Chapter 1009

Spring rain, rain and fog filled, thousands of silver, rippling in the air, just like wearing a bead curtain, like smoke and clouds to cover everything.

Cloud engine stood at the door, looking out at the rain as thin as silk, for a long time did not speak, do not know what to think.

Si Bonian said in a low voice: "Lord, general Fang is coming. He is waiting outside."

Yun Qing said: "let him in."

Fang Xing walked into the room, saluted Yun Qing who was standing in front of the desk, and then called out: "Lord."

Yunqing asked Fang to walk to him, and then pointed to a position on the map on the table: "you take 50000 troops to Shangqiu, and you will start before dawn tomorrow. You must arrive at Shangqiu before dark the day after tomorrow to join Lu Fei. Rest all night and attack Xiayi with Lu Fei. "

Fang Xing thought about it. Lanyang is about 200 li away from Shangqiu. Two days and one night are enough to arrive. Fang Xing nodded and said, "Lord, I will arrive at Shangqiu before dark the next day." One night's rest is enough for the soldiers.

Cloud engine face dew solemnly said: "no matter how much you pay, you and Lu Fei must take Xiayi in two days."

Hearing this, Fang Xing looked awe inspiring and asked, "Lord, Xiayi is less than 200 li away from Xuzhou and huaizhou. Xiayi is easy to defend but hard to attack. Even if we pay a heavy price to attack Xiayi within two days, once the reinforcements from Xuzhou and huaizhou arrive, we will not be able to defend Xiayi. " In two days, he is sure to take Xiayi, but the problem is that he can't defend Xiayi at a great price, so why fight it.

Cloud engine said: "you just need to attack Xiayi. When the enemy reinforcements arrive, you will retreat to Shangqiu. "

Fang Xing understood that Yunqing had another plan, and he didn't continue to ask. He immediately issued a military order: "don't worry, I will take Xiayi within the specified time. If you can't finish the task, Fang Xing will come to see you. "

Yun Qing said: "have a good rest today."

Fang Xing was sent out of the house, while the rain was still falling. Cloud engine turns back, and suddenly says to spernian, "I don't know when the rain will stop?" Originally, Yunqing arrived in Lanyang, ready to rest for two days to attack Caozhou. But did not expect him to arrive in Lanyang the next day began to rain. Although it didn't rain much, it was much colder in February when it rained. It happens that his attack on Caozhou is also a cover. Now that it's raining, there's no need to make another excuse if he doesn't attack Caozhou.

Si Bonian said what he knew: "I heard that every February in Lanyang, light rain is always falling, sometimes for the second half of a month. I can't stop the rain for three or five days. "

Yun Qing looked at the fine rain and said softly, "I hope it will rain for another five days." Even three days is enough.

On the evening of the second day of Fangxing's departure, Yunqing got the news from the capital, saying that Yan Wushuang's Flying Pigeon sent a message to Yu Baojia, asking Yu Baojia to increase his troops to Xiayi. This is also the disadvantage of alliance. If Yan Wushuang coordinates the war situation, he can directly order the deployment of troops. But Jiangnan has the final say in Bao Jia, and the only way to deploy troops is to command the order.

Cloud Qing's face suddenly changes. Is his plan known by Yan unparalleled. Thinking of this, Yunqing shook his head again. There are only five people, including himself, who know his plan, and these five people will never reveal it.

Spread out the map, cloud engine carefully study the map. After half a sound, Yunqing's look eased a little. Yan Wushuang asks Yu Baojia to increase his troops in Xiayi. It's estimated that he doesn't really want to attack Caozhou when he comes to Lanyang. It's just a cover to let Yu Baojia increase his troops in Xiayi just in case. However Rao is so, cloud Qing's heart also carries. Once Yu Baojia really increases his troops to Xiayi, it will be very difficult to break it. But fortunately, the capital is thousands of miles away from Zhejiang, and there is a war. Even if the pigeons don't send a message for two days, the news can't reach Baojia. Zhejiang is thousands of miles away from huaizhou, and Yu Baojia's order to increase troops will take two days to reach huaizhou at the fastest. At that time, the war in Xiayi was over.

Think of here, cloud engine immediately write a secret letter, let a person with the fastest speed to send to Lu Fei.

On the day before Fang Xing and Lu Fei attacked Xiayi, Du Zheng sent troops to attack Fuyang. At the same time, Guan Tai also sent troops to attack Anzhou.

In one day, Yu Baojia and Yu Chunhao received the war report from Fuyang and Anzhou. Although Yu Chunhao was not good at fighting, he always felt that he was not right: "why did Du Zheng and Guan Tai send troops at this time?" Two places send troops on the same day. You don't have to think it's Yunqing's order.

