Crossing straight to the blue sky

Chapter 891 A big loss for a small gain

Qianmu City, Futai Yamen

Qingyun, Bai Yanheng and other generals held an emergency military meeting.

The spies just reported back that Jiang Hongli, who launched a surprise attack on the border of Huzhou, led hundreds of thousands of troops to retreat to Yuzhou. General Shan, who suffered a loss, was unwilling to accept this and led a million troops to pursue him all the way into Yuzhou.

With the army left by Tan Linyu of Yuzhou blocking the way in front and General Shan Xiao blocking the way from the back, Jiang Hongli's army of hundreds of thousands was in a very dangerous situation. If they were not careful, hundreds of thousands of troops would be finished.

Qianmu City is a long way from Yuzhou, and it would take about a month to travel there. By the time they get there... it will take too long, and there will be too many variables. Who knows whether Jiang Hongli and the others will still be alive by then.

  This risk cannot be taken!

"Where is Yuan Shaoxing?"

Qingyun stared at the map and studied it, trying to find a shortcut to rescue them. After searching for a long time, he found that at least two cities were blocking the way, and the others had three or four cities.

"General Yuan is about to arrive in Seoul." Jiang Hai replied.

Qingyun immediately turned his gaze to Hancheng. The distance from Hancheng to Yuzhou was about the same as that from Qianmu City, with three large cities and seven small towns in between. But it had one advantage over Qianmu City.

There is a mountain range in Hancheng that leads directly to Yuzhou. If the army passes through the mountain, the distance can be shortened by more than half.

"Send a pigeon to Yuan Shaoxing, informing him that the army should turn around and head to Yuzhou to rescue Jiang Hongli, and find a way to reach Heshan City within half a month, otherwise something unexpected might happen."

"Can we get there in half a month? The distance from Hancheng to Yuzhou is about the same as Qianmu City. Even if we travel day and night, it will take at least 23 or 24 days. If we attack cities along the way, it will take even longer."

Jiang Hai's face was full of worry, no matter how he calculated it, it was simply impossible to do.

The general is forcing us to do something that is beyond our reach.

Bai Yanheng said nothing, his eyes swept across the map, and said: "You want General Yuan and his men to cross the mountains and reach Yuzhou."

  When Jiang Hai heard his words, he tilted his head to look at the mountains on the map, frowned, pondered again and again, and shook his head:

"I'm afraid it won't work! The Central Plains is full of mountains and dense forests. It's not easy to travel through. It will only take a long time. Besides, there's a lot of rain, and the forests are full of miasma and poisonous insects. If we're not careful, the army will lose everything."

Qingyun tilted his head to look at him, and said with a smile: "You are right. Generally speaking, it is easy to be tricked if you have no experience. Yuan Shaoxing is different. He has experience. In order to avoid the encirclement and suppression of several major forces, he passed through this mountain range.

Otherwise, how would he have the chance to come to the North!

It’s not like we haven’t been to mountains and forests before.

Go ask the veterans below, they didn’t know how many deep mountains and old forests they had to go into. As long as you master the method, miasma and poisonous insects can be easily dealt with.”

The general was not very reliable at times. Jiang Hai and other generals who had not gone through the woods were skeptical, and then looked at Bai Yanheng. Bai Yanheng found their little actions funny and nodded.

The military advisor nodded, believing that there must be a way, and the generals no longer doubted it.

"Yuan Shaoxing went to Heshan City to rescue General Jiang. Let's continue the attack as planned! Which one should we attack next?" asked a general.

  Which one to hit?

Qingyun pondered for a while and said, "Divide the troops into two groups. Bai Yanheng and Jiang Hai, you lead half of the troops to stay in Qianmu City and continue to advance as planned. Luo Pingzhi and I will lead the other half of the troops to Yuzhou to support Yuan Shaoxing."

"Obey the general's order!" Jiang Hai obeyed the order.

Bai Yanheng glanced at Qingyun and accepted the order.

"Jiang Hai, you should discuss military tactics with Bai Yanheng. Yanheng is from Shangsu, and you may not know Shangsu. Let me put it this way, Yanheng is from the Central Plains, and he knows the local customs and practices better than you do."

  "The military advisor is from the Central Plains? How come I have never heard of this?" Jianghai's generals were very surprised. How could they not be surprised!

When Jiang Hai and other northern generals served under the general, they were still in the most remote place in the north of the north. At that time, the military advisor was the general's military advisor.

If the general hadn't mentioned it, they would have thought that the military advisor and the general were both from the north.

Bai Yanheng nodded indifferently, then turned to ask Qingyun: "When does the general plan to set off? Which route will he take? Does he need us to draw firepower?"

If we want to go to Yuzhou for rescue, the sooner the better.

Qingyun scratched his chin and said slowly: "I don't plan to go by land, it's too far. There is a big river outside Qianmu City. This river flows from the capital through Huzhou, Yuzhou and Jiangzhou, and then flows into the sea.

I remember the county annals recorded that Qianmu City has always had a navy, and a navy has ships. There was also a navy when the imperial court was still in existence, but I don't know whether the navy was taken over by Duan Jiaxu or Tan Linyu.

Yanheng, go ask General Wang and the prefect later where the original navy went? Are the ships still there? "

It doesn’t matter whether there is a navy or not. What matters is the ships. Without ships, everything is fake.

"Yes." Bai Yanheng accepted the order.

"General, how should we deal with General Wang? Should we kill him?" Jiang Hai asked.

The army attacked so quickly that General Wang didn't have time to resist before he was captured and kept in jail.

"The man surnamed Wang is a piece of shit. Kill him after you're done questioning him! The prefect's performance is average, but he's an honest official. It's a pity that he has a bad fate. When the Dayong Dynasty was in power, he was held hostage by the local noble families. After the chaos, he was intimidated and oppressed by the man surnamed Wang."

Since they came to the Central Plains, they did not have enough time to clean up the management of each city. After the battle, they left behind some officials and soldiers to guard the city and hurried to the next city.

Cities everywhere are still in a mess. The problems left over from the previous term are still a mess after she took over. There has been no change at all, and the people are still numb.

  This won't work!

Qingyun reflected that after this war, there was no difference between the rule of Duan Jiaxu and Tan Linyu. The corrupt officials were killed, the merchants who were rich and unkind were confiscated, but the local policies were not reformed, the land was not distributed to each household, and the people still saw no hope and prospects.

The people did not gain any benefits and thought that they were just like the previous armies, making money for themselves.

No wonder so few people join the army.

  What is the war for?

To give the people a way to survive!

Thinking back to the time in the north, time was still tight and they were still conquering and reforming a city.

The people saw hope and gained real benefits, so they didn't need her to incite them. They spontaneously informed her of the situation and acted as her accomplices.

  Let's compare it with the people in the Central Plains.

Losing the big for the small, picking up sesame seeds and losing the watermelon!

Big taboo!

Big taboo!

Qingyun blinked her eyes. It was time to show her miracles to the people of Central Plains.

"Yan Heng, I have an important task for you that must be completed. With Qianmu City as the center, all the cities we conquer must be implemented according to the policies of the North.

I have no opinion on the people of the Central Plains. I treat everyone equally, whether they are from the North or the Central Plains. I have no bias. Jiang Hai, you assist Yan Heng from the side."

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