"Lord Feng shouldn't just send a few suspicious characters over, right?" Chun Thirteen Niang glanced over with a charming look, stared at Feng Yi's face and asked.

"I pinched my fingers and calculated that I could meet Chunniang and Miss Yao here, so I snatched this errand with my eyes, do you believe it?" Feng Yi asked with a salivating face.

"Hee Young wants to say this, I believe; You say that, forget it. Chun Thirteen Niang said with a lazy sigh.

Chun Thirteen Niang is over thirty years old, but it is the time when she is in her prime, Feng Yi looked at her like this, remembered the charming old things, and couldn't help but feel a wave in her heart, and looked at it in a daze for a while, before she reined in her heart and said:

"Tangyi sent people into the Baishui River and the upper valley of the Guan River to organize township soldiers last winter, and you all know about it. At this time, in February, the ice and snow are about to melt, and the passage of the Shouzhou army into the mountain will be opened later, and we are still missing the last section of the plank road from the upper reaches of the Yanzi River to the upper reaches of the Baishui River, which will take two months to open. It has been almost a year since the Zuowu Guard Army and the Zuo Longque Army left Huaiyang Mountain, and Yiyang and Lingshan have been built by you as solid as gold, can you really consider using troops against Luoshan City this spring? ”

Yao Xishui and Chun Shisanniang glanced at each other, but they didn't expect Feng Yi to come over, and they actually thought of using their side to send troops to the Shouzhou Army to reduce the pressure on the Tangyi Army on the northern slope of Huaiyang Mountain, but they have no way to take this topic now.

When they walked into the tooth tent, they saw that Guo was also in Lingshan.

Guo was just a child of the family soldiers around Han Qian in his early years, at this time he was thin and mediocre, at first glance he was just a rather inconspicuous young man, but in recent years, he was one of the most important core figures around Han Qian who was in charge of scout spying.

When Yao Xishui and Chun Shisanniang walked into the big tent, they didn't see Li Zhihe, but Guo was talking to Li Xiu in the big tent.

Li Chong committed suicide in fear of crime, Li Pu bore the main responsibility for the destruction of the main force of the Navy Division and the Right Shenwu Army, was dismissed as a privy deputy envoy, deprived of the Duke of the Kingdom, and demoted to a commoner, and Li Yao was also demoted to a nobleman in the palace, and the Changguo Mansion was completely defeated.

Although Li Pu escaped death, he was ordered to live in the Jinling Mansion and was not allowed to leave Beijing at will.

In a larger scope, or in the eyes of the world, the Changguo Mansion must be regarded as the Li family of the palace of Zhedong County, and the Li family line except for Li Changfeng's service in the military department and Li Zhihe's command of the Huaixi Forbidden Army, which were not implicated, Li Xiu, Li Zhen and others, as the generals of the Right Shenwu Army, were also demoted to generals.

In addition to being disheartened, at the same time, the Li family and the family soldiers also suffered heavy casualties, and after Li Xiu and Li Zhen were relieved of their generals, they returned to Hongzhou to recuperate.

It was not until the middle of last year that Li Pu thought that the Changguo Mansion would be relieved of his hope that the second prince was brought to Hongzhou by Yao Xishui and persuaded Li Xiu and Li Qi to go out of the mountain again.

Li Xiu and Li Qi did not have official general titles, and when it came to Li Zhihe's predecessor, Li Xiu mainly helped the counselor in military affairs; Li Qi was mainly responsible for leading a small group of elites to clear out the horse thieves and mountain bandits on the eastern slope of Tongbai Mountain, and he was also the army of Xuetangyi, conquering and subduing the villages in the mountains that were separate and not subject to the control of the state and county, and expanding the population of Xiangbei as much as possible.

Although the Youshen Wu army suffered a crushing defeat, the martial arts of Li Zhen and his children were famous in Jianghuai.

Yao Xishui and the others came in, Guo Ke's attention was also attracted, and he turned his head to see a brave man standing behind Li Qi, whose momentum was even stronger than that of Li Qi, who was slightly thin.

Guo naturally recognized this person as Zhong Yanhu, who had been the envoy of Jiangzhou's soldiers and horses.

During the Jinling Incident, the Left Dragon Bird Army attacked Jiangzhou, Zhong Yanhu was defeated by Li Zhihe, and then disappeared, at this time, he was wearing the armor of the military attaché of the personal guard, Guo could also guess that he should have been captured by Li Zhihe in the first battle of Jiangzhou, but it was not until recently that he really surrendered and served Li Zhihe before the account, right?

