Since the Jin army met Liu Shining's adventurous action, the situation in Jiangnan unexpectedly calmed down, and Liu Shining became very quiet for the next month, without any disturbances.

The Jin army is also stepping up training, in addition to the 10,000 army retained as cavalry, the other 40,000 troops are integrated into one, Li Bing continues to carry out various military competitions in 50 battalions, the biggest advantage of military competitions is to strengthen the sense of cohesion of the team, so that the Jiangnan soldiers began to identify with their own team.

On the morning of this day, the Runzhou wharf was very lively, 200 large sea ships arrived at the Runzhou wharf under the escort of the Runzhou navy, which lasted a month, and 10,000 war horses were finally transported from Jiangxia to Jiangnan.

Li Bing had already arranged for the 10th Northwest Battalion of the 50 battalions to take over the war horses and form a hussar army, which was commanded by General Wei Su Zhen.

The 10th Northwest Battalion did not merge with the Jiangnan soldiers, they also carried out a breakup and reorganization, and selected 10,000 tall and powerful Guanlong elite soldiers from the 30,000 army to form 10 battalions and established the Jiangnan Hussar Battalion.

Su Zhen is also a veteran of Hexi who has followed Guo Song for many years, and after more than ten years of fighting in the south and the north, he has also grown from a young general in his early twenties to a thirty-five or sixteen-year-old General Wei, and is one of Li Bing's right-hand men.

The Jin army has formed five major legions, one is the Hebei Legion led by Yao Jin, the other is the Jiangnan Legion led by Li Bing, one is the Heshuo Legion of Liang Wu, and the other is the Southern Legion of Kangbao that is forming Kangbao, and the most powerful is of course the Central Legion led by Guo Song himself, like Zhang Yun, Pei Xin, Liu Guanghui, Yang Xuanying, Zhou Fei, these famous generals are all subordinate to the Central Legion, and the Central Legion is also the largest in number, with 200,000 troops, and the territory controlled is also the widest, including the territory of Guanlong, Guannei, Hedong, Bashu and Jingxiang.

Li Bing personally went to Runzhou to greet the 10,000 war horses, and Han Gao also rushed to the dock when he heard the news.

On the wharf, 10,000 war horses have all come down from the big boat, although the water transport all the way is bumpy, so that the spirit of some war horses is not very good, but after all, it is 10,000 war horses, the overwhelming momentum is also extremely spectacular, especially in the south of the Yangtze River is extremely rare, tens of thousands of Dantu County people have also rushed to the wharf to watch, a glimpse of the grand occasion.

Han Gao was infected by the warm atmosphere, and he couldn't help but ask Li Bing: "General Li, I don't understand the battle too well, are these war horses very important to the Jiangnan battle situation?" ”

Li Bing smiled slightly: "The cavalry has many advantages, fighting on the plains, the cavalry can form a slaughter on the infantry, although there are not so many flat battles in the south, but the cavalry can be transferred at high speed, for example, I decided to attack Xuanzhou in the morning, and the cavalry can arrive at Xuancheng at night, which is actually to seize the warplane, many opportunities are fleeting, it is difficult to seize, but the cavalry can often seize it, that is, they are fast." ”

"So General Li is actually waiting for these war horses, and as soon as the war horses arrive, they can do something to Liu Shining?"

Li Bing was indifferent, "I can indeed give an ultimatum to Liu Shining, he will at least give me Xuanzhou." ”

Several officials next to them nodded in agreement, they have a deep understanding, Xuanzhou is the greatest threat to Jiangnan, first, Xuanzhou is large, equivalent to Suzhou and Changzhou, and secondly, Xuanzhou can form a three-line attack on Jiangnan, which greatly restrains Jiangnan's troops.

Therefore, when Li Bing stated that he would first take Xuanzhou, it immediately aroused the consensus of officials.

Among the tens of thousands of people who came to see the horses, there was naturally also the money shopkeeper of the Xuancheng paper shop, who looked at the war horse cluster in the distance with anxious eyes, and his heart was heavy, like pressing a lead stone.

He now deeply feels the strong strength of the Jin army, Liu Shining is afraid that it is dangerous, under the nest, there are no eggs, what fate awaits him, which makes him shudder.

Qian shopkeeper is Xuancheng people, the Qian family made rice paper for three generations, the rice paper made is the most famous, more than ten years ago, he was entrusted by the family to run a store in Runzhou, his rice paper quality is excellent, and gradually in Runzhou and the whole Jiangnan has a reputation.

But it was this fame that made them be targeted by Liu Shining, and five years ago, under Liu Shining's combination of soft and hard, his family succumbed and promised to make the paper shop Liu Shining's intelligence point in Jiangnan.

In the past five years, the money shopkeeper has collected a lot of information about the officialdom, finance and taxation, people's feelings, crops, and the topography and city walls of various states to Liu Shining.

But the more information was given, the deeper the guilt of the money shopkeeper, especially after Liu Shining's fiasco in Changzhou, the money shopkeeper became more and more afraid that his family would be affected by Liu Shining.

