Zhang Tianlu put himself in his shoes and speculated about Wang Kefan's next offensive intention.

He was eighty percent sure that Wang Kefan's next target was not Huizhou Mansion. (Why is it only 80% sure?) The reason is very simple, Wang Kefan is too cunning, even the veteran Geng Zhongming and the fierce general Luck Dehun are folded in his hands, just based on speculation, who dares to pat his chest and make a 100% guarantee? ）

After conquering Chizhou Mansion, he suddenly returned to the army, and Wang Sheng attacked Huizhou Mansion in the north and south, which is indeed a very beautiful tactical move, but the premise is that there can be no chasing soldiers behind the buttocks, otherwise Zhang Tianlu, Liu Hongyu, Hu Maozhen and other pursuers will follow in a swarm, and the Chu army will fall into the predicament of being attacked by the Qing army from the north and south.

"If he wants to hit Huizhou Mansion, he won't hit Chizhou Mansion first, otherwise, wouldn't he be asking for trouble?"

The Gongyi battalion rushed for 300 miles to capture Guichi, and at once entered the hinterland of Nanzhili, which attracted countless Qing reinforcements like a hornet's nest, and then attacked the Huizhou Mansion, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack...... Zhang Tianlu repeatedly emphasized his reasons to enhance his confidence in his judgment, and after some discussion, everyone finally put the Huizhou Mansion aside.

If it's not Huizhou Mansion, where would it be? In the following discussion, Zhang Tianlu's judgment became more and more uncertain, after Wang Kefan captured Guichi, he could already attack from all sides, which was unguardable.

The first thing to consider is Anqing Mansion and even the whole of Anhui.

The water potential of the Yangtze River in this section is relatively gentle, although the Qing army has a naval division, but it cannot completely block the river for hundreds of miles, as long as the Chu army has enough boats, take advantage of the night or other opportunities. It is entirely possible to find a way to cross the Yangtze River.

"Wouldn't it? After the thieves captured Guichi, they could recruit local people's boats. managed to cross the Yangtze River, but he didn't have a sailor after all! Xia Jianren, the deputy general of the water division, immediately pointed out: "Even if he crosses the river safely." After the arrival of our army's naval division, the back road of the Wang thief was cut off, and he could no longer return to the south bank of the Yangtze River, so he could only fight against the water. ”

"Last to the odds? Not necessarily. ”

Zhang Tianlu shook his head: "Most of the soldiers and horses in Jiangbei (Anhui) are concentrated in the area of Anqing Mansion, Luzhou Mansion and Fengyang Mansion are extremely empty, Wang Thief can go all the way north, try to cross the Huai River, and join the Yuyuan Army in Henan...... Take a step back. Even if the thief stays in Anqing Mansion, he may not be able to fight with our army. According to the investigation of the Chu thief Lu Renqing's department is attacking Peng Ze, Zhang Jiayu, Wang Jincai, and Cao Zhijian are also going north, attacking Dongzhi County and other places, if they capture the east to Dadukou, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses will cross the river together in several ways, Tun Buer and Liu Hongyu are still reluctant to protect themselves, and they want to annihilate Wang Thief on the bank of the Yangtze River, but it is absolutely impossible to ......"

Everyone couldn't help but gasp. In addition to the mountainous areas of southern Anhui and the Dabie Mountains in western Anhui, there is a large plain area in the middle, except for the Huai River, there is no danger to defend, and a total of less than 20,000 people in Anhui green battalions are guarded in various places. It was easy to be broken by the Chu army...... At that time, it will be like a tiger entering the mountain and a dragon entering the sea. No one could stop the Chu army from turning the entire Anhui upside down.

Thinking of Li Laiheng's transfer to Henan, he ran all the way east to the Sanzhi area at the junction of Anhui, Henan, and Shandong to join the Yuyuan Army. Everyone thinks that Wang Kefan is more likely to cross the river...... Don't you understand this? Li Laiheng's twisted army was a chess piece he laid in advance, preparing to receive the main force of the Chu army into Anhui. and even entered Henan, Shandong......

