Early the next morning, Liu Min came to Song Yang to report on his work.
It was already very late when Liu Min came yesterday, and when he came he talked about whether to attack Jiangning.
He doesn't even have time to report on his own work.
"This is how the defense situation is. Don't worry, Your Majesty. We have left people behind in every important area to ensure that they cannot reach us."
Liu Min took the map and introduced the defense layout in detail. All traffic arteries and strategic highlands were guarded.
Some river channels have also been dredged and expanded.
The entire defense of Xuanzhou's eastern front can be said to be airtight.
"Lao Liu is very rigorous in his work." Song Yang said with a smile.
"My lord, you are so complimentary!" Liu Min said, cupping his fists.
Just after reporting on the work here, Tan Ma came to report that the King of Suzhou led an army to the outside of Jiangning City.
Well, luckily I didn't listen to Gao Liangping and go attack Jiang Ning.
The King of Suzhou arrived so quickly.
If I really went to Jiangning, I would have to ask someone to make dumplings.
"Be prepared at all nodes, increase detection efforts, and keep track of the movements of the Suzhou King's army at all times." Song Yang frowned.
Tan Ma reported that the King of Suzhou arrived in Jiangning last night.
Originally I thought he would be delayed in Changzhou for a few days.
In fact, it only took the King of Suzhou three days to rectify the remnants of King Runzhou.
Once King Runzhou died, the underground generals had no intention of resisting.
Originally, if Gao Liangping was still there, several of his cronies might still be able to put up a resistance.
But Gao Liangping also disappeared, neither alive nor dead.
The troops on the front line couldn't find a single boss, so they had no intention of resisting.
The reception of King Suzhou went very smoothly.
Of course, just because the reception went smoothly, the specific reorganization work has not yet been completed.
The King of Suzhou led a large army to Jinling and successfully promised that after arriving in Jinling, those who wanted to live with him would follow him, and those who did not want to join the army could become civilians.
It has to be said that although the King of Suzhou is cruel, he is still quite proficient in the art of military service.
His father, the previous generation King of Suzhou, was a soldier and taught him a lot of skills.
The King of Suzhou was also worried that just ten thousand people would not be able to suppress the situation in the city.
Of course, he was also worried that Song Yang from Xuanzhou would take action against Jiang Ning.
So as soon as he received the surrender of King Runzhou's troops, he came to Jiangning.
The king of Suzhou's scouting horse was not blind. Of course he saw that Xuanzhou had assembled heavy troops on the eastern front.
He pretended to be a civilian and sneaked in. After a little inquiry, he found out that Song Yang was here.
Even if the defense line is tight, it is impossible to completely seal the border, and there is no electrified barbed wire, so there will always be gaps that can allow detective horses to come over. This is inevitable.
The King of Suzhou knew that Song Yang had come to Dangtu, which was the main reason why he was in a hurry to go to Jiangning.
The King of Runzhou, after all, is not a direct descendant.
Even if Jiangning is captured, he still dares to attack.
But if Song Yang, his direct relative, were allowed to occupy Jiangning, he would have no name.
Now that he has taken the lead in occupying the southern capital of Jiangning, he has the political confidence to compete with Song Yang.
As for the military aspect, the King of Suzhou did not think that the tens of thousands of elites from the Jiangnan camp under his command could not handle Song Yang's patchwork of troops.
Song Yang reorganized the defense of Dangtu, and the King of Suzhou reorganized the troops of King Runzhou.
Both sides are preparing.
In Tanzhou to the west, the first fighting began.
The Liu brothers and sisters are not fools either. With the alliance's large-scale military mobilization, they immediately knew that the government troops were going to encircle and suppress them.
So in a pre-emptive attitude, the Liu brothers and sisters transferred their main force to the border of Hengzhou.
Prepare to capture Hengzhou first to expand the strategic buffer.
Of course, the King of Hengzhou was not idle either. He collected a lot of supplies during this period.
Neighboring prefectures such as Jizhou and Yongzhou also sent soldiers and minzhuang to support.
