The Hengjiang River stretches for thousands of miles, and the scenery is infinitely magnificent.

If you board a boat from Baishidu, the southernmost part of Guangling Mansion, and go up more than 700 miles against the current, you can enter the boundary of Jingzhou.

It seems that the atmosphere of the war raging more than ten years ago is still permeating here.

If Huaizhou is the springboard for the Southern Qi to retain the hope of the Northern Expedition, then Jingzhou is the iron gate that blocks the southward movement of the Jing Dynasty's army.

Most of Jingzhou is located on the south bank of the Hengjiang River, and about one-third of its territory hangs in the north of the river, including Pingyang Prefecture, which controls the water system of the northern tributaries of the Hengjiang River, and the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion is also located here.

If Pingyang is lost, the sailors trained by the Northern Yan will be able to enter the Hengjiang River through the tributaries, sail down unimpeded, and the vast and rich plains of the Southern Qi Dynasty will be completely exposed to their sight.

From ancient times to the present, where there is no unification in the world, Pingyang Mansion is definitely a place for soldiers.

Although the Southern Qi court had many forces and was intertwined, it also knew the importance of Jingzhou, especially Pingyang Prefecture, so no one dared to deduct the money, food, and military salaries here.

After ten years of continuous filling, the Southern Qi Dynasty built Pingyang into an impregnable wall, and the grain storage alone could be used by the defenders for several years.

As for the Metropolitan Governor Li Tianrun, he even made the elite of the Jing Dynasty, who looked down on the world, return several times in vain and retreated to the north in disgrace.

Li Tianrun, 43 years old this year, was born in the general's family, was familiar with the art of war since childhood, and was skilled in archery and horses, and later followed his father to fight against foreign races in the northern Jinghe defense line, and at the age of 26, he was promoted to the commander of the capital because of his military merits. In the same year, because of the Yang Guangyuan case, he was implicated in the dismissal of the official and went to work at home, and was reactivated two years later, but unfortunately he was too young to turn the tide and save the situation.

Since he joined the army, he has experienced the battle of Yanziling, the battle of Heluo, the battle of Tongzhou and other large-scale battles, and performed particularly well in the battle of Jingzhou, and achieved a great victory in Mengshan in the sixth year of Jianwu, annihilating more than 12,000 people of the main force of the Jing Dynasty, and was invincible in the north and south, and was naturally promoted to the governor of Jingzhou, commanding the 120,000 army here.

His demeanor is majestic, his appearance is majestic, his figure is burly and tall, and he has the appearance of a hero.

Even if he just sits quietly, the momentum tempered by the battlefield will give people a great sense of oppression, and the subordinate officials of the Governor's Mansion feel it especially truly.

“…… Father, it has been found out a few days ago that Pseudo Yan has successively sent additional troops in Gaotang, Liyang and Weilin, among which there are traces of the elite infantry of the Jing Dynasty in the direction of Weilin. "There is a young man standing under the hall, with a jade face and a majestic face, it is Li Tianrun's eldest son Li Liangyu, who is now the marching Sima of the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion.

Li Tianrun looked at the river defense map on the west wall, and his eyes were deep and far.

The three place names mentioned by Li Liangyu are the three key points of the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion in Beiyan, which are located in the northwest, north and east of Pingyang. Among them, Liyang and Weilin are located in the territory of Moyang Road, and Gaotang is in the territory of adjacent Jiangbei Road.

"What do you think?" Li Tianrun turned his head to look at his eldest son.

Li Liangyu muttered: "Judging from the information sent by the Warp Weaving Division, it seems that Pseudo Yan and Jing Chao are ready to advance at the same time. Now that the fierce battle in the north of Huaizhou is in full swing, there is silence on the Jingzhou side, which is naturally a little abnormal. If the pseudo-Yan only wanted to attack Huaizhou, why did he hoard a large number of troops and grain and grass on Moyang Road? The last general pondered hard, but still did not understand why the other party did this. ”

Li Tianrun reminded: "You need to understand that the 120,000 garrisons in Jingzhou will definitely not be mobilized. If the situation in Huaizhou is dangerous, even if the imperial court uses the troops of the Southern Ya, it will not let Jingzhou divide troops to support Huaizhou. ”

Li Liangyu thought calmly, nodded after a moment, and said, "If the pseudo-Yan only wants to clamp down on Jingzhou, then there is no need to continue to send additional troops to the front line. If you want to attack Jingzhou, it is impossible to have no movement until now, and even the number of scout rangers has not increased. In this way, they are hoarding armies for other purposes. ”

"Where?" Li Tianrun continued to ask.

Li Liangyu's brows furrowed, it was difficult to analyze based on the existing information alone, perhaps the enemy was just waiting for his side to relax, and then waved his army south to besiege Binh Duong, which had a precedent in the past.

But...... Would they still look down on their father like this?

After all, the great victory of Mengshan that year was that Li Tianrun seized the opportunity of the main general of the Jing Dynasty to attack the enemy, set a trap one step in advance, and surrounded and annihilated the vanguard army of the Jing Dynasty in the Mengshan area northeast of Pingyang.

However, if the other side does not attack Jingzhou, how can it continue to send more troops to various parts of the border and waste food and grass?

After a long time, Li Liangyu said frankly: "Please give my father advice." ”

Li Tianrun's eyes were full of snow and wind, as if he thought of the fiasco outside Heluo City more than ten years ago, and said slowly: "The puppet Yan military affairs cannot be self-determined, nominally it is handled by those people in the Privy Council, but in fact, it is still decided by Qing Yugong. When this war came, Qing Yugong must have wanted to take a place between Huaizhou and Jingzhou, otherwise he would not be able to explain to Emperor Jing. ”

Li Liangyu nodded thoughtfully.

