"It's hard to imagine that Qi Shangyou will use more than 1,000 people to 'regain Xujiazhai'

Li Zhanchun's expression was grim.

"What do you mean......

"It's been more than two months since we left Shanxi, and at this time, our department's achievements in Shanxi must have been transmitted here through the Di Bao."

"If our ministry succeeds in taking the county seat of Xichuan, it will be able to go south to threaten Yunyang Mansion, which is unacceptable for the governor of Yunyang."

"Therefore, when he ordered the guerrilla Qi Shangyou from Dangzikou to go north to Xujiazhai, most likely he would also let the people of Yunyang Mansion go directly north, or directly arrive at Xichuan County, strengthen its defenses, or enter here......

"To the west of Junshui, there are Qi Water and Dan Shui, and there is a patrol city in the place where Qi Water flows into Danshui, which is called the Inspection Department of the Digging Mountain Temple."

(Inspection Department of Digshan Temple, Houshi Temple Bend Town)

"According to the map, the scale of the population here is no less than that of Xichuan County, starting from the Digging Mountain Temple, straight to the east, you can reach Junshui, and then along the Junshui to the north, you can go straight to Xichuan County."

"The Digging Mountain Temple is also ten miles away from the county seat of Xichuan, and the soldiers and horses of the governor of Yunyang can kill two birds with one stone when they arrive here."

"Because at this time, in the north of the Digging Mountain Temple, after crossing the mountain road of Dashili, there is Xiping Town, where Lao Hui and others are stationed nowadays, occupying this place, you can not only go east to support Xichuan County, but also stop Lao Hui and other soldiers and horses going south."

"In addition, there is also a party pass between Xichuan County and Dushan Temple, where there are at least soldiers and horses."

"About twenty miles southwest of Xujiazhai, there is a Wating Fort leading to the Dangzikou Pass, if you want to go to the Dangzikou from eastern Henan, you must pass through this place, and it is speculated that Qi Shangyou should be going to strengthen the defense of Watingbao this time."

(Wating Fort, later Wating Town)

"In addition, in the southeast of Watingburg, more than a hundred miles away is Dengzhou, and the former thousand households of Nanyangwei are set up here, so once we set off to attack Xichuan County, Qi Shangyou of Watingbao can go north to attack Xujiazhai, and there are thousands of households in Dengzhou to take care of it in their rear."

Li Zhanchun said: "You have said so much, what are your plans, why don't you say it together?"

Long Xiaohu sneered: "I just listed the enemy's possible movements one by one, and I still have to ask the two commanders to make up their minds on how to act."

While the two of them were talking, Yuan Zongdi kept staring at Yutu, and suddenly raised his head at this time, "Xiaohu's statement just now reminded me, the three masters, I can see it, what is the digging mountain temple, Dangzikou, Xichuan County, and Wating Fort, it looks like a headache."

"However, the key to breaking the game happens to be in this Wating Castle!"

"Oh?"

"Three masters, you think, once I go west to attack Xichuan County, Qi Shangyou of Watingbao will definitely come north to attack Xujiazhai, so the twenty-mile mountain road between Watingburg and Xujiazhai is our opportunity."

"You mean an ambush? How easy is it to say? The households south of Watingburg did not run away like Jutan Town and Chimei Fort, but continued to stay in the local area. Once he sees it out, what if Qi Shangyou stays in Watingbao and doesn't move?"

"It's not proper", Li Zhanchun shook his head, "It's better to attack Xichuan County directly, and leave more than 300 pikemen, more than 100 musketeers, and twenty or thirty artillery soldiers in Xujiazhai, with the ability of our army, it is impossible for Qi Shangyou to take this village in a short time."

"And once the county seat of Xichuan is attacked, the enemy of the mountain temple and the party will definitely go north to reinforce it, at that time, we will defeat the soldiers and horses under the jurisdiction of the governor of Yunyang near the county seat of Xichuan, once this goal is achieved, Qi Shangyou of Watingbao will either retract back to the left banner battalion, or nest in Watingbao and do not move."

"I will never be under Xujiazhai."

......

After discussing for a long time, there was still no conclusion, and in the end, the three of them felt that the matter was very important and had to report to Long Thirteen, so they sent a fast horse to Nanyang Mansion City.

When Long Thirteen learned about it, he immediately called Wang Ziyu, who was in charge of intelligence after Li Zhong left.

"What's going on in Xiangyang Mansion?"

"Not yet, but not at the moment

The court set up a naval division in this place, and there were a large number of ships going back and forth from Hanzhong, Xiangyang, and Wuchang, and it was still possible that they could use the boats to send a large number of soldiers to Fancheng at night, and then use the channel of the Baihe River to reach Xinye County."

"The turbulent water joins the Baihe River in Xinye County, and they can use ships to transport the army to Dengzhou and Neixiang County, and they can also go upriver from Xiangyang Fucheng to transport the army to the Zuoqi Battalion, so that the Qi Shangyou troops in front can rest assured and boldly attack."

At this time, because Li Xin and Li Zhong brothers had already taken them to attack Neixiang County, only Wang Ziqi, Wang Ziyu brothers and Wang Dingguo, the thief of Zhongtiao Mountain, were left around Long Shisan, and only Wang Ziyu, who knew a few words, could undertake the task of reconnaissance, so he let him practice with Li Zhanchun, Li Zhong and others along the way.

Right now, it's just taken over.

Long Thirteen knew that he couldn't expect to get more information and advice from Wang Ziyu's mouth, so he thought about it alone.

"Li Xin's has just arrived in Neixiang County, and our army has already taken Xujiazhai, so whether it is the governor of Yunyang or the Xiangyang soldiers, they should know the distribution of our army's military strength."

