There needs to be a process for the mobilization of troops and horses and the assembly of materials.

The two sides have been facing each other along the Chuhe River and Fucha Mountain for many years, not mentioning the eyeliner secret spies who have infiltrated each other, and the scouts on both sides have been staring at each other at a distance of three or five hundred paces when they are closest to each other.

It is difficult to hide from anyone about the thousands of large-scale troop and horse mobilizations, let alone the larger-scale troop mobilizations and the assembly of war materials.

Using the needs of escorting relatives along the way and showing force, the most elite combat forces were drawn from Tangyi, Puyang, Tingshan, and Wushou Zhucheng to gather near Liyang City, perhaps it is very likely that the enemy army in the north will be paralyzed and negligent in responding, but the most critical question is what is the goal of gathering this elite soldiers and horses to launch a surprise attack, or what is Han Qian's intention to launch this surprise attack?

This was also the first reaction of Feng Yi, Han Daoming, and Han Daochang after crossing the river and hearing that Han Qian had a new battle plan; The old man Han Wenhuan was as steady as Mount Tai, sitting in the hall, looking at the layout of the hall with the help of the slightly flickering lamps and candles.

It was only after Zhao Ting'er brought his son over that Lianyuan was officially opened, but Han Qian usually acted as an official in the East Lake Daying, and in addition to the study in the back house, the main hall and other buildings were very simple.

This time, because I wanted to make a big gift in Lianyuan, I added some decorative objects, but there was a huge gap with the wealth.

Han Daoming, Han Daochang, and Feng Yi are far less leisurely than the old man.

In the past year, in order to reduce military resources and expand reclamation, the Shouzhou Army has also reduced the number of soldiers and horses on active duty to 80,000 horses, and this time, with the Zuowu Guard Army moving to Yingshan and Lishan counties in the northeast of Suizhou, a part of the troops and horses will also be transferred to Gwangju and Huozhou to strengthen the blockade and vigilance of the passage at the eastern foot of Tongbai Mountain west of Huaiyang Mountain, but the Shouzhou Army still has nearly 50,000 elite soldiers and horses on the southern front, and the strength is above the Tangyi soldiers and the Zuo Longquek Army who stayed behind in the Lujiang defense line.

At this time, in Zhongli and the north of Shiliang County, there were 20,000 elite Liang troops led by Chen Kun, the general of the Liang army.

Tangyi has a total of 20,000 soldiers along the Chuhe River and Fucha Mountain, even if you can quietly gather four or five thousand elites in Liyang or Donghu County, and take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to go deep into the enemy's territory, what can you do?

Feng Yi had been in Jinling for more than ten days, and while the Youlongwu Army was expanding the defense along the river and along the coast east of Runzhou, he was cooperating with Han Daoming and Han Daochang to coordinate the eastward advance of the merchant ships of the Chishan Society, and he still knew nothing about the new battle plan here.

However, Han Qian did not mention this matter in the correspondence before, mainly out of the need for secrecy, and now that Feng Yu, Han Daoming, and Han Daochang have all arrived in Liyang, Han Qian directly took out the combat plan drawn up by the Military Intelligence Staff Department these days for everyone's reference, to see if there are any omissions or areas that need to be added, decreased, or adjusted.

At present, the Tangyi army is composed of a naval army, a cavalry army, a four-capital infantry army, an independent infantry army of Tianpingdu headed by Tan Xiuqun, and a guerrilla infantry army of Wujianshan headed by Kong Xirong.

In addition to the guerrilla infantry army, which has always insisted on relying on Wujian Mountain to fight, the Tangyi army's defense focus for most of the past six months has been on the eastern front, which is not hindered by terrain.

At present, the main force of the navy is stationed in Dongguan Town, outside Donghu Lake and Misukou, and there is no need for additional assembly.

