"The situation in Fuzhou is already very urgent, and it would be extremely inappropriate for us not to take drastic measures and continue to sit back and watch the situation deteriorate, or continue to wait for the king's orders! Attacking Jianyang is an order given by Ben General, if something goes wrong, all the consequences will be borne by Ben in the future! In the face of the dissuasion of his subordinates, Li Chengding said firmly.

Originally, according to the regulations, without definite news, or until they received a clear order from the Jinling side, they border generals could not privately send troops to attack Fujian.

After all, Wang Shenzhi went to Jinling to meet Yang Wu, and the trend of surrender was very obvious; If the army is used rashly, it will have the opposite effect if it is not done well, and the matter of surrender will be uncertain.

However, Li Chengding combined the various chaos that had occurred in Fuzhou before, and he judged that there must be a general who opposed the surrender who launched a mutiny, took control of Fuzhou, and sealed Fuzhou, which made it impossible for the secret agents in Fuzhou to send new news.

If measures are not taken as soon as possible, I am afraid that the situation in Fujian will deteriorate even more.

The most important of the five states of Fujian is undoubtedly Fuzhou and Jianzhou, now Fuzhou has been controlled by the forces that oppose surrender, and although the remaining Jianzhou is still under the control of Chen Tao, a confidant of Wang Xianzhi, no one can guarantee what Chen Tao will do next.

In this case, Li Chengding felt that the best way was to strike first, and take advantage of Chen Tao's lax vigilance to quickly send troops to take Jianzhou.

As long as Jianzhou is taken, no matter what the situation on the Fuzhou side is, the Wu army will have the initiative and can choose to continue to attack Fuzhou at any time or wait for the opportunity for the time being.

He took a huge risk in making this decision, and last year's example of Liu Chongjing was not long ago, if Li Chengding also misjudged and caused a bad impact, then even if he was Yang Wu's brother-in-law and the newly inherited Duke of Wei, Yang Wu could only punish him severely under pressure from all sides to show justice.

Therefore, Li Chengding's decision is almost a major adventure to gamble on his future.

At his insistence, the generals had to obey military orders.

The military order is like a mountain, whether you oppose or agree, as long as the order is issued, it must be implemented, which is why this action of sending troops to Jianyang has been made.

Jianyang is located 80 miles northwest of Jianzhou City, and in normal times it is used as the front line for the handover of Jiangxi, garrisoning a Fujian army of 4,000 people.

However, the training and morale of these armies were far inferior to the Wu army, and Li Chengding's plan was also to win with speed, taking advantage of the enemy's defenselessness to launch a surprise attack.

In order to achieve the best surprise effect, Li Chengding chose to bring only 3,000 troops, marched from the small road, and rushed all the way, and finally arrived at the foot of Jianyang City.

At this time, although some of the generals still couldn't help but want to persuade Li Chengding, everyone also knew that there was no turning back when the bow was opened, since Li Chengding had not changed his mind, then let's attack the city.

The difficulty of attacking the city is not great, the vigilance of the defenders on the Jianzhou side is extremely poor, and the vigilance of the defenders on the Jianyang side is also not much better.

Wang Shenzhi's decision to surrender can be said to have greatly damaged the morale of the Fujian army, making the defenders everywhere have no fighting spirit, and everyone is thinking about what treatment they will get after surrendering in the future, and there is no idea of defending the city at all.

So when Li Chengding was very cautious to send scouts to inquire about the news, it didn't take long for the scouts to come back and report that there was no defense in Jianyang City, as long as they attacked directly.

Li Chengding was not surprised by this result, and he immediately ordered the hundred cavalry who came out with the army to go to seize the city gate as quickly as possible, and he led the rest of the army to feel afterwards.

This plan is very simple, yet very effective.

More than half an hour later, the entire Jianyang City fell into the hands of Li Chengding, and the defenders, except for a small number of people who dared to resist at the beginning, then surrendered to the Wu army in large numbers.

After taking control of Jianyang, the road to Jianzhou was opened.

However, when Li Chengding decided to continue to march south and raid Jianzhou, a small number of troops fled from Jianzhou.

"Are you saying that there is a group of soldiers and horses who have raided and occupied Jianzhou three days ago?" Looking at the few frightened routs in front of him, Li Chengding breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and the joy on his face flashed.

When the decision to send troops was made resolutely, although Li Chengding showed an extremely firm look to outsiders, only he knew how much pressure he was facing.

If his judgment is wrong and Fuzhou does not change, then his private dispatch of troops will not only ruin his future, but also greatly affect his father's prestige.

But now that it has been confirmed that there were indeed enemy troops raiding Jianzhou, it means that his judgment should be correct, and Fuzhou has indeed fallen into the hands of those who oppose surrender.

