Chapter 550: Seven Inches of the Long Snake

Speaking of both ends, the fight in Huainan at this time is also at a fever pitch.

As Lu Qian said, the things on the main battlefield have been understood, and the next thing to look at is Huainan and Jiangnan. to see if the Liangshan Army in Huainan can completely drive the Western Army across the river; Let's see if the Manichaean army with "heart strength" can withstand this last moment.

- If Jiangning Mansion is taken by the Western Army, even if the strength of Manichaeism is still there, it will be declining.

However, due to the reasons of the times, Lu Qian has not yet received the letter from Yang Zhi, he only knows that he is worried about Huainan, the Liangshan army and the western army are fighting Zhenglie.

The commander of the latter's Western Army is Yang Weizhong. The combat object of the Huainan Army can be described as an old hen turning into a duck, and its combat power is different from the past. However, the main force of the Western Army is all in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are few soldiers here.

And the Huainan Army has also completed the renewal at this time, and Chao Gai's subordinates are still the original Song Jiang Army, which is also strong and talented. The two sides are now fighting the main culprit!

Readers know that King Lu had bad intentions and sold Manichaeism. Let the Song army entrench in the corner of Huainan and have a barrier to cross the river to fight. At that time, King Lu was only hoping that both sides could kill and lose, so he quietly made it convenient for the Western Army.

But now it's a different story.

The defeat of Taiping Prefecture caused Manichaeism to suffer a lot of losses, followed by the hard confrontation in Jiangning Mansion, and Fang La continued to bleed. The Manichaeans would not just defend a Jinling city and sit back and watch the Western army besiege and kill them.

There are a series of strategic points on the periphery, and neither side knows how many times they have fought for it.

Such a positive hard encounter, the struggle is naturally Manichaean. It was killed by the Western Army to the city a month or two earlier, and last month it was surrounded by the Western Army in the east, west, north and south, and it has tended to be at a disadvantage in this Jinling defense battle.

Now Lu Qian naturally wants to help the Yue family, and in turn embarrass the Western Army, so as to reduce the pressure on the Jiangning Mansion. That Zhang Shun had already led the inland river army into Yangzhou. Yang Zhibu is also a soldier and is always ready. But Lu Qian still hopes that Manichaeism can withstand it by itself!

In this way, the fight in Huainan is not false at all.

The battle of Huainan was centered on the Lujiang River. Chao Gai's troops were many generals, and they had already recaptured the Wuwei army, and they swept Shucheng and Tongcheng, and took all the important cities around the Lujiang River.

Lujiang is a lonely city, the city walls have been collapsed in many places, insisting on the near moon, the western army can not be said to be unable to fight.

However, the western army of Jiangning Mansion did not come back to help, and Niu Gao's defeat even affected Liu Guangguo's troops in Jiangzhou, causing Jiangzhou to be empty. As soon as the Lujiang River was broken, the Huainan Army would be able to take Shuzhou, Qizhou, and even Huangzhou.

The latter is the Huanggang of later generations, as one of the two dream demons of the post-80s student era, many people have knowledge of this place. On the other side of the river is Wuchang, of course, it is Wuchang in this era, but if you go west to fight Wuchang, it will be Jiangxia in Ezhou, and it will be the great Wuhan of later generations.

Jiangzhou is between Qizhou and Shuzhou.

There is only a new army left, if Yang Weizhong is defeated, how can he withstand the attack of the Huainan army?

You know, this is the material grain and grass base of the Western Army.

The army piled up in Jiangning Mansion, the money, food, and armor used should all come from here. If the Huainan Army captures Jiangzhou, then the main force of the Western Army will suffer. The Western Army distributed along the Yangtze River is a long snake, and Jiangzhou is its seven inches.

