Han Qian and the others led the dwarf horses trafficked into Xuzhou from the direction of Qianzhong, standing in the woods on the west side of the estuary, frowning and looking at the lake in the north, and could vaguely see the mast of the ship that was exposed in the north.

He, Kong Xirong and the others wore a simple leather armor on the outside of their shabby robes, and the saddles were hung with bows and halberds on both sides, all of which were rusty and old, making them look like scouts sent by the outless forces or poor rangers wandering around Hongze Punan.

The weather is cold, and at this time, it is obvious that no ordinary people will run to the lake in the north of Shiliang County to hang out.

Only in this way can they disguise their true identities and avoid being inadvertently discovered by scouts sent by the Right Shenwu Army or other outcasts, and they will encounter a surprise attack.

In the dream world, the south bank of the Yellow River burst the embankment in later generations, flooded, encroached on the waterway of the Huai River, and a large amount of sediment accumulated, causing the mouth of the Huai River to be blocked, forcing the water from the upper reaches of the Huai River and the Yellow River to enter Hongzepu, and then go south through Hongzepu and enter the Yangtze River waterway into the sea.

This led to the increase in the water level of Hongzepu and the formation of the scale of the Great Lake in later generations.

Although the Hongzepu area of the current world is also very wide, the water level is not as deep as that of later generations, and it has not yet formed a complete lake area, which is actually a shallow bottom lake group composed of large and small lakes and swamps and depressions such as Fuling Lake, Po Pu Tang, Nidun Lake, and Wanjia Lake.

The terrain of Hongzepu is complex, and it is better than the Dongting Lake in the world.

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Sui Dynasty, in order to connect Fanliang Lake and the Huai River, the rulers at that time preferred to spend more effort to excavate and repair the northern section of the waterway of Hangou rather than borrow the channel from Hongzepu, mainly because the terrain in Hongzepu is complex, easy to breed and hide water bandits, and the topography of the lake is easy to change.

As the most elite sailor of Great Chu, when Emperor Yanyou first rose in Huainan, he had been taking Hongzepu as the main stronghold to control the Jianghuai, and naturally had a very good understanding of the changes in the water conditions of Hongzepu in the last ten or twenty years, so he could also calmly retreat to Hongzepu after the defeat of Jinling.

As for the Wuya Army on the left and right, except for a very small number of generals such as Fan Xiang and other Lou Chuan Army, most of the generals and military attaches are also extremely unfamiliar with the water situation in Hongzepu.

From this point of view, if Han Qian had the opportunity to participate in the deliberations of the political hall, he would also resolutely oppose the main force of the Great Chu Water Division rushing into Hongzepu to fight.

Even if the whole thing was not a trap laid by Liang Jun and Xu Mingzhen, the main force of the Great Chu Water Division was not sure of winning this trip.

Seeing hundreds of sail shadows rapidly turning westward in the distance, it was expected that the remnants of the Lou Ship Army had already received the news and made preparations to meet or avoid the battle, but they didn't know where and when the first battle would break out.

At this time, several people entered the woods from the west, and it was Guo Xiao, who was pretending to be a homeless person, with two congregants who were in charge of assassinating military intelligence, and they found a rendezvous through the secret notes left by Han Qian and Kong Xirong.

"From the turtle peak, Yandun Mountain to the north and west, there are dark outposts deployed by the Shouzhou army everywhere, there is no way to penetrate the past, and there is no way to see the situation along the west flank of Hongzepu at close range," Guo Xiao came forward to report on their entry into Haozhou in the past two days, and said, "We made a temporary decision, we did not make any preparations, and it was difficult to infiltrate, but even if the scouts and secret agents sent by the Right Shenwu Army and the Ministry Division should be more adequate in terms of preparation time, they should not be able to detect the military situation north of the Huai River estuary!" ”

The Huai River flows from the west of Hongzepu and Zhongli County of Haozhou, and flows into the east of Hongzepu and Huaiyang County.

In other words, a Huai River will Hongzepu to the northwest, northeast, southeast and southwest.

The northwest area of Hongzepu, in the former dynasty, was part of Suyu County, Sizhou, and part of it

Xiaqiu County, Haozhou, but after several battles, the two countries of Liang and Chu were in the west of Hongzepu, almost stably bounded by the Huai River, so that the northwest area of Hongzepu belonged to Xuzhou of Liang at this time.

