Niu Hong nodded slightly: "Come on, it's time for everyone to work together. Since General Cao asked you to go south to Qizhou, he should be asking you to be the vanguard of our army, right?"
"This is natural." Secretary Hou nodded and said with a smile, "All the cavalry in the Hanzhong Army were transferred away from our northwest. Of course we can't be stingy now."
In the Battle of the Northwest, in order to achieve the ability to suppress the various aristocratic families in the northwest and challenge the Turks, the entire Hanzhong cavalry was mobilized, and then barely formed half of the cavalry under Hou Mi. So when Han Qinhu and the others now needed
Naturally, Cao Zhong cannot be too stingy when it comes to helping.
Niu Hong stretched out his hand and clicked on the map: "According to our previous plan, we should go directly from Qizhou to Binzhou, and then go straight to the northwest counties along the Jing River. But now Li Yan has shrunk to the Fufeng line,
If we go directly north from Qizhou, the biggest threat is that our flanks will be exposed to Li Yan's troops, but there shouldn't be any obstruction when we head on."
"This can be left to us." Secretary Hou did not wait for Niu Hong to finish, but he had already decided to proceed with this task that was destined to be the most dangerous. "We will be responsible for attracting Li Yan's attention and creating the illusion that we are attacking Fufeng.
"
Of course, the two thousand cavalrymen in the entire army should have the highest mobility. They should have done this in the first place. However, after all, they are not directly under Han Qinhu and Niu Hong, and they are also the few in the Northwest Army.
There was a group of elite cavalry, but Niu Hong was too embarrassed to tell them directly and let them take risks.
But obviously Hou Mi and Yu Xi had already received the entrustment from Cao Zhong and Xu Deyan when they came, so they were unambiguous. The purpose of taking Xiaoguan was to clear the way for their Northwest Army to enter Guanzhong. The Northwest Army must be at least better than Hanzhong.
Is the military more active?
"The person guarding Binzhou now is Yue Wang Yuwensheng." Niu Hong said immediately, "Although this person has always been greedy for life and afraid of death, and even betrayed Yuwen directly during the previous Chang'an Rebellion, it is precisely because of his cowardice
, maybe he will insist on defending, and his son Yuwenshu is in his prime, has considerable military exploits, and is our number one enemy."
"Yuwenshu has always been calm and respectful, but he can be swayed by the wind but he can be in a high position. Therefore, some people in Chang'an City often say that he is 'not a gentleman'." Han Qinhu strode in from outside. As a former soldier in the Sui Dynasty army,
As someone who has lived and participated in some battles, he obviously knows these generals of the Northern Zhou Dynasty better than Niu Hong, a "half-hearted".
"Unlike Naifu, Yu Wenshu is not that timid and fearful of trouble, so Binzhou is not so easy to win. We are likely to have a big battle with Yu Wensheng and his son." Han Qinhu added.
, "Now we can only hope that Baipao and our sentinels can bring back more news related to Binzhou."
"Will starting a war in Binzhou reveal our purpose?" Niu Hong couldn't help but worry.
It would be okay if Yang Jian left a reckless man in Binzhou. By seizing his weakness, he could even achieve a quick victory, and it is estimated that he would not be able to realize the purpose of the Han army. But Yuwen and his son were just the opposite. They were both good at calculations.
People, can they not detect any clues? When the target of the army is exposed, the entire Xiaoguan battlefield will be completely passive.
Han Qinhu laughed: "His Royal Highness the King of Yue is famous for being able to follow the wind and steer the ship."
Niu Hong was startled for a moment, thoughtful.
Yu Xi and Hou Mi next to them looked at each other and could only sigh in their hearts.
Why did this battle take so many twists and turns?
When Guanzhong in early April has just ushered in the warmth of spring, you can feel a hint of spring and early summer in the beautiful scenery thousands of miles away in the south of the Yangtze River.
The peach blossoms in the yard had fallen with the wind. Shen Jungao paused slightly under the peach blossom tree, watching the petals falling one by one, and couldn't help but sigh that time is fleeting.
When I was young, I planted this peach tree with my brother. Now my brother has passed away, and I am getting older uncontrollably. Only this peach tree is still growing vigorously, and the flowers bloom and fall as usual every year.
This small courtyard is where the former head of the Shen family, Shen Junli, studied when he was young. It is a relatively remote and quiet place in the Shen family's mansion. It is also Shen Jungao's favorite place to stay after his brother inherited the family business. Now this place temporarily belongs to Shen Wu. Gorgeous.
Shen Wuhua returned here as the daughter of the Shen family, and tomorrow is the day when she enters the palace. Shen Jungao came here specially to see his niece off.
He also felt distressed and helpless for this niece, but fortunately, she had finally found her own happiness and was relieved.
"Why is uncle here?" Seeing Shen Jungao coming over, Shen Wuhua was also a little surprised. She almost forgot that she would enter the palace with a new identity tomorrow. After all, for her who had been in the palace for so long, The palace seemed to be his home, and the small courtyard where his father's figure still seemed to remain was just a place where he stayed temporarily when he went home to visit relatives.
Shen Jungao smiled and said: "You are leaving again tomorrow, so I'm here to see you off."
Only then did Shen Wuhua come to his senses and make tea for Shen Jungao himself: "My niece will come back often to visit. Now there are many opportunities."
Naturally, the emperor's approval was needed to go home to visit relatives. With the previous bad relationship between Shen Wuhua and Chen Shubao, it was almost impossible to go home to visit relatives, but now Li Xingchen would not deliberately restrict her.
Shen Jungao nodded slightly. The daughter of the Shen family entered the palace and became the new favorite. This is naturally a good thing.
He finally allowed the Shen family to enjoy endless honors and favors between dynasties.
Glancing at Shen Jungao, Shen Wuhua said in a deep voice, "My niece heard that there are often visitors to the house these days?"
Shen Jungao was startled for a moment, but he had no intention of hiding his clever niece: "Yes, that Yu Wenxian's envoy from the north is called Liu Xiuzheng. He came to Jiankang Mansion and visited him frequently. This man is very knowledgeable and knowledgeable. He also has unique insights into today’s general trends.”
"Uncle, be careful with this person." Shen Wuhua said straightforwardly,
Shen Jungao frowned, but still responded.
Liu Xiuzheng didn't seem to have any intention of criticizing Li Xingchen or the Han Dynasty. He just talked about some poems, songs, romantic affairs every day, which suited Shen Jungao's appetite. The two chatted happily, so Shen Wuhua Shen Jungao was a little surprised by directly saying "Be careful of this person". He just said that his niece was a little suspicious after being in the palace for a long time.
Liu Xiuzheng was also ostracized in the Northern Dynasty. Otherwise, he would not have been allowed to travel all the way south to be an envoy similar to a hostage. Maybe we could get some information related to the Northern Dynasty from him?