Lekou, Yuwen Wen was checking the terrain. The water had receded, leaving the ground muddy, but the weather was clear and the sun was scorching. I thought I would recover as before after another day or two.

The Lekou battle ended successfully, but the enemy will definitely make a comeback again. Yuwen Wen wants to arrange the city defense of Shaoling. He can imagine that the military pressure he faces is only greater at that time. How to use the terrain to effectively defend the enemy's attack is a problem he must consider.

The land of Yuzhou is flat, and the state control of Xuanhu is not dangerous to defend. It can only rely on the outer city as a barrier to consume the enemy's spirit as much as possible in order to gain time to wait for reinforcements to arrive.

Shaoling is the northern gateway of Xuanhu. The Yuchi army that we have to face next will be stronger. Unless Yuwen can win with less and win in field battles again, the situation will become more and more serious.

He always showed confidence in whether he could keep Xuanhu in public, but that was just a gesture to stabilize people's hearts, but in fact he was very anxious.

A skillful woman is hard to cook without rice. Yuwen Wen has limited troops and horses. He is really unable to fight against enemies with cavalry advantages in plains, but no matter how hard it is, he has to endure it. He has to delay time as much as possible.

At this time, the river in front of Yuwen Wen was the li water flowing from west to east, and the Ru water flowing from northwest to south, and after the intersection of Lekou and li water, it continued to move south. More than a hundred miles downstream was the Xuanhu, Yuzhou Prefecture.

The Shaoling area where Lekou is located is known as Huiqu and is the intersection of rivers. This means that the enemy troops from the north can use water to transport food and supplies. As long as the troops are sufficient, they can easily advance along the way, first breaking Shaoling, and then facing Xuanhu City.

Shaoling was originally named Zhaoling. In the Jin Dynasty, in order to avoid Sima Zhao's taboo, it was changed to "Shaoling" and was the gateway to the north of Xuanhu. It was said to be a must-guard place, but it was very difficult to block the Yuchi army that made a comeback.

The Yuchi army can attack Shaoling for forcing him, besiege the city and attack reinforcements, and divide troops. At the same time, it surrounds Shaoling and Xuanhu. Therefore, Yuwen Wen had to set up a defense line, and Shaoling became a useless ribs. There were many soldiers left, but maybe the meat buns would go and fight the dogs and they would not return. There were few soldiers left, and there were almost no one.

But giving up Shao Ling like this is not good, which is equivalent to letting Xuanhu open its doors. Therefore, Yu Wenwen is in a dilemma, but the problem of insufficient military strength cannot be solved in the near future.

In the southern part of Shannan, Jingzhou in the north needs to divide its troops to defend the gateway of Fangcheng; Xiangzhou area must guard the direction of the Han River to prevent the enemy troops from attacking in the upper reaches of Liangzhou; it also needs to send troops to help defend Jiangling, the capital of Liang State, and beware of the enemy troops in Shu in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and sneak attacks downstream.

The Jiangbei Jinzhou bordered the eastern end of the Huangzhou General Administration, along with the newly captured Jiangnan Jiangzhou, the garrison must defend against dual enemies: the Yuchi Youqi army located in Jiangbei, and the Jiangnan Chen army.

In the new Ba, Xiang, Gui and Guang, troops were left to guard against the local chiefs. The former officials of the Chen State rebelled and divided the troops in the four directions of the southeast, west and north, but the result was that the troops were short of strength.

The soldiers in Yuwen Wen's hands are elite, and they can achieve twice the result with half the effort when they are under danger. If they are thrown into the plains to divide the troops to defend the city, they will fall into a tug-of-war and slowly be consumed by the opponent. Yuwen's family does not have that strong capital to support such "luxury and waste".

The strategy he formulated at the beginning was to ask the emperor to stay in Xuanhu and call on soldiers and horses from all over the country to support the king. In this way, the military force is not a problem. With the elite Anzhou as the backbone and the soldiers and horses as the flesh shield, the Yuwen family can fight against the Yuchi family in the plain area of ​​Yuzhou.

