I have to say that what Guo Yu said is indeed very reasonable.

After all, the officers and soldiers of Lizhou Road, Yuezhou Road, and Hanyang Mansion combined, 40,000 or 50,000 are indispensable.

Therefore, if these people are all killed by the army of the black-clothed army, they will stay in the city and not leave the station. Then if the black-clothed army wants to pull them out one by one, casualties are absolutely indispensable.

So after Guo Yu said this, some generals in the hall couldn't help but nod their heads in agreement.

After all, their ultimate goal is Jiangxia City, and Jiangxia has been a famous town in the world since ancient times. It is located at the junction of Jianghan and Han, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the black-clothed army really lost too many troops in the process of arriving in Jiangxia.

Then when the final attack on Jiangxia is finally attacked, it is really possible to return in vain.

After all, Jiangxia is the administrative center of the entire Huguang Province. Once the city is besieged, the other state capitals will definitely not sit idly by.

Therefore, Zhang Shihua's attack on Jiangxia obviously cannot be consumed for too long. Because of this, just the reinforcements from various state capitals could drag Zhang Shihua and them to death outside Jiangxia City.

You must know that 60,000 soldiers and horses eat horses, which is definitely not a small number.

Therefore, after saying such a thing, and seeing that many people in the hall nodded in agreement, Guo Yu couldn't help but continue to salute Zhang Shihua and said: "My lord, in the eyes of your subordinates." Since it is a decapitation tactic, it must be attacked with lightning speed.

Our ships are strong and strong, far from being comparable to the Tartars. When the time comes, it will go down the Yangtze River to the east, and it will certainly not be something that the Tartars can stop. And judging from the character of a Tartar who fears enemies like a tiger. His Majesty thought that as long as our army defeated the Tartars all the way to establish their might, the remaining Tartars would not dare to stop us again.

At that time, our army rushed straight to Jiangxia with tiger might. So taking the city of Jiangxia is not like looking at the pattern in the palm of your hand! Guo Yu said, full of confidence.

Therefore, when he heard his bold words, those generals in the hall who were thinking like him couldn't help but echo and agree with him.

But as a military advisor, where would Zhao Ziyu be persuaded so easily. So at this time, even though many generals agreed with Guo Yu's words, Zhao Ziyu couldn't help but look around at the generals in the hall and said loudly: "I think the monarchs are carried away by the victories of the past.

All the gentlemen don't think that the officers and soldiers of this Huguang are all vulnerable waste! Zhao Ziyu shouted loudly. Although he is not a military general, he is not an old man from the Inspection Division. can be used as the military advisor of the Black Army, and he has almost reached the peak of the civilian class of the Black Army.

At this time, he drank angrily, but the power he showed still couldn't help but let the generals in the hall subconsciously close their mouths.

After the "lord" shouted angrily, he saw that the generals in the hall were silent. Zhao Ziyu couldn't help but turn around, and bent down again to Zhang Shihua, who was sitting in the main seat, and said, "Lord, Huguang is different from other places. The lake is wide and the water network is dense, and there are many lakes, which is really a country.

And if you want to attack this Ze country, you must also compete with the Tartars and on the water. But the generals and soldiers of our army are few who are proficient in water warfare. In this way, compared with the officers and men of Huguang, our army has no advantage at all in terms of geographical advantages.

And in addition to that, the target of our army is Jiangxia City. As far as our army is concerned, it is also a great problem. Jiangxia, an important town in the world, easy to defend and difficult to attack, is located in the east of the Yangtze River. On the other hand, Hanyang City, the seat of Hanyang Prefecture, is located in the west of the Yangtze River, and the two cities are just across the river.

Therefore, if our army wants to attack Jiangxia, it must give priority to taking Hanyang. But attacking Hanyang is more indispensable than facing Jiangxia's containment. Therefore, for such two cities, it is impossible for our army to take them with lightning speed.

And in this way, those officers and soldiers who are in the rear and have not been conquered by our army in Yueyang and Lizhou. How could it be that he didn't take advantage of this opportunity to cut off the back of our army? Therefore, the lord, it is really not advisable to take Jiangxia directly regardless of other methods! ”

Zhao Ziyu said this, and after saying such words word by word, he really couldn't help but feel a sense of convincing.

Anyway, after Zhao Ziyu said such a thing, the generals in the hall couldn't help whispering again. And among them, there are obviously a large number of people who agree with Zhao Ziyu's words.

