Liu Zhaoyu thought about it for a while, but said: "Could it be a play co-starred by Xu Jingcheng and Xu Ruyu?" ”

Chen Yu shook his head and said, "If Xu Jingcheng can be used by Jiang Ning, he will not wait until this time. ”

Xiangfan will have a lot of power in Jiangning, if Xu Jingcheng has already attached himself to Xu Ruyu, his status in the Jiangning army will only be lower than Jiang Lingtian, with such a powerful temptation, how can Xu Jingcheng lie dormant for several years.

That is, Xu Jingcheng's arrogant surname did not let him bow to Xu Ruyu, how could Xu Ruyu use him?

Chen Pre knew that Xu Jingcheng's surname would not be used by Jiang Ning, nor would he be used for himself, but Xu Jingcheng defended the homeless people like this, which made Chen Pre change his perception of him.

When Xiangfan would rise in Fen County, he was mixed and really thought of by the people, but Shao Haitang was a few people, and Xu Naiji and his ilk still couldn't get rid of the desire for power in their hearts, and forcing Xu Xing away Fan Xianghui was an example.

Chen Yu seems that if Xu Jingcheng was a little more open-minded, he would not have let Xu Ruyu force him to leave the country. If you stay in Jiangning, you must be a heavy general with Jiang Lingtian, Zhang Zhongdao, Wei Yu, Liang Bao and other people.

Xu Ruyu forced Xu Jingcheng away with affection and strength, Xu Jingcheng was disheartened at that time, and he no longer had the heart to compete for ambition.

The eldest uncle said: "Xu Ruyu would rather let go of the opportunity to recruit Xu Jingcheng, a general, than shake the original intention of blocking the border, it can be seen that he is afraid that as soon as he opens his mouth, the displaced people will hear the wind and move, race to Xia'axi, and destroy his deployment in Yongyang and Baishi." It's just that he is good at hiding his traces, so that we can't find out the real strength of Jiang Ning on the north bank of the river. ”

Liu Zhaoyu pondered for a moment and said: "Xu Ruyu's troops who led the crossing of the river this time are about 1230,000, and the main force of the Xiaowei Army or the Fifth School Army is hidden in it, and the number is not more than 40,000. Because Fan Che took the initiative to subordinate, Fan Wenlong's status in Jiangning was high, and the army to which the original Fan clan belonged should be relatively stable, and Xu Ruyu would probably use it in the second line, and this part of the army was about 40,000. The remaining 40,000 troops are the remnants of the Zhu clan, and these 40,000 troops cannot be used on the frontal battlefield. In this way, with the addition of the Green Guards and the Zhongli Army, plus the combat strength of the water battalion that can be adjusted at any time, Jiangning's troops on the north bank of the river can be used for frontal battlefields as high as 180,000, which is equivalent to the combined strength of Xu Bodang and Gongliang Youqin in the Battle of the East China Sea that year. ”

"Ahh Chen Zhen couldn't help but let out a low sigh, although he had such an expectation of Jiang Ning's troops on the north bank of the river, but he was still taken aback when Liu Zhaoyu said it clearly.

The eldest uncle sighed silently: "Our army only has 100,000 foot battalions in the south, although I am unwilling, I have to admit that the combat power of our southern army is weaker than the Qingwei Army, the Middle Base Army, the Xiao Guard Army and other armies in Jiangning, and only the elite combat power of the northern front under the command of Ji Dao can compete with it." Fortunately, Ji Dao conquered Pengcheng in time, and the elite soldiers on this road were able to be transferred without worries. Speaking of this, thinking of Chen Jingzong, who died heroically at the head of Pengcheng City, he sighed slightly, "It's just that Jingzong died a pity, and Donghai lost another handsome talent." ”

At the end of September, Zhang Jidao launched a fierce offensive against Pengcheng, and in the first day of the siege, Chen Jingzong, the former commander of the army, personally attacked the city wall, and met the head of the city with the lord of Pengcheng, Yishide, and exchanged Yishide for a mortal blow in exchange for Yishide's serious injury. In the next few days, although Yishide was wounded and held the city, where he stood, the attack of the East China Sea was particularly fierce, attacking his side several times. In the face of the resolute offensive of the East China Sea, and the continuous aggravation of Yisd's injuries, he held on for several days, and had to withdraw his troops from the north gate, and ceded the most important city in the upper reaches of the Huai River to the East China Sea.

Chen Yu knew that Chen Jingzong's death would not be so simple, but he couldn't say it, so he turned his head away, but he didn't hear it.

The battle of Yuejun ended cleanly and neatly, without dragging mud and water, and everyone in the world thought that Zhu Kunda would delay for a while and then descend to Jiangning, but Xu Ruyu did not give him this opportunity. Conquering a fortified city with 300 elite cavalry, Chen Yu still couldn't forget the shock in his heart when he first heard the news.

Almost at the same time, the news that the Hulan Iron Cavalry crossed the river and defeated the Taoling camp reached Longyou, which made Chen Yu's hands and feet cold for a while, and it took a long time to calm down. Chen was almost certain that Xu Ruyu was waiting for such an opportunity.

