Chapter 870: Attacking the North and Defending the South
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Hua'an believes that Yangzhou is close to the sea after all, and the waters such as the river and Poyang Lake are relatively wide, which is more suitable for giant warships to play their advantages, and when encountering wind and waves, the stability of large ships is far greater than that of small boats, but the rivers of Luoshui and Jingzhou are relatively narrow, and they are located in the Central Plains, basically they will not encounter the impact of hurricanes, so it is naturally not very suitable to build too large warships, and small and medium-sized warships cooperate with each other is the best match.
Seeing that what Hua An said was reasonable, the generals all nodded in approval.
"Your Majesty, we have been training hard day and night, when will we go south!" Deng Qiang asked loudly.
Obviously, Deng Qiang felt that since he had put so much effort into training the navy, it was naturally for the purpose of attacking Jingzhou in the future, so he couldn't wait to ask.
"Yes! When does the king plan to lead his troops south? "All the generals are quite curious about when Hua'an will go south.
Hua An smiled and said softly: "Generals, such a large-scale training of our army, one is to prevent the Jingzhou army from attacking, and the other is to make a deterrent posture, so that the Jingzhou army does not dare to underestimate the strength of our army, so that when our army is in the north of the Yan Kingdom, we do not dare to attack in the direction of Luoyang, as for when to go south, this king has no plan in this regard, after all, the problem in the north has not been solved, this king will not rush south, and now, there is no suitable reason to crusade against the Jingzhou army!" ”
Obviously, the purpose of Hua'an's training of the navy is to deter and defend, and to put pressure on the Jingzhou army in the posture of training 90,000 sailors, so as to ensure that it will attack Yan in the future. At the same time, the 90,000 naval army relied on Luoshui and the Yellow River to form a good arch defense for the Luoyang area. Completely defeat the invading Jingzhou army, so as to ensure the safety of the Luoyang area, so that the army of the Northern Expedition can attack Youzhou with confidence.
"The king's intention is to destroy the Yan Kingdom first, and then free up his hands to deal with the Jingzhou naval army." Wang San guessed loudly.
Hua An nodded, and said with a straight face: "That's right, at the moment we are threatened by both the north and the south, if we divide our troops to attack in both the north and south directions at the same time, our army really does not have such a strong strength." Therefore, we can only adopt the strategy of attacking in the north and defending in the south, and take the initiative to attack the direction of Yanguo, and smash Longcheng, while for the Jingzhou army, we must take a defensive position, relying on the Luoyang moat, to block the possible attack of the Jingzhou army, so the combination of offense and defense is the best strategy to win. After speaking, he looked at his subordinates.
"Your Majesty. With the current strength of our army, we will attack in both the north and south directions at the same time. It is true that some troops are insufficient, but General Wang and General Jiang have already gone to Yanzhou to persuade the rebels to surrender, and Qingzhou has also sent people to the king, if all these rebels are attached to us, then we will not have enough soldiers and horses. Simultaneous attack in both the north and south directions? Deng Qiang said.
Obviously, Deng Qiang felt that if the nearly 200,000 rebel soldiers and horses in Qingzhou and Yanzhou all chose to join them, they would definitely be able to organize enough troops. Attack simultaneously in both directions.
Hua An shook his head, and said with a straight face: "General Deng is too optimistic, not to mention whether General Wang and General Jiang can successfully persuade them to surrender, even if these rebel generals are really willing to surrender to this king, there must be a lot of conditions, I am afraid that they will not be obediently attached, and after they have just been attached, their loyalty must be weak, and they will be extremely dissatisfied with sending them at this time, I am afraid that they will not try their best to fight, and even, there is the possibility of defection, in this case, even if our army is strong, it may not be able to win the battle!" ”
"What the king said is that at present, more than 1,000 warships of our army are in Luoshui, which can only be used for defense, if you want to attack in the direction of Jingzhou, these warships cannot enter Jingzhou at all, you know, Luoshui can only enter the Yellow River, and cannot be connected to the Jingzhou water system, so it is not easy to enter Jingzhou, I think the king ordered to build warships near Luoshui, just to train the soldiers in water warfare, not to attack in the direction of Jingzhou!" Wang San Zhengse said.
Obviously, he guessed Hua An's thoughts, and thought that Hua An's strategy of attacking the north and defending the south was very suitable for the sinister shape he was currently in.
Hua An nodded, and said: "That's right, the first thing we have to solve at the moment is the threat in the direction of Yan, when our army completely recovers Youzhou and Pingzhou, when the time comes, we will go back and slowly solve the problem in the direction of Jingzhou, that is to say, before the threat in the direction of Yan is not solved, our army must not attack in the direction of Jingzhou, and we must do our best to avoid fighting with the Jingzhou army, so as not to fall into the unfavorable situation of fighting on both sides, if it is really unavoidable, as long as we rely on Luoshui and protect the Luoyang area." ”
When the generals heard this, they all nodded in approval, and felt that Hua'an's countermeasures were very correct and far-sighted, and expressed their full support.
