After taking the three cities in the north of Danshui, Dai Yan and his counselors began to discuss the next strategy.

For Tao Qiu, the best way to end the Song civil war is naturally to take Suiyang directly and conquer it completely. However, now there is a piece of Danshui that is blocked in front of the Taoqiu army, so that the Taoqiu army cannot go to Suiyang smoothly!

As a result, everyone is a little confused about the next steps. Some people suggest that all the cities north of Danshui should be taken down first, so as to compete with Suiyang! And these cities, to the north, have the Yellow City bordering the Wei State; To the east, there are single fathers and Yiyi, Fanghe, etc.; To the south, there is Peiyi.

Even when it was suggested that the cities north of Danshui be taken, the counselors did not have a unanimous opinion. Those who suggested attacking Huangcheng had their own reasons: this was the throat of the upper reaches of Danshui. As long as this place can be controlled, and then the merchant ships can be mobilized from Taoqiu to enter Danshui from Jishui, then the Taoqiu army can cross the river and directly attack Suiyang, which is the best and fastest way to quell the civil strife!

Others believe that although Taoqiu has won the Battle of the Plains, he has driven Le's forces out of Chuqiu and south of Danshui. After all, Le's has been operating in Chuqiu and other places for a long time, and their influence is not so easy to eliminate! If Tao Qiu wants to stabilize the territory he occupies, he will need to defend it well. After all, only with a solid rear can you attack without scruples!

And the best way to defend is to control all the cities on the north bank of Danshui. Although the single father is not near Danshui, it is also the most important city on the north bank of Danshui except for Chuqiu, and this place must be taken to eliminate the hidden danger!

Dai Yan was not satisfied with any of the suggestions of these counselors. In his opinion, these counselors did not understand Dai Yan's intentions at all, so they could not provide Dai Yan with a complete strategic plan!

However, Dai Yan didn't wait too long in Chuqiu, and an astonishing news came: Pengcheng, Xiaoyi, Liuyi, and Dangyi began to stand in line collectively and reprimanded Dai Yan for the following rebellious behaviors!

Such news really made Dai Yan unbelievable! For in these cities, it is the royal clan that dominates. Now anyone with a discerning eye can see that Song Jun has been placed under house arrest in Suiyang, and he is the power that can represent the imperial family! Even if the guards of these cities and the local nobles are afraid of the power of the Le clan and Hua Rong, they can directly maintain neutrality, and it is not too late to distinguish a victory between themselves and Suiyang!

Now that they are standing in line like this, this has a great impact on themselves!

All because Pengcheng's position is too important. First of all, Dai Yan has deep interests in the south of the Song Kingdom, and the original coal and iron mines in Xiangyi will not be mentioned. In Fuli, there is a pasture of Taoqiu, which provides meat for the Taoqiu people. To the east of Pengcheng, until the East China Sea to the sea, there is a marine city like Yancheng, which brings countless treasures from the sea, and reaches Pengcheng through Huaishui and Surabaya, and then continues north to reach Taoqiu!

It can be said that Pengcheng is the hub of Taoqiu's stable business operation today! Its effect on Taoqiu is like the role of Singapore to the Celestial Empire in later generations, it is the throat of the lifeline!

He is not in the mood to slowly consult the strategy anymore, and taking Pengcheng is his biggest strategic goal! He wants to be in place in one step, directly under the city of Pengcheng, completely solve this place, and solve his own lifeline!

Just when he was about to directly lead his troops south and solve Pengcheng in one step, among the counselors, a usually inconspicuous scholar stood up and said to Dai Yan: "Lord, if you attack Pengcheng directly now, it will be too reckless!" If the battle situation is not good, I am afraid it will bring about a catastrophe! ”

Dai Yan knew that this person's name was Ning Yue, and he was originally from Zhao. This person only left Zhao last year, arrived in Taoqiu, and worshiped under the Guiguzi Gate. His status is incomparable with the rangers who have been following Dai Yan, and he is also incomparable with the local people born and raised in Taoqiu, and he has always been a relatively embarrassing existence among Dai Yan's military counselors.

