At first, Guo Tingwei casually and quickly skimmed through the letters, but gradually, the speed of flipping through them slowed down, and his expression became serious.

In the letter, Lin Feng still first recounted his analysis of the three stages of the Great War between the North and the South, and especially emphasized that once Shouzhou could not be attacked for a long time, the neighboring Haozhou would inevitably become one of the key points of the breakthrough of the Zhou soldiers, and the Zhou soldiers were very likely to build a pontoon bridge to attack at the mouth of the vortex in the north, and the land might attack from the west and the south at the same time. The second is to send troops on duty day and night to patrol the south bank of the Huai River, and it is better to send people to the north bank to reconnoiter the enemy's situation; The third is to patrol the western and southern land routes day and night.

Finally finished reading the letter, Guo Tingwei was stunned for a moment, drank the cup of tea in his hand silently, and suddenly shouted: "Come on, urgently summon the deputy general in the army to the study for a military discussion!" ”

His subordinates were naturally familiar with the resolute and resolute character of this quasi-assassin Shi, and quickly summoned the four deputy generals of Haozhou.

Guo Tingwei didn't talk nonsense, and directly gave an order: First, from this moment on, the whole city will be under martial law, and without an order, no one is allowed to enter and leave at will, especially some peddlers, pawns, monks and nuns, etc., if there is any objection, they will all be detained; the second is that the people of the whole city launched to build city defense tools day and night; the third is to further expand the scope of recruitment of township soldiers and soldiers in Haozhou, and speed up training; Fourth, elite infantry and sailors are dispatched from the army to patrol the Huai River and various land routes day and night, and report any abnormalities immediately!

At the sound of an order, the whole city was alarmed, and the cavalry in the entire Haozhou city was criss-crossed, and the torches were flying, and it was as bright as day for a while, and noisy and noisy as a bazaar.

On the morning of September 23, a man dressed as a merchant rushed to the gate of the envoy's mansion in the southern Tang River, showed his medal of honor, and said that he was Lin Feng's subordinate in Korean, and there was an urgent military situation to report.

After hearing the news, Li Jingda, the king of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the envoy of Jiangyin Jiedu, immediately met with the deputy head of the Oriental Intelligence Department.

Li Jingda carefully looked at the ugly Lin Feng font on the secret letter taken out by Han, and asked a few private things in King Zheng's mansion at random, and the Korean who was originally King Zheng's guard answered all of them correctly, and then he completely relieved his heart.

According to the Korean report, since the beginning of September, a large number of troops of the Wuyue Zhenhai, Zhendong, and Wusheng armies have successively advanced in the direction of the Jinghai Navy in the name of long-distance training, and the number of troops has increased by more than 80,000. At the same time, a few days ago, Wu Yuezhong and Wu Jiedu envoy Qian Wenfeng ordered the whole city of Suzhou to be under martial law, and troops rushed to Suzhou from Xiuzhou (now Jiaxing City, Zhejiang) and other places in the south with grain and grass, with a number of about 10,000 people.

Li Jingda's expression became solemn and asked, "Then how does your Eastern Intelligence Department analyze the current situation?" "Li Jingda has just been to Shouzhou, so he will naturally learn about the basic situation and operation of the Oriental Intelligence Department from Lin Feng.

Han Yu took out a simple map from his arms, spread it on the table, pointed and said: "We analyze that Wu Yue's large-scale military operation is because of the agreement on the joint dispatch of troops by the three countries, and it is precisely to cooperate with the troops of the Zhou State to go south.

In the north, Wu Yue took the initiative to attack the Jiangyin area with a relatively small number of troops, which should mainly play the role of attacking and disrupting and diverting the attention of our army; In the south, he gathered heavy troops to raid Fuzhou, trying to recapture Fuzhou captured by our army, and the long-term goal was very likely to go south to join the Southern Han army, fight for the two states of Quanzhang and Zhang, and vainly try to block the southern outlet of our Tang Dynasty again. ”

Li Jingsui couldn't help but take a deep look at Han Yu, nodded, and asked, "Then, have these pieces of information been reported to Jianzhou, Zhangwu, Chen Xu, and Chen Thorn History?" ”

Han Yu nodded and said, "Yes!" In mid-September, we have already sent our brothers to contact General Chen and report on the relevant military situation, and the latest military situation is also being sent to Fuzhou. In Suzhou, there are also brothers from the Intelligence Department who are currently lurking in the city, trying to spy on more detailed military information! We speculate that the first target of Wu Yue's northern offensive could only be Changzhou, the only large state on our border. ”

Li Jingda stroked his palms and sighed: "Qian Wenfeng, Qian Wenfeng, you old boy doesn't know how to grow wise!" This time, then I'll teach you another lesson in Changzhou! ”

Li Jingda said goodbye to the Korean language and gave him a token that would guarantee the free entry and exit of the intelligence officers to the Jiangyin Army and the Jiedu Embassy.

