After thinking for a long time, Wei Hong couldn't figure it out. After all, Kaifeng City was a bridgehead for the cavalry of the Yuan Dynasty, and a large amount of weapons and supplies were hoarded here.

Therefore, this place is considered a fatal point for the people of the Yuan Dynasty. Once there is a loss, the Yuan Dynasty will undoubtedly be defeated.

But it was too strange that He Yuansheng and Li Zongting didn't see such a fatal point.

"Your Majesty, is there any fraud here?"

Wei Hong still couldn't believe this because Kaifeng's goal is more obvious.

"How to make a fraud? Will Liu Wenqing and Liu Dean help the Chaozhou and open the seal!"

The current situation is very clear, so Ye Hezhen doesn't think the situation will change.

"I have to be careful!"

There was no confidence in his words, because in this case, whether it was Liu Wenqing or Liu De'an, he did not dare to use troops to the Yuan Dynasty.

More importantly, the cavalry pursuing Li Chengsi has now been freed up, and these people can return to Kaifeng in time.

With the strength of Liu Wenqing and Liu Dean, even if they really attack Kaifeng, they would not be able to capture the city under the guard of more than 10,000 cavalrymen.

What's more, the spies from the Yuan Dynasty kept staring at the soldiers in Shandong and Henan. They knew that there was no movement between them and kept sitting and watching the battle to set the tripod.

"With Namuhan here, what can I do if the two of them are fucked by the fuck?"

These words left Wei Hong speechless. After all, the current situation is obvious, and the forces of both sides are already on the table.

After a while of silence, Wei Hong suddenly thought of something and set his sight on Yangzhou.

"Your Majesty, our fatal hole is Kaifeng, but the Dagan Dynasty also has a fatal hole!"

After saying that, he pointed at Yangzhou on the map with his hand, his face a little excited.

"Yangzhou!"

Ye Hezhen said softly, a bit of solemn look leaking from her face.

Yangzhou is He Yuansheng's economic lifeline, and there are 100,000 taels of silver every month. This is also the capital of the military and the war. Ye Hezhen will naturally not ignore it.

"As long as we occupy Yangzhou and destroy Ganchao's salt industry, He Yuansheng will have no way to conquer it."

Ye He really agreed with this statement and couldn't help but nod.

Then he thought of something and said, "I said why did Li Zongting keep retreating south? It turned out that he was to keep us away from Yangzhou."

Yangzhou is very close to Nanjing and north of the Yangtze River, with no natural dangers. If it were Yuan Dynasty cavalry, it would be very dangerous to attack this place.

Therefore, He Yuansheng formulated a western-facing route, with the purpose of keeping the Yuan Dynasty's troops away from Yangzhou.

This is also the reason that the plan to lure the enemy into depth is not so perfect, allowing Ye Hezhen to detect the abnormality in advance.

"So that's how it is!"

After all the unknowns were explained, Wei Hong also felt a sudden realization.

I realized the importance of Yangzhou, so I would not ignore it. Soon, more than 10,000 Yuan Dynasty cavalry, under the command of Ye Hezhen's personal soldiers, headed Columbia all the way eastward and headed towards Yangzhou...

More than 10,000 cavalry went east with such a large mobilization, and Ganchao, who was outside Lu'an City, noticed the problem immediately and reported the news immediately.

Today, the Northern Expedition Army has set up three camps in three directions, southeast, west and west of Lu'an City.

The three camps are connected from beginning to end, forming a semicircular shape, vaguely surrounding Lu'an City.

Since the strategic purpose of this time was to eliminate the vitality of the Yuan Dynasty, Li Zongting did not rush to launch an attack, but instead built engineering equipment without any haste.

"From the way east, where are you going?"

After receiving the report from Tan Ma, Li Zongting's expression became solemn, and he kept looking for targets that might be attacked on the map.

"Are you going to Nanjing?"

After a while, I whispered to myself, but my tone was not so confident.

"Li Shuai, Xuchang's defender, is less than ten miles away from the camp!"

Just as Li Zongting was thinking, a personal soldier came in to report the situation.

"Finally come!"

Li Zongting said with relief, and his heart was a little more at ease.

Today, the Northern Expedition Army, together with the Bozhou defenders, has more than 200,000.

But with so many people, the direct power is insufficient. Li Zongting is really worried that when he launches an attack, he will not be able to suppress the situation.

After all, whether it is Zhou Quan or Gao Xianliang, they all have their own little thoughts, and they may not be able to work hard at critical moments.

Cao Wenkai is a general anyway. Although he performed well, Li Zongting had to worry about his use.

