Chapter 264

In a twinkling of an eye, it was the end of October. Lu que, who had just finished the college entrance examination, returned to waige just after the examination. Although more than ten days is not much time for the war of annihilation, which is likely to turn into a war for many years, it will take more than ten days for the military to go back and forth, but Lu que is still a little worried, This is the first World War in his life. He doesn't want to make mistakes just because he has been away for more than ten days.

As soon as he entered the capital, Lu que felt a kind of festive atmosphere like the new year's day. With the end of the imperial examination, the next step was the autumn hunting ceremony. According to the ritual rules, the annual autumn hunting in Xishan was not only attended by the Emperor himself, but also accompanied by the imperial concubines, princesses and royal families. In addition, there were also courtiers and meritorious generals in the central court, The old people in the school will also be accompanied by their friends. Even some of the great sages in the field, and the old people zongwang, are also invited.

Last year's autumn hunting ceremony was cancelled because of the previous chaos in the 18 Marquis's residence. Therefore, the scale of this year's autumn hunting is much larger than before. In particular, the emperor personally wrote letters inviting all the residents in the nine university palace to attend the ceremony, which makes the number of people participating in this year's autumn hunting reach the highest level in the Hongxi Dynasty.

This also makes Qianyuan city a lot more lively than before. You should know that the old people in these academies are either once important ministers of the imperial court, or once famous generals in the army, or masters of classics, or masters of music and dance. When they come to Qianyuan City, the imperial capital one after another, their former friends, colleagues, former subordinates, and students also come to the imperial capital, This also made the streets of the imperial capital lively.

Lu que frowned slightly when he saw this scene, because if his previous calculation was correct, Yan Wensheng would attack the imperial driver during the autumn hunting ceremony. Either he would assassinate him, making him leaderless and forced him to stop the expedition in southern Xinjiang and sort out his internal affairs, or he would force him to sign a treaty of alliance and withdraw from the territory of Tianxing. He had made some arrangements before, but later the emperor asked him to concentrate on dealing with the war in southern Xinjiang, and he did not pay attention to it.

But now the momentum is so strong that people in any imperial capital know that the residents of the nine university Palace are gathering in the capital. How can Yan Wensheng not know that he will still work in Qiushou under the taboo? Once Yan Wensheng shrinks back, it's not easy to lead him out again. However, Lu que thought that the emperor and his parents were behind the plan. They must have their reasons for doing so, so he ignored it.

After greeting the officials, Lu que returned to the Zhaowu hall and sat down at the first and fourth table of the three long cases belonging to the military. Looking at the document in front of him, which almost covered the whole long case, Lu que shook his head with a wry smile. It was only ten days before he returned to the Academy, and so many affairs should be handled by him in the outer Pavilion.

Most of the information is from the Department of military intelligence and the Department of foreign affairs. There are both the Tianxing Kingdom and the Nanli kingdom. Lu que will pick out the Tianxing kingdom. As for the Nanli Kingdom, you can put it first. Then Lu que saw Gu Jieyun's and Su Leyi's Flying Eagle biography from the pile of documents. He opened it and looked at it. Lu que nodded.

The news of Fengxiang's troops attacking Pingshan pass was known from Gu Qingcheng's letter brought back by white feather jackdaw. Lu que was moved and helpless when he learned the news. He knew that the reason why Gu Qingcheng had to divide his forces was that the city of Heyan was solid. Xie Daoxian and Chai Yuanjian had made up their minds to stick to it. They had no way to win it in a short time, so that the battlefield was deadlocked.

It's just that the deadlock is nothing to Lu que. In the whole strategic layout of Lu que, although Heyan county is important, the most important one is Xihe county. Xihe county is located between Huangyan River and Guangji river. The terrain is long and narrow. There are mountains in the southeast and northwest. The mountains in the north can reach the South Bank of Huangyan river. As long as Xihe county is occupied, Heyan county can be attacked in the East, and Pingshan pass, the gateway of Tianxing king, is in the northeast, In this way, we can divide the tianxingwang's capital into three parts, and finally encircle the star cities.