At the same time as a large number of displaced people poured into the East China Sea, Xu Ruyu led a large army into the north bank of the river.

If it weren't for Chen Pre knowing Xu Ruyu's surname, he would have to wonder if all this would have been secretly agreed between Xu Ruyu and the Hulan people when he went north last year.

Over the past year, the situation has changed a lot, and probably no one could have predicted the changes this year last year.

Xu Ruyu's abrupt end to the Yuejun War may have been influenced by Zhang Jidao's Pengcheng offensive and Chen Jingzong's death. But one thing is certain, the situation in Yuejun and even the entire southeast has always been under Xu Ruyu's control.

It's really frustrating to think about it like this, but Chen Yu has to admit that when he was on the bank of the Xiaoyang River, Xu Ruyu waved a knife to break righteousness, and since then, he can no longer see through him.

Liu Zhaoyu coughed lightly and said: "Jiangning's troops in Wuhu should also be considered, the Wuhu Water Battalion is based on the elite combat power of the original Gantang Water Battalion, absorbing the resistance forces loyal to the Cai clan in Youji, and the existing elite troops are more than 30,000. ”

Yi Shi resisted the Hulan people head-on in Qingzhou and felt the pressure. Donghai took advantage of the fire to rob, and at this juncture attacked Pengcheng, knocked on the gateway to the south of Qingzhou, and formed a mortal enmity with Yi. If Xu Ruyu wanted to borrow from Qingzhou and mobilize the Wuhu army, Yi Hanwen would most likely agree. At that time, the East China Sea was not only guarding against the attack of the Wuhu Army from the sea, but also the defense line of the entire northern border could not be relaxed.

Chen thought that Xu Ruyu and Yi Hanwen had a grudge against each other to kill their father, but now they came together to seek the East China Sea, and they smiled bitterly on their faces. Recalling the past events of the Chen family's outward expansion over the past few years, he sighed secretly: The Chen family expanded outward, but in the end it was Zhang Jidao who benefited. Glancing at the Great Seal of the Governor of the East China Sea on the desk, he said secretly: Can handing this over to him can restore the decline of the Chen family? However, at this time, there was no longer any possibility of harmonious coexistence with Jiang Ning.

Chen precurled his fingers and kowtowed, as if to drive away the mixed thoughts in his mind, and said softly: "If Jiang Ning wants to encroach on the East China Sea, most of the Wuhu army will not be dispatched; If Xu Ruyu is confident that he will capture the entire East China Sea in one fell swoop, then the Wuhu Army will inevitably dispatch and choose a gap between Pengcheng, Suining, Bayang, and Haizhou to penetrate directly into the depth of the East China Sea, without considering the way back, until it joins the army from Yongyang and Baishi, but may look for an opportunity to fight our army in the territory of Biling. ”

Liu Zhaoyu sighed: "If Xu Ruyu wants to swallow the East China Sea, the East China Sea will win, and his vitality will be greatly damaged." ”

Uncle Chang said: "At this time, the East China Sea has concentrated all its forces to fight a decisive battle with it in the south. ”

Chen Yu shook his head and said: "Xu Ruyu will not give Donghai such an opportunity, when, where and how to launch a campaign, it is all under the control of Jiangning, and we can only find fighters when Jiangning's main force penetrates deeply." Xu Ruyu returned from Youji, and the deployments he made were all aimed at the East China Sea, and the situation in the East China Sea at this time was no less critical than the crisis in the East China Sea back then. However, when Xu Ruyu relieved the crisis in the East China Sea, who can he treat at this time? The only person in the East China Sea who can compete with Xu Ruyu, Zhang Jidao is also alone, so he should urge him to quickly lead the troops. ”

The eldest uncle listened to his tone, and his resentment against Zhang Jidao was still deep, and he didn't know how to persuade him, worried about the current situation, buried his head in the topographic map of Donghai Fuyi, and said nothing.

Liu Zhaoyu sighed secretly, the East China Sea fell into a crisis at this time, the external was caused by Xu Ruyu, and the internal Zhang Jidao was inseparable. instigated Wan Rong to rebel from Yongyang and encroach on Longyouyi; Last year, he took advantage of the danger to besiege Pengcheng and trap the main force of the Yi people in the south of Qingzhou, making Hulan's invasion of Youji a dead end that could not be solved by iron nails, both of which were planned by Zhang Jidao behind the scenes, and Xu Ruyu's assassination in the Northern Tang Dynasty, Zhang Jidao had a suspicion that could not be washed away. It was probably these events that made the relationship between Jiangning and Wanling completely deteriorate.

When everything was a foregone conclusion, he realized that Zhang Jidao was already full-fledged, and the support he received within the Chen clan was not weaker than Chen Yu. Chen Zhen had no choice but to accept the expedient measures proposed by Zhang Jidao and join forces to resist the imminent invasion of Jiangning.

The rutted chakra, like the dragon's baggage convoy slowly drove in the countryside between the two cities of Biling and Xinfeng, in the front of the convoy, thousands of elite horsemen raised the dust in the sky, the sound of hooves, gradually disappeared, the dust and smoke rose and dispersed, when looking up again, it was mixed with the clouds in the sky.

