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Chapter 203 Speculation
From the map, the Yellow River after its redirection flows from west to east, just passing through the north of Yingtian Prefecture and flowing into Xuzhou Prefecture.

"If Zhao Gou wants to escape south from Yingtian Mansion, he must cross the Yellow River, and the Yellow River has been completely controlled by us for several months. It is impossible for Zhao Gou not to know." Jia Tao said.

"I understand, then how does he plan to escape south?" Chen Xun asked.

The Yellow River is like a natural city wall, blocking the northern part of Yingtian Mansion and blocking Zhao Gou's southward passage through Yingtian Mansion.

"Although it is unbelievable, intelligence gathered from all parties shows that Zhao Gou plans to go south by sea and land." When Jia Tao reported this sentence, there was still a trace of disbelief on his face.

Chen Jiajun's reputation at sea has been widely spread and known all over the world, but Zhao Gou still chooses to go by sea and land. Who gave him the confidence?
When Chen Xun heard this sentence, one word immediately came to his mind: "Search the mountains and examine the seas."

The allusion of "searching mountains and checking seas" is related to two people.

One Jin army commander, Wanyan Zongbi, was for the pursuing side, and the other was Zhao Gou, for the fleeing side.

In the normal course of history, in the second year after the Jingkang Incident, the Jin Emperor issued an edict to pursue Zhao Gou who had fled to Yangzhou. The powerful general Wanyan Zongbi led his army southward from Hebei, looking sternly at every direction, like a broken bamboo.Zhao Gou, who had fought in the third year, crossed the Yangtze River again and fled south.

Then Wanyan Zongbi captured Nanjing and continued to pursue southward. The prefectures and counties he passed along the way were either defeated with one blow or surrendered without a fight, all the way to the north bank of the Yangtze River.

There was a slight setback when crossing the river at Caishiji, so we successfully crossed the river via Majiadu in the southwest of Jiankang Prefecture.

Then there was a smooth sailing, forcing Zhao Gou to finally board a ship in Mingzhou and escape to the sea.At this point, Wanyan Zongbi refused to let go and continued to pursue him into the sea. He was eventually repelled by the Song navy at sea, and he led his army back north in the fourth year.

In this historical period, Wanyan Zongbi showed two very strong abilities.

First of all, whether it is a field battle or a fortress attack, it has an overwhelming advantage over the Song Army.

Secondly, the Jin Army not only traveled a long distance of more than 2000 miles, but also fought deep into the enemy's territory without encountering any problems in logistical supplies and intelligence collection.
Withdraw your thoughts, return to the topic under discussion, and listen to Jia Tao's continued introduction.

"We found that the Song Dynasty was collecting sea ships on a large scale in Qingzhou, the estuary of Jishui River. Cangzhou and Binzhou on Hebei East Road, Laizhou and Dengzhou on Jingdong East Road. All sea ships have been collected by Zhao Gou. At present, The number has exceeded a thousand ships.”

"We guess that Zhao Gou must be planning to fish in troubled waters. A thousand ships will go south at the same time. In the vast sea, we will definitely not be able to intercept all the ships. Even intercepting [-]% ​​of them will be extremely difficult."

"In other words, if Zhao Gou takes a boat to go south, there is an [-]% chance of success." Jia Tao concluded.

The Chen Jiajun navy is invincible at sea, provided that the enemy is willing to fight head-on with the navy. If the enemy insists on escaping, there will be smooth roads in all directions on the sea. It will be very difficult to chase them, and it will be even more impossible to annihilate them. Night stories.

"[-]% chance..." Chen Xun read silently.

He didn't think Zhao Gou would choose to take advantage of this chance.

An [-]% success rate means that [-]% will fail. If he achieves this [-]%, it will be completely over for Zhao Gou.

If Zhao Gou had this courage, he would not have chosen to flee south, let alone be searched.

"Perhaps they have other means that we have not detected that can increase the probability again. Perhaps Zongze and others are [-]% sure that they can send Zhao Gou safely into the Yangtze River." Jia Tao added.

"Above the sea, the weather is unpredictable and moody. No one in this world can be [-]% safe." Chen Xun replied: "Not even our Chen Jiajun can."

Chen Jiajun always sinks several ships every year due to bad weather. Chen Xun is already used to this. "Is it possible that Zhao Gou was building a plank road in the open and secretly cheating Chencang?" An officer put forward a different view.

"The purpose of such a massive effort to collect more than 1000 ships is to attract our attention, and then send Zhao Gou to Xiangyang in other ways?" Jia Tao asked rhetorically.

"It's not impossible," insisted the proposing officer.

"It doesn't matter. Make bold assumptions and be careful to verify. You can say whatever you think of." Chen Xun encouraged.

To be honest, his thoughts just now were led away by Jia Tao, and he did not jump out in time to think of this possibility.

"Perhaps Zhao Gou wants to defeat us on the water, then take back control of the Yellow River and cut off our foundation in Hebei." An officer said boldly after being encouraged.

However, this possibility is too small. If Zhao Gou was so strong, he would not be scared to death of the Jin people after returning from the Jin Kingdom as a hostage.

Moreover, even if Zhao Gou had a thousand sea-going ships cobbled together from here and there, he would not be a match for the current navy of the Chen family.

Even Wang Yuan's second army did not need to be dispatched. Ke Lei's army alone could easily defeat thousands of Song warships.

At sea, Chen Jiajun's weapon suppression of the enemy was too powerful.

Artillery, incendiary bombs, explosive rockets, etc. are all long-range attack weapons that have great destructive power against wooden warships.

The discussion continued for more than an hour. Since all the information pointed to Jia Tao's speculation and there was too little information on other aspects, everyone's eyes darkened, and no other results were discussed in the end.

"In this case, let's first eliminate Zhao Gou's idea of ​​going south by sea." Chen Xun decided: "Inform Wang Yuan to lead a navy to go north to cooperate with Ke Lei and eliminate the Song Navy entrenched in Qingzhou as soon as possible."

"Yes!" After receiving the order, an officer turned around and went out to deliver the order.

"No matter what the enemy's plot is, our most important task at the moment is to completely control the cities on both sides of the Yellow River. After completing this task, no matter how the enemy moves, we will be able to use the Yellow River to stop them."

"So everyone, be prepared. There will definitely be continuous battles in the future. We have a high proportion of new soldiers. We must keep a good grasp of the status of the grassroots soldiers, so as not to hinder the overall offensive."

"Take the order! Commander!" All the soldiers stood up to take the order.

"Okay, go down and get ready, assemble the siege equipment overnight, and try to capture Ningling City directly tomorrow."

"Yes!"

After the temporary meeting, Chen Xun released Lang Qing and Xiao Hei from the zoo.

After these few days of strengthening, the two animals have basically shown their enhanced strength.

The first is Lang Qing. As an unknown subspecies of gray wolf, Lang Qing was two feet six inches (83cm) tall at the shoulders before strengthening. When he stood up, the tip of his mouth could touch Chen Xun's shoulder.

After strengthening, the shoulder height has now reached four feet (126cm), which is comparable to an unstrengthened Mongolian horse.

(End of this chapter)