Chapter 553: Planning

"My lord, this time the Sea Clan's dispatch is obviously not Zhang Rang's rear, although Yizhou's navy has not yet been fully mastered by him, most of the elite have become his army. He won't bury all of the Navy's elite for the sake of this little bit of instability. This time, the Sea Clan has pinched our life. ”

Guo Jia nodded and said: "Lord, now we are in a dilemma, first, Zhang Rang's army has not been completely defeated, although the fighting on the front line has stopped, but the Praetorian Guard is also gathering Liliang." Sooner or later, the war will start, and now that the invasion of the Sea Clan is about to disrupt our military deployment, to save or not to save will be the biggest difficulty we need to face now. ”

"Lord, on the day of the army, although we did not tell the identity of the lord to the world, but the war in Yangzhou has been going on for more than half a year, and the lord has already spread all over the country after he is the prince of Li. For example, although the people of today have not yet made a statement, all eyes are focused on the lord. Guo Jia carefully analyzed the current situation for Liu Fan, the not too strong Liu Jiajun had to face a strong enemy again, but this time they could not fully support them behind their backs.

"Lord, when Prince Li sent troops to pacify the world, the first thing to save was Yizhou, it can be said that the people of Yizhou are the most grateful to Prince Li, if the many people in the world know the identity of the lord and are happy to be the people of Yizhou, so this time the lord has to face great difficulties. Now that Yizhou has been invaded by the Sea Clan, the navy of the empire has been wiped out, and the one who is also the lord is the son-in-law of the Marquis of Yizhou, if the lord does not send troops to save Yizhou. The people of the world will lose hope in the Lord. Guo Jia carefully pondered the crux of the problem. These problems need to be faced by Liu Fan. The entire Sea Clan invaded, and even if the Liu family army was urgently mobilized at this time, it would be far too late in time.

Liu Fan also knows the problems he needs to face, Yizhou is an indispensable base for Liu Fan to dominate the world, not only because of the huge population base and rich resources there, but also because of the martial style standing at the peak of the entire empire. But now that the entire Sea Clan is invading, the conservative strength is estimated to be more than three million people, not counting their reserve liliang. And to deal with these sea tribes. The liliang of the navy is absolutely indispensable, but Liu Fan's short hand is very weak even if he is short handed in the navy.

These Sea Clans are all natural naval warriors, and they don't even need warships to fight in the sea, but in the battles with several dynasties on the Tianlong Continent, these brave Sea Clan soldiers have also learned to use warships. The weak navy of the Liu family army not only had to face the haunting sea clan soldiers in the sea, but also the strange warships of the sea clan, as well as the strong winds and waves on the sea set off by the sea clan. Liu Jiajun did not have a steel building ship in his hands, and the wooden building ship could not control the entire army at all, so that the army could stabilize in the storm.

"We must send troops no matter what, and this force must not be symbolic. Liu Fan stood up. He'd figured it out that he had to send troops anyway. There is no other reason. It is this piece of land in Yizhou, and Liu Fan needs Yizhou. This is not the time for Liu Fan to take over Jinzhou peacefully, and this dispatch of troops can let the people of the world know his attitude towards Liu Fan, Jiaozhou, and the state can also be just around the corner, most of Jingzhou has now all been under Liu Fan's rule, and the next target Xuzhou is in Jingzhou, and Jiaozhou's attack will soon be put into Liu Fan's rule.

"This time we will meet the Sea Clan with all our forces, maybe we will not be able to win the war, but we will hold the defense line of Zuihou in Yizhou. Liu Fan stood up, pointed to the map and said: "Now Chengdu may have been captured by the Sea Clan, so where is their next target? Only here, cut off Hanzhong and Zitong, then they can cut off the logistics supply of the Haitian Fortress, completely isolate the Haitian Fortress, as long as they take the Haitian Fortress, they will completely grasp the initiative in the war of the Tianlong Empire." ”

Haitian Fortress, one of the four major fortresses of the Empire, since the loss of Shanhaiguan, the naval officers of the Empire have been sticking to the Haitian Fortress, and several attacks by the Sea Clan have been repulsed. However, because the new civil and military marquis was so happy and did not know military affairs, he easily led the army out of the fortress to attack Shanhaiguan and fell into the trap of the sea clan, so that the elite of the navy that was finally saved was wiped out, and now the defense of the Haitian fortress has fallen to the lowest point in history.

"My lord, this Haitian Fortress must not be lost no matter what. Xue Rengui's tone was very resolute, the key to this war was to hold the Haitian Fortress, if the Haitian Fortress missed, it would not rule out the situation that the Sea Clan would continue to increase its forces to attack the hinterland of the Tianlong Empire. The population base of the Sea Clan is far more than that of the Tianlong people, but the combat effectiveness of the Sea Clan will be greatly reduced on land, so the Tianlong Empire has been established for so many years, but the wars in Yizhou are the rarest.

"Hanzhong and Zitong are both Zuihou bases of Haitian Fortress, and the Hai Clan will definitely divide their troops into two ways to capture Chengdu City, one way to Hanzhong and Zitong, and the other will definitely attack here. Xue Rengui pointed to Yizhou City on the map and said: "This is the foundation of Yizhou, and it is also the place of governance, as long as Yizhou City is occupied, it will be a heavy blow to the defenders of Yizhou." There is no need to fight this war, and the Sea Clan is already halfway there. ”

"My lord, without further ado, now that the civil and military marquis of Yizhou has died, the elite generals of all sizes have also been killed, and the defenders of Yizhou are now leaderless, we must send troops as soon as possible to stabilize the situation in Yizhou. Wang Jian stood aside, there were two top handsome people on the side to give advice, even if Liu Fan was a military idiot, he was now trained by his people to become a qualified general, although he was not a handsome general, but at least he could be a general who was in charge of himself.

"Immediately convene the generals to discuss the matter, the first thing we need to do now is to cease war with the Praetorian Guard, our strength is not enough to support the four-front battle, the sea tribe that appeared in Lujiang and Chaisang must also be repelled as soon as possible, and immediately send the order to the two generals Li Xiao and Cai Mao, and the naval officers can go south to support Chaisang and Lujiang. ”

"Su Qin, you are working hard to go to the camp of the Praetorian Guard, this time your task is to ask for a truce with General Pan Bao, if possible, I want to meet with General Pan Bao in person. Liu Fan quickly announced the mission, the military situation was urgent, and the 200,000 naval officers and soldiers who stayed near Jianye City could go south.

"Xue Rengui immediately sent an urgent military situation, asking Guo Ziyi's department and Zheng He's department to immediately move closer to Yizhou Haitian Fortress to support Haitian Fortress and explore the way for the rear army. Guo Jia, immediately send a letter to the city lord's mansion and inform the whole of Yangzhou of this military report, I need a new round of conscription. ”

"No!" (To be continued.) )