The money shopkeeper returned to the store with a heavy heart, and as soon as he entered the store, a man greeted him and said, "Shopkeeper, there is a pigeon letter from my hometown!" ”

The money shopkeeper was shocked, he had actually been waiting for this pigeon letter, this was the first pigeon letter sent by Liu Shining after the Changzhou fiasco, he had been worried during this time, I don't know how Liu Shining would be angry, Changzhou has the main force of the Jin army stationed, but he did not tell him in time.

In fact, this is not to blame the shopkeeper Qian, he knows a lot about the Jiangnan militia, but the Jin army has just arrived in Runzhou, where can he grasp the movements of the Jin army so quickly?

The money shopkeeper hurriedly returned to the shopkeeper's room, opened the pigeon letter, and read it carefully under the lamp, in which Liu Shining severely reprimanded him for the wrong information, which led to the defeat of the army, and ordered him to return to Xuanzhou immediately to report on his work.

The shopkeeper was speechless for a long time, and actually let himself go back to Xuanzhou to report on his work?

I have never held any position in him, and I have not received a penny from him, so what position can I describe? Isn't this just unloading the mill and killing the donkey, intending to take the responsibility for the defeat of the army?

But what makes the money shopkeeper feel even worse is that he will obviously not let himself come back again if he lets him go back to report on his work, so what should he do with the store? This is the asset of the Qian family, if he sends another person over, then whose store is it?

In the afternoon, the money shopkeeper came out of the shop, and he calmly said to the guy, "I'm going out to inquire about the news?" ”

"Shopkeeper, what are you talking about over there?" The guy asked with a smirk.

The guy was actually asking what was in the pigeon letter?

There are a total of three guys in the shop, two of whom are the old guys of the money shopkeeper, who were brought from the family, only selling goods, regardless of intelligence, and the guy in front of him is an intelligence spy sent by Liu Shining.

The money shopkeeper immediately became vigilant in his heart, this guy must have peeked at the information, hoping that he would leave quickly! Could it be that he said something to Liu Shining?

"I didn't say anything, I might have to go back in a few days, buy some goods, you just look at the shop."

After speaking, the money shopkeeper turned around and left, and the guy looked at the money shopkeeper and walked away, with a smug sneer in his eyes.

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In the large camp outside the city, 10,000 war horses have already entered the camp, and they need to recuperate for a few days to fully recover their strength.

Li Bingzheng and Wang Yu discussed the strategy of fighting against Xuanzhou, Wang Yu said: "Knowing yourself and knowing that the other side can win a hundred battles, since the general wants to seize Xuanzhou, he must first know Liu Shining's troops in Xuanzhou, and Xuanzhou is Guo Shining's logistics center for attacking Jiangnan, I estimate that his troops in Xuanzhou will not be less, if we 10,000 cavalry raid Xuancheng, then the first thing to solve is the food problem." The general still sent scouts to find out the bottom of Xuanzhou first, and then it was not too late to start. ”

Li Bing said with a smile: "His Royal Highness means to drive the wolf and devour the tiger, let Guo Shining go and bite Ma Sui, if Guo Shining is compressed to Hongzhou, then he will not be able to gain a foothold, and will inevitably expand to the west, and the conflict between Ma Sui and Guo Shining will be unavoidable, of course, this is just His Highness's idea, not a mandatory order, we can determine the tactics according to the changes in the situation, I estimate that in the end, the strategy of driving the wolf and the tiger is likely to be unrealizable, so this time, our eyes must not only be staring at Xuanzhou." ”

"What does the general mean is that not only Xuanzhou will be captured, but Jiangzhou will also be captured?"

Li Bing nodded slowly, "If we seize Jiangzhou, the Yangtze River route will basically be opened, and of course there is Liu Pi's Jiangling, his time will not be long, but our attack this time is not just about adding another Jiangzhou, I mean, it is best to annihilate Liu Shining's army in one go!" ”

As he was talking, a soldier reported outside the tent, "General Qiyu, there is a person from outside the big camp, claiming to be Liu Shining's intelligence spy in Runzhou. ”

Li Bing and Wang Yu glanced at each other, this situation was beyond their expectations, Li Bing hurriedly said: "Bring him in!" ”

Not long after, the intelligence spy was brought in by the soldiers, it was the money shopkeeper, and he was desperate and had no choice but to surrender to the other party.

The shopkeeper came in and knelt down and said: "Xiaomin Qian Yi, is a member of the Qian family in Xuanzhou, opened a rice paper shop in Runzhou by the order of the family, it has been twelve years, but five years ago, Liu Shining provoked and arrested my father, who is also the head of the Qian family, under the coercion of Liu Shining, the family had to be forced to agree to collect intelligence for him, but I didn't expect Liu Shining to attack Changzhou and be the enemy of the imperial court, this is definitely not the original intention of our Qian family, the Qian family is unwilling to be with Liu Shining again!" ”

Li Bing motioned to the soldier to help the money shopkeeper up, and he smiled slightly: "As long as the money shopkeeper explains things clearly, and then atones for his crimes, I believe that your family will be safe and sound!" ”