Hearing this person's words, Dai Yan also restrained his thoughts, maintained this attitude of "respecting the virtuous and honorable" and asked: "Can this gentleman be more detailed, how can I attack Pengcheng now and cause a catastrophe?" ”

Ning Yue replied, "Taoqiu goes to Pengcheng, which is hundreds of miles away. For such a long distance, a long march, it is necessary to ensure good logistics! Otherwise, at such a long distance, the Suiyang army can attack Taoqiu's logistics from any point when it crosses Danshui, so that once Taoqiu's logistics fail, the lord will be under Pengcheng City, wouldn't there be a catastrophe? ”

Hearing Ning Yue's answer, Dai Yan praised him and said, "What Mr. said is so good! If you want to attack Pengcheng, you must ensure logistics, but how to ensure logistics? ”

Ning Yue saw Dai Yan's question, but smiled slightly: "Lord, you don't have to ask me such a simple question, right?" I think you've already figured it out! ”

Taoqiu was able to make a fortune because it was located at the intersection of water transportation in the world, and Dai Yan has always attached importance to the transportation of the fleet and the navy. The best way to ensure logistics is naturally waterways!

Dai Yan did not deny Ning Yue's speculation, and then asked: "Since the logistics problem can be solved, how do you think I can ensure the integrity of this logistics line and even the lifeline?" ”

Ning Yue replied: "Actually, now Tao Qiu has a great advantage in his hands! Taoqiu itself has a powerful merchant fleet, and the naval army is extremely powerful, if you want to protect this logistics line, in fact, you only need to occupy the cities along the Surabaya one by one, and Suiyang has no way to do anything about us!

Since we know the importance of the city along the Surabaya to us, we also know that if the city along the Surabaya falls into our hands, it will become the key to turning the tide of success or failure! Sun Tzu's Art of War has a cloud: what can be shown is not, what is used is not used, near is shown far away, and vice versa. If we want to attack Pengcheng and take the city along the coast of Surabaya, we must hide our purpose and use other means to confuse our opponents! ”

After hearing this Ning Yue's explanation, Dai Yan finally had a counselor who suited his heart, and he immediately invited this person to the upper seat to personally plan how to achieve the goal of strategic hiding in Suiyang!

When all the cities in the southern part of the Song Kingdom blamed Taoqiu, Taoqiu's movements suddenly became very strange.

First of all, it did not immediately attack these towns, but only expressed goodwill to Pengcheng and the southern three towns through the Taoqiu newspaper. Dai Yan even personally sent envoys to these four cities to explain his intentions to them, and tried to win them over by their blood relationship with the same royal clan.

Regarding Dai Yan's actions, neither Peng Cheng nor Sanyi hid it from Suiyang. Dangyi, which is closer to Suiyang, even tied up the messenger sent by Dai Yan in person, took it to Suiyang, and handed it over to Hua Rong!

Taoqiu's army began to divide into two routes, attacking Huangcheng in the upper reaches of Danshui and Shan Fu in the central part of the Song Kingdom. Under the city of Huangcheng alone, tens of thousands of troops were gathered, the entire Huangcheng was surrounded, and Huangcheng was persuaded to surrender!

Huangcheng is a border town between the Song and Wei dynasties, and its defense is so tight that it is not comparable to a city like Chuqiu, which has not been battled for many years. Regarding Tao Qiu's persuasion, Huang Chengyi Shou refused without hesitation!

Outside of the Song Kingdom, Suiyang passed a relatively "secret" news and got a shocking secret: Dai Yan sent Mr. Su Qin, a longitudinal and horizontal scholar who had successfully lobbied Qi and kept Qi neutral, to Wei and persuade the King of Wei to use the road to crusade against Suiyang!

