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Three days later, Li Zhen fled back to Hongzhou. He knelt in front of his father and cried, taking out his father's royal edict from his arms. Fortunately, he kept the evidence.

Li Lin opened Wang's edict and was shaking with anger. Even he couldn't tell whether the edict was authentic or not. It looked like it was written by himself. Even the seal and the vermilion used in the seal were exactly the same. But when would he publish it? Pass this order?

And Liu Julin, I treated him well, but he betrayed me and caused me such heavy losses, including two hundred large warships and twenty thousand soldiers!

Two hundred large warships and 20,000 soldiers were lost in Mianzhou, Yuezhou and Ezhou. The losses were so heavy that Li Lin's heart bleeds.

With a murderous look on his face, Li Lin said to the two military advisors Xue Yu and Li Taiqing: "I have always wanted to live in peace with him, but he harms me everywhere and shows murderous intent. If I continue to tolerate it, Jiangnan West Road will be swallowed up by him. I How can we support an army?"

Xue Yu said worriedly: "Li Ye has captured Yuezhou and has the advantage of warships. Then Tanzhou, Shaozhou, Langzhou and Fengzhou around Dongting Lake will be difficult to protect, and even Yongzhou, Chenzhou and Hengzhou further south will be lost." There is no way to escape his vicious hands.

If the prince wants to compete with him comprehensively, but does not have the advantage of a boat, I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed. I suggest that we use points to represent the face. Instead of fighting for the overall situation, it is better to take the key points and concentrate on one point to fight against Li Ye. Once we win, Li Ye was unable to gain a foothold on the entire south bank of the Yangtze River. "

"Where is this point that Military Master Xue mentioned?"

Xue Yu said slowly: "Jiangxia City!"

Li Taiqing also agreed: "Master Xue is right. Taking Jiangxia City will directly threaten Hanyang and the Han River. This move is called encircling Wei to save Zhao. Li Ye has to give up his greed for other states and must withdraw his troops." Fight us."

Li Lin took a few steps with his hands behind his back. Although the anger in his heart was still lingering, another worry hidden deep in his heart quietly emerged.

"But what if we fail?"

Xue Yu and Li Taiqing looked at each other. They had been persuading Li Lin to go eastward, but Li Lin was always hesitant. This time he finally got the chance.

Xue Yu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if we fail, then we will go east to seize Yangzhou and Zhejiang, the richest places in the world, and then use Jiangnan East Road and Lingnan Road as depth to establish a foundation and accumulate strength. Once the Tang Dynasty is conquered by Anlu When the mountain was destroyed, the prince’s Eastern Tang Dynasty was established.”

Xue Yu and Li Taiqing had their own ideas and wanted to be the founding fathers of the country, so they always encouraged Li Lin to proclaim himself emperor. However, after all, Li Lin came from an orthodox royal family and valued reputation. Even if he ascended the throne, he hoped that he could be justly named and did not want to become I am rebellious, so I have been hesitant.

He thought for a long time and finally sighed and said: "Let's capture Jiangxia first!"

Li Lin had actually been preparing to seize Jiangxia for a long time, and the troops had been deployed. Ji Guangchen led 30,000 troops to deploy in Hongzhou, and Hun Weiming led 30,000 troops to deploy in Jiangzhou. All aspects of logistics were arranged.

Li Lin gave an order, and 60,000 King Yong's troops attacked Jiangxia County from the south and east at the same time.

According to Li Lin's original plan, there were still 20,000 naval troops to attack Jiangxia from the Yangtze River, but now there is no more Yangtze River road, and there are only 60,000 troops on the south and east roads.

There is a large mountain stretching for thousands of miles between Hongzhou and Ezhou, called Tianyue Mountain, which is today's Mufu Mountain. The mountain is beautiful and steep, shrouded in white mist all year round, and full of aura. There are many Taoist temples scattered in the mountain. He collects herbs and practices in the mountains, and lives a life free from the world.