However, even now, even though Yuwen Wen won two consecutive victories, there are still few people who responded to the call to raise an army to support the king. Not to mention the emperor's face was disgraceful, even he felt embarrassed.

The two good news still cannot win back the confidence of the "retail investors". In their opinion, Yuwen is still a junk stock. Although Yuchi suffered two consecutive defeats, the strength of the two sides is still very different.

After all, there are only a few people who are willing to gamble like Wu Qiu, the princess of Ruyang. This is a real world. Unless otherwise absolutely necessary, most people would rather seek stability than take risks.

Yuwen Wen performed so hard, but the audience even gave a few applauses, not to mention rewards. He really realized how unpopular Yuwen was.

However, Yuwen Wen had to take risks because he had no choice but to do so. If Shannan and Guanzhong were finished, others could surrender. Even if he surrendered, he would have to die, so he had to fight to the death.

If the Anzhou army stays in Yuzhou for one more day, Shannan will have an extra day of rest time. Only by attracting the war to the enemy's territory as much as possible can we have the opportunity to cultivate and rest.

However, after Yuchi Dun suffered two consecutive defeats, the troops sent out must be a "luxury lineup". Yu Wen Wen lacked enough troops and would be defeated one by one when he was disposing of the troops. He was in danger of being taken to the other party in a slaughter. After struggling, he still had to find a way to solve the problem.

The two armies confront each other and win in the field is the king. Even if they carry out defensive counterattacks, they must have reinforcements outside to support the confidence of the defenders. The practice of forming a tough camp and fighting a stupid war must be based on the strong strength of our side. Yuwen's family is absolutely unaffordable to consume in Yuzhou and Yuchi's family through Tongbai Mountain and Dabie Mountain.

Looking at the gurgling water in front of him, Yu Wen Wen was a little confused. The Anzhou army he commanded is an elite, and the soldiers obeyed his command, but they were never the Hulin army trained by Yu Wen himself, and they always felt unfamiliar when used.

Thinking of this, Yuwen Wen looked back at the southern sky and calculated that it had been nearly two months since he went north from Fanyu, Guangzhou. At this moment, the Hulin Army, who was heading north, probably had almost arrived at the Hulin Army, right?

......

In Jiangzhou Prefecture, there were loud noises in the military camps outside the southern suburbs of the city. The Hulin Army soldiers who had just arrived at Shangkou were "checking in" the camp. The soldiers, with their bags and weapons, entered the divided camps one by one, and spent the night here and continued on their way the next day.

Therefore, the baggage was not removed, and the tent was set up in advance, saving them a lot of time. After dinner, there was still hot water to soak their feet. This was an extremely wonderful benefit for the Hulin Army soldiers who had been marching continuously for nearly two months.

"Fan Yu arrived at Fengkou, and the total distance was more than 1,700 miles. Hurry up and finally came back."

"There are many mountain roads along the way, and the average speed of the brigade of troops can reach thirty miles a day, which is already valuable."

Tian Zhengyue, a different general of the Hulin Army, talked with several generals to Xu Shao, the governor of Xunyang County. Everyone was their own people, so there was almost no limit on the topic. When it comes to what happened in the past two months, everyone was sighing.

"Xu Mingfu, what's the situation in Huangzhou? What's the situation in Shannan?"

"All the army sent by Yuchi Dun were defeated..."

Xu Shao briefly introduced the current situation. Guanzhong seemed to be still confronting the Bingzhou army, while the situation in Shannan was improving. The siege of Jiangling and Fangcheng was lifted one after another, while the Anzhou army had already attacked Yuzhou and took down Xuanhu.

After hearing that this was the result of the victory achieved under the command of the King of Xiyang, Tian Zhengyue and others were very excited. They set out from Fanyu to travel back to Huangzhou for a long time, but they did not dare to delay for a moment, for fear that they would not be able to get back, and they would be too late.

Now that Shannan is safe and sound, it means that Yuwen has initially gained a foothold, and the soldiers of the Hulin Army will catch up with the next counterattack.

"Xu Mingfu, what's the battle in Jiangzhou?"

