Huai is the hidden river, and abandoning Huai is not guarded, which is because of the loss of lips and teeth. However, guarding the important town of Huai, Shouyang is the first to be the leader.

Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Shouyang has been in a row and history has been written continuously. It is obvious that its military strategic position is very important.

The Huai River in the north of Shouyang, Bagong Mountain, Zijin Mountain, Jiushi Mountain and others stand along the Huai River, forming a natural barrier. The Whirl and Ying River come from the north and inject into the Huai River on both sides of its east and west sides. The Fei River comes from the south and also enters the Huai River from the northwest.

If the northerners go south, they can turn from the Langdang Canal into Whirlpool, and the Ying River reaches Shouyang directly, and then from Shouyang to Feishui, Chaohu, and Ruxu River directly reach the Yangtze River.

Just from its geographical location, Shouyang is bounded by Woying in the north and Feichao in the south. Advance can lead to the northern expedition of the Central Plains, and retreat can lead to Huainan. Its importance is comparable to Jingxiang.

It is precisely because of Shouyang's strategic position that the Six Dynasties built three fortresses around it, Xia Cai and Matou. The Jiushi Mountain is northwest of Shouyang. The two mountains stand together in the Huai River, and each of the east and west Kushishi built a city.

Han Duan led a fleet to cover the sky and easily conquer Dongjishi City. The defenders of Xijishi City, who were looking across the Huai River, saw that the Korean army was in great power and abandoned the city and fled back to Shouyang. Han Duan did not order people to pursue him. Instead, they lived in Jiujishi City and sent detective cavalry to patrol every day.

A few days later, the generals were a little impatient and came to ask for a fight.

Wu Zheng, the commander of the Left Army, said first: "Master Lang, now our army is stationed in Kanshi. People eat horses and chew them every day, and they consume a lot of money and food. Shouyang is close to you, and the soldiers and people in the city are in a turmoil. Please be the vanguard and break through this city!"

The commander of the Right Army Cai Xingbai and the commander of the Back Army Gu Chao also bowed to the battle: "Master Lang, we are also willing to be the vanguard and conquer the young man in the capture of Shouyang!"

On March 22, the third wife gave birth to a son for Han Duan, which made the Han family very happy. Even the army was very excited about this matter. Therefore, today Cai and Gu would say such words as "Captain Shouyang to Congratulate".

Speaking of his son, Han Duan also grinned. It was not only a joy to make a fuss, but also because of this eldest son, he could even consolidate and stabilize people's hearts.

"Shouyang will be broken, but the time has not come." Han Duan smiled and pressed his hands at several people, signaling them to return to the chess and sit down again, and then asked Bu Sengnian: "All the generals are looking for a fight, but Chang Tai can sit safely, but he already knows my plans?"

"It's just some speculation." Bu Sengnian replied with his hands, "I know my lord has already made plans, so I won't make a fuss with them."

Bu Seng Nian was both civil and military, and Han Duan also valued him very much, and now he is serving as the important position of the former army commander.

With his wide palm gently patted the table, Han Duan looked at him with a smile and asked, "Tell me what you guessed, see if you can hit it."

Bu Seng Nianluo pondered: "Now Wang Xiangui took all the people and horses from Shaopi and other places back to Shouyang, but more than 10,000 Qi troops in Bagong Mountain are still stationed."

"Although Bagong Mountain is not steep, it is deep and solid, with many dangerous terrain, and it forms a horn with Shouyang City. If we do not remove it first, our army will be attacked from both sides when attacking the city, and Shouyang will naturally be difficult to break."

"The lord ordered the army to be stationed in Xishi, but did not order his subordinates to attack the Qi army in Bagongshan. I guess the lord wanted to use this Qi army as bait to lure the reinforcements of Qi."

Speaking of this, Bu Sengnian bowed again, "I wonder if I guess it's right?"

"Although it's not all, it's not much." Han Duan laughed, "I haven't attacked Shouyang or attacked Bagong Mountain for a long time. It's really for the reinforcements of Qi. Changtai is meticulous and can think of luring reinforcements. It's not bad."

"Earlier when I was in Huaiyin, I guessed that when our army surrounded Shouyang, the Qi Congress sent Wang Lin to the south to rescue him. I received the letter yesterday and confirmed that it was him."

"The reason why I didn't explain it to you is that I have to wait for the commander of the reinforcements to be determined, and the other is that I am afraid of mobilizing the army too early to make the reinforcements alert."

Han Duan stood up and walked to an extremely wide desk on the left. He lifted off the silk cloth covered on it, and immediately exposed a sand table made of clay.

He waved and said, "You guys come and see."

The sand table was not the first to be founded by Han Duan. He had seen this thing as early as when Chunyu Liang and Wu Mingche were in the army.

These days, the scouts were everywhere, mainly to investigate the surrounding terrain and use it to make sand tables.

"If the reinforcements of Qi come, they will definitely go down the Ying River. If I just want to take Shouyang, I can deploy the navy at Yingkou, and the Qi army will not be able to move south."

The Northern Dynasties' naval army was weak, and there were not even a single tower ship in the army, at most several fighting ships. If Han Duan ordered the navy to block Yingkou, the Qi army would be unable to do anything. All the generals knew this and nodded.

Han Duan pointed at the sand table and told him about the plans he had thought over the past few days, so that the generals could pick up the missing one by one.

"But it's Wang Lin who came, I can't keep him out."

Bu Sengnian said in confusion: "Does the lord want to accept this person?"

Han Duan nodded and said, "That's what you mean."

As soon as these words were spoken, even Yan Youyuan, who had never spoken, was a little dissatisfied: "The Lord Lang, Wang Lin, is a person who serves Qi and Wei as a Liang minister, who is an unfaithful person. What's the benefit of the Lord Lang?"

Han Duan looked at Bu Sengnian and others and asked, "Do you think so too?"

Seeing that everyone nodded, Han Duan said with a correct expression: "Wang Lin, who is a person who uses Zhongliang as a person, is actually a person who is separatist. Because of his wife and son, he joined the Western Wei Dynasty. After being defeated, he defected to Qi Hu. He is indeed not a loyal and righteous person."

"But anyone or thing must be viewed in two ways. Wang Lin's punishment is fair, he is favored by the soldiers and the people."

Yan Youyuan said: "If the Lord of the Lang takes over this person, he will be in power and repeating his actions once he gains power, which will be of great harm!"

"Will you not let him take charge of the troops?"

Han Duan naturally thought about the possibility that Yan Youyuan said, "Not to mention whether Wang Lin still has this ambition, even if he has it, as long as I don't give him a chance, how can he be able to make trouble?"

"The people of Huainan love him, and I want to use his ability to comfort the people. And there is another point, that is, many of his former commanders were generals in the Qi army in Huainan. Even among the Central Army of Chen, many of them were his old subordinates."

"As long as he truly surrenders to me, the benefits will definitely outweigh the disadvantages!"

"It is indeed a way not to let him take charge of the troops." Yan Youyuan nodded, "But he is the longest general in the army, how should the Langzhu be placed in him?"

"Let him follow me to advise on military affairs first, and then it depends on the situation in the future." Han Duan smiled and said, "Now we are all here to make random guesses. It is unknown whether Wang Lin is willing to surrender to me."

Bu Seng said, "It's nothing if you don't surrender, it's just that I'll spend more time in the future."

"Okay, let's discuss this matter in the future." Han Duan waved his hand and pointed to the sand table on the table. "Now Wang Lin is still gathering troops in Liangzhou. If we conquer Shouyang in one fell swoop, he will definitely not lead his troops south again."
Chapter completed!