Chapter 159: Surprise Attack on Yingzhou, One Step Ahead

Chen Huaian made a prompt decision and decided to bypass Mozhou and attack Yingzhou directly.

He ordered: "Messenger, pass on the king's military order and summon all generals to the central army tent for discussion!"

"I have received your order!"

Soon, a group of generals led by Chang Yuchun, deputy marshal of Longcheng Army, hurried from their respective tents to the tent of King Jin for discussion.

The brave general Pang Xianchu thought that His Royal Highness King Jin was going to attack Mozhou City again, and took the lead in reporting his survey outside Mozhou City to King Jin Chen Huaian:

"Your Highness, I have been surveying outside Mozhou City these days and found several places suitable for digging tunnels to break the city. If Your Highness does not mind, I am willing to lead my troops to dig tunnels and assist the army in breaking the city!"

As soon as Pang Xianchu took the lead, the other generals were not willing to lag behind and offered suggestions to His Royal Highness King Jin:

"Your Highness, I think that the walls of Mozhou City are high and easy to break through. It is difficult to defend, but if we divert water to attack, the enemy in Mozhou will be killed without a burial place;"

"I have already inquired about it. In previous years, around the Dragon Boat Festival, there was abundant rain in Yingzhou and Mozhou, and there were floods and waterlogging disasters;"

"At this time, if our army can take the lead in building a dam on the Qinglong River upstream of Mozhou, and store water when it rains on the Dragon Boat Festival, and then divert water to attack, it will definitely be effective!"

"Your Highness..."

For a while, the Longcheng generals in the central army tent talked about their strategies to defeat the enemy.

It is obvious that the scene of the enemy's main general Wu Sanjia taking the initiative to lead his troops out of the city to fight a few days ago, provoking the prestige of His Highness the King of Jin and the honor of the Longcheng army, has completely angered all the Longcheng generals.

Whether it was the original Hu Ben Army faction that advocated siege but not attack, or the Po Lu Army faction that advocated a strong attack on Mozhou City, they all stood on a unified front at this moment, sharing the same hatred for the enemy;

It is imperative to conquer Mozhou City and eliminate Wu Sanjia, the arrogant and domineering guy who disrespects the King of Jin.

"Everyone, be quiet!"

Finally, Chen Huaian waved his hand, signaling the generals to be quiet.

Swish!

The generals of Longcheng really quieted down, and they all cast their eyes on His Royal Highness the King of Jin who was sitting in the main seat of the big tent.

Chen Huaian said: "Everyone, your efforts and preparations for conquering Mozhou City make this king very pleased. All the strategies for defeating the enemy will be unified into a memorial and submitted to Deputy Commander Chang after the meeting is over;"

"This king convened you to discuss the matter, mainly to assign the combat mission of dividing troops to the south and attacking Yingzhou by surprise."

Dividing troops to the south and attacking Yingzhou by surprise?

As soon as this was said, all the generals of Longcheng present were puzzled.

Even the deputy marshal Chang Yuchun was puzzled and asked, "Your Highness, are you saying that the army will be divided into two routes, one of which will bypass Mozhou and go straight to Yingzhou?"

Hmm!

Chen Huaian nodded and said, "Deputy Marshal Chang, this is exactly what I mean!"

Uh--

After getting a positive answer, Chang Yuchun immediately looked embarrassed and said, "I wonder how many troops Your Highness plans to send to attack Yingzhou?"

Hearing this, Chen Huaian smiled and shook two fingers in front of Chang Yuchun and the generals.

Chang Yuchun asked tentatively, "Twenty thousand?"

Chen Huaian shook his head and said, "Deputy Marshal Chang, it's not twenty thousand, it's two hundred thousand!"

Hiss--

When Chang Yuchun heard that His Highness the Prince of Jin was going to send two hundred thousand troops to attack Yingzhou, he couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, his eyes full of disbelief.

The other generals were also very surprised, staring at Chen Huaian who was sitting in the main seat with puzzled eyes.

In the eyes of the generals, there are 250,000 new imperial tiger soldiers stationed in Mozhou City, and Wu Sanjia, who has outstanding military command ability, is in charge;

Speaking of which, the 350,000 Dragon City troops attacking the city and the 250,000 new imperial tiger soldiers defending the city do not have a clear advantage in terms of military strength.

