Xu Ruyu dictated the military order and granted Wei Yu the right to specialize in the foreign affairs of the Yuhang Fan family. The implication is that Wei Yu thinks that the time is right and he can launch an offensive against the Fan family.

Everyone was shocked, and they all glanced at Fan Wenlong unexpectedly.

Fan Wenlong's face was the same, and he said unhappily: "Completely drive the Puji forces out of Yuejun, Fan and Zhu join forces, and they are not my Jiangning's opponents, the Nanping army is about to enter Chengdu and Chongqing in the west, and it is powerless to interfere in the political situation of Yuejun, if you don't take the entire territory of Yuejun at this time, when will it be?" ”

Wei Yan raised his eyebrows, he couldn't be too happy in front of Fan Wenlong, paused, poked his head over and said loudly: "Sir, I'll go back to Jiangning." ”

Xu Ruyu shook his head.

"Why not?"

Xu Ru smiled foolishly: "Take Wenling, most of the Fan family will make a hindrance from it, and give Wei Yu the right to specialize, so that he can wait for the opportunity to move to shock the Fan family, instead of taking Yu Hang by force." Attacking Wenling, you don't need to ride the camp, what is the use of you going back to Jiangning? ”

Shao Ruyan squeezed her eyes at Wei Yan, giggled, and said, "Letting you come here is to protect everyone, you are escaping at this time, how do you face the people in Jiangning?" ”

Wei Yan thought of Shao Haitang's cold eyes, his heart trembled, his body shrank back, and said, "It's just talking." ”

Xu Ru smiled foolishly: "I am most afraid of Fan, I wish the two clans and Puji to be annihilated, if this is the case, if it is not a vicious battle, it is not enough to stabilize the situation in Yuejun." Ling Fengjing led the sailor into Baishi, wanting to take Xu Bodang's troops to the north of Jing County, but his momentum was aggressive, but he stabilized the thoughts of the Fan and Zhu clans for me, so I owe Rong Yanmen and Ling Fengjing a favor. ”

Fan Wenlong said solemnly: "Rong Yanmen's strategic focus on the northwest will be his biggest failure, if he can design the Nanping army to be submerged in Chengdu and Chongqing for a long time, it will be of great help to me." ”

Mei Yingxue frowned slightly, and said, "I haven't been able to rest for a while, I'll go for a walk elsewhere." Without waiting for everyone to return, he walked away.

Xuanji looked at her back and said, "Xuanji also wants to ask Sister Yingxue for martial arts." Pulling Ge Jing and Zi Zhongnan towards Mei Yingxue.

Shao Ruyan smiled and said, "I'll stay here." He gathered the sideburns between his ears, hung his head sideways, and his eyes as clear as water stopped on Xu Ruyu's face.

Fang Su glanced at the backs of the four of them leaving, and secretly thought: Xuanji pulled Ge Jing and Zi Zhongnan to leave to avoid suspicion, but Mei Yingxue didn't like everyone to calculate Rong Yanmen here, turned around, returned to the topic just now, and said: "Rong Yanmen's plot to become a Chongqing should be counted from the surprise attack on Fengjie more than ten years ago. Rongyanmen west map into Chongqing, is for Nanping to get a roundabout way to the north. ”

Everyone is familiar with geography, and as soon as Fang Su mentioned this, he understood what he meant.

Xu Ruyu looked at Wei Yan and motioned for him to explain Fang Su's off-topic meaning.

Wei Yan scratched his head, and was about to push, but he heard Zhao Jingyun say: "Mr. Yi had a story about going north in a roundabout way when he explained the balance of power in the world in the Yanwutang, and General Wei was also present at that time, so he may have forgotten it at this time. ”

Wei Yan's eyes widened and he said, "Who said I forgot." Squatting on the ground, stretching out his middle finger, pointing to the hard soil, drawing a zigzag horizontal line with Danli, and saying: "This is the river water, and it is Chengyu along the river through the long gorge." From the middle section of the river, a curve sloping to the northwest was born, and he said, "This is Han water." "In the upper reaches of the Han River, I clicked a little, no need to say it, everyone also knows that this is Xiangyang, an important town in Jingxiang, where the Huo family has been operating for more than 100 years, and it is one of the few strong cities in the world.

