A few days after the Dragon Boat Festival came, there was another good news from Taiping Mansion.

The Chuzhou Army captured Jiangzhou and Raozhou.

Jiangzhou is west of Xuanzhou, and Raozhou is south of Xuanzhou.

The two states are no longer close to Jinling.

As the head coach, Monk Feng led 30,000 troops to attack Jiangzhou, and arranged for 40,000 new troops to Xuanzhou to attack Raozhou.

The main general of the side of the side of the army was not Shi Jin, Huo Bao's most experienced confidant Hou Xiaoming, Jia Yuan, who had a personal relationship with Huo Wu, or Qiu Wei, who was independent of the army. Instead, after the assessment, he ordered Jia Yan.

Jia Yan has ordinary skills in his body, but he has a lot of things in his heart, and he is a marshal seedling.

As expected, Jia Yan did not disappoint Monk Feng's favor. After exploring the details of Raozhou, he made a correct judgment. He did not divide his troops to attack the county town and then attack the prefecture like the Chuzhou army attacked other prefectures. Instead, he first combined troops to capture the prefecture, and then divided troops to gather the county towns below.

Just when Monk Feng's troops took Jiangzhou, Jia Yan also brought 40,000 side troops to take Raozhou.

In addition to sending good news, Monk Feng also asked for instructions on the next move.

Just when the Chuzhou army fought south and north, the Qichun army was not idle, and went south to the west road of Jiangnan to conquer, and had already captured Yuezhou and Tanzhou.

Yuezhou and Tanzhou are on the west side of Hongzhou, and Jiangzhou and Raozhou are on the east side of Hongzhou.

Hongzhou is the capital of Jiangnan West Road, and there were 100,000 troops garrisoned before.

Last year, there were losses when fighting Wuchang Prefecture, and there were still 50,000 to 60,000.

From Hongzhou to Jinling, it was 1,100 miles away from the Qichun Army, and from Wuchang Prefecture, the current garrison of the Qichun Army.

Now both soldiers and horses on both sides know that each other is separated by a Hongzhou, and they are both on standby.

Both sides made sudden moves in the conquest, and they had never thought they would face each other so quickly.

Monk Feng sent back to ask for instructions. The next step was to fight against Hongzhou in the west, or Huzhou and Muzhou in the south of Xuanzhou.

If we attack Hongzhou, we must prevent the Qichun army from causing trouble and we need to transfer troops to the scene.

If you attack Huzhou and Muzhou in the east of Jiangnan, just surrounded Hangzhou, you can prepare for the next step of attacking Hangzhou.

The prosperous land of Hangzhou is no less than that of Jinling, and there is no reason to keep other forces cheap.

However, not only Hangzhou is bordered by Huzhou and Muzhou, but also by Wuzhou and Yuezhou. These two places are under the jurisdiction of Baishan, Taizhou.

The Taizhou Army is now standing in the four states, namely Taizhou, Wenzhou, Wuzhou, Yuezhou,

This time, we chose not only the next battle direction, but also the choice to confront the forces first.

Is it a Qichun white shirt?

Or a white shirt in Taizhou?

Huo Wu did not make a hasty idea, but instead invited Deng Jian, Ma Village Master, Du Laoba, Lin Master, Shui Jin and Huo Bao to discuss the matter.

"Two sides fight!"

Deng Jian was eager to try: "Boyang took people to Xuanzhou, and I took people to fight Huzhou and Muzhou!"

When Shui Jin heard this, he looked at Huo Wu with excitement, looking very moved.

The leader of the village frowned: "Is it too fast? Our Chuzhou army is enemies in all directions. If war starts on both sides, it will be more dangerous. We still need to guard against the other two forces."

Although the Bozhou Army and the Taizhou Army are not as good as the Chuzhou Army, if they take advantage of the situation, they still don’t know what will happen.

Master Lin also shook his head: "It is not advisable to fight on both sides... It is better to fight Huzhou and Muzhou, Huzhou is next to Changzhou and Suzhou, and Muzhou is next to Xuanzhou. It can be divided into two groups to surround Hangzhou and then take Mingzhou... Taizhou Baishan only has four prefectures, so it can be taken down in one go... On the contrary, Qichun now occupies more than 20 prefectures and is far from Jinling. The Chuzhou army is tired from the expedition, and there are too many variables!"

Huo Bao also said: "What the sir said is that it is not advisable to make enemies from all sides now."

The Qichun Army conquered three directions last year, directly occupied more than a dozen prefectures. Later, it was defeated in Hangzhou Prefecture and lost several surrounding prefectures, including Muzhou and Quzhou on the Hangzhou Prefecture.

