Song Dynasty

Chapter 313 Great Change ([-])

Yes, the Nanyang Basin is located at the junction of Henan, Hubei, and Shaanxi. The hinterland of the basin is divided into two, with Nanyang in the north and Xiangyang in the south.

It is precisely because this basin is so important that rulers throughout history have divided it into two parts, with the north part belonging to Henan and the south part belonging to Hubei, so as to prevent someone from completely controlling this area and establishing a separate regime.

In history, the Nanyang Basin has such extremely high strategic value.It is located between Guanzhong, Hanzhong, Jingxiang, and the Central Plains. All forces can enter, and they can also easily enter other strategic areas from here.

Moreover, unlike other strategic points, the most terrible thing about the Nanyang Basin is that it is a basin that is naturally isolated from floods and droughts. The land is fertile, the weather is good, the population is luxuriant, and it has good economic value and war potential.

In ancient Chinese history, this place has always been a place where rich families and people were born.During the Three Kingdoms period, famous scholars in Nanyang were the humerus counselors of various princes.

After listening to Wang Shen's detailed explanation of the importance of Nanyang and Xiangyang, everyone fell into deep thought.

Wang Shen: "After planning to quell the Mani Rebellion in Hunan, he led the army to Suizhou to eliminate Zhang Yong and Cao Chengqun, and used Suizhou as a springboard to enter the Nanyang Basin, took Xiangyang, and looked north to Henan. Unfortunately, this delay was delayed. Up to now, I don’t want to fight Xiangyang, but Wushu sent troops over, thinking about it, Zhang Deyuan in Guanzhong has already started a decisive battle with Jurchen.”

"If Wushu wants to send troops west to Guanzhong, Luoyang must be empty. If I take advantage of the situation to occupy Xiangyang and send troops to Luoyang, it may not be a problem to recover Henan. Probably because of this point, Wushu simply sent Yan Xiyin and Ma Wu went to Xiangyang, and then went south to attack Anlu, completely cut off our future troubles, at least drive us out of Jianghan."

Speaking of this, Wang Shen sighed in his heart: Yes, Zhang Jun must have started a decisive battle with Jurchen.This Zhang Deyuan, who obviously listened to my advice and asked Xu to do it, why is he so anxious... Yes, it should be the idea I gave him to pre-levy taxes in Sichuan in the next few years that made his troops elite Sufficient food caused Lao Zhang to have the illusion that he was extremely powerful, and he couldn't resist the urge to make contributions... After the intervention of me, a time traveler, the Fuping War was only postponed for two months... History is still based on his inherent The inertia returned to the original track!

Hey, I can't manage Guanzhong now, so let's think about how to deal with this great crisis first, shall we?
In the northwest, there are 1 elite Jurchen cavalry, and [-] Khitan heavy armored infantry; in the northeast, there are [-] bandits from Zhang Yong and Cao Cheng;

This is really an ambush from all sides, and the wind and rain are precarious!
If I am not careful, the family business I have managed to save in the past two years will be completely wiped out.

……

Yue Yun: "Military envoy, I still have one thing I don't know."

Wang Shen: "Tell me."

Yue Yun frowned, and said: "Accordingly, traveling from Xiangyang to Anlu along Yingzhou's Pingchuan River is suitable for cavalry to attack. However, if all the Jurchens in Xiangyang are mobilized, their city will be empty. Don't forget, there are people in Suizhou. The army of Zhang, Cao, and Shang is a group of desperadoes, so the Jurchens are not afraid that they will not attack Anlu, and take advantage of the fact that they will occupy Xiangyang and cut off the return route of Wanyan Xiyin and Yelu Mawu, and become the turtles in the urn?"

"Yes, yes, yes." All the generals looked puzzled.

"The reason is very simple." Wang Shen clapped his hands and stood up, with a green face, he said: "It's hard to say Zhang Yong, Cao Cheng and the others have already surrendered."

"Ah!" Everyone exclaimed loudly.

"Yes, it must be. I am sure of this." Wang Shen sneered: "If I were Zhang, Cao and others, I would lose a lot and flee to Suizhou. The place is full of mountains, how can I support so many troops? If you want to The best way to survive is to go east to Huaixi, or simply cross the Yangtze River in a circle from Huaixi and enter the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River to feed the army. But now he is leading the army to fight Anlu, and it is not the same to die. Yes. The biggest possibility is that they have already obtained the Jurchen, and they have been supplemented by the false Chu."

Yue Yun yelled: "Military envoy, what should we do now, you can give an order, let's go back to Anlu immediately."

"No hurry." Wang Shen asked the scout leader again: "Who is leading your white army?"

The leader of the scouts: "It's General Fang Worong."

Wang Shen: "Where's Lao Guo?"

The leader of the scouts: "General Guo Ya is not feeling well, and he is staying in Anlu to recuperate."

"This old Guo has been in poor health since he was injured in Huaixi, and it is rare to be able to support it until now." Wang Shen sighed and waved his hand: "Go down, don't stay, and immediately bring a letter to Fang Worong. He guarded the city, closely monitored the movements of the Jurchens, and would not easily engage in a decisive battle with the enemy."

When the leader of the scouts left, Wang Shen said: "We won't be in Anlu anymore, go to Yingzhou, and deal with Wanyan Xiyin and Yelu Mawu first."

"Ah, I won't be going back to Anlu, what about sister?" Yue Yun was anxious.

"Anniang's side is fine." Wang Shen said, "I believe in her, but Yingzhou's side has a bigger problem...Fang Worong might not be able to withstand the Jurchen's attack."

Yes, Fang Worong has less than a thousand cavalry, how can he be Wanyan Xiyin's opponent.Ta Bai... can't just lose it like this.

Yue Yun: "Yes, how could Fang Worong, a scholar, beat the Jurchen? The military envoy is right, if we don't deal with the Jurchen cavalry first, we will go back to Anlu and fight hard with Zhang Yong and Cao Cheng. Who can bear a sudden blow from behind us?"

Yan said to Meng: "Military envoy, my subordinates are going to prepare now, and ask all the departments to pack up and leave tomorrow."

Wang Shen pondered for a moment: "I'm afraid I will have to wait for two days, there is still one matter to be resolved. If it is not settled, I will always feel uneasy."

"but……"

"Go down!" Wang Shen waved his hand, making everyone retreat.

After everyone left the Zhongjun tent, he squatted down in front of the map and looked at it carefully.

Yes, the situation of the Sizhou Army is now unprecedentedly bad, and if you are not careful, you will fall into the abyss.On the other side of Yingzhou, facing the enemy's [-] cavalry, to be honest, Wang Shen did not have any confidence.The most troublesome thing is that there is Li Cheng who is playing tricks behind his back. He hasn't completely turned his back on him yet, and with Li Heng around, it's really hard to touch him for a while.

It really sucks to be stared at from behind!
Wang Shen's heart fluttered for a while, and suddenly his nostrils became hot, and hot nosebleeds dripped onto the map.

A guard shouted: "Someone is here, here is someone, please go and invite Daoist Li."

Seeing this horrific scene, there was chaos in the Chinese army's tent.

"Why panic, I can't die." Wang Shen wiped his nose: "Forget it, please come and have a look!"

(End of this chapter)