Wei Yan pointed to Xiangyang and said: "If you don't use the road to become Chongqing, the Nanping army must conquer Xiangyang when it goes north, which can't be bypassed." After conquering Xiangyang, the Nanping army had three options: northwest along the Hanchuan Pass, to Hanzhong, to Suchuan; In the north direction, follow the Wuchuan passage to Xijing and take Qinzhou; Northeast into Shangnan, through the Funiu Mountain Pass, to Fen County Henan South, can take the Fen County town of Luochuan. Mr. Yi said that the city of Xiangyang is not as strong as Yongyang, and Rong Yanmen led an army of 200,000 to gnaw down Xiangyang one by one, and it will take a year and a half, while Xiangyang can send reinforcements through the Hanchuan Pass, Wuchuan Pass, and Funiu Mountain Pass to the Gu family, the inner court, and the Xun family. Rong Yanmen has done so many things, just hoping that the Gu family, the inner court, and the Xun family will not hinder his affairs, and the inner court bird will be destroyed, and he can't take care of it, how can he take care of Xiangyang? The Xun family has Hulan iron cavalry to contain them, and most of them can't send reinforcements, but Xun Zhuwu and the Gu family probably don't want Rong Yanmen to successfully capture Xiangyang, and it is very likely that they will send reinforcements. ”

Xu Ruyu bowed slightly, and said: "How can you avoid the above drawbacks? ”

"Capture Chengyu, the north is Hanzhong, the Han water flows through here, forming a narrow Hanchuan channel, Nanping can detour back to the north of Xiangyang from the Hanchuan channel, clear the Xunjia Wubao city in the north of Jingxiang, and encircle Xiangyang. In addition, Yangping Pass, in the north of Chengyu, is located on Daba Mountain and looks at Hanzhong, in fact, blocking the Hanchuan passage, and Xiangyang cannot ask the Gu family for reinforcements. Rong Yanmen probably hoped to seal all the retreats of the Huo family with this. ”

Xu Ruyu sighed and said: "The Gu family and Xun Zhuwu will definitely have a mortal enemy in the battle in Xijing, Rong Yanmen sealed the Hanchuan passage, and the Gu family and Xun Zhuwu are entangled, he will attack Xiangyang again, there is really no worries." ”

Fan Wenlong listened to the meaning of Zhao Jingyun's words, and the incisive exposition mentioned by Wei Yan Shicai was nothing more than Yi Guanyuan's public lecture in Yanwutang, and asked: "Mr. Yi's masterpiece of military geography in Jiangning Yanwutang "Balance of Power Policy"? ”

Xu Ruyu smiled and said: "According to the Jiangning military system, the military strength is reduced, ordinary sergeants are transferred to the military tun, and the generals need to enter the martial arts hall to practice, and now the generals at all levels of the martial arts hall are as high as 8,000, which is the core military aircraft of Jiangning." ”

Jiangning's standing strength is not much, the Su Guard Army and the Xiao Guard Army each have 10,000 people stationed in the south of Wuling Mountain, and the Qing Guard, the Middle Base Army, the Wu Wei Army, the Five Colonels Army, the Su Guard Army, the Xiao Guard Army, the Baiyi Army and a small number of garrisons in Qingjiang and Jiangning are added up, and the total number of foot soldiers in each department is only 120,000. However, with the 8,000 generals of the Yanwutang, Jiangning could quickly expand the army by 100,000.

