Zhang Xu led the Green Guards to cross the river and arrived at the northern foot of Cuiping Mountain, the Zhongli Army and the Fifth School Army were also ordered to assemble, and in less than ten days, Jiangning gathered more than 40,000 elite troops in the south and southeast of Longyou, while Wanling's defenders in the direction of Longyou were only 10,000, and they were all second-line guards. When Chen Pre led reinforcements from Wanling to aid Longyou, the main force of the middle base army moved westward again, and entered the defensive gap between Longyou and Biling.

Chen Yu did not dare to be slow, and on the one hand, he drew troops from Wanling, and on the other hand, he ordered the elite combat forces on the northern front battlefield to move southward. Although the forces on the battlefield on the northern front did not move south, Wanling urgently mobilized troops from all over the country to gather on the southern front, and the southern front gathered 80,000 troops in a short period of time.

Chen knew in his heart that although the distance between the troops was not large, the troops assembled by Wanling on the southern front were all second-line guards, and the main force of the most elite Yuba battalion army was on the Pengcheng battlefield on the northern front, and the troops on the southern front were temporarily transferred from all parts of Wanling to the southern line in a hurry, and the command system between the various departments was chaotic, and there were many omissions in the supply of grain and grass.

If Xu Ruyu insisted on going north and attacking the East China Sea, even tens of thousands of troops would not be able to establish a defensive line that could resist Jiang Ning's sharp offensive. Chen Yu gave up the plan of eliminating the defense at the beginning, and gathered 40,000 of the limited forces to Longyou City, and confronted Jiang Ning's offensive deployment in Guangling, so as to test Xu Ruyu's true intentions.

Mei Liting originally led the Zhongli Army from Baishi to peep into the defensive gap of the Biling Realm, but seeing that Chen Yu categorically gave up the defense, gathered 40,000 troops to Longyou, and then moved the main force of the Zhongli Army south to Suxian in the southwest of Longyou. Su County belongs to Suzhou Prefecture, located in the north of Harajuku Eup, 70 miles away from Guangling, knowing that Xu Ruyu will come to Guangling, he led the main force of the middle base army to continue to approach Guangling, and built the camp wall on the gentle slope of the south bank of the Xiaoyang River in the west of Guangling City. Between Guangling and Longyou, the two sides gathered more than 80,000 troops within a radius of 100 miles, which was the largest number of troops gathered in one place in the East China Sea after the end of the Battle of the East China Sea.

Across the Xiaoyang River, through the Xiaoyang River rose up an extremely thin light mist, you can see piles of bonfires in the camp on the opposite bank. The sergeant was in the wrong shape, in addition to the chirping of insects, there seemed to be a mysterious sound between heaven and earth, Ning Shen listened to it, but he couldn't hear anything.

Jiangning's soldiers and horses scattered and gathered in Guangling, and at this time, there was no panic and helplessness in the camp on the opposite bank. The opposite wall of the camp was silent, and the beeping sound of the pine resin torches embedded in the wall of the opposite bank could be heard. Xu Ruyu couldn't help but wonder what Chen Yu was doing in the camp tent on the other side at this time. Xu Ruyu set his eyes on the quietly flowing river, and the mist shrouded in the river like black satin reflected the stars, quiet and beautiful.

Xu Ruyu struggled to break free from the memories of the past, turned his head sideways, and asked Wei Yu, "What do you think Chen Yu is thinking at this time?" ”

Wei Yu was stunned, not knowing whether Xu Ruyu asked Chen Pre about his intention to gather 40,000 troops in Longyou, or if he was just guessing Chen Pre's thoughts at this time, and said, "Chen Pre is probably thinking about what Mr. is thinking?" ”

Xu Ruyu chuckled, Wei Yu has never been smiling, it is rare to have such relaxed words.

Xing Kunmin said: "Chen precaution knows that it is impossible to form an effective defense of our army on the southern front, and he gathers heavy troops in Longyou, peeps at Yongyang, and if our army moves outside, he will wave his army to take Yongyang directly, but the Jinghai Sea camp is about to return to Jinghai, and Chen Pre is only afraid that he will have to pay attention to other things to test the intentions of the adults." ”

Before the Battle of the East China Sea, he followed Jiang Lingtian and took charge of the Subang Torture Hall, Xu Ruyu served as the captain of Yongyang, recognized the talent of the criminal Kunmin, and was promoted to one of the captains of the reserve battalion, guarding the reserve camp for Xu Ruyu, and later served as the captain of the five schools and the Sima of the five schools, and led the five school armies with the rank of general Wei.