Guo guessed that Zhong Yanhu's surrender might have something to do with Li Xiu and Li Mo, otherwise it would be difficult to explain that he only appeared in front of Li Zhihe's account so long after the Jinling Incident.

Yao Xishui and Chun Shisanniang arrived at the place, and their identities on the surface were the envoys of Cishou Palace, so Feng Yi and Guo rushed to discuss the matter of the two armies fighting together against Shouzhou, and the two of them did not need to avoid it.

sat down and talked for a while, and Li Zhihe, who didn't know where to go just now, pushed the door with Deng Taicai and walked in.

Although it is already early February, the wind rushing in from the door is still chilly, and I don't know if this year's ice and snow melting time will be delayed even more than last year.

However, no matter how it is delayed, by March, the passage from the southern part of Huozhou along the valleys of the Guan River and the Baishui River into the hinterland of the northern slope of Huaiyang Mountain will be opened.

Although the Tangyi army gathered eight or nine thousand soldiers and horses on the northern slope of Huaiyang Mountain, it lacked armor, not to mention sophisticated weapons, and the vast majority of them were new soldiers, with blood and bravery, but they had not undergone sufficient and complete training, and their physical fitness was also poor, and their combat effectiveness was only equivalent to that of village soldiers.

Once the Shouzhou army gathers elites and attacks the hinterland on the northern slope of Huaiyang Mountain, it is very difficult to resist the Shouzhou army's troops with only the thin stockades in the mountains.

Feng Yi and Guo came over and wanted to invite the elite of the Xiangbei Army and the Tangyi Army to send troops from the Lingshan Camp and the Wujinling Camp respectively, and attack left and right, so that the Shouzhou Army would not dare to use troops on the northern slope of Huaiyang Mountain.

Of course, there has always been communication about the coordination of operations between the two armies.

This time, Feng Yi and Guo Ke specially crossed the lofty mountains and mountains in the western section of Huaiyang Mountain and rushed over, especially solemnly, hoping that Li Zhihe could send troops on a large scale on the western flank, instead of the small-scale, painless attacks in the past.

At this time, seeing Li Zhihe and Deng Tai rushing back, in front of Yao Xishui and Chun Sanniang, Guo solemnly emphasized this point, hoping that Li Zhihe could give a clear answer.

"The Shouzhou Army was hit by the flood in Jinwuling, and it was not tragic enough? How long has it been, and their scars are not good, so they really dare to attack the mountainous area defended by the Tangyi army? Yao Xishui stared at Feng Yi and Guo Ke with beautiful eyes, and opened her mouth to ask.

Feng Yi always looked lazy and lazy, but Guo said patiently:

"In the early spring of last year, the generals of my Tangyi army were able to take advantage of the water potential to defeat the Shouzhou army, to put it bluntly, there are not too many mysteries, this is almost a year, and the Shouzhou generals are incompetent, I believe they have already seen through. Therefore, before the ice and snow melted, the Shouzhou army did not dare to enter the mountains, but after the ice and snow melted and before the rainy season came, if they were still timid, then recovering Shouhuo Zhuzhou and driving the enemy army to the north of the Huai River would really be just around the corner, and there would be no suspense - I believe that Yao Gong's envoy had already figured out at this time, what means did we use to repel the enemy army in the early spring of last year, right? ”

It's been so long, if they hadn't figured out the secret of the ice dam, Yao Xishui thought to herself that they would simply abandon their son and admit defeat.

It's just that after the incident, it was easy to pierce this layer of window paper, but who would have thought that Han Qian would defeat the enemy in such a way beforehand?

Of course, Li Zhihe would not give Feng Yi and Guo Ke an answer on the spot, and as a defense envoy of the capital, he controlled and commanded the three forbidden armies and the military and political affairs of the five states, and his power was still above Han Qian, and there was no need to perfunctory Feng Yi and Guo Qi in person, but just ordered a general around him to arrange for Feng Yi and Guo Ke to live in the Lingshan camp first.

Dismissed the idle personnel, the hall was full of cronies, Yao Xishui said: "There will be a change in Heshuo, can the eldest brother be prepared?" ”

In the era of the Marquis of Xinchang, Yao Xishui and Su Hongyu and other women called Li Zhihe and Chai Jian as brothers, and now Li Zhihe, as the general of the late Red Mansion, is already an open secret, but Li Xiu, Li Mo, Zhong Yanhu and others do not know that Yao Xishui's "big brother" contains a deeper and more direct meaning.

"There will be a mutation, what mutation?" Li Zhihe frowned and asked.

