That night, the state government.

Dragon Thirteen called an emergency meeting.

Li Xin said: "Starting from Yuzhou, whether to the west or south, there is an endless plain, the northwest of Yuzhou is the Lushan Yumai, the southeast is the Tongbai Mountains, the nearest is the Erlang Mountain, the Tongbai Mountains stretch all the way to Zaoyang County, Huguang, about 300 miles long from north to south."

"Although there is a valley that can be connected to Runing Mansion and Xiangyang Mansion in Huguang, as long as you hold the dangerous pass."

"And Yuzhou is stuck on the only wide road leading to the Great Plain of Eastern Henan."

"Therefore, I suggest that although all the states and counties in Nanyang Province cannot be taken one by one at the moment, Yuzhou is very important, and we will take it first."

"You have also seen that Yuzhou City is very wide, with a radius of at least eight miles, and it was originally built according to the habitable military and civilian 100,000 people, I suggest that all the people and horses of the old camp be temporarily placed here, and then leave the second brigade to guard it."

"There are about 120 miles between Nanyang Mansion and Yuzhou City, and there is roughly a Zhao River in the middle, and there is a castle in the middle, called Bowangbao, which is actually Bowangpo in the Three Kingdoms."

"Bowang Fort was originally just a hundred forts, but because it is in a key place, commerce and trade are prosperous, and there are many people, but the fort itself is not tall, but it is about ten miles away from Yuzhou and Nanyang Fuchengdu, and the post road is wide, and it is still very spacious to be able to run two carts in parallel."

"After learning of the arrival of our troops, most of the people of Fort Bowang have fled to the nearby hills, and I suggest that this fort be taken at the same time, and garrisoned by pikemen and a thousand young men."

"Then the main force will all go south and besiege Nanyang Mansion City."

"I'm going to wait quickly, Nanyang Fucheng is located on the west bank of the Baihe River, there are only three bridges on the entire Baihe River, there is one in Fucheng, and then Shiqiao Town in the north of Fucheng and Wadian Town in the south, and there are dozens of miles away from Fucheng, so it is best if you can occupy the bridge opposite Fucheng as soon as possible."

Long Thirteen nodded, "Li Zhanchun's department has already set off, and according to the time, it should arrive near Nanyang Mansion City."

Li Xin continued, "Although Nanyang Mansion City is known as the Mansion City, it is actually not large, and the radius is only eight miles, which is about the same as Yuzhou City, in which the mansions of the Tang King and his branches occupy almost half of the city."

"There are Nanyang Wei in Fucheng, a total of 1,000 households, and there are two in Tang County and Dengzhou outside, and the remaining three are in Fucheng."

"Directly opposite the city, a place separated by a river is called Zaolin, where there is a patrol department, there are three thousand households in the city, and then three thousand households on the left and right are divided into three hundred people to reclaim here, and gradually form a large fort together with the inspection department, called Zaolin Fort, or Zaolin Inspection Division."

"There is a bridge between the castle and the fort."

"In order to communicate with Bowang Fort and Yuzhou City in the east, it is necessary to take Zaolin Fort."

"After taking it, you can settle down in this place."

"Then all the remaining men and horses drove to Nanyang Mansion City and surrounded them."

"The combat power of our department is so strong, 'it is very wreaking havoc', I am afraid that it has long been spread to the imperial court and the yamen of the governor of Henan, and there is a precedent of connecting the cities of Jiaokoubao, Jiexiu County, Lingshi County, Huozhou, and Zhaocheng, and the palace is where the princes of the Taizu family are located, as long as this city is surrounded, the surrounding officials and troops will definitely come in droves."

"According to the report of the Yamen officials who are located in Yuzhou City and have jurisdiction over Ruzhou Prefecture and Nanyang Prefecture, by the way, the jurisdiction of the Yunyang Governor in Huguang Province includes Hanzhong in Shaanxi, Kuizhou in Sichuan, Yunyang in Huguang, Xiangyang, and Henan South."

"And the Yuzhou sub-patrol road is also responsible for preparing the road, so its yamen also has the information of the guards and battalions under the Yunyang governor."

"According to the small official, the imperial court has a commander of Yunyang Wei and a general of the guards in Yunyang Mansion, but in fact there is only one guerrilla general at this time, named Yang Wenfu, who also serves as the commander of Yunyang Wei."

"But he has 3,000 cavalry under his command, all of which are equipped according to the battalion system."