Thinking of this, Lu can't help looking for something in the pile of documents, but he did not find what he was looking for, so he frowned.

"Lu que, what are you looking for?" Zhuge Yan, who returns to the Zhaowu hall with Lu que, looks at Lu Que's searching for something in the small mountain like documents again and again, and can't help asking curiously.

"I'm looking for the military newspaper in Huangyanjiang, why not?" Lu que raised his head and said something to Zhuge Yan. He began to look for it again.

"Huangyanjiang military news?" Zhuge Yan's face also changed when he heard that more than half a month ago, the order of waige had been sent to the front line of Huangyan River, ordering the Yulin and benlei troops to cross the south of the Yangtze River. Now that time has passed, there may be no war report.

"Could it be that the people of the outer court neglected to put it here, or that the truth is too important to be submitted to your majesty?" Zhuge Yan thought about it and said.

"No way." Lu qiaowen shook his head. "Such a military and national event will never be forgotten. What's more, the people in the Department of military information, who are not carefully selected, will never make such mistakes. If it is submitted to your majesty, your majesty will certainly invite me back to discuss. "

"There's only one explanation left." Zhuge Yan seemed to think of something, and his face became a little dignified.

"You mean the Huangyanjiang war is not going well?" Lu que was stunned when he heard the words. Naturally, he could understand the meaning of Zhuge Yan's words, and then he began to ponder.

When Zhuge Yan saw Lu Que's head down, he said again, "Lu que, Yan Tuohai is the commander-in-chief of the army in Tianxing, who is as famous as Qiu lie, the commander-in-chief of crazy lion battle. The battle power of xiyuanze army is no less than that of crazy lion army, and Tianxing Water Army is also in his hands. You know, the most important thing to cross Huangyan river is the strength of water army, Yulin army and benlei army, There is no use in the river. "

"The two armies of Yulin and benlei have their own 10000 water barracks. Now they have been transferred from Danshui to Huangyanjiang river. In addition, Zhong Lixian's 25000 Changqing canal water army and the 15000 canal water army transferred from Qingquan city are 60000 water army. Is Tianxing water army really so powerful?" Lu que stood up and looked at the picture of the mountains and rivers of Tianxing and Nanli thirty-six counties, which hung in the center of Zhaowu hall. At this time, it was magnified more than ten times.

Once the two legions of Yulin and benlei are blocked by Yan Tuohai, even if Gu Qingcheng breaks Pingshan pass, the main force of Fengxiang army takes Heyan city. Because of the strength, it can't threaten the capital of Tianxing. If that is the case, Fengxiang's army can only be divided into several units to garrison the main roads and make a defensive force, then the offensive and defensive force will be out of place.

Thinking of this, although Lu que didn't show his face, he couldn't help but feel anxious. He walked back and forth in the hall and said to Zhuge Yan, "come on, let's go to the Department of military intelligence."

At this time, the Huangyan river was full of shouting and killing, and burning boats and fallen taxis could be seen everywhere on the river. During this period, horn, war drum and song have become the main melody of Huangyan river.

This is the most tragic war that Daqian has fought since the war in southern Xinjiang. Yan Tuohai, who knew that once the Huangyan river broke, there was no place to defend to the north of Wangji, did his best to destroy the warships of the Daqian water army, because he knew that if he wanted to cross the Huangyan River, he had to have a boat, and he couldn't swim. Therefore, in the encounter of the water army again and again, the star water army is fighting against the big dry ships. Even Yan Tuohai specially selected people who were proficient in water and set up a water ghost camp to destroy the rudders of underwater ships, which made the number of people on Daqian side not lose much, but the warships were destroyed a lot.