So under such circumstances, the black-clothed generals in the hall, including Guo Yu and Zhao Ziyu, couldn't help but turn their eyes to Zhang Shihua. Looking forward to Zhang Shihua's decision.

"Ah Jiu, you are the privy councillor of our army and the vanguard of this battle. So what do you think about this? In the hall, Zhang Shihua was silent for a while, but he couldn't help but turn his gaze to Zhao Jiu and asked him.

"This ...... His Majesty thought. This war is a matter of national origin, and it should be safe. Over there, I suddenly heard Zhang Shihua asking. Zhao Jiu paused, but he still couldn't help but say such words to Zhang Shihua.

"In this way, Ah Jiu, you also agree with Ziyu's method." Hearing Zhao Jiu say this, Zhang Shihua looked at him indifferently and said so.

"Yes, Your Majesty agrees with the approach of the military advisor. However, His Majesty thought that at this time, our army could also contact my black-clothed army's ally, the Tianwan Imperial Court. ”

"Hahahaha, okay. But I didn't think about it, at this point, Ah Jiu, you also thought of it. Yes, the Tianwan Imperial Court is an ally of our Black-Clad Army. And their current capital, Huanggang City, also happens to be across the river from Wuchang City on Wuchang Road.

If they are willing to send troops, they will definitely be able to share a lot of pressure for our army! Zhang Shihua said this, and then couldn't help but turn his gaze to the hall.

After a pause, he looked at the generals under the hall and said, "In this battle, I am ready to use Ziyu's method." Attack Huguang in a steady and steady way. Then, after our army finished solving the officers and soldiers on the Yuezhou Road, we sent a messenger to contact Tianwan and strive to let Tianwan send troops to Wuchang to share the pressure for our army.

What do you think, gentlemen? Zhang Shihua looked at the hall with a pair of tiger eyes and asked.

However, although Zhang Shihua was asking questions at this time, the generals who were familiar with him naturally knew that their lord had already paid attention to it now.

Therefore, under such circumstances, these generals in the hall couldn't help but salute and say "yes", and there was no other foreign word.

Seeing this, Zhang Shihua, who was sitting in the main seat, couldn't help but nod with satisfaction. Then he looked at the generals and officials in the hall, got up and ordered loudly: "So, and listen to the order." Three days later, the army opened the Yuezhou Road, and there must be no mistake! ”

"Yes, the ministers obey!" The generals will hear and sing their promises, and there will be no other words.

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In the blink of an eye, three days passed quietly. Naturally, the time came on September 12.

Therefore, on this day, 60,000 black-clothed soldiers could not help but take the warships they made and all kinds of boats requisitioned from the hands of the common people, along the magnificent waterway of the Yangtze River, and slaughtered towards the southeast.

Zhongxing Road, located in the southernmost part of Jingnan, is also the southernmost part of Zhang Shihua's rule. Therefore, Zhongxing Road is bordered by Lizhou Road and Yuezhou Road in Huguang. But even so, if the black-clothed army marched from the Yangtze River waterway, it would not pass through the Lizhou Road at all.

It is precisely because of this that Zhang Shihua and the others did not attach too much importance to this Lizhou Road, which has as many as one million people.

Because Zhang Shihua has left 7,000 soldiers and horses on this side of Zhongxing Road. Moreover, these 7,000 left-behind soldiers and horses are also led by Bai Xi under Zhang Shihua. Well, although Bai Xi is a surrendered general. However, at this time, all of Bai Xi has been firmly tied to the black-clothed army.

And in addition, he betrayed the Yuanmeng court, so it is impossible for him to betray Zhang Shihua again. Because then there will be no place for him in the world.

Therefore, for Bai Xi, Zhang Shihua is still very relieved.

And Zhang Shihua is also confident that under the guard of these 7,000 elite soldiers and horses, there will be no waves on the side of Lizhou Road. Although the population of Lizhou Road is extremely large, the combat effectiveness of their soldiers and horses is simply a joke.

This can be seen from the black-clothed army's large-scale suppression of bandits, and the bandits of Zhongxing Road fled to Lizhou Road in order to survive, but turned Lizhou Road upside down.

That's why Zhang Shihua formulated such a tactic. First attack Yuezhou Road with all your might, and wait until you have no worries about taking Yuezhou Road, and then attack Hanyang and Jiangxia in the north. As for the side of Lizhou Road, after Zhang Shihua took Jiangxia, killing him was not like searching for something.