Zhao Jingyun said with a smile on the side: "Jiangning has too many troops stationed in Southern Fujian, as long as the Yan family's worries are solved, 50,000 troops can be transferred to the north." ”

Fan Wenlong smiled and said, "If Rong Yanmen knew that Jiang Ning could gather nearly 300,000 troops in the tenth month, most likely he would give up the plan to invade Chengyu in the west. ”

Xu Ruyu shook his head and said, "Even if you have the entire territory of Yue County, in a few years, 300,000 standing soldiers is the limit of Jiangning's financial resources. ”

Zhao Jingyun said with a smile: "The political hall hopes to solve the Yan clan as soon as possible, that is, it hopes to turn part of the standing army of Southern Fujian into a military cantonment to relieve the financial pressure on Jiangning, and now it is a garrison, as long as there is no war, according to the system, Sichengren will also be drawn out to Tuntian, and the assembly of the army at this time will only force the people of the political hall to jump into the river." ”

Fan Wenlong said: "Jiangning's political affairs have achieved results, and the potential is promising, as long as they avoid the sharp edge of Hulan and Nanping in recent years, they will eventually be surprised." ”

Xu Ruyu said: "The "Balance of Power Policy" discusses the topography of the world, with the Qinling Mountains and Huaishui as the boundary, divided into north and south; It is bounded by Taihang Mountain, Hengshan Mountain and Xiangshui, and is divided into east and west. The north is heavier than the south, and the west is born in the east, so the topography of the world is the most important in the northwest. For thousands of years, those who dominated the world all sent troops from the northwest to chase the Central Plains, and the southeast was to look at the wind and surrender. Rong Yanmen is based on this theory, and he is eager to go north to compete for power, which gives me an opportunity to take advantage of. I want him to know that it is impossible to unify the north with the south. ”

Xu Ruyu looked at the vast distance with his hands in his hands, and his demeanor was self-sufficient, as if he could see the general trend of the world clearly.

Everyone stood on one side.

Zhao Jingyun knew that it was a ranger from the north, and he went forward, and came back after a while: "Three days ago, Boyan Ziyi led the servant flag to fall into Anyang, Cai Zhengshi led the remnants to flee to the east, and encountered Chu Shiji's ambush in the western suburbs of Yaocheng, and Cai Zhengshi surrendered. Cai Zhengshi took the servant flag foot soldiers disguised as Youji soldiers to Linhe, and the sentinels I went to Linhe to report were all intercepted and killed by Hulan masters, and it is estimated that Linhe City has fallen. ”

Xu Ruyu nodded expressionlessly to show understanding, did not speak, and turned to look away.

Fang Su whispered: "You go and make arrangements, and prepare to leave tonight." We chose the road from the west side of Cangzhou to Fanyang, and sent a message to Jun's house, asking Jun Zhuoyan to wait for the notice somewhere between Cangzhou and Qingchi. In addition, it was instructed that the sentinels should avoid the north of Anyang and the eastern foot of Taihang, where the communication route is estimated to have been blocked. ”

Xu Ruyu sighed: "Do you also think that Chu Shize's middle route army has crossed the Yanmen Pass?" Without waiting for Fang Su to answer, he turned around and said to Wei Yan: "If you don't want to go with us, it's up to you." The riding strategy you wrote last time is just plain, nothing new. Hulan people live and die on horses, riding and fighting in the first place in the world, you can observe its shape, its technique, its potential, write a new strategy, but to Fanyang and our convergence, remember, don't be born on the road. ”

Wei Yan's brows furrowed, he couldn't imagine that walking alone was such a chore.

Between Jiangning and Youji, there are still two major forces, the East China Sea and Qingzhou. The Qingzhou soldiers are now stranded in Pengcheng, and when Hulan takes Youji into his pocket, Qingzhou will be unable to stop the Hulan Iron Cavalry alone. Xu Ruyu intended to take the East China Sea, but in the end, it was Jiangning's soldiers and horses who went to face the Hulan Iron Cavalry, which was the first in the world.

Zhao Jingyun said: "I have ordered the secret posts of the five northern county divisions in various places to pay attention to the characteristics of the Hulan iron cavalry battle, and it is better to have the captain general who knows about the cavalry battle. ”

Wei Yan glared at Zhao Jingyun, and when he saw Xu Ruyu's calm eyes looking at him, he answered in a low voice.

