Han Xiang

Chapter 503

Seeing Tai Shici's expression, Long Xiang quickly comforted him, "Don't worry Ziyi, I will move all the people from Liyang, Quanjiao, and Fuling counties to Hefei before Jiangdong."

"These few counties are gone?" Tai Shici looked surprised.

"No more."

Long Xiang answered very affirmatively, and then explained: "Although Liyang is in a good location, it is also suitable for crossing the river as a springboard, but after all, it is too far away from Hefei, which is not conducive to my overall strategy. Without the support of my own navy, I can't cross the river." It is meaningless to compete with Sun Quan in Jiangdong, and the follow-up supply of food, grass and soldiers will not be able to continue, so it is better to stop losses earlier;
As for Quanjiao and Fuling adjacent to Guangling, the terrain of the two counties is mountainous and less farmland is prone to disasters, and it is better to move to the plains to live. Now that Shouchun is in my hands, there are countless fertile fields between Shouchun and Hefei. It is a pity that they have been abandoned. , the people who moved in just filled the vacancies, and they will be able to live and work in peace and contentment. "

Tai Shici pondered for a while, then slightly nodded in agreement.

"The general intends to shrink the line of defense, just like abandoning the counties of Lujiang, abandon the towns along the river in Jiujiang County, and then use the twin cities of Hefei as a barrier to focus on the northern part of Huainan?"

Long Xiang and Lu Su looked at each other and smiled happily, boasting: "Zi Yi knows everything, he really is a general with foresight, and with your help, I am like a tiger with wings added."

"But if we do this, we are not afraid that Jiangdong will take the opportunity to occupy the land?" Tai Shici frowned with worry, "The general insulted Lu Meng and others too much, Jiangdong must regard us as enemies, and it is impossible to do as usual."

"Jiangdong wants to occupy the city and occupy the land and let him go. Not only will I not stop it, but I am very happy in my heart."

Long Xiang spread his hands, looking indifferent.

Tai Shici's face was full of curiosity: "Why?"

Lu Su next to him spoke up and explained: "General Ziyi doesn't know something. This is the tactic that Yun Qi and I decided. Jiangdong is good at water warfare but not land warfare. Hefei has been caught between Sun Cao these years, and he has no time or opportunity to develop water warfare. Army, so they don't want to compete with Jiangdong in water wars, and deliberately lure Sun Quan to land battles, and Yun Qi deliberately humiliated Lu Meng today, which is also one of the strategies to deal with Jiangdong."

"The end of the amount will not understand"

Tai Shici shook his head lightly, he only half understood what he had heard, and his mind was still like a mess.

Lu Su said again: "Yunqi irritated Jiangdong crazily today, because he hoped that Sun Quan was not prepared enough and rushed to attack Hefei. We will use Hefei's city defense advantage to defend and counterattack. We must defeat the confidence of Jiangdong people in the first battle and completely confirm our position in Huainan." status;

As for the people along the Yangtze River who have been evacuated, it belongs to the strategic buffer zone between us. If Sun Quan sends troops to occupy it by force, he will not be allowed to transport military supplies from the east of the Yangtze River?This can be a disguised waste of Jiangdong resources. "

"I see."

Tai Shici finally understood, and looked at Long Xiang and Lu Su with admiration.

I said in my heart that everything is a trap, Sun Quan and Lu Meng must fall into the trap, and the two of you will win against a group of think tanks in Jiangdong.

Tai Shici made Long Xiang uncomfortable, so he said seriously: "Although Cao Cao was stranded in Hebei, and I sent Liu Fu back to Xudu to 'delay', Shouchun may have no military affairs for the time being, but there are no absolutes in the world. It is difficult for others to guess Cao Cao's use of troops, and Shouchun needs a general to guard it, obviously Hao Meng is not competent."

"The general wants me."

Tai Shici pointed at himself but hesitated to speak.

"Who is She Zi Yi?"

Long Xiang nodded and added: "In addition to the important town of Shouchun in the north, Xiacai, Xiquyang, Dangtu and other places along the Huai River should also be included in the integrated defense. In the past, Cao Cao moved from the Lujiang River, and many people were resettled in these places. Now Hao Meng has no energy to appease, Ziyi will deal with it slowly after he takes office."

