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After writing a letter to Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Li Benlei, Mao Xi and others who were left behind in Beijing, Chen Pojun revised it several times under the lamp. After stamping his own seal and sealing wax, he took a few pieces of letter paper and wrote letters to Li Jing, Zhang Zhongjian, Lu Shishen, Yang Shanhui, Qu Tutong and other generals.

Today, the Hebei Army forcibly captured Kim Yong City, the capital of Wei occupied by the Jianghuai Army, and also began a new round of Chen Kefu's battle. He has already drawn 50,000 troops and horses, and tomorrow he will cross the Yellow River into the southeast of the river. As for Wang Xuanying of Yanshi, he has also issued an order for Huangfu Wuyi to encircle and suppress the Jianghuai army. Chopping the grass to remove the roots, the long sword has been raised, at this time only cutting the grass and removing the roots is the most rational choice.

Although it was a little cruel, Chen Pojun never felt that this was excessive. The loser never deserves sympathy, as long as whenever he is a little shaken in his heart, he will remember that Chen Shen is still in Jiankang City at this time as a puppet of the Jiangnan clan.

In his letter to Li Jing, it was already written that as long as Huangfu Wuyi exterminated the Jianghuai army and the Wang family, Li Jing would immediately take over the Eastern Capital Army, and then reorganize this old army of up to 100,000 people. After reorganizing with Li Jing's 20,000 Hebei Army, the 100,000 Eastern Capital Army will only leave 30,000 of the most elite and brave low-level soldiers with innocent backgrounds. All the former officers were dismissed. The remaining 70,000 soldiers will also be transferred to Liaodong in the name of repositioning, in fact, when they arrive in Liaodong, they will immediately receive an order to change to hoarding the army, to put it bluntly, it is reclamation.

Although the Eastern Capital Army had surrendered to him, Chen Kefu never believed in the loyalty of this army. The 20,000 troops of Lu Shishen and Guo Xiaoke will continue to be ordered to hunt down Li Mi and never give Li Mi a chance to make a comeback. As for the two troops and horses of Qu Tutong and Yang Shanhui in Jiangdu, Chen Kefu is very concerned about it at present.

Although he had just rejected Feng Wan's tempting offer to go south to the south of the Yangtze River, Feng Wan was right about one thing. Jiangnan is indeed empty at the moment. Chen Kefu has no idea of crossing the Yangtze River to the south of the Yangtze River. But taking advantage of this opportunity, a small wave of offensive was launched against Jiangnan. It's also a good plan to try to take over the counties of Huainan.

Thinking of this snow that has just passed. This year, grain production in various parts of the north will be greatly reduced, and if Huainan can be taken over this grain-producing place, it will also be of great help to him.

Suppressing the idea of letting the defenders of Jiangdu attack the Yangtze River, Chen Kefu tried his best to write to Yang Shanhui, who led his troops to Shouchun, in calm sentences: "In view of the current situation. This king insisted that General Yang should carry out the most active actions on the Huaixi front. To this end, General Yang and his subordinate troops were soldiers and horses. It is necessary to take advantage of the great opportunity of the emptiness in the south of the Yangtze River to send light cavalry squads and small battalions day and night to attack the enemy's camps, command centers, granaries, baggage, warehouses, and other important targets, and to attack the enemy's towns, county towns, and other weak defensive points, and plunder the enemy's supplies. Destruction of its rear. to make the enemy unrestful; And seize the four important towns of Shouchun, Zhongli, Xuyi, and Shanyang along the Huai River as soon as possible. ”

"If necessary, the support of the Yangtze River Fleet of the Naval Division can be mobilized to attack and harass the seven counties of Yiyang, Qichun, Huainan, Lujiang, Tong'an, Zhongli, and Liyang north of the Yangtze River and south of Huainan, destroying the production of each county, plundering the grain, materials and property of each county, and finally driving the southern army south of the Yangtze River. The ultimate goal of our army is to occupy the Huainan counties north of the Yangtze River. ”

Chen Kefu is actually very hesitant, and now he is in the eight counties north of the Yangtze River and south of the Huai River. They have long held the most important Jiangdu County. And now there is a great opportunity, Chen Kefu believes that as long as he mobilizes all the troops and horses in Henan to go south, within half a year, he will definitely be able to seize the entire eight counties of Huainan. After capturing these eight counties, he would be able to drink the Yangtze River and advance the defense line with Nanchen to the Yangtze River. …,

In that way, Nan Chen could only retreat to the south of the Yangtze River, and he could also use the natural danger of the Yangtze River to stabilize the territory of the Huai River and prevent the Nan Chen army from going north at any time. It's just that in the face of this tempting plan, Chen Kefu has to face the current situation in Henan.

The Hebei Army had already smashed the two Central Plains forces of Li Mi and Wang Xuanying in the decisive battle of Luokou before. But at present, the two forces have only collapsed, and there is still a danger of reuniting at any time. If Chen Kefu does not crush them to ashes before they regroup, his occupation of Henan will still be shaky.

