After writing letters to Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Li Benlei, Mao Xi and others who were left behind in Beijing, Chen Pojun modified them several times under the lamp. After covering his seal with wax, he took a few more pieces of letter paper and wrote letters to generals such as Li Jing, Zhang Zhongjian, Lu Shishen, Yang Shanhui, Qu Tutong and others.

Today, the Hebei army forcibly captured Jinyong City, the capital of Wei occupied by the Jianghuai Army, and also began a new round of battle by Chen Kefu. He had already drawn 50,000 troops and was about to cross the Yellow River to the southeast of the river. As for Wang Xuanying of Yanshi, he had also issued an order to let Huangfu Wuyi encircle and suppress the Jianghuai Army. The grass was to cut off the roots, and the long sword had been raised. At this time, the most rational choice was to cut the grass and eliminate the roots...

Although it was a bit cruel, Chen Pojun never felt that this was too much. The loser was never worthy of sympathy. As long as he felt a little shaken, he would remember that Chen Shen was still a puppet of the Jiangnan tribes in Jiankang City at this time.

His letter to Li Jing had already stated that when Huangfu Wuyi wiped out the Jianghuai Army and the Wang family, Li Jing would immediately take over the Dongdu Army and then reorganize this old army of up to 100,000 people. After reorganizing with Li Jing's 20,000 Hebei Army, the 100,000 Dongdu Army would only leave 30,000 most elite and brave and innocent lower-class soldiers. All the original officers were dismissed. The remaining 70,000 soldiers would also be transferred to Liaodong in the name of adjustment of defense. In fact, when they arrived in Liaodong, they would immediately receive an order to change it to the land hoarding army. To put it bluntly, they would reclaim the land.

Although the Dongdu Army had surrendered to him, Chen Kefu never believed in the loyalty of this army. The 20,000 troops of Lu Shishen and Guo Xiaoke will continue to be ordered to search Li Mi, and will never give Li Mi a chance to make a comeback. However, Chen Kefu is currently very concerned about the two troops of Qu Tutong and Yang Shanhui in Jiangdu.

Although he had just rejected Feng Hua's tempting proposal to go south to Jiangnan, Feng Hua's one thing was right. Jiangnan is indeed empty at the moment. Chen Kefu has no idea of ​​crossing the Yangtze River to fight south of the Yangtze River. But taking this opportunity to launch a small wave of offensive against Jiangnan. It is also a good plan to try to seize several counties in Huainan.

Thinking of the snow that just passed, grain production in various parts of the north will be greatly reduced this year. If Huainan can take over the grain production area, it will be of great help to him.

To suppress the idea of ​​letting the Jiangdu defenders attack the Yangtze River, Chen Kefu tried to use calm words to write to Yang Shanhui who led his troops to Shouchun, "In view of the current situation, I firmly demand that General Yang should take the most active action on the Huaixi line. To this end, General Yang and his troops should take advantage of the great opportunity of the emptiness of Jiangnan, and send light cavalry teams and small battalions to attack the enemy's camps, command centers, granaries, supplies, warehouses and other important targets, and attack and rob enemy materials on the enemy's towns, counties and other weak defenses. Destroy the rear and make the enemy uneasy; and seize the four important towns along the Huaihe River as soon as possible."

"When necessary, the Navy's Yangtze River Fleet can be mobilized to support it, and the seven counties of Yiyang, Qichun, Huainan, Lujiang, Tong'an, Zhongli and Liyang, which are north of the Yangtze River, destroying the production of each county, plundering the food, food and property of each county, and finally driving the Southern Army to the south of the Yangtze River. Our army's ultimate goal is to occupy the counties of Huainan to the north of the Yangtze River."

Chen Kefu was actually very hesitant. At present, among the eight counties north of the Yangtze River and south of the Huai River, they had long occupied the most important Jiangdu County. There was a great opportunity at present. Chen Kefu believed that as long as he mobilized troops from Henan to go south, he would definitely be able to seize all the entire eight counties in Huainan within half a year. After seizing these eight counties, he would be able to drink the Yangtze River and push the defense line with Nanchen to the front line of the Yangtze River.

In that case, Nanchen could only retreat south of the Yangtze River, and he could also use the natural danger of the Yangtze River to stabilize the territory on the Huaihe River line and prevent the Southern Chen army from heading north at any time. However, in the face of this attractive plan, Chen Kefu had to face the current situation in Henan.

The Hebei Army had already smashed Li Mi and Wang Xuanying, the two Central Plains forces in the decisive battle in Luokou. However, the two forces have just disintegrated, but they are still in danger of reuniting. If Chen Kefu did not completely crush them to ashes before they gathered again, then his occupation in Henan would still be unstable.

"In view of the importance of Huainan, the king plans to form the troops of Huai Si into the Jianghuai Marshal's Office. It has 50,000 defenders in Jiangdu, 10,000 soldiers and horses in four counties of Pengcheng, Xiapi, Donghai, Qiao County, 20,000 naval fleets in the Yangtze River, 20,000 light cavalry in Yingchuan, and 20,000 light cavalry in Guo Xiaoke's office, totaling 100,000 soldiers and horses. The above troops will be ordered to be assigned to the command of the Jianghuai Marshal's Office when they arrive here. Qu Tutong is ordered to be the marshal, Yang Shanhui is the deputy marshal, Chen Ling is the marshal, and Lu Shisan is the chief of the marshal's office. From the date of the establishment of the Jianghuai Marshal's Office, all wars on the front line of the Huai River will be commanded by the Jianghuai Marshal's Office!"

