Chapter 375 Different paths lead to the same end

Don't say that Han Daoming will see through Zheng Yu and Zheng Chang's proposition, Han Jun is serving as the guard of Cishou Palace at this time, and he is at a higher level, and people's horizons are also broader than before, and they are quite clear about the interests of each family.

The first emperor made Shen Yang, Zhou Yi and the three princes of Changshi and Sima Dynasty take charge of the military and political affairs of Ezhou, and used Ezhou as an advance base to attack Yuezhou and wipe out the Ma family.

Only by holding these two places can they calmly hold the basic market, and it is possible for the successor to take Jingxiang into their pockets.

At that time, even if Yang Yuanyan, the king of letters, invaded Jinling and pocketed the land of Jianghuai, they would still be able to fight against it according to Jingxiang and Hunan.

It's just that at present, the guards in Huangzhou and Ezhou are mainly local state battalions, and the total number of soldiers and horses is only five or six thousand, and the combat effectiveness is not very strong.

With such a force, not to mention resisting the advance of Chuzhou's soldiers and horses, if Anning Palace wants to retreat to Jiangzhou, Huangzhou and Ezhou will also be greatly threatened.

This is in the public.

In private, Huangzhou is the foundation of the Zheng family, and there is no room for the slightest mistake.

Of course, Zheng Yu and Zheng Chang could not directly emphasize strengthening the defense of Huangzhou, and at the same time strengthen Huangzhou's armament and defense, and they did not want generals other than the children of the Zheng family to lead the troops to avoid luring wolves into the house.

However, Ezhou and Huangzhou face each other across the river and are horns of each other, and the increase of troops in Ezhou is a great support for Huangzhou on the north bank.

And to increase the number of troops in Ezhou, at the same time, various other resources will also be inclined to Ezhou, and Huangzhou on the north bank will naturally not miss out at that time.

"The Zheng family wants to run Huangzhou at this time?" Han Jun asked his father quietly.

Han Daoming bowed slightly, signaling that his guess was the same, but on the other hand, the Zheng family's operation of Huangzhou was also part of Hunan Xingshangshu Province, consolidating the gateway to the east, and they could sleep and eat more in Yueyang, so there was no need to object.

However, what needs to be considered now is which troops and horses to be transferred to strengthen the defense of Ezhou.

The Right Dragon Sparrow Army led by Zheng Hui, or the Wuya Water Division that will be built with Gao Chengyuan as the main leader?

The Right Dragon Bird Army is the main force guarding Yueyang and defending the center of Hunan Xingshang Book Province, and it cannot be left lightly, which is probably the key to Zheng Yu and Zheng Chang not directly mentioning strengthening the defense of Huangzhou, after all, they can't directly transfer Zheng Hui and the elite of the Right Dragon Bird Army to Huangzhou.

The Wuya Army's naval division is mainly responsible for interception and attack operations in the Yangtze River and Dongting Lake areas, and will take into account the surface operations from Huangzhou, Ezhou to Yueyang and even Tanzhou, and the defense of land cities is not what the Wuya Army can be good at.

Wen Ruilin did not go to Runzhou with Xinchanghou Li Pu, at this moment, as a strategist, he sat behind Chai Jian, leaned forward slightly, looked at everyone with some hesitation, and asked:

"Or will Li Zhihe lead an elite army of the Left Dragon Bird Army and immediately transfer it to Ezhou?"

Zhou Yuan turned sideways to look at Wen Ruilin, and Wen Ruilin asked, "What do you think, Lord Zhou?" ”

Zhou Yuan, as the head of the Ministry of Industry of Xingtai, and Zhou Shu, who served as the deputy commander of the Zuolongque Army, the two brothers have always been the core figures of the Xinchang Marquis Mansion.

The Zheng family has their own careful thoughts, and Zhou Yuan doesn't see it, but he doesn't think it's really a bad thing, after all, they also have their own thoughts and calculations.

The left and right Longque Army and the newly organized Wuya Army, plus the local state battalions, Hunan Xingshangshu Province also quickly expanded its strength to about 100,000 after the Jinling Incident.

