Ruian listened to Xiong Lai's words and pondered for a while, "The Jiangnan Daying Water Division has always been ranked at the back of the four major water divisions, the imperial court has attached much more importance to shipping than Cao Yun over the years, and the Jiangnan Daying Water Division has also been not taken seriously, this time is the best time for us to express Xiàn, but the Jiangnan Daying Water Division alone is not enough, the Xizhou general of the imperial court only has 10,000 garrison soldiers under the Xizhou general, those garrison soldiers, usually farming is okay, once the war is not good at all, so the 20,000 battalion soldiers of the Jiangnan Daying water and land may be sent to the front, Even if it is the provincial government soldiers, some may be transferred."

"My lord, there are only 10,000 soldiers in our province, and there is still a part of the shortage, if the imperial court also wants to recruit and transfer, then the troops in the province will be empty." Admiral Sun Tao on the side reminded in time.

"I also know this, but the imperial court has always tended to transfer troops from our four Jianghuai provinces to the west, and our Jiangnan Province is the nearest province, so we can't avoid it at all. Although the official documents of the Ministry of War did not explicitly state it, they also asked us to be ready to be transferred at any time. Ryan said helplessly.

"Those guys in the military department, every time the military supplies of the government soldiers are not full, they think of us when they are fighting." Sun Tao complained with some dissatisfaction on the side.

"Don't mention the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, these are not the masters we can afford to provoke, it is said that they even dare to withhold the military quarters of the infantry commander Yamen, let alone us." Xiong Lai on the side immediately changed the topic and said.

"If you haven't fought for a long time, those people in the military department have long been thinking about how to lead the troops, and it is already very good if you don't deduct your military salary. My lord, I think it's better to go to the capital and have a good time. You Junshan said.

Ryan didn't answer immediately after hearing this, but looked at the sand table in front of him, and then slowly spoke, "If the imperial court decides to conquer Miao Jiang this time, it will definitely be different from the usual bandits, and Xizhou City is definitely an extremely difficult bone to gnaw." The Xizhou garrison army of the imperial court has long become an ornament, and we still have to supply the grain and grass every year, so they can't count on it at all. ”

Ryan's voice gradually became stern, and everyone in the room turned their eyes to him, and then he continued: "If they can't count on it, then they can only rely on our Jiangnan battalion and government soldiers. It's just that the four provinces of Miaojiang have a vast territory, and the naval division can only go up the river, so if you go deep into Miaojiang, the 10,000 infantry troops of the Jiangnan battalion are absolutely not enough, and the troops in the northwest will not be transferred, so the troops will be drawn from the other three provinces of Jianghuai, but it is estimated that it is mainly based on government soldiers, and with the government soldiers of our province, we can gather an army of 70,000 or 80,000 people. ”

Ryan's speed of speech began to become faster, "It's just that if the transfer is excessive, once there is an accident within the four provinces, there will be no emergency troops at all, and if the war in Miaojiang drags on for a long time, this will be the biggest trouble in our province." ”

As Ryan's voice fell, Xiong Lai and the others began to talk about it, this time the military and political pre-war meeting still had no valuable results, Ryan didn't feel a little annoyed, but this can't be blamed on his subordinates, the court is slow to make up its mind, which is the biggest problem now.

It's been almost three months since Ryan came to Huzhou City, and Ryan has been here since Kang Qincha arrived in Huzhou. It's just that the weather has changed from midsummer to late autumn, but the imperial court has not yet made a clear conclusion on whether to send troops.

When Kang Qincha's death first came to Huzhou, Ruian thought that the imperial court would immediately send troops to recruit Miaojiang, so he gathered all the officials of the province above the third rank in Huzhou, and held such a discussion every two days.

Originally, he thought that the new Qincha or the general would come soon, but now there is still no trace, and Ruian even has some doubts about whether the imperial court really wants to implement the reform of the land and return to the river in Miaojiang.

It's just that at this time, Jiangnan Province, the whole province, more than 100 officials, large and small, are looking forward to taking a little credit in this undoubtedly victorious war against Miaojiang, and Ruian naturally has such an idea, but Ruian witnessed the cruelty of the war when he was a child, but everyone else is on paper.

But the court's repeated delays made Ryan gradually feel that if he couldn't make up his mind, he would simply not fight.

In such a situation like today, it is difficult to unify the morale of the army, and even if the imperial court quickly dispatches 100,000 troops, the daily consumption is amazing, and its own Jiangnan Province will definitely bear the brunt and be assigned more grain collection tasks.

Ryan is not as optimistic about the prospects of this war as his subordinates, so he has repeatedly urged his subordinates to pay close attention to training, but the generals below are all thinking of upgrading their combat achievements.

Ryan didn't know what to say, although he was the governor of a province, but the people in the house at this time were all from the third grade or from the third grade, only one level lower than him, and he had to rely on them to fight.

The same distress as Ruian is also being staged in the Jiangbei battalion, and the governor here is also thinking about how to fight for a good position as the commander of the army, but he is suffering from the fact that the Jiangbei battalion has no naval division, only 20,000 infantry troops, so it has no advantage over the Jiangnan battalion.

