Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 843
At the end of June, the two Huainan armies with a total of [-] elite troops marched up the Huaihe River from Shouchun Township.After arriving at Yingkou, the troops were divided into two groups. Under the leadership of Guo Song, all the way went north from Yingkou to Wanqiu, Chenjun, in the middle of Yingshui.

This group of troops led not only military soldiers, but also more than a dozen government officials from the Huainan Governor's Mansion, including Chenjun Xie Shang.This march is not a routine patrol and security as in the past, but to formally establish rule in Chen County and completely bring it under the jurisdiction of the Dudu Mansion.Cooperating with this army is Shen Mu, who has been stationed in Qiaojun. The two departments work together, and the vast land of southern Henan between Ying and Vortex must be included in the order of the Dudufu.

For this military operation, Shen Zhezi and a group of generals and staff members also discussed for a long time, which step should be advanced.

The land in the south of Henan has already entered the Central Plains, and there are no special dangers in the area to defend.If you want to obtain a natural and stable line of defense, you need to push the army all the way to the banks of the Yellow River, so as to gain a geographical advantage.

In the previous discussions, many generals supported this plan, and some more radicals even proposed to send troops directly to Chenliu, and then march westward as far as Xingyang and Luoyang.When the soldiers have advanced to this step, it can be said that they have done their best to restore the situation of the Northwest Expedition in Zuzhen Town, which can be called a great achievement.

The reason why the soldiers dared to be so aggressive was not blind optimism or arrogance.You must know that this route was originally the route that the Jie army went south last year. Along the way, many soldiers from the county and the country were recruited and armed in the countryside, which is equivalent to clearing this area. The 10,000+ army collapsed on the Huai River, and there were not many formal armed forces in this area.

The hostile armed forces identified in the north today are part of the Jie State's defeated troops entrenched in Liang State and Yongqiu. They are mainly composed of Hu Yicong, especially Tu Ge and Ding Ling. The leader is the former Central General of the Stone Tiger Army Zhai Su.During the Huai-Shang War, his troops fled north along the Weishui River to the Liang State due to the impact. Along the way, they collected many rout soldiers. Up to now, they have more than [-] soldiers.

Shen Mu settled in Qiaocheng last year. Apart from sweeping away the defeated Jie people and bandits in the countryside around Qiaojun, his main purpose was to target this slave army.However, because these slave troops did not have a fixed stronghold, once the Huainan army advanced, they would disperse in the countryside, and once the Huainan army retreated, they would gather again and cause disaster, so it was difficult to completely wipe out them.Moreover, the Huainan army is not friendly to the miscellaneous Hu people, so it is very difficult to recruit and surrender.It is said that Zhai Su has been appointed as General Ling Jiang and Prefect of Liang County by Jie Guo Xiang Guo, but there is no conclusive source of information.

In addition to this group of miscellaneous Hus, there is another enemy army, that is Chen Guang who betrayed his ancestors in the early years and took refuge in the country of Jie.He originally stayed at Yingshang, but after the defeat of the front line of the Jie Kingdom, he retreated to Chenliu territory before the Huainan navy went north, relying on the Langdang Canal and backing the big river.

This Chen Guang is a more formidable opponent than the rogues under Hu General Zhai Su.He had a lot of people, not only part of the ancestral Yuzhou army in the early years, but also a part of the beggars, and at the same time he took in many defeated soldiers from the Jie state.In addition, he has been in Yuzhou for a long time, and there are many Xiangzong Wubi attached to him.

This Chen Guang is a typical army leader in troubled times, and he has no concept of loyalty.Not long after the Huai Shang War, last year he sent an envoy Guo Huai to ask Shen Zhezi to surrender, and his tone was not small. Guarantee that his old crimes will be erased by the Jiangdong court, and at the same time please confer a third-class position, then all the people and land he controls will belong to Huainan.

Shen Zhezi's reaction to this was also very simple, as long as he disbanded his followers and bound himself into the town to plead guilty, then he would only kill him, the chief culprit, and not implicate his relatives.Of course, that Chen Guang was crazy to accept such a condition.And Shen Zhezi is also not stupid, let alone be regarded by this Chen Guang as a ladder to get ahead in troubled times, so the two sides naturally tore their faces.

