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The first thousand and eleven chapters are unwilling

Dantu County in Runzhou is a large county with developed shipping and numerous warehouses. Various large and small shops are dotted throughout the county, most of which wholesale products from all over the Yangtze River.

There is a shop selling rice paper near the west gate of the county. Rice paper has just been invented a few decades ago. The texture of rice paper is soft and tough, as smooth as jade, it is indestructible and has ever-changing ink charm. It enjoys the reputation of "thousand-year longevity paper".

Although it has been invented for decades, the output of high-quality rice paper is not high, and it is mainly used by the court to write imperial edicts. This rice paper shop mainly sells medium and low-grade paper. The name of the shop is also simple, called Xuancheng

In addition to rice paper, the paper shop also sells pens and ink.

At noon, a waiter trotted back to the store and shouted when he entered the door: "Shopkeeper, something big has happened!"

This shop was Liu Shining's intelligence point in Runzhou. When Liu Qia was in power, he did not set up intelligence points in various places. At Liu Shining's constant request, Liu Qia began to set up intelligence points in Chang'an, Luoyang, and Chengdu.

Later, it gradually expanded to Hefei, Yangzhou, Dantu, Wuxian, Xunyang, Jiangxia and other places to set up intelligence points.

This paper shop has been established for five years. It has collected a large amount of information and provided it to Liu Shining. It has made many achievements. Because it is relatively hidden, it still provides the paper for the Runzhou government. The Runzhou government has never discovered that it is Liu Shining.

information points.

The shopkeeper's surname was Qian, and the waiter's shouting made him glare hard, "What are you talking about?"

"Shopkeeper, this is really a big deal!" The clerk looked both ways, but hesitated to speak.

Shopkeeper Qian stood up and winked, and the clerk quickly followed him towards the inner courtyard. When he walked into the courtyard, Shopkeeper Qian said, "Tell me! What big thing happened?"

The clerk quickly said: "A lot of troops came up from the Yangtze River pier, tens of thousands of them. I heard that the Jin army came to support the two Zhejiang roads."

"Nonsense! Where did the army appear out of thin air?"

"It's true. All the ships that come here are the Liu family's big ships. I heard they come from the east."

Shopkeeper Qian was stunned. To the east was the sea. Did he come from the sea?

After a long while, he said again: "Are you really tens of thousands of reinforcements?"

"I have indeed inquired about it. If the shopkeeper doesn't believe it, he can ask the insider in the government office."

The matter was so important that shopkeeper Qian couldn't believe it. He immediately found an excuse to deliver paper and went to the state government office. In the state government office, they spent a lot of money to bribe a Fa Cao who was in charge of the prison to join the military. Not long after, Fa Cao

Ma Yingliang, who joined the army, came to the restaurant opposite the state government office and found shopkeeper Qian by the window on the second floor. He sat down across from the small table.

Shopkeeper Qian poured him a glass of wine and asked in a low voice: "I heard something big happened today?"

Ma Yingliang nodded, "Thirty thousand Jin troops arrived at Runzhou Pier this morning, led by General Li Bing."

Shopkeeper Qian took a breath. The information turned out to be true. He asked again: "Where did the reinforcements come from?"

"I heard that it came by sea. I don't know the specific place of origin, but I infer that it can only be Hebei."

"Hekou Port?" Shopkeeper Qian blurted out.

"It's very possible. I heard that the Liu family has hundreds of large ships anchored there. It just so happens that the Liu family's ships are bringing reinforcements today."

Shopkeeper Qian had no intention of sitting down anymore. He paid the bill and hurried back to the paper shop. Half an hour later, a homing pigeon flew up, circled in the sky, and flew towards Xuancheng County.

.........

At this time, Liu Shining, the new military commander of Jiangnan East Road, was preparing for war in Xuancheng. He was originally keeping vigil for his father, but he got information from Chang'an that Han Huang had entered Beijing. Liu Shining immediately realized that Han Huang was probably going to Beijing.

Went for help.

Liu Shining ignored his filial piety and immediately mobilized 20,000 troops to gather in Xuancheng and prepare to attack the hinterland of Jiangnan from Xuanzhou. However, Liu Shining did not take action immediately. On the one hand, he was waiting for his father to be buried. According to custom, he had to ask eminent monks to recite the Qiqi Sutra.

He could not be buried until forty-nine days. On the other hand, he was waiting for news from Jiang Xia.

That was the latest time for him to send troops. As long as the Jin army boarded the ship in Jiangxia, regardless of whether his father was buried or not, he would lead the army to attack. He occupied Runzhou, Changzhou and Suzhou with a blitzkrieg, forcing the reinforcements to be unable to dock at the docks and had to

return.

