Soon after, Fu Jinzhan awarded Guo Shao the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and Guo Shao then asked the purpose to establish a temporary military government on the south side of the front division of the palace, called "Jiangnan Qianying Shogunate", which was specifically responsible for the management of the Southern Tang Dynasty war. The privy envoy Wang Pu took charge of the military seal on behalf of Guo Shao and presided over all affairs, including the prime minister Li Gu, the Taichang Temple Qing Zuo You, the Kaifeng Mansion Zuo Hall Push Officer Huang Binglian, the guest provincial envoy Zan Jurun, as well as the Privy Council two people, dozens of officials.

The people collected and sorted out the information, formulated a strategy, and began to prepare for the war against the Southern Tang Kingdom step by step.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Guo Shao suddenly got the news: Li Chuyun has captured Chizhou!

Guo Shao was sitting in the shogunate hall, and when he heard Wang Pu's words, he was really stunned for a moment, quickly turned around and confirmed on the picture behind him, and then turned his head to look at Wang Pu: "Chizhou?" Did I hear me right? ”

Wang Pu is not a person who is used to joking, and his expression is also very serious: "The report that the Privy Council just received is Chizhou, Chizhou just south of Shouzhou!" The report is in my hand, Guo Du will check it and see it. ”

Wang Pu stepped forward and handed the report in his hand to Guo Shao. Guo Shao got the things, and didn't forget to turn around and confirm the direction again.

This...... As the saying goes, plans can't keep up with changes, and seeing the location of Chizhou is really incredible!

After Li Chuyun destroyed Zhou Xingfeng, the main force was originally in the area of Dongting Lake in Hunan; Originally, Guo Shao's hope was that Li Chuyun's troops would move east along the river and occupy the relatively weak Wuchangjie Town (the suggestion of Lin Renzhao, the general of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was not adopted, and he himself was transferred back to Jinling); Then with Wuchang as a stronghold, the water and land went down the river, and the early purpose was to put pressure on the west of the Southern Tang Kingdom and deal with the main force in the southwestern part of the south with Hongzhou (Nanchang) as the center.

Wuchangjie Town is in Hubei, along the Yangtze River is Jiangxi Jiujiang, Poyang Lake, Chizhou is in Anhui, and to the east is close to Jiangsu...... From Wuchang to Chizhou, there are many important strongholds.

Guo Shao was a little puzzled why Li Chuyun moved so fast, and hurriedly unfolded the report and read it.

Li Chuyun reported that after the Battle of Wuping, he sent a fleet to cruise along the east of the Yangtze River, originally only wanting to find out about the movements of the Southern Tang Kingdom; found that Nan ** tried his best to avoid it on the river and did not stop it. Li Chuyun guessed that Jinling was afraid of provoking fire and was unwilling to easily clash with the Great Zhou army.

At this time, the court's commendation order arrived, and Li Chuyun was given the right to make decisions on the spot. At that time, Li Chuyun thought that once he attacked Wuchang, he would declare a state of war, and he would startle the snake; The goal of the Great Zhou army is Jinling, and if the east road starts from Wuchang and attacks the city from the south bank of the Great River, it will face countless resistances, especially the heavy troops of the Southern Tang State at the mouth of the lake, and it may be difficult to advance eastward.

So Li Chuyun temporarily adopted a bold strategy and ordered hundreds of naval fleets to go ahead and try to cross the mouth of the lake (the mouth of Poyang Lake); Sure enough, it was not blocked by Nan**. Ma Bujun, who was preparing to be in the north of the river, hurriedly followed up and caught up with the sailors from the north bank of the river. The navy soon burned down the poorly guarded southern ** military village in the west of Chizhou, and raided Chizhou after landing on the shore, and Chizhou broke the city in one day after lax defense. Li Chuyun then built a pontoon bridge at the mouth of the Jiajiang River with the help of the sandbar in the center of the river, mobilized the main force to cross the river, and operated the defense of Chizhou.

The troops were insufficient and did not dare to divide the troops to advance, and only occupied Chizhou Kuaima to send a report to wait for reinforcements.

Guo Shao watched and paced back and forth. Wang Pu said: "Li Chuyun's approach seems to be in a hurry, but in fact, he is very concerned about the overall situation.

