Wang Xuan turned his head to look at Wang Huaqiang, Wang Huaqiang understood, and took out a roll of maps from under his bed behind him.

This map covers every village and every road in the area of Guangling in Jiangbei and in the south of the Chenjiang River in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is Wang Xuan's internal system in the south of the Yangtze River.

The Yangtze River is not directly from west to east in Jiankang City, but turns a bend, first from the south to the north from the south of Jiankang City from Dangtu (now Ma'anshan) to flow, passing through quarrying, swallow rock, Xinting and other places, until the northwest corner of Jiankang City Jilong Mountain, Shogunate Mountain.

Then the Yangtze River changed direction here, went to the east, passed through the Liuhe Town and Guangling line in the north of the Yangtze River, and now the Guangling where everyone is located is facing the South Xuzhou (Jingkou, now Zhenjiang) in the south of the Yangtze River, and is more than 200 miles northeast of Jiankang City.

Three of the best landing points for the army to assemble, the first promotion of the mausoleum, more than 200 miles east of Jiankang City in the south of Xuzhou, the river here is narrower, the water flow is not very urgent, 10,000 steps to ride across the river, 500 boats need an hour to transport all over, the disadvantage is that the distance from Jiankang City is a little farther, can not form a sudden offensive after the landing, in one fell swoop to take Jiankang overnight.

The second location is the Qixia area in the north of Jiankang, the river is not wide here, the army starts from Liuhe on the opposite bank, and can form a surprise attack on Jiankang City after crossing the river overnight, but here is the top priority of the enemy's defense, and the patrol of the warships back and forth is also the most frequent, and the difficulty and risk are extremely high.

The third location was for the cavalry to detour more than 100 miles west along the Yangtze River from Liuhe to the area of Pukou Town in the northwest of the Yangtze River, where they launched and landed at Xinting (a small island in the middle of the river southwest of Nanjing) on the opposite bank.

Due to the role of a small island in the middle of the river, the water flow is slow, but the place is narrow, the army is not easy to deploy, and the main force of the enemy army is gathered in the south of the city, and the counterattack will be very fierce, which is not the best choice.

Wang Xuan pointed to the map and analyzed Wang Shiji, seeing that he nodded again and again, Wang Huaqiang watched coldly, and found that from the beginning, his eyes had been staring at the Xinting area in the southwest direction, and his heart was suddenly like a mirror: smuggling from here, once successful, can block the departure from the Lujiang River, cross the river in the Hezhou area, occupy the Han Capture Tiger army in the southwest of Jiankang when Dangtu directly attacked Jiankang, and buy time for He Ruobi's monopoly on Jiankang.

Sure enough, after Wang Shiji finished reading the map, he pointed directly to Xinting: "I think this place is the most suitable." ”

Wang Xuan didn't know Wang Shiji's true intentions, and was stunned when he heard this: "I have already analyzed it just now, this place is not suitable for the deployment of a large army, and the main force of the enemy army is gathered, if you land here, I am afraid that it is unlikely to attack Jiankang directly." ”

Wang Shiji shook his head: "Our army only needs 10,000 iron horsemen to cross the river, and it does not need more than 100,000 people to deploy, and once the landing here is successful, it can attract Chen troops from all walks of life to create opportunities for the strong crossing of General Manager He and General Han downstream." ”

Wang Xuan's words were full of confusion: "General Wang, what do you mean by this?" Won't General He's army continue to follow? As long as our 10,000 cavalry crosses the river? ”

Wang Shiji knew that he had missed his mouth, and laughed: "The transfer of troops and horses in General Manager He is his business, I was only sent here by His Royal Highness the King of Jin, and I want to act according to the will of the King of Jin. ”

Wang Xuan did not speak, Gao Xi is a famous minister who ruled the world, promoted a series of reforms during the Kaihuang period, and the national strength of the Great Sui has been thriving in recent years, that is, Lai Yang Jian and Gao Xi Junchen are one heart, Gao Xi put forward a plan and idea, and has been strongly supported by Yang Jian, and all the talents recommended by Gao Xi are also appointed.

This southern expedition, nominally the Jin King Yang Guang was in charge, but everyone knows that the real commander is Gao Xi, who is the Marshal of the Jin Dynasty, and the three-way army, the head of the eight marching armies are all under his command.

