The atmosphere in the hall was a little depressed for a while, and everyone understood what Wang Miao meant. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Defeating Yao Chengtai and taking Fuli is only the first step, the huge Xuzhou, Shang Yunxi in Xiao County, Lu Qiming in Pei County, Feng County, Yu Mingzhen in Xiapi Muyang, and Shi Yu in Pengcheng are not easy to match, and everyone has tens of thousands of troops in their hands.

If you want to fight step by step, Huaiyou has no hope of taking Xuzhou, not to mention the loss of troops, just because of the delay of time, the Yuan army in Bozhou in the west will pounce without hesitation, and then maybe the Yuan family, who was originally the enemy of life and death, and Xuzhou will join forces to fight back against Huaiyou.

If Huaiyou wants to fight Xuzhou, then it can't be done according to the convention, break one, deter a group, recruit a group, and finally achieve the majority and encourage the minority, and succeed in one fell swoop, which is the best policy.

If you don't defeat Yao Chengtai, you can't show Huaiyou's strength, and these big soldiers in Xuzhou won't take Huaiyou in their eyes, only by defeating Yao Chengtai can they be qualified to talk about conditions with Lu Qiming and Yu Mingzhen, and they can also concentrate their forces to eliminate or force down Shang Yunxi and Shi Yu to the greatest extent.

Defeating Yao Chengtai is only the first step, and it can even be said that the most basic first step is to step into the threshold, how to divide and win over Lu Qiming and Yu Mingzhen, how to defeat Shang Yunxi and Shi Yu, that is the real big move.

"We can only talk about everything else if we take every step. Yang Kan's momentum was also stimulated, "Solve Yao Chengtai, we are qualified to say otherwise, since we have set the goal, we can only go down step by step according to the plan, the variables are of course very large, and there are many unpredictable factors, but our Huaiyou Army is not vegetarian, the soldiers will block the water to cover the earth, who is the Huaiyou Army afraid of?"

"Of course we are not afraid, otherwise why do we need to discuss here? But we need to think about many things clearly beforehand, especially some strategies to deal with the situation, we all understand the truth that if you are not careful, you will lose everything. Wang Miao frowned dissatisfiedly.

Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel, Jiang Feng interrupted in a deep voice: "Okay, this matter is going according to the plan, some details and specific strategies still need to be adjusted and improved, Bai Ling will discuss it again, there is one thing we need to be clear, there is no special reason for the definite plan, we will not change it." Next, let's discuss the specific time and route of the troops,......"

The gloomy weather finally showed a glimmer of light, and the rain gradually stopped.

The soldiers on the ship could finally breathe a sigh of relief, the taste of being held in the cabin on a rainy day was really uncomfortable, and they all felt like they were about to get moldy.

Mei Guo subconsciously frowned, he didn't like rain, especially this kind of sailing time, but for this time, rain was a good thing, without him, at least there would be many fewer scouts on both sides of the riverbank.

Since the fight in Linhuai, Mei Jing's spirit has become highly nervous, and he almost takes turns with Tian Chunlai to guard the shift, and he does not dare to slack off at all.

It was a long run, and it was a considerable journey through enemy territory.

Although the enemy did not yet know that they had become their enemy, and even thought that they were transporting food for their territory, it was impossible to say that such a large convoy was crossing the border without the slightest vigilance.

As soon as they crossed Linhuai, less than 50 miles into Surabaya, the scouts of the probation army caught up, followed by a small group of cavalry chasing along the riverbank, and the fleet had to stop and be inspected.

It should be said that the continuous transportation of grain in the early stage did have a very good paralyzing effect, although there are still some differences between the ships of the naval fleet and the ships transporting grain, but everyone knows that all the ships that can be used at this time have been used, and the ships that transport grain in the early stage are also messy and colorful, so after deliberately mixing the military ships that have been modified and covered up with the grain ships, it is not so conspicuous.

In order to prevent exposure, the military ships had to put away all the special sails that had been used for a long time, and changed to the old-fashioned sails, and the speed of travel was greatly slowed, but there were already grain ships together, and the speed could not be pulled up, so it didn't matter.

A large fleet of more than 30 ships, along the way, has encountered several groups of scouts, but fortunately, the identity of the "grain carrier" has been indicated in advance along the way, and most of them are perfunctory.

The Bianhe River, also known as the Bianqu and Tongji Canal, is the first phase of the Sui-Tang Grand Canal excavated in the Sui Dynasty, which is enough for the two major waters of the river and the Huaishui, and has also become the most important channel for transporting grain from the south to the north since the Tang Dynasty.

Although after the late Tang Dynasty, as the central government retreated to Guanzhong, the Central Plains was controlled by the Great Liang, but this passage connecting Henan and Jianghuai still played a huge role.

Grain, silk, tea, porcelain, and salt from Jianghuai and Wudi, especially the bulk goods of grain, porcelain, and salt, were transported to the Central Plains in large quantities through this water transport channel, and through the Central Plains to Guanzhong, Hedong and even further to the Western Regions and Mobei.