Wei Yu snorted coldly and said: "Even if there is no Jinghai Sea Camp, our army really wants to cross the border in a big way, Chen Yu first thought that it would only be to retreat north." Chen Pre gathered the forces of the southern front in three places, and his intention was to discover that our army really had the intention of invading the north, so that he could quickly abandon his porous southern defense line and shrink his forces to the line of Biling, Okitan, Tairu, and Bianyi, just like the strategic defense line formed in the early stage of the East China Sea War. Longyou pointed directly at Yongyang's back and abdomen, but the geographical location was too abrupt, in Suxian, Guangling, Qingpu in the semi-encirclement, if Chen Pre sent troops from Longyou, it was necessary to consider that the back road would be cut off by the middle base army in the west, unless the Zhu family had the courage to send troops to cross the river north, otherwise Chen Pre would throw himself into a desperate way. ”

Tu Wenyong said: "Zhu Lianzhi can't see through the relationship between Jiangning and Wanling, and will be very cautious, Wuzhou and Liyangshi are caught in the confrontation between the north and south sides of me, and the Qingwei army suddenly goes north, Zhu Lianzhi probably thinks that our army intends to strengthen the offensive of the Zhu people in the north." Judging from the military information collected so far, Zhu Tongzhi desperately hopes that something will happen between our army and the East China Sea, not only to withdraw the defenders on the south bank of the river into the city, but also to withdraw the boats and boats used to cross the river into Zhenze Lake, which is 400 miles away. ”

Everyone laughed, Wei Yu's heart moved, and said: "The flag here is not reduced, and 10,000 troops are secretly drawn to cross the river to attack Wuzhou, is it okay?" ”

Xu Ruyu said: "In the end, we will use war to deter, and it is okay to attack Wuzhou, where do you think we should attack?" ”

"Huzhou."

Wuzhou has a government and five yi, in recent years, imitating Jiangning political system and county, a total of 29 counties, belonging to Lanling, Wuzhou, Huzhou, Zejiang four districts, Lanling and Jiangning are connected, and Suyi faces each other across the river; To the east of Lanling is Wuzhou, facing Yongyang across the river, to the south is the vast 60,000 hectares of Aurora Lake, Huzhou is located in the southwest of Aurora Lake, adjacent to Xin'an, Zejiang is adjacent to the sea, and Jinghai is across the river.

Although the county is twenty-nine, the only dangerous place to be Jinjin is Lanling, Wuzhou, Huzhou, Zejiang four cities, after Xu Ruyu controlled Jiangning, the power of the Zhu people was divided into two places, as long as the city of Huzhou was conquered, not only can the Zhu people in the two forces be completely separated, but also can control the Aurora Lake and Wujiang water system, and the warships of the Jihu army can reach any place of the Zhu forces through the Aurora Lake and Wujiang water system.

When everyone heard that Xu Ruyu agreed to attack Wuzhou, they all thought of Huzhou City, but the best surprise attack on Huzhou was to send troops from one of the three cities of Jiangning, Chongyi, and Xin'an. Jiangning is 200 miles away from Huzhou, Chongyi is 150 miles away from Huzhou, and Xin'an is only 70 miles away from Huzhou. However, the Qingwei army suddenly went north, and Jiangning's forces on the south bank were weak, except for the Wuwei army stationed in Jiangning, the Xiaowei army moved to Fengling, where the Qingfeng army was originally stationed, and only 20,000 Su guards were deployed on the long border line with the Fan and Zhu tribes. After the Jinghai Battles, both the Xiao Guards and the Su Guards in Qingjiang needed a certain amount of time to rest, while the Jinghai Camp needed to rest longer. In addition to Jiangning, the south bank of the river can not draw troops, Chongyi, Xin'an troops add up to not more than 10,000, but to prevent the Zhu family from Liyang, Huzhou to attack, from Jiangning troops but can not hide the Zhu clan cloth in Jiangning's eyeline, but from Jiangbei troops, it is impossible to quietly pass through the gap between Wuzhou and Lanling. If the Zhu family discovers the whereabouts of 10,000 strange soldiers, how can they succeed in a surprise attack on Huzhou?

Xu Ruyu nodded and said with a smile: "As long as you don't stay in Wuzhou, even if you can't attack Huzhou, you can quickly avoid Xin'an, and it will be okay to just use it as a change of defense for the garrisons of the two places." He Wei Yu said: "Wen Yong is quite familiar with the terrain of Yue County, you can discuss the route of the march with him." ”

Xu Ruyu's gaze swept over Mei Liting and the generals of Xing Kunmin, and asked, "Who is willing to garrison in Xin'an City?" ”

Xing Kunmin said: "Why don't I cross the river with General Wei?" ”

Xing Kunmin and Mei Liting each unified their armies, but both armies were assembled near Guangling, and it was inevitable to appoint one person to rule the whole situation. Xing Kunmin did not think that he was qualified to compete with Mei Liting for the position of temporary head of the Guangling camp. To lift the confrontation with the East China Sea on both sides of the Xiaoyang River, in addition to Zhang Xu leading the head of the Baishi camp in Baishi, only one person on the north bank of the river needs to be in charge of the military in the former Yongyang Mansion. The threat of Puji Island in the southeast has been eliminated, but the offensive against the Zhufan and Fan tribes has been directly dispatched from Jiangning, and it is better to take the initiative to ask for the order to cross the river to the south now than to be called into Sima Ya at that time.