The credentials of the Southern Tang Kingdom, the Great River Moat; The battle of Jiangnan focused on the naval army. If the Central Plains army wants to cross the river, it must first fight on the river, and the water war is unfavorable, even if there are millions of iron horsemen, there is nothing to be done. If the Central Plains Navy wants to enter the lower reaches of the river, there are two roads: first, go down the river from the upstream; Second, go south along the Jianghuai Cao Canal and cross the river from Yangzhou Guazhou.

In addition to this, the sailor has no access downstream. It is also possible to temporarily build ships by the river, but a large amount of oak wood and nanmu required for the construction of war ships need to be transported by land, which is very expensive; If the wood is not suitable, it will be defeated by the Jiangnan naval army.

The water and land follow the river from the upstream, it is difficult to rush the map, as Li Chuyun said, there are many important towns along the road, and it is difficult to break through the lake mouth alone. Guazhoudu and Jingkou in the lower reaches, that is, Runzhou (Zhenjiang) in the Southern Tang Dynasty, have always been the battleground for soldiers; The Southern Tang Dynasty was determined to operate with all its might, and there were many naval troops on the river, and there were many important towns on the south bank, so it was extremely difficult to cross the river.

Now Li Chuyun occupies Chizhou, east of the most important ferry quarrying downstream, as long as you gain a foothold in this place, there is a gap in the south of the Yangtze River. The old man advised that he should immediately give full support to Li Chuyun and readjust the overall strategy. ”

Guo Shao thought for a while and said: "The main force of the land division of Li Chuyun's army is 20,000 people in the right wing of the Longjie army, and there are more than 300 large and small warships captured by the Zhou army and Jingnan in Xiangzhou, and more than 300 large and small warships captured by Shu. Shuishui was unable to give strong reinforcements for a while, and after the capture of Chizhou, the Southern Tang Kingdom would definitely blockade Hukou...... Taking advantage of the fact that the Chizhou pontoon bridge was not lost, he first dispatched horses to gallop to help, and hoarded grain and grass in Chizhou, just in case the river was unfavorable and Li Chuyun was isolated on the south bank. ”

"It's a very good law." Wang Pu pondered for a moment, "At present, Huainan is empty, and the elite troops are gathered in Tokyo, where to transfer reinforcements?" ”

Guo Shaodao: "Gao Yanyu's Jiannan Army is ...... in Shouzhou"

"Shu surrenders?" Wang Pu's face was cloudy.

Guo Shao hesitated for a moment, and said: "I think Gao Yanyu is reliable, and there are no elite men and horses who can reinforce nearby." ”

Wang Pu was noncommittal.

At this moment, Zuo You, Zan Jurun and others also came to the lobby, and a group of people exchanged news.

Guo Shao took a picture and looked at it silently, imagining the situation on the front line only by Li Chuyun's text description in his mind. After a while, he picked up the pen and made a mark in the place between Chizhou and Jiujiang, and wrote the word "Wankou". At the moment, I flipped through the classified files, and sure enough, I found the records inside, and the Privy Council ordered the Shuzhou Jiedu envoy to build a ship in Anhui a few months ago...... It belongs to the kind of warship that does not have enough materials and specifications, and Wang Pu said that it is "bound to lose".

"Ahem......" Guo Shao made a sound. The crowd stopped talking and turned around.

Guo Shaodao: "I think the early reinforcements cannot be delayed, but I can immediately order the left and right sides of the Jiannan Army to command Gao Yanyu to rush south, and obey the dispatch of Li Chuyun, the leader of the Western Route Army; They respectively ordered the envoys of the Huainan towns to transfer grain to Chizhou and send troops.

Although Li Chuyun seized the fighter plane and advanced the war, although it was a bit hasty, we should change the opportunity and immediately formulate a strategy centered on Li Chuyun's troops.