Since the late Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains of Heshuo has become increasingly dilapidated, especially in the Heshuo area, where water and drought are intertwined, and it is increasingly dependent on grain from the south of the Yangtze River, and the linen, leather, iron, cotton, horses, and native products produced in the north are also exported to the south through this channel, but they are far less than the output from the south to the north, so it is increasingly barren and depleted in the north.

This also led to a growing number of ships from south to north, and almost all of them were fully loaded, while fleets from north to south were often light sailing south.

A figure on the river bank flashed in the reeds, this is their own scouts, through the copper mirror reflected light transmitted by the signal indicates that there are Huaibei scouts thirty miles ahead, reminding the fleet to be careful.

It can be seen that although Huaibei has become much barren after experiencing the poison of ant thieves, Yu Mingzhen still has not relaxed his control over this area.

Although limited to the lack of troops, Yu Mingzhen only garrisoned troops in Xiapi and Muyang, and only one corps of Sizhou governors like Linhuai was stationed in the prefectures, but Yu Mingzhen knew very well that as long as Xiapi and Muyang were controlled, they would basically be firmly in control of Sihai and Sihai.

A figure jumped in, it was Tian Chunlai.

"Brother Kuang. ”

"Spring is coming. ”

"Another signal is being sent from the shore that the Huaibei scouts are coming again. ”

"Well, Yu Mingzhen is still very careful, but maybe they didn't expect us to drive straight in this way. Mei Guo nodded, and gently stroked the green Shen sword on his waist, "Wuwentang is doing a good job, up and down, although Yu Ming is really cautious, but Huaibei's bones have rotted, so he is undefeated?"

"Jun Shang is deep in thought, the infiltration of this Wuwentang is not something that can be done in a year and a half, that is to say, at least the year before last, when we had not yet entered the Huai Right in Shouzhou, I am afraid that Jun Shang had already started it. Tian Chunlai also sighed, "I always thought that we in Shouzhou knew a lot about Huaibei and Huainan, and after entering Huaiyou, I found that people thought farther and deeper than us, and Shouzhou was not unjust." ”

"What, you're still not convinced?" Mei Guo laughed, "Still thinking about it?"

"Hehe, where is the word, defeat is in the hands of the king, and I am convinced. Tian Chun laughed at himself, "At least we Shouzhou never thought of taking Luzhou, never thought of shaking Li Yu, used to be a frog at the bottom of the well, sitting in the well and watching the sky, following the king, it can be regarded as jumping out of this world, looking at the world with a higher vision and angle, different and wonderful." ”

"Well, sometimes I feel like I can't keep up with the rhythm and pace of the king, and if I don't pay attention, I will fall behind, and I feel that I need to reflect on myself almost every day. Mei Kuang looked at the river bank through the gap in the canopy, "Three years, such a country, if it was a different person, I am afraid that he would have been content with the status quo a long time ago, at least he felt that he should stop and rest and be stable, but Jun Shang seems to have never been tired, he does not know how to stop, this step has not yet been taken, he is already thinking about how to go next." ”

"Yes, I feel my blood boiling when I think of all this, and I feel that I will live up to this life in the future by following you every step of the way. Tian Chunlai took a deep breath, "When can our three surnames in Shouzhou also set foot in Xuzhou, this is something that I have never thought of before." ”

In the middle of his life, a starling swept over the water and landed on a special nest on the canopy.

Mei Kuang and Tian Chunlai's eyes fell on the bird's nest, and soon a special person climbed up to the bird's nest, took a bamboo pipe from the starling's foot, and walked quickly.

After taking the wax seal bamboo tube, Mei Guo observed the imprint, and then opened the seal.

There was a note in the bamboo pipe, but I couldn't understand the meaning from the words, and someone next to me had already handed over the code book, and compared it with the translation, and soon the content came out.

Seeing Mei's face change slightly, Tian Chunlai realized that the content of the information was probably not good news.

Yu Mingzhen suddenly led an army from Xiapi into Hongxian. ”

Gassho crushed the paper and fell into the river, and Mei's face returned to calm.

"Oh?" Tian Chunlai also frowned, "The First Army, who is the general leading the troops?"

"Yu Mingzhen himself! The question is why did he come to Hongxian at this time? It seems that Yu Mingzhen has been stationed in Xiapi for a long time, and even Pengcheng has not been back for many years, how could he suddenly bring troops to Hongxian? Moreover, Yu Mingzhen's troops are already insufficient, and how could he suddenly send troops to Hongxian County, which is in full swing to reorganize the army?" Mei Kuang thought sharply about this question in his mind.

If this problem is not understood, although the strength of one army cannot stop the northward march of its two armies, once it is exposed and loses its suddenness, it will be impossible to raid the bridge again.

"Order the fleet to slow down temporarily, we need time to figure out Yu Mingzhen's intentions right away. Mei Kuang knew that there would inevitably be some emergencies along the way, but he didn't expect to meet Yu Mingzhen personally leading troops into Hongxian.

Yu Ming is really not so easy to fool, once he becomes suspicious, it is a bit tricky.