"What's the best way for them?"

"If we go straight to Nanyang Fucheng, our troops are attacking the Wu Dading Department of the Xixiakou Inspection Division and the Li Zhanchun Department of Xujiazhai will all be withdrawn, presumably the enemy will not fail to take this into account."

"If all of them arrive at the Zuoqi camp to strengthen the strength of the guerrilla Qi Shangyou at the mouth of the party, they can only threaten Li Zhanchun's troops in Xujiazhai."

"What if they used the waterways of the Han River, the White River, and the Turbulent Water to secretly transport their military forces to the county seat of Neixiang? Will it be able to lay a nail in the middle of our army? Once this nail is laid, it will not only strengthen the strength of the inner township county, but also separate our army in two places."

"By the way, because our army's record in the early stage is too strong, it is unlikely that the army under the command of the Yunyang Governor will fight our army in the field, and they also know that no matter how powerful the army is, it will not be stronger than the nine sides."

"Therefore, strengthening the forces of Nanyang Fucheng, Ningxiang County, and even Xinye County and Dengzhou is their best strategy, and then sit back and wait for the official army to move south on a large scale after the Battle of Dengzhou."

"In Dengzhou, there are also Jin Guofeng's Guanning Iron Cavalry, as well as Mu Wenshou's elite, plus Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army, plus Nan Zhili's mobile troops, well, according to Di Bao, Huang Degong's army has joined Lu Xiangsheng's army, Huang is the most elite part of the Beijing camp, and Huang + Lu is a strong opponent."

"Hong Chengchou and Chen Xinjia still have some men and horses, and they will gather in Nanyang Mansion at that time, most of them will be in two or three months, and then it will be a great opportunity to fight a decisive battle with our army, and now they are not my opponent no matter how they are arranged."

"But spring ploughing will be coming in another month and a half, and I can't wait so long stupidly under Nanyang Mansion City!"

"However, there are no absolutes in everything, if the people of Xiangyang Mansion go north to reinforce, what city will appear?"

「......」

Long 13 fell into nervous thinking, and after thinking for a long time, there was no result, and finally he had to order Wang Ziyu and Wang Ziqi to understand the situation of the White River and turbulent water shipping again.

At this time, there were two more people in his big tent, that is, Yue Zhenbang and Zhuang Zigu, who had just returned to Shun, and they were now replacing the previous positions of Long Xiaoshi and Long Xiaoju.

The two of them saw that Long Thirteen was deep in thought, and they couldn't say anything for a while, in the end, Nayue Zhenbang was more lively, and he handed a cup of freshly brewed tea to Long Thirteen.

"Master, let's have some tea"

Long Thirteen opened his eyes suddenly, and when he saw Yue Zhenbang, he slapped his forehead.

"Oh, Dragon Thirteen, Dragon Thirteen, let the person in front of you not consult, and want to give up the near and far, this Yue Zhenbang is the one who inherited his art of war and martial arts, it must be both civil and military, why not take a look at his opinion? By the way, let's try it."

He smiled and said, "Dinghuan"

(Dinghuan, the word of Yue Zhenbang)

"If you are the governor of Yunyang, how should you deal with this situation now?"

Yue Zhenbang was speechless for a while, and only after a while did he say, "Even the border army is not the opponent of the small strong brigade, this inland guard

No matter how big the battalion is, I'm afraid I'm not afraid."

"Don't come to these vains, tell me what you think."

"This ......, hehe, if I were the governor of Yunyang, I would definitely not expect to be able to defeat the big boss in one battle, now the big boss has surrounded Nanyang Mansion City and Neixiang County, according to the past record of the big boss, if I attack with all my strength, I will definitely win it in a short time."

"Therefore, before the big boss takes the entire territory of Nanyang Mansion, it is only right to stabilize the defense of the city except for Kaifu City, Yuzhou City, and Neixiang County."

"Tell me specifically"

"Hehe, this, the big boss, Nanyang Weiben, the front and back left, the center and the right, the left, the center and the right are in Fucheng, the first thousand households are in Dengzhou, and the last thousand households are in Tang County."

"This shows that the focus of the entire Nanyang Prefecture is on these three places, first, these three places can transport materials back and forth through rivers, and second, Dengzhou faces the mountains in the west, and Tang County faces the Tongbai Mountains in the east."

"The distance between these three places is about 100 miles, and if there is a problem in one place, the other two places can quickly support, and they can also send a large army first, and the military materials will be slowly transported from the water."

Long Thirteen nodded, "Then do you think that if the official army of Xiangyang Mansion goes north, it will strengthen there?"

"Needless to say, it's Xinye County, Dengzhou and Tang County are both big counties, there are a lot of young and strong people in the city, and there is no problem in every place, plus the supervision of thousands of households, it can still be held for a while."

"Only Xinye County does not have regular military strength, and there is no regimental training, but the county is located in the south of Nanyang Prefecture, and the distance between it and Dengzhou and Tang County is about the same as that between Nanyang Prefecture and Dengzhou and Tang County......

Dragon Thirteen woke up suddenly.

"During the Three Kingdoms, when Liu Bei went south to join Liu Biao, he was placed in Xinye County by Liu Biao, just to let him defend the north, how could I forget this stubble!"

"What's more, Xinye County is just north of Fancheng, as soon as Xinye is lost, our army will be able to reach Fancheng by water and land, as the men and horses of Xiangyang Mansion, don't expect them to bother to do their best to support Dengzhou and Tang County, it is only right to take Xinye County as a buffer for Xiangyang Prefecture!"