It's no wonder that Wu Mingche likes to let Wu Huijue guard his rear every time he goes out, not only because Wu Huijue is his own son - with Wu Mingche's ability to dominate the army, other people's loyalty can also be guaranteed, and if he really thinks about his son and family, he should let Wu Huijue follow him in order to have the opportunity to get more credit.

is more mainly because Wu Huijue has always had a calm personality, compared to Xiao Maha, who is better at winning with surprise soldiers, it is obvious that Wu Huijue is more suitable for the task of covering the back road. And facts have proved that in the battle of Luliang at the beginning, it was precisely because Wu Huijue had a good dispatch in the rear, gathered enough ships, and had the rear army to cover the two wings, that Wu Mingche was given the opportunity to quickly jump out of the encirclement network, otherwise he would be surrounded on the north bank, and he could really only watch the waves and Huaishui but was helpless.

Later, Wu Mingche went south, and still left Wu Huijue to guard Huainan, and Wu Huijue did an excellent job of completing the task, for a long time, whether it was defending Huaishui and not giving Wang Rail in the north a little opportunity, or facing Chen Shuling and Fan Meng in the south, Wu Huijue did not fall behind, and even had the opportunity to kill the river and break through Jingkou, and solved the problem of Fan Meng's henchman for Li Xinchen.

Therefore, although Wu Huijue has never made contributions on the frontal battlefield, he is still a major general that cannot be ignored by the Han Dynasty.

"Your Majesty!" Before Li Xinchen could go ashore, Wu Huijue had already taken three steps and made two steps.

Li Xinchen immediately stretched out his hand to support him, for Wu Huijue, Li Xinchen naturally could not be underestimated, the influence of the Wu family in the army was almost inherited by Wu Huijue, and Li Xinchen is now busy stabilizing the various family factions in the country, and even wants to weaken their strength, the reason why Li Xinchen has such courage is because he has the support of the army behind him.

This time, Li Xinchen changed his previous plan and came directly to Zhongli, who was at the forefront of the frontline, to some extent with the intention of stabilizing the hearts of the Huainan army. After all, Li Xinchen has rotated between the north and the south over the years, and almost the entire Han army has been directly ordered by Li Xinchen, which even includes the original Jiangnan generals such as Chun Yujia, and Huainan, to be precise, these troops in Huaixi have always been in the hands of Wu Huijue and Lu Zicai, and have never been directly under Li Xinchen.

And this is also the team with the most generals from Jiangnan in the out-and-out army, and even all of them are from Jiangnan generals, which means that their families are more or less involved in the Southeast family, and even part of the Southeast family, such as the Wu family.

Therefore, the importance of Li Xinchen's visit to inspect the Huainan defense line and stabilize people's minds this time has also been highlighted. Of course, Li Xinchen came this time to naturally take a big risk, after all, no one knows whether there will be an undercurrent surging under the calm water, and the southeast family that has been suppressed by Li Xinchen will not choose to take risks in this place far away from Jiankang Mansion and away from the core of Li Xinchen's rule.

Especially this time, Li Xinchen's northward move was improvised, which means that thoughtful people will not have time to prepare, but it also correspondingly means that reckless people are likely to seize this opportunity to take risks. Therefore, Li Ping, who was guarding Li Xinchen's side, was nervous, and Chen Yu rushed over with a white robe first.

Of course, Chen Yu is not only responsible for Li Xinchen's security, but also closer to the north from Zhongli, obviously to be responsible for the news docking with Chang'an. Now that the north and the south are trade, it is more convenient for people in white robes to travel between the two Huai, and when they enter the territory of Yu Wenxian, there is not to mention between Yu Wenxian and Yang Jian, a large number of spies are pervasive, plus the Central Plains, Guanzhong and Hebei After so many years of rule by the Northern Dynasties, they have already become a whole, not to mention that the roads on the plain extend in all directions, and it is difficult to set up checkpoints at all, so that now the two sides have formed a state of ignoring them.

On the contrary, it is between Li Xinchen and Yang Jian, because the passable roads are mainly concentrated in the line from Wuguan to Qinling and then to Helan Mountain in the northwest, and the mountain pass is still counted after all, so the two sides will strictly check the pedestrians

Therefore, it is interesting that the spies of the Han Dynasty wanted to enter Guanzhong, and the easier way was to go north through Yu Wenxian's control area and then turn west. In particular, both sides focus on the people in the east or west, and they don't care about the passers-by with a southern accent, which can be regarded as taking advantage of the loopholes in people's subconscious.

With the full development of the external work of the Han Dynasty, the white robe, which was once the most mysterious institution of the Han Dynasty, has gradually surfaced, especially in the previous Zhengdan ceremony, the white robe showed its hideous minions, so that the hundred officials deeply felt the power of the white robe.

Although later, under the leadership of Chen Yu and the acquiescence of Li Xinchen, the white robe was transferred to Jiangbei to avoid internal disputes, but the prestige was in front, and Chen Yu took the center of the white robe to sit in Zhongli in person, which should be enough to deter some young people.

Zhongli County is still the Zhongli County that Li Xinchen is familiar with, the towering city wall symbolizes the strongest gateway of the Han Dynasty on the Lianghuai defense line, and the streets that are not too wide look a little bleak, after all, most of the military families in the city have gone to participate in the reclamation, and the outside of the city is even more lively than the inside of the city.

Behind this strong iron curtain-like defensive line, the only thing that can show a little vitality and vitality is probably only a small piece of land reclaimed by the military families. Of course, the grain and vegetables they grew on these lands were barely enough to improve their food, and the daily food and horses of the army mainly had to rely on the allocation of the imperial court.

Li Xinchen is in a hurry to dredge the ditch, and there is also a reason here. In the future, food and equipment can be transported to the Huainan front line by water transportation, which will naturally save a lot of manpower and material resources. It is important to know that even in the era of highly developed technology after a thousand years, water transportation through this Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is still the cheapest and most cost-effective method of transportation.

"What is the situation of the Huainan army now?" Li Xinchen had just stepped through the gate of the mansion, and he couldn't wait to ask.

"Zhongli now has 80,000 garrisons, in addition to 50,000 in Liang County and other places, plus 20,000 in Guangling County, the entire Huainan has more than 150,000 troops in this battle, in addition to the need to defend the city, there should be 100,000 troops to obey Your Majesty's dispatch and wave the Northern Expedition!" Wu Huijue led Li Xinchen forward, while introducing the current situation of the Huainan defense line, after several years of painstaking management, the Huainan defense line finally returned to the original Wu Mingche before the Northern Expedition.

After a pause, Wu Huijue then said: "In addition, General Qiu Zhi of the Navy Division has 20,000 sailors and soldiers, 100 warships, and 300 large ships that can be used to transport personnel to and fro, which can transfer the entire army to the opposite shore in one day. ”

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