Lishan is located at the western foot of Huaishan Mountain, and if it were not for Wang Xiang's effective rule of Chai Mountain, then Lishan would be the eastern edge of the area controlled by Suizhou.

The hills and forests in the territory of Lishan, the seven points of the mountains and three fields, especially from Chai Mountain to Lishan, the mountain is very dangerous, for two years ago, it is difficult to imagine that thousands of wagons can come out of the hinterland of Huaishan so easily.

Lishan guard general Luo Wenhu and Zhilishan County, is Luo Xiancheng's nephew of the Yuantang clan, and later gave Luo Xiancheng as a righteous son.

Luo Wenhu read for a few years, and later spent several years in prison for Luo Xiancheng because of the trafficking of illicit salt and murder in his early years, and he started an incident with Luo Xiancheng. He is both civil and military, and in his early years, he was very trusted and reused, and he had a good relationship with the king.

Just because Luo Xiancheng's two adult sons died on the battlefield in their early years, Luo Wenhu lost his temper after drinking and said that Luo Xiancheng would pass on to him, so Zhong Rong sued him, and Luo Xiancheng became wary of him from then on. Although he did not completely take away his military power, he was also kicked to Lishan and left the center of the Suizhou army; In the past two years, Luo Wenhu has lived tremblingly in Lishan.

Although the second pull of grain and grass in Chaishan came extra quickly from Lishan, Luo Wenhu did not doubt it: Wang Xiang's level of governance over the years is obvious to all, if it were not for Wang Xiang's large-scale tuntian, Changle Army would not have been able to gain a foothold in Suizhou, and the fast transportation of grain and grass in Chaishan can only show that Wang Xiang is well prepared. In Luo Wenhu's opinion, Wang Xiang saw that the soldiers and horses of Beiyan would be able to take Jingzhou in a few days, and the general trend of the world was in the hands of Beiyan, so it was not surprising that he intended to reconcile with his uncle Luo Xiancheng......

With today's status, no one will be a stone in the pit, and knowing the times is the best man.

Since the general trend is in the hands of Beiyan today, and his uncle Luo Xiancheng attached Beiyan to be crowned the king of Xiangyang, Luo Wenhu no longer attaches so much importance to the title of king of Xiangyang. Luo Wenhu also wanted to resolve his uncle Luo Xiancheng's wariness of him, so that he could make more military exploits when Beiyan went south, and maybe he could also be crowned a hereditary marquis in the future, so he didn't have to look at his uncle's face for everything.

Wang Xiang said evil things to his uncle Luo Xiancheng in the letter before the war, Luo Wenhu was clear, but he didn't think much about it, and his uncle Luo Xiancheng could continue to allow Wang Xiang to guard Chaishan, in his opinion, his uncle still valued Wang Xiang very much, and now Wang Xiang can be soft, and everything is easy to say.

Luo Wenhu also hoped that Wang Xiang and his uncle could say a few good words for themselves after they improved, Wang Xiang led the grain team to cross Lishan, and Luo Wenhu enthusiastically went out of the city to meet......

Luo Wenhu was dressed in Confucian clothes, accompanied by more than a dozen servants, and went to the grain team that stopped in the east of Lishan City to rest temporarily, and met with the king, which can be regarded as the friendship of the landlord and the way of old friends.

Wang Xiang accompanied Tang Fuguan to stand under the mulberry tree in the east of Hetang, looked at Luo Wenhu who came from a distance by car, and whispered: "Luo Wenhu is not loyal to Luo Xiancheng, if it can be used by Huaidong, it should be able to become a ...... to help Suizhou."

After confirming that Huang Zuyu and Zhou Bin led the grain soldiers and horses to Zaoyang, no matter whether Huang Zuyu and Zhou Bin could successfully attack Fancheng, Cao Ziang and Zhou Tong led the main force of Chaishan soldiers and horses to attack Lishan and then Suizhou The plan will be launched at the same time, and there will be no changes.

It was a dangerous plan to send Huang Zuyu and Zhou Bin to attack Fancheng, to beat all the enemy soldiers in Jingxiang behind closed doors, and Cao Ziang led the main force of Chaishan's soldiers and horses to ensure that the development of the entire Jingxiang war would not get out of control due to unexpected factors.

Tang Fuguan led the elite of the first brigade to pretend to be soldiers and horses with grain and people, and Wang Xiang went first, while Cao Ziang, Zhou Tong and Sun Zhuang led the main force of the Chongcheng Army and the Third Brigade of the Cavalry Battalion, which had also entered the territory of Lishan.

It's just that Luo Wenhu didn't expect that there would be problems in Chai Mountain in the east in Lishan, and the big roads and trails between Lishan and Li were all called Huaidong Tanma and Secret Sentinel to control it one step earlier.

