On the south bank of the Huai River and Huaiyin, a large number of ships went upstream and headed towards Sikou on the north bank upstream.

In the bow of a ship, sheep and squid stood in the wind. Looking at the large number of ships with flags waving in front and behind, I felt very proud.

The emperor was going to inspect Lanling, Huaibei, but in fact he was the emperor personally in the army and his target was the Qingzhou area.

If the Qingzhou area is recovered, Taishan County will be recovered, which is the location of Taishan Goat County.

The children of the Taishan Goat clan who went south more than 30 years ago finally waited for the day to go home.

Qingzhou, which was occupied by the northern country for more than a hundred years, will also return to the jurisdiction of the Jiankang court.

A hundred years ago, Xue An, the governor of Xuzhou of Liu Song, was appointed as the northern affiliation of the prefecture, and Yang Feng's great-grandfather Yang Gui followed him into Wei. Later, the Qingzhou area was also denied the Wei State because the Wei army cut off its ties with Huainan.

Yang Xi, the grandfather of the Sheep Fly, often thought about returning south.

When Erzhu Rong, a powerful minister of Wei State, launched the Heyin Incident in Luoyang and massacred royal court officials, Yang Feng's father Yang Kan led the prefect of Mount Tai and raised tens of thousands of troops to support Liang.

The Wei army came to attack, and the Liang army, who was heading north, was unable to take Xuzhou for a long time. Yang Kan led his army to fight hard for several months, but could not support him anymore. He led his family and broke through the siege south. That was thirty-three years ago.

At that time, the sheep and snail were still babies in scrambled to leave their hometown.

Now, he led a well-equipped army as a front army. After crossing the Huai River, he went north along the Yishui River, crossed Daxian Mountain, and entered the Qingzhou area.

The Yangfeng should gain a foothold north of Daxian Mountain, block the counterattacking Qi army, and consolidate the territory so that the subsequent troops who came over the mountains would fight calmly.

Several of his uncles and brothers led their troops to Xuzhou, attacked with the Xuzhou army, and left Yanzhou to capture Taishan County.

This is the first round of attack. After the Xuzhou army takes over the Huanghuangjin in the northeast of Yanzhou, the main force of the Hebei Qi army will cut off the passage into Qingzhou, and the real battle will begin.

The Xuzhou army must defend the cleansing and block the Qi army's attack on Xuzhou.

At the same time, Liang's army, who crossed Daxian Mountain and attacked Qingzhou area, must seize the time to capture cities in various places.

In winter, the section of the Yellow River's cleaned river may be frozen. At that time, the Qi army can directly cross the river without passing through the cleaned river and carry out a new round of attacks. That is the most difficult time.

But the Xuzhou army was in the front, namely "closing the door" and "guarding the gate", while the Liang army in Qingzhou area wanted to "beat the dog".

Can Xuzhou Army and Xuzhou, which face the main force of the Qi army, be able to stop it?

Yes, sheep and ferment have no doubts about this.

Because the Xuzhou army was a powerful army led by Pengcheng Duke Li Li, and Xuzhou was where Li Li had been in charge for several years and had blocked the Qi army's attack many times before.

Moreover, the emperor personally led the expedition and Li Li accompanied him. The specific military affairs were handled by Li Li. With this person in the middle, the Northern Expedition of the official army would definitely be a great success.

This is not the idea of ​​the sheep and ferry alone, but the common voice of many generals participating in the war.

There is no incompetent royal family to take charge, no nosy prime minister makes trouble in the rear. As the actual commander of the Northern Expedition, the brave and warlike Xuzhou army fought hard battles, and no one thinks that the official army will lose.

Yes, we will never lose. Even if the Lord Qi leads the army in person, we will definitely win!

Sheep Feng has absolute confidence in this. If the army cannot win, how can we be worthy of the good opportunity that Gong Pengcheng won with his infamy?

As a relative of the foreign country, Li Li of Pengcheng, led to the emperor's personal expedition. This move caused fierce discussions. Sheep and Feng knew that the Qingliu were all excited.

He heard a lot of news and knew that many people in Jiankang City had already accumulated rapidly, far beyond the time when the new tax system was implemented.

Because the emperor personally led the army to fight, it meant that he was martial, and the gentry did not want the emperor to be martial, so that the warriors of the cold clan could be promoted by the emperor through their military merits and climbed up to them.

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Hanshan, military camp, Liang Sen and the generals in Xuzhou studied combat plans.

The foreman has set out to Yanzhou and is about to launch an attack on the Taishan County of Qi in the east and the cleaned area in the northeast.

Soldiers are very fast. The front army is light in battle. The follow-up soldiers and horses must follow up with their baggage, and there must be no mistakes in the middle.

In order to avoid mistakes, the cavalry must be spread out, protect the flanks of the front line, and beware of the raids of the Qi cavalry.

Liang Sen had already made arrangements for the next series of battles, but at that time, the first phase of the battle was just beginning after the cleansing was taken down.

Liang Sen pointed to several areas on the map and said slowly: "The enemy may not necessarily fight us on the battlefield we have planned according to our ideas. They have many cavalrymen and have great advantages to choose the decisive battlefield and opportunity."

"What we need to do is to ensure the strategic victory of the government army at any cost. What is strategic victory? It is to take down and defend Qingzhou."

