A few days after the Dragon Boat Festival came, there was another good news from Taiping Mansion.

The Chuzhou army took Jiangzhou and Raozhou.

Jiangzhou is in the west of Xuanzhou, and Raozhou is in the south of Xuanzhou.

The two states are not close to Jinling anymore.

As the commander-in-chief, Monk Feng led 30,000 horses to fight Jiangzhou, and arranged for the 40,000 partial troops who had newly arrived in Xuanzhou to fight Raozhou.

The main general on the side of the army is not Shi Jin, who has the deepest seniority in the army, nor Hou Xiaoming, Huo Bao's first confidant, nor Jia Yuan, who has a personal relationship with Huo Wuhe, nor Qiu Wei of the independent army, but after assessment, Jia Yan was ordered.

Jia Yan's kung fu is ordinary, but he has hills and valleys in his heart, and he is a marshal seedling.

Jia Yan really did not live up to Monk Feng's favor, and after exploring the details of Raozhou, he made a correct judgment, and did not divide his troops to fight the county town and then join forces to fight the state capital like the Chuzhou army fought other state capitals, but first joined forces to take the state capital, and then divided the troops to collect the county towns under his head.

Just as Monk Feng took Jiangzhou, Jia Yan also took 40,000 partial troops to take Raozhou.

In addition to delivering good news this time, Monk Feng also asked for instructions on the next move.

When the Chuzhou army was fighting in the south and the north, the Qichun army was not idle, and also went south to the west of Jiangnan to conquer, and had already conquered Yuezhou and Tanzhou.

Yuezhou and Tanzhou are in the west of Hongzhou, and the east of Hongzhou is Jiangzhou and Raozhou.

Hongzhou is the Jiangnan West Road Governance Office, and there were 100,000 garrisons before.

Last year, when Wuchang Mansion was attacked, there were losses, and there were 50,000 or 60,000 left.

Hongzhou is 1,100 miles to Jinling, and 700 miles to Wuchang Mansion, where the Qichun army is currently stationed.

Now the soldiers and horses of both sides know that the other side is separated by a Hongzhou, and they are all on standby.

The expeditions of both sides were all sudden moves, and they didn't expect to be faced so quickly.

Monk Feng sent back to ask for instructions, the next step is to fight Hongzhou in the west, or Huzhou and Muzhou in the south of Xuanzhou.

If you want to fight Hongzhou, you need to prevent the Qi Chun army from making trouble, and you need to transfer people and horses over.

If you hit Huzhou and Muzhou in the east of the Yangtze River, you can just surround Hangzhou, and you can prepare for the next step of attacking Hangzhou.

The prosperous place of Hangzhou is no less than Jinling, and there is no reason to keep other forces cheap.

However, Huzhou and Muzhou are bordered not only by Hangzhou, but also by Wuzhou and Yuezhou, both of which are under the rule of Taizhou Baishan.

The Taizhou army now stands in the land of four states, namely Taizhou, Wenzhou, Wuzhou, Yuezhou,

This time, it is not only the direction of the next battle, but also the choice of which side to face first.

Is it a white shirt?

Or Taizhou white shirts?

Huo Wu didn't make up his mind in a hurry, but invited Deng Jian, Ma Zhai Master, Du Laoba, Master Lin, Shui Jin, and Huo Bao to discuss the matter.

"Fight on both sides!"

Deng Jian was eager to try: "Boyang will take people to Xuanzhou, and I will take people to fight Huzhou and Muzhou!" ”

Shui Jin listened, and looked at Huo Wu with excitement, very excited.

The owner of the horse village frowned: "Isn't it too fast?" Our Chuzhou army is enemy on all sides, and if we start a war on both sides, it will be really dangerous, and we need to guard against the other two forces. ”

Although the Bozhou Army and the Taizhou Army are not as good as the Chuzhou Army, if they take advantage of the fire to rob, I don't know what will happen.

Master Lin also shook his head: "It's not appropriate to start a war on both sides...... Or fight Huzhou and Muzhou, Huzhou is next to Changzhou and Suzhou, and Muzhou is next to Xuanzhou, just enough to divide the army into two roads, surround Hangzhou, and then take Mingzhou...... Taizhou Baishan only has four states, and it can be won in one go...... On the contrary, Qichun's side, which now occupies more than 20 state capitals, is far away from Jinling, and the Chuzhou army is tired from the expedition, and there are too many variables! ”

Huo Bao also said: "What Mr. said is right, it is really not appropriate to make enemies on all sides now. ”

Last year, Qi Chun's army conquered in three directions and directly occupied more than a dozen state capitals, and then was defeated in Hangzhou and lost several surrounding state capitals, including Muzhou and Quzhou on the Hangzhou side.