In fact, this is exactly what happened. Although it is said that the Lizhou side knows that tens of thousands of black-clothed troops are going southeast along the Yangtze River. In order to protect itself, the Lizhou side did not dare to block the eastward advance of the black-clothed army.

They just said hello to Yuezhou Road, and then they shrank on the very wall of their own territory to watch.

After all, the prestige that the black-clothed army has accumulated over the years is really terrifying. When tens of thousands of black-clothed soldiers were killed in such a majestic manner, the officers and soldiers of Lizhou had already been frightened, and where did they still have the courage to stop them.

But it was as Zhang Shihua expected. Although the Li Zhou Road side did not have the courage to fight head-on with the black-clothed army. However, there is Dongting Lake in the territory, and the Yuezhou sailors, who are busy recruiting the bandits hiding in Dongting Lake almost every year, but after knowing the news of the black-clothed army's attack, they began to actively prepare for war, preparing to fight with the black-clothed army on the water.

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"Lord Steward, Lord Steward. According to the spies' report, now the fleet of black-clothed thieves has arrived in Jianli County, and by tomorrow, it will also be killed on my Yuezhou Road. "Three days after the black-clad army was launched, it was on the fifteenth of September.

It is only more than 20 or 30 miles away from Baling City, the seat of Yuezhou Road, next to a water station called the public survey station. More than 20,000 officers and soldiers of the Water Division on Yuezhou Road, in order to resist the attack of the black-clothed army, could not help but build a camp here.

So at this time, when they received information about the Black Army. An officer and soldier of a thousand households couldn't help but inform Pei Changqing, the head of Yuezhou Road, who was sitting in the big tent of the Chinese army, about the news as soon as possible.

"Oh, that's good. The Blackcoats are coming very quickly. "Listen to the report of a thousand households under the Word. Pei Changqing, who was the manager of Yuezhou Road, couldn't help but smile and touched the long beard on his chin, as if he didn't care.

Belch...... I also have to say that in this year of hearing the "thief" change color. It's just such a one-handed qi cultivation kung fu that does not change in battle. Pei Changqing, who was born in Han and is only forty years old, is worthy of being the head of Yuezhou Road.

But Pei Changqing did not change his face at this time, and he looked indifferent. However, the Qianhu official who came to report the news was obviously too far behind in this regard.

No, just when Pei Changqing's words fell. The Qianhu official who came to report the news couldn't help frowning, looked at Pei Changqing, and said with a sad face: "My lord, you have to know. This time, the black-clothed thief used a total of 60,000 soldiers and horses!

Moreover, their warships and armor far surpassed our army. There are three times as many troops as ours, and there are still more ships and armor than we are. Why do we have to fight them here and there? The thieves are powerful, and we are stationed in Baling Dongting, isn't it better to defend instead of attacking? ”

Chinohe said so. It wasn't until this time that he couldn't help but muster up the courage in his heart, and said the words he wanted to say most in his heart to the chief manager Pei Changqing.

"Yes!" Sure enough, I heard the words of my subordinates. Pei Changqing, who wanted to be the best in the army, couldn't help but sink his face.

So when he saw Pei Changqing's appearance, this thousand-household official who was also surnamed Pei and was Pei Changqing's nephew in terms of relationship, couldn't help but immediately lower his head. I was afraid that Pei Changqing, who was also my boss and uncle, would be angry.

But fortunately, this time in the face of his nephew's question, Pei Changqing was not angry. Not only did he not even get angry, but he patted the nephew on the shoulder and explained: "Song'er, you must know that the two armies are fighting. In the end, it is not the 'strong soldiers' that determine the outcome of the victory. It's the courage of a soldier and the ability to command a general!

It is true that the black-clothed thieves are strong and strong. But the more this is the case, the less we can afford to show our cowardice in the face of the black-clothed thief. Think about it, if even those of us who are generals face the thieves in black, we only want to avoid the edge for a while. Then how can our soldiers still have the courage to fight?

Also, what you just said about retreating to Dongting Lake to resist the black-clothed thieves is even more stupid. You must know that the ships and troops of the black-clad thieves are far more powerful than ours. The reason why I chose to fight them here is because the river is not very wide.

In this way, even if the black-clothed thieves have many ships and soldiers, they can fight here, but they will not be able to set up a formation. In this way, we will also minimize the disadvantage in troops. But if we retreat to the wide Dongting Lake, wouldn't the black-clothed thieves with many boats and soldiers want to fight around us? So, how can we win? ”