Haizhou City.
At this time, more than 12,000 Qi troops were hidden near Haizhou City, openly or secretly.
Counting the troops from other counties in Shanghai, the number has exceeded 20,000.
It was already night, but the two backbones of Haizhou were still awake.
The first backbone was naturally His Royal Highness King Wei Zhao Kai, who was sent by the imperial court to supervise the war.
The second one is Lang Yan, the deputy general of the Southern Conquest Army.
At this moment, Lang Yan was reporting the situation to Zhao Kai.
General Lang looked at the "nephew" sitting on the main seat. After hesitating for a moment, he lowered his head slightly and said, "Your Highness, the situation is roughly like this. These southerners divided into two groups on the bank of the Huaihe River and marched all the way. One way is heading northwest to Suqian, the other way is heading straight to Haizhou."
"Based on the current intelligence, the total number of people must be over 10,000."
Upon hearing this number, Zhao Kai's eyes lit up at first.
This is already a large number.
If you can eat so many Chen Jun, you can still achieve a great victory even if you return to Yandu.
But soon, he frowned again and said, "Isn't there a specific number? Just a rough idea?"
Lang Yan also frowned, shook his head and said: "Your Highness, these southerners are always cautious. Our scouts and spies have no way to get close, so we can only watch from a distance, and behind them, estimate their marching path. "
"Currently it is estimated that there are more than 12,000 people. No matter how precise it is, it's hard to say."
Zhao Kai nodded and looked at Lang Yan: "General Lang, how do you think we are going to fight?"
Lang Yan has led troops for many years. Although he has not actually fought a few battles, he still has rich experience in leading troops. He immediately replied without thinking: "Your Highness, this situation is easy to handle. The southerners have already entered the net. We are in Haizhou." The troops are far superior to these southerners. They may not be able to attack Suqian. At this time, we only need the Haizhou army to dispatch and attack their army heading towards Haizhou first."
"After the defeat, if we go to support Suqian, we will definitely win a big victory!"
Zhao Kai thought for a while and asked: "How far are their troops heading to Haizhou from Haizhou now?"
Lang Yan took out a map, pointed to the location on the map, and said, "Look, Your Highness, these southerners should be at the location of Dayi Mountain now, which is far away from Haizhou..."
"There are still ninety to a hundred miles."
Zhao Kai asked again: "Let's rush there at night. Can we make it there at dawn tomorrow?"
Lang Yan shook his head and said: "Cavalry can do it, but infantry is very difficult. Even if the infantry can barely get there, they will be exhausted when they get there and it will be difficult to fight again."
Lang Yan paused and continued: "However, our army does not need to catch up with them overnight. They have already penetrated hundreds of miles. As long as we send cavalry to stop them first, even if the main force cannot catch up with them during the day tomorrow, we can almost catch up with them at night. On."
"We will chase him to the Huaihe River when the time comes."
Lang Yan whispered: "Even if it's too late to stop them from boarding the ship, you can still take a bite of them."
"When the time comes, we will wrap up the enemies attacking Suqian again, and we will be able to win a complete victory this time."
His Royal Highness King Wei frowned. He thought for a while and said, "General Lang just said that their army stationed in Dayi Mountain came straight to Haizhou."
He looked at Lang Yan and said: "In that case, I don't think there is any need to worry. We can wait until they rush near Haizhou City and then we can close the net."
"Otherwise, it would be difficult to catch up with them at a distance of a hundred miles, and their whereabouts might be leaked in advance. Not only would they not be able to catch them, but they might also scare their troops attacking Suqian."
His Highness King Wei clenched his fists and said, "If they run away, all our soldiers who died along the Huai River will have died in vain!"
During the day, these Qi soldiers, in order to confuse the Southern Dynasty army, placed many troops along the Huaihe River to prevent Shen Yi and others from landing.
There were more than two thousand people in total.
Although not all of the more than two thousand people died, half of their bodies were left on the bank of the Huaihe River.
Lang Yan turned his head and looked at the young His Royal Highness King Wei. After hesitating for a moment, he finally spoke his mind.
"But Your Highness, if the army of Dayishan has no intention of attacking Haizhou, and will not come any closer, but just keep an eye on Haizhou, we will waste time, and then Suqian will be in some danger..."
The current situation is very delicate.
Although Shen Yi, the big fish, has indeed entered Qi Ren's snare.
But this big net has not yet had time to be closed.
