It is not easy to climb a mountain lightly, not to mention that it is not easy to lead a horse to climb a mountain?

Until Li Zhongyi reached the top of the mountain, he had been a little worried about the middle ambush, but it didn't happen.

After all, this is a stretch of mountain, and although the soldiers of the Throat Camp are extremely elite, they still can't avoid the haze in the middle of the ambush.

Li Zhongyi stood on the top of the mountain with his hands in his hands, looking into the distance, and everywhere he saw was the continuous mountains.

"You see, the southeast of this mountain is Quzhou of the original Wu Yue Kingdom, Xinzhou is south of Xinzhou, Raozhou is west of it, and Xizhou is east of it......" Li Zhongyi introduced Zhu Niang with great interest.

Zhu Niang can not only go into battle to kill the enemy, but also understand the map, as for the terrain, not to mention.

"Your Majesty, after getting off this mountain, we should turn to Shinshu in the south, right?" Zhu Niang asked Li Zhongyi very curiously.

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly and said, "It's just passing through Xinzhou, so I don't bother to get it from a small place." ”

"Yes, there are many big people in Hongzhou......" Zhu Niang smiled and broke Li Zhongyi's heart.

This southern expedition first broke the Wu Yue Kingdom, and if the Southern Tang Kingdom was successfully taken again, the entire Qiang Han Dynasty would occupy the heart of the Central Plains and the land of fish and rice.

As for the Meng family in Xishu, there is really nothing to worry about, Li Zhongyi knows Meng Chang's temper and temperament well!

After going south to the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Zhongyi planned to temporarily suspend his army for a period of time, and first sort out and digest the territory and people that he had already taken.

As the saying goes, you can't chew too much, and you have to eat the rice one bite at a time!

Although Li Jiajun is all elite, he has never had a bad record of defeating battles. However, the disadvantage is that there are few soldiers, and it is impossible to sprinkle a little bit all over the country like sprinkling sesame seeds.

It takes time to assemble the forces responsible for law and order in all localities, including the Xiang Army and the Township Army.

According to Li Zhongyi's conception, the role of the more than 100,000 elite forbidden army is similar to that of the field army. The Xiang army and the township army in various localities are similar to the armed police force and militia force.

As the area of the country seized by force became larger and larger, the elite forbidden army of the Qiang Han Dynasty definitely needed to redeploy militarily, not only to maintain local law and order, but also to facilitate rapid assembly.

Li Zhongyi, who climbed to the top of the mountain, was in a very good mood, standing on the top of the mountain, seeing all the small mountains, and no longer need to worry about ambushes.

After bypassing this mountain, the vast land between the Le'an River and Yushui is almost entirely a large plain, which is very conducive to the assault of large-scale cavalry.

On the vast plain, showing a situation of high in the west and low in the east, Li Zhongyi's men were all cavalry, and if they encountered the enemy's attack, they would take advantage of the situation to break it.

said a thousand ways and ten thousand, Li Zhongyi, who climbed to the top of the mountain, went to Hongzhou, and there was no more terrain barrier, his mood was naturally very good!

"Pass the order to go down, rest on the mountain for a day, and in the morning of the next day, go straight to Hongzhou with all your might."

Li Zhongyi's heart is very bottom-up, and the main elite forces of the Southern Tang Dynasty, led by Lin Renzhao, have all been contained in Jiangzhou.

From this place to the vast plain of Hongzhou, as long as Li Zhongyi did not die and rashly fell into the ambush of the enemy, he had no strength to block the fierce impact of 15,000 horsemen.

Li Zhongyi inadvertently glanced at the big bows and crossbows on the backs of the soldiers, and he couldn't help but smile slightly, this was a clever move he specially arranged.

Different from the traditional steppe cavalry, the cavalry unit that followed Li Zhongyi to the south this time was equipped with powerful infantry bows and crossbows, rather than the standard equipment of cavalry archery - riding bows.

It is impossible for Li Zhongyi to waste his strengths and promote his weaknesses, and engage in some kind of cavalry group charge and attack the enemy's infantry formation, that is a fool's big foolish thing!

The logic of war, the tactics that can win battles, are belligerent!

Li Zhongyi's combat thinking was extremely clear: the cavalry brought infantry bows and crossbows, and when they faced the enemy, they dismounted and fought on foot. After defeating the enemy, he put away his bow and crossbow, mounted his horse and drew his sword in pursuit.

The core of this method of warfare is to protect yourself to the greatest extent and kill and injure the enemy!

Li Zhongyi's policy of raising troops is very good, but there is only one bad thing: as long as the casualties are too large, the imperial court's finances will go bankrupt!

The tremendous financial pressure forced Li Jiajun's upper and lower levels to put the reduction of casualties above the top priority when formulating the battle plan.

After the big tent of the Chinese army was settled, Li Zhongyi got into it and made up for it first. After sleeping for four hours, Li Zhongyi sat down in front of the small bookcase and began to review today's backlog of military affairs documents.

The army went out on an expedition, and aside from the loss of food for the time being, the loss of war horses climbing the mountain alone reached an astonishing more than 300 horses.

Objectively speaking, if it weren't for the inconvenience of finding a big boat to cross the river in the hinterland of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Zhongyi would not have led everyone to lead the horse to climb the mountain!

War horses are creatures that are naturally not suitable for mountain climbing. More than 300 war horses fell from the rugged mountain path into the cliff, and the loss was really not small!

Li Zhongyi picked up the pen with some pain, and made a comment on the official document: I know!

