After Zhuge Dan pushed the military fortifications to Ruxukou, in the past few years, Wu State had at least drawn its sword on Huainan twice!
When Guanqiu Jian rebelled, the victory was decided in a decisive battle, and the victory was settled very quickly. The Wu army did not have time to attack from the north and the south. Last year, Qin Liang fought in Hanzhong for several months, but the season was not right, so the Wu army gathered at Ruxushui. After all, a large number of troops and horses did not march northward in large numbers.
However, the Wu army easily threatened Huainan both times, causing tension among the government and the public when Wei had no time to look eastward.
This year we finally took action! In addition to the suitable water level, we may still feel that there are internal problems in the Wei State after Wang Ling's death.
This was the meeting gift given by King Wu of the Wei Dynasty to Qin Liang after he became the general! Thinking back to the Battle of Dongguan, the Wu people killed so many soldiers of the Wei army, and the pension alone almost emptied the national treasury. Qin Liang My heart was even more furious.
Qin Liang took a breath for the time being and read Wang Feixiao's letter carefully.
Lao Jing next to him said: "This time the water thieves came with a particularly strong force. Not only did they go to the Ruxushui River to invade the north, they also directly mobilized heavy troops from Jianye. The total strength of the two armies is probably hundreds of thousands!"
Soochow's population and strength are still much stronger than those of Shu. One battle can mobilize hundreds of thousands of people. If Jiang Wei had this strength back then, the situation on the Western Front would have been much more difficult; at least during the Battle of Hanzhong, Qin Liang was unable to use superior force to deter Jiang Wei throughout the whole process, forcing Jiang Wei not to fight.
At this time, the two of them were in the back room of the west hall. The sound of silk and bamboo music and the noise of people in the east hall could still be heard, but through the two walls, the sound was already quieter.
Lao Jing's voice said: "The King Governor had already prepared. He had stationed troops at Ruxushuikou (Juchao) to confront Zhuge Ke and prevent water thieves from entering Chao Lake. However, after discovering the thieves coming from Jianye, they took advantage of the boat to flood the lake. When the storm came, Governor Wang had no choice but to abandon Juchao and shrink his troops to Xiaoyaojin."
In the last battle of Dongguan, the person who oversaw the army was Wang Feixiao. After the defeat, the person who made excuses for Wang Feixiao, I remember, was Lao Jing, saying that it was because of Wang Feixiao's proper deployment that he avoided the annihilation of the entire army.
At this time, Lao Jing was looking for reasons for Wang Feixiao again, but this time, Qin Liang felt that the reasons were reasonable.
Tu Shui is located in the northeast of Chaohu Lake. Its upper reaches are about thirty miles north of Xiaoyaojin (the ruins of the old city of Hefei), and its downstream leads to the Yangtze River directly to Jianye. If the main force of Wang Fei's troops continues to be in Juchao, Wu Jun will pass through Tu Shui. It can directly threaten the Wei army's back and depth.
The key is that this time Wu State has spent a lot of money, and its military strength is much larger than before! The overall strength of Wei State is certainly greater than that of Wu State, but it is scattered in all directions. It is difficult to mobilize so many soldiers and horses in the Huainan area; If you are threatened deeply, you may be outflanked and your food supply will be cut off!
Qin Liang unfolded the roll of paper he brought into the house and pondered the map for a while.
Although the map is simple, Qin Liang had personally visited the area north of Chaohu before and had a meal with Sun Li in Hefei Xincheng.
Lao Jing was silent for a while, then added: "The water thieves are coming to Hefei New City."
Qin Liang responded without raising his head.
Let’s not talk about the actual role of that city, how big it is, but it has been fought for too many times and its reputation is too great! Maybe it is not only a problem for Sun Quan, but also has a great influence in Wei and even the world.
At this time, Qin Liang suddenly spoke and said lightly: "Then I will issue a military order and order the Royal Governor to abandon the defense of Hefei New City."
Lao Jing suddenly froze on the spot, kneeling next to him and sitting motionless, as if he thought he heard wrongly!
After a while, Lao Jing came back to his senses and said: "This... the general really wants to issue such a military order?"
In such an occasion, Qin Liang's attitude is quite serious, how can he just make a cold joke?
He nodded and said: "You will personally go to Huainan to deliver the military order, so that I can give a few words to my second uncle. How to fight the battle and whether to defend it or not is still decided by my second uncle on the ground. But there is no need to stick to one city and one city.
The gains and losses of the land, if defending Hefei New City is not conducive to the overall situation, the second uncle can take out the military orders from the General's Office."
Lao Jing suddenly woke up and finally realized that Qin Liang was serious. He turned around and observed Qin Liang, as if he was looking for any signs, but he still looked a little unbelievable; maybe he felt that Qin Liang's decision on the important matter on the spot was a bit hasty!
Until Qin Liang picked up the brush and started writing military orders in his own hand, Lao Jing still stretched his neck to look at it to see if Qin Liang really wanted to write such content.
In fact, Qin Liang is not hasty. The speed of his decision-making has always had nothing to do with the size of the matter, but only with whether there is room for debate.
In his opinion, there is little room for hesitation in this matter, so doing this is the best choice! In this case, why bother to linger for so long? It will only increase the mental exhaustion and make it difficult for himself.
