Han Baohu, the governor of Luzhou, asked Yang Guang for war at the first military meeting convened by Yang Guang when he arrived at the Guangling Marshal Mansion, and decided to lead the army from Quarry to cross the river to attack Nanchen, because the matter was very important, and seeing that Gao Ying, who was the head of the Marshal's Mansion, was noncommittal, Yang Guang was not convenient to respond on the spot, so he turned to He Ruobi and asked: "Chief He, the territory you are in charge of is opposite to Jiankang, the capital of the Southern Chen Emperor, across the river, I would like to hear your thoughts on the battle of Chen, and what preparations have been made for the battle of Chen, and whether you have the conditions to immediately raise troops to cross the river and attack Chen." ”

He Ruobi saw that the attention and topics of everyone in the hall had shifted to discussing Chen's tactics, and he no longer insisted on asking Yang Guang to surrender to himself, so he came to the front of Yutu, drew a big circle along the river east of Guangling City with his hand, and then hugged his fists and explained to Yang Guang, Gao Ying and others: "Cheng Dashuai asked, the last general will start with the preparations before the war. As early as last year, after the rebellion of Liang occurred, the last general immediately ordered his sergeants to exchange the war horses cut from the army for fishing boats from the residents along the river within the scope demarcated by the last general......

When Yang Guang heard this, he couldn't help but interrupt He Ruobi and asked, "But I don't know what the purpose of Chief Manager He's order to order the sergeants under his command to exchange so many broken fishing boats from the residents along the river?" ”

He Ruobi smiled slightly, did not answer Yang Guang's inquiry directly, and continued: "At the same time that the officers and soldiers of the three armies were ordered to exchange for fishing boats, the last general also ordered all the armies stationed along the river, and when the shift was handed over in the morning and evening, they all displayed their flags and lined up in large formations, giving the Nanchen army the impression that our army might attack them at any time, but each time it was only bluffing, and did not actually launch an attack. Don't hide it from the prince, so far, the Nanchen army on the big river has seen the officers and men of our army on the north bank handing over the shift with great fanfare, and they don't even bother to get up. ”

"Is this a trick used by Chief He?" Listening to He Ruobi's explanation so far, Yang Guang probably guessed his true intention in doing so, "Order the sergeants to exchange their horses for fishing boats, and concentrate them in the beaches along the river, so that the Nanchen repulsors will discover these fishing boats and give the illusion that our army lacks warships to cross the river; The sergeants were ordered to take over the shift with great fanfare and put on a posture of launching an attack on Nan Chen's army at any time, in order to confuse the enemy troops and make them slack off over time, and once they really launched an attack, they would definitely be caught off guard. However, Chief He, what I want to know is, where did you choose the location to cross the river, and where did the warships needed to cross the river come from? ”

He Ruobi slammed Yang Guang to the ground and said: "The commander is wise, the last general is using a trick to deceive the enemy, after nearly a year, there have been obvious signs of arrogance in the Nanchen army. Now it is time to fight a decisive battle with the enemy and cross the river to attack Chen. Dashuai, Gao Changshi, please see, the last general is ready to cross the river at the location of about 80 miles east of Guangling in the area of Yantouzhu, after the army crosses the river, it can quickly launch an attack on the south bank of the important town of Nanxuzhou, once the capture of Nanxuzhou, the gateway to the east of Jiankang will be opened to our army, and there is no danger to defend. As for the warships needed to cross the river, the last general had already ordered people to build them in secret, and now there are nearly 1,000 warships of all sizes that can be used to cross the river with people, all of which are hidden in Shanyang, north of Guangling. ”

Yang Guang and Gao Ying looked at the direction of He Ruobi's fingers, and saw that the place marked with the word "cigarette butt Zhu" east of Guangling was directly facing the south bank of the Dajiang River was South Xuzhou, and they couldn't help exchanging glances, Yang Guang smiled and said to He Ruobi and Han Baohu: "The two chiefs have been in charge of Jianghuai for a long time, and they still need to rely on the two chiefs to serve as the main force in this battle of Chen. Later, Ben Shuai and Dugu Gong carefully surveyed the location of crossing the river selected by the two governors, and then gathered separately to determine the specific strategy of cutting down Chen. Until then, a plan to deceive the enemy must still be used as usual and must not be stopped. When the marshal first arrived at the Jianghuai Army, he was not very familiar with the naval warfare, and on how to implement the battle of Chen, all of you here today can come to the Marshal at any time to give advice and advice. ”

As he spoke, he turned to Gao Ying and motioned for him to add to what he said.

Gao Ying didn't have anything more to say, rushed to all the generals present and clasped his fists, and said: "Today, the generalissimo gathered generals in Guangling for the first time, and the strategy discussed against Chen, please keep your mouth shut, not to reveal it to the outside world, and those who violate the order will be dealt with by military law." For the time being, it will last for five days, and in the morning after five days, the generalissimo will gather again in the marshal's mansion to determine the deployment of troops and specific tactics for Hua Chen. After five days, once the strategy for the war is decided, all of you present who disobey the military order will be severely punished by military law and will not be tolerated. Did you hear me clearly? ”

The generals in the council hall thundered in agreement: "I heard you clearly." ”

In the next four or five days, Yang Guang and Gao Ying were busy from morning to night every day to investigate the battlefield on the spot, meet with the generals of the army who came to give advice, and discuss the deployment of troops of the East Route Army to attack Chen, and so on.

During this period, the generals in the army did put forward a lot of feasible suggestions to Yang Guang and Gao Ying, for example, Lai Hu'er proposed that the Southern Chen Naval Army was adopted by Chen Shubao and transferred to Jiankang to concentrate on it, although it was conducive to the Sui Dynasty Naval Army to take the opportunity to control the water control below the Jiujiang River, but at the same time, it also caused a lot of difficulties to take the lead in launching an attack on Jiankang, the capital of the Southern Chen Emperor, and he suggested to Yang Guang and Gao Ying that while determining the main attack target, two more suspicious troops should be sent to contain and attract the attention of the other party; The senior general under He Ruobi's command also reminded Yang Guang and Gao Ying that the battle to cross the river should be quickly decided, and that it was a foggy season along the river, and if the battle could be carried out on a date when there was heavy fog on the river, it would greatly reduce the casualties of the troops crossing the river, and would be more conducive to quickly capturing the enemy's cities and fortresses after crossing the river, and completing the siege of Jiankang, the capital of Emperor Chen in the south.

These suggestions and opinions were recorded one by one by Yang Guang and Gao Yingming's Marshal Office for adoption when finalizing the strategy for cutting down Chen.

Five days later, the generalissimo's generalissimo Sima Wang Shao, as well as generals Yuwenshu, Du Yan, and Yan Rong, were ordered to secretly rush from Shouchun to Guangling one after another to participate in the military meeting convened by Yang Guang to finalize the strategy for defeating Chen. Between the two dynasties of Sui and Chen, north and south of the river, a war of annihilation is about to start between the two dynasties of life and death.