"Gu Xiang, Wei Shuai and Shen Shuai, the war can't go on like this any more. Yan Tuohai now trades the lives of soldiers for our ships. We are too passive." As the commander of Huangyanjiang Daqian water army, Zhong Lixian's face is helpless and tangled. His armor is so loose that he can no longer see the demeanor of his children.

You know, during this time, he used many ways to test the star water army in order to find a way to cross the river. But the star water army has set up a situation of going to the same end with them. In the face of such a crazy enemy who just wants to work hard with you, Zhong Lixian has nothing to do.

"It's hard for us to cross the Huangyan River in a short period of time." Shen Zhang also sighed. He didn't expect that the star water army would be so crazy. Either he forced the big dry water army to fight on the river, or when they encountered a battle, they tried their best to greet the ships. Those water ghosts who were proficient in water were constantly destroying the rudder and keel underwater. Even Shen Zhang, who has been in the army for more than 20 years, has never heard of such tactics.

"Yan Tuohai, this is to make our water army fight against Tianxing water army on the river. In this way, no matter who wins or loses, we will not be able to cross the river in a short time. Compared with the establishment of the water army, Tianxing, which has a large number of water systems in China, is much easier for us than Daqian. It's a good calculation. " Wei drunk is also some emotion said, think of the South Bank of the opponent, Wei drunk also can't help showing a trace of admiration.

"We have been trying for more than ten days, and it has been proved that we can't cross the Huangyan River in this way. Let's divide our forces according to the plan we discussed before. The Yulin water army camp, the benlei water army camp, the Changqing canal army and the Qingquan canal army are divided into four groups, and escort 10000 elite soldiers across the river from four different positions, as long as we can establish a foothold on the south bank, Yan Tuohai's method can no longer stop us. " Zhong Lixian said again.

As soon as Zhong Lixian's voice fell, everyone looked at Gu Huairen, who had never spoken. The reason why the navy is so passive is that Gu Huairen wants to explore the south coast defense nearby, in order to find the weak point of defense. Originally, this is nothing, but Yan Tuohai's fighting method is too rogue, either fight a decisive battle, or you come to destroy the ship. I don't care how many people are lost. In this way, the navy is caught off guard and loses a lot of ships.

"I intended to try to find out the weak points of defense on the south bank, so that I could cross the river as soon as possible. I didn't expect that not only many ships were lost, but also time was delayed." Gu Huairen sighed and said that although he was born in a noble family, he was upright. He would never avoid the mistakes he should bear.

"Gu Xiangyan is serious. No one thinks that Yan Tuohai, as the Duke of Tianxing Wucheng, uses such a rogue method." Wei drunk and Shen Zhang smell speech quickly rise to say. No matter what his personal relationship is, Gu Huairen is the Prime Minister of the army and their superior. At this time, they can't afford to make blunders in front of them.

"On the battlefield, there is nothing to do with it. Whatever means the enemy should use is the responsibility of the commander in chief." Gu Huairen waved his hand and said, "the prime minister has been thinking about a problem recently. Yan Tuohai's military strength is inferior to ours. Why does he ignore the consequences and even force our navy to fight on the river? What's in it for him? "

Wei Jiu and Shen Zhang all bowed their heads and pondered. They naturally understood Gu Huairen's meaning. Even if all the 60000 water troops were lost here, it was nothing to Daqian as a whole. With Daqian's national strength, it was easy to rebuild a new water army. However, Tianxing was different. Tianxing had lost most of its territory. If this water army was exhausted, Want to recover is definitely not an easy thing, so Yan Tuohai why also want to fight.

Wei Jiu pondered for a while and said, "in fact, it's not hard to guess. Yan Tuohai expected that we would not fight a decisive battle. After all, Fengxiang army has occupied an absolute advantage in the south line. No matter which one of Heyan city and Pingshan pass is broken, it will shake the sky star king. Under such circumstances, how can we fight with him, or we are not very good at Naval decisive battle."

