Perhaps seeing the doubts of the generals under his command, Chen Keqiao said: "Don't keep your face strained, isn't it just a war, you haven't fought a few big battles in the past few years, look at you who are nervous, besides, this order hasn't come down yet, what are you anxious about!" ”

"Look at the way you guys, you haven't eaten breakfast yet, come on, serve breakfast to these adults, I'm hungry to them, who will the official find to fight!"

Looking at Chen Keqiao's appearance, these officers of the Fifth Infantry Division were quite speechless. With-Dream- . lā

Their last division commander, Wang Danxu, although his ability is not good, like Cai Erhu, he relies heavily on the staff team to fight, but he will not look like he doesn't care when the big war is approaching!

Perhaps because he knew that the Jiangnan battle plan was very important, the Privy Council thought that several of the main generals of the Second Army were not suitable for such an arduous task, so they asked Li Xuan to change generals and send more capable generals to the Second Army to take up the main positions.

Especially the Fifth Infantry Division, the core and main force of the Second Army, its division commander Wang Danxu's ability is obviously inferior to that of other division commanders, and even the commanders of mixed regiments.

And this proposal is right for Li Xuan's appetite, Li Xuan's starting point is not because Wang Danxu is not capable, but because he thinks that he can't let the commanders of various departments hold a certain position for a long time, so he has long thought about a rotation of high-level army commanders such as division commanders and regiment commanders.

Therefore, in July, the appointment adjustment was carried out, and Chen Keqiao, the former commander of the Third Infantry Division, was transferred by him to the Fifth Infantry Division as the division commander, and other units were also replaced.

However, the scale of the transfer is not large, after all, the big war is approaching, and large-scale personnel adjustments may cause a certain amount of chaos and a decrease in the combat effectiveness of the front-line troops, so Li Xuan is still very cautious.

As the most conspicuous Chen Keqiao in the personnel transfer, since he took up the post of the Fifth Infantry Division, he has not seen him do anything, and almost all his daily affairs are thrown to his deputy division commanders and chief of staff, and he hardly interferes in the training and daily affairs of the troops.

Occasionally, a few strategy meetings are all about things that don't matter.

This made the officers of the Fifth Infantry Division a little puzzled, this is not the same as the rumored Chen Keqiao!

Chen Keqiao is a veteran general, the commander of the Third Infantry Brigade that year, and the commander of the Fourth Army, and later the Fourth Army was reorganized into the Third Infantry Division, he served as the commander of the Third Infantry Division, and fought in Huguang for a long time.

In the first battle of Hengyang and the first battle of Changsha, the performance was quite eye-catching.

But when they really came into contact with this person, the officers of the Fifth Infantry Division found that this person was different from the rumors, and he didn't care about anything every day and slept lazily.

At this time, they didn't know that when Chen Keqiao was fighting, the battle was not over, so he went to sleep directly, and handed over the rest of the war directly to the generals under his command.

After watching his subordinates finish breakfast, Chen Keqiao said: "That's right, Your Majesty once said that rice is iron, people are steel, and if you don't eat this meal, you will be hungry!" ”

"This is full, this war is strong, everyone says yes!"

However, Chen Keqiao obviously overestimated the sense of humor of the officers under his command, and no one met the two sentences, so he immediately waved his hand: "Okay, this officer knows what you are here to do, but the battle plan has not been formulated, what else is there to discuss, let's go back and prepare after eating!" ”

Immediately, someone asked, "When will the army be launched?" ”

Chen Keqiao listened: "Don't worry, let's go back and prepare first, and then talk about it later!" ”

Still ready?

They've been preparing for today for half a year, are they still ready?

But after Chen Keqiao said this, he left on his own, and several officers of the Fifth Infantry Division who were watching sighed separately, and then they could only go back first.

At noon, Chen Keqiao saw a person, although this person was a major, it was Li Chunjing's adjutant, and he took out a letter and handed it to Chen Keqiao.

The letter, covered with the Great Seal of the Second Army and Li Chunjing's private seal, opened it and looked at it, Chen Keqiao said: "Please also report back to the army commander, just say that my Fifth Infantry Division will act according to the order!" ”

At the same time, he also wrote a handwritten letter, stamped with the big seal of the Fifth Infantry Division and a private seal, and handed it to this Li Chunjing's adjutant!

After the visitor left, he looked out the window with his hands behind his back, and then sighed: "This Li Chunjing is still as whimsical as before, but he has given me such a difficult task, and he can afford me,"

In the end, he muttered again: "It seems that after this battle, it seems that I will cry to Your Majesty to transfer one or two from the Second Army, and fight under this surnamed Li, and sooner or later I will have to be killed by him." ”

Later, he handed over his lieutenants and heralds, and then began to give the official order to open and go south? Naturally, it is eastward, where to go? It didn't say anything in the order.

When Chen Keqiao left Jiande with the main force of the Fifth Infantry Division, Peng Ze in the rear, Li Chunjing also led the rest of the main force of the Second Army on the road, but their direction of travel was not along the east of the river, but towards Huizhou Mansion in the southeast.

