It is difficult to be powerful, so why be in a hurry
In the seventh year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty of the Han Dynasty, on May 16, 208 AD, the Kaiyuan Emperor Liu Yi came to Xiangyang in person, and the Han army was divided into three roads and three arrows to attack Sun Ce and Liu Bei in the south of the Yangtze River at the same time, and the largest battle in decades since the Yellow Turban Rebellion began, known as the "Battle of Red Cliffs".
In this war, the Kaiyuan Emperor mobilized a total of 1.08 million troops, plus 200,000 people and 60,000 Japanese slaves accompanying the army, there were more than 1.3 million, and there had never been a battle of such scale in the past 3,000 years in China. Liu Yi's purpose is very simple, in this battle, he wants to use the invincible iron fist of the Han army to completely crush Sun and Liu, and never allow them to have any chance to favor the south of the Yangtze River, saying that it is a three-way army, but we must not forget that the Han army captured the 20,000 horses of the general Xiong Shanya in Jiaozhou, and with the sea support of the Flying Tiger Army, they may also become an important force at any time.
Emperor Kaiyuan poured all the strength of the whole country, and the hearts of the generals were also mirrors, this is the last battle of the Han Dynasty, who doesn't want to establish meritorious deeds in it and leave a name in history? As for the victory or defeat of the battle, they will not consider it at all, since His Majesty raised the army, how have they ever heard of defeat? Countless heroes have become ancient at this time, how can the remaining Sun and Liu be exceptions?
King Changshan raised troops in the White Emperor City, Zhang He, the commander of the Tiger Guard, Zhang Junyi, won the vanguard, and Xu Huang, the commander of the Longxiang Army in Jingzhou, Xu Gongming, was the first to go! There is still Zhang Liao's Yanyun army in Shu that can compete with Zhang Yiyi, but in Jingzhou Xu Huang is invincible, Xu Gongming is a well-deserved famous general of the Han army, and Zhang He can not be compared with him in terms of qualifications.
But if you want to ask Xu Huang what he thinks most now, he will definitely answer that you most want the Flying Tiger Army Jingzhou Water Village to completely defeat the Jiangdong Water Army tomorrow, and his elite Longxiang Army can cross the river and show its strengths! By the way, Zhang He's Tiger Guards can march bravely, but he can only watch the battle on the river every day by the river, Xu Huang's time in the Xuanlang tent these days is more than his own handsome tent, the pioneer is there, but you let Xu Gong watch the play tomorrow but let him be embarrassed?
And Xu Huang is also more depressed Liu Xin, Jingzhou defeated Xu Chu to kill Cao Zhang, at this time among the eighteen generals of the wind and clouds, the ranking of King Lu is only after Liu Yi, Zhao Yun and Guan Yu, and he is the youngest person on the spectrum, this time he is gearing up to fight with Guan Yunchang and Zhang Yide, the two enemies of 10,000 people, but like Xu Huang, the second son can only stay by the river every day to watch the play, and every time he asks the second uncle to fight on the boat to kill Gan Ning, he is not allowed, but Liu Xin is very uncomfortable.
It stands to reason that Liu Yi has been preparing for a long time in this battle, and the absolute superiority of the troops should be like Mount Tai's overpower, but the battle in the first ten days was somewhat tepid, and although the Flying Tiger Army and the opponent's naval army also had an advantage, it was not as obvious as imagined. In addition to the fact that Liu Bei and Sun Ce's strength has also improved greatly in the past five years, it is related to the strategy of the Han army.
What Liu Yi wants is to win, the three arrows are the result of consultation with a group of advisers, and the key is who is the main attack among the three roads depends on the development of the situation, but in Liu Yi's heart, he is still more optimistic about the road in Shuzhong, after all, the other party here has no natural danger to defend to reduce the casualties of the soldiers, the battle of Chibi is not the last battle in his eyes, he wants victory, too much loss and is not willing to bear, the prosperity and development of the Han Dynasty must not be stopped because of this war, and the establishment of the most powerful Han Empire is better than the annihilation of Sun Liu, Therefore, the main purpose of the first stage of the Han army was to contain the Sun-Liu coalition army with the offensive of the naval army.
Therefore, the situation of the first battle was within Liu Yi's expectations, and the naval army of the Sun-Liu coalition army has also made great progress in the face of the heavy pressure and technological superiority of the Flying Tiger Army, and it can even compete with it when the Flying Tiger Army has not done its best! It's not surprising to think about it, Liu Bei and Sun Ce are all outstanding talents, and with the assistance of talents like Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu, how can they be defeated in a battle?
Of course, the first stage of containment is not without focus, when Liu Yi ordered Gan Ning to lead the Flying Tiger Army to assist Liu Bei to seize Yangzhou, the second general defeated Jiang Qin, a Jiangdong general, on the river. Therefore, Liuhe Shuizhai is the first to send troops to Jiangxinzhou and Baguazhou, once these two are taken, it will greatly shorten the attack distance between Jianye and establish a solid forward exit.
The Flying Tiger Army in this place of Liuhe Water Village is personally led by Gan Ning Gan Xingba, the King of Jinghai, and its strength is even stronger, but Liu Yi is making every effort to prepare for the first battle of Liu Bei and Sun Ce will not be an exception, and with the eyes of Zhuge Liang, Lu Xun and others, how can they not see the importance of the two continents, all of which are heavily guarded, and there are Huang Hansheng's white-eared elite soldiers on Jiangxinzhou, and Bagua Continent is guarded by Guan Yunchang, plus the Yangzhou Navy that has been transformed by Zhuge Liang's wife Huang Yueying, the Flying Tiger is also unable to attack for a while. In the past ten days, they have not known how many times they have landed on the two continents, but it is difficult for them to gain a foothold here.
