In the city of Hangzhou, although it has been more than four months since the siege of the Huainan army in October last year, the order in the city is still good, and the people who were once panicked have gradually calmed down. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The so-called food in the hand, the heart is not panicked.

Hangzhou, as the place of governance of Qian Biao, had already stored a large amount of money and grain, and before the siege of the city last year, it was the time of the autumn harvest, and the newly harvested grain from the counties below Hangzhou was transported to Hangzhou, resulting in another batch of grain accumulated in the city.

Coupled with the food controls that had been in place since the first day of the siege, the city's food reserves were still abundant until this time.

In addition, with the passage of time, although the people recruited in the city are still useless, they are enough to defend the city.

However, it is not a matter to always be surrounded by the Huainan army like this, not to mention anything else, it is already February now, if the enemy army cannot be repelled as soon as possible, this year's agricultural time will be delayed; And if there is no harvest this year, even if there is more grain in the city, how long will it last?

On this day, Qian Biao summoned all the high-ranking officials and generals in Hangzhou City, and held a banquet in the palace of the king of Yue to entertain everyone.

After the banquet, Qian Biao said in a deep voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, now that the Huainan army has been besieging the city for a long time, although our army can stalemate with the enemy, it is not a way to go on like this for a long time. If you have any suggestions to defeat the enemy, you may as well say them, and if it is useful, you will be rewarded! ”

Everyone suddenly received Qian Biao's invitation, and when they came to the mansion for a banquet, they guessed his purpose, and they all had some ideas in their hearts, so after listening to Qian Biao's words at this time, even someone stood up and said: "The last general thinks that the Huainan army has been besieging the city for a long time, and the defense must be relaxed. Our army can take advantage of the night to go out of the city and raid, and we will definitely be able to defeat the enemy army in one fell swoop! ”

As soon as the words were spoken, several people stood up and agreed: "The last general (subordinate) seconded it!" ”

Taking advantage of the night to go out of the city to raid, this is the easiest to think of, and it is also the most agreeable among the people present.

However, after Luo Yin heard this, he frowned and said: "The method of raiding at night, the old man thought about it a long time ago, but although Yang Wu's family returned to Guangling, he handed over the army to Qin Pei's command. ”

"This Qin Pei was captured by General Gu Quanwu at the beginning, and he has been in Hangzhou for many years, and everyone must have some understanding of his character and ability, brave and cautious. Yang Wu asked him to take on this important role, and he must also know his character characteristics. Everyone thinks that the Huainan army will be besieging the city for a long time, and their defenses will be lax, but in the case of Qin Pei's leadership, I am afraid that they may not be relaxed! ”

Qian Biao couldn't help but nod when he heard this, he naturally thought about the method of raiding at night, and what Luo Yin mentioned was also what he was worried about. So he won't do it until there's a better way.

Someone among the crowd mentioned: "The last general thinks that there are 20,000 people in the Huainan army, and there are 20,000 defenders in our army, plus the king personally leads the troops, and the soldiers must have high morale when they fight to defend their homeland." Therefore, the king does not need to use any tricks, he just needs to go out of the city and fight the enemy army in a dignified manner! ”

Qian Biao was a little surprised, and hurriedly looked at the man, only to see that the person who spoke was Bao Junfu.

To tell the truth, Bao Junfu's opinion is actually not unreasonable, since Wang Maozhang divided his troops to attack the southern states, the Huainan army does not have an advantage in terms of strength, if you add the people in the city, the Huainan army is even more inferior in terms of strength.

However, Qian Biao was a little reluctant to fight head-on, first, he didn't want to take such a risk, and in a head-to-head battle, there was indeed a greater risk of winning if his side did not have much advantage in strength.

Second, the result of the total annihilation of the Deqing Battle made him have some doubts about his ability to command troops, and he even less believed in the ability of his subordinates, so he subconsciously wanted to avoid a head-on battle with the enemy.

As for the third reason, it is the surprise and concern about the combat effectiveness of the enemy soldiers.

Although the two sides were in a stalemate during this time, it was not always without fighting. Some time ago, Qian Biao sent troops out of the city many times to fight with the Huainan army.

However, during the battle, Qian Biao found that under the same conditions, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the two Zhejiang armies was far worse than that of the Huainan army.

