Wei Quansari is not a person who just talks big, but really intends to do so. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Like Zhong Chuan, Wei Quanyi also started when the Huangchao rebel army entered Jiangxi, after he occupied Fuzhou, he recruited the dead and rebelled, pacified the people, rectified the social order, repaired the state government, built the city wall, founded the temple to learn, spread Buddhism, and prospered in all kinds of waste, so that the people could live in peace, and his political achievements were remarkable, and he was deeply supported by the people.

After internal peace, he wanted to expand his power externally, and the most important point was to replace Zhong Chuan as the lord of Jiangxi.

It is a pity that several wars with Zhong Chuan were unsuccessful; Now that Zhong Chuan is dead, of course he will not let go of this opportunity to seize Jiangxi.

Of course, he also knew that Huainan was more powerful, and they also took a fancy to the territory of Jiangxi; It is not an easy thing for Wei Quanyan to snatch food from the mouth of Huainan and obtain the land of Jiangxi.

And what made him feel that he still had a chance to seize Jiangxi was the alliance of the southern states and the complex terrain of Jiangxi.

First of all, Wei Quanxian has been in Fuzhou for more than 20 years, and his prestige in Jiangxi is second only to Zhong Chuan, who has died of illness, so this time the alliance of the five states of Jiangxi jointly recommended him to be the "leader of the alliance", and agreed that if the Huainan forces are driven away in the future, Wei Quanyi will be the lord of Jiangxi.

In this way, Wei Quanshu was able to control the troops of the five states of Yuanzhou, Jizhou, Xinzhou, Fuzhou and Qianzhou, even if not counting Ma Yin's troops, there were nearly 100,000 people.

And what about the Huainan side?

Perhaps Huainan's total strength is much more than theirs, but the large number of total troops does not mean that there are so many troops that can be put into the battlefield.

According to Wei Quanyan's knowledge, Huainan's northern defense line still needs to guard against Zhu Quanzhong, the king of Liang, which means that a large number of Huainan troops will be pinned down in the north, and the remaining troops can be invested in Jiangxi at most.

In addition, the southern part of Jiangxi is already mountainous, and many deep mountains and old forests are difficult for outsiders to figure out the road, if it is a small number of elite troops, it is easy to say, but if a large number of troops, it is easy to have problems with logistics supply alone.

In fact, at the beginning, Zhong Chuan led a large army to crusade against him many times, because the logistics and supplies often couldn't keep up, so each crusade could only be defeated in the end.

Just like the one five years ago, to outsiders, it seemed that there was a fire in the city of Fuzhou, Zhong Chuan did not want to take advantage of the danger, so he withdrew his troops and went back, and prayed to heaven not to condemn the people; But in fact, it was just because Zhong Chuan's army had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

At that time, Wei Quanyan also knew that as long as Zhong Chuan was in one day, he had no hope of becoming the lord of Jiangxi, so he took the step down to give in to Zhong Chuan.

It was precisely because of his previous experience that Wei Quanyan felt that it was unlikely that the Huainan Army would send more than a dozen troops to attack him.

Maybe he can't deal with more than 100,000 Huainan troops, but he still has the confidence to confront 50,000 or 60,000 Huainan troops, and he is not worried that Huainan will threaten Fuzhou, his fundamental land.

Of course, if the Huainan Army only conquered Hongzhou and then concentrated on running Hongzhou, Wei Quanyan would also have no way to take Huainan, and it would naturally be impossible to capture Jiangxi.

However, he believed that the main force of the Huainan army could not have been stationed in Hongzhou, according to the information he received, the king of Liang in the north had been angry about being defeated by Huainan, and he believed that the long would be three years, and the short would be more than a year, and the king of Liang would inevitably raise troops south to avenge the original revenge.

And when the Liang army went south, the Huainan army would definitely have to transfer troops from all over the country to deal with the challenge of the Liang army; As long as the main force of the Huainan Army leaves, it will be the time for him to send troops to seize Jiangxi!

"Within three years, as long as the main force of the Huainan Army leaves, the old man will go north with 100,000 strong troops, and I don't believe that I can't defeat Huainan and seize Jiangxi!" Danger is full of irony in his heart.

However, what he didn't know was that if Yang Wu had not crossed, Wang Maozhang would have borrowed the road from Fuzhou to the north because he had taken refuge with Zhu Quanzhong, the king of Liang, and was ready to go to Bianzhou.

Wei Quan had heard of Wang Maozhang's name for a long time, so he invited him to review the Fuzhou army together.

After the review, Wei Quansari triumphantly asked Wang Maozhang how the Fuzhou army was compared to the Huainan army.

As a result, Wang Maozhang replied that the Huainan army was also strong and weak, and if the Huainan army was divided into three levels, then the most elite of the Fuzhou army was only compared with the lowest Huainan army.

Wang Maozhang went on to say that if Wei Quanxian wanted to seize Jiangxi, he would have at least 100,000 such troops to have a little hope.

Wang Maozhang in this life naturally can't comment on the Fuzhou army anymore, and Wei Quanxian will not know that the so-called 100,000 strong army in his heart is actually just a ridiculous view of him sitting in a well and watching the sky.

