Chapter 157: Can't Wait
Fifty miles northeast of the Jiangxia defense line of the Wu army, on the east bank of the upstream of the water.
Where Ding Feng's garrison was, it was dawn again, and Ding Feng led several horsemen to inspect the sentry posts on the west bank, and the sentry posts were bright and dark.
Mingshao is mostly based on wooden buildings, and there are five people stationed in Tun; The secret sentinel is mainly in the grass in the bush, hiding two or three people.
After a round of inspection, Ding Feng breathed a sigh of relief, so far he has not seen the Han army guerrillas attacking, and there is no Han army scout, which shows that the Han army does not care about here.
He said to his younger brother Ding Feng, who was following him: "Liu Min and Huang Zhong's second battalion are solid, I am afraid that the main force of the Han army will storm Wuchang in the south of the Yangtze River." ”
Ding Feng was seventeen years old, wearing an ordinary patent leather armor, and followed behind the twenty-year-old Ding Feng, thinking and wondering: "Brother, Jiangnan may resist?" ”
"I don't know."
Ding Feng took out the famous thorn given by Tian Xin from his arms, and looked at the handsome script on it: "It also depends on where the troops of Nanyang will be transferred, if it is to help the north bank, when our army is in decline, Zhang Wenyuan has to come." ”
Guan Yu's naval army was unable to break through and defeat the main force of Wu's naval division because the infantry on both sides advanced slowly, and if there was a breakthrough and a firm foothold along the way, Wu's defense line would collapse.
Ding Feng looked sideways at the famous thorn and asked, "Brother, will that person go to the north bank, or will he go to the south bank to help in the war?" ”
Ding Feng put away the name thorn and looked at the lush scene of the field: "Brother, this person's swordsmanship is far above the long soldiers, and he boasts that he is unparalleled in the world. If you help Guan Yun's Changshui Division, you may be able to break through my three-way water division and go straight to the mountain camp. ”
When the gang jumped into the battle, Tian Xin boarded any of the warships of the Wu army, which would be devastating for the officials on the battleship.
As long as two or three Wu warships were taken in a row, the defense line of the Wu army's naval division would collapse.
The Han army's sailors were upstream, and they took advantage of it, rushing down the river to kill, and the Wu army's small boats could not resist it, and the battleships were the pillars of resistance to the Han army.
During this period of stalemate, the Han army was not idle, harvesting reeds to make millions of bunches, bundled them into large rafts, and pouring fish oil, enough for hundreds of thousands of oil rafts.
When the Han army was ready to attack again, even if there was no Tian Xin, Guan Yu used the oil raft as the front drive, which was enough to break through the defense line of the Wu army's naval division.
A fire attack launched from the upstream is a compulsory course in water warfare for the downstream sailors, and it is necessary to be on guard against and be vigilant.
Hundreds of thousands of oil rafts floated down the river, and the river was a sea of fire, who is not afraid?
In Pan Zhang's camp not far away, Ma Zhong, the military commander, also studied the detour route with Pan Zhang, and Ma Zhong had personally walked it and was familiar with the road conditions.
At this time, Tian Xin and Tian Yu arrived at Liu Bei's camp, and Guan Yu and Fu Kuang were also there.
Liu Bei gave Tian Xin the feeling that there was no shelf, a sense of affinity, and a sense of intimacy like Guan Yu.
The map was spread on the table, and only Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Fu Kuang, and Tian Xin studied it together, and the others were not enough to participate in this meeting.
"In late August, the Nanyang soldiers must return to their original defense, so as not to attack and disturb the Wei army, causing Nanyang to be ruined."
Fu Kuang's tone was calm, and he held the war games of the Nanyang soldiers in his hand: "Tian Junhou is familiar with the combat power of the Nanyang soldiers, so he should be placed on the north bank, and after the sailors make contributions, they will directly attack Sun Quan's camp." Or should it be put on the south bank, after breaking the Wuchang defense line, converging with Huang Gongheng's headquarters and going straight to Fankou, cutting off the retreat of the Jiangdong Naval Division? ”
Relying on the Yangtze River to fight, any breakthrough along the way would be devastating for the defenders.
However, there are more than 30,000 Zhang Liao stationed at Wuyang Pass in the north, so the Wu army has expectations that it may hold on to and wait for reinforcements, and it will not collapse on all fronts.
Tian Xin looked at the map and shook his head: "I don't know the specific battle situation in Jiangbei and Jiangnan, the battlefield is thousands of miles away, I don't have an opinion." Your Majesty and Guan Hou have been fighting the world for more than 30 years, and I am ordered to fight. ”
Fu Kuang didn't speak, and Liu Bei said: "Yun Chang, Zhang Wenyuan, Pan Zhang and others intend to attack my camp, I think this is Sun Quan's trickery." ”
"Yes, the minister also has concerns."
Guan Yu picked up the two-character war game from the table, and Xu Ling was sent by him to Liu Bei's camp: "With the fierceness of Sun Quan's killing at that time, and Xu Ling is the villager that Yu Zhongxiang raised in the past, he is bound to cut it off." ”
"He hid and didn't send it, the minister thought that Sun Quan expected Xu Ling to change, so he stayed by his side until recently, when he heard that Xiao had come to help in the war, so he sent Xu Ling to envoy Zhu Ran, so that Xu Ling could take the opportunity to escape in order to achieve his wish."
Xu Ling must be weak-hearted, his wife and children are in Yi County, and he will definitely run away with his wife and children.
Guan Yu looked at Zhang Liao's war game on the north side of the map: "But the minister thinks that what Xu Ling said is not unreasonable, His Majesty's camp has been exposed." With Wenyuan's heart, although he knows that it is difficult, he will also come to try it, and he must not be guarded against. Therefore, the minister thought that the filial piety department should stay on the north bank of the Han River to set up a village, and if Wen Yuan came, let him know that it was powerful. ”
Guan Yu said that he put the war games in his hand on the opposite bank of Liu Bei's camp and took two steps back.
Fu Kuang glanced at Guan Yu, and then at the side face of Tian Xin, who was concentrating on observing the map, and Fu Kuang was silent.
"Yun Chang's strategy can be described as safe, but the army of the East Expedition has lost its stability, and I want to make a contribution with Qi."
Liu Bei stepped forward and reached out to grab Tian Xin's Northern Wargame and picked it up, and put it in front of Tian Xin in person, with a sincere expression: "Filial piety is a natural talent, and he has more insights than old people like me. Now that the two armies are holding each other, how to break the enemy, please also ask filial piety to make self-determination. ”
Tian Xin came back to his senses, looked down at his wargame, and then looked at the huge and detailed map, only to feel that the three-inch square wooden chess pieces in front of him were extremely heavy.
He took the initiative to go to the front line, if the camp was stolen by Zhang Liao, then he couldn't afford to bear this responsibility, and Guan Yu would be implicated.
150,000 real Han troops participated in the war, and the responsibility for this defeat was too great.
Guan Yu spoke: "Your Majesty, in another half a month, the minister can get 200,000 oil rafts, down the river, can break Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin's water division, if Jiang Qin's Jiangzhu is occupied, the Wu army is bound to be turbulent on the whole front." At that time, His Majesty was kind enough to appease him, and he was promised the position of a prince, and the generals of Jiangdong were slack. ”
"At that time, how dare the thief Cao Pi sit back and watch the fall of Jiangdong, he will make Wenyuan attack our army urgently."
"If filial piety attacks Jiangdong first, Sun Quan has already lost his heart, and he will ask for help in the north, Wenyuan will be fast in five days, and slow will be able to arrive in seven days."
"Therefore, the minister thought that he should make filial piety stay on the north bank of the Han River to strangle the enemy, and he could take all possible measures."
If nothing else, Tian Xin's battle flag appeared on the battlefield, even if Zhang Liao was in person, he had to hesitate for a moment or three.
Tian Xin is now going to the front line, Sun Quan will immediately ask Cao Pi for help, if Cao Pi can't hold his breath and forces Zhang Liao to reinforce, then Nanyang's 20,000 fresh troops will not be able to put into the expected battlefield on the south bank.
There is always a difference between the main attack and the feint attack of the two armies on the north bank and the south bank, and the predetermined main attack route is on the south bank.
Break the Wuchang defense line, attack Fankou directly, and lock the retreat of the Jiangdong Navy Division in one go.
Solve the Jiangdong sailors in the hands of Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, then Jiangdong will be abolished, and it will not be in the way for the time being, and the money and grain can be collected regularly.
Huang Zhong and Li Yan on the north bank have always feinted, defended, and pinned down, and the real main attack is the south bank and the sailors, and there are two targets, one is Sun Quan's head, and the other is Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin's sailors.
If either of these two objectives is achieved, the crusade will be won.
Leave Tian Xin on the north bank of the camp to garrison, wait for 20,000 people in Nanyang to reinforce the Jiangnan battlefield, and wait for the Han army and sailors to prepare for the oil raft fire attack, either of these two opportunities can be achieved, and you can win!
Liu Bei saw that Tian Xin was silent when he looked at the map at eye level, and Fu Kuang was silent when he lowered his head on one side.
"Alas...... Why should Yun Chang deceive himself, He Qi Jiangdong is a famous general, this person and Bu Qi guard Wuchang, it is by no means easy. ”
"The art of oil raft fire attack, can the Jiangdong sailor be unprepared for a long time to practice this technique?"
"In September, the thief army will invade Nanyang in several ways, and our army will be difficult to take care of!"
"I ...... There are more than 10,000 auxiliary monarchs on the left, ten battalions of soldiers and horses supervised by Feng Xi on the right, and there are more than 10,000 people in the headquarters, and there are also 30,000 people, so why not be afraid of Zhang Wenyuan's tired army of 200 miles of attack! ”
The more Liu Bei said that he was more and more excited, he picked up Tian Xin's wargame and threw it on the edge of Guan Yu's camp, with a crisp sound: "Yun Chang, I can't wait." ”