To be honest, An Zichen didn't understand Li Chunjing's order to let the Fifth Infantry Division cross the river? This joke is not funny, if you just send a mixed group to cross the river, you must make a lot of preparations in advance, and you can barely smuggle it over while the night is dark.

However, if the Fifth Infantry Division is allowed to temporarily cross the river, its difficulty level will rise several levels, and it is unlikely that Guangguang will temporarily recruit many ships that can cross the river.

Moreover, the Ming army and navy divisions are not vegetarians, and there are always a small number of Ming navy ships following and monitoring on the river, and once it is discovered that the Fifth Infantry Division has an attempt to cross the river, it is estimated that the nearby Ming army sailors will immediately gather to intercept it.

Not to mention whether it will fall into a crisis after crossing the river, even if you want to cross the river, it will not be easy, and if you don't do it well, the Fifth Infantry Division will suffer a catastrophe!

At this time, Li Chunjing glanced back at An Zichen, and then he didn't know whether to say it to himself or to An Zichen, but he muttered: "This army always has to move, so that the Ming army can also move, and we can fight when they move!" ”

After listening to Li Chunjing's words, An Zichen also fell into deep thought.

He understood Li Chunjing's words a little, and now the Ming army is retreating in Anqing and Jinling, and these two cities are what they must conquer.

The Ming army on the Anqing side built a super-large coastal battery group, and with its naval ships, it directly blocked the Yangtze River, so that the Tang Navy could not provide supplies to the army troops through the Yangtze River channel.

And once the river transportation supply is lost, the Datang Army will be very troubled when it goes out to fight, even if a large number of civilians are mobilized, but at most it is to support the distance of about two or three hundred kilometers from the logistics transfer station, and once this distance is exceeded, the supply efficiency will be greatly reduced, and finally the combat effectiveness of the troops will be greatly affected.

At present, the closest supply transit station of the Tang Army to the front line is Pengze Hukou, which is more than 400 kilometers away from Jinling.

Not to mention, to maintain such a long supply line, the number of troops required is at least huge, otherwise the Ming army can cut off the supply line by sending a cavalry unit over at will.

And in this way, it will also weaken the combat strength of the Second Army for the front.

Therefore, from the perspective of logistics, Anqing must be taken down, and the Ming army and water division must also be contained, or simply annihilated the Ming army and water division.

In this way, Li Chunjing was able to lead the army to attack Jinling with confidence.

However, the Yangtze River Fleet of the Tang Navy is not as strong as the Yangtze River Naval Division of the Ming Army, and it is impossible to break through the blockade of the Ming Army's Naval Division and reach Jinling.

And Anqing, it is not so easy to take down, not to mention that they have built a solid defense line in Anqing itself, deployed heavy troops, and more importantly, the existence of the Ming army's naval division made it impossible for the Tang Army to send too many troops across the river to attack Anqing.

Many restrictions made the Second Army still timid despite a large-scale attack.

It's just that An Zichen still hasn't figured out what Li Chunjing wants to do and what his ultimate purpose is.

But since he can't figure it out, he doesn't bother to think about it, anyway, commanding a war is not what he is good at, so he should do his job well.

An Zichen, the chief of staff of the Second Army, couldn't understand Li Chunjing's thoughts, and Wang Yiqi on the other side naturally couldn't understand Li Chunjing's thoughts.

According to the reconnaissance cavalry report on the front line, after the thief army of more than 15,000 people took Guichi, they did not continue to advance eastward, but began to collect ships and build rafts, Wang Yiqi frowned.

"Do they want to cross the river?"

"But how did they cross the river? My Jiangnan Navy Division has already blocked the Yangtze River to the death, and if they make a slight move, our Navy Division will be able to kill it, and when the time comes, let alone crossing the river, whether they can save themselves is a question! ”

Wang Yiqi looked puzzled, but he was sure that there must be some conspiracy behind this, what if they really had a way to cross the river?

Therefore, Wang Yiqi is still quite cautious to let the Jiangnan Navy closely monitor the Guichi area, as long as the puppet Tang thief army dares to cross the river, he will immediately intercept it decisively and resolutely, and send the puppet Tang thief army into the Yangtze River to feed Wang Ba.

At the same time, the defenders on Anqing's side also increased their patrols along the Yangtze River, not only sending a large number of reconnaissance cavalry patrols, but also the more than 1,000 Ming cavalry that started from Anqing and kept pace with the puppet Tang thief army on the opposite side of the Yangtze River and marched eastward was also simply stationed on the other side of Guichi, and did not leave.

When the Ming army increased its vigilance and strictly defended it, Li Chunjing himself did not show much reaction, but continued to lead his troops to attack the city in Huizhou Mansion and Ningguo Mansion.

On October 8, after a two-day siege, the Second Army captured the capital of Huizhou

On the twelfth, he conquered Jingde, the capital of Ningguo, and then the army divided into two routes, killing Ningguo and Jing County respectively.