Not only is he clear about the remnants of the Shenling Division in Heshuo and Hedong Ancient County, but he even knows that when the previous dynasty fell, a small number of the clothed warrior clan fled north to survive with the Mughu, and they have been in contact with each other all these years, but Wang Jingrong wants to do something in Heshuo, or more directly in the Chengde Army, he is not particularly sure, or he doesn't want that to happen in his heart.

"If it is delayed any longer, Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang may capture Luzhou at any time, and when Guanjianglou is in the Chengde army, no matter what kind of response is made, it will fall into passivity. Under the governance of Zhu Yu, the Liang army was far stronger than the Cheng German army several times, and the Jin army was also defeated and frequently defeated, and if he was asked to annex Hedong, Heshuo and other places, and then mention hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers and horses to the south, how could the land of Jianghuai defend itself? Yao Xishui's beautiful eyes flashed with some cold and unwavering essence.

"But how is this different from luring a wolf into the house?" Li Zhihe clenched his fists and said unhappily.

"We can't order Guanjianglou and the Xiao family to do anything, and Guanjianglou and the Xiao family don't need to obey our orders, they can send a message to inform us, so that we can take advantage of the situation in Jianghuai to make a move, and also read the incense that has not been broken for all these years," Yao Xishui said without giving an inch, "And this time, since Han Qian invited the eldest brother to send troops to attack the side of the Shouzhou army, according to what Xishui saw, the eldest brother can completely push the boat down the river, gather troops and horses to approach Luoshan City, just wait for the news of the mutation in the north to come, alarming the position of the Shouzhou army, The eldest brother can directly lead the army down the south bank of the Huai River, seize the Tangyi army, and recover the two states of Huo and Shou before the Tangyi army......"

"How can it be so easy?" Li Zhihe sat behind the case with a deep frown, sighed lightly, and said, "Han Qian attaches the most importance to intelligence reconnaissance and collection, as early as when he was governing Jinyunlou, resources were so scarce, and he didn't forget to lurk people in Liang and Shu, Liang Emperor Zhu Yu was attacking the city and plundering land in Hedong Ancient County at this time, how could he be indifferent and not send people to keep an eye on the movements of Luze and other places?" Even if Tangyi didn't find anything at this time, as long as the cavalry of the Mugwu people stepped into the land of Heshuo, I estimate that Tangyi would delay for a month at most, and he would receive the news as soon as possible. And by that time, the Shouzhou Army may have just received the news, and the formation has not yet been opened, so we may not be able to seize many opportunities......"

If they want to seize the rare opportunity, Wang Yuankui led the Cheng German army to surrender to the Mengwu people is only the first step, and then the Cheng German army and the Mengwu iron hooves swept south to sweep the states of Zhao Yi Wei Bo, which will completely turbulent the situation north of the Yellow River.

The process itself takes a certain amount of time.

After Wang Yuankui led the German army to surrender to the Mengwu people and stirred up the situation on the north bank of the Yellow River, the territory of Liang would become panicked at this time, but if the Shouzhou army was in chaos on the south bank of the Huai River and gave them an opportunity, it would be necessary for the Liang army on the northern front to suffer one or two heavy losses.

Otherwise, Xu Mingzhen has not experienced any formation, how can it be so easy to take advantage of them?

What's more critical is that even if Han Qian delayed for a month to get the news from the north, the Shouzhou army's position was not chaotic at that time, and there was still enough time to send troops to the Tangyi army, and then the Tangyi army would directly attack Huozhou and Shouzhou from Huaiyang Mountain, how much slower would the speed be than them?

"Unless there is something else that can attract the attention of the Marquis of Qianyang, otherwise, we can't be too far away, and the honest soldiers will force Luoshan City, and when the time comes, it will be a great victory to encircle Wen Bo's retreat and force him to surrender." Li Xiu said calmly.

The defense envoys of Xiangbei have a considerable number of troops, mainly stationed in Dengjun and Dengjun with the Zuo Shenwu Army of the Chai Construction Department to guard against the enemy troops in Guanzhong Wuguan and Fangcheng defense line, and the troops they can mobilize in Yiyang and Lingshan are actually not advantageous compared to the Tangyi army, not to mention that they are much more stretched in terms of many resources.

Li Xiu didn't think that they should set a big target this time, rather than swallowing Huoshou and the two states, it was better to honestly target Wen Bo and his troops stationed in Luoshan City at this time.

Since the rebellion in Jinling, Wen Bo has been like an indestructible rock, making everyone suffer enough.

However, since ancient times, good generals can sympathize with each other, even if they have suffered too much in Wen Bo, it does not prevent everyone from recognizing Wen Bo's army commanders, and Wen Bo's more than 10,000 soldiers and horses can also be said to be the only elite combat power left in the Shouzhou army.

