The news that Liukou was preparing to attack Qingyang Mansion, Hong Chengchou also knew about the Dao, but unfortunately he knew the Dao a little late.

The army of Liukou had already assembled around Qingyang Mansion, and the prefect of Qingyang Mansion found that the situation was not right, and hurriedly played the governor, who quickly reported the news to Hong Chengchou.

Qingyang Mansion is known as the granary of Longdong, and the geographical location is very important.

Qingyangwei has already entered the capital city and is fully encircling the security of the city with all his might.

As the secretary of the military department, responsible for the extermination of the Liukou, Hong Chengchou certainly can't let Qingyang lose, besides, Qingyangwei's combat effectiveness, he knows that after years of famine, coupled with the harassment of the Liukou, Qingyangwei has long been weak.

He barely thought about anything, and immediately asked the army to go to Qingyang to rescue.

The army was stationed in Fengxiang Mansion City, which was more than 1,500 miles away from Qingyang, and Hong Chengchou gave a death order, and the cavalry must rush to Qingyang Mansion within five days, that is, march more than 300 miles every day. As for the foot soldiers, within ten days, they must also rush to Qingyang Mansion to rescue.

5,000 cavalry, under the personal leadership of Hong Chengchou, went to Qingyang Mansion to rescue.

When he set off, Hong Chengchou thought of the Jiangning battalion, but the Liukou was active in Shaanxi Province, and he had already asked all the guards in Shaanxi to participate in the battle to exterminate the Liukou. Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou didn't even pass on information to Su Tiancheng.

On the fifth day of the seventh month, Su Tiancheng returned to Henan Mansion.

Zhang Pu, Liu Zhongji, Deng Hui and others took office directly, including other prefects appointed by the imperial court, and they were also in place one after another.

Zhang Pu served as the governor of Henan Prefecture, which surprised everyone. However, this was recommended by Su Tiancheng personally, and everyone would not say anything, after Zhang Pu arrived in Henan Mansion, he was very low-key, and did not wait for Su Tiancheng to arrange, and took the initiative to ask Ying. Go to the state and county to supervise the autumn harvest.

Before Wang Furong, Liu Rushi and Gu Hengbo arrived in Fucheng, Su Tiancheng went directly to Shaanzhou.

The situation in Shaanzhou is what he is most concerned about, and the foundation there is the worst.

Qu Qingze was waiting for Su Tiancheng outside Shaanzhou City.

After seeing Su Tiancheng, Qu Qingze did not directly report the situation in Shaanzhou, and whispered that there was military intelligence.

After Qu Qingze became the governor of Shaanxi, he also began to read some information sent by the secret line, and the location of Shaanzhou was special, and it was necessary to grasp the situation of the activities of the bandits in Shaanxi and Shanxi.

Qu Qingze took Su Tiancheng with him. Directly entered the state government secret room.

"My lord, the information that Xiaguan just received, Liukou is preparing to attack Qingyang Mansion, Lord Hong has led the army, and has set off from Fengxiang Mansion to the rescue."

Su Tiancheng didn't speak, he looked at the letter carefully, and there was not much expression on his face.

The map was laid out on the table. Qu Qingze was already on it, marking the route of the imperial army led by Hong Chengchou.

Read the letter. Su Tiancheng stood up, walked to the side of the map, and began to look at the map carefully, whether he was pointing to a certain place and thinking about something.

Half an hour later, Su Tiancheng finally spoke.

"Old canal. When I was in the capital, I received news from the secret line that the Liukou were preparing to attack Qingyang Mansion, Yan'an Mansion and Pingliangfu City. Choose one of the three, which shows that the Liukou is very careful, or deliberately released the news to confuse us, the three places are far away, according to the strength of the Liukou, it is impossible to attack the three mansions at the same time, but in a few days, Lord Hong knew that the Liukou was going to attack Qingyang Mansion, which is a little strange. ”

"My lord, the lower officials don't think it's strange, Qingyang Mansion is the granary of Longdong, now it's the autumn harvest season, if the Liukou can be beaten down and invite Qingyang Mansion City, he will definitely get a lot of grain and grass supplies, besides, since last year, the Liukou has suffered a lot of blows, and he has been struggling to survive, and now at this time, he also needs to boost his morale."

"What you said is also good, it can boost morale, do you have to attack the lower Fucheng, in the autumn harvest season, the grain is in the fields, the Liukou is just thinking about supplementing, and there is no need to attack the Fucheng, by the way, the information from the dark line, the city wall of Qingyang Fucheng is very strong, and it is not easy to attack it."

Qu Qingze looked at the map, a little dazed, he didn't quite understand what Su Tiancheng meant.

"Lao Qu, let me ask you, what was the first thing you thought of when you received the intelligence of the dark line? Don't think, say your direct, what you want to do. ”

"My lord, what Xia Guan thinks of is reinforcements."

Su Tiancheng nodded slightly.

"If the Liukou are bent on taking Anqing Mansion, what is the first thing they need to do?"

"This, Xia Guan thought, was a surprise, suddenly attacked Qingyang Mansion, took the mansion city, and after getting supplies, quickly evacuated."

"You're right, but what is the current situation, why is this happening, you think about it carefully."

