Lu Yao was waiting for Shen Jin.
Unfortunately, Chen Jin did not cross the river and talked to Lu Yao in the end. Perhaps this person did not understand the profound meaning of Lu Yao's behavior, and it is unknown. Lu Yao couldn't help but relax a little. This proves that Chen Jin is still the rough and fierce soldier Lu Yao is familiar with. He acts purely based on his own likes and dislikes, and will not cause any unexpected consequences.
Lu Yao was also waiting for the horse explorers who had traveled south in advance to send back their subsequent information.
He attached much importance to intelligence reconnaissance than everyone in his contemporaries. As early as the beginning of his intention to go south, he appointed a number of elite troops to pretend to be caravans and other identities to lurk south. He easily captured Baimajin, and these lurking personnel played a crucial role. The problem is that in the past few months, the Central Plains region has been in chaos and wars. Almost all the original trade routes have been destroyed. Most of the forts and cities where the intelligence personnel settled in were involved in the war. Therefore, many intelligence personnel have lost contact with their superiors and subordinates, which has caused the Youzhou army to cross the river for half a day, but they have not been able to understand the specific response strategies of the enemy in front of them in time.
Lu Yao could only do his best to be careful. Not only did he send elite troops to seize Wating as a cover, but he also scattered dozens of rafts and released them a hundred miles away overnight. Finally, he sent a capable man to cross the river to inform the garrisons along the river bank to find their own ways to inquire about the movements of the thieves on the opposite side.
It was already late at night when all these were arranged. The soldiers patrolling the nightclub were ringing the third round of drums, and most of the soldiers fell asleep. The thick clouds shrouded in the sky during the day completely dissipated, and the clear moonlight fell. Under the moonlight, the surging river seemed to have become much more gentle, the sound of the rolling waves was dull and regular, the slight sound of insects near the tent, and the occasional neighing of war horses in the distance was very clear.
It seemed like it would be a safe night. Lu Yao rubbed his sore eyes hard and smiled at the attendants, "You all go back and rest!"
But before he finished speaking, a sudden sound of horse hooves suddenly came.
After crossing the ancient city of Baima, someone seemed to have asked something on the farthest post and then let it go. So one man and one rider showed their bodies from the dark night and went straight to the base camp of the Jin army. Then the knights who were patrolling the night at home followed from both wings and raised the pine and torches to illuminate it.
The atmosphere of the entourage guards becoming nervous immediately. They adjusted their standing position in vain and hid Lu Yao in Gaixin. Lu Yao looked at them with some amusement, raised his hands under the moonlight, and signaled to the people: "It's okay, it's your own people, brothers from Juancheng."
Lu Yao recognized that the knight was a leader in Funiu Village. Previously, Lu Yao sent Hu Liuniang to lead the capable personnel from Funiu Village to the south to form an intelligence system. Because this person had some old relationships in the Central Plains, he was sent to Juancheng: on the one hand, he monitored the movements of all parties in the Central Plains, and on the other hand, he also maintained the caravan's connection. As for the later Donghai King gathered the defeated troops here, this was not the most important source of intelligence played a major role... This was an unexpected surprise.
Although Lu Yao nominally belongs to the camp of King Donghai, the top-down civil and military officials all understand that the Pingbei Military Mansion of Youzhou is unique and will not live by others. After the army heads south, it is probably necessary to engage in various checks and balances or confrontations with the King Donghai power. Zhu Sheng participated in the secrets and paid special attention to this aspect. Therefore, after clarifying that the King Donghai army entered Juancheng, he sent two additional groups of people to strengthen monitoring of this direction, in order to pave the way for the next step of action. However, the last two groups of personnel were still short of their time and had not officially carried out intelligence reconnaissance work. Knowing that when the Youzhou army headed south, they were only generals, so the ones who took the lead in Juancheng were still several in Funiu Village.
When he was anxious to find out the enemy's movements in time, his important secret spies arrived, which was a good thing. The problem was that now all the powerful people from the Central Plains were eyeing each other and there would be a big battle. It was the time to take action, but the original intelligence system suffered huge losses. The secret spies of this level should never be exposed easily. Why did he come so anxiously? Lu Yao suddenly became suspicious: Could it be that there was something unusual about the East Sea King?
Lu Yaoqing couldn't help but get up, walked forward eagerly in the direction of the visitor, and then reminded himself not to be impatient.
When the person who came came jumped off his horse, Lu Yao took a deep breath and said calmly: "Thank you for a long journey here! Do you need to take some food and take a break?"
"No need to work hard! No need to stop!" The visitor showed a look of emotion, waved his hands repeatedly, then fell to the ground, and said hurriedly: "Lord, there is a change in Juancheng!"
Lu Yao's tired face suddenly dissipated. He narrowed his eyes slightly, and his eyes became more and more shiny, as sharp as a knife: "What's going on, tell me!"
"The troops of Liu Ling, a giant gang leader in the Central Plains, crossed the Daze a few days ago and captured Fan County. The King of Donghai led his army to fight several times, suffered heavy losses, and the general Wang Jing was killed. The bandit army headed north to Dong'a, Dong and Dongpinglu, and approached Qinting westward... In this way, the bandit army had completely cut off the connection between King of Donghai and Qingzhou Governor Gou Xi, and could surround the river at any time and completely besieged Juancheng. Yesterday, rumors broke out in Juancheng, and the garrison was shocked several times a day, and the shogunate could not stop it, resulting in thousands of officers and soldiers abandoning the city and fleeing."
Is Juancheng so dangerous? Lu Yao was moved.
He strode back to the central army tent, suddenly lifted the curtain, revealing the huge military map placed behind the seat.
Daze?Fan County?Donga?Dongping?Qin Ting?Lu Yao stretched out his fingers to point out these place names. In his mind, there seemed to be an invisible line connecting these place names one by one, and finally formed a huge arc, from south to east and then to north, and finally tightly surrounding Juancheng, forming a semi-encirclement situation.
"How many troops are there in Liu Ling's troops?"
"There are many rumors in the city, and its actual strength is difficult to estimate. However, the one who led Wang Jing to fight was 30,000 elite troops in the King of East China Sea. If you can destroy 30,000 elite troops in one battle, there will be a large number of bandit troops."
Lu Yao nodded, and he secretly said to himself: It won’t be in the minority, but it won’t be too many. After all, Liu Ling’s power is second to Wang Mi and Shi Le, and he does not act as the main force among the bandits. What’s more, the lakes and forests in the Daze area are densely packed, and it is difficult to move cars, horses and supplies.”
He asked again: "What is the urban defense arrangement in Juancheng?"
"After several months of rectification and operation of Donghai King, Juancheng, the city is high and the pool is deep, and there is sufficient food reserve. Outside the city, there are two large camps in the north and south echoing each other, and they are not afraid of the attack of the thieves. But... it was just that Wang Jing's defeat this time caused a great decline in the morale of the soldiers. I am afraid... I am afraid that I will not be able to fight a tough battle."
Lu Yao nodded slightly and continued to ask: "When you came, did you take that route? Puyang? or Lihu?"
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Chapter completed!