If they could take advantage of the situation on the north bank of the Yellow River to disturb the Liang realm, they would send troops to cut off Wen Bo's retreat from Luoshan City, and then force him to surrender the city, it would be a great gain.

"What if there really is something else that attracts Han Qian's attention?" Yao Xishui asked.

Li Xiu just said this casually, he mainly hoped that he would not be too ambitious, but seeing that Yao Xishui had put his mind on this point, he stubbornly said: "If this can be the case, maybe you can be a little greedy." ”

"The news of the great changes in Heshuo may not be hidden from Tangyi for too long, but no matter how well Han Qian is, there are secrets in this world that he can't see......" Yao Xishui said.

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There is no post house in Lingshan Daying, but the courtyard arranged for Feng Yi and Guo and their accompanying guards to live is also wide and tidy.

"If you want to say that everything is still speculation before, but every time Yao Xishui and this girl appear, she inevitably has to make some Mingtang, then nine times out of ten, this thing can't be wrong,"

Feng Yi sat under the lamp with his legs bent and said to Guo,

"You write a secret letter, tie it to the claws of Ah Zi and Ah Zhu, and see if you can successfully carry it back to Wujin Ling—I always feel that it is a bit suspenseful to count on two pigeons to carry the message. There are so many big eagles in the depths of Huaiyang Mountain, don't you swallow these two fat pigeons in one bite? ”

"Asking Ah Zi and Ah Zhu from Mrs. Jun is an auxiliary, but it can only be used when the situation is particularly urgent," Guo shook his head and said, "Yao Xishui and Chun Thirteen Niang appeared here, just to further verify that Mrs. Jun's guess is correct, and they only need to pass on the news as usual......

Out of the Lingshan camp, the Chongshan Mountains in the east are already in the fringe area of the activities of the Huonan Task Force, and although the straight-line distance from there to Wujin Ling is only more than 200 li, the Huainan Plain area in the north is controlled by the Shouzhou Army.

If the messenger passes through the shallow hilly area outside the north of Huaiyang Mountain, the speed is much faster, but it may collide with the scouts of the Shouzhou army at any time, which will be very dangerous.

If something unexpected happens, it is one way to try to spread the news from a long distance, but Guo believes that the current development of the situation is consistent with the prediction of the Wujinling camp, and there is no need to release the only two carrier pigeons they brought out.

"Okay, what to do, it's up to you." Feng Yi said.

"I want to stay in the Lingshan camp for another two days, no matter what their attitude is, I will go to Yingzhou, and after arriving in Yingzhou, I will take a boat back to the Wujinling camp, there are some things to deal with along the way, do you come with me, or go back to the adults first?" Guo asked.

"After arriving in Yingzhou, it is the time when spring is late and the spring river is green, of course I will follow you to go around the Han River." Feng Yi said.

He was looking forward to taking a boat on the Han River, going down the Yangtze River, and then passing through Chaohu Lake and Longtan River and then entering Huaiyang Mountain to meet Han Qian.

Although it was several days later than the scheduled plan to return to the camp in Wujinling, it was much more comfortable to take a car, horse, boat, and boat all the way than to cross the lofty mountains and mountains on the northern slope of Huaiyang Mountain, and the spring along the road must not be bad.

As the commander-in-chief, Han Qian was inconvenient to move around, but he encouraged the middle and high-level generals in Tangyi to inspect the actual situation in various states and counties as much as possible when they had the opportunity.

Guo Ke, as the core figure of the Military Intelligence Staff Department in charge of scout reconnaissance, if he wanted to more intuitively judge that the Military Intelligence Staff Department was effective in external intelligence spying, and if he wanted the intelligence spy work to be more in-depth and detailed, he could not always stay by Han Qian's side......

Guo agreed with Feng Yi that after discussing the details of the coordinated operation of the two armies with Li Xiu and others, he sent messengers to return directly from the northern slope of Huaiyang Mountain to the outside of the Wujinling camp, and they left the Lingshan camp surrounded by more than a dozen guards, crossed the Jiuli Pass, and headed for Yingzhou City.

How can the five prefectures of Xiangbei be the territory of Great Chu, Guo Ke and Feng Yi want to go to Yingzhou, or even to Junzhou and Dengzhou, and the Xiangbei Metropolitan Defense Office cannot stop them, at most, in the name of escort, they will send people to monitor along the way, so as to save them from spying on the military situation in Suiying and other states at will......

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In mid-February, the Han River flows into the estuary, and a two-masted armed merchant ship is moored in the middle of the river at dusk.