At this time in Guangling, after the news of Zhong Chuan's death arrived, how to attack Jiangxi became the focus of discussion among Yang Wu and others.

During this time, the attention of the entire Huainan was attracted by one thing, that is, Zhang Chong was suddenly taken down by Yang Wu on the charge of collecting taxes from the people without permission.

After all, Zhang Chong is a commander with a heavy army, and his qualifications and merits are all there, Zhang Chong has just made contributions in the Northern Expedition some time ago, and now Yang Wu suddenly took him down without any warning, and other generals should also think in their hearts, will Yang Wu suddenly take down these generals in the future?

Therefore, some unaware generals have sent documents to Yang Wu to intercede in the past few days, hoping to forgive Zhang Chong for the sake of Zhang Chong's past contributions.

But more generals chose to wait and see, this part of the generals, it is not that they don't pay attention to this matter at all, but they know that this time it was Zhang Chong himself who violated Yang Wu's regulations first, so it is not without reason that Yang Wu suddenly took Zhang Chong down.

It's just that there is a reason for a reason, these generals still have some mustard in their hearts, after all, Zhang Chong, such a hero, was suddenly taken down without rebellion, and they will inevitably have a sense of sadness in their hearts.

Therefore, on the one hand, Yang Wu asked Yang Tingshi to collect sufficient and detailed evidence that can be convincing; On the other hand, he specially ordered that before Zhang Chong was convicted, he was the commander of Huainan, and no one was allowed to behave disrespectfully towards him, let alone harass his family, and the treatment he deserved should not be reduced at all.

With these measures, those generals who chose to wait and see also had a lot less mustard in their hearts, and began to shift their attention to the overall situation of attacking Jiangxi.

Judging from the current situation, with Zhong Chuan's death, the situation in Jiangxi will inevitably move towards division.

On the surface, Jiangxi is now dominated by Zhong Kuangshi, but in fact, each state can be regarded as an independent state. The forces of the establishment.

So for Huainan, there are now two choices, the first option is to send troops on a large scale and sweep the entire Jiangxi at one time; Another option is to use small forces to gradually encroach on them.

The first option, judging from the current strength of Huainan and the current situation in the north, Huainan's strength cannot be guaranteed, but it is still possible to dispatch an army of 80,000, that is, 40,000 of the 60,000 troops stationed in Tun Guangling, plus the right Wuxiang army in Xuanzhou, this is 60,000 troops, and then mobilize some state troops from the southern states, a total of about 80,000.

However, to send such a large number of troops to attack Jiangxi will bring many problems.

First of all, the logistics aspect, not to mention that not long after the Northern Expedition ended, the army had not yet been fully rested, and it was difficult for the stored money and food to supply the army for long-term operations.

You must know that the attack on Jiangxi is not comparable to the Battle of the Northern Expedition, and the logistics supply of the Battle of the Northern Return is basically carried out along the river, and the grain and grass can be continuously transported to the front line by boat; If you attack Jiangxi, if you only attack Hongzhou, Jiangzhou and Raozhou, it is better to say, after all, the distance is close, and the local development degree is high, and the river transportation is relatively developed; But if you want to continue the offensive to the south, it will be difficult to supply logistical supplies, and in many places you will even need to use manpower to transport them!

Huainan lacks horses, which is not only manifested in the lack of cavalry, but also in terms of logistics and supply. In the past, there was little need to think about this aspect of the logistics of transporting through the various rivers, but now it has to be ignored.

Once it leaves the developed shipping industry, it is necessary to use manpower to transport the logistics supplies of the 80,000 army to the front line through those deep mountains and old forests, which makes people feel uneasy when they think about it.

And another reason why it is not suitable to use the army is that Yang Wu must stay in Guangling!

When Yang Xingmi was still there, with him in Guangling, Yang Wu could lead the army to conquer the east and the west without worrying about problems in the rear.

But now with the death of Yang Xingmi, the Yang family can't find anyone other than Yang Wu who can sit in the rear!

Both his eldest son and his younger brothers are still young enough to take on the task of sitting in the rear. In this situation, how could Yang Wu easily leave Guangling to conquer the place?

Perhaps if Yang Wu personally led the main force of the army, even if someone dared to make a rebellion, he could lead the army back to quell the rebellion, and would not shake the foundation of Huainan.

But the huge turmoil caused by this is difficult for Huainan to bear; At least now that Yang Xingmi has just died of illness, and he has officially become the king of Wu for less than three months, it is not a good choice to personally lead the troops to the battle.

What's more, he is not the same person he was now, he must shoulder the heavy responsibility of the entire Huainan, and naturally he can't personally lead the troops to the expedition as often as before; At least until there is someone in the Yang family who can replace him in the rear, he can't just leave Guangling.

In this way, the second way of choosing the second way and gradually encroaching on Jiangxi with a smaller force has become the best choice.

Of course, this so-called small-scale force is only relative to the strength of the more than 100,000 troops in the Northern Expedition, or the 80,000 troops in the previous plan.