Chapter 57: Good Rain Knows the Season
The spring rain is continuous, moisturizing the earth, and in the hanging city, Xiyang Wang Yuwenwen stood under the eaves, looking at the continuous drizzle, he was thinking about the Jiangnan at this time, and it probably also rained in the spring rain, that is, the so-called smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River.
Winter turns to spring, the Central Plains gradually enters the rainy season, and when it comes, the rainfall is abundant, and the water level of the river rises, which is a good time for the southern army to march in the north for hundreds of years.
The southern army went north on the expedition and went north along the Huaisi and other water systems in the Central Plains, and it was very convenient to transport baggage, grain and grass by boats, and as long as the important land of the two Huai was taken and the Huai River defense line was built, it could sit on the south bank of the Yellow River.
The Huaihe River defense line, from west to east of the important places have Shouchun, Zhongli, Huiyi, Shanyang, Huaibei important places, from west to east is Xuan, Xiaohuang, Xuzhou, if you can take these three, you can consider operating the Yellow River defense line.
If you want to deploy defenses along the south bank of the Yellow River, there are four important places that must be taken, that is, the so-called "four towns of Henan" Luoyang, Tiger Prison, Slippery Table, and Fortification, which are also important points on the Yellow River.
At this point, if the southern army can rebuild the defense line of the Yellow River, it can achieve the largest territory of the Southern Dynasty in the Liu and Song dynasties, as for Hebei, without strong cavalry and excellent commanders, it is better not to send them to death.
Thinking of the cavalry, Yuwen Wen sighed, his cavalry is not much, so he can only engage in defensive counterattacks in the plain area, if he fights with the enemy with cavalry superiority in the Central Plains, sooner or later it will be finished because the grain route is cut off.
Of course, you can also use fortress tactics to ride with steps, but this costs a lot of money and food, and if Yuwen Wen really has so much money and food, it is better to raise horses.
Therefore, he can only go to Guangcheng now, preparing to attack Lianghuai, this area is covered with a dense network of rivers, which is more suitable for him and his subordinates to fight, as for the banks of the Yellow River, it is a battlefield for cavalry.
If he does not go south, he must participate in the north, so he can only defend the city as a meat shield, attract enemy troops, and wait for the main field battle of the two sides to decide the victory.
If his side wins, he will take advantage of the fire to rob, and his side will be defeated, and he will be forced to fight alone against a thousand waves.
This feeling is very bad, so Yuwen Wen decided to obey the arrangement to go to Guangcheng and find a way to open up the Lianghuai battlefield, but he needs to stay for a few days because there is still one thing that must be done.
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In recent days, the Yuzhou Governor's Office has sent the sons of the sect to the Hanging Gourd Army, by the way, listen to the teachings of the parents and officials, and see how they can serve the imperial court.
No one asks about the poor in the downtown area, the rich have distant relatives in the mountains, the hanging gourd is still the hanging gourd, and the rulers are still those officials, why a few months ago, there was a sharp contrast between the Governor's Office and the city?
Very simply, after the Battle of Shaoling, the Yuwen clan gained a firm foothold in Yuzhou, and if the powerful forces in the Yuzhou Governor's Mansion still couldn't see the situation clearly, they would be almost wiped out by the clan.
The Imperial Army... No, the army of more than 100,000 rebels was almost wiped out in the battle of Shaoling, and the news immediately spread, and soon became known to the heroes and powers in various places.
The army of the Yuwen clan has withstood the attack of the army of the Wei Chi clan in the past few months, and now it has turned from defense to offense, and there is no second choice for the heroes who are making multiple choices.
And for Yu Wenwen, there is no second option.
At this moment, Yu Wenwen was in the council hall of the government office, 'cordially' meeting with the representatives of the powerful and the officials of the prefectures and counties in various places, although his face was full of smiles, but in his heart he wanted to kill people and make up his might and repair these wall grass.
A few months ago, he just took the hanging gourd, and by chance saved the son of heaven in distress, and then issued a letter calling on officials from all over the country to raise troops and soldiers, but after the text was issued, it sank into the sea like a stone, and there was no repercussion at all, which made the son of heaven and Yuwenwen very embarrassed.
At that time, Yuwen's family was not favored, and it was reasonable that no one responded to the call to raise the king of soldiers, but people always want face, what the Son of Heaven thinks Yuwenwen doesn't know, he himself is somewhat worried about this.
If he was still 'back then', he would definitely uphold the belief that "you love to ignore me in the past, and you can't climb up to me today", and keep these wall grasses out to dry, but now it is different, as a feudal king with ideas, you must learn to compromise.
Unless it involves major rights and wrongs, the political game is a compromise, and the result of a happy enmity is to push potential allies to the side of the hostile camp, so in order to win over all the objects that can be won over as much as possible, Yu Wenwen's posture must be made.
The scene has to be said, the beating is also said, and the guarantee is naturally given, as well as the next series of arrangements, all of which must be pointed out on the spot, so as not to have any unnecessary misunderstandings.
The powerful people from all over the country sent their sons to hang the gourd, obviously sending hostages to show their hearts, but this was not enough, Yuwen Wen bluntly asked everyone to show further sincerity: send food to the army, send a team to listen to the tune, and assist Wang Shi in rebelling.
This request was very reasonable, and everyone present had no opinion, and of course, they did not dare to have an opinion.
After making the request, the next thing is sweetness, Yu Wenwen promised in public that the people attending the meeting today and the suzerains and officials they represented, whose names would be written in the chapter, sent someone to Chang'an, and presented it to the Son of Heaven.
Both soft and hard is a means that a qualified person in power must skillfully use, and Li Yunxin on the side was relieved to see that Yu Wenwen had handled it properly.
An incident that happened in Yecheng not long ago made Li Yunxin quite worried, as a Shangguan, the boss and his brother, Yu Wenming arranged for Yuwen Wen to guard Guangcheng in order to look at the two Huai, but Yu Wenwen's bullish temper was committed on the spot.
Fortunately, there was no danger, Yuwen Wen went to the back to soften, Li Yunxin was worried that this person would be in a bad mood after returning to the hanging gourd, and he would be angry with these heroes who were moved by the wind, so he pinched his sweat at the beginning of the meeting.
Now it seems that Yuwen Wen knows the importance and does not act recklessly, so it will be much easier for Li Yunxin to do it next.
Yuwen Wen had a long speech, and then Li Yunxin and Gu Yi should talk, Li Yunxin will guard the hanging gourd in the future, and Gu Yi was originally an adjutant of the Yuzhou Governor's Mansion, and he is well known to the powerful and officials in various places, and the two of them will often deal with these people in the future, so what should be said must be made clear as soon as possible.
Yu Wenwen, who left the conference hall first, came to the eaves outside the hall, and Zhang Yu, who had been waiting for a long time, held up an oil-paper umbrella to greet him.
Yu Wenwen took the umbrella and walked towards the door, the light rain was dripping, he looked up and saw that the sky was gray, and when he looked back at the overcrowded meeting hall, Yu Wenwen suddenly felt that there was a poem that was very appropriate.
Good rain knows the season, when spring happens.