Xu Ruyu nodded and said, "You and Shen Bing Curling each transferred the elites of the department and secretly sneaked back to Suyi City. ”

The full strength of an army can exceed 12,000 people, but the elite number is about 6,000 people, which is also the basic strength maintained in non-wartime. In non-wartime, the number of troops that Xing Kunmin can command with the rank of general Wei is only 6,000 elites of the first army of the five schools.

Zhang Xu's appointment as the commander of the White Guards as the head of the Baishi camp was not out of the need for Baishi's management, but because of his requirements for the territory around Baishi. Unlike the Xingyuan Xingyuan, which was the highest military organization in the region, the Baishi Xingying was established to integrate all aspects of the military force more effectively.

In the past, the transportation of grain and grass was under the responsibility of the Grain Supervision Department of the Changshi Prefecture, and the military intelligence spy was under the responsibility of Si Wencao, and Zhang Xu's authority as the commander of the Green Guard Army was strictly limited to the use of military tactics. In addition, Jiangning also needs to set up a wartime camp in three directions, one is for the East China Sea in the north to form the Guangling camp, the other is for Yongning in the northwest to form the Baishi camp, and the other is to set up the Fengling camp for Jing County in the east.

In addition to sharing the offensive against Liyang, the Fengling camp will also directly face the pressure of Nanping, whether it is Feng Yuanyuan or Xiao Wuye, who is about to become the commander of the Su Guards, is not qualified to be the head of the Fengling camp, maybe it is not impossible for Xu Ruyu to take the position of the head of the Fengling camp, after all, the Fengling camp will gather half of the elite combat power of Jiangning.

At this time, Wanling's patrol found the figure on the other side, scolded loudly, shot arrows at this side, and the arrows flew wildly, Wei Yan grabbed several long arrows that slammed into Xu Ruyu's face door in his hands, and wanted to throw his hand and shoot them.

Xu Ruyu stopped him and said, "It's rude for me to covet his camp here. He turned and walked behind a shoulder-high parapet not far away.

It was customary for Jiangning and Wanling troops to shoot each other across the Xiaoyang River, limited to Xu Ruyu's strict order, not to cross the Xiaoyang River, after Xing Kunmin took over the defense of Guangling, he built a series of intermittent half-height protective walls on the embankment of the Xiaoyang River, equipped with a strong crossbow with a firing distance of 300 paces, and hunted and shot the patrol posts on the opposite bank. Xing Kunmin learned that Xu Ruyu was going to Guangling in person, guessing that he didn't like it, and withdrew the shooters behind the deployment of the riverbank parapet half in advance.

A team of men galloped out of the camp on the north bank, and by the starlight, Xu Ruyu recognized that the leader was Chen Pre, turned sideways and ordered: "The lantern shines on the river, Chen Pre already knows that I have come to Guangling." ”

Fang Su's vision was not that far, and when he saw the sturdy figure on the current horse, he also guessed that Chen Pre led Jingwei to meet Xu Ruyu on the riverside, sighed, and said, "Chen Pre is quite able to know people, but he doesn't know himself. ”

Xu Ru was silent and stared at the north shore. Wind lanterns are erected on both banks, stretching across the embankment and hanging above the river.

Chen Yu's gaze stopped on Fang Su for a moment, and then fell on Xu Ruyu's handsome face. Chen Yu's temples were as white as frost, and his eyes were like river water in the night, shooting out of the dark Xuanze.

Chen Pre did not brazenly launch an offensive against Pengcheng, Fan Yang may not be as out of control as he is today, although Chen Pre may have been deceived by Zhang Jidao at the beginning, but with Chen Pre's prestige and power can save the situation, he has not done so, and he also has some extravagance in his heart. Fang Su faced Chen Yu calmly and did not feel guilty.

