After seeing the person clearly, Huo Wu jumped up and ran up.

Not happy but surprised.

He pulled his son and looked up and down, and was completely relieved.

I've only been walking for a few days and I've come back? Are you being beaten back?

"Dad, my son is fine. It was the imperial court who ordered the Shandong army to return, and the siege of Bozhou has been lifted."

Seeing that his father's face turned pale, Huo Bao hurriedly explained.

Huo Wu held his son and refused to let go: "Okay, okay, it's fine! I was so scared that my father was so scared that he was afraid that you would come back after losing the battle!"

What you care about is not winning or losing, but because you are afraid that your baby son will make any mistakes.

I don’t know if it was because I went out of the distance, but Xiaobao seemed to be different.

When Shui Jin was in, General Yin followed him in and met everyone.

Huo Wu looked at Shuijin, General Yin, calculated the time: "Are you going back before you arrived in Bozhou?"

It takes more than 400 miles from Chuzhou to Bozhou, and it takes more than ten days to quickly march back and forth.

Huo Bao and the others have not been away for that long.

Shui Jin talked about the three of them being massacred from Jiashan County and said, "I listened to Jiashan County halfway and felt uneasy... so I turned back to Jiashan County and happened to meet Marshal Liu, Sanye and others..."

The officers and soldiers massacred the city, which made people angry, but then counterattacked them, which made people exclaim that they were happy.

After hearing about Marshal Liu losing his son and his son died, Huo Wu and Master Lin were all serious.

"Dingyuan County has also been lost?"

"Defend it! The person guarding the city there was Liu Biao, the nephew of Marshal Liu, who dared to fight to the death. He caught Xiaobao and took the people over and made great efforts. He helped Liu Biao very much and solved the danger in Dingyuan. However, the officers and soldiers used firearms to attack the city, and the gate of Dingyuan County collapsed and it was difficult to defend. Marshal Liu led his troops to Lingshui directly!"

Master Lin frowned.

Even Tang Guang and Du Laozi were heavy on his face.

Are you sleeping soundly on the side of the bed?

Even if the Hei Python Mountain is separated by the middle, Lingshui is a hundred miles away from Chuzhou City, Quyang and Binjiang River. It can be reached in one day.

Huo Wu remained calm, "Where is San'er, have you gone to Xuyi?"

Shuijin nodded and said, "The Third Master did not go to Lingshui, so he took eight thousand people to Xuyi."

Huo Wu sighed: "Master Liu is old."

Otherwise, even if Marshal Liu lost Bozhou City and Dingyuan County, he would still be there.

Stay behind Dingyuan County and then make every effort to attack Zhaoyi County.

Because Jiashan County was abolished due to the massacre of the city, Marshal Liu occupied the two counties and could still be ranked alongside Marshal Sun in Bozhou.

At that time, Marshal Sun wants to "recover" the two places and exchange offense and defense, which is not easy.

As a result, Marshal Liu was not willing to fight, but instead voluntarily abandoned Dingyuan County, preferring to leave Bozhou's nest and retreat to Lingshui.

"The third master of Tu is also planning Yangzhou!"

Master Lin touched his beard and said.

Marshal Liu is old, but Tu San is young and energetic.

When you arrive in Chuzhou, you will have your own territory.

Marshals from all walks of life in Henan Road burned incense and revolted, blocking the expansion of Henan Road. The rest could only continue to plan for Huainan Road.

Du Laoba angrily said, "No matter where they want to plan, Lingshui has not been kind to you anyway! If everything goes well, it would be fine. If we lose outside, they are afraid they are waiting to take advantage!"

After all, it’s just a soft pinch of persimmons.

This is because he feared Marshal Sun, but he did not take Huo Wu seriously.

Otherwise, the Bozhou army could reach three counties a hundred miles away, and the soldiers and horses of the three counties could also be surrounded by Lingshui in one day.

Tang Guang said: "It's just a good idea... If Master Tu San turned against us, they would occupy Lingshui and send troops easily; if Master Tu San didn't turn against us, he would be a relative of Master Wu, what would he be afraid of?"

"It's a good plan for the old man to die!"

Du Laoba was dissatisfied: "Fifth Brother, let me allow him to continue in Lingshui? Why should I give him a face?"

Huo Wu was not happy either.