Tai Shici cupped his fists, and responded modestly: "Ci just arrived, the general entrusted him with such an important task, I'm afraid that someone will gossip, why don't you take me as General Hao's deputy?"

"Haha, Ziyi is worrying too much."

Long Xiang smiled confidently and said, "I don't care about family background or seniority here, it's all about meritocracy, you can take office with confidence, no one will be unconvinced."

"This"

Tai Shici looked at Lu Su hesitantly, and said in his heart that Shouchun was brought down by you, so that he can be unrivaled in Huainan, and it is most suitable for Long Xiang to let you guard Shouchun.

Long Xiang seemed to have seen Tai Shici's thoughts, and quickly laughed and joked: "Ziyi, don't make Zijing's idea, I rely on him a lot on weekdays, Hefei is about to face a big war, he has no time to go to Shouchun with you. "

"The end is not what it means."

"Then it's settled, but I'm not in a hurry to take up the post. It won't be too late for Liyang's family members to move to Hefei and settle down."

"only."

Seeing Long Xiang's resolute attitude, Taishi Ci clasped his fists in response.

Tai Shici knew very well in his heart that Long Xiang transferred him to Shouchun to defend because he was afraid that he would not be able to deal ruthlessly with Jiang Dong, but it was a big surprise for him to let himself be the main general.

He had only been attached to Longxiang for a few days, and he dared to hand over the important town of Shouchun to himself, and compete with Sun Quan for judgment.

Tai Shici returned to the city with Long Xiang full of gratitude, and Xu Chu led the Tiger Guards to stay outside the city, intending to supervise the boarding of Lu Meng's army.

Long Xiang returned to the prefect's mansion and saw Cao Xing waiting in the courtyard.

Cao Xing successfully completed the mission in Jiangjunling, and the first thing he did when he returned to the city was to return to his order.

Long Xiang gave a few words of encouragement in public, and gave Cao Xing some new tasks.

In addition to accompanying Zhang Liao in the old city, Long Xiang ordered Cao Xing and Liu Fu to conduct water and land surveillance on Lv Meng to get a clear picture of the whereabouts of Lv Meng's army and provide intelligence reference for the evacuation of Liyang and other counties.

Cao Xing's department is under the jurisdiction of Xu Ding, but because its main duty is to investigate intelligence, it is also directly managed by Long Xiang and Lu Su.

After receiving the new order, Cao Xing had no time to go home to see his wife and children, so he went to the camp to dispatch sentries.

Compared with the crude reconnaissance fishing boats in Hefei, as well as the evacuation of the Chaohu restaurant and watchtower directly under Liu Fu, the two full-time reconnaissance troops in Hefei, water and land, were still dominated by Cao Xing's cavalry at this time.

It was evening, and the sky was already dark.

More than a hundred sentries headed out of the city at dusk, and followed Lu Meng's fleet with the help of binoculars.

Lu Meng and others were humiliated in Hefei. After boarding the warship, they were all angry, and depression and depression enveloped the entire army.

As soon as the fleet sailed into Chaohu Lake, the sky was almost swallowed up by darkness. Lu Meng was so distraught that he didn't know where to go, so he ordered all the ships to dock to rest.

Not long after the order to stop the ship was issued, a sergeant reported that Pan Zhang led his troops out of the group.

If it wasn't for Pan Zhang's previous assault, he wouldn't have given Long Xiang a perfect excuse to disobey the military order now?It just doesn't make sense!
Lv Meng was furious, and immediately ordered fifty warships, intending to personally arrest Pan Zhang and punish him.

Xu Sheng, Han Dang and other generals were worried that Lu Meng would be angry and kill people, so they mobilized warships to follow behind Lu Meng, and half of the hundreds of Jiangdong warships that had just parked were moving again.

Lv Meng chased after Pan Zhang with anger, but found that he stopped the boat not far away.

Just as he was about to step forward to inquire about the crime, Pan Zhang on the shore suddenly ordered the soldiers to light a fire and burn the wine shop and watchtower at the rest station.

It turned out that Pan Zhang led his troops out of the group to vent his anger.

Seeing the wine shop and the tower building ignited, it was like tearing apart his girlfriend's stockings with his hands, Lu Meng felt an unspeakable pleasure.

(End of this chapter)