There was silence for a moment in the main hall.
Luo Chuan saw several important ministers thinking about their own affairs and was not in a hurry. He just sat on his chair and waited, looking at the layout and furnishings in the hall and thinking about other things.
In fact, he had never taken a closer look at the prefect's palace like he did after returning from Xingcheng this time. This palace, which was once rich and powerful and amazed him, was the same as the summer palace in Xingcheng. After comparison, it seems too small and plain.
Not spacious enough, not luxurious enough.
But even in Yongchang County, the Summer Palace is not the best palace. It is said that the Summer Palace is even better in terms of area and majestic architecture.
This is just Yongchang County, which is also one of the three poor counties. How about the prefect's palace in Jincheng, Guang County? How about the palace in the inner city of Hoai Thanh, Hanoi County? Those counties in Jiangzhou that are famous for their wealth and prosperity, what about their governor's palace? What about the imperial palace in Zhongjing that I had been to when I was a child, but had no chance to walk around much, and now I don't even have a deep impression of it? !
Compared with the accumulation of wealth in the private treasury of the Lijun Prefecture Palace that has shocked Luochuan, what will the private treasures in the Yicheng Summer Palace look like? What do Guangjun and Anyang counties look like today? What about Jiangzhou? What about Jingzhou? !
Luo Chuan looked away from the surroundings of the hall.
He was a little confused and worried. He didn't know that this time, when he got the attitude of Zhong Shuye, the head of Tingfeng Pavilion, from Feng Er and the Military Affairs Office, he resolutely agreed to send troops to Sichuan City. Is it really just a matter of testing the reality of Guang County’s strategic layout, or does it also contain some quietly changing ambitions?
After his original strategic goal of sweeping over half of Southwestern Hanzhou as quickly as possible with his "glimmer of hope" almost aborted, his desire to conquer cities and territories more and more was due to a sense of urgency brought about by his deeper personal experience of troubled times, or was it because of The yearning and pursuit of greater power and wealth...?
Or maybe both?
"Let's talk about it," Luo Chuan got rid of the random thoughts in his mind, looked at Zhao Wuji and said, "First tell me what the Military Affairs Office thinks."
Zhao Wuji nodded, and then continued to point on the map with the wooden stick. First, he drew a circle in the area north of the Han River facing Anling, "Qing County in the northwest, intersects with Anling, is the upper reaches of the Han River, and the river here It is wide and the water flow is fast. Even with the warships and troop transports of the Guangjun Navy, it is extremely difficult to transport the army. What's more, the Guangjun Navy must be downstream of the Han River and the Ya River, so Qingjun wants to It is basically impossible to rush in large-scale reinforcements after I send troops to Sichuan City and directly threaten the defense of Anling. All I need to do is let Chen Jingzhi station the front army on the south bank of the Han River, and arrange enough scouts to patrol along the coast to respond in time. It is safe enough for any situation.”
"Yongchang County can use the troops from Yicheng and Xingcheng and even the Shanshan Army to go north to threaten our Sancang territory. But let's not worry about whether Meng Jiaoyang has the determination to really break up with me in Li County and fight a war. Tongcang City is still Zhengcang City. As long as we can't hold on, there won't be any danger in a short time. If Gan Yuan Army and Shang Yuan Army each send ten thousand troops to rush north for reinforcements, the land of Sancang will be as stable as Mount Tai." Zhao Wuji's wooden stick is in Yongchang County After pointing a little in the direction of Xingcheng and Yicheng, he drew a line to the north and pointed at the three big cities of Hannan City, Shuzhou City and Xiucheng in Guangjun. "So in the final analysis, if we want to capture Sichuan City this time, we still have to worry about it." It’s Guangjun.”
"At this time, there are more than 20,000 elite troops from Guangjun and some refugees reorganized in Sichuan City. Hannan City, Shuzhou City and Xiucheng are left behind. While necessary to defend the city, the number of troops that can be squeezed out for reinforcements is only 20,000 at most." Zhao Wuji pointed to Chunyang City in Anling and Liangcang City in Sancang. "Considering the factors of undeclared war and surprise attacks, As long as we can assemble an army of 30,000 people from He Ruoxiong's tribe in Chunyang City and Li Mu's tribe in Liangcang City, we can capture Sichuan City in lightning speed, and use Sichuan City as the cornerstone to lay out a defense line. Relying on the ability of thousands of cavalry to quickly maneuver, we can move northward and to the south. To invade deep into the hinterland of Guang County from the east, it is simply impossible to retake Sichuan City with the current strength of the troops in the western part of Guang County!"