Before, there were only three or four thousand Bozhou soldiers in Lingshui. For the sake of the three sides, they did not want to break up with Bozhou in an open manner, so they could tolerate them. Now, Marshal Liu led 10,000 generals to go south, and Bozhou soldiers were 13,400.

The main force of the Chuzhou Army was outside, and the four counties had less than 13,000 troops. If the Bozhou Army wanted to do something, it was really hard to defend against.

"That's not tolerated! When San'er takes Xuyi, we will give Marshal Liu a gift to Chuzhou!"

Huo Wu was not procrastinating and immediately made a decision.

"Even if it's cheap for them, those few thousand Lingshui white shirts are not good people!"

Thinking of Huo Shun's incident and the robbery of Lingshui Baishan in Quyang in the first half of the year, Huo Bao also said angrily.

Even if these people were honest farmers before, they ruined Lingshui County and plundered Quyang County, called "Buddha Soldiers", they were actually "teachers", and they were not to be cherished.

In August, Deng Jian led his troops to suppress bandits throughout Chuzhou, and the most people were killed in Lingshui.

It was not that he deliberately gave Lingshui Baishan a warning, but because Lingshui County was the most chaotic, bandits were rampant, and the people were in vain.

After Huo Wu said that his plan for Lingshui was not easy.

According to their previous plans, they conquered Hezhou to Luzhou, captured Chaohu naval army, rested and recruited 30,000 troops per place.

Use new recruits to replace the veterans guarding the city and practice well.

After next autumn, 80,000 troops and horses will attack Yangzhou together by water and land.

But if the three disciples occupy Chuzhou...

Huo Baodao: "Dad... Yangzhou city is full of wealthy families, with abundant food and grass. It is not easy to siege the city... Otherwise, don't attack Yangzhou, and go back to attack Jinling... The Jinling city wall is useless..."

It is also an ancient city, but Jinling is not the location of the garrison of the Jiangnan East Road.

The defenders of Jiangnan East Road are in Suzhou.

There are only 12,000 defenders in Jinling, 8,000 naval troops, and four thousand households outside the city, with a total of 24,000 people.

Compared with Yangzhou, which has 40,000 or 50,000 Huainan Road defenders, Jinling seems easy to fight.

Huo Wu's eyes lit up.

Mr. Lin frowned: "Jinling City is only 24,000, but the garrisons of several surrounding states totaled 50,000."

If you want to take down Jinling, you have to cut off the troops stationed around Jinling in turn.

Otherwise, if you take down Jinling, you will not be able to defend it.

He moved forward a moment: "If you fight Jinling, you have to fight Taiping first!"

The three counties of Taiping are across the river from several counties in Hezhou, and the distance is only about ten miles.

Only by winning Taiping and Hezhou's security will it be convenient to attack the surrounding states around Jinling by land.

Huo Wu became excited: "You still have to take down Chaohu Navy first!"

You can't use small boats to transport troops across the river.

Even if we finally fight Jinling, we have to find a way to stop the eight thousand navy troops.

That's it, but he also knew that he had only two cargo ships given by Xiao Jiu, and he also sent Xue Biao to Hangzhou.

How easy is it to fight the Chaohu Navy with the infantry?

It is necessary to take down Luzhou first and then think of other ways.

Master Lin raised his eyebrows: "Fifth Master, don't be impatient, I can say good news will soon be available in Luzhou in a few days!"

Huo Wu brought expectations and looked at Master Lin: "Sir, have you received the news from Luzhou?"

Master Lin said: "The commander of Chaohu Navy is in his seventies... and he is in trouble with the governor of Luzhou..."

Huo Wu was speechless.

It was because the Chuzhou army was invaded and several officials surrendered or fought, which led to the subsequent "internal strife".

If we really want to talk about it, Hezhou Commander and Hezhou Prefecture have their own positions and are both good officials.

There was still some silence in Luzhou, but the surrounding area was in chaos. The civil and military officials had another internal strife, which was really a suicide.

...

The Hezhou city gates were not open, but the shops in the city were as usual.

Even pedestrians are no less than before.

The people of Hezhou were very naive in their nature, and felt that since they surrendered to the Chuzhou army, they would be peaceful in the world.

I don't know what else, I'll talk about it when it happens.

On the contrary, the gentry, when it comes to their own interests, are all staring at the movements of the Chuzhou army.
To be continued...