It is undoubtedly the most depressing for the generals who command an army, such as Xu Huang and Liu Xin, who can let you lead the army and not show your strengths but are not under the former, today Gan Ning's handsome tent came before three partial generals, and the Flying Tiger Army led a fleet of thirty-six warships as the captain, but these three people are Lang generals because of their qualifications and achievements.
"You're here too, this damn battle is really ......" Obviously, the three of them are not in one place but come to find the second general, the person who spoke is named Yang Can, and the other two are Yan Xing Gou Chang, both of whom are meritorious generals in the Flying Tiger Army, and they have been in the army since the day they became the army, otherwise they would have been in the army with the temper of King Jinghai, and ordinary people really didn't have the courage to come to suggest, seeing the two Yang Can was obviously stunned, and then said angrily, only to feel that the voice was too loud.
"That's it, it's just that the brothers of the equipment battalion won't let all of them invest for the time being, and the joint attack of the various fleets we trained before can't be performed, isn't it a joke? Just take yesterday, no matter how brave Huang Hansheng is, if I have the two of you to help me, I can't say that I will drink tea on Jiang Xinzhou now, but I don't know what the boss thinks? Gou Chang also said indignantly when he heard this, the old nature in his mouth is Gan Ning, which is the name brought from Jianghaizhuang Jinfan back then, and Xingba doesn't know how many times he said that he couldn't change it.
"Gotta get it, if you have something to say, let's go to the second general and say, even if you are whipped, it is better than beating it in vain." Yan Xing on the side patted the two of them on the shoulder and said, their grievances are mainly because many tactics in the drill have not been used, as for the advantages of the equipment, you have to take it to talk to the second general, the other party must be staring, without these, you can't do it, you can't change people!
The three of them made the same move, took a deep breath and walked towards the tent, it is reported that the temper of the second general is not very good these days, it took a lot of courage to come here, and now the three of them are also bold.
I haven't walked a few steps, but I saw a person walking out of the handsome tent, this person is dressed in a drape, purple and gold crown mixed with gold armor Buyun boots, and the outer robe of Shu brocade is majestic! Looking at the face like Lang Xingya, the face is like a beautiful jade, and the lips are even more handsome and extraordinary, looking at the age of only about twenty, there is only one such general in the Han army, that is Liu Xin, the king of Lu.
"Subordinates, see King Lu." Liu Xin came out of the tent and saw that the three of them also came quickly, and when they arrived in front of them, the three generals all stepped forward and bowed, and they were extremely respectful in their words, this is not the identity of the second prince alone, and now King Lu's martial arts are no less than His Majesty in the Han army.
"This is wartime, the three generals don't need to be polite, come, tell me what the battle situation is like ahead." Liu Xin waved his hand and took the three of them aside and immediately asked, there was no lack of hope in his eyes, he had been in the army since he was a child, and the main force of the Han army had almost stayed for a period of time, and the Flying Tiger Army was naturally no exception, Gou Chang and others he knew him, the second son had no style in the army, and he also had great respect for the generals in the army, so everyone in the army was willing to be close to him, and his tone was quite casual at this time.
"Hey, don't hide it from the second son, we are very powerful, and I don't know how much time it will take to fight the second place of the Bagua Continent in Jiangxinzhou like this." Hearing the second son's question, Gou Chang also answered truthfully, the young man back then is now a famous general in the world, but he is still so easy-going when he gets along with everyone, Liu Xin's pride can be said to be very similar to Liu Yi back then.
"I know this, what good plan do the three of you have to come here today to break the enemy army?" Liu Xin asked again, how could he be in the mood to fight at this time under the three generals, saying that the second prince was born as a person in the military camp, but it was not bad at all, and he was a hundred times more energetic as soon as he entered the battle array, and it was easy to make the morale of the soldiers high, and the more than 10,000 enemy troops who could fight with three thousand Xuanjia iron cavalry in Mobei did not dare to fight and fled when they heard the wind, which shows the prestige of King Lu, and it is also the reason why the veterans often mention the second prince and His Majesty.
"Second son, this water battle is mostly in the formation conversion and distribution of combat power, not that the strategy is useless but the situation here is special, we have practiced the water landing technique many times before, it can be described as skillful, but these days it is difficult to cooperate with each other in their own battles, even if they land on the island, it is difficult to support alone, and the two generals of the Yangzhou army, Guan Yu and Huang Zhong, are extraordinary in martial arts and are well versed in various tactics, so it is always difficult to do it, and I came here today to give advice to the second general." Liu Xin's tone was close, and Yan Xing unconsciously used the tone of the past.
"The three generals are reasonable, let's go, let's go to the second uncle together, even if you land, there must always be someone who can defeat Guan Yu Huang Zhongcai, and only by suppressing their main generals and brothers can their morale be higher, this is just that others don't understand the tactics of the Flying Tiger Army, don't you know what you can do, even if you talk about water, it's not bad." Liu Xin's eyes lit up when he heard the two names, and he immediately led the three of them to the handsome tent, and the three of them reacted when they heard the sullen meaning in the eyes of the second son, it turned out that King Lu had just been kicked out.