What's more, Song Cheng's five thousand troops are also deployed in Hengzhou.
As soon as the Liu brothers and sisters arrived, both sides immediately launched several tentative attacks.
As a result, the two sides were almost evenly matched.
In terms of number of soldiers, they are actually about the same.
The main force of the Liu brothers and sisters numbered 20,000 people.
Although his total military strength is nearly 40,000, it is impossible for him to leave no one at home.
Moreover, more than a dozen new forts were built in the north of Tanzhou, and people had to be left to defend them.
Let’s look at Hengzhou again.
After additional troops and support from neighboring state capitals, the total military strength reached more than 15,000.
With less than 5,000 people, the difference is not obvious.
Moreover, Hengzhou was on the defensive side and had a geographical advantage.
So the two parties contacted each other several times, but no one took advantage.
"Mr. Mao, how is the situation over there?"
On the second day of the battle, Hengzhou defense envoy Kang Qiong and Song Mao met.
The two of them now use Xiangtan as the boundary, and each is responsible for one side.
Song Mao's troops were to the east of Xiangtan, and General Kang's Hengzhou troops were to the west of Xiangtan.
"Don't worry, Mr. Kang, we have repelled the enemy's attack." Song Mao said easily.
After receiving Song Yang's support, his five thousand elite soldiers were well equipped.
The swords, guns, swords and halberds were all new, the bows and crossbows had enough arrows, and even the armor cost more than a thousand dollars.
There were even twenty muskets.
Of course, Song Mao did not use the musket lightly.
The main reason is that there are not many elixirs, and it is too far away from Jiangzhou, so it is not easy to supply them.
Judging from the current equipment, Song Mao's advantage is far superior to that of the Liu brothers and sisters.
The bandit army of the Liu brothers and sisters had almost no armor, and there were not many bows and arrows, and it was impossible to shoot arrows like Song Mao.
As soon as the two sides came into contact, Song Mao fired his arrows and fired a series of shots to knock down half of the thieves' momentum, and then let the armored soldiers attack for a while.
This firepower is comparable to that of Jiangzhou soldiers. Unless Liu Jinpeng's main force comes out, the vanguard will have no way to defeat Song Mao.
"The soldiers and horses from Jiangzhou should have arrived at Tonggu, right? Can you tell us when the general attack will be launched?" Kang Qiong asked.
The recent contact with Jiangzhou has been done by Song Mao.
When Song Tong arrived in Yuezhou, he immediately sent a message to Song Mao, asking him to wait for Yu Ming's notification.
Yu Ming arrived at Tonggu one and a half days later than Song Tong.
It rained on the way, so I took the Crouching Tiger Cannon with me, so of course it was slower.
After arriving at Tonggu, Yu Ming rectified the army and horses on the one hand, and on the other hand sent messages to Yuezhou, Ezhou, Yuanzhou, Hengzhou, Shaozhou and other people.
The day agreed for the attack was June 25th.
Today is only June 20th, and Yu Ming's messenger has just sent the news to Song Mao.
"Master Kang, Master Yu has already arrived at Tonggu. The agreed time for the general attack is June 25th. The messenger has just arrived at my camp. It is estimated that there will be a formal notice to go to your place soon."
"Five days left! Damn it, I can finally deal with these thieves. This year has been so stressful for me!" Kang Qiong breathed a sigh of relief and cursed.
The military peak of the Liu brothers and sisters has always been on the heads of Shao Heng and Erzhou.
In order to prevent enemy attacks, Kang Qiong served as the defense envoy for this year, but he could not sleep at night and was unwilling to eat.
Now that this scourge can finally be completely solved, how can we not be happy?
Kang Qiong was a scholar. Hengzhou couldn't find anyone who knew how to fight, so he, a scholar who knew a little about the art of war, was asked to lead the army.
Now Kang Qiong didn't want to stay in the army for a moment. After hearing the news about Song Mao, he wanted to launch a general attack on the Liu brothers and sisters immediately.