Chapter 515: Mantis and the Oriole (5)

"The king is clear. Now the army is in a stalemate with the pirates in Zhenhai on the front line of Changzhou, Guangde. How can I still have the strength to send troops to Jiangxi? Please think twice about this matter!" The speaker was Yan Keqiu. If Huainan accepted Zhong Yangui's request to send troops to Jiangxi, his hope of avenging his great revenge with the help of the Huainan army would only turn into a bubble, so he was the first to jump out to oppose the sending of troops.

Yan Keqiu's words were like a basin of cold water pouring on the heads of the people who were excited, and the hall suddenly became quiet. Everyone suddenly became quiet. As Yan Keqiu said, fighting on both sides is a taboo, not to mention that Yang Wo's power base in Huainan was not stable. In this case, if Zhong Yangui is supported and the war is not good, it is very likely that Yang Wo's own downfall will lead to Yang Wo's own downfall. In this way, everyone here will suffer from the disaster. After considering this consequence, everyone speaks cautiously.

Yang Wo's eyes swept across the face of his lower body, but his confidants subconsciously avoided his gaze. Obviously, they were a little tender in the face of such a problem. Seeing the confidants' performance, Yang Wo couldn't help but feel a little angry. As a young man born with a golden key, he has considerable talents in both civil and military affairs, but the problem is that his age and prominent life experience have also made his experience too smooth and lacked the patience to face difficulties. After all, this is not necessary for him, who has been in a good mood since he was born. After launching the war with Zhenhaijun, as time goes by,

The war did not go smoothly as he imagined at the beginning. Instead, there were many setbacks and repeated, and naturally did not bring him the prestige and pleasure they expected. All of this made Yang Wo feel tired. It was because of his self-esteem that he was unwilling to make peace by himself, but Zhong Yangui's request suddenly gave him the idea: "It seems that this is a better opportunity. If he takes over the land of Jiangxi that his father has not taken, he can block the mouths of those old guys and sit firmly in the position of Huainan Jiedushi!" But can no subordinates share his worries?

"I thought I could negotiate peace with Zhenhai Army first, and then send troops to Jiangxi!" Xu Wen stood up and said, "The Guangde war is in a stalemate. Lu Fang's subordinates are in a hundred battles and cannot win in one time. And the internal struggle between the Zhong brothers in Jiangxi is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If our army does not take it, others will take it, and then it will be too late to regret it!"

"Well said it! Well said it!" Yang Wo looked at Xu Wen in surprise and joy. This general who was not very valued on weekdays was extremely cute in his eyes. What a wise choice to leave the big quagmire of Guangde and go to Jiangxi to get a bargain!

"What General Xu said is wrong!" Yan Keqiu stood up and retorted. He was anxious and did not notice that his behavior of rejecting Xu Wen had committed the crime of "disrespect for the elders" when Yang Wo had already expressed his agreement: "Zhenhaijun occupied the land of Liangzhe, and was a confidant of Huainan. If it were not Wu Tunyue, it would be more destructive to Wu. General Xu wanted to abandon his confidant of his confidant of his confidant, but he had to compete for small profits. I dare not agree!"

Yan Keqiu's words were fierce and there was something hurtful about others. Xu Wen smiled generously: "It is true that Zhenhai Army is just like a close friend. However, Jiangxi's land is fertile and has many gold and iron benefits. It is also above me. If it is not obtained by a strong enemy, it will be in a high position and a great disaster for me. How can this be said to be a small profit? What's more, now Lu Fang has gained a good geographical advantage and his soldiers are trusted. Although our soldiers are numerous, they cannot be suddenly expelled, but Jiangxi's opportunities are not available every day, let alone if he takes the land of Jiangxi, he can threaten Zhenhai Army from the west. I once said, 'If you want to seize it, you must give it to it'. Isn't this also the principle of military strategy?"

Xu Wen's grand statement was detailed and his words were sharp. Everyone in the hall nodded in agreement after hearing this. Although Yan Keqiu was still dissatisfied, it was not hindering the overall situation. Yang Wu nodded and smiled and said, "General Xu, what you said just now is, but this peace talks are of great importance. Who do you think can take on this important task?"

Xu Wen crossed his hands and said, "This idea was made by the Mo Xiang, so naturally he would not bother others. If the king could trust it, the Mo Xiang would go to Guangling for a trip."

Yang Wo was overjoyed when he heard this: "Since that's the case, I'll bother General Xu. If things are done this time, I will definitely have a heavy reward!"

In front of the Wu King's Mansion, Xu Wen smiled and bowed to several generals and Zuo. The behavior he was just now in the hall made Yang Wo's confidants feel a lot better about him, and naturally they became closer to him. When they said goodbye, four or five people set up a dinner party to invite him. Xu Wen just said that he would go out soon and had to arrange some private matters. When he came back, he would bother him one by one and pushed him away. After the generals left, he turned around and went home with Zhang Hao. On the way, Zhang Hao suddenly asked: "You are so hard in the hall today, are you really going to be a loyal minister of the Yang family?"

