Li Yongfu took the order and Jiang Zhengyang's gang to go down, Hu Xiaotian waved his hand and signaled the surrounding servants to retreat, only he and Jiang Zhengyang were left in the hall, Jiang Zhengyang apologized to Hu Xiaotian: "Just now Jiang Mou is inconvenient to tell the truth and hope that Lord Hu Haihan, don't hide it from Lord Hu, Jiang plans to personally lead these 20,000 people to the capital through Baiquan City." ” Hu Xiaotian nodded, Baiquan City is located two hundred and thirty miles south of Wuxing County, Jiang Zhengyang should not be lying, but Baiquan City is not a strategic fortress, why did Jiang Zhengyang choose to be there Is it because they thought wrong, Jiang Zhengyang didn't think about rebellion at all, or he just wanted to use it as a transit in Baiquan City Jiang Zhengyang bowed his hand to Hu Xiaotian and said: "Master Hu, I will leave first, the matter of transporting grain is not trivial, and I must personally supervise it." ” Hu Xiaotian didn't keep it either, and sent Jiang Zhengyang out of the door.
Back in the room, immediately came to the Dakang territory map, originally they expected that Jiang Zhengyang was likely to go northwest immediately after getting the grain, via Cangmu, although this route is logically detoured to the west, but after all, it is reasonable, once they arrive in Cangmu, they will be far away from Wuxing County, Jiang Zhengyang can send some people to escort the grain convoy to continue westward, and the rest of those people will stay behind to block the pursuers who may find their movements.
However, Jiang Zhengyang unexpectedly chose to go directly to the south, passing through Baiquan City was a shortcut to the capital.
This was somewhat unexpected by Hu Xiaotian, Hu Xiaotian stared at the map, why did Jiang Zhengyang choose to go south, did he want to confuse everyone in this way, go south for a distance and then turn back to the west or he had reached a tacit understanding with the guards of Baiquan City, and after arriving in Baiquan City, the two sides joined forces.
Hu Xiaotian's finger tapped Baiquan City, there was nothing unusual about Baiquan City, but there was a lake fifty miles southwest of Baiquan City, which was the largest freshwater lake in Dakang, Hu Xiaotian suddenly remembered something.
Said to the door: "Someone is coming, call me Li Yongfu immediately" Although Hu Xiaotian also took the time to study the geography of Dakang, he was still not as familiar with the surrounding terrain as Li Yongfu.
After listening to Hu Xiaotian, Li Yongfu thought for a while and said: "It is indeed the nearest road to go to Kangdu through Baiquan City, and the Taishouzuo of Baiquan City built it, and this person used to serve under Jiang Zhengyang.
Jiang Zhengyang's choice of this path is not surprising on the surface.
Li Yongfu is still not sure that Jiang Zhengyang will rebel, although he obeys Hu Xiaotian's orders, it does not mean that he agrees with Hu Xiaotian and Yu Tianxing's judgment this time.
Hu Xiaotian decided that Jiang Zhengyang would be the opposite, he shook his head and said: "There must be something strange about this matter, I thought that he would go to Xingzhou to defect to Guo Guangbi through Cangmu, but now it seems that he is likely to have other ways to retreat, which we have not considered before." ” Li Yongfu said: "The garrison of Baiquan City is less than 5,000.
It is a small city itself, and Jiang Zhengyang should not choose this city as a place to guard. ” Hu Xiaotian said: "Fifty miles away from Baiquan City is Yunze, is there a naval army in Baiquan City?"
Li Yongfu shook his head.
Hu Xiaotian said: "Is there a big island in Yunze?"
Li Yongfu said: "Bixin Mountain, fifty miles long, twenty miles wide, and a thousand zhang high, there are already water thieves on this Bixin Mountain. ” Hu Xiaotian nodded and said, "Yes, it must be this reason."
If Jiang Zhengyang were to travel to Xingzhou by land, a convoy of this size would inevitably move slowly.
So he had to give up this plan, ostensibly choosing to transit in Baiquan City, but his real intention was to go to Yunze Bixin Mountain, I checked the situation of Yunze, and the Wangchun River, a tributary of the Yongjiang River, was injected into Yunze, which means that Jiang Zhengyang was likely to enter Yunze through the Wangchun River.
You don't have to go to White Springs. ” Li Yongfu gasped, if this is really the case, then this matter is only afraid of considerable trouble, and before there is no evidence, it is impossible for them to send troops to stop Jiang Zhengyang on a large scale.
Once Jiang Zhengyang enters the territory of White Spring City, they will be beyond their reach.
However, so far, everything is still Hu Xiaotian's personal speculation, if Jiang Zhengyang has no intention of rebellion, all the above speculations will no longer be established.
Hu Xiaotian said: "Let someone inform Yu Tianxing immediately, maybe our plan will have to be adjusted."
"Hu Xiaotian's main plan is to take Yunyang City on the premise of implementing Jiang Zhengyang's rebellion, and build a double-city defense line that echoes each other on the south bank of the Yongjiang River, but he also doesn't want the 100,000 stone grain to fall into Jiang Zhengyang's hands.
