On the 25th of September, Liu Sheng, the emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty, and a group of important ministers who had been closely discussing in the inner palace for two days finally opened the palace gate, and one after another holy decrees were urgently promulgated:

Gong Chengshu was the envoy to the west, and the generals Sun Dewei and Wu Yanrou led 30,000 troops to Kangzhou to face the Guiguan garrison stationed in Fengzhou.

Feng Nei Shi Province Cheng Pan Chongche served as the east envoy, and the Inner Government Bureau ordered Li Tuo to be the deputy, leading 70,000 elite soldiers, and the soldiers went out of the palace;

The garrisons of Zhenzhou (now Huizhou, Guangdong), Jingzhou (now Meizhou, Guangdong), and Xunzhou (now Longchuan, Guangdong) were all out, and the troops gathered in Qichang Mansion within three days;

From now on, Xingwangfu will impose martial law on the whole city, and strictly investigate the unknown personnel.

The troops of the Southern Han Forbidden Army, which had been secretly preparing for a long time, immediately moved and began to assemble to the west and east of the city according to the order. For a time, the Southern Han Dynasty was turbulent, and the war officially began.

At noon on 26 September, Wu Yue Jinghai Jiedu made Qian Hongyu gather 100,000 troops, leave Wenzhou, and suddenly move south to increase the troops in the mountainous areas north of Fuzhou, and the army poured like a tide towards the defense line of the Jianzhou army in the mountain pass.

The defenders of Jianzhou, who had already received the order of Jianzhou and Zhangwu Jiedu to make Chen Zhi "retreat in a timely manner", resisted slightly, and urgently notified the rear Fu'an garrison and the garrison of the Changxi defense line, and immediately retreated, running all the way to the north bank of Changxi, and together with hundreds of Fu'an City defenders, they smoothly withdrew to the south bank along the pontoon bridge, and then set the pontoon bridge on fire and began to wait on the south bank.

The Wu Yue vanguard army, which had few cavalry, could not catch up, so it had to turn around hatefully and occupy the small city of Fu'an, which had basically become an empty city. A steady stream of Wu Yue troops rushed out of the mountains and poured towards Fu'an City and Changxi like mountains.

Across the Changxi River, Zheng Yanhua, the deputy general of the Jianzhou Army, looked at the chaos of the duck-like army on the other bank, and secretly hated in his heart: The enemy's march is so large and scattered, if I have enough cavalry, I will definitely leave an ambush to attack them!

However, the ten-to-one ratio of troops forced Zheng Yanhua to calm down, and urgently ordered to further strengthen the defense on the south bank: wherever the water flow is gentle and crossable, barrage stakes are nailed; Simple sentry posts along the Changxi River, strengthen personnel inspections, and ensure that there is no blind spot for observation......

Zheng Yanhua, who was not at ease, inspected the stone wall on the south bank of Fu'an Ferry and the sharp pile array behind it again, looked at many of the stout wooden stakes in front of him that had grown thin moss, and couldn't help but sigh at the good defensive foundation laid by Lin Feng when he attacked Fu'an City earlier, and sighed at the miraculous arrangement of this Lord Lin's unpredictable prophet, and couldn't help but turn to look at the north, muttering to himself: "I don't know how Shouzhou is now?" Lord Lin is all right, brothers are all right? ”

On the embankment on the south bank of the Huai River in Shouzhou, Lin Feng, who was deeply missed, sneezed twice, which immediately attracted the concerned eyes of Emperor Zhou E, who was close to him.

Lin Feng stuck out his tongue and whispered, "Promise my wife that it will never be a beautiful woman who will miss me!" Naturally, Lin Feng's words were exchanged for a big white eye from Zhou Da Beauty. However, Emperor Zhou'e's eyes were soon overshadowed by a worried look, and he stared at the other side of the river in a daze.