Chen Yu said awe-inspiringly: "The people of Fanyang have returned to Jiangning, why does Jiangning still want to suppress the East China Sea, can't it be that you and I want to sprinkle the blood of countless athletes into this soup and river water, so that the people of Nanping and Qingzhou will laugh at it?" ”

Xu Ruyu glanced at Chen Yu, his eyes fell on the river, and said slowly: "Hulan thief, not far from the East China Sea, why can't the East China Sea let go of the past grievances and block the alien race with Qingzhou." ”

Chen Yu said: "When will the iron horses of the Hulan people be able to step through the Bianshui? Although the iron cavalry is invincible in the world, it cannot compete with warships in Zeguo, so what worries about the East China Sea? Qingzhou has a grudge against you to kill your father, and a hatred of aggression with me in the East China Sea. He also said, "When I get Qingzhou in the East China Sea, stop Hulan Iron from riding in the north of Bianshui, and give up the entire territory of Baishi to Jiangning, what's the matter?" However, Jiangning's top priority is to stabilize Yue County and advance westward, and Nanping is Jiangning's great enemy, so why do these things that are happy with my relatives and enemies in the East China Sea here? ”

Xu Ruyu furrowed his brows, hid the painful look on his face, slowly raised his head, his eyes shot out a clear light like stars, looked at the fine wrinkles between Chen Yu's eyebrows, and said: "I defend the southeast with the East China Sea, but where are the people of the world?" In the southeast, it is not easy to defend the southeast, and you and I will defend the southeast until the end, and we will eventually die in the hands of Nanping or Hulan. ”

"Qingzhou Yi's riding wall swaying, Hulan is winning, he will join Hulan for the Central Plains, now he said not to take Pengcheng, when he said that Yi's will dedicate Pengcheng to Hulan, the East China Sea regrets it too late." Chen Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "You have never been greedy for power, how can you think of the world today?" ”

Xu Ruyu suddenly felt that there were many pathos in Chen Pre, and he was unwilling to argue with him about Pengcheng, and said: "The world is not the world of the family, all the people have it, Hulan is running, the family chooses the lord and attaches it, and the people are miserable." You don't dare to say that you have no selfish desires, but this is the time of life and death in the Central Plains, and you can't blame it, and you don't dare to love it alone, so you set up the world to settle the people of the world. ”

Chen Yu's face changed suddenly, and he recovered in an instant, but it fell in the eyes of everyone on Xiao Yanghe's side.

Although he knew that Jiang Ning would eventually embark on the road of dominating the world, he did not expect Xu Ruyu to personally reveal his intention to dominate the world on the bank of the Xiaoyang River. Among the heroes of the world, it is the East China Sea and Jiangning that want to divide the winner first.

Chen Yu's gaze wandered on Xu Ruyu's face.

Jiangning has just completed the Jinghai Battles, although 60,000 Kou soldiers have been annihilated, Jiangning will not suffer fewer casualties, and tens of thousands of soldiers will be stranded on the battlefield of Yi'an. Gongliang Youqin, Xu Bodang and others gathered nearly 100,000 combat forces on the eastern front of Nanping in Jingbei, and if Jiangning brazenly launched the battle of Yuejun, Gongliang Youqin probably would not sit on the wall and watch.

Xu Ruyu sighed lightly and said: "Ruyu doesn't dare to be greedy for the world alone, just want the Han court to be free from foreign insults, civilians can survive, the East China Sea and Jiangning, is the back and belly of the southeast, a remnant is the southeast remnant, Qingzhou is the southeast surface, fall under the hooves of Hulan, then the two Huai are invaded, Ru Yu only hopes that the East China Sea and Qingzhou will rest the army, let go of the former hatred and resist foreign insults, there is nothing else to ask for." ”

Chen Yu had a sad look on his face and said, "When did you learn to salute like this?" Although the East China Sea is embarrassed, he is not afraid of abandoning his grace and forcing him to fight. ”

Xu Ruyu's face changed greatly, he never expected Chen Pre to say such words at this time, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad when he thought that he had forced Chen Pre to a situation where he had nowhere to retreat.

Whether the East China Sea can withdraw from Pengcheng is not Chen Pre alone, this time the Jiangning troops pressed the southern border, Chen Pre hurriedly mobilized troops from all over the country to defend the southern front, and failed to draw out a soldier from the Pengcheng battlefield, indicating that in the Yuzha battalion army, generals with foreign surnames like Zhang Jidao have achieved a leading role.

Even if Jiangning withdrew his troops, Chen Pre did not dare to disband the gathered forces, not only that, in order to gain the dominance of the East China Sea again, Chen Pre had to continue to increase the chips in his hands. With 80,000 elites on the northern front, 80,000 to 100,000 troops on the southern front, 30,000 water battalions, and 80,000 to 100,000 reserve troops in Wanling, they could not launch an offensive outward, and within a few years, the East China Sea would be overwhelmed.

Although Xu Ruyu saw that his goal had been achieved, there was no joy on his face. Chen Yu's last poignant words were probably to understand Jiang Ning's intentions at that moment.

Jiangning's military build-up made the East China Sea have to maintain such a huge armament for the next few years, and due to internal contradictions, such a huge combat force cannot be launched in concert to launch an offensive outward, and it only consumes the financial resources of the East China Sea.

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