Xu Youchang's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Jiang Yao, is it serious?" ”

"There is no joke in the army," Li Jiangyao nodded and looked at Xu Youchang: "The biggest support we can give to Yang Li and the Yiling Navy is to storm the rebels' downstream towns and force Bao Yuchun to return to the old nest." It's better to keep the enemy running for their lives than for us to run around. ”

Xu Youchang turned his head and asked Nie Xianzeng: "Are you sure?" ”

Nie Xianzeng replied loudly: "Yes! The Tenth Army desperately protected the safety of the waterways for the brother troops, just like Dadu Hu said at the beginning, people can get by and come back! ”

Xu Youchang bowed his head slightly, and smiled at Li Jiangyao: "It's finally time for me to go on the field to move my muscles!" Jiang Yao, how big are you going to do? Half an army, or an army? ”

Li Jiangyao looked at him calmly and said lightly: "I'll give you three armies, and directly cry Lao Jianhua, okay?" ”

Hearing this, Xu Youchang was surprised and delighted: "Aren't you joking?" Three armies, more than 100,000 people? Don't talk about crying him, I have the confidence to go directly to Hangzhou. ”

Li Jiangyao waved his hand: "That's not busy." Bao Yuchun can lead his troops back at any time, but the path of the river is still not fully controlled. This time, I want the First, Second, and Sixth Armies to come and try their skills, and take a trip to see how deep the southern rebels are. ”

Xu Youchang looked at the map and pondered: "We will take the capture of Xuancheng as the goal, land from the first line of Zhenmao Mountain to Lianhua Mountain opposite Wuwei Water Village, and attack Xuancheng in two ways, east and west, and encircle the base camp of Baoyuchun!" When he returns, we will withdraw to the north shore, what do you think? ”

Li Jiangyao nodded: "It's similar to what I thought." If you can successfully occupy Xuancheng, you can continue to let the First Army advance appropriately in the direction of Hangzhou, scare Lao Jianhua and Li Kui, and deepen their dissatisfaction with Bao Yuchun. ”

"I see. In the case of ensuring that the army can retreat at any time, strive for more results. Xu Youchang said: "How to solve the transportation capacity of crossing the river?" Is the number of ships sufficient? ”

Li Jiangyao introduced to him: "The fleet that has been increased first must ensure the covering mission, and can provide up to 200 large ships to transport troops, which can send 20,000 or 30,000 people at a time; There are about 600 civilian ships, although there are many of them, but the hulls are smaller, and they can transport about 10,000 or 20,000 people at a time. Counting the time for beach grabbing operations and going back and forth to the river, I will give you three days, which is almost. ”

Xu Youchang thought about it seriously, nodded and said, "Enough, three days is enough." Let Lao Du's Second Army play the front first, quickly clear the enemy troops on the south bank defense line, and establish a landing position. Then the Sixth Army crossed the river and advanced five to ten miles to the south, continuing to expand its defenses. In the end, the 1st Army of the Wind led the horses over and took over the assault mission, defeated the rebels who came to reinforce them, and stormed Xuancheng. The Second Army, the Sixth Army, followed up the attack. After all the people crossed the river, they launched a general attack on the city of Xuancheng within three days. ”

Xu Youchang personally led the team, Li Jiangyao was of course relieved, but he still advised: "You and the commanders of the three armies should study the city defense situation of Xuancheng carefully. I'm not worried about the encounter on the road, I'm afraid that it will take too long to fight Xuancheng, but it gives Bao Yuchun room to play. ”

After that, he added: "You must know that this river crossing operation is still very risky. If you are not careful, you may have to stay in Jiangnan and fight alone until the day we launch a full-scale southern expedition. ”

Xu Youchang knew that he was joking with himself, and agreed with a smile: "Don't worry, hurry up, fight quickly, collect quickly, don't move like a mountain, move like thunder!" I will frighten Lao Jianhua and Bao Yuchun them. ”

Li Jiangyao turned his head to Nie Xianzeng and said, "You must also be fully prepared." The plan must be discussed and agreed upon together with the Army. Whether or not more than 100,000 of them can come back smoothly depends to a large extent on your control of this section of the waterway and the command and coordination of nearly 1,000 transport ships. ”

Nie Xianzeng arched his hand and responded: "I understand my humble duties!" We immediately formulated a strategy to prepare all the conditions for crossing the river before Bao Yuchun attacked Yiling. ”

At the tense moment when the rebel naval division was quickly assembled and planned to launch a large-scale battle against the upstream imperial fleet, the Zhenjiang army located on the front line of Luzhou and Chuzhou also began a secret mobilization.

Both sides are in a race against time, hoping to accomplish a single battle, successfully inflict heavy losses on the opponent, and seize the most valuable initiative on the battlefield.

The vast river is filled with murderous aura everywhere; The rolling waves ruthlessly tell the ups and downs of the fate of the Holy Tang Dynasty.

Hangzhou, a few hundred miles away from the Dajiang defense line, was also holding a high-level military conference at this time.

King Li Jiong of the Jin Dynasty, Lao Jianhua of Xiangguo, Ye Rongcheng, general of the hussars, and Xie Bao, the general of the chariots, all attended.

What they are discussing is precisely Li Jiangyao and the Zhenjiang Army.