"The western part of Huxi, the eastern part of Sichuan, and the southeast of Shaanxi, with its continuous mountains, have always been a place where thieves thrive, and since the Yuan Dynasty, it has been repeatedly suppressed, and it has caused a catastrophe during the Chenghua period, so the post of governor of Yunyang was set up."

"Since the displaced people in the mountains have always existed, the Yunyang Guard is a newly established guard, which is integrated with the battalion soldiers

Later, the combat power is quite strong, and most of these 3,000 cavalry are from the mountain people, which is quite fierce."

"In the southern city of Xiangyang, there are also three guards, and there is a guerrilla general, the man is called Li Min'an, there are 2,000 cavalry, of course, the number of cavalry here is small, if there are 3,000 people, the maximum number of cavalry, 2,000 people only three or four hundred horsemen."

"The three guards of Xiangyang have long been rotten, and in peacetime they are still under the jurisdiction of the commanders, commanders, and commanders of the guards, and in wartime, they are under the unified command of the guerrilla general, and all he can mobilize is 2,000 cavalry under his command, and at most 1,000 elites will be drawn from each guard."

(Zhang Xianzhong can take Xiangyang City with twenty-eight horses, and the defense power of the three guards can be seen)

"There are also Chengtianwei and Xianlingwei in Chengtian Mansion, which are estimated to be decayed."

"However, there is a garrison in Zaoyang County, which is under the jurisdiction of Xiangyang Prefecture, and there are 1,000 battalions of soldiers below, the garrison is called Bai Wang, and it is said that the combat power is good."

"Therefore, once our troops launch a siege of Nanyang Fucheng, the main ones who can come to support are the Yunyang guerrilla Yang Wenfu, the Xiangyang guerrilla Li Min'an, and the Zaoyang garrison Baiwang.

"Then the same number of soldiers and horses can be drawn from the guard, but more than half of them are used to escort grain and grass, and the maximum number that can go to battle is three thousand."

"In other words, even if they come to support, the men and horses are roughly the same as us, and at most there is one more Nanyang Guard who can attack inside and outside."

"Of course, the Hanzhong Prefecture under Shaanxi has a sub-guard general, and the Hanshui can be navigable all year round, and the Hanzhong general can go down the river to Xiangyang, and then go north to participate in the war."

"By the way, Xiangyang Mansion also has Qin Liangyu, the general soldier of Chongqing who went north to King Qin when Jiannu entered the Kou last time, he was originally going to return to Chongqing, but it is estimated that he learned that our department went south, and the imperial court recalled it, and there were about 2,000 white pole soldiers under his command, so there will be more than 2,000 elites who can go north to rescue Nanyang Mansion City."

"If you add the 2,000 men and horses in Hanzhong, the total number should be about 13,000, but if the men and horses in Hanzhong take a boat and collect grain and grass, it will take at least a month to arrive."

Long Thirteen nodded, "Who is the Hanzhong general?"

"It's a man named Luo Dai, a native of Yan'an, the specific circumstances are unknown."

"What else?"

"There are also the men and horses of Nanzhili, the imperial court has a sub-guard general and Yingzhou guard in Yingzhou, west of Fengyang Mansion, and it is estimated that there are about 2,000 battalions, but it will take about a month to arrive in Nanyang Mansion from there."

Li Xin continued, "What is in front of us right now is whether to quickly take Nanyang Mansion City and other major cities and roughly stabilize the territory of Nanyang Mansion before a large number of officers and troops arrive, or to besiege Nanyang Mansion City and annihilate the reinforcements from all walks of life who come to the rescue?"

Ryujusan asked, "What about you?"

Li Xin replied: "It is difficult to judge, it is said that it is best to besiege the city and send reinforcements, and after defeating the reinforcements that may arrive around Nanyang Mansion one by one, we will be able to settle here and train our troops in peace, but I just don't know when the reinforcements from all walks of life will arrive, and it will not be good if the time is postponed until the beginning of spring."

"According to the practice of the imperial court, although there is a governor of Yunyang to co-ordinate, when it comes to the people of Fengyang Mansion, most of them will reappoint one."

"It's been another month."

"But if we take it as soon as possible, it is now the beginning of February, and from January to March and April, we must prepare for spring ploughing, and then we are preparing for spring ploughing, and when the army of the imperial court arrives, the livelihood of that year will be wasted."

"I haven't thought of a perfect plan in the future, so let's work together."

