Wu Qi Langya Taiwan Naval Battle, Han Qian and Xi Ying soon found relevant records in more than a dozen volumes of "Yue Jue Shu".

Wu was strong in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, along the Yangtze River from Dongting Lake to Poyang Lake and Taihu Lake are invincible, when the Wu army invaded Qi, in addition to the main force along the Hangou and other inland rivers to the north, but also sent a partial division to attack the eastern coastal areas of Qi at that time, and the Qi State Navy Division in the Langyatai sea area east of Mizhou today.

However, fighting in inland rivers and fighting in the oceans are two completely different concepts for warships and generals to resist wind and waves.

1,500 years ago, although the cross-sea expedition of the Wu State Navy Division, although in terms of distance, was only six or seven hundred miles, but before barely reaching the Langyatai Sea area, there were already many warships that could not resist the wind and waves at sea and were overturned and sunk, and a large number of naval generals were exhausted by the wind and waves, and finally were defeated by the Qi State Navy Division who were waiting for work.

The same is true, every time there has been a war in the Jianghuai region for thousands of years, the naval army has frequently fought in the inland rivers, but there is a rare record of naval confrontation.

Probably the same, even if it was found that the Liang army had signs of preparing to build a naval army camp in Haizhou, Wang Wenqian and other Huaidong generals did not deeply consider the possibility that the Liang army might take the sea route to disturb the Jianghuai coast.

Of course, the coastal area east of Huaidong is the Huaidong salt field under the direct jurisdiction of the Imperial Salt and Iron Envoy Division, and from the mouth of the Yangtze River to the south, it is the coastal area of Su, Xiu, Hangzhou, and Ming prefectures.

According to the shipbuilding technology of the past, it was very difficult to build a sailing ship with strong resistance to wind and waves, but in recent years, Xuzhou has adopted a watertight cabin structure to build large ships, which has greatly strengthened the strength of the hull, which has greatly improved the safety of coastal operations of the navy.

At present, there is also enough evidence that Zhao Kuo had transmitted Xuzhou's textile, iron control and shipbuilding techniques back to Liang before committing suicide.

This also means that Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang built a naval battalion in Haizhou, and there is no major obstacle to building a new type of sea ship that is stronger against wind and waves, and as long as the generals have undergone corresponding naval combat training, they will still have the ability to form a combat force of the coastal sea division within one or two years.

"You prepare a secret letter for me to play this matter...... Han Qian piled up a stack of books on the desk, and said to Xi Ying after a long silence.

"Even if the Liang army is really planning something, it will take a year or two to achieve a small success, and if you break this point at this time, it will give the people of Jinling more excuses to immediately form a new naval division east of Runzhou, so as to reduce the degree of support ......that Tangyi can get," Xi Ying said.

The destruction of the main force of the Great Chu Naval Division at Hongzepu does not mean that the imperial court has no plans to form a new naval division.

The shipyards in the Gyeonggi area were destroyed one after another before and after the Jinling Incident, and a large number of shipbuilders were taken to Shouju by Anninggong Palace, which did not mean that the whole of Jiangdong no longer had the ability to build large ships.

In fact, in the area around Taihu Lake in Jiangdong, the people have a strong shipbuilding capacity, and it is impossible for the imperial court to completely hand over the Yangtze River waterway to the control of Xuzhou Water Camp.

However, in the current tense situation, everything must be done to contain the enemy's offensive and stabilize the defense line on the north bank; Han Daoming is above the court, so that he can openly and honestly strive for more materials and other related support for Tangyi.

It is precisely because of the concern that the Lou Boat Army will go south and invade the Yangtze River waterway after the river ice thaws, and it is only at this stage that it is all the more necessary to fully support the strengthening of the combat strength of the Xuzhou Water Battalion -- after all, it will take time to rebuild a naval division and form combat effectiveness.

Therefore, it is beneficial to Xuzhou not to reveal the real plot of the Liang army to build a naval army camp in Haizhou at this time.

And once the secret fold is planned to play its part, not only Lu Qingxia, Li Zhihe and others, but even Emperor Yanyou and the princes of the court will have an excuse, and they will also be very happy to immediately choose a place to make new preparations for the formation of a new naval force in the area east of Runzhou.

This will not only prevent the Liang army's Haizhou naval division from attacking and harassing the coastal areas in the future, but will actually directly weaken the control of the Xuzhou water camp over the Yangtze River waterway, and may make the imperial court's control over the north bank of the Yangtze River back on the right track.

Han Qian sighed slightly, pillowed Xi Ying's thighs, and said: "I'm not thinking about showing how high I am, but even if I wait until a year or two later, the Liang Junshui Division really attacks the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang from the near sea, no matter from which angle, it is impossible for the court and the palace to hand over the coastal defense to the Xuzhou Water Battalion." Rather than waiting until that time and watching them hastily form a new naval division, and then being defeated again, damaging the vitality of Great Chu, it is better to remind them to make more preparations in advance, so that they will not be suppressed too badly at that time. And we have to prepare to attack Liyang in half a month, we need all parties to cooperate with us, and we also need to show enough sincerity! And if some people are worried about our ambition to control the waterways of the Yangtze River, I don't know what will happen behind it. ”

"It can't all be our side to show sincerity, right?" Xi Ying asked.