In a canyon, an army of 30,000 people was marching northward. The leader was Ji Guangchen, the former governor of Ezhou. In fact, Ji Guangchen had always opposed reaching a road agreement with Li Ye. He knew Jiangxia City well and knew how to let the city It is easy to seize the city but difficult to capture it, but there is no way. Li Lin must ask him to retreat south, so he can only obey the order, abandon Jiangxia City, and lead the army to retreat south to Hongzhou.

However, Ji Guangchen still made some arrangements in Jiangxia City, hoping to play a role in retaking Jiangxia City for him.

Two days later, the 30,000-strong army passed through Tianyue Mountain, entered the boundary of Ezhou, and continued to accelerate toward Jiangxia County on the Yangtze River in the north. They could not carry baggage supplies and could only march with dry food. Baggage supplies were the task of Hun Weiming's army on the east route. , they commandeered thousands of cargo ships to transport grain, grass and various materials along the Yangtze River to Jiangxia.

At this time, Li Ye was in Hanyang County on the other side of the Yangtze River. He was standing on a ten-thousand-stone warship and squinting at the other side of the Yangtze River. The feeling of the ten-thousand-stone warship was completely different from that of the three-thousand-stone warship. There was a strong The feeling of being condescending is a slight exaggeration, but standing on the highest point of the Wanshi Tower Ship, with even the Hanyang City Wall under his feet, he did have the feeling of overlooking all living beings.

At this time, the navy general Yu Baosheng stepped forward and bowed to report: "Your Highness, the scouts have discovered that the enemy's material and fodder fleet is sailing on the Yangtze River east of Jiangxia County. There are probably more than a thousand cargo ships!"

Li Ye nodded, "Don't disturb them and continue investigating!"

"Follow the order!"

Navy general Yu Baosheng left in a hurry.

Military Advisor Li Bi smiled slightly and said, "Your Highness is ready to release this fleet?"

Li Ye nodded, "I asked them to attack Jiangxia. When their 60,000-strong army is lost, Li Lin can only give up Hongzhou and march eastward. We can bring Hongzhou into our power. There are so many copper and silver mines in Hongzhou." , it’s a rare treasure!”

Lei Wanchun has returned to Jiangxia County, and Li Ye has added another 6,000 troops to him, bringing the army in Jiangxia City to 12,000. There are sufficient defense supplies such as grain, grass, weapons, and even thousands of barrels of kerosene. .

What Lei Wanchun was most worried about was not foreign enemies, but internal thieves, because he himself used 500 troops to kill Kang Xianchu and capture Baling County.

So when Ji Guangchen retreated, would he have left hundreds of soldiers hidden in the city? The more I think about it, the more likely it is that Jiangxia City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so we must leave some backup.

The first thing Lei Wanchun did when he returned to Jiangxia was to ask for clues. He had previously implemented the instructions given to him by Li Ye and sneaked into the bottom to find the bottom. He sent a hundred soldiers to pretend to be vendors, waiters, porters, businessmen, etc., to Look for clues in pubs, brothels, docks and shops.

Lei Wanchun has been wandering around the world for more than ten years, robbing the rich, giving to the poor, and supporting the weak. He is the famous hero Thor in Hebei Road, and he has a very legendary past.

Because he had been hanging out at the bottom for many years, he had a very good understanding of the situation at the bottom. He even sent people to bribe prostitutes in brothels to get information for him.

And this time an important clue was obtained from a prostitute.

Lieutenant General Gan Yi reported to Lei Wanchunhui: "General Qi, Wang Baoer, a prostitute in Baihualou, provided us with a clue. Ten days ago, she had a customer who revealed to her that they had more than 300 brothers. We have something big to do, and this guest came again yesterday, but this time he was wearing a military uniform."

Lei Wanchun narrowed his eyes and said thoughtfully: "Is it a militia?"