This is not a joke, if the Chu army beats Anhui and kills all the way to Shandong and Henan, the Qing court will inevitably be furious, and the civil and military officials of Jiangnan Province from Ma Guozhu down will be unable to take responsibility, and they will be dismissed, raided, confiscated, and killed...... Anything is possible.

This must be prevented!

There was a heated discussion.

"After hearing that Guichi was lost, this town has not been ashore, some people may think that I am afraid of Wang thieves, now you understand the hard work of this town, right?" Zhang Tianlu sighed and said: "Our army is on standby on the naval warship at any time, just to prevent Wang Thief from rushing to Jiangbei, if he dares to cross the river, our army will immediately chase and kill the past and attack half-crossing, I dare not say that it will be annihilated on the bank of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop, at least it can inflict heavy damage on Wang Thief." ”

"The military gate is wise!" All the generals will be in obedience.

The well-educated staff member was even more witty: "The military gate is in the 'cabin' square inch, but it can win the decisive victory in the north and south of the river, and the thief jumps off the beam clown, and sooner or later he will be captured by the military gate!" ”

Zhang Tianlu didn't show any smug look, but looked worried, waved his hand and said: "What I'm worried about is that the Wang thief does not cross the river, but flows to all parts of the south of the Yangtze River, whether it is Ningguo Mansion or Taiping Mansion, Guangdezhou, or even Yingtianfu, Zhenjiang Mansion, Changzhou Mansion, most of these places are flat and peaceful, and there is no danger to defend, so I can only rely on the city to maneuver with Wang Thief......"

The Chu army couldn't stand it when it invaded Anhui, and it was even worse to make a scene in the rich Jiangnan.

These places in the south of the Yangtze River belong to the plain areas of the Yangtze River Delta, and there are no mountains and rivers except for many rivers and lakes. When the Japanese invaders were fierce, after boarding 6 on the coast of Zhejiang, they drove all the way to Wuhu, Taiping Prefecture and She County, Huizhou Prefecture, and the Chu army was always more mobile than the Japanese Kou, if they ran into the south of the Yangtze River and wreaked havoc everywhere, just thinking about it made me feel that my head was as big as a fight.

What to do?

Once again, there was a heated discussion.

What else can I do?

Mobilizing troops to block and intercept them, discussing and discussing, these generals and staff members have no good way, and the combat plan proposed is exactly the same as Zhang Tianlu.

Mobilize all the forces of Jiangnan Province as much as possible, assemble in the area of Chizhou Mansion, hold the line of Tongling-Qingyang-Jiuhua Mountain, hold on to the reinforcements, wait for reinforcements, and wait for Tan Tai or the reinforcements from the north to arrive, and have a decisive battle with Wang Kefan in Chizhou Mansion, and drive him back to Jiangxi.

At this time, the well-educated staff member asked another question.

"If the thief does not go to Jiangnan, nor does he go to Jiangbei, but goes north to Taiping Mansion and intends to attack Nanjing, what should he do?"

(As mentioned earlier, the Yangtze River from Jiujiang to Nanjing is oblique, flowing northeast at an angle of 45 degrees, Anhui is actually in the northwest of this section of the Yangtze River, and the Jiangnan region is in the east and southeast, and going northeast along the Yangtze River is Taipingfu and Nanjing, which is equivalent to another direction of attack.) ）

"This ......, it stands to reason that it won't."

Zhang Tianlu pinched his eyebrows with his fingernails, and said while thinking about it: "Our army has a sailor to help in the battle, and it is easy to move back and forth along the Yangtze River. If I were him, I would either cross the river into Anhui or go east into the south of the Yangtze River, in short, I should try to stay away from the Yangtze River to avoid the water ...... of our army."

He was just halfway through his speech, when a personal soldier came in to report that Kang Zhongjun had returned from Bu Congshan, and was asking for a meeting outside the door, waiting for his return. (To be continued!)

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