Peng Shan looked at the information sent from the surrounding provinces in his room, and carefully analyzed the most likely candidates to lead troops and the route of marching troops.

Peng's Tusi has limited troops, and it is impossible to divide troops to defend it, so it can only stick to Xizhou, but if it blindly defends, it will only make morale more and more low, and it will not be able to hold out until the time of withdrawal, so at the beginning of the war, it is best to make a sudden attack and catch the court off guard.

Peng Shan chose two targets, one is the garrison army outside Xizhou City, which is claimed to be 10,000 people, according to the detailed investigation of his side for many years, the combat soldiers who can participate in the battle of this garrison army are only 6,000 people, and the training of these people is not enough, although the soldiers of many tribes in Miao Xinjiang also have the same situation, but the Peng Tusi of Xizhou learned the method of setting up battalions and government soldiers in the imperial court, and still retained an elite of 5,000 people.

Although it is not a heavy cavalry, the mobility of the light cavalry is just right for the mountainous areas of Miaojiang.

At this time, Peng Shan was calculating how to use his five thousand light cavalry to quickly eat the garrison army in Xizhou, so that he could also supplement the food supply in Xizhou City.

At this time, Xizhou has not seen the movement of the large-scale army assembly of the imperial court, but the garrison army in Xizhou has obviously strengthened its vigilance, Peng Shan looked at the intelligence of the Jiangnan battalion and the Jiangbei battalion one by one, these two battalions are basically the conquest of Miaojiang, especially the main force of Xizhou, with a full 30,000 infantry army and 10,000 water divisions, which has exceeded the entire strength of Peng's Tusi.

If you shoot fast enough, you can take advantage of the fact that these two groups of people have not arrived at the periphery of Xizhou to eat the Xizhou garrison first, but all kinds of signs show that the imperial court seems to have made up its mind to send troops, after all, its own side is still a courtier, and it can't attack the garrison army first, so it is very passive strategically.

Peng Shan wanted to ask Xiao Yao's opinion again, but the relationship between Xiao Yao and Dewey made him a little worried. pushed away the piles of copywriting on the table, and then came out of the palace and walked to the inn where Xiao Yao was.

When Peng Shan came to Xiao Yao's room, Xiao Yao was tidying up his things.

"Brother Xiao, are you preparing to evacuate Xizhou?" Peng Shan immediately asked.

"The little prince is still in the mood to come to me at this time, it seems that the situation has not been bad enough to be the most dangerous." Xiao Yao didn't answer his question directly and continued to pack his things.

"Brother Xiao, are you really planning to leave Miao Jiang?" Peng Shan still decided to get straight to the point.

"Little prince, you misunderstood, I plan to enter the hinterland of Miaojiang again." Xiao Yao returned to Pengshan's question this time.

"Do you think Xizhou can't hold it? Want to evacuate early? Peng Shan wanted to ask what was going on.

"Little prince, I'm going to help you find rescuers, otherwise Xizhou will really be unable to hold it soon, what will you do?" Xiao Yao asked rhetorically.

"Rescuers, what other rescuers are there in this Miaojiang?" Peng Shan seemed a little anxious.

"Little prince, there are rescuers, you will know when the time comes. It's just that in the beginning, it's up to you to persevere. Otherwise, even if the rescuers come, it will not help. Xiao Yao said slowly.

"Are you going to Phoenix Mountain?" Peng Shan finally figured out what Xiao Yao meant.

"The current Miao Jiang is a plate of scattered sand, so there must be someone who will put up a banner to gather everyone, except for the Witch God Temple, who else can there be?" Xiao Yao asked rhetorically.

"Brother Xiao, why are you willing to help Miao Jiang like this?" Peng Shan finally asked the biggest question in his heart.

"I just don't like war, but I can't stop the ambitions of those people, so I have to do what I can for you. How can you be as good as you want, but please be worthy of my heart. Xiao Yao said very calmly.

"Is it also because of Kangqin's poor relationship that you will help us so much?" Peng Shan began to expose Xiao Yao's original intentions.

Xiao Yao looked at Peng Shan, neither denying nor admitting, "These are not important, what matters is what I can do, what I will do." If the imperial army's army will come outside Xizhou in ten days, what are you going to do? ”

"Xizhou is the home of our Peng Toast for thousands of years, and we still have a little family background, I believe that even if the forbidden army of the imperial court comes, it will not be broken so quickly." Peng Shan said very confidently.

"The forbidden army is not terrible, and the battalion soldiers are not terrible, but if you are transferred from Xichuan to the border army. Then it's really scary. Xiao Yao nodded at Peng Shan.

"The border army in the northwest will not be transferred in lightly, even so, Miao Jiang is already overwhelmed by the heavy troops, so Xiao Wang came here to ask for advice." Peng Shan began to talk about the purpose of the second visit.

"Don't dare to be, in fact, I don't want Xizhou City to break." Xiao Yao replied.

"How to fight against the two elite soldiers of the Jiangnan battalion and the Jiangbei battalion?" Peng Shan no longer beat around the bush and asked the most pressing questions directly.