Therefore, if you want to say who is most concerned about the war in Huainan now, it must be Jiujiang Cai Dezhang. Relying on his father's momentum, and by virtue of being a court official in Jiangzhou, he sought the position of allocating grain, grass and military supplies in this battle, and he has done it competently so far. It was to put the official hat of the envoy along the Jiangnan West Road on the top of his head early. Although this official position is not as heavy as that of appeasement, it has undoubtedly brought him to a higher level.

Therefore, Cai Dezhang's pros and cons have been tightly tied to the Western Army. If Fang La is successfully extinguished, he will be able to rise to another level.

"I intend to dispatch the Mu brothers and lead troops to reinforce Lujiang. What does the general verdict think? Cai Dezhang really couldn't make up his mind in his heart, otherwise how would he call Huang Wenbing to discuss. Although the latter had a good relationship with him, Cai Jiu even took the opportunity to give Huang Wenbing a real lack of operation, so that his 'general judgment' was worthy of the name, and of course he also won Huang Wenbing's filial piety. But Huang Wenbing is by no means his dog-headed military advisor.

The latter's identity at the moment is an official, Cai Dezhang's subordinate officer. It's a matter of deliberation.

Huang Wenbing died a miserable death in the original Water Margin, which can be described as an indelible black spot in the eyes of the 'anti-Water Margin' people. It is also an example of proving that the so-called "Liangshan heroes" are a group of cannibalistic 'anti-humans'.

Some people also say that although this Huang Wenbing is a villain in the article, but thinking about this person's deeds, he is a great loyalty and good man of the Great Song Dynasty. This person does not forget to work in life, listens to nursery rhymes, and reverses poems; has strong reasoning ability, and deduces from the nursery rhymes that Song Jiang, who consumes the country because of domestic wood and swords and soldiers; Discerning the flaws in the forged letters, he can see them at a glance. is really a rare excellent agent in the Great Song Dynasty, and in the end he died in the line of duty, and his family was killed, and he died a song and a cry.

It can be said that it is in stark contrast to other "positive" civil servants. For example, Dean Dai Zongdai, who forcibly accepted bribes and fornicated with Liangshan; saw Lu Daruti, who was wanted by the imperial court Shi Jin and sat down to drink tea; Cai Fu, the iron arm who is happy to collect money on both sides of the grass on the wall, and Cai Qing, a flower on both sides of the grass, are ......, and they are really true when they are fake!

"Wen Bing thinks it's feasible." Huang Wenbing thought for a while, opened his mouth and said.

Cai Dezhang was taken aback, he had asked many people in the past two days, this was not the first person who agreed to aid Lujiang, but he was the most straightforward and clearest person who held this view.

"Recently, I have heard people ask about this matter in the past two days, and Wen Bing has thought about it for a long time and thinks so." Huang Wenbing is a sycophant, but he is not a talentless person. Ability and political integrity are not both, this is often a thing.

"The gains and losses of Lujiang over there are related to the safety of my Jiangzhou. Lujiang Ruo'an, Jiangzhou is as stable as Mount Tai; If Lujiang falls into the hands of thieves, how can I protect the soldiers of Jiangzhou? ”

The villain thought that it was better to prepare in advance, while recruiting fishermen to act as water warriors, in case of emergency; Bian selects brave generals and leads troops across the river to help. Even if you can't enter the Lujiang River, you can still contain the Huainan thieves one or two in the periphery. Xianggong is also so that the Western Army knows the truth, isn't it? ”

Cai Dezhang was silent for a while, and said: "If you want Jiangzhou to be stable, you only need to have the navy and army to come back." It's just that the situation in Jiangning is urgent, and I don't dare to lose a big one because of a small one. ”

The entire Zhao and Song Dynasty courts were counting on the Western Army to take Jiangning Mansion so that everyone could take a breath.

"Don't worry. There is a way to think big and start small. Wen Bingsu asked Xianggong and Liu Menglong Liu Dutong also have some friendship, why don't you go to write a letter and ask for a few generals to rectify one or two river defenses. ”

Cai Jiu applauded.