Li Yongfu said: "The situation on the Wangchun River is complicated, some of the river is narrow and difficult to navigate, our large warships cannot pass, if we want to reach there through the Wangchun River, we can only use small and medium-sized warships, and there are about 70 warships available for use in Wuxing County at present. ” Hu Xiaotian nodded and said: "You must make preparations in advance, you go and arrange, let the seventy warships go to Yunze in batches, you must keep it secret, and you must not startle the snake, I have a hunch that the water thieves in Yunze may also have contact with Guo Guangbi in Xingzhou." ” Li Yongfu said: "Lord, I'll arrange it." ” Hu Xiaotian said: "Also, try to slow down their loading speed as much as possible, leaving us enough time." ” "Yes" Jiang Zhengyang was at the scene of transporting grain, and saw that the grain was constantly loaded onto his own carriage, and his heart couldn't help but get excited, 100,000 stone of grain was a charcoal in the snow for him, with this 100,000 stone of grain, the soldiers under his command could survive this harsh winter, Dakang was finished, Hu Xiaotian was also a fool, but the fat in his hand had to be given to Dakang in vain, Jiang Zhengyang hated to take all the 300,000 stone grain for himself, but with his current ability, he didn't have that much appetite at all, Even if the emperor gave him all the tasks of transporting grain, he would not have the ability to digest it.
Jiang Zhengyang calculated that 100,000 stones was already the limit of what he could bear.
Zuda came to Jiang Zhengyang's side and said in a low voice: "My lord, at the current speed, I am afraid it will take three days to complete all the loading. ” Jiang Zhengyang nodded and said, "Try to speed up the loading speed." ” Zuda said: "It's better for the adults to talk to them again, and let them cooperate with us more." “ Jiang Zhengyang frowned and said, "Talking too much will only arouse their suspicions." ” Zu Da looked around again, sure that he was far away from everyone, and then whispered: "I just received the news, the Bixin Mountain side has been prepared, and before we arrive in White Spring City, there will be five hundred ships going to Qingyu Bay to meet us. ” Jiang Zhengyang said: "You go and inform them that everything is going according to plan." ” More and more news has reached the side of Dongliang County, there is a soldier and horse in Xingzhou is advancing eastward, on the surface, this army seems to have the intention of going east, but Jiang Zhengyang after three days of transporting grain, divided into two groups and chose to go south one after another, the target is Baiquan City, from the current itinerary is no different, Jiang Zhengyang should choose the shortest road to Kangdu.
After Hu Xiaotian informed Yu Tianxing of the latest information, Yu Tianxing made almost the same judgment as him, Jiang Zhengyang gave up westward transportation, after all, land transportation is slow, and it is difficult for a grain transportation team of this size to reach Xingzhou smoothly, after re-analyzing the situation, Yu Tianxing also thinks that Jiang Zhengyang is likely to go to Yunze with 100,000 stone of grain, looking at Dakang, only Yunze is the place where he can avoid encirclement and development.
Eight hundred miles of Yunze, which has hundreds of islands, there are nearly 20 large and small water thieves entrenched on the islands, but the largest of them is still Bixin Mountain Heishui Village, Heishui Village bandits, claiming to have 20,000 people, 800 warships, but in fact, the water thieves in Heishui Village are only 8,000, and there are only more than 600 large and small ships, most of which are fishing boats.
Despite this, it is enough to dominate Yunze.
Yu Tianxing and Hu Xiaotian's initial calculations ignored Yun Ze, they did not expect Jiang Zhengyang to dare to march south, at the same time that Jiang Zhengyang escorted 100,000 stone of grain out of Wuxing County, Xingzhou began to dispatch troops, taking advantage of the emptiness of Yunyang to attack Yunyang, but in fact, it was creating movement to attract the attention of the outside world.
Judging from various signs, there may have been a tacit understanding between Jiang Zhengyang, Ma Xingkong, and Guo Guangbi.
And this is exactly the case, the water thieves of Heishui Village in Bixin Mountain and the rebel army of Guo Guangbi in Xingzhou have quietly reached an alliance, Jiang Zhengyang after contacting Guo Guangbi in Xingzhou privately, with his original intention to take the 100,000 stone grain to Xingzhou and Guo Guangbi to join the army.
Guo Guangbi also has high-ranking people under him, and the chief strategist Tian even planned this strategy for him to let Jiang Zhengyang go to Yunze and hide grain in Bixin Mountain, and only in this way can he avoid the pursuit of the Kang army to the greatest extent and control the 100,000 stone grain intact in his own hands.
At the same time as Jiang Zhengyang dispatched, Guo Guangbi sent 10,000 soldiers and horses led by Jia Anshuang to Yunyang City, the purpose of this trip was not to seize the city, but to create influence, attract the attention of surrounding forces, and create conditions for Jiang Zhengyang's smooth escape.
Jiang Zhengyang didn't expect that the Baiquan City he inadvertently said would arouse Hu Xiaotian's suspicion and make him think of Yun Ze.
Hu Xiaotian decided to go to Yunze in person, and the seventy small and medium-sized warships sent to Yunze to carry out the mission had a limited number of soldiers, carrying a total of 6,000 elite sailors, and these ships successively went upriver from the Yongjiang River to Yunze via the Wangchun River.
Hu Xiaotian has a clear distinction between the important and the heavy, and winning Yunyang is the top priority, and the plan set by Yu Tianxing at the earliest has not changed.
The ultimate purpose of going to Yunze this time is not necessarily to grab grain, as long as it is guaranteed that this batch of grain will not be taken away by Jiang Zhengyang.
In order to avoid attracting attention too early, Hu Xiaotian instructed Jiang Zhengyang to slow down on the one hand, and on the other hand, he quietly departed from Wuxing County one after another, and all the ships took off their flag signs and camouflaged them.
As long as it is ensured that these seventy warships will reach Yunze before Jiang Zhengyang arrives in Baiquan City, and hide in Yunze.
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