Don't say that the main force of the Chaishan soldiers and horses is still some distance away from Lishan, with Luo Wenhu's vigilance at this time, he is afraid that 40,000 soldiers and horses are approaching Lishan City for ten miles, and Luo Wenhu may not be aware of it.

Tang Fuguan pondered Wang Xiang's suggestion, thinking that it would not be difficult to take Lishan, Luo Wenhu had more than 3,000 miscellaneous soldiers in Lishan, the city of Lishan was short, and there was no moat, so there would be no big problem in fighting hard, the key was how to fight Suizhou......

Suizhou City is Luo Xiancheng's old nest, and Luo Xiancheng has also tried his best to run Suizhou City over the years.

Not to mention the dangerous and deep trenches of Suizhou, Luo Xiancheng still left his 10,000 elite soldiers in Suizhou to guard the nest when there was a shortage of troops on the north and south lines.

Huang Zuyu and Zhou Bin will not delay this morning to launch a surprise attack on Fancheng at the latest. And now they are pretending to be a grain transport team, even if they don't fight Lishan, but rush to attack Suizhou, they still need to walk for another two days - I hope that after two days, Suizhou is not alert to the changes in Fancheng, which is very unrealistic.

If Luo Wenhu is willing to cooperate, then there will be more choices for the strategies that Suizhou can use.

Tang Fuguan thought for a while and said, "Then please ask Lord Wang to stabilize Luo Wenhu first, if you can't detain it first, I will send someone to ask Cao Shuai for ......."

Although Luo Wenhu said that Luo Xiancheng was snubbed, he was also the core figure of the Suizhou Army, whether he could pardon his crimes and win him over to serve in sincerity required Cao Ziang to make a decision.

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Transporting grain and horses moved forward slowly, Wang Xiang and Luo Wenhu learned from the ancient scholars, found a secluded place in the north of Hetang, spread cloth under the mulberry tree as a banquet, set up pots and feasts, left and right servants served, talked about literary affairs, and were also very happy.

Unconsciously, the sun was slanting in the west, Tang Fuguan came in armor, hugged his fist at Wang Xiang and said: "The grain team has crossed the Qianzha River, this day is not early, and we have to rush to Suizhou at night, are we going to catch up with the front team?" ”

Luo Wenhu drank a lot of wine, drank for a long time, only slightly drunk, stood up and saw that there were many more soldiers on the left and right, faintly surrounded them inside, pointed at these soldiers and smiled at Wang Xiang: "Wang Xiang, you are getting less and less courageous, and you need so many soldiers to protect you for a night walk...... "Summoned the accompanying servants, ready to go back to Lishan City."

Luo Wenhu deliberately led Wang Xiang to a low-lying place to spread a table and drink, not to mention the soldiers who could only be seen when he stood up around, he had not seen that the grain and soldiers had actually formed a faint encirclement of Lishan City.

"Oh, before leaving Lishan, there is a distinguished guest who wants to introduce Wen Hu to him, can Wen Hu delay a moment to meet?" Wang Xiang asked.

"Who?"

At this time, dozens of fast horses galloped, Cao Ziang jumped off the horse, looked at Luo Wenhu, and asked Wang Xiang: "This is Lishan Luo Wenhu?" ”

Luo Wenhu seems to be wearing silver scale armor, and his aura is extraordinary, if such a character is in the Suizhou army, it is impossible for him not to know it, and then look at the dozens of cavalry galloping with the people who come with him, they should be soldiers, all of them are strong and brave, and they are also tall and divine horses when they step off the war horse - Luo Wenhu's body is not much drunk at this time, and he subconsciously pressed the saber on his waist and asked: "Who are you?" ”

Unable to allow Luo Wenhu to struggle, the left and right armor guards had already rushed up to disarm Luo Wenhu and his entourage, Cao Ziang looked at Luo Wenhu and said lightly: "I am Cao Ziang, you must have heard my name in Lishan......

Luo Wenhu stood there stupidly, Lin Tie made Cao Ziang guard Luzhou, and there were 30,000 elites in Huaidong who were under his control in Luzhou, and he was definitely a powerful figure in the Huaidong family.

Cao Ziang was not sitting in Luzhou at this time, nor was he giving advice by Lin Lian's side, but he suddenly appeared in Lishan, suddenly stood in front of him, and stood with Wang Xiang......

Even if Luo Wenhu was a fool, he knew that Wang Xiang had already defected to Huaidong, and led Huaidong's soldiers and horses to sneak in from Chai Mountain!

Luo Wenhu fought a cold war, as if he was about to wake up and wrestle towards the king: "You are a dog who eats inside and out, and I have a close relationship with you in vain......" Luo Wenhu also has bravery, but after all, he is not good at martial arts, and he just wanted to struggle away and press the pawn behind him to the ground.

