Lord of the House

Zhang Yubo and Ma Zhen left, and Lin Fu invited Liu Tingzhou.

Lin Fu didn't tell the truth. He didn't have unreserved trust in President Dong Yuan, and told him all the cards. He only said that Zhang Yubo offered a bluff and surrendered. But in order to solve the crisis in Hehuai, Huaidong could only take a risk, and agreed on a date for Dong Yuan to lead his troops from Guoyang to Suiyang and Yucheng, in order to limit the entry of more troops from Yanhu from the west line in the later period. near Xuzhou.

Liu Tingzhou rushed back to Guoyang non-stop to meet Dong Yuan, and it was the cold season in late October.

Hearing that Lin Bie wanted to deceive and lure the enemy, Dong Yuan was full of doubts and said, "Every trick Huaidong does seems dangerous, but in fact he will do it if he has a great chance of winning. What kind of thoughts you have, but people can't understand it."

Dong Yuan was out of town in Huaixi, and he was a newcomer. In addition, Liu Tingzhou had a high reputation, so Dong Yuan was willing to discuss everything with him.

"Knowing that Chen Hansan might be able to do a fake show, he also dispatched the main force of Huaiyang Town to Xuzhou City, and he would face the danger of being attacked by Chen Hansan and the captive soldiers from the south," Xiao Kuian also frowned, doubtful. The solution said, "Even if Lin Huaidong has confidence in the combat strength of the Huaiyang town army, Chen Hansan sees that the opportunity is wrong, and he can welcome the captive soldiers from the south into Xuzhou city, which is enough to make Huaidong helpless..."

Liu Tingzhou guessed: "Perhaps Lin Huaidong decided that Chen Hansan would definitely go to the enemy, but at this time he was suffering from an unknown teacher - it would be better to delay it after the situation collapsed, and then let Chen Hansan take advantage of the situation to go to the enemy. At this time, Chen Hansan was forced to surrender to the enemy and let the situation become clear first. Even if Chen Hansan saw the wrong opportunity and retreated to Xuzhou City, the situation could not be considered the worst for Huaidong..."

At this time, the main force of Yanhu troops and horses was still dragged in the Dongping area, which was three hundred miles away from Xuzhou, and could not go south for a while.

The main reason why the Yanhu troops and horses were temporarily unable to go south was because Liang Cheng, the Duke of Lu, had 20,000 to 30,000 remnants besieged in Dongping, while Liang Chengchong led his troops to garrison Jining and planned to relieve the siege of Dongping at any time. Another is that the areas to the west and south of Jinan have been damaged by war in the past few years and have not been able to resume production. Even the landlords and wealthy households have ploughed over and over again for the refugee army. After entering, it is impossible to obtain sufficient food and grass supplies from the local area in time. This requires that the main force of Yanhu soldiers and horses must be centered on Jinan, and a large amount of grain, grain and armament must be transferred from Yanji and other places.

In the case that Dongping City was not uprooted, the main force of Yanhu troops and horses could not go south for the time being.

When the main force of Yanhu troops and horses could not go south, Chen Hansan was forced to openly surrender to the enemy. Although Huaidong had no hope of capturing Xuzhou City, which was heavily defended, he could first remove the fortresses outside Xuzhou, and not wait for the main force of Yanhunan's conscription horses to come over. After that, fall into complete passivity.

Dong Yuan held his chin with a short beard in his hand and said, "What Mr. Liu said should indeed be an aspect of Huaidong's consideration, but if the main force of Huaiyang Town suffers a severe setback under Xuzhou City, even if it is only a narrow victory As far as the situation on the east front is concerned, the disadvantages far outweigh the advantages. If there is no 70 to 80% certainty about the situation on the east front, it would be better to lose Xuzhou city than to take the construction of the city that took two years of thought and invested a lot of resources. Huaiyang defense line to take risks."

