Pan Zhang's complaint is just a matter of habit, in fact, he knows that Xu Shu is not idle at all, on the contrary, he is very busy now.

Although the organization and coordination of the retreating team were Han Xian, Yang Feng, and Pei Yuanshao took care of it; Defending against the raids of the pursuers, there are Pan Zhang and Ma Zhong; There are Guan Hai, Li Le and others in the daily defense, and he doesn't need to bother much. But the retreat involves much more than that.

At the same time as the Battle of Anyi, both Yuncheng and Yi left a part of the defenders to contain, and these broken troops were the most loyal warriors, of course, they could not be abandoned at will. It is Xu Shu's job to judge the enemy's situation from the limited intelligence, make a judgment on when the troops will withdraw after the break, and make arrangements for receiving them.

In addition, assessing the situation in Hanoi and grasping the speed of the team's movement accordingly, as well as coordinating the two sides, is also one of the things that Xu Shu has to consider.

Just after the battle of Anyi, he received a flying pigeon from the rear, which only wrote a few words in secret language, with only one meaning, that is, the main army of Qingzhou had left for the border of Hanoi and would make every effort to deal with the situation in Hedong.

According to this information, Xu Shu repeatedly analyzed and judged cautiously, but he knew very well in his heart that the final situation was not in his own hands, and to a large extent, he could only resign himself to fate.

Xu Shu knows this very well, and Zhou Yi also has an extremely clear judgment on this, so the situation he is facing at the moment may not be terrible, but the pressure he bears is much greater than that of Xu Shuke.

It was not the first time he was in danger, and when he followed Wang Yu to Luoyang, it was much more dangerous than now. Now although he is in the enemy territory, he has a lot of helpers around him, and if there is Wang Yu's order, he even has the ability to set off a mutiny in Hanoi!

However, this is the first time he has taken charge alone, and the lives of hundreds of thousands of people are involved. Stress is inevitable.

If everything goes as usual, with the mental means that he has trained in the past two years with Wang Yu, Zhou Yi will only be under pressure at most, and he will not be too nervous, but the current situation has obviously exceeded Xu Shu's expectations and is going in an unknown direction.

"Boss Zhou, in another hour, Mengjin City will close the city gate!"

"In such a hurry? Is Ye Qing crazy? Zhou Yi was taken aback.

There are now his people inside and outside the city, and there are many people in Hanoi who have their hearts set on Qingzhou. If it weren't for the need to ensure reliability, he could have brought a large army into the country with a grand victory. There are a total of 1,000 main players involved in the project, all of whom are highly loyal, and a group of 10 people are watching each other. Scattered inside and outside the city of Mengjin, just waiting for his order, they can launch to take the city.

After the capture of the city is successful, more people will join in, act as sailors, control the ships in the port, and go to the east of the river to meet the breakthrough of the White Polish army.

It's because there are so many helpers. Therefore, Xu Shu was relieved and boldly let Zhou Yi carry out the plan. But the plan is not as good as the change, and now there is an undercurrent surging in Hanoi, and I don't know how many forces are openly and secretly involved, and the lock of Mon Tin is one of its effects. Zhou Yi felt that he couldn't cope with it.

"Exactly. There is intelligence that Yu Yu of Montenegro is coming with an army of 10,000 at the same time, and if nothing else, he should arrive in Mengjin within three days! Mengjin was locked down. It's just to respond to poison. ”

Hearing this information, Zhou Yi was immediately shocked. The subordinates around him were also in an uproar.

"Just do it in advance, anyway, the guards of several city gates are willing to do it anyway."

"Probably not, those people are just grass on the wall, there was no problem before, but now that the rumors have spread and the situation has changed, it's hard to say what they will choose."

"In that case, simply ignore Mengjin City and go all out to seize the port and ships. The lord's army is in Chaoge, and he can come to meet him at any time, isn't it? ”

"How can that be? The lord led the troops to respond, which is the last resort, how can it be used easily? Now that all forces are gathered in Sili and a state, and the army moves, it may cause a chain reaction, and the war together, if it can't be quickly quelled, maybe it will ruin the lord's plan! Since we're here, it's better not to cause trouble to the lord. ”

"Yes, the Luoyang side has completely withdrawn from the west of Hangu Pass, and the army is coming from the east, which seems to have the intention of reinforcing Hanoi. General Ziyi's navy did not dare to enter lightly because he was afraid of Luoyang. Meng Jin's plan must succeed, even if we take our lives, we must fight this battle well! ”

"It's easy to say, but now that rumors are flying all over the sky, and all forces are moving, Zhang Yang can order the closure of the city today, but do you know that he is not waiting in Huai County? If we take the city here, his army will arrive the next day, and the city will not be able to hold it. ”

"It will definitely not work if you don't take the city. There are too many people to pick up, not to mention one, ten times or eight times may not be able to be transported, there is no stronghold to settle down, how can the people who arrive in advance ensure safety? ”

"Don't make any noise, this is not a military camp, it's the enemy's territory, don't take Zhang Yang too seriously! Yu Poison is coming over with a large army, the time is just right, it's useless to just argue, let's listen to Boss Zhou's decision. ”

The place where everyone is is in a restaurant in the center of the city, looking out from the elegant seat on the second floor, you can just see the county office. The advantage here is that, on the one hand, it is possible to monitor the movements of the defenders, and on the other hand, it is also convenient to receive messages from all directions. If necessary, it is also possible to concentrate elite troops and carry out surprise attacks on the county office, which is a key point that may become the command center of the enemy's army.

