Almost at the same moment when Wang Ben set the Pingnan strategy, in the famous small courtyard of Wuzhonghou in Yingxian County, when Heifu let everyone speak freely and put forward future plans, the staff, the captains, and Sima almost exploded in a loud noise!

Xu Fu, who had just arrived in Jiangling from the south, immediately said: "Now except for Dongting County, which has not yet been annexed, the prince has taken Jingzhou. Xu Fu thought that he should take advantage of the fact that our army's ships could take the sea route from Panyu, and let the captain of Weiyang set off from the waterway, march to Huiji, and seize Jiangdong! ”

Sima Chen Ying of the other department was not to be outdone: "I heard that Huainanduo has rebelled recently, and I should take this opportunity to march into Chudi, Chen Ying is not talented, and I am willing to take Donghai County for the prince!" ”

"Donghai County is Chen Sima's hometown, Sima naturally wants to go back, but Wu Chen thinks that he should first march west from Yiling, take Yufu, and then attack Bashu to welcome back the prince's wife and gentleman."

After taking Dangyang County, the proposal of the lieutenant who returned to report was even more exaggerated: "You are all wrong, you should immediately go north, seize Yan County, attack Nanyang again, enter Wuguan, and fight until Xianyang!" ”

Even Zhou Chang, a native of Surabaya County who was brought by Xiao He in the early years and had some stuttering, finally said: "Chang, Chang agrees with Chen Ying Sima's words, and is willing to cross Huai to take the prince and take the ...... of Surabaya County after taking Jiujiang."

Among the people who advocated a large-scale attack to expand the territory, a rational voice sounded:

"The subordinates think that in the current situation, the southern expeditionary army should be defended rather than attacked......"

Everyone looked back, but it was Xiao He, who was well-dressed and had just been appointed by Heifu as the "Southern County Guard".

Xu Fu first questioned: "Shou? Xiao Junshou, now it is time to take advantage of the victory of Jiangling, the prince and the prince will shock the south and expand the results of the war, how can he blindly stick to it? ”

Zhongdu Wei and Sima looked unimpressed, thinking that Xiao He was too conservative as a scribe, but Heifu asked Xiao He to continue.

Xiao He waved at Heifu: "Although the prince is the chief general of the Southern Expeditionary Army, he has commanded 150,000 soldiers, and after the incident, he has claimed that the 100,000 troops of the Southern Expeditionary Army have arrived several times. But in fact, the prince and the lieutenants also knew that even if all the 20,000 men in Anlu were counted, the soldiers that the prince could use in the hands of the prince and the marquis north of the river at present did not exceed 70,000......"

This is true, although the southern expeditionary army was numerous, because almost all of them were concentrated in Lingnan beforehand, they went north one after another, and it took a lot of time.

Among the 35,000 people who followed Heifu to win the battle of Jiangling, except for Han Xinshang, who led 10,000 people to guard Jiangling and took care of more than 10,000 prisoners, the rest were scattered to Yiling, Dangyang, Jingling, Anlu and other places to realize Heifu's plan of "taking all Nanjun".

On the side of Hengshan County, there are 15,000 people in Dongmen Leopard and Anpu, and they have just captured Yicheng.

Recently, Zhou Chang, Chen Ying, Xu Fu and others took 20,000 people to the north......

"The Lingnan Yue people have discovered that the southern expeditionary army is moving north, and some tribal chiefs are ready to move, and they must leave tens of thousands of garrisons to defend, so no more than 30,000 people can go north before the autumn harvest."

Adding up to 100,000 troops, this is the limit of the strength in Heifu's hands before winter - his political commitment will not be known until after the autumn.

Xiao He said: "Even if there are 100,000 divisions, but if it is really as the captains of Fangcai said, they want to hold Jingzhou, advance to Nanyang, threaten Guanzhong, take Bashu, and occupy Jiangdong, and by the way, they have to capture Jiujiang, Donghai, and Surabaya, if they really have to be implemented one by one, Hugh said 100,000, even 200,000 is not enough!" ”

"Now the country is divided into north and south, the general south and the north war, whether it is the household registration or the soldiers, are not as good as Guanzhong, at this time blindly expand the territory, will only disperse the troops, and the newly occupied counties and counties can not recruit local people to join the army in time, once the imperial army comes to attack, it is easy to be broken by each one."

He clenched his scattered five fingers into a fist and looked at everyone: "Therefore, it is better to divide the soldiers!" The main force must stay, prepare to defend the imperial court, and at most choose two places to send partial divisions, and not more than 10,000 people! ”

"Xiao Junshou's words are reasonable."

Heifu understands why in history, Xiao He is called a "meritorious person", while others are just "meritorious dogs".

When hunting, it is the hunting dog that chases and bites the beast, but when the beast is found, it is the hunter who points out where the beast is. It is true that it is brave to be able to catch only wild beasts, but it is also necessary to find traces of wild beasts and indicate the target of hunting......

