loss of Huai'an is also an unbearable burden on the strategic level.

Zhu Youzhen never thought that a lone army in Yangzhou would take the lead, and when Wuning was still preparing for the war against Yangzhou, Yangzhou had already sent troops to Huai'an like lightning and occupied Lianshui. With the loss of Lianshui, the price of salt in the Central Plains rose in response.

This time strengthened Zhu Youzhen's determination to take Yangzhou.

Five thousand against ten thousand.

Ren Xiaonian did not choose to stick to Lianshui City, but led the army out of the city, preparing for a field battle with the opponent.

"Lianshui County is too small, blindly shrinking into the city and letting the opponent fight around it will not do us any good." Under the fluttering banner, Ren Xiaonian said to several generals under his command: "It's better to have a hard fight with the opponent, and after severely defeating the opponent's spirit, we will talk about other things." Five thousand against ten thousand, are you afraid? ”

Ge Cai rolled his eyes, "General Ren also looks down on people, but it's just double the strength of our army." ”

"This is the Xuanwu Army." Ren Xiaonian said with a smile: "There is still a difference with the Huainan Army. ”

"But the ears of the chicken!" Ge Cai stretched out his hand and flicked the big knife in his hand, and said, "The last general, please be the vanguard." ”

Ren Xiaonian laughed and said: "Okay, then I think that your department is the vanguard, Liu Yuan, you are the left wing, Qin Scar, you are the right wing, Gao Peng, you are the backup of Ge Cai, I am in charge of the Chinese army, and we will weigh the Xuanwu army well." Cao Bin is a veteran of the battlefield and has been famous for many years, but this battle is a good opportunity for us to make a name for ourselves. ”

"It's just a stepping stone for us!" Liu Yuan laughed.

"Let's go!" Ren Xiaonian raised his head, looked at the smoke and dust gradually rising in the distance, looked at his own scouts who were rushing back, waved his hand, and said, "For all eternity, open peace!" ”

"For all eternity, open peace!" Several fists were clenched together, and after a heavy touch, several generals got on their horses and headed towards their headquarters.

"Ge Cai, be careful." Liu Yuanla turned his horse's head, glanced at Ge Cai, and said, "I still want to eat your mixed noodles pancakes!" ”

"I can't hold you to death!" Ge Cai took a sip, but his eyes were full of smiles, pulled the horse's head, and galloped towards the front.

The smoke and dust gradually dissipated, and the Xuanwu army of the brigade appeared in the field of vision of the Tang army, and about two miles away from the Tang army's main formation, the Xuanwu army stopped and began to reorganize the formation.

Cao Bin squinted his eyes at the Tang army in the distance.

The other party took the initiative to fight, which was beyond his expectations. The great amount of preparation that had been made for the siege had been done in vain, and it would be best if the opponent could be defeated in a field battle. If you knew this, you wouldn't have to delay for a long time. Now their life is getting more and more difficult, in order to raise the food, grass, silver and ordnance for this expedition, Wu Ning stabbed Shi Xu Xiang, but it took a lot of effort and a full month to prepare the needs of Yiying.

He couldn't have imagined that the reason why it would take so long was that Xu Xiang did it deliberately.