"Han Qian may not be successful. If he gets to Xuanzhou, he can take a big breath. Mr. Wang, don't forget the Han family. The Feng family's connections in Xuanzhou are not weak," Ruan Yan said.

Wang Wenqian said: "Except for the two northern counties in Xuanzhou, which are slightly rich in grain and grain, the counties in Ningguo are located in Fuyu Mountain and Yishan Mountain. There are many mountains and few fields, and grain and grain are scarce. Unless the Chishan Army does not continue to expand, but if there are two to three hundred thousand women and children attached

In the past, the Chishan Army needed to support them, so how much grain did the Xuanzhou family have for them to exploit? Not to mention that Han Qian recruited slaves to join the army, which shook the foundation of the entire family, and the Xuanzhou family could not survive alone. "

Seeing Ruan Yan and Wang Wenqian having different opinions and arguing, Yang Yuanyan asked Zhao Zhen with a gloomy face:

"Zhao Zhen, what do you think?"

"Master Wang is very thoughtful, but as Master Ruan said, Han Qian may not always act according to Master Wang's ideas." Zhao Zhen glanced at Wang Wenqian and said.

Compared with Wang Wenqian, who is better at planning the overall situation, Zhao Zhen, as the leader of the army, prefers to seize the initiative in his hands.

Especially this time, if he could recruit three to five thousand local soldiers to defend the cities of Danyang, Jintan, and Liyang in advance, he would be able to mobilize all three thousand elite infantry of the Chuzhou Army from the defense of these three cities.

Then the outcome of this battle would be completely different, and he would no longer be ashamed to look at His Highness's cold eyes.

Zhao Zhen would not choose to stand on the same side as Wang Wenqian just because he had been with him these days.

At this time, Wang Wenqian predicted the situation. One premise was that Han Qian would abide by the oath he made after arriving in Jinling and would not abandon the old, weak, women and children. However, Zhao Zhen did not care about this. His views with Ruan Yan and others

They agree, and don’t think that Han Qian will really remain stubborn for a so-called oath.

Even if it is impossible for Han Qian to reconcile with the aristocratic families in Xuanzhou, as long as hundreds of thousands of old and weak women and children are moved into Xuanzhou, regardless of how fierce the competition for food between hundreds of thousands of old and weak women and children will be with the local aristocratic families in Xuanzhou,

He himself led 10,000 to 20,000 strong soldiers to defend the front line of Maoshan and Donglu Mountain. The grain and grain were enough to sustain him for a year. How could the Chuzhou Army spend another year with them on the eastern front?

Of course, there is another key reason why Zhao Zhen thinks so.

That is, Chuzhou is located on the battlefield buffer zone on the eastern front between Liang and Chu. Similar to Shouzhou and Xiangzhou, the old local aristocratic families have long been destroyed by decades of repeated wars. He and Rao

Geng and other generals who grew up in the army also lacked an intuitive and profound understanding of the stubbornness and strength of local aristocratic families.

Another point is that under Wang Wenqian's dissuasion, they did not completely take over the military administration of the counties in Runzhou and the counties to the east and south after crossing the river, let alone large-scale conscription of troops and grain. But they waited.

For so long, the local forces in these prefectures and counties are still sitting on the fence, calling Zhao Zhen, Rao Geng and other generals. How can they have the patience to continue waiting?

Wang Wenqian saw that not only the envoy Ruan Yan, but also most of the generals in the army were no longer patient. He looked at Yang Yuanyan and tried to persuade him: "I hope your highness will think twice before acting."

At this time, the guard standing outside the big tent handed a letter that had just arrived to Yang Yuan in front of the case.

Yang Yuanyan read it, but had no intention of circulating it. Instead, he held the letter in his hand, pressed down the long case, and said ruthlessly: "The envoy of the middle gate, Ruan Yan, is also the captain of the Beigu Mountain Military Prefecture. Incorporate Run."

The strongest slaves from Dantu, Jingkou and Danyang counties in Zhouzhou are serving as soldiers of the army. Anyone who disobeys will be treated as treason and will be killed without mercy!"

The land annexation in Dantu, Jingkou, and Danyang counties is serious. The three counties have a population of 300,000, and almost 100,000 are slaves. The establishment of the Beigushan Army Mansion to recruit the slaves of the three counties will provide nearly 30,000 new soldiers, which will greatly alleviate the problem.

The Chuzhou Army was short of troops on the south bank.

However, after the Chuzhou army crossed the river, the area under direct and strict control was these three counties. At this time, of course, they could recruit slaves from these three counties, and they were not afraid that the local forces in these three counties would dare to struggle and resist. But outside the three counties,

In the eyes of the noble families, how are they different from the Chishan Army?

