In July of the fifth year of the first peace of the Eastern Han Dynasty (194 AD), shortly after the Han Emperor issued a letter to crusade against Yuan Shu, the hussar general He Xian claimed to have led 100,000 troops to defeat Yuan Shu in Yangzhou. The vanguard army, with 30,000 sailors and dozens of warships, boarded the ship from Xiakou Port in Jiangxia County, went down the Yangtze River, and went straight to Wankou Port in Lujiang County. The county commander of Wancheng County, where the port of Wankou is located, surrendered the city under the persuasion of Qiaomao. Gan Ning recommended Qiao Mao as the county guard of Lujiang, responsible for pacifying the people of Anhui City and stabilizing social order. At the same time, with Anhui City as the center, fortifications were built as the forward base for the Nanyang Army's Yangzhou attack.

At the same time, Nanyang Wancheng is holding a grand departure ceremony.

On the stage, Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty wore a crown uniform, wore a crown of twelve crowns, held the sword of the Son of Heaven, and solemnly handed it to the hussar general He Xiandao: "The general is wise and powerful, and the soldiers are like gods. ”

He Xian was dressed in bright light armor, holding a helmet in his hand, kneeling on one knee and saying, "The last general will obey the order!" ”

After speaking, He Xian put on his helmet, took the sword of the Son of Heaven, turned to face the civil and military officials under the stage, and said loudly: "I am ordered by the Son of Heaven to lead the army of the great Han to defeat the traitors, and defend the land of my ancestors' hard work and the people of my great Han!"

The whole world is not Han soil, and the shore of the land is not Han people! Any attempt to split the Han Dynasty and usurp the Han Dynasty to become self-reliant is a rebellion! Those who oppose the Han will be punished by the Han people in the world! The ghost is drunk by the gods, determined to be strong, and sworn to die!

I was born as a Han general and died as a Han soul. Future generations look at the present, and the people of today look at the past, why should I worry? I firmly believe that the sky will bless loyalty, and we will win victory in the bloody battle. This oath!

In the end, He Xian raised the Son of Heaven Sword high with his left hand, beat his left chest with his right hand, and roared: "Great Han, mighty!" ”

All the generals hammered their chests with their right hands, and shouted "Great Han, mighty!" ”

All the Wenchen bowed deeply, and at the same time shouted "Great Han, mighty!" ”

"The hussar general made me feel the glory of the Han for the first time! The general will live up to me, and I will never live up to the general in this life! Liu Xie muttered behind He Xian.

"Glory is my mission! As long as Your Majesty can always put the people of the Han Dynasty first, the Great Han will always be Your Majesty's Great Han! ”

He Xian finished speaking softly, and in the sound of "mighty Han" with the tsunami of the mountain, he strode down the platform and stepped on the jade lion horse in the night. The Jade Lion Horse also seemed to feel the warm atmosphere of the imminent expedition, and after a long hiss, he spread his hooves and ran out of the city.

In view of the fact that the Jianghuai region of this expedition is not suitable for large-scale cavalry conquest, the main forces of He Xian's belt are all foot soldiers and sailors!

The vanguard army is the 30,000 Nanyang Navy led by Gan Ning, the captain of Changshui, who took the lead in stationed in Wankou Port, and took Anhui City without bloodshed, opening the way for the follow-up army!

The Chinese army is the 30,000 Nanyang light infantry elite led by General Wen Ping of Dongzhonglang.

The rear army was the Nanyang heavy army led by Wei Yan, the general of Xizhonglang, and the infantry captain Xu Huang led 10,000 Baibo elites, a total of 30,000 people. Wei Yan is the main general, and Xu Huang is the deputy general.

In the cavalry unit, He Xian only recruited Pang De, the captain of the Tun cavalry, and the five thousand Xiliang light cavalry under his command. As He Xian's direct army.