Yu Baojia looked at the map. After a while, he said, "although they are going to send troops earlier than we expected, they want to attack Fuyang and Anzhou with the strength at hand. That's a delusion." Fuyang has Qiu Dashan's 100000 troops, plus their own 150000 troops, while Anzhou also has his 150000 elite troops. They have a large number of troops against the enemy and occupy favorable terrain. The city is solid and the enemy cannot break their defense.

Yu Chunhao said: "I always feel that something is not right."

Yu Baojia also felt abnormal, but after thinking about it, he shook his head and said, "I haven't found anything wrong for the time being."

The next day, in the morning when Fang Xing and Lu Fei attacked Xiayi, Yu Baojia and Yu Chunhao received the message from Yan Wushuang. Yu Chunhao looked a little heavy and said, "Uncle Jia, Yan matchless said that Yunqing might attack Xiayi. What do you think of this?"

Although Yu Baojia lived a luxurious and decadent life, if he didn't have the real ability, even with the support of Yu Xiang, he would not be the governor of Jiangnan. Yu Baojia pointed the location of Xiayi on the map and said the same words as before Fang Xing: "even if they attack Xiayi, it's easy to defend but difficult to attack. As soon as reinforcements arrive, we can take it back soon. Yun Qing is a veteran who has been fighting for 20 years. He is not an ignorant child. How can he treat fighting as a joke? " Knowing that Xiayi can't keep fighting, he will fight unless Yunqing's brain is funny. If Yan Wushuang had not sent reinforcements, he would not have made an alliance with Yan Wushuang. He didn't want to listen to Yan Wushuang about fighting.

It's not that Yu Baojia is arrogant, but Yan Wushuang has never fought with soldiers. Therefore, Yu Baojia thinks that Yan Wushuang can only talk on paper and will not fight at all.

Yu Chunhao acted more cautiously, thought about it and said, "to be on the safe side, we'd better transfer 40000 troops from Xuzhou and huaizhou to Xiayi." Yan Wushuang is also a cautious man. Since he is flying pigeons, he must have his reason to send letters.

Yu Baojia thought about it and said, "there are too many 50000 troops to be drawn out. In this way, ten thousand soldiers and horses will be drawn from Xuzhou and huaizhou respectively. " There were 60000 people in Xiayi, and another 20000 people were sent. A total of 80000 people were enough.

Yu Chunhao thought about it and said, "if there is a war in Xiayi, they should immediately send troops and horses to reinforce Xiayi."

Yu Baojia nodded and agreed.

Because it was too far away, even if it was urgent for 800 Li, the news that Fang Xing and Lu Fei were attacking Xiayi was only delivered to Baojia in the dark.

Yu Baojia received the war report, some incredible: "how can?" She was really guessed by Yan Wushuang. But the question is, what is the purpose of Yunqing's attack on Xiayi?

Knowing that they can't hold on and fight, it's hard for them to believe that they didn't ask. Yu Chunhao's face was heavy: "what is Yunqing planning to attack Xiayi?"

Yu Baojia couldn't understand.

Yu Chunhao summoned all his staff and told them about the war in Xiayi. Yu Chunhao gives a general description of the situation and asks people to think about the purpose of Yunqing's attack on Xiayi.

The staff's answers were varied. They said that Yunqing had set up doubts. They also said that Yunqing wanted to ease the pressure of Du Zheng's attack on Fuyang. After a long time, they didn't have a convincing statement.

One of the staff members, surnamed Yan, did not interrupt. Instead, he looked at the map and fell into meditation.

When everyone had a similar discussion, Mr. Yan showed a tangled face. He didn't know whether to tell his guess.

Yu Chunhao asked: "Mr. Yan, if you have something to say, it doesn't matter." This Mr. Yan talks very little on weekdays and gets along well with other staff members, but his ideas are different from those of ordinary people. Those ideas are generally considered unrealistic. But Yu Chunhao loves his talent, and doesn't mind raising one more person, so he keeps him by his side all the time.

Mr. Yan raised his hand to Yu Baojia and Yu Chunhao and said, "governor, Master Yu, I have a bold guess. Yunqing sent troops to attack Xiayi, not Xiayi, but Fuyang. "

A few of the staff sneered, but they didn't make a sound on this occasion.

Yu Chunhao asked, "what do you mean, sir?"

Yu Baojia didn't think so, but he didn't interrupt Mr. Yan either. No matter what, this time can still be wasted.