The prior arrangement is impeccable, the problem is that the threat does not come from the Mengjin defenders, but from the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of Yu Poison!

The subordinates were very confident in themselves, but Zhou Yi could only smile bitterly. He misses the time when he followed Wang Yu and Xu Shu too much, at that time, he didn't need to make decisions, just executed orders, how could it be like now, the decisions to be made all involved the lives of tens of millions of people?

It's so stressful!

The pressure is high, the task has to continue, and when everyone is arguing, he is not idle, and at this time everyone looks over, and he takes advantage of the situation to bring out the immature plan that he has just calculated in his heart.

"Yu Poison was an accident, no one expected him to suddenly leave Zhang Yan and join Zhang Yang, this is likely to be the impact of our army's westward expansion, but now it's too late to say anything. It is difficult to eliminate his interference, although we can summon a lot of people, but we need at least 3,000 people to sail westward, and less than 2,000 can stay to defend the city. If you also take into account the possibility that the guards may be shaken, and the casualties that may occur in the process of capturing the city, this battle is really not optimistic. ”

After clarifying the situation and getting everyone's approval, he took the opportunity to say: "I think we can make a noise." ”

"Striking the West?"

"That's right! The reason why we want to seize Mengjin City is just for the convenience of the location, there are ferries, cities, and a large number of ships. However, as long as we succeed in capturing the ships, Mengjin City is not the only option, there are many places in this area that are suitable for a large number of ships to dock, such as ......"

"Hayang?" Everyone's eyes lit up at the same time.

At the beginning, Wang Kuang raised troops and served the king, and the reason why he and Han Hao were stationed in Heyang and Mengjin was because the ferry conditions in these two places were the best.

"This plan is very good, if you set up a point in Heyang to respond, the distance from Hedong will be closer, at least it can save hundreds of miles of waterway, so that the round trip is faster. However, Boss Zhou, you said that you want to attack the west, then Mengjin is ...... here."

Zhou Yi nodded: "Heyang City's defenses should not be very tight, after seizing the ship, just go upstream and forcibly capture the city, and this task will be handed over to ......."

His gaze swept over everyone's faces one by one, and finally fell on the new naval commander Chen Zhen: "It will be commanded by Chen Duwei." After capturing the city, only a few people were left to garrison, and then the people in the city were mobilized to assist in the defense. The lord has a lot of prestige in Hanoi, and the people of Ha Duong will live up to the lord. ”

"Captain Zhou, you ......" Chen Zhen hesitated. After he joined the Qingzhou Army, he has been in the ranks of the Navy and does not know much about the style of Qingzhou. Zhou Yi's plan is not complicated, he already understands what it means to attack the east, and in this plan, the most dangerous is undoubtedly the one in the east, but in this way, Captain Zhou seems to be going to risk himself.

Will the Lord rather fight for his own life than sacrifice his men? This is very different from Chen Zhen's consistent cognition.

Zhou Yi said categorically: "I will take the rest of the people to seize Mengjin City, and then contain the poison here." If you can keep it, if you can't defend it, you will fight and retreat, in short, you won't let him let go of the attack on Heyang City, as long as you carry people back, the plan will be successful! ”

There are still many omissions in his plan, especially when he did not contact the Hedong side in time, the plan was carried out in advance, will there be accidents when the boat arrives and the people do not arrive?

Zhou Yi didn't say it, and the others didn't mention it, so far, I can only believe in the lord and General Xu, on my side, as long as I do everything I can, it is enough.

The plan was decided, and the people began to act.

Someone went to assemble the scattered subordinates; Someone went to give an ultimatum to the four gatekeepers; Someone with a scout went in the direction where the poisonous army came to see if they could make some trouble for the other party and slow down their march.

Before everyone leaves, they will say goodbye to Zhou Yi with a fist, the atmosphere is very generous and intense, Zhou Yi also hugged his fist one by one, and I don't know if it is because of the infection of the atmosphere, or the feeling of being out of the way at the end of the matter, the pressure and tension that have been circling in my heart have disappeared.

By the time he went out, Zhou Yi had completely regained his usual calmness and composure, and even had time to observe his surroundings.

As the largest ferry port connecting Luoyang and Hanoi in Sili Prefecture, Mengjin was quite prosperous in peacetime. Although it has become a bit depressed due to the war, some of the prosperity of the past has been preserved.

Zhou Yi is a native of Hanoi, and the foothold he chose is the most popular place in Mengjin City, even in the tense situation now, there are still people coming and going, and the seats are full of friends.

Of course, Zhou Yi will not pay too much attention to this, observe the surrounding environment, just get used to it, as long as he is sure that there is no danger around, it is enough. Seeing that there was nothing around him, he turned around and was about to go out, as soon as his feet were raised, before he could take a step, his figure was slightly paused, and then he turned his head with interest and looked at a corner of the lobby of the restaurant.