This plan looks beautiful, but it inevitably has many hidden dangers and uncertainties. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

First of all, the navy will raid the bridge, and this waterway is not without difficulty.

The two armies and the two armies and the infantry of the two armies walked the Bianhe River, which means that they need to pass between Linhuai and Xuyi, the governor of Sizhou, and Xuyi is just that, but although Yu Mingzhen has not garrisoned Linhuai here, outposts and scouts are indispensable, that is to say, to pass through here, that is, to pass under the noses of others, this is one of them.

Even if it passes through Linhuai and goes north along the Bianhe River, it has to pass through Hongxian, which is a throat county in Sizhou, and it also faces such a problem.

The 10,000 men of the Fourth Army needed at least 100 large ships, and not only was the logistical pressure extremely great, but this line also needed to travel for nearly 10 days, and the supply along the line was very tricky, and once it landed on the shore, it would be easy for people to detect the clues.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid there are some problems with the raid on the bridge. Mei Kuang and Tian Chunlai have also studied this plan for a long time, and after repeated discussions, they feel that they still need to change it.

"Oh, say. Jiang Feng's face remained unchanged.

"The goal of 100 boats to take 10,000 people on this road is too big, even if it is in the name of a grain ship, it is still too big, it is impossible not to let the probation army sentry card from Linhuai to Hongxian County check, such a large grain ship, with the style of the probation army, will definitely think that it is a big fish, and the shackles will not be less, and it is easy to be exposed. Mei Guo said in a deep voice.

"What do you think?" Jiang Feng asked patiently.

"My subordinates felt that the First Army and the Second Army of the Right Wing Army did not go with us, but left two days later. Mei said in an orderly manner: "The first and second armies of our navy only dispatched thirty ships, supplemented by a few grain ships as cover, and the number of garrisons on the bridge is not large. ”

"But Tongqiao Pestle is between Qixian and Fuli, too close to the two cities, once Yao Chengtai reacts quickly enough, I'm afraid you will have to bear a lot of pressure. Jiang Feng frowned.

Tongqiao is the seat of the former Suzhou Prefecture, after Suzhou was withdrawn and merged into Xuzhou, here gradually depressed, but it is just at the confluence of Pengcheng-Fuli-Qixian post road and the Bianhe River, so the scale is still not small, and the garrison has an army of Yao Chengtai.

What is more crucial is that Qixian and Fuli are only twenty or thirty miles away from Tongqiao, and reinforcements can arrive in half a day.

"Your Majesty, our purpose is to transfer Yao Chengtai's main force out of Fuli, if Yao Chengtai's main force is huddled in Fuli City, our battle is really difficult to fight, maybe it is to make Yao Chengtai feel that the bridge is not easy to defend, they can seize the bridge before our infantry army captures Qi County on the southern front, so that he can drag his main force to be eliminated in the bridge, and we can take Fuli in one fell swoop in the next step." ”

Tian Chunlai's suggestion was also pertinent, and it also won the support of other generals present.

"Your Majesty, Chunlai's words are reasonable, Yao Chengtai plus the 20,000 troops of the Tun Army and the Pro-Guard Army, Fuli, Tongqiao, and Qi County are vertically divided, heavy at both ends, light in the middle, but the grain, grass and heavy materials are stored in Tongqiao, but I didn't expect that we would raid Tongqiao from such a big circle on the water, once the Tongqiao is controlled, Yao Chengtai is bound to desperately want to recapture Tongqiao, this is our opportunity, but the key is whether we can hold Tongqiao before the army that is heading north on our land route arrives. ”

Yang Kan groaned and expressed his attitude, "The variables in this middle are too big, what we will encounter when we go north, and how the Yao Chengtai Department of Qi County will react, it is still difficult to predict, which makes it very uncertain whether the naval army can persist after the raid on the bridge." ”

Mei Jing said angrily: "Qilang, nothing can be risk-free, not to mention that we are at war!" The naval army originally attacked the bridge from the Bianhe River is a risky move, that is, to take it by surprise, as for holding the bridge and attracting Yao Chengtai's army, that is, the purpose, I believe that the weapons on our fleet will give Shang Yunxi a deep impression, in addition, I think the Daozang Institute can show something in this time when we raid the bridge and then guard the bridge, but I heard that Brother Gui Nian They have been advancing by leaps and bounds during this period of time, and they have entered the country by great speed, and they have come up with a lot of new things. ”

If there is anything in Huaiyou that Jiang Feng attaches more importance to than army building, it is only in the vein of magic.

In addition to setting up a special magic training class in the Great Dao Academy, almost every time Huaiyou raids a place, the local magic talents will be swept away.

No matter what method is adopted, hiring, recruiting, inviting, or even forcibly persecuting, all in all, all kinds of ways and means are used enough, and these magic talents must be in the right hand of Huai.

At the same time, Jiang Feng also put the expansion of the Taoist Institute and the money and silver needed for research in the first place, which is also a major reason for the rapid development of the Huzhou Provincial Library.