So the current situation is a bit worrying. The only ones who can absolutely trust are the 30,000 soldiers of the celestial camp under his command, as well as the Bozhou defenders led by Li Zhaohui.

As for the cavalry under Han Yong, although it was reliable, the cavalry could not be used for siege. Li Zongting planned to let him bypass Lu'an and attack the logistics supply of the Yuan Dynasty, so his troops were naturally insufficient.

"After the Xuchang defenders arrived, they would just go to the camp to rest..."

After making some arrangements, he ordered: "President Cao, come to me."

Although Xu Heng's arrival made Li Zongting completely relieved, it could not solve the current problem. He still did not expect where more than ten thousand Yuan Dynasty cavalry would go, so he had to discuss it with Cao Wenkai.

"promise!"

The personal soldiers responded and then turned around and left.

Half an hour later, Cao Wenkai came to the central army tent.

"Ship Li!"

"I just received the news that more than 10,000 cavalry left Lu'an and headed eastward. I wonder what General Cao thinks."

Li Zongting did not talk nonsense, but simply made it clear and went straight to the topic.

“Let’s go east!”

Cao Wenkai came to the front of the map and then slowly spoke: "Do you want to go to Nanjing?"

"At first, I also felt that the Yuan Dynasty people might go to attack Nanjing.

But Nanjing has a natural danger in the Yangtze River and 20,000 soldiers from the Qinghai camp, which is definitely not something that more than 10,000 cavalrymen can deal with."

After hearing Li Zongting's words, Cao Wenkai nodded because he also realized that he could not threaten Nanjing with more than 10,000 cavalry only.

"In addition to attacking Nanjing and disrupting our rear, what else is there to the north of the Yangtze River that is worth sending more than 10,000 cavalry from the Yuan Dynasty?"

More than 10,000 cavalry are forces that cannot be ignored, and can even affect the entire battle situation at critical moments.

So Cao Wenkai knew that the place where the Yuan Dynasty was rushing was absolutely important.

But for a moment, he could not imagine that there was a place so important that it was worth the Yuan Dynasty sent more than 10,000 people at this time.

After all, the situation in Lu'an was not good, and the troops of the Yuan Dynasty were obviously insufficient.

Seeing that Cao Wenkai couldn't figure it out, Li Zongting frowned again, thought for a while, and said to himself: "Do you want to mobilize us?"

The purpose of retreating south was to lure the Yuan Dynasty into division of troops, so Li Zongting speculated whether the other party would return the other person to the other person's way.

"It shouldn't be!"

Then the topic changed: "For the sake of the overall situation, there are not many places north of the Yangtze River that cannot be given up. Ye He really would not have thought of this."

The current situation can be said to be clear at a glance. Gan Chao is to lure the enemy into depth and intend to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Yuan Dynasty.

Therefore, the Yuan Dynasty divided its troops and lured it, and it had no effect unless it found a place where the Northern Expedition Army could not be given up.

"A place that cannot be given up!"

Cao Wenkai's words woke Li Zongting up and immediately looked at several important towns in Jiangbei.

"Is it Lianghuai Salt Field!"

After speaking, he pointed to Yangzhou City on the map with his hand.

"Very likely!"

Cao Wenkai agreed, because Yangzhou is the lifeblood of the economy and the foundation for the army to survive.

If this place was occupied by the Yuan Dynasty, there would be no way to see anything in a short period of time.

But if the war is stalemate, Gan Chao will definitely not be able to support it and finally he has no choice but to withdraw his troops.

"It seems that Ye He has really made up his mind to fight us in Lu'an City."

A smile appeared on Li Zongting's face and his expression was very relaxed.

You know, he has always been worried that the Yuan Dynasty would shrink back. After all, the Gan Dynasty's troops had a huge advantage. If they really wanted to fight, the Yuan Dynasty would definitely lose more and win less.

But Ye Hezhen actually stayed in Lu'an and did not move, which surprised Li Zongting. At the same time, he was still thinking whether the other party had any conspiracy.

This is also one of the reasons why the Northern Expedition Army did not attack the city immediately. It was because they were afraid that the Yuan Dynasty's troops would turn around and run away when they saw that the situation was not good.

"In this battle, we have the advantage, but how should Yangzhou deal with it?"

Cao Wenkai's tone was a little worried, because Lianghuai Salt Field was really occupied by the Yuan Dynasty and could not win quickly, it would be troublesome.

"Don't worry, the Shangqiu defenders led by Cheng Si have entered the Yangtze River and can rush directly to Yangzhou!"
To be continued...