He looked at the crowd and said slowly, "Just give us some time to set up defenses and mobilize, renovate the official road from Sichuan City to Roucheng and Chunyang City in the direction of Anling, and then cross Sichuan City to the south of Sancang." Once the Ganshui pontoon bridge is built, Sichuan City can be completely revitalized. Relying on the two major areas of Anling and Sancang as the rear, it will become the spearhead of our Lijun facing Guangjun, pointing directly at Guangjun's indispensable heart. place!"
There was silence in the hall again.
After a long time, Treasurer Chief Xie Wushang glanced at Dou Qiushi, who was still silent, and asked again, "I remember saying in the previous court meeting that the general who is now in charge of Sichuan City is a powerful Shangsan Realm man from Guang County. A strong man, or a sword cultivator, how should we deal with this person? Should we just let Master Qixing, who is in charge of Anling, go?"
Zhao Wuji didn't make a sound this time, but looked at Luo Chuan.
Luo Chuan said, "Zhong Shuye, the head of Tingfeng Pavilion, has moved all the core disciples of the sect to Danyang Peak in Ganshan Mountain." He looked at Xie Wushang's shocked expression and said softly, "This battle in Sichuan City , Master Zhong will personally take action, and nothing will go wrong!"
Xie Wushang opened his mouth. Even with his calmness, he was quite shocked by this sentence. In his understanding, based on the relationship between Cangyan Sword Sect and Lijun, it is absolutely impossible for Cangyan Master Qiming to personally take action for Sichuan City, not to mention that this person who has just become Lijun is less than one. The head of Yue's Tingfeng Pavilion? !
His heart was turned upside down for a moment, and he couldn't help but look at Luochuan with a different kind of caution.
Luo Chuan didn't care about his expression, but he still said in a tone as if he was telling a gossip about Licheng Well, "Qingjun, Guangjun and Yongchang County have formed an alliance. The key is still Guangjun. Now Guangjun is trapped in Hanoi." The war quagmire in the three cities in the southern part of the county is difficult to turn around for a while, which gives us an opportunity, an opportunity that would be difficult to reappear if we miss it today, so the battle in Sichuan City is imperative."
He looked at Dou Qiushi and Xie Wushang and said, "Two adults, the battle in Sichuan City is about the first move in the battle between Li and Guang. There is no room for failure. The matter of food and grass logistics requires two adults????????? ???????It takes too much effort.”
Dou Qiushi asked, "There is a lot of interference in the mobilization of grain and grass, so it may be difficult to keep it secret."
"This is one of the reasons why I didn't find the two of you, especially Mr. Xie, until now and informed me of the detailed plan." Luo Chuan did not look at Dou Qiushi, but stared at Xie Wushang and replied, "The Military Affairs Office and Mr. The deployment of the various armies in the north has been secretly carried out in advance, and the mobilization of food and grass will be later. Mr. Xie can plan for three days, and the mobilization will officially begin after three days."
Xie Wushang nodded solemnly, and then asked, "I wonder how long, Lord Governor, this battle... is planned to last?" He glanced at Luo Chuan's expression and quickly added, "The humble position requires the deployment of personnel according to the various departments of the Military Affairs Department. and the duration of the war, to prepare grain and grass, and allocate it nearby according to the reserves of local granaries. Now is the autumn harvest season. The treasurer's office in Anling and Sancang can even borrow grain from the private sector first, and then increase the amount from the Lijun Granary. Make up for what you have, so that you can achieve the fastest speed and the smallest movement."
Luo Chuan thought for a while and then nodded, looked at Zhao Wuji and said, "Uncle Zhao and Mr. Xie can discuss in detail how to implement it. If the grain and grass operations can be accelerated by a day or two, it will be good."
Zhao Wuji and Xie Wushang looked at each other and stood up to salute at the same time.
Luochuan pressed his hand to signal the two of them to sit down, then turned to look at Dou Qiushi and asked, "Uncle Dou, how about what I told you last time?"
Dou Qiushi said, "According to the wishes of the Grand Administrator, everything is done in accordance with the etiquette of Dading. However, the method of passing letters by horse is still too old. It will take ten days at the earliest for the letter to reach Zhongjing City. "
"Ten days are just ten days. Now His Majesty the Emperor obviously no longer has any scruples in making decisions, and it will be done very quickly," Luo Chuan smiled and leaned back in his chair.