On the contrary, the northeastern part of Hongzepu, that is, the eastern area of Sizhou and Haizhou east of Hongzepu and north of the Huai River, has been under the control of Dachu due to the aggressive offensive of Yang Yuanpu, the king of letters.

At present, Guo Xiao and his people can't even infiltrate Zhongli County in Haozhou in a hurry, let alone cross the Huai River to Xiaqiu County and Suyu County to spy on the military situation, and from Xiaqiu and Suyu to the north, Xuzhou City is the southeast military town of Liang State.

"Let's go back, the results should be in a day or two!"

Knowing that the territory of Haozhou, which was currently under the control of the Shouzhou Army, was so difficult for even a small group of scouts to penetrate, Han Qian could already conclude what was going on.

He did not wait for the main force of the Wuya Army to officially engage the Lou Boat Army on the bank of Hongzepu, so he took Kong Xirong, Guo Xiao and others directly back to Baihugang.

Han Qian returned to Baihogang Gang, and this time Lin Zongjing, Wei Chang and others, who were responsible for escorting three Xuzhou merchant ships over, were already waiting in Baihogang at this time.

Because the speed of the ship will be much slower to trace the river, and the road will also be checked and monitored, several messengers who rushed to Xuzhou to give orders all chose to take the land route, and naturally they all staggered with the Xuzhou merchant ships.

It was only after Lin Zongjing and Wei Chang arrived at Guazhou Port in the south of Jiangdu County that they received a report from the congregation of the Chishan Society, and only then did they know that the situation was very likely to change drastically at any time.

At present, Hangou is still under the control of the cavalry of the Right Shenwu Army, and the merchant ships of Xuzhou are also forbidden to enter Hangou, so they anchored at the Guazhoubu River, and Lin Zongjing and Wei Chang rushed to Baihugang to meet Han Qian.

"Since the weir of Hangou has been controlled by the cavalry of the Right Shenwu Army led by Li Pu, the Duke of Changguo, and the merchant ships of Xuzhou are forbidden to enter Hangou, then the adults should rush to Guazhou with Lin Zongjing and Wei Chang at this time, and take this opportunity to leave Yangzhou by merchant ship and go west, it is best to go to the waters near Chizhou or Jiangzhou, and wait for the main force of the water camp to come from Xuzhou to meet," Feng Yi persuaded Han Qian and said, "I will stay here." ”

"Lord Feng, you all leave with your lord first," Dou Rong said, "The rest of the things here, we will act according to the plan, and nothing will go wrong." ”

Han Qian pondered for a while, and also felt that if he continued to stay, he might not be able to play a greater role, and said to Feng Yi and Dou Rong: "The situation is unpredictable, it may be necessary to contact Wang Wenqian in advance, or you need to retreat to Yangzhou territory first to avoid the enemy's front, Feng Yi, you stay and act with Dou Rong and Su Lie - we and Zong Jing will rush to Guazhou Port first, and we will take away the elite congregations that Donghu and their newly assembled near Guazhou Port will be taken away......"

At present, the three Xuzhou merchant ships that have arrived at Guazhou Port are all carrying 4,000 stones, and the draft is extremely deep, and they are slow to enter the ditch, not to mention entering Hongzepu, where the water conditions are more complicated, and it is impossible to haunt from the shallow Shitang River and other streams.

However, as quasi-armed merchant ships, the three Xuzhou merchant ships retained the oar holes and the oars' room, and only needed to be simply modified to be used as roars war sailing ships on the Yangtze River waterway.

As for the 4,000-stone carrying galleys, in addition to the normal boatmen and helmsmen, each ship also needs at least sixty oarsmen, and can also arrange two hundred soldiers.

Lin Zongjing and the others did not know that the situation would change in advance, and when they came from Xuzhou, the sailors and armed guards of the three ships totaled only 150 people.

At present, in addition to the more than 100 guards accompanying Han Qian, four or five hundred elite congregations assembled first can be picked up from the south bank to board the ship, and these three merchant ships can be directly armed and completely armed, and they will be on standby in the Yangtze River waterway first......

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As the remnant vein of the buried mountain extending to the east of Chaozhou, the Wujian Mountain Range stretches from southwest to northeast, with a length of more than 200 miles, located between Chaozhou, Chuzhou and Haozhou.