The bow and tail of the sailboat are about eight feet long, and the draft of the side of the ship is very deep, indicating that the cabin is full of large quantities; The waves were rolling and splashing on the deck from time to time.

The stars and moon are bright, and the side of the merchant ship can be seen in the distance, painted with the words "Chishan-28" and other words in large lacquer, and several bed crossbows on the top of the cabin are flashing with a hideous cold glow under the vigilance of dozens of armor guards.

Most of the large and medium-sized cargo ships of the Chishan Society are pointed bottoms, full of goods, and the draft is very deep, unless there is a ready-made wharf to dock, or if you want to anchor, you will directly anchor in the center of the river.

As for the many reasons for anchoring in the middle of the river, there are to avoid the wind and waves, there is the need to avoid temporary berthing through the complex river basin of the shore and beach at night, and there are many densely populated towns and ports along the river, but there is no wharf to dock large and medium-sized cargo ships, so they can only be anchored in the middle of the river and then transferred by small boats.

In addition, there are many places where the Chishan Society has not built a dedicated warehouse, and the merchant ships carrying goods in the tributaries of the rivers and main waterways are of different sizes, and the dismantling and transfer of large quantities of goods is often carried out directly on the river.

In short, in the northwest of Ezhou City, at the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Han River, there was an armed merchant ship of the Chishan Society moored on the water, which was already normal in the middle of February of the fifth year of Yanyou.

As the night deepened, another awning boat sailed down the Han River.

After the two sides signaled to each other with signal lights, the canopy boat approached the merchant ship closely.

Guo jumped on the deck of the merchant ship with a brisk step, Feng Yi was not as athletic as Guo Ke, and with the support of the guards, he pulled the fiber rope and boarded the ship.

Seeing Lin Sheng, who was wearing a gray robe and looking like a businessman, standing on the deck and waiting, Guo frowned slightly, and asked with a solemn expression: "What's the matter, you are waiting for us here?" ”

"When we went out of Dongting Lake from Yueyang East, we happened to see an official ship of the Weaving Bureau entering Dongting Lake from the Yangtze River, I felt strange at the time, and specially arranged three sentinel boats to take turns to keep an eye on it, confirming that Yao Xishui, the envoy of the Changchun Palace and the weaving supervisor, was on that official boat!" Lin Sheng said.

The Chishan Society not only bears the responsibility of communicating with Jianghuai, but also serves as the reserve force of the Tangyi Naval Army, and is also the main force of the Military Intelligence Staff Department to spy on Jianghuai.

Therefore, except for a few people such as Su Lie, Han Donghu, and Lin Jiang who directly entered the Tangyi army, Lin Sheng, Guo Xiao and others continued to be in charge of the daily operations of the Chishan Society.

Lin Sheng is one of the six giants in charge of the daily operations of the Chishan Society, and usually occasionally goes out with merchant ships, but he always hides his identity. If it weren't for such urgent information this time, he wouldn't have risked staying on the river in Ezhou and waiting for Guo Ke and Feng Yi to come over.

"This woman's movements are so fast, obviously we left the Lingshan camp earlier than her, and we didn't delay much on the way, but she went around in front of us," Feng Yi frowned and said, "What is she going to do in such a hurry into Dongting Lake?" ”

The weaving bureau is the eyes and ears of Cishou Palace, and its official ships are convenient and unhindered in all prefectures and counties, and it is normal for them to appear anywhere, and even in the past two years, they have entered Xuzhou in the name of receiving tribute.

However, Yao Xishui just appeared at the Lingshan camp some time ago, and they also speculated that she went to see Li Zhihe on this trip, which should be to prepare for the possibility of drastic changes in the situation in the north at any time, but she didn't stay in Tongbai Mountain at this time to give Li Zhihe advice, but ran into Dongting Lake, how could they not be surprised?

"Where has the Weaving Bureau's ship gone now? Did you go up the Hunan River, or did you enter the Ruan River? Guo asked Lin Shengdao.

"I received the latest news before nightfall, the official ship of the Weaving Bureau is still in the Qingpudang waters of Dongting Lake, and I can't tell for the time being whether it is going to Xiangshui or Ruanjiang - however, I have ordered a new sentinel ship to keep an eye on them." Lin Sheng said.

"Prepare a clipper ship at once, organize as many good men as you can, and follow us!" Guo said, and then he, Feng Yi, and Lin Sheng entered the cabin, and immediately wrote a secret letter, and asked someone to take out two carrier pigeons that had been carried all the way, and tied the two identical secret letters to the paws as thin as grass stalks, and flew into the night sky......