Chapter 118: Plan The force moved westward to threaten Suizhou, and the main force took the opportunity to move down the river to capture Huai'an.
Then use this as a stepping stone to wait for an opportunity to spy on Wu Yue.
After all, he is a famous Jinshi under the Chongtian sect.
His vision is ten times wider than that of Mr.
Su, Yu Changlin and others.
But in this case, where will Xuzhou be located?
Moreover, Huai'an is also stuck on the main artery of north-south water transportation.
Since the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties refused to give up Xuzhou, they naturally would not give up Huai'an in case they attacked with all the strength of the country. , should Zuo Jun care about himself first or the entire Xuzhou Red Scarf’s lair?
Gently tapping the table with his hand, Zhu Bayi hesitated for a long time.
Seeing this, Lu Lu smiled and dipped his finger in the teacup.
While slowly sketching on the table, he asked in a low voice: "The governor is worried about the safety of Xuzhou City after you leave.
The governor is talented and can understand."
This is the picture” "What you drew is this."
Zhu Bayi's eyes widened, and his eyes slowly moved along with Lu Zeng's fingers.
Two waterways, a large lake, and dozens of small and large rivers crisscross it.
There is no doubt that this is a map of the Huaihe and Huaihe regions.
He originally had a copy in his hand, which was a hundred times more detailed than the one painted by Old Master Lu now.
"This is Huai'an, this is Xuzhou, and this is Suzhou, which General Manager Li is attacking."
Lu Zeng took three teacups and placed them gently on the sketch he had made with tea.
"There are rivers in the north and south of Suzhou.
To the south, the water flow is gentle.
You can take a twenty-stone boat to go down the river, enter the Qinghe River, and transfer to Huai'an.
The voyage will not exceed three days.
To the north, the water flow is fast, and you can take a two hundred stone boat to get there.
The 400-stone ship sails straight into the Yellow River, and then whether it goes east to Huai'an or west to Xuzhou, it is only a day's journey."
"Hiss" Zhu Bayi immediately gasped again when he saw it.
In order to reach the standard of the legendary famous general as soon as possible, he has read the map of the Huaihe River in his hand countless times, and almost every river and every hill has been engraved in his mind.
However, he never expected that after reducing the complexity of the map, the scene he would get would be so intuitive.
Xuzhou, Suzhou, and Huai'an, three points distributed in an isosceles triangle on the map, are perfectly connected by four large and small rivers.
You know, this is the middle of the fourteenth century, not the twenty-first century where Zhu Dapeng lives.
There are no freight railroads, airplanes, or automobiles.
When marching and fighting, two auxiliary soldiers are often required to transport the armor, weapons, and dry food needed by a soldier.
Even with the help of large animals such as pack horses or mules, the grain that each pack horse can carry is only about three hundred kilograms.
Nearly half of them have to be used as feed for the livestock, otherwise the animals transporting the baggage will die of exhaustion due to lack of nutrition before they have gone very far.
And if we use rivers to march, even the kind of light boat that Lu Lu once mentioned before can carry a load of 20 stones or more than 2,400 kilograms.
It is eight times that of a pack horse, and the ship itself does not need to consume any food.
As for marching speed, there is no comparison between land and water.
When marching on land, not only the physical strength of the soldiers must be considered, but also the terrain and landforms along the way.
Scouts must be dispatched in all directions to avoid being ambushed by the enemy.
If you were a little more cautious, marching thirty miles a day would be your limit.
Even if you are not afraid of any traps and stride forward, the most you can cover in one day is about eighty miles.
No matter how much more, a large number of soldiers will fall behind.
However, with the help of water transport, one can travel more than 200 miles in one day.
Although it is more difficult to go upstream, if you hire an experienced boat boss, you can walk at least five or sixty miles a day, and the soldiers can basically go into battle immediately after getting off the boat, and there is no need to take a long rest to recover their strength.
"Huai'an is the throat of the north and south, and the strategic point between the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River.
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In addition to being rich in salt, money and food are abundant."
Seeing that Zhu Bayi had been persuaded by him, Lu Zeng decided to add another fire, "It has a large number of folk workshops.
In Hanxin City in the northeast, There are hundreds of gold and iron workshops, big and small.
Red stars are flying day and night, and the purple smoke rising from the furnace mouth can be seen from the wall of Huai'an.
If the governor wins Huai'an, he can move Zuojun's workshop directly to Hanxin City. , and then used Hanxin City as a military city."
"Yeah."
Zhu Bayi's brows jumped up quickly, and he turned his head, his eyes as sharp as lightning.
The general workshop is the core of the Zuo Army, and most of the armor weapons of Xuzhou Red Scarf are currently produced here.
In his mind, this place is also a top priority that must be strictly protected.
Even if it is destroyed if necessary, it cannot be allowed to fall into the hands of the Yuan army.
In the eyes of Sesame Li, Zhao Junyong and others, his behavior was a bit self-centered.
Although the grenades, armors and cold-forged weapons provided by the workshop have benefited all Xuzhou Red Scarf tribes a lot, the traditions developed over hundreds of years cannot be changed overnight.
The low status of craftsmen is a traditional perception among the people.
The vision of Sesame Li, Zhao Junyong and others cannot escape the limitations of the times.
And Lu Luzeng had only been in Xuzhou for more than half a month, and he had keenly discovered the importance of the workshop to the entire Xuzhou red scarf.
