When Yue Lengqiu and Tang Xitai arrived in Duchang, they encountered heavy rain and strong winds and surges on Poyang Lake. It was difficult to cross the lake to Yuzhang for a while, so they stopped in Duchang.
Duchang City is located at the mouth of the Chang River into Poyang Lake. Zhou Tong led Tang Fuguan and Liu Zhenzhi took a temporary rest in Duchang, making it seem like another camp city was built on the deserted beach north of Duchang City.
Dozens of troop transport ships were moored in the stone port at the mouth of the river. At this time, troop transport ships were heading south in the rain one after another and docked at the river port. Seeing so many troop transport ships gathering at Duchang, Yue Lengqiu could also understand that Lin Lin was
The decision has been made, and the main force of the Chongcheng Army is about to be mobilized, but I don't know whether it will be transferred to Jiangzhou or somewhere else.
Since Yue Lengqiu had to rest in Duchang to avoid the heavy rain and cross the lake, Zhou Tong naturally could not neglect Li Feng, so he held a banquet at the camp to invite him and express his feelings. Tang Fuguan and Liu Zhenzhi were also present to accompany him.
Dried meat, vegetables, fruits, fish, shrimp and dried meat. The dried meat has been stored for a long time and gives off a slight fishy smell. The main vegetables are seaweed.
Zhou Tong said with a smile: "The war has just ended, supplies are exhausted, and there is no good thing to entertain, so please invite Prime Minister Yue Haihan..."
Yue Lengqiu said: "Commander Zhou is being polite."
Yue Lengqiu is not clear about the current situation in Jiangxi.
Although the Huaidong Army's supplies can be transported from the Yangtze River, they are all food that has been stored for a long time. The fact that the army can eat pickled and dried meat shows that the Huaidong Army is unparalleled in terms of military food.
To restore agriculture in Jiangxi, animal power is indispensable. Lin Fu's first decree after arriving in Yuzhang was to strictly prohibit the slaughter of livestock in all parts of Jiangxi. Therefore, in Duchang City, there was no shortage of fish, shrimp and fruits, but there was no shortage of fresh vegetables and meat.
For the generals of the Huaidong Army, this was the time to make achievements, and few of them indulged in pleasure. Except for some alcoholic generals who often stole medicinal liquor, most of them were still hungry for food and clothing.
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Yue Lengqiu naturally followed the guest's wishes and didn't take it seriously.
With half the salary, Yue Lengqiu and Zhou Tong sat together, and Tang Fuguan, Liu Zhenzhi and Tang Xitai sat with them.
When Yue Lengqiu was in charge of Eastern Fujian, Tang Fuguan was the Marquis of Yu on the left side of the Admiralty, and he was quite familiar with him. Yue Lengqiu also wanted to test the views of the Huaidong Army generals on Jinghu and the situation in the north, so he chatted with Tang Fuguan during the dinner.
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Tang Fuguan's feelings about Yue Lengqiu were much more complicated.
When Yue Lengqiu was in charge of Eastern Fujian, he was at odds with Yu Wangao; when he was in charge of the division, King Qin, Yue Lengqiu instigated Tao Chun to split Shao Wu's army.
Although there are many reasons why Shao Wujun was overthrown in Jinan, how could a general from the former Eastern Fujian Army still have a good impression of Yue Lengqiu?
Tang Fuguan originally wanted not to attend the banquet and avoid seeing Yue Lengqiu. However, Yuzhang hoped to show more goodwill to Yue Lengqiu. Under Zhou Tong's insistence, Tang Fuguan had no choice but to come over and deal with Yue Lengqiu.
"The foundation of Yanlu is in the two Liaos and in Yanji, both of which are close to the deep sea. However, the Jinghai Sea Camp stretches across the four seas and is unfavorable in every direction. The downfall of the She family is also rooted in this. This is also the strategist of the Privy Council," Yue Lengqiu
Sitting on the table, with his waist as straight as a halberd, he looked at the people in Huaidong and said, "Now, the Yanlu should also be well aware of this disadvantage, so they have prepared heavy troops in Shandong, Jidong and Liaodong, and also have a large flood control army in Dengzhou. But
Judging from the defeat of the She family, using land to defend the sea is undoubtedly a way to meet the difficulties with difficulty. If the Yanlu plan goes beyond this, they will eventually fall into complete passivity. Therefore, the Yanlu are eager to first fall into the pass on the western front and then seize the capital.