He Xian's direct army, in addition to Pang De's 5,000 Xiliang light cavalry, there is also a personal guard army led by Zhao Yun, the general of Wuwei Zhonglang. There were three schools in the Guards: the first school, and the 500-faced armor army. Second Colonel, 500 Medical Corps. The third school, the engineering army of 1,000 people.

As He Xiantie's pro-guard army, the Mask Armor Army kept moving, but it never expanded, and always maintained a strength of 500 people. As the purest lineage of Nanyang soldiers, the Mask Armor Army represents the strongest combat power and the highest honor. Countless middle-level officers of the Nanyang Army were all from the Mask Army.

The medical army is a medical force that He Xian has been vigorously promoting before. As the auxiliary personnel of the Nanyang Army, the medical soldiers appeared in the Battle of Tiger Pass and the Battle of Chang'an. The medical corps has achieved great results in reducing battle losses and improving the survival rate of soldiers, and has been highly praised by the Nanyang Army. The Medic has become a contest between each of the commanders, and is the object of all the soldiers. Therefore, this time, He Xian took the students of the Medical School of Shuijing Academy as the main body, assisted the veterans with medical experience, and formed this medical team!

The engineering army was specially formed by He Xian for the battle of Yangzhou. Its core members are dozens of students from the Organ College of Shuijing Academy, which is now the disciple of Huang Yueying, the current mother of Nanyang. The chief official was a Fufeng man named Ma Jun, who was a minor official who would be a prisoner and followed the Han Emperor from Chang'an to Nanyang. During his work in Nanyang Manufacturing Institute, Ma Jun successively transformed the weaving machine to improve the work efficiency by four or five times; improved tools for agricultural irrigation: keel waterwheels (rollovers); He also improved the Zhuge repeater, which made considerable contributions to the scientific development and technological progress of Nanyang. Huang Yueying recommended this person to He Xian, and after He Xian confirmed his merits, he was promoted to five levels in a row, from an ordinary technician to the department head and deputy director of Nanyang Manufacturing Institute, and enjoyed the treatment of school captain.

This time, Ma Jun personally led the team, led the technicians of Nanyang Manufacturing Institute, and the students of the Organ College of Shuijing Academy, to follow the army and prepare to show their talents! In addition to these technicians, the rest of the engineering army is a large number of workers with rich construction experience in the Nanyang construction team, who are responsible for transforming the ideas of the technicians into real objects. Because this campaign will involve a lot of siege warfare, the presence of the engineering army is quite important. Their biggest task is to build all kinds of siege weapons as quickly as possible when facing a fortified city.

In view of the fact that this expedition was mainly offensive and supplemented by defense, the trap camp with strong defense and weak attack was named by He Xian to stay in Nanyang. Beizhonglang General Gao Shun led the commander of the Nanyang garrison, all responsible for the defense of Nanyang.

Nanzhonglang led Zhang Liao to lead 20,000 and Zhou flying horses, and Zhang Xiu, the captain of the Yue cavalry, led 10,000 Xiliang iron cavalry, a total of 30,000 people stationed in Hujiao Pass, guarding Luoyang at the same time, maintaining a threat to Yuzhou Lu Bu's army, beware of Lu Bu's troubles, and raiding Luoyang or Nanyang when He Xian went out to Yangzhou.

In terms of strategists, Guo Jia actually wanted to follow the expedition to Yangzhou, but He Xian refused. After the Han Emperor moved into Nanyang, while bringing benefits, it also brought trouble to Nanyang. At the very least, the Nanyang Realm is no longer the same as before, and there is only one force from the He family.

Among the civil and military officials under Liu Xie, there are royalists, party members, and pro-Yuan Shao and pro-Cao Cao. To put it mildly, they are ready to kill He Xian at any time to become the hero of the escort, and become a powerful minister instead. Wancheng seems to be calm like water, but in fact, the undercurrent is surging, and all parties are playing fiercely. Some time ago, when He Xian and Guo Jia sneaked to Lujiang County, there was a little shrimp who tried to instigate the Han Emperor Liu Xie to pass on something like an edict, but Liu Xie himself refused.