Early the next morning, Lei Jiuyuan, Xu Mingzhen, and others received a message from Eyue and other places in Zhongli that at dusk the day before yesterday, eight large sailing ships with oars entered the Yangtze River from the mouth of Dongting Lake in the west of Yueyang City, and the number of shipwrights and sailors and sailors was estimated to be more than 3,000.

The sailing ships built in Xuzhou have long been famous for sailing fast in deep and wide waters, and counting the time, this fleet will arrive in Tangyi by tomorrow afternoon at the earliest.

And since it was speculated that Han Qian was very likely to be in Tangyi at this time, and at the same time confirmed that the displaced people had signs of gathering in Tangyi, Xu Mingzhen also sent a fast horse to the vicinity of Chuzhou City yesterday to give an order, asking the reconnaissance cavalry that had been interspersed with the Fabian to assemble and go to the northern and eastern areas of Tangyi City to harass and intercept the displaced people who gathered in Tangyi City at night.

The latest feedback news also came back to Zhongli at noon, when the more than 400 reconnaissance cavalry assembled on the southern front attacked the northeast of Tangyi City, they encountered a very strong counterattack, and they had no choice but to withdraw, ensuring that in addition to the Jiangzhou soldiers who were mainly foot soldiers and had ordinary combat effectiveness, there were more elite combat forces hidden in Tangyi City.

Since Tangyi City is not allowed to enter or leave, it is difficult for the scouts to accurately estimate the number of soldiers and horses in Tangyi, but in the past few days, the number of displaced people who have gathered in Tangyi is 70,000 or 80,000.

After initially figuring out the situation in Tangyi City and the rapid progress of Xuzhou Water Camp, Lei Jiuyuan, Xu Mingzhen and others were also frightened.

After Yu Hongzepu successfully ambushed the main force of the Southern Chu Naval Division, there was a controversy within them about the follow-up combat plan of the Xuzhou Naval Division and the Lou Boat Army.

Some people believe that since the main force of the Southern Chu Naval Division has been destroyed, their water camp warships should penetrate southward through the Xinjin River, Shitang River and other rivers as quickly as possible, enter the Yangtze River waterway, and make an attack on Jinling, so as to respond to the situation of the Chaozhou defenders.

In this way, it will not frighten the Southern Chu court not to attack Chaozhou City, and the greater advantage is that when the army goes south, more soldiers and horses of Southern Chu can be intercepted on the north bank for annihilation and integration.

Of course, there are certain risks involved.

The soldiers and horses of the Great Liang have to wait for the Huai River to freeze before they can go south, but at this time, the Huai River and the shallow and narrow rivers north of the Yangtze River will be frozen, and the naval division, which is mainly based on light warships, can only stay in the waterway of the Yangtze River.

Some people think that the risk is not big, after all, after the destruction of the Southern Chu Naval Division, the soldiers and sailors that Southern Chu can still gather from the surrounding states and counties in a short period of time are all stragglers with little combat effectiveness, even if the Lou Ship Army and the Xuzhou Water Battalion do not have large warships in the Yangtze River waterway, there is no need to be afraid.

The combat power of the water battalion of Yang Yuanpu, the king of Huaidong Xin, was also weak.

And the reason why Emperor Yang Yuanpu of Chu was in the scheme was also to be suspicious of Xuzhou, as long as he was given a glimmer of hope to capture Chaozhou City, he and most of the princes and ministers in the Southern Chu Dynasty would not think of moving eastward to the water camp of Xuzhou.

Of course, some people also mentioned Han Qian's actions during the Jinling Incident, thinking that Han Qian learned the news of the destruction of the Southern Chu Navy Division in Xuzhou, and he might not wait for the rescue edict to send troops.

The Xuzhou Naval Division and the Lou Boat Army did not have large warships, and once they were exposed to the deep and wide Yangtze River waterway, they would not be able to compete with the large warships in Xuzhou.

The soft-sail pointed-bottom bulkhead ship is the original creation of Xuzhou, and Xuzhou is extremely familiar with its performance, and will definitely not make the mistake of those princes and ministers of the Southern Chu court.