If the 200,000 troops are divided and only 150,000 Dragon City soldiers are left to besiege the city, once Wu Sanjia in the city notices something unusual, the 250,000 new tiger soldiers will come out in full force, and the 150,000 Dragon City soldiers left behind may be eaten up in one bite.

Although the generals of Longcheng were confused, they also believed that His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin did not make a sudden decision to divide 200,000 troops to attack Yingzhou City on a whim.

So, the generals suppressed their doubts and waited quietly for the next words of the Prince of Jin Chen Huaian.

At this time, Chen Huaian smiled and said: "Deputy General Chang, I will not only lead 300,000 troops to Yingzhou, but also take away the most elite Longcheng Iron Pagoda and Black Armor Army in the army;"

"I can only leave you 150,000 soldiers!"

Chang Yuchun frowned, but still stepped out without hesitation to receive the order: "Your Highness, I, Chang Yuchun, accept the order!"

Chen Huaian smiled, looked at Chang Yuchun with a deep face and continued: "Deputy General Chang, aren't you curious why I want to withdraw 200,000 troops to Yingzhou?"

As he spoke, he swept his eyes from Chang Yuchun and a group of Longcheng generals in turn.

In the end, he decided to tell all his battle plans and generals.

Chen Huaian said: "Okay, I won't keep you in suspense!"

"In fact, this Mozhou City is now in the hands of my Dragon City army. If I am not mistaken, the imperial court's new Hu Ben army in Mozhou City has long been secretly transferred out of Mozhou City by Wu Sanjia;"

"I dare to assert that there are definitely not 250,000 new Hu Ben troops in Mozhou City now!"

"Deputy Marshal Chang, look at this!"

After saying that, Chen Huaian handed the top-secret letter he had just received from the inner guards of Longcheng, the capital, to Chang Yuchun, who frowned and looked puzzled.

The other generals in the big tent also looked forward to it with curiosity, as if they could see the contents of the letter in the hands of Deputy Marshal Chang by stretching their necks.

Chang Yuchun took the letter and quickly read it word by word.

After a moment, his brows relaxed and a smile appeared on his strong and rough face.

Chang Yuchun said: "Your Highness, are you saying that Wu Sanjia has secretly transferred troops from Mozhou City, rushed thousands of miles to support Jinling City, and went to Beijing to rescue the king?"

Yes!

Chen Huaian nodded and said confidently: "If the current Queen Mother Su Wan'er did not need Wu Sanjia to come to Beijing to defend the king, how could she insist on granting Wu Sanjia the power to control the world's troops when the war on the front line of Mozhou was tense?"

"This move is just to facilitate Wu Sanjia to lead his troops to Beijing to defend the king smoothly!"

After a pause, Chen Huaian continued: "Therefore, this king concluded that most of the Hu Ben New Army in Mozhou City must have been transferred by Wu Sanjia;"

"In this way, the Daxin court should be determined to release Abandon Yingzhou and Mozhou, give up the northern territory, and prepare to defend the Yangtze River to the death! "

"What the king and the Longcheng army have to do now is to block the new Hu Ben army under Wu Sanjia's command in Yingzhou and Mozhou before he leads his troops to evacuate;"

"All generals listen to my order--"

"I am here!"

Chen Huaian said sternly: "Deputy General Chang Yuchun, I order you to lead 150,000 Longcheng troops to continue to stay in Mozhou City, and Deputy General Liu Ziyu, assist Deputy General Chang to seize the opportunity to attack the city, and there must be no mistakes;"

"I have received your order!"

Chang Yuchun and Liu Ziyu immediately accepted the order.

Chen Huaian said again: "Pang Xianchu, Fan Wuji, I order you two to lead the Longcheng Iron Buddha and Xuanjia Army to Yingzhou City first. If you encounter the new Hu Ben army on the way, you don't need my order to annihilate them directly, and there must be no mistakes;"

"I have received your order!"

Pang Xianchu and Fan Wuji also accepted the order in unison.

Finally, Chen Huaian continued: "The rest of the army will be led by me personally, and we will set out for Yingzhou tomorrow morning!"

"I have received your order!"