Another day passed, and the time couldn't help but reach the ninth day of June. On this day, a full 20,000 soldiers of the recruit battalion who had just completed military training from the recruit barracks, under the orders of Zhang Shihua and led by Zhao Jiu, the privy councillor of the black-clothed army, rushed to Zhongxing Road in Jingnan by water by various boats.

Yes, from now on, this force will be stationed on Zhongxing Road. Where will they wait silently, waiting for the war to come.

Therefore, in this case, the granaries in Xiangyang Mansion could not help but be opened. The large amount of grain in the granary that was hoarded by the black-clothed army was also hoarded little by little in Jiangling City on Zhongxing Road under the transportation of waterways.

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On June 21, it was a long journey. Zhao Jiu personally led 20,000 soldiers and horses, and finally rushed to Jiangling City.

And after rushing to Jiangling City, he was personally appointed by Zhang Shihua as the highest military governor of Jingnan. I couldn't help but hold the gift of my juniors, and visited the Jiangling prefect, that is, Zhang Shihua's uncle Zhang Liewen, for the first time. Then, he couldn't help but catch up with Guo Yu, the former supreme military governor of Jingnan, and officially handed over his duties.

After that, a feast is inevitable.

However, Zhao Jiu was also a vigorous and resolute person, and it was the day after the banquet ended, that is, on June 23. He couldn't help but climb the Gangneung city wall and personally inspected the defense of Gangneung.

"Is this the Yangtze River, so vast and vast, it is indeed not comparable to the rivers of the Northland!" When Zhao Jiu was inspecting the defense, he climbed the southern city wall of Jiangling and looked at the magnificent Yangtze River not far away, and he couldn't help but feel such a feeling.

At this time, I heard his words of emotion. Over there, Guo Yu couldn't help but nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, this Yangtze River is really the first river in the world." Its breadth and vastness, even the Yellow River in the north can't be compared! ”

"En" Hearing Guo Yu's echoing words, Zhao Jiu looked at the Yangtze River with his hands in his hands, and nodded silently. However, after nodding, Zhao Jiu couldn't help but say: "I have been going all the way, and the patrols and deployments of the soldiers can be described as orderly and orderly.

Looking at this, I can see that with you, General Guo, there is obviously no need for me to worry about defense affairs. But the general also knew that in a few days, the lord would have to fight Huguang. The land of the lake is wide, it can be said that the rivers are dense and the river network is numerous. Therefore, if our army has a wide army, it will inevitably have to fight fiercely with the enemy and on the water.

And I, Zhao Jiu, the north of Jiuzhen. Although there have been many large and small wars. But the boat and water battle has never been experienced. But the general has been on guard for a short time, so I want to ask you. How about our army's boat and sailor, like Huguang Tartar? ”

"Hahahaha. Privy counsellors, rest assured. Back then, as early as when I was guarding Gangneung. So the lord ordered me to build more warships and train sailors. At present, in Gangneung alone, there are more than 60 multi-oared boats on the bottom of the lake, the cover of the war ship, and the bow and tail of the sea boat.

This ship is eight feet and three feet long, and it can carry 200 soldiers. There were also fifty battleships of the Iron-walled Ploughshare-Plane Sea Falcon. This ship is ten zhang long and two zhang wide. Not to mention that the ship can carry artillery, it can carry more than 100 armor soldiers, which is also an easy thing.

In addition to this big ship, our army also lured the enemy to jump into the drowning bottomless boat more than 100. Extremely flexible, there are more than 400 squid boats that swim on the side of the big ship and assist the big ship in battle. As for the sampan boats, there are countless of them. If nothing else, these ships alone are combined. One time is enough to carry 40,000 elite soldiers.

In this way, there will be no reason to defeat the rotten naval army of the Tartars. Guo Yu said this, and he also looked confident and proud.

After all, in the past year or so, he has not fought the enemy much, and almost all of his time has been spent building boats and training sailors. Moreover, Zhang Shihua also transferred all the shipbuilders under his command to him at that time, and gave him more than 200,000 taels of silver before and after.

has invested so much manpower, material resources and energy, if this is not comparable to those rotten sailors in Huguang, he Guo Yu can also apologize with death.

So when he heard Guo Yu's confident words, Zhao Jiu couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.