Lake, hoping to open the western route and go south first, so that the Huaidong soldiers can be contained on the western front, and they are still unable to go north by sea on a large scale to directly attack the two Liao and Yanji. By the end of last year, the Yanlu launched a large-scale attack on Guan, Shaanxi and the Privy Council.
Seeking to regain Jiangxi depends on the priorities of both parties. Now, the Privy Council has expelled the She family from Jiangxi first, which can be said to be the first move..."
What Yue Lengqiu said was half-literate, but Zhou Tong, Tang Fu, Liu Zhenzhi and others were all well-educated and literate, and Tang Xitai was even more famous, so it was not difficult to understand.
At the strategic level, Yue Lengqiu's understanding of Huaidong and Beiyan was accurate.
If Yan and Hu fail to open up the passage from the west to the south, Jinghu can maintain a balanced situation. After Huaidong regains Jiangxi, in one or two years, more than 200,000 heavy troops will be gathered northward by sea to directly attack Yanji, Liaodong
Ability - this will be extremely fatal to Yan Hu.
Yanhu can intercept Huaidong's attack of 200,000 heavy troops on a special defense line, but there are several places along the coast of Shandong, Yanji, Liaoxi, Liaodong and other places suitable for landing 200,000 heavy troops, and Yanhu has no ability to attack them at all.
All localities have established defense lines to intercept the attack of 200,000 heavy troops. At that time, in order to maintain the ability of mobile defense, Yanhu's cavalry will be completely contained along the Bohai Sea, and it will be difficult to pose any threat to South Vietnam from Henan, Guanshaan and other directions.
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For Yanhu, what they have to do now is to build a naval force in the Bohai Bay that can compete with the Jinghai camp, and to abandon their sons and fight for the first place.
If Yan and Hu's tens and hundreds of thousands of troops can go directly south from the western front, invade Jinghu, push to the north bank of the Yangtze River, and threaten Jianghuai from the west, then Huaidong will have nothing to do except passively defend on the western front.
He was able to mobilize heavy troops to attack Yanhu's Yanji, the hinterland of the two Liao Dynasties.
This means that whether Huaidong captures Jiangxi first or Yanlu captures Guanshan first will determine who has the initiative in the entire battle.
Zhou Tong looked at the wine glass in his hand and said: "Guanzhong is in danger, and once Guanzhong collapses, it will trigger a chain reaction in Hezhong, Nanyang, Suizhou, and Jingzhou. The situation will develop very quickly, so our army will recover Jiangxi first, and we can't talk about it yet."
We must take the initiative. I think our army's top priority is not to prepare to attack Yanji by sea, but to stabilize the situation in Jinghu first to secure Guanzhong..."
The stable situation in Jinghu will provide strong support for the Cao family to resist Yanhu in Guanzhong. Once the situation on the entire western front stabilizes, the initiative in the war will naturally fall into the hands of Huaidong.
Yue Lengqiu sat side by side with Zhou Tong and could not directly observe whether what he said was true or false.
If the generals of the Huaidong Army are thinking about this, the main force of the Chongcheng Army will cross the river and go north to pursue the She family, but the entire Jinghu War will be completely without Chizhou Army - even though Yue Lengqiu knows that Chizhou is advancing westward at this time,
It is suspected that Lin Fu borrowed a knife to kill someone, but there is no way. After the Chizhou Army experienced the fiasco at Songyang, if it does not perform well on the Jinghu battlefield, it will be completely marginalized and will be disbanded.
Yue Lengqiu said: "I am convinced of General Zhou's plan. However, Shewenzhuang and Huaidong have been defeated repeatedly, but it cannot be denied that he is an old fox who is well versed in Huaidong's fighting methods - the main force of the Chongcheng Army crossing
If they pursue the remnant of the She family north of the Yangtze River, the remnant of the She family will not tangle with the Chongcheng army. From the fact that the She family does not defend Huangmei County on the north bank of Jiangzhou, but withdraws its defense line to the Jichun area, we can know that the She family wants to avoid the Huaidong army.
Thoughts. Suizhou now also regards the She family as an enemy. In order to avoid losing their lives, Luo Xiancheng deliberately gave up the passage on the east bank of the Han River so that the She family could escape north along the Han River at any time and attack Nanyang. If Luo Xiancheng was not eliminated, the threat from the flanks was unknown.
Can Huaidong send troops and horses to pursue the remnants of the She family along the Han River?"
"Yue Du's words do make people reflect," Zhou Tong said, "but the Huaidong army can march hundreds of miles a day. How can the remnants of the She family, dragging their families with them, also march hundreds of miles a day? Moreover, Huaidong's one hundred thousand soldiers
When Ma crosses the river and heads north, Luo Xiancheng, a piece of grass on the wall, can't do enough to surrender to Jiangning. How dare he really let the She family escape north?"
