Lord of the House - v12 Chapter 50

Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi went east along the frozen Guanshui River, stayed overnight in Guanyun County, and then drove north to Shanghai from the seawall in the east of Guanyun County.

The Haitang Road is built on the Huaibei Han seawall. The snow stops and clears. Standing on the seawall above the flat ground on both sides, you can see the blue waves rippling dozens of miles away, and there are sail masts floating on the sea, but it can’t be said Sail like a forest.

In order to facilitate the discussion of military and political affairs, Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi rode together in a carriage, lifted the curtains and looked at the situation on both sides of the seawall.

Some people say that Lin Fu used the northern expedition to cover up the incident, and some people say that Lin Fu used the northern expedition to cover up the northern expedition. To the breath of chill.

In addition to the closer to Haizhou and the stricter the checkpoints along the road, Haizhou Tun District is different from the previous years when people concentrate on building embankments and paving roads. After Yue Lengqiu left Guanyun County, he went north along the road. On both sides of the gallop, you can see the reorganization of the soldiers.

Soldiers are more valuable than others.

Speaking of the Northern Expedition, Lin Fu had gathered 200,000 elites of the direct line on the eastern front to attack the city and loot the land, which should be enough.

However, if the Northern Expedition is successful, a large area of ​​the homeland will be recaptured, including the garrison of the city and the local rectification, the clearing and suppression of the troops, and the extension of the logistics supply line. The reservists are replenished – Lin Fu wants to expedition to the north, he must first expand his armament on a large scale, and it is this part of the armament that is expanded.

In the early days of the Huaidong Army, besides the soldiers, they established a complete system of industrial and military camps and military camps. In the past two or three years, in the Lianghuai region, the Huaidong industrial and military battalions and military camps will never have less than 200,000 reserve soldiers. Even in order not to supplement the current military camps and the basic defense potential of the Lianghuai region The fact that the remaining soldiers were recruited into the army should also increase Huaidong’s northern army on the eastern front by another 100,000 horses.

Moreover, Lin Fu’s order to recruit these troops into the army will be extremely fast.

After passing Nanyuntai Mountain, Haizhou City is exposed to the horizon, and it is displayed in front of you.

Compared with the small coastal town that Yue Lengqiu inspected when he was the governor of Jianghuai, Haizhou at this time was much more majestic.

Although there is not much contact between Haizhou and Guanyun and other cities in the south, and Haitang Chidao is not very busy after winter, but from Haizhou to the west, it goes straight to the Chidao of Yizhou, and the port in the east of Haizhou City. , displayed in front of Yue Lengqiu and others, but it was a rare crowd in the world.

It is rumored that the number of residents in Haizhou City has surged to 100,000 in just two years, which seems to be no exaggeration at all.

“If during the Northern Expedition, Duke Chongguo learns the news of the emperor’s death, what should he do?” Yue Zhi saw the majestic Haizhou City with his own eyes, and he could believe that Lin Fu’s zeal for the Northern Expedition had not disappeared. If it wasn’t for the Northern Expedition, why would he Need to build a logistics support base of this size? But Emperor Yongxing would die at any time. Would Lin Fu really risk missing the best opportunity to usurp the throne and proclaim himself emperor, and go on the northern expedition first? Yue Zhi couldn’t help but ask his uncle Yue Lengqiu.

“If Duke Chongguo is confident that the Northern Expedition will win a great victory, it won’t have much impact on Zen or not,” Yue Lengqiu said. The Jingxiang victory will give Lin Fu the ability to completely empty the imperial palace. If Lin Fu’s Northern Expedition recovers the Central Plains, Even if Emperor Yongxing did not die, renunciation was his only choice. Yue Lengqiu raised his forehead and looked at the fortress on Houyuntai Mountain, as if muttering to himself, “This is confusing right now, how to use troops from Haizhou to the north?”

Yue Zhi was also puzzled by this question.

With Haizhou as the base, the Jinghai Division harassed the coastal areas of Shandong and Liaodong. This can be done—but if it is only used as the logistical support base and station for the Jinghai Division, why does Haizhou need the scale it is today? The previous coastal town is enough.