Wang Huaqiang saw that Wang Xuan was about to be moved by Wang Shiji's words, and he was a little anxious, and said: "General Wang, you just said that you and we will show sincerity to each other today, can you tell us first?" If you can only come over 10,000 people, you will be in a situation of fighting alone.

At that time, if General He can't follow up, or if General Han's reinforcements don't arrive, the muddy roads in Jiangnan may not be suitable for your iron cavalry to kill. General Wang, I know that you, like our brothers, also want to make meritorious contributions, are you willing to take advantage of the fire of others? ”

Wang Shiji's pupils tightened suddenly, and the beard at the corner of his mouth moved, but he didn't speak, but groaned, Wang Huaqiang knew that he was also somewhat moved by what he said.

He Ruobi and Wang Shiji are both human spirits, presumably in this matter, the two of them also bargained for a long time, Wang Shiji himself must also have some concerns about the lonely army falling into the dead, but in the face of the great achievement of crossing the river first, he couldn't refuse this temptation. +

Wang Huaqiang decided to strike while the iron was hot, and made his words clear: "General Wang, in fact, you also know that if we cross the river in Xinting, the warships of the Chen army on the river, as well as the main force of the Chen army in Jiankang City, will rush towards us.

Now there are more than 100,000 troops of the Chen Dynasty near Jiankang, and there is no shortage of elite soldiers, although your iron cavalry is powerful, but on the riverside with muddy roads, it is impossible to rush and kill like on the northern grassland, and the enemy is outnumbered, most of them can only stand a fence to defend, for the chief of He and the chief of Han to attract the enemy army, convenient for them to cross the river.

General Wang, this time the emperor went on a southern expedition, and we served the country in the army, and literati like Brother Jing Yan also took the initiative to take on the most dangerous task, what is the picture? To the big is to report to Jun'en, to the small is also a battlefield meritorious service, fight a wife and a son, if the hard fight is fruitless, become someone else's props, what else do we want? ”

Wang Shiji's eyebrows raised: "Why is it that the battle is fruitless?" The first person to set foot on the land of Jiangnan was the first merit of this battle. ”

Wang Huaqiang sneered: "I'm afraid it may not be, is it the credit of being the first to set foot in Jiangnan, or the credit of being the first to attack Jiankang and capturing Chen Shubao?" General Wang, if you could choose, which one would you choose? ”

Wang Shiji's eyes flickered, obviously also doing a fierce ideological struggle, Wang Huaqiang decided to go one step further and continued: "Don't say dark words in front of the Ming people, you choose to land here in Xinting, dragging the army of the Chen Dynasty is one thing, and more importantly, blocking the march route of Han Capture Tiger Han and buying time for Chief He to attack Jiankang, right." ”

Wang Shiji's body shook suddenly, raised his head, and there was a murderous look in his eyes: "Hua Qiang, be cautious!" How can this kind of thing be speculated casually. ”

Wang Huaqiang's expression became extremely stern: "General Wang, Hua Qiang had no intention of speculating about the affairs of the generals, but this time it is a matter of life and death, you have also seen that the three brothers of our Wang family are here, if something goes wrong, there is no one to even give his father a pension."

As soon as you came today, you talked to us about your family, can you bear to use us as a bargaining chip for you and Manager He? ”

Wang Shiji said in a deep voice: "Hua Qiang, you are too much to say, I am the same as you, I want to lead 10,000 sons to cross the river in person, and it is not only the three of you whose lives are in danger." If you want to get ahead, you have to fight with your life, if you can make a contribution by staying at home safely, then what are you still doing here? ”

Wang Huaqiang said loudly: "General Wang, the three of us brothers are going to cross the river before you, which in itself is to fight with our lives, but if it is just in exchange for a chance to drag down the enemy army and create an opportunity for Chief He or Chief Han to capture Jiankang, it is not worth it." It's you, General Wang, don't you want to enter Jiankang and make contributions?

If you really attack Jiankang, it must be the first merit of the waiting general, why bother to make a wedding dress for Manager He? If you are willing to do so, we will definitely support you. ”

Wang Shiji didn't speak, but his face was already covered with sweat, he stood up and paced back and forth in the tent, Wang Huaqiang's mention was very tempting, but there was also a huge risk of disobeying He Ruobi's military orders.