Li Tianrun continued: "For the general, you must learn to jump out of one place and look at the overall situation. Qing Yugong was not a temptation this time, in comparison, he could only put the decisive battle in Huaizhou. On this basis, if you analyze the battle situation in the early stage, you can see that the fighting in the north of Huaizhou is fierce, and it is clear that it is to force Brother Xiao to transfer the reserve troops to the Lai'an defense line. ”

He got up slowly, walked to the vicinity of the Jiangfang map, and said, "They are hoarding heavy troops on this side of Moyang Road, it seems that they want to scare your father into retreating in Pingyang City, as for the purpose of this move...... Where is your sister now? ”

Li Liangyu was fascinated by what he heard, and said in a daze: "She is now southeast of Weilin City, about one hundred and twenty miles away from Pingyang. After finding out the situation of Wei Lin's enemy army, she led her troops to retreat south to avoid a head-on clash with the Jing Dynasty cavalry. ”

Li Tianrun bowed his head and said: "You immediately send an order to her, gather all the Feiyu battalions, and then march eastward along the line of Yangzhai, Changge, and Yingze, and explore the enemy's garrison along the road, remember to avoid a large number of enemy troops, especially not to fight without authorization." If she disobeys the order, she will go to Xinjingzhai to defend the city in the future. ”

Li Liangyu hurriedly responded, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile slightly.

After coming out of the festival hall, he thought back to his father's arrangement, and gradually felt something.

Yangzhai and other places are lined up from west to east, and the easternmost can reach the giant Ul Mountain that extends from the Shuangfeng mountain system, looking at the Hengjiang River in the south, and the hinterland of Moyang Road in the north of Yanguo.

If you can figure out the military defense situation of Beiyan in these places, you may be able to analyze the true intention of the other party's arrangement.

Li Liangyu did not doubt his sister's ability, and the Feiyu Battalion was the personal guard ranger battalion of the Governor's Mansion, even if it was not inferior to the cavalry of the Jing Dynasty, if he just inquired about the news, he would naturally have no worries.

His only concern was that if the Feiyu Battalion accidentally disobeyed the military order under the leadership of his sister, how would he get her out of Xinjingzhai in the future.

Two days later, more than 100 miles east of Pingyang City, in the southeast of Yangzhai Mansion on North Yanmoyang Road, a gripping pursuit was being staged in the mountains and forests.

The more than 40 cavalrymen running in front were Qi cavalry, led by a woman of about 20 years old, her expression was calm and unpretentious, and from time to time she looked back at the hundreds of Northern Yan cavalry who were chasing after dozens of feet away.

The woman wears a frost-covered helmet, navy blue moire light armor, a pair of yellow leather boots, a long knife hanging from her waist and a long bow on her back, and two quivers hanging from her horse's belly.

The pursuers were closer and closer, and the woman suddenly tightened the reins to let the horse fight horizontally, and then took off the dragon tongue bow with her backhand, stabilized her body and stretched her bow and arrows.

The mountain wind hunted, the forest rattled, her breathing was unusually smooth and almost stopped, and her cold eyes stared at one of the pursuers in the distance.

The bow is full like the moon, and the long arrow is dignified.

"Whoosh!"

A meteor burst through the sky, and the lightning and flint appeared in front of the pursuer's eyes, making it impossible to dodge.

The arrow sank into his face and fell backwards with his body, followed by a cry of astonishment from the side, and the pursuers all stopped.

The one who struck the arrow was their commander.

On the other side, more than 40 horsemen had slowed down and were ready to fight, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw the situation suddenly reversed.

After the woman followed, someone couldn't help but praise: "The god of school captain archery is really rare." ”

Another person accosted: "Isn't the captain's martial arts mastery?" ”

The man from before turned red.

Everyone laughed.

The woman said without a smile: "Hurry up." ”

The group immediately fell silent and galloped all the way south.

After about an hour, there were no more pursuers in the rear, and the group could rest for a while.

For these elite rangers of the Flying Feather Battalion, it was commonplace to collide with a small group of cavalry from Beiyan and Jing Dynasty, and they had long been accustomed to it if they could fight or run, and they would not take Fang Cai's encounter to heart at all.

The woman is Li Tianrun's eldest daughter, whose name is Li Bingxue, who has been practicing martial arts with Li Tianrun since she was a child, which is completely different from her brother.

Li Liangyu pays more attention to the art of strategy and the art of war, and she has never loved red clothes and arms, she charged into battle at a young age, and it was not Li Tianrun's preference to be promoted to the captain of the Feiyu Battalion, but by virtue of the military merit promotion obtained by fighting with the enemy's sentinel rangers.

After resting, Li Bingxue led everyone to a foothold in the south, and the messenger who had been waiting here for a long time hurriedly stepped forward.

"Captain Li, the military order of the Governor's Mansion." The messenger said respectfully.

Li Bingxue jumped off the horse, and her tall figure was almost level with the person who came.

The messenger repeated Li Tianrun's arrangement, and said: "Please ask Captain Li to gather the entire battalion of the Feiyu Battalion and immediately investigate the above-mentioned areas, and in addition, you must not engage a large force of the enemy, and if you violate the order, you will transfer the captain to Xinjingzhai to defend the city." ”

The arrogant soldiers next to him quietly turned their heads to avoid holding back laughter.

It's a small matter to annoy the messenger, and if you make the captain unhappy, I'm afraid there will be no good life in the future.

Li Bingxue took the military order and said calmly: "Please return to the Metropolitan Governor, the last general will definitely go all out." ”

After the messenger left, she turned her head to look at the vast world in the east, and said lightly: "Order the whole battalion to ride, gather here in two days, and then drive east." ”

"Obey!"

The crowd responded in unison.