"In this way, our army should not worry!" He first sighed, and then couldn't help but say to Guo Yu again: "Then I also want to go to the camp where the sailor is stationed to open my eyes, how about you lead the way for me?" ”

"You can't do it." For this, Guo Yu should claim to be. Then the group walked down the wall.

Of course, after inspecting the boats and warships, Zhao Jiu couldn't help but practice the soldiers and horses he brought on the Yangtze River.

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Time flies, in the blink of an eye. Almost another three months passed, and that was it.

Therefore, it is also as Zhang Shihua predicted the analysis. On the second day of the ninth month of autumn, he was constantly attacked by his political opponent Hama, which was the disgust of Emperor Timur of the Great Yuan Emperor. In order to further consolidate his position, he finally couldn't help but take the initiative to respond to the edict.

The kings of the general system love horses, the wings of the provinces and horses, and the commanders of the general army and the generals who lead the troops set out to fight Gaoyou.

Now he is detached, as the Great Yuan Taishi, the right prime minister of Zhongshu and the general system of all the kings and horses, the wings of the provinces and horses, and the general army of Dong Du. So when he personally led his troops and horses out of the capital. Those landlords who still have hope for the Yuanmeng court and heroes who want to take advantage of this opportunity to soar. I can't help but rush to escape.

Therefore, when Tokhtar led the army and had not yet crossed the Yellow River. The soldiers and horses under his command couldn't help but expand to more than 100,000.

Of course, he naturally claims to have an army of millions.

Therefore, with such an irresistible power. When he led the army all the way to the south of the river and the north of the province. He couldn't help but accept the military power of the provincial Pingzhang too little money at the first time.

The tens of thousands of people who spent too little money were also assigned to their own command. After all, when Taibu Peanut came out with the ambition to overthrow Tokhtar and replace him, and put such ambition into practice, he and Tokhtar had already completely torn their faces.

In such a situation, detachment will naturally not be too polite. Let him, an ungrateful villain, pull his own hind legs.

But these are all for later, because when Tokhtar led the army before crossing the Yellow River. Zhang Shihua, who had been sharpening his knife and preparing for a long time, couldn't help but lead more than 33,000 soldiers and horses after the autumn harvest to separate his parents, wives and concubines who were about to give birth.

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The ninth day of the ninth month of September, which is also known as the Chung Yeung Festival. This is a day to climb high and overlook, drink and enjoy chrysanthemums. But now, Zhang Shihua obviously has no such idle time.

Because today, he has received the news that he has led an army out of Beijing to conquer Gaoyou. So today, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but gather a group of generals under his command. Prepare to discuss the tactics of attacking Huguang next.

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"Gentlemen, you all know that. This time, I am going to use the 60,000 soldiers and horses gathered on Zhongxing Road to attack Huguang Province. So this time, I'm not just here for a few humble states and counties in Huguang. This time, what I want is the whole Huguang! ”

In the hall of the Jiangling Mansion on Zhongxing Road, Zhang Shihua, who was standing in the main position, pointed his finger at the huge map hanging behind him, and couldn't help but say in such an ambitious voice.

And then, after saying such ambitious words. Zhang Shihua looked at the generals under the hall again, and couldn't help but say aloud word by word: "Huguang Province is 30 roads, 13 prefectures, 3 prefectures, 15 pacification divisions, 3 military provinces, 3 prefectures, 17 prefectures, 150 counties, 1 general manager of Fanmin, 100 stations in this province, and 73 water stations. There are many Dingkou in this province, and all Dingkou add up, and there are tens of millions.

Is this province big? Big! It's so big that we can't even eat it in one bite. Therefore, if we want to achieve our strategic goals, our only way is to take Wuchang Road, the center of this province, in one fell swoop.

Wuchang Road, densely populated, is the capital of the Yuan and Mongolian courts. According to the records of the Yuan and Mongolian courts in the twenty-seventh year of the Yuan Dynasty, there were 114,632 households in this province and 617,118 mouths. Leader 1, county 7.

The seven counties under his rule are Jiangxia, Xianning, Jiayu, Puqi, Chongyang, Tongcheng and Wuchang. These seven counties are all densely populated counties, and among them, Jiangxia County is also the seat of Wuchang Road.

Therefore, this time, the target of our army is Jiangxia County. Because taking Jiangxia County is equivalent to taking Wuchang Road, and similarly, taking Wuchang Road is equivalent to winning half of Huguang Province! ”

Zhang Shihua said in such a loud voice, and couldn't help but make the strategic goal of this time clear and clear.

