The pain all over his body was scorching, and after he opened his eyes, he found that he was still lying on the couch, the military doctor was boiling herbs on the side, and the room was filled with a smell of herbs.

He didn't die, he survived.

I don't know how long it has been since I woke up for the first time, but Yu Zhongwen felt like a few decades had passed, and during the coma, the past had passed through in his mind, as if the whole life had been experienced again.

The Yu clan, with a noble status in the Western Wei and Zhou Kingdoms, and protégés and former officials all over the court and the opposition, should have been the left arm and right arm of the Yuwen clan, but they were at a loss by the subsequent dispute between the imperial party and the Jin party, and could only focus on the interests of the family.

Therefore, in the second year of the elephant, after the sudden death of Emperor Tianyuan, the children of the Yu family chose to stand on the side of Yang Jian, a relative, against Chi Yuan, the remnant of the Jin Party.

Yu Zhongwen paid the price for this, he was the county guard of Dongjun against Wei Chi Yuan's army, and then he was outnumbered and could only break through, his entourage suffered heavy casualties, and he was also scarred, and his children and wife failed to escape, and were captured and killed by Wei Chi Hui.

After the fall of the Sui State, the Yu family was almost wiped out by Wei Chi Hui, leaving him to flee to the Chen State in the south of the Yangtze River with Xu Xian and his young son.

The game of power is a big gamble, if you are willing to gamble, you have to admit defeat, Yu's choice was proved wrong in the end, Yu Zhongwen was helpless about it, but Wei Chi killed his wife and children, and the blood feud of the clansmen, as long as there is still a breath, he must revenge.

It was this obsession that allowed Yu Zhongwen to survive from a serious injury and coma, before he took the elite of the Chen army to attack Guangling by sea, and suddenly attacked the granary at night.

The accompanying soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and there was no one in ten, Yu Zhongwen was wounded all over his body by more than ten wounds, and he died in pain, if he didn't have a strong obsession, he would have been unable to survive a long time ago.

As soon as he thought of his dead wife, children, and clansmen, Yu Zhongwen forgot about the pain, and he secretly determined to recover as soon as possible so that he could go into battle to kill the enemy again.

That night, Yu Chi Youqi, the son of Yu Chi Hui, was also in Guangling City, but he fled in a hurry under the escort of the left and right, he failed to approach, missed the opportunity, and if he wanted to kill the son of the enemy, he could only wait for the next time.

Footsteps sounded outside the room, and several people turned in, but it was the military doctor who saw Yu Zhongwen waking up and sent someone to pass on the prison army Kong Fan, and Kong Fan immediately came to visit Yu Zhongwen, a hero.

Yu Zhongwen struggled to get up, but Kong Fan stretched out his hand to hold him down, and then asked for warmth with concern, and his words were quite sincere.

Of course, you have to be sincere, as a shopkeeper to make a lot of money for the owner, Kong Fan, as the owner, shouldn't he say some good things to Yan Yuese?

Because of Hou Jing's experience, Yu Zhongwen, as a general from the north, has no possibility of being reused in the Chen State of the Southern Dynasty, if there is no opportunity given by Kong Fan and Shi Wenqing, I am afraid that he will be idle in Jiankang now.

Yu Zhongwen is handsome and talented, and he is anxious to take revenge, Kong Fan needs a puppet who can give advice on military strategy, and the two sides hit it off, used each other, and achieved fruitful results.

Now Yu Zhongwen's plan to attack Guangling has been completed, and his name is known to the Son of Heaven, but Kong Fan is not worried that the other party will get out of his control, because the Son of Heaven is not even at ease with his country's generals, where will he rest assured that he will use the Northern Dynasty to surrender generals.

Kong Fan knew that Yu Zhongwen wanted revenge, so he would be relieved to appoint him, and although Yu Zhongwen knew that Kong Fan was a traitor, he was willing to be his lackey in order to take revenge.

Seeing that Yu Zhongwen, who was seriously injured, survived, Kong Fan breathed a sigh of relief, he also counted on Yu Zhongwen to continue to make suggestions, if the person died, his good luck would come to an end.

Confirming that Yu Zhongwen's spirit was acceptable, Kong Fan hurriedly explained the current situation briefly, wanting to hear Yu Zhongwen's views in order to decide whether to act according to the pre-formulated strategy as he had discussed with Xiao Maha earlier.

"Shanyang and Xuyi must be taken immediately, according to which the official army can hold Sikou, and it can also shake Xuzhou and Qingzhou in the Zhou State, thinking that if the official army wants to seize Pengcheng, it will inevitably mobilize troops and horses to deploy in the area of Pengcheng, and there is no time to go south, so that the official army will have enough time to move west..."

"The official army must take Zhongli at any cost, and then the minds of the people of Huainan Prefecture will change, and they will be able to recover the lost territory with a piece of paper, the problem is..." Yu Zhongwen was covered in injuries, and he had some difficulty speaking, so he slowed down and continued:

"Everything can be carried out according to the strategy drawn up in advance, but the question is how long can the Yuwen clan last in Yuzhou."

Kong Fan nodded, although he didn't lead his troops to fight much, but he was not a fool, even if he just looked at the map, he also knew that the Yuzhou Prefecture occupied by Wang Yuwenwen of Xiyang of the Zhou State had become the key point of the Henan war.

It also determined whether Chen Jun could have enough time to operate the Huaishui defense line.

If you use Go terminology, the battle of the hanging gourd is life and death in the tripartite dispute, the victory or defeat of the robbery determines the life and death of the surrounding chess pieces, and the control of the hanging gourd in whose hands determines how the situation in Henan develops.