Now the Five Elements Courtyard of the Huzhou Daozang Institute has been built, and the few magic talents in the southern Yingzhou have also been quickly absorbed into the Huzhou Daozang Institute after the Huaiyou Army controlled Yingshang and Shangcai counties.

The Huzhou Daozang Institute even took the initiative to attack, and when Yingzhou and Bozhou had not yet fallen into the hands of the Caizhou army, they began to take the initiative to invite and recruit the magic talents of these two states, and the superior conditions also attracted many magic talents to invest in the Huzhou Daozang Institute.

Now that the two states of Luhao are included, plus the status of the undetermined state of Hezhou, the peak degree of magic talents in these three states is far better than that of the two states of Yingbo, so there is no suspense that they are included in the Daozang Institute, and the Daozang Institute is expanding rapidly at an unprecedented speed.

Now there are more than 100 people in the Huzhou Daozang Institute, and there are 30 people above the level of magicians, including 19 magicians, 7 magicians, and 4 Taoist masters, but the only regret is that there are no strong people at the level of Dao masters.

This is probably also the unavoidable reality of a place like the Huzhou Daozang Institute with too shallow foundation, and only through persistent investment and research, coupled with the precipitation of time, can this problem be solved.

With talents, places, conditions, and money and silver support, you can say what you want, and if you can't come up with something decent, you can't say anything.

"Brother, there are indeed some things in the Daozang Institute, but if you hope that these new things in the Daozang Institute can change the outcome of a war, I think I'm afraid it's still too optimistic, right?" Yang Kan shook his head.

"Hehe, Shichiro, you can't underestimate these new gadgets in the Daozang Institute, maybe one or two things won't work, but if there are a few more, and we are fighting a defensive battle after the raid on the bridge, then the effect is considerable, I've already discussed with Brother Turtle Nian several times, I think if the new gadgets in the Daozang Institute can be guaranteed to a certain extent, I'm afraid it can really get miraculous results." ”

Mei Guan knew that Yang Kan was not very interested in those things in the Daozang lineage, and he always felt that the fancy taste was too heavy, but as the commander of the navy, he had changed his perception of the Daozang Institute after the battle on the bank of the Jiepai River.

Due to the limitations of the special geographical environment, the navy is more dependent on equipment, and the innovation and improvement of long-range strike equipment in the Daozang Institute, coupled with the change in the way the sails are controlled, so that the strategy and tactics of the navy are in a period of rapid change.

The tactics of jumping ships in the past have become increasingly backward, and medium and long-range strikes have become a new type of tactic of the Huaiyou Naval Army, and with the improvement of equipment, the strike capability of the fleet has begun to extend to the river bank, which also makes the naval force play a change.

Mei Kuang felt that as long as he could successfully raid Tongqiao and deal with the garrison army, then he was very sure that he would be able to hold Tongqiao for two days.

As long as he can rely on the medium- and long-range strike force of the naval fleet, supplemented by a series of new defensive means of the Daozang Office, he has confidence.

Jiang Feng knew where Mei Guo's confidence came from.

In fact, he has always been very concerned about the progress and changes of the Daozang Institute, Mei Guo and Deng Guinian's frequent contact, constantly experimenting with new weapons and equipment on the navy, as well as many defensive methods, he knows that Mei Guo dares to say this, there must be his support, and Mei Guo has never been a bold person.

"Since Ziyu is so confident, then this plan can be adjusted, so that the First Army and the Second Army of the Right Wing Army can follow up slowly. Jiang Feng nodded in approval, "Wanshan, what are our arrangements along the Bianhe River?"

"It has already been arranged, because the continuous transportation of grain to the north by the fleet in the early stage is of great help to alleviate the food shortage in Xuzhou and the three states of Yanyunyi in the north, so we are also familiar with the garrison posts along the Bianqu and Surabaya lines, and Yu Mingzhen also greeted these checkpoints, asking that they should not be blocked and blackmailed, so it should not be a big problem. Zhang Wanshan replied.

Xuzhou and Sizhou are short of grain, and the three prefectures of Yanyun and Yi in the north are even more short of grain, so one route is that Shouzhou grain is transported to Tongqiao along the Bianqu Canal to Fuli and Qi County by land, and the other is transported along Surabaya to Xiapi, Pengcheng and Xiao County.

Due to the continuous flow of grain northward, the checkpoints along the Bianhe and Surabaya were not guarded, which was also a favorable factor in the raid.

Jiang Feng breathed a rare sigh of relief, and said half-jokingly: "I still heard a reassuring news, otherwise this action would be really terrifying." ”

"Your Majesty, in fact, although the risk is not small, we also have many favorable factors, although the number of Yao Chengtai's garrisons is quite large, they are scattered in Qi County, Tongqiao and Fuli three places, and their main attention is focused on the Caizhou army in the west, and they are not vigilant against us, even if we cross the Huai to the north, it will take time for them to make judgments and reactions, so I think it is possible to take advantage of this time difference to catch the opponent off guard, and completely annihilate Yao Chengtai's troops, but it is more challenging to solve the unpredictable factors of Yao Chengtai's follow-up war. Wang Miao, who had not spoken, finally spoke.