Fan Wenlong said: "After meeting with the people of the Jun family, Wenlong also asked to go to spy on the military situation. ”

Xu Ruyu nodded and said, "It's so good, there is Lao Wenlong." ”

Zhao Jingyun said: "Mr. Kou has gone to Jiangning, and the "Secret History of Hulan" has been copied in twelve copies, and given to the Luochuan Xun family, the Qinghe Li family, the Qingzhou Yi family, the Nanyang Fu family, and the Fanyang Cai family, each with two ......" When talking about the "Cai family", Zhao Jingyun paused, saw Xu Ruyu's face gloomy, and said secretly: The Cai family got this book at this time, but they were afraid that it would not be of much use, so they continued to say, "Jingyun has a private collection, and it is circulated with everyone, and there is another one for adults. ”

Among the world's celebrities, Kou Zichan and Xu Xingju are from Xinghua, Qingzhou, and their personal friendship is the best. Before Xu Xing went south to Wanling to get together with Chen Ang, he led Xu Ruyu and Kou Zichan to meet in a hurry. In the blink of an eye, ten years have passed, and things are not people.

Xu Ruyu remembered that before he was a teenager, he rarely lived in one place for a long time, he was a hurried passer-by, and he stayed in Wanling and Xinghua for a long time, and he had a cordial memory of Kou Zichan, and after thinking for a while, he came back to his senses and said: "Send this book to Wanling." ”

Fang Su pressed Xu Ruyu's shoulder, knowing his ambivalence in his heart, he didn't say anything, and prepared to go with everyone.

To avoid the Hulan iron cavalry galloping all over the southern part of Youji, the group walked extremely slowly.

Chu Shiji combined 40,000 soldiers to surround the mausoleum, attacked for six days, 5,000 defenders did not survive, the city fell, Chu Shiji ordered the slaughter of the city three times. So far, Anyang Mansion in the southeast of Youji, in addition to Gaotang, Lingyi, Anyang, Linhe, Gongcheng four big cities have fallen, the small city of Shijiawubao between the four cities has fallen to the wind, and the Hulan Front Road Army has entered Youji for only two months, and has completely controlled the southeast of Youji.

Chu Shiji sent a small force of cavalry to raid Cangzhou and Changlu to the north of Cangzhou, and the forces in these two places were not allowed to move to the north. In order to avoid unnecessary losses, Xu Ruyu withdrew his military reconnaissance of the eastern foot of Taihang, and hid on the spot.

Although Cangzhou Mansion still belongs to the jurisdiction of the Cai family, in order to avoid the Cangzhou guards from having different intentions, the group not only avoided the Hulan rangers, but also avoided the Cangzhou defenders. It was not until mid-March that Xu Ruyu and others crossed the ground of Cheongchi-eup and entered Changlu Mansion.

Despite this, he still came into contact with the Hulan Ranger several times. These few times they were all touch-and-go, but they still lost some manpower, and also let everyone see the power of Hulan's cavalry battle.

The Hulan people, who are both on horses, are far more exquisite in riding than the cavalry of the Central Plains family. Dozens or hundreds of horsemen rode the long curved blades of the Hulan people's hands, shouting that they would come over, just like pushing the advancing wave wall, sending out a terrifying momentum that wanted to devour people. Once encountered, several horsemen will return to Ben to report the news, and the rest of the iron horsemen will bite hard. Hulan's horse furniture is a good breed, fast and fast, endurance is long-lasting, and the fierceness of the Hulan people is also amazing. The terrain of Cangzhou is not conducive to sneaking, the spring water has not yet risen in March, and the river is shallow and flat, so that the Hulan rangers are entangled, and it is very difficult to get out. Turning back and fighting, in just a few moments, several teams of rangers will pour out, and they will surround the general.

If the Hulan cavalry found the scouts of Youji or Jiangning, they would rush over to hunt them. Most of the scouts did not have time to return to report the news, so they could only use horns to transmit the sound, and then fled elsewhere to lure the Hulan cavalry away.

