After the military discussion, the three princes, surrounded by the guard battalion led by Chai Jiansuo, first went to Xiangzhou City on the south bank of the Han River with Du Chongtao and Xu Zhaoling to settle down, while Han Qian temporarily stayed on the north bank to assist Li Zhihe in arranging the front troops and horses to advance north along the Danjiang River.

Of course, Yang Yuanpu did not bring all the men and horses of the guard battalion to Xiangzhou City.

Yang Yuanpu knew that he was safe in Xiangzhou City, at least he didn't have to worry about a large group of enemy soldiers being able to attack them directly, if he really got to that point, Deng Xiang's defense line would have collapsed on all fronts.

Yang Yuanpu only asked Chai Jian to take more than 100 people to escort him to Xiangzhou City, and the rest of the guards were led by Li Chong, and they went west with Han Qian and Li Zhihe.

"This year, the Liang army is menacing, and the defensive deployment of the western flank to Deng Xiang is still too passive." Sending the third prince Yang Yuanpu and others to board the boat, Li Zhihe stood in front of the snowy river beach and said worriedly.

Li Zhihe has been fighting in Jianghuai with his father and brother since he was a child, and he is familiar with the art of war, of course, he can also see at a glance the advantages and disadvantages of Du Chongtao's defensive deployment.

The fact that the western flank was so passively organizing defense in the southern part of the Nanyang Basin meant that the military pressure organized by the Liang State on the Western Front in the early stage would be exerted on the Shouzhou Army, which was actively defending in the south of Caizhou at this time.

Although they are the three princes and the first line, the biggest enemies in Great Chu are the Anning Palace, the crown prince and the Xu family, and the Shouzhou army is one of the foundations of this lineage, but it does not mean that the Shouzhou army will definitely benefit if they are frustrated in front of the Liang army.

If the Shouzhou army felt too much pressure from the Liang army, it was very likely that it would give up the defense in the south of Caizhou and shrink its forces, but this also meant that the gap in Fangcheng in the northern part of the entire Nanyang Basin would be completely exposed to the prying eyes of the Liang army.

"I'm afraid that His Highness will not be able to advise on this matter, so let's do what we need to do." Han Qian said that, he wrapped his body tightly, curled up slightly, feeling warmer, and regretted in his heart, in order to save money, he didn't prepare a leather robe for himself before he came over, this winter is much colder than before.

Han Qian looked up at the sky, and it was gloomy again, this snow has not stopped for two days, it seems that it is going to fall again, I don't know what Liang Guo thinks, it is a good day, but it has to be a cold day, thinking that before the Dragon Bird Army set out for the battle, the winter clothes urgently issued by each general are also quite thin, and I secretly feel that maybe after this battle, those who die directly on the battlefield may not have more frozen to death, right?

As for Deng Xiang's strategic deployment, Han Qian didn't want to think much about it at this time.

The generals who can stand alone are all conceited people, and the suggestions at the strategic level, perhaps Du Chongtao's direct cronies can speak up, if they instigate the three princes to forcibly reverse the defensive strategy of the entire Western Front, they will return to the situation when Du Chongtao crossed the river.

The third prince, Yang Yuanpu, with the help of the identity of the prince, may force Du Chongtao to bow his head, but Du Chongtao will hand over the heavy task of advancing into the northern part of the Nanyang Basin to the Longque Army, and he will lead the Xiangzhou Army to stabilize the southern front, what should I do?

What kind of family is the Dragon Sparrow Army?

No matter how arrogant Han Qian and Li Zhihe were, they didn't dare to let the main force of the Dragon Bird Army go out of the Nanyang Basin at this time and fight to the death with the elite of the Liang Army!

The two thousand dragon sparrow army that arrived in Xiangzhou first did not enter Fancheng after landing, and it was still early at this time, so Li Zhihe and Han Qian took their generals to go west directly along the north bank of the Han River, and after arranging all this, the two of them and Li Chong turned back to Fancheng, and then went to meet the reinforcement generals of Huangzhou and Yingzhou.

Huangzhou and Yingzhou did not have a forbidden camp garrison, and a thousand reinforcements were all drawn from the state battalion to reinforce them, and the troops led by the two states were all soldiers from the two states to join the army, Zheng Hui and Xia Zhen were all strong sons of the two places.