After inspecting the naval camp, Hua'an returned to the palace accompanied by the generals, and the inspection of the naval camp through guò, Hua'an was relieved a lot, although, at present, these soldiers' water warfare ability is still very poor, but the soldiers' hard training, let Hua'an believe that it will not be long before these landlubbers from the north will become the elite of water warfare, and can guard Luoshui very well to ensure the safety of Luoyang City, and at the same time, in the future, go south to Jingzhou, can also play a huge combat effectiveness.
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In the direction of Xunyang City, Huan Wen and Murong Khan just got proud not long ago, and then they learned what happened in Luoyang City, more than 200 fine works in Yan State, within an hour, were almost all wiped out, which surprised them, of course, Murong Khan was the most frightened, he had just eliminated fifty or sixty fine works under the command of Hua An, and it was only a few days later, more than two hundred fine works in the direction of Luoyang City were served by Hua An, how could he not be frightened.
However, the fine work sent by Huan Wen to Luoyang City was not discovered, so this important news was sent to Xunyang City, otherwise, it might be a long time before Murong Khan learned about it.
However, the fine work sent by Huan Wen not only brought back the news that more than 200 fine works of the Yan State were served in a pot, but also brought the news that Hua'an would send his generals to Qingzhou and Yanzhou to persuade the rebel generals there to surrender.
The rebel armies in Qingzhou and Yanzhou had nearly 200,000 men and horses, and they were a powerful force that could not be underestimated, so Huan Wen and Murong Khan attached great importance to this matter, and they felt that they had to prevent Hua'an from obtaining these rebel troops, otherwise, it would be a very great threat to them.
In order to deal with the situation in the direction of Qingzhou and Yanzhou, Huan Wen summoned Murong Khan to his residence and carefully discussed it with Murong Khan.
"The soldiers and horses of the Southern King, Qingzhou and Yanzhou are nearly 200,000, if all these soldiers and horses belong to the Northern King, it must be a huge threat to us! We have to find a way to stop this from happening, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable! Murong Khan looked at Huan Wen and said loudly.
Huan Wen nodded, and said with a straight face: "What General Murong said is extremely true, the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou and Yanzhou are indeed not to be underestimated, the main force of the Yangzhou army has repeatedly encircled and suppressed them, but they have all ended in failure, especially their strong strength, now, Hua'an wants to recruit them, we must stop them." ”
Obviously, Huan Wen's opinion was in line with that of Murong Khan, and they both believed that they should do their best to prevent the rebel forces from Qingzhou and Yanzhou from surrendering to Hua'an, otherwise the consequences would be very severe.
"Nanwang, Yao Xiang and other generals in Qingzhou, are all people of Liuyi, it is unlikely that they will return to Hua'an, as long as they go to lobby in person, they will definitely be able to pull them to our side, in this way, we will have 80,000 more reinforcements, and our strength will be greatly enhanced! As for the rebel generals in Yanzhou, they are all generals under Ran Min, and they have an enmity with our Great Yan State, so it is really inconvenient to persuade them to surrender, so please send the generals of the Southern King to persuade them! Murong Khan looked at Huan Wen and said loudly.
When Huan Wen heard this, he nodded, and said: "If General Murong goes to Qingzhou in person, this king believes that he will definitely be able to persuade Yao Xiang and other generals to join us, as for the generals in Yanzhou, this king will send his henchmen to persuade them to surrender, so General Murong doesn't have to bother." ”
Murong Khan nodded, and said with a straight face: "King Nan, this matter should be sooner rather than later, it is better to start preparing now, and leave Xunyang City early tomorrow morning, so as not to have too many dreams at night." ”
Obviously, Murong Khan was afraid that the men and horses sent by Hua'an would be the first to take the lead and successfully persuade all the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou and Yanzhou to surrender one step earlier, so that Hua'an would definitely be strengthened, and their situation would not be good.
Huan Wen felt that what Murong Khan said was very reasonable, so he nodded and said, "Okay then!" General Murong immediately went back and prepared! This king should also immediately gather his henchmen to see who to send to Yanzhou to persuade him to surrender. ”
"Yes, King Nan, retire below." Murong Khan clasped his fists and saluted, turned to leave, and returned to his residence.
Subsequently, Huan Wen immediately summoned his henchmen and told them of his plan to surrender, and all the henchmen heard that they were going to surrender the rebel generals in Yanzhou, and they all thought it was feasible, and all of them volunteered to go to Yanzhou to surrender the rebel generals in Yanzhou.
Huan Wen thought about it again and again, and sent a relatively safe henchman to Yanzhou, and placed great hopes on him.
After a night of preparation, early the next morning, Murong Khan and Huan Wen's henchmen, under the protection of their respective retinues, left Xunyang City and headed for Qingzhou and Yanzhou respectively.
On this trip, they want to persuade the rebel generals of Qingzhou and Yanzhou to surrender, but they are not absolutely sure whether they can succeed in persuading them to surrender, but whether they succeed or not, they have to go and give it a try, after all, the rebel soldiers and horses in Qingzhou and Yanzhou are nearly 200,000, which is too tempting for them. (The novel "Jin Domination of the World" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)