With military orders and sufficient troops, everything is easy to do, Shi Bin decided to send Yi Jun over to guard Xiangtan, in order to completely control the waterway in Tanzhou, the newly formed first battalion of water divisions also stayed in Xiangtan to continue training.

Before attacking, it is necessary to make a battle plan, how to attack, and how to retreat. Guerrilla warfare is easier to fight than positional warfare, but the difficulty of this kind of robbery is not in the offensive, but in how to protect the interests gained and retreat smoothly.

It must be known that the grain and grass of the Yuan soldiers are still near Xiangyang, and even if the grain robbery is successful, it will take a long land route to get to the river and take the waterway south. Moreover, it is not that there is a wharf by the river, and it is necessary to pick a place where the enemy's defense is weak and easy to respond to be on the boat and retreat.

Maybe after the looting is completed, you will have to find a few places close to the official road and not easy to be detected to hide the military rations.

Li Chao said to Zhao Gang and Yi Jun: "Two eldest brothers, the younger brother thinks that last time we beat the Yuan soldiers in Zaoyang and burned most of their grain and grass, it is estimated that we will not be able to go to Zaoyang, most of them are guarded like iron buckets, if we go again, I am afraid that we will fall into the net." ”

Yi Jun nodded and said, "Yes, Zaoyang definitely can't go again." However, the Yuan soldiers also have tens of thousands of horses, and they are cunning rabbits, and they will not hoard all the grain and grass in one place. It's too risky and too wasteful to be in one place. There should be at least two more grain camps near Xiangyang. And they should all be not far from Xiangyang, and they should be near the official road for convenient transportation. ”

These words are reasonable, which makes Li Chao and others also look at Yi Jun with admiration.

"That's terrible, send more detectives to investigate, and report back in time when you get the news." Zhao Gang said excitedly.

Knowing that Zhao Gang had this temper, the two did not argue with him, but only discussed how to send troops and where to send them.

Li Chao believes that all the forces that can be used should be used, including Jia Yidao. What's more, Shi Bin has already taken refuge in Jia Nidao, and Jia Ling is in Tanzhou, if he doesn't look at the face of the monk and the face of the Buddha, Jia Nidao will definitely help. As soon as Zhao Gang heard that he was going to ask Jia Nidao for help, his face immediately turned gloomy and he was very unhappy.

This kind of big thing can't be caused by Zhao Gang's temperament, and Li Chao doesn't plan to explain it, this is something he must accept.

In the end, it was decided to visit Jia Nidao first, ask him for help, and ordered Jingzhou City to be used as a land transit point to receive the retreating troops and the looted grain.

Immediately, 20 cavalry were sent to Yicheng, Nanzhang, Gucheng, and Baokang to search for targets. Once the target is found, a specific attack plan is carefully planned.

Shi Bin thought that once the grain robbery was successful, it would be most appropriate to send him ten Yuan soldier heads each time, and for Jia Rudao, this Yuan soldier head was much more valuable than hundreds of stone grain and grass. Raising food only needs to be done by subordinates, but it is difficult to get the head of this soldier, but once you get it, it is a ladder to the top of the clouds.

When Zhao Gang heard that he was going to send so many benefits to Jia Yidao, he was immediately dissatisfied, and was about to express his dissatisfaction, but was preempted by Yi Jun's words.

Because of the thought of the head, Yi Jun was confused at this time, and asked: "The eldest brother said that the head of the Yuan people was sent, is the head of the Yuan people different from us?" Aren't they all two eyes, two ears, a nose and a mouth? ”

Li Chao also felt that there were some secrets that they didn't know when he heard Yi Jun say this, so he also asked.

"You don't understand, the food of our and the Yuan people is different, so it causes the teeth and mouths to be different, in fact, you Han people and those Mongols have different head shapes. Otherwise, isn't it just a matter of killing a person to kill a good person? Zhao Gang said with a smile.

But just after saying it with a smile, he immediately said with a gloomy face: "Then Jia Ling is not in the eldest brother's mansion now?" Sooner or later, she will be my sister-in-law, how can this father-in-law help his son-in-law and benefit more? ”

Hearing this innocent words, Li Chao and Yi Jun couldn't help but look at each other and smile, really admiring his simplicity.

