Chapter 250: On the Eve of the Outbreak of War (2)
I'm ashamed, I fell asleep after taking a nap, and it's past the time to send the book, sorry! ——
Three months ago, in order to attack Youzhou, the king of Qi moved the state of Qizhou to Jinan Province, which is close to the Yellow River, and built a large number of warehouses in Zhu'a County along the Yellow River.
In order to attack Yuzhou, the emperor of Qi has made careful arrangements, he mobilized nearly 400 warships of the Qizhou naval army to anchor on the water surface of the Yellow River in Zhu'a County, to transport logistics baggage by water, accumulate millions of stones of grain, and mobilize 300,000 troops from Qizhou and Youzhou to gather in Qi County.
For more than a month, Huangfu spent more than a month in the fierce soldiers, personally training the sergeants during the day, and reading the military books hard at night, and his wife and concubine did not touch it again, which made Luo Qifeng, the princess of Qi, very happy, and at night, she personally stewed two bowls of white fungus bird's nest porridge and went to her husband's study.
In the study, Huang Fu was discussing with the main general Luo Wei about attacking Yuzhou, Luo Wei was also Huang Fu's father-in-law, he was cautious, and he had reservations about Huang Fu Yuan's response to Yongzhou's joint attack on Luojing, and he was more worried about Chuzhou in the south.
"Your Highness, I have heard that the Chuzhou Navy used a new type of firearm when attacking Jiangdu, which is very powerful, I am very worried that once we attack Yuzhou, Huangfu Wujin will take advantage of the situation to attack Qizhou, Your Highness, be cautious!"
Luo Wei's worries Huang Fu understood in his heart, but he had his own considerations, there were risks in doing anything, and if he was afraid of the risks and didn't dare to do it, he would end up with nothing.
Huangfu walked to the map, picked up the wooden pole and pointed to the Lingnan area south of Chuzhou, "General, please don't worry, I have received a letter from Tan Ju, Huangfu Wujin is now attacking Guangzhou on a large scale, he has consolidated his control over Chuzhou, it is the time to expand outward, the reason why he left Pengcheng and Xiapi counties not to fight, is that he has scruples about Qizhou, from this point of view, he is not considering attacking Qizhou for the time being, I also think that he will take Guangzhou first and consolidate the south. ”
Speaking of this, he pointed the wooden pole to Jingzhou again, and said with a slight smile: "Even if he takes Guangzhou, his next goal is to take Jingzhou, I understand his strategy, he is going to take advantage of the three heroes in the north to compete for hegemony, and there is no time to look south, quickly control the entire south of the Yangtze River, occupy half of the country, and then go on a northern expedition, if it were me, I would also choose such a strategy, which is very realistic, so the general will not worry about him taking Qizhou at all, but Huang Fuheng should be worried that he will take the opportunity to seize Jingzhou, you see that he is stationed troops and grain in the east of Poyang Lake, Close to Jingzhou and Guangzhou, this position is a bit delicate, does the general see it? ”
Luo Wei looked at Poyang County pointed to by Luo Fu's wooden pole, it was really by Poyang Lake, and Yuzhang County was Yuzhang County to the west across Poyang Lake, and Poyang Lake could enter the Yangtze River and go straight into the hinterland of Jingzhou, which was really a good move to seize Jingzhou, and he couldn't help but nodded.
"I think it's an excuse for him to attack Guangzhou, his real purpose should be to take Jingzhou in the west, take Jingzhou, Guangzhou is in the bag, yes, if it were me, I would also take Jingzhou first, and connect Jingchu into a piece, this is the strategy of the Eastern Wu of the Three Kingdoms."
Huangfu saw that Luo Wei finally understood his explanation, he was relieved, and said with a smile: "So this time I personally led the army to attack Yuzhou, and I also thought twice, not for the invitation of Yongzhou, the general also knows that we have 600,000 troops in Qizhou, and it is difficult for the people of Qiyou and Youzhou to afford it alone, so I must control more states and counties, Luojing is west of Yuzhou, and the army of Yongzhou will inevitably be intercepted on the Luojing line, so that the hinterland of the Central Plains east of Luojing will be empty, and I will move westward, The entire east of Luojing will inevitably become my territory, which is of great significance to alleviate my food pressure. ”
Luo Wei was finally convinced, he nodded convincingly and smiled: "Then I will guard Qizhou, so be it!" ”
"Yes!" Huangfu smiled and said: "I led 300,000 troops to the west, leaving 100,000 troops to guard Youzhou, and 200,000 troops to the general to guard Qizhou, I suggest that the general can also take advantage of the situation to take Pengcheng and Xiapi two counties, and push the Qi realm to the Huai River line, after all, these two counties are also the territory of Yuzhou, take it, Huangfu Wujin has no idea, he has no time to take care of it, the general can let go." ”
Luo Wei is a native of Pengcheng County, and he agrees very much with the recapture of Pengcheng County, so he happily said: "I agree with this plan, originally Pengcheng and Xiapi have been the boundary of Qizhou since the founding of the country, and the king of Chu ascended the throne forty years ago, favoring Chuzhou, so these two counties were assigned to Chuzhou, and the two states of Qi and Chu should be bounded by the Huai River." ”
In fact, the ownership of Pengcheng and Xiapi counties is closely related to the direction of the Yellow River, this emperor Fu Yuan didn't want to say more, as soon as he turned around and saw the princess appear at the door, he smiled and said: "The princess is here to send supper, let's take a rest!" ”
Luo Wei realized that it was very late, and hurriedly apologized: "It's too late, I'll leave." He said to his daughter Luo Qifeng: "Qifeng, don't ask about your brother's affairs, after all, he is a general in the army and should obey military orders." ”
Luo Qifeng walked in with a smile, "What is my father talking about, when did I interfere in military affairs, I was afraid that he would miss the prince's major affairs, I don't know who he is?" ”
They are talking about Luo Qiyu, Luo Qiyu's only son, and the emperor appointed him as the pioneer of the Western Expedition, which made the princess Luo Qifeng a little reluctant, the Luo family is such an only son, if something happens in the battle, what can I do?