After folding a number of scouts, Xu Ruyu had to be personally led by Luo Boyuan and Fan Wenlong to scout the enemy within a radius of more than ten miles. Later, Chu Shijibu's rangers in Changlu and Cangzhou became more intensive, and after more than ten days, he made a detour to Qingchi, crossed Cangzhou City, and met the fleet of the Jun family on the shore of the Bohai Sea.

Jun Xiaoyun stroked his long beard that reached under his chin and stood behind his eldest brother Jun Zhuoyan.

Song Qian is Jun Xiaoyun's concubine, and she is standing by Jun Xiaoyun's side at this time. Jun Xiaoyun's wife died early, but according to the etiquette system, the concubine from a humble background could not fill the main room, although Jun Xiaoyun has never married another wife, but Song Qian is still only Jun Xiaoyun's concubine in name at this time. However, Song Qiancai's intelligence convinced Jun Xiaoyun, who was quite scheming and conceited, that she had won a lot of status for herself in the Changhe Gang.

Song Qian squinted and glanced at Jun Zhuoyan, Jun Zhuoyan and Jun Xiaoyun were born graceful and heroic, with a demeanor, his face was as calm as water, and he couldn't see his thoughts at this time.

Half a month ago, Xu Ruyu asked people to pass on a book, and asked Jun Zhuoyan to wait in Qingchi and Cangzhou.

Jun Zongqing said: "Xu Ruyu and his entourage have been ten miles away, and my second uncle and I went to meet them.

Jun Zhuoyan reprimanded: "General Qingfeng is still in danger with his golden body, how can I avoid disaster?" He sighed slightly, and said to Jun Xiaoyun: "Xiaoyun thinks that General Qingfeng has summoned this time, what is the purpose? ”

The affairs between the Jun family and Jiangning are all in the middle of the connection, Jun Xiaoyun has never seen Xu Ruyu since he left Yongyang the year before last, but the Jun family's fleet travels back and forth between Jiangning and Youji, Jiangning is very detailed, Jun Xiaoyun knows a lot.

Jun Zhuoyan has three sons, Jun Suishui is Jun Zhuoyan's youngest son, the power of the Changhe Gang in Jiangning, as well as the liaison between the Jun family and Jiangning, are all responsible for Jun Suishui, Zhu Shengjie and Ouyang Lei, at this time Jun Suishui is far away in Quanzhou, Southern Fujian.

The eldest son, Jun Zongrui, stayed in the Jinmen General Hall, and Jun Zhuoyan received a message from Xu Ruyu, and took the second son Jun Zongqing and his second brother Jun Xiaoyun to the sea on the east side of Cangzhou on the most elite warship of the Changhe Gang, waiting for Xu Ruyu's summons.

Jun Xiaoyun said solemnly: "Big brother has a determination in his heart? ”

"The situation can't be worse, can I have another choice?"

Jun Xiaoyun said: "Xu Ruyu is in distress in the Northern Tang Dynasty, I received a notice from Zhao Jingyun and led a fleet of boats to wait at the mouth of the river. For many days, the eldest brother avoided his name, and he already knew in his heart that after this meeting, the people of my Jun family could no longer call him by his name. ”

Song Qian said with a smile: "Jiangning is also called by his name. ”

Jun Xiaoyun smiled bitterly and said, "But I don't know if my Jun family has this glory." ”

Jun Zhuoyan said: "Zhi'er married to the Cai family, we made such a choice, I am afraid that it will embarrass her." "Jun Zhuoyan has two daughters, the eldest daughter Cai Zhi, who has the appearance of a sinking fish and a wild goose, and marries into the dark wing.

Jun Zongqing said: "Cai Hui is also Xu Ruyu's cousin, even if he can't figure it out, he won't embarrass his sister." ”

Cai Hui is the third son of the king of Beijing County.

Jun Xiaoyun smiled bitterly: "Last year, when the world accused the county of starting to mess with the world, Fan Yang not only did not defend him, but connived at the Confucian scholars under his rule to make more accusations. How can things be so easy! ”

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