Long Xiaoshi said: "Big boss, if the map is accurate, from Nanyang Fucheng to the west, about one mile is Neixiang County, Neixiang County is next to the mountains, and the east is the Great Plains."

"Starting from Yuzhou and going west, there are three larger rivers in turn, all flowing from north to south, the water is blocked near Yuzhou, the Baihe River is near Nanyang Fucheng, and the water is turbulent near Neixiang County."

(Blocked water, the Tang River in the later generations, the turbulent water, the turbulent river in the later generations, and the Bai River in the middle are collectively referred to as the White River after confluence, and finally merge into the Han River)

"Turbulent water is abundant all year round, which can be described as a natural barrier"

"To the west of the county seat of Neixiang are mountains

Ninety miles northwest is the Xixiakou Inspection Division, which is rich in minerals, medicinal materials, and timber, and there is a large town similar to Wucheng."

(Xixiakou Inspection Division, later Xixia County)

"Ninety miles southwest is Xichuan County"

"Thirty miles north of Neixiang County, also on the west bank of the turbulent water, there is a big fort, called Chimei Fort, which is said to be the place where the Chimei army camped in the past, and there are many Dingkou."

(Chimei Fort, later Chimei Town)

"Between the Xixiakou Inspection Division and Chimeibao is Jutan Town, which used to be the site of the former county seat of Neixiang."

(Jutan Town, later Danshui Town)

"On the west bank of the turbulent water south of the county seat, there is a large wooden village called Xujiazhai, which just chokes the road from Xichuan County to Neixiang County."

(Xujiazhai, Shigang Town, later generations)

"Xichuan County, located on the north bank of Danshui, as long as you occupy this city, you can strangle the people and horses from Yunyang Mansion to the north, and the people and horses of Yunyang Mansion will not easily come to Nanyang Mansion, because not far south along Danshui is the Jun County that joins Hanshui."

(Junxian, later Danjiangkou City)

"At this time, the people and horses of Lao Hui and Ge Li are still shuttling in the mountains, and I don't know when they will arrive at the mouth of the West Gorge."

"According to the account books seized in the Yamen of Nanyang Mansion and Ruzhou Prefecture, there are about 10,000 acres of cultivated land in Jutan Town, Chimeibao, Xujiazhai, near Xichuan County, and near the Xixiakou Inspection Division, and most of them are fiefs of King Lu and Tang Dynasty."

"In the past three years, due to the serious banditry, most of the tenants who farmed for the royal families of King Lu and Tang went to the plains, and the farmers who followed us to the south added up to about two households, and each household could get 20 acres of land.

"Pack horses and mules that pull carts can also be turned into ploughing horses and mules on the spot."

10,000 acres, the drought here is weak, there are many rivers, there should be no problem with an annual output of two stones per mu, and each household is forty stones."

"There are only three people in each household on average, and one pound of grain a day is four stones per year, three people are twelve stones, four stones are retained, and four stones are reserved for the waste, and twenty stones can also be contributed to the headquarters, and two households are ten thousand stones."

"Coupled with the seizure in the treasury of Nanyang Mansion and large households, it is estimated that there will be more than 10,000 stones."

"Our army has a lot of cavalry, 10,000 soldiers need 80,000 stone of grain support, 30,000 people is 240,000 stone, but our department needs to supply more craftsmen and miners, adding up to nearly 20,000 households, 60,000 people, and 240,000 stone."

"As a result, our ministry needs to supply a total of 10,000 koku a year for the eaters, and the farmers can just feed all the people from farming in the above-mentioned places."

"And the seizure can be used to prepare for famine"

"Therefore, my suggestion is that since it is impossible for the enemy to come on a large scale in a short period of time, and at least one brigade should be stationed in Yuzhou, then simply use another brigade to capture Neixiang County, Chimei Fort, Jutan Town, and Xixiakou Inspection Division."

"Capture Xujiazhai and Xichuan County with a brigade"

"After that, you only need to station some people and horses in the key pass leading to Yunyang in Xichuan County and the county seat, because further west of the mountain, there are Lao Huihui and others, so there is no need to worry."

"It is enough for two brigades to besiege Nanyang Mansion City, not to mention, when the people of Nanyang Mansion City see that our army is not numerous, they may go out of the city to fight, if that is the case, I will earn it."

"In this way, we have a place to stay, we can safely and steadily cultivate the spring, and we can continue to implement the siege and reinforcement strategy."

As soon as these words came out, Long Thirteen frowned.

"Just as Xiao Shi said!"