Mr. Yan pointed to a line on the map and said, "Xiayi is more than 500 miles away from Fuyang. No matter how fast the infantry is, it will take four to five days. For such a long time, it's enough to send troops to stop it. But if you change to cavalry, it will only take one day and one night to arrive. Moreover, the speed of the cavalry is so fast that we can't stop it at all. " The speed of the cavalry is four to five times that of the infantry. It's more than 500 miles. The cavalry can arrive in one day and one night.

If the northwest cavalry appeared in the rear of Fuyang, the morale of the army would be in chaos. No matter how powerful the Liaodong army is, Fuyang will not be able to keep it. Fuyang once miss, the whole Anhui are dangerous, think of here, Yu Chunhao surprised out of a cold sweat.

Yu Baojia's mentality is much stronger than that of Yu Chunhao. After listening to Mr. Yan's words, he said: "Mr. Yan's words are very reasonable. But now only Xihai and Yucheng have cavalry in Northwest China. But the cavalry in both places did not move. Unless cloud engine can conjure up cavalry. "

Yu Chunhao's mind was a little slow, and said: "Yunqing only transferred 50000 troops from Yucheng, but Xihai and Yucheng's cavalry didn't move." If the cavalry had gone out, he would have been informed.

One of the aides, surnamed Hong, said: "cavalry is the main force against the northern captives. If cavalry is transferred out, once the northern captives attack the West Sea, the west sea will not be protected." If Xihai is not protected, the city of Ho may be in danger. If there is a war in the front and the rear is unstable, it is impossible to fight.

As soon as he said this, two more staff members came forward to deny Mr. Yan's conjecture.

Most people think that Mr. Yan's conjecture is not reliable. Yu Chunhao felt that there was no point in arguing any more, so he let the staff go. In fact, Yu Chunhao has too many staff.

Mr. Yan was not disappointed either. He just said his own conjecture. As for Yu Baojia and Yu Chunhao, if they don't believe in each other, that's not what he can control.

There are only two people left in the room, and Yu Chunhao is lost in thought. After a while, Yu Chunhao said, "Uncle Jia, if Mr. Yan's conjecture is true, there is only one possibility. This cavalry is unknown to us." The two cavalry of Xihai and Yucheng, Yunqing mobilized them, they can't have no idea.

Yu Baojia is silent. He is assessing the truth of the matter.

The more Yu Chunhao thought about it, the more he felt that what Mr. Yan had guessed was right: "the northwest is vast. It's not difficult for Yunqing to train a cavalry in a secret place. We know nothing as long as we keep away from our eyes and ears. "

Yu Baojia looked at the map on the table and still said nothing.

Yu Chunhao was a little worried and said, "Uncle Jia, if Yunqing really has a third cavalry, then we must take measures immediately, otherwise Anhui will not be able to keep it."

Yu Baojia said calmly, "a cavalry can't be built in three or five years. If what you said is true, Yunqing has been planning for it since four years ago. "

Hearing this, Yu Chunhao suddenly changed his face and said, "after the drought, Han Yuxi traded grain for a large number of horses outside the Great Wall. It is said that many of the horses he exchanged were war horses." Since it is a war horse, it can be used as long as it is trained. However, at that time, the cavalry of Xihai and Yucheng were reorganized and expanded. He thought these horses had been sent to Xihai and Yucheng.

When Yu Baojia heard this, he immediately ordered Xuzhou and huaizhou to send troops to reinforce Xiayi and prepare them for the enemy's attack. The reason why we didn't say that cavalry might attack us is that cavalry has strong fighting capacity and can make one serve as ten. If he did, he worried that it would cause unnecessary panic. Of course, the most important thing is that if there are cavalry, even if they tell the generals in huaizhou, they will not be able to stop them.

After Baojia gave the order, Yu Chunhao said, "Uncle Jia, should you tell general Qiu about this?" Save the cavalry to kill them by surprise.

Yu Baojia shook his head and said, "these are just our conjectures, which have not been confirmed. If you tell them, once the information is leaked, it will shake the morale of the army. " If you tell Qiu Dashan, no one can guarantee that Qiu Dashan will not lead his troops back to Shandong. Not to mention, Qiu Dashan can hold on for a while.

If Yuxi were here, he would smile. It's strange that they can win this battle.

Yu Chunhao said anxiously, "I am most worried that the reinforcements from Xuzhou and huaizhou have not yet arrived at Xiayi. Xiayi has been conquered." Only the high wall and thick wall can block the cavalry. Once the Xiayi is broken, the cavalry can go straight to Bozhou.

Yu Baojia said: "the skill is inferior to others, we have to recognize it." He was convinced to lose to such an opponent.