When Zhu Wen felt uncomfortable because the Huainan Army had not moved, Yang Wu also felt uncomfortable because Wei Quanyan had not moved. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The purpose of this trip to the north was mainly to lure Wei Quanyi's initiative to attack, so before sending troops, Yang Wu tried his best to make this Northern Expedition so loud that even Li Keyong, Li Maozhen and other feudal towns far away in the north knew the news of the Huainan Army's upcoming Northern Expedition, and it was impossible to say that Wei Quanyi and others, who were so close to Hongzhou, could not receive any news.

If Wei Quanyan got the news, then why hasn't he made any moves? Is it that Yang Wu's scheme has been exposed?

Yang Wu felt that this should not be, before he said his thoughts, even Guo Chongtao, Li Shenfu and other resourceful people could not think of his purpose, so what ability did Wei Quanyan and others have to see through his purpose? Yang Wu doesn't think that the resourcefulness of Wei Quanxian is even higher than Guo Chongtao and others.

Since it wasn't Wei Quanyan who saw through his plan, why didn't he make any moves, this made Yang Wu feel puzzled.

"Counselor Guo, General Zhu, what is the reason why the two of you feel that Wei Quanxian is reluctant to send troops?" Since a person couldn't figure it out, Yang Wu naturally asked a few of his staff officers.

Zhu Jin, the deputy envoy of the privy council, said with some uncertainty: "In the opinion of the last general, Wei Quanyi may want to send troops, but considering Peng Ji of Jizhou, Lu Guangchou of Qianzhou, and Ma Yin of Hunan, these people are not Wei Quanxi's subordinates after all, maybe it is because Wei Quanwu has not discussed with these people on the issue of sending troops!" ”

"King, my subordinates think that maybe Wei Quanxiao has received the news of our army's Northern Expedition, and even confirmed that our army has arrived in Suzhou, but because our army has not officially engaged the Liang army, so Wei Quanxiao is cautious, so he did not immediately take action!" Guo Chongtao's tone was also a little uncertain.

This time he went north, Yang Wu still brought Guo Chongtao and Zhu Jin to be in charge of the military affairs of the counselor, and Yan Keqiu stayed in Guangling.

The two points mentioned by these two people at this time were actually thought of by Yang Wu, the so-called "anti-Huainan Alliance" organized by Ma Yin was still only a loose organization after all, and Wei Quanyan did not have the absolute authority to directly order other forces to send troops, so all kinds of deliberations and procrastination were inevitable, but this made Yang Wu have a headache.

If Wei Quanyi delayed sending troops, in order not to reveal his intentions, after confronting the Liang army for a period of time, Yang Wu had to launch an operation to engage the Liang army, otherwise it would be suspicious to confront the Liang army for too long.

Although Wei Quanxi's resourcefulness is not very good, but Zhu Wen and Ma Yin's subordinates have some capable people, if they see Huainan's plan, and then pass the news to Wei Quanxi, I am afraid that the goal of going north this time will fail.

However, if you go north now, you will have to collide with the main force of the Liang army, which is a bit more than worth the loss.

"You say, how about Lone Ruo dividing his troops to attack Xuzhou? A tentative attack on Xuzhou was carried out with part of the force, while the main force remained in Suzhou. In this way, the Liang army can only divide its troops to engage our army, and even if it fails, the loss will not be large! After thinking for a while, Yang Wu said with an idea.

The importance of Xuzhou is extraordinary for Huainan, if Xuzhou can be captured, it will not only allow Huainan's defense line to further advance to the north, so that Huainan can gain more strategic depth, but also an important advance base for Huainan's northern expedition in the future.

Whether it was Liu Yu's Northern Expedition or Xu Da's Northern Expedition, the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army went north from Xuzhou.

Therefore, Yang Wu has always wanted to further seize Xuzhou since he captured Suzhou, and now it is not bad to carry out a tentative attack on Xuzhou.

At this time, it is feasible to divide troops to attack Xuzhou, at least it can further confuse Wei Quanxian and let him relax and send troops to Hongzhou. However, with all due respect to his subordinates, if he divides his troops to attack Xuzhou at this time, he is only afraid that there will be greater danger! This time, the Liang army went south far more than last time, and the terrain of Xuzhou was more suitable for cavalry combat, but our army was in a disadvantageous position in this regard. Guo Chongtao said with a slight reminder.

Born under the command of King Jin, Guo Chongtao has a deep understanding of the power of cavalry, and the power that can be exerted under suitable terrain conditions is not comparable to that of Huainan cavalry.

"Are you saying that if we divide our troops to attack Xuzhou, our army may suffer a defeat?" Yang Wu frowned.

He didn't think that the Huainan army could be invincible in the world, let alone that it could easily win in the face of the Liang army, so when Guo Chongtao pointed out the risk of sending troops to Xuzhou, Yang Wu couldn't help but hesitate.

If the troops are really divided into Xuzhou, considering the distance between Xuzhou and Suzhou, the victory or defeat can only depend on the performance of the front-line generals, and it is difficult for the rear to give support at all, otherwise it may cause a large-scale confrontation with the main force of the Liang army, which is obviously not what Yang Wu wants to see.

