Recently, Ziyanjiang is faced with two choices, one is that he continues to stick to Ziyanjiang and does not come out, and hoards the grain reserves in Ziyanjiang and the five surrounding territories, as long as he keeps a steady defense, it is enough to support the consumption of the six territories for a whole year, which can be described as worry-free. But there is a hidden danger in this way, that is, after the Japanese invade Xu Zhoujiang, they are likely to take advantage of the situation to go south.

At present, the imperial court guards Xu Zhoujiang's troops only a corps under the command of Nangong Xiongba, and the last Zhouning County War also lost a part, although Nangong Xiongba recruited a part of the recruits from the territory to make up for the establishment, but the combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, such a force could not resist the soldiers and horses of Gangning Ichiro, not to mention that the current military food was monopolized.

Therefore, if there are no reinforcements to support the southern theater, Xu Zhoujiang will be defeated, and the southern theater will also be invaded by the Japanese invaders, if it really comes to that point, the Japanese will reoccupy a quarter of the Xia Dynasty's territory, once the situation evolves like that, the imperial court will have no territory, and there will be no soldiers and horses to protect the territory, although Xia Yuanyou can still occupy the imperial capital, but the strength will be thrown away by Xia Yuanyu.

In addition to the fall of the Southern Theater, the imperial court was reduced to the second line, and Xia Yuanji's family was dominant, Ling Xia's Ziyanjiang would face the threat of being attacked by the enemy in the future, the Western Theater still had the strength of more than four corps at this time, and the Eastern Theater had Xia Yuanji's two corps, and Gangning Ichiro would definitely not provoke these two sides, but Yan Xiujiang was sandwiched between the Western Theater and the East, and it was very likely that he would be attacked by the Japanese Invaders.

Therefore, Ling Xia's second choice is to send troops to support Xu Zhoujiang, as long as an elite corps is dispatched, he can intercept Gang Ning Ichiro in Xu Zhoujiang, if Ling Xia personally commands the battle, he can even contain Gang Ning Ichiro's soldiers and horses outside Xu Zhoujiang, so that he can not set foot in the south, as long as Xu Zhoujiang is saved, it is equivalent to keeping the southern theater, and it can also solve Yan Xiujiang's worries.

But there is a problem in this, that is, the troops to support Xu Zhoujiang need to be transferred from Ziyanjiang, and Ziyanjiang is too far away from Xuzhoujiang, and it takes almost two months to march with food and supplies.

If you can't get food supplies along the way, the army won't be able to march in a hurry, so this is Ling Xia's biggest headache, although he can temporarily rest easy when he sees death and doesn't save him, but once the Japanese invaders wave their troops south, Yanxiujiang will be in danger of being attacked, but if he sends troops to support Xu Zhoujiang, in addition to the problems of food, grass and materials, the transfer of troops is also a troublesome thing, after all, there is still a battle in front of Ziyanjiang.

In the yamen of the Governor's Mansion, Chen Fuchen, Ji Siming, Liu Xian, Bai Zhanyun, Lu Zhuweng, Gu Xiuyuan, Xia Ning'er, Lao Cui, Yue Qianfeng, and Ling Xia sat in a group, Ling Xia read dozens of letters asking for help from Nangong Xiongba to everyone, and when everyone watched the letterhead, he talked about all his worries and thoughts, and then he looked at everyone: "What do you think should be done?" ”

Hearing Ling Xia's inquiry, everyone fell into deep thought, and after a moment of silence, Luzhu Weng said in a deep voice: "Yu Zhi, since Yan Xiujiang has hidden dangers, we should strangle the threat in the cradle. Yu Gong, whether it is Xu Zhoujiang or the territories of the Southern Theater, this is the territory of our Xia Dynasty, how can we let the Japanese robbers rage, the old man feels that we should send troops to help Xu Zhoujiang. ”

"The rise and fall of the country is no trivial matter, although we live on the border, it is our duty to defend the frontier and protect the country." Chen Fuchen and the others also agreed to send troops to support Xu Zhoujiang, and seeing that everyone was unanimous, Ling Xia nodded: Since this is the case, then let's reorganize our troops and deploy materials. ”