Late Tang

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The Huaihe River runs thousands of miles from east to west, and it has been a battleground between the north and the south since ancient times, a natural boundary.

However, in such an important place, the means of attacking and attacking through the ages are also clear to both the attacker and the defender.

Right now, the Huai army is on the offensive, while the Qin army is on the defensive.

In spring and summer, when the Huai army is attacking and occupying the sky, they can use the criss-crossing water to quickly move northward.But they were facing the Qin army, and the Qin army just claimed to have the strongest navy in the world.Although it is different from the inland navy owned by the Huai army, the navy owned by the Qin army is mainly an offshore navy, but at this time of the season, the river is full, and the Qin army's navy fleet is equally free and horizontal in the Huaisi River. Speaking of which, the Qin Army's navy is not inferior to the Huai Army's navy.

The Qin army also has a navy, and the Qin army is on the defensive side, so it can defend according to the river and occupy a geographical advantage.

Responding to all changes with the same, this is Li Jing's tentative plan.

The Huaihe River is so long, but there are only a few places where the Huai army can break through and cross the river, Yingkou, Wokou, and Sikou.But now the Staff Council has analyzed and judged that Gao Jie's troops in Yingkou and Wokou who agreed with Li Jing's proposal are just suspicious soldiers, so Sikou is the only point of attack for the Huai army.

So far, the Staff Council has also adjusted the battle plan. While dispatching naval forces to patrol the four major rivers of Huaihe, Bianhe, Yellow River, and Jihe, they secretly transferred troops to the two cities of Lianshui and Suyu in the east of Sizhou. On the contrary, half of the soldiers and horses were left in Linhuai, Sizhou.

On Li Jing's side, although Xuzhou has not yet been won, it is full of initiative to occupy Sizhou and guard Sishui.Surabaya connects Yishui in the east, leads directly to Qingzhou, passes through Xuzhou in the north, and then directly dug the canal connecting Jishui and the Yellow River, connected with Yanzhou and Qizhou, and went directly to Hebei.Moreover, Surabaya is also connected to the Bian River in the west and the Huai River in the south.

The Huaihe River runs from east to west, separating the north and the south, while Surabaya extends in all directions, connecting the entire eastern part of Henan. This area is full of water, and it is a flat river. It is suitable for both the southern army and the northern army.

At this time, Li Jing had assembled [-] troops in Sizhou, guarding the north bank of the Huaihe River. Behind him were the three estuaries: Huanhuo entering Huaikou, Bianhe entering Huaikou, and Sishui entering Huaikou.With these waterways and the Yishui River, with the help of the Navy, Li Jing can send troops from Ziqing, Yanqi, and Song Cao to the south for reinforcements at any time.

However, the current strength of the Huai army must rely on sufficient naval forces to fight this battle.There is no shortage of water troops for the Huai army. Huainan Town is based on the Huaihe River in the north and the Yangtze River in the south, with a huge navy in the inland river.But to fight the Qin army on the Huaihe River, it is no surprise that they must go north from the canal and enter the Huaihe River.This estuary is located in Shanyang, Chuzhou, an important town in Huaidong. On the other side, to the east is Lianshui of Sizhou, to the west is the estuary of Sishui River, and Huainan on the opposite side is Sikou.

In Sikou, Gao Yu got up early in the morning and climbed up the tower to observe the enemy's situation.

After one night, there were many more Qin Army naval warships in the Huaihe River. In the past two days, a new batch of naval warships arrived every day.

Gao Yu silently counted the warships on the river on the pagoda, and soon, he had counted almost [-] warships, including ten warships on the fifth floor, and more than thirty warships on the third floor , there are also a lot of medium-sized sea falcons and falcons left.In addition, there are many walkers, yachts, assault boats and so on.

If these warships are fully loaded, they can carry at least 3 horses, and even up to 5 people.

Gao Yu's face became more and more ugly. He suspected that Qin Jun had discovered the reality on their side.Otherwise, even if the Qin army increases its troops, it is impossible to transfer the main force to Sikou, but should stay in Linhuai.

It's not that Gao Yu didn't want to attack earlier. Three days ago, Zeng Yuanyu on the other side had only [-] troops, but now he may have [-].