Yi Jun said with a smile: "Brother Zhao, of course my father-in-law doesn't need to help my son-in-law, but this matter has not been decided, it is just a tacit acquiescence in everyone's hearts." Jia Rudao had probably guessed the daughter's little abacus a long time ago, so he allowed her to come to Tanzhou with her eldest brother. But if the matter is not decided yet, we don't know what to do, how do you think Jia seems to think of us? ”

Li Chao said that eating alone is the most taboo, and he can't let other colleagues feel that Shi Bin's gang is a white-eyed wolf who has only progressed.

Zhao Gang seemed to be choked, but he opened his mouth but didn't make a sound.

"Brother Zhao, this practice of 'asking the horses to run again, and asking the horses not to eat grass' is not right. Even if it is his own brother, he will also get some benefits, and besides, Najia Rudao is a greedy person, and only in this way can he be tightly bound to us. What's more, he didn't do it alone, so how many points would be given to his subordinates. Knowing that Zhao Gang's donkey was still unconvinced, Li Chao added.

After understanding these truths, Zhao Gang smiled awkwardly.

And this water transfer station is the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Deng, on the Luohan Island of Dongting Lake. This Chairman Deng is the most powerful and has a good reputation, and it is most reassuring to cooperate with him. The most important thing is to keep him from blushing at the gang of bandits and let Xiangtan City develop harmoniously.

In this way, the northbound army has these two reliable transit stations, as long as the grain robbery is successful, once the Yicheng line is crossed, the grain robbery will be successful, just wait to return to the city to share the profits.

In less than half a month, all the ordnance and baggage were in place, and forty or fifty medium-sized ships headed for Jingzhou.

Seeing such a powerful fleet on the main ship, Li Chao and they were very happy. Although it is not a regular warship, it has so many guns on board, but it is also very combat-effective. As long as they get on the boat, the Yuan people can only look at the river and sigh.

When he arrived in Jingzhou, Jia Rudao seemed to have known that Li Chao and a few people would come, and just pulled out the sleeve of the worship post, and the doorman saw that it was them, and immediately led him into the house without going in to report.

A few people walked on the porch, thinking of the performance of the doorman just now, they couldn't help but admire Jia Yidao's sophistication, although they despised his greed.

It must be known that there are few people who can make a little doorman so sensible.

Jia Rudao knew that Shi Bin would definitely send benefits, he thought it was only more than a hundred stone grains and rice, but he didn't expect it to be ten Yuan soldiers.

With these favorable conditions, Jia Rudao immediately ordered a battalion of elite soldiers to be sent to assist Li Chao in attacking and retreating. The assistance of another battalion of officers and soldiers made Li Chao's heart more steady, which could ensure that even if the operation failed, he would definitely be able to retreat.

Such a "win-win" result is naturally happy for everyone, Li Chao and the others were just about to leave, but they were stopped by Jia Yidao, he smiled and said: "Commander Li, I think we can have deeper cooperation, what do you say?" ”

"Deeper", "Cooperation", Li Chao, who heard this, knew that something good was coming, and immediately humbly motioned to Jia Yidao to say it.

"I remember that I seem to have supported your Tanzhou Shi to lead the equipment of the five battalions, right?"

"Of course, Lord Jia's kindness, I don't want to forget, I don't know what else we can serve? If you can do your best, we will not prevaricate! Li Chao said categorically.

"Commander Li doesn't have to be like this, in fact, I am ready to support you Shi Commander to lead the equipment and food of the two battalions again。。。。。。。。。" Halfway through the conversation, Jia Rudao kept silent, just looked at Li Chao with a smile.

Knowing what this old fritter was thinking, Li Chao hugged his fists and saluted, laughing loudly: "Thank you, thank you, Lord Jia." Why be so polite about this little thing, just ask us to do things for you and just say it. I can be the master of the stone commander, and every time I succeed in robbing the grain, I will give you twenty yuan soldiers' heads! ”

Of course, this old fritter doesn't believe in the empty words of "doing things for him and speaking directly", but he very much hopes to get twenty Yuan soldiers, so the equipment and food of the two battalions are really nothing. So he was very happy to accept Li Chao's promise.