Zhou Tong's nonchalant tone made Yue Lengqiu confused. He thought: Maybe it was because the Huaidong Army was victorious in all battles, and Lin Fu and others were arrogant and arrogant. Maybe Lin Fu asked Zhou Tong to confuse him.
Yue Lengqiu didn't want to make the guests and hosts unhappy at the banquet. Zhou Tong's influence in the Huaidong Army was very important, and Lin Fu was not an arbitrary dictator. Zhou Tong could have a say in the fate of the Chizhou Army.
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Yue Lengqiu could not see through the truth of what Zhou Tong said for a while, but the main force of the Huaidong Army was eager to cross the river and pursue the remnants of the She family, which was not particularly beneficial to Huaidong.
In addition to various other reasons, Huang Binghao still had 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers and horses in Yuanzhou who had not yet surrendered.
Even if Huang Binghao surrendered, how could he be trusted 100%? How could he not know that the She family fled across the Yangtze River and Huang Binghao stayed in Yuanzhou, which was a secret agreement between the two of them in advance.
When the main force of the Huaidong Army is trapped in a stalemate at Jinghu, if Huang Binghao seizes Yuanzhou and counterattacks, the Huaidong Army will be unable to look after each other, leading to chaos.
The current news on the surface is that Gao Zongting sent an envoy to Yuanzhou on behalf of Lin Fu to discuss the surrender. Lin Fu and Fu Qinghe only led Zhang Jiheng to sit in Yuzhang. The rest of the troops who entered Jiangxi were scattered everywhere. Tang Fuguan was currently in Duchang.
It seems that Liu Zhenzhi's troops will soon take the water route north again.
Isn't Lin Fuzhen afraid of Huang Binghao's recurrence?
After the banquet, Tang Xitai accompanied Yue Lengqiu back to the post house to rest.
Yue Lengqiu didn't have many words to say to Zhou Tong, Tang Fuguan, and Liu Zhenzhi, but they felt less strange as they walked with Tang Xitai. On the way back to the post house, Yue Lengqiu asked directly: "The warships gathered in Duchang, Huaidong
Do you really want to rush across the river and head north?"
"Everyone in Jiangning is looking forward to Huaidong's troops crossing north, and Jinghu is also looking forward to Huaidong's troops crossing north, but the ones who should be most eager to see Huaidong's troops crossing north should be the Cao family. Don't Governor Yue think so?
" Seeing that the heat was about the same, Tang Xitai stopped playing riddles with Yue Lengqiu and asked instead, intending to reveal more of the truth.
"Didn't the Cao family send anyone to Gan to meet with the Privy Council?" No matter how broad a person's knowledge is, there are still blind spots that he cannot recognize. Yue Lengqiu was entangled in the current predicament of the Chizhou Army and was not sensitive enough to the news in Jinghu and Guanzhong.
I really didn't realize that the Cao family didn't send anyone to Gan to see Lin Fu.
After the She family crossed the Yangtze River and fled north, the balance of power in Jinghu was reversed. Once the She family and Luo Xiancheng publicly surrendered to Hu, they would surely attack Guanzhong and Hanzhong from behind. For the Cao family, who was alone in Guanzhong, they should have to fight against Nanyang Liangcheng and Hezhong.
Liang Chengyi most urgently hoped that the main force of the Huaidong Army or the Chizhou Army would attack Jinghu.
Looking at the panic of the Queen Mother and her family after the She family fled north, we can understand the profound impact Jinghu had on the situation in Guanzhong and western Henan.
There is still no movement in the Cao family at this time, which is a big abnormality.
The Cao family does not expect Huaidong to quickly reverse the situation in Jinghu. The Cao family has made up its mind to abandon Guanzhong!
And once the Cao family abandons the defense of Guanzhong, Hezhong, and Nanyang, it will be a question whether they can defend Guanzhong, Hezhong, and Nanyang for a month. Maybe after autumn, the Hu people will drink from the Yangtze River!
Yue Lengqiu was stunned: the most basic basis for Lin Fu's decision-making was precisely the choice of the Cao family. Before anyone else speculated on Huaidong's next military deployment, they would not ignore this point, and he took it for granted that Cao
The family would definitely send people into Gan to meet with Lin Fu to urge the Huaidong Army to cross north to calm the situation in Jing Lake. Unexpectedly, the biggest problem lies in this...