It's just that if he wants to go north and cross such a wide Huaihe River, especially in the face of the Qin army with a navy guarding the bank, Gao Yu can only wait for his navy to come.

Compared with the Qin army's navy, the Huai army's navy seems to be a bit inadequate, as if the city people and the country people are as distinct.The Qin Army has several large shipyards, and dozens of small and medium-sized shipyards. In recent years, the sea trade in Dengzhou and Liaonan has been prosperous, and the shipbuilding industry has also been extremely developed. Li Jing owns several large shipyards to manufacture warships, which makes the warships of the Qin Army Navy They are all extremely beautiful and powerful warships. Compared with the large number of ordinary merchant ships on the Huai Army's side, they are like heaven and earth.Therefore, the real soldiers and horses in the Northern Expedition of the Huai Army were 8 horses and horses from the Mabu and Shui armies, including more than [-] ships of all sizes from the navy.

It's not that the Huainan army has no money, but first of all, that kind of huge building ships are not usually needed, and there is also a lack of powerful shipyards in Huainan. Sometimes, if you have money, you can buy everything.

Gao Yu knew that his uncle had handed over the main force of the Northern Expedition to him, so he did it against public opinion.Even 45 Lang Gaojie, who took the credit of attacking Haozhou, was suddenly transferred to Huaixi to lead a group of civilians as suspect soldiers. He was very dissatisfied with all the soldiers under his command.

However, Gao Pian was able to entrust such an important task to him, Forty Lang, not only because he was a nephew.Speaking of which, Gao Jie has just captured Haozhou, and he was the general of Zuo Xiaowei, the governor of Yanzhou, and the military envoy of the coastal navy, so he is more suitable for this time The head coach of the Northern Expedition.Taking a step back, there are still generals in the army such as Liang Zuan, Yu Gongchu, Yao Guili, etc., but in the end the position of coach fell on his head.

Aside from being Gao Jie's brother, Gao Pian's nephew, and Gao Pian's own family, the more important thing is that he has always been more important than Gao Jie in Gao Pian's eyes, which naturally means that he is better than Gao Jie. .Of course, it is not ruled out that changing him as coach this time also meant to confuse Qin Jun.

Gao Jie had already won Haozhou before, but was still replaced, which fully explained Gao Pian's ambition to win Xuzhou and Haozhou this time.

Li Jing wanted to eat the probation army, and his uncle also wanted to eat the probation army, so as to move the whole body with one stroke. Originally, the advantage of this battle was to fight quickly, but he knew very well that there was only one chance to capture Xu Hao. If it is won, then it is impossible to have another chance, at least in the short term.

Therefore, Gao Yu suppressed his subordinates' request for an immediate attack in the past two days, but waited for the arrival of the follow-up troops of the Huai Army Navy.

He looked at the Qin Army navy in the river. The warships were luxurious and tall, with strict banners. Even if they were just patrolling at this time, they were still lined up in an orderly array on the river.

The Qin army on the opposite side can obviously see this side. In the binoculars, Gao Yu clearly saw an officer of the Qin army who was also holding the binoculars on the fifth deck of the largest building opposite, with a look of disdain on his face. She chuckled at him and raised a middle finger at him.

He understood the sneering smile, but he had never heard the meaning of the middle finger. He guessed it might be a mocking and contemptuous gesture from the Northeast or Khitan.Thinking of this, Gao Yu couldn't help but also raised a middle finger at the officer, and then he clearly saw that the officer was stunned for a moment.

Several other officers of the Huai Army who also held binoculars saw how rude the Qin Army was, and they couldn't help clamoring immediately.

"Young commander, wait for the last general to go out and fight for a while, and let these Liao dogs know that our Huai army is not easy to mess with!" The first one who couldn't hold back was Gao Yu's deputy Chen Gong, who was also a member of Gao Pian's trust. The old general, as Gao Yu's deputy this time, also means that Gao Pianrang will supervise Gao Yu on his behalf.

As soon as Chen Gong asked for a fight, all the generals responded one after another. Feng Shou, Yu Gongchu, Yao Guili, Dong Jin and others all said in one go, "Exactly, it's hard to be afraid of these Liao dogs!"

"Give a certain hundred ships, and immediately destroy their arrogance!"