"So, the cleansing must be kept, so that the Qi army in Hebei cannot calmly mobilize a large number of troops to Qingzhou. The other party will definitely compete for the cleansing, but we also know that we can guard the cleansing as an iron barrel."

"If the Yellow River freezes after winter, causing the cleansing to temporarily lose its ability to restrain itself, it must be kept."

"So, the key to the battle is the scrub. The offense and defense around the scrub are related to the success or failure of the entire strategy."

"If our army wants to guard the cleansing, it must guard Taishan County, Yanzhou, and Sishui River. Generally speaking, it is a long line of nearly a thousand miles. What will be the consequences of being broken at any point in this long line?"

"There is no consequence. Our army will capture the scrubber. The garrison will have to defend for one year without foreign aid. The cities in Yanzhou are the same. Therefore, there is no need for our army to defend this long line and to prevent the opponent from defeating one by one."

"However, the fleet must patrol back and forth on the Si Shui River to avoid the Qi army blocking the river and building dams and launching water attacks on the cities and fortresses along the river..."

Liang Sen is absolutely confident of winning the upcoming battle. In the past two years, the Xuzhou army has not been idle and has been preparing for the war.

Fight at any time.

This time, Li Li brought up a "big project" and the Xuzhou army assumed the responsibility of fighting a tough battle. What should be done specifically? Li Li handed over to Liang Sen and Peng Jun to do it.

Peng Jun was responsible for defense, defending against the possible attacks that the Qi army had launched against Xuzhou.

Liang Sen was responsible for attacking, attacking the Scarlet, and then using "offensive defense" to resolve the Qi army's attack on the Scarlet, rather than simply defending with his head in his arms.

Offensive defense is easy to say, but it is difficult to do, because the Qi army has many cavalry and is originally an advantageous attacking party. If he wants to attack the opponent, he will be wiped out if he is not careful.

However, Liang Senhui and Peng Jun fought together, and Peng Jun was not just a defense. The two cooperated with each other to resolve the Qi army's offensive as much as possible.

Li Li will not interfere with what to do specifically.

Liang Sen knew that this was a "big test" of his ability, so he did not dare to slack off at all.

Although Li Li was still behind "just in case", he felt that there was no need to distract Li Li.

The generals of the Xuzhou Army came from all over the world, and Li Li gathered everyone into a group. Now is the time to prove that even if Li Li didn't have to worry about it, the Xuzhou Army could perform well.

Only in this way can the next step be easier.

Liang Sen knew that Li Li facilitated the emperor's command in person, and this move was like luring a good daughter into a prostitution in the eyes of the "light military" aristocratic officials.

These incompetent gentry officials who even felt vulgar and thought they were riding horses were privately wondering what Li Li was like.

Li Li would not bear such a bad reputation just to establish authority for the emperor's son-in-law, so the next battle must be fought beautifully.

......

In Poyang, Raozhou, Poyang Palace, Xiao Si only felt a headache when he looked at the thick stack of information.

Just like the information given by Li Li, there is indeed a huge copper ore vein in the Le'an area. Its mining area is very large and very close to the Nanpo River, making it relatively easy to mine.

Li Li has already figured out the mine veins and mining areas clearly and given a specific mining plan. The Le'an County now has a large number of miners and is not short of food, so the construction can be started with just one order.

The question is how to write the memorial? Xiao Si is having a headache about this problem.

It will take several years to investigate such a large copper mine.

It only took him a few months to return to Poyang, and suddenly he found such detailed investigation results, which would inevitably make people suspicious.

If you use your father's dream as an excuse, you will be perfunctory. However, others are not fools. If you think about it carefully, you will think that he must have figured out that there is a large copper mine there.

I must have long wanted to use this large copper mine to strengthen my own power.

Therefore, I will definitely interfere with it.

The emperor visited the northern tour and recorded the affairs of the Shangshu. Daqian Xiao, the king of Jiangxia, is now staying in Jiankang. It will not be too difficult to ruin his affairs.

So Xiao Si had to think of a way to report the good news to the court and prove that he really found the secret treasure after returning to Poyang, but it could not arouse the suspicion of Daquan Xiao and take away the benefits.

After thinking about it, Xiao Si thought of the current affairs: the emperor actually left Jiankang and set out for Huaibei to come to an imperial commander to regain the Qingzhou area.

Calculate the days, I almost arrived in Lanling, Huaibei now.

The vanguard of the Northern Expedition Army should have already attacked the Qingzhou area.

However, the incident of the imperial commander-in-chief was too shocking. Xiao Si could guess what Li Li would be scolded privately.

He didn't know how Li Li convinced the empress dowager, nor did he worry that the emperor would lose his battle in person.

What Xiao Si was worried about was that Li Li would definitely "make trouble", and the imperial command of the army was just the first step.

Otherwise, Li Li would not have taken the blame for the emperor's son-in-law.

That day, Xiao Si did not accept Li Li's suggestion and gave it a try, but chose to retreat to advance and go to Poyang to mine copper mine.

He had too many concerns, so he retreated, but Li Li would not.

Xiao Si didn't know whether his "retreat" could really be exchanged for "advance", so he could only act according to the scheduled plan. As for whether Li Li would make new moves, he would wait and see in Poyang.
Chapter completed!