That is to say, the Second Army was divided into two parts, one south and one north marched east at the same time, the Fifth Infantry Division advanced east along the river, and the rest of the main force of the Second Army entered Huizhou.

At this time, Li Chunjing's chief of staff, An Zichen, also said with a puzzled face: "My lord, didn't the plan we made before say that we would gather all the main forces of the army, go directly to the east along the river, and then go to Jinling?" How did this suddenly change the plan! ”

Li Chunjing said: "Well, this official also made a temporary decision, but this is also an eastward advance, and it doesn't have to be with the Fifth Infantry Division to go to Jinling to call it eastward advancement!" ”..

"So where are we going now? Did you go to Huizhou Mansion and then go to Jinling? ”

Li Chunjing said: "Well, let's see it then, if this official is not wrong about Chen Keqiao, we don't have to go to Jinling City!" ”

Don't go to Jinling?

An Zichen felt that he couldn't keep up with Li Chunjing's train of thought again, the last time he fought Yuezhou and Changsha, this Li Chunjing was like this, and there was no battle plan at all.

Although the staff team of the Second Army had also discussed a lot of battle plans before, An Zichen was very suspicious that his own immediate boss had not listened to it at all, and even he thought that Li Chunjing had not yet decided what kind of battle plan to use.

Otherwise, Li Chunjing would not have blindly asked his chief of staff to prepare all kinds of materials as much as possible, and then formulated many messy marching routes, including even crossing the river to attack Anqing, and even marching routes all the way to the north.

And it is precisely because of this that the scouts of the Second Army will be tired and tired of a wide range of activities, not only in the south of the Yangtze River, but also in the north of the Yangtze River.

It is also because of this that Wang Yiqi has never understood the direction of the Second Army's upcoming main attack, whether to cross the river to attack Anqing, or to attack Jinling directly, or to ignore Anqing and Jinling and attack other places.

Not to mention Wang Yiqi, even An Zichen, the chief of staff of the Second Army, who has partnered with Li Chunjing for more than a year, is a little confused about what Li Chunjing wants to do, and he guesses that I am afraid that Li Chunjing himself does not know what he wants to do, just like last year's attack on Yuezhou.

Before arriving in Yuezhou, Li Chunjing told An Zichen very clearly that he had no clear tactical goal at all!

And this time, I'm afraid it's about the same!

Li Chunjing never fought in accordance with the battle plan implemented by the staff team, and often wanted to play one out at a time, not to mention that the army was a little confused by him, and the Tang army itself would be confused by Li Chunjing.

The second army poured out, and the Ming army also acted quickly, a large number of scouts and cavalry haunted, of course, you let them go out of the city directly to face the battle, that is not the courage!

A few days later, Chen Keqiao led the Fifth Infantry Division to Guichi, and the local Ming army in Guichi was also prepared, and did not put up stubborn resistance at all, but only delayed for a few days, and used some mines and other fortifications to kill and wound some of the thieves of the Fifth Infantry Division.

Since the Tang Army took the lead in using landmines on the battlefield, the Ming army also followed suit and began to use mines in defensive operations.

Their gunpowder production is too low, and they are reluctant to use more of these grenades, and they are even more reluctant to use mines that require more gunpowder, so although they have them, they are rarely used.

And here in Guichi, it has been used a lot!

After taking Guichi, the 5th Infantry Division took a short break and then continued its eastward advance.

At this time, the Second Army had already penetrated all the depths into the range of Nanzhili, and at the same time, the rear was extremely empty!

At this time, it was an excellent opportunity for the Ming army on the Anqing side, if they were brave enough to cross the river directly under the cover of the sailors, they could easily cut off the supply line of the second army.

But the Ming army was really scared, and the defenders of Anqing looked at such a great opportunity, and they didn't make any moves, and they still didn't come out of Anqing at a speed, and used the Anqing Fort to continue to blockade the Yangtze River.

After Li Chunjing learned that Anqing had not moved at all, he sighed: "These pseudo-Ming thief armies have learned smartly, so since they don't cross the river, then there is no chance for the fourth mixed group to ambush in the east, and there is no chance to cross the river to attack Anqing, let them withdraw!" ”

At this time, the Ming army in Anqing City did not know at all, they were afraid of the enemy like a tiger and did not dare to move, just let them survive a catastrophe, Li Chunjing had already ambushed the fourth mixed regiment in Dongliu, and was ready to cross the river ships and other tools, as long as the enemy of Anqing crossed the river to the south, the fourth mixed regiment would directly cross the river in the night, and then attack Anqing.

But soon Li Chunjing gave another order, and ordered the Fifth Infantry Division to prepare to cross the river!

As soon as this order came out, An Zichen was not lightly frightened

You must know that on the north bank of the Yangtze River, there has always been a cavalry of the Ming army advancing simultaneously with the Fifth Infantry Division on the south bank of the Yangtze River

An Zichen asked, "Really let the Fifth Infantry Division cross the river?" ”

Li Chunjing said: "Let's see!" ”