The movement of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was quite large.
Yangzhou changed the defensive posture of defense, the army began to change to an offensive posture, a large number of naval ships were also concentrated in Jingkou, and the Jin army began to appear in Xuzhou.
In Jingzhou, a large number of horse-drawn carriages continued to transport supplies to Xincai County, and the national abbot Chu Li wrote a lot of lyrical poems about the Northern Expedition, each of which looked a little bit of pride and ambition, and described the Han Kingdom as a barbarian who did not know the height of the sky.
"In this way, Huan Wen has no effect at all in Jiankang" Liu Yan knew that He Jin's strategy was correct, and he was also working in this direction, otherwise he would not have sent Huan Wen, one of the Jiuqing, as envoys to Jiankang.
He showed the annoyance on his face, but it was not aimed at Huan Wen, it was: "Jingkou is the assembly point of the Jin army's sailors, right?"
Wang Meng nodded hurriedly, the main anchorage of the Han fleet was in Jiangdu, and in response to this, the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty transferred the assembly area to Jingkou.
Jiangdu and Jingkou are not far apart, and if the weather is clear, they can see each other's water villages with the naked eye, and it can be said that each other's every move is completely visible.
"The Jin army and navy have assembled about 1,400 ships of all sizes, and they have been practicing day and night."
Wang Meng is Liu Yan's secretary, and he has access to a lot of documents, and his understanding of the dynamics of all parties is even better than that of those high-level officials.
He was slightly confused and said: "To make such a big move, it is more to watch the demonstration than to have actual attacks." ” Liu Yan sneered in an instant.
The size of the Han army's fleet in Jiangdu was no less than 2,000 large and small ships, and the maximum number even reached 3,000.
Some time ago, the Han fleet sailed to the hinterland of the Yangtze River, and at that time, the Jin army sailors did not dare to appear in the channel of the Han fleet, and the civilian fishing boats did not dare to appear in the field of vision of the Han fleet.
In terms of water warfare, the Han State does not have outstanding commanders, but no country can compare with the number, and Liu Yan does not seem to need too good commanders, anyway, once there is a water war, it will be directly consumed.
Jiangdu Ling Fu Wei has already sent a request to the center of the Han State, saying that it is necessary to teach the increasingly arrogant Jin army sailors a lesson, at least to block the Jin army sailors in the water village and dare not go out.
Ji Chang suppressed Fu Wei's request, and gave Liu Yan the opinion that either he would not fight, and once the fight started, he would completely annihilate the Jin army's naval division, and even make a landing operation, not to occupy much land, but to suddenly stun the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and then talk about the possibility of peaceful coexistence.
Liu Yan instructed: "Find out whether it is the appeal of the small imperial court, or whether some families are making waves." ” Wang Meng naturally responded to the order.
Chu Li, the national abbot of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Xie Shang of the Xie clan were mixed together and became political allies.
Since Yu Bing's death, what they have been doing is to erode the political power of the Yu clan and win over the family that originally took refuge in the Yu clan.
In this way, it stands to reason that the Chu clan and the Xie clan should not act rashly before suppressing and integrating the power of the Yu clan.
Huan Wenyou reported to Liu Yan at the meeting, guessing that this was a bluff by the Chu clan and the Xie clan, and at the same time, it was also taking advantage of the Han state's war in the Central Plains to rely on intimidation.
He proposed that the greatest possibility was to make the Han fleet disappear from the Yangtze River and assign the territory on the north bank of the Yangtze River, including Jiangdu, to the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
There is one thing that Liu Yan does not know, if history is not changed by him, Xuzhou's land on the north bank of the Yangtze River will indeed be taken by Yu Yi, so that Jiankang, the capital of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, will not be directly threatened.
As the capital of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Jiankang was directly exposed to the threat, and you can imagine how restless the small court was, and it should have dreamed of lifting the threat.
The Han State expanded to the north bank of the Yangtze River, and set up a fleet station in Jiangdu, and the number of ships appeared to the point of being frightening, which directly led to the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to build a defensive belt at least 30 miles deep.
It is not easy to build a large defense belt in depth, and it is not known how much manpower and material resources should be expended, and even if it is carried out, it is impossible to determine how much effect it can make, so there is no move that can remove the danger more than pushing the front forward.