"Yuchi Youqi's main force is still in the Guangling area of ​​Jiangbei. His vanguard has now tried several times in the eastern border of Jinzhou, Jiangbei. After being frustrated, he stopped and watched, as if something was brewing... "

"As for the Chen Kingdom, the news of the change of the dynasty may have reached Jiankang at this time. If the other party wants to make moves, it will take at least more than a month to prepare."

Since he was his own, Xu Shao didn't hide anything. The arrangements made by Yuwen Wen in Jiangzhou were not a secret. Shi Wansui now led his army to take charge in Jinzhou opposite Jiangzhou. Lai Huer led the navy to station in Sangluozhou, waiting for the enemy troops from both north and south to attack, and then gave a head-on blow.

All other arrangements have been in place. Xu Shao is in charge of the transfer of materials and assists in the transfer of troops. It looks inconspicuous, but it is actually very important. Xu Shao regrets that he failed to lead his troops to the battle, but he dare not take it lightly at all if he can get Yuwen Wen to entrust his heavy responsibilities.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the heroes competed for the world, and King Liu Bang of Han won the world. In the end, when he was rewarded with merit, the first one was not the powerful generals who attacked the city and captured the village, but Xiao He who had been raising food and grass in the rear.

Of course, Xu Shao did not dare to compare himself with Xiao He, but he knew the importance of logistics, so even if he was too busy and exhausted, he had to ask about everything in detail, for fear of making mistakes.

This time, the Hulin Army returned north and was about to arrive at Fengkou, so he personally arranged camping matters. Although he was a little tired, Xu Shao felt that he could hold on with his youth. As long as he could do things well, he could make up for his energy afterwards.

The greetings were almost the same, and it was time to do the serious business. Xu Shao solemnly took out a wooden box and asked Tian Zhengyue to check whether the seal was intact.

Tian Zhengyue took out a bunch of keys, used one of them to open the lock on the wooden box, and took out a roll of paper from it. At the same time, Xu Shao took out another wooden box, opened it with the key he carried with him, and took out another roll of paper from it.

The paper in the two of them was spread out, and they were fragments after they were spread out. It seemed that a piece of paper was stamped with a seal, and then tore it in half and kept separately. Now that they cooperated with each other, the content on it was complete.

This was the order issued by Yuwen Wen to the Hulin Army who arrived in Fengkou after returning to Xiyang. It was kept by Xu Shao. Tian Zhengyue looked at the content carefully, and then his expression changed. The other generals looked carefully and their faces became very exciting.

"Xu Mingfu, what's going on? Did you make a mistake?"

Xu Shao looked at the combined paper, and then replied awkwardly: "I only know the king's order now..."

"How can this be done! I want to see the king! I want to see the king!"

"The king is hanging the gourd!"

Xu Shao was a little amused. Not to mention that Tian Zhengyue and others were surprised, he found it difficult to understand after seeing Yuwen Wen's order, because the other party's order was to let the Hulin Army disband on the spot after arriving in Xiyang, and let the soldiers go home to visit their relatives.

The holiday was one month long and said that it was to reunite the soldiers who returned from the expedition with their families.

After reading the order, Xu Shao's first thought was "someone forged the order", but he and Tian Zhengyue studied it over and over again, and confirmed and affirmed the handwriting, seal, code, and dense patterns on this piece of paper.

In other words, this order was indeed written by Yu Wen Wen, and it was printed, without any possibility of forgery.

Tian Zhengyue could not believe that when the war became more and more intense, Yuwen Wen actually gave the Hulin Army soldiers a holiday. As the saying goes, "Soldiers are the most important thing." Hulin Army is an elite army. If they are forced to put out the fire, the troops cannot be received, resulting in a sharp turn for the war...

Tian Zhengyue was thinking about Yuwen Wen's intention. More than a month ago, Yuwen Wen left Fanyu in advance and headed north. Not long after, he sent a messenger to Fanyu and brought bad news to Fanyu: Prime Minister Yuchi Dun turned against him. Tian Zhengyue was immediately ordered to lead the Hulin army from Fanyu to return north.