The Yuwen clan held the hanging gourd, so the Wei Chi clan would not be able to go south with all their strength to attack the Huainan Chen army, and the Chen army could use this to consolidate the Huaishui defense line and stabilize the lost and recovered Huainan Prefecture.

You can even take this opportunity to go north along the Huaisi Pass, capture Pengcheng in Xuzhou, and gain a firm foothold in Huaibei.

If the Hanging Gourd is lost and the forces of the Yuwen clan are driven out of Henan, Wei Chidun's army will be able to go straight south and compete with Chen for Huainan Prefecture, and it is difficult to say whether Chen's army will be able to gain a firm foothold in Huainan at that time.

It is now winter, the water level of many rivers has dropped or even dried up, the northern army has many cavalry, can gallop in the Huainan wilderness at will, it is difficult for the officers and troops who lack cavalry to win in the field wave battle, they can only be trapped in various cities waiting for reinforcements, and finally break through for the other side one by one.

Therefore, the gains and losses of the hanging gourd determine whether Chen Guo can gain a firm foothold in Huainan, Kong Fan is entangled in how long Yuwen Wen can hold the hanging gourd, Yu Zhongwen is very optimistic about this,

He felt that the hanging gourd would last at least a few months.

Yuwen Wen, the king of Xiyang, did not have the reputation of an ignorant soldier back then, like the children of other powerful people of the Zhou State, he was an idle clan in the palace, and somehow stood out in the next ten years.

According to many sources, Yuwen Wen's record this year has been good, and Yu Zhongwen thinks that since this person dares to defend the city in person, then Wei Chidun will definitely not be able to take the hanging gourd in a few months.

But this does not mean that Wei Chidun knows that Huainan is helpless after the change, and he will definitely transfer troops from other places, and it is very likely that it will be Hebei soldiers and horses with many cavalry.

Therefore, the official army still has to seize the time to rebuild the Huaishui defense line, Shouchun may not be able to take it, but the three cities of Zhongli, Shanyang, and Xuyi must be conquered no matter what, which can be used as a starting point for attacking Huaibei and as a forward stronghold to resist the attack of the northern army.

Also, don't hit Pengcheng's idea!

Listening to Yu Zhongwen's advice, Kong Fan was a little puzzled, he had seen the map, and felt that it seemed not very far to attack Pengcheng from Sikou to the north, and in the Taijian Northern Expedition more than ten years ago, the Chen army almost took Pengcheng, but was later defeated by the Zhou army and lost both Huai.

The current commander of the official army, Xiao Maha, was one of the generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army back then, and he was very familiar with the terrain around Pengcheng.

"Kong Gong, now it is the middle of winter, the water level in Surabaya has dropped sharply, and it is inevitable that the grain ships will not be able to pass.

Yu Zhongwen patiently explained, Kong Fan didn't know the soldiers, but he became a supervisor, with the Son of Heaven as a backer, the generals couldn't resist, if the other party commanded indiscriminately, the good situation that Chen Jun had won so hard would be ruined.

"The official army is tense, in the case of Gongwei Jiankang, the troops should be transferred across the river to the north to recover Huainan Prefecture and rebuild the Huaishui defense line. To save or not to save? ”

"Pengcheng is the place of four wars, it is unusable to keep a small number of soldiers, and a large supply of grain and grass is needed to keep more soldiers, and the first task of the official army is to gain a firm foothold in Huainan, as for Huaibei, it is necessary to Xu Tuzhi."

Yu Zhongwen was seriously injured, but he was lucky to pick up a life, and after saying so many words, his energy was a little lacking, Kong Fan agreed with the advice he gave, and in order to let Yu Zhongwen recuperate with peace of mind, he left quickly.

Lying on the couch and closing his eyes to recuperate, Yu Zhongwen recovered some energy after a while, he tried his best to plan for Kong Fan, not for fame and fortune, not to serve Chen Guo, but to take revenge.

Coming to Chen State, after a period of observation, Yu Zhongwen found that Chen Guo was indeed not good, it was not that there were no soldiers who dared to fight, it was not that there were no brave and good generals, although the country was small and there was a lack of horses, but this did not mean that the country would inevitably die.

The key is that with a king like Chen Shubao, it is useless to say anything.

At that time, the state of Qi was obviously stronger than the state of Zhou, and the army was numerous, why did it perish in just a few years?

It's very simple, Gao Wei, the son of Qi State, is the king of the fallen country.

Gao Wei doted on Feng Xiaolian, reused He Shikai, Mu Tipo, Han Changluan and other fortunate things, and simply collapsed a huge country, and how similar is the current Chen State to the Qi State back then?

Chen Shubao doted on Zhang Lihua, reused Kong Fan, Shi Wenqing, Shen Keqing and other fortunate people, there was a miasma inside and outside the court, how many warlike generals could not be trusted, Yu Zhongwen could put forward the strategy, in fact, many Chen generals could put it forward, why would the Son of Heaven adopt his strategy?

It's very simple, he Yu Zhongwen is a bereaved dog sheltered by Kong Fan and Shi Wenqing, easy to control, and only after Kong Fan and Shi Wenqing are advocating it, Chen Shubao is willing to adopt the strategy he formulated.

Favorite concubines, lieutenant officials, and ministers surrounded Chen Shubao, a mediocre genius, and the road was cut off, and the demons danced wildly, making the loyal and good dust, and the brave generals had no way to serve the country.

But this has nothing to do with Yu Zhongwen.

He had already calculated that as long as he could take revenge on the Wei Chi clan, it didn't matter if he was lucky enough to be an eagle dog for Kong Fan and Shi Wenqing, as for how Kong, Shi and others harmed Chen Guo, it had nothing to do with him.

If Chen Guo is finished, then I will go to the other side!