"In view of the importance of the Huainan side, this king intends to organize the soldiers and horses of the Huaisi troops into the marshal's mansion of the Jianghuai marching army. It has jurisdiction over 50,000 defenders of Jiangdu, 10,000 soldiers and horses in the four counties of Pengcheng, Xiapi, Donghai and Qiaojun, 20,000 troops of the Anlan Naval Division of the Yangtze River, and 20,000 light cavalry of Yingchuan Lu Shishen and Guo Xiaoke, a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses. The above troops will all be placed under the command of the Marshal of the Jianghuai Marching Army as soon as this order arrives. Qu Tutong was ordered to be the marching marshal, Yang Shanhui was the deputy marshal of the march, Chen Ling was the marching Sima, and Lu Shishen was the marching chief. From the date of the establishment of the Jianghuai Marching Marshal's Office, all battles on the Huaihe River were under the command of the Jianghuai Marshal's Office! ”

After writing this paragraph of the order, Chen Kefu put down his pen and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Central Plains, I haven't fully mastered it yet." Chen Kefu muttered softly. He opened the curtain of the tent and went outside to stretch out. Everything near and far is immersed in a quiet dreamland, as if even the earth is asleep, and the night breeze blows in the face.

The stars in the sky seemed taller, and the darkness was thicker.

He went back to the tent, and the night was already deep, but he did not sleep, and felt uncomfortable as if he were worried about something. When he first met Wang Xuanying, his eyes left a deep impression on him. At that time, he could see at a glance that Wang Xuanying was a person who was obscure and deeply hidden. Although he had already given an order, he wanted the Eastern Capital Army to exterminate the Jianghuai Army and kill Wang Xuanying. But at this moment, he is still a little worried. Wang Xuanying is not a simple character, he pressed step by step before, but he was still able to endure it. Even before the Jianghuai army was exhausted by him, he didn't show any flaws, and he didn't give Chen Kefu a reason to do it at all.

He calculated in his heart that Huangfu Wuyi had 100,000 soldiers and horses, and he should be able to destroy the other party against the 30,000 remnants of the Jianghuai army. And even if the Eastern Capital Army can't defeat the Jianghuai Army, there are still Li Jing's 20,000 Hebei elites guarding it. This plan should not give Wang Xuanying a chance to escape.

In Chen Kefu's plan, the most urgent thing at present is to completely eradicate the remnants of Li Mi and Wang Xuanying's defeated generals, and completely exterminate all the forces in Henan that openly oppose him. In this way, he was able to take over the entire counties of Henan, send local officials to each county, and establish direct local rule.

At the same time, 50,000 soldiers and horses drawn from Henan will cross the Yellow River in the north, enter Hedong, and seize the counties in the southeast of Hedong before Liu Wuzhou and others. In this way, the three counties of Taiyuan, Shangdang, and Yanmen currently controlled by the Hebei Army are added. The Hebei Army will be able to have the eight counties of Hedong, which will have a greater advantage than the seven counties of Hedong occupied by Liu Wuzhou and others. At that time, the remnants of the Li family in Hedong were integrated, and Liu Wuzhou and other troops were defeated as soon as possible and all Hedong was occupied.

Next, there is another front in the north, and the left-behind army in Beijing will immediately move south from Beijing after Dou Jiande goes south, copy Dou Jiande's back road, and recover his old nest. Then he drove Dou Jiande to the north bank of the Yellow River, and exterminated Dou Jiande on the bank of the Yellow River with Yu Qinming, Luo Yi, Xue Dingguo and other armies on the south bank.

In addition to the two fronts of Hedong and Hebei, the army of Huainan will also take advantage of the opportunity of Nan Chen's attack on Jianghan to attack Huainan with all their might, and strive to occupy the entire Huainan counties north of the Yangtze River before Nan Chen returns to the army. …,

Of course, Chen Kefu thought that after defeating Dou Jiande, he could move the capital to Luoyang, the center of the world. And at that time, he could also be called the emperor to change the dynasty. As long as he wins the victory in the east, west and south, he is basically in an absolutely dominant position. You can put most of your energy on rear construction, and then you can use the huge logistical resources to feed more troops, and finally use a sufficiently superior army to completely defeat other forces and calm the world in one fell swoop.

Of course, there has to be a premise for this. At present, he is facing a three-line operation, except that the battle situation on the Jianghuai front line will not affect the Hebei Army for the time being. Hedong and Hebei roads, any accident along the way, it is possible to break his plan. Chen Kefu also knows that sometimes doing well does not necessarily mean that it can really be implemented. On the battlefield, anything can happen. Still, he prayed in his heart that nothing like this would happen.

In the past two years, the Hebei Army has continued to expand its army, constantly launched one war after another, and its territory has continued to expand and its population has continued to increase. seems to be extremely beautiful on the surface, but in fact, Chen Kefu and several prime ministers of Shangshu Province know that the Hebei Imperial Court has reached a state of limit. The expansion is too fast, but the logistics and food of the imperial court cannot be rooted. Now the entire Chen Kefu's rear territory has already become a huge war machine, and the string is too tight, according to the situation, the Hebei army, the Hebei court and the local people have long needed the court to recuperate for a period of time.

The army is not iron, and the people are not machines, and with this year's snow, the Hebei court is about to usher in the biggest test.

It was already late in the night, and there was the howl of a lonely wild wolf outside, and the sound was bleak and long.

Today, during the day, he captured a city guarded by 5,000 people, and thinking that he would cross the river again tomorrow, Chen Kefu retracted his thoughts, yawned and lifted the marching blanket. Suddenly, he stopped, and heard the sound of rustling and slight footsteps outside the tent