Before Emperor Wu Jin left, Su Han specially instructed him that Bai Miao'er was her former close friend, let him treat him well, and not be bullied by the sergeant, Wu Jin also knew that Bai Miao'er was Bai Mingkai's only daughter, and he could get in touch with Bai Mingkai through her.

Wu Jin hurriedly put his hands on the throne, "Madame, please, I don't mean to hurt Madame, the princess specially instructed me to treat Madame well, I will naturally treat Madame with courtesy, please Madame live in the mansion with peace of mind, no one will disturb Madame." ”

Huangfu Wujin saw that she was thin and weak, and he was very sympathetic in his heart, and turned back and ordered: "Give Mrs. Bai 1,000 taels of silver every month, and don't be lazy." ”

Bai Miao'er heard that the prince even thought of his own flattery, and remembered that her husband was vicious and ruthless, she couldn't help crying and thanked: "Thank you, Your Highness, Bai Miao'er is grateful." ”

"No thanks, my wife may come to visit her in two days, so you can have a good chat then!"

Huangfu Wujin comforted her a few words, then withdrew from the mansion and said to a few soldiers: "You must protect your life, and you are not allowed to disturb any idlers, nor are you allowed to interfere with the freedom of your wife!" ”

Several soldiers immediately saluted, "Yes!" ”

Huangfu Wujin turned over and got on the horse, he remembered something again, so he asked Sun Jianhong: "What about Shen Yuan?" Did you catch it? ”

Shen Yuan is the assassin of Guangling County, and the official office is in Jiangdu City, and he is the target of Huangfu Wujin's key want, Sun Jianhong hurriedly said: "I have been caught and imprisoned in the county office." ”

"Very good, escort him to Jiangning Mansion and lock him up with Shen Qiwu and them, and in addition, order the officials of Guangling County and Jiangdu County to come to see me together!"

．．．．．．．． Two days later, the Chuzhou fleet arrived at the Huai River along the Jiangdu Canal, which was the dividing line between Guangling County and Pengcheng and Xiapi counties, and one of the main purposes of Huangfu Wujin to seize Guangling County was also to win a strategic buffer zone for Jiangning Province, and to push the defense north to the line of the Huai River, which was undoubtedly the most ideal strategy.

According to this line of thinking, Huangfu Wujin prepared to regularize the recruited reserve army, of which 80,000 plus 60,000 troops surrendered and captured, a total of 140,000 troops, divided into three armies, deployed in the three counties of Guangling, Zhongli and Shouchun, of which the Jiangdu Army was the most, deploying 80,000 troops, and deploying 10,000 Shuyang troops near Dongxilian Island as a defense of the harbor.

The fleet is moored next to the Huaihe River Bridge, which is located about 50 miles west of the outlet of the Jiangdu Canal, which is also the narrowest section of the entire Huaihe River Basin, and more importantly, there is an island in the middle of the river, through which the island is relayed, and the Huaihe River has erected two long wooden bridges from both sides of the island in the middle of the river, making it extremely convenient for the people and the army to cross the river.

It can be said that without these two wooden bridges, the battle of Jiangdu, the handsome army of Huangfu would have been annihilated.

Huangfu Wujin stared at these two wooden bridges for a long time, and then said to Sun Jianhong: "These two wooden bridges will be demolished immediately, and the ferry crossing will be resumed for the time being, and the wooden bridges will be rebuilt in the future." ”

"But it will be very inconvenient for people to cross the river, so we might as well build it into a pontoon bridge." Sun Jianhong whispered admonishment.

"No way!"

Huangfu Wujin decisively vetoed, and said in a non-negotiable tone: "The pontoon bridge can't be built, it can only be ferried, and it's inconvenient for a few years, you are a soldier, the first thing to consider is the interests of the army, and the others have nothing to do with you, so you don't have to think too much." ”

Sun Jianhong could only nod, and then Huangfu Wujin pointed to the small island in the middle of the river and said: "Build a fort on a small island in the river and place a few mortars to prevent the enemy from building a pontoon bridge here in the future." ”

"Yes! Humble duty understood. ”

Huangfu Wujin knew that he was born poor, and he always paid more attention to the feelings of the lower classes, and he restrained him with military orders, although he abided by military orders, but he may not be able to approve in his heart, Huangfu Wujin had high expectations for Sun Jianhong, and always hoped that he could grow up as soon as possible and become a general who stood alone.

He patted Sun Jianhong on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I can understand your feelings, in fact, if you think about it again, there are not many ordinary people who really need to cross the river, they visit relatives and friends, only once or twice a year, and mainly businessmen and the army use more, for businessmen, I think the ferry can fully meet their requirements, but it takes a little time and money, the key is that the army has the greatest impact, this is exactly what we need to be guarded against, we have enough boats, our army crossing the river is not a problem, and it is inconvenient for the enemy army to go south, Even if you say that the bridge is not usually demolished, and it will be demolished when there is danger, have you thought about it, Huangfu Yingjun set up five beacon towers at the mouth of the canal, and which beacon tower worked? So we can't take this risk, everything has pros and cons, you, as the chief general of Jiangdu, have to learn to weigh the pros and cons, you have to weigh yourself, whether to demolish this bridge or not? ”

Sun Jianhong lowered his head a little ashamedly, and after a while, he raised his head and said: "Your Highness, I understand that keeping this bridge will do more harm than good to us, and it must be demolished." ”

What Huangfu Wujin wants is that he understands this truth, that is, he wants to understand that there is no such thing as both, there are advantages and disadvantages, and he must learn to master and analyze the pros and cons.