Luo Wei was helpless against his daughter, so he had to smile and say, "I don't care, you can discuss it yourself!" I'll go first. ”
"Father will leave after drinking white fungus porridge!"
Luo Wei picked up a bowl of white fungus porridge and drank it all before he said goodbye.
"Does Your Highness really want my brother to be a vanguard general?" Luo Qifeng put a bowl of bird's nest white fungus porridge in front of her husband and asked worriedly.
Huang Fu took the bowl and sucked it carefully, then smiled unhurriedly: "Does the princess think he will be in any danger?" ”
"But the vanguard is going to fight after all, I'm worried that he will miss the prince's big event, although he has suffered a major setback, he has reined in a lot, but he still doesn't know anything in his bones, I know him better than anyone else."
Huangfu was trying to win over the Luo family, so he gave Luo Qiyu a chance to improve, but in fact, he was more or less worried about letting Luo Qiyu be the vanguard.
He pondered for a moment, then smiled, "So be it! Let him be the pioneer to Xingyang County, and then I will promote him and then change the vanguard, how about this? ”
Luo Qifeng thought about it, so there should be no danger, she smiled and said, "That's okay, I agree." ”
Today, Huang Fuxi was in a good mood, he also understood the purpose of the princess coming to find him, since it was late, he also wanted to rest, so he took the princess's hand and smiled: "Let's go!" We rested. ”
Luo Qifeng smiled, then took her husband's hand and walked out the door.
........ After half a month of sailing, the Chuzhou Navy Expeditionary Force composed of 800 warships finally arrived at Baisha Island, Baisha Island has been officially renamed Jin'an Island, the small county on the island is called Jin'an County, the entire island is under the jurisdiction of Jin'an County, belonging to Donghai County, from here to Qizhou There are still ten days of sea journey, but here is far away from the offshore route, it is not easy to be discovered, attacking Qizhou from here, there will be a surprise attack effect. It has been more than half a year since Chuzhou occupied Jin'an Island, and there have been many changes on the island, the most obvious change is that hundreds of large warehouses have been built near the wharf, which are full of grain and various military supplies, in addition, the island also raises more than 10,000 war horses and hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, which are all preparations for the attack on Qizhou.
At present, there are 30,000 troops stationed on the island, more than 200 warships, led by the general Zhou Yanbao, and the arrival of the main force of the Chuzhou naval army, which makes Jin'an Island extremely happy, and thousands of county people help the old and the young, and rush to the sea to look at the thousands of sails on the sea.
Huangfu Wujin's ship slowly docked at the dock, Wujin stepped off the big ship, and set foot on this overseas land again, Zhou Yanbao and the county commander Lu Qianyun greeted him, Zhou Yanbao was so excited that he half-knelt and saluted, "Humble Zhou Yanbao see His Highness!" ”
"General Zhou, please get up! Please! ”
Huangfu Wujin hurriedly helped him up, he looked at the county commander Lu Qianyun again, and felt that he was fatter than last time, and his complexion was also ruddy, it was estimated that he was doing well, and Lu Qianyun also hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, "Humble Lu Qianyun See Your Highness." ”
Huangfu Wujin nodded, and patted Zhou Yanbao's shoulder again, "You go and arrange the army first, and then I will talk to you about military affairs." ”
Zhou Yanbao saluted, and immediately went to arrange for the brigade to go ashore immediately, and Huangfu Wujin turned over and followed Lu Qianyun to the county seat.
Jin'an County is very small, the city wall is low, the city is only five miles in radius, there are more than 1,000 households in the county, of which seventy percent of the residents are Han people, the rest of the Silla people, the local natives and the local people each account for one percent, the residents in the city basically rely on farming and fishing for a living, but after the Chuzhou army began to build warehouses on a large scale, they rushed to work and earn a salary.
The last time Huangfu Wujin came to the county seat once, the city was full of dilapidated and low black houses, and now it has changed a lot, almost half of the black houses have been demolished, new houses have been built, and many new houses are being built.
Wu Jin stood on the city wall, looked at the busy residents at the city gate, and asked with a smile, "Have you investigated?" How many people are willing to return to their hometowns? ”
"Back to His Royal Highness, at first most of them wanted to go back, and then His Highness promised to be exempt from taxes for 30 years, and it became that most people don't want to go back, His Highness looks at the newly built houses, there are already more than seventy percent, and these residents who build new houses are unwilling to go back, but most of them want to go back to their hometowns to have a look."
Lu Qianyun sighed softly, "The main reason is that the income is too low, and I can only barely make a living by growing grain and fishing, and I have to find a way to find some ways to make money for the people." ”
Lu Qianyun actually had a feeling, he had a lot of ideas, the key was to get the nod of His Royal Highness King Liang, he knew that His Royal Highness King Liang wanted the residents of the island to live in peace, so he wanted to take this opportunity to fight for a way for the residents.
Huangfu Wujin understood what he meant, so he smiled and said: "If you have any requirements, you can say it directly, only if it is reasonable, I will consider it." ”
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(To be continued)