Since the conquest of Pengcheng, Zhang Jidao's personal reputation has been high, and Chen Jingzong's death has allowed him to smoothly extend his tentacles into every corner of the army on the northern front, and take the most elite 80,000 male soldiers in the East China Sea into his hands. These 80,000 elites are all the Yuzha battalion army that was restructured when Xu Ruyu first arrived in Wanling, including 70,000 foot battalions and 10,000 cavalry battalions. In that year, Chen Ang led 5,000 elite cavalry to attack 80,000 pirates in Puji, chasing and killing for more than 100 miles, killing only a few thousand remnants of Gongliang Youqin. Such an elite cavalry battalion is now also under Zhang Jidao's control.

Zhang Jidao stopped his horse and looked up at the vast land of Wanling in the north. In fact, when Chen pre-agreed to the march route of the northern army through Zedang, Xinfeng, Biling, and Yiyang, he had already handed over control of Donghai County to Zhang Jidao.

Wan Rong rode his horse to catch up from behind, and looked at Zhang Jidao's gaze, only to see the four fields vast and light clouds.

At the beginning, Chen Pre transferred Wan Rong's department to the northern line, but it was under pressure from Jiang Ning. By bringing Wan Rong over, Zhang Jidao was able to truly obtain the decision-making position of military affairs on the northern front and take a big step towards the highest position of power in the East China Sea. Zhang Jidao knew that Xu Ruyu forced Chen to transfer Wan Rong's subordinates to the northern line of the East China Sea, and knew that Wan Rong was Xu Ruyu's bait, but Zhang Jidao still swallowed it without hesitation.

When he learned that Xu Ruyu was going north alone, Zhang Jidao revealed the news without hesitation. When the news of Li Sixun's failure, Zhang Jidao knew that there was no such opportunity, so he instigated Chen to pour the power of the whole county into Qingzhou, pushing the Chen family and himself to the opposite side of Xu Ruyu, and there was no room for relief, while Zhang Jidao himself accelerated his seizure of power and coveted the position of governor of the East China Sea.

It is also natural for Xu Ruyu to launch an offensive at a time when the East China Sea is in the hands of power and internal instability. Recently, the continuous influx of displaced people into the East China Sea has further increased the internal turmoil in the East China Sea.

For a year, Zhang Jidao has been committed to the siege of Pengcheng, and he is also helpless in the face of the surging homeless. The road south of Linhuai was congested with displaced people, and the army wanted to move south from Linhuai, and the speed was very slow, which also made it logical for Zhang Jidao to lead the army from the central region of the East China Sea to pass, and it was logical to hold the control of the central part of the East China Sea in his hands.

Zhang Jidao secretly thought: With the passage of time, the land on the east bank of Jinshui will gather more and more displaced people, and Xu Ruyu will lead the troops to avoid that route, right?

Wan Rong saw Zhang Jidao's face change suddenly, and he didn't know what he was thinking about, so he coughed lightly and said, "I said earlier that Xu Ruyu is a wolf, and his greedy eyes have been fixed on the East China Sea. Xu Ruyu returned to Jiangning at the end of spring, but first went to Zhenhai to inspect, and from then on, I vaguely felt that something was wrong. Jiangning's two camps on the north bank of the river, one in Cuiping Mountain and the other in Guangling, what did they do in Zhenhai first? ”

Zhang Jidao smiled slightly and said, "It makes sense that he went to Zhenhai to welcome the Cai clan of his mother clan to the south. ”

Wan Rong took a sip and said, "If he has the heart of reverence and respect for the elderly, how can Chen Yu have such a headache?" But the commander saw it thoroughly and ordered a thorough investigation of all abnormalities in Zhenhai, otherwise he would not know that Xu Ruyu had ordered Zhong Ji, Di Gongda, and Ning Yueshan to secretly prepare grain, grass and ordnance in Hailing as early as the turn of spring and summer. ”

Zhang Jidao shook his head and said: "It has not been long since Xu Ruyu crossed the river, and the offensive has not been fully deployed, so it is too early to say that Jiangning's main attack direction is on the East Road. ”

Wan Rong said: "Chen is urging very urgently, do you want to let the sons and daughters take a step?" Chen was worried that Xu Ruyu would order the Wuhu army to go south from Qingzhou, leaving only Chu Wenchang to unify the troops and horses on the northern line, is it unsafe? ”

"Wuhu Army?" Zhang Jidao looked at the vast sky, "The Wuhu Army is going south, there are fewer troops, and they can't break through the defense line in the north, and there are more troops, how can Xu Ruyu be willing to give up the strategic place of Wuhu?" Xu Ruyu would rather work harder, and easily give up the chess piece against the Hulan people. The slightly gloomy and gradually fanatical eyes are like stars shining with cold light in the deep twilight, "Xu Ruyu, Xu Ruyu, you want to dominate the world, but you first have to trample on the corpse of the deceased, will you still have no flaws at that time?" ”

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