Shen Zhezi didn't know whether that Chen Guang had 5 horses, but it was conservatively estimated that there were 1 people in Huainan Rangers to spy on the military situation and those village and clan correspondence reports in southern Henan.He didn't get anything here in Huainan. On the one hand, this person sent scattered soldiers to wreak havoc in the country, and on the other hand, under the banner of the General of Rebellion, he entrenched one side under the name of the Jie flag.

These two thieves are the most powerful in Yuzhou today, and there are also some small groups of rogues, or local tyrants and Wubi masters who took advantage of the chaos and made trouble.At the beginning of the year, there were as many as a dozen prefects and generals in this area alone, some of them carried the flag of Jie, and some loyal people who claimed to have accepted the imperial edict of Emperor Min Sima Yemi waited for an opportunity to seek rebellion and eliminate thieves. Please surrender, ask for official titles, magnates and the like.

However, as the order of the Governor's Mansion spread throughout the territory, most of the shepherds, guards, and generals have disappeared. Of course, there are still those who commit crimes against the wind, but most of them flee to the north and dare not approach the Huai River.

With the current military strength of the Huainan Army, it is not difficult to completely wipe out these rebellious forces in Yuzhou. After all, this is just a moment of noise and dust.Moreover, several relatively large forces in the country of Jie are still attacking each other. For example, the chaos in Guanzhong, King Shisheng of Hedong was tired of suppressing it, and sent a group of people to the east of the Guandong, intending to serve the king, but was beaten back by Taobao who retreated to Luoyang .Taobao called himself the governor of Sizhou, and denounced Cheng Xia's relatives for harming the country.

But it was even more lively in Xiangguo. After Shi Hu fled north, he took Nanyang Wang Shihui as the young emperor, and united with many Qushuai chiefs of the Jie tribe to counterattack Xiangguo.Cheng Xia and Shi Kan, who were still attacking each other, joined forces under the pressure of Shi Hu. Shi Kan temporarily returned to Yecheng and called himself the General.But Cheng Xia and other regicides kept Shi Daya in Xiangguo, and frequently issued edicts calling on all parties to join forces to serve the king.There are many evildoers in chaos in the country, which is the true portrayal of Jie country.

From a purely military point of view, the Huainan Army did not have any strong opponents if it wanted to repeat the old appearance of the Northern Expedition when Zu Ti was alive.

However, after a long period of weighing, Shen Zhezi still chose a relatively conservative plan, first to substantially occupy and rule the counties along the Huaihe River in southern Henan, and then rely on waterways to go deep into the chaotic environment, lightly entering and quickly exiting to use Harass all parties in the Central Plains and do not give them a chance to breathe and settle down.

Because Huainan's foundation is still too weak, once the army is too far away from the town, the border defense line and supply line will be lengthened, and the consumption of military affairs will increase several times, which will further slow down the operation of Huainan town.Moreover, if you suddenly want to control such a large territory, your military strength will be diluted. Once there is an accident, you will have to break through the bottom line of principle and rely heavily on local armed forces such as Xiangzong.

Once that happens, it is absolutely impossible for Shen Zhezi to have unparalleled control over Huainan as he is now, and there will be many discordant voices inside.So right now, he also has to exchange time for a dominant position and control, in order to avoid the danger of getting greedy and out of control.

Therefore, Guo Song's troops going north ended in Chen Jun. After establishing a stable stronghold in Wanqiu, southern Henan will gradually increase its troops, and eventually maintain a combat force of 5000 people.

The other one was led by Mao Bao, and arrived in Runan westward.Going to Runan this time is no longer just a hasty defense, but to formally manage and build the Xuanhu land that was defended earlier.And the Xuanhu City in the future will be the center of Huainan, Central Plains, Jingzhou and other places in Shen Zhezi's plan.

Runan will also be used as a follow-up key area for recruiting and accepting refugees, and in terms of strategic position, it is even more important than the counties in southern Henan between Ying and Vortex. The follow-up expansion and training of the Huainan Army will also be mainly concentrated in Runan conduct.

At the same time, Mao Bao's department will also cooperate with the Jingzhou Army to clean up Nanyang and other places.The land of Nanyang in the future will be the key cooperative area of ​​the two towns.

　This chapter is a bit short, mainly a phased strategy summary.There is already a tone in politics, and there have not been any too tough opponents in the war recently, and people who are not famous in unknown places are boring to write, and it looks boring.So at the beginning of the next chapter, there is a small leap in time, and the next plot is to regain Luoyang.

　　
　
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