In the second step, he ordered the Shuzhou Jiedu envoy to lead the Anhui water army to enter the Yangtze River from the mouth of Anhui to prevent the west of the lake from going south to the east, as a role of blocking and early warning. It was suggested that Li Chuyun move the Jiannan Army to the west and make a situation of attacking Hukou by land in order to intimidate the defenders of Hukou.

ordered the Xiangzhou Jiedu envoy to deploy to the west, and then sent troops to Jiangling Mansion to cross the river, and ordered Fang, Jun, Deng, Tang, Shen, Sui, An, and Ying to transfer troops and grain reinforcements to attack Wuchang Jiezhen; If you take Wuchang, you will tend to Jiangzhou (Jiujiang) and threaten the south ** belly back in the west.

The purpose of this deployment was to relieve the pressure on Li Chuyun in the west.

In the third step, after the Han Tong Naval Division crossed the Huai River, it immediately went south from the Cao Canal to Yangzhou, threatening the Eastern Southern Tang Naval Army and seeking an opportunity to fight a decisive battle; The Empress Dowager Jinyan issued an order urging Wu Yueguo to send troops to attack Runzhou. This time, in order to alleviate the threat on the water east of Li Chuyun.

The fourth step is to mobilize the elite troops of the Guards Division to the south to reinforce Chizhou; The Empress Dowager Jinyan deployed soldiers and horses to guard against the Northern Han Dynasty. Then I and the former shogunate led the main force of the front division of the palace to the south and coordinated the battles from all sides...... Target: Quarry Ferry! ”

The lobby became silent, because Guo Shao said a lot of content, and everyone was thinking about it. But Wang Pu and Li Gu's gaze at Guo Shao was different from before...... After all, Guo Shao is a martial artist, and it is very unusual to be able to sort out the situation in a short period of time.

Once a war starts, the fronts along the river for thousands of miles will be turbulent, and wars may occur everywhere that affect the overall situation. It really takes a mind to grasp the center, the key, and the clue from the chaotic situation.

Although Guo Shao is a martial artist, his articles and words are very bad, but his thinking is not rigid, after all, he has been trained in education and thinking for many years in modern times, and he still has a lot of ideas.

The strong master who used to be able to grasp the overall situation, cultural governance and martial arts, and rich experience is no longer there, and Guo Shao is the first time to preside over such a big battle; Attacking Shu was a completely different experience, because the road to the Shu entry was narrow and the way was single, and the difficulty was to attack the danger rather than deploy. The Southern Tang Kingdom was different in that it was a two-dimensional operation on land and water, with a vast front and a more complicated situation, which tested the deployment of decision-makers even more.

Guo Shao couldn't tell if his idea was useful because he didn't have similar experience. But he has adjusted his mentality during this time...... There is no road in the world, there is only a road after walking, how can you get results without trying?

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, he said, "Let's start now, and the king can give an order to Gao Yanyu." For the rest, prepare the paper and ink, and let's work out the draft first. ”

For a while, everyone had something to do, and they couldn't help but obey Guo Shao's arrangement and get busy. On the one hand, Wang Pu sent someone to arrange for the envoy to hurry up, and on the other hand, he went to the government office to get the seal and write the order.

Guo Shao's tone was calm, but his eyes were attentive, he spoke fluently and quickly, showing an energetic and clear-headed image, and the officials had unconsciously trusted him at this time.

"Roughly there is a key objective, a quarrying ferry; Around a central breakthrough, Li is in the Yun Department. Then it is divided into four steps, the first step is that our shogunate has been granted the right to serve the army by the empress dowager, and the decision has been implemented. Guo Shao said to Zuo You, "Zuo Shaoqing will write the overall operational program...... Others write their own steps from front to back, and I will describe them separately from you. Make a draft first, and then discuss to check and fill in the gaps; After it is perfected, it will be reported to the queen mother and the central ministers early tomorrow morning to determine the implementation plan. ”

Wang Pu palmprinted, returned to the lobby after finishing his work, and consulted the dossier that had been sorted out some time ago, while thinking about the strategy proposed by Guo Shao.

The whole draft is not too long, and everyone deduces it repeatedly, and after disbanding, they carefully examined it. At noon and dinner, they all ate in the front of the palace, and Guo Shao, Wang Pu and several other people also lived in the suites of the government office at night to save time back and forth.

Li Chuyun's intervention undoubtedly pushed the war into a tense atmosphere at once; The big thing is often decisive at the beginning, because as the situation develops, the road will become narrower and clearer, and the controllability will be small.