It cannot be said that his vision was not vicious enough.
If he instilled this view into Zhao Jun, and encouraged the latter to get involved, will workshop Thinking of this, Zhu Bayi's hand slowly moved towards his waist, his fingers firmly grasping the handle of the pig-killing knife, and a chilling air emanated from between his eyebrows.
Lu Lu was startled by the murderous intention that suddenly burst out from him.
He quickly waved his hands and explained loudly: "Captain, please calm down.
Commander, please calm down.
I have no intention of spying on the general's workshop.
I see that the left army under your command is less than 20%."
I just put on that kind of treasure armor made of one piece of iron, so I wanted to remind you of a shortcut to get craftsmen.
Other than that, I have no other intention.
I swear to God."
"Forget it if you swear."
Seeing how frightened the old Jinshi was, Zhu Bayi felt a little guilty and slowly loosened his fingers on the handle of the knife.
"Zhu has never believed in any oaths.
As long as the good man cannot bear the thought of harming our Zuojun, Zhu will not deliberately cause trouble for you."
"I don't dare.
I absolutely don't dare.
The commander can go and check.
After I came to Xuzhou, have you ever heard anyone's secrets about your Zuo Army?"
Lu Zeng raised his sleeves and wiped his forehead, repeating his assurance in a trembling voice.
He never expected that after Zhu Bayi had murderous intentions, his aura would be so terrifying.
It's like a knife pulled out of hell.
Before even seeing the blood, it's already frightening.
"Forgive me, good sir."
Zhu Bayi gently cupped his hands as an apology, "Zhu didn't mean to scare you just now.
In fact, the workshop is very important to Zhu and Zuo Jun, so I heard it at first glance.
Someone pays attention to this place and will naturally have some instinctive reactions.”
"It should, it should."
Lu Zeng smiled and continued to wipe the sweat with a pale face.
"It would be the same if it were me.
Who doesn't have a few things in mind that others can't touch?
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It's just my advice just now."
"Zhu will consider it carefully after he returns.
There are so many workshops in Huai'an City, where do the iron materials come from?"
Zhu Ba11 nodded, and then consulted in a low voice.
"The governor is extremely worried that there are many rivers and few mountains in the Huaidong area, and gold and iron are rarely produced."
Lu Lu once thought for a while and reported very carefully, "But Xuzhou, Suzhou and Huaiyuan in the upper reaches of the Qinghe River are all rich in coal and pig iron.
The three places and Huai'an is connected by rivers, and the salt from the lower reaches is easy to Huge profits can be made from gold and iron in the upper reaches.
In the past, the government could not prohibit heavy punishment.
As long as the governor ordered the ban on scrap salt and iron, there would be no need to worry about merchant ships arriving in droves, let alone making weapons and armor for Xuzhou Red Scarf and the Red Scarf of the world.
Provide weapons and armor, and you won’t have to worry about running out of iron.”
"This old man actually persuaded me to engage in free trade."
Zhu Bayi smiled secretly in his heart, and his evaluation of Lu Luzeng quickly soared again, "Gong Lu used to be an official in Meng Yuan, so we know what the reality of Huai'an City is."
Mr.
Lu Luzeng had been waiting for this sentence all night.
Immediately, he took out a stack of manuscripts with body temperature from his pocket and held them in front of him with both hands.
"Captain, please see these are the details of the defense of Huai'an City.
I have spent countless efforts in the past half month to find out clearly for the Commander.
Huai'an is the administrative center of Huaidong Road.
There are 500 Mongolian soldiers and 3,000 Han troops stationed in the city.
The Mongolian Daru Huachi who is in charge is a fool.
He drinks and falls every day.
Chu Buha, his deputy, is a talented general, but he has a bad temper and has no chance of getting involved in military affairs.
There is also a man named Liu Jia, nicknamed Liu Tietou, who the governor needs to be careful about.
He usually lives in Hanxin City, and it is easy for the governor to kill him outside the city with lightning speed and separate Hanxin City from Huai'an Fucheng."
"In addition, there are tens of thousands of salt soldiers stationed in Yancheng, Andong and other places below.
They are all coolies of local officials.
They often gather to make trouble and have no loyalty to the court.
If the governor comes to Huai'an, he only needs to deal with the Mongolian soldiers and The three thousand Han troops are enough, and there is no need to consider the salt soldiers in the surrounding areas."
"Oh" Zhu Bayi took over Lu Luzeng's hard work with both hands and continued to ask for advice in a low voice, "I dare to ask Good Lord, if our army goes down the river and there are two cities of Pizhou and Suqian on the way, what should Zhu do?"
"Suqian is located on the south bank of the Yellow River.
The imperial court did not send any troops to guard it.
There are only thousands of people recruited by local officials in the city.
They can embolden themselves and they will never dare to leave the city.
As for Pizhou, the last time the governor went to the north bank, the officials in the city They didn't dare to go out and stroke the Governor's tiger beard.
Now that the Governor was passing by the water, how could they dare to give it to themselves?
If you find trouble, the governor will ignore these two places and go to Huai'an.
After taking Huai'an, Suqian will be conquered without a fight.
As for Pizhou on the north bank of the Yellow River, he will send troops to destroy the city if he can.
If you don’t have the energy to spare, just stay there.
They are just a bunch of scared wimps, there is no difference between living and dead.”
Note: Sorry, there is only this update today.
Continue tomorrow
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