Pei Shiju's Jiangdu City and his entourage said that Chen Ling, the guard of Jiangdu City, was willing to attach himself to Jiangnan and worship under Lu Chang, so the next step was for the Southern Army to launch an operation and cross the Yangtze River to open up the Jianghuai battlefield.

"General, Li Zitong is already ready to move, ready to seize Jiangdu. Jiangdu City is lonely, and I am afraid that Chen Ling's 10,000 troops alone can hardly be said to be able to withstand it. What are the general's plans? ”

"Well, I have also received the information here, and Li Zitong will naturally not let go of Jiangdu City. Not only Li Zitong, but I'm afraid even Du Fuwei is also hot-eyed, and he wants to control Jiangdu City in his own hands. At present, Jiangdu City is still under the command of Chen Ling, pay attention to the fact that the banner of Jiangdu City remains unchanged, and it is still necessary to hold high Chen Ling's banner. ”

Speaking of which, it is still 10,000 troops guarding Jiangdu City, what difference is this, Pei Shiju doesn't know what kind of reputation Lu Chang wants to make.

"General, do you send more troops over, 10,000 troops are too few, how can you resist Li Zitong's army? Oh, there is still Du Fuwei in the west, so you have to guard against it. ”

"Hehe, Master Pei, don't worry, Jiangdu City is just a wedge between Li Zitong and Du Fuwei, and it is a good chess piece if it is used well. Since it is a chess piece, there can't be many troops, have you ever seen a strong soldier as a chess piece? ”

Only then did Pei Shiju understand that Lu Chang wanted to play a game of chess in Jiangdu City.

"Hey, I understand, the strength of Jiangdu City remains the same, and the banner remains the same, which makes Li Zitong and Du Fuwei think that Jiangdu City is still under Chen Ling's control, and there is no change. So, how is the general going to play this game of chess next? ”

Lu Chang smiled and put on a confident look.

"Playing chess, our first step has already been taken, and the next step depends on how to deal with it. As long as he falls, we will adapt to the situation. ”

"Well, Lord Pei has been working hard recently, and he wants to let the merchant ships deliver grain to Jiangdu City in time to ensure the logistics supply of Jiangdu City. However, the operation should be as concealed as possible, and it must not alarm Li Zitong or even Du Fuwei. ”

"The subordinates know. Let's do it. ”

Jiangnan is going to be busy again, Pei Shiju began to run non-stop, on the surface, the Jiangdu City is the same, and secretly all the qiē are going on in an orderly manner.

Li Zitong. A native of Donghai County, he has been fishing for generations. He is a philanthropist in his hometown and helps others, and in the end, he is very good at buying people's hearts.

Every time I come back from fishing, I just meet poor villagers. and give them the fish he had caught. As long as Li Zitong sees that someone's family is short of food, as long as there is still food at home, he will definitely send it.

Li Zitong has clear grievances and grievances, and he insists on righteousness, as long as he sees the local bullies bullying the poor, he will definitely come forward to fight the grievances.

Therefore, Li Zitong has a high prestige in his hometown, and most of the poor children in his hometown are his friends. The local ruffians and bullies hated and feared him.

Li Zitong first defected to the left prime minister of Changbai Mountain, which is located in the middle of Luzhong. The northern foot of Yimeng Mountain, hundreds of miles from east to west.

To the north is the Qianli Plain, to the east is Fangzi, and to the west is Jinan Mansion.

This place can seize supplies, retreat into the Yimeng Mountains, is the place where bandits and grass bandits haunt the past dynasties, and it is the place where soldiers are used.

Seeing this, Li Zitong admired Zuo Caixiang very much for setting up camp here.

Later, Zuo Caixiang found out that this Li Zitong was very good at demagoguery, and if he continued like this, he would suffer a lot of trouble. And he became vigilant in his heart.