Xu Wen heard a sour smell in Zhang Hao's tone. He knew that his companion was narrow-minded and suspicious. Seeing that he was favored by Yang Wo in the hall today, he felt jealous and laughed: "Brother Zhang is thinking too much. Think about it, is Guangde close to Guangling or Jiangxi close to Guangde? If Yang Wo uses troops to Jiangxi, the few soldiers under his command will definitely go. At that time, he is still at your mercy in Guangling City?"

Zhang Hao shook his head and said, "Not as easy as you said. As long as the three thousand soldiers in the small town next to the palace don't leave, even if you have great skills, it will be useless. Can you still deceive Yang Wo and pull the amulet away? He is not a three-year-old child, so he can be at your mercy!"

Xu Wen showed a mysterious smile on his face and said, "In my opinion, Yang Wu is not much different from a three-year-old child. My little tricks are not even a big deal in Yang Xingmi's eyes, but it is enough to deal with him. He is really a tiger father and a dog son!"

Guangde and Yanping County were digging ponds from Lu Fang, and it had been almost a month since the Huainan Army's offensive. Although the flood came quickly and went quickly, most areas with higher terrain had become dry land for the army, while the low-lying lands between them had become unpassable swamps. Therefore, the main battlefields of both sides were on these broken high grounds, and the width of the battlefield was ***. The troops that both sides could invest were very limited. Even if they were victorious in the field battle, the enemy could easily defend the important road with the help of fortifications, and the victorious side could not expand the results through pursuit. The Huainan Army and the Zhenhai Army were like two entangled wrestlers. After the first stage of the competition, they had already consumed a lot of physical strength and blood. They gritted their teeth and waited for the other side to fall first.

In the tent of Zhenhai Army, Lu Fang sat in front of the desk, looking at the letter in front of him, frowned, obviously the letter paper in front of him would not have any pleasant news. At this time, Wang Zisheng walked in from the outside happily, and as soon as he came in, he bowed and said, "Report to the king, Zhou Yuhou, who was on the right wing of the palace, led his troops to attack at night, captured two rock forts in Huainan, beheaded 70, captured more than 20 people alive, and captured three sides of the military flag. His armor was incomplete! Our army won a great victory, a great victory!"

Lu Fang raised his head, but there was no joy on his face, and sighed, "Is it the Zhou Hubiao selected by Luo Renqiong? He is indeed very brave! Alas! But if we win this kind of battle seven or eight times, I am afraid that you and I will not be able to return to Hangzhou alive!"

When Wang Zisheng heard Lu Fang's answer, he couldn't help but be surprised and looked up and asked, "Why did the king say that?"

Lu Fang smiled bitterly, took the letter in his hand into his arms, stood up and said, "Well, you are at the age of going out to lead troops. I will take the exam today. What is the biggest responsibility of the general of the first army?"

Wang Zisheng lowered his head and thought for a while, and replied carefully: "Of course, he led his brothers to defeat the enemy?"

"You are not wrong to say this, but you didn't answer the most critical point!" Lu Fang shook his head and said, "The first thing a commander needs to do is not to defeat the enemy. As the saying goes, "raising soldiers for a thousand days, using troops for a while." This kind of raising soldiers is placed in front of the brigade. The most important thing for the lord of the army is to let your soldiers have food, clothes, shoes, weapons, and if possible, armor and horses. The most important thing is to have food, and the other generals are just a little careless. To put it in extreme cases, even if you can't beat your opponent, you have food, and you can make your opponent have no food, and you can starve the enemy to death. Even if you don't shoot a single arrow, the final winner will be you. The army will die without a reserve!"

Hearing Lu Fang's earnest words, Wang Zisheng nodded and asked in a low voice: "King, should we have food for our army..." At this point, he suddenly remembered that the questions he was asking were quite sensitive and quickly shut up.

"That's not that far! It's just not good." Lu Fang picked up two pieces of paper from several cases and shook it: "It was clear in the letter of Luo Tui. There were fifteen civil unrest in Hangzhou last month, and only four were only four two months ago. This shows that the recruitment of civilian power in Liangzhe must have reached a limit. If this continues, the first one cannot support us."

"So what?" Wang Zisheng asked in confusion: "Why is the first one who can't support it is our side. The Huainan Army has more troops than us, consumes more than us, and has a longer supply line than us. Why can't we support it first?"

"That's different. The Huainan army has waterways from Guangling to the front line, and can be transported by boats. However, our army from Hangzhou to Guangde is mostly mountain roads, and there is no waterway. The manpower and material resources required for transportation are far inferior." Lu Fang shook his head and sighed: "I thought that with the current situation of conflicts within Huainan, after Wang Maozhang ran out, Guangde and Yixing's defeat, the problem would break out, but I didn't expect that Yang Wo would increase his troops instead. It seems that I still underestimated the enemy."
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