At that time, the Qichun army had more than 100,000 soldiers, and the war was fought on three sides, not only the "Eastern Expedition" army of Hangzhou Mansion was defeated, but also because there were not many guards in the old nest, and the old nest was almost wiped out.

The Qichun army was one step later than the Chuzhou army, but the pace of the expedition was ahead of the Chuzhou army, which should be used as a reference.

Huo Wu listened to everyone's opinions.

He is not a swaggering character, and he knows the truth of making a big move.

What the Chuzhou army needs to scrupulously is not the bandit army of the imperial court, but the white-shirted army of other four directions.

At present, the main forces of the Bozhou Army and the Taizhou Army are in the north, and they are fighting for the capital of Henan Province.

The territory of the Qichun Army is larger than that of the Chuzhou Army, but the population there is not as prosperous as that of the south of the Yangtze River, and the forces of the two sides are equal.

If you really want to face it right now, even if you win in the end, it will be a lose-lose situation.

On the contrary, it is the Taizhou white shirt side, which is too close to the Chuzhou army's territory.

Can you allow others to snore on the side of the couch?

The two sides are not at the same level at all, and they can easily win the four states occupied by Taizhou white shirts.

Deng Jian couldn't help frowning when he saw Huo Wu pondering: "Then let Hongzhou go for nothing?" Even if we don't fight Hongzhou, we can't let the Qi Chun army occupy Hongzhou! ”

Hongzhou is a place of governance, although it is not as prosperous as Jinling and Yangzhou, but it is not comparable to ordinary state capitals.

With a population of 200,000 or 300,000 and tens of thousands of veterans, there is no need to cheapen Qi Chunjun.

Shui Jin echoed continuously: "Yes, we can't shorten the momentum!" If we don't fight in Hongzhou, we can't let Qi Chunjun fight! There will always be a war in the future, so it's better to keep Hongzhou. ”

When Shui Jin was in the spring, he led troops to prepare for war in Luzhou, and then took Shuzhou and Shouzhou, which were next to each other in the east of Luzhou.

I didn't feel it when I was in the territory of the Chuzhou Army before, but when I left the territory of the Chuzhou Army, I heard the power of Qi Chun's white shirt all over my ears.

It seems that in the eyes of the common people, the most orthodox whiteshirt army is the Bozhou whiteshirt army, because there is the power of the small sect leader; But the most powerful white-shirted army is the Qichun white-shirted army, because Qichun's Shou Tianwan not only claimed the emperor, but also fought against the imperial court soldiers and horses several times, and won more and lost less.

Shui Jin was not convinced for a long time.

Is it a cow to be called the emperor?

The little sect leader of Bozhou is also called the emperor, isn't it like a joke?

Hongzhou is not close to Jinling, 1,100 miles, and it takes half a month to arrive in a hurry, but Hongzhou is not close to Wuchang Mansion.

The Qi Chun army occupies the geographical advantage, which is only relative.

Master Lin stroked his beard and said, "In addition to Hongzhou, there are still Ezhou directly north of Hongzhou and Fuzhou south of Hongzhou under the rule of the imperial court...... The fifth master can write a letter to Shou Tianwan, stating that this three states are the boundary......"

The Chuzhou army was unwilling to confront the Qichun army, and the Qichun army was unwilling to confront the Chuzhou army.

Emperor Shou Tianwan of Qichun is a very forbearant person, before the layout of Luzhou was disturbed by the Chuzhou army, not only did not plan to turn over the Chaohu water division, but also lost the building ship and soldiers of the Anqing water division.

is his own nephew, who was also captured by the Chuzhou army.

Later, Qi Chunjun sent someone to Jinling and ransomed his nephew with silver, and did not start the war lightly.

Even in this half a year of expansion, the Qichun army did not move its claws in the direction of Huainan, and more troops were placed in the south and west.

Thinking about it, Shou Tianwan can also see that the most scrupled force is not the imperial court, but the Chuzhou army, which is also rising.

When the Daning Dynasty is defeated, it will only be these two forces that will fight for the world in the end.

"It's great to keep these three states as the boundary!"

The more the owner of the horse village thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was good.

If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, you don't know how expensive they are

Siege warfare is not easy to fight, and what is even worse is post-war repair.

Suzhou City is a siege battle, with artillery, victory is easy to come by, but every cannon is silver.

What's even more distressing is that the collapsed city walls and gates were bombed, and then they had to be rebuilt brick by brick.

When I fought Yangzhou before, it was also a siege battle, and I lost once.

Hongzhou, Ezhou, and Fuzhou have prepared the battlefields of the two forces, and when the time comes, concentrating firepower in these three states will also reduce the destruction and loss.

Even if these three state capitals become powdered under the war between the two sides, it is much better than one state and one capital being hit hard.

It's not that I'm not distressed, and it's a big deal to move the population out.