However, the local state battalion accounted for forty percent, and the total strength of the Dragon Bird Army was expanded to about 40,000 people, in addition, the Tan Wangfu Guard and the Cishou Palace Guards had 5,000 elites, and the planned Wuya Army Water Battalion would also be composed of 15,000 generals.

After deducting the local state battalions, government guards, and guards and horses, as well as the Wuya Army Naval Division, which is mainly responsible for surface combat tasks, the mobile elite combat power they can call on is actually very limited, only about the elite of the 40,000 horse infantry army of the Dragon Bird Army.

And these 40,000 elite horse infantry troops not only have to guard against the two rebels of Luo Jia and Zhao Sheng, who are defending Yongzhou, but also transfer troops and horses to Ezhou and Huangzhou to confront the river, defend the gateway and fence in the east of Yueyang, and use Yueyang City as a base camp to operate, and in the later stage, they must also consider putting pressure on Jingzhou and Xiangzhou......

Zhou Yuan, Chai Jian, Han Daoming, Zheng Yu, and Zheng Chang all moved their toes to the table to plan, and found that no matter how they deployed their troops, the soldiers and horses in their hands were quite insufficient.

If Li Zhihe must be ordered to divide his troops to Ezhou now, it will cause the disadvantage of insufficient troops in all directions, but this has one of the biggest advantages, so that Li Zhihe will be transferred to strengthen the defense of Ezhou, in addition to making the position of the Shaozhou defender vacant, and at the same time, Li Zhihe can leave a part of the elite of the Zuolongque Army in the south of Shaozhou to guard the Wuzhiling defense line.

In fact, this will be able to achieve the goal of dividing Li Zhihe's military power.

Hou Ye was calculated by King Xin and Wang Wenqian in Runzhou, and lost his troops, and for them in Yueyang at this time, it was more urgent than ever to independently master a large-scale elite army and horses; And Li Zhihe is a white-eyed wolf, and he is not worthy of their trust.

If Wen Ruilin's suggestion can be passed, then even if they and the Zheng family have different thoughts, they can be regarded as having the same goal.

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Although the first emperor had died a few years ago, Yueyang would not admit that the crown prince Yang Yuanwu had ascended the throne in Jinling, so Yueyang still took Tianyou as the year name.

In the seventeenth year of Tianyou, Yang Yuanpu has reached the age of eighteen, and he is the age when he knows the marrow and is energetic about the affairs of men and women, not to mention that the county lord of Qingyang has a peerless appearance, his skin is delicate like snow, and it is like silk to the touch, and it is full of attractive elasticity.

Although the age of the county lord of Qingyang is two years younger than Yang Yuanpu, and he is the same age as Princess Li Yao of Tan, the standard of future generations will still be regarded as non-adults.

However, compared to Li Yao, who was still a little cowardly by nature, the delicate and beautiful eyebrows and eyes of the county lord of Qingyang already had a thousand styles that had begun to show their edge, and they had long fascinated Yang Yuanpu.

On this day, there were three poles in the sun, and in the courtyard in front of the dormitory, there were standing eunuchs and female palaces who got up early, and Zhang Ping also ran over to see it several times.

This is the first time that Yang Yuanpu has been absent from the morning meeting since he left Jinling to preside over the war of cutting the domain.

Of course, Zhang Ping can also understand that young people are vigorous and indulgent once in a while, which are completely different concepts from abandoning political affairs.

He came over several times to see that Yang Yuanpu hadn't gotten up yet, and he didn't go into the dormitory to urge, so as not to worry about the love and sweetness of the new mandarin ducks.

Qingyang hugged the quilt and lay down, the snow-white jade arm without a trace of flaws, pressed on the thin quilt woven by Qianyang brocade, looking at the young man who vented his infinite energy on her last night and was exhausted at this time, there were some strangers, and there was also a trace of inexplicable affection after the intimate relationship, thinking in his heart Is this life to be entrusted to this man, is this man worthy of entrusting himself with this life?

Although there is inevitably a trace of emptiness in his heart, Qingyang also has a feeling of resignation at this moment.