At that time, there were more than 100,000 soldiers from Qichun Army and warned from three sides. Not only was the "Eastern Expedition" army in Hangzhou Prefecture defeated, but the old nest was almost destroyed because there were not many soldiers guarding the nest.

The Qichun Army formed an army one step later than the Chuzhou Army, but the steps in the conquest were ahead of the Chuzhou Army, so we should learn from it.

Huo Wu listened to everyone's opinions.

He is not a silly person at first, so he knows the reason why a tree attracts wind.

What Chuzhou Army needs to worry about is not the imperial army suppressing bandits, but the other four white-shirted troops.

At present, the main forces of the Bozhou Army and the Taizhou Army are both in the north and are competing for the prefectures of Henan Road.

The Qichun Army's territory is larger than the Chuzhou Army's territory, but the population there is not as good as the prosperity of Jiangnan. In fact, the forces of both sides are equally matched.

If you really want to compete right now, even if you win in the end, it will be a situation where both sides suffer losses.

On the contrary, the Taizhou Baishan side is too close to the Chuzhou Army territory.

How can you allow others to snore on the side of the bed?

The two sides are not at the same level at all now, and they can easily take down the four states occupied by the white shirt in Taizhou.

Deng Jian frowned when he saw Huo Wu pondering: "Then I will give Hongzhou in vain? Even if we don't attack Hongzhou, we can't let the Qichun army occupy Hongzhou!"

Hongzhou is a capital. Although it is not as prosperous as Jinling and Yangzhou, it is not comparable to ordinary prefectures.

Two, 300,000 people and tens of thousands of old soldiers are not necessary to take advantage of the Qichun Army.

Shui Jin echoed repeatedly: "Yes, we can't lose our momentum! If we don't fight in Hongzhou, we can't let the Qichun army fight! We will always fight in the future, so let's keep Hongzhou."

When the water entered the spring, he led his troops to prepare for the war in Luzhou, and then took down Shuzhou and Shouzhou next to Luzhou.

I didn't feel it when I was in the Chuzhou Army's territory before. After I left the Chuzhou Army's territory, I heard that I was full of Qichun's white shirt.

It seems that in the eyes of the people, the most orthodox White-Shirt Army was the Bozhou White-Shirt Army, because there was the power of the little leader there; but the most powerful White-Shirt Army was the Qichun White-Shirt Army, because Shoutian Wan in Qichun not only proclaimed himself emperor, but also faced the imperial army several times, and won more than lost.

Shui Jin has long been dissatisfied.

Is it awesome to be the emperor?

The little leader of Bozhou is also called emperor, isn’t it like a joke?

Hongzhou is not close to Jinling, and it takes half a month to arrive in a marching rush, but Hongzhou is not close to Wuchang Prefecture.

The Qichun Army's advantage in territorial gains was only relative.

Master Lin stroked his beard and said, "In addition to Hongzhou, there are Ezhou in the north of Hongzhou and Fuzhou in the south of Hongzhou under the rule of the court... The fifth master can write a letter to Shoutian Wan, saying that these three states are bounded..."

The Chuzhou Army was unwilling to confront the Qichun Army, and the Qichun Army was unwilling to confront the Chuzhou Army.

Emperor Shou Tianwan of Qichun was a very tolerant person. His previous layout in Luzhou was disturbed by the Chuzhou army. Not only did he not plan to defeat Chaohu Navy, but he also lost the Anqing Navy's ship and soldiers.

Even his nephew was captured by the Chuzhou Army.

Later, the Qichun Army sent people to Jinling and redeemed their nephews with money, but did not start the war easily.

Even after the expansion for more than half a year, the Qichun army did not move its claws towards Huainan, and more troops were placed in the south and west.

I think Shou Tianwan can understand that the most concerned force is not the court, but the Chuzhou army that is also rising.

When the Daning Dynasty is defeated, the only two forces will be fighting for the world in the end.

"It's great to keep these three states as the boundary!"

The more the boss of Ma village thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was good.

If you don’t be a leader, you don’t know how expensive it is.

The siege is difficult to fight, and even worse is the post-war repair.

Suzhou City is a siege battle. With cannons, victory is easy, but every shot is worth a lot.

What is even more distressing is that the collapsed city walls and gates will be rebuilt brick by brick afterwards.

When I attacked Yangzhou before, I was also a siege, and I lost once.

Hongzhou, Ezhou and Fuzhou have made preparations for the two forces. At that time, the firepower will be concentrated in these three states, so that there will be less damage and loss.

Even if these three prefectures become fans in the war between the two sides, it is much better than if one prefecture and one prefecture were severely damaged.
Chapter completed!