"What if we really use the water army to fight the star water army?" Gu Huairen asked.

"Yan Tuohai should choose to give in. After all, this is the last water army of Tianxing. As long as we don't take the opportunity to cross the river, he won't choose to fight hard." Shen Zhang answered.

"General Zhong Li, what's the situation of the Navy now?" Gu Huairen looks at Zhong Lixian and asks.

"I don't know what to say." Zhong Lixian grinned bitterly, hugged his fist, and said, "if according to the merits of the war, we have killed more than 6000 enemies in the past ten days, and lost less than 500 of ourselves, it can be said that we have won a great victory. However, we have lost more than 200 large and small warships, and some warships in urgent need of repair, I am afraid that the number will exceed 250."

"Then, with the rest of the warships, whether general Zhong Li has the confidence to fight against the star water army." Gu Huairen asked again.

"Look after the prime minister." Shen Zhang shook his head after hearing the speech. "Up to now, Tianxing has nothing left except the counties around Wangji. In case Yan Tuohai breaks his bridges, or if he really chooses to fight, we will lose a lot."

"If I were Yan Tuohai, I would definitely choose the decisive battle between the water forces of the two countries, even if the net is broken." Gu Huairen shook his head and said.

"That's why." Wei Jiu and Shen Zhang thought deeply when they heard the words, but Zhong Lixian asked directly that he was the leader of the water army, which made him not care.

"Duizi." Wei Jiu and Shen Zhang looked up at the same time and said in one voice.

"The strength of Tianxing's water army is stronger than ours, but the number is smaller than ours. If Yan Tuohai really makes up his mind, the final result of the decisive battle of the water army should be that both sides will lose, or even both will die. In this way, although he lost the water army to defend Huangyanjiang River, it is not difficult for him to select some people who are familiar with water from the army. In this way, as long as he reconstructs a water army of several thousand people, he can stop us for a period of time. "

Gu Huairen said that after looking at the faces of the people, he saw that they were all thinking deeply, and then he said, "at that time, he can take advantage of this time to take advantage of the neutral position and lead the army to go south with Qiu Xu to solve Fu Fengxiang's worries. So I said, "if I were him, I would definitely choose the water army."

After hearing this, Wei Jiu patted his thigh and said, "it's true. Our 60000 water forces are from the three armed forces and one guard. Once they are all lost here, we can't transfer other water barracks to the outer Pavilion for a short time. Without the boat, no matter how strong our Yulin and benlei armies are, we can only stare at the Huangyan river."

"Then what should we do, avoid fighting, or continue to test?" Shen Zhang asked.

"Since Yan Tuohai wants to cash it, it's better to cash it." Gu Huairen touched his beard and said with a smile, "since we know what he's going to do in his heart, we might as well make a plan."

"Brother Gu, have you been doing this for half a month Wei drunk smell speech in the heart move, open mouth to ask, he but know this second elder brother's talent, before also some strange, didn't expect that he has already dug a pit for Yan Tuohai, can only he jump down.

"Yan Tuohai's doing this is a personal annoyance. For more than ten days, we can't help but decide with him. He should not doubt it." Gu Huairen nodded.

"Is this a diversion?" Shen Zhang thought about it, his eyes lit up and said. He also wants to understand what Gu Huairen's plan is, that is, since Yan Tuohai wants to fight a decisive battle, he will fight with him, and then send another army to cross the river from other places. At that time, the star water army will be attracted away, and even the raft and sampan will be able to cross the vast river.

"It's not the East attacking the west, it's going hand in hand." Gu Huairen shook his head. "It's true to fight a decisive battle. It's true to cross a river while fighting a decisive battle. It's a two pronged approach."

"Gu Xiang, what should we do if the sky star and the water army are really desperate? Should we let the water army fight with them?" Zhong Li envies Wen Yan to say very discontentedly that it's about the water army, and he doesn't care about the official rank.