He knew that the emperor was in a hurry, but Captain Zhang didn't know that the emperor was so anxious.
Not to mention Lianghuai, it is estimated that Yue Fei arrived in Xiangyang for only a month...an urgent report to the entire army, deployment of defenses along the river, and other major and minor matters such as raising food and wages.
How can we do it in only one month?
This Northern Expedition is said to be a three-front battle, but everyone knows in their hearts that only Xiangfan, Tang and Deng, and Xinyang, where Liu Qi is, are the real main battlefields.
It was the closest to Bianjing and where the Jin army was stationed.
As for Lianghuai, it only serves to contain and assist.
Thinking that the emperor had lived a peaceful life for a few years, he might have forgotten the pain of war and chaos.
Zhang Jun cleared his throat and whispered:
"Officials, even if we want to send troops, we know that we have to tell Han Liangchen and the others. Even if we really take Shouzhou, wouldn't it conflict with the Northern Expedition plan?"
Lieutenant Zhang had a very strategic vision, and the emperor endured the humiliation and took a piece of paper and a book, risking the reputation of betraying the alliance, just to gain an advantage.
If this opportunity is only wasted on Shouzhou...it would really be like killing a chicken with a butcher's knife.
"And..." Zhang Jun seemed to have remembered something, "The Jin people don't seem to be careless. The spies sent by the minister have visited several times. The defense of Shouzhou City seems to be tighter than last year."
Originally, I wanted to send some people into the city first, and then coordinate the internal and external cooperation. In this way, we would get twice the result with half the effort.
But Shouzhou city is so well-defended that people can enter, but weapons and armor cannot even be thought of.
In addition, the scouts on the opposite side have been staring at this side. As long as the ship here moves, Shouzhou City will definitely know it.
In this way, there seems to be no other way except hard hitting.
After listening to Zhang Jun's words, Liu Bang lowered his head and thought for a while.
It would be best for the Jin people to relax, but they are still on guard at all times, which shows that they are not idiots.
Looking at the map again, Shouzhou and Shouchun County are separated by only a river, almost face to face.
To the east of Shouzhou City, the Huaihe River happened to turn a corner, so that the south and east sides were blocked by water.
"How many defenders are there in the city?"
Zhang Jun glanced at Wang De. Wang Yaksha was an evil ghost to the golden man and others, but when he came to the emperor, he actually became speechless.
Some stuttered: "Three, about three thousand."
"Three thousand..."
This number is similar to what I imagined. After all, this is almost a barrier to Bozhou, but this city is really too small.
There are three thousand people, and including the officials and people in the city, there are almost five thousand people.
The real army should be the tens of thousands of people in Bozhou City.
The two places are four hundred miles apart. It only takes three days. As long as Shouzhou City can hold on for three days, reinforcements from Bozhou will be able to come over.
In other words, they have to capture Shouzhou within three days.
Liu Bang was very fast at everything except in bed, especially in battle.
What seems very troublesome to others seems very simple to him.
Whether it's ingenious tactics or terrain and geomantic omen, whether it's military morale or the gap between ourselves and the enemy, people like Han Xin and Zhang Liang always have a lot to consider.
He only thinks about two things, whether he can fight and whether he can survive.
The disadvantage of leading the army in this way is that it is easy to lose the battle.
And the benefit... is just one word:
quick.
In half a year from August of the first year of the Han Dynasty to April of the second year of the Han Dynasty, we attacked Hanoi, captured Sima Xian (ang), crossed Pingyinjin, and headed towards Luoyang. Then we also took time to mourn Emperor Yi in the middle, and finally formed an alliance. The princes went outside Xiang Yu's capital Pengcheng...
Yes, it only took half a year.
Of course, he did a good job in a series of performances such as burning the plank road. Anyway, when he came out of the Three Qin Dynasty, the princes had already started to have sex with Xiang Yu.
Later, when fighting the Xiongnu, he was also very fast, so fast that he left everyone else behind and was surrounded by others.
Now facing this situation, he began to ask himself again:
Can I fight?