"Your Highness, Xiangguo, the situation on the front line is probably like this." Ye Rongcheng said in a deep voice: "Bao Yuchun disregarded the overall situation and insisted on assembling the main force of the naval army to attack Yiling, resulting in the emptiness of the Dajiang defense line. Xuancheng will be their primary target! ”

Xie Bao replied angrily: "We must not let them succeed!" Otherwise, the whole line of defense will become shaky, and the trouble will be great! ”

Lao Jianhua nodded slightly, and analyzed Li Jiong, who was sitting in the center: "Xuancheng is less than four hundred miles away from Hangzhou, during which there is almost no peace and no danger to defend. Alas, the old man had persuaded Bao Yuchun several times before, asking him to deal with it carefully, but unfortunately, he had been disturbed by the previous failures and couldn't listen to it at all. ”

Li Zhi said worriedly: "Master, what is the best way to deal with such a critical situation?" ”

"I have thought of three ways at present," Lao Jianhua responded: "First, mobilize heavy troops to strictly defend to ensure that the riverbank is not lost and Xuanzhou is not lost; Second, continue to urge Bao Yuchun to change his mind, redistribute the fleet, and block the river for defense; Third, ask the wasps to try to drag down the Zhenjiang army, so as not to let Li Jiangyao calmly arrange troops and generals, and fight our ideas. ”

Ye Rongcheng followed his words and said: "If you want to block the Zhenjiang army, the troops in the direction of Xuancheng must be strengthened. In addition to the original 160,000 horses, at least ...... Add another 60,000 to 80,000. ”

Lao Jianhua glanced at the other party and said in a deep voice: "Six to eighty thousand...... Sixty to eighty thousand is probably not enough. The latest intelligence shows that Li Jiangyao's determination this time is extremely high, and it may not be the strength of an army that we guessed before. ”

His grim gaze swept over everyone present: "If two or three armies are dispatched from the Zhenjiang side, are you sure to stop it?" ”

Xie Bao pouted: "Give me 200,000 soldiers and horses, and promise to wipe out Li Jiangyao and Xu Youchang under Xuanzhou City!" ”

"It's good to have confidence, but it's also practical." Lao Jianhua shook his head: "Our army is still much worse than the Turks. Since the Zhenjiang army can wipe out the more than 200,000 iron cavalry of Ronia in the Weinan Plain, then it will definitely not be a problem for him to fight our 200,000 troops. General Xie, don't underestimate the enemy. ”

Xie Bao was obviously very in awe of Lao Jianhua, and seeing that he said so solemnly and seriously, he hurriedly and honestly arched his hand: "Lord Xiangguo's lesson is that the last general must pay attention. ”

Lao Jianhua turned his head to Ye Rongcheng and said: "General Ye, the old man will send you another 120,000 troops, plus the troops deployed in Xuanzhou before, nearly 300,000 main forces, be sure to block the Zhenjiang army." ”

Ye Rongcheng stood up and replied loudly: "Please rest assured, Your Highness and Xiangguo, with such a strong force, we will definitely live up to expectations." I also ask for the assistance of the Tiger Brigade under the command of Xiang Guo to closely probe the enemy's intelligence, so that we can be fully prepared. ”

Lao Jianhua nodded: "Speaking of this, the old man is trying to tell you about it." Recently, the Pegasus Scout Battalion of the Zhenjiang Army and the Tiger Brigade have fought fiercely, and the two sides have each other's manpower to risk infiltrating the other side, killing each other inextricably, all of them are riveting their strength to probe each other's intelligence, and at the same time desperately prevent the other party from detecting themselves. This situation just shows that Li Jiangyao cares very much about this. ”

Li Bing sneered: "The more you care, the more you can prove that they are about to make a move." ”

Lao Jianhua stroked his beard and bowed his head slightly: "According to the old man's guess, the prerequisite for the other party to do it is still in Bao Yuchun." The navy army did not start a battle upstream for a day, and Li Jiangyao did not dare to cross the river easily for a day. ”

"Then the matter is simple," Xie Bao hurriedly said: "As soon as Bao Yuchun Bao Xinyan's side starts, our side will be ready for battle, and it is estimated that the Zhenjiang army will come soon." ”

"That's the right solution." Lao Jianhua said with a smile: "With the actions of the navy as a reference, Li Jiangyao's behavior has become not difficult to speculate. ”

Li Wei sighed: "It's a pity that Bao Yuchun took all the fleet away, otherwise we can take advantage of the Zhenjiang army to cross the river and hit half of it." Alas, this old bag is really getting more and more wrong. ”

Hearing him say this, Ye Rongcheng and Xie Bao secretly glanced at each other, and there was a bit of smugness in their eyes.

Lao Jianhua looked as usual, and said lightly: "Your Highness doesn't have to worry about it. The reason why Bao Yuchun did this was also because he wanted to make a great contribution so that he could explain to His Royal Highness. To control the river, after all, it is inseparable from the broad sea army. ”

Li Wei nodded, indicating that he understood what the master meant, and then said: "General Ye, General Xie, if you say anything superfluous, this king will not say anything." We have known each other for many years, and our feelings are naturally deeper than others, as long as you are loyal and defeating the enemy, this king will never be treated badly. ”

A group of generals of the Xuanjia Department hurriedly stood up and bowed their hands, and responded in a loud voice: "We are willing to serve His Highness!" The Jin army will win! ”

After the Hangzhou meeting, in less than three days, Ye Rongcheng and Xie Bao led the 120,000 fresh troops allocated to them by Lao Jianhua and hurried to the front line in Xuanzhou. They couldn't help but hurry, because Bao Yuchun sent someone to deliver the news that his fleet had already begun to march towards Yiling.

This means that the battle in the direction of Xuancheng is likely to start at any time!