Many of the generals under the Black Husband were carried away by the victory, made the mistake of left-leaning radicalism, and only the prey ahead was left in their eyes, but they ignored one thing:

Compared to the North, the South is a younger brother!

The situation is still that the enemy is strong and I am weak, and the imperial court is very likely to requisition two or three hundred thousand troops to the south, how to deal with it is the top priority!

However, there are still Du Wei Sima who are not convinced: "According to Xiao Junshou's meaning, we will do nothing and wait in Jiangling?" ”

At this time, after the beginning of the military discussion, a person who had been silent took over the question: "Of course not, the good attacker, the enemy does not know what to defend; Those who defend well, the enemy does not know what they are attacking. Sometimes you need to defend as an offense, and sometimes, you can also attack and defend! ”

But it is Han Xin, who has repeatedly performed miraculous feats and no one dares to underestimate him.

He went out and bowed his hand to Heifu and said: "The art of war is cloudy, those who attack must be taken, and those who attack it are not defended, the reason why this prince and prince defeated Feng Wuxuan." ”

"And those who defend and must be fortified, and those who defend what they must attack, this should be our way of defending against the enemy. Within ten months, the imperial court may send a large army to attack. And if the enemy wants to attack Nanjun in the south, there are three places that must be passed, all of which are dangerous, and if we can use one enemy and two, our army must seize the ...... first."

"It seems that Captain Han has been resting in Jiangling these days, and he is not idle."

Heifu showed a knowing smile, speaking of which, he still asked people to send all the books hidden in Jiangling to Han Xin, and said that he was not ashamed: "Han Duwei is already a high-ranking official, you must learn!" ”

Han Xin resigned to do many things in the army, but Heifu said: "Do you want to be a doctor of evil?" But when he dabbled and knew the geography of mountains and rivers, Ben Hou was also born in Qian, but he often read and thought that he was very beneficial. ”

Only then did Han Xin calm down and look at the picture books for half a month, which was really beneficial to the marching soldiers.

Hefu asked people to spread out the map: "Which three places, and one by one." ”

In the small courtyard, in full view of everyone, Han Xin held a bamboo stick and pointed to the west of Jiangling: "One of them is Yiling (Yichang, Hubei), where the Three Gorges and Bashu are on the eastward road, and the prince has sent Wu Chen Sima to take it, needless to say." ”

"However, I think that it is not safe enough to capture Yiling, and west of Yiling, Wuxian (Wushan County, Chongqing) is also assigned to Nanjun, and we should continue to march and capture Jiangguan (Fengjie County, Chongqing)."

"Jiangguan is the country of Ba and the state of Chu attack, the state of Chu set upstream, the upper reaches of Yiling, also the east gate of Bashu, into the Jiangguan, it has passed the danger of the Three Gorges, seize the mouth of Bashu, even if the court ordered Bashu to build a boat, want to repeat the story of Sima wrong to cut down Chu, as long as Jiangguan is in my hands, there is no need to be afraid!"

Seeing that Heifu kept bowing his head, Han Xin was greatly encouraged, and the stick immediately pointed north:

"The second is Yan County (Xiangyang, Hubei), I recently observed the map books in Jiangling, and found that Yan County is the same as Nanyang, which is actually the waist of the north and the south. For the south, Yan County goes to Jiangling for 500 miles, which is the same as lip and tooth, and Wuyan County is Jiangling enemy. Therefore, in the past, when Bai Qi pulled out Yan, Chu could not guard the Yingdu. ”

"It's the same for the north, this is the rush of water and land, the north is connected to Wan and Luo, and the flat is until, our army can get it, and you can also map Nanyang and threaten Wuguan!"

In Han Xin's imagination, Yan County, where the fields are fertile, the mulberry is all over the wilderness, with Han water, and the heavy mountains, is the perfect battlefield to resist the enemy in the future!

"In the last battle of Yan, Wu Anjun won completely, but this time, no matter who comes from the north, Han Xin will definitely rewrite the results of the battle between the north and the south!"

Thinking so, his hand pointed to the east of Yan County: "The third is the underworld (Xinyang City, Henan)." ”

"The three stops of the underworld, for the big tunnel, the straight yuan, the underworld, was built by the Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period, isolating the Huai and Han dynasties. The Wu people couldn't break it, so they had to change to Huai Wei. And the state of Chu also relied on these three stops to resist the state of Qin for decades. Qin crossed the fortress of the underworld and attacked Chu, inconvenient, I heard that it was not until Xiang Yan died in battle that the underworld was finally broken......"

Han Xin thought that although the main force of the imperial court would definitely go to Wuguan and Nanyang to attack, he did not rule out the possibility of sending a division from Guandong and attacking Anlu and Hengshan.