Although I have heard that the Huainan Army has carried out the reorganization of the whole army, and all the old and weak soldiers have been eliminated from the state soldiers, and the rest are elite, but such a strong combat effectiveness still makes Qian Biao surprised, and there is even a trace of fear in his heart, if the 120,000 Huainan Army after the reorganization is this kind of combat effectiveness, it is too terrible.

Of course, he also knew that under the same conditions, the two Zhejiang soldiers could not defeat the Huainan soldiers, in addition to the fact that most of the other party was elite, but also because the two Zhejiang sides had lost too many elite soldiers in the past two years. Just in the rebellion of Wuyongdu and the previous battle of Deqing, the two Zhejiang sides lost no less than 60,000 elite soldiers, and the remaining soldiers were mixed with too many new soldiers, so naturally their combat effectiveness was not as good as the other party.

Therefore, Qian Biao was unwilling to start a decisive battle with the enemy army head-on in his heart, so he nodded to Bao Junfu and continued to ask, "Do you have any other opinions?" ”

Bao Junfu knew that his opinion was almost rejected, and couldn't help but sit down with some disappointment.

At this time, Qian Chuanying stood up and said: "Father, the child thinks that our army can use the method of accumulating small victories into big victories to defeat the enemy army!" ”

Seeing that it was his son's suggestion, Qian Biao couldn't help but ask with interest: "Oh, how to accumulate a small victory into a big victory, you might as well talk about it." ”

"That's the case, our army has Hangzhou Jiancheng as a retreat, and is in a position where it can be attacked and defended; But the Huainan army had nothing to rely on. Therefore, our army can go out of the city to engage the enemy, and if the situation is favorable to our army, we will take advantage of the victory to attack; Conversely, if the tide of battle is not in our favor, we can retreat into the city. With such freedom to advance and retreat, there will always be a day when the enemy army can be defeated. ”

Qian Biao couldn't help but be silent when he heard it, does this method make sense? Of course. However, the controllability is really poor, for example, when the battle situation is unfavorable, the army retreats to the city, what if the enemy takes advantage of the situation to pursue? At that time, there may be a big defeat in the city.

In addition, even if they can defeat the enemy in a small battle, but the enemy army has the entire Huainan as the backing, don't they know to replenish their troops? On the other hand, on his own side, it is just a state in Hangzhou, how can he afford the Huainan Army in terms of consumption?

Therefore, only by finding the right opportunity to completely defeat Huainan in a battle can the siege of Hangzhou be lifted.

Qian Bi was a little reluctant to fight head-on, and he was worried that Qin Pei would be on guard when he raided at night, and the method proposed by Qian Chuanying was also vetoed by Qian Bi, and everyone was a little silent for a while.

After a long time, someone suddenly proposed: "King, maybe we can summon the Yuezhou soldiers to come, and when the time comes, we will be able to defeat the Huainan army by attacking the army inside and outside the city!" ”

Hearing this idea, everyone's eyes couldn't help but light up, not that this idea was really good enough for everyone to agree, but that in the rebellion of Wuyongdu more than a year ago, when the situation was the most dangerous, it was the Yuezhou army led by Gu Quanwu who suddenly killed the city at a very fast speed, and defeated the unprepared Tianjian Xuanzhou army, which reversed some of the situation and made it possible for Hangzhou to hold on.

Although the situation is a little different from the beginning, it is generally the same, and Hangzhou is under siege, but Yuezhou is relatively safe. In terms of garrison, although the current Yuezhou army is only more than 8,000 people, the Huainan army is only 20,000 people, which is not as good as the original Xuanzhou army.

Thinking of this, everyone's breathing became a little short, and even Qian Biao was a little moved by this opinion.

Luo Yin said: "King, this method is somewhat feasible, but the key is how to launch a surprise attack!" The enemy army will definitely have a detailed work in Yuezhou, and if our army transfers troops, I am afraid that it will be difficult to hide from them. And if Qin Pei was prepared, it would be a little difficult to defeat him. ”

"Also. Now although Wang Maozhang is stationed in Wuzhou, far away from Yuezhou, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not take advantage of the emptiness of Yuezhou troops to attack immediately after getting the news, don't lose Yuezhou first before the siege of Hangzhou is lifted! ”

"Mr. Luo rest assured, Yuezhou to Hangzhou is only nearly 100 miles away, if our army marches faster, it will only take two days to arrive. However, it is nearly 300 miles from Wuzhou, where Wang Maozhang is stationed, to the city of Yuezhou, plus the time it takes for Wang Maozhang to learn the news, it takes time to concentrate the army, plus the time to set off to Yuezhou, it is difficult to reach Yuezhou in fifteen days before and after, so as long as our army can quickly defeat Qin Pei, Yuezhou does not need to worry. Said the person who had previously made the comment.