With these resources, it's all easy. Returning to the camp outside the city, Li Chao sent scouts to investigate the enemy's situation, and also sent people to the city to collect information on the Yuan soldiers.

In less than five days, it was learned that the Yuan soldiers each had a large grain camp in Xinye, Gucheng and Nanzhang. Every five days, 800 stone grain and grass were sent to the Yuan soldiers' camp outside Xiangyang City.

Although the specific route is clear, each time it is transported from a different grain depot, that is, the departure time is different, so it is not easy to ambush. What's even more odious is that although there are only tens of thousands of soldiers, there are many traitors to help.

And every time the men and horses of the food protection team also arrived in three battalions, one battalion of yuan soldiers and two battalions of puppet troops.

Li Chao and Yi Jun also became worried when they heard this, although they had five battalions of men and horses on their side, they were not much stronger than the Yuan soldiers, and they were most afraid that they would be entangled and unable to retreat quickly.

This time it was Zhao Gang's turn to laugh: "The two brothers got into the horns again." Since there are traitors in the Han people, don't the Yuan soldiers have a traitor? You must know that the status of these soldiers in their own clan is very low, in fact, they are the slaves of those nobles. They are highly hierarchical, and basically they will not have a bright future in their lives. This money can make the devil grind, let's spend some money to buy one or two. ”

The two looked at Zhao Gang and laughed happily, Zhao Gang is really good at being a mixed race of Mongolian and Chinese, and he knows the twists and turns so clearly. It seems that this familiar regional civilization can avoid many detours. After going back, I will remind Shi Bin to recruit more talents in this area.

After eating this reassuring pill, several people discussed how to retreat once the food robbery was successful.

Li Chao believed that if the grain was looted near Gucheng, it would go directly south from the Han River, pass through the city from Xiangyang to Jingzhou, and then hoard it to Luohan Zhou, and finally be sent back to Changsha City by the sailors on a regular basis. But there is a big inconvenience, it is easy to be discovered by the Yuan soldiers in the west of Xiangyang.

If the grain is looted near Nanzhang County, it will be transported from Yicheng to Jingzhou, and then it will be the same. The disadvantage is that the grain site of the Yuan soldiers is too far away from the river, the road is rugged and difficult to travel, and it is difficult to ensure safety.

Only this Xinye is not bad, although it has entered the sphere of influence from Henan to the Yuan soldiers, but the Baihe River in the territory can lead to the Han River.

Although Xinye was controlled by the Yuan soldiers, it was easy to reach the riverside wharf after the successful grain robbery, but the fleet was too small to work, and the fleet was too large to attract attention and become a self-defeating net.

Li Chao and Zhao Gang were frowning, but Yi Jun said: "Brother, I know some of the local snakes there, they control some docks and ships, although they are crooked melons and cracked dates, but there are also patriots, maybe they can help." Of course, this money still has to be sought, and the risk is very large. ”

Hearing this, several people laughed, but they also had to sigh, in this troubled world, they are really a family of soldiers and bandits.

"Actually, it's very simple, let's park these ships at different docks, just say that they are leased to outsiders, and ask those local snakes to help cover up, so that others can mistakenly think that we are smuggling. And it doesn't form a fleet before it acts. This Xinye is too far away from Xiangyang and can only be transported by water, so we just need to enter the Baihe River valley in batches. ”

This strategy was indeed very good, so several people sent the clerk to Changsha Shibin for backup.

Shi Bin affirmed their battle plan and said that the time of the sortie was up to them, and everything could be done cheaply.

With these things, Li Chao and Zhao Gang were full of energy, while Yi Jun looked at the two of them enviously, and wanted to go by himself very much, but unfortunately he couldn't.

"Brother Yi Jun, don't worry, as long as we succeed this time, we will definitely take you next time. Maybe Zhao Gang and I will have to give way and let Liu Xiao go with you. Li Chao smiled and comforted him.

Indeed, this is the truth, Shi Bin has never been an eccentric person, and the brothers will have a share in the benefits. This made Yi Jun a lot happier, and wished Li Chao and the two a victory.