Along the way, he and other generals couldn't help cheering the soldiers, saying that they would rush back to Huangzhou as soon as possible, fight back against the enemy invading, protect the country and the people, and also protect their families and fields.

His pre-war mobilization effect was significant, and the soldiers were holding their energy to rush back to Huangzhou as soon as possible and defeated the enemy under the command of King Xiyang. Seeing that the morale of the army was available, it was the time when the morale was high that King Xiyang actually asked the soldiers to go home to visit relatives. What was going on?

"Don't glare at me, the king will make such arrangements, and there must be a deep meaning..."

Xu Shao's thoughts quickly turned around and then expressed his opinion: "Do you remember that at the end of last year, before the marching of Jiangnan Road, what did the King of Xiyang say at the oath meeting?"

Tian Zhengyue thought about it carefully. At the oath-taking ceremony, Yuwen Wen said that this southern expedition would have to fight to the distant Lingbing. It would take a year to return from the army to triumphantly, so at that time, we would have a big vacation for everyone to reunite with our family.

"The king said that he would give everyone a holiday after he came back, but today is different from the past. The situation suddenly changed. How could the enemy be eyeing the door? We are sleeping soundly?"

"Credit, isn't the king always emphasized the principle of credit?" Xu Shao felt that he was guessing Yuwen Wen's thoughts. "Since he said it in public, he would give the soldiers a holiday after he came back, then the king would definitely do his best."

"But...what if the war is delayed, what should I do?" Tian Zhengyue was of course homesick, but he also knew that the matter was priorities.

"The king must be confident in this arrangement. The soldiers have been out for nearly a year. I believe that they miss their relatives very much. They will not let them go home and reunite, and continue to fight. Put their hearts in their hearts. They will have some complaints in their hearts, right?"

Xu Shao began to analyze the psychology of the soldiers. He felt that Yuwen Wen's arrangement was necessary. Of course, a month off is indeed questionable, but now that Yuwen Wen's attack on the territory of Yuzhou can at least gain valuable breathing time for Shannan.

"To be honest, the soldiers stationed in Jiangzhou, Jiangnan and Jinzhou, Jiangbei have been ordered to change defenses several times and have been resting in Gongkou. The soldiers' families set off from Huangzhou and reunited with them in Gongkou. Now you are the only one left, and they have been separated from their families for nearly a year."

After Xu Shao said so much, Tian Zhengyue and other generals understood the good intentions of Xiyang King Yuwen Wen, but they could not accept it for a while. Seeing this, Xu Shao said again: "I think that when I come to Xiyang, Yuwen Sima will have the latest order from the king. Maybe it won't be for so long at that time."

Xu Shao put the blame on Yuwen Shiwu, who was far away in Xiyang. Anyway, this order was issued by Yuwen Wen a month ago. He felt that Yuwen Shiwu might have the latest instructions, so the other party would accept the doubts of Tian Zhengyue and others.

During the day, Xu Shaogang mentioned Yuwen Shiwu, and the messenger sent by Yuwen Shiwu arrived. The Hulin Army arrived at Fengkou today. Not only did he notify Xu Shao in advance, but also Yuwen Shiwu in advance.

There were three messengers, each carrying a wooden box with a seal attached to it. Xu Shao and Tian Zhengyue and one of the messengers used keys to open the wooden box and cooperated with the removed paper to form a complete order.

It is still a holiday, and the holiday is still one month. The soldiers who have made military achievements in this southern expedition must all rewards that should be given after making military achievements. Yuwen Wen specially told him to implement this order without fail.

Tian Zhengyue was stunned for a while when she looked at the order, she asked in embarrassment: "How can this order be conveyed to the soldiers?"

Xu Shao coughed dryly and bowed to his goodbye: "Everyone, I still have a lot of things to be busy with..."

He ran away, leaving Tian Zhengyue and the other generals to look at each other. Tian Zhengyue looked at the paper in his hand and felt as if he was holding a hot copper pot in naked hands, in a dilemma.
Chapter completed!