Subsequently, Li Jingda also took urgent action and declared that the entire territory of the Jiangyin Army was blockaded and martial law, and no one was allowed to enter and leave at will; At the same time, he urgently sent a letter to Zhao Renze, the envoy of the Changzhou regiment, asking him to actively prepare for war, and he would immediately lead the army south to support.

Basically, at the same time, Chen Xu, the envoy of Jianzhou and Zhangwu Jiedu who stayed in Fuzhou, and Zhang Hansi, the envoy of the Zhangzhou regiment who was stationed in Chaozhou, both received urgent reports from the Intelligence Department or the scouts, saying that the armies of Wuyue and the Southern Han Dynasty were in an abnormal situation, and the garrisons of the two places also took action and actively responded to the battle.

A great war that has almost swept the whole world is about to begin.

At noon on September 23, the army under the command of Li Gu of Hou Zhou rushed to the north bank of the Huai River, and the camp was set up three miles west of Linhuai Town, and a large camp was built one mile apart on the east and west sides.

That night, Li Gu presided over the first formal military meeting of the Southern Expeditionary Army. However, this military discussion began with a quarrel.

I don't know where I got the news, and as soon as Shi Detongfu, one of the generals, arrived in the account, he reported that Zhao Kuangyin was suspected of deliberately letting Lin Feng go in Linhuai Town, and asked the marshal to investigate this matter strictly!

Zhao Kuangyin's eyes didn't roll, and he said with disdain and sarcasm: "At that time, Lin Feng brought dozens of elite soldiers, carrying earth-shaking thunder with him, and there were thousands of soldiers waiting on the bank of the Huai River. As for us, there were only twelve men and two hundred soldiers. If you come here, you're just afraid that your legs will be weak from being scared! ”

Shi Detong shouted loudly: "If you don't even dare to make a move because you are smaller than the enemy, how can you claim to be the elite of the forbidden army?" ”

Zhao Kuangyin shook his head and sneered: "Knowing that you are invincible, but acting recklessly, it is unwise!" Then Lin Feng is also a person who has fought several big battles, will he be in danger? Unlike some people, who have not fought a big battle but have a face to lead themselves! ”

Shi Detong is the son of Shi Hongzhao, the minister of the Later Han Dynasty, and he was able to be the general of the Han Dynasty completely under the grace of his father, and he really didn't lead the army to fight, and he was hurt by this sentence all of a sudden, and he wanted to scold when he jumped up.

Li Chongjin, who was next to him, couldn't look at it, grabbed Shi Detong and persuaded him: "Don't fight!" Shouzhou has been preparing for war for a long time, and Lin Feng is even more treacherous, how could he be caught so easily. Let's take a long-term view and discuss how to attack the Huai River! ”

Talking about how to attack, the big tent was quiet for a while.

To put it mildly, because of Lin Feng's deliberate control of the news, the latest news about Shouzhou can't be transmitted, and now the whole Zhou is about to become a blind eye to Shouzhou, and the specific number of guards in Shouzhou is unknown, and the defense of the whole city is not clear! In addition, as Huang Fuhui analyzed, half of the twelve generals were all cronies of the envoys around Tokyo, and they had all been instructed by the boss to preserve their strength before leaving, and everyone consciously did not want to be a bird.

Zhao Kuangyin remembered that Lin Feng had mentioned that there were 100,000 horses in Shouzhou, but he really didn't believe this number in his heart, so he shook his head secretly and didn't mention this stubble.

Li Gu, who was forty-eight years old, stroked his beard lightly and said softly: "Generals, please rest assured, the Holy Lord is sitting in the capital division in order to see the overall situation, I believe that he will soon lead the army to drive the expedition in person, and the 20,000 reinforcements from the Wusheng Army are just around the corner, and our military advantage will become more and more obvious. ”

Many people learned of these important news for the first time, and the atmosphere in the big tent immediately turned hot, everyone said a word, I said a word, and the initial strategy for attacking the Huai River was also finalized: the main force of the army gathered at Zhengyangdu, and the partial army gathered at the wharf of Linhuai Town, with Zhengyangdu attacking mainly and Linhuai Town as a supplement; Organize the fleet and the navy to test the depth of the impact, build a pontoon bridge behind, and strive to cross the river in a war!

At 9 p.m. on 23 September, Zhao Kuangyin led a group of tiger guards to the bank of the Huai River, preparing to cross the river to reconnoitre.