"Now we still have to make sure that we can capture Liyang first, and it's not too late to think about other things when we conquer Liyang," Han Qian said, "When Liyang is captured, I have other trade-offs." ”

Xi Ying nodded, the capture of Liyang is the key to cutting off the communication between Chuzhou and Chaozhou and suppressing the Lou Boat Army north of the Yangtze River waterway, and the strategic intention of encircling Chuzhou City and then forcing the Shouzhou Army out of Chuzhou can be realized.

At this time, they can be regarded as having a real foothold and the depth of their business power on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Xi Ying went to make a secret fold, and waited to bring it over for Han Qian to read, but saw that Han Qian had already leaned on the soft couch with his clothes and was slightly drunk.

The next day, Han Qian looked at the secret fold drafted by Xi Ying, and at noon took the time to find Feng Yi, Guo Rong, Gao Shao and others to come over to discuss the matter.

Han Qian planned that Guo Rong would take this secret fold and go to Shuzhou to see Li Zhihe first.

In order to ensure that Liyang could be attacked as scheduled, as long as Li Zhihe could actively send troops from the west flank to contain the conditions of the Chaozhou defenders, even if the late Red Mansion wanted to send generals to form a new naval division, as long as they could eliminate other resistance, Han Qian would not object.

Guo Rong, Feng Yi, and Gao Shao thought about it again and again, and also felt that they could not be too greedy at this time, and before taking the entire territory of Chuzhou, it was indeed necessary to make more compromises in other aspects - without the cooperation of the Huaixi Forbidden Army, there were more than 50,000 defenders in Chaozhou alone, and it was obviously not Tangyi soldiers who could deal with it alone.

However, just when Guo Rong took the secret fold signed by Han Qian and planned to rush to Wushou Camp to take a boat to Shuzhou to see Li Zhihe, a message came back from Shuzhou, asking Han Qian to stop Guo Rong's trip as soon as possible.

At nightfall yesterday, Lin Zongjing was ordered to lead a warship to transport the first batch of men and horses of Li Xiu and Li Qi's subordinates to the Bijiashan camp in the southeast of Shuzhou.

After Li Zhihe led the Huaixi Forbidden Army to withdraw from the city of Chaozhou, he built two large camps on the east flank of Shuzhou: one is the Lujiang camp at the southeast foot of Qianshan Mountain, which is dominated by Lujiang County, and the other is the Bijiashan camp in the south of Lujiang County, the east of Zongyang County, and the Yangtze River, and at the same time controls the defense of Tongling City on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and nearly 60,000 Huaixi forbidden troops are mainly stationed in these three places, forming the gateway to defend the hinterland of Shuzhou and Chizhou on the west wing and guard the waterway in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.

Probably out of consideration that even if it does not rely on the Xuzhou water camp, the Huaixi Forbidden Army must also have the ability to maintain contact with the south bank, after Li Zhihe withdrew from Chaozhou City, he directly moved the commander's tooth tent to the Beacon Mountain camp, and at the same time, in the past half a month, at the foot of the southern foot of Beacon Mountain, at the mouth of Linjiang Bay, more than 100 fishing boats and transport boats were urgently collected to train the navy.

Just as the Tangyi soldiers would collect war horses as much as possible and train a small number of cavalry, the Huaixi Forbidden Army raised warships on its own to train a small number of sailors, also in order to have the ability to coordinate operations at multiple levels, and the Privy Council would not stop it, but it would not pay extra money and food.

At this time, not only Li Zhihe, Deng Tai and other generals, but also Li Pu, the Duke of Xinguo, Yang En, Hou Yang En, and Yao Xishui, the female palace of the Weaving Bureau, were also in the camp of Beacon Mountain.

Lin Zongjing rushed to the Beacon Mountain camp, out of etiquette considerations, he also first followed Li Xiu and Li Zhen ashore to meet Li Zhihe and others, and only after going ashore did he know that Li Chong led more than a dozen remnants all the way from Shouzhou, Chaozhou and other places controlled by the enemy army, and fled back to the Beacon Mountain camp the day before Feng Xuan led his troops to attack the camp at the eastern foot of Tingzi Mountain.

As another high-ranking general who escaped from returning to the south, Li Chong was very lucky to escape back alive, and no one would hold him accountable for the defeat, but after Li Chong fled back to the Bijiashan camp in Shuzhou, the accompanying soldiers spread rumors, saying that Han Qian had already known the identity of Liang State's traitor Wen Ruilin when he recovered Wuling County, but he deliberately concealed it, so that the main force of the naval division fell into the enemy's calculations, and finally perished together with the right Shenwu army, but the soldiers and horses of Xuzhou took the opportunity to return to Jianghuai.

When Lin Zongjing heard that such a rumor was spreading among the soldiers of the Beacon Mountain battalion, of course, he immediately expressed his dissatisfaction with indignation, and led the warship down the river overnight to rush back to report the news......