Shen Yi had the chance and the distance to turn around and escape from this big net.
If you start to close the net at this time, you may not be able to catch it.
Only by waiting for Shen Yi to take another step forward can the net be filled with money!
"Aren't there four thousand-household camps in Suqian?"
After Zhao Kai said this, he frowned and said: "That's all, Gu Zai is just a governor on the front line, and he doesn't keep his words. This Haizhou army is under the command of General Lang. In this case, then everything will follow General Lang's wishes. Come and do it.”
His Highness King Wei put his hands behind his back and turned to leave.
"I won't ask any more questions."
Lang Yan stood up and saw each other off at the door. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Highness, how about waiting until daytime tomorrow to see how Chen Jun in Dayi Mountain behaves, and then we can make plans?"
"what ever."
His Royal Highness King Wei left with his hands behind his back: "I am not involved in military affairs."
After that, he got on the sedan chair.
Lang Yan bid farewell to his nephew with clasped fists.
As a result, the Haizhou garrison did not move all night.
………………
The whole night, General Lang Yanlang didn't sleep much.
Early the next morning, King Wei Zhao Kai arrived at his military tent again. At this time, His Highness King Wei also had two big dark circles under his eyes, and it was obvious that he had not slept well.
The first words he said when he saw Lang Yan were.
"Have the Southerners moved?"
Lang Yan lowered his head slightly and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness, it is still early in the morning, and the information over there has not yet been sent to Haizhou. Once these Chen troops make any moves, I will notify Your Highness immediately."
King Wei shook his head and said, "I will be here with the general today, waiting for news."
As a result, His Royal Highness King Wei sat down in the army.
The two of them were worried and waited from early morning until midnight when the information about Dayi Mountain finally came through.
"General Lang, the southerners of Dayi Mountain have broken camp!"
Lang Yan was ecstatic, but there was no expression on his face. He just waved his hand and said, "We will investigate again and report again."
After saying this, he ordered: "Call the troops not to slack off, and be ready to encircle and suppress the southern army at any time!"
After another half hour, the Qi people's scouts reported again.
"General Lang, Chen Jun has marched four or five miles in the direction of Haizhou!"
At this time, the sky over Haizhou City, which had been gloomy for several days, was covered with dark clouds.
From time to time there is spring thunder, and the thunder is dull.
After a while, with a thunder, sparse spring rain fell.
Lang Yan put his hands behind his back and frowned: "So slow? Go explore again!"
"Besides, any news from Suqian can be reported to me at any time!"
"yes!"
Time passed little by little, and finally it was noon.
A scout rushed into Lang Yan's military tent in a panic, and with a plop, he half-knelt on the ground.
"Lang...General Lang..."
The scout lowered his head and said, "Those Chen troops seem to be there because of the rain..."
"After traveling less than ten miles, it stopped again!"
Lang Yan's face turned completely ugly.
"I walked ten miles in half a day. These southerners are bastards!"
After he cursed angrily, he kicked the scout and said angrily: "Go and explore again!"
After losing his temper, Lang Yan turned to look at Zhao Kai who was resting with his eyes closed, lowered his head and said: "Your Highness, depending on the situation, these southerners probably won't attack our Haizhou..."
Zhao Kai opened his eyes.
"What are you waiting for, General Nalang? Send troops immediately to encircle and suppress these southerners!"
"As much as you can keep is as much as you can!"
Lang Yan shook his head slightly and said, "Your Highness, we have scouts and spies..."
"The Southerners are not fools. Of course they have some, and the Southerners now have that telescope, which is very powerful. If we make any moves during the day, they will know it immediately if we move here."
"Haizhou's cavalry is only a thousand people."
"It's hard to stop them even if you flank them."
Zhao Kai frowned: "What does General Nalang mean?"
"We can only wait until night..."
Lang Yan looked to the south and whispered: "If they don't want to attack Haizhou, then they just want to keep Haizhou in check. If that's the case, they won't leave at night if they don't find anything unusual in Haizhou during the day..."
Zhao Kai was thoughtful, suddenly stood up, and strode outside.
"General Lang, if the Southern Dynasties were allowed to enter and exit our country of Daqi at will, they would have taken advantage of us!"
His Highness King Wei strode away with his hands behind his back, and the lingering sound came.
"Then I, as the governor, must ask the imperial court to join you in conquering the Southern Army!"
(End of chapter)