Yue Lengqiu, Yue Zhi, Deng Yu, Tao Chun and others, although they were unable to lead the Northern Expedition, they had repeatedly deduced possible strategies for the Northern Expedition.

The best strategy that Yue Lengqiu and others could think of for Huaidong was to divide the troops into two groups to conduct the Shandong battle:

All the way from Xuzhou to send troops, along the Bian River and Sishui to the north, to seize the western Shandong and eastern Henan areas, the soldiers pointed directly to the Yellow River; Linqu and Qingzhou. If the Huaidong Army can win Tai’an, Qingzhou, Linzi and other places, they will be able to gain an advantage in the Shandong battle. Next, the soldiers can sweep Jiaozhou, Dengzhou, and Laizhou to the east, threaten Jinan, Pingyuan, and even Yannan to the north.

Because the roads of Yishan and Menggu valley all the way to Poche Xianguan in the south of Linqu City, the roads to Shaanxi and Shaanxi are dangerous, so the Huaidong Army on the two routes still needs to take the direction of Biansi as the main force.

According to the opinions of Yue Lengqiu and others, Lin Fu wanted to expedition to the north, and he should run Xuzhou, not the small town of Haizhou, which is five or six hundred miles away from Xuzhou.

Another problem is the large-scale confrontation between cavalry and infantry.

During the Battle of Jingxiang, the main force of the cavalry in the Yanhu Western Front Corps was mainly concentrated in the west of the Han River, and hardly played any role. At that time, the cavalry department of Yan Hu on the east bank of the Han River was dominated by Meng Anchan, and there were only 20,000 people. In fact, it was not able to play a role. It was because he heartily stabbed Huaidong’s ambush in Chaishan and led to the east line. The line of defense collapsed in the blink of an eye.

Meng Anchan’s cavalry was finally encircled and wiped out. In fact, after the Huaidong Army’s snipers and horses gained an absolute strategic advantage, they took advantage of the complex terrain at the northern foot of Dahong Mountain to intercept and encircle Meng Anchan’s cavalry; In addition, the Huaidong Army also invested no less than 5,000 elite cavalry, and also played a vital role.

The Jingxiang Victory can only be said that the Huaidong Army was surprisingly successful in strategy and achieved the strategic goal of lure the enemy to in-depth and surprising victory. Cavalry regiment.

Lin Bie wants to expedition to the north, and there will be no serious problems in attacking Shandong.

Especially in the central part of Shandong, the mountains of Tai and Yi are vertical and horizontal, and the terrain is complex, which has quite strong restrictions on the operations of the Yanhu Cavalry Corps. , which is the Yanji Plain; to the west is the Hehuai Plain.

At this time, the Huaidong Army will face the problem of a battle with the main cavalry regiment of Yanhu. Obviously, it will not be rushed.

That is to say, even if Lin Fu decides to expedition to the north, he must first take Shandong in stages.

Since the Central Plains could not be recaptured in one go, and there was no certainty of winning against Shandong, Yue Lengqiu also believed that Lin Fu would not risk attacking Shandong at this time. After the establishment of a new dynasty, after the foundation is solid, it is not too late to start the Northern Expedition.

Yue Lengqiu has won and lost battles over the years, and his record is far less brilliant than Lin Bie, but there are many practical constraints in defeating the battle; when it comes to understanding the military, Yue Lengqiu will not think that he is inferior to Lin Bie. How many……

This is also the reason that the previous intelligence has repeatedly emphasized that Lin Fu regards Haizhou as the logistics base of the Northern Expedition, but Yue Lengqiu has not seen it with his own eyes, and always subconsciously thinks that the operation of Haizhou is Lin Fu’s blind method, and Lin Fu consciously wants to force Yanhu invested all the limited resources in the area east of Qingzhou, in fact, to reduce Yanhu’s investment in western Lu and Xuzhou’s frontal defense line.

However, standing in front of Haizhou City with a population of more than 100,000, Yue Lengqiu’s previous judgment was shaken again.