In other words, the decision he made was not a rash action, but an impromptu response at a critical moment, and in the future, the ministers of the DPRK and China would only praise him for his timely response, and even if some people accused him of sending troops privately, he would have enough reasons to refute it.

"The general's judgment is accurate, and he should become appropriate, and the last general is impressed!" At this time, the other generals naturally understood, and their faces showed joy.

"Well, don't be too happy, what is the origin of the enemy army, how many people are there, what is the current situation in Jianzhou and Fuzhou, etc., these key issues are still unclear to us, so let's not be busy rejoicing first!" Li Chengding tried his best to suppress the joy in his heart and said lightly.

"Captain Liu, your long swords are all in Jianzhou City, there should be secret agents too, right? But what news has come? Li Chengding asked the secret agent of the long sword with the army???????

In order to better cooperate with the army, generally each army will be equipped with an intelligence officer at the command level, and each division will have an intelligence officer at the head level, who is responsible for intelligence collection.

"General Qiyu, there is no useful news yet, perhaps the enemy army has blocked the news again after taking control of Jianzhou. As for these routs, they should just be what they accidentally missed. Captain Liu replied in a deep voice???????

Li Chengding ordered the news to be blocked as soon as he took control of Jianyang, so after the enemy army took control of Jianzhou, he would naturally block the news as soon as possible.

Of course, there will always be accidents, and no matter how much you block the news, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no leakage of news.

"You're right, it seems that the enemy has indeed blocked the news. However, if the purpose of blocking the news in Fuzhou before was to raid Jianzhou, then after Jianzhou fell into the hands of the enemy, what was the purpose of their continued blockade of the news? Li Chengding asked in a low voice.

"Of course, it's time to continue the raid on Jianyang!" Liu Duwei replied without thinking about it.

"Yes, continue to raid Jianyang, and even after the raid on Jianyang, continue to go north to raid our army! That's what the enemy forces are trying to do with the message! Li Chengding nodded.

He slowly looked at the lieutenant generals standing at the head of the group, and couldn't help laughing: "It seems that the enemy general who launched the surprise attack has a lot of ambition and courage!" But he also underestimates other people too much, is it possible that everyone else is a fool, and he can't let him raid? ”

The generals below couldn't help laughing, if it is against an army like the Fujian army that does not have much fighting heart, it is still possible to constantly launch surprise attacks, but against the Wu army, how easy is it to raid?

Especially since they had already delayed too much time before, even if the news was blocked, all kinds of abnormal situations would still arouse the vigilance of the Wu army, which doomed their raid to be just wishful thinking.

Although Li Chengding did not know who their opponent was, judging from the news that came from the city when Fuzhou was not blocked, the biggest opponent to the surrender of the Wu army was none other than Wang Yanjun.

As for Wang Yanyu, although he is the righteous son of Wang Shenzhi, his status in the Fujian army was not too high before, so Li Chengding and others did not pay much attention to him.

In any case, the enemy army has already captured Jianzhou, and judging by the time, it was already three days ago.

Three days, plus the time it takes for the Wu army to go south, should be enough for the other party to clean up the mess and completely control Jianzhou.

In other words, even if Li Chengding leads the army south now, he basically loses the possibility of a surprise attack on Jianzhou, after all, the enemy generals who are now in control of Jianzhou are obviously not as lax and lack of vigilance as the previous Jianzhou army.

"General, since the possibility of a surprise attack has been lost, and the fact that Fuzhou has become chaotic, should the general mobilize more troops from the rear to reinforce it?" There will be a mention of it immediately.

Mobilizing troops from the rear, in other words, preparing for a strong attack and defeating the opponent with absolute strength is naturally the safest way.

However, Li Chengding was a little dissatisfied with this, he thought about it and said: "The speed of mobilizing the army from the rear is still too slow, and this not only involves our Jiangxi direction, but also our army in the direction of Zhejiang. ”

"Actually, in the general's opinion, since the enemy still has plans to continue to raid Jianyang, why doesn't our army plan and set up an ambush on Jianyang's side, waiting for the enemy to throw themselves into the net?"

"Ambush the enemy?" When the generals heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up.

Although they only have 3,000 troops, if the enemy army were the original defenders of the entire Jianzhou City, the strength might be nearly 20,000.

In terms of troops, the Wu army naturally fell behind, but none of the people present were worried.

If they are not confident in defeating 20,000 enemy troops in an ambush, then they are too incompetent.

What's more, in order to raid Jianyang as secretly as possible, the enemy army is afraid that the actual force will not be too much.

On the one hand, this will be more conducive to their ambush, but on the other hand, it will also cause some trouble for the next attack on Jianzhou.