Therefore, some people advocated that it was not advisable to take risks, shrink the water camp warships, and wait for the ice to let the cavalry go first.

It's just that the voice of the opponents is not strong, and in the end, Zhu Yu arrived in Xuzhou in person and vetoed the proposal of the sailor to go out hastily.

In the current situation, if it weren't for the hasty dispatch of the sailors into the Yangtze River waterway at that time, even if they could send more than 10,000 cavalry to the north bank of the Yangtze River according to the original plan before tomorrow, they would not be able to suddenly capture the city along the river in a short period of time.

Not to mention that Han Qian had already gathered a considerable number of soldiers and horses in Tangyi at this time!

At that time, I'm afraid it will be their turn to pay a heavy price for their recklessness in order to achieve Han Qian's fame and power, right?

Considering that Han Qian himself was in Tangyi to win over Zhou Yi for his own use, and he would be able to join up with Xuzhou Shuiying before noon tomorrow, and Li Zhihe was leading the main force of the Huaixi Forbidden Army to retreat to the eastern area of Shuzhou in the southeast of Qianshan Mountain, Xu Mingzhen, Chen Kun, and Lei Jiuyuan gathered all the generals to sum up, in addition to reinforcing the soldiers and horses of Chaozhou City to continue to advance and join Wen Bobo, this side sent another cavalry to advance to the vicinity of Chuzhou City, keeping an eye on the small part of the defenders in Chuzhou City, and the others did not act rashly for the time being. Wait for the subsequent grain and grass transported from the territory of Liang to arrive before making other proposals.

This is the so-called good fighter has no great achievements, right?

Both sides are good at planning and fighting bravely, so it is destined that both sides must be careful enough not to dare to take risks at will; The war situation will then become uneventful, and there will be no miracles to live in.

As far as the Shouzhou Army is concerned, to maintain a strong offensive on the southern front, the scale of soldiers and horses is sufficient, but his mother is too poor.

Before the Jinling Incident, the population of Huaixi Prefectures was six or seven hundred thousand, which was a big difference compared to Huaidong, and after the Jinling Incident, although a large number of people and horses crossed the river, the Huaixi War was launched so far, and the population loss was more.

At present, Shouzhou controls the two core areas of Shouzhou and Huozhou, and including the soldiers, counting the displaced people who have fled north since the outbreak of the war, the total number of Dingkou is more than 500,000.

This population base, but to raise 120,000 soldiers and horses, if it were not for Shouzhou, as the middle line support of Dachu, hoarding a considerable scale of military rations, the supply of grain would have collapsed long ago.

Not to mention the uniforms, boots and hats needed by so many generals to keep out the cold, not to mention the mules, horses and chariots that ensure a certain mobility and transportation capacity, not to mention the animal tendons, leather, solid wood and fine iron needed to build armor and war equipment, not to mention the wound medicine and a large amount of materials for building the camp, only 120,000 soldiers, more than 30,000 mules and horses in the whole army, and a year of rations and horse feed is almost 1.5 million stone.

Even though there was some hoarding in Shouzhou before, it has been two years since the Jinling Incident, and during the two years, the area under their control has always been in a state of extreme shortage of grain and grass.

Before receiving the large-scale grass and straw material support from Daliang, even if Shouzhou seemed to be able to mobilize more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, it lost the ability to counterattack on a large scale.

Of course, as long as they get the grain and straw materials from the territory of Daliang, after the combat effectiveness of the Shouzhou Army recovers, it will definitely not be slightly weaker than the Southern Chu Forbidden Army.

It's just that the grain and materials are transported, and it takes time for the soldiers' bodies and morale to be adjusted.

It was agreed that Zhao Mingting stayed in Zhongli and waited for Chen Kun's orders, while Xu Mingzhen and Niu Gengru, Wen Duqiao and others rushed to Suyu with Lei Jiuyuan and Wen Ruilin to see Zhu Yu, the Emperor of the Great Liang.