Of course we can fight, it’s just a small fucking town.
Can you beat it?
Zhang Jun has 70,000 to 80,000 people, leaving 20,000 people to set up defenses in the south. The rest are almost one in ten, what the hell is there that he can't defeat?
There was already a calculation in his mind, and when he was about to speak, Yaoshi Guo, who had been lowering his head, suddenly spoke.
"Your Majesty, I do have an idea."
Zhang Jun never had a good impression of this old man, but he didn't know his identity, and seeing that the emperor was close to him... well, the reason why he didn't like him was because he was close to the emperor.
Now that he wants to speak first, how can he be allowed to take the spotlight?
He hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, I also have a plan!"
Wang De on the side gently tugged on Taiwei Zhang's sleeve... After following this man for several years, he knew that Taiwei Zhang was not only tougher than Liu Guangshi, but also tougher, at least he dared to show his sword with the golden man.
The rest of the time, most of them are thinking about how and when to retreat.
Now that the emperor had killed Qin Hui, he also said what would happen to those who blocked his revenge. If Zhang Jun displeased the emperor at this time... No matter what, Zhang Jun still had nothing to say to his subordinates, so Wang De wanted to stop him. , anyway, it may not be right if you say it, but it is definitely good if you don’t say it.
Don't embarrass your face again.
And Liu Bang... He took this old man with him and didn't expect him to be of any use. It was just that it was rare to have a person with such a sensitive identity. If, if someone knew his identity in Lin'an, those old men would take care of him. If he was killed, that would not be good.
People in the Song Dynasty hated Pharmacist Guo, but Liu Bang did not; people in the Song Dynasty blamed him, but Liu Bang did not.
Seeing him talking like this now, I remembered that the old boy was the number one general of the Song Dynasty after all, and in terms of his record against the Jin people, no one could compare to him except Yue Fei, Liu Qi, and Han Shizhong.
But seeing Zhang Jun's eager look again, Liu Bang waved his hand:
"The lieutenant will speak first."
Zhang Jun glared at Pharmacist Guo proudly, and then broke away from Wang De's hand:
"I dare not hide it from you. Ever since I arrived in Shouchun from Lin'an, I have been thinking about how, how..."
Captain Zhang thought for a while and finally remembered how to describe it:
"How to outsmart Shoucheng! Thanks to the official's daily teachings, the old minister actually figured it out!"
Liu Bang rolled his eyes at him: "Stop talking nonsense to me, and get down to business!"
Zhang Jun quickly said yes, then pointed at the map and said:
"We can take it here first!"
As he spoke, his fingers slowly moved from the left side of Shouchun to Shunchang Mansion, which is the location of Yingzhou.
"When we capture this place, even if Bozhou City sends troops, they will come to Yingzhou first."
"Since we have a large number of people, we can divide our troops and wait in Shouchun. As long as Bozhou City sends troops, it will be much easier for us to capture Shouzhou."
"When the time comes, we can go north from Shouzhou and go straight to Bozhou, and tell the thieves in Bozhou City to take care of the head and not the tail!"
Zhang Jun's method was to abandon his original plan and capture Bozhou as quickly as possible...
Liu Bang's eyes narrowed slightly, Wang De coughed several times, and even Pharmacist Guo frowned a little.
It's not that Zhang Jun's suggestion is good, it's just that this place...
In the peace negotiation before this year, the Jin people returned almost all of the south of the Yellow River to the Song Dynasty. Later, Wanyan Wushu killed the leader of the Jin Dynasty and sent ministers, tore up the peace treaty and invaded south again.
At that time, Shunchang Mansion had been handed over to the Song Dynasty.
It was there that Liu Qi won the most beautiful battle in his life since the war between Song and Jin Dynasties.
Liu Qi was originally going to Kaifeng to be his guard in Tokyo. When he arrived in Shunchang and learned the news, he immediately entered the city to guard the city.