Of course, speaking seriously, King Xin's decision is somewhat different from that of the Chishan Army. They only recruited the young and strong among the slaves. The aristocratic families in the three counties can continue to keep the old and weak women and children to do farming and other labor. At the same time, they did not say

Ask the noble families to hand over all their lands.

"What prompted His Highness to make this determination?" Wang Wenqian asked.

"See for yourself." Yang Yuanyan handed the letter to Wang Wenqian and said coldly.

Wang Wenqian glanced over, but it was Tan Ma, who was stationed on the west wing of Maoshan Mountain, who confirmed in the afternoon that the Chishan Army had more than 3,000 soldiers and horses, surrounded by a group of war equipment, heading towards Lishui City.

The Chishan Army made it clear that they would take advantage of the victory to divide their troops and attack Lishui City.

This seems to be in line with the judgment of Ruan Yan, Zhao Zhen and others:

Han Qian had no intention of leading the old, weak, women and children eastward to the south bank of Taihu Lake to get food. Instead, he wanted to lead the young and strong soldiers to stay at the front line of Maoshan and watch them fight with the two tigers of Anning Palace. Otherwise, why would they bother to attack Lishui City?

At this time, Wang Wenqian didn't know that Xinchang Hou Li Pu was interested in competing for merit, nor did he know that Xinchang Hou Lipu's judgment of Han Qian was actually no different from Ruan Yan, Zhao Zhen and others...

Wang Wenqian was speechless at this moment. After all, his previous judgment that the Chishan Army was fierce in appearance and inwardly weak seemed to be untenable?

"Can we wait and see for another two days?" Wang Wenqian said with difficulty.

"The opportunity is fleeting, why can't we wait here to look forward and backward?" Yang Yuanyan no longer listened to Wang Wenqian's advice, and signaled the central envoy Ruan Yan to act in accordance with the order, and quickly went to Beigu Mountain to recruit young slaves from three counties, but input

Camps were formed to make up for the lack of troops...

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Lishui guard general Xu Bin was a general in the Nanya military camp. As a mid-level and senior general promoted after the Jinling Incident, he only had one battalion of Nanya forbidden troops under his command. After the Chuzhou army crossed the river, he led it and took charge.

Stationed at Lishui.

There were only 500 soldiers in one battalion of the Forbidden Army, and the local officials and gentry were not very cooperative. Seeing the Chuzhou army's victory at Jingshan'an so sharply, Xu Bin felt depressed for a time.

The Chishan Army stationed in Maoshan caused chaos in the surrounding countryside, and the wealthy families in the county fled into the county town with their families in panic.

Xu Bin was also able to gather the aristocratic clan soldiers, and the county sword archers who were mainly composed of aristocratic clan soldiers no longer acted in secret. At one time, he had more than 2,000 generals in his hands. Especially since the aristocratic clan soldiers were quite effective in combat, he felt quite good.

Well, I have a secret feeling that even if the elite Chuzhou army comes over, Lishui City may not be unable to defend it.

But this feeling didn't last long, and was shattered as Shangjiabao fell into it.

Seeing the Marquis of Xinchang, Li Pu, and the military supervisor Zhang Ping slowly approaching with 3,000 horse infantry and stationing their camp outside the east city of Lishui City, Xu Bin sent people out of the north city to Jinling to ask for reinforcements.

In addition to maneuvering an elite force of 500 men, two sentry teams from each of the other three cities were transferred to the east city to strengthen the defense.

At night, together with the county magistrate, the county magistrate and other officials and gentry, they gathered all the heads of the aristocratic families in the city and asked them to send troops and food to guard the city.

The night was gloomy, except for the torches lit up and down the city wall, there was no light from the stars and the moon, hazy clouds shrouded the night sky, and the streets and alleys in the city were also dark. There were very few people showing off their wealth here and hanging lanterns under the eaves.

Even if the painting boat at Wanhong Mansion does not fold up its pallets and declare closure, no heartless children from aristocratic families will come here tonight to have fun.

In the dark night, the boat left its previous mooring and slowly headed downstream of the Mingshi River. No one noticed anything unusual.

The painting boat was moored at the end of Dongliu Lane. The pallets stretched out and were connected to the waterfront pier of a backyard house. The bottom cabin where the boatmen and maids lived suddenly opened, and dozens of figures filed away and entered the building.

A quiet house.

In this sultry summer night, everyone was wearing robes. Even if they were sweating, they were tied tightly with belts to prevent the armor plates they wore underneath from flapping and making too much noise, alerting everyone around them.
Chapter completed!