"These are the three places that our army must capture in more than a month, not Jiujiang and the East China Sea, and it is impossible for the army to go straight to Wuguan alone."

Xiao He and Han Xin's strategic analysis was very appropriate, everyone was convinced, and Heifu was secretly happy in his heart: "The three heroes have won the second, although I know that the strength of the south is not as good as that of the north, but I am down-to-earth in my heart." ”

However, as a leader, at this time, you have to show your hand and show that you actually know, but you just deliberately don't say it, and let your subordinates behave.

So Heifu coughed lightly and said: "Although Han Duwei's words are reasonable, after all, he is a foreigner, and he doesn't know enough about the local chong, Yan County and the underworld must be defended, but in the middle of the two places, there is still one place to take!" ”

Han Xin was stunned: "Could it be Suixian (Suizhou, Hubei Province)?" ”

Heifu shook his head: "However, out of the underworld can be both Ying and you, and out of Yan can be Guiwan and Ye, this is true." However, the key to the underworld and Yan County is with the real division. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the country of Handong was large. King Wu of Chu passed through the Central Plains, first obeyed, and the concubines of Hanyang were wiped out. And around the mountains and streams, next to the passes, a few more than the danger of the bird's road and sheep's intestines, it is really a place to use soldiers to carry out dangers, and our army must take it first! ”

Han Xin was still thinking about it, but Xiao He behind him had already bowed: "The prince really has a good plan in his heart!" ”

"The prince really has a good plan in his heart!" Everyone flattered him.

In this way, there are Huainan swarming restorers in the east, Yiling Jiangguan is controlled in the west, and the battle line is advanced to Yanxian, Suixian, and Shen'er in the north, all of which are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Following the "first take Jingzhou as home", a new strategy has been proposed, that is, "the north to seize the lock and key to be solid", before the green and yellow are not connected, the grain is insufficient, and the southern expeditionary army is not fully assembled, the defense is the attack.

But Heifu said: "However, in addition to guarding the palace, it is true that Yuzhang County can send troops to the east, slightly take the Danyang land of Yanjun County, and then let Weiyang and Wu Rui, who is guarding Fujian, enter and exit Huiji County by land and water, and take Jiangdong!" ”

Everyone thought so, and when others couldn't hear it, Heifu muttered secretly:

"The children of Jiangdong are so talented, those eight thousand children, it would be good if they could submit to me......"

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After the military discussion was over, the army came back and reported to Heifu what had been noticed by the military judges.

"The subordinates came to Jiangling for the first time, but they found that many of the soldiers of the Southern Expedition stationed here, especially the Jiangling people, were a little slack off after returning home from the great victory, satisfied with reuniting with their relatives."

"And from other counties, I also learned that whether it was Dangyang, Yiling, Jingling, even the hometown of the prince, Anlu County, which had just been recovered by Licang Sima, the soldiers from various counties in the army heard that their hometown was under the control of the Southern Expeditionary Army, and they were more or less overjoyed, and they all came up with the idea of unloading their armor and returning to the field......"

"Unload your armor and return to the field?" Heifu frowned.

Go laughed and said: "After all, what they have been thinking about is to go home, and now that they are at the door of the house, it is inevitable to slack off, not to mention, the prince promised to reduce the rent of the field, and everyone is looking forward to going home to farm." ”

Heifu is the head, most of the soldiers under him are from small farmers, even if the high-level shouts "Jingnan" loudly, even the captains and Simas are also under the chicken soup of "the prince and the general Xiangning have a kind", and they want to do something big.

But for ordinary soldiers, who would have thought about the days when they would join the army on fifteen and return at eighty?

Returning home, cooking familiar fields, five-acre houses, mulberry trees, hot kang heads for wives and children, 50 people can wear clothes, and 70 people can eat meat, this is their dream from the moment they joined the army......

But this small dream is enough to kill!

When the upper echelons are making the "mistake of left-leaning radicalism". However, the grassroots soldiers also made the "right-leaning euthanist mistake", thinking that the defeat of Nanjun would be over, and they could release Nanshan and let the soldiers and armor grow lice!

Qu Ji also realized this and persuaded:

"Junhou, it can't go on like this, if the soldiers are satisfied with returning home and are unwilling to go north to fight again, we may be suppressed by the Xianyang army at any time, if we are defeated, the lives of the whole family are gone, where is there a peaceful day to speak of?"

But Heifu promised that not everyone who wants to take them home is Dayu, he is a saint, and he can pass through the door three times without entering.

After being silent for a while, Hefu said: "And relay my words to the officers and soldiers of the three armies, and then gather everyone, and I will personally talk to them......

Go to the disease and be solemn: "Dare to ask the prince, what do you want to say?" ”

Heifu smiled: "Jingnan has not yet succeeded, and Pao Ze still has to work hard!" ”

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PS: Ahem, there's not enough time, this volume looks like it won't end tomorrow (February 18th), hahaha......