After Emperor Tianyou led the Huainan Army to lay the foundation of Great Chu in Jinling, he fought a vicious battle with Dong Chang, the king of Yue, for several years, and the states west of Jiangzhou, including Ma Yin in Tanzhou, were basically determined by transmission.

In order to stabilize the situation, in order to win over the local tycoons, a large number of sons and daughters of the tycoons were rewarded as officials and officials, and the local state camps were mostly in the hands of the local tycoons.

Du Chongtao dispatched reinforcements from Huangzhou and Yingzhou, which were controlled by Li Zhihe, but it is really difficult to say whether Li Zhihe can really mobilize these two support armies at this time.

The reinforcements from Huangzhou and Yingzhou were temporarily stationed in Zaoyangxi, but after the new assignment, Zheng Hui and Xia Zhen did not go to Xiangzhou City with Du Chongtao, nor did they lead the guards back to the garrison camp for the time being, but stayed in Fancheng and waited for Li Zhihe to come back to discuss the garrison.

Zheng Hui and Xia Zhen were dissatisfied with the left wing stationed on the north bank of the Han River, but they did not show it in front of Du Chongtao and others.

They are all over thirty years old, thin and healthy, and they cannot be regarded as weak in combat because they are the sons of local heroes, and the soldiers and horses they lead are all generals recruited from the local government.

In fact, the division of feudal towns and the civil unrest in the last years of the previous dynasty, in addition to Xiangdeng, wars in Jianghan and other places were also frequent, and the combat effectiveness of local soldiers and horses was actually quite not weak.

In comparison, Zheng Hui and Xia Zhen even looked down on the combat effectiveness of the Dragon Bird Army.

Although the dragon sparrow army has been selected as much as possible, the dragon sparrow army has been short of materials in the past year, and most of the generals are still weak, and they have not experienced actual combat, how can people afford it?

And the higher-level factors, which are also figures at the level of Zheng Hui and Xia Zhen, must have already considered the impact that the matter of competing for succession may have on them and their clans in the future.

Han Qian, Li Zhihe, and Li Chong rode horses into Fancheng again, and on the way, they also discussed the possible attitudes of Zheng and Xia, and decided to ask reinforcements from these two states to be stationed in the two remnants of Xichuan and Neixiang, which are located in the northeast of the Danjiang River and at the intersection of the Qinling Mountains and Funiu Mountain, and the terrain is relatively flat and open.

In addition to the two garrisons of Xiangzhou Army, which each had two or three hundred defenders, thousands of people also gathered inside and outside the ruined city to cultivate, and the conditions were relatively better.

To the east of these two places is the hinterland of the Nanyang Basin, and if the Liang army moves south, it will be unstoppable, and the retreat from these two places to the south will be much faster than the garrisons stationed in the hinterland of the mountains such as Jingzikou.

Han Qian believed that if Zheng Hui and Xia Zhen were chosen, they would also be more willing to lead their troops to garrison these two places.

In this arrangement, the Dragon Bird Army can control the Danjiang waterway more completely and independently, without interference from other factional forces; Otherwise, I don't know what Xu Zhaoling, Jin Rui and others might be doing with them behind their backs.

When they met again in Fancheng Town's General Mansion, Zheng Hui and Xia Zhen also accepted such an arrangement, but their attitude towards Li Zhihe, Han Qian, and Li Chong was very cold.

Even on Han Daoxun's way to Xuzhou, when Han Qian stayed in Huangzhou with his father for a short time, he had a relationship with Zheng Hui, who joined the army in Huangzhou, and he was quite indifferent to see him again at this time, and he didn't want to have too deep communication with Han Qian in private.

After meeting with Zheng Hui and Xia Zhen, Han Qian accompanied Li Zhihe and Li Chong to the west along the north bank of the Han River, and joined the Longque Army in front of the camp in Laolongkou on the way, and stayed overnight, and in the early morning they led 300 cavalry to camp at Danjiangkou before noon.

The place where the Danjiang River flows into the Han River was originally the place where Junzhou was governed.

The ancient city of Junzhou, which spanned the three banks of the Han River and the Danjiang River, had been destroyed in the war, and at present, Du Chongtao rebuilt a small mile of the city fortress on the south bank as an outpost fortress to resist the Han Zhong Shu army in the west, but on the north bank of the Han River, the town port on both sides of the Danjiang River is still in ruins.