There is no way, since the loss has been caused, Li Zhongyi can only accept it calmly, he can't cry sadly, right?

About two hours later, Li Zhongyi finished handling the military affairs documents at hand, and under the service of Zhu Niang, he ate breakfast alone.

It's said to be breakfast, but it's actually just a bowl of steaming mutton soup, a plate of pickled radish strips, and a few pancakes!

When the army was out on the march, Li Zhongyi had always shared weal and woe with the soldiers, and even if there was a certain degree of specialization, it was impossible to go out of line.

On weekdays, if you don't fight with the robes, when it comes to the critical moment of death, who will work for you?

Tonight's star officer on duty is Zhang Sanzheng, the commander of the Qinya Battalion, Li Zhongyi brought him over, and repeatedly advised: "The wind is strong in the mountains, and we come out lightly, you must carefully inspect, lest the soldiers get caught by the cold, it is not a trivial matter!" ”

As the saying goes, it's good to be at home for a thousand days, but it's hard to go out, and it's difficult to be inconvenient!

Zhang Sanzheng clenched his fists and arched his hands: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the ministers have already circled around the camp for most of the time, inspected everyone's tents one by one, and told them that when they are resting with their clothes, they must cover their stomachs so as not to catch a cold, which is a fatal event!" ”

In this era when there are no antibiotics, a small cold may take life, and you have to prevent it!

Li Zhongyi nodded, and then instructed: "You order, the ginger soup must not be broken, to ensure that the soldiers can drink hot ginger soup anytime and anywhere." ”

"Whoa!" Zhang Sanzheng took out a small notebook from his arms, took out a charcoal pen, and recorded Li Zhongyi's instructions in the notebook.

Li Zhongyi couldn't help nodding secretly, what he liked most about Zhang Sanzheng was that he was extraordinarily meticulous and thoughtful, and he didn't mess up at all.

"In addition, our army camped around the mountain, and we must beware of someone arson on the mountainside to disturb ......"

Although Zhang San is a meticulous person, Li Zhongyi still made a thorough deployment in accordance with the requirements of the regulations.

At the same time, Lin Renzhao, who was far away in Jiangzhou, received an urgent order of 800 miles from Hongzhou. On top of the edict, although he did not force Lin Renzhao to fight Yang Lie immediately, he also told Lin Renzhao openly and secretly that the food in the warehouse was about to run out!

Lin Renzhao put the edict on the bookcase, sighed lightly, and said to the deputy governor: "You can also take a look, the emperor is in a hurry!" ”

Gao Huang picked up the edict, looked at it from the beginning to the end, and read it carefully three times, then he took a long breath and sighed: "Before leaving Hongzhou, Dasi Nong privately told the last general that even if he confronted Yang Lie for more than three years, the army would not be short of food. ”

Lin Renzhao nodded and said, "Yang Lie on the other side of the river is indeed an extremely difficult military genius, every time I want to leave Jiangzhou, he can find it in time and take offensive actions. ”

"Lin Shuai, it is rumored that the new army of the Northern Dynasty is the best in the world, and Yang Lie's talent is the best in the Northern Army." Gao Huang said abruptly, "It's a pity that our army has too few soldiers, so we can only be pinned down here by Yang Lie, and I can't move at all!" ”

Lin Renzhao put one hand on his chin and said lightly: "The Northern Army has never launched a general attack, in a certain opinion, there must be fraud in it!" ”

"Zi ......" Gao Huang gasped and asked Lin Renzhao eagerly, "Lin Shuai, where is the fraud?" ”

"Li Wuji has been dominating the world for more than ten years, and he has never been defeated, and there is nothing special about his use of troops, and he has repeatedly been conservative and cautious......" Lin Renzhao said here, sighing heavily, "The most important thing is that the naval division deployed by the Northern Army in Jiangzhou is only similar to our army. Perhaps, Li Zhongyi, who has already taken down Wu Yue, is already on his way to Hongzhou, and it is unknown! ”

"Lin Shuai, our army is held in Jiangzhou, which happens to block the place where the Northern Army's naval division must pass through to the south, if Li Zhongyi leads a large group of soldiers and horses to attack Hongzhou, the four big rivers along the way alone are enough to make him look at the river and sigh." HD Akira is a little unbelievable.

"Alas, the Northern Army is good at fighting, and there are many horses, if Li Zhongyi leads a small group of cavalry deep into the hinterland of our country, it is really difficult to deal with!" Lin Renzhao is worthy of being a famous marshal who defeated Li Qiong, but he is in Jiangzhou, but he has already seen Li Zhongyi's sneak attack clearly, and he is obviously not a person who has lost his name.

"Lin Shuai, what should we do?" Gao Huang hurriedly asked Lin Renzhao.

Lin Renzhao narrowed his eyes and sneered: "I will repair a letter to the emperor and ask the emperor to send someone to dig up Wolonggang north of Guixi, where the remaining water is cut off......"

Li Zhongyi, who had already led his troops down the mountain at this time, never dreamed that although Lin Renzhao was far away in Jiangzhou, he had already set up a poison plan, planning to come to a version of the dynasty that flooded the Seventh Army.

Lin Renzhao is a famous marshal in the south of the Yangtze River, and he knows all the topography and landforms of the entire Southern Tang Dynasty.

In the middle reaches of the remaining water, Wolonggang in the north of Guixi County, is above the entire residual water, and the embankment is much higher than the residential area.

To put it bluntly, as long as a big hole is dug there, the surging river will tilt down, flooding the entire area south of Yushui.