Then, after Zhang Shihua clearly explained the strategic goals. The generals under the hall couldn't help but listen to him continue: "Jiangxia is located at the confluence of the Han River and the Yangtze River. Therefore, the city is bordered by the Yangtze River in the west and the hills of southern Hubei in the east. In terms of topography alone, this city is quite easy to defend and difficult to attack.

But that's not the most troublesome. The city is located between the Han River, so it does not border our army at all. Therefore, in order to conquer this city, we must also conquer the water division troops and some county towns of Lizhou Road, Yuezhou Road and Hanyang Province.

Because only in this way can our soldiers and horses be released to the outside of Jiangxia City. ”

In the hall, hearing Zhang Shihua say such words eloquently, the expressions of the generals couldn't help but become much more serious. For when they heard this, they knew that their enemies were obviously not easy to deal with.

It's okay on the other side of Lizhou Road. Although the area of this road is not small, the strength of the naval division is not very good. If they use tactics and lead their troops to take Jiangxia City directly, then there is actually no resistance at all on this side of Lizhou Road. Even to conquer this road, it is enough for a random black-clothed soldier in the hall to lead his own troops and horses.

But compared with Lizhou Road, Yuezhou Road and Hanyang Mansion are different. In the territory of Yuezhou Road, nearly one-third of the area is occupied by the world's great lakes such as Dongting Lake. Therefore, in Yuezhou Road, the power of the sailor is extremely strong.

Therefore, if Zhang Shihua's army reaches Yueyang, it will inevitably have to fight with the officers and soldiers of Yuezhou Road on Dongting Lake. Similarly, the situation on the Hanyang side is similar to that of Yuezhou Road. In the territory of Hanyang Province, there is also a large lake with a water area close to that of a county, and because there are rivers such as the Yangtze River and Hanshui in Hanyang Province, the naval forces in Hanyang Province are also extremely strong.

Therefore, if you want to penetrate the Three Roads Mansion and hit Jiangxia City directly, it will definitely not be an easy thing.

And for this, Zhang Shihua naturally understands. So under such circumstances, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but ask: "This battle is hard, if you want to win, it will definitely not be easy." And the princes are the ministers of the humerus under my account, if you have any clever plan to break the enemy, and even if you say it. ”

After all, this is a national battle that concerns the future development of the Black Army. In such a big battle, Zhang Shihua naturally couldn't make a decision with a pat on his head. There is a saying that one person counts short, and two people count long. At this juncture, Zhang Shihua is naturally extremely concerned about the thoughts of the generals under his command.

And over there, for such a national battle that is related to the future development of the black-clothed army, many generals naturally have something to say. So just after Zhang Shihua's voice fell, Zhao Ziyu, as a military advisor, couldn't help but be the first to stand up and salute Zhang Shihua: "Lord, just like you said."

Huguang Province has a vast area and a large population. Therefore, His Majesty felt that if our army wanted to attack Jiangxia City. Then step by step is a foolproof and safe plan. After all, now all the attention of the Yuanmeng court has been attracted by Zhang Shicheng, who occupies Gaoyou and blocks Caoyun.

Most of the troops in Bianliang and Henan have also been withdrawn. Under such circumstances, our army has no worries at all. There is plenty of time, so you don't have to be greedy for money. It is completely possible to lead the army, with a dignified and upright momentum, first take Lizhou, then go down to Yueyang, then pull Hanyang, and finally Kejiangxia. ”

Zhao Ziyu said this, but he looked a little oppressive.

However, on the other hand, Guo Yu, who has tens of thousands of households in the black-clothed army and is still Zhang Shihua's wife and brother, is a little disapproving.

So after Zhao Ziyu finished saying this, Guo Yu couldn't help but stand up and say: "Strategist, your method is good. But if you do it the way you do. Then how much effort does it take for our army to fight all the way to Jiangxia?

The officers and men of Lizhou Road, Yuezhou Road, and Hanyang Mansion are no match for our army in terms of strength and elite. But if they can't hold on, they want to pull out the nails one by one. How could it be an easy task? To put it mildly, if you follow your method, then when we reach Jiangxia City with all our hard work, can we take Jiangxia City, then it is still two words. ”

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