Determine each other's names as kings and ministers, and everyone can let go of their actions......

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Knowing that there was news that a large force of Liang soldiers was moving in the northeast direction of Hongzedong, Wang Wenqian led Zhao Zhen to guard the western gateway of Yangzhou, and he and Yin Peng rushed to Chuzhou.

Yang Yuanpu, the king of letters, ascended to the north gate tower of Chuzhou, and could see that on the frozen Huai River ice in the north, there were several scouts of the Liang army wandering.

On the north bank of the Huai River, several camps have been set up, and a team of soldiers and horses are pulling out from the direction of Suyu City and stationing into the camps on the north bank.

"What does Liang Jun mean by this, do you think Huaidong is weak and easy to bully?" Yang Yuanyan stared at the movement of the Liang army on the north bank, his thin face was still resolute in the cold wind, and he gritted his teeth and asked.

"The Liang army should have been convinced that Han Qian is in Tangyi, and the Liang army can adjust the combat deployment so quickly, so cleanly, and on such a large scale, and the Liang Emperor Zhu Yu is likely to be in Suyu City." Wang Wenqian gasped and said.

Such a large-scale and vigorous adjustment of the operational direction is not only a change in the direction of the advancement of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on the front line, but also involves a series of follow-up logistical support to be thoroughly adjusted.

The only possibility is that Zhu Yu had already secretly arrived at the front line and directly commanded the entire course of the war.

The main reason why the Liang army adjusted its operational deployment was not that Huaidong was weak and could be bullied, but that Han Qian was in Tangyi, which made the Liang army feel that there was no advantage to take advantage of if they continued to implement the original battle plan, and they might even suffer the loss of attacking the enemy.

However, fortunately, although Huaidong had previously transferred troops and horses to the west and southwest flanks, it did not ignore the defense of the northern front.

They are now adjusting their defensive deployment on the inner line, and they are moving faster than the Liang army in the north.

"Is it possible for the Liang army to storm Chuzhou City?" According to the news from the scouts, the scale of the Liang army's assembly in Suyu was the largest in ten years, Ruan Yan couldn't help but ask worriedly.

"Emperor Liang refuses to gnaw on Han Qian's bone, where can he think that His Highness is easy to bully?" Wang Wenqian shook his head, feeling that Ruan Yan's worries were unlikely to happen, and said, "After the Liang army was defeated by Li Yu, the king of eastern Zhejiang County in Chuzhou more than ten years ago, the focus of the attack on Great Chu shifted to the central and western fronts, and the eastern front was supported by Xuzhou, which was actually in a state of shrinking defense, but the defection of the Shouzhou army not only fundamentally reversed the unfavorable situation that the Liang army had been fighting for on the south bank of the Huai River for a long time, but also made the Liang army regain the conditions for deploying the forward line directly along the north bank of the Huai River on the eastern front. The good fighter has no outstanding achievements, Emperor Liang is good at using the strategy, but he is more aware of the general trend, what he thinks in his heart, maybe he wants to capture Haizhou first, adjust the situation along the Middle East, and then see that Tangyi, Huaidong and Shuzhou will leak flaws first, and then make the next arrangement, right? ”

"You mean, the Liang army is like locusts pouring under the city of Chuzhou, but the intention is in Haizhou?" Minister Nguyen Yan asked.

"Yes, His Royal Highness ordered Haizhou to evacuate, now you can more or less evacuate some people back, and it may be too late to delay any longer......" Wang Wenqian said with a little bitterness.

Although the scale of Haizhou's military and civilian population is not large, it is the main territory that Yang Yuanyan has successfully opened up by crossing the Huai River to the north since he took control of Chuzhou.

Especially after getting the new method of drying salt given by Han Qian, they have verified it along the beach in Haizhou, and it is indeed feasible, and they are ready to make a big deal of their fists there after carrying this wave of offensive.

At this time, it is difficult for anyone to make up their minds to resolutely abandon Haizhou and withdraw the soldiers and civilians there to the south bank of the Huai River as soon as possible!