It’s just for an eyesore, it’s necessary to run Haizhou City like this, and the price may not be too great – but if you send troops from Haizhou to the north, how to fight?

In the north of Yizhou, from the valley road between Yishan and Mengshan to Poche Nianguan, the road is very dangerous, and there is no room for hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers from the Huaidong Army to squeeze in; and from Haizhou directly to the northeast , until Jimo, the southern foothills of Kunyu Mountain are mostly coastal beaches with impassable roads. Obviously, the Huaidong Army would not have the patience to build a seawall between Haizhou and Jimo at the same time as the Northern Expedition.

sea ​​route?

Two years ago, Lin Fu did not rely on the absolute superiority of the Jinghai Division to forcibly capture Dengzhou and open the gate of the Bohai Bay. He got a rare two-year recuperation time in Yanhu. How confident is the Jinghai Division that he can force Yanhu Built a four-year-old sea-locking line of defense?

Yanhu’s navy in Dengzhou also has a scale of 30,000 people. Although it is not enough to compete with the Jinghai Division on the vast sea, he still has a certain combat effectiveness by relying on the solid sea defense line.

At this moment, Yue Lengqiu was also puzzled: Is Lin Fu the first to proclaim the emperor or the northern expedition first?

Just when Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi’s uncle and nephew were puzzled, there was a faint sound of thunder in the east, from the sea outside Houyuntai Mountain – Yue Lengqiu was startled, why did it suddenly hit in this winter? Thunder come?

“This is going to change!” Yue Zhou, who was in charge of guarding the road, rode his horse over, looked at the place where the thunder was thundering, and said superstitiously.

Yue Lengqiu naturally didn’t believe in the myth that ghosts and gods could change the sky. Thunderstorms were rare in winter, but it wasn’t absolutely non-existent.

At this time, a team of horsemen rushed out from Haizhou City~www.mtlnovel.com~, headed by Wu Qi, deputy chief of staff of the Northern Division Headquarters, and Zhang Gou, deputy commander and military staff officer of Fengli Army – Yue Lengqiu pair Wu Qi and Zhang Gou are no strangers. During this time, Lin Fu has to discuss with Yue Lengqiu about anything important. Wu Qi runs the most.

Seeing that the two of them came out of the city on behalf of Lin Fu to welcome him, Yue Lengqiu got out of the car and waited, “General Lao Wu and General Zhang went out of the city to welcome…”

“The privy emissary was supposed to come to welcome him in person, but the fire crossbow was scheduled to be tested on the island today, and it is difficult to reschedule; the privy emissary and Lord Gao went to Dongxilian Island and instructed Wu Qi to wait for Governor Yue and General Yue to come over, and then invite the two to go. East and West meet on the island…” Wu Qi said.

“The Fire Crossbow?” Yue Lengqiu was stunned for a while when he heard the name of a new type of war weapon that was not known before, and then asked, “There was a faint sound of thunder just now, is it a test firing of the Fire Fire Crossbow?”

“Exactly,” Wu Qi said, “Originally, there would not be such a big movement. This time we have to test the six-mile target, and the movement is extra big…”

Yue Lengqiu didn’t hide his shock, and looked at Yue Zhi – what kind of weapon can shoot six miles away?

Yue Lengqiu also heard a little about the Zhundong Army’s development of Brimstone.

It is not a secret that Fuhuosulfurdan was passed down in the alchemy technique of the previous dynasty. Song Shixian, who was among the great scholars of Chongxueguan, was reprimanded for practicing alchemy, so that he did not progress in his career. It is not a secret. The new weapon tested was called Fuhuo Crossbow, and Yue Lengqiu immediately thought of Fuhuo Sulfondan—how could the Fuhuo Sulfondan banned in the two dynasties have such great power?

Yue Lengqiu looked east, they were still eleven or two miles away from the harbor, and the harbor was eleven or two miles away from the East-West Link Island. The sound of the fire crossbow test firing could be heard twenty-two or three miles away, how could Yue Lengqiu not be shocked by this? My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter