Chapter 646: The soldiers are divided into three routes
After nearly six days of sailing, the pair of ships departing from Gaomi Military Port is about to arrive at the mouth of the Yangtze River. More than 1,000 ships, large and small, stretched for more than 100 miles, taking advantage of the strong north wind, breaking the wind and waves in the sea and heading south. Over the big ship, gray clouds flew across the sky. The mighty waves surged majestically and indifferently towards the big ship, smashing against the walls of the ship.
Yang Tong, as usual, stood on the top deck and watched the rough sea, after so many days of day and night sailing, he was accustomed to the wild beauty of the stormy waves.
At this time, he heard a slight footstep behind him, and when he turned around, his eyes couldn't help but light up, but he saw Yin Mingyue wearing a white long dress, and the wind wrapped her long skirt tightly, highlighting her tall and plump figure.
Yin Mingyue stepped forward, her fair face was dyed with a hint of red, and she looked more and more delicate and moving, the palace replied, the queen and they had accepted Yin Mingyue, and reached a consensus with the old lady Yin, and when they returned to the court triumphantly, they would marry Yin Mingyue into the palace, which made Yin Mingyue's uneasy heart finally let go, and persuaded her: "Go back to the room, there is too much wind and waves here." ”
"It's a lot smaller. When we returned to nearby Changshan Island, we experienced a violent storm, when it was as dark as ink, and the huge waves rolled up more than ten feet high, and our five-tooth ship was like a piece of paper, and it was as if we were swallowed by the devil in the next moment. Yang Tong saw that she had difficulty moving, so he stepped forward and reached out to take Yin Mingyue into his arms.
Thinking of that experience, Yang Tong also had palpitations: "Fortunately, it is not far from the island, and the southwest wind is blowing, which blows us back to Changshan Island." Compared with that time, it is now a small wind and waves. ”
"Holy Lord let go, I will go myself." Yin Mingyue closed her eyes to enjoy the warmth brought by this embrace, and her long-term wish was fulfilled, and her face was full of sweet smiles.
"What are you afraid of, and no one dares to come up." Yang Tong hugged the beauty in his arms, smelling the faint incense emanating from her body, and the whole person couldn't help but be intoxicated.
"Princess, she doesn't care about that." Yin Mingyue said and spoke, her face like the morning glow.
"Leave her alone."
Speaking of Yang Qinfang, Yang Tong had a headache, and early yesterday morning, they were blocked again, causing his relationship with Yin Mingyue to be exposed.
"The wind is too strong, and it's easy to sweep people into the sea, so let's go back." Yin Mingyue is now like a girl in love, gentle as water, how can she have the slightest demeanor of a heroine?
"Hmm." Yang Tong replied nonchalantly, leaning against her face, feeling a feeling that was thousands of times softer than silk, and couldn't help but sigh: "I regret it now, why didn't I find out earlier that the person you like is me?" If we had known this, maybe our children would have run all over the ground. ”
Even if she and Yang Tong are husband and wife, Yin Mingyue heard this, with a touch of blush on her face, she felt that Yang Tong's sincere words made her heart move more than sweet words.
Back in the cabin, Yang Tong immediately walked to the fourth floor, with the approach to Jiangdu, this has become the military aircraft department, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other staff groups have all moved here, there is a sand table in the hall, many military personnel watch. Fang Xuanling was engrossed in thinking about something.
Du Ruhui's face was quite pale and he sat alone in front of the window.
"Keming is no longer seasick?" Yang Tong smiled and stepped in.
Du Ruhui is a native of the northwest, although he also followed the expedition to Goguryeo, but that time he also vomited half to death, when he was a teacher, he returned to Yecheng by land, this time it was also dark to vomit, but he also seemed to adapt to it, he said with some embarrassment: "The past two days have been much better." Fang Weichen asked, and Zhang Dudu replied that he could reach the mouth of the Yangtze River in the evening, and there should be no big wind and waves there. ”
"Keming's face is quite bad, let's go back to the cabin and rest first."
"The boat is high and low with the big waves, which causes it to be more uncomfortable to lie down."
Yang Tong also understood this truth, and didn't say anything more, walked to the sand table, and asked Fang Xuanling, who wanted to be in the gods, "What does Xuanling want to be so in the gods?" ”
"Holy!" Fang Xuanling realized that Yang Tong had arrived at this time, and bowed and said, "Weichen is thinking about Jiangyang Cang next to the ditch. ”
Hangou is the first artificially excavated canal in human history, which was dug by Wu Wangfucha in 486 BC, which communicates the Yangtze River and Huaishui two major water systems; In March of the first year of the Great Cause (605 AD), Yang Guang levied more than 100,000 people from Henan and Huaibei counties to dig the Tongji Canal. From Luoyang Xiyuan valley, Luoyang Ershui into the Yellow River; It also diverted the water of the Yellow River into Bianshui from Banzhu, dredged the old road of the canal to make the water enter the Huai, and reached Shanyang. and sent more than 100,000 Huainan people to dredge the ditch opened by Wu Wangfucha, leading Huaishui south to the Yangtze River; In the sixth year of the Great Cause, the Jiangnan Canal from Jingkou to Yuhang was opened, and since then, the Grand Canal of the Sui Dynasty has been connected from north to south, and the status of Jiangdu's transportation hub has been established, and Li Mi's Jiangyang Cang is located in the north of the Yangtze River and the west of Jiangyang County.
"Jiangyang warehouse is the largest granary in Li Mi, with a circumference of about fifteen miles, and the previous intelligence said that there are more than two million stones of grain in Cangcheng, as well as a large number of armor tents and other materials, and the grain from Danyang County, Biling County, Wu County, Yuhang County, and Huiji County in the south has also arrived in Jiangyang through the Jiangnan River. It is not known how much grain there is in Jiangyang Cang. If we can capture this granary, we will be able to gain a firm foothold in the south of the Yangtze River, and after the annihilation of Li Mi, whether it is to Lin Shihong to the west or to the south to the south of the Menghai public army, the logistical problem will no longer be a problem for our army. For Li Mi, once this granary is lost, it means that Zhongli Li Mijun, Jiangdu Quanjiao Shan Xiongxin, Huaibei Qijun Wang Bodang and Xu Shiji will all fall into a crisis of having no food to eat, which is a fatal blow to the puppet Wei regime. ”
Fang Xuanling looked at Yang Tong and said in a summary manner: "Therefore, Weichen thinks that Jiangyangcang's strategic position, great influence, and high value are far greater than Jiangdu City. ”
Yang Tong stepped forward and looked at Jiangyang Cang on the sand table. Fang Xuanling had already planted a red flag on it, Fang Xuanling pointed to Jiangyang Cang, and said: "Jiangyang Cang is actually a city, with a circumference of about fifteen miles. At this scale, the garrison consisted of only four or five thousand people at most. ”
Yang Tong asked, "How far is the Yangtze River Wharf in Jiangyang County from Jiangyang Warehouse?" ”
"It's about five or six miles, in fact, it is built on the Yangtze River, and our fleet is moored at Jiangyang Wharf, which can enter Hangou and then enter the city from the Cao River in Cangcheng; You can also enter the city directly from Jiangyang Wharf on the Yangtze River. ”
"If there are only four or five thousand garrisons, there is no need to mobilize the army. In order not to startle the snake, he simply did not go to the Cao River or the ditch, and simply let the Xuanjia Army and Shurawei, who were good at assassination, go ashore and attack Jiangyang Cang at night, without alarming the defenders of Jiangdu City, and take Jiangyang Cang unknowingly. Yang Tong made a decision directly.
Fang Xuanling, who knew the strength of the Xuanjia Army and the Shura Guard, listened to Yang Tong's decision, and said: "Li Mi would not have expected that our army would attack it directly from the sea, and Jiangyang Cang was far behind the rear, so it was inevitable that he would have a slack heart. Wait until Jiangyang Cangcheng is calmed, and then use it as bait to lure the Jiangdu defenders out of the city, and he will attack halfway, and the other will ambush outside the city, taking the opportunity to capture the city. "Although a large number of siege equipment has been brought, if you can avoid attacking the fortifications, Fang Xuanling will naturally be happy to see it.
"In terms of combat effectiveness, there are four kinds of puppet Wei army, one is the internal army founded by imitating the Xiaoguo army, with only more than 20,000 people, but after years of war damage and replenishment, its combat power is far inferior to my Xiaoguo army; The second is the 120,000 elite divisions, Xu Shiji 40,000, Wang Bodang 20,000, Li Mi 20,000, Shan Xiongxin 20,000, Jiangdu City Guard Zhang Tongren 20,000, the third is the bandit soldiers compiled from Shen Faxing and Li Zitong, and the fourth is the newly recruited soldiers. According to the information we have obtained, the total number of soldiers in Jiangdu City is 30,000, that is to say, Zhang Tongren's battleable soldiers are only his 20,000 elites, and the other 10,000 are newly recruited soldiers, which is insignificant. "Regarding Wei Jun's situation, Fang Xuanling is like a treasure.
Yang Tong also felt that this method was really good, and asked with a smile, "What do you think?" ”
"Compared with the Wei army in Jiangdu, our 100,000 division occupies an absolute advantage, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, the minister thinks it is better to execute at the same time." Du Ruyan concisely said his opinion, he has always been clear in his thoughts and not much to say, but every word is to the point, which is why he has the name of Du Duan.
"The minister seconded the proposal."
"The minister seconded the proposal."
“……”
Cen Wenwen, Yu Shinan, Ma Zhou and others agreed.
After getting along for so long, Yang Tong also found that Sima in the army are rare talents, but their abilities are not the same, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui are all-round talents, and both of them are good at strategic military strategy; Cen Wenwen and Ma Zhou are biased towards logistics and internal affairs, while Yu Shinan's strengths lie in culture and education, so in terms of military operations, they rely more on Fang Du, and after a little thought, they said: "Then the army is divided into three ways, one is to seize Jiangyang Cang with the Xuanjia Army and the Shura Army, and 10,000 navies will respond; Second, with 20,000 Xiaoguo and 10,000 naval interceptors and rescue divisions; 30,000 and 40,000 Xiaoguo troops captured the city, leaving 20,000 navy and craftsmen to defend the fleet. ”