Chapter 115: The Battle of the Great River

Liu Renzhan's suggestion was directly ignored by Cha Wenhui, he had to ignore it, not that Liu Renzhan's idea is not good, at the juncture of the crisis, it is better to shorten the front and shrink the troops than to disperse the troops to defend everywhere, but they can't prevent it everywhere, and they are in a hurry everywhere. Chasing where to go quickly and dedicating Guangzhou and other places to the Great Han Dynasty in the Central Plains can also further stimulate the relationship between the Han Dynasty and the Chu State, and sprinkle some salt and oil between the two countries. However, Cha Wenhui couldn't agree to Liu Renzhan's suggestion, or even if he agreed, he didn't have that power, and the assassins in Gwangju and other places would not listen to him.

Although Li Jing is very stupid, the deaf monarch is not necessarily without real power, and it is not necessarily unexpected, such as the emperor Yu Wenyun of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, although others are arrogant and cruel, but Weifu can be self-authorized, can kill whoever he wants, and firmly controls the regime; And some monarchs are stupid and incompetent, such as Gao Wei of the Northern Qi Dynasty, who is a wealthy family in the court, he is just an ornament. Li Jing is obviously the first type, although he is an emperor and is not good in politics, it does not affect his control over the locality. Without Li Jing's order, the Gwangju Assassin could have completely ignored Cha Wenhui. And the Gwangju Assassin definitely does not have Liu Renzhan's consciousness, he will not surrender to the Han Dynasty, his mother and younger brother are in Jinling.

As long as Jinling is lost and the Tang Emperor Li Jing is captured alive, then, why should the Gwangju Assassin who will surrender sooner or later surrender to the Han Dynasty, and the Chu State is also a good surrender target. After all, relatively speaking, Li Tang's officials still have a slight affection for Chu State. Li Tang's government officials were all intellectuals, while Chu had always reused intellectuals, but the intellectuals of the Han Dynasty were treated a little worse, and three of the people in power in the Gang of Four had no good impression of intellectuals.

Cha Wenhui was silent, but according to Liu Renzhan's suggestion, he marched to Yangzhou, the eastern capital, hoping to rush to Yangzhou and return to the division with the Huai River Navy that followed the canal south.

The scouts sent by Cha Wenhui to deliver letters to the eastern capital only took one day to reach the eastern capital, and the Huainan naval army also happened to arrive in the eastern capital at this time. After reading Cha Wenhui's letter, Zheng Shaoye, the general of the navy, hurriedly went to discuss with Xu Wenzhen, who was left behind in the eastern capital.

Yangzhou, the eastern capital, was very close to Jinling, the western capital, and the news of the defeat of the Taizhou naval army and the blockade of the Yangtze River by the Chu naval army reached Yangzhou very early. Xu Wenzhen heard that Zheng Shaoye was coming, so he hurriedly sent someone to invite him.

So, two people full of worries sat together worriedly. Zheng Shaoye first said: "My lord, what do you think we should do first? ”

"After the defeat of the Taizhou naval army, Jinling was frightened overnight, the flame for help has been set off for two days, I sent someone to Jinling secretly to investigate the day before yesterday, but so far, there is still no return news, it seems that the Chu army is very strict on the Yangtze River blockade! We only have General Zheng as a naval army at the moment. Cha Wenhui Cha's suggestion, can we consider it? However, Jinling is also in danger. Xu Wenzhen said hesitantly, saying that he didn't say anything. Now the rivers are separated, and the distance follows, but what is the situation in Jinling, everyone has no bottom in their hearts. It will take at least 5 days for Cha Wenhui's army to arrive in Yangzhou, and no one knows what kind of changes will happen in Jinling in these five days. He Xu Wenzhen can't afford this responsibility!

Looking at Xu Wenzhen's hesitant gaze, Zheng Shaoye was also clear in his heart, as a veteran, he also had a judgment on the situation of the war, the Chu army was like a bamboo, and the soldiers were pressing the border, which was ...... No one knows how long Jinling will be able to hold out. He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Lord Xu, do you know where the main force of the Chu army is now?" Did you rush to Jinling City? ”

Xu Wenzhen shook his head: "According to the official document a few days ago, the main force of the Chu army is still in Xuanzhou, but it has been three or four days, this is ...... At the moment, it is not clear where the main force of the Chu army is! ”

Zheng Shaoye looked at the map and muttered in his mouth: "There are three hundred miles from Xuanzhou to Jinling, if Xuanzhou can't hold on for a day, then the Chu army will rush to three hundred miles, I'm afraid it will take at least five days." That is, it is likely that the main forces of the Chu army did not reach Jinling now. Only the sailors of the Chu army were blocking the Yangtze River. ”

Xu Wenzhen nodded: "I didn't expect that the newly built naval division of the Chu army was so strong in combat power that it defeated our Taizhou army." ”

Zheng Shaoye shook his head: "Lord Xu, you can't say that, in fact, the main force of the Taizhou Army was completely buried in Lingnan last year, and the current Taizhou Army is not mainly recruits." Well, I have a solution, I don't know if it's feasible. ”

Xu Wenzhen was not stupid, he looked at Zheng Shaoye's eager look, and he said: "Does the general want to rush to Jinling overnight, and take advantage of the fact that the main force of the Chu army did not come, and defeat the sailors of the Chu army in one fell swoop!" ”

Zheng Shaoye nodded: "Lord Xu, don't you think it's an opportunity now?" If the main force of the Chu army really rushes to Jinling, I am afraid that Jinling may not be able to hold it. And with the main force of the Chu army here, it will be troublesome for us to defeat the sailors of the Chu army. But now, the main force of the Chu army has not yet come, the Yangtze River, there are only 20,000 water troops, we don't need to completely defeat the Chu army, as long as we get to the city of Jinling, rescue the families of His Majesty and hundreds of officials, and move to Huainan, our Datang can be worry-free for the time being. “

"General Zheng, how sure are you?"

"Lord Xu, it's not a matter of grasping. Time is running out, let's give it a try, I'm afraid the opportunity is fleeting, and we will regret it in the future! ”

Xu Wenzhen was silent, on the one hand, he was Zheng Shaoye's adventurous plan, but on the other hand, Zheng Shaoye This is the water army, but Li Tang's last water power, if it fails, even if Chen Jue's army comes, even if Chen Jue's sergeants can swim and operate boats, this is useless, because there are no warships!

Zheng Shaoye stood up with a "bang", and he said firmly: "My lord, the last general will break into Jinling, if Lord Chen Jue arrives, listen to him and hurry up to set up defense in Yangzhou." If everything goes well, when Lord Chen's army arrives, I can also take Your Majesty back!" ”

"General, what strategy are you going to use to deal with the Chu army!"

"Lord Xu, is this a water war? It's nothing more than shooting, colliding with boats, setting fires, hooking boats, and fighting, and there is basically no other way. It's the end of February, the north wind is strong, and I'm ready to go to the Chu Army's naval division camp near Jinling, and the camera uses fire to attack! ”。

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