At this time, in the courtyard outside the dormitory, there was a small and broken sound, as if someone had come in again, Qingyang woke Yang Yuanpu up, and said softly: "It seems that something is wrong?" ”

Yang Yuanpu woke up in a daze, listened to it for a while, as if something was going on, and raised his voice in the tent to ask Zhang Ping, who was standing in the courtyard outside: "What happened?" ”

"Xu Zhu was killed by His Royal Highness King Xin, and 30,000 Nanya forbidden troops were defeated and defeated by the coalition troops at the southeast foot of Baohua Mountain, but in this battle, the Marquis of Xinchang and the Marquis Li were unfortunately defeated by Xu Zhu first, and the losses were relatively heavy!" Zhang Ping walked out of the dormitory and concisely told Yang Yuanpu the news that had been transmitted back to Yueyang last night.

"What? When did the main force of Chuzhou cross the river? ”

Hearing the news, Yang Yuanpu woke up and sat up in shock.

Yesterday morning, he was still in the Carrier Hall to read the information sent back from Jinling by the Jinyunlou scouts, at least five days ago, because the warships of the Lou Ship Army were advancing eastward, the main force of Chuzhou was blocked in Yangzhou on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and it was impossible to cross the river to the south.

He thought that the first battle might drag on for another month or two, and it would only start when the two sides were more prepared, but he didn't expect to get the news that the Chuzhou army had defeated Xu Zhu's troops and beheaded Xu Zhu this morning.

"The main force of Chuzhou is still in Yangzhou, and His Royal Highness King Xin only led the silver halberd to cross the river in person, urging Rao Geng and Li Houye to lead the army out of Runzhou City and attack the Nanya Forbidden Army stationed in Jingshan Nunnery...... Zhang Ping said.

"How is that possible?"

Yang Yuanpu didn't have the heart to continue to be nostalgic for the tender tent at this moment, got out of bed in his clothes, and pulled Zhang Ping in to ask for details.

Yang Yuanpu and his two brothers are not familiar with each other, after all, when he was born, the younger Yang Yuanyan had already tried to lead the troops into battle.

After not much contact, Yang Yuanpu only clearly knew that his middle brother always had a gloomy and impatient look, and he often disagreed with the previous emperor's instructions for him, but he had amazing divine power.

Yang Yuanpu once saw his middle brother Yang Yuanyan throw a stone lock weighing three or four hundred catties high.

That scene made Yang Yuanpu extremely impressed, especially when he thought about it when he grew up, he realized how powerful Yang Yuanyan was, and there was also a deep layer of fear in his heart.

There are some brave people in the Dragon Bird Army who can lift nearly 400 catties of stone locks above their heads, but even if there is an error in his memory when he was a child, the stone locks thrown by Yang Yuanyan back then were not as heavy as those three or four hundred catties, and they should weigh two or three hundred catties.

Throwing such a heavy stone lock high, I'm afraid that no one in the Dragon Bird Army can do it, right?

Jiangzhou soldiers joined the army, the camp soldiers and horses made Zhong Yanhu is a rare fierce general in the world, but he has a great friendship with Zhao Mingting, after the Jinling Incident, he and Jiangzhou assassin Shi Zhou Ang immediately supported the new emperor, but became a threat to peep into Ezhou.

In addition to the letter sent back by the Xinchang Marquis Mansion, Jinyunlou also received more detailed battlefield news from the scouts last night, and even recorded the amazing record of Yang Yuanyan, the king of letters, taking the lead in this battle, and he alone killed nearly 100 soldiers of the forbidden army of the Southern Ya, and Zhang Ping presented it to Yang Yuanpu for browsing.

The two phases confirm that it is not difficult for Yang Yuanpu to imagine the invincible image of Yang Yuanyan wielding a war halberd and leading eight hundred silver halberd war horses to kill the battlefield.

"I heard that the second prince was quite brave before, but I didn't expect the second prince to be so brave, comparable to the evil of the ancients!" The county lord of Qingyang also came over to read the letter and said in shock.

Yang Yuanpu smiled bitterly, when the middle brother Yang Yuanyan grew up, he had the opportunity to contact the affairs of the soldiers, at that time, the soldiers and horses of Dachu had formed several stable troop use and expansion directions such as Li Yu, Xu Mingzhen, Du Chongtao, etc., and the middle brother occasionally showed his skills and feet during the military academy drills, and the news would be considered to be deliberately exaggerated, how many people could really realize the martial arts of the middle brother?