The key point of the situation in Huaisi lies in Xuzhou, and the gateway is in Xuzhou. The terrain of Xuzhou is important, needless to say. However, Xuzhou was controlled by Chen Hansan, and Huaidong was hostile. This is the reality that Huaidong has always faced in running the Huai Si defense line. Therefore, in the past two or three years, Huaidong has focused on strengthening the cities of Huaiyang, Suining, and Suyu in the south of Xuzhou, and has also built a strong city between Suining and Huaiyang on the west bank of the Bian River. To resolve Xuzhou's topographical suppression of Huaisi area.

The situation is so critical, Lin Fuqi has not worked hard for several years, obviously he has no certainty, and he has to take the risk to seize Xuzhou City, which naturally makes Dong Yuan puzzled.

Liu Tingzhou also said: "Lin Huaidong agreed with Chen Hansan to deceive the enemy on the condition of sending troops to station in Xiapi. It is also possible that Lin Bie would not move after sending troops to station in Xiapi..."

"This is also possible, but in the end let Chen Hansan dedicate Xuzhou to the Yanluo. Even if Huaidong has one more city in Xiapi, he may not be able to take much advantage!" When the mountains and rivers are not exhausted, Dong Yuan will not easily believe that Lin Fu, who is assisted by Gao Zongting, will take the safety of the entire Huaisi defense line to fight for a chance to seize Xuzhou with a 50% chance of winning.

Dong Yuan unfolded the map piled on his desk, took a charcoal pen produced by Huaidong, marked the location of Xiapi, and said to himself: "Huaidong sent troops to Xiapi, Yuan Lishan sent a partial division to take Xuzhou, just The only way to approach Xuzhou City is to take the west route. The terrain west or northwest of Xuzhou City is not particularly conducive to winning more with less!"

In the west of Xuzhou, the Bian River and Si River flow through it from the north and east, and there are low mountains such as Jiuli Mountain and Spring Mountain in the west, which are mostly between several dozen to more than one hundred feet. The river will gradually freeze in the winter, and although several mountains appear quite tall in the flat Hehuai Plain, the mountain situation is cramped, and it is far from the danger of being locked in the throat.

"Nuo, look," Dong Yuan put his hand on Jiuli Mountain in the northwest of Xuzhou and said, "If Huaidong wants to win Xuzhou this trip, only before Yanhu's partial division approaches Xuzhou City from the northwest, The main force of the Huaiyang town army promptly and decisively inserted into the vicinity of Jiuli Mountain, so as to block the passage of Yanhu's partial division into Xuzhou - Chen Hansan must go out of the city and the Yanlu partial division to attack the Huaiyang town army in order to win the trust of Yan's captives."

"Isn't it true that the Huaiyang Town Army has to defeat the alliance between Chen Han's three divisions and Yanlu's partial division near Jiuli Mountain, and then have the opportunity to capture Xuzhou City?" Xiao Kuian asked.

"Perhaps it only needs to defeat Chen Han's three troops, but the master general of Yanlu is really stupid to watch Huaiyang town's general Chen Han's three troops be defeated first without action." Dong Yuan said.

At this point, Dong Yuan also understands that even if Huaidong has any arrangements, it should be in the Jiuli Mountain area, but he can't imagine what magic Huaidong has in the end, so as to ensure that he can have a greater chance of winning under Xuzhou City.

Dong Yuan stared at the direction of Jiuli Mountain on the map. The map was relatively simple, but he traveled through Xuzhou in his early years and had some impressions of Jiuli Mountain.

Jiuli Mountain, also known as Jiu Ning Mountain, is named after it is nine miles long from east to west. There are nine hills in the main vein and the branches, but the highest is no more than 40 feet. There are two tributaries that merge into the Bianshui River in the west - such a terrain Not much benefit.

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"Juli Mountain?" Chen Hansan raised his voice an octave, staring at Zhang Yubo who was in the middle of the message, "Master Lin wants to send someone into Jiuli Mountain first?"