Li Zitong also felt that Zuo Cai was wary of himself, thinking that there would be an accident if he stayed any longer, so he bid farewell to Zuo Caixiang and went to Jianghuai to defect to Du Fuwei, with 10,000 people volunteering to follow.

Soon Li Zitong plotted to assassinate Du Fuwei. He sent troops to attack Du Fuwei, Du Fuwei was seriously injured and fell off his horse, Wang Xiongdan fled to the reeds with Du Fuwei on his back, collected the scattered troops to reinvigorate the army.

The generals of the Sui Dynasty came to lead the official army to attack Du Fuwei, defeated Du Fuwei, and then attacked Li Zitong and defeated him.

After the defeat of Li Zitong. He led the rest of his troops to Hailing, recruited 20,000 soldiers, and proclaimed himself a general.

At this time, Du Fuwei occupied Liyang, Chen Ling occupied Jiangdu, Li Zitong occupied Hailing, and Chen Ling was sandwiched between Li Zitong and Du Fuwei.

Jiangdu, known as the southern capital, is a splendid land in the south of the Yangtze River and a prosperous and wealthy hometown.

Because Jiangdu not only has many beautiful women and fertile land, but also was a necessary place for grain transportation from the south to the north at that time. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a hub place, which shows how important the status of Jiangdu was at that time.

It turned out that the Emperor of the Great Sui was here, and the Xiaoguo army in his hands was brave and good at fighting, and his strength was strong, and he constantly sent troops to clear Li Zitong and Du Fuwei, which made the two tired of coping, and the development of their strength was also curbed or even weakened.

Now, the Great Sui Emperor Yang Guang is dead. The soldiers and horses of its Jiangdu also followed Yu Wenhua and went north, and only Yu Wenhua and the 10,000 troops left for Chen Ling were left in Jiangdu City.

The threat of the powerful Great Sui army disappeared, and Li Zitong, who was located in Hailing, also began to activate his brain, so it was no wonder that he was not moved by the strategic location of Jiangdu City.

The strategic location of Jiangdu City was so important that Li Zitong believed that as long as he occupied Jiangdu City, he would be able to shock Jiangnan.

Chen Ling was old, the Sui army had no food and grass, and his morale was low, and it was almost impossible to count on less than 10,000 troops to hold the Jiangdu City. At this time, the strength of Jiangdu City was empty, which made Li Zitong see an excellent opportunity.

At present, Li Zitong's army is not much, there are almost fifty or sixty thousand troops, he needs to control the capital of the river in order to further develop, and at the same time, taking the river can threaten Du Fuwei, and even the entire land south of the Yangtze River.

At this time, Li Zitong was plotting with his adviser Mao Wenshen.

"Yu Wenhua and led his troops to return to the west, Jiangdu City is empty, and this is a good time for us to seize Jiangdu City."

The strategist Mao Wenshen said to Li Zitong: "Now is indeed a good time for the general to seize Jiangdu City, but Du Fuwei of Jianghuai probably also has this plan in his heart." If the general wants to take Jiangdu City, this matter is feasible, but he must not be in a hurry. ”

Li Zitong said: "Sir must have a high opinion, but please be clearer." ”

Mao Wenshen said: "The general can approach the Jiangdu City with a large army, but he is not in a hurry to attack the city, and waits for how Du Fuwei's Jianghuai army reacts." If Du Fuwei is not in a hurry to calculate Jiangdu City, it will not be too late for the general to capture Jiangdu City. If Duvowe wants to be involved, we have no choice but to fight before Dufuwe. ”

Li Zitong shook his head after hearing this, and said: "Du Fuwei's Jianghuai army is stronger than us, if he is allowed to get Jiangdu City first, it will be a catastrophe for us, no, no." ”

"Don't worry, my lord, I have a plan, I can break Du Fuwei's Jianghuai army, and I can seize Jiangdu City by Shun Lì."

Li Zitong hurriedly said: "Sir, come quickly." (To be continued.) )