Other generals, soldiers and horses who planned to welcome relatives and participate in the wedding banquet were Zhao Wuji and Han Donghu to lead the cavalry and guard cavalry; Youtian Cheng and Su Lie will lead two battalions of elites to be transferred from Tangyi City, leaving Feng Zhang to stay in Tangyi City; Feng Xuan led two battalions of elites to be transferred from Puyang, and Xiao Dahu was responsible for the defense along the middle and lower reaches of the Chuhe River with Puyang City as the center, and Dou Rong led two battalions of elites from Tingshan, and Liuzhou was centered on Tingshan and was responsible for the defense along the upper reaches of the Chuhe River; Lin Haizheng and Tan Xiuqun's troops are currently mainly stationed near Fucha Mountain, and they will not be transferred for the time being, but there will be three elite battalions under the leadership of He Liufeng, Lin Jiang, Dong Tai and others, ready to dispatch directly from Fucha Mountain.

In addition to the main force of the naval army led by Yang Qin, the soldiers and horses planned for the surprise attack this time will be led by Han Qian, including Tian Cheng, Zhao Wuji, Feng Xuan, Tan Xiuqun, Han Donghu, Su Lie, Dou Rong, He Liufeng and other generals, a total of nine battalions of cavalry and infantry will be mobilized, with a total of 5,000 elite combat strength.

Seven of the battalions of foot soldiers will also be given horses to replace foot strength in the name of welcoming relatives and escorting relatives and demonstrating force.

Although in the past nearly a year, the cavalry and guard cavalry had only 1,500 soldiers and horses (including the auxiliaries who took care of the horses, there were only 1,200 soldiers), Han Qian had spared no effort to purchase a large number of cattle, horses, donkeys and mules from Qianzhong to supplement the lack of animal power in Tangyi for farming, land transportation and workshops.

For the elite soldiers, there is also horseback training in peacetime, and there is no difficulty in marching on horseback, but the usual training and armor configuration, when encountering the enemy, the battle is still dismounted to meet the enemy.

After reading the battle plan, Feng Yi and Han Daoming knew that Han Qian suddenly had the idea of this surprise attack after seeing the copy of Shuzhou's letter, which was a temporary idea, so they wrote to them to persuade Shouwang Yang Zhitang to facilitate the move of the Zuowu Guard Army to Suizhou as soon as possible.

As the Zuowu Guards moved to Suizhou in batches, the Shouzhou Army passively adjusted the deployment of troops between Chaozhou and Huozhou, and there will inevitably be some confusion in the connection of defense in this process, so that they can seize the opportunity they can take advantage of.

The scouts of the Military Intelligence Staff Department were dispatched a few days ago to infiltrate the hinterland behind Chaozhou City to monitor the movements of the enemy army and the defense adjustment of the Shouzhou Army, so as to prepare for the follow-up surprise attack.

Such frequent military reconnaissance, even if it is detected by the enemy, will not be taken by surprise.

All the preparations made here were more like Han Qian's attempt to prevent the enemy from launching a surprise attack on this side on the day of the wedding.

Obviously, Wen Bo, Zhao Mingting and other enemy generals who guarded Chaozhou and Chuzhou would never stand still for fear of ruining Han Qian's interest.

Of course, in any case, this battle plan is also extremely bold.

After all, the soldiers and horses of the Shouzhou Army on the front line of Chaozhou and Chuzhou will not be weakened too much, and they still have an absolute advantage over the Tangyi soldiers in terms of total strength.

Gather 5,000 elite soldiers and horses here to launch a surprise attack on the hinterland of Chaozhou, how many results can be obtained before the soldiers and horses of the Shouzhou Army react?