Lin Feng knew what she was worried about, and pointed to the more and more Houzhou boats in his sight and laughed: "Don't worry if you have too many debts, don't itch if you have too many fleas!" Don't worry, those Zhou Jun are just our transport captains! ”

Ge Chang next to him smiled and asked, "Lord Lin, what is the captain of the transportation brigade?" ”

Lin Feng pointed to a captured boat on the inside of the riverbank, and said with a smile: "That is to say, they ran so far just to send boats, people, food, and weapons to us, just like a transport captain!" We had no choice but to accept it all! ”

Lin Feng's witty words immediately caused a big laugh from the brothers around him.

Lin Feng deliberately took this opportunity to dispel the hidden worries in the hearts of the brothers, and continued to laugh loudly: "Remember, among the things sent by these transport captains, the most valuable ones are actually not money and food, but those soldiers!" Therefore, there is a rule I have set first: in the future, I will catch as many prisoners as possible, after the war, we will need a lot of free labor for the construction of inside and outside Shouzhou City, the construction of various roads, water conservancy construction, and the development of factories and mines! ”

Lin Feng's incomparably relaxed attitude and confidence in winning obviously made the people in the field more relaxed, and a group of generals began to meet in a gritty and hazy meeting to carry out a "prisoner capture competition" in the army.

At this moment, Xi Mucheng and several street representatives walked over from outside the river embankment, and Lin Feng immediately asked, "The surrounding villagers have basically withdrawn into the city, right?" ”

Xi Mucheng nodded slightly, and replied with some embarrassment: "The total number of villagers entering the city is slightly more than six thousand, but many elderly villagers are reluctant to leave the village, and some fierce people say that they will die at home." We didn't force it. ”

Lin Feng shook his head regretfully, knowing that in this war, it was impossible to protect every Shouzhou citizen, and thanked several street representatives who had been running for several days, hoping that they would seriously arrange the accommodation of the villagers who had entered the city after returning to the city.

After several representatives agreed, they went to Shouzhou City together.

Xi Mucheng approached Lin Feng and said softly: "Lord Lin, there are already more than 34,000 people in the city, plus 6,000 villagers, exactly 40,000 people; The total number of troops from all walks of life exceeds 60,000, and the food problem of a full 100,000 people has become our biggest hidden danger. According to the estimation of one pound of grain a day per person, all the grain in Shouzhou City can be supported for three and a half months at most. ”

Lin Feng groaned slightly, and said softly: "Discuss with Li Congqian, the king of Ji, and urgently send food to the surrounding state capitals for help in his name, and at the same time urge grain to the capital!" From this day onwards, all the people of the city began to ration food; From today, it is forbidden to drink wine, restaurants and restaurants in the city, and anyone who is found to be spending food will be detained! ”

"Yes! Lord Lin, Huoqiu and other counties all sent people to inquire about the city defense, and bluntly asked the adults to send troops to garrison them. Please ask Lord Lin to decide on this matter! Xi Mucheng lowered his voice again and asked.

This is also a big problem that really gives Lin Feng a headache.

The four small counties under the jurisdiction of Shouzhou are all small cities with a population of less than 5,000, the city is not big, the city wall is not high, and the guards are Liao Liao. In a strategic sense, it is simply a pity to abandon it and a useless corner piece. But Lin Feng never dared to say the word of abandonment easily, it would be the most vulnerable crime of "losing the land and losing the country" that was attacked by political enemies, and it was also a major weakness that made the hearts of the people of Shouzhou turn cold.

Lin Feng thought about it, but he still couldn't make up his mind, so he had to take a procrastination trick and say that he would discuss the matter in the evening.

Xi Mucheng nodded and left in a hurry.

"Lord Lin, come and take a look!" On a watchtower in the east, Wind Storm shouted loudly with binoculars in hand.

Lin Feng led Ge Chang and Suo Chao to quickly ascend the sentry tower.

Taking the binoculars, Lin Feng followed the frightening arm and pointed over, and found that behind the large warships in the front row of the Hou Zhou, some small ships were being tied and connected by the soldiers of the Hou Zhou, and there were as many as four such long ships in total.

"Pontoon!" Lin Feng and the four of them shouted out in unison.