The mountain situation of the Wujian Mountain Range is not much dangerous, mainly with low peaks and ridges 350 zhang high, but it is the watershed of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River two major water systems located in Huaixi.

The Mopan Ridge in the middle of the Wujian Mountain Range is located in the north of Chuzhou City, where the terrain is relatively gentle, the valleys are distributed more, there is a post road built in the early years, it is a shortcut and a key place to advance directly from Haozhou City to the south into the western part of Chuzhou, and directly approach the north bank of the Yangtze River.

There was originally a camp of the Right Shenwu Army here, stationed with more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, in case the enemy army suddenly killed from the north to the city of Chuzhou.

However, at this time, the flags in the Mopanling camp were like clouds, and in the cold wind, Li Chong was wearing armor, holding the reins and stopping on Chen Mingsheng's side, looking at the elite generals on the school field.

Gao Chengyuan, the commander of the left Wuya Army, has personally led the main warship cluster of the forward of the Great Chu Naval Army to attack Hongzepu, and the right Fifth Tooth Army has commanded Fan Xiang to lead the main force of the rear of the Great Chu Naval Army to enter Fanliang Lake and advance northward.

As a response to the signs of the main force of the rebels in the direction of Shouzhou, Li Chong, who was the Sima of the Right Shenwu Army, had already cooperated with Chen Ming, Du Gaolong and others to gather a total of more than 12,000 horse infantry here.

They were about to pass through the valley of Mopanling and enter the northern foothills of the Wujian Mountains to station, and their main purpose in the early stage was to delay the main force of the rebels to advance eastward to reinforce Zhongli County and other walled cities, and in the later stage, to assist the main force of the Great Chu Water Division to occupy many walled cities southwest of Hongzepu.

At this time, a small group of men and horses galloped through the camp, Li Chong fixed his eyes on it, and found that it was Xu Jing, the head of the staff department who went to Yangzhou West to control the Hangou waterway with his father, Li Xiu and Li Mo, and brought a team of subordinates to follow.

"Are you honest over there in Yangzhou?" Seeing Xu Jing holding the reins and stopping his horse, Li Chong opened his mouth and asked.

Forcefully ordered Huaidong to relinquish control of Hangou so that the main force of the Great Chu Naval Division could pass through Hangou and move northward, and both the government and the opposition pinched a handful of juice, and the staff division also arranged a considerable part of the reconnaissance force to the area east of Shao Bo Lake and Fanliang Lake to monitor the movements of the 50,000 Huaidong soldiers and horses stationed in this area.

"King Xin's soldiers and horses are quite honest, Guogong is worried that once Hongzepu is developed, the main force of the Shouzhou army may advance eastward for reinforcements at any time, so I came over to strengthen the enemy reconnaissance ...... eastern Shouzhou and western Haozhou," Xu Jing said.

Xu Jing was born in the late Red Mansion, and was recommended by Li Pu to enter the Privy Council as the chief officer, but his qualifications still cannot be compared with the early Zhao Mingting, and there are no too strong elite soldiers and strong generals under his hands, and the military intelligence scout team has just been formed.

However, Xu Jing is also one of the few people in the Changguo Mansion who can come forward to be in charge of the Privy Council.

"By the way, I heard the news yesterday that there are three Xuzhou merchant ships heading to Yangzhou again, did you see the Xuzhou merchant ship before you rushed over?" Li Chong asked.

"Well, it was ordered by the Duke of the State to be blocked outside the ditch, and it should still be moored in Guazhou Port at this time, right?" Xu Jing said.

"My father is really honest, according to what I said, directly conscripted these three Xuzhou merchant ships and supplies into the army, and see if there is any to say in Xuzhou." Li Chong said with a smile.

"When the rebel sailors are severely damaged this time and successfully recover Haozhou, it is not too late for Guogong to free up his hands to teach Xuzhou a lesson." Xu Jing said with a smile.

Li Chong could hear Xu Jing say that they couldn't afford to provoke Xuzhou at present, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, but when he thought that the great victory was in sight, the prestige of the Changguo Mansion would be unmatched for a while, and it was indeed only then that he could be regarded as completely raising his eyebrows, and there was really no need to provoke Xuzhou at this time......

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