A few days later, the Second Army, which had conquered the above two places, joined forces again and slaughtered Xuancheng, the capital of Ningguo.

Although Wang Yiqi had already made a strategic decision to shrink his forces and concentrate on defending Jinling, it did not mean that he would sit back and watch a large hinterland in the south of the Yangtze River fall into the hands of thieves.

But even if he was unwilling, he was helpless, because at this time, he got a report again, saying that the pseudo-Tang thief army in Guichi suddenly gave up the attempt to cross the river, and then came towards Jinling City again, and its troops had already arrived in Tongling, and it would not take long to kill Taiping Mansion.

At this time, he didn't dare to divide his troops!

At present, this strategic attempt of the puppet Tang thief army is nothing more than one south and one north advancing together, but they will definitely come to Jinling in the end, and they are waiting for them in Jinling City.

When the time comes, fight a strategic battle with them outside Jinling City!

After dragging the thief army, the defenders on the Anqing side can also take the initiative to attack, cross the river and directly cut off their supply line, and at that time, these tens of thousands of thieves will be trapped and killed under Jinling City.

Therefore, let Li Chunjing conquer the city in the south of the Yangtze River, Wang Yiqi was stunned that he didn't understand with 100,000 heavy soldiers, so he stayed in Jinling City, as if he hadn't seen many places fall.

For such a situation, Li Chunjing didn't seem to see it, and continued to attack the city, and after the main force of the Second Army captured Xuancheng, Ningguofu, An Zichen found Li Chunjing.

"My lord, the army has been attacking for twenty days, and now the soldiers are tired, the consumption of ammunition is also a little large, and the supplies behind are a little unable to keep up, why don't you rest in Xuancheng first!"

It's rare, but this time Li Chunjing didn't refuse his suggestion, but nodded and said: "After twenty days of fighting, it's time to rest and recuperate!" ”

Hearing that Li Chunjing lived like this, An Zichen was also relieved!

The army rushed forward for almost three hundred kilometers in one go, and this distance was almost to the limit of the second army's supply line.

If you want to continue to attack eastward, then you need to build a supply transfer station in Xuancheng and spend a certain amount of time stockpiling supplies, so that you can continue to launch a large-scale offensive in the future.

In order to ensure the logistics supply of the Second Army, An Zichen was also heartbroken!

A large number of people and those small boats were mobilized, mainly by land, and at the same time, they also used the water network in the south of the Yangtze River to transport supplies, but the manpower and material resources consumed by such supplies were too troublesome, and the amount of supplies was not large, far from being as convenient as transporting supplies with large ships of tens or even hundreds of tons.

The main force of the Second Army stopped the attack, but the Fifth Infantry Division did not stop, and they continued to attack Taiping Province, but when they were about to reach Dangtu, they suddenly turned to the south.

This change made the Ming army on Dangtu's side surprised and delighted, these thieves didn't come to Dangtu, this is a great thing!

However, when this change reached Wang Yiqi's ears, it made Wang Yiqi ponder.

The thief army in Xuancheng did not move, and the thief army that entered the Taiping Mansion did not continue to move east, but went south, looking at the direction of their south, it should be to Xuancheng.

Are they going to join forces?

But what do they want to do when they join forces?

At this time, Wang Yiqi suddenly remembered something, and then immediately asked his subordinates on the side: "What is the situation in Zhejiang, where did the king thief's department go?" ”

Hearing Wang Yiqi suddenly ask about the situation in Zhejiang, this subordinate didn't react at once, they were discussing the war in Nanzhili just now, especially discussing the follow-up Jinling defense.

It's even been talked about, whether to let the 20,000 troops on the Anqing side take the opportunity to cross the river to Chizhou Mansion and completely cut off the supply line of the puppet Tang thief army.

Now, why is the problem coming to Zhejiang all of a sudden?

Someone immediately replied: "The situation in Zhejiang has not changed much, judging from the situation that came before, the royal thief department from Fujian is currently storming Wenzhou and Chuzhou. The last time Mr. Yu sent a message, southern Zhejiang is still as stable as Mount Tai! ”

This person didn't say anything, but also said, Wang Yiqi immediately stood up, and then his face sank instantly: "Not good!" ”

Wang Yiqi said this, and the people under him were not all stupid, and soon someone guessed it, why did Wang Yiqi say this, and immediately many people's faces became very ugly, and many people also showed horror.

A guard commander even exclaimed: "They won't come to Jinling at all, they're going to Hangzhou!" ”

Another lieutenant general said: "This official knows that Li Thief is extremely cunning, and it is impossible to come to Jinling according to the rules, and he was also so tricky when he attacked Yuezhou last year."

In the end, he bypassed Wuchang and went directly to Yuezhou, this time his previous series of actions must have confused us, in order to conquer Hangzhou! ”

At this time, someone said: "In this way, wouldn't General Yu be very dangerous?" ”