"yes."
Everyone was refreshed and bent down to respond loudly.
"Yes." Wu Nian nodded slightly, then looked up at Li Feng and Cai Ning and said, "Two heroes, you go down first."
After saying that, he turned to look at Hojo Umasa again.
"Yes." Li Feng and Cai Ning responded obediently, and under the leadership of Hojo Umasa, they turned around and went down.
"I am far away in Shanxi, so it is impossible to assign tasks to you. It is up to you to decide how to capture the city and territory. You must make full use of the influence of these two people in northern Shaanxi."
"Besides, whether it's winning people's hearts or subsidizing the people of northern Shaanxi, I'll give you a group of civil servants. After you occupy northern Shaanxi, you can immediately use the power of civil servants to run northern Shaanxi."
"At the same time, we announced that northern Shaanxi will be exempted from grain taxes for three years."
Wu Nian turned around and spoke to Lu Yanxun and Zhang Zhen in a deep voice.
"Yes." Lu Yanxun and Zhang Zhen kept Wu Nian's words in mind and responded loudly.
"Yeah." Wu Nian hummed, summoned a close minister, and asked him to arrange for someone to follow Lu Yanxun and Zhang Zhen. After they left, Wu Nian turned around, walked to the map, and continued to study the terrain.
"Although the plateau in northern Shaanxi is a poor and arid place, it is also a place of great physical beauty. Being condescending can be overwhelming."
Wu Nian studied for a long time, and the smile on his face became brighter and brighter.
Old turtle, old turtle. Watch me break you.
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After Lu Yanxun and Zhang Zhen left the Chinese army tent, they immediately came to a tent and met with Li Feng and Cai Ning.
"Two generals." Li Feng and Cai Ning were sitting drinking tea. When they saw the two coming in, they didn't dare to neglect, so they quickly put down their teacups and stood up.
"Without courtesy, you two heroes, please take a seat." Zhang Zhen raised his hand and asked the two of them to sit down, and then sat down with Lu Yanxun.
Zhang Zhen looked up at the two men and said, "Two brave men. Our Han Dynasty also has spies in northern Shaanxi, but we don't know much about them."
"I'm going to ask you some questions now."
"General, please tell me. We must know everything and say everything." Li Feng said without hesitation, clasping his fists.
Zhang Zhen immediately asked Li Feng many questions and waited until he finished. He stood up together with Lu Yanxun and came to another tent.
There is a desk in the center, with a landscape map on the table.
Zhang Zhen and Lu Yanxun stood at opposite ends of the desk, bending over to study the map. After a long time, Lu Yanxun raised his head and said to Zhang Zhen: "Brother. With the help of Cai Ning and Li Feng, we can capture northern Shaanxi no matter what."
"But now we are racing against time, and our troops need to be quick. Therefore, we can only take a risky move."
"Commanders of four guard posts in northern Shaanxi. Among them, the Yan'an Guard is the most important. The second is the Ping'an Guard near the Yellow River."
"The last ones are Ningxia Guard and Liangzhou Guard."
"If we attack Ping'an Guard, Yan'an Guard will be on guard."
"If we don't attack the Ping'an Guard, the Yan'an Guard will be relatively lax."
"Brother, you are not as good as me when it comes to making plans and planning the battlefield. But when you go deep alone and kill generals and capture flags, I am not as good as you."
"I won't be polite. You lead thousands of troops across the river, and under the leadership of Li Feng and Cai Ning, take the small road directly to Yan'an. Find a way to capture Yan'an."
"As a result, the whole of northern Shaanxi was shaken. I will lead the follow-up troops and wait first. When you capture Yan'an, I will start to attack Ping'an Guard."
"As long as these two guards are defeated, the remaining Liangzhou Guards and Ningxia Guards will be much easier."
"By capturing and stabilizing northern Shaanxi in a short period of time, we can send our troops south and attack Longmen from behind."
"Lu Jing was caught off guard. He either abandoned Longmen and fled, guarding the Wei River."
"Either persist in resisting and be eaten by us. He has no third way."
Lu Yanxun was talking eloquently, his eyes twinkling. This pair of brothers grew up together and were raised by Wu Nian's side.
A wise general and a brave general.
The style is different, but the courage is the same.
"Okay." Zhang Zhen nodded without any hesitation.
Lu Yanxun nodded. The two brothers immediately separated and each prepared to send troops.
Early the next morning.
Zhang Zhen then selected thousands of elite soldiers and brought along civilian officials, Li Feng, Cai Ning and others. Under the leadership of these two local tycoons in northern Shaanxi, they crossed the Yellow River relatively smoothly from a remote and dangerous ferry and entered northern Shaanxi.
After learning about Zhang Zhen's plan, Li Feng and Cai Ning were shocked. But they quickly calmed down, and immediately discussed with their subordinates to formulate a road that could avoid soldiers and horses along the way and reach Yan'an.
Li Feng and Cai Ning acted separately.
Li Feng took a guide, pointed out the direction for Zhang Zhen, and followed the army.
Cai Ning returned to his hometown and contacted the heroes of northern Shaanxi. He wanted to use their influence to mobilize more people to betray Chu and serve the Han Dynasty.
In addition, Zhang Zhen's thousands of people also put on the banners of Chu and looked very much like the Chu army.
In the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi, mountains are connected to mountains, and loess is connected to loess.
Vertical and horizontal ravines. Marching on such terrain, and having to choose a small path, the march was difficult beyond imagination.
First. With no one to guide him, Zhang Zhenneng was confused by the mountain road. Whether he could reach Yan'an was a question.
second. Food and water.
Before setting off, Zhang Zhen brought some military rations, but he finished them quickly. Li Feng was responsible for supplying the food along the way.
This local tycoon in northern Shaanxi is definitely not bragging. He can find connections in any village and help the Han army solve the food problem.
Water is also a big problem.
In this loess plateau, water is more valuable than food.
More than a thousand of them were marching on the path. Li Feng was able to turn to water for alms, which was a great honor.
The only good thing is. It's autumn and winter now. The weather is cold. The soldiers wore heavy armor and climbed over the mountains with ease.
If it's summer.
If you are marching on the Loess Plateau, then let’s go.
Heat stroke can kill many people.
All in all, there was no answer. The Han army cannot enter northern Shaanxi.
During this arduous march, Zhang Zhen arrived near Yan'an at a relatively fast speed.
This evening.
The Han army arrived near a mountain village called Qingshantun.
As usual.
Zhang Zhen selected a place to set up camp, took out tents and started to set up camp. He also ordered people to bury pots to make rice and arrange warning men and horses.
Li Feng took people to Qingshantun to pray for alms and get some food and water.
The big tent was erected first. Zhang Zhen entered the tent, asked his soldiers to help him untie his armor, then sat on the ground and studied the map.
The march was too arduous and we could not bring tables, chairs and other items with us.
Just make do with it.
"The Yan'an Guard has five thousand households, guarding various places. Among them, there are two thousand households in Yan'an City."
"Xiao Yu, the commander of the Yan'an Guard. He was born in a military household in Yan'an. He was originally from a hundred households. He was promoted by Xiong Wuwo and became the commander."
"He is brave and good at fighting, and he is shrewd and capable. A strong attack will definitely be useless. We have to find a way to sneak attack."
Thinking of this, Zhang Zhen took out another map.
Topographic map of Yan'an surroundings and Yan'an city defense map.
"No matter what. I have to take it." Zhang Zhen pulled out the steel knife from his waist, inserted it into the Yan'an City on the topographic map, and said in a deep voice.