Qu Qingze was not stupid, he thought about it for a while, and his face changed.

"My lord, you mean that the main intention of the Liukou is not to attack Qingyang Mansion City."

"That's how I think about it, the Liukou has suffered a lot of setbacks, and is anxious to boost morale and attack the city, it's a good idea, they may think like this, if they keep their actions secret and not public, and suddenly attack the city of Qingyang, it's possible, but the actions of the Liukou are too strange, and they go to attack the city in a grand manner, we can't think that the leader of the Liukou doesn't understand the military, and there must be demons when things go wrong, I think that their purpose may not be to attack the city."

Qu Qingze's face began to turn pale.

"Attacking the capital city can boost morale, and if you can defeat the army of the imperial court, wouldn't it be even more morale-boosting."

"My lord, this, this is Wei Wei to save Zhao."

Su Tiancheng nodded lightly.

"Lord Hong is very anxious, the 30,000 army, it should be step by step, go to Pingyang Mansion together, I believe that the Liukou does not have such a big appetite, can guarantee the defeat of 30,000 soldiers, but Lord Hong with 5,000 cavalry, rushed to Pingyang Mansion in advance, leaving 25,000 foot soldiers, coming behind, between the two armies, gathering far away, any army received a siege, can not immediately go to the rescue, such a trend, too dangerous."

Qu Qingze had already believed in Su Tiancheng's judgment, but he was still a little unwilling.

"The sergeant led by Lord Hong has experienced a hundred battles, and if the rogues want to attack, I'm afraid it won't be so easy."

"It's really not easy, this is enough to show that Liukou has made a bloody investment this time, and from another side, it can also show that Liukou has slowly recovered. The imperial army also has a hard wound, their military discipline is not strict, stationed in Shaanxi, most of the supplies, are needed to be supplied by Fuzhou County, Fuzhou County is unable to bear, in this case, the burden must be on the heads of the people, the people are overwhelmed, the impression of the imperial army is naturally not good, and even hate, in this case, the army can not get the support of the people, it is impossible to get key information along the way, and may even be misled, even if it has good combat effectiveness, it is also dangerous. ”

"My lord, since this is the case, the lower officials think that it is better to inform Lord Hong as soon as possible."

Su Tiancheng looked at Qu Qingze with a wry smile on his face.

"Lao Qu, today is the seventh day of the new year, Lord Hong will set off at the end of June, how do you say we should inform them, according to Lord Hong's arrangement, the cavalry may have arrived in Anqing Mansion City."

Speaking of this, Su Tiancheng suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, there has been no news from the dark line in the past two days?"

"No, did you predict anything?"

Su Tiancheng waved his hand and motioned for Qu Qingze not to speak for the time being.

He stared at the map and didn't speak for a long time.

"I've been thinking about whether Liukou used this hand to surround Wei to save Zhao, whether it was aimed at cavalry or foot soldiers, and now it seems that this matter has been clear, eight days, I'm afraid something will happen tomorrow."

"My lord's meaning, the rogues are aimed at the foot soldiers."

"Indeed, if you think about it, Lord Hong with the cavalry will rush to Qingyang Mansion in five days, and today, Lord Hong may have arrived in Qingyang Mansion City a long time ago, and even entered the Mansion City, and there is no news from the dark line, indicating that the cavalry has not encountered an attack, and I estimate that the Liukou has not begun to attack Qingyang Mansion City."

Su Tiancheng's hand pointed to Anhua County, which is close to Qingyang Mansion, where there is a stagecoach pass, the so-called stagecoach, which is naturally surrounded by all sides, and the middle terrain is relatively flat.

"Lao Qu, are you familiar with this stagecoach pass?"

Qu Qingze Yaoyao's head.

"I'm not familiar with this place, but I heard Master Dong say about Anhua's Yima Pass, it is said that the terrain here is more complicated, and I don't know the rest."

"If our prediction is accurate, Liukou may choose the place of Yimaguan to ambush, you see, Anhua County is less than a hundred miles away from Qingyang Fucheng, if we lead the army, when we are about to reach the destination, there will be two mentalities, if the battle is fierce ahead, it must be desperate to speed up, but if there is no war, when there is no peace, officers and sergeants may relax, such a time, encounter a sudden attack, may suffer heavy losses."

Qu Qingze completely believed Su Tiancheng's judgment.

At the beginning, when the Liukou attacked Fengyang, the capital of Zhongdu, almost no one believed it, but Su Tiancheng made up his mind, took the Jiangning battalion, and quickly rushed to Fengyang, and severely injured the Liukou.

"My lord, how can it be good if such a situation occurs?"

"Alas, the trees want to be quiet and the wind does not stop, I originally thought that I could build Henan Mansion well for at least a year, but now it seems that Liukou will not give me such an opportunity, and the Jiangning camp is ready to go on the expedition."

"My lord, has the Jiangning camp entered Shaanxi?"

"No, they are ready to enter Shanxi, the Liukou have grown stronger again, they will not be satisfied with staying in Shaanxi, if they ambush the imperial army and go to victory, they will take advantage of the situation to enter Shanxi, hmph, the Liukou is still thinking about the glory of two years ago." (To be continued......)