Han Daochang presided over the clan affairs in his early years, and only served as the envoy in recent years, and he knew very little about the affairs of commanding the army, but Han Daoming presided over local military and political affairs all the year round, even if he had not established many brilliant and dazzling achievements, he was also a rare pragmatic minister in the court, he pondered for a long time, and still felt that there were too many difficulties to overcome in the implementation of such a surprise operation, and he also knew that there were too many risks in it, and asked:

"If you want to fight like this, Tangyi only has less than 2,000 war horses, how can you ensure that the raiding soldiers and horses can quickly and maneuver in a raid operation? And even if the Shouzhou army didn't wake up at the first time, it could gather tens of thousands of cavalry from all over the country within two days, how could the raiding soldiers and horses get out calmly as quickly as possible......

"I have no idea to get out calmly, and the most elite soldiers and horses of the Tangyi soldiers carry out surprise attacks on the enemy territory, if there is no courage and combat power against tens of thousands of enemy cavalry, the training and preparation for the past year cannot be regarded as effective." Han Qian smiled quite confidently.

"After raiding one or two targets, you don't withdraw in time?" Han Daoming was slightly stunned and asked hesitantly.

In addition to drawing up the direction and objectives of the advance in the early stage, feasible routes for marching, logistical supplies along the way, and several feasible withdrawal plans in the event of setbacks, the operational plan drawn up by the Military Intelligence Staff Department is more about collecting all kinds of military information on the enemy's border ramparts, communication roads, grain storage, troop deployment, and so on.

However, when the combat troops and horses enter the enemy's territory, they really have to collide with the enemy's main force, how this battle will be fought, and how the situation will evolve will mainly depend on the decisions made at that time, and it is difficult to say that they have all been carefully considered now.

"Just a sneak attack on one or two enemy camps, or the destruction of one or two facilities, Tangyi Fei is so vigorous in carrying out a surprise attack, the gains outweigh the losses. Now my biggest headache is that I am still worried that the enemy army will calm down and may launch a counterattack on my defense line at Fucha Mountain and Chuhe River - without even relieving the enemy, maybe they are secretly planning to launch a large-scale offensive at this time, so as to spoil the interest of my cave house. Han Qian said with a slight frown.

Han Daoming nodded, this was also what he was worried about.

According to common sense, Han Qian should do everything possible to strengthen the defense of the Chuhe River and the front line of Fucha Mountain at this time, so as to prevent the enemy from launching an offensive on the day of his wedding, instead of leaving the cave house inaccessible, but leading the enemy into the enemy territory to launch an attack.

Of course, maybe everyone in the world thinks so, then Han Qian will lead his troops into the enemy territory, which will be more sudden, and the effect of the surprise attack will be more significant.

"Even if I will sign a military order to carry out a more extensive military mobilization after the surprise attack is dispatched to supplement the lack of combat effectiveness of each camp, the pressure on Fucha Mountain and along the Chuhe River is still not light," Han Qian continued, "Of course, the old man and so many relatives and friends of the Han family braved the cold to cross the river to attend the wedding banquet, but I can't stay in Liyang City to accompany me, it's really lazy." ”

"It's not easy for Tangyi to have such a situation, but as long as you feel sure, you don't need to think about waiting for us," Han Daoming said, "And if I wait, I can also take care of the big wedding for you, don't need you to be distracted by these trivial things......

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Liyang City is still immersed in the atmosphere of welcoming the wedding, Han Qian's mansion in Liyang City, Lianyuan Garden and outside have already been lit up, and many places are decorated with red silk; The doors and windows were also painted with paulownia; and twenty or thirty servants were added to take care of it.

"It is said that the body of a daughter can't sit down, you are so the commander of Tangyi, this time you can use the troops to make Tiancheng or Gao Shao command, why do you need to personally lead the troops to the battle? Besides, Wang Jun came to Liyang City to marry you, but you were not in Liyang at that time, is it possible that I will worship and marry her for you? Zhao Ting'er held her slightly bulging lower abdomen in her hand, looked at Han Qian, who was sitting under the lamp and reading the letter, and persuaded softly.