He smiled and said: "I will leave the defense deployment of the Jiangdu section of the Huaihe River Basin to you, I hope you will consider every detail, make full use of the advantages of our warships and artillery, and build the defense of the Huaihe River into a solid one, you can now bring someone to inspect it yourself, and after half a month, you submit a detailed report to me." ”

Huangfu Wujin's army did not stop at Guangling County, his army continued to expand westward, and soon occupied Zhongli County and Shouchun County, the army then went south and forced Lujiang County, while another army of 80,000 people under the leadership of the general Zhang Yannian divided the troops into two routes, all the way into Liyang County, all the way into Xuancheng County, and the three armies converged on Lujiang County.

In Lujiang County, Uncle Shen's 80,000 white-clothed troops are gathering and preparing to withdraw west to Shuzhou.

．．．．．．．． At the same time when Huangfu Wujin began to consolidate Chuzhou, the king of Qi, Huangfu Xin, also appeared in Lu County with thousands of troops, since Huangfu Xuande fainted for the first time, Huangfu Yuan fled back to Qizhou in panic, he began to accelerate the recruitment of troops.

In fact, since five years ago, Huangfu has adopted the same methods as Huangfu Wujin, in order to prevent the Japanese from using the pretext of implementing the militia system along the coast, and has successively recruited 100,000 militia soldiers, half of which are borne by the imperial court, and the other half by him.

Not only is this 100,000 reserve militia group, he also has 50,000 guards approved by the imperial court, in fact, the private army he controls is 150,000, plus the 300,000 Qizhou army that his father-in-law Qi Qingjiedu made Luo Wei master, the total number of troops he can control is 450,000, which is also the confidence that Huangfu has always wanted to win the throne.

The death of his father, the two emperors stand side by side, this is the most coveted situation of the emperor, his opportunity came, the emperor stood on a small hill under the Zou Mountain, staring at the southern Pengcheng County, pondering for a long time.

Accompanying Huangfu to inspect was his father-in-law Qi Qingjiedu envoy Luo Wei, Luo Wei is about 50 years old this year, tall and thin, with a grim look, he has three daughters and a son, the eldest daughter Qifeng married Huangfu Yuan as the princess of Qi, the only son Luo Qiyu escaped death in a political storm last year, and was sentenced to exile to Lingnan for life, but in fact, he only stayed in Lingnan for a month, and then left Lingnan in the form of a substitute to cheat death, and returned to Qizhou.

He is now a Gaomi general under the Qizhou army, with 50,000 troops in charge, and at this time he is standing behind Huangfu Yuan with several other generals, but his appearance has changed a lot compared with that in the capital, he has become like his father, thin and tall, his eyes are as cold as a wolf, and after a tempering in Lingnan, he has become extremely silent.

Luo Wei saw that Huangfu had been silent, so he said slowly: "According to the latest information, after Huangfu Yingjun fled back to Pengjun, his troops were less than 10,000 people, if His Highness wants to capture Pengjun, it can be said that it is easy, I can guarantee that Pengjun will be captured within two days." ”

Huangfu was silent for a moment before he said to Luo Wei: "Dashuai, have you considered why Huangfu Wujin didn't pursue Huangfu Yingjun and let him go back to Pengjun?" ”

Luo Wei discussed this issue with the generals, and he smiled and said: "It should be that Huangfu Wujin doesn't want to directly border us, and he doesn't want to fight with us yet." ”

"Here's the problem, do we want to fight him?" Huangfu glanced at Luo Wei.

Luo Wei groaned and said: "Frankly speaking, I don't want to, Huangfu Wujin's naval army is very strong, he got more than 200,000 Chuzhou troops and 150,000 militia groups recruited by himself, and the army in his hands is also close to 400,000, which is comparable to our strength, and we can't take advantage of him, it is better to attack Yuzhou directly, what does Your Highness think?" ”

"I agree with half of your opinion, don't fight with Chuzhou for the time being, this is also my idea, so I don't think I will attack Pengcheng County for the time being, but I don't agree with Yuzhou."

Huangfu turned his horse's head, he stared at the north, and said lightly: "According to my train of thought, I think I should take Youzhou first." ”

"Did His Highness decide to take King Zhao first?" A surprise flashed in Luo Fu's eyes, the hero saw the same thing, fighting Yuzhou was only relative to Chuzhou, when the two emperors were standing side by side, he immediately thought of going north to Youzhou,.

Youzhou is the Hebei region, since ancient times and Qizhou as one, as early as five years ago, the king of Qi sent a large number of spies to spread Youzhou, they to do business as a cover, from all angles to explore the strength of the king of Zhao, to explore the distribution of Hebei troops, after five years of efforts, the king of Qi has already mastered all the information of the Hebei army in detail, and sent people into the Hebei army.

Huang Fu Chen smiled slightly: "King Zhao's ability is really not good, he has been operating in Hebei for so many years, he has never been able to control the Hebei army, I just got the news, Hebei 200,000 troops have been under the will of Huang Fu Heng to go south, now Hebei is empty, only King Zhao's 50,000 guards and loyal to his 50,000 Hebei army, he has a total of only 100,000 people, I heard that he is now recruiting troops, but it's too late." ”

Huangfu turned back to everyone and said, "I have decided to immediately send troops and march to Hebei!" ”

(To be continued)