At that time, Liu Qi only had 20,000 Eight-Character Army under his command, and no more than 5,000 could go into battle... However, he severely damaged Wanyan Wushu's forward army several times, forcing the troops who were stationed in Kaifeng to prepare a 100,000-strong army for Yue Fei. The fourth prince of the Jin Kingdom had to personally lead his troops to help.
So... Jin Wushu was defeated in a row. He originally arrived in Shunchang on June 7th, but ordered that he would have breakfast in the city on the 9th.
He also said that after the city was broken, all the women's treasures and silks were plundered by the generals, while all the men were killed.
As a result, he was never able to enter the city and fled in despair.
In this battle, Wu Lin, Yue Fei and Han Shizhong on both wings were perfectly coordinated, and the Song Dynasty truly achieved a complete victory on all four fronts.
Liu Qi was promoted to the commander of Ma Army Division because of this war.
However, when Uncle Liu Xin was here last year, he encouraged the people in the city and scuttled the boats he brought, giving the people of Shunchang Prefecture an attitude of never giving up on them.
In addition, Jin Wushu issued an order to massacre the city. In this way, the army and the people worked together to fight this battle.
It can be said that without the help of the people of Shunchang Mansion, Liu Qi's few people alone will never be enough.
In the battle of Shunchang, the enemy was frightened and devastated. They took all the treasures of Yan and headed north, intending to donate them to the south and abandon them... The Jin people almost returned all the land of Yanyun.
but……
Last time the emperor forbade everyone's Northern Expedition and called all the generals back to Lin'an. In addition, Liu Qi had sent troops to aid Yue Fei before, so there were no soldiers left in Shunchang.
As soon as the war between the two countries stopped, except for the Shang and Qin states occupied by Wu Lin and the Tang and Deng states occupied by Yue Fei, all the other state capitals were returned.
Naturally, this also includes Shunchang Mansion.
Liu Bang didn't know what the people in the city thought, and there was no exact information about how many people had been executed.
But the only thing he knew was that it would be much more difficult for Zhang Jun to capture Yingzhou from Yingshui than Shouzhou.
Although Yingzhou is not as close as Shouzhou across the Huaihe River, it is true that the Song army is more likely to land undetected.
But Zhang Taiwei obviously underestimated the hearts of the people and overestimated the status of the Song Dynasty in the hearts of the people of Yingzhou.
When planning before, all the generals had deliberately bypassed this place. As long as they took Bozhou and Caizhou, there would be no reinforcements here, and they would naturally surrender.
Zhang Jun, a genius, really gave up a hard bone to chew on that hard stone.
Liu Bang was extremely lucky - luckily I'm here today, otherwise I don't know how big of a hole I would have dug.
Jin Wushu was almost killed there, and he even wanted to kill me there too.
If you really listen to what he says, take the initiative and be the first to make a fool of yourself!
Taking a deep breath and looking at Zhang Jun who was waiting for praise, Liu Bang patted him on the shoulder:
"Very well, don't say it next time."
Perhaps he didn't pay attention to the second part of the emperor's sentence. Zhang Taiwei just said "very good" and went in, showing an expression that everyone knew he was happy.
Liu Bang looked at Pharmacist Guo again: "Tell me about your story, try not to be too exaggerated."
Pharmacist Guo glanced at Zhang Jun, whose nostrils were bulging to the sky. Then he nodded and said:
"If you ask quickly, you should be smart."
"Humph!" Captain Zhang snorted coldly, "Don't just take what others say!"
Pharmacist Guo ignored him: "There are seven days left until the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th."
"Shouzhou and Shouchun were originally the same place, but the current situation is so deceptive that the north and the south are separated."
"People in the two places have frequent exchanges, and there are many close relatives by blood. During this festive season, many people will definitely want to cross the river to reunite."
"At that time, Shouzhou City's defense was at its most lax, so..."
Taking advantage of the large crowds during the festival and crossing the river in the name of reunion... it can indeed achieve the effect of deceiving others.
Liu Bang didn't think much about it at all, and the two people's suggestions could be said to be a judgment call.
Nodding slightly, he ordered:
"Then pass the news to those in the east, and we will take action on August 15th!"
(End of chapter)