In this way, the intention of the entire Taoqiu to Suiyang is very obvious: to control the upper reaches of Danshui, and then drive straight in, take Suiyang directly, and pacify the civil strife!

The treacherous and cunning Hua Rong also doubted whether Dai Yan had other intentions at first, and wanted to play a strategy of attacking the West with one hand. However, Taoqiu did not have the slightest force to transfer to Pengcheng and Sanyi in the south, which is indeed an indisputable fact!

In this way, Hua Rong "judged clearly" Tao Qiu's intentions, and he immediately mobilized Suiyang's forces and did two things: mobilize materials to support Huangcheng, and transfer troops south to capture Xiangyi!

After Le's power was greatly damaged, his power in Suiyang became stronger, and his power also increased. And for the strategy with such a clear judgment, Le's did not object, and began to assist Huarong to help implement these two things!

A series of strategies for pottery not only made Suiyang respond, but also made Pengcheng and Sanyi happy! In their opinion, now they really have weight in the entire Song Kingdom, but they just stood in line once, and they got the power to govern their own territory, and at the same time, they also made the powerful Tao Qiujun try his best to win him over!

Not to mention anything else, this feeling of respect alone makes them very comfortable! But they feel good, but they still know what to do! They all unceremoniously rejected Dai Yan's wooing, and the criticism of Tao Qiu's "rebellion" became more and more serious!

However, everyone didn't know that the most critical part of Dai Yan's strategy was completed by a person who was not valued by Suiyang at all.

In Fang He's Yi Mansion, Ning Yue said to Fang and Yi Shou with a proud face: "Yi Shou can't make a decision yet? Now the Yiyi has decided to go to my lord anyway. In this way, the north of Fanghe is Jinyi, and the south is Fengyi, and the Yishou thinks that you may be able to resist the attack from both sides of Taoqiu? ”

Fang and Yi Shou were silent for a long time, and finally Fang sighed and said: "That's it, Tao Qiujun is the destiny of heaven, and the old decay can't act against the sky!" He took out the seal representing the power of the city and handed it to the young scholar opposite. Doing so means that he will give up the power of the entire Fang He, and let Fang He be separated from Suiyang from now on, and officially defect to Taoqiu's door!

Ning Yue accepted the seal letter representing Yi Shou's power, and then took out another beautifully made seal letter from his sleeve, and handed it directly to Yi Shoudao: "You have such a heart, and my lord will definitely not treat you badly!" From now on, you are still the Fang and Yi Shou! This new seal was naturally issued by Tao Qiu. Changed a seal letter, although simple, but also represents the whole party and began to change the owner!

Ning Yue's actions still moved Yi Shou a little: he didn't lose his power after all!

When Ning Yue completed the task of lobbying Fang He and reported back to Dai Yan, Dai Yan personally went out to greet him and said to Ning Yue: "Mr. is really talented!" Buying the Yiyi by the method of inducement, and coercing Fang He in a coercive way, so that I went down the two cities without a fight, so that I mastered the waterway from Taoqiu to Fengyi! In this way, Taoqiu's troops could go straight down Surabaya to Liuyi and Pengcheng. As long as I, Taoqiu, take Pengcheng again, then our lifeline will be completely in our own hands, and we will no longer have to worry about Suiyang's threat to us in the future! ”

Ning Yue's approach allowed Taoqiu to control all the cities along the line from Taoqiu to Fengyi, which was equivalent to expanding Taoqiu's territory to Liuyi and Pengcheng at once! Although such an expansion is based on Fengyi and is completed through the integration of resources, it has contributed greatly to the expansion of the strategic environment of Taoqiu!

"Lord, it won't be long before you and Fang Hegang, so we still have to be more wary of them!" Ning Yue was extremely honored after seeing Dai Yan's attitude towards him, and gave him a valuable suggestion.

"It's nature!" Dai Yan said to him while beckoning Ning Yue to enter the door.