"King, the Liang army took the initiative to go south, and Zhu Wen sent the general Liu Cheng to lead 20,000 troops to attack Yongcheng!" Just when Yang Wu felt hesitant, new news suddenly came.

"Liang Jun went south? It seems that Zhu Wen finally can't help it! Yang Wu said happily.

The Liang army took the initiative to go south, which avoided the risk of the Huainan army risking north, and Yongcheng was located between Songzhou and Suzhou, which was not far from the two places, and was at the forefront of the confrontation between the Huainan army and the Liang army.

If you fight here, even if there is a problem at the front, the rear will be able to respond without too many losses.

"King, it seems that Zhu Wen doesn't want to engage in a large-scale battle with our army now! Now that he has chosen Yongcheng as the place of battle, it should just be a test of our army! Guo Chongtao said with a smile.

"Yes, since the Liang army is heading south, how can Lone not fight? Liu Cheng was known for his resourcefulness when he was a general under Wang Shifan, the envoy of Pinglu Jiedu, and two years ago, he defeated the combined forces of Li Maozhen and Yang Chongben with Liu Zhijun in the First Battle of the United States, and was a newly rising general in the Liang army. However, there is no shortage of famous generals in my Huainan army, who of you generals is willing to lead troops to fight with them? Yang Wu asked the generals in a deep voice.

Since Zhu Wen only sent 20,000 people, Yang Wu did not plan to send more troops to go, of course, he did not want to fall into the momentum of the Huainan army, but also wanted to control the scale of the battle.

Now that both sides are full of armies, the Liang army can also divide the troops if the Huainan army divides the troops, and if the Huainan army increases the troops, the Liang army can also increase the troops, and the Huainan army does not have an advantage in terms of troops.

As for the Liang army, it is not beneficial for a large-scale conflict with Huainan to break out now that the strong enemies in the north are around, so Zhu Wen should also be deliberately controlling the scale of the battle.

As soon as Yang Wu's words fell, several generals below Wang Maozhang, Li Jian and others stood up almost at the same time and said, "The last general is willing to go!" ”

Yang Wu immediately smiled with satisfaction, his morale was strong, and the generals had a strong desire to fight, this is what a strong army should look like.

"Li Jian, your Tianwu Army has not participated in a big war since its establishment, this time you will go and fight Liu Jun!"

Yang Wu felt that in addition to testing the reality of the Huainan Army, Zhu Wen sent troops south, and another purpose should be to use the hands of the Huainan Army to hone the army.

In the first two years of the war, the losses of the Liang army were large, especially those veterans of a hundred battles, and although the total strength of the Liang army was restored, the number of recruits in it increased a lot, so it was also a purpose of Zhu Wen to hone these recruits through the war.

As for Huainan, the newly formed Tianwu Army has not participated in actual combat since its establishment, not only the soldiers below are newly recruited, but many officers at all levels are temporarily promoted and need to get actual combat experience, so Yang Wu named Li Jian.

For Li Jian, Yang Wu took the opportunity to beat Li Jian in the last Zhang Chong case, although Li Jian also knew that Yang Wu would not deal with him because of that matter, but if he has not been able to show his ability on the battlefield, there will be problems in the future.

Now seeing that Yang Wu handed over this opportunity to him, Li Jian hurriedly said: "The last general must let that Liu Jun know that my Huainan army is not easy to mess with!" ”

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Whether it was Yang Wu or Zhu Wen, they both tacitly controlled the scale of the battle at this time, the Liang army only sent 20,000 people, and the Huainan side also only sent such a small number of troops.

However, what Yang Wu did not expect was that out of prudence, he only sent troops of the same size as the Liang army to fight, but this made Zhu Wen further doubt the purpose of the Huainan army.

If the Huainan Army really sent troops for the Northern Expedition, why did Yang Wu make such a big noise before, and began to mobilize the army a long time ago, but the actual speed of sending troops was relatively slow, so that the Liang army was given enough time to prepare.

And after the troops really arrived in Suzhou, the abnormal behavior of the Huainan army that had not moved made Zhu Wen even more suspicious.

"What is certain is that Yang Wu went north this time, and the main force was concentrated in Suzhou, which must be to attract the attention of our army and achieve the purpose of attacking the east and the west! Orders were sent to Yingzhou, Caizhou, Jiangling, Anzhou and other places, telling them to be careful against the sudden attack of the Huainan army! Zhu Wen immediately ordered.

It's a pity that although he determined that the goal of the Huainan Army was not the direction of Suzhou, despite his cunning, he only thought that Yang Wu's target was other territories under his command, but it was difficult to think that Yang Wu's real target was not his territory at all!

waited until the news came from the south that Fuzhou Assassin Shi Wei Quan, together with Jizhou Assassin Shi Peng Ji, Yuanzhou Assassin Shi Peng Yanzhang, and Xinzhou Assassin Shi Wei Zaichang, the 60,000 troops of the four states, plus the 20,000 army of Ma Yin, the king of Chu, a total of 80,000 people, joined forces to attack Hongzhou.

At this time, Zhu Wen suddenly realized that Yang Wu's goal was not him at all, but Wei Quanxian!

It's a pity that because of the distance, even if he wants to stop Wei Quanyan and the others at this time, there is no way!