Hundreds of thousands of Liu Yan still very doubted that the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty could gather so many people, and he thought: the one who smelled the chicken and danced only led a few thousand people to the Northern Expedition, and Yu Liang's Northern Expedition was also more armed by the family than the imperial court.
In history, how many people did the poet Guozhang bring in the Northern Expedition, anyway, there were no more than 100,000.
Where did they come from the hundreds of thousands of troops on the Northern Expedition Now that history has been changed, considering that Liu Yan issued a strong Zhengshuo challenge to the Sima royal family, it seems that it is not impossible for the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to go crazy.
Liu Yan walked quickly to the case, and he needed to re-examine the situation of the Yu family in the political struggle.
The Yu clan has died since Yu Bing, and only Yu Yi is supporting the huge Yu clan gate valve.
Yu Yi was dismissed from many official positions in the local government, and resigned from the fictitious position of the center with a big name but no real power, if according to the unspoken rules of officialdom in the past, he was doing this to retreat into advance, but some leaders, including the Xie family and the Chu family, no longer played unspoken rules, which led to the retreat of the Yu family and turned into a political collapse.
"The king's thinking is correct."
Xie Ai and Sang Yu were summoned by Liu Yan together.
He listened to Liu Yan's train of thought and said: "There must be some reason why you have to do it, otherwise how can the family break the rules formed."
Liu Yan immediately said: "What the widow wants to know is what has to be done to make those gate valves and families not even want face." ” Sang Yu has recently paid close attention to the actions of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and found that the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Zhao State of Shijie have a distant echo of each other's actions, and the cooperation between the two countries can even be said to be very coordinated, and he felt a strong threat in an instant.
The Han State has expanded to Yuzhou, and Yuzhou is not only adjacent to Yanzhou, but even Yuzhou has a direct border with Jingzhou, Xuzhou, and Yangzhou, so it is not an exaggeration to say that Yuzhou is a place of four wars.
Yuzhou was recovered by the Han army for only a little more than a year, and the Han State was not able to form effective control for the time being.
Ran Min took a large number of people from Guanzhong to Yuzhou, and there were 80,000 troops that were reorganized, counting the original garrison of Yuzhou and the troops transferred later, it is not wrong to say that Yuzhou is the most important garrison point of the Han State.
"We will let the troops in the direction of Yuzhou go north, all the way from the south of Yanzhou to the Puyang battlefield.
Because there is no concealment of the relationship, not only Shi Jie's intentions are clear, but even the small court is also clear.
Sang Yu was sorting out his thoughts: "There are absolutely no hundreds of thousands of troops in the small imperial court that can go north, at most seventy or eighty thousand.
Shi Jie's troops in Chenliu County and Liang County should have about 100,000, but it was a remnant army with low morale after defeat. ” Liu Yan kept his eyes on Sang Yu, who was thinking, and wanted to hear any new ideas.
"Shi Hu will know that Sun Fudu's department is not resistant to war at all."
Xie Ai is talking about one fact: "Just 30,000 troops who set off from Xuchang in advance are pressing Sun Fudu's troops to fight, and they have been squeezing Xiangyang City, will Shi Hu promise something to the small court in order to threaten the rear of Yuzhou?"
"It should be."
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Sang Yu agreed with Xie Ai's point of view, but said with a mocking smile: "The possibility of land is not high, maybe Shi Hu promised to be a minister or something." ” It's entirely possible, and it's the most possible.
The situation on the side of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty cannot be judged by common sense, look at the interaction between Murong Hao and the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty before, and then think about the relationship between the Liangguo of the Zhang family and the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty may really do inexplicable things because of some fame.
Hu Lu attaches great importance to fame, but he does not value fame when necessary.
Shi Hu first called the emperor, but later removed the emperor title and changed the title to the king of heaven, and also did the act of claiming to the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and making Yu Liang's Northern Expedition have to stop.
Murong Hao relied on the actions of his ministers to get a lot of support from the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, including some powerful bureaucrats, and even obtained a large number of craftsmen.
Liu Yan immediately smiled bitterly when he saw that Sang Yu and Xie Ai had the same opinion.
In Chinese history, there are not too many things that give up practical interests for the sake of face, and it is not uncommon to be fooled again and again and again to be tricked.
