Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 953 Crossing the River Plan 1
Jingzhou, along the Yangtze River, Gao Shun led the army to inspect the defense of the north bank of the Yangtze River as usual. Since Gao Shun took charge of the military affairs of Jingzhou, he never relaxed the surveillance of the Jiangdong Army. However, the Jiangdong Army has been very honest in recent years, and they don't want to Take the initiative to provoke the powerful enemy army on the other side of the river, but the soldiers on both sides of the Yangtze River understand a truth that the battle to cross the river will eventually start, but no one knows when it will be.

In Jiangxia City, Gao Shun inspected the Jiangxia garrison and encouraged the generals, and then ordered the soldiers of each battalion to return to their garrison. At the same time, an army of about 5 people had set out from Xiangyang and was now heading towards Jiangxia advance.

At night, the Jiangxia military camp was brightly lit. Since it was a front-line position, Jiangxia’s generals were all wary of the enemy on the other side. Even at night like this, they would patrol meticulously. At the beginning, some generals held Unfortunately, Gao Shun is the commander-in-chief of Jingzhou, and it is impossible for him to tolerate such thoughts among his subordinates.

After a few surprise inspections, those generals and soldiers who were slack-minded in the army were demoted or killed. Gao Shunzhi's army pays attention to clear rewards and punishments. If anyone commits a crime under his hands, he will definitely be punished accordingly.Cai Mao, a general of the navy, once drank in the camp, but was hanged up by Gao Shun and beat him up. Zhang Liao, the Changsha guard, accidentally trampled on the crops of the people during an exercise.

In short, Gao Shun would never talk about favors with others, and no one should try to get close to him, so everyone in Jingzhou knew that Gao Shun should never be messed with.

"In the past six months, everyone has worked hard." Gao Shun looked at the generals in the camp and said, "Although there have been no major battles in the Jiangdong Army in the past few years, you have always worked hard and stuck to your posts to protect the stability and peace of Jingzhou. I have made a great contribution, and I have already reported to His Majesty, and it will not be long before His Majesty's reward will come down."

"It's my duty, I dare not speak of merit..." All the generals in the battalion sat upright, and they dared not be sloppy in front of Gao Shun.

"I know that many of you must have doubts about why we haven't attacked Jiangdong after so long." Gao Shun continued: "Oh, His Royal Highness King Zhao made a big development plan to bring down Jiangdong with economic strength. , In the past few years, my strength has grown rapidly, and the opening of the Silk Road has opened up a new way of making money for me. You have more or less participated in the business of trade, and you must know what my man got after the trade. benefit."

"Your Highness is wise,,,,,,"

"Well, His Royal Highness Zhao Wang has always remembered you all. If you hadn't been guarding Jingzhou, my big Han soldiers would not have been so confident and bold to open up the Silk Road." Gao Shun had been observing the expressions of the generals, and after a pause , Gao Shun took out an imperial decree from his arms and said: "Today, I have two things to do here, one is to inspect military affairs as usual, obviously, everyone has done a good job, and I am also very satisfied.

The second thing, hehe, I have one thing I want to tell you to do together. Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, and Huang Zu obeyed, and the three of you immediately organized soldiers to cross the river from Jiangxia to attack Jiangdong.Wenpin and Su Fei follow orders, and you two will lead an army of [-] sailors to Hefei to assist the Hefei defenders in crossing the river. "

The generals in the tent did not react for a while, and finally, Cai Mao asked tentatively: "Commander, this, is this going to attack Jiangdong?"

"Hehe, don't you all want to attack Jiangdong?" Gao Shun asked back: "This is His Majesty's imperial decree. It was delivered to me at noon the day before yesterday. After careful discussion with His Royal Highness King Zhao, His Majesty decided to launch a surprise attack on Jiangdong. Do you think I am the commander in chief?" Did you bring only [-] guards? Hehe, the [-] reinforcements from Xiangyang will arrive soon, as long as you can occupy a stronghold on the other side, our reinforcements will be able to fight there soon."

"Hahaha, okay, okay,,,,,,," Zhang Yun clapped his hands and applauded: "After waiting for so long, it is finally time to cross the river, but, Commander, is this a bit hasty, and whether our army needs to think long-term. "

"Hahaha,,,,,," Gao Shun laughed and said, "It's good that you can think of this, but I can tell you very responsibly that His Royal Highness Zhao Wang has been preparing for this battle for more than half a year. Well, we are just the vanguard of crossing the river. It won't be long before the reinforcements from Yuzhou, Xuzhou, and Yanzhou will arrive as quickly as possible. By then, our army will exceed 30 troops. Don't think that this time is just another small fight. The previous harassment was just a cover for today's surprise attack, even you can't imagine that our army will launch the battle of crossing the river today, and the enemy can't even imagine it."

"Zhao Wang Yingming,,,,,,"

"Okay, since you all know the importance of the matter, then I will assign specific tasks." Gao Shun said: "When the Jiangxia battle starts, other places will not do much for the time being. Wait until the main force of the enemy army is attracted by us." , Hefei soldiers will launch an attack on Lujiang."

"Commander, Ji Ling is the defender of Hefei, and he has only [-] soldiers under his command. A surprise attack may not be enough." Huang Zu cupped his hands and said, "In my opinion, Wenpin and Su Fei's reinforcements should start as soon as possible. .”

"General Huang is right." Gao Shun nodded and said, "However, our army has prepared enough for this battle. Zhang Liao has led [-] soldiers from Jingzhou to detour to Yuzhou, and then sneaked into Hefei in batches. At this moment, the chief general of Hefei It was Zhang Liao. The main task of Wenpin and Su Fei was to wait for Zhang Liao's army to cross the river to maintain the road on the river, so as to ensure that the retreat of Hefei soldiers would not be affected, and at the same time ensure that our army's follow-up troops could continue to increase troops from the combined direction. "

"Jiangdong Sun Ce and Sun Quan are at odds. The commander-in-chief means to march in two directions, with Zhang Liao's route as the main attack?" Wen Pin frowned and asked, "In comparison, Sun Ce must be much more difficult than Sun Quan. Then the main task of our army is to entangle Sun Ce's soldiers and horses, so as to assist Zhang Liao in defeating Sun Quan."

"That's right, that's exactly the overall plan." Gao Shun looked at Wenpin appreciatively and said, "His Royal Highness has ordered us to capture Jiangdong in the shortest time and at the lowest cost. Therefore, we mainly attack Sun Quan in the early stage. However, after Zhang Liao crossed the river, the main battlefield is on our side. Sun Ce's subordinates are the main force of the Jiangdong Army. Only by eliminating the main force of the Jiangdong Army can our army take Jiangdong in the shortest time. That’s it, do you all understand?”

"clear,,,,,,."

"The reason why I didn't notify you in advance this time is also the meaning of His Highness." Gao Shun squinted his eyes and looked at the crowd and said: "According to the intelligence of our army, the Jiangdong Army has planted spies in our army, so as long as We have made a big move, and Jiangdong will get news. This time, the Jiangdong army did not know about the surprise attack in advance, which is conducive to our army's surprise attack, understand?"

"clear,,,,,,"

(End of this chapter)