Yangzhou is not far from Liuhe where Chen Baxian is located. There are many spies from Nanchen in Yangzhou city. And because it is adjacent to the Huai army, Nan Chen pays great attention to every move of the Huai army and sends more spies than the Jinyi guards in Jinling.
When the vanguard of the Western Route Army of the Southern Expedition came to the river by boat.
Nan Chen's spies got the news immediately.
Then the news was sent back to Liuhe regardless of the cost. For these spies from other princes, the troops of the Military Intelligence Department would clean up and strangle them every once in a while.
There is even an internal intelligence department specially set up to guard against spies, similar to the Jinyiwei of the Ming Army and the military intelligence department of the original world. However, the manpower of the Military Intelligence Department has been continuously expanded, and now there are 7,000 people on staff.
But it was still not enough to prevent the infiltration of spies from surrounding princes.
Especially the news of large-scale troop dispatches was even more difficult to hide. At most, while the spies are delivering information, try your best to intercept them.
Chen Baxian was able to get the news immediately after the Huai army sent troops, which was inseparable from the sacrifice of his spies.
The first moment I received the news.
Chen Baxian suddenly felt a surprise in his heart, and immediately summoned several of his close men.
"The Huai Army has already sent troops!"
Chen Baxian told the news directly after everyone arrived. Wu Mingche, Yu Shiji, Chun Yuliang, Xiao Moke and others were shocked at first, and then also showed joy.
"Okay, I heard that King Huai sent out a million troops and issued a message to conquer the Sun family. This means that he is determined to destroy the Sun family of Soochow... Since most of the Huai army goes south, we have no worries!"
Chun Yuliang smiled and said.
"Yes, the current timing is very favorable to us. Not long ago, spies also reported another news. Zhu Yuanzhang is drawing elite infantry and cavalry and starting to send troops to the southwest... The Ming army wants to annex the Eastern Jin Dynasty!"
"With Zhu Yuanzhang as an opponent, the Eastern Jin Dynasty will not be able to involve Lujiang and other places in a short time. In other words, except for a small number of Eastern Jin soldiers and horses, Lujiang and other places have almost no powerful forces!"
"If our army sends troops, we will surely sweep across the Lujiang River!"
Chen Baxian laughed.
When Wu Mingche and Yu Shiji heard this, they had to admit that the current situation was indeed very beneficial to Nanchen, and it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for expansion.
Due to paying too close attention to the Huai Army, most of Nanchen's spies were located in Sihong and Yangzhou. Jinling was further divided into a small number of spies who went to Lujiang and other places to investigate.
Without enough manpower, Nanchen's spies only found out that the Eastern Jin Dynasty sent some troops to cross the river and go north. The leader seemed to be Xie Yan of the Xie family in Chen County. They did not know that the commander of the Eastern Jin Dynasty's northward march was Xie Xuan.
It is true that Xie Xuan was too low-key. Except for the word "Xie" on the hanging flag, it was difficult for outsiders to peek into the heavily guarded and well-organized Jin army camp.
Therefore, Xie Yan did not attract the attention of Chen Baxian, Wu Mingche and others at all.
They were all attracted by the favorable situation at hand.
"Congratulations, lord!"
Everyone laughed.
"Okay, you should know the purpose of calling you here. Send me an order to mobilize 200,000 troops. I will personally lead the troops and march westward to Lujiang River..."
Wu Mingche, Xiao Moke and others cheered up and accepted the order in unison. . Even Yu Shiji, who originally thought that Nan Chen had little future and had little loyalty to Chen Baxian, was a little excited.
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Chen Baxian had already made preparations to send troops, but the Huai army did not. He did not dare to send troops rashly, for fear of attracting the attention of other princes.
it's good now.
The whole south is in chaos. The Huai army, known as the overlord of the Jianghuai River, wants to go south to attack Dongwu. Zhu Yuanzhang of Jinling wants to attack the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The Sun family of Dongwu has not finished the war with Xiao Daocheng and Liu Bi, but they are facing the invasion of the Huai army...
Further south, the Southern Song Dynasty was also annihilating various small and medium-sized forces in the territory, and the war continued.
Only the Liu Song forces had just ended the war and were temporarily unable to expand outwards.
The more chaotic the situation, the more beneficial it is to those who want to fish in troubled waters.
Liu Song, who was relatively quiet in the eyes of other forces, also made some secret moves, such as sending envoys to Liu Bi of the Western Han Dynasty near Huzhou and Jiaxing at the suggestion of Liu Muzhi.
Liu Yu's surname is Liu anyway. Although he and Liu Bi are not the same ancestors, they both have the surname Liu and share a common language.
Now Liu Bi was beaten to pieces by Sun Ce and was about to perish.
If he were smarter, Liu Bi would have no choice but to join one of the surrounding forces if he still wanted to survive. As for who to turn to, is there any need to think about it? Of course it is the clan power surnamed Liu!
Liu Bi currently has 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers and horses, and he also has some territory.
If Liu Bi's troops could be annexed without sending troops, Liu Song's strength would also quickly recover and increase.
The river is in waves.
One after another, warships and troop transports, under the shocked gaze of Jinling and Liu Song naval forces on the south bank, bypassed Yangzhongzhou between Jingkou and Taixing in just half a day and entered the north of Jiangyin.
To the north of Jiangyin, Jingjiangzhou, which is dozens of miles in radius, is located in the middle of the river.
On this Jiangxin Island, the Huai Army had already sent three thousand soldiers and horses to respond, as well as some soldiers and horses under Xiao Daocheng's command.
The fleet approached Jingjiang Island, and some craftsmen and civilians followed the troop ship to land here.
Their mission was to build a strong fortress on this Jiangxin Island to store grain and grass and serve as a transit water fort for the Huai Army's navy.
The elite soldiers and horses of Fu Youde and Yang Dayan did not stay here.
After making an arc on the water, it quickly landed in Jiangyin.
"This must be General Fu Youde. General Xiao Jin has been ordered by the Lord to lead the way for the general!"
Landing ferry at Jiangyin.
As soon as Fu Youde and Yang Dayan got off the boat, a general sent by Xiao Daocheng hurriedly came forward to pay homage to them with a very respectful attitude.
This general named Xiao Jin is obviously a clansman and confidant of Xiao Daocheng.
It is already known that Xiao Daocheng will join King Huai.
"Okay, Master Qi is interested!"
Fu Youde said in a deep voice.
After all the 100,000 elites disembarked, the craftsmen who came with the army immediately assembled the cloud chariot directly on the shore. This kind of portable cloud chariot was specially used for marching.
As for the packhorses needed to pull the cart, Xiao Daocheng has also prepared them.
The one hundred thousand elites of the West Route Army only need to board the cloud chariot.
Nowadays, cloud carts are no longer exclusive to the Huai Army. After seeing the role of cloud carts in Sihong, merchants traveling from south to north were all shocked by the ability of cloud carts to transport goods.
This tool that can transport goods quickly is a must-have for businessmen.
Driven by huge profits, other princes in Jiangnan also quickly developed imitations.
However, the princes in the south of the Yangtze River were still far behind in their ability to quickly dismantle cloud chariots and transport an army of 100,000 or 200,000 troops like the Huai Army during the march.
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