In terms of topography, the ancient city of Junzhou is located on the north shore much more openly, almost ten miles deep, and the flat land formed by sediment siltation is surrounded by mountains.

From the remnants of the traces, we can see the traces of the ancestors along the Han River and the Danshui embankment, otherwise this area where Daba Mountain and the Qinling Mountains intersect, even if it is located in the low depression zone, there will be no flat area with ten deep depths.

Han Qian can also see that the river embankment built in the early years has been destroyed a lot, and when the water is rising in summer and autumn, the two sides are very flooded, and almost half of the building ruins in the north bank have left traces of being soaked by floods in recent years.

"That's Canglang Island," Han Qian pointed to a small sandbar island in the middle of the river where Hanshui and Danshui meet, and said to Li Zhihe and Li Chong, ""The Commentary on the Book of Water says that Hanshui is also known as Canglang Water, which is why this continent is named - we build a new walled city here, and Canglang City is called ......."

Regardless of the fact that there were already 2,000 elite Xiangzhou troops in the southern bank fortress, Han Qian insisted on rebuilding a walled city controlled by the Dragon Bird Army at the mouth of the Danjiang River on the northern bank.

It not only controls the Danjiang River and the Han River, but also is a key node in the middle and upper reaches of the Danjiang River from Xiangzhou City.

Li Zhihe reined in his horse, looked at the banner on the waterfront fortress on the opposite bank, was blown by the cold wind, and frowned and said: "Xiangzhou has already built a fortress on the south bank, and the Dragon Bird Army wants to build another walled city on the north bank, Du Chongtao will most likely not give him financial and food support, right?" ”

The Dragon Bird Army wanted to build a city here in such a scarce situation, and Li Zhihe was quite hesitant even if he knew the strategic importance of this walled city.

Han Qian persuaded him:

"Since the Dragon Bird Army has entered the Dengxiang region, it is one thing to strive to obtain military merits in the battle to defend the Liang army in winter, and the other thing is that even if the Hou Ye and they cannot immediately promote the restoration of the establishment of Junzhou in Jinling, the walled city needs to be built as soon as possible. As for the money and food needed, we can raise it from the many cottages hidden in the deep mountains and old forests on both wings, and I will ask Your Highness to discuss this matter......"

Li Chonghu glanced at Han Qian suspiciously.

Before, he needed Zuo Si to give food supplies, Han Qian pushed back in every possible way, but did not hesitate to risk tearing his face with Du Chongtao, and suggested that the Dragon Bird Army directly enter Fancheng on the north bank to force Du Chongtao to accept their conditions.

Facing Li Chong's scrutiny, Han Qian put his hands in the sleeves of his robe, just indifferently waiting for Li Zhihe to make a decision.

Xinchang Marquis Li Pu and the black gauze women can't come over, and Han Qian only needs to negotiate a plan with Li Zhihe about the affairs of the Dragon Bird Army in Xiangzhou, and then ask for the permission of the third prince Yang Yuanpu, and even wait for Chen De, Guo Rong, and Shen Yang to come over, and the right to speak is not as big as Li Zhihe.

Of course, how Chai Jian, Li Chong, Zhou Shu and others would influence Li Zhihe's decision behind the scenes was not something that Han Qian could decide.

Although it is already winter, the water level of the Han River has dropped, but under the cold wind, the clear river is still turbulent.

At this time, the three sailing ships led by Yang Qin were sailing slowly from the downstream.

"Okay, you tell Your Highness that it is indeed quite important to build a village here for the Dragon Bird Army to control." Li Zhihe said.

As long as Han Qian could think of another way to raise money and food, Li Zhihe would certainly not detain him to build a walled city at the mouth of the Danjiang River.

Han Qian immediately agreed with Li Zhihe that Li Zhihe and Li Chong would continue to lead their troops to Jingzikou and other places to garrison, leaving him to preside over the construction of the walled city at Danjiangkou and be responsible for the liaison between Xiangzhou City and Jingzikou.

And after Li Zhihe led his troops to Jingzikou, in addition to leaving a group of spies, Zuo Si's personnel who remained in Jingzikou at this time could also be withdrawn here.