Jiangdu, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, partial hall.

On the east wall of the side hall hung a huge map, in front of the map are lined up many generals, a young military aircraft senator is pointing to the map, said loudly: "At present, the Northwest Army's Han Xiong Department is moving closer to Xiangzhou along the Hanshui line, and Zhuge Gong's department is also marching in the direction of Hankou, which poses a huge threat to our Xiangzhou garrison. ”

Hearing this, a general who was about fifty years old added: "Most of our army's reinforcements have not yet arrived in Xiangzhou, and if the Northwest Army launches an offensive at this time, Xiangzhou will repeat the mistakes of Huzhou." ”

The military senator nodded in agreement: "What General Du said is that the thirty-six battalions in Huzhou have been completely disabled by Lan Yu in just half a month, and the rest of the remnants have entered Xiangzhou one after another, although there are still 100,000 troops of Luo Zengxian in Xiangzhou, but it is difficult to say, if the Northwest Army really comes to attack, this 100,000 army composed of displaced people may not be able to hold out for even three days." ”

Lu Qian, the governor of Jiangdu, was the only person sitting in the hall, and he stared at the map and slowly asked, "Does the shogunate have a countermeasure?"

The shogunate is a subordinate yamen of the metropolitan governor's office, similar to the prince's palace, among the five major governors of the year, Xiao Lie, Qin Zheng and Zhang Qing did not set up the shogunate in Beijing, only Xu Lin and the herdsman from the two metropolitan governors who guarded the frontier had a shogunate, Wei Chi was the general copywriter of the Xu Lin shogunate, but later Xu Lin defeated Xiao Yu and lost, and the members of the shogunate in the Chinese army tent were killed and wounded.

An old man with a goatee came out and said, "Xiao Yu is not in Huzhou now, and with Lan Yu's temperament, it is not very likely that he will rashly attack Xiangzhou." ”

Lu Qian glanced at him and sneered: "Lan Yu is cautious, but he is not timid. ”

Another scribe in a blue cotton robe said: "According to the students' opinion, the Northwest Army is long in field battles and short in siege, so we might as well retreat the border troops in various towns in Xiangzhou, which can not only reduce the distance of transporting grain, but also gather troops. ”

His voice fell, and before Lu Qian could speak, the previous general surnamed Du had already opened his mouth and reprimanded: "Scholar's opinion! How did Xiangyang City be lost? If you don't dare to fight in the field, how can you rely on each other? It can only be broken by the Northwest Army one by one." Even if the Northwest Army is not good at attacking cities, then they only need to besiege but not attack, which can put our army in a dilemma. If it is saved, it will be difficult to defeat the Northwest Army in the field, then it will become a situation of encirclement and reinforcement, if it is not saved, the defenders in the city will only have to surrender after the food is exhausted. The lesson of Huzhou is in front of you, how can you not notice it!"

The scribe was confronted in front of him, his face was flushed with anger, and he wanted to argue but didn't know where to start, so he could only force himself: "What is General Du's clever plan?

At this time, Lu Qian also spoke: "Guangting, you can talk about it." ”

Du Mingyu (Ziguang Pavilion), who was the right governor of Jiangdu at the time, hugged his fists and said: "Governor of the capital, the last general thinks that attacking the defender is the best policy!"

As soon as Du Mingyu's words came out, a noisy sound sounded in the entire side hall.

Lu Qian raised his hand, and the side hall was quiet again, and asked, "What do you say?"

Du Mingyu ignored the low voice of the generals and said calmly: "First of all, although the 36th battalion has been defeated, most of the remaining troops are still in Huzhou after the rout. Secondly, the reason why Xiao Yu wants to enter the lake from Shuzhou is not for the territory, but for the grain, since Huzhou is known as the granary of the world, then for Xiao Yu, it is more important than anything else to settle in Huzhou. Therefore, the last general thought that Lan Yu's main focus was still on the Liukou in Huzhou, and by the time he had almost cleaned up the Liukou, our reinforcements would have already arrived in Xiangzhou. ”

The scribe in Tsing Yi stiffened his neck and said, "Since Lan Yu will not attack Xiangzhou easily, then we just need to wait for reinforcements, why do we need to attack and defend?"

Du Mingyu said calmly: "Lan Yu will not move lightly, but not not moving, he let Han Xiong and Zhuge Gong move closer to Xiangzhou is the best proof, in my opinion, as long as Lan Yu finds that Xiangzhou is empty, in fact, it is a paper tiger like Huzhou, then he will not hesitate to put aside those rogues and decisively wave his troops into Xiangzhou, so we must take the initiative to attack and defend with attack." If you shrink your forces as Mr. Wen said, and be cowardly before you fight, wouldn't you tell Lan Yu plainly that I don't have the strength to fight in Xiangzhou at all?!"