"Yes," Liu Xilin, who followed Zhang Yubo into Xuzhou's Shi Yamen, stood up and explained, "I, Huaidong troops and horses were stationed in Xiapi, and Chen Shuai lured Yan and Hu troops and horses into the depths by cheating capitulation. The line is close to Xuzhou City, and Jiuli Mountain is the only place it must pass. Looking at the terrain around Xuzhou City, there is no place more suitable for annihilating the captive soldiers than Jiuli Mountain. The captive soldiers going south should be mainly cavalry. A battle without annihilation cannot be considered a great victory. When the captives enter the area south of Jiuli Mountain, the Huaiyang Town Army and Xuzhou Corps will attack the captives from the east and west, and the terrain extending east and west of Jiuli Mountain will effectively block the captives. Soldiers escaped from the battlefield—since the battlefield was selected in Jiuli Mountain, we naturally had to use the time of two or three days to further explore the terrain around Jiuli Mountain. It can be effective to kill suddenly during a fierce battle!"

"Lord Lin has no last resort, it is no last resort, this official should fully cooperate..." Chen Hansan sullenly accepted the matter immediately.

Even if Lin Fu has no control over Xuzhou, since he has decided to deceive and lure the enemy, Chen Hansan has no excuse to prevent Lin Fu from selecting the battlefield in the Jiuli Mountain area in advance.

Zhang Yubo and Liu Xilin negotiated the matter and left immediately. Chen Hansan frowned and said, "The Donghai fox is not too wary!"

"It would be strange if Lin Bie had to be unsuspecting," Ma Zhen said, "but Jiuli Mountain is only 30 to 40 feet high, and even if it was occupied by Huaiyang Town Army during the war, they would be under the leadership of Shuai Ye and the elites sent by Yuan Dashuai. How long can we hold on under the attack of troops and horses? Isn’t the terrain of Jiuli Mountain just enough to stop the Huaiyang army from escaping? , it is also convenient for the elites sent by our army and Marshal Yuan to withdraw into Xuzhou City!"

Chen Hansan nodded and said: "The Huaiyang Town Army sent a half-battalion of ambush soldiers to Jiuli Mountain, and we followed the same example and sent a half-battalion of ambush soldiers to Jiuli Mountain to keep an eye on them, lest they do anything in Jiuli Mountain. ?"

Ma Zhen didn't believe that Huaiyang Town sent 300 to 500 people to hide in the Jiuli Mountains, but what Chen Hansan said was also the way of being mature and prudent, and it was meant to be. This is a battle about the situation in the world, how can people be a little sloppy?

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"Juli Mountain!" Zhou Zhizhong got off his horse and took the secret report from the Xuzhou Army. Chen Hansan's envoy sent the secret report, not to say that the Huaidong Army chose Jiuli Mountain as the ambush battlefield, but also to attach a secret report to the secret report. Detailed topographic map around Fenjiuli Mountain.

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Chen Hansan promised to sacrifice the city of Xuzhou this time, and also planned to set up a trap. He wanted to work with Dayan to lure the main force of the Huaidong Army defending Huaisi into Xuzhou city and annihilate. Such a good opportunity, Yuan Lishan would naturally not miss it, called Zhou Zhi The crowd gathered 20,000 paces to ride, passing between Caozhou and Jining, and heading towards Xuzhou.

"Is Chen Hansan reliable or not?" The deputy general was Mo Jiben, the former general of Linqing.

Although Chen Hansan agreed to lure Huaidong's main force stationed in Huaisi into the trap and join forces to annihilate them, it is possible that they were the big fish swallowing the bait along the way, and Mo Jiben seemed a little worried.

"Chen Hansan shouldn't be stupid," Zhou Zhizhong said, "Looking at his capriciousness in the past, he shouldn't be the kind of person who would block his retreat. He helped Huaidong eat us. It doesn't have much impact; and once we cooperate with us and eat the main force of Huaidong Shouhuai, the whole situation will completely tilt towards Dayan. How could Chen Hansan not see which merit is high and which is low? Furthermore, Our spies who sneaked into Xuzhou also found out that there have been hundreds of sergeants in and out of Jiuli Mountain in the past two or three days, which is abnormal, which proves that Chen Hansan did not lie."

"But one thing needs to be clear. Before Chen Hansan did it, it's better for us to hold on to our troops. Although the three kings promised to replenish manpower after the war, once all the direct liners are exhausted, what's the point of adding some chops?" Mo Jiben said.

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