Qian Biao nodded and asked, "If Gu remembers correctly, you are Sima Fu, a native of Suzhou?"

The man said with some excitement: "The last general is Sima Fu!"

This person is just a battalion commander, and he feels lucky to be able to attend King Yue's banquet, and he can still be remembered so clearly by King Yue, he is naturally excited in his heart.

Qian Biao couldn't help but smile, he remembered that when he was in Deqing, it was these lower-level officers who took the initiative to cut off for him, so that his main force could smoothly enter Deqing City, although it didn't have much significance to the battle situation behind, but Qian Biao still felt grateful in his heart, so this time he specially summoned these officers over.

"You keep talking, say what you think!"

"Yes, the last general thinks so, our army can send someone to contact Yuezhou first, but the Yuezhou army is not transferred at once, but in batches. Because Yuezhou had closed the city gate a long time ago, the enemy troops in the city did not need to worry, they only needed to hide from the enemy troops outside the city. ”

Qian Biao's interest became even stronger, "Yes, you go on!" ”

I only heard Sima Fu say: "The Yuezhou army can go out of the city in large numbers in the name of military exercises, but when they return, they will leave part of the army outside the city to hide, and most of them will return to the city to confuse the enemy army." In this way, our army can transfer several hundred people. Not only can it ensure that it will not be discovered by the enemy on the way to transfer troops, but it also only needs to carry out a few more times to secretly transfer the army to Hangzhou, and defeat the enemy army in one fell swoop with our army inside and outside the city. ”

Qian Biao couldn't help but smile, this method is indeed feasible, and it is more thoughtful, and many places have been thought of.

"Okay, that's a good idea! Whether or not you can defeat the enemy army in one fell swoop this time, you've done a great job! Qian Biao was very satisfied, and immediately ordered Sima Fu's position to be promoted to commander, and if he made great contributions in the future, he would be further promoted.

"General Sima, since you came up with this idea, do you dare to go to Yuezhou to implement this plan in person?" Qian Biao smiled.

Sima Fu said angrily: "The last general obeys the order!"

……

In Runzhou, a tall building boat is sailing safely on the river, and a young couple at the bow of the boat is leaning on the railing to look ahead.

"Husband, why didn't we get off the boat after passing through Runzhou this time?" Zhou Mengjie leaned on Yang Wu's shoulder and asked with some curiosity.

After a few days in Shengzhou, the two left by boat again, but this time down the river to Suzhou.

Although Yang Wu said that he took his wife out to play, he also had to investigate the people in the surrounding states by the way. Now, the places he wants to go to the most are naturally Shengzhou and Suzhou.

He went to Shengzhou because he was going to move the capital there in the future, and he went to Suzhou because he wanted to fully develop Suzhou into a land of fish and rice for future generations, but Suzhou is still far from being able to do so.

But in this way, he has to go back and forth, passing by Runzhou many times in a row, but every time he passes by Runzhou, he doesn't even stop the boat, which makes Zhou Mengjie a little strange.

"There's nothing to see in Runzhou, and even if you want to see it, you have to wait until you come back, when it's time for spring ploughing. Now Runzhou has been selected as the first place to promote Champa rice, and it is time to go to the field to investigate. Yang Wu explained with a smile.

After such a long time of cultivation and trial planting, the advantages of Champa rice have been recognized by many people.

However, for the sake of safety, only Runzhou and Guangling will be selected for promotion this year, and other places will be gradually promoted later.

At this moment, suddenly a ship was approaching their ship in front of them.

"Your Highness, the ship seems to be under the banner of Runzhou Thorn History, and they are signaling to us that they want to meet His Highness, should we stop the ship?" The sharp-eyed guard Cheng Xun said after careful observation.

"Wang Lingmou?" Yang Wu is a little strange, but since everyone has chased them to the river, let's see them!

"Get on board, let him board!"