Mr. Wen was speechless, and he couldn't say anything for a long time, his red face revealed a touch of blue and white, and he only felt that his eyes were black, and finally he could only hide his face and leave.

Lu Qian didn't look at him, turned his head to look at an old man who stood out from the crowd, and asked, "What news do our people have over there in the Jiangling camp?"

The old man shook his head helplessly and said: "Li Rusong is the old man of the Secret Guard Mansion, this time he is personally in charge of Jiangling, the Jiangling camp is like an iron bucket, splashing water and not entering, it is really difficult to listen to the news from inside." ”

Lu Qian snorted, and after being silent for a while, he said calmly: "If it is prudent, I plan to shrink the soldiers and horses in Xiangzhou to Jiangzhou, relying on the great river and natural danger, so that the advance can be attacked, and the retreat can be defended." ”

Jiangdu Right Governor Wei Huang (Zi Junru) said softly: "According to the Jiangdu, it is a partial security, and the location of Xiangzhou is dangerous, so it is easy to give up, which is extremely unfavorable to the Metropolitan Governor in the general situation." ”

Jiangnan Governor Zhang Chuanting (Zi Boya) also spoke: "Brother Tingyi (Lu Qian, Zi Tingyi), as you said, you must not ignore it. ”

Lu Qian sighed lightly: "What Brother Boya said is yes, we still have to focus on the overall situation. ”

Lu Qian looked at Du Mingyu again, and slowly asked, "Guangting, I will give you 100,000 Jiangdu elites, how sure are you to hold Xiangzhou?"

Du Mingyu said: "The northwest army of Huzhou is only 60,000 people, and the last general will not dare to win, and the defense is foolproof!"

Lu Qian said softly: "I have dispatched 50,000 Jiangdu troops to set off from Jiangdu, plus the previous 50,000 reinforcements, a total of 100,000 troops rushed to Xiangzhou, and Xiangzhou will be bright." ”

Du Mingyu knelt on one knee, clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "No!"

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Gangneung, where the blue jade line is located.

In the first month, there is not much atmosphere of the New Year in Gangneung City, compared to Zhongdu, there are only iron horses coming and going.

Lan Yu, who was dressed in a blue cotton robe, stood under the porch, looking at a plum tree in the corner of the wall in a daze. It's hard to imagine that it's such a young man who doesn't look amazing, that is, the Blue Inspector who is above 10,000 people under one person in the northwest. And in just half a month, the rebellion of the thirty-sixth battalion was quelled, so that Lu Qian, who was in the south of the Yangtze River, had to face the enemy, and let the entire Huzhou and even the world know the name Lanyu.

An old man walked up behind Lan Yu and said softly: "The plum is three points white and the snow is white, but the snow loses the plum fragrance." ”

Lan Yu (the word Ruiyu) came back to his senses and said with a smile: "When did Mr. Nan come?"

The old man patted his sleeves and said, "I just arrived." ”

Lan Yu nodded, and asked again, "What about Mr. Xu?"

Mr. Nan, who has always been urbane, said rudely: "That old thing, when he arrived at Mr. Jiangling's former residence, he naturally had to walk around, and he didn't know where to go." Ruiyu, what were you thinking?"

Lan Yu was silent for a while, and then said softly, "Just now I was thinking about what to do if one day I really faced my master. ”

Mr. Nan asked, "Did you come up with a result?"

Lan Yu shook his head and said, "No." ”

Nan Jinren, who had worked with Fu Chen, smiled softly and asked, "Do you think it's wrong to do it?"

Lan Yu didn't deliberately hide his thoughts, nodded and said, "The juniors do think so. ”

Nan Jinren shook his head and said, "What you think is wrong, in fact, it may not be wrong. I heard Xiao Yu say such a sentence, revenge is in vain as a son of man, if you don't take revenge, you are also a son of man in vain, how is your situation compared to Xiao Yu?"

Lan Yu shook his head and said, "It's okay." ”

Nan Jinren sighed, looked at the young Lan Yu, and said in a deep voice: "When it is broken, it is broken, even if it is wrong, it is better than constantly changing." Xiao Yu has done a good job at this point, you say that he really hates Xiao Lie to the core? I don't think so, but he knows very well what he should do and want, so he can get to this point. Looking back at Xiao Lie now, in the face of Xiao Yu, has he ever been half annoyed? In my opinion, he is more proud. ”

Lan Yu was silent for a long time, and then bowed respectfully to Nan Jinren, "Mr. Lan Yu Xie instructed. ”