Han Qian put down the Jiao ink pen in his hand, looked at Zhao Ting'er's beautiful face as white as a freshly peeled egg under the lamp, grabbed her little hand with some ice, stuffed it under the placket to help her cover her hands, and said with a smile:

"This time with troops, to be honest, there are a lot of risks, but the morale of the generals is the key to whether the expected results can be achieved - you can talk about it, how can there be a reason for the commander to be happy in the rear cave room, but to fight the soldiers deep into the enemy territory? Just against the Shouzhou army, Tangyi's troops do not have an advantage, this is still the main force of the Liang army to gather on the border of Liang and Jin, Song Ying, Ru Cai and other Huaibei states do not have many Liang troops to defend the rare fighters in front of them, Wang Jun She can also understand that fighters are rare! ”

The reason why there was an opportunity to launch a surprise attack this time was that in addition to the mobilization of the Zuowu Guard, which forced the Shouzhou army to adjust its deployment between Chaohuo and other states, the main reason was that the turbulent situation in the Jin State in the north attracted the Liang Emperor Zhu Yu to gather a large army and enter the Liang-Jin border on the north bank of the Yellow River to wait for an opportunity.

Otherwise, the 20,000 soldiers and horses in Tangyi will be under double pressure to guard the Chuhe River and Fucha Mountain in winter, so why wouldn't he dare to risk sending elites to raid the enemy's territory?

This time it was really a rare fighter, so he didn't dare to miss the opportunity easily.

"That being said, as a woman, who would want to be alone in the empty room on their wedding night?" Zhao Ting'er frowned and said with a light sigh.

"As long as you and Xi Yi don't bully others, it's enough." Han Qian said with a smile.

"Ahem! It can't be done to me, can it? Xi Ying was standing aside with scissors to cut candles, and when she heard Han Qian pull the topic to her, she looked over with a look of disgust and said.

Xi Ying turned around and walked out, and after a while, he brought a big red wedding robe and said, "I have stayed up all night in the past few days to make your wedding robe bigger, so that you can wear the armor inside." If I had known you would orchestrate me, I wouldn't have done this to please you. ”

"I'll bring you armor, first try whether this wedding robe fits, or not, we will change it overnight, so as not to delay until tomorrow morning when you leave and then rush to change the robe." Zhao Ting'er stood up with the table.

"You don't have to move, be careful of falling, and let Qingyun try it with the armor." Han Qian grabbed Zhao Ting'er's hand and ordered Qingyun, who was waiting in the outer wing, to bring his scale armor over.

After the welcoming team crossed the Wanshou River, it entered the territory of Liyang County.

According to the plan, he rushed to the bank of the Wanshou River early tomorrow morning to personally greet the team to send off his relatives, and then stayed there for a day, waiting for the wedding day before officially leaving for Liyang City.

He will also take advantage of this day to prepare and mobilize the first batch of soldiers and horses assembled to undertake the heavy task of surprise operations on the banks of the Wanshou River.

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The Wushou River is a tributary of the Chu River that bends diagonally to the south on the west side of Tingzi Mountain, and flows into the Yangtze River from 30 miles to the southwest foot of the Great Thorn Mountain.

The channel of the Wushou River is shallow, affected by the topography of the river beach, and has been diverted at every turn for hundreds of years, and it has never been the main waterway connecting the Chuhe River.

However, in the past half a year, the Wushou River and the Yuxi River and the estuary waterway in the lower reaches of the Chu River are the top priority of the dredging and dredging work in Tangyi.

For this greeting of relatives, on the Wushou River in the northwest direction of the Great Thorn Mountain, more than 20 boats and boats were connected, fixed with iron cables, and a pontoon bridge nearly 100 steps long was erected.

A tunzhai of more than 100 households on the west bank of the pontoon bridge was also temporarily emptied, as a temporary camp before the welcoming and sending team entered Liyang City.

The gate of the tunzhai is tied with colored silk.

In addition to the tun village, an additional camp was built, and two or three hundred tents were erected, and the hope was endless.