After writing this order, Chen Kefu put down his pen and breathed a long sigh.

"Central Plains, I haven't fully grasped it yet." Chen Kefu murmured softly. He opened the curtain of the tent and stretched his body outside. Everything from far and near was immersed in the quiet dreamland, as if even the earth was sleeping, and the night breeze blew on his face.

The stars in the sky appear higher and the darkness becomes stronger.

He returned to the tent. The night was already deep, but he was not sleepy, and he felt uncomfortable as if he was stuttering something. When he first saw Wang Xuanying, his eyes left a deep impression on him. At that time, he could tell at a glance that Wang Xuanying was a person who kept a low profile and was hiding deeply. Although he had already given an order to wipe out the Jianghuai Army and kill Wang Xuanying. But at this moment, he was still a little worried. Wang Xuanying was not a simple person. He pressed step by step before, but he could still tolerate it. Even before the Jianghuai Army was exhausted by him, he did not reveal any flaws, and he had no reason to take action.

He calculated in his mind that Huangfu Wuyi had 100,000 troops, and he could wipe out the opponent against the 30,000 remaining soldiers of the Jianghuai Army. Even if the Dongdu Army could not defeat the Jianghuai Army, there were still 20,000 Hebei elites from Li Jing to guard it. This plan should not give Wang Xuan the chance to escape again.

In Chen Kefu's plan, the most urgent thing at present is to completely eliminate the remnants of Li Mi and Wang Xuanying's defeated soldiers and completely wipe out all forces in Henan that openly resisted him. In this way, he can take over the entire Henan counties, send local officials to each county, and establish a direct local rule.

At the same time, the 50,000 troops drawn from Henan crossed the Yellow River north and entered Hedong, and seized the counties in the southeast before Liu Wuzhou and others. In this way, with the three counties of Taiyuan, Shangdang and Yanmen controlled by the Hebei army, the Hebei army could have eight counties in Hedong, which would have a greater advantage than the seven counties of Hedong occupied by Liu Wuzhou and others. At that time, the remnants of the Li family in Hedong were integrated, and strive to defeat Liu Wuzhou and other troops as soon as possible and occupy all Hedong.

Next, there is another front in the north. After Dou Jiande headed south, the left-behind army in Beijing immediately headed south from Beijing, raided Dou Jiande's retreat and recovered his nest. Then, he drove Dou Jiande to the north bank of the Yellow River and wiped Dou Jiande out on the bank of the Yellow River with Yu Qinming, Luo Yi, Xue Dingguo and other armies on the south bank.

In addition to the two fronts of Hedong and Hebei, the Huainan army will also take advantage of the current opportunity of Nanchen attacking Jianghan and attacking Huainan with all its might, and strive to occupy the entire Huainan counties north of the Yangtze River before Nanchen returns to the army.

Of course, Chen Kefu thought that after defeating Dou Jiande, he could move the capital to Luoyang, the center of the world. At that time, he could also become an emperor and change to the dynasty. As long as he won the victory in the battlefields between the east and the south, he would basically have an absolute advantage. He could focus most of his energy on rear construction, and then use huge logistics resources to support more troops. Finally, he could use an army with sufficient advantages to completely defeat other forces and pacify the world in one fell swoop.

Of course, there must be a prerequisite. He is currently facing a third-line battle, and the situation on the front line of Jianghuai will not affect the Hebei army for the time being. Any accidents in Hedong and Hebei may break his plan. Chen Kefu also knew that sometimes doing well may not be able to be implemented. On the battlefield, anything can happen. However, he still prayed in his heart, hoping that such a thing would not happen.

In the past two years, the Hebei army has been continuously expanding its army, launching wars one after another, and its territory has continued to expand, and its population has continued to increase. It seems that the scenery is extremely glorious, but in fact, several prime ministers from Chen Kefu's ministerial province know that the Hebei court has reached a limit. It has expanded too fast, and the court's logistics and food cannot be rooted in it. Now the entire Chen Kefu's rear territory has long become a huge war machine, and the string has collapsed too tightly. According to the situation, the Hebei army, the Hebei court and local people have long needed the court to recuperate for a while.

The army is not iron-clad, and the people are not machines. With this snowfall this year, the Hebei court is about to face the biggest test.

It was already deep in the night, and the lonely wild wolf howls came from outside, with a desolate and long voice.

Today, a city guarded by 5,000 people was captured during the day (--The fastest update for the house

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) Chi, thinking that he would cross the river again tomorrow, Chen Kefu retracted his thoughts, yawned and opened the marching blanket. Suddenly, he stopped and heard rustling sounds and slight footsteps outside the tent.

Chen Kefu alertly pressed the Red Sword on his waist with his backhand, and the two imperial guards on duty outside the tent asked, "The Republic of the World!"


Chapter completed!