Cao Ziang waved his hand to let Luo Wenhu go, and said: "I think you can also guess that the soldiers and horses who went to Suizhou before and transferred to Fancheng through Suizhou and this time have arrived at Lishan City are all dressed by my Huaidong elite - I might as well tell you that in addition to the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in front, just after Danxiapo, I have 40,000 elite soldiers in Huaidong who will attack Lishan and Suizhou in the west tonight." Lord Wang said that Lord Luo was forced to become a rogue in his early years, but he can still be diligent in government and love the people, and at this time, he can help our army seize Suizhou, where to go, Lord Luo should make a choice......"

"How is that possible? How can it be? Luo Wenhu muttered to himself, with the cooperation of the king, Huaidong can send three or five thousand elites to cross Huaishan to lurk in the territory of Chaishan, he believes, but after hearing Cao Ziang say that almost 50,000 Huaidong troops have entered the territory of Lishan, Luo Wenhu subconsciously believes that Cao Ziang is talking big......

It's not just a matter of soldiers and horses sneaking in, it's not so difficult for people to cross the Huai Mountain on foot, after all, there are still some dangerous paths between the Huai Mountains, but what about the supply of 50,000 soldiers and horses, you can't ask Wang Xiang to conjure up out of thin air in Chaishan, right?

It's not right to think about it: the two times from the front of the grain soldiers and horses add up to 10,000 people, although Luo Xiancheng asked Wang Xiang to pay another 100,000 stone of grain and grass from Chaishan, but the first time Wang Xiang transported the grain and grass, 2,000 carts, there are indeed as many as 20,000 or 30,000 stones, this time the 1,000 carts of grain and grass carried 10,000 stones, to say the least, there are 10,000 stones-think of Wang Xiangzhi Chaishan, no matter how much he can, it is unlikely that so much surplus grain can be conjured from the poor countryside of Chaishan!

These 30,000 stone grains alone are enough for 50,000 soldiers and horses to consume ten days and half a month.

Luo Wenhu was stunned......

"Please take a trip to Danxiapo!" Cao Ziang didn't bother to talk to Luo Wenhu, and asked someone to escort Luo Wenhu to Danxiapo to see the main force of Chaishan soldiers and horses that had entered there, and said to Wang Xiang: "Huang Zuyu and Zhou Bin have taken Fancheng, and I asked Sun Zhuang to lead the cavalry to Fancheng to meet Huang Zuyu and Zhou Bin - although I asked Sun Zhuang to surround Suizhou as much as possible, it is difficult not to alarm the Suizhou defenders at all." If Luo Wenhu is willing to be used by Huaidong, luring Suizhou soldiers and horses to come to the aid of Lishan or pretending to be Lishan soldiers and horses to flee to Suizhou, it can indeed reduce the difficulty of fighting Suizhou. However, even if you storm Suizhou City, you won't be ...... tight."

Sun Zhuang led the cavalry to Fancheng, even if there was no delay on the road, it would take two days, almost to catch Chen Zhihu and his troops into Fancheng before the garrison in Wuyang went south.

At this time, he can't be stingy with horsepower, even if he exhausts thousands of war horses on the way, as long as the main force of Yanhu reinforcements surrounds Fancheng, Sun Zhuang can enter Fancheng first to strengthen the defense of Fancheng, block Fancheng, a key place, and cut Yanhu's soldiers and horses, he can completely lay the victory of the Battle of Jingxiang-

Next, the main force of the Huaidong Army in Huangzhou will fight to the north, while the main force of the Chaishan soldiers and horses will fight to the west, until Fancheng, and Sun Zhuang will converge, and the battle of Jingxiang will come to an end......

Whether Suizhou can be successfully captured is not a big problem.

From Chaishan to Suizhou, Cao Ziang still has nearly 40,000 elites available: whether it is Luo Xiancheng returning from the northern foot of Huaishan Mountain, or Zhong Rong and Chen Hansan abandoning Tiemen Mountain and Fengshan going north, Cao Ziang can calmly encircle around Suizhou to help.

Luo Xiancheng returned from the northern foot of Huai Mountain, and Feng Liying and Dong Yuan's Shouzhou soldiers and horses could enter from the passage between Huai Mountain and Tongbai Mountain; The abandonment of Tiemen Mountain and Fengshan by Zhong Rong and Chen Hansan to the north means that there will be a big gap in the eastern flank of the Eastern Hubei Defense Line, so that Lin Lianneng can lead the main force of the Huaidong Army and the Chizhou Army to drive north from this gap.

It doesn't matter whether Luo Wenhu is willing to surrender or not, but the Suizhou army did not participate in the massacre of Nanyang, which is relatively clean; Moreover, after the Battle of Jingxiang is over, it is impossible to kill all the prisoners, and now we must consider how to recruit and other issues.

Wang Xiang was born in Suizhou, since he can be used by Huaidong, and he has made great contributions, then he has many old stories in Suizhou, as long as there is no big mistake, Huaidong naturally wants to give him face, this is the way to dominate......