Compared with the effective strength of the Wei army, the value of Hefei New City in Qin Liang's eyes is just that. Moreover, Hefei City is a small city and can accommodate limited troops. Wu Jun imitated a large catapult. Once the battle line is pushed to Hefei New City, the Wei army must defend it.
The city is also more difficult. If the city is captured by force, the defenders will have to finish it off!
Rather than being restricted in the scope of movement because of a city, and having to fight positional battles with the Wu army's superior strength on the Shishui River, it is better to be more strategically flexible. Qin Liang wants to solve Wang Feixiao's worries! By now, this is Qin Liang
The only thing that can be done for the defense of Huainan.
Qin Liang wrote the military order and handed it to Lao Jing.
Lao Jing bent down respectfully, carefully took the wet paper with both hands, and said, "Please read it."
"Yeah." Qin Liang made a calm voice and looked down at the map again. He only noticed Lao Jing's small movements from the corner of his eye. When he saw Lao Jing reading the military order, he looked up at Qin Liang again.
Judging from the picture, although Wang Feixiao retreated to Xiaoyaojin and Hefei New Town, the situation facing outflanking has not changed, but the scope has expanded.
Wu's army could still threaten Feishui's grain road from the direction of Tushui and outflank Wei's flank.
(The river flowing into Chaohu from the north of Xiaoyaojin is Shishui; the river flowing from the west of Hefei New City along the east bank of Shaipi to the Huaihe River is Feishui.)
The strength of the Wu army is not only twice that of the Wei army, but if the whole team works together properly, Qin Liang believes that Wang Feixiao cannot defend Hefei New City at all! Although the Wu army has never been able to exert its full combat power in attacking, Qin Liang cannot completely hope that the enemy will cause problems on its own.
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As for the impact on public opinion in the government and the public if Hefei is lost, Qin Liang is too lazy to care. Anyway, in a few months, he will counterattack the Wu army and get everything back! If he doesn't fight back this year, Qin Liang can't bear this kind of frustration.
A humiliating situation.
Qin Liang then took off the seal ribbon from his waist, dipped it in seal paint, and put a clear red seal directly on the military order, "You then go to Uncle Chang Shi Yang and ask him to sign with the seal to show that the military order has passed the government. Verify.”
Lao Jing said: "I have received the general's order."
He put away his military orders, knelt down at the banquet, nodded, leaned over and said, "I admire you so much!"
Qin Liang put the brush on the inkstone and said politely: "After attending the banquet, you can set off again."
Lao Jing stood up in response, took a few steps away, then turned and left the back room.
Qin Liang immediately stood up from behind the cases, walked around and thought for a while, and was ready to leave.
At this moment, Mrs. Wang appeared at the door of the back room. When she saw Qin Liang, a hint of joy flashed in her eyes, and she entered the room and said, "I saw Zhong Ming coming into the side hall earlier, so Zhong Ming is here."
Qin Liang smiled and said: "If there is any neglect, grandma, don't worry about it."
Mrs. Wang had already walked up to her, her face was a little red, and her deep eyes were very bright. She suppressed some uncontrollable emotions and said in a trembling voice: " Zhong Ming is not negligent, he is just too bad. Why do you say that? I suddenly want to hug Zhong Ming again. I know this is wrong, but I really want to die in Zhong Ming's arms!"
Qin Liang immediately gave Wang a hug. But she suddenly hugged Qin Liang tightly, put her mouth and nose into his neck, and whispered in a strange voice: "I have never been so warm-hearted in all these years. .”
For a moment, Qin Liang also felt that his emotions were very impulsive. Although Wang's age was a little older, her waist and hip curves were more prominent. When a woman reaches the age of thirty or forty, she can still be as curvy and curvy as Princess Wang's Jinxiang. In fact, it is very Rare, much rarer than beautiful young women.
Mrs. Wang hugged her so tightly that Qin Liang couldn't push her away. He glanced at the door, fearing that someone would suddenly come in, so he said in a deep voice: "Go to the pepper room inside first."
Mrs. Wang then let him go, and the two of them walked through the side passage together and entered the pepper room.
The pepper room is a place to keep warm in winter. It is built inside the room. The inner wall is covered with pepper and mud. Wei people believe that this can keep warm. But Qin Liang thinks it is useless. The effect of keeping warm may just be because it is a house within a house. It's because of the heat insulation; but the peppercorns stuck on the wall exude a special fragrance.
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Seeing Wang's passionate eyes, with no sign of relief, Qin Liang also wanted to help her resolve her knot. But the banquet was not going to take long, and we couldn't stay here for too long. It was also very complicated to pack the clothes of the ancients. Qin Liang Liang suddenly remembered that he had met Queen Mother Guo outside the palace for the first time and the imperial doctor had diagnosed her pulse. Then he was also very quick and immediately had an idea. So without further ado, he first found a ball of fabric and handed it to the king. In order to smoothly untie the knot in her heart like an imperial doctor diagnosing her pulse. After a while, Wang's heart knot was finally untied, but Qin Liang's heart knot had not yet been untied. Unexpectedly, voices came from outside!
"Just now, Lao Jing, a subordinate of the Chariot and Cavalry General's Mansion, said that he had seen the general here, but why didn't he see anyone?" The person who spoke was Xin Chang, a military adviser.
Another strange woman's voice said: "The pen on the inkstone is still wet."
Qin Liang and Wang were motionless, and Wang was even more afraid to express her anger. She leaned over and stood there, turned around, and looked at Qin Liang nervously.