Even at the moment when Han Qian rushed to the bank of the Wushou River to pick up his relatives, thousands of strong men were still hired to brave the cold wind to repair the post roads along the way.

The potholes are covered with a layer of fine sand.

All this is done to show that the whole of Tangyi attaches great importance to the wedding, as if the bride will go all the way into Liyang City, and she will not feel a trace of bumps on the road.

At this time, not only on both sides of the Wushou River, but also along the south bank of the Chuhe River, there were teams of soldiers in bright armor carrying banners hunting under the wind.

There were constantly cavalry galloping back and forth, shouting loudly, and passing through the direction and distance of the welcoming procession.

"Qianyang Hou is really magnificent!"

Yin Peng resigned from the post of Sima in Yangzhou at the same time as Wang Wenqian and Yin Peng this time, but he did not want to go to Chuzhou with Wang Wenqian, but insisted on being an elder and the two elders of the Wang family to marry Wang Jun into Tangyi to send relatives.

Han Donghu greeted Wang Jun and sent his relatives into Tangyi City, and rested in Tangyi City for the night.

This morning, Tian Cheng personally led elite soldiers and horses to escort Wang Jun's car, and at the same time, he personally rushed to Liyang to watch the ceremony and drink the wedding wine.

As soon as there were many people, the speed slowed down, and when he heard that Han Qian would go to the bank of the Wushou River to greet him, Yin Peng, Wang Ji, Huo Xiao and other children of the Wang family rushed over to meet Han Qian first, and also took the opportunity to discuss some etiquette that may need special attention in the process of welcoming and marrying relatives.

When they came out of Tangyi City and saw the soldiers and horses spread along the south bank of the Chuhe River, they were also sincerely emotional.

Yin Peng didn't think much about it, he thought that in addition to showing off his strength, Han Qian was more important than guarding against the enemy army in the north to take advantage of the big wedding day to make any moves, so he took Wang Ji, Huo Xiao, Huo Li and other Wang family nephews to cross the Wushou River to meet Han Qian first.

In addition to Zhao Wuji, Gao Shao and others, Han Qian was accompanied by Han Daochang.

Han Daochang also seriously grabbed Yin Peng and the two clan elders of the Wang family to discuss many etiquette issues for the wedding.

At dusk, Wang Jun crossed the Wushou River under the escort of Tian Cheng, Feng Xuan and others, and joined Han Qian.

According to the rules, before the worship, Han Qian could not meet Wang Jun again.

Therefore, Han Qian temporarily lived in the tunzhai, while Wang Jun and his relatives lived in the temporary camp on the east side of the tunzhai.

That night, Han Qian set up a banquet in the tunzhai and invited Tian Cheng, Feng Xuan, Yin Peng, Wang clan elders and Wang Zhang, Wang Yan, Wang Zhe, Huo Li, Huo Xiao and other children to send their relatives.

When he was full of wine and food, Han Qian was about to arrange for Yin Peng and the others to go to the temporary house to live and rest, when Wang Jun, who was wearing a red wedding dress, pushed the door straight and walked in.

A cold wind swept in, causing the lights and candles in the hall to shake.

"How can you break in, no matter how late you can't make it, it's not bad for this day!" A Wang clan elder said with a smile.

He won't blame Wang Jun for not knowing etiquette, at this time he joked at her too eagerly, where was there a night before marriage that he couldn't wait to meet her husband?

"You can't wait to get married, so you want to lead the army to attack Chaozhou?" Wang Jun lifted the wide skirt of the wedding dress, carefully stained with mud, looked at Han Qian and asked.

Hearing Wang Jun ask this, Yin Peng, who was also about to laugh at her, suddenly sobered up and looked at Han Qian in a daze.

"How did you guess?" Han Qian ignored the surprise of Yin Peng and the others, and asked with a smile.

"Take me." Wang Jun said.