Liu Shining was about forty years old. He was in his prime and at the height of his ambition. The eunuch party's political rule made him see an opportunity. If he could unify the south of the Yangtze River, he would be able to fight against Guo, Song and Zhu Si.

The third force.

Liu Shining's first target was Liangzhe Road. The Liangzhe Road covers a vast territory, extending from the Yangtze River in the north to Fuzhou and Jianzhou in the south. It has a large population and rich land, making it an excellent logistics hinterland for the world.

In fact, when the Jin army captured Xiangfan, Liu Shining realized that his time was running out. At this time, his father, who had always opposed his attempt to capture Jiangnan, died of illness. Without his father's obstruction, Liu Shining became more ambitious and sent troops.

The arrow is already on the string.

In the room, Liu Shining was discussing the details of sending troops with his staff Fan Hong. Although Fan Hong advised him to capture Huzhou and Changzhou first and seize the largest granary, Liu Shining thought twice and decided to capture Runzhou first.

"The armies in both Zhejiang Provinces are militia groups with poor equipment and backward training. I can defeat them in one battle, but their navy is quite sharp, so I want to consider using blitzkrieg to attack the navy camp first and seize their warships.

, and then go back to deal with other armies."

"I'm afraid that once my lord sends out troops, he will be discovered by the other party."

Liu Shining smiled slightly and said: "I have already considered this. Firstly, I will not follow the official route, and secondly, I will not march during the day. I will use the darkness to cover the march, and march at night, so they can't be discovered. Then I will use the night to raid the navy camp. Three hundred

A warship fell into my hands."

"My lord's plan is actually not bad, but it's just a little risky."

Liu Shining laughed, "I'm not afraid of taking risks. It's not as good as the tiger's den to catch the tiger's cubs!"

At this time, a guard said outside the door: "Your Majesty, an urgent pigeon message from Runzhou!"

"Bring it in!"

The guard walked in quickly and presented a red mailbox. Liu Shining was stunned. It turned out to be urgent information. What happened?

There was an unpleasant feeling in his heart. He hurriedly opened the mailbox and slowly unfolded the folded note. There was only one sentence on it, "Thirty thousand Jin troops have arrived in Runzhou by sea. The leader is Li Bing!"

Liu Shining's eyes suddenly widened. After a while, he shouted "Ah!", jumped up, and kicked the table over.

The staff member Fan Hong was so frightened that he quickly backed away and asked anxiously: "My lord, what happened?"

Liu Shining sat down slumped, raised his head and sighed: "I made a mistake in judgment, and it's too late to regret it!"

Fan Hong picked up the note from the ground and looked at it carefully. He was also shocked. What happened? Thirty thousand reinforcements had arrived in Runzhou. When he saw the sea route, he immediately understood that they must have set out from Hebei and sailed south by sea.

That's why he arrived in Runzhou without anyone noticing.

They had thought that the reinforcements would come from Jiangxia, but Guo Song openly built a plank road, secretly visited Chencang, and actually came by sea. They really made a mistake in their judgment.

At this time, Liu Shining suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "They have just arrived in Runzhou by sea ship. They must still be recuperating. They have no time to deploy. We still have a chance."

Fan Hong was speechless. This was simply a risk, but he also understood Liu Shining's mood. He had been preparing for five years, but was beaten to the punch by the Jin army. How could he swallow this tone?

"It's still too risky, please consider it carefully, lord!"

Liu Shining snorted coldly, "I lost the opportunity because I was too cautious!"

.........

Xuanzhou is a large state in the Jiangnan area, mainly due to its large area and many mountains. It borders Runzhou, Changzhou and Huzhou in the east. Liu Shining had a very clear goal and sent an army of 10,000 to attack Jinling County in Changzhou.

Liu Shining knew all the cities in the south of the Yangtze River very well. The city wall in Jinling County was tall and thick, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The city had a grain reserve of 200,000 dan, making it a city that could be defended for a long time.

Moreover, Jinling County happens to be holding the only route to the south. Once the Jin army is contained in Jinling County, its own army can occupy Suzhou, Huzhou, Hangzhou, Yuezhou and other large areas.

Although the Jin army had the upper hand and reached Runzhou first, they needed time to recuperate and recuperate, which gave them a late-mover advantage.

At the same time, Liu Shining changed his father's coffin from forty-nine days to twenty-one days on the grounds that the body was perishable due to the hot weather, and required that his father's coffin be buried within two days.

........

In the mountainous area to the west of Taihu Lake, an army of ten thousand people, under the command of General Li Qingyang, was rapidly advancing towards Changzhou.


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