The Sima royal family of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty now has nothing but fame, and the gate lords and families who actually rule south of the Yangtze River will not allow their status to be shaken, and if they can get fame and collapse the Han State, it is estimated that even if they know that they are being teased, they are willing to cooperate with Shijie Zhao State, and even Murong Yanguo, who has just "rebelled", will become good friends again.
The original intention may have been simply because Liu Yan challenged the Zhengshuo status of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Xie Ai actually wanted to suggest that Liu Yan change some ideas, such as changing the name of the country, pretending to give up challenging Zhengshuo, or even accepting the vassalization that the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty wanted.
In this way, he can be sure that the external environment on Liu Yan's side will be completely improved.
The king would certainly not agree.
Xie Ai looked at Liu Yan, who was talking to Sang Yu, and thought: Even if it is a fake move, the king will not agree.
Maybe the king is not out of face or something, nor does he have enough confidence in the big man, but just the necessary persistence Liu Yan really won't agree to those things, even if it's fake.
Once some things are done, they may change some bad environments, but once they change, they will discourage themselves.
Now that he has taken a step back, he feels that he will become a person who is accustomed to retreating, not only will he lose his spirit, but the whole Han country will no longer be the country that wants to recover the territory of the Han family, and even open up a better future.
"There's only one way now."
Sang Yu had almost analyzed the situation just now, and he made a final conclusion: "The Yangtze River side set up a bureau to annihilate the Jin army's naval division."
The army on the Yuzhou side sent troops to the place where the national abbot was stationed before going north, and captured the three counties that they had taken advantage of from our side before, and even reoccupied Nanyang County, and even forced Jiangxia County."
This time, it was Liu Yan who hesitated, and he asked: "Can you do that before the start of the big war on the Puyang battlefield?"
"Your Majesty, the places we want to capture are all areas suitable for cavalry combat."
Sang Yu looked quite murderous, almost gritting his teeth: "The Jin army lacks cavalry, we not only have a large number of cavalry, but also elite siege troops.
Even if it is not enough to consume the servant army, it will gnaw through one city after another with its teeth. ” Sang Yu's words were not finished, the Han Kingdom absolutely could not allow the small court in the south that could only fight endlessly to do things, and could only directly beat the small court at one time for fear and pain, so that the small court did not even dare to look north.
Otherwise, the Han State will fight to the death with the Shijie Zhao army, or even fight with Murong Yan, and the small court may not be able to really go north, but the small court is already doing things, and the Han State will be tired of coping.
Liu Yan understood what Sang Yu meant, and wanted to do those things that needed to loosen some restrictions on the servant army, such as a large number of cavalry to form a servant army.
What he needs to think about is whether it will be counterattacked, and whether those who really did what Sang Yu suggested will evolve into a full-scale war with the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
"There are still necessary risks to be taken."
Sang Yu said word by word: "Transfer the Tingwei back and serve as the commander of the Southern Expedition, transfer Wang Pu to be the deputy general, and Yuan Qiao to be the marching commander." ” Liu Yan didn't think long and immediately bowed his head: "Let's do it." ” The war that decided the fortunes of the country in Puyang County was about to break out, the Han army on the Jizhou side needed to take a defensive position, and there was also a big battle waiting for the Han army in Liaodong.
Xie Ai was a little stunned, he really wanted to know how to maintain so many fronts, but after thinking about it carefully, it was just like that, the big deal was that the Han army carried out the necessary retreat and retreat, and the risk of destroying the country was not great, the difference was to take a defensive position in an all-round way, but as long as Sang Yu's suggestion was achieved, the possibility of forcing the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was infinite, so that the Han army would be able to concentrate all its forces to compete with Shijie Zhao.
"Mingda" Liu Yan had already called twice, and seeing that Xie Ai had finally come to his senses, he said with a smile: "In other words, Lu Yi is not a general, the grassland needs a general who commands the army, and the widow intends to let you go to the grassland to take full command, are you willing?"
Xie Ai immediately thought to himself: There is also a battlefield in the grassland, and there are too many fronts opened by the Han Dynasty. , what he thought did not affect his reaction, and he asked after "promise": "Is it to respond to the situation on the battlefield in Jizhou?"
"Full Command."
Liu Yan is willing to delegate power, and he also dares to delegate power: "What to do, what to do, what to need, Mingda just let it go." ” Xie Ai took a deep breath and responded cautiously: "No":