After listening to a few words, Gao Yu said coldly: "The county king appoints someone to be the commander, and no commander will order anyone who attacks without permission to be executed without mercy!"

In an instant, everyone fell silent.

Although Gao Yu was a little younger, the generals who spoke just now meant they were dissatisfied with Gao Yu taking the opportunity to make a noise, but since Gao Yu said such words, naturally no one dared to continue to rely on the old to sell the old.

"Generals, don't lose too much because of small things." Gao Yu lowered his tone, "Generals, you should know that we are still in a state of secrecy. We did this in order to concentrate our strength and catch Li Jing by surprise. And Ding Xu Si. Now because of the opponent's provocative move, we are going to rush out. Even if we destroy the opponent, it will only expose our strength here at this time, and let the opponent guess our full-scale attack intention."

The Huai Army had previously set up a maze, mobilizing and arranging soldiers and horses everywhere. On the surface, there are actually only a few thousand people here.Although Gao Yu suspected that the government had already grasped their plan, but now was not the time to act rashly.

He also wanted to do it earlier, if he wanted to blame that damn Liang Yan for capsizing at Hudouzhou, causing a group of ships to be diverted to Hudouzhou and sunk.After Hu Douzhou's defeat, Yangzhou had to make adjustments to deal with Zhou Bao. This made it difficult for Gao Yu's troops and ships to arrive, and the attack plan was repeatedly postponed.

At the Qin Army Naval Camp on the other side of Sikou, Li Jing saw the squadron that had gone out come back after changing defenses. After a while, Li Xu walked in.

Li Jing did not show his banner at this time, he stayed in the big tent of Li Xu, the leader of the Raging Waves Army, and beside him, there were also the two leaders Megan and Julie, as well as Zhang Lie and Meng Yang. Wait for the navy general.

Li Xu came in and saw that everyone's faces were not very good. Just now Li Jing conveyed to the generals of the navy that the entire army of Hu Douzhou Jianghai Town was wiped out, the first fleet of the Lingbo Army of the Navy was wiped out, and Wu Qian, the leader of the Lingbo Army, died in battle. news.

Wu Qian, as the leader of the Lingbo Army, one of the four armies of the navy, was called the four dragons of the navy together with Megan, Zhu Li, and Li Xu. But now, Wu Qian, the veteran of the navy, has died in battle.The complete annihilation of the Lingbo First Fleet of the navy was a huge blow to the entire navy. In the years since the navy was established, it has never been so completely wiped out.

Especially in the tent at this time, Zhang Lie of the Second Fleet of the Lingbo Army, Meng Yang of the Third Fleet, Wang Qingcheng of the Fourth Fleet, and Zhao Kai of the Fifth Fleet, One by one, they gritted their teeth even more, extremely angry.This time, if their four fleets hadn't been ordered to go north to cooperate with Zeng Yuanyu's offensive on Mi, Hai, Yi, and Si states, if they had stayed in Huduzhou and had a complete Lingbo army, they would not have to be afraid of the Huai army's surprise attack at all. It will not happen that the First Fleet and the Ninth No.18 are completely wiped out.

"Why, the other party was not provoked by you?" Li Jing saw Li Xu coming in, and asked aloud, breaking the dull atmosphere in the tent.

Li Xu shook his head and told the details.

Holding his chin and pondering for a while, Li Jing became more and more firm in his judgment. The real main force of the Huai army must be in Huaixi, and it is very likely to be in Huaikou on the opposite side.However, how accurate it is still needs to be verified.

He glanced at Zhang Lie and other officers of the Lingbo Army who were still immersed in grief, anger and self-blame, and said, "This king gives you a chance to avenge Wu Qian and the First Fleet. You can lead the army tonight." The fleet is attacking the Huai army camp on the opposite side, who of you is willing to go?"

As soon as Li Jing's words fell, Zhang Lie, Meng Yang, Zhao Kai, and Wang Qingcheng all stood up abruptly, and replied loudly: "Please fight under my post."

Even the three military leaders, Zhu Li, Megan and Li Xu, all spoke together, willing to lead their troops.

Li Jing glanced at several people, looked at the fighting spirit of everyone, and finally said: "Okay, you all go together tonight!" (To be continued.)